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Rianne Koens' Peelpride Turns Fruit Peels Into Aromatic Food Seasoning
Posted By Ana Lisa On May 2, 2013 @ 4:30 pm In Green Kitchen,Recycling / Compost,Sustainable Food | No Comments
The whole process starts with a special extra fine peeler [5] that removes only the most aromatic, intense top layer of the fruit or vegetable [6] (the lower, white layer is bitter). The peels are then dried in stackable wooden boxes that keep them crunchy and full of color and flavor. Once ground, the tasty aromatic bits can be used to enhance [7] the flavors of meals and drinks and even make tea.
Peelpride was Rianne Koens' graduation project when she was student at the renowned Design Academy of Eindhoven [8].
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I really, really tried to get into this book but it was useless. I hate to criticize narrators but it was so hard to imagine a 30 something character with that voice.
"even worse than before"
not so much detail, both medical and techical. Also, even speaking as Scarpetta the character brings out her numerous flaws that have intensified in herself. The sold Scarpetta mysteriess have long dissappeared and now the boring, boring stories have lost the magic
more mystery and less boredom, Boring, booorrriiinnnggg
Don't know, but her reading of a bad book does not make her a bad narrator
will not make the mistake again thinking new books by Cornwell will be as interesting as the first and will not waste my money
"why did I buy?"
After the last book that was a total waste, I thought the old Cornwell would come back. This has got to be the worst waste of time and money.
Please Kathy Reichs write more
"A wonderful book"
I heard this book when I first joined Audible but I go back to it because it is so good. Everything is so vivid that I can see the characters clearly in my mind and the twists to the end are most welcome.
"too much sex for me"
Never read (or heard) books by Sandra Brown so maybe they are all the same with so much details of the sexual encounters that I gagged. Story was intricate and a mystery until the end. Very good plot.
"don't want it to end"
Book was so good. I did not want it to end. More twists and turns than I could have imagines. Loved it.
"roller coaster"
Started out very strange and just when I thought it was getting good the story got so convoluted that I had a hard time understanding what was going on. It ended in such a dark, dark manner that I had a nightmare the night I finished the audio book. Very, very strange. The narrator, however, was very good.
"very good book and reader"
I really loved this audio book. The reader was also very good in depicting the different characters.
"pretty awful reading"
when the reader did the reading on the men characters it sounded awful. I thought up to now that I liked Wesley and I did kind of like the character of Marino but after this---no way


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11 Don't criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. | 11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. |
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These are great shorts. They are classy with a pin-stripe look while still being skate style. Another great feature is the stretchy material. We aren't talking about spandex here. Just enough stretch let's you maneuver your board or your butt.
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16 And as Josi'ah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things. | 16 Then Josiah looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance with the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things. |
17 Then he said, "What is yonder monument that I see?" And the men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted these things which you have done against the altar at Bethel." | 17 The king asked, "What is that tombstone I see?" The men of the city said, "It marks the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced against the altar of Bethel the very things you have done to it." |
18 And he said, "Let him be; let no man move his bones." So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Sama'ria. | 18 "Leave it alone," he said. "Don't let anyone disturb his bones." So they spared his bones and those of the prophet who had come from Samaria. |
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DURHAM — Kirsten O'Neil and Meghan Ledwith each tallied a goal as the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team shutout UMass Lowell, 2-0, at home Thursday afternoon.
The Wildcats (31 points) were picked to finish being first-place Vermont (64), who received six first-place votes. Stony Brook was picked second with 58 points and took the remaining three first-place votes. Albany was selected third with 49 points while Hartford was fourth with 44 points. After New Hampshire, UMBC was selected sixth with 28 points while Binghamton (24), Maine (20) and UMass Lowell (8) round out the field. |


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Peter Tickler's Crime Fiction Update
After spending National Crime Reading Month giving talks around a number of venues, Peter has spent much of his summer developing three scripts for short films.It is, as he has discovered, a very different discipline requiring a different approach in many ways. It is, of course, very visual. As he was told by someone with lots of experience in the field, the last thing you do when writing a script is to write the dialogue!
Two of the scripts have already been filmed - one in Shenzhen in China and the other at Peter's home in Oxfordshire. One of the cast members is a very well established TV actor familiar to many via Midsomer Murders. Further details to follow soon.
Incidentally, all of Peter's Blood in Oxford books are now available as e-books priced less than £3.00.
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my dad works on cars.i grew up around them. hot rods lowrider 4x4 you name itit was there.
My first car
my first car was a buick .payed 500.00 for that piece of @#&#.it lasted almost 1 year.
Car I wish I still had
my 77 cutlass supreme .it was clean when i got it .now that car is in pices.maybe i might fix it.
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my dream car is a 63 or 64 impala. the other one is a 32 ford hot rod
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The need for reduced operating and postoperative time, as well as postoperative inflammation or infections, is causing a shift away from conventional sutures, strips, and staples toward adhesives and sealants. The medical community will make this shift faster, if sealants can be innovated as a drug delivery mechanism. Additionally, the development of applicators and new methods for applying tissue sealants will expand the scope for the sealant and adhesive application.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.materials.frost.com), Analysis of the North American Medical Adhesives and Sealants Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $85.2 million in 2011 and estimates this to escalate to $182.6 million in 2018 at a robust compound annual growth rate of 11.5 percent.
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BARNARD CASTLE, England (AP) — Carved into the simple obelisk commemorating the fallen are the names of five sons of Margaret and John McDowell Smith. There's a story behind the name that isn't there — a sixth brother, Wilfred — and a century after World War I a local historian has dug out the details from archives. |


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CVS: Chorionic Villi Sampling
Chorionic Villi Sampling is a prenatal test where a small sample of fetal placenta (chorionic villi) is obtained to perform genetic testing. Chorionic Villi sampling is similar to an amniocentesis, but can be performed earlier in a pregnancy. CVS is usually performed between the 8th and 12th week. » Read moreHow to Be a Far-Away Friend to Someone with Breast Cancer
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Who doesn't admire JJ Watt? I mean really, the guy is amazing. Perhaps the Texans need to go ahead and make him quarterback too. He does everything else already and everybody knows the Texans are in desperate need of a quarterback that can play to the level of the rest of the team. Maybe I'll start a petition to see if we can make this happen. Take a look at some of JJ's stats for the 2014 season: 78 combined tackles 20.5 sacks 4 forced fumbles 5 fumbles … [Read more...]
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The Proper Way to Kill a Bug
Whenever I'm confronted by a bug or an insect, (I know there is technically a difference but in my mind they are pretty much the same), my first instinct is to run. However, as I've grown up, I've learned that they don't go away by themselves. Someone has to do a removal! If there is no one around of the male species age 12 and up, guess what that means? Yes, YOU are the one that has to deal with it. YOU are going to have to put on your big girl exterminator hat and do the job. Tap into … [Read more...]
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I started scuba diving about 30 years ago and still love it. The feeling of being under water with no gravity is a feeling that you just have to experience. Over the years, I have been fortunate to witness many strange and beautiful things while pursuing this passion. Of course there have also been a few strange people along the way as well. Scuba divers seem to be a diverse group of people that somehow bond over diving experiences. The stories that I can tell … [Read more...]
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I recently saw a little boy dressed in a superman T-shirt that was doing his best to act Super Manly. He was oh so very cute! His hair was coaxed into a little Mohawk and he had the cutest dimples. I'm guessing he was about 2 years old. His mom told me that he loves dressing up like superheroes. I began to reminisce about when my own son, now in his twenties, used to love to dress up like all kinds of fictitious characters. He always wanted to dress … [Read more...]
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Last month, my favorite yoga instructor, Shohreh, informed me that she would not continue to teach the Saturday morning class after the start of the New Year. I have taken yoga from many different instructors and have witnessed many different styles over the years. Some great, some bearable, and some …… let's just say they didn't get a second chance. I empathize with anyone stepping into that class and trying to fill her shoes because Shohreh is just that awesome. In fact, she got a … [Read more...]
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I have been attempting to get my very good friend, who will go unnamed in this story, to share one of her most embarrassing moments. You probably know her so I won't divulge her name but let's just say it starts with a "C" and ends in a "y". But I promised to keep her identity a secret so I won't tell you who it is. This is a moment in her life that time stood still for a beat and she wanted to crawl in a hole and disappear from where she stood. But this story is just too funny to … [Read more...]
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Stuck in police stationGo upstairs towards the three doors. When the lights turn off, use your flashlight and immediately go down the stairs into where you shot the orange buttons. If done correctly, you will hear a hit noise on you and the screen will turn black for several seconds. The screen will return and you can see again. When you try to go back upstairs, you still do not get caught; you will have to restart to continue. |
Alternate Half-LifeType map c0a0 at the console window to start on Half-Life with the Half-Life: They Hunger weapons instead of the normal weapons. Some of the enemies are also different. For example, Gman is now the Sheriff. The Scientists are now civilians. Barney looks different, and the head crab zombies are now zombies from Half-Life: They Hunger. While playing in this state, the game autosaves when it touches a autosave trigger. The voices are the same. For instance, the endgame level on Half-Life with Gman is the Sheriff, but Gman's voice plays on the Sheriff. Note: The Houndeyes on Half-Life are now zombie dogs, however they still use the Houndeye weapon that produces an electric field. |
Kill the pilotGo to the point where you see the pilot, then go onto the helicopter before the last two Bosses. Enter the god code in the console window, and drop off where the helicopter is located and find the pilot. While he is going onto the helicopter, kill him. Stay near the helicopter. If done correctly the "Your rescuer has died" message will not appear, and you can continue. When you go onto the helicopter, wait until you stop and go out of it. Look at the cockpit of the helicopter; the pilot is there again. |
Move without the zombie bullIn the console window , enter the impulse 101 code at the point where you are taken by a zombie bull in a little carriage you cannot escape from. Kill the bull with a strong weapon. Once the bull is dead, you are still moving without a bull taking you. |
Enabling the console windowFrom the main menu, select "Configurations"< then "Controls". Find the sentence "Use voice communication" then set "V" as the key to bind it to. When you display the console window, you can now type on it. |
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1.Bravery Default
2.Project X zone
3. Dragon quest 7
how about you guys?
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Beyond the Labyrinth, it has been out in Japan for a year as of now with no news of Western release. :(
Bravely Default, by miles
One of my top anticipated games of all time, easilly
Petition here
Square Enix are asking fans what their most anticipated moment of 2013 is - let's tell them we want Bravely Default!
Bravely Default
Professor Layton vs. Ace Attourney
Fantasy Life
Rune Factory 4
Project X Zone
Pretty much anything awesome.
Beyond the Labyrinth, it has been out in Japan for a year as of now with no news of Western release. :(
Yeah, whatever happened to that? :(
All of them. Just to be sure we aren't missing anything good.
Im Suprised not many said Fantasy Life. The game looks fantastic. I would love to try it out if it had a US release.
Looks good indeed, but Bravely Default is my main thing
Region lock on a portable is just silly. Aren't portables for, you know, travelling?Heirren
But how will they get away with charging Europeans and Australians a ridiculous amount of money when they can just import it?
These are some of my most anticipated games of all time and then some
Without repeating the options listed I add this to the list:
I don't see why it wouldn't come to North America and Europe given the series success.
Why have I never heard of Bravely Default? I need to do some research.
Because the last few years Square acts a bit crazy


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22q13.3 deletion syndrome (also known as Phelan-McDermid syndrome) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by global developmental delay, severely impaired speech, intellectual disability, and autism. The syndrome is caused by the heterozygous microdeletions in the terminal region of chromosome 22. Although, a candidate gene responsible for the neurological abnormalities in patients has been suggested (SHANK3, which encodes a scaffolding protein of excitatory synapses), cellular and molecular defects associated with this syndrome were unknown. In the study published in Nature today, researchers from Stanford University reported that human neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells of patients with Phelan-McDermid syndrome and autism have deficits in excitatory synaptic transmission due to reduced number of excitatory synapses. The authors demonstrated that SHANK3 is primarily responsible for these deficits, as neurons from patients had reduced SHANK3 expression and increasing the levels of SHANK3 expression rescued synaptic deficits in patient cells.
The authors also tested several drugs for their ability to increase the number of excitatory synapses in neurons derived from patients and found that prolonged treatment with Insulin Growth Factor 1 (IGF1) completely restores excitatory synaptic transmission in patient cells. Interestingly, IGF1 produced its action by increasing the number of different type of excitatory synapses that express scaffolding protein PSD95 and lack SHANK3 expression.
In summary, this study brings important insights about the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the loss and gain of synaptic function in human neurons from patients with Phelan-McDermid syndrome and autism. It also provides encouragement that neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells of patients will be useful in understanding and developing treatments for neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders.


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My grandfather was the strongest man I ever met. If you've ever seen someone on TV perform some superhuman feat of strength and thought that it wasn't real, you've never met my grandfather. I have seen him rip a telephone book in half. He reached his full height of 6"4' at the age of fourteen, and by the age of fifteen he had left school to work in the metal works. No one thought twice about it, because he was more than capable of the work and looked older than he was.
I am not strong. My joints frequently hurt, although I do not think I can convey to you how much of an understatement the word 'hurt' is in this situation. Most people didn't understand why I didn't run as long or as fast as the other children, or take delight in the frequent football scrimmages that almost all the boys I knew took such delight in. when I told them "I can't, my legs ache," they just told me to be strong.
My grandfather didn't. "Rhaid cropian cyn cerdded," he would say, with his deep, rolling Welsh accent that sounds like singing. You must crawl before walking, it means in English. Take it slowly. So that's what I did. I learned not to try and run as fast or as far as the others, so that the relentless pounding of my feet on the ground didn't make me feel as though my knees would turn to jelly and fall out through my feet. I learnt a style of walking that meant that my legs didn't ache quite so much, and a writing style that meant I could write for more than five minutes without feeling as though my fingers might crumble to dust.
When I was fourteen, I was diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome. Everything suddenly made sense. The joint pain, the fact that I tend to sprain things doing fairly normal activities, the way I can bend my joints in rather disturbing ways, and a myriad of other symptoms. Before that, I had just been double-jointed, and a bit of a wimp.
I never told my grandfather, but these things spread through close-knit families. I doubt that it was very long before he found out anyway.
At around the same time, he began to get arthritis. It started in his hands. He never told me about it, the same way I never told him about my joints. We did talk a lot, though. We talked about politics, which I learnt a lot about in a very short time due to his almost encyclopaedic knowledge of 20th century British politics. We talked about horse racing, even though I never understood all the little details that meant one horse would outrace another. Of course, he was wrong more often than not, so perhaps he didn't know how it worked any better than I did.
We didn't talk about the time I almost dislocated my shoulder stopping some idiot at school from stealing a friend's pencil case, or when his arthritis got so bad that he couldn't fully open or close his hands anymore. We didn't even talk about it when I showed up at his house limping because every step made me feel as though someone was sticking a red hot sword into my hip, or when the arthritis spread to his knees and the strongest man I ever knew couldn't walk faster than a shuffle, supported by a cane.
People had a tendency to ask us if we needed anything, in order to prevent us from having to do it ourselves. When we were alone, my grandfather and I, we didn't do that. "Adfyd a ddwg wybodaeth, a gwybodaeth ddoethineb," he would say. Adversity brings knowledge and knowledge wisdom. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. We never spoke about the pain.
A few weeks ago, it was my grandfather's 83rd birthday. Our rather large extended family came to celebrate it, as was our tradition.
Before lunch, though, my grandfather stood up to give a speech. This was unusual. Everyone quietened down, even my younger cousins who would no doubt rather be racing around in the garden.
"Today," he said, voice easily carrying across the room, "I will be doing something that I have not done for many years." I overheard one of my cousins, who was about eight at the time, ask in an awed whisper "Is he going to do a magic trick?", as though he was stage magician.
My grandfather turned and walked over to a flight of stairs. I knew then what he was about to do. For years now, he had been forced to take lifts, his knees not up to managing the stairs. But now, he was going to climb them, just like he'd climbed mountains when he was younger.
He did it. He climbed it. I could see how much it was hurting him, but he did it.
I realised then that was what true strength was. Not the ability to rip a telephone book in half, or lift a wonderstruck child with one hand. But the ability to do something that you found hard, that many others in the same situation wouldn't even think of attempting.
When he reached the top, he turned, arms spread wide, a silhouette. I'll never forget that moment.
People went up to congratulate him, even my young cousins who, with their fit, perfect bodies, couldn't grasp the importance of what he had done.
I was the last to go up. My hip had been giving me problems that day, and I didn't really relish the thought of climbing those stairs, especially with the children dashing around. But I went up anyway, leaning heavily on the bannisters and putting as little weight on my left leg so that it only felt as though a small grenade had exploded in it.
We didn't speak about it when I got up there. That wasn't what we did.
After a few seconds of comfortable silence, his eyes flicked down to my leg, noticing that I was leaning heavily to the right. It was the first time he'd ever paid any attention to my joints.
Then he said "Do you feel like helping me back down this mountain, son?"


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Breaking: Pattern Recognition in Physics Axed by Copernicus
Posted: January 17, 2014 by tallbloke in climate, cosmic rays, Cycles, data, Electro-magnetism, flames, Forecasting, Geomagnetism, Gravity, Natural Variation, Ocean dynamics, Philosophy, Politics, Solar physics, solar system dynamics, Tides, UncertaintyA conclusion and its implication in the summary paper was: because our scientific investigation leads us to the prediction that the Sun is headed into a protracted minimum, the warming forecast by the IPCC might not happen.
This has led to the journal being axed by the parent Publishing house Copernicus. The papers are still available
at this link
Please download and disseminate them widely.
Please download and disseminate them widely.
Heres the letter sent to Coordinating editor Nils Axel Mörner and chief editor Sid Ali Ouadfeul:
Dear Sid-Ali, dear Nils-Axel, We regret to inform you that we decided to terminate the journal Pattern Recognition in Physics (PRP).
While processing the press release for the special issue "Pattern in solar variability, their planetary origin and terrestrial impacts", we read through the general conclusions paper published on 16 Dec 2013. We were alarmed by the authors' second implication stating "This sheds serious doubts on the issue of a continued, even accelerated, warming as claimed by the IPCC project". Before the journal was launched, we had a long discussion regarding its topics. The aim of the journal was to publish articles about patterns recognized in the full spectrum of physical disciplines. PRP was never meant to be a platform for climate sceptics. In addition to our doubts about the scientific content of PRP, we also received information about potential misconduct during the review process. Copernicus Publications cannot risk losing its excellent reputation in the scientific community. We therefore wish to distance ourselves from the apparent misuse of the originally agreed aims & scope of PRP and decided today to cease the publication. This decision must come as a surprise for you, but under the given circumstances we were forced to react.
We hope that you understand our reasons for this decision. We thank you very much for your cooperation and wish you all the best for your future career. Best regards, Martin and Xenia**************************************************** Copernicus.org Meetings & Open Access Publications Dr. Xenia van Edig Business Development Copernicus GmbH Bahnhofsallee 1e 37081 Göttingen Germany
In "Analysis"
In "Analysis"
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tallbloke says:I'm shocked at this censorship of science. Please maintain decorum in discussion below. Thanks.
[…] 10:45 a.m. Eastern: Here's a new blog post from Tattersall including a letter sent from Copernicus to the journal's editors, and another with background […]
Wow. How can a publisher discern the thematic profile of a journal after just one issue, and a special issue at that?
p.g.sharrow says:"Copernicus Publications cannot risk losing its excellent reputation in the scientific community. " "Best regards, Martin and Xenia"I guess their boss was not pleased with the journal Pattern Recognition in Physics concept. YOU must toe the PARTY LINE to be published. Only published PEER reviewed work is acceptable science. Therefor you are not doing respectable science.Submit…. "You will be assimilated".. The borg hive of the UN will prevail as they control the media.. or not.The Internet is the future! "The net that covers the world" is the only real peer review. Anyone that wants, can publish here. To live or die intellectually in the opinion of your peers. Pal review will not protect you here. What real scientist wants to hide behind a paywall ! pg
tallbloke says:Thanks Richard T.
The only reference my own papers make to the wider climate question was to express the hope that more able people would work on the celestial mechanics observations I presented because of the policy relevance of being able to predict solar activity years ahead. -
oldbrew says:'Copernicus Publications cannot risk losing its excellent reputation in the scientific community.'Only conformist science allowed, here's the proof. Anything that appears to challenge existing doctrines has to be excluded. Pathetic.
michaelkenward says:Worrying that an editor can write:"A conclusion and it's implication in the summary paper was because our scientific investigation leads us to the prediction that the Sun is headed into a protracted minimum, the warming forecast by the IPCC might not happen."Illiterate gibberish. "it's"?[Reply] Thanks. I was a bit shocked while writing. I'll correct the error.
Barry Woods says:Hope you get them to back up the accusation of misconduct!! With some evidence..and accusations.. are not proof of actual!!
William Connolley says:Ha ha ha, you're a bunch of nutters paying to publish your junk and pretend that its peer reviewed. Didn't take long for you to be rumbled.All we need now is for RP Sr to show up and say you ought to show your stuff to NSF.This one is even better than "Dr*" Tisdale's untimely end. ROTFL.
Paul Matthews says:A remarkable coincidence is that the journal was closed down the day after climate scientist Oliver Bothe stated on twitter that he was "wondering" about the journal.
Jaime Jessop says:The link to PRP above doesn't work for some reason – goes to another Tallbloke blog page. This link takes you to PRP: http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/volumes_and_issues.html.I'm sure PRP will find an alternative publisher who is not concerned about 'risking their excellent reputation within the scientific community', which statement I believe is a mask for a motive rather less genuine in origin.
Paul Matthews says:Here are three recent tweets from climate scientists:O. Bothe @geschichtenpost Jan 16
Wondering about "Pattern Recognition in Physics" http://www.pattern-recognition-in-physics.net/home.html http://www.pattern-recognition-in-physics.net/general_information/editorial_board.html … http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/special_issue2.html …Gavin Schmidt @ClimateOfGavin Jan 16
@geschichtenpost Are you recognizing a pattern here? I wonder what journal you can send that observation to… hmm.
@warrenpearceAri Jokimäki @AGWobserver 10h
Copernicus Publications sets up a whole journal devoted to climate change denial http://www.pattern-recognition-in-physics.net/home.html -
Eli Rabett says:Wm, Control yourself, the more interesting question is how this thing ever got launched.
Joe Public says:@Richard Tol (@RichardTol) January 17, 2014 at 4:05 pm
"How can a publisher discern the thematic profile of a journal after just one issue, and a special issue at that?"By Pattern Recognition in Publishing? -
tallbloke says:Hi Paul: Yes, and Leo Hickman has been stirring the pot too. Linking tweets to a scurrilous page accusing Sid-Ali of the heinous crime of 'plagiarising' six lines of his own work in a paper he wrote, from a book chapter he wrote earlier.Truly pathetic.
hunter says:I think the publishers need no assistance in ruining their reputation. Good, bad or silly, the publishers should have dealt with the issues. Now they show themselves to be weak and lacking in scruples or wits.
tallbloke says:Doug: I think Richard Tol made a valid point. This was a 'special edition' of PRP, dealing with solar system dynamics and a new hypothesis of the causation of solar and terrestrial variation. In no way does it prevent the journal from publishing research from any other discipline as part of its scientific offerings.
William Connolley says:"In addition, the editors selected the referees on a nepotistic basis, which we regard as malpractice in scientific publishing…"Oooh you bad boys. RT: are you in favour of nepotism in review? Come on, don't be shy.[Reply] I asked for reviewers from outside our discipline, but with it being a small field, there was crossover. But because the papers are open access, anyone can download, review and comment, so I don't think it's a big problem. Let our scientific work stand on its merit, rather than impugning the honesty of the scientists.
tallbloke says:Thanks Jaime, I've fixed the link. It goes direct to the special edition downloads page
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/special_issue2.html -
Ian Wilson says:'Copernicus Publications cannot risk losing its excellent reputation in the scientific community.'As far as I am concerned Copernicus Publications scientific reputation is mud. Not because
it allowed the special issue to go ahead but because it axed the whole Pattern recognition in Physics
Journal.For the record:My paper had nothing to do with climate change. It was a paper about solar activity and solar activity alone.In my paper, I did not reference any of the other publications in the special issue.I believe that scientific referees should remain anonymous unless their is a direct conflict of interest involved.The general conclusions of my paper have been supported work that has been published in:Astronomy And Astrophysics
Solar Physicsamongst others.Will Copernicus be disassociating itself from these journals as well? -
tallbloke says:Ian, it's the general conclusions end-note Copernicus has got its knicks in a twist over, not our individual contributions. Let's maintain perspective.
dikstr says:Copernicus' action is a sad commentary on the lengths to which so-called scientific media will go to protect the deeply flawed CAGW hypotheses of the IPCC.
Michele Casati says:Communication in Italy, my blog and climatemonitor
My moral support for all you !Michele -
tallbloke says:Dr Casati: Thanks so much for your support. Good science will always succeed in the end.
Michele Casati says:Rog,
I live in Tuscany, Florence, Pisa etc …
Home to Da Vinci, Galileo, Fibonacci … etc …I can not accept this situation -
Doug Proctor says:Wow. You'd think a second paper completely and ruthlessly debunking the first would be a better tactic. This says to me that serious business or political interests are threatened.Anger is all about a loss of or threat to power. Confusion or disbelief or amusement is the response to foolishness. Dumping the magazine is equivalent to turning over the checkerboard when you realise you are losing the game to someone you consider your inferior.Coperinicus is not the party threatened, the party threatened is above and beyond Copernicus.
Steven Mosher says:I warned you.'In addition to our doubts about the scientific content of PRP, we also received information about potential misconduct during the review process."[Reply] Well so far both these claims are unsubstantiated, so we'll have to see what Martin Rasmussen comes up with.
Jaime Jessop says:"We were alarmed by the authors' second implication stating "This sheds serious doubts on the issue of a continued, even accelerated, warming as claimed by the IPCC project".You broke the golden rule. It's only proponents of CAGW and AGW pseudoscience who are permitted to cause "alarm" in relation to climate change, and then only in relation to warming; certainly not cooling. You must never ever alarm the alarmists. Copernicus was a dyed in the wool real scientist. He must be turning in his grave with the way these 'scientific publishers' have misappropriated his name.
William Connolley says:> I live in Tuscany, Florence, Pisa etc … Home to Da Vinci, Galileo, Fibonacci … etc …
> I can not accept this situationI live in Cambridge… Home to Newton, Hawking, …etc…I think this situation is very funny.Look on the positive side: at least some people have actually *heard* of this journal now. -
Jaime Jessop says:Actually, I thought AGW obsessed PROFESSOR Chris Turney's expedition getting stuck in the ice whose disappearance was the main impetus FOR that expedition was a lot funnier than this sad little episode. But that's just me. Weird sense of humour I guess.
hunter says:Why is a known pusher of fraud, phony reviews, fabricated quotes and deliberate misrepresentation strutting around as if he is not?
Euan Mearns says:Rog, you mention the 10Be data in the summary at the end. Do any of the papers actually present a long time series of 10Be? Anyone know where I can get my hands on the data? There's 600 y hereNever been able to find the full 9000 year series.
oldbrew says:Look on the bright side: these papers are already getting far more attention than they would have done without this 'incident'.People hurling abuse are merely adding to the interest as everyone likes to know what a controversy is about.
Euan Mearns says:And hope this is not a daft question from a dumb geologist. How are the 41,000 year obliquity and 100,000 year eccentricity cycles explained?
RNT says:"Misconduct in the peer review process" is a pretty serious accusation against you and the other editors Roger. If you think this is unfair I think you should provide us all with some details about the reviewing of the climate change papers. What precisely do you mean by "crossover" – this sounds very strange? There is no shortage of experts in the physics of climate change, the atmosphere and the sun (none of these are small fields), so I cannot see why this should need to occur.I shall look forward to your detailed explanation.[Reply] Similarly, I look forward to the detailed accusation. All we have so far is an unsubstantiated innuendo.
Nicola Scafetta says:This morning I have received the email from Copernicus.This is a very sad story. This is the only way people like Connolley and company can think to win a scientific debate.The motivation of Rasmussen published in the journal are laughable. See them here:First he label the editor as "climate skeptic". This first accusation demonstrates the political aspect of the decision because the label "climate skeptic" is political, and not scientific.Second he accused the editors to have published papers focusing only on "climate science" while the scope of the journal was multidisciplinary.I need to say that only one paper [Suteanu (2013)] focuses on climate science. All the other papers focus on solar science, astrophysics, geophysics, network science and ocean science and mathematical data analysis methods. A very few papers have addressed climate related issues only in one short section.Then he accuses the editors of having added this sentence that he evidently disliked: "doubt the continued, even accelerated, warming as claimed by the IPCC project".However, on this recent article on Nature:"Climate change: The case of the missing heat. Sixteen years into the
mysterious 'global-warming hiatus', scientists are piecing together an
explanation." by Jeff TollefsonHere you will find that, as today well known to every expert in the field, global warming has halted since 1997 and the IPCC models have failed to reproduced this temperature standstill. In the Nature article one can read this clear sentence:"On a chart of global atmospheric temperatures, the hiatus stands in stark contrast to the rapid warming of the two decades that preceded it. Simulations conducted in advance of the 2013–14 assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggest that the warming should have continued at an average rate of 0.21 °C per decade from 1998 to 2012. Instead, the observed warming during that period was just 0.04 °C per decade, as measured by the UK Met Office in Exeter and the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK."So, the statement "doubt the continued, even accelerated, warming as claimed by the IPCC project" is not at all questionable. Numerous papers published on numerous journals have similar sentences. Evidently, Rasmussen did not spend much time trying to understand the physical issue behind the statement. which also demonstrates the political aspect of the decision.Finally he accused the editors of "nepotism." I do not know how many nephews the editors have but, without demonstrating first that the published papers contain factual scientific errors, the accusation is empty and it is a libel.My papers have received very good and professional reviews for what I am concerned.But I do acknowledge that this is the political word of Connolley and company. Nature (not the journal, but the real thing) will fix the problem before or later.What likely happened is that the usual defamers, unable to use scientific arguments to win a debate, have used "intimidation" instead of arguments. This is a story that is repeating again and again.The published papers are great. Please read them:Our special issue is herePerhaps, concerned people and scientists should write to the journal to express their opinion.Copernicus Publications: email@example.com
asking to forward to Rasmussen.If you so decide, please be polite. -
Hans Jelbring says:A letter sent from Giovanni Gregori to Nils-Axel Mörner which makes one ponder about what is going on in Europe relating to the the state of Science and its (non)importance.Dear Niklas,Yes, it is unbelievable, although I am not actually surprised, and I want to express my friendly understanding to you. I would like to stress a few points.
1) Science is not democracy, rather it is a rigorous dictatorship, and the dictator is Mother Nature. Nobody, in a VERY strict sense, is depository of absolute truth.
2) Solar-terrestrial relations are extremely complicate and cannot be explained by either one cause alone, or another.
3) Climate change is ongoing, and everybody can realize it.
4) The consequence of planetary effects on the Sun is one likely or possible cause, but among several others, maybe even much more relevant.
5) Claiming that everything is to be largely explained by one leading driver – identified with anthropic pollution – is manifestly simple-minded, unscientific, oversimplifying, and uncritical.
6) I recall an authoritative and very documented study by John Quinn, who did an authoritative, unbiased, exhaustive, and largely multidisciplinary investigation. He shows that several so-called "generally agreed" or "fully proven" results are evidently NOT confirmed by observational data.
7) In particular he shows that every effect of solar origin is first manifested inside Earth's phenomena somewhat related to geomagnetic monitoring, much earlier than any other effect manifested by means of other climatic indicators.
8) Mostly, it must be stressed that science is made of IDEAS, both wrong AND correct, that must be debated, compared with observations, in order to find confirmation or denial by our severe and generous "dictator". Measurements alone with no ideas make NO science. ALL ideas MUST be discussed, debated, if we want to approach truth that, however, will always remain beyond human reach.
9) Every approach that relies on paradigms (mostly when they are NOT supported by observations) is just unacceptable by every conscience-driven scientist. Consider the huge amount of causalities, tragedies, sufferance, damages, economic and not only economic, that – during few year – millions of people have to face as a consequence of natural catastrophes.
10) All scientists share the same human weakness and limitations – just like myself and everybody. And one has to accept everybody with a friendly feeling of understanding. BUT, owing to fundamental ethical and deontological reasons, nobody can feel IRRESPONSIBLE in front of her/his primary human obligation.
11) The situation is made even more serious – and deeply disappointing – by a large part of the so-called "science popularization" ("irresponsible" according to some very authoritative scientist) which is further amplified by mass media. It relies on catastrophism and sensationalism, often reporting incredible arguments. Let me just recall for instance the statement that atmospheric global warming causes the melting of the Antarctic ice-sheet …..
12) Managing and diffusing false information through the powerful present mass media – by taking advantage of the open-minded and cooperative feeling of several good parts of society – is just one true way to carry out "cultural terrorism".
13) I guess that it is almost offensive for me to be included in the ensemble of "climate skeptics" (as stated in the reply you got from "Martin and Xenia"). Evidently, these "Martin and Xenia" are "victims" of this generalized feeling, and have been totally biased by the ongoing "cultural terrorism". I can even understand their "human weakness". BUT, for sure, absolutely I am NOT a climate skeptic, I am NOT related to any lobby either pro or con anything or anybody! I am sure that several true (NOT FALSE and self-claiming) scientists are related to NO lobby at all. They are just conscience-driven and they just want to "read the book written by Mother Nature" BEFORE reading the books written by savants. This statement is not by myself. It is by Leonardo, who was seriously concerned with the "Aristotelian scientists". They were a very powerful lobby inside the establishment of his time (two centuries after Leonardo, also Giordano Bruno and Galileo knew very well how powerful they were). Leonardo called "trumpets" the self-claiming scientists who reported only opinions of others, instead of "reading the book of Nature". Time elapses, definitions change, but human weakness and limitations are always the same ….Evidently, several people of the present establishment have a different feeling about the way science ought to be communicated to society, in order to relief sufferance, causalities, etc. Everybody must respond to her/his consciousness, and she/he has to behave accordingly, independent of any other feeling or opinion. The great tragedies caused by natural catastrophes are a MUST in our conscience. A scientist is a scientist, and nothing else! I don't fell offended indeed …… because my conscience knows that I am a "scientist", while several other people evidently don't even know the true meaning of "science".
But, nobody of us can oppose the action of somebody who is apparently very well organized in pursuing her/his plans.
Very cordially yours,Giovanni -
Carrick says:I have to say, seeing William Connolley lecture people on ethical behavior is a new one.
J Martin says:It's a German based publication. You would think that after Alfred Wegener that they would be a bit more open minded to ideas that differ from perceived wisdom.
Nicola Scafetta says:The letter from Giovanni Gregori is inspiring.For those who may not know him, Giovanni Gregori is a prestigious geophysicist.
DirkH says:Hey, a Conneolley (Don Colleoney) infestation! Congrats, Tallbloke, you have caught the eye of "Going at the throat of science" himself."Publications Dr. Xenia van Edig Business Development Copernicus GmbH Bahnhofsallee 1e 37081 Göttingen Germany "…Göttingen is about as leftist as it gets; a small town built around a federal prison and a university, with a high concentration of Red SA/ black bloc; the university is a leftist rat's nest and mostly soft sciences. Nothing good can come from this town.
Stephen Wilde says:So,If one perceives patterns in celestial dynamicsand similar patterns in solar dynamicsand similar patterns in changes to the distribution of Earth's climate zonesthat must be suppressed ?Pattern recognition is just that. Why should it be in some way illegitimate to discuss such patterns in a Journal devoted to pattern recognition just because they have potentially adverse implications for the climate orthodoxy ?A great way to get publicity though
William Connolley: I fight daily battles with nepotism in review. It is a reason to retract a paper. If it happens repeatedly, it is a reason to replace an editor. It is no reason to pull a journal.
Anthony Ratliffe says:If William Connolley opposes a Journal, then one is pretty safe to support it.Tony.
Adrian O says:As a mathematical physicist, I find the situation outrageous.Recall the CRU email
[2007] Wils: What if climate change appears to be just mainly a multidecadal natural fluctuation? They'll kill us probably,in which they realized that climate behavior looked more and more the natural periodicity.I will write to each of the directors, suggesting that they change the name of their organization from
"The Copernicus Group"
"The Torquemada Group"Please take action
http://www.copernicus-gesellschaft.org/history.html -
karabar says:This is outrageous. Have the new world order mafia paid a visit to the publisher with a threat?
Does this mean that Copernicus is no longer a scientific publishing house and and has decided to be a left wing political rag? -
William Connolley says:> I fight daily battles with nepotism in reviewSplendid. But you've yet to make any comment about the nepotism problems here, other than to defend the journal. So that's just a touch odd: its almost as if you want to avoid saying anything negative about it. Don't be shy: you're not normally loathe to criticise.> It is no reason to pull a journal.If the entire journal is infested with nepotism, then yes it is. Although that's not why they say they pulled it – it was because of the "science" being pushed.ps: its fun to note that Jo Nova initially and mysteriously failed to include the "nepotism" paragraph. I put in a comment pointing out her error, which she has fixed, but again mysteriously my comment didn't appear.[Reply] I'll post the screencaps of my comments you've censored on your blog another day.
Jgc says:Copernicus is the publisher of the EGU journals. Scientists who disagree with censorship could complain to the EGU for their choice of publisher and refuse to review for those journals still published by Copernicus. After all, the publishing of scientific journals is a very lucrative business that depends on the unpaid work of peer scientists.
tchannon says:There is little point, the old man (b 1941) is I suspect past it, has lost control of what he did: -"In a revision of the statutes of Copernicus e.V. in 2010, the office of president was abandoned and Sir Ian Axford was posthumously awarded the title honorary president. The executive board consists of the secretary and the treasurer. These offices are held currently (2013) by Dr. Arne Richter and Martin Rasmussen."That means the organisation was subsumed and possesses a trivial board.However the devil in detail, in this ghastly document there is"Succession & familiy tradition (M. Rasmussen) for benefit of EGU and other customers"Make of that what you will.
colliemum says:The hypocrisy couldn't be more glaring: "PRP was never meant to be a platform for climate sceptics." – IAW, if you had toes the line of the IPCC, this wouldn't have happened.If this is not a clear-cut case not just of censorship but of the Lysenkoism displayed in the climate "Science" community (people like Turney of Antarctic fame, for example …), then I don't know.I hope this will make a huge stink across the academic world – the one populated by real scientists, not activists.
Lord Beaverbrook says:Wow, the fact that the journal was pulled is incredulous but the appearance of the Rat and the Rabbit certainly means that a nerve has been severed. Keep up the good work you're in the pool with the big fish now.
Go Whitecaps!! says:It appears that Mr. Connolley can spot other peoples fleas but cannot see his own.
William Connolley says:William Connolley says:
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
January 17, 2014 at 8:32 pmJgc says:
January 17, 2014 at 8:56 pmtchannon says:
January 17, 2014 at 8:59 pmJgc says:
January 17, 2014 at 8:56 pmLord Beaverbrook says:
January 17, 2014 at 9:12 pmHmmm. Indulging in a little light conversation control, eh. You don't want to let through comments you dislike too quickly, it might upset the flow of sycophants.[Reply] As I posted earlier, I've been out at a meeting, just back now. At the top of the thread I asked people to be polite. You've failed to discuss any science and have descended to ad hom insults, so out you go. -
Adrian O says:Here is the content of the letter I sent to Rasmussen and Richter.Dear Professor ….,I read with dismay about your decision to terminate the journal Pattern Recognition in Physics, because the editors "doubt the continued, even accelerated, warming as claimed by the IPCC project."As you may have noticed, the IPCC climate models are already, after only 7 years, with 95% confidence, wrong.
Your decision puts to shame the idea of open publications, and is contrary to modern science in general.
In particular, it is very much against the spirit of Copernicus.Your legacy in science will consist of earning for your group the nickname "Torquemada Publications."[signed]
PS The consensus climate scientists were aware of the periodicity described in your journal issue. They wrote
[2007] Wils: "What if climate change appears to be just mainly a multidecadal natural fluctuation? They'll kill us probably" -
Adrian O says:The people who terminated the journal areMartin Rasmussen, Director, Copernicus Publications
email@example.com Richter, Founding Member and General Secretary of the Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V."A multi-talented character who has made a difference in scientific publishing"
(and how!)
http://www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net/pr_acp_poschl_arne_richter_wien2010_up31.pdf -
oldbrew says:@ Stephen Wilde 7:43pmExactly so. There appears to be more than a hint of paranoia at work in 'official climate science' at present. Hence the ad homs get louder as the scientific arguments get weaker in the face of a climate system that refuses to conform to the beloved computer models.
[…] Breaking: Pattern Recognition in Physics Axed by Copernicus. […]
tallbloke says:The home page of PRP has now been set to forward directly to
Ours is under 'special editions'Which means that Martin Rasmussen's statement regarding the termination of the journal including his vague and unsubstantiated accusations are no longer visible. I expect someone with some legal knowledge advised him to remove access to it.Fortunately Jo Nova preserved it. -
Here's James Annan crowing http://julesandjames.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/recognising-pattern.html
tallbloke says:Thanks Richard. Comment left at James Empty(headed) BlogHi James,
Maybe a it early to start crowing?
It seems Martin Rasmussen may have had second thoughts, the homepage which carried his statement about closure is no longer visible and redirects to the page where our special edition is linked. All papers are still freely downloadable as of now.RegardsRog Tallbloke -
Faux Science Slayer says:Dr Scafetta sent me his great research paper several days ago, a validation and AMPLIFICATION of Milankovitch 1914 "Astronomical Theory of the Ice Ages". I was struck by the elegant symmetry of the solar system harmonics and the high corollations to climate. I CCed this to dozens of top scientists on all three sides of the debate, the Darth BIG Warmers, the Luke LITTLE Warmers and the Obie NO Warmers. I was STUNNED at the overt censorship by PRP in defiance of the Traditional Scientific Method. By their actions you will know them. Please download this excellent work and share with others.Truth will Triumph.
Jaime Jessop says:Giovanni's comments above, as Nicola Scafetta says, are indeed inspiring; some of the most lucid and insightful I have read on climate change blogs.We do seem to forget that Nature holds all the trump cards here and the 'science' which we so often elevate to such dizzying heights and enshroud in the false aura of academic 'respectability' is but the mode of expression which we as humans choose to convey Nature's inner workings, even when, as the case may or may not be, Nature's measurable response to our own activities. Nature speaks, we interpret, often falteringly or incorrectly. A good scientist never trusts his/her interpretation, he/she merely works to hopefully improve upon that interpretation or discard it when it begins to look like it is not correct.The arrogance of a mere publisher discarding a whole series of interpretations (an entire journal) on the basis that it does not accord with another, far more politically acceptable interpretation plus unspecified 'potential' irregularities in the review process is complete anathema and glaring evidence of politically motivated censorship.
NikFromNYC says:Another epic ship of fools garners attention for skepticism just as Mother Nature vindicates it. That the Mann-supported, headline-grabbing Marcott 2013 faux hockey stick established peer review in climatology as being utterly broken, puts this extreme measure in perspective as being desperately totalitarian, a truly bad PR move. Yippie!
Tom says:Looks like Rasmussem's lawyer read the letter and said 'what the hell have you done.'
Green Sand says:I have no dog in this fight, too much for an old engineer to grasp. But life experience and scars leaves me wary of those who allow themselves the luxury of arrogance.Immediate arrogance, bluster and lack of substance are symptoms of concern over certainty.The reactions to this announcement sure makes me think somebody, somewhere, is running scared, but of what? Time will tell!We live in interesting times!
Konrad. says:Tallbloke,
while I understand this may be disappointing news in the short term, I would have to agree with Richard111′s comment. This letter is of considerable value.That " Copernicus Publications cannot risk losing its excellent reputation in the scientific community." is actually in the body text is just too deliciousI believe you should communicate immediately with Copernicus Publications politely requesting a hard copy on company letterhead.First, as Richard111 suggests, a nicely framed copy will be quite valuable in the very, very near future. I suspect Copernicus Publications would be the highest bidder.Second, a request for hard copy often makes the recipients of the request stop and think. Often along the lines of "did we just do something so incredibly inane that it beggars the imagination?". -
tallbloke says:Konrad: I don't think Copernicus will supply any hard copy. Indeed Martin Rasmussen's comment has already disappeared from the PRP website…Hopefully our printed special edition copies will make it to us.
Konrad. says:William Connolley says:
January 17, 2014 at 5:25 pm"In addition, the editors selected the referees on a nepotistic basis, which we regard as malpractice in scientific publishing…"Oooh you bad boys. RT: are you in favour of nepotism in review? Come on, don't be shy
Need reminding? From Climategate -
"we'll keep these papers out, even if it means we have to redefine what peer-review means"You can edit the "history" in little Jimmy's sand pit, but not in the real world. It is said that History is written by the victors. This is no longer strictly true in the age of the Internet. History is now written as it happens. But how it is interpreted will still be framed by the victors. In the climate debate that is the sceptics. The corpse of global warming cannot be re-animated, nor can it be hidden.Over 5000 pro-consensus climate edits was it? Hmmm…. -
Konrad. says:tallbloke says:
January 17, 2014 at 11:38 pm
"I don't think Copernicus will supply any hard copy. Indeed Martin Rasmussen's comment has already disappeared from the PRP website…"
No hard copy? Awwww….Is someone wincing and biting his fist so hard he swallowed his eyes and lost a few fingers? -
Geoff Sharp says:Interesting times, the whole CAGW side of it in particular.But what ever happens to this journal in the future I would encourage a move away from the appearance of PAL review that this journal has been criticized for. It does our cause no good.I have a particular gripe with the just published I. Charvátová and P. Hejda paper in Pattern Recognition in Physics. The reviewers (tallbloke being one) .Charvátová for decades has been talking about the disordered orbit and how it aligns (roughly) with times of solar slowdown. It is now known what exact planetary configuration causes the SINGLE disordered orbit of around 10 years which disturbs the balanced trefoil arrangement around the SSB and it is also known how to quantify the planetary alignment and the SINGLE disordered orbit in respect to predicting solar downturn at the solar cycle level. This new knowledge allows more accurate predictions of single grand minima type cycles which has shown to be more accurate than Charvátová's 2007 prediction for solar cycle 24 of 140SSN.This new knowledge was first made available in 2008 and then published in 2010 at arxiv.org and then later published (2013) in the peer reviewed International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics.The paper is titled:Are Uranus & Neptune Responsible for Solar Grand Minima and Solar Cycle Modulation?As Editor and peer reviewer Roger Tattersall failed in his duty to science and should have instructed Charvátová and Hejda to include the new science in their paper as it is directly relevant and is a new discovery that explains the disordered orbit.Roger has been aware of my work for years but has refused to discuss it at the "talkshop" or indeed include it in the scientific literature where it is directly relevant where he had direct control.A new paper in press at Solar Physics by esteemed authors will soon be available which is in full agreement with the basic principles I have outlined in my paper.
tallbloke says:Comment left at WUWT (Currently awaiting moderation)
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/17/the-planetary-tidal-influence-on-climate-fiasco-strong-armed-science-tactics-are-overkill-due-process-would-work-better/#comment-1539570Blimey. Good job my papers aren't about a tidal theory then. In fact the majority of the papers in the special edition don't espouse a tidal theory. Pity Anthony didn't take the trouble to read before dismissing them. But never mind. Scientists are reading them, judging by the number of downloads.Copernicus' Martin Rasmussen's statement about shutting down PRP on the homepage is now no longer accessible, as the page immediately redirects to the 'issues' page, where our special edition is still linked. All the papers are still available for open access free download. So interested WUWT readers can make up their own minds about our work.
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/special_issue2.htmlOur curve fitting model now successfully replicates 400 years of solar observations to R^2=0.91. The model shows good correspondence with 14C reconstruction back to the C11th. -
R J Salvador says:When I accessed the website just now, Mr. Rasmussen's statement was still there.
http://www.pattern-recognition-in-physics.net/ -
DirkH says:Yes, statement by Rasmussen is there. But let's look at the first 2 sentences:
"Copernicus Publications started publishing the journal Pattern Recognition in Physics (PRP) in March 2013. The journal idea was brought to Copernicus' attention and was taken rather critically in the beginning, since the designated Editors-in-Chief were mentioned in the context of the debates of climate skeptics."A Göttingen publication (as maoist-red-green orthodox as imaginable) and CLIMATE SKEPTICS!!!! ROTFLMAO!!! That's like a succubus in the Vatican! -
tallbloke says:Thanks RJ: Amazing, there seems to be a battle going on. Anyway, page duly grabbed and will appear at:
Eli Rabett says:Richard Tol uttered: "How can a publisher discern the thematic profile of a journal after just one issue, and a special issue at that?"Maybe because they have a whole lot of other journals and if one tanks their reputation it would hurt their business model? C'mon Richard, you know better than that.
sabretruthtiger says:Piers Morgan while slightly vilified by meteorologists everywhere, even Anthony Watts, is correct in the blatantly obvious conclusion that the sun (you know, the main source of heat in the heat driven system) is the primary driver of climate.
solar/lunar/axial tilt/magnetic fields/orbital cycles have remarkable correlation to climate shifts and weather events.To claim a trace GHG with a logarithmic forcing and no causal correlation to past climate shifts/temperature trends is the primary driver is idiotic in the extreme.
To censor a paper that points out the irrefutable fact that models exaggerate the observed warming 3 fold is Orwellian and corrupt to say the least.I would like to know what they consider corruption of the review process because the criminal peer review process that has allowed many shoddy, fallacious, flaw-filled alarmist papers through via a who's who of Alarmist scientists on the payroll of governments everywhere definitely dwarfs any skeptic like-mindedness amongst the reviewers of the paper in question.The arrogance of the alarmist establishment and their complete confidence in their political power is mind-blowing. Years ago they would not contemplate such Communist-style censorship. -
jordan says:No body expects the Spanish inquisition. Math hard, reality is a bitch.
Scute says:I've honestly been having this little conversation with myself for the last month:"I really want a copy of PRP. I know it'll be good. It's got all the stuff I'm interested in. Trouble is I don't wanna pay online, don't like it. I wonder if Rog'll take a cheque? Nah! Cheques are old fashioned. Don't wanna look old fashioned. Maybe I can go round his gaff and give him the cash? I'd better make my mind up soon cos all the copies will be gone and anyway it's a win win situation cos I can read it, put it in the cupboard and wait….and in 20 years time after all the furore it's caused has run its course I can open the cupboard, get it out and sell it for a FORRRRRTUNE!"And I was thinking about the furore in solar physics, Leif and co., not climate change!Oh well, there goes my pension.
Scute says:By the way Rog, I don't like this untrue description of my world:"doubt the continued, even accelerated, warming as claimed by the IPCC project.""Continued" means it has been happening in the recent past not 13 years ago and counting. Using that word is misleading people to think that the Earth is warming.Please change to "resuming for no particular reason at some unspecified time in the distant future".Thanks
Ian Wilson says:Rog,Sorry to sound like the guy in "The Meaning of Life" that said: "But, I didn't eat the pate!!!.." as Death led all the party goers away.I feel more like one the elated Greek soldiers hiding in the Trojan horse INSIDE the Gates of Troy.
Rasmussen and the other catastrophic warmists are like Hector and Paris, the leaders of Troy. They think that by axing the PRP Journal [i.e. accepting the Trojan Horse within the city's walls], the skeptics will be defeated and they will go home with their tail between their [collective] legs.Little does Rasmussen know that his odious act of axing the PRP Journal has focused the World's attention on our merry-band of warriors who are about to emerge from the Trojan Horse and sack the sacred temples and walls of the impregnable IPCC….. I mean Troy.P.S. Does that make Nils a modern day Agamemnon and you the modern day Ajax? -
Berényi Péter says:Typical Streisand effect.Otherwise I am absolutely sure Copernicus Publications has greatly improved its already excellent reputation in the scientific community by publishing the story of the little Grünmithut, which is cared for as a foundling for a day of many meadow nature. So Hannah grasshopper, spider leg Polina, Edward the Paramäulchen, Miss Maja silk spring and all the other friends lovingly take care of the little ones. Hannah grasshopper asked all her friends to learn in the hope something about the whereabouts of his mother. Unfortunately, their search is fruitless and only in the evening, after a long day of searching, Grünmithuts Mama is found.Committed Climate Scientists must have loved zis stuff.
Will Janoschka says:Does anyone here have a concept of what "pattern recognition" may mean? Please show any better way to distinguish chaotic from random. Even the definitions of the two words is always chaotic, never random. Please distinguish?
catweazle666 says:If Wikipedia vandal and general alarmist "Stoat" Conelly is dancing with delight, it seems to me it must have had a very great deal going for it.
michael hart says:"PRP was never meant to be a platform for climate sceptics."As satan is my witness, I can't remember the last time I choked with laughter. And you know, TB, I'm not laughing at you.
Graeme No.3 says:1. This was the most extraordinary way of stopping publicity for these papers. The views of the various authors will be read around the world. I have downloaded all the .pdf's for careful reading, and I am sure that many others who were never aware of them have done likewise.2. "the editors selected the referees on a nepotistic basis" would disturb Mr. Rasmussen's lawyer.
Nepotism is a strange word to use unless the referees were indeed related, and if not true then it could appear libellous. In the absence of any evidence have you thought of consulting a lawyer?3. Thank you for allowing William Connolley some space to demonstrate his character to those, including myself, who have never had any contact with him. I need say no more.Best wishes to you and the other authors for a happy new year. -
redc says:Congrats Rog, somehow you have a way of rocking the boat like nobody else can. The rabbit and the weasel caring enough to post are an unexpected bonus.This is the sentence that shuts down a journal:"This sheds serious doubts on the issue of a continued, even accelerated, warming as claimed by the IPCC project."
Konrad. says:Will Janoschka says:
January 18, 2014 at 2:13 am
"Does anyone here have a concept of what "pattern recognition" may mean? Please show any better way to distinguish chaotic from random. Even the definitions of the two words is always chaotic, never random. Please distinguish?"———————————————–"Patten recognition" is a term most coonlmmy aatessocid with hmaun vuaisl or auordity ptioercepn. It can be sowhn that the eybaell can only see two deeegrs of cooulr vioisn yet we peiverce a far grateer vuaisl field in coulor. This is bausece our brian pantis in what our eye does not see thugroh a prceoss of paerttn recotiognin. This is also true for obctjes and comomn imgeas such as wodrs. -
Konrad. says:Eli Rabett says:
January 18, 2014 at 12:49 am
This sorry incident is just part of pattern of atrocious behaviour by the defenders of the consensus. Attacking science within the field of climate is one thing, attacking work in other disciplines to defend the faith is quite another. That is not scraping the bottom of the barrel, that is digging in the feculent slime below it.It doesn't look like AGW can survive till the end of 2014. Even now the BBC is frantically trying to engineer their "solar minimum" exit strategy.But things have gone way, way too far for a "soft landing".When the smoke clears from the crater of global warming, a lot of stories are going to come to the attention of the general public. Attacking other science disciplines to defend the faith is something the public can easily recognise as grossly unethical, venal and craven.Svensmark comes to mind.So too does Makarieva 2010 meteorology discussion paper.When bolting for the bushes, little bunnies should watch out for the shining wire -
Brian H says:Connolly shows his class. Again. "Free fall" comes to mind.
Geoff Sharp says:I have been fighting Connolly for some time on his insistence to maintain that Landscheidt called the current grand minimum (if it happens) after himself.WIKI says:
In 1989, Landscheidt forecast a period of sunspot minima after 1990, accompanied by increased cold, with a stronger minimum and more intense cold which should peak in 2030 [1], which he described as the "Landscheidt Minimum" [2]I pointed out to him several times when trying to amend the record that in no place in the referenced paper [2] does Landscheidt name any grand minimum after himself.Connolly just says bad luck and refuses to correct the record or allow anyone else to correct.A true Bastian of science in action? -
Nicola Scafetta says:Comment post on WUTW:I think that Anthony get a little bit too excited. This is a blatant case of censorship.As Anthony states, proper rebuttals of the issues addressed in the papers would have been the right scientific way to do this. But this option was evidently dismissed. Too dangerous to write rebuttals that are then soundly rebutted by a proper reply.As the things are now, only one paper published in PRP has been fully rebutted. I will talk about this below.About the papers of the special issue that only briefly address the climate issue (I have published two papers in the special issue and only one section in one of the two addresses the interpretation of climate change), none has been rebutted. So, contrary to Anthony statement there was no "planetary theory fiasco" but only a political decision by the publisher to terminate the publications of this journal that evidently do not fit his scientific views that clearly opposes having as editors of a journal people that he defined as "climate skeptics". He was very clear. In brief, "climate skeptics" cannot serve as editors of a science journal belonging to Copernicus.However, all papers are free and can be downloaded from the web-site of the journal
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/2/issue1.htmlThe special issue is here
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/special_issue2.htmlMy papers are here to everybody to read:1) Multiscale comparative spectral analysis of satellite total solar irradiance measurements from 2003 to 2013 reveals a planetary modulation of solar activity and its nonlinear dependence on the 11 yr solar cycle
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/1/123/2013/prp-1-123-2013.pdf2) The complex planetary synchronization structure of the solar system
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/2/1/2014/prp-2-1-2014.pdfIronically, paper number 2 is a review of multisecular literature that starts with Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium of 1543. Poor Copernicus! He is revolting in his tomb. The paper can be hardly rebutted without rejecting also Copernicus, Kepler and so on up to modern times. Please read it, it is quite informative.About Anthony's bias based on his two points, my reply are the following:"1) The gravitational effects at distance are simply too small to exert the forces neccessary,"This issue is extensively discussed in my publication:
Scafetta N., 2012. Does the Sun work as a nuclear fusion amplifier of planetary tidal forcing? A proposal for a physical mechanism based on the mass-luminosity relation. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 81-82, 27-40.
http://people.duke.edu/~ns2002/pdf/ATP3610.pdfMoreover, if Anthony had read my papers, he would know that also an electromagnetic influence may be possible. This is made of electric current connections between the planets and the sun, which do not depend on the distance."2) The methodology employed often results in hindcast curve fitting a theory to data, where the maxim "correlation is not causation" should have been considered before publishing the paper."This again is erroneous. The methodology employed at least in my papers is equivalent to the methodology used for predicting the ocean tides on Earth. Here harmonic models that use astronomical harmonics are used to reconstruct the solar and climate patterns. At least my models are tested on their hindcasting forecasting capability and are successful for centuries, and are supported by several physical arguments.See here for the correct forecast of the temperature I made in 2010:
http://people.duke.edu/~ns2002/#astronomical_model_1Anthony simply does not understand the tidal ocean model by Kelvin et al.But now lets go back to the main point. Above I said "As the things are now, Only one paper published by PRP has been fully rebutted. I will talk about this below." Which paper am I talking about?Well, it was a paper by Benestad:
Comment on "Discussions on common errors in analyzing sea level accelerations, solar trends and global warming" by Scafetta (2013).
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/1/91/2013/prp-1-91-2013.pdfHere Benestad tries to rebut my paper:
Discussion on common errors in analyzing sea level accelerations, solar trends and global warming
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/1/37/2013/prp-1-37-2013.pdfBenestad's comment was soundly rebutted in my reply:
Reply to Benestad's comment on "Discussions on common errors in analyzing sea level accelerations, solar trends and global warming" by Scafetta (2013)
http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/1/105/2013/prp-1-105-2013.pdfThe issue discussed here was the fragrant mathematical errors made in a paper by Benestad and Schmidt (2009) on JGR that was extensively discussed also on WUWT:Thus, I think that Anthony got it wrong. This journal, PRP, was terminated simply because it was too dangerous to allow a scientific dialectic of rebuttals and replies. To do that one needs editors that publish the rebuttals but not the reply which would not have happened with the current editors. So, the publisher decided to close the journal. But no paper published there has been rebutted, only Benestad's one was. So, those papers stand as they are.Anthony, it would be nice if you start reading these papers. -
Nicola Scafetta says:Anthony reply:REPLY: I've read your papers in the past, and decided they were junk. I don't expect these to be any better, but I'll have a look. – Anthony
Andrew McRae says:Looks like someone at Copernicus is rapidly earning a spot in the Hall of Shame?Their hasty mumbling about "nepotism" is a major double standard for the field of pulp Cli-Sci. But there is nothing to stop every paper in the special issue being reviewed by an entirely new anonymous panel. This is a delay in planetary theory but not a show-stopper.The mainstream climate science consensus is clear: the Talkshop is where all the cutting edge science will have to remain!
Angech says:Please let Mr Connolly have some airspace as that is what keeps a blog going well. You can delete some of the invective but the puissance go the man is just begging to be shown here.
Otherwise you are acting a bit like Copernicus.
Give him a go and shoot down his arguments, if he has any. -
Will Janoschka says:Konrad. says:
January 18, 2014 at 3:31 amWill Janoschka says:
January 18, 2014 at 2:13 am
"Does anyone here have a concept of what "pattern recognition" may mean? Please show any better way to distinguish chaotic from random. Even the definitions of the two words is always chaotic, never random. Please distinguish?"———————————————–"Patten recognition" is a term most coonlmmy aatessocid with hmaun vuaisl or auordity ptioercepn. It can be sowhn that the eybaell can only see two deeegrs of cooulr vioisn yet we peiverce a far grateer vuaisl field in coulor. This is bausece our brian pantis in what our eye does not see thugroh a prceoss of paerttn recotiognin. This is also true for obctjes and comomn imgeas such as wodrs.Good God: "Does anyone here have a concept of what "pattern recognition" may mean?Not your concept of some earthling definition of the two words, But the "meaning" of those same two words. The US-NSA does this "so" well. Find a pattern in the noise. Ignore the noise itself. Try to find the "pattern" or "meaning" within that same noise. The noise is here called "heat". The meaning of heat is now corrupted by a few., This is the the whole issue of AGW or CC. What is the pattern?, that we now recognise? Who are the few? Takes lotsa computer "goat power" -
Wayne Job says:Connolley coming here is rather curious, gloating that the shutting down of an opposition is a victory. That is a sign of defeat, Connolley and all his fellow travelers have lost the plot.In science you come out on top when your science is better. 2013 was not a good year for his cause, this year young though it be not a day has passed without some disturbing news or back pedaling by governments. Looks like he may have a very bad year for even Gaia seems to be not on his side. Poor dear.
Man Bearpig says:Some strange comments here from the proponents of AGW … It makes me think of the Lewandowski "Paper" where claims that Skeptics think Princess Diana was murdered and Commit Suicide at the same time which was of course immediately debunked by those that know the flaws in the statistics used to come up with such ridiculous claims.Now, lets look at the other side of the coin … what was it, AGW causes hot weather and cold weather and drought and floods ALL at the same time.. Time for another paper Lew ?
Martin A says:Is that the complete letter? It makes no mention of "In addition, the editors selected the referees on a nepotistic basis" ( http://www.pattern-recognition-in-physics.net/ ) . For the publishers to make such an allegation public without having put it to the editors seems very odd.
JM says:It doesn't seem to me that those crying "censorship" are correct. Censorship would involve, for example, removing the papers in question, which doesn't appear to have happened. Instead, the publishers are simply cancelling the journal. Their reasoning could certainly do with some further explanation (in my opinion), but I don't think they would be outside their rights to cancel further issues for no reason whatsoever. So move along. If you've got a good study, just publish it elsewhere. Why all the drama, unless you're *concerned* about losing control of the editor / peer-review process?
tallbloke says:Martin A: Yes. That's the whole letter. The accusations got tacked on to the web statement later. Preumably to justify the action.
Euan Mearns says:Rog, at risk of sounding a little controversial. 12 papers in special issue, 1 authored by Morner, 2 by Tattersal and 2 by Solheim – the 3 editors account for 42% of the content. This struck me as a bit high, but my wife who worked for decades in academia tells me there is nothing unusual about that. If there were some analogous special issues published by "The Team" it could be worthwhile documenting the level of editorial involvement in those.I've also had a look through all the papers trying to find out who the authors are. There seems to be a shortage of mainstream academics, but for example finding this for Mornersays he is a retired professor from the University of Stockholm. I think it could be beneficial to post CVs for all those involved. You have an affiliation at Uo Leeds – what as? I am an honorary research fellow at Uo Aberdeen – where the honour is derived from the fact they are not allowed to pay me for any of the teaching I do there.I like the theme of this collection of papers since I am already receptive to the notion that the planets stir The Sun and so it is helpful to see how this may be quantified. I downloaded Scaffeta's paper from WUWT a couple of days ago. His Figure 9 is going to cause The Team all sorts of problems since it likely projects a version of reality that climate science is just getting to grips with. Censoring work like this is pretty outrageous and will come back to haunt climate science.
tallbloke says:Euan: Nils Mörner has 580 peer reviewed papers to his name. I didn't do any editing as such. More an honourific for helping find contributors I think.
Eugene S. Conlin says:PRP – Special Issue now on Wayback Machine at http://web.archive.org/web/20140118123946/http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/special_issue2.html
tallbloke says:Haha! Good move Eugene, thanks. Still a good move to download local copies of the pdf's


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