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UNIVERSITY PARK - Nobody can ever accuse Penn State coach Pat Chambers of being a glass-half-empty kind of guy. After watching his team blow a 16-point second-half lead against Delaware State at the Bryce Jordan Center Saturday afternoon, he gathered the troops in a huddle as the game went to overtime.
"Five more minutes of basketball," he recalled telling the Nittany Lions. "Let's go. This is awesome."
Penn State got clutch buckets from guards Jermaine Marshall and D.J. Newbill in the extra session to overcome a three-point deficit and ultimately pull out an 80-76 victory. The Lions improved to 6-4 after winning back-to-back games for the first time this season, while the Hornets fell to 5-6.
"I'm proud of this group," Chambers said afterward. "They went down, and could have folded the tents. They could have said, 'woe is me.' "
With a brutal Big Ten schedule set to tip off in two weeks - and with star guard Tim Frazier lost for the year due to injury - falling in spectacular come-from-ahead fashion to a MEAC team would have been cause for considerable woe among the Lions and their fans.
PSU took a 59-43 lead on freshman forward Donovan Jack's layup with 10:01 left in the game. But from there, the Lions became their own worst enemies.
They were sloppy and lost their offensive rhythm by trying to take the air out of the ball. They became lax on defense. With key cogs Newbill and forward Ross Travis saddled with foul trouble (the latter picked up his fifth with 5:04 remaining), it allowed the Hornets to begin chipping away.
"We thought we had them where we wanted them," Newbill said. "But they played hard. "They're a good team. They made their run."
And yet Penn State still appeared to have the game firmly in hand with 2:58 remaining, when Newbill hit a layup to make it 67-56. But the Lions started bricking free throws. Leading 67-62 with just less than a minute to go, Jack missed the front end of a one-and-one.
Following a DSU missed triple, Lion freshman guard Akosa Maduegbunam - a defensive sub for Newbill - grabbed the rebound and was fouled. He missed both ends of the bonus situation.
Hornet Tyshawn Bell countered with two free throws and then, following a Newbill turnover (for palming), Casey Walker blew to the bucket for an uncontested dunk. The lead was down to 67-66 before Newbill snapped the 10-point run with a pair of free throws at the :20 mark.
Bell made a contested corner 3-pointer (Jack was in his face) with :12 left to tie it at 69-69. Penn State's inbound play vs. the Hornet press went haywire, and somehow guard Nick Colella ended up with the ball on a break. He stumbled down the lane and missed a shot that would have won it.
Note that Colella had made exactly one two-point basket and was shooting 26.5 percent from the floor coming into this game.
Despite everything that went wrong late, Chambers identified what he thought was the real culprit.
"We missed free throws," he said. "I think that really crushed us. You shoot free throws, it's over in regulation."
Penn State missed three more freebies early in OT and appeared to be down for the count when Bell made a triple to give DSU a 76-73 lead with 1:24 left. But then the Nittany Lion go-to guys took over.
PSU worked the ball around until Colella found Marshall for an open 3-pointer. He made the shot - the Lions' only trey after halftime - to tie it at 76-76. Tahj Tate missed two free throws for the Hornets and then Newbill used a stop-and-go move to spring himself free for a layup.
"Coach tells us to change speed," Newbill said. "That's something I think I do well."
Penn State was up 78-76 with 30 seconds left. Albert Thomas missed a layup for DSU, and Lion rookie Brandon Taylor cleared the rebound and was fouled. He made both free throws to account for the final score.
There was plenty not to like from the Nittany Lions' perspective in this game. They blew out to a 21-3 lead but never could deliver the knockout punch in the first half. They allowed the Hornets to make 10 3-pointers. And they allowed DSU to make half its shots in the second half.
But there were positives, too. Newbill and Marshall were their usual steady selves with 22 and 15 points, respectively. Chambers got the best game of the season out of the previously struggling Borovnjak (14 points, eight rebounds). Jack delivered eight points and three boards off the bench.
And, of course, there was the way the team rallied when it seemed to be in trouble in overtime. After struggling in close games in 2011-12, the Lions are now 5-0 in contests decided by eight points or less this season - including a pair of overtime victories.
"That's progress," Chambers said.
Game notes: Chambers said sophomore forward Pat Ackerman is back with the team after serving a suspension for an unspecified violation of team rules. Ackerman had been out of action since Nov. 27. ... Walker led DSU with 24 points, but only seven came after halftime. ... The Lions get a few days off to concentrate on finals. Their next game is not until Dec. 23 (a Sunday), when New Hampshire visits.
DELAWARE ST. (5-6): M. Oliver 3-3 3-3 9, Gray 0-4 0-0 0, Tate 2-10 5-8 10, A. Thomas 4-7 5-7 13, Walker 8-19 3-4 24, Joyner 0-1 0-0 0, Bell 5-11 2-2 15, Bowman, Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, B. Oliver 1-1 0-0 2, Sill 1-3 0-0 3, Lawson 0-0 0-0 0, Doyle 0-0 0-0 0, Coger 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-60 18-24 76.
PENN ST. (6-4): Taylor 2-7 2-2 7, Borovnjak 3-4 8-10 14, Travis 2-4 2-2 6, Newbill 8-13 5-6 22, Marshall 4-13 4-7 15, Maduegbunam 1-2 0-2 2, Jack 4-5 0-2 8, Montminy 0-0 0-0 0, Colella 2-5 0-0 6, Graham 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-53 21-31 80.
Halftime-Penn St. 37-29. End Of Regulation-Tied 69. 3-Point Goals-Delaware St. 10-30 (Walker 5-13, Bell 3-7, Sill 1-3, Tate 1-5, A. Thomas 0-1, Joyner 0-1), Penn St. 7-18 (Marshall 3-7, Colella 2-3, Newbill 1-2, Taylor 1-4, Travis 0-1, Maduegbunam 0-1). Fouled Out-M. Oliver, Travis. Rebounds-Delaware St. 34 (Walker 11), Penn St. 38 (Borovnjak 8). Assists-Delaware St. 10 (A. Thomas 6), Penn St. 15 (Marshall, Newbill 5). Total Fouls-Delaware St. 24, Penn St. 21. A-5,751.


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After months of speculation, trendy Swedish retailer H&M confirmed today exclusively with The Post and Courier it will open its first South Carolina store in downtown Charleston this fall.
H&M will set up shop at 281 King St. in the Kress building Williams-Sonoma vacated earlier this year after it moved up King Street to the former Sportsman's Shop.
The 18,300-square-foot store will include apparel for women, men and children with separate areas featuring lingerie, maternity, sports apparel and accessories.
"It's been a long time coming," said H&M spokeswoman Nicole Christie. "Charleston has been one of our target markets. We won't open if we don't have the best location on the street."
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley hailed the shop's arrival as a sign of the retail viability of the downtown area.
"It's a wonderful affirmation of the success of King Street and its desirability as a retail location," Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said. "H&M is an international company that goes to the best retail locations, and King Street is one of the 10 best streets in the country for retail."
A shop its size generally hires between 30 and 50 employees, Christie said.
She couldn't say when construction will begin to retrofit the building, but she added that H&M has its own floor plan and the King Street store is a full concept store featuring all lines. A more concrete opening date will be announced later this year, she said.
H&M stands for Hennes & Mauritz and was founded in Sweden in 1947. It also owns brands that include Cheap Monday, & Other Stories, COS, Monki, Weekday and H&M Home. H&M has about 2,800 stores in 49 markets and plans to expand greatly throughout the South this year. It has 268 stores in the U.S.
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Some people are pondering whether the world will end today. For others, the world as we know it might end with a plunge off the fiscal cliff Jan. 1.
Odds are, the end won't happen this year. But an apocalyptic conclusion to our earthly existence is an undeniable eventuality.
Here on earth, the possible causes of extinction-level events range from natural to man-made. One possibility is an eruption of a supervolcano, such as the 34-by-45 mile Yellowstone caldera. The creation of a mini black hole by the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland isn't likely, but people and nature could conspire to unleash a pandemic illness.
There are some out-of-this-world threats, too. Cosmic events include a collision with an asteroid (it wouldn't be the first time) or a burst of gamma radiation from our sun.
Thankfully, NASA claims lethal solar flares are "a physical impossibility." But solar storms have the potential to knock out electronics on Earth, akin to the end of world for some folks.
But one day, if humans or something else doesn't destroy it first, the sun will eventually destroy the Earth.
"It's in all likelihood that if a natural occurrence were to destroy the world, it is 4.5 billion years from now, when our sun starts going through its end-of-life sequence," according to Phil Chamberlin of NASA's solar physics laboratory.
Thus, one day, one way or another, human life (and possibly all life) on Earth will end. On an individual basis, of course, our time on this planet is ticking away all the time.
Which means while the end may not be near, every day it does draw nearer. Amid all the gallows humor today, that should be a guiding thought.


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The conceptual and practical simplicity of quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) has made it a choice tool for many molecular analysis applications. Because of its speed, sensitivity, and specificity, qPCR has been displacing conventional PCR in the vast majority of its applications. Some believe that it is only a matter of time before qPCR becomes a major player in diagnostics.
A large swath of publications reporting reverse transcriptase qPCR (RT-qPCR) data underscores a great interest in this technique. Yet there still exists a relative lack of consensus in how best to perform the RT-qPCR experiments.
"We can't simply assume that RT-qPCR always accurately quantitates gene expression levels," says Chaminda Salgado, head of CMC bioassay and genomics at NDA Analytics. "Each step of the procedure has technical challenges. Optimization and validation of each step is key."
He adds that the "advancement of qPCR into the diagnostic realm will depend on standardization of at least four key technical components: Sample handling and assessment; RT strategy—enzyme selection and RT priming; normalization during analysis; and increase in hardware speed—for point-of-care applications."
To date, standardization has been hampered by lack of sufficient experimental details in scientific reports. Frequently, qPCR publications omit critical analysis parameters and justification for reference gene selection, hindering critical evaluation of the quality of the results. To enable inter-laboratory comparisons, qPCR-based clinical diagnostic assays will require more stringent standardization.
Salgado emphasizes that primer design, reverse transcriptase selection, and choice of reference genes are vital underpinnings for the progression of RT-qPCR from a research technique to a market-ready in vitro diagnostic tool.
The first step toward this goal may be implementation of the Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments (MIQE) guidelines. These call for reporting of minimal essential and desired information to ensure qPCR relevance, accuracy, correct interpretation, and repeatability. Properly implemented, the MIQE guidelines could help promote consistency among laboratories and potentially zero in on the methods that show potential utility for diagnostic applications.
"QPCR is a sensitive method, but many clinically important analyses require detection of minority events below qPCR current limits of sensitivity. Quantitation of rare mutations on the background of wild-type DNA is of prime importance in several fields of medicine," says Mike Makrigiorgos, Ph.D., from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. "Specifically, subclonal mutations in cancer cells may determine if a particular tumor is resistant to chemotherapy. We envision that monitoring the quantity of these mutations during cancer treatment may inform management decisions for the remainder of the therapy or subsequent rounds of therapy."
Dr. Makrigiorgos' team focuses on development of techniques for identification of rare events and translating them into diagnostic applications. A few years ago, they developed COLD-PCR (co-amplification at lower denaturation temperature) to enrich samples with mutations irrespective of where they occur in DNA sequence. The technology takes advantage of a small but detectable difference in melting temperatures of mismatched sequences. Denaturing and re-annealing genomic DNA creates mismatched DNA duplexesFurther denaturation of these duplexes at critical denaturation temperatures preferentially releases the mismatched strands, which then can be amplified by PCR. Two consecutive rounds of COLD-PCR result in a 100-fold enrichment of mutations.
"Further enrichment with COLD-PCR was challenging due to polymerase errors and mis-priming events," Dr. Makrigiorgos says. "We used the same scientific principle to develop an alternative enrichment method that does not involve enzymatic amplification."
DISSECT (differential strand separation at critical temperature) also uses differential denaturation of DNA heteroduplexes. However, it avoids enzymatic steps being entirely based on repeated cycles of denaturation and hybridization on magnetic beads coated with wild-type target gene sequences. Wild-type DNA remains attached to the beads, while the mutant DNA is released and collected. Because the sequences are not altered during DISSECT, the method is compatible with downstream applications including qPCR and sequencing.
"The method is exceedingly simple, and is easy to automate, multiplex, and scale up," explains Dr. Makrigiorgos. "DISSECT can simultaneously enrich diverse targets for multiple mutations in the same tube using a single denaturation temperature." In a proof-of-principle study, three to four rounds of DISSECT produced up to 100- to 400-fold enrichment of mutations in three selected oncogenes.
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CALCUTTA - Roll Warriors roll.
The American Spirit Academy soccer team closed the out regular season with a 4-1 victory Tuesday over visiting Wilson Christian on Senior Night at the Beaver Creek Soccer Fields.
With the win over the Wildcats, the Warriors improve to 3-8 on the season. American Spirit Academy won back-to-back games to end the regular season on a positive note.
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American Spirit Academy's Connie Buck battles for possession of the ball against Wilson Christian Tuesday at Beaver Creek. (Photo by Aaron Petchal)
"The kids played well," American Spirit Academy head coach Tim Connor said. "The kids have really come together at the end of the season at the right time before we go into the playoffs."
The Warriors are members of the South West Christian Athletic Conference.
"It was our final regular season game, and we had to win to get a better seed in the playoffs," Connor said. "The kids really stepped up today."
Offensively, Joe Langdon led the way for ASA with a pair of goals. Both of his goals came from long range, and both of his goals were unassisted.
Also for the Warriors, Josh Blakeley and Robert Buck each contributed a goal and an assist to help the ASA cause.
Goalie Will Martin made 13 saves.
American Spirit Academy recorded a 5-1 victory Monday at Champion.
"The last couple of games the difference has been that the kids have really come together as a team," Connor said. "The kids have overcome a lot of adversity this year. They played really hard the whole game."
At halftime, American Spirit Academy honored its six seniors. The seniors are Ashley Shaw, Matt Mooney, Kori Geary, Connie Buck, Langdon and Martin.
The six seniors have meant a lot to the ASA program.
"The seniors have meant a lot, especially Will Martin in goal," Connor said. "Will is an excellent goalie. I think he could play for any team around here. He is a really good goalie.
"Connie Buck is not a flashy player at all. She is a real bulldog in there. She get sin there and works hard to control the ball and to take it off the other team. She is a real-hard worker.
"Joe Langdon has a huge leg. Both of his goals today came from almost midfield. Both of his goals came from along way out. They were long goals. They were nice goals. He gives us a deep threat.
"Kori and Ashley have played really-good defense this year. They will be sorely missed next year. They both have stepped up and played midfield as well. They are doing great at that too.
"Matt is a newcomer this year. He has learned a whole lot. His speed is unbelievable. He is a super-fast player. He has learned a lot on offense and defense. He is a key player mostly because of his speed."
American Spirit Academy's next game will be a Division II Semifinal set for 5p.m. Tuesday at home. The winner of the that game will play for the championship at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at Geneva College.
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Penn State wrestling fans celebrated when the nation's No. 1 recruit, Kennard-Dale's Chance Marsteller, verbally committed to the Nittany Lions in July.
There's no celebration today as Marsteller has decommitted to the Lions and committed to Oklahoma State.
"Just to clear up any confusion I will be wrestling for Oklahoma State," Marsteller said on his Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon.
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There had been rumors and published reports as late as Wednesday morning that the three-time Class AAA state champion, who is 125-0 in his career, had been reconsidering his decision to wrestle for coach Cael Sanderson.
In fact, Marsteller, expected to wrestle at either 165 or 174 in college, recently visited Oklahoma State, coached by two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time NWCA Coach of the Year John Smith.
There has been no comment from Sanderson through Penn State or on Twitter. Under NCAA rules, college coaches are prohibited from talking about recruits.
Where he was going to wrestle in college was much talked about by fans before he decided on Penn State. When he initially chose Penn State, Marsteller said Oklahoma State and Arizona State were on the short list.
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Monday night was the first time Bowie visited Altoona and just the fourth meeting between the teams this year,so looking in the Bowie dugout, there may have been some fresh faces.
For Curve fans, one face was quiet familiar.
Former Curve catcher Ronny Paulino returned to Peoples Natural Gas Field, but this time with Bowie as Paulino is trying to make his way back to the major leagues.
Paulino scored the run that proved to be enough as the Baysox beat the Curve, 4-1, before 3,337 fans at PNG Field.
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LEADING OFF: DH Charlie Cutler's high school baseball team was at Monday's Curve game as the team was on its way to play games in Cooperstown. Cutler, who went to Lowell High School in California, set the state record, driving in 71 RBIs in his junior season. He also is the career leader with 203 RBIs, 197 runs, 219 hits and 32 triples. "He is one of the best baseball players to play at Lowell High School," Cutler's coach John Donohue said. "We are so proud of him and we couldn't wait to come and watch him play today."
SAFE AT FIRST: Cutler went 1-for-4 in Monday's game. He said it was surreal that his former team was in the stands. Nineteen players and five coaches made the trip to see Cutler. "It's just weird," Cutler said. "It's just not something that you are used to but I just feel blessed that they are willing to make some time out of their tournament to come and see me play."
STEALING SECOND: RF Alex Dickerson was named the Eastern League's Player of the Week for July 8 to July 14. Dickerson hit .524 in the week, blasting two homers and driving in five runs. He was a triple shy of the cycle on Sunday and had a 3-for-4 day earlier in the week.
ROUNDING THIRD: 3B Adalberto Santos extended his hitting streak to 11 games and is now one game away from tying the season-long streak of 12 set by Justin Howard. Santos has hit .333 in his last 10 games, driving in five runs.
HEADING HOME: Penguins winger Pascal Dupuis will make an appearance at Peoples Natural Gas Field on Aug. 30. It will be the second time Dupuis, who recently signed a four-year deal with Pittsburgh, has visited Altoona.
- Darian Somers
"Altoona is a great city," Paulino said. "It's a nice stadium. It's even better than when I was here. Best part of being in Altoona is the stadium. This is where you have fun and from what I could see tonight, it was a lot people enjoying the game."
Paulino began the season out of baseball and signed late with his team from last year - Baltimore. Paulino, who weighs 250 pounds, played just his seventh game in professional baseball this year on Monday. He went 0-for-3 and scored on run. In his first few games this season, Paulino has hit .333 and only played in the field twice.
"It's a feeling that there is no way to explain it," he said of being back in baseball. "It's good. You feel great that you are back in action, helping your team win and knowing that you have the chance to get back to the major leagues."
Paulino is eight years removed from playing in a Curve jersey and four years removed from playing in the Pirates organization. While with the Curve, he played three seasons with the Curve in 188 games. He tallied 27 homers and drove in 99 runs.
With the Pirates, he hit .279, drove in 128 runs and hit 19 homers in four years.
"Change, new people, new managing, new front office," Paulino said of why the Pirates traded him away. "They wanted a good team. That year they traded a lot of the guys. I think it was more of new era. "
After being traded by the Pirates in the offseason in 2009, he bounced around the majors, playing two years with the Marlins, a season with the Mets and played 20 games with the Orioles last year.
He signed with the Mariners as a free agent but was cut at the end of spring training and signed with the Orioles on May 15.
Paulino said he plans on spending time with his kids who are in Altoona and is glad to see some familiar faces in the stands.
"I had my host family come and say hi to me, and a couple fans that are still here supporting the team," he said. "It's something that is really impressive that they can say hi to me early.
"It makes me feel great because it was a long time without seeing those people."
Game recap
Key player: Bowie RHP Mike Wright got the win, going seven innings, allowing six hits and striking out two.
Key play: Bowie CF Trayvon Robinson homered in the fourth inning.
Key stat: RHP Ethan Hollingsworth suffered his first loss since May 18.
How they scored
Top 4th: Robinson homered (1-0).
Top 5th: Paulino walked, scored on Horton sacrifice fly (2-0).
Top 6th: Rojas Jr. singled, scored on Polanco sacrifice fly (2-1).
Top 7th: Loman homered (3-1); Rosa singled, scored on error by Cunningham (4-1).


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Creating offense off its defense became the key for the McKinley boys basketball team.
The Macks capitalized on turnovers and scored in transition off defensive rebounds to earn a 73-60 win over Middle Early College. The win kept McKinley (8-0) undefeated in Yale Cup Division I. And that's no easy feat the deeper the team goes into the season.
"It's tough to go into a game when you're undefeated in the league and still feel like you have to win the game," McKinley coach Zaire Dorsey said. "We emphasized to the kids that we needed to win, that this was a big game for us."
The Macks started out heeding that advice in taking an 18-10 first-quarter lead. But Middle Early College scored 24 points in the second quarter to cut the lead to just four at halftime.
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"We'd get the defensive rebound and get out running," Dorsey said. "We got deflections, steals and started looking for the open man and running. We scored off three turnovers in the first two minutes of the quarter."
Lovell Smith scored 21 points with 10 rebounds while Daequan Warren had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Macks. Marcus Morris scored all 17 of his points in the second quarter while helping to distribute the ball with 19 assists.
Meanwhile, it was a solid defensive effort for Lockport, which keyed the Lions to a 45-32 win over North Tonawanda.
With the win, the Lions improved to 8-3 in Niagara Frontier League play and took possession of second place in the standings behind Niagara Falls.
After the teams played to a 10-10 tie in the first quarter, the Lions held North Tonawanda to just one point in the second. Lockport was led defensively by swing guard Phil Crenshaw.
"I think as far as our rotation goes on defense we did an outstanding job," Lockport coach Dave Gilson said. "We were patient against their zone and looked for a good shot instead of coming down and settling for a three. We've been working on that and we got a lot of second chances as well."
Charlie Sobierski had 11 points and 17 rebounds for Lockport.
Lester Diaz scored the final seven points of the game to lead Lafayatte to a 66-64 comeback win over Olmsted in Yale Cup III. Diaz hit a three-pointer with 14 seconds left, stole the inbounds pass and scored to tie the game, 64-64 with 12 seconds left. He was then fouled with less than a second to play while attempting a three-pointer. He made two of three to secure the win and a 6-0 league mark for Lafayatte. He finished with 29 points, 13 steals and eight assists.
Girls Basketball
With a career-high 32 points Melissa Smith reached the 1,000-point career scoring mark to lead her Niagara-Wheatfield team to a 72-50 win over Kenmore East in Niagara Frontier League play. Smith had four three-pointers while teammate Rachel Pawlak netted 30 points, also connecting on four three-pointers.
Colleen Wirth scored 15 points with six steals to help pace sixth-ranked Iroquois to a 41-28 win over Williamsville East in ECIC II.
Class Championship finals take place today as qualifiers for the Section VI championships. Class AA is at Lockport, Class A is at Starpoint. Class B is in East Aurora, Class C is at Eden and Class D is at Portville.


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Bail was $25,637 for a 33-year-old Indian Hills woman who reportedly battered deputies who took her into custody after finding her intoxicated on a downtown Gardnerville sidewalk shortly before midnight Tuesday.
Cara Nicole Feletar is facing charges of assault on a peace officer and resisting and obstructing an officer.
A deputy saw Feletar lying on the sidewalk in front of the East Fork Hotel with her shoes off.
While deputies were talking with the suspect, her mother drove up, but Feletar yelled at her mother to go home.
As deputies attempted to calm Feletar, she pushed an officer in the chest with both hands and yelled obscenities. She started waving her hands in a slapping motion and continued to yell.
She knocked the deputy's glasses off and scratched his left eyelid.
Feletar was forced to the ground, handcuffed and placed in custody. Deputies said she intentionally dropped to her knees and forced officers to carry her to the patrol unit.
Once inside the vehicle, she continued to resist, kicking the officer in the legs and trying to kick out the acrylic glass and window cage.
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The following is a Letter to the Editor in the Feb. 23, 2010, Tomahawk Leader. There also is a story in this week's issue of the Leader about the decision to cut down the tree and how a portion of its truck will serve as a bit of history. The newspaper is available at newsstands or by calling 715-453-2151. There is also an Online Edition available by subscription by going to www.tomahawkleader.com.
The letter states:
We are really going to miss that majestic white pine tree that set the stage for our local waterski show. We heard they cut it down for the ski tournament.
Whoever made the decision to cut it down should not make any more decisions. Such logic would have us clear cut the trees in Bradley Park for it would be easier to walk through the park without all those trees in the way.
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South Carolina dropped seven spots in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and out of the top 10 after a 41-30 loss to Georgia at Sanford Stadium.
The Gamecocks (1-1) were ranked No. 13, sandwiched by the Panhandle State. (USC was ahead of No. 14 Oklahoma and behind No. 12 Oklahoma State.) The Gamecocks certainly are not out of the hunt for a BCS bowl bid after one loss. Of the nation's one-loss teams, USC ranks second behind Georgia.
USC was ranked No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
The Bulldogs (1-1) climbed two spots to No. 9 in the AP poll, recovering from an opening loss to Clemson.
The Tigers (2-0) climbed one spot to No. 3 in the poll after a 52-13 home win against South Carolina State, jumping No. 4 Ohio State. The Buckeyes (2-0) beat San Diego State 42-7 on Saturday, but quarterback Braxton Miller sprained his left knee in the win.
Alabama retained its top spot in the AP poll, despite an idle week. The rest of the top 10 consisted of Oregon, Clemson, Ohio State, Stanford, Texas A&M, Louisville, LSU, Georgia and Florida State. That's four from the SEC, two from the ACC, two from the Pac-12, one from the Big Ten and one from the AAC.
Read more about Clemson's rise in the polls at Aaron Brenner's blog.
Read more about South Carolina's drop in the polls at Ryan Wood's blog.


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REDHOUSE – No injuries were reported, but Interstate 86 was closed for several hours, after a tractor-trailer rolled over Saturday night in the Cattaraugus County Town of Redhouse, according to sheriff's deputies.
Deputies said Edward G. Muhammud, 50, of Cleveland, Ohio, was driving east shortly before 6:30 p.m. when he lost control of the rig because of weather and road conditions. It slid sideways and then overturned, blocking the eastbound lane.
Interstate 86 was closed between exits 19 and 16 for several hours while the tractor-trailer was removed, deputies said.
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Chris Mooney | May 31, 2011
By Chris Mooney • Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 07:06
You have to hand it to the American Tradition Institute. Unlike Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli, they've found a way to get the University of Virginia to release at least some emails and other documents from climate researcher Michael Mann's time working there–by using freedom of information requests for "public" documents. (News here, scathing Washington Post editorial here.)
The University of Virginia is complying, although its president says they will take advantage of every exemption allowed by the law. Still, though, it sounds as though a lot of documents are going to be released. So what will happen next?
For an answer, we can look to an important new book, Michael Shermer's The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies, How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths. In it, Shermer discusses the phenomenon of confirmation bias, invoking the biblical line "seek and ye shall find" to describe this pervasive cognitive flaw.
The American Tradition Institute–and indeed, conservative climate skeptics across the board–have gone seeking scandal among the ranks of climate scientists. That's what Ken Cuccinelli did. That's what happened in "ClimateGate." That has been the strategy for some time.
So does anyone think that that, whatever these documents say, they are not going to be treated as a scandal by those who went searching for them?
Confirmation bias tells us what will happen. Those who went seeking went in with a theory–that wrongdoing has been done. They all believe "ClimateGate," shown by multiple investigations to be a fake scandal, was actually a real one. So that is their premise.
They will therefore read whatever emails they receive and find wrongdoing in them. They will find politics. They will find closed-mindedness and bias. And who knows what else they will find–but it will all be made to look bad.
Will any of the charges be valid? I don't know, although I seriously doubt it. One thing we can be sure of, though, is that things will be taken out of context and used selectively. That's what happened in "ClimateGate" and that's what will happen again.
Conservatives, in short, are targeting Mann and expecting to find another ClimateGate scandal. And I am watching conservatives and also predicting that they will find another ClimateGate "scandal." There's only the slightest difference between our views: The quotation marks.
Which one of us do you think is going to be right?
Arnold replied on Permalink
He must have fought hard to
He must have fought hard to keep those WWF pamphlets out, to no avail also of course.
anonymous replied on Permalink
Just one moment there..
I'm told greenpeace get money from big oil. Who are the biggest investors in 'green' technology…the oil companies ? What did CRU get from shell last year ?
I can choose my oil company. I can choose whether I drive. I cannot choose to pay taxes.
I am told the US government withdraw funding from CRU last year why ?
I dont care what high/low brow intelluctual persuit is being funded.
I say again.
If I bias my reports in order to obtain grants then its fraud.
anonymous replied on Permalink
You're also told that you should eat your crusts
You're also told that you should eat your crusts and that AGW is a scam. I guess you'll believe anything that you've been told as long as you like to hear it.
You can't chose to be off-grid, so therefore much of your money is spent on coal and oil. You can't chose to avoid taxes (unless you're really rich like the Kochs) but the government is still giving billions a year to oil, coal, gas and nuclear. They're still giving billions away to the richest people on the planet. Money you paid in.
"I am told the US government withdraw funding from CRU last year why ?"
We've already discussed your gullibility.
Sundance replied on Permalink
Isn't democracy in a republic
Isn't democracy in a republic beautiful? Who could possibly be against freedom of information?
As for confirmation bias the latest offenders have been Bill McKibben and journalists (except Revkin) who write articles expressing their belief that tornadoes must be tied to climate change. In my state at least the state climatologist posted a thorough review of tornado data and concluded that tornadoes have occurred, "….without an indication of any underlying climate change."
Earth to Bill NcKibben you suffer from confirmation bias. lol
anonymous replied on Permalink
The Heartland Institute for one.
SKB for another.
The Idso's don't like it either. Nor does Wegman, McIntyre, Watts or Inholfe.
And I don't like it when someone else spends my taxes when they're not willing to chip in their quid's worth.
And Revkin has been guilty of far far FAR more egregious lies to you than merely "tornadoes will get higher with climate change" which isn't to say that you'll be able to tell if that's already happened, is it.
I guess you're still 100% gullible where you want to be, huh?
Sundance replied on Permalink
McKibben was the one using
McKibben was the one using the dead bodies of those who died from these naturally occurring weather storms as his podium to make false claims that such tornadoes are due to climate change. My state climatoligist posted a complete analysis of the tornadoe data to conclude that tornadoes occurred,"without an indication of any underlying climate change." None of the other people you mentioned are using naturally occurring weather tragedies to promote their ideology that I'm aware of.
anonymous replied on Permalink
"without an indication of any underlying climate change."
"without an indication of any underlying climate change."
Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack.
10 years global temperature isn't enough to determine the climate trend. But that doesn't mean there's no climate change going on.
I note you don't have the guts to give the link to what was said, but here you go:
"It is vitally important not to make connections. When you see pictures of rubble like this week's shots from Joplin, Mo., you should not wonder: Is this somehow related to the tornado outbreak three weeks ago in Tuscaloosa, Ala., or the enormous outbreak a couple of weeks before that (which, together, comprised the most active April for tornadoes in U.S. history). No, that doesn't mean a thing."
Sundance, in a dance to change the truth to suit his purposes:
"McKibben was the one using the dead bodies of those who died from these naturally occurring weather storms as his podium to make false claims that such tornadoes are due to climate change"
Bill: No, that doesn't mean a thing.
Sundance: make false claims that such tornadoes are due to climate change.
Now you can see the denialist MO in action again. Lie openly, brazenly, knowing that many people can't be troubled to find out for themselves (which is why they so often say "look for yourself!": to kid-on that nobody will actually do so) and so their lies will go unnoticed and believed by other denialists.
Also note, you can get that statement on this very site, so it's not like sundance couldn't check for himself…
Sundance replied on Permalink
You are frightening me.
You are frightening me. Either you are on drugs, a hormonally charged 13 year old or you are mentally challenged. Those are the only explanations for someone to be unable to recognize the irony in McKibben's lunatic opinion piece after the storms and while the bodies of the dead were still warm. He is no better than the Grist moron who after the April tornadoes ripped through the South, wrote that the Southerners had it coming because they were deniers.
You are free to believe McKibben's lunatic rant which in essence suggests that all one need to do is look at the tornado damage to recognize climate change, but good luck trying to impose such cultist beliefs on the sane people. The reality is that your cultist approach is failing and the more that cultists like you keep shouting "denier" in everyone's face the more people will recognize your fanaticism and tribal cultism.
Sundance - just a kid really
'…like you keep shouting "denier" in everyone's face the more people will recognize your fanaticism and tribal cultism.'
Ah! A tone troll trying to Curry favour with his kochhead masters.
AS for Bill McKibben's piece that included mention of tornadoes he was only totting up the series od deadly events from arfound the globe which are symptomatic of a warming world, and the list was incomplete at that.
But of course in the face of reality you 'deniers-liars pants on fires' have to spin it around like a leaf in a tornado until the message is unrecognisable in the background noise.
How many more people across the world have to die before you toadies understand that next time it could be you or yours for the chop.
You are the one who has a faith being tested, a faith pinned on phantoms in the air.
Sundance replied on Permalink
McKibben's view was soundly
McKibben's view was soundly refuted by Revkin, the NOAA CSI team, the Oklahoma storm center my state climatologist and many other independent groups. He and you have no peer reviewed evidence based science to support "deadly events are symptomatic of a warming world". This is a patently false claim. I am not even aware of a means of scientifically testing the claim, which was a point that was made at a recent Yale 360 climate forum article (I read alot). At that forum some of the climate scientists indicated it could take another 30 years or more before they could know if warming is exacerbating extreme weather events.
In the case of floods and storms for example there has been far greater life loss in the past and when the data is adjusted for population density (based on deaths per million of population) and location bias (greater numbers of people living in high risk areas), you and McKibben haven't a sound leg to stand on. Again calling people trolls and deniers without knowledge of the scientific facts is a losing tactic in trying to convince people of your position.
anonymous replied on Permalink
So Revkin believes that you can tell GW from the dead
So Revkin believes that you can tell GW from the dead in Alabama.
You're saying Revkin is the one using the dead bodies of those who died from these naturally occurring weather storms as his podium to make false claims that such tornadoes are caused by climate change.
Here again is McKibben's words:
"It is vitally important not to make connections. When you see pictures of rubble like this week's shots from Joplin, Mo., you should not wonder: Is this somehow related to the tornado outbreak three weeks ago in Tuscaloosa, Ala., or the enormous outbreak a couple of weeks before that (which, together, comprised the most active April for tornadoes in U.S. history). No, that doesn't mean a thing."
If Revkin refuted that he believes that AGW caused those deaths.
"In the case of floods and storms for example there has been far greater life loss in the past "
Really, done the maths. Lets see.
Or have you been told to repeat that?
Sundance replied on Permalink
Now you're just being silly
Now you're just being silly because the words you've copied and pasted are meant to be part of the irony used by McKibben. You took them out of context and if you are truly unable to read and comprehend the full context of McKibben's article you should follow the advice of Abraham Lincoln, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
Here is brand new scientific documentation supporting my arguments.
CONCLUSIONS. The analysis of 22 disaster loss
studies shows that economic losses from various
weather-related natural hazards, such as storms,
tropical cyclones, floods, and small-scale weather
events (e.g., wildfires and hailstorms), have increased
around the globe. The studies show no trends in
losses, corrected for changes (increases) in population
and capital at risk, that could be attributed to anthropogenic
climate change.
To recap this was a comprehensive review of the 22 previous most cited studies to evaluate methodology and conclusions of those methodologies. The Bouwer study concludes that there are, "no trends in
losses, corrected for changes (increases) in population
and capital at risk, that could be attributed to anthropogenic
climate change." This is what I had stated in above posts.
Here is the 2010 study by Chris Landsea etal. (former IPCC lead author) explaining how the anthropoegenic signal that had been associated with hurricanes is erroneous.
"Records of Atlantic basin tropical cyclones (TCs) since the late nineteenth century indicate a very large upward trend in storm frequency. This increase in documented TCs has been previously interpreted as resulting from anthropogenic climate change. However, improvements in observing and recording practices provide an alternative interpretation for these changes: recent studies suggest that the number of potentially missed TCs is sufficient to explain a large part of the recorded increase in TC counts. This study explores the influence of another factor—TC duration—on observed changes in TC frequency, using a widely used Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT). It is found that the occurrence of short-lived storms (duration of 2 days or less) in the database has increased dramatically, from less than one per year in the late nineteenth–early twentieth century to about five per year since about 2000, while medium- to long-lived storms have increased little, if at all. Thus, the previously documented increase in total TC frequency since the late nineteenth century in the database is primarily due to an increase in very short-lived TCs."
If you go to the NOAA website on hurricanes you will find that an international workshop of cyclone experts was convened for the expressed purpose of determining if an anthropoegenic signal could be found in cyclone data. The consensus was that given all scientific considerations no conclusion to support an anthroegenic signal for cyclones could be found. The workshop experts also found an energy limit for cyclones based on the physics used in their models which will likely be a factor in adaptation for future storms. I am stunned by your lack of knowledge on the science. I assure you that if you spent less time commenting at this blog shouting "denier" and read climate journals and spent time at the physics blogs you would be more open minded and not so prone to your current feedback loop of confirmation bias.
anonymous replied on Permalink
You've used a lot of words to say nowt.
"because the words you've copied and pasted are meant to be part of the irony used by McKibben"
So Revkind didn't refute McKibben, you just made it up. Again.
"Here is brand new scientific documentation supporting my arguments."
Has it been peer reviewed?
I thought you'd only take peer reviewed documentation with evidence.
"The studies show no trends in losses, corrected for changes (increases) in population and capital at risk, that could be attributed to anthropogenic
climate change."
Isn't evidence of absence. You still fail HARD.
It also has nothing to do with what will get more frequent in a warming climate.
"recent studies suggest that the number of potentially missed TCs is sufficient to explain a large part of the recorded increase"
So this doesn't even prove the conclusion you've given it!
And still doesn't have anything to refute what will get more frequent in a warming climate.
You have to prove that SST rises won't happen in a warming climate or that higher SSTs won't affect hurricanes. JUST to disprove that Hurricanes will be worse in a warming climate.
You then need to do similarly for the other deadly occurrences outlined earlier.
Failed DOUBLY hard.
anonymous replied on Permalink
There's no proof the sun will rise tomorrow
Until after sunrise tomorrow.
Oddly enough, people would rather NOT wait for a disaster to happen before admitting they could happen.
This is why, for example, people buy insurance BEFORE they need to claim, or why we lock up criminals AFTER they've committed a crime (when it's too late to undo the crime done, ergo the only reason for doing so in a Justice system is to avoid further crimes they may commit).
But I guess as long as it's someone else paying the price of his selfishness, sundance doesn't care if the world goes to hell in a handbasket. He's got his, suckers.
anonymous replied on Permalink
Calling you a denier and troll is just stating facts.
That's all.
But facts are an anathema to you. Lies are more your metier.
anonymous replied on Permalink
Odd how sundance demands peer review
yet never yet has managed anything peer reviewed.
"evidence based science to support "deadly events are symptomatic of a warming world"."
Heatstroke: http://www.medicinenet.com/heat_stroke/article.htm
heat stroke is a true medical emergency that can be fatal if not properly and promptly treated
Flooding: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10832166
Pakistan flood death toll 'passes 1,100'
Hurricanes: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001443.html
"Ike," hit Texas and caused at least 30 deaths, thousands more evacuated their homes, and millions lost power in Houston alone. Ike hit the island city of Galveston Bay the hardest, knocking out water, power, and sewer lines. Despite requests to evacuate, at least 15,000 people remained in Galveston amid worsening sanitary conditions.
Drought: http://reliefweb.int/node/196296
Death toll in Kenyan drought climbs to 40
Fires: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-05/russian-wildfires-death-toll-rises-to-50-drought-may-force-export-ban.html
Russian Wildfires' Death Toll Rises to 50;
Are these "deadly events"?
If so, then the science of causation that would increase them in a warming world:
Heatstroke: Hotter weather, more heatstroke opportunities.
Flooding: Cassius-clapeyron relation. More water vapour, more rain when and where it decides to fall
Hurricanes: http://www.newmediastudio.org/DataDiscovery/Hurr_ED_Center/Hurr_Structure_Energetics/SST/SST.html Higher air temps, higher SST temps.
Drought: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091005234019AALWCM3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation Higher temperatures, higher evaporation and less Hydrologically significant rainfall.
Fires: wet grass doesn't burn so well.
But maybe you can show where these effects are proven to be false.
anonymous replied on Permalink
Homes in the
Homes in the past:
Homes today:
Maybe you need to do some more figuring.
Science doesn't mean "look for what will prove your theory and then stop".
Laws of Nature replied on Permalink
You write a lot . .
there is a lot of text written here and some other poster asked if there are any sceptical scientists not on an "oil-paycheck".
I admit, that I didn't read everything, but I want to write a few lines about S. McIntyre, who's efforts where smeared by you!
First about his data collection, at wiki you can find:
"In a corrigendum published on 1 July 2004, Mann, Bradley and Hughes acknowledged that McIntyre and McKitrick had pointed out errors in proxy data that had been included as supplementary information to MBH98"
This tells me something was wrong with the data before and McIntyre's FOIs are indeed justified and the science advanced because of him.
And, if you want to learn more about facts, you might consider checking out his website .. sometimes he has some real jewels there, for example this week a piece about the hockey stick (again):
He shows how the statistical weights change if you change your analysis of the proxies .. there are a few different methods out there by now, but it always comes down to the fact, that you only get a hockey stick, if some of your proxies (mainly bristlecone pines) gain too much weight in the analysis.
Cheers, LoN
anonymous replied on Permalink
You're a moron, and that's scary.
Because someone like you shouldn't be put in charge of a dangerous thing like a car.
You LIED about what McKibben said. The rest of what you've said is therefore a lie unless you have proof.
"lunatic opinion piece" is your additions to this thread.
Hmm. "How to help victims of the alabama tornadoes". Doesn't really sound like "Southerners had it coming because they're deniers", does it.
Another barefaced lie you pathetic slime of humanity.
You activities have much more in common with the Church of Scientology. Complete fabrication in statements, cult following, morons.
anonymous replied on Permalink
this is wearing me out...
Fraud is a criminal activity that should not go unpunished just because you like the fraudsters agenda. So if I were to give billions of your taxes to prop up a dictatorship thats OK ? Even if they spend that money on arms to keep their own people down?
If its a fraud they should be punished…thats what the rule of law is about.
You cannot justify a fraud by saying 'well…the rockefellers paid no taxes last year so I'm ok to defraud the tax payer'.
anonymous replied on Permalink
But it IS going unpunished.
Pat Michaels has not been even called before congress to answer for his fraud.
Wegman is still being defended despite his fraud.
Yet all you can harp on about is something that was investigated and found not to be a fraud.
But you didn't like that answer, so you continue to pout and whine.
Hank122 replied on Permalink
"...skeptics across the
"…skeptics across the board–have gone seeking scandal.."
Isn't it possible that many are just seeking the truth in this matter? What is there to hide? Hank
anonymous replied on Permalink
Is there something to hide, Hank?
We had one denier here refusing to give the location of the business where they insist solar panels had a 147 year payback time.
Did they have something to hide?
There's a military engagement in Iraq and information from there is controlled.
Do they have something to hide?
Kochs live in a controlled gated community and have guards keeping people from them.
Do they have something to hide?
Or is that "what is there to hide" a vacuous meaningless statement?
anonymous replied on Permalink
Pout and Whine ?
Is this a church ? Your absolutism is absolutely charming…
I wish I had your faith in human nature….
anonymous replied on Permalink
Aye, odd thing is
Why are so many of the ones denying the science calling it all "faith" the ones who go to church so much?
And they're always banging on about "faith" "church" "belief".
What's also odd is that they'll defend their faith with "you can't be so mean about religions", then accuse "science is your religion" then go ahead and be as mean (or more so) to the science. Apparently among the other elements of the periodic table, Irony also passed them by…
Badgersouth replied on Permalink
Empirical evidence that humans are causing global warming
"Direct observations find that CO2 is rising sharply due to human activity. Satellite and surface measurements find less energy is escaping to space at CO2 absorption wavelengths. Ocean and surface temperature measurements find the planet continues to accumulate heat. This gives a line of empirical evidence that human CO2 emissions are causing global warming."
Source: "Empirical evidence that humans are causing global warming" by John Cook, Skeptical Science, June 26, 2010 http://www.skepticalscience.com/empirical-evidence-for-global-warming.htm
Badgersouth replied on Permalink
How do we know humans are the primary cause of the warming?
How do we know humans are the primary cause of the warming?
A large body of evidence supports the conclusion that human activity is the primary driver of recent warming. This evidence has accumulated over several decades, and from hundreds of studies. The first line of evidence is our basic physical understanding of how greenhouse gases trap heat, how the climate system responds to increases in greenhouse gases, and how other human and natural factors influence climate.
The second line of evidence is from indirect estimates of climate changes over the last 1,000 to 2,000 years. These estimates are often obtained from living things and their remains (like tree rings and corals) which provide a natural archive of climate variations. These indicators show that the recent temperature rise is clearly unusual in at least the last 1,000 years.
The third line of evidence is based on comparisons of actual climate with computer models of how we expect climate to behave under certain human influences. For example, when climate models are run with historical increases in greenhouse gases, they show gradual warming of the Earth and ocean surface, increases in ocean heat content, a rise in global sea level, and general retreat of sea ice and snow cover. These and other aspects of modeled climate change are in agreement with observations.
"Global Climate Change Indicators", National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/indicators/
Doubting Rich replied on Permalink
Anyone who thinks that any of
Anyone who thinks that any of the official investigations and reports into the leaked CRU emails and data was unbiased enough to have any credibility, and anything but a whitewash, needs a serious reality check.
Badgersouth replied on Permalink
Spoken like a true climate denier drone.
caerbannog888 replied on Permalink
Anyone who is halfway
Anyone who is halfway competent can perform an independent verification of the CRU's global temperature results using publicly-available temperature data and free, open-source software development tools.
All of the temperature data needed to validate the CRU's work are freely available and can be downloaded by anyone who can figure out how to use a web-browser or ftp client.
The global temperature record is so spatially oversampled that getting results similar to the CRU's can easily be done without using any of the CRU's supposedly "hidden" data.
The temperature gridding/averaging process is well documented and straightforward, and can be coded up from scratch in a few days (at most) by a competent programmer.
I know this for a fact because I did all this myself, and in my spare time over just a few days.
The fact that none of the deniers who have been attacking the CRU for the past year and a half have been able to do what a single competent programmer/analyst could easily do in a few days tells us all we need to know about the competence of the global-warming denier community.
anonymous replied on Permalink
So to the denilaist it goes like this
So to the denilaist it goes like this:
1) We have to investigate the scientists for fraud
2) investigation happens and find no fraud
3) The investigation was flawed!!!!
So no actual proof of fraud, just a continued whine that it MUST be fraud.
Why? Because otherwise capitalism has caused a problem and the randians WILL NEVER ENTERTAIN THAT THOUGHT. The god-botherers won't since GOD WON'T LET THEM DIE.
Just faith, faith, faith.
Just like the creationists complaining that there is a gap in the fossil record therefore evolution is wrong (and with a logical leap of gargantuan proportions, that means creation is right and they don't have to prove it). Then, when an intermediate fossil form is found: "There are now TWO GAPS!!! The edifice of Darwinism is crumbling!!!".
Just as great a bunch of morons. Just as great a deception.
Denialists, creationists and flat-earthers. All cut from the same cloth.
Solitha replied on Permalink
And yet, repeatedly, the
And yet, repeatedly, the actual science has been tested and tested again. The only people to claim fault in the science have been, in turn, found to be financially biased or lacking credibility, and their results full of errors.
"I'm not a meteorologist. All I know is 90 percent of the scientists say climate change is occurring. If 90 percent of the oncological community said something was causing cancer we'd listen to them." – Jon Huntsman, in an interview with Time, on whether he believes in climate change.
Keith M replied on Permalink
Climate Cover-Up
It's ironic to see the denialist echo chamber in action here, of all places. They have clearly concluded that their "climategate" tactics have been so successful in derailing any action to constrain the carbon industries that they are going to jump on blogs like this that might undermine the legitimacy of such tactics. It's Climate Cover-Up in action! They roll in like a wave, swamping the message, then roll back to WUWT, awaiting their next assignment.
There's no point in engaging these "sceptics" in debate, because that's not why they're here. They are representing vested interests, using finely honed techniques which are difficult to counter. There's too much scientific illiteracy in the general population (which obviously includes politicians), and a natural resistance to accept the consequences, even if they believed what the climatologists are saying. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to get a grip is to relentlessly promote the upside of a new green economy, while portraying the deniers as Luddites.
John Mason replied on Permalink
Indeed, Keith, but I think
Indeed, Keith, but I think there is mileage in pointing out to members of the general public that these guys are idiots. Most times though they do our work for us, via self-demonstration of the point! Just keep showing 'em up for what they are is my advice.
anonymous replied on Permalink
Dont know about the rest, but
Dont know about the rest, but I just find this irrelevent little blog fun.
Its always fun to poke sticks a religious zealots and see how they excited they get.
They just keep blathering on with the same old debunked dogma and show with every comment that AGW truely is a Faith Based Cult rather than a legitimate science.
Like their silly attempts to assert that CO2 is not plant food.
Every high school grads knows full well that it is, but they keep trying.
Oh well…… Enjoy the fun while it lasts. there is not much life left in the scam.
anonymous replied on Permalink
Nope, every child knows shit is plant food.
That's why farmers spread "muck" over their crops, not breathe over them.
anonymous replied on Permalink
anonymous replied on Permalink
Yes, but you don't.
You haven't even managed the knowledge of farming an 8-year-old manages.
Solitha replied on Permalink
Much as I posted on the first page of comments...
"Carbon dioxide is plant food. Every gigatonne we release helps feed the world. We should celebrate that!"
Go tell Joplin, Missouri about the benefits of wind. And the cities along the Mississippi River about how water is the stuff of life in our world. Nitrogen is also essential for life. Go sit in a 100% nitrogen atmosphere.
Balance, sir. Systems require balance. I am a high school grad, and I know quite well that too much of anything, including "plant food", is neither natural nor good for the system.
Keith M replied on Permalink
Trolls ...
Don't feed them.
Regarding CO2 is plant
Regarding CO2 is plant food:
In a sense, the deniers are right. Not only is CO2 necessary for plants to grow, it is the most important element in our world. We, and all of life is based on the amazing ability of carbon to form compounds essential to life.
And that is exactly why messing up the short term carbon cycle, and upsetting the balance in that cycle, that has held for thousands if not millions of years, is not a a good idea.
Eric Roston wrote a book called "The Carbon Age". Read it.
And welcome to the anthropocene.
Off topic, but I wish commentors would stop using anonymous. Can't you make up screen names? It is very confusing when several people on one board are all using anonymous as their screen name.
Physics MSc replied on Permalink
This blog is just one big
This blog is just one big circle jerk for you climate cult members.
And you write the same ol', same ol' LoN
Something used to access water.
'And, if you want to learn more about facts, you might consider checking out his website ..'
Of course on his own website McIntyre is entitled to his own 'facts', shame that these don't alter the the conclusions on climate change by 97% of climate scientists and which are drawn using all relevant evidence, not just a few cherries picked here and there.
'He shows how the statistical weights change if you change your analysis of the proxies .. there are a few different methods out there by now, but it always comes down to the fact, that you only get a hockey stick, if some of your proxies (mainly bristlecone pines) gain too much weight in the analysis.'
It would seem that McIntyre's statistics rarely stand up to scrutiny by those who know a thing or three about the subject, as DeepClimate and Tamino have pointed out. And the egg flying towards McIntyre's face in the wake of the Wegman brouhaha is something else.
You cannot trust anything McIntyre says. OK, he discovered one small flaw in one series which had no effect at all on the overall reconstruction of temperatures using a range of proxies. Your 'mainly bristlecone pines' is way off base.
I could offer more, much much more but to give more idea on the silly antics of the Big Mac ask him why, as we know, he had the data all along, that he launched a blizzard of FOI requests from the CRU rather than just going through the normal scientific channels.
Some idea:
Now some more silly Big Mac:
Steve McIntyre's DOS attack on GISS
It seems that the Big Mac' is a class act at being obnoxious, never mind owt else.
But then you, like the Big Mac's GISS script are a Robot - No?
JMM replied on Permalink
There seems to be a lot of astroturfing around here.Is the country of freedom being turned into a big blurring machine? These lobbies misuse the ideals of the freedom of speech: does this include the right to tamper with facts? How come trying to smear someone can replace scientific evidence? Even though someone has her or his various biases, the issue is not her or his biases concerning politics or private life but whether there is scientific evidence or not provides by her or his work. This can only be assessed by real peers and understood by people with some scientific education . Incidentally, the Vatican scientific committee has just approved of the work of real climate scientists: why should this have less clout than what is being done by some industrial and political lobbies with their own biases?
Tampering with science, just to delay the necessary economic and political adjustments, for the sake of money is really shocking…
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More than 300 friends and family members gathered Saturday evening to attend a memorial service and eulogy for Roy Simms at Harper-McNeeley Auditorium.
Simms, a well-loved local coach, youth mentor and sports legend, died Nov. 17 during a Davis & Elkins College basketball team practice. Simms had served as the Elkins High School basketball coach and was an assistant coach for the D&E mens' team at the time of his death.
Simms' brother, Richard, spoke during Saturday's memorial.
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Family members of the late Roy Simms were presented signed basketballs by the Davis & Elkins College men's basketball team during a memorial on Saturday. From left, Simms' brother, Roger Simms; Simms' wife, Diann 'Dee' Simms; his sister, Shirley Yates; and brothers Ronald Simms, Richard Simms and Robert Simms all took part in Saturday's memorial. Roy Simms served as an assistant coach for the Senators.
"Mother gave birth to Roy when she was 45," Richard Simms said. "He was fragile and everyone helped nurse our sickly brother."
Richard said the family was overwhelmed with grief at the untimely death of his brother.
"It just seems out of order," Richard Simms said. "But God keeps a different time than us, and God said it was time for Roy - it was his time to come home.
"Growing up, the high point of my day was to tell him I loved him and give him a kiss," Richard Simms said. "He would wrap his arms around me and say, 'I love you, too.'"
Richard Simms said his brother loved Elkins.
"He loved being in Elkins and he loved playing for the (Elkins High School) Tigers," Richard Simms said. "He was where he wanted to be and was where he thought God wanted him to be."
Richard Simms said he was proud of his baby brother for starting the Give Back Foundation.
"He knew what dad had taught him," he said. "Dad always said you just can't take, but you need to give back as well."
Roy Simms started the foundation to help athletes attend sports camps and training. It was stationed out of the Elkins YMCA.
"Roy's faith sustained him and his faith never withered," Richard Simms said. "He used to say he was just thankful God let him see another day. Roy's response to the question of how are you was always to answer, I am blessed."
Voras Haynes Jr, an Elkins resident and childhood friend to Roy Simms, said he felt fortunate to be close to him for more than 40 years.
"Kids of all ages were drawn to Roy," Haynes said. "He would always find something positive to discuss with them."
Haynes said his friend had a quick smile and an easy laugh.
"Anyone who met him could tell he was blessed," Haynes said. "He was a great athlete and was driven - he wanted to be the best and the fastest."
Haynes said Roy Simms' many friends were all blessed to have him in their lives.
Steve Wamsley, the principal of Tygarts Valley High School, expressed his love for his longtime friend.
"I had lunch with him on his birthday," Wamsley said. "We always hugged and said I love you."
Wamsley said Simms would come and talk to the students at Tygarts Valley and bring other positive role models for the students to meet.
"The kids at Tygarts Valley High School were drawn to Roy," Wamsley said. "The title 'Coach Simms' was the best title he ever had. We were blessed to know Roy Simms."
Classmate and fellow athlete Dan Armentrout shared his feelings about his longtime friend.
"He had a tremendous ability to love," Armentrout said. "(His wife) D was the greatest thing that happened in Roy's life.
"Roy would want us to put to use the things we saw him doing," Armentrout said. "We need to carry on his legacy with the Give Back Foundation. We need to show kids what Roy Simms was about.
"Don't be sad," Armentrout said. "Rejoice that he is home. He is in a great place that he earned. We need to remember his legacy."
Elkins resident Mary Ann Deluca, another longtime friend, talked about Roy Simms' illness. Simms had been in need of both a kidney and heart transplant.
"He told me things with his transplant were moving quickly," Deluca said. "He said he thought he would have a year with the D&E boys before his transplant.
"Roy was happy he was home in Elkins with a wife he loved," Deluca said. "He was proud to be asked to work with the D&E team and was happy his talents were seen and respected. Roy's dreams were fulfilled."
Members of the D&E team presented Roy's wife, Diann, his brothers and his sister with basketballs signed by all the members.
The Rev. Marvin Parli, minister of Elkins First Baptist Church, reminded all in attendance that grief is a part of love.
"We grieve with hope," Parli said. "Healing will begin because of the confidence and hope we have in Christ."
During the service, Tim White, Chris Woodrum and Tonya Auvil performed "Hallelujah" and "Amazing Grace."
Immediately following the service, friends and family gathered at Halliehurst Mansion to share fond memories and celebrate Roy Simms' life.


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on February 5, 2013 - 1:00 AM
It has the makings of a science fiction movie: Zap someone's brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer's disease.
A dramatic shift is beginning in the disappointing struggle to find something to slow the damage of this epidemic: The first U.S. experiments with "brain pacemakers" for Alzheimer's are getting under way. Scientists are looking beyond drugs to implants in the hunt for much-needed new treatments.
The research is in its infancy. Only a few dozen people with early stage Alzheimer's will be implanted in a handful of hospitals.
Ohio resident Kathy Sanford, 57, was among the first to sign up. Her early stage Alzheimer's was gradually getting worse.
Then doctors at Ohio State University explained that constant electrical stimulation of brain circuits involved in memory and thinking might keep those neural networks active for longer, essentially bypassing some of dementia's damage.
Sanford decided it was worth a shot. "The reason I'm doing it is, it's really hard to not be able, sometimes, to remember," Sanford said.
A few months after the five-hour operation, Sanford said she felt good, with an occasional tingling that she attributes to the electrodes. A battery-powered generator near her collarbone powers them, sending the tiny shocks up her neck and into her brain. It's too soon to know how she'll fare; scientists will track her for two years.
More than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's, and that number is expected to rise rapidly as baby boomers age. Today's drugs only temporarily help some symptoms. Attempts to attack Alzheimer's presumed cause, a brain-clogging gunk, so far haven't panned out.
The new approach is called deep brain stimulation, or DBS. While it won't attack Alzheimer's root cause either, "maybe we can make the brain work better," said Ohio State neurologist Dr. Douglas Scharre.
Implanting electrodes into the brain isn't new. Between 85,000 and 100,000 people around the world have had DBS to block the tremors of Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Canadian researchers back in 2003 stumbled onto the Alzheimer's possibility. They switched on the electrical jolts in the brain of an obese man and unlocked a flood of old memories. Continuing his DBS also improved his ability to learn. He didn't have dementia, but researchers wondered if they could spur memory-making networks in someone who did.
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