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It could never happen here (could it?)
As reported on the DeSmog blog, in Florida, acceptance of climate science has been equated with mental illness…
Barton Bibler is a long-time DEP employee who now serves as Land Management Plan Coordinator in its Division of State Lands. He attended a Florida Coastal Managers Forum on February 27, 2015 at which climate change and sea-level rise were discussed among a mix of public attendees. Mr. Bibler's official notes on this meeting reflected all of that discussion. He was directed to remove any hot button issues, especially explicit references to climate change, and then was given a letter of reprimand for supposedly misrepresenting that the "official meeting agenda included climate change."
As he was given the reprimand on March 9th, Mr. Bibler was told to not return to work for two days which would be charged against his personal leave time. Two days later he received a "Medical Release Form" requiring that his doctor supply the DEP with an evaluation of unspecified "medical condition and behavior" issues before being allowed to return to work.
Read the whole story at DeSmog blog.
Addendum (1800 GMT, 27 March 2015):
Having compiled it, I think my response to Catweazle (below) is worth adding here. This is because it includes references to useful sources that validate acceptance of climate science as objective and its denial as ideological, as follows:
I accept that hydrocarbons are essential to modern life (as demonstrated by the way the oil price affects the price of almost every commodity money can buy). However, the IEA, IMF and OECD all accept that those who have a genuine choice to divest from fossil fuels should do so wherever possible.
Sadly, even this agreement is based on a significant underestimate of the costs of futher delay in taking effective action to mitigate and/or adapt to anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD).
If the disputation of ACD were based on truly objective and scientific scepticism it would not have such a clear ideological and political bias (Painter, 2011).
Merchants of Doubt need to do the math
A feature-length documentary, based on the content of the Merchants of Doubt book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, went on general release at movie theatres in the USA this weekend.
As Desmogbog.com points out, it has already attracted the attention of an odd mixture of ideologically-motivated deniers of the reality of anthropogenic climate disruption.
I say "odd" because, as per the above link, those who prefer to see climate science as a conspiracy to raise taxes (and install worldwide Communist government via the united Nations, etc.) include both longstanding disputers of inconvenient science like Fred Singer (who questions whether the movie is defamatory) and self-confessed non-experts like James Delingpole.
Both of the above would have done well to watch a recent BBC Four (television) programme – Climate Change by Numbers. In contrast to just about every other programme about climate change that you might have seen, this one is presented by three mathematicians. A 30-second trailer is inserted below but, if you have not seen the full 74-minute programme (opens in a new window), I really would recommend it.
The programme focuses on three numbers:
— 0.85 Celsius – the rise in average global surface temperatures since the 1880s.
— 95% – the certainty of the scientific community that this is primarily human-caused.
— 1 trillion tonnes – humanity's carbon budget to avoid 0.85 increasing to 2 Celsius.
Along the way, the programme highlights the early work of Svante Arrhenius – who determined that a halving of atmospheric CO2 could cause a 4 Celsius drop in temperature (and therefore that a doubling of CO2 will cause a 4 Celsius rise).
With regard to the accuracy of computer models, the programme highlights the way in which this has been proven by their ability to predict the cooling effects of large volcanic eruptions.
With regard to our carbon budget, the programme highlights the fact that humanity has already burnt 0.5 trillion tonnes and, unless radical changes are made to global trends, will burn the remaining 0.5 trillion tonnes within 30 years. It also points out that, as ongoing events might well suggest, even 2 Celsius could have severe and pervasive impacts (as the IPCC described them last year).
All very inconvenient for libertarians everywhere, I guess.
Addendum (17 March 2015):
The final third of the programme includes a discussion of 'extreme value analysis' (EVA), which Wikipedia helpfully describes as "a branch of statistics… [that] seeks to assess… the probability of events that are more extreme than any previously observed". Flood defences like the Woolwich Barrier on the Thames estuary were designed using EVA. However, crucially, EVA assumes that average parameter values do not change over time. Therefore, given that climate change invalidates this assumption, it is now accepted that London will need greater protection from flooding in the future. This is why I included a link to (my blog post about) the 'Climate Departure' reseach of Mora et al. (i.e. below), which estimates the regional variation in the date by which future climates will have departed from what has hitherto been considered normal.
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Now is no time for climate change scepticism
This graph, as compiled by Dr Ed Hawkins (Reading University/Met Office), featured in an article by Damian Carrington, on the Guardian website yesterday, which highlighted the fact that:
2014 will be the warmest year in Central England for over 300 years (since records began)
(From where the above image has been copied.)
However, the article also highlights many other pertinent facts, such as:
— The whole world has had a warm year and global data, released later on Wednesday, is likely to indicate a new record.
— The likely record warmth in 2014 would end a period of relatively slow rises in global surface temperatures (which has been portrayed by climate sceptics as a halt in global warming).
— Greenhouse gases, however, continue to trap heat with over 90% of it being absorbed by the oceans.
In addition to all of this, it is worth noting that NASA has calculated that global average monthly temperatures have now been above their 20th Century average values in every month since 1985. There is, therefore, no longer any excuse (other than ideological blindness) for being sceptical about either climate change or the reality that what is now happening is primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
Given the accelerating effect of all the positive feedback mechanisms we can now see (i.e. such as the melting of terrestrial ice and the release of methane from thawing permafrost), there is no longer any excuse (other than what Herman E. Daly called "growthmania") for delaying the rapid phase-out of fossil fuel use in every context where this is now technologically possible.
In most contexts, humanity has alternatives to fossil fuels. What we seem to lack is an industrial elite willing to admit that burning all the Earth's fossil fuels (simply because they are there) is likely to wipe out a significant proportion of all life on the planet (because climate change is now accelerating faster than many species can adapt to it).
Above all, now that historically-rare weather events of all kinds (i.e. hot, cold, wet and dry) are occurring every year, we need to stop talking about "natural climate variability" and start talking about "unnatural climate change" (and what we are all going to do about it before it is too late).
Is it too much to hope that our supposed world 'leaders', currently meeting at the UN's COP20 summit in Peru, will actually stop listening to industrial propaganda (that there is no need for radical policy change); and start acting on the implications of the scientific consensus (that there is an urgent need for radical policy change)…?
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— A summary of the 'Climate Departure' research of Mora et al. (11 October 2013).
Apologies for absence
… but this is no time for climate change scepticism!
For me, the last 12 months have been something of an emotional rollercoaster; and the ride has not yet come to an end. However, if I have any regrets about embarking upon research for a PhD, they are these:
1. I have lost the time and/or motivation to continue blogging.
2. I should have worked out how I was going to finance doing the research before starting it.
Neither self-employment nor paid employment has proven sufficient to cover my living costs and pay even part-time tuition fees. Therefore, having tried and failed to secure external funding, I have now had to suspend my registration as a student. Furthermore, unless I win the lottery, I am fairly certain I will have to withdraw my registration completely. I am also fairly certain I am not going to win the lottery. This is mainly because I do not play it!
But that is not why I am posting an item on my blog today. The reason for this post is merely to clear the way to post something more substantial tomorrow about the fact that:
2014 will be the warmest year in Central England for over 300 years (since records began)
(From where the above image has been copied.)
A personal exchange of email with LEGO
In my original email to LEGO (via the Greenpeace website), I tried to be as brief as I could. Sadly, all I got was a generic reply that did not address the issues I was raising. Here is the correspondence to-date (any further responses from Lego will be appended as comments by me):
—–Original Message—–
From: Martin Lack
Sent: 04 July 2014 19:48
To: Responsibility
Subject: Invest in the future not the past – stop sponsoring Shell
Dear LEGO,
Fossil fuels are a 19th century technology and a finite resource. A post-carbon era is inevitable, the only question that remains is whether 10 billion humans will be able to share in it.
I'm really disappointed to learn that you have agreed to help Shell clean up its image, while it helps to endanger the environmental biodiversity of the Arctic.
You claim that it is your ambition to protect children's right to live in a healthy environment, both now and in the future. If that is true, please cut your ties with Shell now.
Yours faithfully,
Martin Lack
On 17 July 2014 10:08, firstname.lastname@example.com <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
Dear Martin Lack,
Thanks for getting in touch with us.
I'm sorry to hear you feel so strongly about our co-promotion with Shell. We really appreciate you taking the time to write and share your concern with us, and I've passed your thoughts and opinions to our promotions team.
We're determined to help make the world that children will inherit a better place. Our unique contribution is to inspire and develop children through creative play. By entering a co-promotion like the one with Shell, we can put LEGO® bricks into the hands of even more children around the world. This allows more children to develop their imagination and creative skills through building and creating models with LEGO bricks.
The Greenpeace campaign focuses on how Shell operates in one specific part of the world. We expect that Shell lives up to their responsibilities wherever they operate and that they take appropriate action to any potential claims should this not be the case. We're sad to see the LEGO brand used as a tool in any dispute. We believe this is a matter where Greenpeace and Shell must work out their differences between themselves.
For more information, you're welcome to read our CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp's comment on this Greenpeace campaign. There's also more information about our responsibility agenda in this area of LEGO.com. More information on the environmental targets that we have set for ourselves can be found here.
Please let us know if you need anything else.
Kind regards,
LEGO® Service
Dear Tanja/LEGO,
Thank you for taking the time to personalise your response to me; and for explaining LEGO's thinking in working with Shell. I understand and accept that, since Lego is itself a product of the petrochemical industry, such a "co-promotion" makes good business sense. However, the Arctic is not just a "specific part of the world" in which Shell is operating. In order to preserve a habitable planet for future generations, the Arctic is somewhere that Shell should not be operating! Even if it were good, therefore, this makes Shell's operational safety record (etc) irrelevant.
The only reason it is now possible to operate in the Arctic is because the ice is melting; and most of the ice is melting because of the exponential growth of fossil fuel use since the Industrial Revolution. Humans may well use fossil fuels to make all sorts of things (including Lego) but this does not make it right for us all to disregard the long-term consequences of continuing to pump geospheric carbon (i.e. that derived from fossil fuels) – in the form of CO2 – into the biosphere (i.e. the atmosphere and the oceans). In combination with deforestation and the exponential growth of livestock farming, global warming and ocean acidification were therefore an inevitable result of the exponential growth of the human population on this planet since the Industrial Revolution. However, now we know we are in a hole, is it not time we stopped digging? See my blog post regarding the Rio+20 Summit: 'When in hole keep digging?' (21 June 2012).
If LEGO truly wants to preserve a habitable environment and planet, it should place conditions upon its support for Shell. Given that the vast majority of relevant scientists agree that there are now 5 times more fossil fuels left on this planet than it would ever be safe for us to burn – something the IEA, IMF, OECD and Pentagon all acknowledge – LEGO needs to encourage Shell to find alternative means to meet (or reduce) global demand for fossil fuels. As such, although "turkeys will never vote for Christmas", the petrochemical industry needs to invest in finding non-fossil alternatives for its current products. Such things definitely exist (e.g. biosythetic fuels and energy from waste products). What is lacking is the corporate will or political incentive to pursue them. Things that are worth doing are rarely the easy option. Shell's exploration in the Arctic is both the wrong option and the lazy option; one that is collectively endangering the future habitability of this planet.
Therefore, I hope I may look forward to LEGO placing conditions upon its future support for Shell, which needs to adopt a long-term business strategy that does not contradict the science and economics underlying the call for humans to leave the vast majority of fossil fuels in the ground. For more information, please see this recent blog post: 'Geoscientists get all ethical about climate change' (2 May 2014).
Yours very sincerely,
Martin Lack
Corporate interests lean on YouTube to delete Lego-Shell video
But Greenpeace UK will just keep re-posting it… Here is the latest email from their Head of Arctic Campaigns, Ben Ayliffe:
I think we might have offended someone. This morning we were shocked to learn that our viral video calling on LEGO to break its lucrative partnership with oil giant Shell has been REMOVED from YouTube!
More than 3 million people have viewed this video in less than three days. People everywhere are sharing it with friends and loved ones, shocked to learn that this dearly-loved children's toy brand is helping Shell clean up its image. Now our important message is being attacked, and it's time to ramp our efforts and fight back.Our ad might have offended the likes of LEGO, Shell, and its corporate pals. But this is nothing compared to what Shell wants to do to our beautiful Arctic. Despite the real risk of a terrible and unstoppable oil spill, it continues to forge ahead to plunder every last drop of oil it can from this pristine environment.
The only reason Shell can get away with it is by forming public partnerships with the brands we all love. And we're sorry to say this includes LEGO. Their deal involves everything from incentivising fuel purchases with free Lego kits, to plastering the Shell logo on the side of millions of children's toys.
If Shell had its way, it would drill for oil in every corner of the planet. So it's up to people like you and me to make sure that doesn't happen. Not now, not ever. Ask Lego to stop its partnership with Shell today.
In the past we've helped delay Shell's plans in the Arctic and opened up the public's eyes to their dangerous plans. Now Shell is desperately trying to rebuild its reputation by partnering with beloved brands like LEGO. But LEGO doesn't have to play along.
Please watch this video and send your message to LEGO right away. Let's move one step closer to kicking Shell out of the Arctic.
Thanks for getting involved.
Ben Ayliffe
Arctic Campaigner
Managing climate risks to well-being and the economy
The Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change has today published its 2014 progress report. The report considers preparedness to climate change in England related to major infrastructure, business, public health and emergency planning. It also provides an update to the ASC's previous analysis of flood risk management.
This report is the last in a series that will feed in to the ASC's first statutory report to Parliament on the National Adaptation Programme in 2015.
A copy of the report can be found on our website at: www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Final_ASC-2014_web-version.pdf
The associated news story is available at: www.theccc.org.uk


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June 20, 2006 11:20 AM PDT
CRM sector not done with mergers yet, says Gartner
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SAP and on-demand: 'The switch is tougher'May 19, 2006
SAP offers Siebel support and maintenanceMay 12, 2006
'Project Fusion' to dominate Ellison's calendarJanuary 18, 2005
"The CRM market will continue its consolidation unabated," the analysts said in their latest research note, and listed 12 acquisitions "of note" in the last two years.
According to Gartner, one of the reasons for the activity is disenchantment among CRM founders, who "are selling out in capitulation" or company boards "who are growing frustrated by the slow (or negative) pace of growth."
These factors point to further consolidation ahead, Gartner says. Another factor is the market hype around the software-as-a-service model, used successfully in the CRM market by Salesforce.com and others, which "places pressure on software providers."
It's a difficult market even for the most experienced, says Gartner, which points out that even "Oracle determined itself unable to cost-effectively develop a CRM solution likely to generate maintenance revenues as high as PeopleSoft and Siebel."
But the winners in CRM, Gartner hints, could well not be Oracle/Siebel/PeopleSoft but Microsoft, market leader SAP and Salesforce.com.
Despite two of the largest purchases in the software business, "Oracle has not finished purchasing CRM vendors," Gartner predicted. Over the coming year Oracle "will look at adding analytics, industry-specific solutions, work force automation and a software-as-a-service (on demand) vendor."
Both Microsoft and SAP "have a pattern of technology purchases when gaps have been identified," Gartner pointed out, while Salesforce "has the resources and desire to gain scale and close the gap with two market leaders" through purchase.
According to Gartner's latest market share figures (released last week) SAP is the market leader in CRM with $1.47 billion of revenue in 2005 and 25.6 percent market share. In second place is Siebel ($966 million, 17 percent) and in third, Oracle, including PeopleSoft ($367 million, 6.4 percent), giving a combined total of $1.3 billion, significantly less than SAP.
The rising star in the CRM business is still Salesforce.com, which, according to Gartner's figures, saw its business grow by 77 percent last year.
Colin Barker of ZDNet UK reported from London.
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Apple iPhone 4 (CDMA)
Info Photos Reviews 57 News Forum
Top message: ?Weak Signal Strength? 24.0 db from FCC filing. Are you kidding me? by phil3315
Replying to: Maybe they were holding it the wrong way by AndroidRules
LOL, it's lab tested, hooked directly to the radio in the phone....
internal phone antennas usually have a negative gain, so if they have acheived a high positive gain with this wrap around antenna design, then it may be acceptable. However, I've never seen that, and knowing all of the problems with this antenna design in the GSM version, it's hard to feel good about it... you would think Verizon would approve a phone with weak reception, as it makes the network look bad, however, I've seen many phones like that from several different manufacturers, and they keep approving them.
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To be mentioned in the same paragraph in print with these people is mind-boggling to me.
Seaman's mind-boggling dereliction of responsibility harms the state whose interests he was, and is, tasked with protecting.
For Walters, who worked at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for 37 years all told, the whole escapade is mind-boggling.
So astonishing or complex as to overwhelm the mind: The school problem is absolutely mind-boggling
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With the Cardinals's loss today, the Reds are just two games back from them.
With the Cardinals's loss today, the Reds are just two games back from them.
For the arm-chair managers and gm's....there's ALWAYS more info than we know....
Dusty did the right thing in pulling him and I love how honest Bronson is about his condition. VERY few players are like that.He wasnt feeling very well, Reds manager Dusty Baker said. He said all game it was a struggle for him, but this guy has big guts. Hell give you what he has. He told us to keep an eye on him because he was about out of gas even though he didnt have many pitches.
Arroyo still snapped a three-game losing streak for his first victory since April 15.
I didnt have a whole lot of stuff, Arroyo said. I was grinding from inning one. Eighty-six, 87 [mph] was the top end for me. The wind was blowing at my back down on the field and up top it was blowing out. Its a terrible mix for me because you cant make the ball move down on the field. But if they hit it, its going to take off.
I was laboring every inning. It probably didnt look like that. After the 6th, I told them those 65 pitches felt like 90 and to just be aware of that to have somebody ready to go. I knew I was getting away with some pitches I normally wouldnt and that game could get out of hand quicker than you thought.
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Reigning national champion Florida State, dynastic Alabama, sartorially splendid Oregon and old-school Oklahoma are Nos. 1-4 in the Associated Press' preseason poll. The chances of that foursome qualifying for the inaugural College Football Playoff semifinals?
No offense to the Seminoles, Crimson Tide, Ducks and Sooners. Indeed, there's plenty of reason to be bullish on each.
But while fine debate fodder, preseason polls are notoriously unreliable in forecasting eventual prominence. And history tells us that this group, collectively, won't be playing New Year's Day in the Rose and Sugar bowls, which this season serve as the national semifinals.
Full disclosure: The following research was prompted by ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike," who Monday morning, riffing off the AP poll's Sunday release, talked about how Auburn last season and Notre Dame in 2012 reached the Bowl Championship Series title game after starting the year unranked.
Their two-season snapshot is interesting, but let's delve deeper. Let's take the top four teams in the final BCS standings, which were released after the regular season and prior to the bowls, and chart where they were ranked in the AP preseason poll.
Not to suggest the playoff selection committee will be as wedded to polls and computer ratings as the BCS was -- chances are the 13-member panel will be more nuanced, But since the BCS standings determined who played in the national title game, they seemed the best metric for this exercise.
The BCS ran for 16 seasons, from 1998-2013, which translates to 64 teams in the top four. Some overall findings before a year-by-year chart.
# Seven of the 64 were not among the AP's preseason top 25: Colorado in 2001, Penn State in 2005, Cincinnati in 2009, Stanford in 2010, Notre Dame in 2012, and Auburn and Michigan State a year ago.
Though perhaps trying to purge the memory, many Virginia Tech faithful may recall that Andrew Luck-led Stanford bunch, which housed the ACC champion Hokies 40-12 in the Orange Bowl.
# Only twice in the 16 years were all of the BCS' final top four among the preseason top 10. That was in 1998 (Tennessee, Florida State, Kansas State and Ohio State) and 2011 (LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma State and Stanford).
In 2007, the BCS final top four of Ohio State, LSU, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma were Nos. 11, 2, 9 and 8 in preseason.
# Half of the 16 preseason No. 1s, including Alabama last year, finished top-four in the BCS. Moreover, from 2002-06, in a remarkable run of chalk, the preseason No. 1 was atop the final BCS.
That said, of those five teams — Miami in 2002 followed by Oklahoma, Southern California in 2004 and '05, and Ohio State — only the '04 Trojans won the national championship.
# The only season in which no top-five preseason team finished in the BCS top four was 2010, with Auburn, Oregon, Texas Christian and Stanford.
# The preseason rankings of the 64 teams that were top-four BCS breaks down as follows: 25 were top five, 15 were Nos. 6-10, nine were Nos. 11-15, five were Nos. 16-20, three were Nos. 21-25, and seven were unranked.
In short, 49 of the 64, just over three quarters, were top 15 in preseason. So if form holds, three of this season's semifinalists will come from among Florida State, Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Auburn, UCLA, Michigan State, South Carolina, Baylor, Stanford, Georgia, LSU, Wisconsin and Southern California.
# No program charges off the pace like Auburn. The Tigers began the season No. 17 in 2004, No. 22 in 2010 and unranked in 2013, but finished among the BCS' top four on each occasion.
As promised, here are the top four in each of the final BCS standings, with their preseason AP rank in parentheses.
2013: Florida State (11), Auburn (UR), Alabama (1), Michigan State (UR).


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Most people say that one person cannot make a huge difference. I'd like to prove that a lone human has the potential of changing history. I start while I'm still quite young and full of motivation and energies to reach for positive goals that benefit us all. I've learned through experience that you receive the most, not by taking, but by giving away all you got. I'm still working on this, but for now I give you my precious time, to write this weekly article, even if you don't like it.
I didn't always care so much about "the All", all I used to care was to make sure that I was satisfied and obtaining my temporary happiness. I used all of my efforts to get this, always taking from life all I could. Being materialistic, having lots of booze, drugs and sex cause I was convinced to think it was "cool" and I though fun led to happiness, even if people (including myself)( got hurt in my way. it wasn't my fault. As most of us, we've been trained from childhood dy our own confused friends, family and society) to have a "Survival of the fittest" approach to life. So I conquered at that level, but it proved to a superficial road with very little of the true steady happiness I experience today.
They say that Ignorance is bliss. But do you really want to live a meaningless existence, while your soul cries out for what is real? I once lived on the unconscious mentality that dominates our zombie fueled machine. But destiny woke me up on different levels. This awakening never ends, each day has a new message to remember, a new illusion to escape and a strongly imbedded perspective to crush from our programmed minds. awaking is not so easy because it sometimes demands a reinvention of yourself, but change aint bad, just scary for some. Some realize that they've been 'wasting' all of they're life with untrue ways, but in my opinion, there are no 'bad' experiences. Every moment is a valuable teaching that will only help you grow stronger and wiser. Bless your mistakes cause after experiencing the "ying" you can try the "yang".
We are all burned in the same situation. A pure soul, the loving essence of 'God' , but slowly thanx to mass conditioning and the insane experiences all humans are put through, the world corrupts us and makes us someday we weren't meant to be. But we can awaken from this unconscious state of idleness. Now that I've been on many sides of the road, I see a healthier perspective of life and the world. By giving my unconditional love to EVERYONE (even the people who annoy me or hurt me) I receive a a better karma of happiness (=Love, especially my own).
In this article I'm hoping to give you the other side of the coin, especially mainstream media (extreme capitalist propaganda) vomited on you daily. I wanna be the load voice of the voiceless. I'll be touching many topics of relevance in your life. I hope that the vast limitation of verbal language doesn't cloud my message. Sometimes you'll think I'm crazy/'wrong'/stupid/on craclk/etc. but it's all good cause I don't believe in "wrongs". It's just a point of view, an opinion, a particular perception that id different through all of us.
It doesn't matter if you always agree with me, that's impossible. I don't want to force you in believing any of my philosophies. I want to question all you consider "normal" and expose it for what it is. I also want to put an option on the table for you to take or leave at your own choice. Only by giving new things a chance you can experience if it's for you or not. (like drugs). You owe it to yourself. I'm hoping to give you a new perspective, maybe even put words to feelings you have but cant understand. I want to remove all the clouds and illusions that abound in our cities. Maybe this deconstruction of your world will reborn a better human that will help reconstruct a better world were EVERYBODY is totally happy. Love and light, Chris


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This is a waste of time and energy for developers.
This is how it went for me:
It worked almost fine at first then it started displaying code at top of page next to post categories and in post summary, instead of summary of content, which was text. I have deleted for now and will try again on a test page again, but now the following coding remains:
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Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert is averaging 12.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Pictured is Hibbert (left) battling New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony for a rebound in Tuesday's 112-104 win for the Pacers.
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Tipoff: 7 p.m. today, Verizon Center.
TV: Fox Sports Indiana.
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The Pacers (32-21)
Pos. Player PPG Key stat
PG Darren Collison 10.6 4.9 apg
SG Paul George 12.4 3 5.3 rpg
SF Danny Granger 18.2 4.8 rpg
PF David West 12.0 6.7 rpg
C Roy Hibbert 12.9 8.8 rpg
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PG John Wall 16.7 7.8 apg
SG Jordan Crawford 14.5 2.5 rpg
SF Chris Singleton 4.8 3.5 rpg
PF Trevor Booker 8.4 6.5 rpg
C Kevin Seraphin 5.7 4.2 rpg
Note: Pacers' statistics are through Monday.
Pregame MVP: Crawford, who briefly played at Indiana University, is averaging 20.5 points in two games against the Pacers this season. He enjoys shooting the ball and may reach 20 points again tonight, but George must make him take a lot of shots to get there.
Prediction: Pacers by five. The Pacers had to come from 22 points down to beat the Wizards two weeks ago. Then they needed a Wall turnover late to beat them last week. Tonight is a trap game for the Pacers, but they do just enough to avoid falling in it.


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The Ralph Bunche Advisory Committee had a meeting last week on April 28, and has another one scheduled for next week on May 13.
The committee is playing catch-up from some missed and postponed meetings earlier this year due to inclement weather, along with scheduling issues that have cropped up for the large membership.
The committee was chartered by the King George Board of Supervisors in August 2012 with one-year terms. But the committee is still working on its original task to assist the board by coming up with recommendations related to the renovation and future use of the former Ralph Bunche School building, including investigating and identifying funding sources, and to determine an implementation schedule.
The historic former school building is located on 7.8 acres of a larger 33.2 acre site on the east side of US 301, north of the Circle intersection at Route 205. Ralph Bunche has the distinction of being on both the state and national registers of historic buildings due to its role in the civil rights era regarding its establishment to provide "separate but equal" education, which was ruled the law of the land at the time.
The committee's charter states: "In an effort to preserve the name of Ralph Bunche, the heritage of the Ralph Bunche School, and the legacy of Dr. Bunche, the Ralph Bunche Advisory Committee is committed to: restoring areas of the school to its former condition to honor the contribution the Ralph Bunche School made to the education of African-Americans in King George County from 1949 through 1967; renovating areas of the school to accommodate future community interests including education, recreation, and socialization; and, maintaining the entire Ralph Bunche site to a standard worthy of the many people who fought to see equality in education become a reality."
At the time the committee was created, there was money in the county's 5-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) to stabilize the structure by such things as replacing broken windows, sealing cracks and roof leaks against water intrusion, along with some trim painting.
At that time, there was a roof repair item in the CIP proposed originally for 2013-14 at an estimated $215,000. Those repairs were put off, awaiting use recommendations from the committee. Now those repairs have been again proposed to be pushed to 2015-16 in the upcoming CIP expected to be reviewed during a public hearing next week on Tuesday, May 13, during a Planning Commission meeting beginning at 7 p.m.
Members of the Ralph Bunche committee are intending to attend the Commission meeting and advocate for the roof and other stabilization repairs to be made sooner.
After the School Board finally turned over the building and property to the county in 2008, ten years after vacating it, the county had a study and assessment of the building performed that was started in 2009 and completed and presented in 2010.
The report and assessment by Wiley/Wilson determined the building to be essentially sound. In addition to the immediate stabilization work to stop water intrusion that was performed, the study also said a total rehabilitation of the entire building was needed.
The complete building rehab was estimated by Wiley/Wilson at a minimum of $3,000,000 to include a new heating-ventilation-and-air conditioning (HVAC) system, electrical system, a new roof, bathroom fixtures and numerous other work items, including increasing insulation in floors and exterior walls, measures to improve overall energy performance, restoring the interior finishes, and upgrades for accessibility including a chair lift and possible elevator to the lower level.
The Board of Supervisors is not likely to locate a funding source for a costly multi-million dollar renovation until it gets a final report from the committee for its recommendations for the use of the entire building and then comes to a board consensus.
Last year in June 2013, the committee provided the board with an interim report from its chairman, Nadine Lucas.
A second interim report is planned to be scheduled for a Board of Supervisors meeting next month.
Last year, Lucas told supervisors the committee had ideas for use of the front, original section of the former school building. The committee suggested showcasing the role Ralph Bunche High School played in challenging the "separate but equal" justification in public school systems, and how this ultimately led to the desegregation of schools in Virginia.
The recommendation is to renovate the gym for community events, which might include receptions, recitals, art and cultural venues, guest speakers and lectures as well as providing community meeting space.
The committee intends the history of the school to be told through photographs, plaques, and artifacts posted and displayed in the gym and throughout the original section of the building to indicate the role that Ralph Bunche High School had prior to the desegregation of schools in Virginia.
The classrooms in the original section would also be renovated for use by the community for some community meeting space for local organizations and businesses and/or non-profits, training rooms for business education and other smaller events.
But there has also been talk about restoring some of the classrooms to their original look and similar finishes and furniture.
Since last June, the committee has continued to talk about its ideas for future renovations to the oldest section of the building.
Uses for the back part of the existing building, the 1957 addition, are planned to be determined later during a second phase. Though, at last week's committee meeting, Lucas said she wasn't sure when or whether the committee would determine a use for the 1957 section of the building.
Lucas has also expressed an interest in asking the county to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Ralph Bunche Alumni Association so that group could apply for grants from various sources, which have not yet been elucidated.
The Board of Supervisors is not likely to give that control to a third party, since the committee's charter specifically bars it from entering into contracts and obligating the county in any way.
The county has the ability to apply for, accept, and meet grant requirements.
Part of the committee's charge is to make specific recommendations to the Board of Supervisors in regard to identify funding sources and to also develop an implementation schedule.
Grant funding ideas might be part of a business plan to be presented next month that has been bandied about at meetings of the committee.
Since the 14-member committee was formed in August 2012, some of the original members have resigned and some have been replaced. The committee currently has three vacancies.
The current members are two from the Board of Supervisors - Ruby Brabo and Jim Howard; five members of the Ralph Bunch Alumni Association - Nadine Lucas, Elaine Harvey, Gwendolyn Lewis, and James Temple Johnson, with one vacancy; two School Board members - John Davis and Kristin Tolliver; two from the King George Historical Society – both currently vacant; one member from the King George Chamber of Commerce - Gale Marshall; and, two county staff members - Director of Economic Development Linwood Thomas and Director of Parks & Recreation Tim Smith.
At a March meeting, several subcommittees were announced with a membership list distributed. They were asked to hold meetings prior to the committee meeting on April 28. Some have met and others have not. The subcommittees as announced are listed below, with brief notes from two of them.
Buildings and Grounds - Tim Smith, James Johnson, Jim Howard. This subcommittee met twice and reported that a capacity analysis for each room and the total building should be performed, since it affects such things as installation of future HVAC and numbers for restroom stalls and parking spaces. To do that, use of each room must be determined. It was also recommended that individual HVAC units be considered for each room instead of one large system. A cost estimate should be obtained for a new roof, with pricing desired for an a-frame roof and shingles versus membrane or metal seam roof. Pricing for a new well and septic system was also mentioned as needed.
Finance/Funding Alternatives - Building - Linwood Thomas, Ruby Brabo, Gale Marshall, Tim Smith.
Finance/Funding Alternatives - Interpretive Displays - Nadine Lucas.
Interpretation - Separate But Equal/Ralph Bunche School - Nadine Lucas, James Johnson, Gwendolyn Lewis, Elaine Harvey, Urzetta Lewis. Subcommittee members said they met a few times. They distributed an outline for a planned brochure that would cite historic dates related to school integration.
Business Plan - Ruby Brabo, Nadine Lucas, Linwood Thomas, Gale Marshall, John Davis.
Initial Promotionals - Linwood Thomas, Nadine Lucas, Tim Smith.
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1915-S Octagonal Panama-Pacific Fifty Dollar, MS641915-S $50 Panama-Pacific 50 Dollar Octagonal MS64 NGC. CAC. The Panama Canal, arguably the greatest man-made wonder of the modern world, was officially opened in August 1914, and became a landmark event in the history not only of the United States, but of the international trade world in general. To celebrate this milestone, the United States began preparations for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was to be held in San Francisco the following year. This Exposition, however, was planned to dwarf all previous major fairs held in the United States, even the prestigious 1876 Centennial Exhibition and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The Exposition, taking the general appearance of a miniature city when completed, was situated in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and occupied some 635 acres of ground.
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By 1915, it was commonplace to issue a series of commemorative coins in conjunction with major expositions, not only to be used as souvenirs, but also to procure the necessary funding to build the fair. On January 16, 1915, congress authorized the production of not one, but four different commemorative denominations - silver half dollar, gold dollar, gold quarter eagle, and gold fifty dollar. The coins were released by the Treasury at face value, and the Exposition was allowed to charge whatever it wanted to collectors and fair-goers.
Of the four denominations, the fifty dollar gold pieces are by far the rarest and most prestigious, containing nearly two and a half ounces of gold each. Congress authorized the production of 3,000 examples, which were coined in two different types: round, and octagonal (1,500 pieces each). The sale price set by Farran Zerbe, who was placed in charge of public distribution, was $100 per coin, or twice face value (although this purchase included an example of each of the lower denominations at no additional cost); while not unusually high from a percentage viewpoint, the high dollar-count limited sales somewhat, with the result that only 645 examples of the octagonal version and 483 examples of the round variant were ever distributed, and the remainder was melted.
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Gholson: Female fight debut just another loss for Americans
LONDON —During the years, boxing has always been one of my favorite Olympic sports.
And even though we now suck at it, I still enjoy watching a good fight.
But we're eight days into these Olympics and I had yet to see one punch thrown.
Of course the way the U.S. guys fight these days, they haven't thrown too many.
Eight of our nine male boxers already have been sent home. And it would have been nine if the guys running amateur boxing hadn't agreed with Errol Spence's protest and strangely reversed a loss into a win for the Texas welterweight.
If Spence doesn't win his bout Tuesday night, it will be the first time ever that the Americans have come to an Olympics and haven't won at least some kind of medal.
But this year for the first time, women are boxing at the Olympics, so the U.S. had three more shots at bringing home a little hardware.
So on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I rode over to the boxing venue to watch the debut of women's boxing.
The best women's fight I have ever seen was at a bar in Lawton back in 1968. If these girls can even come close to matching that, I will be happy.
They didn't.
Queen Underwood made history by being the first American woman to ever box in the Olympics.
She also became the first U.S. woman to ever lose a boxing match in the Olympics.
And on the judges' scorecards, it was a rout.
Now I don't have a clue how they are scoring these bouts, but they now have final scores, just like football and basketball and baseball.
The final score here Sunday was Natasha Jonas 21, Queen Underwood 13.
Jonas is from Great Britain, so that point spread makes the fight look a bit more lopsided than it really was. When you have thousands of Brits shouting their lungs out, you can't tell me that it doesn't influence the judges.
No gripe about the loss. But the fight was closer than 21-13.
Queen actually won the first round by one point but then dropped the second by two points.
After that, she changed her game plan.
"In the second round, she sat back and boxed, and I was a little off balance trying to cut her off," the U.S. lightweight explained. "It wasn't working, so I just wanted to go for her after that."
Jonas calmly sat back and fought off the aggressive American.
"She was the better boxer tonight. We got what we got," said Queen's coach, Charles Leverette.
But that is the same thing the men's coaches have been saying through eight straight losses.
The bottom line is Americans — male and female — are getting their butts whipped.
I knew there was no Muhammad Ali among the group of guys we brought here.
Now, I am thinking there is no Laila Ali in the group either.
The U.S. has three of 12 boxers still in contention for a medal. Flyweight Marlen Esparza of Houston and middleweight Claressa Shields have yet to fight.
You have to feel a bit sorry for Queen.
She is 28, too old to have another Olympic moment.
"I gave half my life for this, and it just doesn't feel like the reward of being here is enough," she said. "This is the end of my journey."
"I don't think she would look at just being here as being a win. It's an accomplishment," Leverette added.
Boxing fans in America would like to see a few more wins.
That would be an accomplishment.
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WEDNESDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- People with mental illness are much more likely to be victims of murder than other people, a new study finds.
For the study, which was published online March 5 in the journal BMJ, researchers looked at data from the entire adult population -- more than 7 million people -- in Sweden between 2001 and 2008.
During that time, there were 615 murders. Of those, 22 percent were among people with mental-health disorders, which were grouped into five categories: substance-use disorder; schizophrenia; mood disorders, including bipolar disorder and depression; anxiety disorders; and personality disorders.
After adjusting for other risk factors, the researchers concluded that people with mental-health disorders had a fivefold overall increased risk of death by murder.
People with substance-use disorders had the highest increased risk (about nine times higher), followed by those with personality disorders (about three times higher), depression (2.6 times higher), anxiety disorders (2.2 times higher), and schizophrenia (1.8 times higher), according to a journal news release.
One explanation for the findings is that people with mental illness are more likely to live in poor neighborhoods, which have higher murder rates, said Casey Crump, a clinical assistant professor in the department of medicine at Stanford University, and colleagues.
People with mental-health disorders may also be in closer contact with other mentally ill people and be less aware of their safety risks.
The study authors said this type of research may help lead to more effective ways to improve the health and safety of people with mental illness. This "should include collaborations between mental-health clinics and the criminal justice system to develop personal safety and conflict-management skills among people with mental illness," they wrote.
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The Best Way To Lose Weight Now
Feeling stout? Many of us have a moment when we realize that our clothes feel tighter than they used to. What can you do about it? Take charge of your body and start losing weight. This can be a challenge, but here are some great ways to get your body slimmed down.
To avoid being hungry while on a diet, split up your calories into as many small meals and snacks as you can. If you eat the same 1500 calories broken up into six small meals, you will be less hungry than if you eat 500 calories at each of just three meals.
A good way to lose weight is, when you're hungry, opt for a piece of fruit instead of an unhealthy snack. By choosing to eat a piece of fruit instead of junk food, you'll be able to satisfy your hunger. At the same time, you'll also be taking in quality nutrients.
Your phone can be an important tool in your weight loss journey. When you are tempted to eat an unhealthy food, call a friend or family member and chat about anything other than eating. Your desire to snack only lasts a few minutes, so this simple distraction may be all you need to remain on track.
A good way to lose weight is to purchase a gym membership. There's a lot you can do on your own, but it's no comparison to the multitude of things you can do in a gym. Purchasing a gym membership can be a crucial step when attempting to lose weight.
Remember that little snacks add up. Many people like to graze throughout the day. They might grab a cookie here and a canned soft drink there. Keep in mind that the foods you snack on absently do have calories. Even if your are consuming small portions, they do eventually add up.
Portion your meals out. Avoid using giant plates and bowls, instead, sticking to portion-controlled or children sized plating. First, try by splitting your usual amount and then start using measurements with cups and with your hands, to ensure that you are getting a smaller amount, that still provides enough of the nutrients you need for the day.
If you are really craving something, don't deny yourself the simple pleasures of food. Take a bite or two, but try to keep yourself in moderation. If you deny yourself snack foods, you will end up mentally hurting yourself and complaining about it to your friends who paleo diet results will resent it.
If you want your diet to be as successful as possible, you need to start focusing on only one thing at a time. If your goal is to ultimately lose weight and get in shape, it might be too much too fast to attempt to do both at once. Start with trying to burn the fat with diet and exercise, and then worry about toning those muscles.
If you enjoy foods with any type of spread on them (like cream cheese) try using peanut butter or almond butter instead. These are protein based, which will keep you full longer, and also have more nutritional content than cream cheese or butter has. Get used to new tastes and textures with your food.
Remember that little snacks add up. Many people like to graze throughout the day. They might grab a cookie here and a canned soft drink there. Keep in mind that the foods you snack on absently do have calories. Even if your are consuming small portions, they do eventually add up.
Remember that scales do lie"well, they're misleading" when you're on a diet. If you're also exercising and are putting on muscle, this means you're also putting on weight, even if you are losing fat. So instead of standing on the scale, break the tape measure out of the dresser drawer.
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