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Panel Discussions - April 24, 2014
Principles for Youth and Peacebuilding
There are some 1.2 billion young people in the world today, and many are counted as part of the 1.5 billion living in war-affected areas, noted Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Policy Analyst at the International Peace Institute on April 24th. Ms. Ó Súilleabháin quoted the statistic while chairing a panel discussion to launch the book Guiding Principles on Young People's Participation in Peacebuilding.
Panel Discussions - April 22, 2014
Adama Dieng: Action, Not Only Warning, Needed On Genocide Prevention
Genocide is a process with many "signposts along the road," said Adama Dieng, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, on April 22nd. "What we need is not more early warning, but early action," he added at a panel discussion on the lessons learned in the 20 years since the Rwandan genocide.
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Technology and Conflict Examined at ''Build Peace'' Conference
Technology is altering how we engage with the world, offering new avenues for social change. On April 4-5, 2014, IPI was part of the Build Peace Conference, which gathered practitioners, activists, and technologists from around the world to share experiences and ideas on using technology for peacebuilding and transforming conflict transformation.
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Stent: No More US-Russia Resets
"After four resets and what's happened in Ukraine, probably the United States should forget resets [with Russia] and focus on realism," said Angela E. Stent, author of The Limits of Partnership: US-Russia Relations in the Twenty-First Century. She discussed her book at the International Peace Institute on April 17th.
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IPI Publication Examines UN's Approach to Terminating Security Council Sanctions
This report assesses the United Nations Security Council's current approach to drawing down sanctions in intrastate war situations. After examining broader questions surrounding the UN's authority to impose sanctions and the corresponding limits on these powers, the report assesses criteria used by the Council to terminate sanctions.
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IPI and the government of Turkey co-hosted an informal United Nations Security Council (UNSC) retreat in Istanbul on April 11-13, 2014. The retreat, in its fifth consecutive year, gathered members of the UN Security Council, as well as current chairs and high-level officials of a number of international and regional organizations to examine how the UNSC and regional organizations may more effectively work together on issues concerning international peace and security.
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'NewsChannel 5 Investigates' Delivers Award-Winning Work
The NewsChannel 5 Investigates team has received national recognition for its efforts to act as a watchdog for our viewers.
DuPont Award: Considered one of the broadcast equivalents of the Pulitzer Prize, the duPont-Columbia University Award has now been bestowed upon the NewsChannel 5 Investigates team three times!
Most recently, in 2012, a duPont Award was given for the team's "Policing for Profit" investigation. That project exposed how some Tennessee police agencies routinely target out-of-state drivers for traffic stops, looking for large sums of cash that they can seize based on the suspicion that it's drug money. Members of the duPont jury said the investigation revealed "an outrageous abuse of power by law enforcement agencies." It was the work of chief investigative reporter Phil Williams, producer Kevin Wisniewski and photojournalists Bryan Staples and Iain Montgomery.
In 2010, a duPont Award honored the team's "General Sessions Court" investigation. It was the work of Williams, Staples and Wisniewski. The duPont jury wrote that "the series methodically builds its case from one shocking incident to the next, showing how average citizens are victimized by judges and clerks. With superior storytelling and interviews, this series performed a valuable public service."
In 2004, a duPont Award recognized the "Friends in High Places" investigation of insider contracts awarded during the administration of former Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist. It was the work of Williams and Staples.
Peabody Award: Considered the other counterpart to the Pulitzer Prize, a George Foster Peabody Award was given in 2005 for "Friends in High Places."
The Peabody committee wrote, "WTVF's three-year investigation probes the awarding of hundreds of millions of dollars in state contracts to friends of the Tennessee governor. The station's ongoing reports on abuse of power have led to federal indictments and the passage of contract reform laws."
It was Phil's second Peabody Award.
National Headliner Awards: NewsChannel 5's investigative unit has been recognized five times with First Place honors in the National Headliner Award competition.
In 2011, investigative reporter Ben Hall and photojournalist Iain Montgomery were honored by with National Headliner Award for Environmental Reporting for their investigation of how Metro Nashville school officials had ignored the risks of cancer-causing radon gas in classrooms across the city. Wisniewski and Williams contributed to the report.
The year before, in 2010, Hall and Montgomery also received a National Headliner Award for Environmental Reporting for their investigation of how the coal industry fought to weaken water quality standards in Tennessee.
In 2009, consumer investigator Jennifer Kraus, producer Kevin Wisniewski and photojournalists Bryan Staples and Mike Rose were honored with a National Headliner Award for Business and Consumer Reporting for their "Alarming Failure" investigation. It highlighted the problem with a common type of smoke detector that may have trouble detecting smoke from smoldering fires.
In 2007, NewsChannel 5's investigation of Bill Heard Chevrolet received a National Headliner Award for Business and Consumer Reporting. That investigation -- by Kraus, Staples and Wisniewski -- documented questionable sales and financing practices inside a company that billed itself as the "World's Largest Chevy Dealer."
A National Headliner medallion was awarded in 2003 to Williams and Staples for "Friends in High Places."
George Polk Award: A prestigious national award for the "Friends in High Places" investigation. The Polk judges said that when Williams and Staples "began looking into the sometimes too-cozy relationships between Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist and companies doing business with the state, they knew right away they had uncapped a powder keg."
In 2003, the NewsChannel 5 Investigates team was the only television unit -- local or national -- to receive a George Polk Award.
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting: Williams and Staples were among six national finalists in 2004 for the "Friends in High Places" and "Perks of Power" investigations. The "Perks of Power" investigation documented widespread abuses by Tennessee lawmakers.
The prize -- administered by the Shorenstein Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government -- honors journalism which promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government. Other finalists included the New York Times and Frontline, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. "We look for stories that have a real impact, and these finalists all have high muzzle velocity," said Shorenstein director Alex S. Jones.
Edward R. Murrow Awards: In 2007, the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) gave its highest honor, a national Edward R. Murrow Award, to NewsChannel 5 Investigates for the best investigative reporting by a large-market television station.
That award went to NewsChannel 5's investigation of questionable sales and financing practices inside Bill Heard Chevrolet.
The NewsChannel 5 Investigates team has been recognized with multiple regional Edward R. Murrow Awards.
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Sigma Delta Chi Award: Three-time winners of this national award, the NewsChannel 5 Investigates team was honored in 2007 by the Society of Professional Journalists for public service.
The award recognized an investigation that uncovered life-threatening neglect of veterans at two Tennessee State Veterans Homes. That project was the work of Kraus, Staples and Wisniewski. "At some point during the story the viewer should come away a different person ... a more knowledgeable person. This story had 'it' on all emotions," the judges wrote.
In 2004, Williams and Staples received the Sigma Delta Chi Award for the investigation of University of Tennessee president John Shumaker.
A year earlier, SPJ bestowed the national honor for "Friends in High Places," the investigation of state contracts received by friends of former Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist.
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In 2007, the Legion recognized NewsChannel 5's investigation of the state veterans homes. "Your reports directly led to the correction of life-threatening violations that likely saved the lives of veterans under their care," said Paul A. Morin, national commander of The American Legion. "Journalism doesn't get any better than that."
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IRE Awards: An IRE Certificate in 2004 from Investigative Reporters and Editors for the "Perks of Power" investigations by Williams and Staples of state lawmakers and the University of Tennessee president. The IRE judges wrote, "WTVF's documentary of abuses of power by state legislators and the president of the University of Tennessee is yet another example of this station's commitment to investigative journalism."
An IRE Certificate in 2003 for "Friends in High Places." IRE's judges wrote, "Facing retaliation, WTVF's Phil Williams didn't flinch and produced some of the most compelling television investigations of the year. This important investigation does more than put an outgoing governor on notice; it sends a clear message to all elected officials."
An IRE Medal, the group's highest honor, in 2001 for "Who's Policing the Police?" That investigation focused on allegations that high-ranking police officials helped certain individuals escape criminal charges. Judges said Williams "went after one of the most powerful institutions in any town and broke the blue line by getting police officers to talk about their superiors." They called it "an outstanding example of dogged local reporting."
NewsChannel 5 has been ineligible for the awards for a number of years due to Phil Williams' service on IRE's national board of directors.
Emmy Awards: In 2007, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognized "The Ticket Fix" with a national Emmy Award. That investigation, by Williams and Staples, exposed a systemic problem of ticket fixing in the city of Nashville.
The NewsChannel 5 Investigates team has also received many regional Emmy Awards.
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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. Publilius Syrus
This competition should be between Patrick and Yuzuru. I would give the SP to Hanyu - 95 points is hard to beat even for Chan - and the LP to Chan. Patrick may not be one of the most consistent jumpers ever but Yuzuru hasn't proven to be one either, he fell on both of his quads in the free skate at Skate America and I can't blame those mistakes on his running out of steam in the second half of the program due to his stamina issues.
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In this sport, THE favorites generally receive generous scores. Chan's case of 2011 worlds is typical. I have a feeling that Hanyu is THE favorite in the judges' eyes. Probably Chan(COR) can't beat Hanyu(NHK). In fact, I suspect Hanyu's score was adjusted (lowered) so that he can put pressure on Chan at GPF. If Hanyu takes the lead after SP (as expected), Chan won't be given PCS as high as 92. Even Takahashi's PCS was "held down" before Hanyu's skate.
Chan has had only one fall but he has had alot of other problems, while Hanyu's only mistakes were the falls. It is ironic one would call that insane though as usually it is Chan who with 5 falls would gain more points than someone else with 1, so it is funny to see the roles reversing for once in a sense, but will be interesting to see them now competing head to head, and Takahashi and Fernandez thrown in as well.
Chan will win, but I would like to see Dai's victory
I played with Chan's numbers a bit cause he made some major "mistakes" in both his comps and left a lot of points on the table. Although he scored better overall at COR, there was still plenty of room for improvement.
For instance, he did a 3T-3T @ SC and earned a 9.1, did a 4T-1T @ COR and got 7.7 because of the -3GOE. His CCSp was a 4 at SC but a 3 at COR; StSq a 4 @ SC but a 3 at COR. His PCS were 77.44 @ SC and 85.44 @ COR and that's just his short.
Now that he has had time to put more mileage on his programs, I would expect higher marks for him. Should he "clean" things up he could quite probably hit over 50 in TES and I would think that his PCS would also rise. The difference in PCS from SC to COR was 8 points but I don't know if Chan can get over 9 on everything in PCS so I just assigned 45 points to PCS. That would give him ball park of 95 for the short so I can see him giving Hanya a run in the short.
Regardless, I think the men will be interesting to watch.
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Regarding the "terror" of Hanyu's 95+ scores and who could challenge him in the SP if he is in a good day, there's actually a pretty easy way to figure this one out. There are only five men who ever got 90+, three of which will be in the final (Hanyu, Chan, Takahashi). I'd argue that the other three either don't have a program to challenge that 90 mark (Fernandez is still too low PC-wise, Machida hasn't tried the quad in the SP yet and I am not sure it's even in his interest to try at GPF) or do but it's clear they haven't had the favor of the judges so far (Kozuka)
Now Chan and Takahashi had 90+ scores before the new bonus in the 2nd half of the program, so they could close the gap on Hanyu and get in pretty much the same ballpark. In fact, both Chan's CoR score and Takahashi's NHK's score indicate that if they skate their program cleanly, with good GOE that approach that of Hanyu, they both have a decent shot at beating that record because they both can - and should, if they skate clean - get higher PCs than Hanyu (whether the judges will see it that way is another question entirely since Hanyu's been clearly overmarked in PCs in both SA and NHK in the SP)
If all three get to skate their program clean, my feeling is that going against both Hanyu and Chan in a SP, Takahashi has almost no chance to receive high enough components because recent history shows that they're likely to be held back to make way for either Hanyu (NHK) or Chan (pretty much all of last season - WTT being an exception but then the circumstances were pretty exceptional), or both. His only chance would probably be to skate after them and to finally succeed in putting a quad-triple combination if the other two don't, because that would force the judges to think twice about it
That leaves really Hanyu and Chan, and it will be interesting to see how they'll be noted PC-wise as they go head to head. Although I have a personal preference for Hanyu between those two, I think Chan has a markedly better program this year which should decide things in his favor should they both skate at the same level of performance - but again, the signals that the judges have been sending are a bit confusing so you never know how this will turn out
As for GPF, I wish all the skaters the best and hope they all reach new highs! As for Patrick, I hope he out highs their highs.
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Hanyu first, Kozuka second, then Chan and Takahashi will both skate sloppily as per usual and come in 3rd and 4th. Chan's score at COR for that FS with all those doubles was quite inflated, IMO. Yeah, I get he didn't splat all over the place but apart from the quads, the rest of his jump content was like novice men level
I would really love to see Dai run away with the gold medal. Either him or Kozuka. In the end Hanyu or Chan will probably take it so my vote goes to Hanyu.
Hmmm... all the debate on Hanyu vs Chan? Would it be interesting if Machida wins gold? Strange things have happened in this GP season.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. Publilius Syrus
I thought I would go into some detail for those who can't be bothered to look at the protocols aka "the naysayers". It really had nothing to do with how anyone may have voted in the poll or what people had been saying in the posts for this topic. It was more to do with the tone of things on this board in general when it comes to Chan. Hopefully that makes sense?Not sure Chan's naysayers care for this level of detail. I'm thinking if they were really interested, they would go to read the judges' protocols themselves and compare GOEs before coming here to post...
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Chan and Takahashi will both skate sloppily as per usual and will get beat by Hanyu and Kozuka who will skate cleanly and accurately as per usual.Hanyu first, Kozuka second, then Chan and Takahashi will both skate sloppily as per usual and come in 3rd and 4th.
What are some people watching?
Of course, he also did a 4-3 and another 4t, so I get the argument is kind of dumb. It's just to me, that program was divided into 2 distinct parts - the mesmerizing first minute or so, and the distracted pop-filled remaining 3. Just my 2 cents.
And Kozuka has been consistent this season. Yuzuru not as much but both his SP scores this season have been huge, and I don't think Chan will be able to top that at this point in the season, so it will come down to the FS, and Hanyu has more difficult content and better spins, plus he usually rotates everything even if he falls. Chan is prone to pops recently and given his history of falling, I wouldn't count that out either. If Hanyu skates clean/near clean and Chan skates like he usually does, I think Hanyu will beat him, and a clean Kozuka might too.
Machida IMO has no chance of winning where he attempts no quad in the SP. Plus his PCS are much lower than Patrick and Dai, and even an "on" Hanyu or Kozuka. Fernandez's PCS seem to be very volatile...low 7s one competition then mid 8s the next. I love his SP but wish he'd dump the Chaplin FS, does anyone else feel the same way? Idk if its the music cuts being a bit slow and hokey, or the costume, or what, but I just feel like Fernandez is deserving of a better program.
Kozuka had three jumps UR'd in his CoR FS and has fallen more than Chan in the GP circuit. As has Hanyu. I agree that if Hanyu skates clean and Chan skates like he did at his two events, Hanyu wins. I'd argue that if Hanyu skates like he did at his two events, it's certainly not a rout as you suggest.And Kozuka has been consistent this season. Yuzuru not as much but both his SP scores this season have been huge, and I don't think Chan will be able to top that at this point in the season, so it will come down to the FS, and Hanyu has more difficult content and better spins, plus he usually rotates everything even if he falls. Chan is prone to pops recently and given his history of falling, I wouldn't count that out either. If Hanyu skates clean/near clean and Chan skates like he usually does, I think Hanyu will beat him, and a clean Kozuka might too.
Anyway, I'd argue that pinky's comment is a pitch perfect example of what a Chan naysayer postulates.


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I stalk Wall Street. Stopping short of phone hacking, of course.
Wall Street made the wrong bet in backing Mitt Romney for president and shunning Barack Obama but now it's time for a truce.
The Obama victory comes after a long and merciless effort by both sides. That said, there are plenty of winners and losers but among the latter is Wall Street.
Wall Street all but abandoned Obama in his effort to get re-elected. What started out as a healthy relationship between the White House and much of Wall Street turned ugly fairly quickly. Why? Big commercial and investment banks did not appreciate the president's bank-bashing rhetoric. And of course Obama's Wall Street reform legislation didn't help the relationship either.
As a result,Wall Street wanted Obama out and Romney in. How badly? Just take a quick look at the top contributors to the Romney campaign: $994k from Goldman Sachs, $922k from Bank of America, $827k from Morgan Stanley, $792k from JPMorgan Chase whose CEO frequented the White House quite often early in Obama's presidency. Nine out of ten of Romney's top contributors were financial companies like Citigroup, UBS and Wells Fargo. (For the record, those donations do not come directly from from the firms but rather their PACs, employees and owners.)
But Obama's here for another four years. So what happens to the relationship between the president and his Wall Street foes?
In short, it is time for a truce.
"We cannot continue the warfare between Wall Street and Washington," says SNL bank analyst Nancy Bush.
Bush says both sides need to hit the reset button and have a constructive conversation about how to move this country forward. Obama needs the banks and banks need Obama in order for that to happen, and both sides need to make some concessions.
For one thing, the president can't expect to leave a legacy of economic expansion–true economic expansion–without Wall Street's cooperation. "Obama needs to stop demonizing banks because you can't have a significant recovery without bank lending," Bush adds.
Much of the tension between Wall Street and Obama is the result of all financial regulation reform. That doesn't mean it should be watered down or repealed. The problem is that the very firms that are affected by the rules don't feel they are part of the process nor do they feel their voices are being heard. Whether or not that's a legit complaint it's in the administration's interest to collaborate.
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For instance, Basel III rules are a major point of contention right now. The capital rules that were created in Europe are being forced on U.S. banks with many are well ahead of the 2019 deadline. Meanwhile it seems European banks are not taking the new capital rules quite so seriously. Last month the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision found the U.S. was making strides while the EU lagged behind saying it was "materially non-compliant" in its internal ratings-based approach and that the EU fell short in its definition of capital.
"We can't continue to be the paragons of virtue here while everyone else is saying 'too bad'", Bush notes.
For their part banks will have to make concessions of their own. A slow-growth economy has already its toll on bank revenue and overall growth. It's in Wall Street's best interest to help the country snap out of this rut. But it must first face the reality of the new regulatory environment. No longer can banks deliberately avoid lending while using the excuse that they don't know what the regulatory landscape will look like. The uncertainty about the next president is gone and it's time to start moving forward.
One way to do that, Bush says, is for regulators and firms to agree upon a new standard of credit lending. "There are very stringent standards for credit right now. Both sides need to figure out how tweak that and decide what's good credit and what's not," she says.
Adds Bush, "In the end no one has clean hands here but it's time for a truce because no one is benefiting from the warfare."
Obama bashes the big banks but the Dodd Frank legislation gives them another bailout if they tank again. It is also hard to get the banks to lend, when in the first place, the affordable housing care act of 1996 deregulated them, and forced them to lend to higher risk clients.
I just do not see how Obama is going to improve the economy, all of his plans entail hiring more government workers. I count teachers as government workers by the way and I count any money going to the government as a tax. I get why people voted for him; there are more losers and have nots out there now then there are successful people. So I'm dissappointed with the election but also happy that people still feel life isn't fair. Because the number of losers and half nots is increasing, my skillset and abilities will be valued higher and therefore I will make more money. Yay for me!
On the flip side of having more "losers and have nots" is that the people who are having success will have to pay more to bail out these "losers and have nots". No one wins in this scenario as those less responsible and/or less skilled will expect more handouts for contributing nothing to the overall economic growth.
But I think that might be the point you were making.
drjaycadburyphd, people didn't vote FOR Obama; they voted AGAINST Romney. The vast majority (what was it, 70%?) think that the country is on the wrong track; he has an overall approval rating that is barely (if that) positive; and his campaign was a negative one, that contained very little hope or optimism for the future. What does it mean when, despite all of this, people STILL vote for him instead of your guy?
Further, the number of "losers and have nots" have always outnumbered the "winners" if you look at it through an economic lens. Interestingly enough, due to the recession, more people became "losers." It's funny how suddenly finding your home dropping in value by half and losing your job can put a dent in your income. It's also funny how the number of people in that situation has been DECREASING each year starting in 2010.
I'm sorry that you're so bitter and distressed with the world that you lay all of your problems on the "losers and have nots." There are significantly deeper issues that you should be concerned with, such as ALL of our leaders in Washington being out of touch with reality and only wanting to preserve power for themselves.
True discussion and true reform from everyone is necessary to get us out of this mess; pointing fingers and yelling will accomplish nothing but more of the same that we've had for the past four years.
Why even try to slander somebody so unprofessionally here? Bring discussion higher than name calling, James.
so 70% of the country thinks we're on the wrong track so they voted against Romney. Well that makes a lot of sense, especially because Obama was the president not Romney.
I do not really have any significant problems right now, I just want to keep more of my money.
I don't know what is a deeper issue than continued government expansion because that means taxes expand.
I graduated college so education is not an important issue to me, I have healthcare through my job so that is not important.
What's important is ending medicare and social security. I wasn't alive when those deals were made, I did not agree to the contracts. People that are retired on these programs will have to be paid out, those who are 63 near retirement are going to have to take a cut, but not as big a cut as I am going to have to take when it is my time to retire and collect.
Pointing fingers and yelling will lead to the results of the last 4 years. Okay sorry but I don't think the democrats made an effort to work with the republicans whatsoever. Bill Clinton was far more bipartisan than Obama.
hahaha I know. My friend was jagging me off last night because he is a big Obama supporter.
He took thousands in student loans, used most of it on booze and never finished college. I can't understand why I am supposed to support a person like this? Also, he is the biggest advocate for increased education spending that I know and he doesn't go to college! Nobody seems to care that we dumped a ton of money on No Child Left Behind. It doesn't count because Bush did it and he screwed it up.
So, I was remembering incorrectly the "wrong track." Here's a link: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html
That puts the "wrong track" in the mid-50s, with right track at low 40s. This signifies that, since Obama still go the majority of the vote, that people who think we're on the wrong track think that Romney would take us even FURTHER off course.
The issues that you bring up that matter to you (government expansion, elimination of medicare/social security, no support for education since you already graduated and don't care anymore, healthcare, etc.) are each worthy of their own discussion. Romney didn't make talking about any of these a point in his campaign; in fact, he didn't talk about much of anything.
Bill Clinton was more bipartisan than Obama because the number one goal of the Republicans was to make Obama a one-term president. As it turns out, in order to be bipartisan, the other side has to be willing to compromise, too. Instead, what I've seen is parties on both sides of the aisle becoming increasingly partisan–but that trend wasn't so sharp until after the 2010 elections.
The best thing that can come out of this election is for Republicans in the House to enter into real discussions with Democrats in the Senate (whose actions are then hopefully reciprocated) in order actually solve problems. As I stated previously, we need leaders who have real discussions about the issues who then work to solve them. Nothing can get better without this happening.
well that is more reasonable. Yeah, I would have voted for Hilary over both of the other 2 if she ran. I think the big thing right now is the dems want to raise the tax rate on the top earners…but I really don't think they are going to agree to spending cuts or to pay extra tax money into the deficit. It will be interesting because the Bush tax cuts are set to expire, so the dems have some leverage there. But the house republicans might say hey we will block every single piece of your legislation until you extend the Bush tax cut. Even if John Boehner were willing to compromise, I don't think he can deliver the tea party.
I don't understand what basis exists for a "truce".
The Wall St. outfits were major Obama supporters in 2008. Where did that get them?


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The facilities at Northwestern serve their purpose. While most buildings are fairly old, buildings like the McCormick Tribune Center and Crowe Hall are some of the newer and nicest buildings on campus. Harris Hall, home to many history and social science classes, completed its renovations in 2011. The chandeliers in the main lecture hall and overall polished look have made any lecture class more bearable. The Technological Institute (Tech) is by far the biggest building on campus, large enough to rival many of your high schools. Inside Tech, there is a secret Einstein Bros. Bagels and Tech Express (a café), so if you get lost, which can happen occasionally, at least you won't go hungry. Kresge Hall is notorious for having difficult-to-climb stairs. If you have a class on the fourth floor, brace yourself for a tiring walk. Overall, many of Northwestern's buildings have history, but nothing is decrepit.
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Jackson MS Officer Struck Killed When Struck by VehicleJACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - The Jackson Police Department is morning the loss of another officer today.
The unnamed officer was killed when either he or his vehicle was struck by a motorist traveling southbound on I-55 in front of Kroger Saturday.Jackson's new Police Chief Lindsey Horton said the officer received a call about 1:30 p.m. Saturday about debris on I-55 south. The officer arrived on the scene to find a barbeque grill had fallen onto the roadway.
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UPDATE (3:30pm): Senator Brown's office tells NECN this afternoon that the bin Laden photos the Senator mentions seeing about 2 minutes into the clip here were not authentic - however the Senator's position on the release of the images remains the same. He is opposed to the public release of the photos.
(NECN) - Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown has seen dead photos of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, and was given confidential information about the raid killing him during classified briefings.
"Let me assure you that he is dead, that bin Laden is dead... and in fact we've received the briefings and continue to get the briefings," he told NECN's Alison King. Sen. Brown stated that he did not favor the release of any photos of bin Laden. "If it's to sell newspapers or just have a news cycle story, no, I don't think they should be released."
Brown cautioned that before the government decides to release the pictures, they must consider sensitivities within the Muslim and Arab world, and remember that the United States still has men and women serving overseas. He congratulated those servicemembers, the Bush administration, the Obama administration, and intelligence leaders with finally gunning bin Laden down.
"This is something that everybody can just go, 'hey, atta boy, we did it together,'" he said.
Brown also wants the U.S. to re-evaluate foreign aid sent to Pakistan every year.
"We need to have partners who want to play, and if we're going to give them a tremendous amount of taxpayer dollars, there is a quid pro quo, and we need to make sure that we get a good value for that dollar," he said.
Brown also echoed an editorial he sent to the Boston Herald, defending his record against a slew of new targeted television ads against him from the League of Women voters. The ad blasts him for voting with Senate Republicans to ban the EPA from controlling gases blamed for climate change, and shows a child breathing through an oxygen mask.
"Bottom line, it's not true, and it's false," he said. "As a father, and somebody who has children, there's no way in the world that I would do anything to hurt children."


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Ross Energy Club's annual Carbon Symposium demystifies cap-and-trade legislation and highlights multidisciplinary opportunities in the new carbon economy.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The healthcare debate may dominate the headlines right now, but the business world is setting up for what could be an even bigger transformation: the move to regulate carbon emissions.
A bill sponsored by U.S. Reps. Al Waxman and Ed Markey already has passed the House of Representatives and would set up a system in the United States in which total emissions would be capped, companies could buy allowances to emit carbon, and credits to offset emissions could be traded on the open market.
But there's still work to be done in the Senate and plenty of dots to connect before the full picture emerges. Meanwhile, world leaders are readying for a global climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, and there's wide disagreement on how to shape regulations.
Business doesn't have the luxury of waiting to see what happens. Companies are making plans for cap and trade with some firms voluntarily curbing emissions and trading credits. The shift affects everything from corporate strategy, finance, and manufacturing to public policy, science, and entrepreneurship.
The Ross Energy Club's second annual Carbon Symposium Sept. 18 shed some light on the challenges and business opportunities as nations grapple with how to meet increasing demands for energy along with the pressure to curb emissions.
The conference drew experts and observers from a wide array of companies and disciplines, including big coal-consuming utilities, carbon credit creators and buyers, oil companies, financiers, and innovators.
"Clearly, this is a business issue that cannot be avoided," said Tom Lyon, Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology, and Commerce at Ross. He also is director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise.
Power Play
James Rogers, chairman and CEO of Duke Energy, helped set the tone with a keynote address in which he called for the U.S. government to act soon on new carbon regulations. He outlined innovative ways his company is seeking to meet power demand and cut emissions.
Rogers has been at the forefront in the utility industry in supporting some sort of cap-and-trade system. He has been leading efforts to find workable alternatives to burning fossil fuel. About 70 percent of Duke's electricity is generated from coal-fired plants, but the company also uses nuclear, wind, solar, and hydroelectric power.
Putting a price on carbon "turns loose the imagination and creativity" of people as they try to comply and will give utilities a good idea of their capital costs down the road as they build the next generation of power plants, he noted.
"I want action today," Rogers said. "I want the roadmap. I want the rules, because when I build a power plant, it's going to be there for 50 years, 60 years. By 2050, virtually every power plant will be retired and replaced. That's liberating. It's like a blank sheet of paper."
In the meantime, Duke is taking steps to find new, renewable sources of power and improve the efficiency of existing plants. The company has entered a cooperation agreement with a Chinese company on clean coal and renewable energy projects, and plans to announce more deals. Rogers said China and the U.S. both share a dependency on coal and should join together to tackle the carbon problem.
Duke also is looking at ways to move "beyond the meter" by cycling power within homes using a computer algorithm. The idea is that when a customer turns on a dishwasher, some power is borrowed from another appliance. A test run in a neighborhood showed a 10 percent reduction in energy and customers didn't notice any difference.
The trick with legislation is to keep power affordable while helping to fund new technology, Rogers said. Setting too high a price on carbon would drastically drive up utility bills for customers. So while cap and trade is needed, the price required to stimulate the necessary technology would be politically unfeasible. That's why Rogers called for "complementary policies," such as public-private ventures, to fund a technology roadmap.
The Primordial Soup
Utilities aren't the only ones looking ahead. The U.S. carbon credits market is voluntary but there are buyers and sellers. That begs the question as to why someone would spend money when it's not required.
There are different motivations. Some are "pure" motivations, as companies have voluntary goals to become carbon-neutral, said Adam Raphaely, director of green markets at TFS Energy. It can also help the company differentiate its product from competitors.
Others expect the credits bought in the voluntary market to carry over when carbon emissions are legally regulated. Thus, a company that expects to emit carbon can buy offsets for a low price now, or so they hope.
"We're seeing both kinds of buyers sitting alongside each other," Raphaely said.
In other cases, creating an offset can be profitable. Gabriel Thoumi, MBA/MS '08, is project developer for Forest Carbon Offsets LLC and said that landowners can earn a higher return by not cutting trees and putting offsets on the market.
"From where we're sitting right now (in forestry), it's profitable," he said.
But since the market is voluntary, there's some concern about the quality of the offsets and the ability to verify them. Carpet manufacturer Interface Inc. has set a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2020. It's doing that by reducing its own carbon use and creating carbon-neutral products. Creating the carbon-neutral products involves buying offsets, and Interface goes through a long, thorough process to verify the quality of the offsets it buys.
"We started buying (offsets) in 2003 and what was hard was getting a level of quality," said Erin Meezan, VP of sustainability for Interface. "We had to do tons of due diligence. It's easier now, but the standards are changing. The voluntary carbon standards took longer to get launched and into the market than people thought it would."
Investors who put money into projects using carbon offsets have to understand that market and plan for that risk, said Jay McKenna, VP of C-Quest Capital, a carbon finance firm. Both companies and finance firms will have to understand what they're buying and how to buy for the right use. For example, a large utility will want to buy for the long term and not keep picking up credits on the spot market. The developer of a project has to understand how to manage the sale in the future.
There's going to be a need for that expertise once a structured cap-and-trade market is established in the U.S., McKenna said. "The focus is to think about how liquidity gets put into that market. Somebody's got to put together the contracts and figure out the way capital actually gets put into those projects."
While cap and trade seems to be the favored blueprint by both Congress and the Obama administration, ExxonMobil and others are still calling for a simple tax on carbon. But Randy Armstrong, environmental issues director at Shell Oil Co., said his company prefers cap-and-trade.
"Who wants to tell me what the price is for the tax we would need to fund the innovation we need?" he said. "What if we guess wrong?"
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In the near future, policy will get most of the attention. The current Waxman-Markey bill has to work its way through the Senate and Duke's Rogers said he expects a more "centrist" bill to emerge. There are still issues to work out, including whether the government should allocate or auction off carbon emission allowances. Blake Richards, director of carbon trading at DTE Carbon LLC, said he'd like to see fewer restrictions on the number of offsets than in the latest version of the Waxman-Markey bill.
Congress might not pass a climate regulation bill until 2010. Meanwhile, the Climate Conference in Copenhagen takes place in December. The Kyoto Protocols, of which the U.S. is not a part, expire in 2012.
Rogers said that in an ideal world, the U.S. would have its policy in place before then, with some bi-lateral agreements with China. But movement in talks between all nations has been slow, though Rogers said there's been some progress.
"I'm hopeful that we really advance the ball in Copenhagen," he said. "I don't think we can entirely cross the goal line, unfortunately."
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Robert L. Dillaman, 84, of Conneautville, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at Rolling Fields.
He was born Sept. 25, 1928, in Meadville, a son of George W. and Mildred Graham Dillaman. He first married Rita Foster; she preceded him in death along with their infant daughter Sharon, during child birth. He subsequently married Donna R. Burns on July 15, 1950; she survives.
He and his brother, Max, started, owned and operated Dillaman Brothers Auto Body, and he retired in January 1995.
He was a 1946 graduate of Meadville High School and the Vocational Technical School.
He served in the Pennsylvania National Guard Co. B from 1948-50. He was a member for 50 years of Masonic Lodge 408 of Meadville, Scottish Rite Bodies of New Castle, Zem Zem Shrine Temple of Erie; member and past commander of the Legion of Honor; member and past monarch of Kismet Grotto of Meadville; member, past president and past treasurer of Crawford County Shrine Club; 25-year member of the Royal Order of Jesters; and member of Elks Lodge 219 of Meadville. He also was a former district administrator for Districts 1 and 3 of Little League baseball and he was past president of the Hayfield Athletic Association.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, Donna, of 62 years, include four sons, Ronald Dillaman and his wife, Bonnie, of Saegertown, William Dillaman and his wife, Kay, of Arvada, Colo., Steven Dillaman and his wife, Shirley, of New Kent, Va., and Jeffery Dillaman of Conneautville; nine grandchildren, Chad Dillaman and his wife, Sarah, Stacy Braswell and her husband, Neil, June Deeter and her husband, Corey, Erin Dillaman, Katherine Dillaman, Nicole Tribble and her husband, Brian, Kyle Dillaman and his wife, Crystal, and Tyler Dillaman and his wife Alyssa; 10 great-grandchildren, Austin, Braswell, Noah Braswell, Brendan Deeter, Codey Deeter, Cameron Deeter, Isiah Hindman, James Tribble, Steven Tribble, Bailey Dillaman and Kenzie Dillaman; a sister, Rachael Weibel of Meadville; two brothers, Max Dillaman and his wife, Florence, of Meadville, and Richard Dillaman and his wife, Christine, of Simons Island, Ga.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents, first wife Rita, and infant daughter Sharon, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Judith Mae Dillaman; and two brothers, Clayton Dillaman and Edwin Dillaman.
The family expresses its thanks to everyone on Fig Street at Rolling Fields for the exceptional care.
Calling hours are Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Robert W. Waid Funeral Home Inc., 581 Chestnut St., Meadville, with a Masonic service at 7 p.m.
The funeral and committal service will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Alice McClymonds officiating.
Interment will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
The family suggests memorials be made to Shriners Hospital for Children, 1645 W. Eighth St., Erie, Pa. 16505; or the Alzheimer's Association, Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter, 1128 State St., Suite 301, Erie, Pa., 16501.
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Thief River Falls - Gerald "Jerry" Johnson, 68, died on Saturday, January 22, 2004 at Oakland Park Nursing Home in Thief River Falls.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 27, at Zion Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, with Rev. Gary Johnson officiating. Honorary casket bearers included Jerry's grandchildren. Interment will be at Holt Cemetery in Holt.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, (today) January 26, at Johnson Funeral Service in Thief River Falls, with a 7 p.m. prayer service and for one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday.
Gerald Henry Johnson was born March 8, 1936 on the family farm at Viking, the son of Harold and Edith (Lian) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Newfolden. He grew up and attended school, graduating in 1955 from Newfolden High School.
On December 15, 1956, Jerry was united in marriage to Marcy Leiran in Newfolden by Reverend Myhrer. The couple made their home in Thief River Falls. Jerry worked at Clark Station, Mobile Gas Station and Bridgeman's. Jerry and Marcy owned and operated the Mobil Bulk Plant, which they ran for 4 years. They then went to Midland Co-op and then to Tireland. Jerry retired in 1981 due to declining health.
Jerry held membership in the Eagles Club, Thief River Falls. He enjoyed hunting, wood carving, leather work, 4-wheeling with his boys and camping.
Survived by wife, Marcy, Thief River Falls; five children, Danny (Lor), David (Shelly), Dwight (Shelly), Kevin (Sue) and Kent (Julie) Johnson all of Thief River Falls; 10 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; one great-grandchild; five step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Alton (Kathy) Johnson of Hamilton, Mont.; one half-sister, Shelly (Pete) Mai of Littlefork and half brother, George Lindbeck Jr. of California.
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In 2011, Aumsville Elementary School had 19 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Oregon average is 20 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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We love Aumsville Elementary because our Parent-Teacher Club has lots of community activities for us to do as families. Also, our counselors really care about the kids and invest their lives in our students. We have GREAT teachers who put in extra time to help individual students -- and they even spend time going to the students' extra-curricular and sports activities. Our Lego-Robotics team won state awards, and we have tons of kids getting honor-roll grades and passing state benchmarks. This year our family had a schedule change with our 4th grader, and the school was very supportive and we appreciated it.


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A 28-year-old man paroled from prison in August has been accused of raping the wife of his former cellmate.
Tyler Chamberlain, of Lincoln, was arrested Tuesday.
Court documents say Chamberlain went to the woman's home because he'd told the cellmate he'd look after the man's wife. Chamberlain was paroled in August after serving more than five years for assault and kidnapping.
Investigators say bruising on the woman's body backed up her account of what happened. Chamberlain told investigators that he and the woman had rough, consensual sex.
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The discovery of over 300 extrasolar planets has led to significant breakthroughs in our understanding of how planetary systems both form and evolve. Although observational detection biases mean that the majority of these planets are close to their stars (<<10AU), the recent imaging of planets between 10-120AU around the stars Fomalhaut, HR8799 and beta Pictoris show that the parameter space of outer planetary systems is now opening up. These regions are also being explored by studies of debris disks that provide evidence for planetesimal belts at large distances, as well as indirect evidence for the formation of planet-sized objects, and set invaluable constraints on planet formation processes at these distances. This 3-day workshop seeks to focus on the dynamics and physical processes that affect how the outer regions (>>10AU) of planetary systems form and evolve, so as to consolidate the theoretical underpinning of this frontier of extrasolar planetary science.
We plan a roughly equal mix of invited review and contributed talks, with plenty of time for discussion, covering topics including: overview (observational constraints, Solar System), outer planets (formation, evolution, stability, circumplanetary environment), outer planetesimals and dust (formation, evolution, interactions with planets).
Invited speakers:
Richard Alexander (Universiteit Leiden), Ben Bromley (University of Utah), Eugene Chiang (University of California at Berkeley), Martin Duncan (Queen's University, Canada), Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (University of Såo Paulo), Jane Greaves (University of St Andrews), Paul Kalas (University of California, Berkeley), Willy Kley (Universität Tübingen), Alexander Krivov (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena), Alessandro Morbidelli (Observatoire de Nice), Ken Rice (University of Edinburgh) and Scott Tremaine (Institute for Advanced Study).
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I cover the underlying drivers of energy, technology and society.
Much of the discussion on fear of radiation misses the essential point of noise in the data. This is more important than it sounds. The best discussion of noise may come from an economist, probably because that field has so much noise in it – just look at the debt ceiling debate.
The famous economist Fischer Black considered noise to be the opposite of information. He did not just consider it to be inaccurate or corrupt data, or irrelevant background information, or data from random sources, he considered more nefarious human and societal sources like hype and intentional disinformation.
The recent astounding decision by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (Radiation Not A Big Deal) can only be interpreted if one understands noise. UNSCEAR's report confessed that low doses of radiation should not be used to predict cancers in future populations, contrary to what everyone's been doing for the last 60 years.
The report, along with many new findings (No DNA Damage at 400x Background), supports the observation that radiation doses less than about 10 rem (0.1 Sv) have no observable effects on human health and the environment. Less than 10 rem (0.1 Sv) is the region that encompasses annual background levels around the world.
Another way of saying this is "below 10 rem/yr (0.1 Sv/yr), the effects of radiation disappear in the noise."
It's like trying to hear Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon from across the room while operating a buzz saw without hearing protection. And then trying to say it's the music that caused some of your hearing loss.
The classic example of this problem is interpreting the increase in cancer rates of the Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors (see figure). This figure graphs the cancer occurrences in the survivors using data from the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP 1994). It is clear that high doses of radiation cause an increase in cancer. At low doses, there is no clear increase.
The straight-line portion of these types of curves above Earth background has been the basis for the Linear No-Threshold Dose hypothesis, or LNT. First put forward after WWII, LNT is a supposition that harmful radiation effects follow a linear relationship – increase the dose, increase the risk, increase the cancers, increase the deaths.
The part of this line above 10 rem (0.1 Sv) certainly supports this idea, although doubling the dose does not double the effect like is commonly thought. Doses between 50 and 100 rem (0.5 and 1 Sv) resulted in a 29% increase in cancers over doses between 0.5 and 10 rem (0.005 and 0.1 Sv) even though there was a 1000% increase in dose.
However, below 10 rem (0.1 Sv), the effects disappear completely in the noise – the noise of all the other environmental and genetic effects that cause death. In the 1950s, to be simplistic and conservative, the world governing bodies decided to just draw in that line anyway, all the way down to zero, dictating that there was no threshold.
That seemed easy at the time. Who could imagine what problems it would cause in the future? But notice, that extra tail of a line crosses the entire range of background radiation on Earth, what is considered normal, what humans and every other life form has lived with long before we split the atom.
What that extra tail of a line inadvertently established as policy, though, was that all radiation was dangerous, no matter what kind, for what purpose, or at what dose. Suddenly, just walking outside was dangerous, technically. But not really. No one paid much attention then because there wasn't much application of nuclear anyway in the '40s and '50s, except bombs.
However, as this idea slowly crept into regulations, laws, response plans, the medical industry and the Cold War, it grew into a multi-headed Hydra. Legally, we had to care about this. We had to spend billions protecting against what was once background levels. Now anyone can calculate the risk to everyone else, even those who won't be born for a thousand years. And we have to care about it.
It's right out of a Road Warrior movie. No wonder the fear of radiation took over the worldview. Science fiction is much more fun to study than real science.
Take Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for example. According to the Washington Post (WP Secretary Clinton), Secretary Clinton has spent over 2,000 hours on a plane above 25,000 ft during her tenure as Secretary of State. Because radiation dose increases with altitude, she received an additional 1,740 mrem of high-energy radiation, an astoundingly dangerous dose when viewed through the lens of LNT. Of course, it's trivial and no one cares about it at all. Indeed, the physical stress of that much travel is actually dangerous to your health, not the rad.
But the radiation risk is calculable in a science fiction sort of way. The same way we calculate the risk of an additional 50 mrem to virtual people in five hundred years from various nuclear waste disposal strategies (Environmental Impact Statement DOE/EIS-0391 as an example). We've decided that, in an overall 300 mrem background, reducing this risk by lowering the dose from 50 mrem to something like 10 mrem, is worth, say, spending an additional $100 billion.
Is the risk from 50 mrem worth this? The same risk as moving from Los Angeles to Colorado? Do we generally spend $1 billion to save a life in this country? Could it be better spent on real health care, now? Immunizations? Tackling epidemics? Addressing childhood obesity? Paying down the debt? Outlawing airplane trips? Are virtual people in the future facing a trivial risk more worthy of our help than U.S. citizens now?
This is a societal decision that society has been left out of. That needs to change.
Foust writes these words of wisdom: "Yet many kids outside the evacuation areas are finding themselves to be over the ICRP exposure limits when they had their dosimeter badges tested."
WS: CHP1 labels your complaints about nuclear fallout radiation exposure as dogma.
I would like the proponents of this dogma to explain the concept of "safe" low dose radiation to the ten of thousands of Fukushima mothers of children with nodules on their thyroid gland. They are scared of what they are experiencing with actual symptoms of radioactive illnesses.
A German physician who has studied illnesses in Chernobyl visited Fukushima last year along with another foreign doctor. Her Japanese sponsor, Ms. Kazuko Kawai, Founder of Voices for Lively Spring, related these observations: (transcript from video)
"Dr. Doerte Siedentopf talked about her personal and medical experiences with Chernobyl, and Dr. Jeffery Patterson spoke about the danger of nuclear testing and accidents."
"both foreign doctors participated in the IPPNW world congress and the field trip in Fukushima, organized by Peace Boat, etc., and thought that they had sufficient information. Then they observed the health consultations on the tour, and were surprised to find out that actual patients were in even worse conditions than they had anticipated.
The symptoms were always the same: nose bleed, skin diseases, diarrhea, respiratory diseases, pains at the rear of the ears, stomatitis, etc. as well as thyroid disorders. Although thyroid disorders in Fukushima had been much reported by the media, we found out that evacuees from the Tokyo area also complained about thyroid cysts and nodules.
The both doctors were very angry about the Fukushima prefecture government's handling of patients with thyroid disorder (i.g. no re-testing in two years)."
WS: Things are bad in Japan. I have personally talked with two families of refugees who left Tokyo and are now seeking asylum in the United States. Yes, they are fearful…but for good reason. Central Japan makes Chernobyl look like a burp from a spent fuel pond. YMMV.
James: That's an understatement!
I recall when Dr. Rosalyn Yalow pointed out many years ago that it is common for Japanese to die WITH thyroid cancer, not OF it, because of their seafood-intense diets. I am rather astonished that symptoms appeared so quickly after the earthquake/tsunami that killed 20,000 people and is now called a "nuclear disaster", though the nuclear part of the event did not kill or injure anyone due to radiation. Is there any evidence that all those thyroid nodules and cysts did not exist before the earthquake? I am absolutely certain that LNT is wrong, and I would now ask if these unverified symptoms reported by anti-nuclear activist groups might be psychosomatic.
Martin: Thyroid nodules are common in children and adults. About 50% of all people have had them. Just like Chernobyl, they're just finding them now in Japan because of increased mass screenings.
Dear Dr. Conca,
I am afraid that your figure showing the relationship between dose and # of solid cancer over 40yrs is not correct. If you want to show the LNT prediction with a straight line, then the horizontal axis of your figure must be in linear scale, not in logarithmic scale. I hope you will correct the above figure soon.
Best Regards,
Mamoru Terauchi
I think this sums it up,
"Understandably, government authorities and scientists don't want to unduly alarm citizens and consumers. But their nonchalance regarding the impacts of low-dose radiation runs counter to the official scientific consensus. At best it engenders ignorance; at worst it instills a false sense of security. Both outcomes preclude people from fully participating in their own health decisions. By glossing over the accepted science in favor of doling out more smiling assurances, the reaction these authorities are presumably trying to avoid — alarm — is the one they'll end up achieving."
The first sentence sums it up. You should have left it at that:
"Understandably, government authorities and scientists don't want to unduly alarm citizens and consumers."
The rest of the quote is bunk. I don't where you got this but there certainly is not a "scientific consensus" or "accepted science" that low dose radiation is harmful. And those peddling irrational fear of low dose radiation have created the harm in the first place.
As far as precluding people from fully participating in their own health decisions, they must think that every person in the world should be concerned with the harm being caused by deadly background radiation. How many people do you think discuss that with their doctor? Why are they think people are supposed to fear low dose artificial radiation but not low dose background radiation?
——" How many people do you think discuss that with their doctor? Why are they think people are supposed to fear low dose artificial radiation but not low dose background radiation?"———
Because the "low dose" radiation released is now PART of the background radiation——-and any other low dose radiation releases also become PART of the background radiation.
It is all cumulative—-it adds up over time. It also depends the type of radiation, the route of exposure, distance and concentration of the dose, and the half life the isotopes involved.
If you keep releasing radiation into the environment you increase the background radiation of the environment.
The only really safe way to prevent release of radioactive contamination of the environment is to not have sources of radioactive contamination that can be released into the environment.


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It's not even winter yet - in fact fall doesn't begin until September 22 - but Accuweather.com reports that unlike last winter, students (and teachers) can expect more snow days this winter.
Despite a , the winter of 2011-2012 was mild and relatively snowless. There were no snow days in Medford last school year.
It was a stark contrast from the winter of 2010-2011 where the area saw one big snowstorm after another, causing numerous delays and cancellations.
Based on the Accuweather.com report, this year's winter may be a little more like it was two years ago.
While Accuweather does not release its full winter forecast until October, Accuweather meteorologist Meghan Evans writes, "Following a snow drought during winter 2011-2012, the mid-Atlantic and southern New England will get a snow dump this winter."
Accuweather.com staff writer Samantha Kramer reports:
The presence of El Niño or La Niña - and their strength - is used to project how active the winter season is going to be. AccuWeather.com Long-Range meteorologists are projecting a weak to moderate El Niño by late in the summer.
For kids praying to hear school's out for a snow day, the weaker the El Niño, the better. Weak El Niños have brought snow-packed winters to most major Northeast cities in the past, said AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Jack Boston.
"Historically, both strong La Niñas and weak El Niños have produced higher-than-average snowfall in the Northeastern U.S.," Boston said. In contrast, "weak La Niñas and strong El Niños historically bring lower-than-average snowfall."
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Beware of any unknown caller who poses as a friendly, concerned techie, offering to help with viruses on the household PC.
Thats the word from state and federal fraud fighters, who say the caller is likely a scammer trying to gain access to credit card, banking and other information.
We started getting complaints at the end of 2011 and its gradually increased, said David Fox, consumer protection specialist with the state Department of Justice. And that usually indicates to us that its successful.
The scammer typically begins by asking for the potential victim to sign in and give the caller remote access to the victims computer. The false premise is that the victims computer has dangerous viruses that should be removed, even though the caller is only pointing out routine information that any computer might display.
They'll tell you that that means you have a virus on your computer, Fox said.
In fraud-speak, this scam is called scareware, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Last fall, the FTC announced a major international crackdown on tech support scams on these remote-access thefts.
At the commissions request, a U.S. District Court Judge ordered a halt to six alleged tech-support scams and froze their assets. Criminal enterprises were targeted in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.
The FTC has been aggressive and successful in its pursuit of tech support scams, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a statement. And the tech support scam artists we are talking about have taken scareware to a whole other level of virtual mayhem.
Instead of helping the consumer, the scammer can be installing malware, or dangerous software; obtaining pin numbers or other private information; or setting up a monthly payment to an illegal business. The total charge can be as much as $500, with a monthly payment of about $30 a month.
They don't have to be successful very often, given the high volume of calls placed daily, DOJ spokeswoman Noelle Talley said.
The North Carolina Department of Justice has tracked at least 150 complaints about the tech scam, indicating a much higher number of people who either rejected the scammers advances or perhaps got caught, Fox said.
In some cases, the scam artist will even threaten to come to the house of someone who doesnt agree to go along, citing a specific time that he will arrive. Such a threat can cause real alarm and concern to an older person, Fox said.
The states Senior Consumer Fraud Task Force has a webpage of information of telephone scams. The justice department and other agencies have staffers make appearances at events geared to older people.
Whether it's this or any other type of scam, we usually spend our time educating people, Fox said.
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