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A Q&A with psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer.
"Using the right questions creates powerful, sometimes multiple answers and discussions. Aristotle said that he asked questions in response to other people's views, while Socrates focused on disciplined questioning to get to the truth of the matter.
Ultimately questions spark imagination, conjure emotions, and create more questions. The questions asked by a teacher or professor are sometimes more glaringly valuable than the information transferred to the students. Those questions spark a thought, which leads to a fiercely independent search for information.
If students are the ones gathering that information then they're the ones learning it and student-driven learning cements lessons into the students' mind making any lesson more powerful with this strategy. Even though the following list of questions are broken into Mathematics, Literature and Science and Social Science, it's really just a set of philosophically challenging questions that should be applied to any learning environment.
The questions are unrestricted and open the mind up to unfettered thought, perfect for innovation and understanding. The sections begin with Mathematical Questions because for the purpose of this list they're the most general and therefore the most useful."
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Great resource on Wiki Educator about link between critical thinking and digital literacy http://t.co/ArLxgb6HF9 #aussieED
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I think these are also characteristics of a digitally competent learner. Teachers certainly need these skills before they can teach the next generation.
A test that has been used since 2001 and given to millions of young students is critiqued.
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Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight, July 2, 9:46 AM
Educational managers and reformers are quite caught up in assigning a number to the learning children undertake. It makes more sense to make the learning enjoyable. Teaching is an invitational event which brings children into safe spaces where learning can happen.
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Strangers returns to the Meiserville Inn from 7-10 p.m. That's Rick Moscarello, Bryan Noaker and Scott Bachman, so you can expect some outstanding guitar work. The Meiserville Inn is on Route 104, about 5 miles south of the intersection with Route 35 at Mount Pleasant Mills.
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Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI 0.00% Activision Blizzard Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $22.44 0.00 0.00% July 11, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.20M AFTER HOURS $22.44 0.00 0.00% July 11, 2014 4:26 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 23,196 P/E Ratio 50.84 Market Cap $16.06 Billion Dividend Yield 0.89% Rev. per Employee $633,333 06/24/14 Vivendi Boss Vows to Complete ... 06/13/14 Barclays Keeps The Capital Flo... 06/10/14 HEARD ON THE STREET: E3 Shows ... More quote details and news » said sales of "Call of Duty: Black Ops II," the latest in its war-simulation-shooting series of games, topped $500 million in retail sales during its first day on the market.
Activision's 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' hit store shelves today as the holiday season started early for game enthusiasts. Will 'Call of Duty' slow down sales of recently-released 'Halo 4'? Dan Gallagher reports on digits. Photo: Activision.
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The game, which puts players front and center in near-future wars in American cities, went on sale Nov. 13, a week after Microsoft Corp. MSFT +0.97% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq $42.09 +0.41 +0.97% July 11, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 23.89M AFTER HOURS $42.11 +0.02 +0.05% July 11, 2014 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 194,460 P/E Ratio 15.65 Market Cap $347.68 Billion Dividend Yield 2.66% Rev. per Employee $840,333 07/13/14 China Labels Apple iPhone a Se... 07/13/14 The Password Is Finally Dying.... 07/13/14 Intel's Answer to iPad: Cheap ... More quote details and news » released "Halo 4," its latest space-age alien-shooting-adventure title. That game, which was in development for four years and cost an estimated $40 million to produce, had more than $220 million in sales in its first 24 hours of availability despite being exclusively available on Microsoft's Xbox 360 videogame console.
"Call of Duty," by comparison, was launched on both the Xbox and Sony Corp.'s 6758.TO +0.42% Sony Corp. Japan: Tokyo ¥1681 +7 +0.42% July 14, 2014 3:00 pm Volume (Delayed 20m) : 3.66M P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap ¥1748.84 Billion Dividend Yield 1.49% Rev. per Employee ¥55,119,700 07/10/14 Aereo's Bid for Comeback Hinge... 07/10/14 Asustek Uses Low-Cost Smartpho... 07/09/14 Read an Exclusive Excerpt of '... More quote details and news » PlayStation 3, and it will be on Nintendo Co. 's upcoming Wii U console. Both games cost about $60 apiece.
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"Every November we do more than just the launch of a game, we kick off an annual, unofficial but world-wide phenomenon called the "Call of Duty" season," Eric Hirshberg, head of the company's Activision Publishing arm, said.
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Analysts have blamed both a lack of new titles and stale videogame hardware for the falling sales, saying new consoles like Nintendo's Wii U should help to energize customers.
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The lack of certainty around customer interest in both the Wii U and traditional videogames has made investors nervous, however, leading shares of Activision to have fallen by more than 10% and stock in Electronic Arts Inc. EA +0.33% Electronic Arts Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $35.97 +0.12 +0.33% July 11, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.82M AFTER HOURS $35.97 0.00 0.00% July 11, 2014 5:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 1,783 P/E Ratio 1798.50 Market Cap $11.29 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $430,723 06/26/14 World Cup Fever: How America W... 06/16/14 Athletes' Tattoo Artists Want ... 06/11/14 Nintendo Looks to Popular Char... More quote details and news » to have declined by more than a third so far this year.
"Even the analysts can't forecast this business—it's unbelievable," Mr. Raines added.
Regardless of overall industry sales, concerns over whether the latest in a string of annual installments for "Call of Duty" could perform have been calmed for now. Last year's "Call of Duty" title, "Modern Warfare 3," rang up $400 million in sales in North America and the U.K. during its first day on the market. That game went on to top $1 billion in sales within its first 16 days, beating a record set by the box-office sales of "Avatar," the feature film that reached that milestone within 17 days.
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The political social and legal theory of empires and imperialism from antiquity to the present; the "encounter" between Europeans and "others" in the Americas and the Pacific; the sources of the conflict between the "West" and "East"; cosmopolitanism and Enlightenment.
Anthony Pagden was educated in Santiago (Chile) London, Barcelona and Oxford and holds a B.A.. M.A. and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He has been a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, Senior Research Fellow of the Warburg Institute (London), Professor of History at the European University Institute (Florence), University Reader in Intellectual History and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge and the Harry C. Black Professor of History at Johns Hopkins. His research has concentrated on the relationship, cultural, political and legal, between the peoples of Europe and its overseas settlements and those of the non-European world from the Atlantic to the Pacific. His main concern is in the political theory of empire, in how the "West" sought to explain to itself how and why it had come to dominate so much of the world, and in the present consequences of the erosion of that domination. He has also written widely about cosmopolitanism, nationalism, internationalism and about the history and the future of the European Union. He is the author of more than a dozen books many of which have been translated into a number of European and Asian languages. His most recent publications include Worlds and War. The 2,500 Year Struggle between East and West (Random House and Oxford University Press) in 2008 and The Enlightenment - and why it still matters (Random House and Oxford University Press) in 2013. He has also written for the New Republic, the National Interest the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, El Pais (Spain) Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy) the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.
He teaches classes in the history of political thought from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, in the theory of international relations, and seminars on imperialism and nationalism and on the theory of racism and ethnicity since antiquity.
Selected Publications:
Lords of all the World. Ideologies of Empire in Britain, France and Spain (Yale University Press, 1995).
Peoples and Empires. Europeans and the Rest of the World, from Antiquity to the Present (The Modern Library, 2001).
"Civil Society and the fate of the Republics of Latin America", (with Luís Castro Leiva) in Sudipta Kaviraj and Sunil Khilnani eds. Civil Society History and Possibilities (Cambridge University Press, 2001).
La Ilustración y sus enemigos Dos ensayos sobre los orígenes de la modernidad (Madrid: Editorial Península, 2002).
(ed.) The Idea of Europe from Antiquity to the European Union (Cambridge University Press, 2002).
"Human Rights, Natural Rights and Europe's Imperial Legacy" in Political Theory 31 (2003).
"Imperialism, liberalism and the quest for eternal peace", in Daedalus, 134 (2005).
Worlds at War. The 2,500 year Struggle between East and West (Random House, 2008).
Law, Colonization, Legitimation and the European Background in The Cambridge History of American Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008).


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— GALVESTON — Cooking has been a passion for Lisa Downhour for as long as she can remember.
"I grew up cooking with my mom since I could stand at the counter," she said.
Lisa says her mother was the 16th child in her family.
"So, I learned how to cook from the get-go," she said.
She even worked in a diner for about five years when she was younger.
For many years, Downhour had a dream of opening her own restaurant, but with seven children, something else always seemed to take priority. Now that her youngest children, twins, will soon start kindergarten, Downhour decided it was finally her time.
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"I saw a need," she said. "There weren't any restaurants where people could come and eat breakfast."
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The most popular choices are the tenderloin and fish sandwiches. Downhour says everyone who comes in describes the tenderloin as the best they've ever eaten.
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She also offers a special homemade lunch Monday through Friday. Her specials include meatloaf, ham and beans, barbecue pulled pork, chicken and noodles and lasagna. Slices of pie are also available.
"Most of the home-cooked meals are recipes I learned from my mom," she said.
Saturday's homemade special will be the "Chef's Choice," giving Downhour an opportunity to introduce her customers to a new recipe and offer a little more variety.
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She hopes eventually to expand the restaurant's hours and perhaps offer customers a dinner option.
No matter what day it is, Downhour said, she will always be at the diner when it is open for business.
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So far, the response has been positive.
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- Remove meat from slow cooker, and shred, adding drippings as needed to moisten.
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this is the best kalua pork i've ever had and i'm from hawaii. i had no idea it was so simple to make. i, too, found out that pork butt and pork shoulder is the same thing. i used a boneless, 2lb cut and it made enough for my husband and me with lots of leftovers. it is a little salty, but this is the way it's supposed to taste. it tastes best served with white rice (shortgrain, like sushi rice, not long grain). i also used black hawaiian sea salt, which i found at trader joe's. trader joe's offers black and red. but i noticed that the black sea salt also includes some charcoal ingredients, which helps it to taste more smoky and barbecued. i also used reese's mesquite liquid smoke. the black sea salt made the pork look really unappetizing on the outside, but once it's shredded, you can't really tell. also, i turned it over more than once; several times, in fact, and after shredding, cooked it on low for about another hour to soak up the juices. i added about two cups of shredded cabbage in the last hour or so, which is how it's served in hawaii. my total cooking time was 5 hours on high and 1 hr on low. great recipe and very impressive.
I was told by the grocery store meat dept lady that a pork butt roast IS the same thing as a pork shoulder roast. (The, um-m, "other" would probably be called a rump roast!) :-) So I used a near-6pound pork shoulder blade roast for this (with a bone in it). Rubbed it with the Hawaiian red clay salt and liquid smoke and had it in the crockpot for 12 hours. Started it on high for the first 3 hours, then low for the rest of the time. It was moist, tender, & flavorful. Although the liquid smoke flavor was fairly subtle, I reducing it to 1tsp would be better...just a personal preference. When the roast was done, I drained the juices from it, took off any fat from the meat, and returned meat to the crockpot. I then skimmed the fat from the juices, reserved 1.5c of it, and returned the rest to the meat. I placed the 1.5c juices in a saucepan, got it simmering, and added a mixture of 2T flour/2T water to make a gravy. (Could have stood to be a little thicker, but it was fine.) Poured the gravy over the meat. Served this with Suzy's Mashed Red Potatoes from this site, homemade applesauce, and peas. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
This is a great potluck recipe. I put the juices in the crockpot into a container and into the freezer while I waited for the pork to cool enough to shred. Then I take the hardened fat off the top and pour in the juices oil-free. That may help make this dish less oily.
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- 12%
- Fat
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- 23%
- Carbs
- 0 g
- 0%
- Protein
- 25.9 g
- 52%
- Cholesterol
- 82 mg
- 27%
- Sodium
- 715 mg
- 29%
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It seems that along with 17 years of flat global temperatures there is some evidence that we are witnessing some cooling on global warming hype and hysteria in Washington as well. Following President Obama's State of the Union pledge to double down on his frenetic "green" war to prevent climate change, U.S. Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) has introduced legislation to discontinue any more taxpayer green from being used to advance the U.N.'s economy-ravaging agendas. The proposed bill would prohibit future U.S. funding for the alarmist Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and also for the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a scam devoted to redistributing American wealth in penance for our unfair capitalist free market prosperity.
Congressman Luetkemeyer strongly objects to the UNFCC's use of IPCC's suggestions and faulty data to implement a job-killing agenda here in America. He argues: "The American people should not have to foot the bill for an international organization that is fraught with waste, engaged in dubious science, and is promoting an agenda that will destroy jobs and drive up the cost of energy in the United States. Unfortunately, the president appears to be ready to fund these groups, revive harmful policies like cap and trade, and further empower out of control federal regulators at a time when we should be doing everything possible to cut wasteful spending, reduce regulatory red tape, and promote economic growth."
While the amount we give to the UNFCC and IPCC may seem like a tiny pittance in the realm of government spending largesse, it's important to realize that true costs of that folly amount to countless billions in disastrous policy and regulatory impacts. Under the Obama administration, the two organizations together have received a total average of $10.25 million annually, which will be upped to $13 million under a FY 13 budget request. The George W. Bush administration previously provided about $5.7 million each year.
Representative Luetkemeyer's defunding proposal cites unsupportable IPCC claims based upon irresponsible science practices which were revealed in e-mail exchanges between climate researchers in the U.K.'s East Anglia University network. These communications provide clear evidence that leading global scientists intentionally manipulated data and suppressed legitimate opposing arguments in peer-reviewed journals. In some instances, collaborators were asked to delete and destroy incriminating e-mails rather than comply with legally-binding Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
It may be instructive to remember that all of this global warming crisis frenzy really got heated up in the late 1980s, less than two decades after many scientists had warned during the mid-1970s that the next Ice Age was rapidly approaching. Even the National Academy of Sciences predicted in 1975 that there was a "finite possibility that a serious worldwide cooling could befall the Earth within the next 100 years."
But guess what? Climate actually does change, and the planet then experienced a warming spell. Attributing this "crisis" to influences of man-made carbon emissions, a presumption based upon theoretical climate models, the U.N. established its FCCC in 1992, began to organize conferences, and created the IPCC to conduct scientific reviews.
The central FCCC strategy to fight what was promoted as "anthropogenic" (man-made) climate change was brilliant…to put a value credit on cutbacks in the amounts of carbon dioxide emitted by fossil-burning industries, and then let other industries that produced amounts of CO2 emissions in excess of their allocations, purchase credits from them. In other words, they would create a trading market to buy and sell air.
This carbon "cap-and-trade" program would be accomplished on a country-to-country international scale through the Kyoto Protocol treaty, penalizing developed countries that produce lots of CO2 emissions by forcing them to purchase credits from less developed countries (amounting to free money for them). Incidentally, China and India, which emit huge amounts of CO2, were given a pass because of their developing country status.
Although IPCC is broadly represented to the public as the top authority on climate matters, the organization doesn't actually carry out any original climate research at all. Instead, it simply issues assessments based upon supposedly independent surveys of published research. However, some of the most influential conclusions summarized in its reports have neither been based upon truly independent research, nor properly vetted through accepted peer- review processes.
The IPCC asserted in its 2007 report that the Himalayan glaciers would likely melt by 2035 due to global warming, prompting great alarm across southern and eastern Asia, where glaciers feed major rivers. As it turned out, that prediction was traced to a speculative magazine article authored by an Indian glaciologist, Syed Hasnain, which had absolutely no supporting science behind it. Hasnain worked for a research company headed by the IPCC's chairman, Rajendra Pachauri. IPCC's report author, Marari Lai, later admitted to the London Mail, "We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policymakers and politicians and encourage them to take action."
Can we count upon objective conclusions from scientists who feel "called to action"? Consider commentary by the late Stephen Schneider who served as a lead author for important parts of three sequential IPCC reports. In a 1989 interview he told Discover magazine: "On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, on the other hand, we are not just scientists, but human beings as well. And like most people, we'd like to see the world a better place, which in this context translates into our working to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous climatic change. To do that, we need to get some broad-based support, to capture the public's imagination. That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of the doubts we might have. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest."
Oh, by the way… while "climate" is generally associated with periods spanning at least three decades, Schneider's alarmist global warming position completely reversed a view he championed little more than a decade earlier. His 1976 book, The Genesis Strategy, warned that global cooling risks posed a threat to humanity.
While it should be recognized that most of the many scientific reviewers are indeed dedicated and competent people who take their work very seriously, few of them have much if any influence over final conclusions that the public hears about. Instead, the huge compilations they prepare go through international bureaucratic reviews, where political appointees dissect them, line by line, to glean the best stuff that typically supports what IPCC wanted to say in the first place. These cherry-picked items are then assembled, condensed and highlighted in the Summaries for Policymakers which are calibrated to get prime-time and front page attention.
Political summary editing processes usually progress through a series of drafts that become increasingly media-worthy. For example, the original text of an April 2000 Third Assessment Report (TAR) draft stated: "There has been a discernible human influence on global climate." That was followed by an October version that concluded: "It is likely that increasing concentrations of anthropogenic greenhouse gases have contributed significantly to observed warming over the past 50 years." Then in the final official summary, the language was toughened up even more: "Most of the observed warming over the past 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations."
When the U.N. Environment Programme's spokesman, Tim Higham, was asked by New Scientist about the scientific background for this change, his answer was honest: "There was no new science, but the scientists wanted to present a clear and strong message to policymakers."
Sometimes IPCC report statements directly contradict conclusions published by the same authors during the same time period. Regarding any "discernible human influence on global climate", a 1996 IPCC report summary written by B.D. Santer, T.M.L Wigley, T.P. Barnett, and E. Anyamba states: "…there is evidence of an emerging pattern of climate response to forcings by greenhouse gases and sulphate aerosols…from geographical, seasonal and vertical patterns of temperature change…These results point towards human influence on climate."
However, another 1996 publication, "The Holocene", by T.P. Barnett, B.D. Santer, P.D. Jones, R.S. Bradley and K.R. Briffa, says: "Estimates of…natural variability are critical to the problem of detecting an anthropogenic [human] signal…We have estimated the spectrum…from paleo-temperature proxies and compared it with…general [climate] circulation models…none of the three estimates of the natural variability spectrum agree with each other…Until…resolved, it will be hard to say, with confidence, that an anthropogenic climate signal has or has not been detected."
Go figure!
Vahrenholt and Lüning both currently work for RWE Innogy, Germany's second-largest energy company (Vahrenholt as a manager, Lüning as a scientist in its oil and gas division).
So they both come out of the oil industry. I'm not surprised. RG
SPIEGEL: You make concrete statements on how much human activity contributes to climatic events and how much of a role natural factors play. Why don't you publish your prognoses in a professional journal?
Vahrenholt: Because I don't engage in my own climate research. Besides, I don't have a supercomputer in my basement. For the most part, my co-author, geologist Sebastian Lüning, and I merely summarize what scientists have published in professional journals — just as the IPCC does
Don't want to publish, but he wants to criticize. Interesting. RG
"The long version of the IPCC report does mention natural causes of climate change, like the sun and oscillating ocean currents. But they no longer appear in the summary for politicians. They were simply edited out."
THis is simply not true. The IPCC goes into great detail on this subject. RG
"It hasn't gotten any warmer on this planet in almost 14 years, despite continued increases in CO2 emissions. Established climate science has to come up with an answer to that."
Of course our first answer must point out that Vahrenholt's assertion is false. Over the past 14 years, the average global surface temperature has warmed approximately 0.13°C, according to data from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. And of course surface air warming only represents a very small percentage of global warming, which has continued uninterrupted
SKS goes on to show all the holes in Fritz's statement in the rest of the article.
Seitz was a tobacco consultant for denying tobacco-cancer link and then extended his talents into denying AGW-CO2 link.
What did he show that the IPCC was such a corrupt organization. IF scientists doing this aren't getting paid, what would the corruption be about.
This article is full of the sort of cherry-picked arguments that are typical of climate skeptics whose strength of opinion outweighs their scientific qualifications (MFA in industrial design). It's unfortunate, but these sorts of arguments are enough to sway some people who haven't bothered to read any of the IPCC reports or the papers they reference. To argue with each and every argument here is I think a waste of time; fighting dogma with logic is often a lost cause. Instead, I'd like to ask Mr. Bell a question:
If we are to shun the IPCC and distrust the scientific peer-review process, what alternative source of credibility on the climate change issue would you have us trust?
A little UN paranoia arriving at our doorsteps. The older white haired, paranoid white males are petrified of the UN. Its this threat just looming on the horizon.
Couldn't be farther from the truth.
Larry Bell:
Pursuit of America's wealth by the U.N. however, is obviously sanctioned.
In 1988, UNEP and WMO jointly established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as concern over changes in the climate became a political issue. The purpose of the IPCC was to assess the state of knowledge on the various aspects of climate change including science, environmental and socio-economic impacts and response strategies. The IPCC is recognized as the most authoritative scientific and technical voice on these issues, and its assessments had a profound influence on the negotiators of the United Nations Framework Convention, UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol
Only 1998 is left from last century for the 10 warmest years.
The last decade was the warmest decade.
GHG's are cause of the warming of the last 40 years clearly. What gives anyone the idea that the warming isn't going to continue?
Lets go 16 years back from 2010.
1994 to 2010 giss
Trend: 0.170 ±0.138 °C/decade (2σ)
We have had two La Nina years in a row. What will happen with even a weak El Nino?
Let's go back 23 years to 1990 (RSS data):
RSS Trend: 0.130 ±0.136 °C/decade (2σ)
That means that the trend lies in the range of -0.006 °C/decade to +0.266 °C/decade at 95% confidence level.
Bummer, man.
Guess who is in charge of NASA giss? The wacko, nutcase, alarmist freak James Hansen. I wonder why they keep "adjusting" the old temperatures lower?
Who's to say the earth won't go into another 30 year cooling trend like from the 1940′s to the 1970′s when CO2 levels were accelerating??
(renewableguy frantically searches SkS alarmist website for a "canned" answer)
What are all these SkS bullsh** artists doing here?
The decrease between 1940 and 1970 was partly caused by sulphur aerosol polution, we still emits large amounts of sulphur aerosols but as these are not cumulative as the co2 is. The aerosol influence will only change drastically if there is a large change in burning of mainly coal. (coal burning does increase so some increased amount of heat is still hidden by this) Warming between 19401970 from co2 was modest as the increased levels still was in comparision with now"low".
Show me the data.


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LAGRANGE — Family, neighbors, friends and fellow church members will be eating breakfast while they bid on lots of goodies at LaGrange American Legion Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, from 8 to 11 a.m. The breakfast is a fundraiser to help the family of LaGrange businessman Jim Norris.
For decades Jim could be found either at his LaGrange business, The Combined Agency, or out on the golf course. Always ready with a laugh and a smile Jim was very active in the Shriners and other organizations in LaGrange County. But as of about three years ago Jim's life took a dramatic and painful turn.
In September of 2009, Jim wasn't feeling well and after a few blood tests he was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia. After four months of chemotherapy it was decided he should try for a bone marrow transplant and for that he needed to be in Indianapolis.
"After the transplant was successful and the cancer was in remission, we breathed a sigh of relief," explained his wife of 44 years, Sharon.
Their relief was short-lived as Jim succumbed to another disease resulting from his transplanted cells attacking his normal cells, a disease known as Graft-vs-Host disease. Instead of Jim's body rejecting the graft, the graft was attacking his body.
The treatment for the new disease was massive doses of steroids and numerous drug combinations that produced toxic results. Dealing with one medical crisis after another, Jim closed his office. He worked for a short time at Shipshewana Insurance Agency — but eventually even that became too much for him. As a professional courtesy, the agency sends the family a check monthly as a referral fee for his old clients that switched to their agency. But nothing could touch the inevitable financial catastrophe.
Home foreclosure
After foreclosure proceedings began," Sharon said, "we did not know what we were going to do. Jim was in a hospital bed healing from his hip replacement (resulting from a fall). He couldn't manage stairs and he was rapidly losing his eyesight, another side effect of the drugs."
Sharon works at Sturgis Bank and Trust in Sturgis, Mich. She had to make sure she remained employed to try to stave off foreclosure. Sharon asked herself, how were they going to manage?
Their daughter Jenny and her husband Troy Barker live next door with their two children. Jennifer cut her work hours so she could stay home and look after her father while Sharon worked. But Jennifer and Troy were planning on taking an even greater leap of faith. They put their home on the market. It sold immediately.
They bought another single level home just down the road outside LaGrange. This home had a large out building which, with a little elbow grease, could easily be converted into a comfortable cottage for Jim and Sharon.
Now neighbors, including Bill Grant and others, are helping remodel the cottage for Jim and Sharon to move in.
"Jim and I go way back," Grant said." We both go to The Calvary Chapel in Stroh and he is the kind of guy who would give you the shirt off his back. Another thing, he is so upbeat. He is fighting this awful disease and one set-back after another coming at him. I have never heard a single 'Oh woe is me' come out of him. He is the eternal optimist."
Grant said Jim is that way at home as well. "You know how sometimes people lash out at the ones they love because they think they are allowed," Grant said. "Well Jim isn't like that — he is always positive and encouraging. He is a real fighter."
Duane Targgart of Wolcottville has known Jim for 20 years. They are members of the Shriner's Chanter Singers. "We perform at Shrine events and a couple of nursing homes," Targgart said. "We sing for the joy of singing and I miss him. Jim is always fun to be around and he is a man of strong faith. I was an only child and Jim has become the brother I never had."
Terry and Susan Heavilon are old friends of the Norris family. "Terry is Jim's fraternity brother from their days at Indiana University," said Susan in a call from Florida. "We see each other every year. We stopped up to visit with them before we drove south this year. Jim is such an inspiration; he is so positive."
Susan told Terry she felt she could not justify ever complaining about anything that happens to her after witnessing all of the terrible things that have beset Sharon and Jim and yet they maintain their positive attitude. Jim is a man of strong faith and they are sure he will come out on top.
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"When we are firmly established in non-violence, all beings around us cease to feel hostility." ~Patanjali
A few years ago a friend of mine was walking down a street in a big city he was visiting, and on impulse he went into a fancy bakery, enticed by their extravagant window display. As soon as he stepped in the door he saw trouble. The bakery manager was yelling at the girl working the counter. She was in tears, and both were so engrossed that they didn't notice that a customer had entered the shop. My friend told me that he had a sudden intuition. I can bring harmony here.
He turned his back on the argument, which settled down once his presence was noticed. In itself, that is unremarkable. But my friend kept lingering, and as he did so, he centered himself in his own peace – he has been an experienced meditator for many years. He could feel the atmosphere in the bakery soften, and although few would believe what happened next, the manager and the girl at the counter exchanged smiles. By the time my friend left, he saw them embracing and mutually expressing how sorry they were.
Can your mere presence bring harmony to a situation in the same way? The first step is to believe that it is possible; the second is the willingness not to take sides but to act solely as a peaceful influence, silently if you can but speaking up in a conscious way if that becomes necessary. At bottom, conflicts aren't about right and wrong. They are about incoherence, the chaotic emotions and thoughts that result from chaotic energy and fragmented awareness. Right and wrong come into the picture as reflections of turmoil; by screaming that you are right, you don't have to admit that you are hurt, confused, and torn apart yourself. Instead of adding to the turmoil, you can bring in peace, not just because it sounds moral and good to do that, but because without an influence of peace, no productive change can occur.
While we are complex beings with conflicting emotions and motives vying within us, there is a deeper, unifying self at our core. When we meditate, we consciously align our mind to that inner reality that transcends conflicts and dilemmas. In the restful awareness of meditation, we go beyond the ego mind's fears and unrest and get in touch with our soul. Thoughts of separation drop away and we enter a state of unity consciousness. This experience of oneness and inner quiet is extremely refreshing for the mind, allowing it to gently unravel old conditioned thought patterns and judgments, freeing us to be more of who we really are – and allowing us to see others as they really are. This clear seeing at the soul level is the basis of peace. It dissolves the barriers of "us" and "them" and allows us to experience our common humanity and spirit.
Meditation: Being for Peace
Today I invite you to take five minutes to establish yourself in peace. Sit quietly with your eyes closed and take a few long, deep breaths. Now put your attention on your heart and silently repeat these four words: Peace, Harmony, Laughter, Love. Allow these words to radiate from your heart's stillness out into your body. Complete the meditation session by sitting quietly for a few moments, appreciating the simplicity of quiet awareness.
Deepak Chopra, M.D is the author of more than 65 books, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His medical training is in internal medicine and endocrinology, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and an adjunct professor of Executive Programs at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is also a Distinguished Executive Scholar at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, and a Senior Scientist at the Gallup organization. For more than a decade, he has participated as a lecturer at the Update in Internal Medicine, an annual event sponsored by Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education and the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
"Deepak Chopra has successfully blended ancient Vedanta Philosophy with his unique perspective on modern medicine to provide a vast audience with solutions that meet many needs for our modern age. He is among the influential scholars, authors, and thinkers like Arthur Schopenhauer, Carl Jung, and Aldous Huxley who have found truth in the Perennial Philosophy and developed ways to help people apply that truth to their daily lives."
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JOPLIN, Mo. —
Cari Rerat already has a reading plan set up for her child, who is due in a few weeks. She knows what books she'll let her son read at what ages. She knows what kind of things are too offensive for his eyes.
And when it comes to selecting material, her son is the only person she should control.
The expectant mother is also the teen librarian for the Joplin, Mo., Public Library.
Though she has strong views about what her child can read, she would never tell any other parent what her child is allowed to read.
"I dictate what my child reads," Rerat said. "Not what other children read. I don't know them like I know my own child."
Saturday marks the beginning of Banned Books Week, organized by the American Library Association. The week celebrates and showcases books on the organization's Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books list, released each spring.
SLIDESHOW: Most frequently challenged books
While the actions of motivated parents and school boards make headlines, what gets lost in the shuffle is what goes on in each of our homes. Parents may find themselves daunted when they think about what their own children are reading -- especially when they recognize so many titles in their kids' own book collections.
From a librarian's point of view, Rerat said the best thing a parent can do is to read the book in question.
About a year ago, the Stockton, Mo., school board banned "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," by Sherman Alexie. The part that generated the controversy, a section where the main character writes about masturbation, goes for only about 15 sentences, Rerat said.
"And that's not what that book is about," Rerat said. "It's about a boy who lives a powerful life."
Many times books find themselves challenged for simply a small part, which distracts from a larger message. But parents may not have time to read every book that gets challenged.
Rerat recommended things people can do short of waiting for a good reading day:
"These reviews will tell you what the book is about, for what age group and a lot of times will clue you in on controversial things," Rerat said.
She also said reviews on sales sites such as Amazon.com are almost as reliable. Reviews to be aware of are random interviews that come up at the top of a Google search. Many reviewers may have agendas or motives that may not be in line with parents' views or morals.
Also, maturity level is not the same thing as reading level, Rerat said. A book at a fourth-grade reading level may not be intended for fourth graders.
"True, some know what parents want and read the opposite," Rerat said. "But if they know your guidelines, and you explain why you feel this way, the kids will take charge, especially the older they get."
The most ironic thing about the banning or challenging of a book, Rerat said, is that it has the opposite effect. Demand for those titles skyrockets -- when "Part-Time Indian" got banned, Rerat said she couldn't keep the book on the shelf.
Rerat remembered, as a student in middle school, when one of her friends brought in a trashy romance novel. Her friends kept the secret and took turns reading, she said -- they even marked the good parts of the book so that they wouldn't have to read the whole thing. All that energy went into a book they knew they shouldn't read, she said.
"Parents will have to get involved sooner or later," Rerat said. "If kids want it, they will find a way to get it. So why not read a banned book with your kid?"
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. —
Two proposals being weighed by lawmakers in Jefferson City as the session winds down could provide a shot in the arm for local campuses as well as state parks and historic sites in Southwest Missouri.
If they pass, everything from Reynolds Hall on the campus of Missouri Southern State University to the old CCC lodge at Roaring River State Park could be affected.
One proposal is Gov. Jay Nixon's amendment to House Bill 19, which appropriates $121 million of surplus revenue for various projects statewide.
That decision came after Nixon announced that state revenue through April was 11.2 percent higher than at the same point last year. Missouri's net general revenue totaled $6.67 billion from July through April, compared with $5.99 billion during the same period last year. (The state fiscal year beings July 1.)
That $121 million would be used for the Missouri Department of Transportation building, the Capitol and Fulton State Hospital, leaving $20 million for state park maintenance and renovation. The measure received final approval Wednesday when it was passed by the Senate.
"We're thrilled that parks are on the list for more funding," said Steve Nagle, president of the Missouri Parks Association, a private group that advocates for state parks.
But he believes that $20 million only scratches the surface when it comes to the deferred maintenance and other needs of Missouri parks and historic sites.
"It would take about $400 million to bring everything up to speed, and the needs are throughout the park system," Nagle said. "A lot of park infrastructure is from the 1930s ... They did a great job; many of these buildings are still standing, and worth maintaining."
Another $40 million for state parks could come from a second measure being debated in Jefferson City — a $1.2 billion statewide bond issue for capital projects.
The proposal is called the Fifth State Building Fund, because it follows four earlier bond issues. The state recently made its last payment on the 1982 $600 million bond issue that was used to build roads, parks and public buildings.
Legislators say now is a good time to take on the needed projects because interest rates are at historic lows. It sailed through the House on Thursday, but must still be approved in the Senate before the session ends Friday.
Ultimately, it also will need approval of Missouri voters, too.
Calls to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to see how a share of that $20 million to $60 million would be used at parks in Southwest Missouri were referred to Linda Luebbering, state budget director.
"We don't know specifically which sites, at this time," she said. "There is a long list of park renovation projects that need to be worked on."
Nagle, of St. Louis, said 56 percent of all the buildings under state control are in state parks. Of those 2,043 buildings, 647 are more than 50 years old and 285 are on the National Register of Historic Places.
A 2009 list of park priorities compiled by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, which manages state parks, identified a number of projects that still have not been undertaken. That list included restoration of the original lodge at Roaring River State Park, and a new interpretative kiosk at the Battle of Carthage State Historic Site.
The stone and timber lodge was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and most recently served as the park store until a new one was built a few years ago; it has not been open to the public since then.
Many of the parks also need repairs to drinking water and wastewater systems, Nagle said.
"The parks department has only about 500 total staff for 87 parks and historic sites. They're really dedicated and they're real pros at working to keep electrical, plumbing and water systems working and still taking care of the visitors," he said. "Getting these projects done would mean a lot of work for local contractors, too. That money goes into the local economy."
Members of the Missouri Parks Association testified on behalf of the state bond, as did representatives of colleges and universities throughout the state.
The largest share of the bond issue — $600 million — would be allocated to construct, renovate and repair buildings on college and university campuses.
Other money would be set aside for Capitol restoration and for the state hospital in Fulton.
MSSU, Crowder
"Reynolds Hall has been at the top of our list for the last four years," said MSSU President Bruce Speck. "We'd like to construct a new building, or if we couldn't do that, remodel the current building."
Speck said Reynolds, which houses science and math classes, was constructed in the 1960s and is one of the original buildings on the campus oval. He said the current building does not lend itself to modern-day science classes. He came to Southern from Austin-Peay, just as that university had completed work on its new science classrooms, he said.
"It was the most expensive science building in Tennessee and it had everything, including all the modern labs, cabinetry and safety systems," he said. "Ours is almost like looking at a movie from the 1940s."
The estimated cost of a new building is $26 million.
Rob Yust, vice president at MSSU, said the last building constructed with state money was the Health Sciences Building, which received money via the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative.
"That was at least five or six years ago; it's been a long dry spell since," he said.
At Crowder College in Neosho, the biggest needs are renovations to Newton and McDonald halls, said Alan Marble, college president.
"They're both original to the campus, built in the 1950s by the Army," he said.
House Speaker Tim Jones, sponsor of the bond proposal, said 20 percent of the $600 million would be set aside for public community colleges.
McDonald Hall is the college's primary classroom building, with original biology and chemistry labs. Classrooms and administrative offices share space in Newton Hall.
Ideally, Crowder would look for a sponsor to fund a new classroom building, then would use state funds to renovate the other two existing buildings.
"We'd build the new classroom first, then we'd be able to move activities in there when the buildings were renovated. At the end, we'd have three buildings available to us," he said.
Marble said Crowder also received a small amount of state funds from the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative — $2 million that was used to leverage donations to construct the Farber Building.
"Otherwise; it's been a long time," he said.
Fifth State Bond
The proposed Fifth State Building Fund also would allow up to $20 million to be set aside in a new Public Elementary and Secondary Education Revolving Fund to be used for public elementary and secondary education capital costs. Bond language also specifies none of the money is to go to state highway projects.