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So are there 'tipping points' in climate? One way to assess that is by looking for elements of the physical system where we think that there is a threshold behaviour. Two frequently discussed examples are the overturning circulation in the North Atlantic and the summer sea ice in the Arctic. In both of these cases, the existence of these phenomena can be disrupted in models (and there is evidence of similar behaviour in the real world) by small changes in freshwater and increasing polar amplification, respectively. At some point, both could simply cease to be viable. But we are not very confident of where these points are or how sensitive the threshold is. These are examples of 'known unknowns'.
There is also the existence of 'unknown unknowns' – tipping points that we are as yet unaware of. An example of this kind of surprise happened in relation to the Antarctic ozone hole, where unexpected chemistry on surfaces of ice particles lead to much more efficient destruction of ozone in the polar vortex than had been expected, making an existing concern into a serious problem. By their nature, we are not able to assess how important any such surprises might be, but it is impossible to rule them out entirely.
By far the most common examples of tipping points though are in relation to ecosystems. The extremely complex web of interdependencies that keep ecosystems dynamic and healthy give rise to plenty of potential thresholds and it is extremely difficult to predict consequences of external changes. The myriad influences on the health of ecosystems (habitat loss, logging, urbanization, species introduction etc. as well as climate change) means that it is most likely here that the tipping point concept will be most applicable. Examples such as a rise in minimum winter temperatures that allow a new insect species to gain a foothold in a new ecosystem (pine bark beetles in Alaska), or warming that leads to movement upward in altitude of ecosystem zones that end up reducing the area of existing alpine biomes. As the planet warms, it is easy to imagine an increasing number of 'tipping points' being passed, each related to some different sub-system of the climate or biosphere.
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Are 'tipping points' the same as the 'points of no return' oft used in the media? For a species that becomes extinct as a result of crossing a threshold, the answer is obviously yes. But in the physical climate system, are there genii that can't be put back in the bottle? This is really a question of time scale. Changes to aerosol concentrations can be reversed in a few weeks after an emission change. CO2 levels however are much slower to change and are already very unlikely to revert to pre-industrial values in any scenario over the next few hundred years. In this minimal sense the climate is already past the point of no return compared to pre-industrial climate.
The 'known' physical tipping points described above have natural timescales that determine whether 'returns' are possible. The Arctic sea ice, for instance, has timescales of around 5 years to a decade, and so a collapse of summer ice cover could conceivably be reversed in a 'cooling world' after only a decade or so (interactions with the Arctic ocean stratification may make that take a little longer though). Model simulations of the thermohaline circulation indicate that for small perturbations, recovery can occur in a few decades. For larger perturbations (i.e. complete collapses) intermediate-complexity models suggest that in some regimes these changes can be quasi-permanent, although this behaviour has not yet been fully explored in current state-of-the-art GCMs. The clues from the paleo-record indicate that there is likely a bi-modal spectrum of overturning states in glacial climates, but there is no evidence of such multiple steady states in the Holocene. Thus there is no strong reason to think either of these 'tipping points' are really irreversible – though that is not to imply that the process of loss and recovery wouldn't have significant impacts.
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The namesake of Gooseberry Reservoir exists in a much smaller form today, just down the stream from where the Sanpete Water Conservancy District wants to build a long-dreamed of large reservoir.
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The Narrows Project SDEIS describes the effects of Reclamation issuing to the Sanpete Water Conservancy District (SWCD) a loan pursuant to the authority of the Small Reclamation Projects Act, as well as issuing to the SWCD a right of use of federal lands in accordance with reclamation law. These reclamation actions would facilitate the construction by SWCD of the proposed Narrows Dam and reservoir, a non-federal project proposed to be located on Gooseberry Creek in Sanpete County. The loan application and request for a right of use of federal lands by SWCD to build the Narrows Project is intended to meet the purpose of developing an irrigation and municipal and industrial supply source for water users in northern Sanpete County.
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I must say that KDE3, albeit faster than KDE2 and by default prettier, is just too slow on the last generation hardware.
however, KDE doesn't aim to be a solution on the last generation hardware. all hardware needs to be replaced at one time
time isn't the issue as i'm currently looking for a job. it's just the thought of installing 60 packages (i tought it was about 30 but apparanlty it's 60 according to http://www.gnome.org/start/2.0/installation.html) to get the entire thing installed just doesn't sit well. And yes, if i do install it it will be the entire thing because i always install the entire KDE releases and i think it's only fair to compare them if ur using the entire versions of both of them. KDE3 probably does take longer to compile than Gnome2, but at least u don't have to actually be there to get it installed. i just write a small script, let it run and 12 hours later i have a fully featured KDE desktop while it only took me 3 minutes of actual work. If i would install gnome i would have to install each package manually because they may not have the same installation instructions like all the KDE packages. and that is when i consider 60 to be too muchBut, providing you got time, try out 2.0. I got it running here at work and it is sweeet. Alot different than 1.2 and 1.4.
i know what u mean. i am so used to KDE and love it so much that:KDE3, I must add, did do alot to make me look at going back to it as a main WM, but I am really just too damn lazy to fully convert. I have zero issues with GNOME, and having to rebuild my panels would be too much hassle. Then with the advent of 2.0 ... not likely for me to go back anytime soon. I really only dislike a few WM, but GNOME found a home.
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Shirtless Brian Lima leads Samoa in Siva Tau wardance vs Ireland
Brian Lima paid tribute to fellow Samoan legend Peter Fatialofa by leading the traditional Siva Tau challenge against Ireland on Saturday. It was an emotional tribute at the start to the game, following the sudden loss of Fatialofa earlier in the week.
Former team-mate Lima, now defence coach for Samoa, led the troops, barefoot and shirt off in front of a packed Aviva Stadium. Lima and Fatialofa played together in the team that famously upset Wales in Cardiff at the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
"They played together in World Cups. It was just fitting to let Brian lead the Siva Tau," said captain Kahn Fotuali'i, who perhaps should have had a word with the ill-informed commentators prematch.
Unfortunately Samoa weren't able to take it to the Irish, who won the game comfortably 40-9.
"When we found out about Peter's passing, that brought a bit of fire but we left it on the training paddock," Fotuali'i said. "That was not the way we want to portray our team. Urgency was a key word. And it just wasn't there.
"It is frustrating after such a special moment of Brian leading our Siva Tau and the passing of Peter." As a result Samoa, who could have jumped to fifth on the world rankings, dropped to eighth.
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Robert November 12, 2013 8:06 pm
Ottawa Rugger November 12, 2013 8:09 pm
2) Man, he is still apparently super in shape
browner November 13, 2013 4:52 pm
finedisregard November 12, 2013 9:27 pm
I would feel very foolish to go through the trouble of all that dancing only to lose by more than 30 points. Maybe more time training rugby and less time dancing? Just play the games.
AJ_Capote November 12, 2013 10:28 pm
finedisregard November 12, 2013 10:53 pm
It's old guy vanity.
Andrew November 13, 2013 2:14 am
DrG Top Comment | November 13, 2013 2:19 am
...Perhaps these uncivilised brown men should be forced to wear suits and serve drinks in our large houses as well???
finedisregard November 13, 2013 12:52 pm
Imagine if 20 years from now O'Driscoll is coaching and say Peter Clohessy dies unexpectedly. Do you think BOD should come out with a guitar and sing the "Parting Glass" after the anthem? That is his culture, right?
1)You get a national anthem. That's it.
2) You can't tell me if Lima had put on 30 pounds since his playing days he would have chosen to pay his respects in the same manner.
DMcMahon November 13, 2013 3:44 pm
On a serious note though, Its not a "dance" Its a challenge to battle (sport being the civilized alternative to battles).
You don't get "a national anthem" Ireland, for example have two anthems (one for the republic of Ireland if they are playing in the republic, and one anthem for the IRFU)
just two final questions:
do your club "keyboard warriors" have an anthem?
how does a troll know when they are being trolled?
DrG November 13, 2013 11:16 pm
Quite simply...shut up you wanker..
CambridgeshireKid November 14, 2013 1:34 pm
frenchy November 19, 2013 1:03 pm
I come from a small town in France, where I played rugby with 2 Tongan players who settled there in their mid thirties, after they retired from pro rugby. One of them even was in the roster for the 1999 RWC.
So I spoke a lot with these guys about their traditions (which are very close, even similar with the Samoans', they say they are cousins). And they definitely have different traditions from us western people, they don't see the world, the relationships, and a lot of other things like we do.
I will always remember this day, when we won a tough game, under the rain, in the cold, with big hits, close score. We won at the last minute, which qualified us to climb in the higher division (form the 7th division to the 6th division, you can imagine how small is the city). And those 2 big guys performed the TSipi Tau in front of the public to celebrate this difficult and important win. They were only 2, old and quite fat, they didn't do this to show how fit they were (they weren't). They only did this because they were proud of what the team did, they wanted to celebrate this tough victory in their own way. For them it was something to show this, and to show respect to those tough opponents.
So no, it's not a dance, it represents a lot of things for these people. It's as important as your national anthem (remember that national anthems are not a tradition for them, they have one because they followed a western tradition).
So respect that. Or don't get mad at people if they spit on your national anthem saying it's stupid, vain spectacle and vanity, as you say about the Siva Tau...
Benny November 13, 2013 12:18 pm
I can't imagine they were thinking about the game or the result, they were thinking of Fats and i thought it was a nice touch for one of their "elders" who played alongside him to lead it
finedisregard November 13, 2013 1:42 pm
If the Irish made a big showing of singing menacingly Oro se do Bheatha Abhaile AFTER their anthem while making other teams just stand there, then yes, they should feel foolish. Especially if they lose.
Where does it stop. Should the Boks do a zulu dance? Should Canadians do a First Nations war dance?
Just play.
stroudos November 14, 2013 11:43 am
tafkins November 12, 2013 9:58 pm
Reality November 12, 2013 10:34 pm
stop whining November 13, 2013 12:18 am
DanKnapp November 13, 2013 6:36 am
His point about not particularly enjoying the haka has nothing to do with race. I disagree with him, I like it and I would like the commentators to be quiet during it (which they were once it had started), but saying that he is racist for saying that is moronic.
DanKnapp November 13, 2013 6:38 am
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DanKnapp November 14, 2013 10:32 am
I'm saying that I disagree with him, and I like having it.
My 5c is still that you are out of order to them make it into an issue of race. Not liking that part of the show has nothing to do with racial undercurrents. I just think it's out of order to call someone out as racist because they don't like sitting through them.
I agree with the rest of what you said. I don't think the majority of kiwis/pacific islanders etc do feel any 'disrespect'. That was a valid point, and I agreed with it. I just think to then reduce it back to race is disingenuous at best, and nasty at worst.
Dan the man November 14, 2013 9:24 pm
DanKnapp November 15, 2013 8:30 am
It's more than I really object to people using accusations of racial prejudice as a trump card to make a point in arguments.
On a happier note, I've got a horrible feeling NZ are going to stuff us rotten on Saturday. I would imagine there will be a considerable point to prove. If we beat NZ, it'll be a huge win, but I can't quite see it happening yet.
Benny November 13, 2013 12:25 pm
Reality November 13, 2013 1:03 pm
Then, regarding Kiwis moaning about disrespecting the haka, you're moaning about me now and calling me racist because I think the whole thing is stupid; Ma'a Nonu whined when the mean Welsh players didn't turn away before the All Blacks did; the French team was fined for overstepping a line during the haka in the world cup final. Yes, there's definitely too much whinging about disrespecting the haka.
kadova November 13, 2013 6:39 pm
And Steve Hansen requested publicly that IRB don't find the French team. But the IRB did not care what Hansen was saying.
And it was a very small fine, so that won't stop Les bleus from doing it again ;o)
Reality November 14, 2013 6:27 pm
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Reality November 14, 2013 10:58 pm
I should be more open-minded and accepting of other people's opinions, and have less sensitive nerves, just like you.
I don't really understand what Maori means now though. If to be Maori you just have to be from New Zealand and don't actually have to have any affiliation with the Maori people, then what's the difference between a Maori and a New Zealander? I'm sure my tiny, racist brain will never understand.
DanKnapp November 15, 2013 8:38 am
Can the two of you just pipe down? Anyone who gets so worked up about the haka giving them an advantage needs to calm down. You don't think that watching the haka helps get professionals in the zone? If the haka or similar war dances provide such an outstanding advantage how come Samoa, Tonga and Fiji aren't always at the top of the tree? The ABs advantage comes from an exceptional style of game play, quality athletes, and good coaching.
At the same time, it is tiring to listen to you being called a racist just because you sound ignorant. But you do sound ignorant.
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DaveW November 13, 2013 12:12 am
Nah. 40,000 out of 50,000 tickets sold. It wasn't four fifths full though, or at least it didn't seem to be - and that's the impression from inside the stadium. There were lots of seats around us empty.
I didn't realise it was Lima at the time though. It still got the third biggest cheers of the day - behind O'Connell coming on and O'Driscoll going off.
jimter10 November 13, 2013 1:31 am
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Paddy November 13, 2013 2:05 am
Aside from that, a great tribute to a man who will be missed.
jaded forward November 13, 2013 3:22 am
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What a shame you didn't have the RTE version first - could have saved a lot of silly nonsense on the comments!
Colombes November 13, 2013 11:20 am
after labelling "fat" a french tenniswoman during wimbledon, it just confirms that this tv group know very few about sport ans valors, in general
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I think the emotion BOD was feeling was happiness that Lima was not going to tackle him that day.
Well done to RTE and the Irish crowd, and to you naysayers as well, you make life so much more interesting.
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Also, quick point - am I mistaken, or are microphones put on the pitch to amplify the Haka when NZ play? If that's the case it doesn't seem fair that the Samoan wardance wasn't miced up, although I might've missed the microphones off-camera.


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Saturday marks the 140th Run for the Roses: the Kentucky Derby. Great horses, great hats — but where's the Pappy Van Winkle bourbon for the mint juleps?
Last October, more than 200 bottles of the prized spirit were stolen right out of the distillery in Frankfort, Ky. The county sheriff believes it was an inside job, and a $10,000 reward remains on offer.
Pat Melton, the sheriff of Franklin County, Ky., has these facts: In the small city of Frankfort, 222 bottles disappeared from the Buffalo Trace Distillery. The bourbon had been aging in oak barrels, some since the mid-'90s, and the bottles were in a locked, secured area, ready to be shipped.
Melton says this had to be an inside job. "It had to be internal. It was behind a second lock and key inside a warehouse," he says. "That was a good clue and a good start."
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In the sheriff's office, they're following the phone tips and the email trail. "Detectives have interviewed more than 100 employees at Buffalo Trace throughout the course of this investigation so far," Melton says.
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The bourbon was already scarce before the theft; a bottle of 23-year-old Pappy Van Winkle could change hands privately for as much as $1,000. At the Party Mart liquor store in suburban Louisville, asking for a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle elicits a laugh from manager Garret Brown.
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The Louisville restaurant and bar Bourbons Bistro has 125 regular bourbons, and 25 very special ones, on the shelf. For 2 ounces, the restaurant's customary pour, the 23-year-old Pappy Van Winkle will set you back $100, says bartender Katie Haddix. A shot of 20-year costs $75.
"A lot of people are surprised, you know, shocked ... that's how much it is for one pour" of the Pappy Van Winkle, she says.
Maggie Kimberl, a bourbon writer for Louisville.com, remembers that just six years ago, Pappy Van Winkle didn't sell so much — it would get dusty on the store shelf, she says. Then came the craze.
"There was an article in, I believe it was Wine Enthusiast — they gave Pappy Van Winkle a 99 or 100 rating," she says. "And after that, you couldn't get it anywhere, you couldn't find it anywhere."
Back at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort — the scene of the crime — PR manager Amy Preske shows off "Warehouse C," a cavernous old brick building full of whiskey.
"This is one of our oldest aging warehouses on property," Preske says. "It was built in 1881. It has six floors in this warehouse and about 25,000 barrels," aging from three years up to 23 years.
Preske and the company have no comment about the October theft. For the moment, it seems like all that Pappy Van Winkle bourbon has somehow evaporated.
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The Kentucky Derby is tomorrow, the 140th run for the roses. Great horses, always great hats, but where is the Pappy Van Winkle for the mint juleps? Last fall, more than two hundred bottles of that prized bourbon were stolen right out of a distillery. It had already been scarce; a bottle of 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle could change hands privately for a thousand dollars.
NPR's Noah Adams went to Kentucky to check on the investigation.
NOAH ADAMS, BYLINE: It was a dark night in early October. But then again, maybe not, nobody is talking much. The local sheriff, though, is sort of an exception.
SHERIFF PAT MELTON: I'm Pat Melton. I'm sheriff of Franklin County, Kentucky.
ADAMS: The sheriff has these facts: 222 bottles got away from the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. The bourbon had been aging in oak barrels, some since 1990. These bottles were ready to be shipped. Sheriff Melton says this had to be an inside job.
MELTON: It had to be internal. It was behind a second lock and key inside a warehouse. You know, detectives have interviewed over a hundred employees at Buffalo Trace throughout the course of this investigation so far.
ADAMS: And as for Buffalo Trace, the company isn't saying anything while the investigation is ongoing. We'll stop by the Frankfort distillery at the end of our story just to say hello.
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ADAMS: In the sheriff's office, they're following the phone tips and the e-mail trail. Sheriff Melton says he has two promising leads. And a reward offer of $10,000 helps keep all this alive, much of that is from somebody he won't name:
MELTON: They didn't want to be identified. It's somebody that cares about bourbon very much and wanted to help with the investigation.
ADAMS: Just to get really deep into the bourbon community, I started at a liquor store. It's called Party Mart in suburban Louisville.
GARRETT BROWN: The Pappy Van Winkle is not available right now.
ADAMS: I guess that was like a joke to ask for it. This is Garret Brown of Party Mart. When they do have it, the 10-year-old Pappy retails for $39, up to the 23-year old at $235. Every fall, Party Mart gets an allocation of somewhere upwards of 30 bottles - not nearly enough.
BROWN: We do a lottery for it. Take e-mails and send out an e-mail, and tell people to be here at a certain time on a certain day. And we literally just draw numbers out of a hat. The last time we did it, 640 people showed up.
ADAMS: At the store?
BROWN: Yes, at this store. There was people inside and outside looking in the store.
ADAMS: The next stop is a Louisville bar and restaurant called Bourbons Bistro.
ADAMS: They have 125 regular bourbons on the shelf and 25 very special ones. I check with the bartender, Katie Haddix, about the Bistro's customary two-ounce pour.
So, Pappy Van Winkle, 23 years old...
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ADAMS: Twenty years old...
HADDIX: Is $75. A lot of people are surprised. You know, shocked. You know, and I'm like, yes, that's how much it is for one pour.
MAGGIE KIMBERL: If you're writing about Louisville and you're not writing about bourbon, you may as well go home because you're missing the point.
ADAMS: This is Maggie Kimberl. She's a bourbon writer for Louisville.com. And she remembers, just six years ago, Pappy Van Winkle didn't sell so much, would get dusty on the store shelf, and then came the craze.
KIMBERL: There was an article in, I believe, it was Wine Enthusiast. They gave Pappy Van Winkle a 99 or 100 rating. And after that you couldn't get it anywhere. You couldn't find it anywhere.
ADAMS: So let's leave Louisville and go back east to Frankfort to pay our visit to the Buffalo Trace Distillery, back to the scene of the crime. We meet Amy Preske, the PR manager, in a cavernous old brick building that is full of whiskey.
AMY PRESKE: We are in Warehouse C. This is one of the oldest aging warehouses on property. It was built in 1881. It has six floors in this warehouse and about 25,000 barrels.
ADAMS: Aging for?
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ADAMS: Twenty-three years would be...
PRESKE: The Pappy Van Winkle.
ADAMS: The Pappy Van Winkle.
PRESKE: Yes.
ADAMS: There's a lot here.
PRESKE: We aren't going to tell you where. But...
ADAMS: That's Amy Preske of Buffalo Trace, the company with no comment about the October theft. And for this moment, it seems like all that Pappy Van Winkle bourbon has somehow evaporated.
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CANTON The new Kevlar vest, a gift from a SUNY Canton student group, made the St. Lawrence County sheriffs deputy grin ear-to-ear, stick his tongue out and wag his tail.
Hershey, a five-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever who makes up one-half of the departments only K-9 unit, matched his partner, K-9 Officer Andrew J. Ashley both wore the black bulletproof vests emblazoned with Sheriff in bright yellow letters Wednesday morning.
Hell only wear it on higher profile calls, Mr. Ashley said.
The vest was a gift from SUNY Cantons Criminal Justice Student Association, which worked in conjunction with the schools American Criminal Justice Association and Veterinary-Technician Association, said Eli Max, a criminal investigation senior from Freeport.
It cost us around $1,000, he said. We spent four months raising the money.
Mr. Max, a David Sullivan St. Lawrence County Law Enforcement Academy cadet, said the association raised the money by selling flowers leading up to Valentines Day, selling lottery tickets and T-shirts.
On Wednesday morning, they met the beneficiary of their efforts. Mr. Ashley, a Heuvelton native and SUNY Canton criminal justice graduate, said Hershey wasnt used to the attention.
He hasnt sat still this long in his entire life, he said. He knows it is time to go to work.
Most law enforcement agencies consider their canine partners full-fledged officers, the same as humans, Undersheriff Scott F. Bonno said.
He works in the face of danger, just like Andy does, Mr. Bonno said. This is body armor comparable to what our officers wear.
Mr. Bonno said Mr. Ashley and Hershey are the Sheriffs Departments only K-9 unit at this time.
In the history of the department, weve had four or five, he said. This is the first Lab weve had. Its always been German shepherds before.
The students will continue their work, said William J. Fassinger, associate professor of criminal justice and faculty adviser to the Criminal Justice Student Association.
Theyre prepared to do a second vest, he said. The students did a fantastic job organizing and raising funds, and their efforts provided protection for a local law-enforcement officer.
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By C.J. MCMANUSSun Advocate reporter
Local public health officials have confirmed a case of cryptosporidium in Carbon County.
"We have a confirmed case and we are asking public swimming pool managers to take aggressive action to help stop the ongoing outbreak of cryptosporidium infection," said David Cunningham, Southeastern Utah Health District representative.
According to an Aug. 31 press release, the health department has asked pool managers to restrict children younger than 5 years of age from swimming until the outbreak has subsided.
Additional recommended actions include weekly hyper-chlorination of pools, maintaining a minimum level of chlorination at all times and posting informational materials at all swimming facilities.
"Over the past month, many counties have seen dramatic increases in cryptosporidium, a parasite that causes long lasting, often debilitating diarrhea. In a normal year, Utah generally sees about 30 cases throughout the state. This year, the state has confirmed over 600 cases and the numbers keep climbing," explained the press release.
The United States Centers for Disease Control reports that cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite affecting the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals. The parasite is shed in the feces in the form of an "oocyst," which has a hard shell to protect it from the environment.
Infections may be asymptomatic or may cause watery diarrhea and abdominal cramps. The organism is transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Outbreaks have most commonly been associated with person to person and waterborne modes.
There are no specific drug treatment therapies for cryptosporidium outbreaks.
But according to the CDC, the immunocompetent person will usually recover from the illness within two weeks. Immunocompromised individuals may be unable to clear the parasite and suffer chronic and debilitating illness.
The CDC indicates that the first U.S. outbreak of cryptosporidium associated with recreational water exposure took place in Los Angeles County, Calif.
During the California outbreak, 44 individuals or 73 percent of the total number of persons from five separate swimming groups reported diarrhea after using the same pool in July and August. A fecal accident was noted the week before the onset of the illness.
Local health officials are cautioning the public to refrain from taking anyone wearing diapers to swimming pools. Child care centers are also being asked to avoid recreational water activities and will be instructed in how to prevent child to child transmission of the parasite.
"The public must be a proactive partner in helping to stop this outbreak," said David Sundwall, Utah Department of Health director. "If the cases of cryptosporidium don't slow down within the next two weeks, we may be forced to consider additional restrictions, such as the closing of public pools."
Cryptosporidium can infect anyone, but some groups are more likely to develop serious illness, according to the press release. The individuals in question include young children and pregnant women who may be more susceptible to the dehydration resulting from diarrhea and people with weakened immune systems. Examples of weakened immune systems include people with HIV/AIDS, cancer and transplant patients who are taking certain immunosuppressive drugs or individuals who inherited diseases that affect the immune system.
Cunningham indicates that several recommendation along with good hand washing are the best way to avoid waterborne illnesses during a normal swimming season. Local residents should:
Not swim while experiencing diarrhea and for two weeks after the disease has cleared.
Never swallow the pool water.
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Those killed included a Boone man, Major Ryan David, 35, along with Lt. Col. Paul Mikeal, 42, of Mooresville; Major Joseph McCormick, 36, of Belmont; Master Sgt. Robert Cannon, 36, of Charlotte. Gov. Bev Perdue and a number of Air Force officials were among those attending the service, in the hangar that serves as home for the Air National Guard's 145th Air Wing, and the governor memorialized the four killed, "They were doing what they had done so many times before. To a man, they were all eager to go on this mission. They had trained hard. They lived by the National Guard motto: Always Ready and Always There." Two other airmen aboard the C-130 suffered serious injuries when the plane crashed in southwest South Dakota while fighting South Dakota wildfires.
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The term "agreement State" means a State that—
(A) has entered into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under section 2021 of this title; and
(2) Allocation
(3) Commercial nuclear power reactor
(4) Compact
(5) Compact commission
The term "compact commission" means the regional commission, committee, or board established in a compact to administer such compact.
(6) Compact region
The term "compact region" means the area consisting of all States that are members of a compact.
(7) Disposal
The term "disposal" means the permanent isolation of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to the requirements established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under applicable laws, or by an agreement State if such isolation occurs in such agreement State.
(8) Generate
The term "generate", when used in relation to low-level radioactive waste, means to produce low-level radioactive waste.
(9) Low-level radioactive waste
(A) In general
The term "low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive material that—
(i) is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material (as defined in section 2014 (e)(2) of this title); and
(10) Non-sited compact region
The term "non-sited compact region" means any compact region that is not a sited compact region.
(11) Regional disposal facility
The term "regional disposal facility" means a non-Federal low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in operation on January 1, 1985, or subsequently established and operated under a compact.
(13) Sited compact region
The term "sited compact region" means a compact region in which there is located one of the regional disposal facilities at Barnwell, in the State of South Carolina; Richland, in the State of Washington; or Beatty, in the State of Nevada.
Source(Pub. L. 96–573, § 2, as added Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 102,Jan. 15, 1986, 99 Stat. 1842; amended Pub. L. 109–58, title VI, § 651(e)(3)(B),Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 808.)
Section was enacted as part of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2021b,Pub. L. 96–573, § 2,Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3347, related to definitions respecting low-level radioactive waste policy as used in former sections 2021b to 2021d of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–240, § 102.
2005—Par. (9). Pub. L. 109–58designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, and added subpar. (B).
Short Title of 1986 Amendment
Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 101,Jan. 15, 1986, 99 Stat. 1842, provided that: "This Title [enacting this section and sections 2021c to 2021j of this title, repealing former sections 2021b to 2021d of this title, and enacting and repealing a provision set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the 'Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985'."
Short Title
Pub. L. 96–573, § 1, as added by Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 102,Jan. 15, 1986, 99 Stat. 1842, provided that: "This Act [enacting sections 2021b to 2021j of this title] may be cited as the 'Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act'."
A prior section 1 ofPub. L. 96–573, which provided that Pub. L. 96–573[enacting former sections 2021b to 2021d of this title] could be cited as the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act", was repealed by Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 102,Jan. 15, 1986, 99 Stat. 1842.
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"Hisanori Takahashi is gone, and one person said there's a sentiment among some Mets people that Pedro Feliciano is worn out…" writes Jon Heyman of SI.com.
Feliciano has led the league in appearances for three consecutive seasons, with 92 appearances in 2010, and has made at least 78 appearances in each of the last four seasons.
Like I said this past weekend, retaining Feliciano is a real tough call, given the mileage which has been put on his arm over the past few years. He could be fresher if he was better utilized, meaning specifically against left handed hitters and limiting his exposure to right handed hitters, but who knows, given how much both Willie Randolph and Jerry Manuel have used him since 2006.
He earned $2.9 million in 2010, and I'd bet he'd accept arbitration should the Mets offer it to him, which means he will likely command close to $4 million for 2011, and for a guy who is going to be 35 next season and could be "worn out", the Mets might be better suited going out to the open market to find a replacement.
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On replication
In all of the data used, there are ongoing updates to the raw data. For the temperature records, there are variations over time in the processing algorithms (satellites as well as surface stations), for emissions and economic data, updates in reporting or estimation, and in all cases the correction of errors is an ongoing process. Since my interest was in how robust the analyses were, I spent some time reprocessing the updated datasets. This involved downloading the EDGAR3 data, the latest UAH MSU numbers, the latest CRUTEM2/HadCRU2v numbers, and alternative versions of the same (such as the RSS MSU data, HadCRUT3v, GISTEMP). In many cases, these updates are in different formats, have different 'masks' and required specific and unique processing steps. Given the complexity of (and my unfamiliarity with) of economic data, I did not attempt to update that, or even ascertain whether updates had occurred.
In these two papers then, we have two of the main problems often alluded to. It is next-to-impossible to recreate exactly the calculation used in dLM07 since the data sets have changed in the meantime. However, since my scientific interest is in what their analysis says about the real world, any conclusion that was not robust to that level of minor adjustment would not have been interesting. By redoing their calculations with the current data, or with different analyses of analogous data, it is very easy to see that there is no such dependency, and thus reproducing their exact calculation becomes moot. In the MM07 case, it is very difficult for someone coming from the climate side to test the robustness of their analysis to updates in economic data and so that wasn't done. Thus while we have the potential for an exact replication, we are no wiser about its robustness to possibly important factors. I however was able to easily test the robustness of their calculations to changes in the satellite data source (RSS vs. UAH) or to updates in the surface temperature products.
MM07 used an apparently widespread statistics program called STATA and archived a script for all of their calculations. While this might have been useful for someone familiar with this proprietary software, it is next to useless for someone who doesn't have access to it. STATA scripts are extremely high level, implying they are easy to code and use, but since the underlying code in the routines is not visible or public, they provide no means by which to translate the exact steps taken into a different programming language or environment. However, the calculations mainly consisted of multiple linear regressions which is a standard technique, and so other packages are relatively easily available. I'm an old-school fortran programmer (I know, I know), and so I downloaded a fortran package that appeared to have the same functionality and adapted it to my needs. Someone using Matlab or R could have done something very similar. It was a simple matter to then check that the coefficients from my calculation and that in MM07 were practically the same and that there was a one-to-one match in the nominal significance (which was also calculated differently). This also provides a validation of the STATA routines (which I'm sure everyone was concerned about).
The processing in dLM06 was described plainly in their paper. The idea is to define area masks as a function of the emissions data and calculate the average trend – two methods were presented (averaging over the area then calculating the trend, or calculating the trends and averaging them over the area). With complete data these methods are equivalent, but not quite when there is missing data, though the uncertainties in the trend are more straightforward in the first case. It was pretty easy to code this up myself so I did. Turns out that the method used in dLM07 was not the one they said, but again, having coded both, it is easy to test whether that was important (it isn't).
Given the data from various sources, my own codes for the processing steps, I did a few test cases to show that I was getting basically the same results in the same circumstances as was reported in the original papers. That worked out fine. Had their been any further issues at this point, I would have sent out a couple of emails, but this was not necessary. Jos de Laat had helpfully replied to two previous questions (concerning what was included in the emissions and the method used for the average trend), and I'm sure he or the other authors involved would have been happy to clarify anything else that might have come up.
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