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The Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed its 2-year-old decision allowing corporations to spend freely to influence elections. The justices struck down a Montana law limiting corporate campaign spending.
The justices also struck down key provisions of Arizona's crackdown on immigrants but allowed one much-debated part of the law — police checks for immigration status.
In a morning of high drama, the court didn't rule on the biggest issue of its agenda, the constitutionality of the landmark Affordable Health Care Law. The ruling on what opponents have dubbed Obamacare is now expected Thursday, the final day of the court's session.
The court also still has to decide cases on lying about military medals and real estate kickbacks.
By a 5-4 vote, the court's conservative justices said the decision in the Citizens Unitedcase in 2010 applies to state campaign finance laws and guarantees corporate and labor union interests the right to spend freely to advocate for or against candidates for state and local offices.
The majority turned away pleas from the court's liberal justices to give a full hearing to the case because massive campaign spending since the January 2010 ruling has called into question some of its underpinnings.
The same five justices said in 2010 that corporations have a constitutional right to be heard in election campaigns. The decision paved the way forunlimited spending by corporations and labor unions in elections for Congress and the president, as long as the dollars are independent of the campaigns they are intended to help. The decision, grounded in the freedom of speech, appeared to apply equally to state contests.
But Montana aggressively defended its 1912 law against a challenge from corporations seeking to be free of spending limits, and the state Supreme Court sided with the state. The state court said a history of corruption showed the need for the limits, even as Justice Anthony Kennedy declared in his Citizens United opinion that independent expenditures by corporations "do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption."
In the Arizona immigration case, the decision upheld the "show me your papers" provision for the moment. But it took the teeth out of it by prohibiting police officers from arresting people on minor immigration charges.
President Barack Obama said he's pleased the court struck down key parts of the law, but he voiced concern about what the high court left intact.
"No American should ever live under a cloud of suspicion just because of what they look like." He said police in Arizona should not enforce the provision in a way that undermines civil rights.
Republican rival Mitt Romney said he would have preferred that the court "give more latitude to the states" in immigration enforcement.
Kennedy wrote the opinion that was unanimous on allowing the status check to go forward. The court was divided on striking down the other portions. Kennedy said the law could — and suggested it should — be read to avoid concerns that immigration status checks could lead to prolonged detention.
The court struck down these three major provisions: requiring all immigrants to obtain or carry immigration registration papers, making it a state criminal offense for an illegal immigrant to seek work or hold a job and allowing police to arrest suspected illegal immigrants without warrants.
The Obama administration sued to block the Arizona law soon after its enactment two years ago. Federal courts had refused to let the four key provisions take effect.
Five states — Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah — have adopted variations on Arizona's law. Parts of those laws also are on hold pending the outcome of the Supreme Court case.
In other action, the court:
_ Declined to review how the trustee for Bernard Madoff's customers calculates victims' losses, a decision that could help speed a payout of billions of dollars. Without comment, the court let stand an August 2011 decision by a federal appeals court that approved of the calculation method employed by Irving Picard, the trustee liquidating the imprisoned Ponzi schemer's firm.
_ Rejected an appeal by two U.S. investment funds that sought to seize $105 million of Argentina's central bank deposits in New York to satisfy their claims from the country's huge debt default a decade ago. The funds involved are EM Ltd, which is controlled by investor Kenneth Dart, and NML Capital Ltd, an affiliate of the investment firm Elliott Management Corp.
_ Said it's unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for murder. The 5-4 decision was in line with others the court has made, including ruling out the death penalty for juveniles and life without parole for young people whose crimes did not involve killing.
In the Montana case, 22 states and the District of Columbia, as well as Sen. John McCain and other congressional champions of stricter regulations on campaign money, joined with Montana.
Two liberal justices who were in dissent in Citizens United — Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer — already had challenged Kennedy's view that the independent campaign spending could not be corrupting by virtue of the absence of links to a campaign.
When the court blocked the Montana ruling in February, Ginsburg issued a brief statement for herself and Breyer saying that campaign spending since the decision makes "it exceedingly difficult to maintain that independent expenditures by corporations `do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption.'"
Ginsburg appeared to be referring to the rise of unregulatedsuper PACs that have injected millions of dollars into the presidential and other campaigns. She said the case "will give the court an opportunity to consider whether, in light of the huge sums currently deployed to buy candidates' allegiance, Citizens United should continue to hold sway."
The corporations that sued over the law said it could not remain on the books after the Citizens United decision.
Montana urged the high court to reject the appeal, or hold arguments and not issue what the court calls a summary reversal. The prevailing side in the lower court almost always strives to avoid high court review. But Montana and its supporters hoped a thorough debate over the Citizens United decision would lead to its reconsideration or at least limits on its reach.
Reuters contributed to this story.


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Inverell District Family History Group Inc
- PO Box 367 Inverell 2360
- 0427 211 485
- Website
Library Charges
- $2 per day for members; $10 for non-members
Research Costs
- $25 plus $5 postage
Open Hours
- Monday-Friday 10am - 3pm Other times by appointment
Approximate Membership
- 90
Membership Cost
- $35 single; $45 family
- Voices from the Past; 3 per year
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This Group was formed in 1984 to assist local family historians and to create a collection of resources to make family history more accessible and affordable for researchers in our district.
Our Research Centre is now conveniently located at 129-135 Otho Street, Inverell. Our collection incudes books, maps, local newspapers on microfilm, and subscriptions to Ancestry.com and Findmypast databases. In addition we are a licenced LDS centre for hiring and viewing their microfilms. Appointments during school holidays are advisable. Weekend visitors can also use the centre by making prior arrangements with the Group.
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text: JOHNSONBURG – The Rams continued their pitching prowess Thursday with an effective troika on the hill to halt visiting Brockway, 7-0.Starting pitcher Cole Peterson was complemented in relief by Mitchell Holmberg and Zac Luhr en route to the three-hit shutout.Freshman Cameron Grumley had a career-day as he went 2-for-2, crossed the plate four times, brought in another two runs and nailed a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to put an exclamation point on the 7-0 win."That was awesome for Cameron [Grumley], a freshman, hitting his first home run up there and all these kids have the power, and we take it as it goes," Johnsonburg head baseball coach Jeff Peterson said following his team's seventh win of the season. "We take them any way we can get them and that's a good win against a caliber team."The home team came out swinging early and after a walk to Grumley and an infield single by Mitchell Holmberg with one out in the bottom of the first inning, Joe Holmberg followed up with an RBI single to plate Grumley; Zac Luhr followed with a sacrifice bunt to bring in Mitchell Holmberg from third base for the early 2-0 lead.The Rams picked up another run in the bottom of the third inning. After Grumley walked on a full count, Mitchell Holmberg reached first on an error at second base. Joe Holmberg followed with a single to score Grumley for the 3-0 lead.But one run was all Cole Peterson needed as he threw three hitless innings to start the game. His only miscues were hitting his mound opponent, Houston Fairman, with one out in the top of the first inning, a leadoff walk in the top of the second inning (the batter was later caught trying to steal second base) and a two-out walk to Chris Calliari in the top of the third inning (Calliari also was caught stealing)."I liked our pitching, it was good again [Thursday], very strong performances from all three of them, and it's been a pretty good combination," coach Peterson said. "They all throw strikes and with only two walks, that's our game. "The other team puts the ball in play and our defense takes care of it, and I really like our defense. We're quick and we make things happen."Cole Peterson was lifted in three innings in favor of Mitchell Holmberg, who immediately yielded a double to Fairman that fell just inside the line in left field. But the Rams' potent defense promptly took over as Cole Peterson, now at shortstop, caught a bullet liner off Michael Vervoort and quickly gunned down Fairman, who couldn't make it back to second base in time.Mitchell Holmberg found similar trouble in the top of the fifth inning after a single by Zach Freemer to shallow center field and a fielding error by Joe Holmberg after Cole Peterson gloved a sharp grounder from Derek Buganza. With two runners on, Phil Esposito hit a groundout to second base to move the runners into scoring position. The runners were stranded, however, as Mitchell Holmberg caught Troy Snell swinging for the third out.The Rams added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning as Quinn Luhr and Frank Kocjancic hit back-to-back two-out singles to plate Grumley and Joe Holmberg for a 5-0 lead.Despite another jam to open up the top of the sixth inning, Mitchell Holmberg again was able to escape unscathed. After a fielding error by Frank Kocjancic put Calliari aboard, Fairman smacked his second double of the game, this time to left-center field to put two runners in scoring position. Mitchell Holmberg bent but did not break as he struck out the next three batters to escape with the shutout intact.Grumley added his two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth inning and Zac Luhr cleaned up the show with a perfect seventh inning to secure the 7-0 win."Houston [Fairman] is a tough pitcher, throws a nice curve that keeps you off-guard but we were able to put the ball in play," coach Peterson said. "Brockway had a few flubs on defense that cost them a couple runs and we took advantage of that. "I still think [Brockway] is one of the tougher teams in the league and it's good to be right there with these teams. We're showing it and we're hanging around."While the top of coach Peterson's lineup accounted for seven of the team's nine hits and all seven runs, the bottom of the order hit just 2-for-9."Jesse [Wolfe] is just starting to come around hitting for us at No. 9 and we have a No. 8 spot where we're been rotating three guys in there to try to see who can do what," coach Peterson said. "One day I'll get a home run and a hit off the fence, then the next day I'll get three strikeouts so it's an iffy position right now. "Each player has their own different strength there but it just depends on who's hot and who can jump through and make something happen."But despite a lack of hitting from the bottom of the order at times, coach Peterson said his defense is as strong as ever and complements his pitching staff."The pitching goes hand-in-hand with the defense and while we've always been shaky with the defense, I'm very confident in them now because they've been making all the plays," coach Peterson said. "I like how the pitching scheme is going and I've always liked it that way. I still have Andrew Nortum and Quinn Luhr to throw later in the season to see what we can handle and what we can do. We're going to stick to how we're pitching now because of the games that are coming and the weather because with five games in a week, you can't afford to blow one guy away and then be limited. "If Cole [Peterson] goes in there and starts getting wiped out in the first and second innings and somebody else is shutting it down out there, he'll ride it longer than ever and that's the way we were going to go [Thursday]. Had Mitchell [Holmberg] got in some trouble, I would've brought Cole [Peterson] back in to finish it but then he would've been done for a couple days."With nine games in and a 7-2 record with one of the two losses being contested, coach Peterson said his team's caliber of play is on target with his aspirations."We're where we thought we would be at this point in the season," coach Peterson said. "Some of those games could've gone either way-- we had a tough one against Kane there for a while and Smethport came down to the wire but we're showing a lot of character by hanging in those tough games. "I think we're capable of where we're at, I thought we'd be able to do this well, I feel we're going to be even stronger next year since we have such a young team of freshmen and sophomores. They're going to mature even more because of all the playing time that they're getting now. "Right now I'm happy with what we have and I felt that we could be here. I feel that we can hang around and as I said before, we're a pest, we can hang around and play defense, and we're able to hit that ball."


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ungry and tired, Union troops marched south through early morning rain, July 17, 1863. Despite their weary state, they trekked through Indian territory knowing that just two weeks earlier their fellow soldiers had triumphed at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Yet as they halted their march behind a ridge in order to rest and eat, the soldiers prepared for what would become a crucial Civil War battle. A battle that would help determine whether the Union or the Confederacy would control the West beyond the Mississippi River.
The Confederate troops that these soldiers would face in the Battle of Honey Springs concealed themselves among the trees lining a nearby water source after which the battle is named. They too had heard of the two recent Confederate defeats which were results of President Abraham Lincoln's "Grand Strategy" to "turn back the Rebels at every opportunity."
The Battle of Honey Springs is important because of its setting in the rolling prairie of what is now eastern Oklahoma, versus the famed theaters of the East. Also significant were the divided Native Americans who fought and died there for both the North and South. The Battle of Honey Springs illustrates how the most destructive conflict in American history moved into what was then Indian Territory and into the lives of its residents who fought to preserve their way of life.
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Getting Started: Inquiry Question
Setting the Stage: Historical Context
Locating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
Visual Evidence: Images
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Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden suffered a high ankle sprain during Sunday's 42-32 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
McFadden is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday, according to Schefter.
McFadden was seen jogging into the Raiders' locker room with a trainer near the end of the second quarter after coming up limping. McFadden had seven carries for 17 yards before the injury.
Mike Goodson replaced McFadden, but he injured an ankle and also was ruled out for the game.
It's ugly news for a Raiders ground attack that has struggled this season. Oakland ranks 30th in the NFL in rushing and produced just 17 yards on the ground in the first half against Tampa Bay.
Goodson is an adequate fit for Oakland's zone-blocking scheme. The Raiders have found occasional success on the ground when McFadden is allowed enough carries to find his rhythm. He has ripped off a series of longer runs in that case, but it has been rare.
McFadden has missed 19 games in his first four seasons because of a series of injuries. It's a significant loss for the Raiders.
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Designed by Massimo Mariani, ecco! has a shape that resembles the typical wooden crates that are used in markets. It is an unusual object and functionally versatile: a container for storing fruit in the kitchen (and, why not, vegetables too) and while also being a unique basket for serving at the table. ecco! is produced in stainless steel, cut and open-worked by laser, then bent. The sides have been perforated with a lively decoration of stylised, fruit-shaped silhouettes.
Massimo Mariani is an architect and designer; he was born in 1951 in Pistoia, Italy. In 1977 he graduated from the Facoltà di Architettura di Firenze, where he collaborated with scholar Remo Buti (from 1980 to 1992). In 1980 Mariani founded a firm for the design and the production of experimental objects and furniture called Studio Stilema, with Alberto Casciani. In 1986, with a group of architects Mariani is the co-founder of the Bolidismo. Since 1990, Mariani's professional activity, based in Montecatini Terme, has focused on interior design and architecture. He has realized many kinds of projects, among them private houses and a lot of public buildings. From 90's Mariani also sign the design of many banks and directional buildings in Tuscany. Many projects of Massimo Mariani obtained very important honors, among them: "Inventare la copertina di Modo", 1979; "La casa più bella del mondo", 1988; "Premio Dedalo alla committenza", 1999; US Award 2009, 2009. About design activity he cooperate with Alessi-Tendentse, Stilema, Meccani, Arredaesse, Limonta, Unitalia. In 2005 Verbavolant editor has published a monograph about his work, called "Massimo Mariani Progetti 1980-2005".


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text: Boots and shoes are footwear that are available for sale in Bowling Green. These are both footwear, but boots are a specific kind that extend beyond the ankle, often upto the knee. Boots are safer for activities such as hunting, hiking, fishing and moving through mud, water and snow. Shoes can be of varying kinds, for both men and women. They are available in numerous styles in Bowling Green. Some of the available options in shoes for men include dress shoes, casual shoes, flipflops, athletic shoes, and boots of varying lengths. Footwear for women include flats, sandals, pumps, wedges, heels, formal shoes, athletic shoes, boots of varying lengths, and many more. One can also opt for different colors in each. They may be made of leather and other materials. One has to buy the appropriate size for himself/herself. A well-fitted shoe provides adeqaute support and flexibility to the wearer. They are also often used to make a style statement.


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Facebook's so-called mobile app ads - which allow companies to promote their mobile apps to Facebook's 1.15bn users - will include new capabilities designed to boost the amount of time that consumers use the third-party apps.
Since the start of the year, more than 145m third-party apps have been installed by Facebook users, said Deb Liu, Facebook's director of platform monetisation, providing the company's first public data about that portion of its business. Roughly 8,400 advertisers used Facebook's mobile app ads in the second quarter, Ms Liu said.
That is a small group relative to the more than 1m total advertisers that Facebook counts, but analysts say that app developers represent an attractive and growing group of customers for Facebook to tap into. Smartphone apps, designed for Apple's iPhone or Google's Android-based phones, have struggled to stand out in a crowded field.
Facebook's new mobile app ads will allow the maker of a travel app to offer to promote an airfare or hotel room, for example, while a music app like Spotify could promote a band's new song. Previously, Facebook's mobile app ads were designed only to entice its users to install a third-party app on their smartphone or tablet, but not to encourage repeat visits to the app.
Shares of Facebook have doubled since July, as the company has increased its mobile advertising revenue.
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Milbury, the outspoken TV analyst and former Bruins defenseman who has vehemently protested the "pansification" of hockey, is also a coach of a youth hockey team in Massachusetts. At a game in Brookline, last week, something happened. Details are scarce, but WCVB in Boston is reporting that Milbury was charged with assault and battery, and the 12-year-old victim was a player on the opposing team.
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Summer of 84
The '80s were one of the best times for movies. With George Lucas and Steven Spielberg leading the way, their protégés and mimickers churned out a plethora of movies that changed film and offered distinct ways of storytelling. One can look back and see how the fantasy and sci-fi movies of the '80s changed the course of moviemaking, but it wasn't just the genre films that dazzled the eyes. It was also the comedies and horror movies of the day. The styles of those films are still stolen, copied, and nodded to forty years later.
Co-directors Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell have come from that same school, although four decades later. Their cult hit "Turbo Kid" paid homage to the BMX and "Mad Max" movies that kids loved. With their latest, "Summer of 84," they pull together the slasher and Spielbergian-kids motifs and throw them together for an old-fashioned coming-of-age story with a terror-filled twist.
Somewhat slow-moving at first, "Summer of 84" follows a group of teenage friends during a summer where a serial killer is on the loose. When one of them suspects his neighbor might actually be the murderer, the four go about gathering evidence in order to prove they have a killer in their midst.
Written by new writers Matt Leslie and Stephen J. Smith, this is a simple film that is carefully told in a way that movies aren't nowadays. There isn't a lot of fancy editing, wall to wall pop music or intense jump scares. This is a thoughtful movie about how kids aren't taken seriously but might be the smartest ones in the room.
Davey (Graham Verchere) is the leader of the group. He's in love with his next-door neighbor Nikki (Tiera Skovbye) and is the first one to believe his neighbor cop Wayne Mackey ("Mad Men's" Rich Sommer) is the killer who has murdered thirteen teenage boys in surrounding towns. He gathers his buddies - trash-talkin' Tommy (Judah Lewis), nerdy Curtis (Cory Gruter-Andrew), and chubby worry-wart Woody (Caleb Emery) - to figure out if Mackey is as evil as he thinks he is.
The film slowly notches up the tension as we grow closer to the boys and their troubles. Tommy has problems with fighting parents at home, Davey isn't trusted by his parents, and all the boys obsess over Tiera. But when the real threat of a serial killer is unleashed, the boys band together to solve the mystery, never really believing they will be drawn into something truly life-threatening.
The trio of directors has gathered an exceptional cast of kids who are all believable and charming in their own ways. None of them feel like they've come from the Disney or Nickelodeon school of acting, reminding us of the original foursome from "Stand by Me." Sommer as Mackey does a terrific job at keeping us guessing as to whether he is or isn't the killer the boys suspect him to be, and Tiera proves she isn't just the "hot girl next door."
While some might think there isn't enough happening in the film or that it's too slow, this reviewer found it to be a welcome reminder of what movies used to be in the heyday of the blockbuster. If you look back at the films of the '80s, even movies like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" were slow compared to the wall-to-wall noise we now have with movies like "Transformers" and "Fast and the Furious." "Summer of 84" thankfully takes its time to establish characters we care about and want to spend time with. We go along for the ride, happy to investigate with the kids as they navigate growing up. Ultimately, when things get scary, we care; we worry, our hearts break, and we feel something. Some of this is rare in the plot and scare heavy films of late, which is why "Summer of 84" is so special.
With a limited release, it's unclear what sort of impact this film will have. For the younger crowd, it might be too much of a slow burn. But for the older folks, it will be a nostalgic reminder of when movies engaged our hearts and thrilled our senses in ways that made us believe all of this could happen to us. Add in the killer synth score by Le Matos and you have "Stranger Things" lite, which is pretty much what movies used to be in the '80s anyway.
Summer of 84
InfoRuntime :: 106 mins
Release Date :: Aug 10, 2018
Language :: Silent
Country :: Canada


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I love the gruel (congee, when my stomach is not feeling so well). They have great different dumplings that I love in the sauce (gluten free, so I remove the covering and the it is very tasty). The food is not what most Americans are used to. I had pork chitterlings in a tasty sauce. Some of the sauces are really spicy but tasty. I prefer less spice. The prices are inexpensive. I did not try out the lunch buffet which is during school time.
I relocated recently to Tucson after living on the West Coast for over 20 years and became spoiled by the availability of good quality fresh seafood. Happily I have found a reliable source of reasonably priced fresh seafood at Lee Lee.They do sell some species which are considered sustainable and so far I have been very satisfied with my purchases.
Always enjoy this restaurant! You can't go wrong here. There is something for everyone on their menu
The "rude" woman serves as hostess, waitron, and cashier. There's one chef- the owner. Yes, the place is old and icky. They still have the best Thai food in town. Get take-out. Call wa-a-a-a-a-ay ahead. They'll give you the order total over the phone. The food is totally worth it.
Great food, but the service could use some work. The owner is nice to customers but doesn't seem to treat servers very well.
Fred's is a long drive from Tucson, off Sierrita Mountain Rd. and not so easy to find, but worth the effort. It's nothing fancy - just an old-school steakhouse with good food and a great, out-in-the-country atmosphere. The beef is the best thing to order on the menu. Fred's has a roping arena and also stores a lot of the rolling stock used in the Rodeo Parade. We have been going to Fred's for over 30 years, even though we no longer live in Tucson. It's a taste of what Tucson was like before the population explosion.
Tasty and reasonable, although uncomfortable standing in line.
The Metzger is excellent. It was my favorite of the 3 specialty tacos. Served with au jus? Creative. Although it was plain as day, I had to ask what it was because it was a surprise to see it accompany a taco. Don't dip it, just dump it on top.
Time your visit for 645pm on a Sunday. Sit on the patio and you'll get an eyeful when Hi Fi across the street raises those massive sunscreens. It's a PG13 glass fishbowl. What a party! Video wall, DJ on stage and Go Go Girls dancing in silhouette on the bar.
Say what you want to about the spotty "service" but I see the General Manager humping it the whole time. That's good enough for me.
As for people constantly wanting to F I L L themselves: those who live in fat asses should not throw stones. Ya Taco Bell pig out monkeys. Stay out of our way if it's possible to move your fat ass aside far enough for others to pass.
Love it for breakfast! Will try it for dinner today. The food is great as is the service.
I enjoyed the authentic Polish food. The soup was just right with all the flavors of eastern Europe. The pierogies were yum and the meats imported and full of flavor. I would recommend this place.
This is not Japanese like the headline says. This is pure Chinese food and very good at that. Great dim sum mostly decent service. and atmosphere ain't bad either.
Pretty cool place, just started going back. Not so much a party place as it is just a bar atmosphere but its fun and a nice group of people.
Great Americana food. Awesome breakfasts, burgers and dinners. Dont let the stakehouse name fool you, this is more of a diner. Great food at a reasonable price. No frills, good service. Owners George and Dina always greet you with a smile.
There's about 3-4 places in town where you can get a real NY slice, this is one of them. Really enjoyed it. Only gave 'em 4 stars because I haven't tried anything else, but I will!
Leruas does stand out because of the best tamales anywhere. The enchiladas are great and the prices are very good. Numerous combination plates equal great deals.
This place is awesome, for all your mexican food needs. The drive through option is heads above your typical drive through mexican. The dinner plates are very tasty as well, although to onion heavy.
Where this place really shines though, are the breakfast plates. You have not lived until you have had the red chili pork tamales with fried eggs on top!
left out a word, should have said ribs are very meaty and not too fatty
Great place for a steak!!! Fabulous food & atmosphere with live music on the weekends.
Love their steak and beans, and salads...never have enough room for dessert. Servers have been friendly. We enjoy walking around the trail dust town, and shop a bit...don't visit much anymore since moving to a rural area SE of Tucson...have to drive to Sonoita for a decent steak now :D
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Friday has perennial 80's and G. Cover charge and packed. Saturday night ; no cover smaller crowd and sometimes very good bands (Giant Blue, etc). Definitely the night to go. Mixed crowd with many older people looking for hookups (well it's true). Drinks are very reasonable for Foothills, food good. Bartenders are nice and fast


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Had Geno Smith been snatched up by, say, the San Diego Chargers to sit and learn behind Philip Rivers, you probably wouldn't be reading this.
Instead, Smith was drafted by the New York Jets, and the former West Virginia quarterback -- thrown into Gotham's media grinder -- now finds himself under a mountain of post-draft criticism.
ESPNNewYork.com's Rich Cimini cited a league source to report Friday that at least one quarterback-needy team in the top 10 of the 2013 NFL Draft passed on Smith because of what they perceived as a "diva attitude" during his pre-draft visit.
Yahoo! Sports reported this week that Smith turned off some by wasting time on his cell phone, texting friends and staying tethered to Twitter during meet-and-greets with a host of teams.
When Smith slid right out of the first round last Thursday night, he made waves by threatening to fly home. More trouble came when he fired his agents after the draft.
"He's going to have a tough time in New York," one anonymous NFC scout told Cimini. "Right now, he's coming off as a spoiled, pampered brat."
The Jets weren't overly thrilled with Smith's combine interview, but general manager John Idzik raved about the quarterback after flying to Morgantown for a second visit. The Jets came away with a "real good feel" for Smith, Idzik said, and that's really all that matters.
Smith has been squeaky clean off the field, but who could guess from the snowstorm of criticism he's facing? After all, it takes little courage for anonymous scouts to pile on a player who hasn't taken a professional snap.
It takes plenty of courage to endure it.
Follow Marc Sessler on Twitter @MarcSesslerNFL.


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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson defended his decision to change how the $700 billion financial bailout fund is used, telling CNBC that the spreading credit crisis forced the government to focus on injecting capital directly into banks instead of buying up toxic mortgage assets.
"By the time the process with Congress was completed, it was clear that we were facing a much more severe situation than we had envisioned earlier on," Paulson said in a live interview. "We have this limited pool of resources—big, but limited, $700 billion—and how do we use that, and get the maximum impact, and it's by putting capital in (banks)."
Paulson told a news conference on Wednesday that he would use the remaining funds in the $700 billion fund on a second round of purchases of preferred shares in both banks and non-bank institutions.
He also said the Treasury was working with the Federal Reserve on a plan to shore up markets for securitized consumer debt such as car loans, student loans and credit cards, which could help restore credit flows to U.S. households.
"What changed was when we saw the commercial paper markets freeze up altogether, so good, mainstream corporations weren't able to raise money," Paulson said.
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Still, the change in strategy has been sharply criticized in Congress and Wall Street. Earlier Friday, a House committee took one of Paulson's deputies, Neel Kashkari, to task for what one member said was "a bait and switch."
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Flame retardant dropped from an aircraft struck a car. No other property damage or human injuries – to civilians or firefighters – was reported.
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An hour later, smoke continued to billow from patches of the charred hillside as firefighters hosed the hot spots alone or in pairs.
Sunset Drive, the road on top of the hill where the fire broke out, was closed at Wabash Avenue. Eastbound traffic, backed up to the 210 interchange and beyond, was diverted off the freeway at Ford Street around the fire. The 10 was partially reopened a short time later with lane closures.
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Great-grandmother was queen of the Cotton Ball
I have been told by relatives on my father's side that my great-grandmother Helen McCleary was Queen of Fiesta back in 1898. I finally have a little time to research this and am wondering where to start. My father (Helen's grandchild) is alive and well at 82, and I would like to be able to get the entire story. Do you have any suggestions?
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As you might know, the citywide festival now known as Fiesta San Antonio started in 1891 with the first Battle of Flowers Parade, traditionally held around San Jacinto Day, April 21, to commemorate the climactic engagement of the Texas Revolution. Within a few years, several other organizations were holding events at this time of year.
One of them was the De Zavala Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, founded in 1893 by pioneering historic preservationist Adina De Zavala. The organization began hosting a "grand patriotic Cotton Ball" in 1897, according to the chapter's annual report and newspaper clippings in the collection of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo.
The event was covered by the local newspapers' society pages from its inception. At a chapter meeting April 8, 1897, in the home of Mrs. J. J. Stevens, "a ball was decided upon, to be called the Grand Patriotic and Charity Ball," with "a large portion of the proceeds to be given by the Daughters to the wife of Corp. Parkhurst," a Fort Sam Houston artilleryman who had been killed by a cannon explosion during a San Jacinto Day observance a year earlier.
The chapter's 1898 annual report says the ball netted $203.45. Of that amount, $100 went to Parkhurst's widow and the remainder to the group's "tablet fund" toward marble markers for "the historic spots so long neglected in our city" — the first imagining of the tablets that would be placed decades later by De Zavala's Texas Historical and Landmarks Association.
The Cotton Ball was named to honor a major Texas agricultural product and required that women wear "no fabrics except those woven from the fleecy staple," says the San Antonio Express, April 11, 1897. The queen also had to be a homegrown product — "a San Antonio girl and the descendant of an old Texas family." Mae Cresson was crowned that first year, and her maids of honor included girls with old-settler names such as Eager, Paschal and Maverick.
First held in Turner Hall, the Cotton Ball was moved to Beethoven Hall in 1898, when Queen Helen McCleary starred in the opening tableau, wearing "a glittering gown with trailing robes and a brilliant crown." In later years, the event was renamed the Charity Ball, eventually was taken over by other organizations and might not have been held every year.
Though there are rival candidates for the status of first queen of Fiesta — originally Spring Carnival — the first official queen of the overarching event, rather than of one of the individual celebrations, was chosen in 1900, when Lola Kokernot, "daughter of a prominent stockman ... rode in the public procession (with) an entourage of 'ladies in waiting' selected from young women of the city's social elite," according to Judith Sobré in "San Antonio on Parade: Six Historic Festivals."
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Chris Mooney | June 11, 2012
By Chris Mooney • Monday, June 11, 2012 - 07:52
This is a review of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From the Front Lines, by Michael Mann.
I first became familiar with the name Michael Mann in the year 2003. I was working on what would become my book The Republican War on Science, and had learned of two related events: The controversy over the Soon and Baliunas paper in Climate Research, purporting to refute Mann and his colleagues' famous 1998 "hockey stick" study; and a congressional hearing convened by Senator James Inhofe, at which Mann testified. Inhofe tried to wheel out the Soon and Baliunas work as if they'd dealt some sort of killer blow against climate science. In fact, just before the hearing, several editors of Climate Research had resigned over the paper.
I went on to stand up for Mann, and his work, in Republican War. Little did I know, at the time, that he himself would become the leading defender of his scientific field against political attacks.
Recently, Mann came out with a new book about his travails entitled The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From the Front Lines, detailing his decade long battle against political attacks and misrepresentations. The response has been all too predictable. For months, conservatives have been giving it one star reviews on Amazon.com, some of which suggest that they probably haven't read it.
What is most fascinating to me is that the science the right is attacking Mann over—principally, the 1998 hockey stick study and its 1999 extension, as prominently exhibited in 2001 by the IPCC—is relatively old news. Indeed, and as Mann himself explains in the book, "attacks against the hockey stick…were not really about the work itself." That work has been supported by other researchers—there is now a veritable "hockey team," Mann notes—and anyways, the case for human caused global warming never depended on the validity of the hockey stick alone. It was always just one part of a far broader body of evidence.
Thus, conservatives who fixated on Mann, and continue to do so, tell us through their own actions that this is not really about scientific inquiry at all. If it was, then they'd be doing something quite different from giving Mann one star Amazon reviews.
But of course, climate researchers have been making observations like these for years. It hasn't mattered nearly as much as it should, though, because they've often lacked the communication skills to get their point across. If anything, their scientific training has tended to hobble them in a brass knuckles fight such as this one. And that, to me, is where Mann's new book matters the most: It shows that he has developed the communication skills to match his unquestionable scientific talent–and moreover, that he has done so because the right forced him to.
That's why Mann is such an inspiring example for all who care about the climate issue—and why his book is required reading. From the early "hockey stick" battles all the way up through "ClimateGate" and the Ken Cuccinelli inquiry, Mann didn't give an inch. He didn't back down; to the contrary, he showed what toughness actually means. And in the process, from the founding of RealClimate.org in 2004 up through the publication of this book, he evolved into a passionate communicator and advocate. Having had him on my podcast Point of Inquiry and heard him lecture, I can assure you that many scientists should take a lesson from him.
Through all this, Mann emerged as a charismatic example of what we should all strive for in the face of ideological adversity and unfair attacks. Mann himself has a powerful analogy for all of this in the book, one that shows just how much he has developed as a communicator and an advocate. He calls it the "Serengeti Strategy," based on what he saw on a vacation in Africa:
Among the most striking and curious scenes I saw that day were groups of zebras standing back to back, forming a continuous wall of vertical stripes. "Why do they do this?" an IPCC colleague asked the tour guide. "To confuse the lions," he explained. Predators, in what I call the "Serengeti strategy," look for the most vulnerable animals at the edge of a herd. But they have difficulty picking out an individual zebra to attack when it is seamlessly incorporated into the larger group, lost in this case in a continuous wall of stripes. Only later would I understand the profound lesson this scene from nature had to offer me and my fellow climate scientists in the years to come.
To be sure, the book is not simply about how Mann was forced to fight back against misrepresentations, and even congressional and legal inquiries. It's also his personal story. He started out as a math geek trying to program a computer to play tic-tac-toe, like in the movie War Games (ah, the Eighties!). He ended up pursuing paleoclimatology out of intellectual interest and fascination; he never imagined he would end up as much a political combatant as a researcher.
Despite my praise for Mann and his book—and I even gave it a cover blurb—I do have some differences with him. For instance, I think that here and in his public comments, Mann tends to focus too heavily on the idea that resistance to climate science, and his research, is corporate driven. Or as he puts it in the book: "well organized, well-funded, and orchestrated." In contrast, I have increasingly come to think it is primarily ideological—driven by libertarian individualism, and those who embrace this view and its associated emotions—and the corporate connection is secondary (though often real). I thus think that focusing on it too much misleads us as to the nature of the opposition, which has grown so ideological at this point–and so driven by gut emotion–that it does the traditionally pragmatic business community no favors. If anything, it is out of synch with its own presumptive allies.
But this difference doesn't matter when it comes to defending scientific reality. There, I stand with Mann, because he taught me through his own example how to do so. And you should as well.
How? Start by buying his book; and after you've read it, go refute the one-star Amazon commenters and add your own informed take. And throughout it all, remember the Serengeti analogy—although really, I must say that I think it doesn't do Mann justice. This guy is no zebra. For climate researchers, and researchers anywhere who fall under political attack, he's something much more important: A leader.
PeterMizla replied on Permalink
Mann's Book
I have purchased just now at Amazon 'The Hockey Stick' and the Climate Wars
will be added to my collection of Storms of My Grandchildren, Dire Predictions, Six Degrees and The End of the Long Summer….
chas rasper replied on Permalink
Here's another one...
Here's another great book you may want to buy, it would definitely fit right in with your other choices (ie, Science Fiction);
Michael Crichton's "State of Fear".
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
Here's another one
chas rasper, an other ignorant, arrogant and dishonest denier.
Why did you skip an education? Does it make you feel good to support other ignorant arrogant and dishonest deniers?
That's that book that Heartland was pushing as the truth! "Michael Crichton had it right!" Their web page used to say.
Its interesting that what you state is science fiction is what Heartland states is real.
Careful Chas! I'm an eco ninja commin to get ya! Fear me!
(Not really… I once hit myself in the head with some nunchucks…)
A little crazy
"In all candor now, I think that Mike (Mann) is becoming a serious enemy in the way that he bends the ears of people like Tom with words like "flawed" when describing my work and probably your and Keith's as well. This is in part a vindictive response to the Esper et al. paper. He also went crazy over my recent NZ paper describing evidence for a MWP there because he sees it as another attack on him. Maybe I am over-reacting to this, but I don't think so." - Edward R. Cook, Ewing Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
You were mentioning something about vindictive attacks on climate scientists?
Edward Cook is over reacting.
What was supposed to have transpired was hearsay. (That means we still have no idea what happened.)
In any case, he also says says Mann'ss work produces marginally better results, but not statistically better. This is kind of a what ever arguement if you ask me. Office tiff…
You should stop reading other people's email when you don't understand what they mean. You are clearly wasting your time and exagerating.
I remain unimpressed with Mann
The more I have read about Climategate and Michael Mann, the more disgusted I have become. Mabe some ditzy newscasters have mischaracterized the hacked emails (it's not clear to me whether they were stolen or leaked) as proving AGW is a fraud, but I see a lot of serious criticism about openness in science.
You guys are trying to build him up as some kind of folk hero fighting a well funded machine whose "trick" is being quoted out of context. There is no good context for "hiding the decline". No, it doesn't mean temperatures are not going up. It does bring up uncertianties about the integrity of the data.
If Michael Mann wants to be a brave leader in the climate fight, he ought to challenge Willis Escenbach to a public debate, or just go argue with him in the comments at Judith Curry's Climate ect blog.
Nothing was found in those emails at all.
Its a common misconception that there was in fact any misdeeds at all found in those emails. Nothing wrong was found at all. And even if the hockey stick was fake… what ever, that that 1 page of 1000 in the the IPCC report out, and you still have climate change.
A survey of the word 'trick' in scientific literature will turn up lots of real and valid results used in all branches of science.
The fact is that 'trick' is a common word in science and we do it all the time. Can't solve that derivative? (Many are unsolvable by the way.) Use a finite difference!
I use 'Tricks' all the time in my work. In fact if a person was to read my work emails, and was as igornant as Conman is, then that person would probably be confused too. Furthermore I engage in all kinds of mathematical heresy to make stuff work. I also happen to think that my boss is a knob, and I would be really reluctant to share that with the public at large.
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
Conman gets it wrong again
Conman says:
"but I see a lot of serious criticism about openness in science."
You obviously do not understand anything about what was said in the e-mails, or anything to do with climate science for that matter. What is being discussed in these e-mails is dishonesty, you know when deniers tell lies and fudge data and get their dishonest denier friend, who happens to be editor in a science journal, publish their dishonest garbage.
Why do you only support AGW deniers (Esschenbach) and refer people to junk and dishonest sites like Curry's? Have you no shame?
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
Who is Willis Escenbach?
Google results show he is a poster of Waatt's Up and a fishing guide in Alaska (who apparently hasn't notice the huge climate changes happening there).
I've been to Curry's blog and read some of her vaporous whim-whams about certainity. Nothing scientific enough to form a basis for debate.
The "decline" is the deviation of post 1960s tree ring thickness from the actual temperature measurements. Mann pointed out in his paper why he did not use the later tree ring data (because it was flawed). His colloquial expression in his email assumed his reader was a scientist who knew what he meant.
Try reading some of the web pages from scientific agencies like NASA, NOAA, MIT, Planck Institute, NCAR, etc. You might learn something instead of repeating drivel from deniers' blogs.
"The more I have read about
"The more I have read about Climategate and Michael Mann, the more disgusted I have become."
Well, lets face it, you were always going to gravitate towards right wing blogs and believe every word of what they told you.
" but I see a lot of serious criticism about openness in science."
Nonsense. All the data was freely avaialble. WUWT and it's henchmen spammed Jones with FOI when there was no need to. Their intention was just to hold up and delay science. The subsequent investigations agreed this was their intention.
"hero fighting a well funded machine"
You got that right.
"whose "trick" is being quoted out of context."
You honestly think vested interests would want it portrayed as anything but that.
"There is no good context for "hiding the decline". "
Denier wishful thinking.
"If Michael Mann wants to be a brave leader in the climate fight, he ought to challenge Willis Escenbach to a public debate"
Or alternatively Willis could submit a peer reviewed paper that counters Mann's work. We both know he can't. We both know the only arena a denier has a chance in, is the public debate, where they can use the gish gallop technique.
Talk back radio make their living from that.
You guys are getting pariniod delusional
"WUWT and it's henchmen spammed Jones with FOI when there was no need to."
Sounds like a pariniod conspiracy theory.
" Their intention was just to hold up and delay science."
I thought they were trying to replicate the results of published works. How do you hold up and delay already published papers?
" The subsequent investigations agreed this was their intention."
If that were true, it would be bigger than "hide the decline" all over the internet.
A few words about well funded machines. There are conservative and libertarian think tanks that are well funded. There are industry funded promotional orginazations. There are also well funded environmental organizations like Greenpeice and the World Wildlife Fund. This blog is probably funded by some sort of environmental foundation. You know what? I'm glad that they are well funded! These ideas need to be brought out into the public to be discussed and debated.
"Sounds like a pariniod
"Sounds like a pariniod conspiracy theory."
Reality is a scary thing for deniers, hence the denialsm.
"I thought they were trying to replicate the results of published works. How do you hold up and delay already published papers?"
If that was the case, they could have just used the data that availble online the whole time.
"If that were true, it would be bigger than "hide the decline" all over the internet."
Doesn't have quite the sensationalist ring.
"A few words about well funded machines. There are conservative and libertarian think tanks that are well funded. There are industry funded promotional orginazations. There are also well funded environmental organizations like Greenpeice and the World Wildlife Fund. This blog is probably funded by some sort of environmental foundation. You know what? I'm glad that they are well funded! These ideas need to be brought out into the public to be discussed and debated"
One has an interest in maximizing short term profit and spreading misinformation, to the detriment of the planets inhabitants. The other has an interest in maximizing the well being of the planets inhabitants & future generations.
He looks like a tough guy on the book jacket
It looks liike Michael Mann has been boning up on the PR stuff with his macho looking book jacket photo. When I see him on video, he comes across as the pilsbury doughboy.
You point would be?
If you put someone into the spot light, then perhaps they may be concerned about their appearance. Hell… put my wife in front of a mirror… Should I wear this, or should I wear that?
For me, I tend to get pretty scruffy looking and dress in early geek. Not exactly a positive image.
On the other hand you have stories from the conservatives like Preston Manning who hires PR people (Frank Luntz) to tell him how to dress to make him more publicly acceptable.
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
Corporations or Libertarians? OR/AND
I don't think Libertarianism would have 1/4 of the strength it does if it hadn't been funded by superrich, most of whom have inherited their wealth. Yeah, there are always people who are grumpy about government. Further, I suspect the Kochs or Mellons mean liberty for very rich; not for the freedom-loving suckers who benefit from their funding.
As an example, New Hampshire has always had an individualistic streak, as embodied in the state logo of a rattlesnake saying, "Don't tread on me." There was a relatively strong Libertarian group here in 2000. Then the Free Staters formed, investigated states to find one suitable to take over for a libertarian paradise, and selected New Hampshire, on the basis of its ambient culture, and its small population. So they called on libertarians to move to New Hampshire. Apparently many people received funding to come here. Further, I've heard of a now state representative who moved here and has no visible means of support. Work is at hand to identify the Libertarians, John Birchers, and other extra right who infiltrated the state house as "Republicans". (Libertarians have run as Democrats if they think the Democrats will win.) The new House Majority Leader is actively wishing the Republicans can get the wolves to stop wearing sheep's clothing.
It is money that is fueling the NH Libertarian's attempt to take over New Hampshire's government; it is money that has promoted the general growth of libertarian ideas. True, some people never outgrow reading Ayn Rand.
I think it's an AND. I think nuttiness has increased, driven by meny from the superrich and from corporations.
Lloyd Flack replied on Permalink
I think that someone who is
I think that someone who is extremely rich and strongly ideologically motivated is likely to unintentionally purchase an echo chamber. Someone like that is likely to attract people who will tell them what they want to hear and they end up only listening to those people. I would expect this to have happened to the Koch's and to people like them. This does not necessarilly mean that their advisors are lieing, just supporting ideas that are far to comfortable.
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
I've read much of Mann's book and reccommend it. What struck me was the sudden outbursts of denials when major world conferences are scheduled. A very organized effort. Expect it to happen the next time the world gets close to doing something useful about climate warming.
The "strangle the messenger" technique inflicted on Mann and others didn't work out for Montezuma. Unfortunately, the whole world is at stake now, not just the Aztecs.
stupidicus replied on Permalink
I agree with the ways of Mann
and the "take no prisoner" approach. It became clear to me very early on in my life on the "internets", that turning the other cheek to the rightwing opposition was little more than an invitation to have you face slapped off.
I also discovered that even if it never results in mutual admiration, it does often result in respect that makes them think twice before locking horns…
I've always thought that the reason they decided to try to knock "the Mann" down, was because his hockey stick was so simple in concept and meaning, that even a caveman as they say, could understand it. Unlike the lions he talked about, and the tactic of the zebras, their thinking was to discredit/knock down the simplest sign even the simpletons that follow them could read and grasp the meaning of, and a great deal of the hard work was over in terms of keeping the waters muddied and their minions muddled and ripe for further manipulation. This is particularly easy when as you've long noted, confirmation bias is the sought after ambrosia to feed them with.
This is precisely why they installed Gore as the titular head of the "Gorebal Warming" movement, which was especially effective given the politically-motivated angles they could inject into it as a result of his "lefty" credentials, as well as the loathing righties already had, making him ripe for such types of exploitation of the issue-discrediting kind. One can't help but wonder as I've previously noted, what diffs there might be had a Carl Sagan-like figure "manned" the helm instead of Gore. While there doubt-casting, etc would have surely followed, the direct mixing of a despised political figure (on their side) with a science issue with major political implications, surely had more negative impacts on the rightwingnut minion mind one lacking the burdens Gore brought, would have had, and particualrly if he didn't have large homes to heat, jets, etc – a large carbon footprint/bauble they could hypnotise the "Morans" with.
And like with Gore, apparently Mann's appearance has some relevance to the work he's done as well. I'd bet if they both more closely resembled Adonis, the rightwingnuts would never have questioned their integrity or that of their work.
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
Gore's Movie
"An Inconvenient Truth" was/is tremendously influential, despite some unnecessary filler.
Scientists whose work was featured underwent "investigations".
Was the hockey stick a good visual? Sure, that's why Gore used it. How did newly-appointed Cuccinelli come to launch an immediate investigation into Mann's work at UVa years earlier for 'civil fraud'? Who* supplied the 'kook' with the pseudo-scientific language that went into his legal briefs? How much Va taxpayer dollars went into the kook's witchhunt that ended when the Virginia Supreme Court dismissed his plea "with prejudice".
Then the polar bears. Al Gore's movie made drowned polar bears the poster child for global warming extinction. (Regretably, imo, they're distant and in a place that almost nobody ever goes to. Not the boy next door.)
The author of the paper who saw the drowned polar bears has been endlessly investigated for, er, what? You can't tell from the inane questions legal staff asked him. (Google on PEER and Monnett to see the transcripts.) In the meantime, his career has been trashed. His co-author got uneasy with the earlier attacks and bailed out of that job. Smart.
Not a coincidence, in my view, that off-the-wall attacks have come on the guys whose work Gore dramatized.
*Who? I'm guessing it was S**F**Singer. He writes like that. Anybody got an author checking computer program?
stupidicus replied on Permalink
that would be a plausible suspect
here's his latest song http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/05/30/romneys-historic-opportunity-low-cost-energy-fuels-economic-recovery/
the late Johnny Rook said it well
"Why Climate Denialists are Blind to Facts and Reason: The Role of Ideology"
by Johnny Rook
"Your adversary will deny the facts, cherry pick the scientific evidence for bits of data that, taken out of context, support his/her denialist view, or drag out long-debunked counter-arguments in the hope that they are unfamiliar to you and that you will not be able to refute them. If you succeed in countering all of his arguments he will most likely reword them and start all over again.
The answer is simply that you are operating off of a mistaken premise. You think that the question of whether or not climate change is real and has an anthropogenic (human) cause is a question to be answered by application of an open mind, research, facts, and critical thinking. Isn't that how scientists approach these problems? They're skeptical and critique each others work, discaring ideas which fail to stand up to scrutiny by their colleagues and replacing them with ones that better describe the facts.
Denialists, however, have no interest in facts except as weapons in an ideological struggle. They don't even care if "facts" are correct or not, since their intention is not to establish that something is true or false, but rather to win a battle in an ideological war.
I'm not talking about people who are skeptical only because they are uninformed about the issue. Nor, am I talking about scientists who disagree with other scientists over the details of global warming.
For conservative/libertarian ideologues who compose the overwhelming majority of denialists, Climaticide is just such a case. If a conservative/libertarian ideologue were to accept global warming as real then he/she would be forced to admit that the problem is so big and so complex that government action is required to deal with it. But for an conservative/libertarian ideologue that is impossible because he/she believes that government is the cause of ALL problems and that the solution to all problems is "freedom".
Denialists frequently make this attitude explicit when they accuse the "liberals" concerned about climate change of having invented it as an excuse to expand government. The latest version of this tactic that I've encountered is that none of the science in support of global warming need be taken seriously because it is the product of government-paid scientists who are only doing their bureaucratic masters' bidding, apparently forgetting that the current "masters" are themselves Climaticide denialists. (Bush was President when he wrote this)
Government science is corrupt science because it's government science. "Scientists" in the pay of the oil and gas industries on the other hand are free of this corruption because they are doing science for the capitalist heroes who defend our 'freedom'."
Engineering has its analogies.
We have reviews in which your corporate peers (not pals) will look over your work and critique it.
Let me tell you the story about the engineer who faked his data. This is a true story. and the punch line was the manager's 'reference' for this engineer. "Putrid f***ing sack of s**t single handedly destroyed this company, and bankrupted it!" (How would you like that on your resume?)
So the engineer in question was repeatedly asked why there were issues with USB electronics. He denied there was any issue and continued as though it was all someone else's fault. Finally his manager took the time to double check basic voltages, and errata… There were issues all over the place, but by this time, tech melt down had hit, and it was game over for the company.
Reviews and and disclosure of opinion function on consensus. Furthermore most engineers don't have to do anything unless its serious, no matter how many people squawk. However, professionals look into anything that comes across their plate, and denial should be the last thing you ever hear. (Detailed explanations of test procedures should make you feel more confident.)
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
Yep , we're libertarians
I personally have become active at substantial personal cost with zero funding only because , as a quantitatively educated individual , I was disgusted with the pathetic level of math and physics evident among climate scientists compared to any other branch of applied physics .
The absolute mediocrity and even willful stupidity and fraud I see reenforces my libertarian rejection of centralized state force rationalized , as here , by arrogant ignorance .
We're 10 degrees warmer that a gray ball in our orbit having increased from about 288 to 288.8 , 0.3% , while CO2 , which is provably greening the planet has gone up by a third . From those basic facts , it's twisted to predict anything other than a greener planet ahead .
What kind of physics do you do Bob?
English doesn't seem to be a strong point either.
You use this word 'physicist'. I do not think it means what you think it means.
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
Pathetic Level of Physics and Math?
Like you know what these are:
Navier-Stokes equations of fluid flow
Chandrasekar radiative transfer equation
primitive equations of atmospheric models
or maybe you can recognize a partial differential equation when you see it?
I think he's refering to Ivar Giaever.
So… Ivar knows nothing of Climate Science…. Check!
Must be a Heartland or Cato expert… Check!
Shame he doesn't know anything.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
"Climate Science" needs a Chandrasekar .
@ GLS : Yes . See http://www.cosy.com/BobA/vita.htm . I'm an APL programmer .
I've wanted to get my copy of "Radiative Transfer" back from my niece who graduated in physics and applied math from Boulder last year , but she's currently in Namibia .
But on a more basic level , do we have common ground in agreeing that :
We're 10 degrees warmer that a gray ball in our orbit having increased from about 288 to 288.8 , 0.3% , while CO2 , which is provably greening the planet has gone up by a third [ from about 3 molecules per 10,000 of atmosphere to 4 ] .
Do you agree that it takes a pretty radical non-linearty to predict anything substantially different than another 0.8 degrees warming from another molecule per 10k of air if we add again the total CO2 we've added since the industrial revolution which has so increased the world's standard of living , indeed , even lifespan ?
Can you put me in my place by stating in a couple of equations how to calclulate the temperature of a radiantly heated colored ball ?
@ AnOilMan : Don't know much about Glaever , but Climate Science is just a branch of applied physics and , starting with the claim of a 33c greenhouse effect , is pathetic compared to any other field , eg , semiconductors .
& how are you at reading ? Where do I use the word 'physicist" ?
How much mass was that?
Just curious… but .8k is a horrific huge number. And that was talking about land surface.
Oceans are an entirely different matter. They are heating, and we do use water for a coolant for a reason. It stores a LOT of heat.
As much as I enjoy your random ramblings an innane claims… could you provide links?
Let me be really clear. I'm used to this tactic from climate change deniers. No links. Where as scientists and technical types (people who write papers) tend to provide lots of links. When you read a paper its full of references to other papers and so on.
This banal technique from climate deniers marks them instantly, and puts my hackles up.
"Hi! I'm Bob! I'm a Naval Engineer, and I can tell you all this climate science stuff is garbage!"
Spare me, I've heard it all before.
Furthurmore how come you can't write a scientific paper yourself. Seriously.. if its all hoopla, write a paper and submit it for critique. There are plenty of Journals willing to print material even if it isn't mainstream. I'm sure the world at large would be happy to be let in on your little secret.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
You prove my point .
@ AnOilMan .
You apparently don't even know than 0.8 kelvin the same as 0.8c . Where I live at 2500 meters altitude , the diurnal variation is 20 times that .
But nuances of data are pointless when the most basic understanding of the physics is lacking . My comments are so damn basic that asking for links is just embarrassing .
You are an example of the finding of the recent Yale study that the less scientifically knowledgeable you are , the more susceptible you are to this nonscience .
Spot the Troll...
So… you're going to use big words to impress people? You know what? I think you're being supercilious.
Which recent Yale study was that Bubba? There are so many you know. Who was the author? Do tell…
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
Just the words that come to
Just the words that come to mind .
Check ClimateDepot or search for the study . It's been getting lots of play recently because it came to exactly the result not desired . It was supposed to show that the way to get the population to swallow that the molecule out of which they are made is evil was to teach them more science .
But , as that simple point that we are only 10 degrees warmer than a gray ball in our orbit , and the total change since the invention of the thermometer has been well less than 1 degree , it works in the other direction .
I'm tired of it. Find the paper and the link to it. ClimateDepot is not a journal, and clearly a political organization. I'm only interested in the science.
Just so you know… Physicists don't talk that way.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
Climate Depot is a Drudge Report for AGW
Marc Morano's site is a central clearing house for links to items in any way related to to the CO2 controversy . That's its power . It linked to several articles about the Yale report .
I see no evidence that you have any ability to understand any science . I would be curious how far you got in math – because in the end , that's what will rule .
I was invited into Honors Math
… but I declined and went into engineering. (I've noticed that very few people drop out and into engineering.)
I'm a Professional Engineer, and I am authorized by law to apply science to solve real world problems.
I have a patent in chemistry using a math trick to solve a problem that was previously unsolveable. So, I'm used to taking flack from the folks who just haven't seen any real science in a long long time. I've heard it all before…
By the way I used a math trick last Thursday and I was thinking of patenting it. However I'm reasonably certain that no one in the industry can reverse engineer it. The Oil and Gas industry just isn't that smart.
Remember! 3 in 100 climate scientists don't think Global Warming is real!
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
Given your background , I
Given your background , I don't understand your continual appeal to authority . Real 21st century peer review is happening right here , right now on these blogs .
Given your background , you should be able to evaluate my work ( unfunded ) so far on Heartland's ClimateWiki - Category:Essential Physics , http://climatewiki.org/wiki/Category:Essential_Physics . It takes a very classical physics approach . Perhaps you could translate some of the most essential expressions into less arcane computer language than the APL evolute I work in .
Pure Bull.
Its a common misconception that you can somehow have just any old person review a document and come to a reasonable conclusion. You can not.
Bloggers are not in any way a substitute for peer review. That's just common sense.
So… let take a look at what happens if you don't have peer review;
Now lets take a look at what happens if you do;
In what way are you (an APL programmer) a peer to Hansen? You have 40 years of studying climate science under your belt? As an APL programmer? Impressive…. Dendro Paleoclimatology is right up your alley?
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
You seem to have a deep inferiority complex
Why don't YOU look at my initial work at http://climatewiki.org/wiki/Category:Essential_Physics and my more extensive work at http://cosy.com/views/warm.htm .
I've tried to write for the bright high school student , who , if a competent programmer , should be able to code and confirm the computations in the language of their choice . Certainly anybody with the math background you claim should find it elementary .
It's only gotten thru the computation of the energy density and corresponding temperature of points in our orbit , but that explains 97% of our temperature .
The next step is adding the couple of lines of code to calculate temperatures for arbitrary spectra . But as I've said , I'm just an array language programmer attacking this on time taken from other priorities , so I'll wait till someone feeds me spectra , or spectral maps of interest to them .
Hansen , the guy who calls the coal trains which power life in Colorado nazi death trains ! You're joking , right ? He's a bigger nut than Gore and spouts drivel like tipping points
with apparently no idea what he's talking about . He's an utter embarrassment to your cause .
" Why don't YOU look at my
" Why don't YOU look at my initial work at http://climatewiki.org/wiki/Category:Essential_Physics and my more extensive work at http://cosy.com/views/warm.htm ."
Why don't you just publish a peer reviewed paper on climate science then if you think you are onto something? Instead of ranting away on a blog?
"Marc Morano's site is a
"Marc Morano's site is a central clearing house for links to items in any way related to to the CO2 controversy ."
Usually deniers stay away from blatant political sites and quote right wing blogs in disguise like WUWT. But this one has no shame in hiding that his stance is entirely political and confirmation bias is his guiding light.
Lawrence Hamilton! One escaped!
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
Strongly recommended serious scientific textbook
Bob Armstrong — Study Ray Pierrehumbert's "Principles of Planetary Climate"
at least through chapter 6. Then you'll actually know some (starter) climatology. Its not for the faint of heart or the lazy.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
I looked at Pierrehumbert's preprint
I didn't see a quantitative development of , in particular , the claim that one can construct a ball ( Venus ) whose interior comes to a higher temperature than that calculated by Stefan-Boltzmann & Kirchhoff for the radiation impinging on it . Such a notion violates the impossibility of creating a perpetual heat engine .
I will take another look at it tho . But he's no Chandrasekar .
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
The book
treats Venus rather nicely, along with other bodies which have atmospheres.
And there is not 'preprint'. At one time some draft chapters were on his website.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
I would think it obvious that
I would think it obvious that draft is what I meant .
I'm not going to drop 70+ bucks on a speculative purchase when I don't remember even seeing any equations in the draft . A long standing bitch if you will I have of the AGW crowd is that I have never been able to find an open web source of the supposed quantitative science .
If you understand his computations for venus – they certainly shoulcn't take more than a few equations – perhaps you could post them here , or point us to a non-pay-walled site which presents them .
I'd be quite interested in implementing them in the very succinct languages that I workk in so I can play with them and explore the space of parameters which create balls with higher internal temperatures than that computed for the energy flows at their surface .
Incedentally , the computations I present at http://climatewiki.org/wiki/Category:Essential_Physics should be easily translatable to Python which Pierrehumbert appears to use . I've set up tables to be fleshed out with other languages as people volunteer them .
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
There are
plenty of equations. The book is well worth the price.
Alternatively, convince a nearby lending library to acquire a copy, I did.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
Is there nowhere on the web ?
Again , if you understand what he's saying , why can't you summarize the essential equations here ? Math is not copywritable .
How do youall expect to convince quantitatively educated individuals in this web age if your case is not freely available to the connected global masses at a web search ? All I have ever found is the amateurish 33c irrelivancy on some Wikipedia pages . You are clearly losing this battle .
I guess the work I've initiated , unfunded spare time effort tho it is , on the Heartland ClimateWiki will beat youall to it and force youall to play catch-up .
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
Its a 600+ page book. Quit stalling and go study it.
You clearly need it in ordeer to avoid the most elementary errors in the study of a difficult subject, atmospheric physics.
Lloyd Flack replied on Permalink
Surely why a sphere with an
Surely why a sphere with an atmosphere attound it inhibiting re-radiation would be warmer than a similar one with no such atmosphere is elementary. It's surface will reach a temperature at which it ratiates as much heat as it recieves. If the incoming radiation does not change and some of the outgoing radiation is absorbed ad re-radiated, half into space and half back to the sphere then surely the temperature needed to reach thermal equilibrium will be higher than it would be if there was nothing intercepting re-radiation to space. It is simple logic.
And your talk of a perpetual heat engine is nonsense. The spheres described are open systems with heat continually supplied from elsewhere.
Your claimed errors are too elementary not to have gotten caught by the large number of people working on the climate if you had been right.
Bob Armstrong replied on Permalink
No it isn't .
Our atmosphere is relatively only as thick as thick layer of paint on a ping pong ball . An atmosphere , per se , will not change the temperature of a planet . It will reduce the variance of the temperature , and CO2 has a significant role transferring heat from the sunny ground to the atmosphere where it keeps us warm at night .
In any case the temperature of the lumped earth and atmosphere together can be calculated given the spectrum as seen from the outside .
But , on the Heartland site , I only present the computation of the energy density in our orbit which corresponds to a temperature of about 279k . That's unequivocal .
The 10 degrees we are warmer than that is undoubtedly explained by our color , our non gray ( non-flat ) spectrum . As I've said , give me a spectrum for the sun and for the ball , and I'll give you the ball's equilibrium temperature . That is a computation which appears to be beyond the education of most people spouting on both sides in these blog wars altho it's definitely high school level math ( aside from the proof of Stefan-Boltzmann itself ) .
I find it typical and significant that you neither offer nor point to any equations quantifying your assertions .
If there is some way to construct a sphere such that the interior comes to a higher temperature than that calculated based on its radiant heat sources and its surface spectrum , then you could continually "pipe" energy from its center to its exterior in excess of that exterior energy density . I believe this can be proved by a straight forward application of Stokes theorem analogous to such proofs in another field of applied physics , electrostatics . Intuitively , consider if instead of being heated by a hundred-thousanth of its sky like Venus is , that same energy equivalent to about 328 degrees were spread uniformly around its celestial sphere . That is , consider a ball uniformly irradiated from all directions . Do you seriously contend that you can design a ball whose center will get and stay hotter than its exterior without an internal heat source ?
T'ain me that's made errors . In fact I'm taking the traditional approach of physics and analyzing the simple , experimentally testable situations first , ie , opaque balls . But if you don't quantitatively understand the basics first , you are not doing science . You can see my planned syllabus on the Heartland site . I expect to have input from some old NASA and other experts by the time I get to such issues as the vertical structure of the atmosphere . ( You know there are a lot of astronauts and other NASA people pissed at the nonscience which has been coming out of the place in recent years . )
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
Pure and unadulterated verbal diarrhea
WOW, I have seen a lot of rubbish posted by AGW deniers in the name of science but this load of verbal diarrhea is the worst case I have read in a long time.
What is it that gives these ignorant people the belief that if they string a load of fancy sounding "sciency" words into incomprehensible sentences that they are doing science? Of course the great unwashed and ignorant followers (the Wattsupians and Bishop Shills etc) lap this sort of stuff up by the bucketful. They are so stupid that they do not realize that by nodding their heads in acceptance of this rubbish they are just shooting themselves in the foot since it just makes their ignorance of science so much more apparent.
Armstrong has been spamming his rubbish at many science sites for the past couple of years. He no more knows science than a cuckoo clock can lay eggs.