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Led Zeppelin are to be sued by Spirit bassist Mark Andes over iconic track Stairway To Heaven's similarity to a piece released by his band three years earlier.
They launched a composition called Taurus in 1968, and soon afterwards Led Zep supported them on their first-ever US tour. Stairway was released in 1971 on Led Zeppelin IV – but members of Spirit always claimed the opening acoustic guitar phrase was lifted from Taurus.
Late guitarist Randy California, who died in 1997, once commented: "I'd say it was a rip-off. The guys made millions of bucks on it and never said, 'Thank you' – never said, 'Can we pay you some money?' It's a sore point with me."
Now Andes is gearing up to file papers in an attempt to stop the re-release of the track as part of Led Zep's remaster series, unless California gets a co-writing credit and appropriate payment.
He says Jimmy Page and co heard the song on the road in 1968, and tells Business Week: "It was such a pretty moment, and it would typically come after a big forceful number. They would have seen it in that context. We did quite a few shows with those guys – not to say they might have heard it from the record."
He says of his plans for legal action: "It would just be nice if the Led Zeppelin guys gave Randy a little nod. That would be lovely."
The British outfit have been sued in the past over their compositions, with guitarist Page having said he chose to follow a tradition of taking previously-written material and creating "variations." As a result of legal action they've assigned co-writing credits on Whole Lotta Love, The Lemon Song and Babe I'm Gonna Leave You.
Meanwhile, Page says he's tired of Robert Plant "playing games" over the chances of another reunion.
The vocalist recently slammed home why he didn't want to go on tour after their 2007 Celebration Day show – but his bandmate is still stung over a comment made last year.
Page tells the New York Times: "I was told last year that Robert said he was doing nothing in 2014, and what do the other two guys think? Well, he knows what the other guys think. Everyone would love to play more concerts. He's just playing games – and I'm fed up with it, to be honest with you.
"I don't sing, so I can't do much about it. It just looks so unlikely, doesn't it? I definitely want to play live. Because, you know, I've still got a twinkle in my eye. I can still play."
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After a year of thoroughly exploring the Paris restaurant scene, there was still one gaping hole in my virtual foodie CV- going out for a fancy meal. So for my last lunch in Paris, I headed to Pierre Sang with my Paris-based PIC, Edna.
And in the spirit of going all out on my last day in city, we opted for the 35-euro five-course menu. When in Paris, right?
The meal started off with the best butter I've ever had in my life- salt-flecked, creamy and soft. Yum.
Butter from Normandy= crack.
Next came the amuse-bouche. What I love about Pierre Sang is that the menu changes every day, and that the waitstaff will only tell you what you're having after you've already eaten it… it's kind of like rehab for picky eaters.
Which is how I ended up eating raw rabbit breast that I thought was squid. Oops.
Overall I was really impressed with the quality of food. Pierre Sang was born in South Korea and was adopted by a French family when he was seven, and I could definitely taste the blend of Eastern-Western flavors in his food. He uses Western ingredients but prepares them with an Asian respect to flavors: tangy, sweet, spicy and salty all at the same time.
The cheese course which our server actually forgot to bring so we reminded him after we had dessert… but he was so sweet we didn't care!
A shot of the master himself- Pierre Sang!
Where is your favorite place to splurge in Paris?
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Excerpts from Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens' 4th of July message to Sailors and their families:
"As we take time to celebrate 237 years of independence, let us remember to reaffirm our own commitment to liberty and freedom. Let us remember the meaning of the 4th of July, the meaning of the Independence Day.
Take a moment to reflect on a portion of the Declaration of Independence . . .
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."
While many of us enjoy fireworks, festivals, parades, and cook outs together to give thanks for our freedom and what our Country has become: the freest, most inspired and resilient Nation on earth, please remember the thousands of Sailors who are deployed around the world protecting these very freedoms.
Please remember our Navy families who stand the watch at home so our Sailors can focus on missions on the ground, in the air, and at sea.
I am very proud of each and every one of you for the sacrifices you and your families make for our great Navy and Nation.
Continue to work hard, stay out of trouble, and be good and decent people.
Happy Independence Day!
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Casey Anthony Found Not Guilty in Daughter Caylee's Death
After deliberating for 10 hours and 40 minutes, a jury found Casey Anthony not guilty in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee.
After deliberating for 10 hours and 40 minutes, a jury found Casey Anthony not guilty in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee.
The American Medical Association is taking a stand against Photoshop.
For decades, photo manipulation software has been whittling the waists and thinning the thighs of celebrities and models, and the AMA says it's caused unrealistic and unhealthy body image issues — especially among children and adolescents.
A new store is taking on Whole Foods in the company's hometown of Austin, Texas.
Like the well-known chain, In.gredients will specialize in local and organic edibles, but with one key difference — it vows to be first "package-free, zero waste grocery store" in the US.
Marijuana legalization has two pretty high-profile friends in Congress.
Republican Ron Paul of Texas and Democrat Barney Frank of Massachusetts are co-sponsoring a bill that would put an end to the federal criminalization of marijuana.
Police in Rochester NY arrested 28 year old Emily Good after she video taped them during a traffic stop around 10pm on May 12th. She was standing in the yard of her house taping the arrest of a man she says is her friend and the police said "I don't feel safe with you standing behind us" and asked her to go in her house. She refused to go into her house saying that it is her right to stand in her yard. The video is a bit dark but you can hear everything clearly.
Smokers are going to need a strong stomach if they want to continue their habit.
That's because starting in September of 2012 new FDA requirements will mandate that half of the area on every pack of cigarettes be covered by a graphic anti-smoking warning label.
So, you're thinking of catching up on some reading this summer? Well, you're not alone.
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The interior decor at your local Golden Arches leaves a lot to be desired, but that won't be the case for much longer.
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As news of Osama bin Laden's death spread across the globe Sunday night, celebrities and politicians took to the Internet with quick responses to the news.
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Most people watching 'ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball' game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets knew that the reason the crowd suddenly erupted into cheers was because they had just found out Osama Bin Laden had been shot dead by American special forces.
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In the beginning
I found a few pictures recently from when the garden was young and thought I'd share.
I think all the before pictures were from around 2003:
Yes, isn't it satisfying to look back on earlier stages of the garden and see how far things have come! That hazy view in the last picture is particularly pretty. I love that stone in the bed - I've been contemplating copying that idea at some point....
I love B4/After photos too! What a difference a few years make. I especially love how the island bed in photo #3 and #4 is filling out. I didn't have a digital camera when we first started renovating the garden, so I want to try scanning some of our old photos into the computer, but when I will get to that I don't know. Are your older photos scanned into the computer? You have done a lot of work Michelle and it is really turning out great. How does your family like the changes? How did your new front walk area finish up for the winter?
Thanks for the wonderful reminder that plants grow, Michelle!! There are times when I look at the Park and just sigh and think "next year" then find myself doing the same thing a year from then :-)
I've always wondered what goes in that humungous silo?
I'm glad you like my progress. I don't know if I have alot of pictures from when I first started gardening in 1997. I did scan the "before" pictures. I had a pretty crummy camera then also.
As for the silo, DH has lived here since he was a young man just starting to farm. For 30 years he had a dairy farm. We have 2 of those silos and they are for silage. Which is a mixture of chopped corn plants (corn and stalk) and water which ferments. It is blown into the silo. You can see in the one picture that there is a feed bunk extending out to the left from the silo. The silo has equipment that automatically fills the feed bunk. Now we don't use it. They are 70' tall and I've actually climbed to the top (with DH behind me)
Kathy, not as much expansion room as you might think. In the area with the big rock, it can't get any bigger as thats where tractors, wagons and combines park at certain times of the year. Other areas that I've used brick are somewhat locked into to that as well. That's good though it keeps me from getting too carried away LOL
PM, DH is very proud of all I've done. Much of the rest of the family is indifferent - other than Kenzie ;o) They will say it looks nice but aren't all that interested. I didn't do much to the front area. I will probably fill it slowly as I find things I like.
Thanks again all
Wonderful improvement! Beautiful pictures. I love your open spaces.
I wish I had the energy to build a rock border to the beds by our house. That is so pretty. And I could fill it with better soil than what is there. The rocks would keep the soil from washing away.Ofcourse, since my trees are so close to the house, the beds would soon be full of tree roots! :-(
Oh well, I love the trees....
Michelle, it looks wonderful! you must be so proud.
"Before" and "after" shots are really fun. You always think you'll remember how it "used to look" but you do forget! And when you're feeling "down" about things it's fun to take a stroll down memory lane and see just what you can accomplish when you put your mind to it.
I love your front garden with your name on it, it's beautiful. Nice work!
(oh, and if you want more rocks gimme a call, OK?)
Michelle....I was wondering, what silage is for? Almost sounds like a big composter...lol. Is that what all silos are used for? I think it is so funny that I never thought to ask what went in them. I think I vaguely assumed it was water storage.
I have a few family members that have been indifferent to all things gardening. I have always found that so curious, for something that fascinates me so, I always have a very hard time understanding how someone could not find it fascinating. :-)
PM, silage is feed to animals. In our case dairy cows. On the left side you see a tube going up, that's where the silage is blown up and in. On the right you can see a ladder to climb to the top. I know that I didn't know much about anything farming when I lived in town. I still ask DH alot of questions.
Chelone, I'm after flat rocks, as you can see most of mine are rounded. Last night I rode with DH as he did some tillage and more rocks surfaced.
Thanks again
Michelle. I like the flat rocks too, and when I see one along our driveway or out in the woods I tote it back to the house (if it is small enough for me to carry) and add it to my collection. Some day I may put them to use...as I have in the past. I like rocks.:-)
Michelle, aren't you so glad that you have the befores to compare with? For some reason I never think to do that. Your afters are wonderful! The gardens have really matured and are filled in just right, not too crowded which is what I tend to do. I really love that last picture. Looks like just the perfect place to live, home sweet home!


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GOP Senate candidate Wolf says Republicans shouldn't make friends with Democrats
In his criticism of U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., on Monday, Dr. Milton Wolf indicated Republicans shouldn't make friends with Democrats and that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's recent controversies have been caused by the media.
Wolf, a tea party-backed challenger to Roberts in the GOP primary, was interrupted several times by applause during his 24-minute talk to about 50 people who attended an event put on by the Douglas County Republican Party at Famous Dave's restaurant.
One of Wolf's major criticisms of Roberts is that Roberts voted in the Senate to confirm President Barack Obama's selection of Kathleen Sebelius in 2009 as secretary of Health and Human Services. Sebelius has been at the forefront of implementing the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, which is opposed by all Republicans in Congress.
"One of the problems with our party is too often we're the go-along to get-along party," said Wolf. "We try to get people in the media to like us, we try to get the Democrats to like us. It never works. Ask Chris Christie about that. He can walk on the beach every day of the week with Barack Obama, but as soon as he starts looking like a candidate for the presidency, the media is going to stab him in the back," Wolf said.
In 2012, Christie, a Republican, praised the response of President Obama and the federal government to Hurricane Sandy, which battered the Northeast. Christie's appearances with Obama just days before the presidential election was criticized by some Republicans as helping Obama.
Recently, Christie has been embroiled in controversy over an allegation that his aides closed lanes to the George Washington Bridge in political retribution against a New Jersey mayor.
Wolf added, "You cannot make friends with our adversaries, and yet what we have — and this should trouble us all to know — is we have Sen. Roberts who voted to put Kathleen Sebelius in charge of Obamacare," he said.
Sebelius was confirmed as secretary on a 65-31 vote. Nine Republicans voted for her, including Roberts and then-U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Republican who is now governor of Kansas. In recent months, Roberts has called for Sebelius to resign after the troubled roll-out of the ACA's enrollment website.
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The campaign of Dr. Milton Wolf, the Tea Party activist challenging U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., says Roberts' call for the resignation of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was "too little, too late."
Wolf's campaign said Roberts should apologize for voting to confirm Sebelius as President Barack Obama's secretary of Health and Human Services. Sebelius, a former Kansas governor, is implementing the Affordable Care Act.
"With her help, President Obama and the democrats rammed through the most disastrous legislation in recent history. Senator Roberts owes every American an apology," Wolf's campaign said.
Wolf, a radiologist from Leawood, announced his candidacy in the 2014 Republican Party primary last week. Just days later, Roberts issued a news release, saying that Sebelius, a former Kansas governor, should resign for "gross incompetence" because of glitches in the rollout of the federal online health insurance marketplace under the ACA.
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Sebelius has acknowledged problems and said technicians were trying to expand the site's capacity. The website became operational Oct. 1.
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Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof Grindelwald, Grindelwald
Situated in Grindelwald and offering easy access to skiing and other winter sports, Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof Grindelwald is close to Sportzentrum Grindelwald, First Cable Car, and Grindelwald Grund Gondola. Also nearby are Pfingstegg Cable Car and Pfingstegg Toboggan Run.
Hotel Features.
After a day on the slopes, indulge in a treatment at the full-service spa or soothe your muscles in the spa tub. Getting to the slopes is a breeze with the hotel's ski shuttle. Conveniences like ski storage and ski passes allow you to spend less time with logistics…more time on the slopes. When the sun goes down, sip après-ski drinks in the hotel's bar.
This luxury hotel features 3 restaurants. A complimentary breakfast is served each morning. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas and a computer station is located on site. Additional amenities at this 5-star hotel include an indoor pool and a steam room. Valet parking is complimentary.
The 70 guestrooms at Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof Grindelwald include minibars and safes. Complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access is provided. Televisions are equipped with satellite channels. Bathrooms offer shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, hair dryers, and slippers. Additional amenities include complimentary newspapers and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is offered daily.
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Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $335
- Double Room North
- Single Room
- Double Room South
- Superior Suite, 1 Bedroom, Balcony, Mountain View (Eiger)
- Junior Apartment
- Suite, Mountain View (Eiger)
- Luxury Chalet Mountain View for 16 persons
- Junior Suite
- Comfort Single Room
- Comfort Twin Room
- Superior Double Room
- Superior Single Room, Balcony, Mountain View (Eiger)
- Comfort Triple Room
- Suite Bussalp
- Superior Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Balcony, Mountain View (Eiger)
- Superior Suite, 3 Bedrooms, Balcony, Mountain View (Eiger)
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At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 70 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 5 floors
- Check-in time 3:00 PM-11:00 PM
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets allowed *
Extra people
- Roll-away beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available on request) *
- Free valet parking
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In the hotel
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast daily
- 3 restaurants
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Coffee/tea in the lobby
- Indoor pool
- Pool sun loungers
- Ski shuttle
- Ski storage
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Ski passes available
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Arcade/game room
- Business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Conference space size (feet) - 55
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 5
- Year Built 1892
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Garden
- Terrace
- Fireplace in lobby
- Television in lobby
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room massage available
- Separate sitting area
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
The onsite spa has 3 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a sauna. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic, and hydrotherapy.
DiningSchmitte - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Apterrassen - This theme restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, and dinner.
Gaststuebli - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Bar - Onsite bar.
- Ski passes available
- Ski shuttle
- Ski storage
- Ski lifts nearby
- Ski runs nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof Grindelwald, Grindelwald's small print
Also known as
- Romantik Hotel Grindelwald
- Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof Grindelwald
- Grindelwald Hotel Romantik Schweizerhof
- Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof
- Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof Grindelwald Bernese Alps
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: CHF 4.25 per person, per night
Optional extras
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge of CHF 100
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge of CHF 100
Self parking costs CHF 20 per night
Rollaway beds are available for CHF 145 per night
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of CHF 30 per pet, per night
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of CHF 280 per vehicle
Airport shuttle service for children up to age 18 costs CHF 280
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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From the January 29 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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Some conservative media figures have touted the intensity of the recent blizzard that hit the northeast, some have claimed that it is no different than snow storms from the past, and others have deemed the blizzard much less severe than originally forecast. But the one thing they all agree on is that the blizzard somehow disproves the firmly established science of global warming.
On January 28, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) released a statement in response to Media Matters' study detailing how the major broadcast networks covered climate change in 2014. The Media Matters analysis found that although the networks increased their coverage of climate change, the Sunday shows still underrepresented scientists and most of them provided a platform for climate science deniers.
Sen. Schatz stated that the networks' increase in climate coverage is "not enough," and that he "remain[s] deeply concerned about both the lack and the quality of the coverage." He concluded: "It is time for broadcasters to stop creating a false debate about the reality of climate change and engage in the real debate about how we can solve it."
Sen. Schatz's full press release read:
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today released the following statement in response to a new Media Matters report detailing how broadcast networks covered climate change in 2014:
"While I am pleased that broadcast media coverage of climate change has increased this year, it is not enough," said Senator Schatz. "I remain deeply concerned about both the lack and the quality of the coverage. This new report shows that Sunday shows still aired segments that misled audiences and ignored the scientific consensus by framing the facts of climate change as a "debate". The debate is over. Human-caused climate change is accepted by Fortune 500 companies, school-teachers, religious groups, the United States military, nurses and doctors, professional sports leagues, the majority of other countries, and over 97 percent of climate scientists. It is time for broadcasters to stop creating a false debate about the reality of climate change and engage in the real debate about how we can solve it."
The total coverage of climate change on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox continued to increase for the third consecutive year, according to a Media Matters analysis, yet still remained below the level seen in 2009. Coverage on the networks' Sunday shows reached a six-year high after a group of senators demanded they provide more coverage of the issue, but the Sunday shows still infrequently interviewed scientists.
From the January 27 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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CNN and Fox News repeatedly reported on the Keystone XL pipeline without connecting it to a major oil spill near the pipeline's proposed route. By contrast, MSNBC and others in the media have reported on the spill, which occurred in the Yellowstone River in Montana, in the context of concerns about Keystone XL's environmental risks.
Oil Pipeline Leaked 50,000 Gallons Of Crude Into Yellowstone River. On January 17, an oil pipeline owned by Bridger Pipeline Co. spilled 1,200 barrels of crude oil -- or about 50,000 gallons -- into the Yellowstone River, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. Reuters reported:
A small but heavily subscribed pipeline that transports 42,000 barrels a day of crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region is expected to remain closed on Tuesday after a weekend breach that spilled 1,200 barrels of crude into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana.
Montana Governor Steve Bullock declared a state of emergency in the state's eastern Dawson and Richland counties on Monday while towns and cities downstream, including Williston, North Dakota, are monitoring their water systems in case of contamination.
However the water supply of Glendive, the town of 5,000 about 10 miles (16 km) downstream of the spill, has already been tested and found to have elevated levels of hydrocarbons. Water intakes in the river for the city have been closed, according to the EPA. The company, EPA and other agencies are trying to get other drinking water supplies for Glendive, the EPA's Mylott said. [Reuters, 1/20/15]
On January 21, 98 U.S. senators voted to affirm that "climate change is real and not a hoax." But the media should not misconstrue that vote as evidence that the Republican-led Senate is now seeing eye-to-eye with scientists on the issue. Moments later, 49 senators voted to deny that "human activity significantly contributes to climate change" - the position held by the vast majority of climate scientists.
Climate scientists say that human activity is not only a "significant" cause of climate change; they say it's the primary cause. According to the latest report by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), "It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century." The IPCC defines "extremely likely" as having 95-100% probability. NASA similarly notes: "Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the 'greenhouse effect' -- warming that results when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space."
But some Senators who deny the science may be hoping the media won't call them out on a sleight of hand in which they vote to acknowledge that "climate change is real" while continuing to maintain that it is only happening because of natural causes. This is akin to conservative media pundits and other climate science deniers who frequently declare that "the climate is always changing."
When it comes to discussing climate change, the issue of causation is central. It's impossible to have a debate about how to address climate change without first agreeing that human activity -- specifically the burning of fossil fuels -- is causing it. Climate scientists settled that question a long time ago, but the debate continues to play out in the Senate, a point that should not get lost in media coverage of the Senate's acknowledgement that "climate change is real."
The Washington Post has allowed opinion writer Ed Rogers to advocate for the positions and interests of his lobbying firm's clients in numerous anti-environmental pieces. The Post and Rogers have not disclosed his major conflicts of interest even though his firm received over $1.6 million in fees in 2014 alone from energy and transportation clients like Chevron, Caterpillar, and the National Mining Association.
Rogers is a Republican strategist who chairs and co-founded the BGR Group with former Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS) in 1991. As the Post itself has reported, the firm is one of the top Washington D.C. lobbying firms, having banked more than $15 million in 2014. The newspaper's reporters have described Rogers as a "Republican mega-lobbyist," "lobbyist extraordinaire," and "a go-to guy for Republicans."
One of BGR's practice areas is energy and transportation, where it professes to having "the industry expertise, Capitol Hill experience and knowledge of government to successfully advocate our clients' public policy goals." Rogers is listed as a group leader for the issue area.
On his Post "Insiders" blog, Rogers frequently advocates for positions favored by his energy and transportation clients. While the Post notes that Rogers is "a political consultant" and "chairman of the lobbying and communications firm BGR Group," the publication fails to disclose Rogers' firm's clients and conflicts of interest in his anti-environmental posts. For instance:
Misinformer of the Year George Will reversed the timeline of events surrounding President Obama's threat to veto a bill forcing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and distorted a quote from Obama about the number of jobs Keystone XL would create.
In his January 15 syndicated column, Will wrote, "[T]here no longer is any reason to think [Obama] has ever reasoned about [Keystone XL]. He said he would not make up his mind until the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled. It ruled to permit construction, so he promptly vowed to veto authorization of construction." However, Will's version of events is backward.Obama announced on January 7 that he would veto H.R. 3, the House of Representatives bill that would force theapproval of Keystone XL. That was two days before the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled on January 9 that a group of landowners did not have standing to challenge the state over a law that approved the pipeline's route through the state.
Moreover, Obama emphasized in his announcement that he would veto the bill not just because of ongoing litigation in Nebraska, but also because the bill "seeks to circumvent longstanding and proven processes for determining whether cross-border pipelines serve the national interest." When asked about the Nebraska court decision on January 9, White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz similarly stated that the Obama administration's "position hasn't changed" and that Obama would still veto the bill and then wait for the State Department review process to play out before he "makes any decisions" regarding Keystone XL.
Will also mischaracterized a quote from Obama to falsely suggest the president had touted job numbers for the pipeline that were at odds with the State Department's own estimates. Will claimed: "[Obama] said it would create 'a couple thousand' jobs (the State Department study says approximately 42,100 'direct, indirect, and induced')." However, the full quote shows Obama said that "the construction of the pipeline itself will create probably a couple thousand jobs" (emphasis added). Obama's figure is entirely consistent with the State Department's Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, which said:
During construction, proposed Project spending would support approximately 42,100 jobs (direct, indirect, and induced), and approximately $2 billion in earnings throughout the United States. Of these jobs, approximately 3,900 would be direct construction jobs in the proposed Project area in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas (3,900 over 1 year of construction, or 1,950 per year if construction took 2 years).
Finally, Will turned to mocking the environmental concerns of pipeline opponents: "To oppose the pipeline is to favor more oil being transported by trains, which have significant carbon footprints, and accidents. To do this in the name of environmental fastidiousness is hilarious." However, there is no shortage of studies that back up environmentalists' concerns and contradict Will's claim that the tar sands oil that would flow through Keystone XL will simply be "transported by trains" if the pipeline is not built. In fact, even the State Department report, which considered it unlikely that building Keystone XL would significantly affect the production of carbon-intensive Canadian tar sands oil, noted that the pipeline could do so if oil prices fell below $75 a barrel -- which is exactly what has happened since the report came out.
Environmentalists view stopping Keystone XL as a critical part of addressing climate change, and Will has a long record of denying that climate change is a real, manmade problem with drastic consequences.
Many news outlets are uncritically touting the State Department's conclusion that building the Keystone XL pipeline would not significantly worsen climate change without noting that this determination was based on an expectation of high oil prices. Some media outlets, however, have reported the significance of the recent plunge in oil prices, such as the Associated Press, which noted that "[l]ow oil prices could make the pipeline more important to the development of new oil sands projects in Canada than anticipated by the State Department ... and therefore is more likely to increase emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases linked to global warming."
From the January 15 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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Fox News consistently pushes fears of government "land grabs" surrounding environmental regulations. But the network celebrated the recent court decision allowing TransCanada to force construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on private land -- with no mention of the threat to landowner rights.
The Nebraska Supreme Court recently overturned a lower court ruling that would have protected the property rights of landowners who do not want the Keystone XL pipeline built on their land and fear that a spill could devastate region's drinking water and agriculture-based economy. As CBS reported, the ruling upheld a 2012 law allowing Canadian oil firm TransCanada to "seize property using eminent domain from any landowners who deny the developer access." A majority of Nebraska's Supreme Court -- four of the seven judges -- actually voted that the statute authorizing TransCanada's use of eminent domain was unconstitutional, but that fell just short of the supermajority (of at least five judges) necessary to make such a ruling.
Rather than address the decision's impact on property rights, Fox News celebrated the ruling by repeating the GOP talking point that President Obama is now out of "excuses" for stalling on Keystone XL as the GOP attempts to pass legislation forcing its approval in Congress this week. On the January 9 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom, digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt reported that the ruling "basically removes... the last obstacle or excuse for the administration and President Obama saying that it was not ripe for a decision." On the January 9 edition of Special Report, Correspondent Mike Emanuel stated that "New Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said now the President is out of excuses." And on the January 12 edition of America's Newsroom, co-host Bill Hemmer posited that the White House may have "run out of excuses on Keystone," and Republican strategist Tony Sayegh agreed:
George Will is citing past shifts in the climate to cast doubt on the scientific consensus that human behavior is currently driving global warming, despite the fact that those previous shifts actually demonstrate the need to take action on climate change.
On January 8, The Washington Post published Will's syndicated column, headlined "Climate change's instructive past," in which he discussed two books about previous climate shifts -- the Medieval Warming Period and the Little Ice Age. Will asserted, "of course the climate is changing -- it always is," and warned against "wagering vast wealth and curtailments of liberty on correcting the climate."
Without explaining his reasoning, Will claimed the books do not "support those who believe human behavior is the sovereign or even primary disrupter of climate normality." But Will ignored the overwhelming scientific consensus that human activity is the main cause of recent global warming. Further, Will's myopic view of history ignores the wealth of scientific evidence showing that greenhouse gases -- which are currently at record levels due to the burning of fossil fuels -- have been the principal factor in prior climate changes.
As Climate Nexus pointed out, Will actually missed the lesson from his historical examples -- that climate change left unchecked will have devastating impacts:
Contrary to [Will's] claim, past changes in our climate should be understood as a warning, but shouldn't be seen as evidence that current climatic change is naturally occurring, as he suggests.
The problem with this claim is that human-made emissions have increased exponentially since Will's historical examples. Science has clearly shown how current human-made climate change is very different from earlier slower natural changes, something Will failed to factor.
More accurately, historical climate change provides insight into problems we can expect in the future as greenhouse gases are increasingly amplifying variations in our climate. Historical trends should, instead, serve as a stark warning of what we can expect from the emission-driven warming we're experiencing now.
ThinkProgress' Joe Romm called Will's logic "exactly backwards." Pointing out that climate change has occurred naturally in the past does not disprove the fact that it is happening unnaturally now, as Romm analogized: "[I]t would be exactly the same as saying that because people who didn't smoke have died of cardiopulmonary disease and lung cancer, we can't know that cigarette smoking also causes those diseases and is unhealthy." He added that "climate scientists now have the same degree of certainty that human-caused emissions are changing the climate as they do that cigarette smoking is harmful."
Will is infamous for his climate misinformation -- over the past few years, other writers have called his misunderstanding of science "mystifying" and asserted that he is "helping to muddle our collective scientific literacy." Will's misleading coverage of climate science in his columns sparked a petition in 2014, signed by more than 100,000 people, urging The Washington Post to exclude climate misinformation from its pages.
As the newly GOP-controlled Senate attempts to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, the long-debunked myth that the pipeline would create 42,000 jobs continues to pervade in the media -- despite the fact that it will create only 35 permanent jobs:
For many years conservative media and the the GOP have framed the Keystone XL pipeline -- which would transport highly greenhouse gas-intensive Canadian tar sands oil to the Gulf of Mexico for export to the global oil market -- as a job creation policy, often claiming that the project would create 42,000 new jobs.
Over time, that message has made its way into mainstream media -- even after being debunked by studies and outlets such as Politifact, the Washington Post Fact Checker, and more -- by both Republican Senators who tout misleading job benefits without being corrected and by media pundits themselves.
But an exhaustive study by the State Department concluded that the Keystone XL project will result in just 50 jobs, including "35 permanent employees and 15 temporary contractors." Further, the report stated that spending on the project would support only 3,900 temporary construction jobs if construction lasted one year and just 1,950 temporary construction jobs if construction lasted two years. The report also states that a majority of potential other jobs supported by the project would come from "indirect and induced spending," yet a recent Washington Post article detailed how the "indirect" job estimates themselves don't hold up, as some have already been created in anticipation of the pipeline, and most would last for less than a year:
"42,000 new jobs" is going too far. Most of those jobs are far from the construction site, and it's hard to argue they are new. Moreover, under State's accounting, they only last for a year. For some workers, it would be a good but brief payday.
The Chicago Tribune published an op-ed by the CEO of Caterpillar, a manufacturer of large construction equipment, which advocated for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline but failed to disclose Caterpillar's significant financial stake in the pipeline's construction.
The January 7 op-ed in the Tribune by Caterpillar chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman advocated for the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, a pipeline that would connect the Alberta tar sands in Canada to an existing pipeline in the United States. Oberhelman's op-ed touted the perceived benefits of the pipeline:
Think how manufacturers will help grow the U.S. economy if after more than six years of examination, review and debate, this pipeline is finally approved. Manufacturers can hire tens of thousands of workers to build a modern, state-of-the-art pipeline, delivering a project that will increase U.S. energy supplies.
Let the construction begin and manufacturers will hire laborers, welders, mechanics, clerks, engineers and office managers. Although some argue that the bulk of hiring will be insufficient -- only 42,000 temporary construction-related jobs and far fewer permanent ones -- think about it this way: Putting 42,000 people to work is like employing every undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Creating more than 42,000 jobs -- even temporary jobs -- is no small matter, especially when the United States faces historically low labor participation rates like we do now.
Let the construction begin, and see the benefits to local communities as they absorb the more than $2 billion in worker payments from Keystone XL jobs.
However, while the paper did disclose the fact that Oberhelman is the CEO of Caterpillar, it left out the significant financial benefit the construction of the pipeline would have for Caterpillar. A Forbes article from March 2013 quoted the then-Canadian Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, as saying that, "the oil sands are the largest market in the world for Caterpillar mining trucks." Indeed, even the Keystone XL pipeline website highlights Caterpillar as one of the companies that would benefit from the pipeline's construction.
In addition, a letter from the Vice President of Caterpillar, Kathryn D. Karol, to Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) in support of the Keystone XL pipeline explains that Caterpillar has a "keen interest in the approval" of the pipeline as "the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbine, and locomotives ... With energy related products and services accounting for over one-fourth of [Caterpillar's] business."


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Take Over at Midnight (Night Stalkers Series #4)
Posted February 20, 2014
Night Stalkers
My least favorite book in the series. I could not stand Lola and thought Tim deserved better. Do wonder how Kee, Connie and Lola made it through any psych evals to get into SOAR.. Love the series tho.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Posted September 20, 2013
Another great addition to the series!
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Lola LaRue, Chief Warrant Officer of the U.S. Army's secret helicopter regiment, is a natural at everything except relationships. She's a professional in the air but she screws up every time she touches the ground.
Sergeant "Crazy" Tim Maloney is a goner the moment he first sees LaRue on a mission to deliver a Delta Force team into the Iranian Desert. He's always been a 'love 'em and leave 'em' kind of guy, but all that changes when Lola's in danger. Now with the stakes higher than ever, they must find a way to eliminate a threat that could destroy more than just their future.
I have enjoyed this series by M.L. Buchman immensely. Buchman manages to create some pretty good romance in the most unusual of circumstances. I mean, where else or who else would want to find love—not just sexual attraction—out in the middle eastern desert, under less than favorable conditions, while working twelve, sometimes sixteen hour shifts?
Doesn't sound very attractive does it?
Well Buchman manages to go beyond the regular story of boy meets girl and together they fall in love. His stories are always engaging, descriptive, and on par for pure action. Take Over at Midnight was no different. At as a bonus, at the end there was a nice addition into just what inspired the author to develop this piece of romantic fiction.
Sometimes the writing was a bit off to me, but it was more so on a character base, which is why I took it down a star. I would have loved to given it five, but for some reason Lola really just didn't do it for me in this book, and came off as a bit self-centered at times. I know we don't always want to have perfect characters in books, but for Lola, I almost didn't like her.
Even so, I adored this couple falling for one another. I would have liked to see them both work a bit harder at showing the falling in love, but I was well beyond pleased with the action and suspense in this read. Great job. Four out of five stars and hearty recommendation for a weekend read.


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Interference Relay Channel in 4G Wireless Networks
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In the next generation cellular systems, such as LTE-A (Release 10 and beyond), Relay Node (RN) deployment has been adopted due to its potentials in enlarging coverage and increasing system throughput, even with primitive relaying functionalities. For example, in LTE-A Release 10 only Type-I (non-transparent) RNs are considered wherein no cooperative transmission to the Donor evolved-NodeBs (DeNBs) is allowed. In this paper, the authors would like to add more functionalities to the RNs and see the advantages of using cooperative relaying, i.e., Type-II RNs. In particular, they study an Interference Relay Channel (IRC) consisting of two single-antenna transmitter-receiver pairs and a shared multiple-antenna RN, which is exploited in a way that interferer's signal components at each receiver node are eliminated.
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