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Get Yer Roller Derby Tix
I bet none of you have had the chance to see the Rat City Roller Girls in action yet. While their White Center roller rink digs were charming, the venue only sat a few hundred people. Tickets for the first few bouts sold out in minutes. Those who were able to get in were very, very lucky. I just barely squeaked in last month.
That all changes today.
The June 25 bout is in a new venuea hangar at Sand Point. That means lots more people can squeeze in around the flat track, so the tickets aren't going to sell out instantly. (Though I played it safe and nabbed my tickets first thing this morning, before posting this alert. I bet they'll all sell fairly soon.) You should go. I'll be there, rooting for the Derby Liberation Front. Or the Throttle Rockets. I haven't decided yet.


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Woman enjoys sharing recipes with others
Published: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 11:17 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 11:17 a.m.
HOUMA — Cooking falls in the No. 3 position — right behind God and family, according to Houma resident Sherril Bonvillain's list of importance.
The 60-year-old office worker used her 50-plus years of cooking experience to place third in the Heathly Eating category at The Courier and Daily Comet's 35th-annual Bayou Gourmet Cook-Off on Feb. 27 with her Spinach and Chicken Loaf.
The dish featuring an array of ingredients ranging from ground chicken breast to cholesterol-free egg substitute is something her family looks forward to eating.
"As a medical clerical worker, I worked where there was an abundant amount of heart and diabetic patients," Bonvillain said. "I would listen to shared recipes and I tweaked it (spinach and chicken loaf) to what my husband and family would enjoy. Regular meatloaf was a favorite of our family, but now we love the chicken and spinach version just as much."
Bonvillain's youngest daughter, Sandie Simon, 28, said she was unsure about the recipe at first.
"We asked her if she was sure it would work," Simon said, "but it ended up being very good. A funny story is the day of the cook-off, we were having a congratulations party for my husband, and my mom brought her spinach and chicken loaf leftovers to the party. It was a seafood boil, but it seemed like the people who came enjoyed my mom's dish just as much as the boiled seafood."
For Bonvillain, winning awards doesn't mean as much as sharing her love of cooking with others.
"It's nice to be recognized for what you do, but I'm more interested in having my recipes visible for people to try out," said Bonvillain who was in the middle of cooking a squash custard for a family reunion when called Friday morning by The Courier.
Bonvillain said seeing — and tasting — the final results are the things that never get old.
"I love putting things together and seeing the results when my husband, family and friends eat it," she said. "It's a great joy and pleasure to provide those you care about most with a great meal."
Simon said there's never been a dish, fixed by her mother, that she hasn't enjoyed eating.
"She's the best cook I know," Simon said. "Everything she fixes tastes good. I'm not much of a cook, but she's shown me everything I know."
Bonvillain is already gearing up for next year's contest after entering dishes in six of the eight categories this past year.
"Meeting up and competing with other people who share a similar passion as myself for cooking is a blast," she said.
Spinach and Chicken Loaf
8 ounces frozen, chopped spinach
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1 pound ground chicken breast
1/4 cup finely chopped yellow onion
1/4 cup finely chopped green onion, or shallots
1/2 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
1/2 cup egg substitute (cholesterol-free)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dry parsley flakes, divided
2 tablespoons ketchup
Pinch of Worcestershire sauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare frozen spinach as directed on package. After spinach is cooked and squeezed dry, combine in a large mixing bowl, the spinach, cheese, ground chicken, onion, green onion, oats and egg substitute. Let set a few minutes on the side, then season with garlic, salt, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon parsley. Gently mix until well-combined.
Coat a 9-by-5-inch glass dish or loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Spoon mixture into pan forming the shape of a loaf. Bake for 40 minutes until loaf is firm and cooked in center. Remove from oven.
Mix ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and remaining parsley and coat the top of loaf.
Place back in the oven for five more minutes, then remove and let set for five minutes to get firm.
Makes six to eight servings.
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Perry Halkitis on Youth Obsession, Aging With HIV, and Surviving for Decades
Getting older isn't easy, but the addition of HIV to the aging process is uncharted territory, both medically and psychologically. Perry N. Halkitis, a New York University professor of applied psychology and public health, explores the topic in his new book, The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience. The book contains interviews Halkitis (pictured, left) recently conducted with 15 gay men who contracted HIV before 1996, a time when most people died within a few years of their diagnosis. Each man tells his story of survival during the 1980s and early '90s and what his life following that harrowing period has been like. Perry talks to us about aging in a youth-obsessed culture, the missing mental health link, and why "survivors' guilt" is overstated but mental health counseling is crucial for people with HIV.
Why is the subject of aging HIV-positive people so important?
First of all, you have this aging of America, and in this aging there are a lot of LGBT folk. We know very, very little about Baby Boomers in general and very little about those who are LGBT and almost nothing about those who are LGBT and HIV-positive.
Gay culture is known to emphasize youth. How does that affect older HIV-positive gay and bi men?
I'm a 50-year-old gay man myself, so I feel [the youth obsession]. I'm not going to just point the finger at the gay community, because I think [society in general] is youth-obsessed. However, it seems more pronounced in the gay community. So for those men, many of whom have felt rejected and invisible anyway because of their HIV status, there is this double invisibility.
Does HIV stigma affect longtime survivors and the recently diagnosed the same way?
The stigma is still there. This notion that it somehow disappeared over the course of the last 32 years is ridiculous. Here's what I really think has changed: We know how this virus operates and we have effective treatments that, if properly administered, can handle it. It's like we've moved forward in so many ways with this epidemic, but it's like we're reacting to it emotionally like we did in the '80s.
We hear a lot of stories about men who become positive while using recreational drugs. What's the most important link between HIV and drug use?
It's not just HIV and drug use, I think it's HIV, drug use, and mental health. I say this all the time to my students: "Show me a drug problem and I'll show you a mental health problem and I'll show you sex risk." They fuel each other.
I don't believe in this notion of survivors' guilt. I think it is an overstated psychopathology. There is limited research to support that it actually exists. Absolutely, the men in my generation, including myself, have feelings of sorrow. When I was writing the book I thought I had very easily put all of these emotions away, but as I was writing they all came forward. But I don't feel guilty that I'm alive. I feel happy that I'm alive.
You don't like the label "men who have sex with men." Why?
Gay is a sexual orientation, and being gay is associated with a certain community and a way of understanding oneself. MSM is a term the Centers for Disease Control developed in the early '90s as a way of categorizing people who got HIV transmitted to them through sex with another man. They did that because there were a handful of these men who did not identify as gay. They were closeted; they were married. But the vast proportions of men who have sex with men are gay, and to deny their sexual orientation and to deny our sexual orientation is disrespectful. I want to be labeled as a person whose sexual orientation and sexual identity is that of a gay man. And the way you would provide services for a gay man is very different from the way you provide services for a man who is married to a woman and who has sex with men.
Were there certain men you interviewed whose stories really resonated with you?
Kerry, who I've gotten to know a lot better since the book, his life became derailed because of this epidemic. His career became undermined and he struggles so much and speaks so eloquently about his ability to not really remember and think clearly. He sticks out really, really clearly in my mind. And then there's Richard, the musician, who talks about how he finally went up to the piano and how he felt the energy coming back into his body after he was almost dead.
During the interview process, what was the most surprising thing that you discovered?
How every single one of those men, regardless of when they found out about their status, were convinced they'd be dead in two years. Eventually all of these 15 guys were able to not only tend to their physical health but to their emotional and social well-being. And the role of mental health counseling was so crucial.


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Energy and global warming news for December 28: Warming-driven beetles massacre The Rockies' whitebark pines; Paul Krugman on 'The Finite World' aka Limits to Growth
Many dead trees appear gray and red on the high-mountain slopes of Union Pass Bridger in Teton National Forest in Wyoming
Small Beetles Massacre The Rockies' Whitebark Pines
The Whitebark pine trees in the high-elevation areas of America's Northern Rockies have stood for centuries. But these formerly lush evergreen forests are disappearing at an alarmingly fast rate; what remains are eerie stands of red and gray snags.
Warmer climates have sparked an outbreak of a voracious mountain pine beetle that is having devastating consequences for whitebarks and the wildlife that depend on them.
If you want to see how quickly tiny mountain pine beetles are devouring Yellowstone's majestic whitebark forests, you have to ski uphill "" way uphill. The trees only grow at altitudes higher than 8,500 feet above sea level.
As entomologist Jesse Logan looks up at snow-covered slopes speckled with skeletons of dead trees, he says the massacre is happening faster than even he expected. More than a decade ago, Logan predicted that with global warming, these tiny, ravenous beetles would start to thrive here. At the time, other insect experts were skeptical. But in recent years, winter cold snaps haven't been nearly as brutal as usual.
"It's the sort of time in your life that you hope to hell you're absolutely dead wrong, and it comes to be that you weren't right enough," Logan says. "And now I wonder if my grandchild will ever have the experience of being in white bark."
For background, see:
- Is human-caused climate change killing the great forests of the American West? Montana entomologist on bark beetles: "A couple of degrees warmer could create multiple generations a year. If that happens, I expect it would be a disaster for all of our pine populations."
- Science: Global warming is killing U.S. trees, a dangerous carbon-cycle feedback
- A 2008 Nature study looked at the beetle's warming-driven devastation in British Columbia and concluded, "This impact converted the forest from a small net carbon sink to a large net carbon source."
The NPR story continues:
So what can be done to prevent the whitebarks from dying?
"There's not any silver bullet or like a pesticide or something we can apply," Logan says. "That's just not going to happen. What we can do is begin to address seriously the issue of climate change. That's what's really causing this."
But it's no easy task getting governments and individuals to make the significant changes necessary to significantly reduce human contributions to global warming.
And the beetles are making it even harder to fight climate change. As the trees they've killed decay, they release the carbon dioxide that they've been storing into the atmosphere.
Paul Krugman: The Finite World
Oil is back above $90 a barrel. Copper and cotton have hit record highs. Wheat and corn prices are way up. Over all, world commodity prices have risen by a quarter in the past six months.
So what's the meaning of this surge?
Is it speculation run amok? Is it the result of excessive money creation, a harbinger of runaway inflation just around the corner? No and no.
What the commodity markets are telling us is that we're living in a finite world, in which the rapid growth of emerging economies is placing pressure on limited supplies of raw materials, pushing up their prices. And America is, for the most part, just a bystander in this story.
Some background: The last time the prices of oil and other commodities were this high, two and a half years ago, many commentators dismissed the price spike as an aberration driven by speculators. And they claimed vindication when commodity prices plunged in the second half of 2008.
But that price collapse coincided with a severe global recession, which led to a sharp fall in demand for raw materials. The big test would come when the world economy recovered. Would raw materials once again become expensive?
Well, it still feels like a recession in America. But thanks to growth in developing nations, world industrial production recently passed its previous peak "" and, sure enough, commodity prices are surging again….
… commodity prices are set globally, and what America does just isn't that important a factor.In particular, today, as in 2007-2008, the primary driving force behind rising commodity prices isn't demand from the United States. It's demand from China and other emerging economies. As more and more people in formerly poor nations are entering the global middle class, they're beginning to drive cars and eat meat, placing growing pressure on world oil and food supplies.
And those supplies aren't keeping pace. Conventional oil production has been flat for four years; in that sense, at least, peak oil has arrived. True, alternative sources, like oil from Canada's tar sands, have continued to grow. But these alternative sources come at relatively high cost, both monetary and environmental.
Also, over the past year, extreme weather "" especially severe heat and drought in some important agricultural regions "" played an important role in driving up food prices. And, yes, there's every reason to believe that climate change is making such weather episodes more common.
So what are the implications of the recent rise in commodity prices? It is, as I said, a sign that we're living in a finite world, one in which resource constraints are becoming increasingly binding. This won't bring an end to economic growth, let alone a descent into Mad Max-style collapse. It will require that we gradually change the way we live, adapting our economy and our lifestyles to the reality of more expensive resources.
But that's for the future. Right now, rising commodity prices are basically the result of global recovery. They have no bearing, one way or another, on U.S. monetary policy. For this is a global story; at a fundamental level, it's not about us.
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In two hundred years there will be three species remaining on planet Earth: humans, cockroaches, and algae. There will be a slave class that eats the cockroaches and algae, and a master class that eats the slaves. And all of them will be Christian.
My Christmas present:
A translation of an article that appeared today on the website of the Belgian (Flemish) newspaper 'De Morgen'. The author is Barbara Debusschere. I don't know if she works for De Morgen or for Belgium's press agency 'belga'. I understand it's a short version of the full article that must have appeared in the paper this morning. It's not extraordinary but still much better than what seems to be standard journalistic practice in the US.
It's also very repetitive but then, we must remember the mantra the deniers have understood so well: repeat, repeat, repeat.
At the end, Jean Pascal van Ypersele, the IPCC's vice-chair, is let to comment.
Also, a nice term appears: 'yo-yo weather'. I don't remember having heard it before. Let's use it!
Weather turns crazy
In Brussels, London and New York it's freezing cold, in Tasmania, now in summer, it's snowing and in Greenland and Turkey heat records are smahed. Floods, blizzards and heat waves are lashing the planet. Climatologists are not surprised.
In our country the previous record of snowy days – 49 in 1906 – was broken. Yesterday it was at 54. Meanwhile the American east coast is batted by extreme cold and snow storms, while one part of Australia suffers from rain and the other from heat. This year will enter history as one of extreme weather, full of natural disasters. There are no signs that it will ease in 2011, on the contrary.
In mid-december, Greece faced the most extraordinary meteorological jumps in decades. In just 48 hours the temperature in south of the country plummeted a full 20 degrees*. In Crete the thermometer showed 25 degrees one day and two days later snow fell. In Athens, at the same time, they went from an enjoyable 22 to just above freezing and snow.
Yo-yo weather
Bulgarians and Australians alike are dealing with yo-yo weather. In Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgary, though officially winter, they registered 20 degrees just two days ago. Earlier this month the capital Sofia recorded 23 degrees and in the western part Christmas Eve seemed like a summer's evening with a warm thunderstorm. But in the mean time, severe winter weather is headed for Bulgaria.
Australia's weather isn't any more reliable. For the last day of the year 36 degrees is forecast, while yesterday they had 7 degrees. In the mean time, extreme rain is lashing the Australian east coast while the west coast gets heat and wildfires.
On the other side of the globe, in Europe and the US, cold and snow continue to wreak havoc. Especially the US east coast is being hit, like last year, by severe snow storms, which led to the governors of Massachusetts, Virginia and Maryland declaring a state of emergency and to the closing down of all of New York airports. The southern US experienced a rare white Chritsmas, Atlanta's first in 128 years.
A state of emergency was also declared in California on the US west coast because of the exceptional weather. In the Sierra Nevada desert, rain storms and thick snowpacks are causing misery and meteorological records. In some parts of the state, thousands of people had to be evacuated.
Moscow's airport had to be closed because unusually warm weather was causing hail storms. Bangladesh is currently dealing with unusual cold and also in Europe, especially Britain, which is going through its worst winter in a century, there's a cold snap with snow storms and closed airports.
Warming vs cold snap
What's going on? Different weather phenomena are interacting, says top-climatologist Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (UCL). As the earth warms there's more moisture in the air. Therefore there's more energy in the atmosphere allowing weather patterns to become more capricious and phenomena like storms to become more intense. "And most of all, more moisture in the atmosphere means more precipitation. With cold temperatures that's snow. All around the world rain and snow amounts are increasing", says van Ypersele.
There's also a compensation effect. Van Ypersele: "When it's very cold in one place, inevitably it has to be warmer than average somewhere else."
Beside that, the complex dynamics of oceans also play a part. The oceans too, are influenced by global warming and have in turn a big impact on winter temperatures, among others.
That these are so low in our region and in the US gives some the impression that global warming is not a big deal. "False", says van Ypersele. The past year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, november was the warmest november on record, dating back to the industrial revolution and in Turkey and Greece many heat records were broken this month. The same goes for Greenland.
Van Ypersele insists on the relativity of some cold records. In 2009, Europe had its coldest winter but one in 25 years with temperatures 1,3 degrees below average. But climate is about the longer term. Last year was the thirteenth coldest winter since 1948 and the fifth warmest ever [sic]. What's more, according to climatologist Julien Cattiaux at the French 'Laboratoire des sciences du climat et l'environnement' the occasional cold winters could be much colder without global warming.
*all temperatures are in Celsius
kudos to Barbara Debusschere for not calling a denier tp bring some 'balance'.
I sent her an e-mail to thank her for that.
Has anyone seen this story?
If this holds up, that will make it 19 all-time high records to ONE all-time low.
19 to 1
19 to 1.
They do use Celsius in Ireland? The figure given is about 15F if so.
Bob –
I saw that report about Ireland, and I think it's great . It gave me the opportunity to point out that for a denier, one is much bigger number than nineteen.
Martha Stewart – Polar Bear Preservation
"During November 2010, Martha Stewart travelled with us to Churchill to firsthand experience our wild polar bears and learn about issues like habitat loss that are affecting polar bear survival in the West Hudson Bay region."
Engineered Yeast Boosts Biofuel Production
THE devastating floods across the eastern states will strip up to $6 billion from the national economy.
The estimated $6bn hit to the economy does not include the likely clean-up costs, damage to infrastructure, insurance payouts and government assistance.
The new winter pattern continues to emerge . Colder storms bring heavy snow , but warmer storms bring rain and thawing temps., producing flooding as the rain melts the snow as well as rising stream flows.
Warm Weather, Rain Threaten Flooding in Wisconsin
Forecasters fear a combination of rain and warmer than normal temperatures could lead to flooding this weekend in southcentral and southeastern Wisconsin.
Rep. Upton Takes on EPA
Rep. Fred Upton, the incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wants to block the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing new emissions standards for oil refineries and coal-fired power plants. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/12/28/rep-upton-takes-on-epa/
Sugar futures extended a rally to a 30-year high on mounting concern that dry weather in Brazil, the world's biggest producer, and record rainfall in Australia will slash worldwide supplies.
Global warming has indeed created a huge problem with beetle predation in the Rockies, BC coastal forests, and, now, in the Western US.
What the media fails to point out is that only about 5% of American forests have not been extensively logged out, and regrowth, where it has occurred, tends to be monoculture plantations or simplified pioneer species ecosystems. Mature forests are more resilient, and contain other conifers that may be resistant to beetles and occupy pine trees' niches. The high elevation Rocky Mountain whitebark pine trees may be natural, but more common are other degraded "managed" forests throughout the country.
Logging is also a huge problem for our carbon budget, and accounts for about 400 million tons of CO2 emissions annually in the US alone. This information is kept from the public by the logging companies and our government. Natural forest regeneration mitigates global warming by sequestring carbon much better than Wall Street supported plantation schemes, since an old growth forest can sequester close to 1,000 tons of CO2 per acre in the West, compared to a small fraction of that in a plantation.
My published work on the subject can be found at
Trickle-down Theory: Pay no taxes, burn up US infrastructure for profit, refuse regulation to protect ecosystem, hire overseas, pay no taxes, stock buybacks, US unemployment at record highs … http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40827123/ns/business-us_business/
Winds in excess of 150 miles per hour were noted on the Sierra Nevada crest, with a gust to 164 miles per hour clocked on December 19 on Mammoth Mountain, California.
NOAA November results finally out. prrr… November 2010 second warmest after 2004.
The article I translated higher now has a TV fragment above it with a denier saying this is nothing new and that he's never seen any proof of a human influence on climate.
Of course 1000 more people have watched the TV news than have read the article.
It gets so much more real when it happens in your own country, in front of your eyes… I feel so helpless!
1# said, "In two hundred years there will be three species remaining on planet Earth: humans, "
How do these humans plan to survive? There will be a few "arcs" which all will fail, because it is impossible to cope with the time magnitude of 100.000 years, clathrate guns, chances of runaway cc, unknowns like reactivating of super viruses, human biological warfare, nuclear warfare etc etc
More info and commentary on western US tree mortality from bark beetles (Oct. 2010) at RealClimate.org at
Smart money is building windfarms:
The Oracle Seems to Like Wind Power
MidAmerican, a holding company that is 80% owned by Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway, will expand its wind power capacity in Iowa by almost 600 megawatts (!). This isn't quite a direct endorsement of wind power by the greatest investor of all time (at least, not in the same way that buying a 10% stake in BYD was an endorsement of advanced batteries and electric cars) because it probably wasn't his decision, but in any case it's still pretty good news for wind power in the USA.
Anger mounts over gas price hike in Bolivia
(CNN) — Police in Bolivia used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets protesting a hike on the price of fuels Monday.
The price of gasoline has risen 73 percent while diesel fuel rose at least 80 percent. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/28/bolivia.gasoline.strike/index.html?hpt=T2
Worst to come for north region
THIRTY-SEVEN houses in Mundubbera have been evacuated after water inundated the town on Monday night.
North Burnett mayor Joy Jensen said the only thing still visible on some of the homes was the roof.
"We were told the river at Mundubbera was meant to peak at 18.75m (Tuesday) morning but it is still rising (at noon)," Cr Jensen said.
The mayor said the amount of water flooding in was mind-boggling with even the "very high" bridge at Mingo, built to cope with the one-in-100-year flood levels, under half a metre of water.
lol, total destruction and people still dig fossil
More from the species which still digs fossils
Australian floods force mass evacuations in Queensland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viGXwVtdyqo&feature=player_embedded
State of the Climate Global Analysis – November 2010
Global Highlights:
• The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for November 2010 was 0.69°C (1.24°F) above the 20th century average of 12.9°C (55.2°F). This was the second warmest such period on record. 2004 was the warmest November on record.
Wheat poised to weather climate change
Over last 150 years, North American wheat has survived such challenges, study finds
This is kinda cool. I was on the New Scientist web-page and they had an ad, not for Shell Oil, but from Texas Tech University. The ad touted TT's climatologists' participation in the Nobel prize winning IPCC report. A link went here:
Then the ad flashed to a new image boasting their PhD program in wind energy. A link went here:
Glad somebody in Texas knows what is going on.
In order to fair and balanced here is one for the contrariness. A rare case of people being saved by global warming.
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – A 35-year-old chair lift set for improvements failed Tuesday at a popular Maine resort, sending skiers — some of them children — plummeting into ungroomed snow far below that fell with the Northeast's recent blizzard and softened the landing…. Rebecca London, one of the skiers who tumbled to the snow, told The Associated Press that her face hit a retaining bar, but that her goggles spared her from serious injury. She credited new snow underneath the lift with a soft landing; the resort said it got 20 to 22 inches in Monday's storm.
It is amazing…perhaps appalling that nowhere could I find mention that charging a PHEV or EV with PV costs less money than $2.50/gallon at the retail pump for fossil fuel.
It is less expensive to drive on solar than fossil fuel. Why don't you publicize that?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
[JR: I mention it all the time.]
MIke, the chances are that this maine event was caused by a microburst … CNN reported strong gust and a strange wind pattern.
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Orders 258 Wind Turbines for Iowa Wind Farm
The Oracle Seems to Like Wind Power
MidAmerican, a holding company that is 80% owned by Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway, will expand its wind power capacity in Iowa by almost 600 megawatts (!)
… ordering 258 Siemens 2.2-megawatt at once is a significant order, and it'll help Iowa stay a top-producing state: According to the American Wind Energy Association, "at the end of 2009, the installed capacity for wind power in Iowa was 3670 megawatts (MW), a bit more than 10% of the total wind capacity in the U.S.".
The turbines will be located in five Iowa counties next year and have a combined capacity of 593 megawatts, enough power for 190,000 homes http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/warren-buffett-midamerican-orders-258-wind-turbines.php
Finally – This should go EVERYWHERE and with all the hefty snow event coverage!!!
Holiday Blizzard: More Signs of Global Warming
It's become as much a winter tradition as eggnog at Christmas and champagne on New Year's Eve — the first major snowstorm of the year bringing out the climate-change skeptics. And the bona fide blizzard that has frozen much of the Northeast just a few days after winter officially began definitely qualifies as major. But while piles of snow blocking your driveway hardly conjure images of a dangerously warming world, it doesn't mean that climate change is a myth. The World Meteorological Organization recently reported that 2010 is almost certainly going to be one of the three warmest years on record, while 2001 to 2010 is already the hottest decade in recorded history. Indeed, according to some scientists, all of these events may actually be connected.
One theory is that a warmer Arctic may actually lead to colder and snowier winters in the northern mid-latitudes. Even as countries like Britain — suffering through the coldest December on record — deal with low temperatures and unusual snow, the Arctic has kept on warming, with Greenland and Arctic Canada experiencing the hottest year on record. Temperatures in that region have been 5.4°F to 7.2°F (3°C to 4°C) above normal in 2010. As a result, the Arctic sea-ice cover has continued to shrink; this September, the minimum summer sea-ice extent was more than 770,000 sq. mi. (2 million sq km) below the long-term average, and the third-smallest on record. Snow may be piling up in midtown Manhattan, but the Arctic is continuing its long-term meltdown.
The loss of Arctic sea ice helps accelerate the warming of the atmosphere in the far north, thanks to what's known as the albedo effect. White ice reflects sunlight into space, cooling the air, but when ice melts and is replaced with dark ocean water, the effect is reversed and more of the sun's heat is absorbed. As the Arctic air warms, it raises the altitude of discrete areas of high pressure, which can then alter wind patterns. This, in turn, can weaken the jet stream, allowing more cold air to seep out of the Arctic and into Europe and the eastern U.S. As the authors of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's recent "Arctic Report Card" put it, "There is evidence that the effect of higher air temperatures in the lower Arctic atmosphere in fall is contributing to changes in the atmospheric circulation in both the Arctic and northern mid-latitudes. Winter 2009-2010 showed a new connectivity between mid-latitude extreme cold and snowy weather events and changes in the wind patterns of the Arctic; the so-called Warm Arctic–Cold Continents pattern."
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Are you forgetting the ongoing drought in S. Australia?
That photograph is breaking my heart. It reminds me of watching the Ponderosa pines turning brown on Mars Hill in Flagstaff between fall 2002 and fall 2005. The brown areas grew larger every year.
I had a dream a few months after returning to Boston from Flagstaff. I was sitting at a large table with a dozen or so government officials and conveying to them my observations of the prior ten years, showing them personal photographs, and referring to related literature from the research community and relevant local and regional media documentation from my hard-copy archives, etc. At one point I looked around at everyone seated at the table and all of their faces had turned to stone. I woke up terrified. I have nothing else to say about this other than that it made an indelible impression on me.
Apparently we have reached a point where direct observation is considered inadequate in the evidence department.
Gail knows what I mean.
Re: Colorado Bob | Post #13
Thank you very much for the (Bloomberg) link to the USDA weekly weather and crop bulletin report. I will make that a part of my weekly data cruise.
Wes Rolley, …. this?
Drought in Australia Connected to Snowfall in Antarctica, Researchers Find
February 10, 2010
Relationship between Australia's drought and Antarctica's increased snowfall offers clues to human contribution to global warming.
A so-called "precipitation see-saw" links the Australian drought and Antarctic snowfall. Relatively cool, dry air flows to southwest Australia, providing little rain; while warm, moist air flows to east Antarctica, providing abundant snow.
This link helps explain why rainfall levels have been so low in southwest Australia and snowfall has been so high on the Law Dome in east Antarctica. It also helps clarify the drought's severity in historical terms, WAtoday reports.
Southwest Australia has seen a 15 to 20 percent decline in winter rainfall since drought began in the 1970s. The impact has been devastating to farmers, industries and citizens within the region. http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2010/world/drought-in-australia-connected-to-snowfall-in-antarctica-researchers-find/
Queensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland
South west vs North east …
+++ New York City has had four of its top-ten snowfalls in the past decade +++ New York City has had four of its top-ten snowfalls in the past decade +++ The old adage, "it's too cold to snow", has some truth to it, and there is research supporting the idea +++ The old adage, "it's too cold to snow", has some truth to it, and there is research supporting the idea
Northeast U.S. digs out from yet another history-making snowstorm
The remarkable Post-Christmas blizzard of 2010 has ended for the United States, as the storm has trekked northeastward into Canada. The blizzard dropped epic amounts of snow during its rampage up the U.S. Northeast coast Sunday and Monday, with an incredible 32″ falling in Rahway, New Jersey, about 15 miles southwest of New York City. The highest populated areas of New Jersey received over two feet of snow, including the Newark Airport, which received 24.1″. Snowfall amounts were slightly lower across New York City. The blizzard of 2010 dumped 20.0″ inches on New York City's Central Park, making it the 6th largest snowstorm for the city in recorded history, and the second top-ten snowstorm this year. Remarkably, New York City has had four of its top-ten snowfalls in the past decade (highlighted in the list below.)
An unusual number of top-ten snowstorms for the Northeast in recent years
The Northeast has seen an inordinate number of top-ten snowstorms in the past ten years, raising the question of whether this is due to random chance or a change in the climate. A study by Houston and Changnon (2009) on the top ten heaviest snows on record for each of 121 major U.S. cities showed no upward or downward trend in these very heaviest snowstorms during the period 1948 – 2001. It would be interesting to see if they repeated their study using data from the past decade if the answer would change. As I stated in my blog post, The United States of Snow in February, bigger snowstorms are not an indication that global warming is not occurring. The old adage, "it's too cold to snow", has some truth to it, and there is research supporting the idea that the average climate in the U.S. is colder than optimal to support the heaviest snowstorms. For example, Changnon et al. (2006) found that for the contiguous U.S. between 1900 – 2001, 61% – 80% of all heavy snowstorms of 6+ inches occurred during winters with above normal temperatures. The authors also found that 61% – 85% of all heavy snowstorms of 6+ inches occurred during winters that were wetter than average. The authors conclude, "a future with wetter and warmer winters, which is one outcome expected (National Assessment Synthesis Team 2001), will bring more heavy snowstorms of 6+ inches than in 1901 – 2000." The authors found that over the U.S. as a whole, there had been a slight but significant increase in heavy snowstorms of 6+ inches than in 1901 – 2000. If the climate continues to warm, we should expect an increase in heavy snow events for a few decades, until the climate grows so warm that we pass the point where winter temperatures are at the optimum for heavy snow events.
#2 Some, great article.
Planet Eaarth…
From the same source…via google translate…chipping away at civilization…
Frost ruining our roads
Hi Deborah Stark…I did post a comment but I guess it had too many links. So here it is without the evidence…if anyone is interested they can drop me a line!
Pecan trees in Texas are dying too.
So are orange trees in Florida.
So are butternut trees in the Canada.
So are apple trees and mistletoe in England.
Almond trees in California.
Maple trees from Ohio…
…to Vermont.
Douglas Fir in the Pacific Northwest.
Cork and Oak in Portugal.
Hemlocks in the southeast.
Horse Chestnuts in England.
Kiwi trees in New Zealand and Italy.
Salt marshes on Cape Cod.
Trees are dying off all over the west in apparently healthy forests with no evidence of beetles:
"The study, led by authors from the United States Geological Survey and published in the journal Science, found the rate of tree deaths has more than doubled in the last few decades even in apparently healthy, well-established forests. Death rates have increased at all elevations, and for trees of all sizes and types, leading the researchers to worry that the U.S. may soon suffer massive and sudden die-backs of its seemingly healthy forests, a cascading effect that could release carbon dioxide into the air, further speeding global warming."
"Scientists have already witnessed mass tree deaths in American forests due to beetle infestations. Periodic outbreaks of Mountain Pine Beetle in Colorado, for example, has killed an estimated 7.4 million trees in the past decade. But the Science study, titled "Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States," is the first to show A CREEPING DEATH RATE IN ANCIENT, WELL-ESTABLISHED CONIFEROUS FORESTS WITH NO EVIDENCE OF EPIDEMIC INFESTATIONS."
Does anyone see a pattern here? Trees all over the world are dying, and it's being blamed on insects, fungus and disease. Which is ludicrous, because scientific research has established three irrefutable facts that are crucial to this discussion:
1. ozone damages vegetation – anything that has to photosynthesize
2. the levels of background tropospheric ozone are inexorably rising
3. trees and crops exposed to ozone are more likely to succumb to insects, disease, fungus, and extreme weather. They lose their natural immunity that kept the presence of pathogens in balance. They have AIDS, in other words.
It's about time that the experts start looking at the big picture and identify the underlying cause for trees of all species to be dying off, while there is still (a dwindling amount of) time left to rescue some survivors and propagate more.
We need to ration fuel on a wartime footing and convert to clean sources of energy.
Amazing set of images.
see this one then start from the latest back!
Deborah @31 –
……. Real interesting info. on one spot.
Deborah, David B. – TWO comments, one disappeared, the other moderated (too many links!) – if you check the witsend blog, there is the list of many other species of trees that are dying, not just from bark beetle, and not just directly downwind from coal plants as in the pecans.
This is a global, not merely a local threat. At bottom is the inexorably rising level of background tropospheric ozone…and synergistic effects with isolated pests, diseases, and fungus.
Unusual weather patterns are wreaking havoc on Florida's manatee population, with recorded deaths from cold stress increasing rapidly in recent years.
Post-holiday round-up http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/12/post-holiday-round-up/
Here's the Weather underground page for Greenland, remember it's dark there, on it's way to the dead of winter.
Narsarsuaq, Greenland
Currently 41F –
The high Sat is forecast 59F in the dark on the first day of 2011.
Paris To Test Banning Gas-Guzzlers (Yes, SUVs!) In City Core
Why are many European carmakers now planning to build electric vehicles? Because many European cities are widely expected to ban high-emissions vehicles from their city cores
This should be mandatory w o r l d w i d e.
The red line clearly indicates we're not in Kansas any more.
Anybody know anything about the "urban heat island effect " in Greenland ?
Narsarsuaq, Greenland …… 60 degrees north , southwestern tip of Greenland 9 stations in the area. 4 are reporting 40F plus , one is below freezing at 28F.
Rest of the week :
I think that Krugman is incorrect on two counts. First the vast sums of money created by 'Helicopter' Ben Bernanke are, indeed, sloshing around the world looking for easy profits. Market fundamentalist capitalism is precisely that type of system that will not only countenance speculators driving up the price of food commodities in search of profit, leaving hundreds of millions mired yet deeper in malnourishment, but will reward these miscreants with huge and larcenous salaries and bonuses. And if he really thinks that there is no chance of a calamitous and abrupt collapse, then he's dreaming. Another year or two of climate disruption like we saw this year, or worse, and food riots will spread, regimes will topple and wars will break out. From there the descent becomes self-propagating, like an avalanche. Apres moi, le deluge, which has already arrived in Pakistan, Colombia, Venezuela, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Queensland where they've never seen its like before. Unfortunately they will just have to get used to seeing it.
@Colorado Bob, 41
The average daily maximum temperature for this date in Narsarsuaq is 14F, so they'll be 45F above average. Just do the math for whereever you live. Where I live, in Brussels, the average temp for this date is 36F, so I try to imagine what 81F would feel like on new year's eve.
I know, in some places temperature fluctuations can be more extreme than in others, but still it's pretty cool to do the exercise.
I'm changing my bumper sticker suggestion from Hudson Bay Tropical Beach Resort to Narsarsuaq Greenland Tropical Beach Resort.
There's even an airport, which of course, together with all the airco, explains the urban heat island effect for that location.
Anyone here remember the Pentagon Report about abrupt climate change?
#45 Colorado Bob asked: "Anybody know anything about the "urban heat island effect " in Greenland ?"
This will be come an important issue as millions of refuges from South Asia are relocated there.


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Sea And Breeze Hotel And Condo
Sea And Breeze Hotel And Condo
Hotel Guest Rating: 6.7/10
16 Tybrisa Street
Tybee Island, GA 31328
Welcome to the Sea And Breeze Hotel And Condo
Located on Georgia's Tybee Island and a short stroll from the ocean and Tybee Pier & Pavilion, the Sea and Breeze Hotel and Condo is centered around its outdoor seasonal pool.
Hotel Features
The two-story property houses 45 rooms along exterior corridors, and non-smoking rooms are available. Free Wi-Fi, a microwave, a mini-fridge and cable TVs are in every room. Guests can step outside to the seasonal pool or take a few more steps to reach the beach. Pets are not permitted at the property. Parking is free.
Hotel Location
The Sea and Breeze is on Tybee Island's South Beach, less than a two-minute walk from the Tybee Pier & Pavilion, as well as steps from restaurants and shops. Guests can take a five-minute walk to the Tybee Island Marine Science Center or a 10-minute drive to Fort Pulaski. Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is 31 miles away.
Guest Favorites
Priceline guests appreciate the Sea and Breeze Hotel's outdoor pool and proximity to the famous Tybee Pier & Pavilion, as well as its setting that's steps from laid-back shops and restaurants.
Sea And Breeze Hotel And Condo Amenities
- Accessible facilities
- Air conditioning
- Cable television
- Elevators
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Free parking
- Lounges/bars
- Non-smoking
- Outdoor pool
- Parking
- Private pool
- Telephone
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Hotel Information
Guests under the age of 21 can only check in with a parent or official guardian.Please note that parking is limited to 1 space per reservation.The property will charge a non-refundable fee for non-compliance with their no-smoking and no-pet policies. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. Please inform Sea and Breeze Hotel and Condo in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Sea And Breeze Hotel And CondoOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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As mentioned, the rooms are okay for the star level. The exterior and any common areas are very run down. It works as a beach hotel, as it is just a place to sleep, but if you were planning on spending time with a group at the hotel, it would be a poor choice.
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Patient Comments: Edema - Effective Treatments
What kinds of treatments have been effective for edema?
Comment from: 55-64 Male (Patient) Published: October 23
I developed edema about a month ago and know all that the article said is true, except I was lucky as a Indian doctor told me to use Ginko, eight pills a day at morning, noon, dinner time and bed time. I no longer have the problem. I was also told to eliminate salt completely and it has worked for me.
Comment from: Vince, 75 or over Male (Patient) Published: August 28
I was prescribed Lasix for edema that developed as a result of either chemotherapy or steroids. Two months later, Spironolactone was added to my regimen. I am now taking 2 Spironalactone, 25 Mg every morning for the past two weeks, and I still have significant edema from my calves to my feet.
Comment from: SAG, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: August 28
I first developed edema after giving birth to my daughter 12 years ago. It started out in my left leg, ankle and foot. Now I am 38 years old and it is in both legs, ankles and feet and it is sometimes quite painful. I wake up and they're swollen; I go to bed and they're swollen. I went to a doctor a few years ago at Cedars Sinai when it was only on the left side. I had a dye test done to determine if any of my arteries where bad and/or any other problems within the body. No damaged was detected. The doctor stated that there wasn't much that could be done other than to wear a very thick, prescribed sock 24/7 to compress the swelling.
Published: July 15
Furosemide and Spironolactone have helped me with my edema for months now, and I am still on it and doing great.
Published: May 27
Lasix has helped but has stopped helping during the last three weeks.
Comment from: Trooper, 45-54 Female (Caregiver) Published: December 16
My husband has liver cancer. Edema is a terrible side effect. He has been on Lasix and Aldactone with little to no effect. Green Tea with lemon and Dandelion sounds like a good way to go. Mother nature knows best! Thanks for the tips.
Comment from: 55-64 Male (Caregiver) Published: November 09
I have been taking medication off and on only when it really is necessary. I take one tablet of Slow K and two tablets Lasix in the early mornings. This I do for one or two days and I discontinue for a couple of months and then I do it again, but this I would say is not the real cure. Slow K thins the blood, so it is easy to pass through the blood vessels. I have a heart problem or blocked blood vessels, so is why I take slow K with Lasix.
Comment from: Max777, 35-44 Male (Patient) Published: November 06
What I have is edema. However, my feet have been swollen for nearly four days. I use ice cubes for about 10 minutes. The ice burning gives a feeling that the treatment is working. It does work, but the problem seems not to be going.
Comment from: 45-54 Male (Patient) Published: October 30
The cause of edema is chronic dehydration. Although it sounds counter-productive, the key to ridding yourself of edema is by drinking water, not trying to get rid of it. The water that is being held in the body is held there because of excessive salt.
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Colliding causes: Gay rights and religious liberty
"It's a right-wing talking point to stoke up fears for something that's not a problem," said Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, a group dedicated to promoting same-sex marriage. "There's only one or two isolated examples (of clashing) as to how this has even been an issue. We settled this question in the country decades ago when businesses were saying 'We don't want to serve blacks or Jews, Latinos, Mormons,' and (the country) said 'No, when you're a business opening your doors to the public, you have to serve everyone. That's (called) non-discrimination in a democratic society.'"
But in a review of more than 1,000 state laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender or marital status, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty discovered that 350 of those laws would be triggered, or become applicable for lawsuits, by the recognition of same-sex marriage.
That means that when individuals of faith decline to host a same-sex wedding in their catering hall, or refuse to provide health insurance benefits for a same-sex spouse, they can, and likely will be sued under one of those now-active 350 "anti-discrimination laws — laws never intended for that purpose," according to the 2009 report.
After all, when anti-discrimination laws were written, same-sex marriage wasn't even an issue, explains Robin F. Wilson, a law professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law and a co-editor of the 2008 book, "Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts."
Back then, discrimination was about "burgers and taxis," Wilson says. "If I'm gay and you don't want to hand me a burger at Hardee's, it's hard to explain why — there can't be any real, moral conviction about a hamburger, it evinces an anti-gay animus."
But now, the issue is much broader than just getting lunch or a ride — it's about defining marriage, a topic that evokes deeply held religious beliefs. So, if someone doesn't want to participate in a same-sex wedding, whether they're a baker, a photographer or a town clerk, that doesn't necessarily mean they're anti-gay, Wilson says, it just means they have religious objections to participating in, and by extension condoning, same-sex marriage.
To protect those people, Wilson and her colleagues — who vary on their opinions of whether same-sex marriage should be legalized but who all support religious exemptions — wrote out several examples of protections and sent their ideas to New York legislators during their recent discussion of the issue.
The professors suggested that small business owners, individuals and religious organizations be protected against lawsuits if they refuse, on religious grounds, to help with a same-sex wedding or provide benefits or housing to same-sex couples.
(Such protections would be nullified if the gay couple couldn't get the good or service somewhere else without significant hardship — for example, the only tuxedo shop for 400 miles couldn't refuse to serve a gay couple.)
Thus far, legislators have only allowed exemptions for members of the clergy or big religious organizations.
While such protections are often touted as generous, they're actually "fake," says Wilson, since bishops, priests, rabbis and other religious leaders are already protected under the First Amendment from being required by the government to perform marriages that violate their tenets.
Yet some people of faith accept the clergy exemption gratefully, figuring that something is better than nothing, said Barrett Duke, vice president for public policy for the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
"If we (clergy members) take that carve-out to protect our own professional integrity, we are giving up the fight for the sake of all the faithful folks in our congregation who aren't going to get any protections," he said.
Duke worries that without sufficient religious protections in same-sex marriage laws, parents won't be able to speak up against changes in school curriculum that include teachings about homosexuality and same-sex marriage, as is happening in California, or that employees who share their opinions against same-sex marriage may face penalties or even the loss of their jobs. Duke even questions whether people of faith will have a harder time running for public office, "because if same-sex marriage is legal and they oppose same-sex marriage, they could be accused of not being able to fulfill the requirement of upholding all of the law."
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Re: Equifax FICO and Equifax Score
I recently paid off a car loan, waited a month and I pulled my Equifax FICO from myfico.com and it had dropped to 665. I then went to equifax.com and pulled all 3. My equifax score was 776 (my equifax.com TU and EX were 777 and 779 respectively). That is a HUGE difference - 111 points!
It is the difference in me getting a great interest rate on my refi and not qualifying at all. So now I am torn about even applying for my refi and taking the hit for the credit pull, putting me further away from the 680 I need or just waiting for my score to slowly creep back up to over 680. But I really would like to have the lower payment on my mortgage sooner rather than later.
I have scrutined both reports. All the details are the same except this car loan. Myfico seems to be interpreting my car pay off as recent late pay (I was 30 days back in March of 2009) and equifax is seeing Paid, was past due 30 days. I have tried 3 different disputes and can't seem to get it fixed, so my guess is that it is just a differnce in their scoringn formulas and there is no fixing it. If my FICO is really what the lenders see then I don't have a chance of getting this refi. My revolving credit Utilization is 1%, The worst delinquency I have is a 30 days late from over 3 years ago. My credit history goes back to 1989... the 770's seem more in line with what I should expect for a credit score.... not a 665. Dare I risk the credit pull to only be rejected?
Starting Score: EQ 740, EX 792 (lender pull), TU 772 (lender pull)
Current Score: EQ 767, EX 792 (lender pull), TU 772 (lender pull)
Goal Score: 2 over 760 and one over 800--still looking to get one over 800!
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I saw this in some player's YouTube video. They can drag a shell so that they don't get hit by other people's red shells. How do I do this?
You just hold down whichever button is normally pressed for shooting the item.
As soon as you release the button the item will then fire, and as far as I know you cannot stop holding the item behind you without firing.
This works with single shells, single bananas and possibly the fake power-up boxes.
It seems like when using the Wheel, it is by holding left or right on D-pad.
Tap Down once on the D-pad to hold it behind you. To shoot behind you, tap Down again. With triple shells, you effectively have a wall of death around you.


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Ubuntu box server has 2 network interfaces:
eth0 188.8.131.52
eth1 10.182.161.100
Ubuntu box client has 1 network interface:
eth0 10.177.30.100
server and client can already talk to each other just fine. Here is client's routing table:
10.176.0.0/12 via 10.177.0.1 dev eth0
10.177.0.0/17 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.177.30.100
10.208.0.0/12 via 10.177.0.1 dev eth0
I have enabled ipv4 forwarding on server's kernel. How can I set this up so any internet traffic from machine client gets routed through server? (like say, ping 18.104.22.168)
I tried adding a route on client but lost all network connectivity until I deleted it:
route add 10.182.161.100/32 dev eth0
I tried setting a client's default gateway to server but this fails:
# route add default gw 10.182.161.100
SIOCADDRT: No such process


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Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World by Gary A. Haugen
Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade-and How We Can Fight It by David Batstone
National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, 2009, Shared Hope International
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My husband and I were there for a weekend event held at the hotel. More personal than business. From the welcome to the good-bye, everyone in the hotel was incredibly nice. They are all proud of the where they work and the Four Seasons brand. The concierge team was very eager to please and with many guests seemed to go that extra step. The facilities - from the Living Room Bar to the swimming pool to the beach as are of a very high standard. The flowers - the orchids - beautiful and breathtaking.
We had lunch one day at the Atlantic Bar & Grill which is the restaurant next to the walk way to the beach and with view of the ocean. The only suggestion I would make is that they include on the menu the other offerings - e.g. Caesar Salad is not on the menu but that, along with six or seven other salads, were suggested for lunch. Why were they not on the menu? Breakfast at Graze - well the best pancakes I have eaten in years!
Our room did not have a view - on purpose. We have a home on the ocean so need to look and pay for it! It was very confortable.
Housekeeper's note: Ahem. The room was spacious and clean. The chest of drawers where the tv is needs to be repainted as there were alot of chip marks. The bathroom overall was fine; however, there was accumulated dust on arm of the cosmetic mirror, the door to bathroom and the left hand wall of the bathroom had lots of "bits" on it which need to washed off .
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The King George Sound is renown for whale sightings and whilst we were there on a August winter's day last weekend we were informed that there was a whale with a young calf in the sound and it had been there for several weeks. As you walk around the foreshore you will come across whale watching lookouts and signs giving details of the various whales that frequent the area. The next day we were lucky as we were driving along Marine Drive we saw a large crowd on a viewing platform, we stopped and saw the whale and calf approximately 600 metres offshore. For a closer and much better view you should take a whale watching cruise, Albany Whale Tours guarantee"see a whale or sail again FREE until you do", contact
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After I upgraded to the latest version of e-commerce, I can't click on the thumbnails in the webshop to se the full image. The site gets a grey tone, but nothing shows up.
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I upgraded Ubuntu to the latest version (11.04) on VMware 7 with a lot of effort to boot the virtual computer from GRUB CLI. Then I reinstalled the VMware tools again since I couldn't run Unity Mode.
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The team constructed a sounding rocket payload utilizing a pressure sensor to measure turbulent and laminar air flow over the nosecone of the rocket. Learn more.
Captain Mark Kelly and Captain Scott Kelly, twin brothers who have served with distinction in the U.S. Merchant Marines, in the U.S. Navy, and as NASA astronauts, were honored by their home town of West Orange, N.J., on May, 19, 2016. Learn more.
Our annual academic year fellowship poster session was on Friday, April 15, 2016, at the Busch Campus Student Center, Rutgers University.
NJSGC Annual Affiliate Meeting was held at Rutgers University on April 15.
Student Poster Session 2015 was held at Rutgers on Friday, May 1, 2015. Students presented their research and show their posters.
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NJSGC fellow Matthew Frenkel's research makes cover page of the Journal of Polymer Physics: see article and see cover page.
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Our successful community college program: Meet Sarah Schneider of Middlesex County College. See video.
Researching summer at Rowan: This NJSGC-supported program drew more than 120 undergraduate students to the Rowan University campus to conduct research for five to 10 weeks in departments as diverse as Chemistry and Biochemistry and Psychology.
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- 1 cup skim milk
- 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/3 cup low calorie cream cheese
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar or Sucnat (available in health food stores)
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
- 1 cup blackberries or blueberries
- 3 egg whites stiffly beaten
Instructions:Soak the oats in milk overnight. In the morning, preheat oven to 325 degrees F, then heat the milk until thick (about 4 minutes in microwave). Add cream cheese and stir until smooth. Add sweeteners, spices, and nuts. Gently fold in berries and egg whites. Pour the batter into a 1-1/2-quart greased souffle plan. Bake 40 minutes.
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*Next Generation Biobased Building Blocks*
Bio economy is fast taking shape with process and product developments taking place at unprecedented pace. Developments in biotransformations and biotechnology domains coupled with the realisation of vast potential of biomass have led to a surge in R&D investments.
For decades, the USD 400bn global chemical industry has relied on fossil fuels. Industrial companies are now turning to Biobased Chemicals in a bid to be sustainable and to diversify feedstock sources. World Economic Forum forecasts a USD 230bn market by 2020 with biobased chemicals accounting for 9% of overall chemical production.
Development of a bio-based economy is at an early and high risk stage. There are complex issues of microbial engineering, commercial and social challenges waiting to be resolved
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BiobasedChemAsia is designed to bring forth the complexities of managing new biobased chemical value chain. The summitwill address future challenges for Asian companies even as they embark on a new path.
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CMT recently caught up with one of many distinguished speakers due to speak at the BiobasedChemAsia conference on 14-15 April 2011 in Shanghai. In the informal discussion, Mr. Peter J. Nieuwenhuizen, AkzoNobel N.V.'s Director of Future-proof Supply Chains, shared some insights on AkzoNobel's approach to renewable raw materials & its plans on achieving sustainability.
In anticipation of the BiobasedChemAsia due to convene in April, CMT caught up with invited speaker Mr. Peter Nieuwenhuizen, Director of Future-proof Supply Chains, AkzoNobel N.V., for the company's perspective on the biobased chemicals trend. Mr. Nieuwenhuizen is among major brand owners especially lined-up to actively participate and contribute first-hand insights in a Roundtable session entitled "Bracing the Green Trend – How soon? How much?".
As the largest global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals, AkzoNobel is already an extensive user of renewable raw materials (RRM). Notably, as stated in the company website, nearly 50% of its surfactants and personal care products under Surface Chemistry are derived from natural products, while Decorative Paints are now selling latex paints based on vegetable oils.
With regard to the company's recent projects involving the use of RRM, Mr. Nieuwenhuizen said, "We are currently actively looking into the use of glycerin-based epichlorohydrine, non-BPA epoxy and others."
Mr. Nieuwenhuizen further went on to reveal AkzoNobel's assessment process when sourcing for biobased chemicals. "Does it have a real impact? Is the cost of using the material not much higher? These are some of the important factors we consider."
He shared that among main challenges encountered in using biobased materials is the availability of supply. In addition to this, one has to determine comparability in terms of specifications.
At present, according to Mr. Nieuwenhuizen, consumer acceptance towards biobased products has been good as long as "there is no impact on product performance".
"Currently, RRM are not being actively marketed to consumers, but this may change," he said.
More opinions & critical analysis from Mr. Nieuwenhuizen plus other brand owners including Henkel and Unilever will take centre stage at the BiobasedChemAsia. The conference will also feature presentations on development of biobased building blocks and supply sources of renewable feedstocks.
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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), one of the world's largest agricultural processors has been producing bioethanol and amino acid from corn for a long time. In recent years, they have branched into biobased chemical production.
"The chemical industry has undergone significant changes in the past two decades. Many petrochemical companies have shutdown assets or moved production to be closer to lower cost raw materials. This trend, along with interest in sustainable technology options, has created opportunities for producing chemicals from renewable resources. ADM has made a strong commitment to the development of new technologies and industrial products for commercial production from agricultural resources. New efforts in the industrial products portfolio leverage ADM's strength as a diversified agricultural commodity company. This integrated core model includes sourcing, transporting, processing, transforming, distribution, marketing and sales. ADM is currently launching three new commercial chemical products, propylene glycol, isosorbide and PHA (poly-hydroxy-alkanoates)."
~ Kentaro Ono, Director of New Business Development, ADM Far East Ltd.
In August 11, 2010, ADM announced that it has begun offering its corn-based isosorbide to the market as potential alternative to bisphenol-A (BPA) in plastics and other chemical applications.
ADM's glycerin-based propylene glycol plant in Decatur, Illinois, USA is touted to be operational by the end of the year.
Their PHA (poly-hydroxy-alkanoates) plant in Clinton, Iowa, USA, began production last year (2010).
ADM also has a collaboration with Polyone to develop biobased plasticizer.
The BiobasedChemAsia conference is happy to welcome Mr Kentaro Ono, Director of New Business Development of ADM Far East Ltd, the latest speaker to join the speaker panel. In his presentation, he will reveal insights on opportunities for renewable chemicals, impact and needs. In particular, he will touch on chemical opportunities, technological challenges and commercial efforts being undertaken as the company expands its portfolio in the industrial chemicals market segment.
Additionally, the company is also slated to share experiences in a key Roundtable Discussion entitled "Critical Success Factors and Challenges to Commercializing Biobased Chemical".
Click here to view more information on the program, or contact Grace Oh at email@example.com for assistance to register.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the launch of a new Biobased product label as part of its BioPreferred Program. This voluntary product certification and labeling program aims to clearly identify biobased products made from renewable resources and promote the sale & use of these products to consumers.
With this added boost to the global biobased chemical industry, what will be the outlook for the sector in the coming year? What are the key strategies and plans for renewable chemicals companies in achieving commercialization for their biobased products?
To answer these questions and more, the BiobasedChemAsia summit (Shanghai, 14-15 April 2011) will gather an international panel of experts to provide first-hand insights. One may view the full agenda here.
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Myriant Technologies will build the world's largest biobased succinic acid plant at Louisiana's Port of Lake Providence, the firm's CEO, Stephen J. Gatto, announced on Dec. 28 in a joint statement with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
The $80 million Myriant plant will use sorghum as a feedstock to produce up to 15,000 tons of succinic acid per year. The project received $50 million in Department of Energy funding last year as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. DOE has named succinic acid one of the top 12 biobased products with potential as chemical building blocks.
The plant will begin operations in 2012, Myriant says, and will employ 49 workers. It will be the first plant to make biobased succinic acid on a commercial scale.
Source: Chemical & Engineering News, January 10, 2011
Alif Saleh,Senior Director, Specialty Chemicals, Myriant Technologies will join other biobased industry figures in a Roundtable Discussion at the upcoming BiobasedChemAsia summit. Entitled "Critical Success Factors and Challenges to Commercializing Biobased Chemical", the panel of experts will address pertinent issues on:
- Feedstock options
- Economics of value chain from biomass to market place products
- Choosing the right technology
- Uncovering new applications and superior material solutions
- Which business model to adopt? (open innovation, buy-in of technologies etc.)
- Managing supply chain complexities
- How to drive adoption?
Other leading biobased authorities on the panel include Dr. Karl Sanford, VP Technology Development, Genencor/ Danisco.
The BiobasedChemAsia summit is to be held in Shanghai on 14-15 April 2011. Those keen on registration may contact Ms. Grace Oh at email@example.com or click here.
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Our tribute to the independent woman, the Asiatic Patchouli blended with rich chocolate finished with a hint of Parisian perfume makes the Mademoiselle Nouvelle Urn Candle a great household addition. Each Urn is 21oz. of hand poured candle wax and have a 100-hour burn time. Once empty, these urns make wonderful decorative containers.
Located in the heart of South Louisiana, Nouvelle Candle Company embodies the spirit of an American company. Each batch of these heavenly scented candles are carefully blended, poured and packaged by hand. Available in large distressed urns, classic glass jars and petite votives, Nouvelle Candles are the perfect accent to create a luxury home and garden decor. Filling the air in your home with rich, inviting notes, these candles are beautifully decorative and versatile at the same time. Enjoy luxurious fragrances such as Lavender Lime, Paperwhite amp; Honey, New Orleans, Mademoiselle and more will add an alluring quality to any room. These high quality candles make wonderful gifts for even the most discerning of friends and family, and they also perfectly complement any occassion.


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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama officials concerned about the rapid
migration of giant South American snails are about to try to halt their advance in Mobile County.
Ben Ricks, a biologist with the state Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries division, says a heavy dose of poison will be administered on Monday to ponds in Mobile's Langan Park and in most of Three Mile Creek.
Authorities said they want to stop the advance of the apple snails before they colonize the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.
In addition to poisoning the thousands of fist-sized adult snails, officials say they plan to smash every one of the pink wads of snail eggs they can find, beginning Saturday.
Experts say the snails typically destroy all aquatic plants in areas they infest, leaving behind an algae-filled wasteland.