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This is possible going to be my shortest blog, but also my simplest. To say this in the most simplest of ways, "give them a taste, and keep them wanting more".
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Hello everyone, my name is Tetsu V. This is my first blog, stating what I believe will happen at Summerslam with Cena and Punk.
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Hey guys, hope all is well. Recently rumors have been flying around about who the Undertaker will face this year at Wrestlemania. I'll be honest, 90% of the time I believe every wrestling rumor I hear and I don't see why Taker & Foley won't happen 2012 in Miami.
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This is my first blog so I thought since everyone was writing there predictions on WM28 I would change it up a bit and see if you agree with my predictions for the HOF for 2012. All comments welcome.
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With Gail Kim's departure and Beth Phoenix's push into Summerslam, the Diva's Division has been one of the hot topics of the internet lately. Some say Beth's push is much deserved, it will bring a real champion to the belt, and the division was getting stale. Others are saying it is only happening due to Punk's new pull power backstage, that she is the better place holder before Kharma returns
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The autobiography was said to be John F. Kennedy's favourite book, although a list given to Life magazine in 1961 quoted Montrose at the head of the list.
Published in the U.S. as "Pilgrim's Way" this posthumously-published personal memoir recounts his life of public service and literary work from his early days in the Scottish Highlands through his years at Oxford, service in both Britain's Boer campaign and World War I (the latter, as Britain's Director of Intelligence and Information for the War Cabinet) before covering his years in Parliament, and appointment as Governor General of Canada.
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That's 2014 - right?
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This sculpture of a man carrying a human skeleton on his back exemplifies the dualism of life and death that permeates Huastec and Mexica (Aztec) art. Representing life, the human figure is the Aztec wind god, Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, who created humankind and is identifiable by his J-shaped ear pendants. Representing death, the skeletal figure with a protruding heart wears a collar and skirt decorated with a half-circle motif that was associated with the sun and the planet Venus. Venus, called the morning star, was another important god, thought to pull the sun across the sky and down into the underworld. Densely patterned designs on the sculpture's arms and legs include ears of corn, which, like the sun and Venus imagery, are related to agriculture, fertility, life, and death.
Esta escultura de un hombre llevando un esqueleto humano a sus espaldas ejemplifica el dualismo de la vida y muerte que abunda en el arte Huasteca y Mexica (Azteca). Representando a la vida, la figura humana es el dios Azteca del viento, Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, quien creó a la humanidad y se identifica por sus aretes en forma de "J." Representando a la muerte, la figura esquelética de corazón sobresaliente lleva un collar y falda decorados con un motivo semicircular que se asociaba al sol y al planeta Venus. Venus, llamado la estrella de la mañana, era otro dios importante, quien se creía jalaba el sol a través del cielo y hacia el inframundo. Diseños elaborados cubriendo densamente los brazos y piernas de la escultura incluyen mazorcas, cuya imaginería, al igual que la del sol y Venus, está asociada a la agricultura, fertilidad, vida y muerte.
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- Caption: Huastec. Life-Death Figure, 900-1250. Sandstone, traces of pigment, 62 3/8 x 26 x 11 1/2 in. (158.4 x 66 x 29.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2897PA. Creative Commons-BY
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- Anna Kazcorowska
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What makes a good judge?
What makes a good judge?
Is it being impartial, unprejudiced and analytical?
Is it being old and experienced?
Is it the ability to use the practical wisdom Barry Schwartz mentions?
Is it concentrating on justice rather than on conflicts of interests?
Is it a combination? What do you think?
Ed Fontana
May 15 2013: Thank you for directing me to the related talks.
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I like a combination of the first 3 you listed: Unprejudiced, Able to see a long time constant integral of action and consequence, and practical wisdom.
And from the talks directly: co-misery and what Mr. Stevenson said about a clear focus on appreciating the victim's changed perspective.
Thank you again,
EdMay 18 2013: It depends on what is being judged. Can a judge who lacks insight or education into the complexities of humans fitly judge the actions of those beings? Can a Criminal judge, offer justice in a purely economic matter?
Can a chemist judge the goals, revelations and understandings of the Physicist, a Psychologist, a
Bias is sometimes a means of self-preservation that makes one prejudiced.
Being too analytical can get one lost in the details.
Freeing the Slaves in a country may be justice but it can definitely cause a conflict of interest.
Being too old and fixed in your ways may not lead to justice in new matters that are seeking a place in the minds and hearts of most citizens.
There is no practical wisdom that would make one an all encompassing judge of all things: I believe.
I think a judge should be specialized like doctors. We need more of these types of Judges so we can pick up the pace of social change.
Perhaps a simple democratic vote can be all that is needed in most cases.
In the US. All a judge really does is apply the law to the findings of a jury of common people. In the end, it is they who determine where justice will be applied and, in some cases, how it is applied. In this sense, a Judge can offer an impartial, unprejudiced and analytical summation to a finding that a passionate jury of common people have given. That is, a judge can lessen the impact on a citizen that is found guilty by a heavily biased jury, while in the eyes of the Judge, may be not guilty.
I don't think a judge should determine the outcome of a presidential election. I don't think a Judge should be allowed to put aside a Jury's verdict.
May 19 2013: Hi John,
Some quotes from your comment:
"I don't think a judge should determine the outcome of a presidential election. I don't think a Judge should be allowed to put aside a Jury's verdict. "
As you said, what a judge does is to apply law to the jury's (the common people's) verdict. That automatically means (or at least should if a judge is specialised, as you say) that the biases of the jury will be identified and taken into consideration while remembering that humanism and reason can never be put aside or away.
My experience is probably a bit different from yours but what you say here "Perhaps a simple democratic vote can be all that is needed in most cases." - good that you said 'in most cases', thank you for thinking so deeply and applying so much perspective.May 15 2013: Any judge is as human as me and you...so are the parties seeking justice....
Just ask the same person who is seeking justice to sit on the judge's chair and a magic would happen!!!
The responsibility of sitting on that position would elevate him from the others.... elevate him to the level of humanity....
his thinking process changes....
Even then being a human he still has all the capabilities of making an error in judgement.... because the judgement would be by his own perspective (though in the light of humanity) ... which would ultimately go in favour of one person and against the other.... the person whom it goes against will always say that the judge did a wrong judgement....!!!
May 15 2013: Vaneesh , are you refering to the story called," judgment seat of Vikramaditya."
May 15 2013: Well sort of!! now that i recall it..... Good to see Indian brothers here!!!!
May 15 2013: Vaneesh Thank you. Good to have contact with you. Anna wanted to know the story , read and recall.May 15 2013: Hi,
I scanned the story from the link.
"Never was he deceived. Never did he punish the wrong man." - now that's a good judge! But why is it a he?May 15 2013: What's the story? Just asking to understand the conversation better.
May 15 2013: Hi Anna! It is indeed wonderful to know that you would want to know more about the story...With due respect for Adesh, I am providing a link here which would take you to a beautiful world of wisdom.... I too shall try and find some time to revisit my childhood days through this link.....(Adesh, I got a good link on Google)...
http://indian-god-stories.blogspot.in/2008/08/judgement-seat-of-vikramaditya.htmlMay 20 2013: A public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
A judge impartially decides if an individual has broken the law.
As for doing the right thing - We are all brought up to know what is right or wrong in society. It is instilled in us. We have in essence for the most part the knowlege of good and evil. We have a coinscience. We seek fairness.
Some problems is that what we think is right and proper in society changes with the times. For example in the 50s we allowed certain things to happen but things we allow to happen today would not be acceptable then. Society changes. Sociology 101 on morales.
A good judge does not care and will only look at the written law of the day to make his decision.
A bad judge sets law from the bench by interrputing law and setting precedences or only utilizing part of the law that meets their bias..
May 20 2013: Many people don't understand that it is in fact a judge's job to make new law. Judges must follow legislation. Where there is no legislation, they must follow the previous decisions of other judges. But where neither of those things exist, they create new law by making up their own minds. Because new technology is advancing so quickly, cases where is no law or precedent are cropping up more frequently.
Even where legislation exists, there can be considerable leeway in how it's interpreted. Laws are made up of words, and words are not black and white with definitive solutions like math equations. If interpreting the law were easy we would not need lawyers.
May 21 2013: Life evolves, culture evolves, we evolve.
And change for the better.
Smart people should make the law, the judges should use it.
If the system of life is plain and binary and should have freedom and ethics at its core.... there will be no need for judges, just improvement to the system.
This doesn't have to take so much time.
May 23 2013: a "plain and binary" system of law would not be fair because human beings are more complicated than that. They also often disagree. You cannot please everyone.May 21 2013: If judges make law as you say, why do we have a legislative branch of the govt?
May 23 2013: I explained this in my post. There are 3 branches of government and all 3 can create law depending on the situation. This seems to be something that is not taught well in schools...
Rafi Amin
May 20 2013: a good and strong person.
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Mary Arditti
May 18 2013: Laws are made by politicians who are not necessarily interested in justice. Interest groups fund lawmakers campaigns. In order to get laws passed, the language of the laws are very unclear so laws are clarified and developed by judges. All judges need to be more interested in doing the right thing than being political.May 16 2013: Only one who is pure in heart, like a little child, could be perfectly just.
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May 16 2013: Being incorruptible.
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May 16 2013: Hi Lee,
- being a judge is not about being cool, I think, but thanks for your comment. Keeping a cool head is one thing, seemng cool to others is another.
- you seem to focus on archeology and history, that's very interesting. Do you have any links wth data or just hypotheses?
- are any of the things you mention provable? If so - how, on what basis?
- I focus on the tags that is - ethics, law, conflict mediation. How does any of the points you mention contribute to those?
Thanks, waiting on you.May 16 2013: India is a Common Law nation. However, I do not think India jurisprudence enjoys any more credibility than those of other democratic countries. I would have been happy to say that as an Indian, but it is simply not true.May 15 2013: In addition to the things you mention and those cited by the responders below, I think a good judge should have an understanding of both justice and injustice, specifically an understanding of the effects of people in violation of the law have on other people directly and a potential risk.
I think a good judge should have an understanding of the consequences of a decision on a all parties.
I think a good judge should have an understanding of the flaws in the human character and an appreciation for the likelihood of a person changing their ways as a result of some consequence.
May 15 2013: Thank you.
Just a quick reply - "I think a good judge should have an understanding of the flaws in the human character and an appreciation for the likelihood of a person changing their ways as a result of some consequence." ...and a result of good, proper, working rehabilitation with ethical considerations at their core, ethical for everybody directly or indirectly involved. That's presented in both talks that inspired this question. Understanding and is the key in all this, I think. Key to making a decision and passing any judgment on anybody or anything is a decision . We should all learn fom both past successes and past mistakes and ask the right questions, I think.
Thanks again.
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May 15 2013: Thanks, Carolyn, you just won the hit-the-nail-on-the-head award! :)May 15 2013: The story ,"Judgement seat of Vikramaditya" goes like this .
Vikramaditya was a just king liked and revered by all for his impartial and fair judgements.
In a far off village there was an ancient broken stone seat believed to be used by Vikramaditya some few hundred years before. There was a dispute in village, where opinion of villagers was divided. Village elders decided to make a simpletone a judge and made him to sit and deliver his judgment on the ancient seat of Vikramaditya. This man new about Vikramaditya and when he sat on that seat, he was overwhelmed by the importance of his role in this dispute. He delivered the judgement always keeping in mind the great King Vikramaditya to the great satisfaction of all.
Some villagers believed he was possesed by Vikramaditya whenever he sat on that seat. But village elders knew what was the Magic. That is what Vaneesh was telling.May 15 2013: I feel & think it's the use of COMMON SENSE
May 15 2013: Hi,
Some thoughts:
- common sense in an uncommonly crazy world? Common sense should be there in obvious cases, but at some levels that I mentioned in a different comment you probably need more than just that.
On the other hand, are there obvious cases in a complex world?
Even in cases that seem obvious to people when they are using their common sense there are mistakes to be made - think about language barriers, biases, cultural differences. At some levels of misunderstandings the consequences may be dire - wars, conflicts, misuse of power, you name it.
- common sense is not ethical, at least not always, and that was one of the tags in this conversation - ethical. What is common sense in let's say Texas is useless and regarded as nonsensical or crazy in for example Japan. Such global perspectives do matter, I think, and should matter to a good judge.
Thanks for your contribution.
May 15 2013: Hi
Thanks for your reply
Well ethics is not constant. Morality and ethics evolves over time ...that's where common sense can play it role.
Common sense actually helps one to identify or be aware of all diversity (language, culture, religion, race, gender etc ) we have around us. If one is focused to PRINCIPLE only while judging, s/he will miss all those diversity can principally take everyone to be Human Being (which a they are) an may judge only on that basis, which can be wrong.
The cited examples of Texas & Japan seems to me be more of Social Norm , or even ethics / moral practice ...and application of common sense which needs continuous curious learning from surroundings can play a very good role in judging ....
Have a good day.
May 15 2013: Hi Salim,
- is it a good social norm to misunderstand and laugh at others? Either people or cultures?
- is it a good social norm jump to conclusions about others and misuse their weaknesses to the groups' own advantage?
- is it a god social norm to flash your principles to mask the fact that you don't really follow them?
- is it a good social norm to have all of the above and more (misunderstanding of self and others) wrapped in a pleasing gift-paper made by groups that are never given any choices or even the ability to understand that choices can be made (i.e. lack of education, access to it, disinformation by simplification/fabrication which can be hurtful to others?)
If you ask all those questions and many more, you can find that the so-called common sense of social norms is hurtful to ethics and that some parts of it is just superstition or prejudice.
What principle should be followed? No bullshit, no cruelty, veiled or not, reason, dialogue, kindness, listening for the sake of understanding? And what to do when the truth about all this is staring into your eyes? Continue the dialogue to develop all this further? I hope this is doable.
Cheers.May 16 2013: Hi Anna
Well the questions you asked above, answer to those is a big NO to all. Those are not only bad social norm but also bad for human quality that's how I see those.
By the way , culture is really an interesting thing....where what is considered to be superstition / prejudice in one culture or even with in same culture to someone who has a better out look beyond her/his own culture, can be day to day way of life. But interesting thing is that culture evolves, many day to day practices over time being identified by the cultures itself to be abandoned. As for example....in many culture discriminating human being on the basis of skin color or gender or religion or language was once completely "ethical" and also part of social norm but over time those got abandoned at least visibly.
Yes anything is doable if one is open to understand others view, invisible trend in society or culture or things which does not make sense so try to change it ...
COMMON SENSE (as I feel ) is something that people gathers from their surroundings because of their curious mind that never stops learning so the learn something more which is not written in any book as PRINCIPLE, LAW or Ethics.
Do you think ETHICS is something universal and constant ?May 15 2013: G'day Anna
You have just shown how complex it is to be a good judge, they also need the knowledge of a psychotherapist & many other professions as well, making good laws & carrying them out proficiently takes a hell of a lot of talent.
MathewMay 15 2013: A good judge, whether young or old, must be able to judge people according to their particular skill in that topic. He is not supposed to give more favor to anyone he knows.
May 15 2013: "A good judge, whether young or old, must be able to judge people according to their particular skill in that topic." - are you referring to getting a second expert opinion? To the accused? I would say - gather knowledge, opinions and make an impartial decision. Look at the tags, one of them is Ethics, I don't see this taken into consideration in the first part of your comment.
"He is not supposed to give more favor to anyone he knows." - so true. I believe that's a part of being impartial and independent, but there's always some bias one is not aware of, I tried to come up with a summary of it in a different comment.
Thanks, Aaron.May 15 2013: A judge have to be PRINCIPLE CENTRIC, to be a good judge always.
He takes all his decisions based on principles only.
A good judge can not be money centric, community centric, person centric etc etc. A judge have to be PRINCIPLE CENTRIC, to be a good judge always.
May 15 2013: Thank you, Adesh.
But principles need to be ethics-centric, humane, reason-based and wise, I would add.
"He takes all his decisions based on principles only." - He or She.May 15 2013: G'day Anna
Good question!!!!!!!!..........being wise & just which can come from experience/age but not always. Wisdom gives you the capabilities in knowing how to use your own knowledge & knowledge of evidence at any given deliberation/trial. Being just makes one impartial to all circumstances one needs to face while in judgment.
May 15 2013: Thank you for your comment, Mathew.
I agree.
Could all the traits you're mentioning be characterised as "cognitive capacity" which, together with knowledge of the law (a good rule book as in Pabitras comment) makes a good judge? While still remembering that the point is to be just and ethical? "The opposite of poverty is not wealth, the opposite of poverty is justice", as in Bryan Stevenson's talk?
Still, some questions remain: who should write the rule book?
Here's an interesting perspective from a legal scholar on this question and question of ethics:
May 15 2013: G'day Anna
Being a good judge isn't simple, being just a judge is far less complicated.
The more skilled traits one has the better the judge & this is why not everyone can or should be a judge especially a good judge. Having all these traits that you mention here would have to make a good judge unless they have no scruples/ethics.
The rule books should be written by judges who have the knowing to pass laws in regard to their knowledge upon what laws need to be written, for example a judge who knows little about a certain subject in which they are writing a particular law about shouldn't participate in writing such laws.
It's complicated & should remain complicated for law itself is complicated.
May 15 2013: Hi again,
I agree. The more knowledge, the better the judge (see: collective knowledge of UN - Hague and so on, but even there there are mistakes that are made due to the fact that some people just rearrange previous prejudice or preconceptions, mistake their emotions or impressions with logic, confuse critical thinking with just being critical or more... and call it thinking. None of the mentioned phenomena should be present in legal systems (that should be independent of opinions) and judges should be able to tell if they suffer from any of the above or not, I think... Oh dear, did I just try to answer my own question? :)
Thanks for a helpful comment.
I agree with you, it is a difficult, demanding job to be a good judge and law is complicated because the world is. That's one of the reasons why judges or anybody with a power of definition should have both knowledge and awareness. The more interdisciplinary and neutral the process of gathering both is, the better.
Thanks again.May 15 2013: A good rule book makes a good judge.
May 15 2013: Thanks for your reply.
But is it only "a good rule book" that makes a good judge? Or does s/he need something more, as in the question?
EDIT - just to add a new point - I changed my mind. You're right. But who should write the book of rules?
May 15 2013: When the judgment is about violation of a social conduct with possibility of criminal intent, the rule book should be written by the fathers of nations (however debatable the notion of nation be) in the form of Constitution, Civil Codes, Laws, Acts or Ordinances. The first rule of a good such book is : We are open to consider changes in the rules anytime it so warrants. So later on people can also write the rule book. Despite all the qualities that you mentioned when it comes to dispensation of justice, a Judge is only as good as the rule book.
Since you mean 'judge' as in law, I am not going into the general contexts of judgment.
May 15 2013: However:
- did fathers of nations envisage internet, predictive analytics, other systems? Maybe they could not see past the tip of their nose or their rule of conduct due to natural limits that information flow had when they were alive? When it comes to breaking the rule of conduct - Churchil drank a bottle of whisky a day. Nietszche was found crying and hugging a beaten horse in Italia not long before his death. Can we say that they were not great men or great thinkers because they did not comply by others' rules of conduct, that they had flaws, that they were misunderstood or misjudged? Can we say that Nietszche's compassion for the horse can in any way be understood as possibility of criminal intent? None of the above had a label 'founding father' but does that mean they should be discredited? Can we say that Einstein was not a great man because he had moustache or because his life's work was used in name of aggression, not dialogue? I'm trying to put things in perspective here. I like Caryl's comment that mentions inclusiveness - if Hawking didn't get a chair and a way to communicate because people felt discomfort around MS, the world wouldn't have a great mind now.
I remember one teacher that I had, he suffered from Parkinson. That was visible. One of the first things he said when introducing himself was "I have two sons", that was a call for acceptance. "Please don't judge me or my head and methods or the human being I am by your first impression, I can do it, I'll prove it to you." We worked like crazy given very little time and huge tasks. He's mentioned by name in a different conversation. If anybody, ever, says to me that this person is of little value because of discomfort or first impressions around him, he would have to deal with me and get a verbal slap of critical thinking.
In other words - when did it become illegal to be alive?
Yes, i'm still on the topic of 'judge' as in law, just some thoughts, sorry for any discomfort.May 16 2013: No discomfort Anna :)
Actually judgment as in law and as in general context are so different that they are spelt differently :)
Regarding founding fathers of nations. With all due respect to them, Nation (as in Nation state) is an idea that has run its course. The political scientist Benedict Anderson describes nation states as imagined communities. 'Imagined', he writes, 'because members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow members, meet them, or even hear of them, yet in the mind of each lives the image of their communion.' If we take constitutions as the rule books and judgments (as in law) based on that rule book, well we can have a villain and a hero in the same person on the two sides of a geo-political border.
I shall come back to your comment after a day trip that I need to make to my village to mourn the death of my uncle.
May 16 2013: Verdict, judgment, sentence, have different semantic/sociolinguistic implications, sorry for ayn splleing mitsakse :)
Very interesting.
I'm sure your uncle was a great thinker.May 19 2013: Thanks. My uncle was a simple village farmer who till the day of his death never used chemical fertilizer. My cousins, who are younger and cleverer than him will use it to increase 'production'.
If you include judgement (the one with an 'e' as Brits do), both my uncle and my cousins seem to have exercised theirs when it comes to interacting with nature and make livelihood. The judgements are different and suitable for them.
In that way, who is a good judge then? I think one who judges the least to make meaning of life, is a good one.
Given the liberty, I shall prefer not to judge at all. :)
May 19 2013: They were all great thinkers in a way, I think, and a combination of all of them can figure out and find good solutions :)
"In that way, who is a good judge then? I think one who judges the least to make meaning of life, is a good one.
Given the liberty, I shall prefer not to judge at all. :)"
Well said! There's no need for judgment, verdict or anything when no harm is intended or done by or to anybody, especially the innocent :)
Best wishes!!May 28 2013: A good rule book.May 28 2013: In my view, as I ascertained or percieved during my incompleted law degree time, artificial intelligence will make the best judge!
Let me explain. If every legal case was entered into a data base and if every legal precedent as well as every legislative/common law definition and punitive determinate was also integrated. Then whenever a new case presented itself, it would be cross referenced by key words and punitive outcomes with a result that would circumvent judicial prejudice, judgemental prejudice/biase or inconsistencies due to it's breadth of coverage.Therefore the best judge or a good judge would be one who is not prejudiced or lacking in precedented information and able therefore to articulate the punishment that has been statistically demonstrated to be that the world community deems fair and equitable by comparatively statistically substanstiated reasoning via the platform of database entered global information! :DMay 28 2013: A "good judge" employs the practical wisdom Bryan talks about. But how does one measure the practical wisdom of others? I.e. in the US, we have tried to guarantee impartiality by taking all emotional considerations out of the legal system. But this alone has allowed psychotics to go unrecognized by the law until AFTER they've committed their crimes for their crimes are emotionally based. I don't have the answer but it is of interest to note and ponder.May 24 2013: All your examples combined would definitely make a good judge. One must be impartial, unprejudiced and analytical in order to apply the law towards certain crimes committed. Experience plays a good role, because a judge must look at precedence in specific cases in order to fairly convict a guilty person. This plays hand in hand for a good judge to concentrate on justice rather than conflicts of interest. An experienced judge will focus on justice by understanding the facts and listening to counsel, then using balance of probability to choose the proper form of justice in either a criminal or civil matter in a fair and unbiased manner.May 21 2013: A diffeerent, but related question to the TED-community:
How are the legal system and medicine/psychiatry/neuroscience/individuality interconnected in your country?
Can a psychologist, a doctor or any other forces, privately or state owned, render a person insane because the person doesn't "feel" like being like one of us? Shouldn't a good judge be involved at all times? Examples can be provided. How should this be regulated and managed?
I appreciate all responses and comments.
May 25 2013: In India, judiciary is free to decide on that. By legal standards judgments vary for a person who is considered not sane in mind during the time of committing a criminal act (punishment will be substantially less) and lawyers try this to save clients. Judges decide independently any number of experts who will check the accused medically and give witness in the court of law but judges reserve rights to decide ultimately on that testimony. It is very rare for someone accused with a rape/murder to get acquitted by proving insanity. Sometimes they are sent to mental hospitals for life. Certain mental conditions like schizophrenia or split personality disorder are not considered enough insanity.
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May 21 2013: Just a little juxtaposition:
To stand in judgment of another person is not what the question was about. The question of guilty/not guilty, verdict, sentence etc. is about law, that was my context.
I don't think anybody desires to be a judge. If you get this job in a legal system you should be appointed based on reasonable premises, testing of your cognitive qualities, ability to use judgment and reason, listen to different opinions from all sides and apply law. It's a difficult job.
So - "I personally distrust the motives of anyone that would want to stand in judgement of another person so the best value that I would look for in a judge is their desire to not be a judge." - I agree wholeheartedly.
Standing in jugdment of another person because of your prejudice of first impression, without checking who the person is, says more about the judge usurping the authority, than about the judge.
That's how it works in life and in human communication.
It should never work like that in any legal system or system that claims that it has legal accountability.
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May 21 2013: Thank you.
To repeat a different comment of mine - if there is no injustice, there's no need for judges. May seem like a dream, but who knows :)May 21 2013: Hi from turkey..I am a judge in my country..in my opinion if you mean that judge is a state official in a legal system this system must include the law which is inspired from its country facts..yes, the system has Common law or other things but;for example my country has different culture different habits or life styles so what people needs or what are their occasion must shape the judge..
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May 21 2013: Hi Don,
A lot of good points there. However - passing a psychological test that is mentioned in thi video... A practical psychological test, as in a work group, example, challenge could at times be a bit more valid. Having enough logical capacity can make you pass any written test. I don't know how these tests were made, maybe they can be better. I have some esperience to support this idea.
Thank you for this video, Don. I have met people who are into insatiable greed of power who misunderstand what post-traumatic stress disorder is and deny the fact that it exists and prefer to spread lies to maintain their own position. Not everybody, just individuals, but in power.
It's about power and power of definition. "I have the power, therefore I can define you as this or that."
Not anymore, because - as mentioned in the video - "How can one person trest another person this way?"
Thank you again.May 20 2013: I think personality has something to do with what makes a good judge. Needless to say, they must be analytical and decisive, but there's more to it than that. I have been told by professionals that I have a very rare personality type. Of all types of people I am the least likely to care what others think of me, to be swayed by appearance, and to cave in to peer pressure. I think those traits are not valued enough in our current society and would be good traits for a judge to have.
In a perfect world, I think personality would be given greater consideration in all careers.
May 21 2013: Thank you, Lee!
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May 23 2013: How can it be "what we have too much of now" and also rare?May 20 2013: Life is based on a very simple rule and so follows most of the laws
Do not do anything that wil harm another: that is RIGHT
To do the opposite would be WRONG
That is the basis of all our laws and agreements
And holds true in every aspect of life
A good judge would be someone who is able to righteously define the amount of hurt the parties suffered
and then with compassion apply the law
humbly taking into consideration the gravity of that desicion and
the effect it will have on those involved.
It is not always easy to judge and it is difficult to maintain balance when the majority of the people you encounter
are not really looking for justice but rather self-justification.
May 21 2013: "are not really looking for justice but rather self-justification" and in some cases - greed for it or just greed for gain.May 20 2013: Inherently there is no such thing as a good judge. A good judge would have to be there when the item to judge was taking place, be in your mindset and know the thing s you were feeling. But realistically thats never going to happen, so more often than not, the letter of the law is applied, not the sense of the situation.
That might seem abstract, so lets assume you were on a plane with terrorists and you stopped them, by killing them, then on the ground when the plane landed you were arrested for murder - as it was a pre-meditated act.
Who would make a good judge? What would be fair? What would be just?
Isn't it all just someone's perspective?
May 21 2013: Culture is full of paradoxes. Life isn't and should not be - paradoxes have to be identified and peacefully resolved.
May 26 2013: On the contrary life is full of paradoxes.
Even why there is intelligent life is still a paradox, and this has not yet been resolved. Isn't a significant amount of technology in our life's a paradox, as unnecessary things to many are their only necessities.
Or the notion that fair judgment comes from experience, paradoxically experience is only gained from bad judgment.
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CARSON, Calif. -- After their first practice since their 7-0 Chevrolet Cup defeat to Manchester United, the LA Galaxy were defiant that there will be no "post-friendly hangover" as they look ahead to their pivotal match against Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field on Monday.
The Galaxy reaction to their disappointing defeat was pointed and the social media response was even greater, but despite the frustration, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena shrugged off any concerns that his team could be unprepared for Monday.
"We don't worry about these exhibitions whether we're on the positive side or the negative side. They are exhibitions," said Arena. "They're to entertain the people that attended. They're not to decide how good you are or how bad how they are.
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"As far as I'm concerned it's gone anyway. It's no reflection of how we've been doing and the hope is that the players forget about it," said Keane. "After all, what's the point? We didn't win anything, we didn't lose anything, we lost the game, but we couldn't any points from it so in that respect, it didn't really matter."
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PASADENA, Calif. -- Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal opened up his tenure at the helm of United with a convincing 7-0 victory over the LA Galaxy.
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On Javier Hernandez not playing in the match:
"He arrived yesterday evening so he didn't train. If you are not training, you will never be in the lineup. He was on holiday after the World Cup. Everybody at Manchester United has had three weeks but he was in the round of 16 against us [Holland]. You have to count 21 days and then he will join the team. I gave him permission to come directly from Mexico. He has to train, then he can play. He has to train for a week, then he can participate. He can play 45 minutes like the other players because the other players only trained three days."
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"Last week I wasn't at Manchester United and 10 players who played tonight were not at the training complex. When you see us train, you can expect something but not 7-0, that was also a surprise to me. They were all not just beautiful football goals but they were out of beautiful attacks."
On the new system he is bringing to Manchester United:
"When you want to change a system you have to start at once because we don't have time to prepare other things. The other system Man United can play is 4-3-3; they have played this system for many years. I can change this system when it doesn't work. With the quality of the players I have I think we can play better with this system because we have four strikers. For example, when we play 4-3-3, then I have three strikers on the bench and I think that is not good. That is why I want to play with two strikers. Also, we have four number tens, so the selection is not balanced in my eyes. Because of that, I have decided to play in this system. Only because of the quality of the players, but when that doesn't work I'll change it to a 4-3-3."
PASADENA, Calif. – After his club's impressive 7-0 Chevrolet Cup victory over the LA Galaxy, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal refused to discuss the performance of new signing Ander Herrera, but he was at the tip of the tongue of LA's players following the match.
The 24-year-old Spaniard was one of only two United players to play the full 90 minutes in the seven goal thrashing and provided two assists as he pulled the strings for the Red Devils throughout. Herrera, who was signed in the offseason from Atletico Bilbao, overwhelmed the Galaxy and assisted twice on United's final two tallies by Ashley Young late in the second half.
"I thought he was fantastic," said Galaxy captain Robbie Keane. "I thought he was the best player on the pitch by far."
Added midfielder Stefan Ishizaki, ""I saw him play in Athletic Bilbao the last couple of years, and I thought he was a really good player. It's a good signing for Manchester and he is dominating."
LA head coach Bruce Arena was even more complimentary of the Spaniard who figures to play a major role in United's English Premier League campaign once it starts next month.
"Technically good…he and [Juan] Mata and [Darren] Fletcher I thought were very good in the middle of the field," said Arena. "I think in the first half that was a big part of them owning the game in the middle third of the field they were terrific, not only with their passing, but winning some tackles, and picking up some second balls I was very impressed with that. I hadn't seen much of that player but he's a good player."
Bruce Arena and Juan Mata rave about the large crowd on hand for LA Galaxy defeat to Manchester United
PASADENA, Calif. -- The result wasn't what the LA Galaxy wanted by any stretch of the imagination, but the crowd of 86,432 was reason to smile.
The Galaxy's crowd of nearly 90,000 for their 7-0 Chevrolet Cup defeat to English powerhouse Manchester United was the sixth largest crowd in U.S. club soccer history. Although his team fell in a disappointing loss, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena was amazed by the crowd.
"I think that the crowd was great. I have nothing but the greatest respect for the show that Man U put on," said Arena. "A bunch of guys out there fighting for jobs and it looked that way. First half I don't think was a 3-0 game but being as professional as they are and the quality that they had they punished us on every mistake. So it's a good lesson for all players…certainly the second half was a bit of the same.
However, Galaxy captain Robbie Keane took a different view stating that it was embarrassing to lose so convincingly in front of such a large crowd.
"Losing 7-0…no chance," said Keane when he asked if it was fun to play in front of a large crowd. "I felt like it [would be better] if it was only five people left to see that instead of [80,000-plus], but we have to move on, simple as that."
But United midfielder Juan Mata was impressed by the crowd that supported United in droves.
"It was unbelievable. It was crazy," said Mata. "We are so grateful."
PASADENA, Calif. -- LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena addressed the media following his team's 7-0 defeat to Manchester United in the Chevrolet Cup at the Rose Bowl.
(On Crowd…)
ARENA: "I think that the crowd was great. I have nothing but the greatest respect for the show that Man U put on. A bunch of guys out there fighting for jobs and it looked that way. First half I don't think was a 3-0 game but being as professional as they are and the quality that they had they punished us on every mistake. So it's a good lesson for all players…certainly the second half was a bit of the same."
(On what they got out of tonight's game…)
ARENA: "I think a real lesson for a lot of our players. You talk a lot about some of the things that happened tonight that they very rarely see and tonight being on the field and getting punished for mistakes and really getting a lesson on speed of play. It was there, it was all out there for them. I think we can actually use this as a positive, obviously there was a lot I wasn't pleased with but I think really a good lesson. We've done this for a number of years against quality clubs, and have always been able to hang in a lot better than we did tonight, so I think it's a good lesson for our team."
(On Man United's game…)
ARENA: "This time last year we beat Juventus, and we weren't proclaiming that we were better than any team in Italy. This game tonight is not going to give an indication where they're going to stand in the premiership. Their style is obviously different. They're playing a style that their manager's very comfortable and familiar with in his career. They're playing a back 3 and some version of a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-3, and that's a big change for a Manchester United club that's traditionally played 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 at times, so it's a different style but it looks tactically a lot like what we saw out of the Dutch team in the World Cup. That's his style of play and I'm sure he's going to get some new players and be even a little more dangerous going forward, and get the players that fit those tactics in the right way. They're certainly going to be a good team this year; it's going to be a great campaign in the premiership. There are some outstanding teams and they're going to be fighting from the first week on and it'll be interesting but I think that's a quality team."
(On Omar not playing…)
ARENA: "Not ready to play yet. He's still coming back from an injury. Anything could happen on Monday."
(On value of game to young Galaxy players…)
ARENA: "If they aspire to be top flight professionals they see some of the top fligh professionals and the way they conduct themselves on the field and speed of play. Our young players and a number of our players still are not quality passers. And one thing you saw tonight, the passing by Manchester United was quick and crisp; it was of quality. We have too many players who are technically deficient right now, and it's something they should learn. It's also speed of thought. Quickness in moving, winning tackles, running off the ball…all the simple things we frequently talk about but unless you see it live and in real life it's sometimes hard to have a picture of it, and they got a great picture of it tonight."
(On Ander Herrera…)
ARENA: "Technically good…he and Mata and Fletcher I thought were very good in the middle of the field. I think in the first half that was a big part of them owning the game in the middle third of the field they were terrific, not only with their passing, but winning some tackles, and picking up some second balls I was very impressed with that. I hadn't seen much of that player but he's a good player.
Mexican national team star and Manchester United forward Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez landed in Los Angeles last night, but whether he plays in Wednesday's Chevrolet Cup between United and the LA Galaxy is still up in the air.
United manager Louis van Gaal entertained several questions about unsettled striker who is currently rumored to be close to a move away from the club. While speculation has been high about Hernandez's next move, van Gaal was quick to note that Hernandez will be given an opportunity to impress the new boss this preseason.
"I have to see if he performs how I want, and now, I can only see what he has shown under the guidance of another trainer and coach," van Gaal said on Tuesday during a press conference that was delayed nearly 45 minutes after United found themselves stuck in rush hour traffic. "He will arrive and then I will meet him, we will train, and after that, he will perform in a match and only after that, I can say anything about it."
Although van Gaal's words bode well for Chicharito's short term future with the club, his insistence on having him train before playing in a match may see him play limited -- if any -- minutes during Wednesday's match at the Rose Bowl Stadium against the Galaxy.
We're delighted to announce Javier Hernandez (@CH14_) has now arrived in Los Angeles for #mutour. Welcome, Chicha!
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 23, 2014
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PASADENA, Calif. – Manchester United have been in Los Angeles for less than a week, but on Tuesday they received a true Southern California experience—getting stuck in rush hour traffic.
United were 45 minutes for their open training session at the Rose Bowl Stadium as their team bus found itself stuck in L.A. traffic driving from their base hotel in Beverly Hills in Pasadena. Despite the inconvenience, United manager Louis van Gaal was chipper upon his team's arrival at the stadium's press room.
"Of course, we were late. It was the first time that I was late for a press conference, but Los Angeles traffic," van Gaal told reporters.
On Wednesday, the Dutchman and his side will face a stiffer test when they take on the Galaxy in the Chevrolet Cup at the world-famous Pasadena venue. Although Europeans are traditionally criticized for their blasé attitude toward friendlies with MLS sides, van Gaal insists that he's done his homework on the Galaxy.
"We have analyzed the Galaxy and I expect a very organized and technical team that is aggressive in attack," said van Gaal. "They are already in the rhythm of the season and we started just three days ago. We are not well prepared, we are not fit yet, but I hope that we can give a good performance and it's a process.
"The preparation time is a process, so I hope that we can make every [preseason] match a step in that progress, but I'm also anxious to see how we do it tomorrow against the Galaxy."


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Released in 2012, Kindara is an app created by husband and wife team William Sacks and Katherine Bicknell. The app allows women to input intimate details about their bodies and tells them if they are ovulating. Based on the information given, women will know when to have sex to get pregnant, as well as when not to have sex to avoid pregnancy. Kindara also helps women identify hormone and thyroid problems, which in turn helps them and their doctors determine next steps.
We actually founded the company because we were looking for effective birth control that wasn't the pill. Kati had been on the pill for 10 years and she didn't like the side effects. She introduced me to the fertility awareness method and I was blown away by how little I understood about female fertility. I was actually outraged that I had never been taught how reproduction actually works." - William Sacks
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Patrick Michaels is a notorious global warming denier. He has made a career of it in fact. First he shilled for the coal industry saying carbon dioxide is good for us with the Greening Earth Society, then switched to flat out denial, and now pretends to be an energy expert or economist, somewhat accepting man-made global warming but decrying policy action with chicken little fears. Well, it looks like Michaels tangled web of climate denial may now be unweaving. Congressman Henry Waxman, who famously took down the tobacco kingpins, is on a tear about Pat Michaels' funding sources. Michaels testified before Waxman's Energy and Commerce Committee in February 2009 that it was foolish act against climate change because the science is flawed. But it appears he didn't reveal a key fact to the committee: he gets major funding from the oil industry. In fact he submitted documents showing very little corporate funding. Then last year, Michaels admitted live on CNN that 40 percent of his funding comes from the oil industry. And in 2007, a Greenpeace investigation forced Michaels to reveal that he (and other scientists) were dependent on corporate funding for their livelihood. hmmm. The Denial Machine plot thickens... What's going on: This week, Rep. Henry Waxman sent a letter to Rep. Fred Upton seeking to pull career global warming denier Pat Michaels in for questioning about his funding sources. Upton is the ranking Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Waxman is the Committee's minority leader. Worth noting here on the subject of Koch money, Rep. Upton recently jumped right in bed with the Kochtopus, co-authoring a December 29, 2010 Wall Street Journal op-ed with Tim Phillips of the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity. The piece attacked EPA proposed clean air regulations and lo and behold...Upton is expected to introduce legislation later this week to kneecap EPA. Back to today's Waxman letter, Pat Michaels testified before the Energy and Commerce Committee in February 2009. Waxman's letter says Pat Michaels testified
"that widely accepted scientific data had "overestimated" global warming and that regulation enacted in response to that data could have "a very counterproductive effect." Among the scientists who testified before this Committee on the issue of climate change in the last Congress, Pat Michaels was the only one to dismiss the need to act on climate change."
Here is exactly what Pat Michaels said before the Committee
"No, the science is not settled. In fact, judging from these results, it's time for climate scientists to get back to work and generate models which will be able to estimate the recent past and present within their normal confidence ranges. Until that is done, all we know is this: calculations of the costs of inaction, based upon models that are clearly overestimating warming to the point that they can no longer be relied upon, are likely to be similarly overestimated. In that eventuality, the costs of drastic action can easily outweigh the costs of a more measured response, consistent with what is being observed, rather than what is being erroneously modeled."
The Waxman letter concludes:
"Dr. Michaels may have provided misleading information about the sources of his funding and his ties to industries opposed to regulation of emissions responsible for climate change."
We don't know if Pat Michaels misrepresented his funding sources under oath, but misleading Congress is not advisable in general... and misleading Henry Waxman is a really bad plan. While lining up his testimony in 2009, Pat Michaels submitted an extensive CV (resume) with all of his (climate denying career) accomplishments and sources of funding to the Committee. He listed a small number of corporate grants. These sources of income amounted to a small percentage of his income. Meanwhile, Pat Michaels failed to list multiple large payments to New Hope Environmental Services, Pat Michaels' private climate denial enterprise, which has published the climate denial publication, World Climate Report dating back to 1995. New Hope's website says it's...
"an advocacy science consulting firm that produces cutting-edge research and informed commentary on the nature of climate, including patterns of climate change, U.S. and international environmental policy, seasonal and long-range forecasting targeted to user needs, and the relation between the earth's atmosphere and biology. The company also consults on legal matters related to weather and climate."
In 2006, it was revealed that western coal fired utility interests were rounding up funding for Pat Michaels. Pat Michaels put his funding sources in the spotlight again in August 2010, by stating on CNN under direct questioning that he gets 40% of his funding from the oil industry.
All of us denier watchers caught the CNN piece and muttered a collected "huh?"... Then POLITICO called out Michaels double speak a few weeks ago. Previous to this immense slip (or sudden honesty) by Michaels on CNN, we knew of Pat Michaels funding from the Edison Electric Institute (national electric utility lobbyists), the Western Fuels Association (Wyoming coal front group) German coal industry, US coal addicted electric utilities and other grants. Greenpeace also unearthed some clues while intervening in a climate lawsuit in Vermont in 2007 where Pat Michaels was an expert witness for auto interests suing the state to stop stricter vehicle greenhouse emissions standards. Greenpeace sought to reveal documents listing Pat Michaels sources of income. The judge eventually declined our request but in the course of events, Pat Michaels retained counsel and submitted a telling affidavit. He pleads that New Hope Environmental Services is a vital source of income for him and other scientists (presumably Robert C. Balling, Jr., Contributing Editor to World Climate Report but who else?) Pat Michaels' affidavit in the Green Mountain case states:
"Large companies are understandably adverse to negative publicity. Thus, the global warming controversy has created an environment in which companies who wish to support New Hope's research and advocacy about global warming science are increasingly willing to do so only if their support remains confidential. For this reason, some companies that support New Hope financially do so on the understanding that their support will not be made public."
and says that such disclosure of New Hope funding had already cost him income, itemizing several large grants from corporate interests and then pleads poverty:
"Besides modest speaking fees, New Hope is my sole source of income beyond a negotiated retirement package from the University of Virginia. Thus, the Greenpeace motion, if granted, would imperil my livelihood. New Hope also employs the services of other scientists who receive all or a substantial part of their incomes from New Hope. Their livelihoods are also threatened by the Greenpeace motion."
An interesting sidebar here is the lawyer retained by Pat Micheals, Peter Glaser of Troutman Sanders law firm in DC. Glaser has made a career of keeping coal burning utilities beyond the grasp of EPA enforcement on Clean Air Act violations and representing global warming deniers like Peabody Coal, the Farm Bureau and others. We wonder, were some of Glasers high rolling carbon club clients really interested in keeping Micheals funding sources under wraps? Kate Sheppard of Mother Jones did a nice review of Pat Micheals' credibility and the Green Mountain case in February 2010. Pat Michael's is man of many hats...hats of convenience. Over the course of his career depending on the venue and the audience. He has used the titles Virginia State Climatologist (stripped of that title some years ago by the Governor), Senior fellow at the Koch founded and funded Cato Institute, a visiting scientist at the George Marshall Institute, etc. Cato Institute was co-founded by Charles Koch and David Koch sits on the board. Pat Micheals rarely if ever states any association with New Hope Environmental Services in public, except for publishing World Climate Report. While Michaels "is" a professional scientist and climatologist, he also acts like as an economist or free market specialist whenever prompted, opining on the negative economic impacts of climate policies. This prompts us to ask: if you accept economic advice from an expert in weather patterns, would ask a dentist to set your broken leg? We look forward to seeing Upton's response to Mr. Waxman.
Kert directs Greenpeace's research team. He works closely with investigative journalists and frequently represents Greenpeace at international climate negotiations and scientific conferences. Kert has also partnered with major global corporations to help them implement solutions to global environmental problems.
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Well, how would you characterize a model that predicted 50% more temperature increase than what actually occured? Perhaps "overestimated" is...
Well, how would you characterize a model that predicted 50% more temperature increase than what actually occured? Perhaps "overestimated" is the polite way to put it.
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Thank you for the info. I would like to repost this article on my green blogs. Scotty
January 25, 2011 at 11:59
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It turns out that the climate scientists were the REAL problem all along, not the "evil" right wing neocons . Planet polluting chemicals, created by the trusted scientists made environmentalism necessary in the first place. Scientists are the enemy. Scientists are the very authority and power elite that progressivism should have been fighting all along, not the every day person sentenced to a carbon tax. Academic Scientists not only polluted the planet with their chemicals, they also produced cruise missiles, cancer causing chemicals, land mine technology, nuclear weapons, germ warfare, strip mining technology, deep sea drilling technology and now climate change.
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The Guardian are covering this issue as well:
The Guardian are covering this issue as well:
As for the first commenter on this thread, you are clearly wrong. Michaels misrepresentd Mann as this article points out:
Michaels stands accused of both scientific fraud and lying to Congress. A sad character indeed.
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Did I see Michaels say that sponsors would NOT want it to be known that they are funding a climate research group? I believe we've all seen that corpo...
Did I see Michaels say that sponsors would NOT want it to be known that they are funding a climate research group? I believe we've all seen that corporate execs will not legitimately spend a single dollar without telling the world a story about how good they are. Only dirty money gets hidden in ANY sized company.
As for the directives of a research group... peer reviewed publications of climate research leads to similar conclusions, as we have all seen. So if a particular group declares otherwise, and they stand alone in their thinking, what do we call this?
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Pat Michaels obviously can have neither children nor conscience..
January 27, 2011 at 7:20
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Such deceit is harmful to my community.
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Good reporting. I look forward to having Michaels come before congress and called out for this.
Seems like the cigarette industry phony ...
Good reporting. I look forward to having Michaels come before congress and called out for this.
Seems like the cigarette industry phony science thing all over again.
For readers interested in just how much government subsidy oil companies get versus renewable energy, see:
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The office of admission will host the next Select Saturday - an on-campus visit program for prospective students -- Saturday, Sept. 17.
Students and their families will be on campus in the AB Auditorium in the John Cook School of Business from 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. to attend a SLU admission presentation, a current student panel and a walking tour of campus.
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It's a nice quad-AA battery holder, with 6" leads.
These 3/4" Neodymium magnets are very strong. Useful for all kinds of Magbot experiments or just holding posters up on metal surfaces as we like to do!
2-position terminal blocks - they're not just for wires anymore! (We use them for sensor mounts now...)
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