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Recently we, the Pakistan Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), received a letter from a concerned citizen about the plight of Kaavan the lone African elephant in captivity at Islamabad Zoo. Kaavan was donated to Pakistan by the Bangladesh government 28 years ago. Chained for decades on concrete by all four legs up to 24 hours a day, he is made to endure a life of solitary confinement – considered one of the worst punishments for human beings in jail. It is enough to drive any sentient being to psychosis and is something visitors to the zoo witness on any given day. Continue reading
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The cage chosen for the leopard was big enough. While the leopard was in its old enclosure, it was always found in its concrete-floored retiring room. So, it didn't matter if its cage had no other facilities in the old cage.
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The Wednesday, December 31, DAWN has a wonderful editorial about the poor state of zoos in Pakistan. Kudos to the paper for having the courage to say it like it is: that we do not need zoos in our country, given the abysmal state of affairs in most of them. It is time we woke up and realized the extent of suffering the captive animals endure in our zoos. Continue reading
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In a bid to remove dacoits from Shalo Belo near Sukker, the Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism, Rauf Siddiqui, is planning a safari park where hunting will be one of the many facilities offered to the country's recreation starved public. According to a report in DAWN,
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs are currently streaming their upcoming fourth album 'Mosquito' on YouTube. It is set for release on April 15. The follow-up to 2009's 'It's Blitz!', 'Mosquito' sees the band again working with long-time producers David Sitek and Nick Launay, and was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas.
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The Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts has said that he doesn't want to play Glastonbury because he doesn't like festivals or playing outdoors. He told The Guardian: "The worst thing playing outdoors is when the wind blows, if you're a drummer, because the cymbals move … it really is hard to play then."
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Freddie Mercury dressed Princess Diana up as a male model to sneak her into a London gay club, it has been revealed. The revelation comes from the autobiography of comedienne Cleo Rocos' autobiography, which has been serialised in The Sunday Times. The 80's star attended the club with the couple and fellow comedian Kenny Everett.
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Queens Of The Stone Age debuted new song 'My God Is The Sun' at Lollapalooza Brazil on March 30th. The track is the first taste of new music from the Josh Homme-fronted group and is taken from the band's forthcoming new album '…Like Clockwork'.
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Tickets to see The Rolling Stones for their forthcoming huge Hyde Park gig sold out in three minutes on the morning of April 5. The band will headline the central London park on July 6, their first time playing at the venue since their now-legendary gig in 1969, as part of the ten-day long Barclays British Summertime Festival.
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Added: 27 Mar 2013
Justin Bieber has had his pet monkey seized by customs at a German airport. The pop brat sneaked the primate into Europe on his private jet and reportedly faces prosecution in Munich as he did not have the correct papers for his monkey, named Mally, which is now in quarantine.
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Hugh Jackman has spoken about the plot details for his X-Men spin-off The Wolverine by hinting that former character Jean Grey will be a pivotal figure in the flick - despite being dead. The film is set after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, in which Grey was killed, but Jackman says that her death and the impact on his character will be an important part of the movie.
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Added: 03 Dec 2010
Tyler, The Creator has revealed that Justin Bieber rejected a song which he had written for him with fellow Odd Future cohort Frank Ocean. The pair wrote a track for Bieber's 'Believe' album, but the teenage singer turned the track down.
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Added: 15 Dec 2011
A fake trailer for Pineapple Express 2 was released as an April Fools' Day Joke. The parody promo features James Franco and Seth Rogen reprising their roles as stoner buddies from the cult 2008 comedy written by Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Pineapple Express 2 is billed as "the most anticipated sequel in human history" and apparently centres on a plot to kill Woody Harrelson.
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Added: 26 Jul 2010
Tokyo Rocks festival has been cancelled, organisers have announced. The Japanese festival, which was due to take place May 11-12, 2013 with a line-up that included Blur, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, Carl Barat and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, was cancelled yesterday (March 31) due to "several factors".
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Added: 13 Mar 2013
In an April Fools' prank, it was rumoured that One Direction were to appear as special guests on the Park Stage at this year's Glastonbury festival.
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PJ & Duncan, aka Ant and Dec, topped the Official UK Singles Chart with 'Let's Get Ready To Rhumble'. The TV presenters resurrected their Byker Grove characters on last week's episode of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway to perform their 1994 Top 10 hit. The performance caused a frenzy among viewers who immediately started downloading the track, sending it soaring up the charts.
Added: 26 Mar 2013
Actor Idris Elba has admitted that his confrontation with Liam Gallagher at last month's NME Awards was caused by a row over a hat. The pair made headlines after they reportedly clashed at an after party at The Ivy in London in February (February 27), with eye-witnesses claiming that they had squabbled because Gallagher made fun of Elba's bobble hat.
Photo: PA
Added: 08 Jun 2011
David Bowie's comeback album 'The Next Day' is the early favourite to win this year's Mercury Music Prize. The album, released in March, is Bowie's first since 'Reality' in 2003 and has been met with critical acclaim. Leading bookmaker Paddy Power has slashed the odds on the album winning the prestigious prize, not awarded until September, from 12/1 to just 7/2 following a spate of recent bets.
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Added: 21 Mar 2013
Johnny Marr has announced that he will support The Stone Roses at their two London gigs this June. The Manchester band will headline two huge dates at London's Finsbury Park on June 7 and 8 followed by a single show at Glasgow Green on June 15. The supports for the Glasgow show are Primal Scream, Jake Bugg and The View. Marr is the first act to confirm his appearance at the London shows.
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Added: 13 Feb 2013
Justin Timberlake has said he understands why some people laughed at his second album 'FutureSex/LoveSounds'. The 'Mirrors' singer, who has just released his third album 'The 20/20 Experience', says he was criticised by some sectors of the media and fans for "trying to do something different".
Photo: PA
Added: 21 Feb 2013
Van Halen singer David Lee Roth has claimed he once took out insurance on his penis before going on tour. Speaking to the Huffington Post, the frontman was asked whether the rumours were true that he'd had his whole body insured before heading out on the road with his band - but he answered by saying that he had actually taken out an insurance policy with Lloyds Of London on his genitalia.
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Added: 13 Sep 2011
Beyonce and OutKast rapper Andre 3000 have recorded a cover of the late Amy Winehouse's 'Back To Black'. The cover will feature on the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming adaptaion of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel 'The Great Gatsby'. It is the second time the pair have worked together, following 'Party' from Beyoncé's latest album '4'.
Photo: Andrew Whitton/NME
Added: 09 Feb 2012
Yeah Yeah Yeahs previewed new track 'Under The Earth' from their forthcoming fourth album 'Mosquito', which is set for release on April 15.
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Added: 19 Mar 2013
Taylor Swift reportedly came close to being 'impaled' mid-air on a sword used in hit movie Lord Of The Rings, which is in the possession of Swift's rumoured boyfriend Ed Sheeran. Sheeran was presented with the piece of film memorabilia by Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson during a visit to New Zealand.
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Social identity and identity theories have recently emerged as an important theoretical lens in relationship marketing research. However, the study of identity-motivated marketing relationships, defined as internal and external stakeholders' identification with a marketing entity that can be an individual, a group, a brand, or a company, is not without controversies. Following a synthesis of this stream of research, this paper reviews the nature and causes of two key issues surrounding the conceptualization and measurement identity-based constructs. Recommended solutions and avenues for further research are then discussed.
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So what is going on right now? Well, last Monday Oct 30th we shipped Office Accounting 2007 and made express available as a free download. Tuesday I got to see the videos of our launch in Willow Springs, IL. Wednesday we started to think about our next release. We got Monday off and Tuesday we had a small celebration by going to the Parlor Billiards. It was a very nice event; unfortunately there was a raffle but I didn't get any prize. The rest of the week we are doing customer visits, which is very interesting because not everyone on the product team gets to interact with customers on a daily basis. Unfortunately we only get to visit one customer. I would like to talk to customers that are just starting to use our product, probably they'll have great insight about what we are missing and what we did right.
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Skip to comments.'Wanted Dead or Alive' poster issued for George Zimmerman by New Black Panther Party
Posted on 03/27/2012 4:13:08 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
new black panther party (nbpp) offers $10,000 for the murder of Zimmerman.
the nbpp has offered $10,000 dollars for the death of Zimmerman.
My question is, how is this different than if the nbpp president contacted a hit man and gave him $10,000 to kill Zimmerman. In such a case the FBI would throw him in jail so quickly his head would spin.
Why isn't the Sherrif of Sanford, FL contacting to the FBI to have the nbpp locked up and charged with Attempted Murder as they sould be?
Obama's fault.
Still haven't heard His Highness comment on this...
Why is this kind of crap from the B/P group not classified as a "hate" crime?
That's because the NBBP are clowns.
Isn't this "solicitation for murder", and is it not a felony?
Heard that they raised the amount to 1,000,000.
Thought #1 This has got to be illegal..especially the "dead" part?
Thought #2: I hope they didn't use a target symbol.
Because that would be encouraging some mental defective to act on it and shoot a bunch of people..???
Thought #3: This is comedy..I mean we are not supose to take it serious,right? You know like anything Bill Maher,Jon Stewart or David Letterman, says?
...and when some NBPP follower tries to collect on the Dead Bounty charge Oh-Bummer as an accessory to premditated murder.
It is, and it is...
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One of the reasons why they haven't been thrown in jail is because they are what holder refered to as "my people".
Remember what happened to Allein Gonzalez, the Fl Supreme Court said his relatives could keep him but that didn't sit well with janet or bill so they ginned up some federal excuse and sent him back to castro. Propoganda coup and all.
Long story short the feds will do what pleases them.
Thought #4 I guess if you can get away with voter intimidation. Why not openly try to encourage others to kill another person.
Thought #5 paging Eric Holder
I would give my right thumb if the MS-13 got involved with this lynching...
so, it's not murder they're soliciting, necessarily. But, kidnapping? it sounds that way.
Guess their "chief of staff" is still sitting in DeKalb County jail on weapons charges.
This is a money operation from the black pampers to solicit money for themselves to buy drugs, hos and great meals at five star restaurants in NYC.
There is no money for a reward and never will be.
They're jive hucksters fleecing the stupid white hollywood sheep.
Baa! Baaaaa!
10,000 and a THUMB, you gotta deal.
It's the NBPP. They have a pass for ANYTHING from Holder and they know it.
Thought #6 Suppose nothing is seriously done about this..than does that mean it is ok to openly solicit for the capture of someone "dead or alive" ??? I'm just asking a question.
Read the poster again, it says "Wanted Dead or Alive" It doesnt say, "OK, just kidnapp him and we'll give you some money"
The nbpp and the other race baiters are truly insane racist's. There is no doubt they are too stupid to see what their problem is. No wonder they haven't achieved parity.
Did you know that 90% of blacks are murdered by blacks, and 83% of whites are murdered by whites?
Did you know that there are 14.82 murders per 100K by blacks versus 2.17 per 100K for whites?
Per capita there are 7x more murders committed by blacks than whites.
I didn't make this up. It comes directly from the FBI. I just cut the numbers in a more revealing manner.
Why do we put up with this crap.
You'd think Sotomayer would be all over this. This was made for her. She is a "proud latina who is better than any white guy" and she should be defending a "proud latino" like zimmemman from the....um, white guys, yep, that's it. It's actually the crackers that want to harm zimmerman.
I'm beginning to believe that black people would like nothing more than to turn the tables and make slaves of white people. They want eparations and they don't care how they get them.
They are using intimidation to cause fear, and the race card is repeatedly used to cause guilt. They will not integrate, they will not follow white mans law, and they blame us for their poverty and lack of education.
We will never have racial harmony as long as their leaders continue to spread hatred.
It is a DEAD or ALIVE offer! So of course no one would ever kill Mr. Zimmerman. You either don't read well or you could care less what happens..
didn't see any poster. maybe you should, err, "post" it.
If we didn't have a USAG who was a closted member of the NBP these clowns would all be arraigned by now.
It may take someone to get a poster and then make a complaint.
Of course it would be like painting a bulls eye on your back.
They probably don't have the money. If they do, it's dirty
nbpp member was arrested (not for this tho):
Same guy Hannity used to screw with on his show. Could be just pretext for other charges (e.g. to grab him before he goes into hiding)
"You either dont read well or you could care less what happens.."
Don't try to read my mind, you drooling, simpleton 30 IQ punk.
I'd like to see a similar poster with Al Sharpton's mug on it. Or Jesse Jackson's.
MSM treating this case completely different from this one in Knoxville, TN (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374800/posts). No surprise there. MSM said at the time it was "too gruesome" to cover. Yeah, right.
From the looks of his tweets (before his acct was shutdown), this "kid" wasn't exactly a boy scout: http://www.scribd.com/doc/86809463/Trayvon-s-Tweets-the-Daily-Caller
He knows that he would be wasting his time. The nbpp are Holder's boys. The new protected class.
Oh, the irony of the first 21st Century lynch mob.
I need to apologize to you.
My fault.
I just got back from where we tried to make sense of what happened in France. I'm working with a Jewish group that's establishing a new Sabbath idea for young people.
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President Obama and the rest of the DEMOCRAT Party know full-well that if this Zimmerman guy gets as much as one scratch on him, that is the end of the DEMOCRATS as a major political party. They are simply unwilling (or, more likely, unable) to even stop a bounty...something one might expect in Rwanda or Zimbabwe, but not in the US. Zimmerman may not know it, but he has allies, in very high places, that are scared to death right now.
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Excellent point, and I thought of that however this would require the msm do their job. Instead we would get a repeat of the 08 election where they openly adored "the one" and attacked those who opposed him.
I believe the same would happen if any harm came to zimmerman and they would blame the same old people they always blame, Limbaugh, Hannity, Bush, right wingers etc.
It seems to me that the main difference is that being a publically made threat/offer/contract by a well known radical group it falls squarely under anti-terrorism laws. They should be warming those recently vacated bunks at Gitmo ASAP.
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The Australian dollar rose from near its weakest level since September 2010 as Chinese data showed second-quarter growth slowed in line with economists forecasts.
The Aussie gained against all its 16 major peers after data from China, Australia's biggest trade partner, showed its gross domestic product grew 7.5 percent last quarter from a year earlier. The Australian dollar dropped last week after Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said the country's growth target this year is 7 percent, lower than the official goal of 7.5 percent, comments which were later revised in a report by the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
"At the margin, the Chinese GDP data is supportive for the Aussie given the exaggerated growth fears prompted by the Chinese finance minister's comments late last week," said Sue Trinh, a senior currency strategist at Royal Bank of Canada in Hong Kong. "Hence, the Aussie dollar is holding small gains."
The Australian dollar rose 0.4 percent to 90.86 U.S. cents as of 4:57 p.m. in Sydney from last week, when it fell as low as 89.99 cents. The currency climbed 0.6 percent to 90.30 yen. New Zealand's dollar rose 0.3 percent to 78.04 U.S. cents and gained 0.3 percent to 77.56 yen.
The Aussie has tumbled 9.9 percent in the past three months, the worst performer among 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes. The kiwi slid 4.5 percent.
Quote Corrected
In an English-language story released July 13 and dated the previous day, Xinhua said it corrected a quote attributed to Lou to "there is no doubt that China can achieve this year's growth target of 7.5 percent" from its original story dated July 11 that cited him as saying "there is no doubt that China can achieve the growth target, though the 7 percent goal should not be considered as the bottom line."
GDP in the world's second-largest economy expanded 7.5 percent in the April-June period from a year earlier, from 7.7 percent in the first quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said in Beijing today.
Traders should sell the Australian dollar if its gains toward 91.60 cents, according to IG Markets Ltd., as further declines are likely given recent Reserve Bank of Australia commentary that's weakened the currency.
RBA Prospects
The RBA said after its July 2 policy meeting that inflation will remain in line with targets over the next one to two years, while further currency declines would help to rebalance growth. Minutes from that meeting are due tomorrow.
"There are a growing number of analysts calling for an August rate cut, and the RBA has been trying to talk down the Australian dollar at the same time," said Stan Shamu, a Melbourne-based market strategist at IG Markets. "If we get more rhetoric about the reasons for a cut, we could see another round of Aussie selling."
There is about a 66 percent chance the RBA will lower rates next month to 2.5 percent from a record low 2.75 percent, according to Bloomberg calculations based on swaps. Australia's 10-year bond yield fell two basis points to 3.73 percent, and the three-year rate declined two basis points to 2.64 percent today.


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Went for a trip to the zoo this winter because ~Nebraskies and I were bored and had to shoot something. The Desert Dome was nice and warm, certainly a retreat from the cold December temperatures
Please tell me what you think!
Henry Doorly Zoo FTW!
wow it looks like its from another planet!!
Hey! I so know that place! that's like 30 minutes from my house, great shot!
Cool looking photo. I like the bright colors that have shown up in your latest photos.
Oh, I loooove the colors - the whole picture seems to gleam <3
love love love!! such a great shot with the "keep off the sand" sign in there! (nice touch! )
I enjoy these photos very much! thank you
I enjoy these photos very much! thank you
Wow this is beautiful
It reminds me of what mars would look like if it was given air and this would be a martian eco base
I love this XD
It reminds me of what mars would look like if it was given air and this would be a martian eco base
I love this XD
This is actually a real place? O_o It looks so much like it was taken from a video-game.
Very cool. I like the composition. If you ever get a chance to go back and catch the early morning or late afternoon lighting, the dome should cast some pretty sweet shadows over the sand for a dramatic black and white.
oh! i love that zoo!
Really awesome shot! This photo reminded me of zoo field trips in middle school for some reason...
I would be tempted to alter the sign...
ooh! stunning! i'm so jealous! i want it to get warmer!!!!!
This is such a strange concept to me because I live in the south. We don't need things like this here, but we do have similar habitats for cold climate animals. Made me curious!
I must say, Evan, that this is excellent work. Great eye for a shot.
Wonderful shot! Love the gentle fish eye view!
I love how it's forbidden to go where your frozen and boring mind would love to lay and have some warm resting.....Only watch it, and go! Torture!
The colors are warming and i love the graphic dome reflection....
The colors are warming and i love the graphic dome reflection....
Indeed! Luckily, it was warm enough on the trail, so I didn't have to impede on the meerkats' territory
By far the best exhibit at the Omaha Zoo. I have a pic similar to this, not as good as yours of course.
Lovely. The "Keep off the sand" sign amuses me.
I thought it was biosphere 2 as well! Where is this?
This was at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska
Reminds me of a program I saw recently on the old biosphere2 experiment after it was abandoned.


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Transneft Says ESPO Oil Flows to Pacific May Be Disrupted
OAO Transneft, Russia's oil-pipeline monopoly, said crude exports from the Pacific port of Kozmino may be disrupted after OAO Russian Railways limited the number of rail tankers it can send to the coast.
Fifteen trains loaded with oil are stuck after the rail operator decreased transportation volumes allotted to Transneft, creating "a threat to the ship-loading program and Russian exports," the pipeline company said today by e-mail.
Transneft is extending the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline to Kozmino this year to expand exports to the U.S., China and elsewhere in the region. Oil is now supplied to the port via rail from the link's current end near the Chinese border. Transneft plans to load 1.4 million metric tons, or about 320,000 barrels a day, at the port from Aug. 1 to Sept. 1.
Russian Railways blamed a train station part-owned by Transneft for the congestion, saying "the operators' untimely submission of transportation documents is the reason for the higher than normal backlog of tanker cars."
The route in question served an average of 10 trains, or 668 wagons, a day in July, Russian Railways said today in an e-mailed statement.
"No measures have been taken" to fix the situation, Russian Railways said.
Transneft preferred shares fell 1.9 percent, the most in a week, to 51,027 rubles in Moscow, while the Micex Index declined 1.1 percent.


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Climate scientists eviscerate Lord Monckton's attempt to disinform the U.S. Congress
"Here, a number of top climate scientists have thoroughly refuted all of Mr. Monckton's major assertions, clearly demonstrating a number of obvious and elementary errors."
A group of five scientists solicited responses from more than twenty world-class climate scientists to the May 6th testimony by Christopher Monckton to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. These climate scientists ""¦ have thoroughly refuted all of Mr. Monckton's major assertions, clearly demonstrating a number of obvious and elementary errors," the report says. "We encourage the U.S. Congress to give careful consideration to the implications this document has for the care that should be exercised in choosing expert witnesses to inform the legislative process."
The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (TVMOB) has now become the most scientifically debunked of all the professional disinformers. A team of 21 top climate scientists have eviscerated his Congressional testimony — news release here, full report here. See also the Guardian piece, "'Chemical nonsense': Leading scientists refute Lord Monckton's attack on climate science."
Lord Monckton should no longer be viewed as a credible source by the media or Congressional committees, given that he has been thoroughly discredited scientifically and that he is a well-known hate-speech promoter (see Monckton repeats and expands on his charge that those who embrace climate science are "Hitler youth" and fascists). TVMOB has relegated himself to the extreme fringe (see Irony-gate 2: Modern day Tea Partiers outsource denial to Lord Monckton "" a British peer!)
The full report is a marvelous science lesson from leading climatologists and well worth reading in its entirety. The news release notes that "The report examines claims from Monckton's testimony in nine major areas and corrects and refutes each of them." Here is a summary of "the authoritative scientific statements in each of these nine areas":
- In ancient times, the warming from carbon dioxide release played a critical role in lifting the Earth from a cold 'snowball' state to a warm climate. Monckton totally misunderstands the sequence of these events in denying the heat-trapping ability of carbon dioxide. He treats the events as if they were contemporaneous.
- Ancient corals and other life forms were able to adapt to high carbon dioxide concentrations because they have had millions of years to react to slower, natural climate change. Monckton ignores the vast difference in the rate of these changes compared to the present rate; he incorrectly argues that the present rapid increase in carbon dioxide is harmless.
- Paleo-climatologists understand that the rate of change of carbon dioxide concentration is more important than the overall levels of carbon dioxide for plant adaptation. Monckton claims a single benefit of higher carbon dioxide levels – increased yields on selected crops (which he appears to have exaggerated) – but fails to mention the wide-ranging negative consequences for plant species and agriculture as well as rising sea levels and changing weather patterns.
- The fact that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is driving ocean acidification is based on "experimental results, field observations and our fundamental understanding of physical chemistry going back hundreds of years." The responses to Monckton's claim that "if ocean acidification is occurring then CO2 is not, and will not be, the culprit" provide a compelling example of Monckton's lack of understanding of basic science – in this case of ocean chemistry.
- Despite Monckton's assertions, compilations of global temperatures show that the late 20th century was exceptionally warm compared with the last 1500 years, with a rate of warming that is indeed exceptional.
- "Global warming on decadal time scales is continuing without letup". The frequently heard assertion, repeated by Monckton, that "global warming ceased in 2001" is contradicted by recent, record-breaking global mean temperatures obtained by both NOAA and NASA. The long-term instrumental record shows an unequivocal upward trend.
- "Over the last century we have observed large and coherent changes … of the Earth's climate…. All these changes are consistent with our … understanding of how the climate system should be responding to anthropogenic forcing … collectively this behavior is inconsistent with the changes…due to natural variability alone." By contrast, Monckton ascribes the recent rise in global temperature to 'naturallyoccurring global brightening', citing a 2005 paper by Dr. Rachel Pinker et al. As the responses forcefully demonstrate, and indeed as Dr. Pinker herself has stated, his conclusions are based upon a misunderstanding and misapplication of that work.
- "Climate sensitivity" characterizes the long-term increase in global temperatures in response to increased CO2 concentration. Multiple estimates of climate sensitivity, based on different types of data, are in agreement. Monckton argues the value is very much lower than these estimates, based on his misinterpretation of the Pinker paper, as well as on a recent paper by Lindzen and Choi. Two recently published papers discussed in this report thoroughly discredit the paper by Lindzen and Choi, as well as Monckton's conclusions.
- "The urgent need to act cannot be overstated. Anthropogenic climate change is already affecting our lives and livelihoods through extreme storms, unusual floods and droughts, rising seas, and many changes in biological systems." Monckton argues that "global warming is a non-problem", and in any case "there is no hurry", and that the correct response is "to do nothing". This report states that a "decision to delay action to reduce greenhouse emissions is not a decision 'to do nothing'. It is a decision to continue emissions of CO2…committing the world to higher levels of global warming…with associated adverse impacts." A paper by Dr. S. Solomon et al. cited in the report emphasizes the long-term role of increased CO2 levels on future climate and shows that the assumption that a "decision can always be made to reduce CO2 emissions and thereby reduce any harm within a few years or decades" is incorrect.
It's time to close the book on this thoroughly discredited disinformer.
The Guardian also points out TVMOB's extreme resume inflation:
During his congressional testimony in May, Monckton was mocked by a Democratic congressman for claiming that he was a member of the House of Lords during a previous committee hearing appearance in 2009. Last month, the clerk of the parliaments wrote to Monckton, a hereditary peer, stressing that he should stop referring to himself as a member of the House of Lords.
Kudos to the scientists who contributed to this report:
- Dr. James Annan: Member of the Global Change Projection Research Program within the Research Institute for Global Change
- Dr. David Archer: Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
- Dr. Ken Caldeira: Senior Scientist, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, California
- Dr. David Easterling: Chief, Scientific Services Division, NCDC, National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA)
- Dr. James Hansen: Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- Dr. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg: Professor of Marine Studies, University of Queensland, Australia.
- Dr. James Hurrell: Senior Scientist in the Climate Analysis Section and Chief Scientist for Community Climate Projects at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
- Dr. David Karoly: Professor, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Dr. Jeffrey Kiehl: Senior Scientist, Climate Change Research Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
- Dr. Nancy Knowlton: Holds the Sant Chair in Marine Science at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
- Dr. Lee Kump: Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
- Dr. Norman Loeb: scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center
- Dr. Michael MacCracken: Chief Scientist, Climate Change Programs with the Climate Institute in Washington DC
- Dr. Peter Reich: Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota's Department of Forest Resources
- Dr. Reto Ruedy: Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- Dr. Benjamin Santer: Research Scientist, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Dr. Gavin Schmidt: Climate Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- Dr. Pieter Tans: Senior Scientist, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado
- Dr. Kevin Trenberth: Senior Scientist and Head, Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
- Dr. John Veron: Professor, University Center for Marine Studies, University of Queensland
- Dr. Bruce Wielicki: Senior Scientist Radiation Sciences, NASA Langley Research Center
No doubt TVMOB will (threaten to) sue them all (see "Hate-speech promoter Lord Monckton tries to censor John Abraham").
h/t Skeptical Science.
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44 Responses to Climate scientists eviscerate Lord Monckton's attempt to disinform the U.S. Congress
Master's post today :
Typhoon Fanapi deluges China
Typhoon Fanapi made landfall in mainland China about 150 miles east-northeast of Hong Kong Monday morning as a Category 1 storm with 75 mph winds, dumping the heaviest rains seen in a century to the southern Guangdong Province of China, according to the provincial weather bureau. Rainfall amounts of 550 mm (21.6″) were recorded in the hardest-hit Shuangyao Township in Yangchun City. Thousands of people are stranded due to washed out roads and bridges in the region. In Taiwan, where Fanapi struck as a Category 2 typhoon with 105 mph winds on Sunday, the damage total is estimated at $210 million. Fanapi killed three people on the island, and brought rains of up to 1400 mm (4.6 feet) to mountainous regions in the interior. Taipei 101, the second tallest building in the world with more than 100 stories, reportedly swayed some 15 cm in Fanapi's winds.
The water content of every system coming off the oceans has changed the last few years. Doesn't have anything to do wind speeds anymore.
Lord Monckton, the Glenn Beck of climate science.
'Lord' Monckton seems confused- he cannot understand that the far right has been tied to fascism and Nazism.
In the post WW 2 era of the last century, Neo-Fascism has been traditionally tied to ultra right extremists such as the KKK, John Birch Society, Skin head's and white supremacists. (Ann now Tea Party/GOP?)
His calling of Hansen & other climate scientists as 'fascists' shows his mental confusion or misunderstanding of political ideology.
That he was even asked to testify before congress about AGW-shows the depths of ignorance & stupidity our elected officials have.
I've always had a fear of clowns, thought it was irrational. Then I saw TVMOB in action. Makes everything so clear.
"No doubt TVMOB will sue them all"
should be:
"No doubt TVMOB will threaten to sue them all"
So far he has done nothing but utter empty threats
[JR: Done!]
I'm taking bets on how long Monckton's reply will be. If his reply to Dr Abraham was 70 something pages his reply to this will need to be 700 pages. Or more.
But how did he come to testify in the first place ? Politics trumps science and for all scientifcally minded people it must be a shocking worry. One person one vote does not seem to mean a lot sometimes.
Anyone near DC be willing to print out hundreds of copies of this report and deliver them to Inhofe's office? I'd be willing to contribute $10 to the cost.Of course use recycled paper and recycle afterward.Just fill the place wall to wall.
Kudos to the scientists for doing this. I hope that this report gets much (fair and accurate) coverage by the media.
Monckton's reply to Leo Hickman at the Guardian:
"In a lengthy letter to Congress some months ago, in which I addressed questions from Congressmen about my testimony before the global warming committee, I had already refuted in detail the points now belatedly raised again by the scientists who have written to Congress. The scientists were unaware of my letter to Congress because they did not have the good sense or courtesy to contact me – or even to contact the vast majority of the scientists whose conclusions I had cited – before circulating to friendly news media their prolix, turgid, repetitive, erroneous and inadequate response to my testimony. From their calculatedly furtive approach, it is legitimate to infer that their exercise was motivated more by politics than by science. One of the lead authors is currently under criminal investigation for alleged fabrication of results: another has been caught out in repeated lies: a third admits to suffering a mental disability: and many of the scientists whom these lead authors invited to contribute are among the long-discredited clique of Climategate emailers. Accordingly, it is unlikely that Congress will pay much attention to their political rant, which displays a lamentable absence of quantitative detail and a pathetic reliance on fashionable but questionable forecasting techniques that have long been compellingly contradicted by hard data.
The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley"
I must be getting jaded, his prose isn't even funny anymore.
Monkton has long been a caricature of himself. His name soon to be used as a noun or adjective. "This bubble is bursting – so it's time to pull a monkton."
There should be some very interesting interviews with Monckton on Fox News following this release. TVMOB does not take well to criticism.
Who's making the popcorn?
If the issue weren't so serious, I would consider Monckton a brilliant performance artist. To be such an obvious clown and still get called to testify before congress. It's a bit like watching Borat, when you're in on the "joke" but various dupes get taken in.
Richard… I think Monckton is going to become a verb. As in: "Bob really moncked up his term paper and his prof is coming down on him like a ton of bricks!"
monck, v. to make extreme and baseless claims.
I know now how to figure out when Monckton is lying.
Everytime when he moves his mouth.
Can they start to gang up on the others too.
If the law can/wont get these characters they should be publicly ….
taken care of in the most unceremonious manner.
This is great but I think someone needs to go one further and really take this corporate shill to task for what he is.
It's nice that some of our best scientists have stepped up to show Monckton has no idea what he's talking about, but I'd like to see some prosecutor/attorney step in now and show TVMOB in fact knows EXACTLY what he's talking about: i.e. that he understands full well he's misrepresenting the science, and therefore deliberately lying to congress.
Even if you can't ultimately prove he's a liar on top of being a moron, it would at least finally shut him up since "anything you say can and will be used against you" would make him think twice about his next 700 page rebuttal.
I'm still at the totally mystified point of wondering what on earth the silly man will do to respond. I agree that this feeble response lacks the rib-aching shrieking with laughter humour of the previous interminable opus.
Might be good to brush up the old Latin if we're to fully savour the nuances of the next salvo.
Monkton is to science what Newt Gingrich is to consistency; what Sarah Palin is to reality; what Sharon Engle is to rationality; what Fox News is to … well … news.
Surely Monckton should be satisfied with the efforts that real scientists are giving his attention-seeking? Isn't that the object of his activities? Just how needy is this man?
This is most excellent, and anytime TVMOB opens his mouth, the public should be reffered to this, immediately.
Its amazing, most people who lose credibility, lose it for good, or at least a very long time and is hard to earn back, but this fool has lost it many times over, but is still taken as credible by an enourmous amount of people. :(
Thanks for the comments everyone. This took a LOT of work.
John Abraham
Thank YOU, John, and everyone involved. Nice work.
Dear Dr. Abraham,
Thanks for dropping in. You and your colleagues honestly deserve medals for all the hard work you put in. Not only for that, but also for putting up with the threats and vitriol from despicable characters and charlatans like Monckton.
Hope you get some time to relax…oh no wait, you still have to teach, do research, supervise students, review papers, write papers, write proposals and sit on committees etc.
Try and not work too hard.
Just pointing out that Baron Monckhausen trades in nothing but bulldust does no good, whatsoever. As far as the rabble of denialists is concerned, science is a 'Communist' or 'socialist' conspiracy to destroy capitalism, and Monckhausen a hero of truth-telling. That he once attended the Rightwing idol (but anthropogenic climate change realist)Thatcher, adds to his kudos with that type who, being incapable of rational thought, intelligent reflection and learning from,or even ever admitting to, error, are the natural footsoldiers of the Right. We must finally confront the truth that vast swathes of the more intellectually challenged populations in the West,prepared by life-long brainwashing by the media and advertising, to see greedy consumption as the prime, if not sole,raison d'etre for human existence, will never be convinced, because lacking the intelligence to be so. For them,truth is a matter of revelation and faith,and rationality is the Devil's work,and the facts are what my leader says that they are. And they are,like a tsunami of driver ants,on the march, swarming everywhere, full of passionate intensity, and they are turning ever nastier.
I second what Maple Leaf wrote: John A., thank you for your fantastic effort. For those of us who have even the slightest understanding of science, it was a welcome and thorough rebuke. Alas, I think Nick is likely right: "Surely Monckton should be satisfied with the efforts that real scientists are giving his attention-seeking? Isn't that the object of his activities?"
I think so. And for some, seeing Monckton get attention of any kind simply legitimates him in their eyes. Monckton's audience is not us. It is those who are driven by ideology and who are deceived by his fancy plays with words and numbers; they are not capable of seeing that he often just makes stuff up. His juvenile response will be lapped up by many–sadly, some of those people are in positions of considerable power. Shudder.
Good job by John & Co …
but really, the bottom line is that this was the Republican party's chosen expert…. the best they could get, apaprently.
C'mon, where are the good cartoons of Lords and elephants?
John abraham says:
September 21, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Thanks for the comments everyone. This took a LOT of work.
John Abraham
Very valuable work.
Despite the travesty of Monktons presentation to the senate select committee, the climate 'debate' is only really raging in the 'court of public opinion'. It is in this, media manipulated, forum that deniers like Monkton can obfuscate and play PR games to achieve their goal of delaying the measures needed to meaningfully cap CO2 emissions. The record and reporting of this robust rebuttal is a very effective way of removing the thin veneer of credibility that Monkton may enjoy with some of those that share his political prejudices and choose to remain wilfully ignorant of the mounting scientific evidence that supports the worrying degree of anthropogenic warming the world is now experiencing.
It is you that deserves the thanks.
* Correction. "House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming."
Do not forget Christopher Booker either here in the UK. He has the Sunday Telegraphs ear and constantly dismisses ACC and then bleats on about the UK and EU energy needs.
Its a beautiful fossil fuel driven world.
Skeptical Science link to a response from Barry Bickmore to Monckton's comments to the Guardian: http://bbickmore.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/monckton-responds-were-a-bunch-of-crazy-felons/
I think Barry's words "So if anyone wants to prolong the agony by responding to Monckton's response, and then his response to the response to the response, and so on, more power to them" are indicative of the exhausting and seemingly thankless task of addressing Monckton's cloacal outpourings. Not thankless though, and I add my gratitude to those above and elsewhere who recognise and appreciate the work that has gone in to this refutation.
Good work, John Abraham & colleagues :)
Cheers – John
More good work, Professor Abraham and your esteemed colleagues.
It's really appreciated.
I trust that not only will yet another public refutation by such a stellar company of scientists damage Monckton's credibility (such as it is), but also that of those who would sponsor him.
Thank you John Abraham. Being a big ten sort of person I never thought much of St Thomas. And of course I encouraged my children to attend the U. But lo and behold I have a daughter in law and one whole set of grandkids going/will go to St Thomas. Whenever that comes up I usually mention your name and the work you are doing.
You know how sometimes you're so busy you can only skim a little of a bit of writing instead of all of it? I was wondering why I was smiling so much when I started reading this post and then I realized where I had stopped reading the title of the post: "Climate Scientists eviscerate Lord Monckton…." ahem.(the joys of wishful thinking)
Dear PROFESSOR Abraham,
Thank you for doing this work.I feel for you having to put up with this persecution.
I'd be interested in a man on the street opinion poll about Lord Monckton. This would be a good indicator, not so much of his persuasiveness, but the degree to which MSM treats him with a straight face. The only proper treatment of him is farce.
Dr Abraham… You are da' man!!
I'm taking the family out for "boiled prawns" for dinner tonight in your honor! ;-)
I also applaud Dr. Abraham and the others for putting up this rebuttal. Now we must contact our elected officials and the media to ask them to investigate whether Monckton committed perjury.
Please see:
Monckton Testimony at US Congress: Ignorance or Perjury?
I wrote to all the contacts listed at the second link and I also contacted my two Senators and Rep and asked them to investigate.
John Abraham, thank you for your examination of Monckton's claims. I think the conversation moves forward when we have an open dialog and defeat bad ideas with solid logic. Do you have ambitions to address his counter claims?
I don't understand the aggravation when it comes to Monckton. Why look a gift horse in the mouth? The questions he asks, must be asked. Do you really want a worldwide movement that's not properly vetted?
Michael… Monckton doesn't ask questions. If he was that would be fine. What he does is make definitive misleading statements that obfuscate climate science.
I'm not clear whether John Abraham is an author of the current paper. Even though he is not an "official" climate scientist, I think that he has more than earned his position as as debunker of Monckton and a co-author of the scientific report.
When does Congress ask a chimp to testify before it? Any chimp would make many less mistakes than this one. . .