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5.0 out of 5 stars Tour De Force
This book demolishes the claim that our planet is threatened by global warming. It is beautifully written and witty.
Some 4 years ago Christopher Booker began the demolition process in his excellent book:'The Real Global Warming'.He exposed bogus computer models that were used by the likes of Al Gore and others to 'prove' we were facing disaster. He quoted the first...
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting history of the debate.
Rupert Darwall writes well and his argument is consistent. But this book is primarily a history of the politics of the climate change debate. I would have liked a stronger grip on the recent science.
No peer-reviewed modern scientific text would dare add 'guesstimate' graphs from the 1920's as page fillers. 90 year old historical data on coal production only...
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74 of 80 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Tour De Force,
Dr Barry Clayton (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This book demolishes the claim that our planet is threatened by global warming. It is beautifully written and witty.
Some 4 years ago Christopher Booker began the demolition process in his excellent book:'The Real Global Warming'.He exposed bogus computer models that were used by the likes of Al Gore and others to 'prove' we were facing disaster. He quoted the first IPCC Chairman, Sir John Houghton admitting that:'Unless we announce disasters, no one will listen'.Booker showed how, contrary to all expert predictions, global temperatures had not continued to rise, instead they had flattened out or even fallen. Furthermore, he exposed the fact that the IPCC's brief was not to objectively weigh the evidence, it was to begin by assuming climate change as proven, and then go on to promote and inspire the political response to a threat which had never been proved! He demonstrated that the cost of the measures being suggested in order to combat the 'threat' would be 'astronomic'.
In this new book by Rupert Darwell the author supports Booker's thesis with superb arguments and facts. He shows how an increasing number of leading scientists are admitting that earlier forecasts of global catastrophe were exaggerated.
Darwell exposes the dubious claims of the green movement, in particular the meaningless idea of 'sustainable development'. He describes computer predictions as a prime example of Popper's famous term:'pseudo-science' or Marx's historical materialism. He explains why this is. It is because the claims predicted cannot be proven or falsified by scientific experiment or evidence.
Few politicians and well-known scientists emerge with credit from Darwell's analysis. Both were, and still are, guilty of mutually reinforcing an evangelical debate. That well-known actor Tony Blair was at the forefront of exaggerated claims about global warming when occupying number 10.
Darwell brilliantly exposes the discredited 'hockey stick' graph that is still used to show, it is claimed, that current temperatures have not been experienced for thousands of years. He shows how the manipulation of statistics is used to support the graph.
Darwell's superb book focuses on an analysis of what he calls the:'Global Warming Policy Paradox', namely that the proposed solutions are more damaging than the problems they are meant to solve.
This book is a must-read. It is a very timely reminder of how careful we need to be when listening to the claims of politicians and those scientists who wrap their claims in impenetrable jargon backed up by the evidence of computer models that have been fed with dubious statistical data.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, scholarly and important,
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Darwall is an extremely talented writer with an enormously impressive analytical mind. He tells the tale of the growth of the idea of Global Warming and its place in the world today in a detailed but thoroughly entertaining way. There is a great deal to learn and to smile at here.
The Global Warming debate divides opinion absurdly. You are either a believer or a non-believer, and most writing on the subject reflects that: it's either Monbiot-esque vitriol for anyone who dares question the political orthodoxy in any way, or it's Daily Maily ranting about how it's "all a load of rubbish...so-called scientists...etc." The author rises way above that sort of passion and ignorance. I could well imagine that, in time, this book could turn out to be something of a turning point for the whole debate. I certainly hope so.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Historically important capturing of political history,
Occasional Thinker (Scotland) - See all my reviews
As others have noted, this is not always an easy read. The author has been meticulous about coverage and documentation (pages 351 to 416 contain supporting notes), but he has also displayed many insights of his own in this intelligent, fair-minded, and compelling account of the decades of delusion and manipulation that have led us the current sorry state of climate-related politics, policies, and the further promotion of alarms without adequate foundation. As Darwall says, right at the end of the book, "When it comes to learning from their mistakes, collectively scientists vie with the Bourbons.". This might seem unfair on the vast majority of scientists who have never spoken out on climate, and whose views have not been systematically consulted by the leaderships of such bodies as the Royal Society or many other learned societies over many disciplines. Leaderships which have nevertheless spouted green propaganda and influenced politicians in their insanities over climate change. I think this book is a must-have for anyone with a serious interest in trying to comprehend what has happened around this fashionable topic.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Game Changer,
Mr. David Holland "David Holland" (Northampton UK) - See all my reviews
As a documented history of a classic folie à plusieurs, Rupert Darwall's book may in time become the standard reference. It is not quick read though, which may explain why this is only the eighth review. Even for those who have followed this topic for years there is much that it reveals. It has many footnotes and endnotes to validate the evidence that Darwall describes and is clearly a product of the Internet age which is a `game changer' for many aspects of our lives.
Darwall reports Al Gore's Bali speech of 2007 and gives the Internet link to a transcript. Elsewhere on the Internet you can watch a video of it. Towards the end Gore told those present that they should feel privileged `to be alive at a moment when a relatively small group of people could control the destiny of all generations to come'. Indeed after reading the book it is clear that, in global terms, a tiny group have spent their entire careers pursuing their dreams of controlling mankind's destiny using the fear of climate change.
Fortunately other tiny groups, with no dreams of control, gave us the Internet, the World Wide Web, home computers and cellular telephones that allows the many to learn what the few are up to. It allows crowd sourcing to expose the fallacies and hypocrisy that pervades the global warming industry and makes it harder for it to keep its secrets.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Almost a bible for warming sceptics,
F. Robb (uk) - See all my reviews
This takes the lid off the whole awful sham (Yes, I am a sceptic) - demonstrating that science has little if anything to do with the emergence of the new faith that the alarmists are purveying. The origin of the great myth is set firmly in the 1988 Toronto summit, Mrs Thatcher's address to the Royal Society, Hansen addressing a congressional committee and the formation of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This is a fluent, well researched historical account that will inflame believers and console the largely ignored sceptics. Of course it will not change minds; but it's worth a read whatever your views.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent study of the political side of the story,
Marchespie (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Age of Global Warming: A History (Kindle Edition)
There are many good books already published that explain the real science behind climate change - Robert Carter's "Climate: The Counter-Consensus" being perhaps the best I've read. Rupert Darwall's book is different in that it focuses on the philosophical and political history of Global Warming. In order to do so, it necessarily spends its first third discussing the evolution of environmental thinking over the last 500 years or so, describing the development of the modern environmental movement in detail - this can be a little dry at times, so bear with it. When 1988 is reached and James Hansen ignites the real birth of the Global Warming scare, the book picks up pace, culminating in a riveting description of the failure of the 2009 Copenhagen conference.
Darwall's writing throughout is erudite and academic and supported by countless references. Rather than re-hashing the science to create another Climate Change pot-boiler, he's made an important addition to the literature and written an accessible and entertaining book. He also takes a balanced and dispassionate view of his subject, lending his ultimate conclusions much greater weight than if he had taken a more partisan position through the body of the book.
Like many, over the last few years I have undergone a complete reversal of my views on Global Warming. Up until 2009, I believed the hype and had been thinking about the future - mine and my children's - in a negative, fatalistic way. The political and media message about impending climate disaster had so convinced me that I envisioned the next generation contending with inundated coastal cities, food shortages and wars. Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth depressed me so much that I couldn't bear to finish watching it. I was genuinely pessimistic about the Human race's future. I felt sorry for my children.
In 2009 I decided I should find out more about this subject that had so affected me. I read two books from opposite ends of the spectrum of views - James Lovelock's "The Revenge of Gaia" and Christopher Booker's "The Real Global Warming Disaster". It was the latter that began my change of view - one that has been supported by devouring just about every book published on the subject, and paying daily visits to Anthony Watts's excellent blog. It's clear to me now that, far from the science being "settled", as we are told, the science behind the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) hypothesis is so debatable that it does not even meet the basic scientific qualifications to be termed a theory.
The most instructive thing for me has come from the behaviour and language used by those on either side of the debate. The Skeptical views are overwhelmingly presented in a reasoned way, typically by those with the courage to speak out against the prevailing consensus and look objectively at the facts. In complete contrast, the proponents of CAGW are typically shrill, hectoring, overbearing - rather than debate the facts (where they will founder) they will attack the motives of those who argue the Skeptical view, typically by accusing them of being in denial or in the pay of "Big Oil". The very use of the term "Denier", with its connotations of holocaust denial, should sound a warning about their motives and the underlying weakness of their arguments - if you cannot attack the argument, attack the person making it. What has appalled me even more is that organisations such as the BBC and Wikipedia, supposedly voices of truth and objectivity, have become utterly compromised. Bias permeates much of the BBC's coverage of climate issues - which I might expect from an overtly left-wing source like The Guardian, but not our treasured, supposedly impartial BBC! I am not in denial and I'm not in the pay of Big Oil - I have been systematically deceived and I am angry about it! Once any thinking person becomes aware of this bias that surrounds us, it is impossible to miss. The scales have dropped from my eyes.
Some reading this review may think I am just another selfish "denier" who wants to bury his head in the sand and carry on living my profligate Western way of life. If so, I urge them to read this book - and at least one of the many books on the science - and begin thinking for yourself rather than simply believing what the politicians and the media feed to you.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Just what information one needs,
Dan the Bug Man (Hilton Head Island, SC United States) - See all my reviews
I hear the facts do not change ones mind but what would. It is nice to see everything in one place. Why are University Global Warming degrees still being taught as Science rather than Art or Religious Beliefs? Is there a similar book for health and safety to sort out what is happening in that field. Very well done and everything is in one place.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for every policy maker and climate scientist,
This is an excellent book and should be compulsory reading for every climate scientist and policy maker and politician concerned with climate change. Darwall sets out the historical development of the idea of global warming and of the science that has provided the evidence for it. He does this with an analytical detatchment and objectivity which is seldom seen, particularly in the climate change debate. Darwall sets out complex arguments about the history and philosophy of science, the statistical analysis of climate change data, and the arcane protocols and procedures governing summit meetings of global leaders, in a clear and highly accessible style. He lightens the book with regular and amusing touches of gentle irony; and the book trips along at a pace conveying a real sense of the drama of the various climate change summits, and of the dramatis personae. Yet this is a real work of scholarship with over 60 pages of references and numerous interviews of key protagonists by the author. For anyone wising to gain a thorough understanding of the climate change debate, and of the science and the politics of climate change from an accessible, scholarly, and objective book this is a must read The Age of Global Warming: A History.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Does this history really start back in Francis Bacon's time? Yes!,
This review is from: The Age of Global Warming: A History (Paperback)
Only just started reading it, but I'm hugely impressed by the author's scholarly and objective approach, also his style which makes complex ideas easy to assimilate. I haven't encountered any bigotry about the rights and wrongs of this topic that exercise the the opposing parties, often so vehemently.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brrrr,
This review is from: The Age of Global Warming: A History (Paperback)
How long will this crazy delusion continue. Forget the Common Market this is really what is bankrupting Britain
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Hayes Pullard, the four-year starter for the USC Trojans, enters the 2015 NFL Draft after a 2014 season that was consistent with his career production. He totaled 95 tackles and 5.5 TFLs last year, bringing his career totals to 377 tackels and 25.5 TFL. He was named Honorable Mention All-Pac 12 in 2014 after being named Second Team All-Pac 12 in 2013 (in 2012, he was acknowledged once again as an Honorable Mention performer.) Physically, Pullard is an undersized guy from both a mass and length standpoint. He has short limbs and his 235 lbs is light for an inside linebacker in the NFL. He's a pretty muscular and thick guy, so I have concerns about his ability to add more "good" weight. Athletically, Pullard possesses solid short-area quickness and has a good initial burst once he identifies the play's design. He doesn't have the greatest range, however, and is unlikely to be able to handle sideline to sideline duties. Pullard displayed good footwork and fluid hips when dropping into coverage, but I'm not sold on his ability to hold up against NFL-level tight ends. Pullard is pretty quick to read his keys and get moving downhill in the run game, but he has an awkward hitch/hop before he gets going; it causes him to be a step too late at times. He's a slip and slide defender who can penetrate from time to time, but he struggles to work himself free from oncoming blockers. In the NFL, he could get overwhelmed in the trenches. Against the pass, Pullard is a fluid guy when dropping into coverage and can stay in his assignment's hip pocket, but his physical limitations are concerning.
BOTTOM LINE: Hayes Pullard is an experienced leader on defense who has seen a lot of snaps as an inside linebacker. His physical makeup is a concern for NFL play, as he simply doesn't have the kind of size required for the position. He's likely best suited for WLB in a 43 front which will limit his overall appeal and draft value. I wouldn't rule out the option of Pullard dropping some weight and kicking back to SS, as he does have the kind of fluid movements to potentially play on the 3rd level. That said, he's a late-Day 3 guy who will likely make his biggest impact on special teams in the NFL.
GRADE: 5.3 (7th Round)
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It looks like you're just doing tons of simple math. PyPy has a great JIT compiler that should be able to optimize that a lot, and I think they've already implemented the parts of NumPy you're using.
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actually even if pypy don't implement numpy bits they should be replaced relatively easily by pure python code which should run at pypy speed. If that don't help probably there is room for an optimisation algorithm.
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Phil Jackson has always been a great motivator and a master manipulator. His latest move might actually impact the Laker franchise in a way nobody ever imagined. Jackson has become a mentor of Dwight Howard's and has been text messaging the Lakers center. Dwight is having a rough season in his first with the Lakers. He's still getting into shape and having issues related to his back surgery last April. Plus the team is just starting to develop an identity under Mike D'Antoni. "Phil, he texts me and he understands how it is to come off back surgery," Howard said. "He just said it takes a full year to recover, so you can't beat yourself up over the things that have happened this year." Jackson recently said that the offense D'Antoni is running takes away Dwight's assets. Wouldn't it be something if Phil still manages to become the one to get the Lakers another championship by guiding Dwight. A new layer to this complicated Lakers season.
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It's quite obvious that Pete subscribed to the high carb diet recommended by the USDA accompanied by minimal weight training.
However, he was way ahead of the curve on sight training and hand eye coordination practice sessions.
Griffey played for years on the turf in Seattle. It's no surprise his legs gave out. Larkin played for years on the turf in Cincy. His body gave out towards the end, too. But he had his prime years in Cincy, so we remember him for that. Griffey's prime was somewhere else, and we witnessed his greatness on the backside of his career. The fans, and the front office, are more at fault than Jr. Griffey gave it his all. Remember when he separated his shoulder diving for a ball in center field? Sure, he put on some weight. Seen Jeter lately? So has he.
I knew it was over the moment Jr decided to get married and have kids. Yet another promising career pissed away.
I blame Bob Boone.
anyone who puts griff and Jeter in the same sentence just plain does not know what jeter does in the offseason.....
do some research and see how dedicated Jeter is in the offseason to keeping his weight down.....I am not saying jr did not, some people just have it in their gene pool to gain weight once they start getting a certain age and others stay thin regardless of what they eat or how often they exercise.....but jeter is not one who does not work out or "not diet" in the winter months.....the dude spent an entire off season in the some odd country so he could better eat their diet......he claims to never consumer more calories than he burns for 6 out of 7 days a week.....Nick Swisher said he ordered a pizza once to the clubhouse and Jeter made him get it out of the clubhouse....Giambi used to talk about how Jeter would get to the park at 6am and take grounders for a few hours then hit BP and then nap in the clubhouse....this was after playing a night game the evening before.....the dude is dedicated to his profession.....so was griff but even griff will tell you that age caught up with him and he didnt want to fight it.......I know we cant believe everything Marty said about ken but Marty once said that Ken quit working out once he realized that age had caught up with him......
with that said, Griff is still one of my favorite players of all time....but I have actually showed my kids video of Griff playing for the Reds and made them watch how he would not hustle and how little he truly tried......we all can love griff to death just like I do, but the dude was not a model for hustle like pete rose or Jeter, in fact I would argue that Griff and Jeter are on opposite ends of the "dedication" spectrum.


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NOT long before David Cameron became UK prime minister, he famously prescribed some holiday reading for his colleagues: a book modestly entitled Nudge.
Cameron wasn't the only world leader to find it compelling. US president Barack Obama soon appointed one of its authors, Cass Sunstein, a social scientist at the University of Chicago, to a powerful position in the White House. And thus the nudge bandwagon began rolling. It has been picking up speed ever since (see "Nudge power: Big government's little pushes").
So what's the big idea? We don't always do what's best for ourselves, thanks to cognitive biases and errors that make us deviate from rational self-interest. The premise of Nudge is that subtly offsetting or exploiting these biases can help people to make better choices.
If you live in the US or UK, you're likely to have been nudged towards a certain decision at some point. You probably didn't notice. That's deliberate: nudging is widely assumed to work best when people aren't aware of it. But that stealth breeds suspicion: people recoil from the idea that they are being stealthily manipulated.
There are other grounds for suspicion. It sounds glib: a neat term for a slippery concept. You could argue that it is a way for governments to avoid taking decisive action. Or you might be concerned that it lets them push us towards a convenient choice, regardless of what we really want.
These don't really hold up. Our distaste for being nudged is understandable, but is arguably just another cognitive bias, given that our behaviour is constantly being discreetly influenced by others. What's more, interventions only qualify as nudges if they don't create concrete incentives in any particular direction. So the choice ultimately remains a free one.
Nudging is a less blunt instrument than regulation or tax. It should supplement rather than supplant these, and nudgers must be held accountable. But broadly speaking, anyone who believes in evidence-based policy should try to overcome their distaste and welcome governance based on behavioural insights and controlled trials, rather than carrot-and-stick wishful thinking. Perhaps we just need a nudge in the right direction.
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Dr. Ted Andrew Snyder received his Doctorate of Optometry from The Ohio State University following undergraduate studies at The University of Akron and Miami University. He graduated as valedictorian from Clear Fork High School in Bellville, Ohio. Dr. Snyder was born and raised in Mansfield, Ohio. In Akron he was selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an Honors fraternity. He graduated in the Top 20 of his optometry class.
In addition to patient care as an optometrist, Dr. Snyder has been a college professor and Department Chair of the Optical Science Program at a local college. He also worked at a LASIK institute, performing pre-operative and post-operative evaluations.
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Dr. Snyder has a long-standing interest in working with children. While he was in high school he taught Safety Town, a program which teaches safety to pre-kindergarten children. He has been a Columbus Big Brother and a Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Mentor. His community involvement also includes serving as a Vision Advisor to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and a Board of Director to Sedamsville Community Council.
International patients are also a special interest of Dr. Snyders, as he has a fondness of cultures and languages. He has a map of the world with pins marking where his international patients are born.
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Nancy Kohler, our office manager, has been with the practice since 2004. She attended the University of Cincinnati RN program.
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Texas Democrat Hazy on Which One the 2nd Amendment Is
Many Americans wonder if members of Congress, especially the Democrats, know anything at all about the U.S. Constitution. Well, Democrat Rep. Rubén Hinojosa of Texas didn't help quell those fears very much when at a recent rally he couldn't even remember which one the Second Amendment was.
Rep. Hinojosa was asked about the Second Amendment at a recent event but the 15th District Congressman was just a bit hazy on the whole thing.
"There are so many people in Washington who come and talk to us about the Constitution and the rights that they want kept sacred and that not do anything about them. That we not change them. That we not amend them. And I can tell you that — I'm drawing a blank on the Second Amendment, but I think it's the weapons, isn't it? The NRA?"
Hinojosa then went on to ramble about why we have to have "those machine guns."
"Why in the hell do we have to have machine guns? And don't touch that, because NRA will come and put you on the black list," he rambled.
Of course, such weapons have already been outlawed and few Americans have a license to own "machine guns." Further, the NRA does not fight to try and allow Americans access to such weapons.
One 70-year-old in attendance at the rally expressed his shock at Congressman Hinjosa's lack of knowledge about the U.S. Constitution. "That was scary, on the part of Rubén, when he was having trouble remembering what the Second Amendment was," the man said.
Hinojosa, a 7-term incumbent is one of the most liberal members of the House of Representatives rating a low 16.19 percent ACU conservative rating. Hinojosa faces Republican Dale Brueggemann in November.
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According to a document on the town's website addressing submitted questions regarding triclopyr, the herbicide will not be harmful to humans.
"Triclopyr is not considered to be a cause of cancer, birth defects, or genetic mutations. Nor is it considered likely to cause systemic, reproductive, or developmental effects in mammals at or near concentrations encountered during normal human use," the document states. "However, Washington State Department of Health considers it prudent public health advice to minimize exposure to pesticides regardless of their known toxicity."
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The town of Cazenovia's Draft Environmental Impact Statement lists several alternatives to herbicide and their reasons for not using them.
No action
If no action is taken, Eurasian watermilfoil will continue to dominate aquatic plantlife and recreational use will become increasingly impaired. This would damage the economy of the town as lake front properties lose value.
Mechanical harvesting
This solution provides a temporary reduction, but can actually spread the species as fragments become new plants in new areas of the lake.
Grass carp
While a sterile form of grass carp can be used to eat aquatic vegetation, this plant-eating fish prefers other native plants to Eurasian watermilfoil. This could result in a reduction in all plants in the lake, not just invasive species.
Suction dredging
This method, while practical for small areas, is slow, labor-intensive and prohibitively expensive for use in the entire lake. This option is still a valid possibility for lakefront property owners.
Benthic barriers
These barriers prevent light from reaching the sediment surface and crush vegetation underneath, preventing and stopping the growth of plant life. This is another method that individual homeowners might employ.
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Paradoxically, the 1930-S is more accessible in grades such as MS64 than several other issues with much higher mintages; nonetheless, it is a condition rarity any finer, and in any event, the date's overall rarity is well-established. This Choice coin is a perfectly lovely example, shining lemon-yellow with occasional green-gold overtones. A few small field disturbances, such as the two horizontal abrasions in the right obverse field, may preclude Gem status but have little impact on the overall visual appeal. Population: 37 in 64, 20 finer (11/10).
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I like playing battlefield 2 a lot when im on my computer, and also youtube, but thats only to look at BF2 vids lol, i log on to desura to check up on upcoming mods and addons, because i enjoy finding out what other people have made, i give promising looking mods a tryout, if i dont like them i uninstall........simple.
i also browse through the indie section from time to time, never know what might be on there, quite often there are some real good indie games out there, but you all probably already know that, im just saying is all.
when i am not on my computer, i am on my xbox, probably playing crysis 2, or skyrim, or gears 3, or viking, or human revolution, or any of the others i have, want to get ME3, sadly need money for that..........
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PR68 Cameo 1898 Barber Dime1898 10C PR68 Cameo NGC. The first 8 shows repunching within the upper loop. A desirable representative of this low-mintage (735 pieces) proof date. The strike is razor-sharp, even on the upper grains of the cereal wreath. The obverse is fully brilliant, and the reverse has only traces of gray toning. The motifs and legends are deeply frosted and provide outstanding contrast with the flashy fields. Immaculate save for trivial hairlines beneath the IM in DIME. An important addition to a matched Cameo Superb Gem set of this underappreciated proof series. Census: 4 in 68 Cameo, 3 finer as Ultra Cameo (5/11).(Registry values: N4719) (PCGS# 84882)
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James W. Mandell
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Mechanisms of Brain Astroglial Activation in Neural Injury
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Astrocytes are the most numerous cell type in the brain and perform multiple functions in development and maturity. These cells, also known as astroglia, respond to diverse forms of neural injury with a complex but poorly understood phenotypic change, termed reactive astrogliosis. Like the immune response, astrogliosis has both beneficial and detrimental consequences. The response is classically defined by cell hypertrophy and process extension, glial filament upregulation, and in some cases, proliferation and migration. MAP kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways were classically characterized as effectors of mitogenic and stress stimuli, but are recently implicated in the regulation of cell motility. Our preliminary in vitro data indicate that astroglial process extension and migration are differentially modulated by the ERKMAPK and the p38MAPK pathways. The broad objective of the proposed research program is to define specific roles for and mechanisms by which these two MAPK modules modulate the morphology and motility of reactive astroglia. Experiments employ established in vitro and in vivo techniques as well as Cre/lox conditional gene inactivation approaches. It is anticipated that knowledge gained from these studies will lead to a greater understanding of astroglial involvement in neurological diseases, and lead to development of targeted therapies to therapeutically modulate astrogliosis.
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- Sokolowski J, Chabanon-Hicks C, Han C, Heffron D, Mandell J. Fractalkine is a "find-me" signal released by neurons undergoing ethanol-induced apoptosis. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience. 2014;8 360. PMID: 25426022 | PMCID: PMC4224129
- Sokolowski J, Gamage K, Heffron D, Leblanc A, Deppmann C, Mandell J. Caspase-mediated cleavage of actin and tubulin is a common feature and sensitive marker of axonal degeneration in neural development and injury. Acta neuropathologica communications. 2014;2 16. PMID: 24507707 | PMCID: PMC3996144
- Hochreiter-Hufford A, Lee C, Kinchen J, Sokolowski J, Arandjelovic S, Call J, Klibanov A, Yan Z, Mandell J, Ravichandran K. Phosphatidylserine receptor BAI1 and apoptotic cells as new promoters of myoblast fusion. Nature. 2013;497(7448): 263-7. PMID: 23615608 | PMCID: PMC3773542
- Sokolowski J, Mandell J. Phagocytic clearance in neurodegeneration. The American journal of pathology. 2011;178(4): 1416-28. PMID: 21435432 | PMCID: PMC3078427
- Daubert E, Heffron D, Mandell J, Condron B. Serotonergic dystrophy induced by excess serotonin. Molecular and cellular neurosciences. 2010;44(3): 297-306. PMID: 20394820 | PMCID: PMC2878889
- Sokolowski J, Nobles S, Heffron D, Park D, Ravichandran K, Mandell J. Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor-1 expression in astrocytes and neurons: implications for its dual function as an apoptotic engulfment receptor. Brain, behavior, and immunity. 2010;25(5): 915-21. PMID: 20888903 | PMCID: PMC3033447
- Glass G, Papin J, Mandell J. SIMPLE: a sequential immunoperoxidase labeling and erasing method. The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society. 2009;57(10): 899-905. PMID: 19365090 | PMCID: PMC2746723
- Heffron D, Landreth G, Samuels I, Mandell J. Brain-specific deletion of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 mitogen-activated protein kinase leads to aberrant cortical collagen deposition. The American journal of pathology. 2009;175(6): 2586-99. PMID: 19893051 | PMCID: PMC2789603
- Immunohistochemical assessment of protein phosphorylation state: the dream and the reality. Histochemistry and cell biology. 2008;130(3): 465-71. PMID: 18648845 | PMCID: PMC2522329
- Correa-Cerro L, Mandell J. Molecular mechanisms of astrogliosis: new approaches with mouse genetics. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology. 2007;66(3): 169-76. PMID: 17356378
- Favero C, Mandell J. A pharmacological activator of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) induces astrocyte stellation. Brain research. 2007;1168 1-10. PMID: 17706943 | PMCID: PMC2000700
- Park D, Tosello-Trampont A, Elliott M, Lu M, Haney L, Ma Z, Klibanov A, Mandell J, Ravichandran K. BAI1 is an engulfment receptor for apoptotic cells upstream of the ELMO/Dock180/Rac module. Nature. 2007;450(7168): 430-4. PMID: 17960134
- Bourne T, Mandell J, Matsumoto J, Jane J, Lopes M. Primary disseminated leptomeningeal oligodendroglioma with 1p deletion. Case report. Journal of neurosurgery. 2006;105(6): 465-9. PMID: 17184079
- Hamilton D, Bourne T, Ahmed H, Cousar J, Mandell J, Sheehan J. Follicular lymphoma of the dura: case report. Neurosurgery. 2006;59(3): E703-4; discussion E703-4. PMID: 16955025
- McFarland K, Wilkes S, Koss S, Ravichandran K, Mandell J. Neural-specific inactivation of ShcA results in increased embryonic neural progenitor apoptosis and microencephaly. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2006;26(30): 7885-97. PMID: 16870734


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was talking to my boss the other day about my maternity leave and found out since i haven't worked there a full year yet i'm not eligable for more than 3 weeks time off for the birth of my first child! i am due may 15 and plan on starting my leave on may 2nd to avoid being at work when i go into labor. i intended on going back in july after 12 weeks seeing as that is what is being recommended by my doctor since i want to try breastfeeding. was filling out the paper work for the leave of absense and then told that if i didn't return to work 3 weeks after i start my leave i no longer have a job with the company! they can and will terminate my job for unapproved leave of absense! but they also stated they will CONSIDER me for re-hirement in july if i promise not to ask for any more time off the rest of the year! i'm an outraged at the thought that i have to have my kid and return to work the same week or i don't have a job! i'm thinking the job is not needed that bad that i risk my bonding time for it! but isn't it against a law of some sort to punish me like that because i'm having a baby? specially seeing that everyone knew i was pregnate when they hired me! i never hid the fact from any of them. told em all as soon as i found out which was well within the time period of letting me go or keep me depending on my work performance. if they had plans of letting me go soon as i start my leave, shouldn't they have just let me go back during the trial period??? i'm so fustrated i just don't know what to do with the information i was given!
being fired because i'm taking maternity leave soon!
it may suck, but it's not illegal. you don't qualify for FMLA, meaning any leave you take, your job is not protected. Why don't you just work up until you're in labor, then take the 3 weeks bonding time instead?
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I will be three weeks short of my one year anniversary with my company. I'm working right up until the day before my csection. I'm not FMLA protected. But I am getting 6 weeks of unpaid short term disabiltiy. I'd rather use the time when the baby is here. I can use some of my vacation time if I choose. Unfortunatly it sucks but it's legal. ((hugs))
Loving wife and mommy of two girls.
Others are correct. You know you're not eligible for FMLA leave because you haven't been there long enough. Therefore, you're under the basic company rules, which only allow you three weeks off.
Technically, they will be letting you go because you are going to be out more than the allowed medical leave, not because you're pregnant. If they had fired you after your probationary period, because you were pregnant, that would have been illegal and they could have been in trouble with the labor board. So while it seems counter-intuitive, they've actually done it in the correct way.
Do you have disability insurance with this job? That may be the only other way to cover yourself. If you have short term disability insurance, and the doctor writes you out for a specified period of time, that may give you a few weeks extra with the baby. However, short term disability is usually a six-eight week thing that starts when you have the baby, not two weeks before.
Also, someone mentioned unemployment. Be careful there because you have to tell the UC board that you are "ready, willing and able" to go back to work. So, if you are unable or unwilling to go back to work because you're staying home with baby, then you won't be eligible. I caution this because if your employer takes you to a hearing on the issue and says "we would hire her back if she asked for job" then you wouldn't get unemployment if you weren't willing to take your job back at that time because you wanted more bonding with baby,
It's a crappy situation, even if it is legal. Sorry to hear about it.
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I like kimmber11's advice.
It sucks, but majority of the time you have to be employed for at least a year before your job is safe under FMLA. So technically if you haven't been there for a year, they do not have to keep your job open for you and can let you go. I've experienced that during my 4th pregnancy. My job that I was at for 4 yrs was going to let me go during my maternity leave, because I had used up over half of FMLA for my breast reduction. Lucky for me they couldn't find anyone who wanted the job and hired me back.
Don't sacrifice your bonding time, if it is meant for you to work there, then everything will work out in the end.
Mom to Zahrah 13, Alaina 10, Carl 9, Sidney (My Angel) born 7/7/05, Christopher born 05/7/2010
Actually, from what I remember, according to the law, you're not eligible for maternity leave until after you have been an employee for 1 year.
Not true. Some companies don't offer maternity leave but offer Short term disability. I was hired 3/2007 and got pg that same month so had my baby in 12/2007 but I took out the STD when I started so was eligible for 6wks off at 60% of my pay. The 1 yr "law" is for FMLA and your company has to have 50+ employees and you also have to work a required amount of hours.
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It isn't necessarily fair, but they can do it.
I worked until the day before I delivered my DD. Do you feel like you can no longer work after 38 weeks or are you just scared of going into labor? If you are still feeling OK can you stay on the job longer and maybe negotiate a couple extra weeks off? Your doctor won't even release you to go back to work until 6 weeks, so if maybe you can get your employer to at least OK the 6 weeks, and you can look for something else in the mean time.
As an employment law specialist, I agree with the previous posters that in most states it is not illegal for your company to terminate you if you are unable to return after your approved leave.
My suggestions are: Check to see if you have Short Term Disability. It can have the effect of extending your job protection, based on the way it is written. Check your handbook to see if your company offers the potential of an unpaid personal leave that you might be able to stack on top of the 3 weeks of maternity leave. Work until you go into labor, to get the maximum amount of ime after the baby is born. Talk to your company about any work-from-home arrangements that might be made to bridge the 3 week leave to a 6 week return to work.
If you really need that job, I know that there are daycares that will take babies at 4 weeks. Probably rare and expensive, but they do exist.
Some states will approve unemployment if you resigned/were terminated due to a medical condition (not released to return from maternity leave may qualify you for a few weeks of unemployment...)
Mom to Bailey (8/01), Erin (4/03), Sloane (5/10), and Peyton (3/12).
i agree with emfors.. why are you taking time off before hand.. I have never done that as i don't want to waste any of my leave time and would rather spend it with the baby. I could care less if i went into labor at work.
And yes.. what they are doing is perfectly legal... sorry to say..
Doctor will not clear you if you haven't had a 6 week checkup. Most daycares don't allow a baby in child care until 6 weeks. Sounds like your boss is being an ass. I would ask for the company polices in writing. I'm sure there is someone of your boss.
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On Friday, June 14, Parkway Pavilion Healthcare of Enfield residents celebrated "Farming in America" with a day of farm related activities. Darci and Roger Chaput were on hand with a variety of farm animals. A 1940 John Deere Model H tractor was demonstrated by owner Bill Van Orden.
Since June 14 is Flag Day, Parkway Pavilion Resident and U.S. Veteran, Frank D'Amato led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by the singing of America the Beautiful, a duet sung with resident Terry LaFante. Parkway Pavilion is home to several retired farmers from East Windsor, Vermont and New York.


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Boulder is surrounded by open space and wildlife often makes its way into town. The closer you are to the foothills, the more careful you need to be about watching out for deer and other animals on the roads. This is especially true in the summer when the deer come to town to munch on all the watered lawns and plants after the hills have dried up.
In the fall, black bears can be seen on trails close to town. We often catch them eating out of our plum trees. Try not to disturb them. Especially if they have babies with them!
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Remember that you are at a very high altitude! When I first visited Boulder, I came straight from San Diego which is at sea level, and thought I was about to have a heart attack or something the first few days - I could'nt breathe! After a while, I realized that it was the altitude taking its toll.
If you are about to do something strenous like hiking, biking or rock climbing - be careful! Even if you are in great shape, it will take your body at least a couple of days to adapt.
Despite the murders of Jon...
Despite the murders of Jon Benet Ramsey and Susannah Chase a few years back, not much crime. Those are really the only instances of violent crime in the past 5 or ten years-that's why they get so much publicity (and the fact that they'll never be solved could have something to do with it too) Muggings are unheard of except for maybe on 'the hill' but I"ve never heard of one. It's a very safe place to raise kids and to be at all times of the day and night. Pickpocketing is non-existant but petty theft from vehicles, bikes and other little things happens. I would say now that your main danger in town would be to run out of money or have no place to park your car. Or maybe sunburn, dehydration, or just too much to do.
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We've had a lot of mountain lion activity in Boulder this year. They follow the deer down into town and then attack pets that are left outside. So far this year, one cat and one pet goat have met their demise. The Division of Wildlife says the whole west side of town is mountain lion habitat. If you are hiking with small children, make sure that they are not in the front of the group or the last one. If you are on a trail that allows dogs, keep it on a leash. Actual sightings are pretty rare, but don't invite trouble.
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We don't have many mosquitos, but the ones we have appear to be extremely good hosts for this viral infection. Make sure to wear insect repellent if you are going to be near water, or out in the evening or early morning. Mosquitos start in late summer and last until the first freeze (about September)
Mountain Lions
We have mountain lions in Boulder. Lots of them. Most of the time they are not a problem; your statistical odds of being nailed by one are very remote, nevertheless....
We just had a child who got jumped by a cougar here. The child will be fine but did need a trip to the hospital. If you see a cougar: Make yourself big , hands up high, use your jacket if you have one. If you talk to it, use a level tone of voice. If it is lying low to the ground ths is a sign it may be about to spring, in which case think about a weapon (rocks, sticks, whatever you have). If it does spring, fight back and scream as loudly as possible. If it shows no sign of springing or movement, try backing very slowly. Never take your eyes off the cat . (Bonus tip, if you are on skiis or snowshoes like a friend of mine was, you can't back up easily and shouldn't look so just stay put till the cat leaves.) Remember to tell our Dept. of Open Space where you saw the cougar and how it was acting; they like to keep track. All of this applies if you see a cougar in someone's back yard except that you call the cops.
When you are hiking here. you may well be under observation by a cougar. Stay with your friends and make sure kids are within 15 feet of you at all times where you can see them. Remember you have to see them to know if they are in trouble; don't count on them being able to yell (seriously, cats often hit hard from behind, there isn't any noise). Also, you need to reach them quickly to do any good. If you have dogs keep them within sight and voice command or better yet , on a leash. If you are hiking alone, it's better not to go at dawn or dusk. If you do go, banging on sticks or what have you is probably more of a way to draw attention to yourself. It may help with bears, who would prefer to avoid you, but has no proven value with cougars.
Finally: I'm not trying to make you paranoid, we've only had two fatalities in Colorado. Really, cars are far more dangerous....
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I do not know much about car Audio but I do know a bit about Sub Speakers having been a Bass player for 20+ years and built a few of my own cabinets and been through countless speakers. In my world Size does not have that much to do with anything but appearances and filling room volume. The cabin of a truck is a very small space and a good amp should push even an 8" past what you want, unless you are trying to impress the neighborhood (or you have a crappy speaker/AMP and enclosure like the Alpine setup).
I played through a 300 watt amp and 1 15" JBL and I could rattle stuff off the walls and play along side of Marshall stacks.
Size, can have an effect on clarity and bottom end (generally speaking)smaller being clearer and larger being deeper but the higher quality of speakers these days have made that difference much less noticeable. I remember when the 18" first came out everyone was buying them. I thought they were too muddy for my taste and stayed with 15's then Peavey released the Black Widow...unthinkable...Bass players playing through a stack of 8" speakers?? Well they sounded pretty good.
My point here is it's all about acoustics and I think quality over size and/or multiple speakers will give me more bang for my buck in a very small enclosure like a truck cab unless I just want to rattle the doors off (and if the bass gets low enough and/or loud enough things
rattle). I think a good quality 10" in the right enclosure with the right amp would make more speakers pointless in a small volume truck cabin. Tell me how far this old musician is off as it pertains to Car audio?
Car audio subwoofers are a completely different speaker than a Pro audio (loud speaker)
Pro audio has much higher sensitivities 92-100
Much less excursion/ xmax
Different cabin designs
And runs off 120 volts versus a measly 12 volt car voltage. Thats why car audio runs such higher watts than pro audio ..... Im sure your 300 watt bass rig was very loud!!
Also, sub bass in a vehicle typically operate in lower frequencies than pro audio bass rigs.
18hz - 80 hz is common in car audio
50-400hz is commen in bass guitar rigs. A low "E" aint very low on a bass guitar
Hell, even a low "B" isnt too low. Higher frequencies seem to listen louder to our ears. Where 22hz you can barely "hear", but rather "feel"
I agree. A good 10, with a great box, powered by good clean, strong powerful amp would be plenty for our trucks!
But more bass is more fun lol
You can always turn your bass levels down
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Yen will replace Mario Mazzola, Prem Jain and Luca Cafiero, who founded the business that served as the basis for the division, San Jose, California-based Cisco said yesterday in a statement. They will take on advisory roles, the company said.
The server business, created in 2008, is part of Cisco's effort to sell more gear into the burgeoning data-center market. The division includes Nexus network switches and the United Computing System, a range of technologies that help customers manage information. The UCS business is on track to make $650 million in revenue annually, as of Cisco's last reported quarter, the company said.
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Andre Ellington burst onto the scene in 2013 to become a big-time weapon for the Arizona Cardinals.
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His 5.5 yards per carry was best among qualified players, and his success led Cardinals coach Bruce Arians to declare that not only would the offense be built around the running back, but that Ellington could expect to receive 25 to 30 touches per game this season.
That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the point is clear: Ellington is primed for a big season. And for that reason, Aaron Schatz, in an ESPN Insider piece listing the Top 25 NFL breakout prospects in the league, placed the Cardinal first.
The Cardinals primarily used two running backs last season. One of them, veteran Rashard Mendenhall, averaged a dismal 3.2 yards per carry with a minus-10.2 percent DVOA. But running behind the same line, seventh-round rookie Ellington averaged 5.5 yards per carry with 17.5 percent DVOA. Now Mendenhall is gone, and Ellington is the starter and a clear workhorse for the Cardinals. We were worried about Ellington coming into the NFL, since he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.61 seconds at 199 pounds, leading to a speed score of just 88.1. However, he may have just been having a bad day; that time improved to 4.51 at his pro day, for a better speed score of 96.1. And he's certainly shown great speed getting to the edge so far in his NFL career; perhaps his speed just shows better running laterally instead of running straight ahead on a track with no blockers or defenders. Much like the similarly sized Jamaal Charles, Ellington is a great receiver as well as runner. He can catch passes out of the backfield, but can also be split out wide or used on bubble screens. Last season, he caught 39 passes for 371 yards, nearly 10 yards per catch with 22.3 percent DVOA. Ellington's not going to average 5.5 yards per carry every season, but he's definitely a potential star in the making.
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