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One of the nine pastors who wrote an open letter to Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll, in which they complained about his lack of accountability, was terminated indefinitely on Wednesday from the church's staff.
Mark Dunford had served as an unpaid lay pastor at Mars Hill Portland and community groups pastor at the Mars Hill Ballard campus. According to Washington-based ABC affiliate, KING 5 News, Dunford was fired because of "rebellion against the church."
Neither Dunford nor anyone from Mars Hill has come forward with a statement regarding the termination. Meanwhile, Driscoll's parents have spoken out in defense of their son. more >>
After 22 years of marriage Phil Schubert, president of Abilene Christian University, ranked among the top 10 Christian colleges in the United States, and his wife, Jamie, are getting a divorce citing "irreconcilable differences."
And despite the move that can get employees at a number of Christian colleges fired, the school's board says Schubert still has their full support in remaining at the helm of the university.
Barry Packer, chairman of ACU's Board of Trustees, revealed in an email to faculty and staff cited by ACU's student publication The Optimist, which broke the story, and The Christian Chronicle, while the board was disheartened by the breakdown of Schubert's marriage, members remained confident he is the right man to continue leading the school. more >>
Nine current pastors at Mars Hill Church, the Seattle-based ministry led by Mark Driscoll, have written a letter to their fellow elders expressing their concerns and listing critical points of information regarding the "abusive and coercive" culture long fostered by their besieged senior pastor.
Their aim in the letter, written just days (August 22) before Driscoll announced a 6-week break from pastoral duties, is that the Mars Hill Church leader would step down, to eventually one day be restored to a stature of God-honoring leadership.
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A Mississippi school district has agreed to stop having prayers and sermons at mandatory faculty convocations after an atheist group threatened to sue them.
The Washington, D.C.-based American Humanist Association announced that the Jackson Public School District had agreed to stop the religious practices.
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The Southern Baptist Convention, hoping for both a dramatic and unifying agent for change, announced Wednesday the election of 36-year-old pastor and Radical ministry founder David Platt as president of its International Mission Board.
"I believe Southern Baptists want to come together for the spread of the Gospel," said Platt, who leads a movement called Radical that is devoted to platforming and disseminating disciple-making resources, so that the Gospel "might be made known to the ends of the earth."
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"Last Tango in Halifax" recap (2.6): Save the Last Dance For Me
And now, it's time for a wedding.
Celia, by the way, has managed to wrangle Kate into the wedding, too. Because after all, back before baby plans and hotel rooms, Kate had promised to play Celia's preferred processional song on the piano: "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba." It's just that she doesn't know anyone else who can play it, you see. And as she mentions to Caroline just before they walk down the aisle, she's also asked Kate to stay on for the reception, because really, it would seem rude otherwise. During Alan and Celia's vows, Caroline glances over at Kate sitting at the piano, and Kate glances at her–just, as is fitting with their relationship lately, not at the same time.
At the reception, Caroline and Harry give speeches about the inspiring love story of her mother and his best friend.
Harry then hands the microphone over to Alan. But instead of giving a speech, Alan stands up and takes the microphone over to the dance floor, where he's joined by Raff, Lawrence, Lawrence's rascal of a best friend, and William, who is joyously back home from Oxford for the holidays, bringing along a dashing girlfriend with him. (Although Lawrence is still convinced he's gay. And for once, I don't disagree with Lawrence on this one.)


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Craig Cosby was found guilty of Murder in the First Degree by a jury in Stevens County Superior Court Friday afternoon. The 12-person jury unanimously found Cosby guilty of shooting and killing his wife, Susan Cosby, at the couple's Marcus home in 2009. Sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17.
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Colville High, idle since splitting a season-opening doubleheader at Connell, hopes to get a soggy Hofstetter Field in playing shape this week.
The Indians, who didn't play a scheduled doubleheader last Saturday against Omak (either at home or in Okanogan County), were scheduled to play their Northeast A League baseball opener at Newport on Tuesday. But Newport's field wasn't in any better shape than Colville's. Whether that one will be rescheduled is anybody's guess at this juncture of a wet, cool early spring.
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The Colville High girl's tennis team got its 2012 season off to a fast start last week with wins over Chewelah and perennial Northeast A League power Lakeside.
In both matches, the Indians were unbeaten in singles and lost both doubles matches.
Weather permitting, Colville was scheduled to host Freeman on the CHS courts Tuesday in a NEA match-up and travel to West Valley on Wednesday (3:30 p.m.) for a non-league battle with the Eagles.
Will M. Christian, a longtime resident of Colville, passed away on March 26, 2012 in Colville after a long illness with Alzheimer's. He was born on Feb. 8, 1966 in Colville, the son of Glenn and Dianne (Terry) Christian.
When he was two-weeks-old, the family moved to the Seattle area where he was raised and attended school in Renton until the age of 16. While in school, Will enjoyed playing basketball, baseball and soccer in the city leagues.
James Houston Porritt, age 79, passed away on March 17, 2012. He was born on May 25, 1932 in Salt Lake City, UT, the son of James Nathaniel and Dorothy Grace (Wagner) Porritt.
He was a very loving man, and enjoyed spending time outdoors. After serving in the U.S. Navy, James worked as a Marine Engineer in Alaska and as a Commercial Fisherman in Washington before going to work for the National Park Service in Washington State.
John Rowlee Marchinek, 60, passed away at his home in Kettle Falls on March 19, 2012.
The funeral was held the following Saturday at Mountain View Park Cemetery in Colville, where he was laid to rest.
John Marchinek was born June 14,1951 to John "Pete" and Margaret (nee Rowlee) Marchinek in Colville. His father was a Track Inspector and his mother was a Telegrapher for the Great Northern Railroad. John's birth was followed by a sister, Jeanne, but both lost their mother, Margaret, shortly after.
Chewelah gets tougher than expected win
The Chewelah Cougars' baseÂball team played the first game of their season last week, winÂning in eight innings at Kettle Falls, 4-2.
Caleb Wiebe pitched six strong innings for Chewelah, striking out 10 and only giving up one run, while Calvin Connal got the victory in relief, striking out four and givÂing up one run in his two inÂnings of work.
Wiebe outdueled Kettle Falls right-hander, Tyler Vining.
Head coach Luke Jeanneret was pleased with the difficult opening win.
Megan Ray leads NEA favorite
One thing has been consistent during Laurie Hite's tenure as Colville High School girl's golf coach. Whether it has been the Great Northern League or the Northeast A, the Indians have been at the top of the heap when it comes to league championships and district titles.
The defending NEA and District 7 champions will be favored again when the prep golf season is scheduled to get underway for the Indians this week.
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Short-handed for their first week of action in a wet, cool spring, Colville High nonetheless was able to win three of four non-league games last week to get the 2012 softball season underway.
In their opener last Wednesday at Vaagen Park against visiting West Valley, the Indians fell behind 5-0 before battling back to post a 6-5 win.
One day later on a long bus ride for one five-inning game, the Indians blasted Omak of the Caribou-Trail League, 15-2.
Colville High School junior Aubrey Milatz won the title of Miss Colville at last Saturday's annual Miss Colville program in the CHS Auditorium. The Miss Colville event serves as a scholarship program for local 11th grade female students, and is sponsored in part by the Colville Chamber of Commerce and area businesses. Ten girls participated in this year's program. Milatz, daughter of Steven and Angela Milatz, also won the scholastic, spirit and judges' choice awards. First Alternate is Taryn Edlin, daughter of Kevin and Cherri Edlin.


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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer's experimental riociguat pill showed promise against a life-threatening form of high blood pressure in the lungs.
In a late-stage trial, the drug helped people suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a progressively worsening condition that can overburden the heart, to better tolerate physical exercise and improve heart function, Bayer said on Monday.
The results will be presented at this week's annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) in Atlanta.
PAH, the cause of which is unknown, affects only about 52 in a million people worldwide, according to Bayer.
As part of the trial, doctors measured how far 443 participants could walk in six minutes before and after 12 weeks of either three-times-daily riociguat or a placebo pill.
Patients on riociguat improved their walking distance by 36 meters on average, while the control group showed no improvement from an initial 330-350 meters, Bayer said. The riociguat group also had better cardiovascular readings.
A similar improvement in walking distance was also achieved by adding riociguat to Tracleer, a PAH drug made by Actelion, the study results showed.
Riociguat's side effects included headache, dizziness, swollen limbs and nausea but it was overall well tolerated, Bayer said.
A major downside of Tracleer is the risk of liver damage but Actelion is working on a new PAH drug, macitentan, as revenues from Tracleer decline. The Swiss biotech company said in April macitentan succeeded in slowing the disease and is due to present more data at this week's ACCP conference.
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Panang Vegetable Curry
Published: October 2011 Servings: 8
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 large shallots, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons Panang Curry Paste (click for recipe)t
- 2 tablespoons chopped peeled ginger
- 2 1/3 cups canned unsweetened coconut milk, divided
- 1 1/2 cups (or more) vegetable stock
- 8 fresh or frozen kaffir lime leaves
- 2 dried chiles de árbol
- 1 4-lb. kabocha squash, cut into 8 wedges, seeded, or 2 acorn squash, quartered, seeded
- 1 small head of cauliflower (about 1 1/2 lb.), cored, broken into 1'–2' florets
- 1 pound carrots, peeled, cut on a diagonal into 1/2' slices
- 2 red bell peppers, cut into 1/2' squares
- 1/4 cup liquid tamarind concentrate or 2 Tbsp. tamarind paste mixed with 2 Tbsp. water
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil, divided
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 12-oz. package firm tofu, drained, patted dry, cut into 1' cubes
- Kosher salt
- 1/4 cup cup chopped peanuts
- Steamed jasmine rice
Nutritional Information
One serving contains:
- Calories (kcal) 226.3
- %Calories from Fat 40.5
- Fat (g) 10.2
- Saturated Fat (g) 2.0
- Cholesterol (mg) 0 br
- Carbohydrates (g) 29.2
- Dietary Fiber (g) 5.5
- Total Sugars (g) 11.4
- Net Carbs (g) 23.7
- Protein (g) 8.4
- Sodium (mg) 497.5
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Heat oil in a large heavy wide pot over medium heat. Add shallots, Panang Curry Paste, and ginger; stir until shallots begin to soften, 2–3 minutes. Add 1/3 cup coconut milk; stir until browned, about 4 minutes. Add remaining 2 cups coconut milk, 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock, lime leaves, and chiles; stir to blend, scraping up browned bits.
Add kabocha squash to pot, set on sides so all pieces fit in a single layer. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until squash is almost tender, 15–20 minutes. Remove squash from pot; stir in cauliflower, carrots, and peppers. Return squash to pot, placing on top of vegetables; cook until all vegetables are tender, 10–15 minutes. Transfer squash to a plate.
Stir tamarind concentrate, half of basil, fish sauce, and lime juice into pot; add tofu. Cover and simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes, adding more stock if too thick. Season to taste with salt.
Divide curry among bowls; top each with 1 wedge of squash; sprinkle remaining basil and peanuts over. Serve curry with steamed jasmine rice.
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Air Force plan would cut more than 700 jobs at Michigan's Selfridge
Updated On: Mar 06 2012 08:30:28 PM EST
Proposed cuts by the U.S. Air Force could hit Michigan hard at its Air National Guard facilities in Harrison Township and Battle Creek.
The Air Force plan would cut more than 700 guard and civilian jobs at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township. The base would lose A-10 fighter jets but add more tanker planes.
Battle Creek's Kellogg Air National Guard Base would lose 122 jobs along with cargo planes. However, the base would add a unit to operate drones.
U.S. Representative Candice Miller released the following statement Tuesday night in response to the proposed cuts:
"The Administration has put forward the idea that these cuts are required to meet new budget realities, but I believe it is a step in the wrong direction. I believe the cuts disproportionately hit the Air National Guard, specifically the Michigan Air Guard, and these cuts fly in the face of the Administration's commitment to shared sacrifice. Recently, 49 Governors and 54 Adjutant Generals sent communications to the Pentagon objecting to these cuts and I will be glad to work with them to get the cuts reversed. The Air Guard is much more cost effective than the regular Air Force and at no loss in capability. As a result the taxpayers get huge bang for the buck from the Air Guard. In particular, the Michigan Air Guard has performed brilliantly when called to action across the globe and regularly helps to defend our homeland. Why the Administration should seek to reduce the Air Guard force in this way is incomprehensible. The symbol of the National Guard is the Minuteman because the Guard was born of the citizen militias that secured our freedom in our revolution. It is up to members of Congress, not only in Michigan but across the nation, to now hear the minuteman call and step up to defend the National Guard."
Senator Carl Levin is planning a hearing to learn how the cuts were decided.
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Immigration is one of the most vexing problems in the ever-increasing list of vexing problems in America. It has festered for almost as long as we've been a nation and attempts at reform are as successful as Middle East peace talks. It is the albatross around every president's neck and the cue for every Congress to go on vacation.
I feel for you Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, I really do. Israel is getting its ass bombed off and you are understandably upset, which makes it all the more surprising that your objection to the FAA's no-fly advisory for Ben Gurion is such a big item on your agenda.
Ben Gurion is admittedly the safest airport in the world. El Al is the safest airline. Hell, they even have missile countermeasures — though your spokespeople usually don't explain they are for different kinds of missiles than those from the Hamas Air Force and not nearly as effective as your average military airplane's.
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Sally - 2011-03-29
I have a wonderful red-headed whom we guesstimate at around 20-22 years. He is playful, healthy, eats & drinks well and in all regards seems well. With in the last 24 hours his bill appears to be changing colors - or developing 'blotches' of dark color. A musky color, mostly on his upper mandibill. Does anyone know if thier beaks change color as they grow older? I have spoken to our vet and done research, but know one seems to know the answer. Please comment if you can shed some light on this. I am concerned that it signifies some otherwise hidden issue in health. Thank you !
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Ana - 2011-08-22
Hello! I'm writing you from Indiana. I take care of 13 tropical parrots
at the local Parrot Rescue Santuary. There I met Peter a cherry head
conure. He is so much fun to be around; the owner of the foster aviary
told me that Peter only liked men, but I tell you that's not the case here.
He gets really happy when he sees me come into the aviary, kisses me
and laughs out loud. When I open his cage he flyes toward me and sits
on my shoulder always content and playful with me. He likes me so much
that the lady offered for me to have it some day. I'm extremely happy that I
was able to meet such a beautiful little creature. He is definately a
pleasure to be around. Regards.
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Rosanna Palma - 2010-05-05
My lovely red-masked sweetheart just passed away. We have no idea how old was my baby when he died. We only know he had like 17 years with us. We actually saved him from a man who was selling him and was mistreating him and feeding him badly. He was my dad's best friend I used to call him my lover cause he always love to receive kisses and hugs. It seems it was a heart problem. There is not a part of me that is not thankful for every year he spent with us and all the funny things he used to do.. give kisses.. imitate my laugh my crying my coughing my dogs barking my singing and my whistling.. specially that.. he loved to do that. My heart is sad when he remembers I'm not gonna see him anymore but totally thankful to have had such a beautiful animal for such long time. I'm also proud cause these animals originate from Tumbes Peru my country hehe.. and are so beautiful. Love your parrot very much while you can. My beautiful "Loro" now rests in peace.
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mazza - 2011-01-22
My red masked conure was mistreated before I got her, how can I get her to trust humans again?
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Yvonne - 2011-01-16
How long does this type of conure live under normal circumstances - does this vary even in the best of conditions?
Amy - 2010-12-29
Can you breed a green cheek conure with a cherry head conure?
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We have a conure that we found in our pond about 3 months ago. He has bonded with me and typically won't let anyone else near, until recently. Anytime my husband comes into the room, the bird will automatically start trying to bite me hard and when he does it draws blood. He still won't my husband rub him like I can so what gives with the biting?
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Anne - 2010-10-10
I have a red-masked conure and fairly recently he has been swelling up like a balloon from the neck down to his abdomen. He makes this funny little noise before it happens. I'm really worried about him. Can anyone help me with this? He still eats well and is active but he has started to pull some some small feathers out from under his wings and this always hurts him. I'm not sure if he is just grooming or not.
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Sharon Simon - 2008-08-11
Can someone tell me what the average life span of a cherry head conure is. I have one that I raised from a baby and he's now 22 years old.
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boo boo - 2008-09-14
Last spring, we adopted a red-masked conure that plucks its entire body bare of feathers except his head and neck, leaving only the contour feathers on wing and tail. Fred is slightly bigger than a sun or jenday, but less noisy and far less shrill. It is more noisy and slightly smaller than a "Queen of Bavaria".
We were amazed when we determined from its leg band that it was imported at least 15 years ago, since it is otherwise quite active and healthy. It has a HUGE personality. The bird says "hello," "What's for dinner?," "We have a problem" and "Come Back Here" fairly clearly in appropriate contexts. It also mimics our squeaky patio door and dances to a good musical beat. Our nephew started calling it "bobble head" after he saw it dancing one day. Though we have not determined its gender we call it "Fred".
At first Fred tried to bite us every chance it got, so we had to clip its wings to prevent being attacked. Happily, Fred is becoming a little more trusting and trustworthy every day. The bird is still a little bit psycho about defending the cage territory, and it doesn't want to be touched, but it will now will step up and ride on sticks and shoulders. Fred is ecstatic about bathing in his deep basin; our daughter swears that the bird swims.
Fred is intelligent, quite engaging and always entertaining. It loves to eat mashed potatoes and drink orange juice. Regarding its feather-plucking, I have come to believe that the bird is either making a fashion statement, or is just too warm in the house with its feathers on. My evidence is that it likes to have a few ice cubes in its bath as well as in the water dish. Sometimes it just chews on the ice.
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Off the top of your head, is there anything you would do differently if you could breast-feed again? In her Huffington Post story, Caurie Putnam confesses that she regrets not taking more photographsadmitting she has less than half a dozen.
She believes it's because the "selfie" phenomenon has just become popular within recent years, which makes total sense. If you saw a breast-feeding mother taking a selfie on a street bench today, it may very well blend in with the city scenery. But three or four years ago, it would have turned heads.
"If I were to have a baby now and breast-feed him or her, I would take tons of photos documenting those loving eyes gazing up at me from my breast," writes Putnam. "I would also hire a professional photographer to take nursing photos of usbeautiful black-and-white nursing photos in the same style as belly shots and newborn photos."
Like many other important stages in your child's life (which is arguably everything), it's easy to find yourself looking back and wishing you'd captured those moments more diligently. Because once they're gone... they're gone for good. Breast-feeding is no exception.
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Porsche this week celebrated its formal victory in its legal campaign to prevent the introduction of a £25 congestion charge on larger vehicles driving in London by presenting its award of legal costs to Skidz, a charity devoted to training at-risk young people in mechanical skills and maintenance.
A cheque for £375,000 was presented by Andy Goss, Managing Director of Porsche Cars GB, to Steve Godfrey, Project Director at Skidz, at a ceremony at Porsche Centre Mayfair, in the heart of the capital.
"We were always confident that our legal case was right and that we would win in the end," said Andy Goss, Managing Director of Porsche Cars Great Britain. "The proposal was unfair, disproportionate and we had evidence that this change would actually increase emissions in London. We were delighted to be awarded the legal fees involved in this case, and for us it instantly became clear that this money should be invested back into the capital in a positive way."
Goss added; "By taking the benefits from tackling one major London issue, we now feel we can help tackle another, which is helping to give young people a focus and a chance to channel themselves in a positive direction. In Skidz, we believe that we have found a fantastic charity to help us deliver on our commitment."
Skidz, which has a proven success record of working with at-risk young people to provide them with the mechanical skills and training that can lead to improved employment prospects as well as providing a learning environment to improve confidence and self-esteem. Skidz, which already operates five programmes across England, will use the funding over a three year investment period to launch a new London-based branch in the Borough of Hillingdon.
Steve Godfrey, Project Director at Skidz, said; "We are hugely grateful for this sizeable donation from Porsche. This support has enabled us to turn our plans for a London-based project into a reality and will allow us to reach young people in the Capital for the first time. We are looking forward to long-term relationship with Porsche."
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Joe "Queer" King doesn't think it's weird for a 37-year-old man to perform songs with titles like "Ursula Finally Has Tits." King -- songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist for New Hampshire's the Queers -- is simply another foul-mouthed punk rocker looking for something irreverent to rant about. All in the name of a good time, of course. "The thing I would stress about the Queers is that we have a lot of fun," says King, on the phone from RKNDY, a club in Seattle where his band is preparing to perform. "We laugh our asses off." Not everyone is laughing with them, but the Queers (King chose the name to irk New Hampshire's more macho rockers) are certainly yucking it up right now.
Over a sporadic sixteen-year career (including numerous personnel changes and a six-year layoff in the Eighties), the Queers have produced scads of quirky songs that have affirmed them as masters of free-wheeling, censor-baiting, fun-loving punk rock. To update the band and continue the legacy, King put together a new Queers lineup in early 1998 with guitarist and vocalist Dangerous Dave; bassist and vocalist Chris Cougar Concentration Camp, from indie punk band John Cougar Concentration Camp; and drummer Steve Stress. After working up new material, the quartet recorded a four-song EP, Everything's OK (released last May), and the full-length Punk Rock Confidential (just out) for the band's new label, Hopeless. King says the Queers' former label, Lookout Records, gave up on the group after their 1996 release Don't Back Down. But it wasn't the album that turned the label off: They reasoned that King would be unable to continue after losing both drummer Hugh O'Neill (who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor) and bassist B-Face (who went to play with the Groovie Ghoulies) in 1997. The veteran musician has found happiness, however, with Hopeless Records.
"I could do another album that's nothing but hardcore tunes one-minute-long with the word 'cunt' in every song title and they'll put it out. That's fucking punk. Some of these bands that sign to majors, like Social Distortion, MxPx, or Face to Face, it's cool for them and I like all those bands, but it ain't for me because it would affect how I write my songs. I probably wouldn't give them 'I Didn't Puke,' or 'Rancid Motherfucker,'" he says, referring to a couple of the more aggressive, Ramones-inspired tunes on Punk Rock Confidential. The Ramones' sound figures prominently in the Queers' approach, as do strains of King's other favorite band, the Beach Boys.
It's perhaps understandable that Lookout Records doubted King when his musical cohorts scattered; before the Queers signed with the label, they weren't really a band. When King and company recorded their first seven-inch, Love Me, in a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, recording studio in 1982, they were little more than a loose collective of local musicians, more a coalition than a band. They continued with sporadic recording sessions, releasing another seven-inch, Kicked Out of the Webelos, and showed up for various live performances before disbanding in 1984. Yet they managed to attract a devout following that lasted through a six-year sabbatical during which King, by then known as Joe Queer, hit the road.
He traveled to Hawaii and California to surf, and to New York and Boston, "just bouncing around doing weird shit." Then he got a partner and opened a cafe. Around 1990 King talked to drummer O'Neill, and together they decided to re-form the Queers. At the time King felt out of touch with the punk scene, but there was one band that he liked, Chicago's Screeching Weasel. King sent a letter and a tape to the head Screecher, Ben Weasel, who helped land them a deal on Lookout (and later wrote or co-wrote three songs for Punk Rock). "[Lookout owner] Larry Livermore called me on a Friday night when I was flippin' burgers at my restaurant and said he wanted to put out an album," King recalls. "I was just like, 'OK.' And so the next thing I know, I didn't know what the fuck was going on, we did the album and here we are. We didn't have any illusions about touring the world or making money off this, or much less making six albums, but we did it."
Having jumped into the ring for the second time, King has come to the conclusion that punk just isn't what it used to be. "Punk rock used to be something against the edge, something different. But now with the Warped Tour and stuff like that it's all assimilated into the mainstream. It's more like a business." That of course brings opportunities for the Queers to sell more CDs and to make a decent living as musicians, but the anti-big-business, DIY attitude that they share with a few other punk bands, such as Fugazi, remains strong.
"Our booking agent has said, 'Well maybe if you went out with the Reverend Horton Heat, Social Distortion, or on the Warped Tour, it'll help you sell more albums.' But I'm not going to figuratively suck any dick that's dangled in front me to sell more albums. I don't have to and I don't want to. We're on a small label and sell 50,000 or 60,000 albums and make a damn good paycheck, so I don't need to go to a major label. I don't know why anyone would. And if I go out with other bands, I can't control the ticket price, and I can guarantee that Social Distortion is charging a hell of a lot more than the eight or nine bucks the Queers will charge you." Fired up, he continues: "And yeah I wanna fucking make money, and I do make money so it's like I don't have to be greedy and suck dick and go on the Warped Tour to do it. Fuck that. Beside going on the Warped Tour will just attract a bunch of jocks that aren't into the band anyway."


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do yu "drink" at work??
NOT alcohol... water... bottled/flavored? I almost GAGS me to see coworker sipping fron probably room temp bottles/cups!?! I have a nice big double walled cup that I load to the brim with ICE in the morning and relaod with cubes at a few points during the day.
So you don't like room temp water?
Really worth a SHOUT on CH?
re: Robin Joy
This is nothing- I refer you to the person who is apparently stymied because she/he can't fit an entire soup spoon in her mouth.
There should be a WTF?/SMH Board.
I can't stand ice water. Of course I drink water at work, whether at home or at a conference or other away job. And coffee in the morning.
Once upon a time, I worked at a communications department where a colleague started out on beer at 10am. It was the kind of place where such behaviour was acceptable as long as the work got done. Smoking was practically de rigueur (though I didn't smoke anything, even back then). Drinking, yes, but on my own time.
Things have changed a lot in a few decades!
Sounds like somebody Should drink at work
re: beevod
Warm whiskey.
You could just imagine other people's drinks are cold.
Kseiverd, I too like hot drinks to be steaming and cold drinks to be cold. However, I applaud anyone who drinks h2o through the day since I don't do it and should...no matter what the temp.
I'm not understanding why you care......?
So they drink room temp tap water- that's nice.
re: Ttrockwood
I drink room temp water at home and work all the time. Room temp at night, every hour or so when I rollover, at work because I have no access to cold water. Now, for real drinking at work in the 80's, while the rest of the country was enjoying the three martini lunch, we had the three margarita lunch, or more specifically the potent, if you could handle it, three Ninfarita lunch in Houston, from Ninfa's Mexican restaurant that launched the fajita craze. Lunch was invariably followed by a freshly rolled smoke.
re: James Cristinian
Thats fantastic- fajitas, margaritas, and a smoke. I hope everyone gets a chance to have a fun time like that at least a few times!
re: helmut fig newton
Designated driver needed!
re: James Cristinian
As in my story - those were the days! Though the co-worker was eventually in a very bad way. (As far as I know, he is fine now, and dry).
Up here in Montréal people usually just had wine with lunch.
I like fizzy mineral water colder, but I drink plain tap water at room temp all the time. Work at conferences involves a lot of speaking and a lot of water drunk, thus frequent loo breaks...
re: lagatta
Glad to know it wasn't just me, my job in the eighties was a music related one and our boss was the worst of us all! A good businessman though and he did just fine.
re: James Cristinian
In the late 90s, I worked for 8 men for almost 9 years and we had many, many, MANY happy hourS at local restaurants/bars, that began at noon and ended at 9:00. we had a cupboard full of shot glasses, and weekly runs for tequila. it was really fun while it lasted. the firm no longer exists. and not because of our drinking habits. but we're all still friends and meet for much tamer happy hours often.
I drink water at room temperature. before I quit diet coke, I drank that at room temperature too. the OP must be retching by now.
re: James Cristinian
Back in the late 70s....my co-workers and I would order lunch from the pub down the street. Mine was usually a burger or sandwich, and *always* a Tom Collins. In a Styrofoam cup with a plastic lid. Loved that stuff. Made the afternoons much more fun.
Everyone had a drink or two at lunch back then. We smoked in the hallway, too. Glad that's changed!
Water, room temp. Coffee, starts out pretty hot, milk cools it down, and by the time I get around to finishing it, room temp. GAG away!
How do you know it is room temp? I fill my reuse able bottle at the drinking fountain and it is reasonably cold by the time I go to refill.
When I drink water, it's most often straight from the tap.
I don't know if that's regarded as room temperatuire or straight from the tap temperature.
I'm the same way. I have to have ice in my water and if it melts before I can finish the water I have to go dump it out and start fresh.
You need to desensitize yourself if watching other people drink room temperature water makes you almost gag.
I use an intak bottle by Thermos (18 oz.) that gets filled with water and 3 ice cubes about 4 times a day. Ice cubes melt, but water stays cold enough for me, until it reaches the bottom of the container.
A coworker *only* drinks water that has 3/4 cold water, 1/4 hot water added to "take the chill off". She doesn't like ice cold drinks. Just the way she grew up.
Some people like ice cold drinks; others don't. No biggie. I'm not sure why it would gag you.
I prefer all my liquids cold, although during the winter I do drink hot coffee, during the other 3 season's it's iced coffee.
I LOVE ice cold water, all beverages I prefer as cold as humanly possible. FILL THE CUP with ice, then place whatever volume of liquid will fit. That's how I like my water, tea, soft drinks etc. My vodka I just like shaken in as much ice as possible then poured quickly. They don't last long enough in the glass to get to warm.
I love ICE COLD WATER so much I need to listen to this as I drink it to complete the experience.
re: jrvedivici
the whole hot coffee thing is interesting. because you do not drink it most of the year what we think of as the every-day ritual of 'sipping the hot steaming cup in the morning' will always be kind of a fresh experience you?
I have a 2 quart bottle that I bring to work with me every day
I've been doing "spa water" lately just to change things up (cucumber/mint, cucumber/melon, ginger/lime)
I don't mind it just at room temp, I find I actually drink more water when its' not icy cold
but... hey you go with that ICE water of yours
(the water here at my office tastes terrible, so I wouldn't make cubes here anyway)
Yeah, I drink tons of water. I get it from the cooler so all of my refills are cool, but I'll drink it at whatever temp. If you like ice, more power to you-do whatever you need to do to stay hydrated! But there is literally nothing that will make me gag to see someone else drink.
I live in a moderate climate, so room temp water is fine by me. But when I am somewhere that the temperature and humidity get really high, then iced is the way to go.
I have noticed during my business travels, in the south and in parts of Texas, that a full size ice maker is standard equipment in a lot of office break rooms.
re: carolinadawg
Close....more like:
Yez, "I" doo. DU yoo ?!?
For the record, I drink cold water and room temperature water. The only time I've ever had a problem with someone else drinking water was a colleague insisting on bringing a giant (32 oz+) container into a funeral service.
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re: Hobbert
Alas. It was indoors, at a Buddhist temple in California in March.
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re: 512window
I remember very clearly Miss Manners saying "You do not take refreshment in church" among the other sins of bringing your drink along with you.
re: EWSflash
Yeah. I'll ignore that. For health reasons, though, and not because I have no manners.
re: LMAshton
A nice discrete bottle that fits in a purse is the way to go. The one I mentioned was larger than a purse. And the carrier had no medical reason for bringing it along.
re: 512window
Yep, I go with a discrete bottle. But it goes absolutely everywhere with me.
re: LMAshton
re: LMAshton
I figured. That's what my mom did when she was doing radiation for jaw cancer. She never knew when she would need water so always kept a 4oz bottle in her purse.
I would probably make you hurl. I drink room temp seltzer, directly from the bottle. All.day.long
re: fldhkybnva
I love ice cold water and tea, but have absolutely no problem with your preferred temperature. I guess I'm lucky to have enough of my own business to mind.
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fldhkybnva, re: your container of choice, did you see this article? http://www.motherjones.com/environmen...
re: ChristinaMason
Thanks. There are a lot of risks to worry about, BPA is low down on the list for me especially as few studies show any proven effect.
re: fldhkybnva
If I'm not mistaken, you work in a hospital/health care setting as well? How do you manage to use the restroom enough to drink that much water? There was one shift where I had to pee for about 9 hours and held it!!!
re: ohmyyum
Haha :) I actually don't pee that much surprisingly or maybe I do but just don't notice it. I'm also really good at holding it for a verrryyy long time mostly because I refuse to pee if I'm in the middle of something. It helps that I'm a pathologist, the slides don't mind if you get up to use the bathroom. I guess my body has adapted since I've been drinking this much for years. I also workout every morning and lose at least 2-3 liters so much of the morning water is just replacement fluid.
it gags me when i see people drink water. I drink tea, coffee, sparkling water or beer/wine during lunch hours.
re: Monica
" I drink tea, coffee, sparkling water or beer/wine during lunch hours."
Beer? Wine?
OK, I have to ask....what is it that you do? And where do you live?
I often felt compelled to drink wine as an art administrator during gallery openings. Usually in the 6-9 p.m time frame.
I have many friends in the engineering/science/medical/education fields. I cannot fathom them drinking alcohol "on the clock" ...ever.
Midwest USA.
re: pedalfaster
It is a grounds for immediate termination to drink on the job at my company. That includes drinking off campus and returning to work afterwards. And no we are not surgeons nor do we handle heavy machinery or deal directly with the public.
re: foodieX2
In the eighties I worked for a large hotel, and they often stuffed us full of fancy food and booze during work hours, then sent us back to work.
re: sandylc
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That part of things was pretty darned great, I agree!
The abusive hours, sexual harassment, and low pay took some of the thrill out of it.
Oh, and the healthcare benefits were amazing - but then, they were most everywhere back then...
re: foodieX2
i sell wine. i drink all day, lol.
re: hotoynoodle
I could use a part time job, in case you are looking.
re: foodieX2
That sounds a bit repressive. Obviously zero tolerance for surgeons, drivers, machine operators. But I work on a keyboard. If my work is shitty, whether or not it involves a substance, clients won't call me back. If not, it is none of their damned business.
(And no, I don't drink wine or smoke dope while working) I've reached the age where that makes me sleepy.
re: lagatta
a lot of it has nothing to do with typing while drunk, and everything to do with heading out after lunch, hitting someone, and the company gets their ass sued off because you are an employee and there's no alcohol policy.
re: sunshine842
How nice it is to work in a major city in Europe, where one can walk to work or take public transportation.
There, you can have your wine/beer at lunch.... and drink it, too.
Not that that wouldn't be possible in any of the larger US metro areas, but the US has a strange relationship to booze in general.
re: linguafood
(I know YOU know this....but carrying on the convo...)
It's also because in Europe, wine or beer is a part of the meal, and it's being consumed because it complements the meal, not because of the alcohol.
re: sunshine842
Oh, I don't know. Friday lunches in the park with a Weizen or two sure make the afternoon pass by faster :-D
re: linguafood
and why wouldn't it? I'm in!
But it's to go and be outside and have lunch and oh yeah, have a beer....
...rather than YEAH! DRINK!
re: foodieX2
A work party for a department of 100+ that I planned, and very successfully executed, resulted in an alcohol-banning policy at the 1500+ employee organization that I worked for. I was always kind of proud of that fact but have never quite figured out a way to incorporate it into my resume.
re: Monica
re: Monica
re: Monica
My coworker went to an interview at a famous ad company in NYC and she saw people drinking crafted beer. Apparently company sponsors them and you can drink them all the time whenever you want. (actually i may be lying about whenever they want) but she saw them drinking at work. Mad men era hasn't ended yet.
As for me, when I eat lunch outside, I order a glass of wine or beer occasionally. How can you not order a pint when you are eating hamburger or fish and chips or plain pasta even.
re: Monica
I know of a few offices with either a keg on tap or mini fridges with beer for "in the office" happy hours. Different strokes. Tends to work best in progressive or artistic fields.
re: ChristinaMason
I used to call on a few places that had a beer slot in the coke machine.
re: ChristinaMason
It's a good thing I don't work in the industry as I'd drink the whole keg first thing in the morning.
Sometimes, if I get in my car and there is a warm-hot bottle of water there, but it's all I have, I drink it. *giggle*
re: alliegator
Me too. But if it's been cooking in the sun long enough that the water has started to taste like plastic bottle, I'll only drink the minimum amount needed to quench my thirst.
re: cookie monster
I agree about the plastic taste - which is why I use glass for beverage transport these days.
re: cookie monster
I'll slug the whole darned thing if I'm thirsty. But my excuse is a valid one: I live in Phoenix.
re: alliegator
I always have water in the car, but hot water is tough to put down, unless I'm really, really, really parched.
Like, cotton mouth-parched.
Actually, it's a good reminder that the heat waves have started here, and I need to keep bottled water in the freezer to grab as I go out.
re: alliegator
re: sunshine842
my car was parked in the miami sun all day while I was at work and I was so thirsty I drank the 110 degree water out of desperation. Felt better after
re: Siegal
oh, it's better than choking on the dust in your throat, but yeah, not a first choice.
re: alliegator
*hand to mouth* Ooooh, wicked!
I won't drink cold water at work, particularly in the heat, because I usually end up getting sick. I've had this happen numerous times, including while traveling, so room temperature water it is.
Though I'm lucky (and yes, I know isn't healthy) to get to drink anything at all during my hours at work. I recently became a sometimes coffee drinker, but unless I get a coffee before I go in, if I have anything at all it is a small plastic cup of room temperature. Which I very rarely finish before the day is over.
And I was certainly taken aback when a co-worker mentioned that she would never drink the water I did from the company fridge, because it was so disgusting.
re: Kosherbyforce
Kosherbyforce, I know just how you feel. If I've been working hard and sweating, cold water makes me nauseous. So I have room temp water or sip very slowly. It took me a long time to figure out that it was the cold water making me feel sick when I was working out.
If I'm just hanging out, or at my desk, cold and icy is fine.
re: Kosherbyforce
People who live in the tropics generally do not drink anything cold. 95 degree water, add 2 ice cubes which melt in seconds and drops the water to maybe 80. Actually it is quite refreshing.
re: lemons
I suspect our winters are colder than yours; yes, that fresh cold tap water is lovely. But I HATE ice water. Hurts my teeth.
re: lagatta
Totally OT - but would you have that screen name b/c you have a lagatta dog, the truffle hound?
re: emglow101
Our tap water sucks so bad that we have to filter it for the shower. You are very lucky!
I secretly hope the OP is one of my colleagues that I do not like. I would love it if my room temperature water bothers one of those people.
I drink at work.Water, coffee, tea, seltzer, smoothies (when I telecommute) and occasionally beer/wine/cocktails when they are offered.
re: LeoLioness
I'd slurp warm water loudly, and then smack my lips an say "ahhhhhhhh".
re: monavano
One of the people I am speaking of already does this....
re: LeoLioness
re: sunshine842
Truth. When I visit my friend in Madrid she always puts water in the fridge ahead of time for me. She always keeps it out for her and her family.
re: LeoLioness
when you go to a McDonald's in most of Europe, there's only a few ice cubes in a large drink.
Pissed a former colleague off mightily - he's a Coke drinker, not a coffee guy, and we went through the train station McDo to get his fix. He was thoroughly disgusted to find that not only is a "large" not a large by US standards, but "lots of ice" means a half a scoop.
I live in the Sonoran desert. The last month and a half the humidity has been single digit, at one point it was zero. I'm no longer young and I have a physically active job for a broad my age. I drink no less than 3/4 gallon of water a day in the summer, which for us is nine months a year. We use bottled water that we go get at the water store at home, the tap water is okay but kind of minerally and sometimes chloriney, but the water at work is well water and is fantastic. I get jugs for filling my aquarium at home from the taps at work. I prefer it iced, and also prefer it to be iced tea, but I have no problem with room- temp water if I'm thirsty, and don't stand on ceremony if it's not the best water in the world. Usually.
Las Vegas tap water is really, really revolting, by the way.
I always take an insulated cup of cold water to work, and most of the time in the car if we're going anywhere. That's a habit I've picked up since I moved to the South.
There a lot of people with dental issues who cannot tolerate either hot or cold drinks.
And frankly, if you have time to spend observing and contemplating and casting judgement on the eating and drinking habits of your co-workers, I would say that your boss needs to find you more work to do.
Some years ago, via some commentary on different (non-medical) TV shows, I realized that I was probably chronically mildly dehydrated. After calculating how much water I should drink per day, I found that if I used cold water, my stomach would cramp. Also, my teeth are somewhat cold-sensitive. Cool to room temp water is not a problem. Only in extremely hot weather do I want cold water. Even then, I rarely make ice cubes. A water bottle in the fridge is cold enough.
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re: the cold-sensitive teeth - One Word: SENSODYNE. In a week, my teeth were much less sensitive.
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Czech-Canadian tree ring study
This post is in honour of a great mind where I have more to say sometime.
The late Vít Klemeš who died 2010 gave a talk on July 12, 2007, in the HW2003 Workshop on Analysis of Variability in Hydrological Data Series, at the IAHS General Assembly in Perugia, Italy.
He concluded with a truism I believe in
The moral of my talk is this: The most fun and perhaps the greatest value of doing something is in doing it. The results may well go up in smoke, be wrong, become obsolete and forgotten, but some new ideas may have emerged in pursuing them, and some of them may somewhere, sometime, bear fruit. …"
They have, right now.
And that is Vít Klemeš. He had a sense of fun, sense of humour, yet enough is revealed in past writing showing he comes across as quietly subtle, a real technician, the lack of ego which comes with confidence.
This presentation is as a PDF at a moderate technical level which might seem somewhat wooden in places. It needs a degree of background knowledge, without this maybe there is enough.
Met Office, HadSST3, CRUTEM3, HadCRUT3, questions over gridded coverage
[update: I used an incorrect mix of datasets, see Talkshop thread here. Corrected PDF and now expanded to include HadCRUT4.
corrected PDF bundled in .zip (9.5MB) linked here HadCRUT3 and here HadCRUT4]
The UK Met Office / Hadley Centre (Met Office) / Climatic Research Unit (UEA) construct and publish global time series for temperature based on published 5 degree gridded. How this is derived from land meteorological station readings and ship board for sea surface temperature is unclear. The gridded to eg. global is a simple (cosine) weighted average which takes into account the variable area of a linear grid representing a sphere.
I have put together maps showing the data counts for decades over a world shore outline. These are provided as vector plots (master work), PDF, or for casual looks, PNG. The results are disturbing and particularly in the light of the Met Office producing 100 different versions of HadSST3. "Each of the following files is a zip archive containing ten realisations of the HadSST3 data set. There are 100 realisations in total."
Do I detect obfuscation, flapping for distraction?
The poor state of HadSST
What follows is first art. I have yet to work out a better pictorial method. For now a tortured spreadsheet will do well enough.
You can just make out continental land masses…
Data: Met Office HadSST3
I've known for a number of years of the dreadful state of climatic datasets, HadSST being one of those but did not have the pictorial evidence. Period from 2005 is an arbitary choice arising during software development.
When I first looked at the gridded SST data, some time before 2010 I noticed what seemed to be a mix of monthly and annual in cells, with many missing data. It also looked very dubious on coastline handling. This was noted but nothing further done.
August 2014 radiative cooling East Anglia, Northern Ireland, South Midlands
August 2014 there was a meteorological gift of both exceptional conditions and good data. What can be learnt?
Three Met Office sites showed a signature of exponential cooling. This requires clear sky and a calm. Given somewhat limited parameter hourly data the following shows the commonality. The computed terminal conditions are shown later in this article.
Benson and Santon Downham data has been normalised to Katesbridge[3], which has the least noisy data or the three.
Achieving a close overlay requires taking earth rotation into account, dusk and dawn move relatively both by geographic location and the peculiar movement throughout the year as night length changes, these do not move together [1]. Fractional delay (less that the sample period) was used to equalize diurnal time. (see the two blog articles here)
Dusk appears to be the important factor, a surprising finding, I assume cooling is time from dusk, dawn terminates cooling.
General information, under essentially calm conditions wind drops for a period during the night then reappears just after dawn. (not shown here)
Temperature normalisation defined is for the cold period, not as accurate for Benson where the better site exposure (more open) led to more wind at times.
UK outline map and Met Office Datapoint
I've been busy pottering on code as a mindless intermission during house repairs, can only do so much at a time. Argue with a piece of wood or with a computer screen? :-)
This is a bitmap copy of a map of the UK with markers showing the location of Met Office weather sites with hourly data published via their Datapoint service. Data is under OGL (Open Government Licence) which allows usage. Unfinished work, references are not yet included.
The real file is part of a large PDF (vector format) containing plots for all those stations during a 24 hour period.
Example PDF http://daedalearth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/uk-2014-08-24-0045.pdf (1.2MB, work in progress, more to be done)
Human warming of Great Lakes
Image NOAA, click for full size.
I came across the above graphic. On pondering I went huh?
The most eastern (right hand) is Lake Ontario. Is that a mistake, the only one largely ice free 2014, largely clear 1994.
Hugin and correction of photographic distortion
Superconducting conductors arriving at Fermilab, credits at end.
None of you will know I have history in photography, award winning, newspaper front page, glossy magazine front page, etc., none earth shattering but it was a personal challenge in the film era. Put another way I have an interest from both the art and technical perspective.
I intended producing a minor blog post on Fermilab and the magnet, ideally posts need a good headline photograph, what with copyright and poor technical standards this is often tricky. My own blog, this one, tends to get poor art.
Lomonosov University and the study of high atmosphere electrical events, satellite planned
A new university satellite is scheduled launch 2015[1]. A web site for the project is available in English
Mikhail Lomonosov (1711 – 1765) helped establish what is now known as Moscow University, decree signed 1755, 250 years ago.
According to Lomonosov's plan, there were originally three faculties. First all the students acquired a comprehensive knowledge in the field of science and humanities at the Faculty of Philosophy; then they could specialize and continue at the Faculty of Philosophy or join either the Law Faculty or The Faculty of Medicine. Lectures were delivered either in Latin, the language of educated people at the time, or in Russian. [2]
Illustrations from a book published 1753. Text, perhaps embellished a little as these things are, "Mikhail Lomonosov – the Pioneer of Russian Science" nevertheless looks a good fellow.
The satellite is named Lononosov.
Met Office station location assistance
I need help in locating a few Met Office meteorological sites as part of a new project part of making reality open to all. In addition any correction of errors or additional information is welcome. For anyone not aware I have past history of extensive unearthing of similar information via a surfacestations project. This is not an easy to read post, sorry.
The UK Met Office has relatively recently started publishing moderate resolution meteorological data for a subset of all stations via a web based facility called Datapoint.
We get hourly data for 176 stations, a few wind data only, the rest a mixture of full or partial data
WARNING opening this full blog article will display a long list of data. Read more…
New Paper by McKitrick and Vogelsang comparing models and observations in the tropical troposphere
Looks to be important, more confirmaton of the 1980s shift seen around the world. As I recall Leroux suggested the 1980 step change needed explaining before running off doing projections. Another place to look is FAO and fish population studies, not just the tropics.
Originally posted on Climate Audit:
This is a guest post by Ross McKitrick. Tim Vogelsang and I have a new paper comparing climate models and observations over a 55-year span (1958-2012) in the tropical troposphere. Among other things we show that climate models are inconsistent with the HadAT, RICH and RAOBCORE weather balloon series. In a nutshell, the models not only predict far too much warming, but they potentially get the nature of the change wrong. The models portray a relatively smooth upward trend over the whole span, while the data exhibit a single jump in the late 1970s, with no statistically significant trend either side.
Our paper is called "HAC-Robust Trend Comparisons Among Climate Series With Possible Level Shifts." It was published in Environmetrics, and is available with Open Access thanks to financial support from CIGI/INET. Data and code are here and in the paper's SI.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Chapters 28-30.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does John decide to stop talking to people while he stays at the Plaza Hotel?
(a) He thinks the people there are boring.
(b) Bellarosa tells him to stop.
(c) It may not be wise.
(d) He doesn't have anything else to say to them.
2. When Bellarosa meets with people in the restaurant in Chapter 28, what does John assume is happening?
(a) That Bellarosa is preparing to go to jail.
(b) That Bellarosa is ignoring him.
(c) That Bellarosa is showing off.
(d) That Bellarosa is sharing family secrets.
3. What does Dominic refuse to do after the stables are moved?
(a) Do any more work.
(b) Send a message to Frank Bellarosa.
(c) Discuss the bill.
(d) Help with the horses.
4. What upsets Bellarosa about the news clip in Chapter 29?
(a) What John says.
(b) The angle they filmed Bellarosa at.
(c) The reporters slant.
(d) The length.
5. Why does John have to talk to Bellarosa about moving Susan's stables?
(a) Because they are on Bellarosa's land.
(b) Because the work will be loud.
(c) Because they will be near his property.
(d) Because he will need help moving them.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does John ask Bellarosa about favors after dealing with the stables?
2. What does Susan say Bellarosa wants from John in Chapter 13?
3. What does Susan say about the security at the Bellarosas in Chapter 18?
4. What does Edward offer to do to help with John's tax problems?
5. Where is John's office located?
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Staff Photo by Harrison Keely/Chattanooga Times Free Press A car involved in a wreck that killed four near Niota, Tenn., is loaded onto a wrecker Friday.
NIOTA, Tenn. -- A family of four and a fetus were killed in a head-on collision with a Wal-Mart tractor-trailer Friday on state Highway 68 at County Road 292.
The accident happened shortly after noon, Lt. Daniel Ruskey of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.
Ruskey said the truck driver escaped the vehicle before it burst into flames. The man was not treated for any injuries, he said.
"They [authorities] say that the car drifted into the other lane and hit the tractor-trailer," said Allen Shoemaker, fire chief of the Union Grove Volunteer Fire Department.
The truck was traveling west and the red Dodge Neon was going east when the crash occurred, Ruskey said, but he declined to discuss the cause of the crash.
The family killed at the scene included a pregnant mother, father and two children about 3 and 2 years old, who were in the back seat, Shoemaker said.
Ruskey said the family was from the East Tennessee area but declined to elaborate.
"This is probably one of the worst [crashes] I've been involved with in 15 years with the Highway Patrol," Ruskey said.
Two eyewitnesses saw the crash and likely called 911, Ruskey said.
The road was closed off but was on schedule to be reopened Friday night, Ruskey said.
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I'm saddened by the loss of the family in this tragedy and my heart goes out to them. I have to say, though, that I'm appalled by the lack of objective journalism on the part of the reporter and the editor. Never before have I seen a member of a family singled out, as in "A family of four and a fetus were killed in a head-on collision..."
The family was enumerated later in the story and the opening sentence would be stronger without the personal opinion of the reporter by just stating "A family was killed in a head-on collision..." or even "A family of four, including a pregnant mother, was killed..."
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