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Frazier averaged 30 ppg in his junior year and around 17 ppg in his senior year. He went from being a player who could score off the dribble to a player who scored when he got open jump shots. I am not surprised that his stock dropped.
The school list for 2014 guard Brandone Francis (Jacksonville, Fla./Arlington Country day) will expand before it contracts, but in my opinion, one program will factor prominently: Florida. The young man was fired up about the Gators in April and they offered him shortly after a superb effort at the adidas VIP Exclusive Run. Earlier this week, however, Billy Donovan accepted a commitment from 2014 point man Chris Chiozza (Memphis, Tenn./White Station). No worries, though. When contacted this week, Francis said the Gators have different plans for he and Chiozza and see them as complementary players. You'll hear a lot of teams mentioned with Francis. Miami offered and is in the mix. Louisville, which hired assistant Mike Balado formerly of FIU, will also give chase. Balado has ties to the Dominican, specifically Francis. These are only a smattering of the schools, but they should be in it for the long haul. Abdul-Malik Abu is a mouthful with a motor Hard-playing junior power forward Abdul-Malik Abu (Boston/Kimball Union) said he's going to take a few visits. The one spot the ESPN 60 prospect is definitely visiting is Florida. Providence, Miami, UConn, NC State and Kansas are programs he indicated were also coming strong through the spring. Abdul-Malik Abu is a mouthful with a motor Hard-playing junior power forward Abdul-Malik Abu (Boston/Kimball Union) said he's going to take a few visits. The one spot the ESPN 60 prospect is definitely visiting is Florida. Providence, Miami, UConn, NC State and Kansas are programs he indicated were also coming strong through the spring.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Johnson | @StanMan_41 | Junior Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei | SF | 6-6/220 | ESPN 60 Rank: No. 15 Previous BlueChipBattles rank: Unranked Who wants him? Arizona, Kentucky, Florida, Duke, USC and UCLA Front-runners: Arizona and Kentucky Dark horse: USC @JoelFranESPN with the buzz: After a less than spectacular performance at the first session of the Nike EYBL, Johnson drew rave reviews for his bounce-back effort in Virginia. On the recruiting trail, Arizona has always been out front for Johnson's signature. However, he loves the limelight and with a recent offer from Kentucky, things just got that much more interesting. From those close to the situation, he is a prospect who is opposed to rebuilding projects and would much rather join a national championship contender, so it looks like Sean Miller and John Calipari are involved in a tug-a-war for Johnson. Also look out for USC as new coach Andy Enfield's staff includes former Syracuse guard Jason Hart and West Coast recruiting ace Tony Bland. Could the Trojans sneak in at the end and keep Johnson in Cali? RecruitingNation ranks Johnson's recruitment as the No. 9 battle in the country. Tweet us your opinion using the hashtag #BlueChipBattles @RecruitingESPN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rashad Vaughn | @ShowtimeMr | Junior Minneapolis (Minn.) Robbinsdale Cooper | SG | 6-6/200 | ESPN 60 Rank: No. 9 Previous BlueChipBattles rank: No. 5 Who wants him? UNC, Kentucky, Kansas, Louisville, Florida, Baylor, Minnesota, Georgetown, Iowa State, among others Front-runners: UNC, Kentucky and Florida Dark horse: Minnesota and Iowa State @ReggieRankin with the buzz: The Tar Heels have been in hot pursuit of the nation's top-rated junior SG, but so too have the hometown Golden Gophers and new coach Richard Pitino. In recent weeks, coaches from Kentucky and Iowa State have had a huge presence at Vaughn's AAU games as well. It doesn't look like Minnesota or Iowa State will go away quietly despite being in an uphill battle against several perennial top 25 clubs. Here's what Vaughn had to say about the schools that have stood out to him most thus far this spring. "North Carolina, Kentucky and Iowa State are (the schools) I have noticed the most at the games," Vaughn said. "Especially North Carolina. I am looking to maybe narrow my list before the (July Nike) Peach Jam." RecruitingNation ranks Vaughn's recruitment as the No. 8 battle in the country. Tweet us your opinion using the hashtag #BlueChipBattles @RecruitingESPN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Devin Booker | @DevinBook | Junior Moss Point (Miss.) High School | SG | 6-5/185 | ESPN 60 Rank: No. 19 Previous BlueChipBattles rank: No. 6 Who wants him? Michigan, Michigan State, Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Florida, Baylor, Alabama and Missouri Front-runners: This one is tough to call right now Dark horse: Kentucky @DaveTelep with the buzz: The situation is this: His mom lives in Michigan (hence the Spartans and Wolverines), his dad lives in Mississippi (see Mississippi State) and his father played at Mizzou (enter the Tigers). Then there's the Tobacco Road angle as Duke and UNC had him on campus during the NCAA season. Kentucky is the latest big-name school to offer him and it is looking to turn up the heat in pursuing Booker, while Michigan State can try to sell him on teaming up with the potential Jahlil Okafor/Tyus Jones package deal. RecruitingNation ranks Booker's recruitment as the No. 7 battle in the country. Tweet us your opinion using the hashtag #BlueChipBattles @RecruitingESPN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trey Lyles | @TreyMambaLyles | Junior Indianapolis Arsenal Tech | PF | 6-8/210 | ESPN 60 Rank: No. 4 Previous BlueChipBattles rank: Unranked Who wants him? Kentucky, Duke, Louisville, UCLA, Butler and Florida Front-runners: Four-way tie between Kentucky, Louisville, Duke and Florida Dark horse: Butler @john_stovall with the buzz: Lyles returned to the court this past weekend for the first time since injuring his knee in March at the end of the high school season. The productive 4 man started off a little rusty, but improved significantly as the weekend progressed. New UCLA coach Steve Alford is an Indiana native so he is making a real push to bring Lyles to Bruins country, but Kentucky has to be considered his leader tight now. This race is far from over. Stay tuned! IM BAAAACCCCKKKK= — Trey Lyles* (@TreyMambaLyles) May 4, 2013 RecruitingNation ranks Lyles' recruitment as the No. 6 battle in the country. Tweet us your opinion using the hashtag #BlueChipBattles @RecruitingESPN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevon Looney | @Loon_Rebel5 | Junior Milwaukee Hamilton | PF | 6-8/190 | ESPN 60 Rank: No. 7 Previous BlueChipBattles rank: No. 8 Who wants him? Duke, Florida, Michigan, Michigan State, Kansas, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Marquette, Maryland, Georgetown, Louisville and several others Front-runner: Duke, Florida and Michigan Dark horse: Wisconsin @ReggieRankin with the buzz: Looney recently stated how much Coach K made him feel wanted by the Blue Devils and that, along with his parents' admiration for the program, may ultimately result in one of his five official visits being made to Durham. Fresh off a national championship game appearance, Michigan has serious appeal to Looney in terms of its style of play and its recent success with wings Tim Hardaway Jr. and Glenn Robinson III. So I think the Blue Devils and Wolverines might be at the top of his official visit list along with the Florida Gators.
If you haven't heard of Brandone Francis, get used to the name. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound junior combo guard from Jacksonville (Fla.) Arlington Country Day has catapulted himself from a 3-star recruit to a borderline 5-star recruit in the past couple months. Francis' coach, Rex Morgan, feels that Francis' health has been a key to his recent emergence. "He broke his wrist last year, hurt his knee this year and got sidelined with the flu for a little bit," Morgan told SNY.tv. "Now he's gotten healthier, started to knock down shots with more confidence, and now he's in the best shape of his life." A native of the Dominican Republic, Francis admits that the transition to America wasn't the easiest for him. "You don't even know how hard it was on me." Francis said. "To be honest, I thought I was an alright basketball player. But I came here and saw all of these great players, I saw how the game went with all of the speed, and how they played. It was very tough at first. But after a while, I got used to it and now I get it." Most recently, Francis competed down in Miami at Adidas Nations, with some of the best players in the country in the classes of 2014-2016, a cast of which included Trey Lyles, Jahlil Okafor, Cliff Alexander and Emmanuel Mudiay. "It was fun, a lot of fun," Francis said. "It's unbelievable to go at it against the best players in high school and I think I learned a lot. When you go to those camps, everyone wants to stand out, and I just did my best to do my job." Francis currently holds offers from Indiana, Florida, Washington, UConn, Miami, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Florida State, Louisville, Minnesota, Illinois, St. John's USC, Oklahoma State and South Carolina. He lists UConn, Florida, Illinois, Louisville and West Virginia as the schools that are going after him the hardest, but he insists that he doesn't have any favorites. Francis doesn't let any of the mounting pressure get to him. "People always have something to say, but I just try to have fun, and prove myself when I'm on the court."
Isaiah Briscoe, the talented sophomore combo guard from Newark (N.J.) St. Benedict's Prep, has picked up offers from Indiana and Ohio State, his father told SNY.tv. The 6-foot-3 Briscoe is the Rivals No. 16 player in the Class of 2015 and has been consistently recruited by Syracuse, Arizona and Florida, among others. "With Ohio state and Indiana, me personally it's an honor to hear from both of them," George Briscoe told SNY.tv. "But secondly I wouldn't be surprised if they make his top five down the road, both of them. "Isaiah's style of play, big point guard. I just wouldn't count it out as them being in his top five down the road." He will also visit Florida in "late June," his father said. Briscoe averaged 15.1 points, 4.6 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 steals for the 32-2 Gray Bees and helped them reach the ESPN National High School Invitational final, losing to Montverde (Fla.) Academy.
So are you claiming Frazier scored 30 ppg in AAU ball his JR year, but dropped to 17 ppg in AAU ball his SR year? Are you claiming that in both high school and AAU ball he scored off the dribble as a JR, but became a perimeter scorer in both his SR year? The competition for shots of course was much greater at Montverde than in Tampa, but these recruiting analysts are not coming to Tampa to watch high school games. They rate these guys based on summer events. So unless his play during summer events changed, then I think it is fair to say he dropped way too much after committing to UF.
Do you have any idea what you are talking about? The recruiting analysts also go to high school tournaments, and they will at least watch the national type high school games that are on television. The City of Palms attracts plenty of recruiting analysts. I have seen and spoken to Tom Konchalski at the City of Palms. The recruiting analysts had plenty of opportuniities to watch Frazier play high school games at both Plant High School and Montverde. At Plant, Frazier played with the ball in his hands. At Montverde, Frazier played off the ball. He looked like 2 different players. I think that I can safely say that Frazier's drop in the rankings had nothing to do with his committing to Florida.
Again what matters is not how he looked compared to playing for a Tampa high school, but whether he looked different from how he looked playing AAU ball previously. I do remember he was named as having the best shooting form at the NBAPA top 100 camp. And I am sure you can safely overthrow the history of social science research and assure us that basketball recruiting analysts are the one group of human beings immune to the human inclination towards self interest and would never move down a committed player and move up an uncommitted player even though it might well increase their profits.
Why? His statement makes no sense. How does moving one player up and another down make money for the analyst?
Jared Terrell (Weymouth, Mass./Brewster Academy) has been a well known prospect on the AAU circuit for a couple of years now. The four-star guard came up the ranks with the Expressions Elite travel squad, played at the highest levels of prep school ball, stood out on some of the biggest stages grassroots hoops has to offer and earned scholarship offers from some of the highest levels of college basketball. But for as much as Terrell's development has been in front of the public eye, the evolution of his game has been unique. Jared Terrell Shooting guard 2014 Uncommitted: List Pos Rk Stars Grade Hometown NR Weymouth, MA Blessed with a strong body and good athleticism even at a young age, it was actually the development of his basketball skill set that has helped to take his game to new levels over the years. And the college interest is beginning to pile up for Terrell, who holds offers from a host of schools in the Big East, Big 12 and SEC. "I think I've gone through a couple of different stages," Terrell said, "but my approach is always just to stay in the gym and keep working." Terrell remembers when he first debuted with Expressions, just after his freshman year at Weymouth High School. Despite being little more than 6-feet tall, he'd played down low through large stretches of his career to that point by virtue of his powerful body and athleticism. "When I got to Expressions, everybody was just as big as me, so I started playing with the ball more," he recalled. Initially, even on the exposure circuit, Terrell was known for his physical tools as well as the reckless abandon he would show when attacking the rim in the open floor. Nevertheless, it was obvious he needed to hone his skills. "I wasn't a big skill person when I first started," Terrell said. "But I started staying in the gym, just trying to get better every day." The handle was the first thing to come around, allowing him to play the game more like a true guard, rather than the undersized forward role he had grown accustomed to on the local level. After his first year with Expressions, Terrell was planning a move to the prep school ranks and knew the next step in his game would be the development of his jump shot. [+] Enlarge AP Photo/Damen Jackson via Triple Play New Media Four-star guard Jared Terrell has the likes of Kansas and Florida hoping to land his pledge. He makes no bones about the fact that he wasn't a very good shooter at first, but has since developed both consistent three-point range as well as a strong pull-up game. "The handle came first then the jumper," he said. "I'd just shoot as many jumpers as I could every day. I'd start with my school work, because it can be hard to balance both, then go to the gym." Three years after his first appearance on the exposure circuit, we're now seeing a more complete offensive game than we ever have before from Terrell. "I think I can mix it up more now," he said. "My jumper is coming along. My explosion is coming along. I've got a combination of shooting and driving." The benefits have been obvious as Kansas and Florida became the most recent schools to offer the powerful guard a scholarship while Terrell names Cincinnati, Texas, Providence, and a lot of the Big East schools among the programs he is hearing from the most. But he's not about to start resting on his laurels, he's already pinpointed the next step in the development of his game. "I'm working on my point guard skills," he said. "(Just) being a smarter player, having an IQ for the game, and just handling the ball better. "I know I have an opportunity that not a lot of people have, and I just want to try and take advantage of it."
If you recall, last year Julius Randle went out of his way to say how much he enjoyed playing U18 USA Basketball for Billy Donovan, the team's head coach. The pair won a FIBA Americas championship together and helped Team USA qualify for this year's U19 world championship. Well, this year Donovan returns to coach the U19 team along with VCU's Shaka Smart and Virginia's Tony Bennett. Like Randle last year when he was the only recruitable player on the roster, rising seniors Justise Winslow and Jahlil Okafor are set to try out for the squad. [+] EnlargeChris Williams/Icon SMI Justise Winslow will have a chance to play for Billy Donovan, one of the coaches recruiting him, with Team USA.Okafor released a big list of finalists that didn't include Florida. Winslow, however, has the Gators on his list. Florida, UCLA, Duke, Kansas and Arizona seem like strong first-tier contenders for Winslow, and no one else on his list will have the access Donovan will enjoy this month with team USA. In situations like this, it's a two-way street. The player gets to find out exactly who the coach is and what his style is like. Recruiting conspiracy theorists will undoubtedly think Donovan will tailor his attack to feature Winslow and do everything in his power to make a great impression. The reality is that Donovan's only goal is to win the world championship. When you're appointed the coach of a U.S. national team, you walk in the footsteps of history. Your goal is to win. Would Donovan like to make a great impression on Winslow? Absolutely. But not at the expense of Team USA. If you're Winslow, you know going into the experience that you're competing for a spot on the team. If you make it, you'll receive an accurate representation of what it'll be like to play for Donovan. That's an advantage for Winslow as well because come July, he'll know exactly what he feels about Florida. Some will say it's not fair that Donovan gets to spend so much time with Winslow. Well, life ain't fair. When you are asked by your country to perform a service and coach, it's extremely prestigious. Not everyone gets called. The downside is you miss valued time with your family, your current players and oftentimes with potential recruits. (No one ever mentions that part, do they?) Donovan isn't the first person in position to coach a player he's recruiting, and he won't be the last. If it's an advantage, so be it. But remember, spending that much time with someone can direct the situation two ways. Would it be an advantage in recruiting if Donovan (or any coach, for that matter) had to cut the player he's recruiting? My opinion: If you're asked to coach, you work with the roster USA Basketball gives you. And if works out that it's a recruiting advantage, use it as best you can. The other coaches who didn't get job would have done the same thing.
Unfortunately, his enjoyment of playing for BD wasn't enough to persuade him into committing to BD...
A big man who can score and rebound at a high level as well as do the little things that often go unnoticed (boxing out and setting solid screens) is very valuable at the next level. Reggie Rankin/ESPN Isaac Haas is a 7-foot-1 center with loads of potential. One such prospect is four-star 2014 center Isaac Haas (Piedmont, Ala./Hokes Bluff). The massive 7-foot-1, 275 pounder isn't an ESPN 100 talent but just missed out on that honor and is coming off a strong showing at last weekend's NBPA Top 100 camp. His size and potential has made it virtually impossible for him to fly under the radar as nearly 10 squads have stepped up with offers. Haas claims offers from NCAA heavyweights Florida and UCLA along with Purdue, UAB, Clemson, Stanford and NCAA Cinderella Wichita State. When you see him perform, it's a wonder why more teams haven't stepped up their pursuit of him. In addition to his size, Haas brings a lot to the table on both ends of the court. He runs the floor very well for his size and plays with effort and energy throughout the game. Haas is a huge post target who seals his defender deep in the lane before overpowering them or shooting over them, often using a jump hook. He is physical and will not hesitate to use his big frame to carve out more prime real estate down low. The big fella is a great area rebounder and has an excellent motor. Haas, who boasts a 3.9 GPA in Advanced Placement classes, is essentially the total package: A beast on the floor as well as in the classroom, and he'll be a big catch for some lucky collegiate program.
Florida Gators Who they have: Billy Donovan wanted to bolster his backcourt in this class, especially since Braxton Ogbueze transferred. Enter ESPN 100 point guard Chris Chiozza. Part showman, part creator and part scorer, he brings energy. Chiozza is also a pesky defender, never a bad trait to have on a Donovan team. Who they want: Down in Gainesville, the Gators annually keep a great list of prospects in the top right-hand drawer of Donovan's desk. This year's list reads: forward Kevon Looney, big man Cliff Alexander, forward Trey Lyles, small forward Justise Winslow, shooting guard Devin Booker, scorer Rashad Vaughn, combo guards JaQuan Lyle and Brandone Francis, forward Abdul-Malik Abu, forward Terry Larrier and guard Ahmed Hill. Storyline to watch: Donovan is coaching this year's USA Basketball U19 team. One of the wings to make the squad: Winslow. That means Donovan has three weeks to coach, recruit and influence one of the nation's most versatile small forwards to pick the Gators. Bold prediction: Gainesville is a long way from Milwaukee, but the Gators wind up being among the select finalists for top-10 recruit Looney. Overall recruiting trend: Up. Not only is Florida succeeding with high school players but this year it'll debut transfers Dorian Finney-Smith and Damontre Harris. The Gators are going to be pretty good -- again.
There is an update on espn about Abdul Malik Abu blowing up at the Elite New England 75. Maybe Don23lucia could help us out with that one.
Abdul-Malik Abu (Boston/Kimball Union Academy) 2014, PF, 6-7, 230 Status: Claims offers from many schools in the Big East, ACC, Atlantic 10 and Big Ten When Abu is converting his mid-range jump shot, he is a load to handle. He can utilize the up-fake to get his defender off balance, and his first step is pretty potent. He attacks the rim with ferocity and can take the contact and finish over length. WORCESTER, Mass. -- For the past eight years, the New England Elite 75 Showcase has hosted the very best prospects the region has to offer with stars like Jordan Williams, Andre Drummond, Nerlens Noel, Michael Carter-Williams and Noah Vonleh among the recent alums from the event. This year's event took place Monday night and once again showcased the top talent the region boasts while also providing a preview of things to come in the upcoming July evaluation period. Highly coveted prospects Bonzie Colson Jr. and Abdul-Malik Abu garnered most of the headlines but a number of other locals also handled themselves well. Most Explosive Abdul-Malik Abu (Marblehead, Mass./Kimball Union) 2014, PF, 6-8, 230 pounds Status: Claims offers from Kansas, Florida, Iowa State, Providence, Cincinnati and UConn. He came into the spring with a reputation as a slightly undersized power forward who would compensate for his size by virtue of his motor. But in the last few months he's proven himself explosive enough to be a force around the rim against the highest levels of competition. On Monday night, his latest victim was an unsuspecting rim that will never be the same after Abu's aerial assault. No. 44 rising senior Abdul-Malik Abu is being heavily recruited by the likes of Kansas and Florida. Hardest Worker Abdul-Malik Abu (Boston/Kimball Union Academy) 2014, PF, 6-8, 230 Offers: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa State, Kansas, Maryland and Providence, among others Travel Team: Expressions Elite Abu is a player. He brings his lunch pail and simply goes to work every day. Slightly undersized (although he measured an inch taller than previously at 6-8), he is very bouncy and produces some of the loudest dunks you will find on the high school level. He is extremely powerful and one of the true risers in the 2014 class. This is the most recent info I could find on ESPN
A little more than a week ago, ESPN 100 center Goodluck Okonoboh (Boston/Wilbraham & Monson) saw his former AAU and high school teammate, Nerlens Noel, go No. 6 in the NBA draft. "We call each other best friends, but we're more like brothers," Okonoboh said. So, can Noel's "brother" wind up at Kentucky? "I don't know; they're recruiting everybody," Okonoboh said. UNLV, Duke, Indiana, Florida and Louisville are charging hard, but this young man is a long way from making a decision or even formulating a final list. He's locked in on basketball this summer, not recruiting. "I need to keep working on my touch around the basket," Okonoboh said. "My positioning can get off. I'm confident facing the basket because I can get by my defender, but I need to work on my back-to-the-basket game." Regardless of his offensive progress, he remains a serious rim protector on defense. ESPN 100 power forward Kevon Looney (Milwaukee/Hamilton) will cut his list to five at the end of the month. Duke, Florida, Michigan, Michigan State, Tennessee, Georgetown, Wisconsin and Stanford get a lot of play right now, and the most active head coaches have been John Beilein and Tom Izzo. "(Michigan State assistant) Dane Fife used to call a lot, but my mom told him she wanted to hear from the head coach and now Tom Izzo calls the most." Rule No. 1 in recruiting: Obey the mother. Who they want: Down in Gainesville, the Gators annually keep a great list of prospects in the top right-hand drawer of Donovan's desk. This year's list reads: forward Kevon Looney, big man Cliff Alexander, forward Trey Lyles, small forward Justise Winslow, shooting guard Devin Booker, scorer Rashad Vaughn, forward Abdul-Malik Abu, forward Terry Larrier and guard Ahmed Hill. -- Dave Telep Stanley Johnson, a five-star power forward out of Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei, has filled the final spot in his visit map, telling The Courier-Journal he will officially visit Kansas. With that decision, the Duke Blue Devils end up on the outside looking in, although Duke had yet to officially offer. The 6-foot-7, 226-pound Johnson had previously stated he would choose between Duke and Kansas for the fifth and final spot. Kentucky, Florida, Oregon and Arizona get his other four visits while local programs UCLA and USC will get official unofficial visits. "Yes, that's what I'm going to do," he said last month in a video interview with Fox. "I'm going to take unofficial officials to USC and UCLA for sure. Then I want to take five officials to the schools out of state." Johnson is the lone 2014 small forward with a Kentucky offer and he told the Courier-Journal at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Las Vegas he was honored to be in that position. "That means to me they really want me and what they're saying if valid," he said. "Coach [John] Calipari is one of the most honest coaches I've talked to so far, and he's shown it. That's big for me. A lot of coaches say it, but they don't show it. Having me being the only small forward Kentucky has offered is a big deal. Johnson said he expects several other top players at Big Blue Madness, with 2014 point guard Emmanuel Mudiay already saying he will come. "A lot of guys are going," Johnson told the Courier-Jouranl. "I heard me and Emmanuel Mudiay, and (Alabama shooting guard) Devin Booker just told me this weekend he wants to come with me, so it's going to be packed. I'm excited because I want to see them at their best. I think that's the best weekend for basketball up there and to see the school also. I'm excited to go up there and see the campus life when basketball is going to be big." Johnson is also close friends with Katin Reinhardt, who recently transferred to USC from UNLV and may now be working to recruit Johnson to Andy Enfield's program. "He wants to recruit me there, but for me it's the best decision for me," Johnson said. "For Katin I thought that was the best decision for him, but for me the best decision for me is the best decision for me. So, it could be anywhere for me." Johnson said he will visit Arizona on Sept. 14 for their Red-Blue game, Kentucky on Oct. 18 for their annual Big Blue Madness event and Florida on Oct. 30. On Kansas, Johnson stated he plans on visiting with 2014 Cliff Alexander for their annual Late Night at The Phog, which is scheduled for Oct. 4 of this year. Johnson says it will probably be early-to-mid January before he decides and he will sign in the Spring.


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When we arrived in Raleigh, North Carolina, to check out UT 2007, the Epic Games team was out celebrating the release of Unreal Championship 2 on Xbox. UC 2 is the seventh game in the Unreal canon, not counting add-ons and special editions, and there was an air of satisfaction and some relief that it was finally out the door. "We finished this son of a bitch," bawled one ponytailed developer, raising a bottle in shaky salute.
"They're all sons of bitches by the time you've done with them," explained Mark Rein, Epic's preposterously enthusiastic vice-president and chief evangelist.
To host the festivities, Epic had booked out a modish local bar and filled the place with ponytails, designer sandals and goatee beards - gang colours of the games developer. Two huge 10ft-tall screens projected the new game from the far corner of the bar, casting a bluish glow across the revelling crowd.
The team was clearly in high spirits; but you got the feeling it's not just because they'd shipped a game, nor indeed the ill-advised slugs of Jagermeister sunk earlier in the night. Beyond all this, there was simply a pervading sense of excitement - perhaps tinged with disbelief - at their incredible good fortune.
You see, Epic Games is taking over the world. From being just one player in the engine licensing business a couple of years ago, Unreal Engine 3 all of a sudden appears to stand uncontested as the clear choice for next-gen games development. Doom 3 and Source have made few inroads, LithTech has all but vanished and the only other real contender, RenderWare, has fallen into the jealous hands of EA.
Like few other developers, Epic has the luxury of making games under its own terms and with almost no external pressures - unless you count a legion of baying, diehard fans. The next project for the veteran outfit is a new Unreal Tournament. It's the first PC game to harness the dazzling power of the third Unreal Engine, and if it's in any way reflective of the company's fortunes right now, we're going to have to pinch ourselves to believe it's real.
A combination of sore heads and jetlag means a late start the next day. "That's pretty much a typical Monday night for us," laughs Steve Polge, lead designer and lead programmer on UT2007.
We sit in the boardroom of the Epic offices, in a typical American office-block in a leafy Raleigh suburb.
"The game's still pretty early. We've only been working on it full-time for three months. We figure it'll be out some time in 2006, so at the moment we're calling it UT2007, but that could change. We might not do numbers."
"Our first aim was to get all the UT2004 stuff up and running in Unreal Engine 3, which we've pretty much done," continues Morris. "Right now, we've got Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF, Onslaught and Survival, which is sort of a 1-on-1 Deathmatch. It's pretty amazing that we've got every game type from UT2004 running in such a short time."
Polge boots up the projector and brings up the new 'Malcolm' character model seen on these pages. We've seen it before, but the effect is still stunning. "We're already starting to have some beautiful assets come online. It's starting to come together and show what the game's going to look like."
You can see for yourself what that means. We could quote poly counts and tech specs all day, but the simple fact is it looks amazing. In two years time such mind-boggling imagery may well be the norm, but right now every UE3 game we see - Gears Of War, UT2007 - we get a nosebleed just thinking about what's to come. Like Morris says, right now no-one else can come close. As for gameplay of course, this is UT, and it seems Epic very much wants to continue where it left off.

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More Disreputable "Science" From The AGW Alarmist Crowd
Last week I pointed to the fact that the "scientist" who provided much of the basis for the AGW crowd's alarmist appeal (as incorporated in the UN's 2007 IPCC report) refused to provide the original data on which that model was based to peers. He later claimed that the original data had been lost because it was unable to be transferred to newer data storage (an unmitigated crock). IOW, peers can't review his data and check out his theory to ensure what he's theorizing has a valid basis in fact. That's a cardinal sin in real science circles.
And now, in less than a week, a second cardinal sin is uncovered. That of cherry-picking data. In the cross-hairs is Keith Briffa. Steve McIntyre explains the problem:
The Briffa temperature graphs have been widely cited as evidence by the IPCC, yet it appears they were based on a very carefully selected set of data, so select, that the shape of the graph would have been totally transformed if the rest of the data had been included.
In fact, as with Phil Jones who I reported about last week, Briffa refused repeated requests for his original data (from tree rings). And it was the Briffa graphs which were used to support the contention that the "hockey stick" was valid.
When others finally got a hold of all the data and graphed it out, their findings were quite different than Briffa's:
And, of course, when they were merged they told quite a different story than was Briffa and the IPCC:
My, what a difference using all the data makes, no?
Steve McIntyre and Anthony Watts have all the gory details, but as one commenter on Watt's site says:
Coming just after the "lost" data from the Hadley Centre by Phil Jones, this is beginning to look more than just carelessness.
I call it the "great unraveling". The hoax is coming unglued. And this shameful conduct will set real science back 100 years.
The question is, will the politicians see it before it is too late? Will the administration which promised that science would again take the forefront actually keep its word and ensure that happens? Methinks we're going to find out that a political agenda and ideology are much more powerful than science. Science, quite honestly, is only useful to politicians – any politician – as long as it advances their agenda. If it doesn't then the politician will claim it to be false science – regardless of how overwhelming the evidence is to the contrary.
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Global Warming "Science" v. The Scientific Method (update)
Even the youngest student of science knows the foundation of scientific inquiry rests in the scientific method. It is by scrupulously following that method that the data and science behind it can be verified. In short:
Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.
It also requires that the data collected be made available to peers so the theories in question can be tested for their validity.
Among other facets shared by the various fields of inquiry is the conviction that the process be objective to reduce biased interpretations of the results. Another basic expectation is to document, archive and share all data and methodology so they are available for careful scrutiny by other scientists, thereby allowing other researchers the opportunity to verify results by attempting to reproduce them. This practice, called full disclosure, also allows statistical measures of the reliability of these data to be established.
The bold is my emphasis because I want to highlight a remarkable article at NRO by Patrick J. Michaels entitled "The Dog Ate Global Warming". Obviously a little twist on "the dog ate my homework", Michaels says that the "data needed to verify the gloom-and-doom warming forecasts have disappeared."
Or, said another way, the findings are now unfalsifiable because those who did the original research say they no longer have the original data.
First some background about what's being discussed:
In the early 1980s, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, scientists at the United Kingdom's University of East Anglia established the Climate Research Unit (CRU) to produce the world's first comprehensive history of surface temperature. It's known in the trade as the "Jones and Wigley" record for its authors, Phil Jones and Tom Wigley, and it served as the primary reference standard for the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) until 2007. It was this record that prompted the IPCC to claim a "discernible human influence on global climate."
Putting together such a record isn't at all easy. Weather stations weren't really designed to monitor global climate. Long-standing ones were usually established at points of commerce, which tend to grow into cities that induce spurious warming trends in their records. Trees grow up around thermometers and lower the afternoon temperature. Further, as documented by the University of Colorado's Roger Pielke Sr., many of the stations themselves are placed in locations, such as in parking lots or near heat vents, where artificially high temperatures are bound to be recorded.
So the weather data that go into the historical climate records that are required to verify models of global warming aren't the original records at all. Jones and Wigley, however, weren't specific about what was done to which station in order to produce their record, which, according to the IPCC, showed a warming of 0.6° +/– 0.2°C in the 20th century.
So we're talking about the findings which were used to make the IPCC's dire warnings in its report. They are the basis for the entire global warming movement's desire to do what is necessary globally to lower the amount of CO2 emissions.
But, others scientists ask, given their doubts about the accuracy of the data, should it be? Scientists interested in peer reviewing the theory, as the scientific method demands, found it impossible to do so. And therein lies the story:
Now begins the fun. Warwick Hughes, an Australian scientist, wondered where that "+/–" came from, so he politely wrote Phil Jones in early 2005, asking for the original data. Jones's response to a fellow scientist attempting to replicate his work was, "We have 25 years or so invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it?"
Reread that statement, for it is breathtaking in its anti-scientific thrust. In fact, the entire purpose of replication is to "try and find something wrong." The ultimate objective of science is to do things so well that, indeed, nothing is wrong.
Michaels is stunned by he reaction. Anyone who reads that response should be stunned by it. As Michaels says, it is "breathtaking in its anti-scientific thrust". Not unscientific. Anti-scientific. Jones is refusing a peer the data used to reach his conclusions in direct contravention of the scientific method. When you see a refusal like that, especially phrased the way it was phrased, all sorts of alarm bells should go off in the head of anyone who claims to be a scientist. And, of course, they have.
Over the years, requests have been made for the data and almost uniformly turned down for various reasons. Finally a request for the data made by Roger Pielke Jr., a professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado solicited this response from Jones:
Since the 1980s, we have merged the data we have received into existing series or begun new ones, so it is impossible to say if all stations within a particular country or if all of an individual record should be freely available. Data storage availability in the 1980s meant that we were not able to keep the multiple sources for some sites, only the station series after adjustment for homogeneity issues. We, therefore, do not hold the original raw data but only the value-added (i.e., quality controlled and homogenized) data.
Michaels calls BS on this one:
The statement about "data storage" is balderdash. They got the records from somewhere. The files went onto a computer. All of the original data could easily fit on the 9-inch tape drives common in the mid-1980s. I had all of the world's surface barometric pressure data on one such tape in 1979.
Anyone familiar with data storage throughout the short history of the computer age knows this is nonsense. Transfer of data from various systems to newer systems has been accomplished without real difficulty all thorough its development. What Jones is trying very hard to do is one of two things a) hide data that he's pretty sure won't support his conclusion or b) admitting to a damningly unscientific procedure which should, without his ability to produce and share the original data, call into serious question any findings he's presented.
Why is this important – because based on this finding, the world is moving toward economy crippling treaties and legislation, like the pending cap-and-trade bill here in the US, based on totally unverified "science". As Michaels says this story isn't just "an academic spat" – it questions the very foundation of the premise which these economic crippling moves are based in.
Scientific consensus? Not even proven science, for heave sake – yet we're moving on it like it was. Dangerous, foolish and costly. This is what rushing into things without making all of the inquiries necessary (and taking the time to do them) usually ends up with bad legislation.
And cap-and-trade promises to be no exception to that rule.
UPDATE: The Thinker provides a reminder of what I expect to see concerning Michael's charges from the "Chicken Little" crowd:
As I described in my my model of belief, a faith-based belief is a belief in something for which there is no good evidence either for or against (e.g., the existence of God), whereas a delusional belief is a belief that is maintained in spite of evidence to the contrary (e.g., the efficacy of astrology). It is usually a delusional belief that requires an "appeal to other ways of knowing," since a faith-based belief (strictly as I've defined it) can't be challenged on scientific grounds.
The "appeal to other ways of knowing" is one of the strategies that a delusional person will use to cope with the cognitive dissonance that occurs when their beliefs bump up against reality. When questioned on this "other way of knowing" the person will then be forced to resort to other coping strategies (i.e., fallacies and biases).
Just a little helpful guide for those trying to evaluate the comments of those trying to defend the indefensible. Always handy to know if you're dealing with someone grounded in a faith-based belief or a delusional belief, wouldn't you say? If you'd like a local example of delusional belief, I'd steer you to the comment thread on Honduras where it is available in full flower.
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DNA Evidence Can Be Faked
Apparently, according to some scientists, you can engineer a crime scene in such a way as to leave DNA evidence to convict whomever you want:
The scientists fabricated blood and saliva samples containing DNA from a person other than the donor of the blood and saliva. They also showed that if they had access to a DNA profile in a database, they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
"You can just engineer a crime scene," said Dan Frumkin, lead author of the paper, which has been published online by the journal Forensic Science International: Genetics. "Any biology undergraduate could perform this."
Obviously few if any crime scenes will be engineered, at least in the near future, but I could see a criminal business popping up where such fabricated DNA might be useful.
But fear not – there's a reason this has been announced now:
Dr. Frumkin is a founder of Nucleix, a company based in Tel Aviv that has developed a test to distinguish real DNA samples from fake ones that it hopes to sell to forensics laboratories.
I'll be he does.
Heh … the market works – see a need, fill it and the world will beat a pathway to your door. Well maybe not the world, but at least a few odd forensic labs.
The Revolt Of The Scientists
Apparently it is getting a little hot in the scientific community when it comes to AGW and skepticism. And it is the skeptics who are firing the broadsides. Melanie Phillips brings us the latest:
More and more scientists have just about had it up to here with the rubbish being put out as the 'consensus' on man-made global warming. Marc Morano reports how members of the American Chemical Society (ACS) have risen in revolt against the group's editor-in-chief — with demands for his removal — after an editorial appeared claiming 'the science of anthropogenic climate change is becoming increasingly well established.'
The editorial claimed the 'consensus' view was growing 'increasingly difficult to challenge, despite the efforts of diehard climate-change deniers.' The editor now admits he is 'startled' by the negative reaction from the group's scientific members.
His readers had responded as you see in these two representative replies:
ACS member scientist Dr. Howard Hayden, a Physics Professor Emeritus from the University of Connecticut: 'Baum's remarks are particularly disquieting because of his hostility toward skepticism, which is part of every scientist's soul. Let's cut to the chase with some questions for Baum: Which of the 20-odd major climate models has settled the science, such that all of the rest are now discarded? […] Do you refer to 'climate change' instead of 'global warming' because the claim of anthropogenic global warming has become increasingly contrary to fact?'
William E. Keller wrote: 'However bitter you (Baum) personally may feel about CCDs (climate change deniers), it is not your place as editor to accuse them—falsely—of nonscientific behavior by using insultingly inappropriate language. […] The growing body of scientists, whom you abuse as sowing doubt, making up statistics, and claiming to be ignored by the media, are, in the main, highly competent professionals, experts in their fields, completely honorable, and highly versed in the scientific method—characteristics that apparently do not apply to you.'
Some pretty heavy shots across the bow. I'd love to see if Baum answers the two questions Dr. Hayden posed (especially the first).
ACS isn't the only "revolt" that is taking place among scientists:
On May 1 2009, the American Physical Society (APS) Council decided to review its current climate statement via a high-level subcommittee of respected senior scientists. The decision was prompted after a group of 54 prominent physicists petitioned the APS revise its global warming position. The 54 physicists wrote to APS governing board: 'Measured or reconstructed temperature records indicate that 20th – 21st century changes are neither exceptional nor persistent, and the historical and geological records show many periods warmer than today.'
The petition signed by the prominent physicists, led by Princeton University's Dr. Will Happer, who has conducted 200 peer-reviewed scientific studies. The peer-reviewed journal Nature published a July 22, 2009 letter by the physicists persuading the APS to review its statement. In 2008, an American Physical Society editor conceded that a 'considerable presence' of scientific skeptics exists.
In addition, in April 2009, the Polish National Academy of Science reportedly 'published a document that expresses skepticism over the concept of man-made global warming.' An abundance of new peer-reviewed scientific studies continue to be published challenging the UN IPCC climate views.
I bring these sorts of examples up over and over again because it has become obvious that there is absolutely no scientific "consensus" concerning AGW – none. And those who continue to contend there is are, in fact, the real deniers.
Carefully Reporting That For Some "Global Warming" Wasn't So Bad
This story in the UK's Times is as interesting for what it doesn't say as what it does say.
Apparently the world went through some global warming (most know it as the Medieval Warm Period) roughly between AD1100 and 1500 that allowed the Inca Empire to rise and spread. And note, there was no "A" in that "GW" at that time. In fact the temperature rose several degrees during that period. The Times chooses to characterize the 400 years as a "spell of good weather". But the last 20 years of more current time with a net zero degrees of warming? Gloom and doom.
And let there be no question about it, that 400 year "spell of good weather" was the most significant factor in the rise of the Inca empire:
"Yes, they were highly organised, and they had a sophisticated hierarchical system, but it wouldn't have counted a jot without being underpinned by the warming of the climate," says Dr Alex Chepstow-Lusty, a palaeo-ecologist from the French Institute for Andean Studies in Lima, Peru.
The study's authors say that the findings have important implications for Peru and other countries facing the prospect of the most extreme shifts in climate because of global warming. For many countries, the prospect of warming is unwelcome. However, with the correct landmanagement techniques some of these countries might be able to turn a warmer climate to their advantage.
Well assuming that the rest of the world went through the same sort of warming over that 400 years (and yes, it did) and we somehow survived and apparently thrived, it would seem that "other countries" facing the "unwelcome" prospect of warming may want to reassess the whole concept, doesn't it?
I mean if scientific findings have any weight with the AGW crowd and all.
Al Gore, Call Your Agent
There goes that "scientific consensus" about AGW again. And in a peer-reviewed study too.
Three Australasian scientists have published a study in the Journal of Geophysical Research claiming that virtually none of the observed temperature increases in the Earth's atmosphere in recent years can be attributed to man-made factors.
Ummm … sure am wantin' me some of that cap-and-trade now. As anyone should be able to figure out by now, the science is anything but settled concerning AGW.
Their research says that it is the El Nino-Southern Oscillation that pretty much has its way with temperature. And, the claim, volcanoes have a pretty significant impact on cooling.
"The surge in global temperatures since 1977 can be attributed to a 1976 climate shift in the Pacific Ocean that made warming El Niño conditions more likely than they were over the previous 30 years and cooling La Niña conditions less likely" de Freitas said.
"We have shown that internal global climate-system variability accounts for at least 80% of the observed global climate variation over the past half-century. It may even be more if the period of influence of major volcanoes can be more clearly identified and the corresponding data excluded from the analysis," he added.
Their conclusion?
"Overall the results suggest that the Southern Oscillation exercises a consistently dominant influence on mean global temperature, with a maximum effect in the tropics, except for periods when equatorial volcanism causes ad hoc cooling."
And man?
Not so much.
I'm sure our resident AGW believers will troop in to tell us how this is obviously not anything that "real science" would advance – except this is real science, with real scientists and a peer-reviewed study.
Scientists Say Climate Models "Fundamentally Wrong"
This will throw an inconvenient kink in the Al Gore "earth has a fever" pitch, won't it?
Could the best climate models — the ones used to predict global warming — all be wrong?
Maybe so, says a new study published online today in the journal Nature Geoscience. The report found that only about half of the warming that occurred during a natural climate change 55 million years ago can be explained by excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What caused the remainder of the warming is a mystery.
"In a nutshell, theoretical models cannot explain what we observe in the geological record," says oceanographer Gerald Dickens, study co-author and professor of Earth Science at Rice University in Houston. "There appears to be something fundamentally wrong with the way temperature and carbon are linked in climate models."
As someone said recently, science is skeptism, and this is science. This is science taking another look and admitting "something's just not right" with the current warming theories. And the problem begins with thier climate models.
The explanation is found in the earth's history:
During the warming period, known as the "Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum" (PETM), for unknown reasons, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere rose rapidly. This makes the PETM one of the best ancient climate analogues for present-day Earth.
As the levels of carbon increased, global surface temperatures also rose dramatically during the PETM. Average temperatures worldwide rose by around 13 degrees in the relatively short geological span of about 10,000 years.
The conclusion, Dickens said, is that something other than carbon dioxide caused much of this ancient warming. "Some feedback loop or other processes that aren't accounted for in these models — the same ones used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for current best estimates of 21st century warming — caused a substantial portion of the warming that occurred during the PETM."
One can only assume, if you want to go along with the oracle's claims, that Fred Flintstone and his buddy Barney were driving their stonemobiles way to much. Except Fred and Barney weren't even around then
The point made by Dickens is a solid one. If your model can't "model" the past given all you know about it, how in the world can anyone have any scientific confidence in its modeling of the future? Here we have a period of the earth's history (55.8 million years ago) in which man hadn't even shown up on the scene yet, but where temperatures rose fairly drastically, globally, in a relatively short time (20,000 years). Why?
We've been led to believe that increases CO2 are the root cause and man is the reason for the rise in C02. But PETM seems to dispel that theory doesn't it?
Nice to see science beginning to exert itself again as it reexamines what has become a mostly faith-based exercise in fear-mongering. Now if the politicians would only catch up.
Questions and Observations #4
For new readers, the title is what the shortened "QandO" stands for.
- I thought one of the things the Obama administration was promising it wouldn't do was use signing statements to ignore the law? Apparently not.
- It would appear that a witch-hunt for "extremists" in the military is building. First we had the DHS warning claiming veterans might be recruited by right-wing extremist organizations. Then Alcee Hastings proposes law (a law already on the books, btw) to prohibit "extremists" from joining the military. Now the Southern Poverty Law Center is asking Congress to investigate the military based on a couple of postings it found on a suspect website. The premise, of course, is because we now have a black Democratic president, there is more of a threat from such extremists who might be in the military.
- Government's attempt to regulate every aspect of your life takes another step in that direction, but in an unexpected area – licensing yoga teachers. Of course, government knows so much about yoga to begin with. In fact, all this will do is add cost and paperwork to something which is at the moment, self-regulated by the market. What it will do for yoga is present an government imposed bar to entry. And, of course, create another revenue stream where none previously existed.
- Electric cars? The panacea? Not according to the Government Accounting Office which claims, at best, they'd reduce CO2 emissions by 4 – 5% but would see that negated by increased travel because users would drive more believing their use isn't a threat to the environment. And then there's the lithium problem.
- Does it bother anyone else that Obama's White House science adviser (John Holdren) has advocated forced abortions, involuntary sterilization, and government seizing the children of single mothers and giving them to couples to raise? And then there's Ruth Bader Ginzburg.
- David Brooks sat through an entire dinner with a Republican Senator's hand on his inner thigh? Really? Why? And what does that say about David Brooks?
- Corporations which have taken taxpayer money are on notice not to book meetings at fancy resorts. But government (which exists on nothing but taxpayer money)? No problem.
- Mark Steyn wonders if the era of "soft despotism" has begun here? It's a good description of what is going on I think. For the record, Obama isn't the initiator of it, he's just an accelerant. The only problem with "soft despotism" is it usually turns to the garden-variety hard despotism after a while.
- Timing is everything, isn't it? In the midst of the recession, the federal minimum wage is scheduled to increase by 70 cents an hour to $7.25 on July 24th. That'll certainly help the recovery and create jobs, won't it?
I'll add more as I find them – check back throughout the day.
The EPA Says Cap-And-Trade Will Have No Effect Without China
But Energy Secretary Chu, when asked if he agreed with an EPA chart which depicted that, said, without explanation, that he did not:
During a hearing today in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, EPA Administrator Jackson confirmed an EPA analysis showing that unilateral U.S. action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have no effect on climate. Moreover, when presented with an EPA chart depicting that outcome, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he disagreed with EPA's analysis.
"I believe the central parts of the [EPA] chart are that U.S. action alone will not impact world CO2 levels," Administrator Jackson said.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) presented the chart to both Jackson and Secretary Chu, which shows that meaningful emissions reductions cannot occur without aggressive action by China, India, and other developing countries. "I am encouraged that Administrator Jackson agrees that unilateral action by the U.S. will be all cost for no climate gain," Sen. Inhofe said. "With China and India recently issuing statements of defiant opposition to mandatory emissions controls, acting alone through the job-killing Waxman-Markey bill would impose severe economic burdens on American consumers, businesses, and families, all without any impact on climate."
You can watch Jackson confirm it and Chu deny it here:
Click through at the first link to see the chart – it's rather hard to read, but the EPA analysis depicted on it essentially says what Inhofe points out – that without China and India and other developing countries, cap-and-trade will have no beneficial effect on the overall reduction of CO2 emissions.
Of course what's most interesting is to watch "Mr. Science", Secretary Chu, reject the EPA's analysis without offering a single justification for such rejection.
Science over ideology, or so it was promised. It sure isn't evident in Chu's one word answer to the question posed to him.
So What Could Cap-and-Trade Eventually Bring?
Well if the UK is any example, "green jackets", a sort of environmental police force with the power to enter and search (with a blanket "warrant") any company it so chooses to inspect. Is "Gestapo-like" tactics a stretch?
The boys in green are coming as the Environment Agency sets up a squad to police companies generating excessive CO2 emissions.
The agency is creating a unit of about 50 auditors and inspectors, complete with warrant cards and the power to search company premises to enforce the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), which comes into effect next year.
Decked out in green jackets, the enforcers will be able to demand access to company property, view power meters, call up electricity and gas bills and examine carbon-trading records for an estimated 6,000 British businesses. Ed Mitchell, head of business performance and regulation at the Environment Agency, said the squad would help to bring emissions under control. "Climate change and CO2 are the world's biggest issues right now. The Carbon Reduction Commitment is one of the ways in which Britain is responding."
The formation of the green police overcomes a psychological hurdle in the battle against climate change. Ministers have long recognised the need to have new categories of taxes and criminal offences for CO2 emissions, but fear a repetition of the fuel tax protests in 2000 when lorry drivers blockaded refineries.
Criminal offenses for "CO2 emissions" – Orwell saw this coming but clearly he didn't understand that it would be based in criminalizing a natural byproduct of respiration and trace atmospheric gas, did he?
Again, it's the precedent this sets which is both upsetting and dangerous. Probable cause? Green Jackets don't need no probable cause!
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Hi, I have been diagnosed with Schizo-affective disorder, I have been under mental health care all of my life. every once in a while I experience internal full body shocks, it's like being electrocuted. there is no consistency that I have noticed. it just happens whenever it wants to. I have spoke to my psychiatrist about it on many occasions, but they either don't understand what I am saying, or do not know what it is. I am fine with it happening, as mentioned before, I have dealt with this my entire life. I am just curious as to why my body does this. I can usually reset my brain by taking 1 extra Effexor 150mg to equal 300mg.View Thread
I was reading through the postings and saw your post. I hope you found out some answers and got a support system for yourself. I have a son who finally was diagnose with schizophrenia and we are working together to be supportive and help him out as he needs.. You will be in our thoughts and know there are others who care.
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You state: her thyroid medication has been altered, etc
Which tells me she has an under lying thyroid condition.
EVERY symptom you are describing can me related to thyroid imbalance. Call her doctor, tell them she is having severe mental health issues and your concerned her labs are off, ask for them to be drawn asap.
Years ago women ended up in institutions due to out of whack thyroid conditions...because the connection between thryoid and mental health issues was not that clear.
If she is not taking her med because she is worried they are messed with it can be a contributing factor to her decline.View Thread
I recently had my 10 year old Autistic son on Abilify within 1 1/2 month he lost 4 teeth. I was shocked. He had a horrible time on this medication.He is recovering still from the traumatic experience this medication put him through. He suffered from many other symptoms as well but since he is non-verbal we have a hard time figuring just what he was going through. What was obvious was anxiety, agitation and loss of established habits. It is a horrible medication in my opinion. I'm sorry for your pain as well. It appears you had a horrible experience as well on this medication.
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Early physical symptoms include unusual postures or gestures, awkward gait, clumsiness, sleeping disorder (either insomnia or too much sleep), sped up movements, slowed up movements, overly sensitive senses (especially to bright lights or loud noises), involuntary movements of tongue and mouth, Parkinsonian symptoms (e.g. jerking arm movements, rigidity). Other physical symptoms include blank facial expression, inability to express emotion through the face, and tendency to stare with infrequent blinking while engaged in deep thinking.
People with schizophrenia tend to restrain themselves from social activities and have difficulty in building or maintaining relationships, neglect their self-care (e.g. clothing, hygiene, appearance), have excessive preoccupation with spiritual or religious activities, misuse drugs and alcohol, replay or rehearse conversations in loud voice (i.e. talking to themselves), and smoke (although many non-schizophrenic people also smoke). They also find it hard to cope with minor problems or difficult situations and are unable to engage in purposeful activities.
Feeling and Mood
Schizophrenia also affects feelings and moods. Early signs include inability to feel enjoyment from doing activities, feeling indifference to important matters, hypersensitivity to insults or criticism, sudden anger, little enthusiasm, depression, severe anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and frequent mood changing.
Early signs of schizophrenia also include cognitive problems such as ruminating thoughts (thoughts that go round and round the head), poverty of speech (speaking very little), thought blocking, lack of insight, strange use of language structure, difficulty in expressing thoughts verbally, nonsensical logic, or disintegrated thought, action, and behavior.
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Delusions are most frequently connected with paranoia and can manifest in many forms. People suffering from schizophrenia might think that their food might be poisoned or that the people around them are conspiring to harass them. A religious person may have the delusion that she/he is a god or a prophet. Meanwhile, hallucinations include visual and auditory hallucinations.
It is very important for you to know how to identify early schizophrenia symptoms . The earlier schizophrenia is detected, the higher the chance for cure. Visit our website to find out more about this mental disorder.View Thread
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You'll probably not feel emotionally well again...
Why not talk to your doctor directly and get a dialogue between you and your doctor going? Tell your doctor what you've said here.View Thread
Many people with mental issues lose their jobs because their mind is not stable or have the right chemicals in their brain to work like you or I. I know it's stressful to see your mother like this... but seek help in trying to understand what is going on"026
Many people with mental health issues do talk to people they believed to be there. They have sleep difficulties as well.
I think you need to seek another opinion. Sometimes the systems do not show itself at the first visit. If you believe your mother to have some sort of mental illness. Its in the best interested of your family to find out what is going on. Even if it's something like a tumor, you want to know why your mother is behaving out of sorts.
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I decided to salvage what I could of my apparently dying rugosas, species Alba & Rubra (see previous post). I dug in to collect and transplant viable suckers and cut out all the dead stuff. What I found was something resembling an old bed of iris: lots of suckers over-lapping each other with very few roots. Both plants had started as bands 9 years ago and grew into a large thicket. The core plants have stopped producing new growth; only suckers are left. There are few/no roots to them; they just travel underground, but close to the surface, for 6-18 inches, sprout up, bloom, then die. There was a whole mess of old suckers. There were also what appears to be new core plants, ie, really rooted in a couple places, so I left those. We will see if they die back or can now flourish because I cleaned out all the dead suckers and old dried up canes. Also, I don't think they like the soil. It is clay with a lot of gravel mixed in from the side of the driveway. I thought when I planted them there that they would be okay because rugosas come from rocky areas. I think it is the clay they don't like, as some suckers/roots were rotted, and that I've had similar problems with other rugosas in other areas. |
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Cat ... In my experience, if that rocky clay soil drains well, the roses will do just fine if there are sufficient nutrients in the soil. You have just described my native soil ... lol. My soil drains perfectly because the rocks create passages for water through the clay, but is nutrient poor. Over ten years of mulching and supplementing the feeding of the roses, I have found that the kind of soil you are describing supports roses very well because the clay holds moisture. It's not the loamy stuff we are advised to plant our roses in, but the roses don't know they aren't supposed to thrive in that kind of soil. They have pushed their roots through the rocks seeking water and actually do better than the roses I have planted in "proper soil". Drainage is the key along with mulching and adding supplement feedings appropriate to the rose you have planted in that kind of soil. Smiles, |
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If I use a cutting from a tomato plant will the new tomato plant be smaller?
I've heard people do this with hot pepper plants and claim after the 4th or so generation cutting, the new plant stays very small and produce some fruits.
I want small tomato plant to grow inside this winter. thanks |
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- Posted by georgez5il z5 IL (My Page) on Wed, Jun 27, 07 at 18:23
The plant may be kept "small" by pinching etc.... start with a patio (determinate type) tomato.... There are also chenicals that will shorten the internode spacing resulting in a "smaller" plant. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 Adrian,MI (My Page) on Thu, Jun 28, 07 at 12:23
i have no background to give you the science... but my gut says that a rooted cutting of a plant... IS EXACTLY THE SAME PLANT.... there can be no genetic degradation in any sense ... so how can 4 subsequent cuttings off off 3 subsequent generations have lost some genetic vigor???? maybe they should try growing them in a new location ... perhaps the problem is related to growing tomatoes in the same location for multiple generations.. in other words.. lack of crop rotation ... that guess is as possible as the other.. but as i said.. its just gut comments..... good luck ken |
That's what I was thinking also. A cutting should look exactly like the parent. I've search the net but could not find any info on cuttings resulting in smaller plants. I started some cutting with an indeterminate brandywine tomato. I guess I will see the results by March. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 Adrian,MI (My Page) on Fri, Jun 29, 07 at 8:35
no ... i know it might be hard.. but try to wrap your head around this: IT IS THE SAME PLANT .... not as you say 'looks like the same plant' ... if you root a piece... how can it be any different???? if you grew the seeds from a given plant .... it would be a 'cross' between the mother and father plant... and even if it did look the same .... it probably isn't ... do you see the difference? of course this is leaving out happenstance genetic mutation of branches which might inadvertently be selected for rooting ... i don't know if tomato does that though ... ken |
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