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Posted on 02/11/2010 5:03:31 PM PST by myknowledge
TIFTON, GA (WALB) –An unusual case of animal cruelty in Tift County. Someone shot a cat with an arrow. The family thinks someone in their neighborhood is responsible. They hope whoever did it will admit it.
Meet Tom, the five year old family cat with a whole lot of personality, and a whole lot of strength.
"He's got the exit wound and entry wound where that arrow was lodged in him," said Dr. Branch.
For being able to survive a cruel and unnecessary act, that could have taken his life.
(Excerpt) Read more at walb.com ...
Tom the cat really does have nine lives...
And I hope they catch the piece of white trash that did this (it's just a hunch) -- the devil-worhipping imbecile with the deadly weapon and...give him his due.
It's a black cat. The shooter was superstitious.
You seem to be a cat person cats-r-us.
How utterly empty and morally bankrupt are so many bodies that inhabit the world; and closer. . .I hope they find the perp.
It looks like a marauding feral bird killer to me
Picture shows white underbelly up to head
"They hope whoever did it will admit it."
I hope they're not holding their breaths waiting.
It could just be an unfurtunate accident.
1. White trash?
2 Devil worshipper?
yer jumping to a lot of conclusions. personally, i hope whoever did this reads the article and keeps their mouth shut.
they would more than likely be punished as if it was a human that was shot.
Looks like a crossbow bolt.
Maybe they should learn to keep the cat at home, in the house.
There are several cats, probably feral but have no way of knowing, that come onto the property and cause problems. They climb under the house and have litters of kittens, the place smells of their spray and urine. No collars or tags that can be seen.
I won't be using any arrows on them. I use a .22 when I see them and have a clear shot. Next, I'll start using the 12 gauge. Then SSS. If they're the neighbor's cats- tough. Keep 'em home. But when they go to other's property and cause problems, then they're gonna get taken care of.
The only problem with using the arrow is that it can hit them and not kill them, and they can then run away, maybe back home. Why should people whose property is being damaged have to put up with them?
I fully understand the difference between animal cruelty and getting rid of marauding animals. This cat probably fell into the latter category. That's why it was shot. And I don't see any collar in the pic. Maybe they took it off to treat it, but how is anyone supposed to know that it's your poor wittle kitty when it's far away from your home and tearing up or damaging other's? Hmmmmm?
While I don't condone shooting cats with field point arrows,,, what should a person do when the 4 next door neighbors let their cats out at night to pee on my car and scratch it up by jumping up on it?
Looks like a crossbow arrow or quarl as they're called ...(or was it cut down some) ... my dad has a couple of x-bows ....
The two are pretty much synonymous.yer jumping to a lot of conclusions. personally, i hope whoever did this reads the article and keeps their mouth shut.
I have a good track record.
article says they found it broken off like this. my guess is that it was a small powered bow. most cross bows have enough wump to go thru a cat. not that i've ever shot a cat with a bow.
It's up to you to build a garage. (semi sarc)
My wife's cat was getting on the neighbor's convertible. I bought him a Ssscat Repellent device. Happy ever after!
With that being said, if it was my cat (and I have a cat which chooses not to leave my house nor would I allow it) and it was shot like this, I would hunt the fool down and deliver an ass kicking that he would remember for the rest of his life. And every time he looked in the mirror he would be reminded of me............
same thing we do.
Keep your pets at home, fixed, and we will not have to read any more of these stories.
Thank you.
No pun intended with this ping.
If it wasn't an accident, they should have just called animal control.
Roaming cats annoy me, they bother my dogs who I keep in the house/yard—not roaming the neighborhood.
Cats poop in the flower beds and spray.
I'm sorry the cat was hurt but I think the owners are to blame too—for letting their animal roam free.
The cat has black and white markings, not pure black. I am familiar with certain misguided individuals that sacrifice cats. And white trash presupposes that all misguided individuals that sacrifice cats are white in skin tone (thinking Haitians off the top of my head).
Don't know what you mean about good track records?
While this is indeed unfortunate, it seems that many cat "owners" allow their cats to roam. Don't cat "owners" have any respect for the poor songbirds that their cats tend to kill? How insensitive is that?
hope we don't see a picture of you on here with an arrow through your ribs. how would you plan on getting the person to your property? or would you boldly go on their land (probably like the cat) and deal out this viciousness?
So far, I've purchased one of those air soft plastic bb guns,,, good out to about 20 yards, and I'm having a ball.
I'm considering one of those paint ball guns so the cat can go home with a big yellow blotch on its side :-)
Hope they catch the jackass and throw him in jail.
that's a great idea. just make sure you don't miss and hit the car, those things make a nasty mess.
Followed by a PET scan.
A family member once had a bale of hay set up to target shoot his archery stuff.
One arrow flew over the bale and killed a chicken in the neighbors yard.
Pure accident.
"Im sorry the cat was hurt but I think the owners are to blame too."
That's my sentiment as well. However, I WAS sad to see a dead coyote in the road that heads into our neighborhood.
So sad. Had a beautiful, gray tabby who used to roam the Wildlife Refuge that our home backed up to. He came home one day with a huge, circular gash out of his shoulder. He survived....but the vet said it was caused by a '4-point razor' arrow. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE and grew up in a family of hunters.....but this is just sick.
What kind of person do you think shoots a housecat with a bow and arrow?
the rest is yadda yadda. all due respect.
OKAY! i confess! I DID IT! I DID IT! not.
When does the season open for cats?
You need to research how much damage feral cats are doing to wildlife in many areas. Was this cat you refer to spade or neutered?
Yep.....put an arrow through the punk who did this.
One that is worried about missing with a rifle and ricochets and the noise of a gun shot. Keep kitty inside!
What kind of person kills cats: Many types of people. It is a common practice in certain parts of Europe that hold to superstitions. It is common practice among animal haters. Some people find cats destructive. And an arrow in the cat does not fit with people wanting a blood sacrifice.
One of my cats was killed by a friend's mom because it went to the bathroom in her garden. Another one of my cat was thrown in oil by a neighbor with mental issues (later learned over time). When I grew up I kept my cats inside.
Any other questions?
I could tell you how it would be done but then I'd have to kill you......
It's plain that you torture yourself, but do you have to torture me, too?
It's a rhetorical question. Please don't answer.
better yet, cut the throat and watch the person bleed out while you tell him how important the cat was to you. that'll fix'em! sarc
My spayed/neutered cats roam freely (but also have a cat door so they're never stuck outside looking for food or shelter). At the first sign of a propensity to kill healthy birds, the ID tag and rabies tag on kitty's collar is joined by a nice loud bell. Does the trick. And I scatter a generous helping of birdseed in my driveway everyday — provides entertainment for kitties and fattens up the birds so they have plenty of babies of every year. I've had 3-4 indoor-outdoor cats for the entire 20 years I've lived in this house, and they certainly haven't made a dent in the bird population. I've got a much wider variety of birds than when I first moved in.
Please don't tell me you are unaware of the damage cats have done to the quail population, etc. Many outdoorsman consider a feral cat the same as the coyotes that eat little dogs and cats. Feral cats are pests just like coyotes.
If you have a pet cat,, keep it at home,,, thats all.
tan my hide when i die clyde, tan my hide when i die.
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As we enter the New Year, many of us are setting goals and creating resolutions so that this year can be different from last year. So, millions of people are currently attempting new behaviors that they are hoping will create new and desired results in their lives. They have an image of what they want and are hoping to be successful this year!
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Well, I've already written about the multiple parties happening today. But in case you missed Friday's column in the Calendar section of the Orlando Sentinel or didn't catch it online (shame on you), I'll cut you some slack and post a link to it here. I'm not going to copy and paste the whole thing in here, that would just be silly. Have a great night and be safe!


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December 5, 2002
Seeing Green in Israel's Economy
"Israel doesn't need charity [as much as] it needs investment."
Shlomo Eplboim sees green in the arid landscape that is Israel.
So confident is he of the Holy Land's future that the 30-year-old financial adviser has helped launch a new mutual fund that will invest solely in Israeli high-tech, health care, biotech and other companies.
The Blue & White Fund, one of only a handful of United States-registered funds comprised exclusively of publicly traded Israeli stocks, appears to have won the Israeli government's tacit support. At upcoming presentations in Los Angeles, Miami and New York, Israeli diplomats are expected to tell potential fund investors of their country's strong economic prospects.
"We believe that when the war with Iraq is over, there's a new government in Israel and stability in the region, the value of Israeli stocks will go up," said Doron Abrahami, consul for economic affairs at the Israel Economic Mission of Los Angeles.
Yossi Shain, a professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., added that Israel's brainpower and the quality of its high-tech industries make it a good place to invest, despite the current problems.
However, some experts are less sanguine. They argue that Israel is a risky bet because of the intifada, the country's sluggish economy and the looming United States-led war with Iraq that could destabilize the entire Middle East.
Blue & White "is probably not the fund you'd put orphans and widows into," said Jeswald Salacuse, an international law professor and former dean at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Mass.
Mutual funds made up of Israeli companies have struggled of late. The First Israel Fund, which came to market a decade ago, lost nearly 24 percent of its value in the first 101¼2 months this year. The AMIDEX35 Mutual Fund, a 31¼2-year-old fund comprised of the stocks of Israel's 35 biggest companies, plunged by more than 34 percent. A sister fund of Israeli technology stocks closed in November due to investor indifference.
To be sure, most mutual funds have taken a beating. The nearly 8,300 United States-registered funds have lost almost $750 billion, or 11 percent, since the beginning of the year and now have assets valued at $6.2 trillion, said John Collins of the Investment Company Institute in Washington, D.C., a trade association for the mutual fund industry.
Israel's economy appears to be among the most fragile in the industrialized world. That could make funds laden with Israeli stocks particularly vulnerable, experts said.
The International Monetary Fund forecast that Israel's gross domestic product will fall by 1.5 percent this year, compared to an average gain of 1.7 percent for advanced economies. Inflation is expected to increase 6.2 percent in Israel versus an average 1.4 percent hike. At 10.7 percent, Israel's unemployment rate is projected to be nearly twice as high as the 6.4 percent for first-world economies.
Eplboim, the highly charged chairman of Los Angeles-based Blue & White, said he understands the risks but remains a fervent believer in Israel's future. Speaking fluidly with machine-gun speed, he rattled off a string of statistics that paint Israel in brilliant hues
In the past two decades, Eplboim said, the country's exports have grown nearly 700 percent to $29 billion; Israel ranks just behind the Netherlands in education, with 20 percent of the population college educated; it has more engineers per capita than any other place on earth; Israel holds the third highest number of patents globally.
And then there are the companies, Eplboim said, his voice rising with enthusiasm. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ranks among the world's biggest generic drugmakers, while Amdocs Ltd. is the global leader in cellular-phone software.
In Eplboim's opinion, investing in Blue & White -- so named after the colors of the Israeli flag -- could boost flagging Israeli stock prices and possibly stimulate the economy. With higher share prices, Israeli companies would find it easier to borrow from banks, tap private investors and sell additional shares. Firms could then use that money to hire new workers, upgrade technology and improve operations, he said.
"Israel doesn't need charity [as much as] it needs investment," Eplboim said. "Investment creates long-term solutions."
Cliff Goldstein, president of the AMIDEX35, said he expects U.S. Jews to rally behind his and other Israeli mutual funds. Recently, an elderly Pennsylvania woman told him she bought AMIDEX35 shares as a bar mitzvah present for her grandson.
"Because of the terror Israel's been subjected to, Jews are starting to say, 'Hey, I could invest in Exxon but why should I support the Arabs? Maybe I should look at Teva and Amdocs out of solidarity with my people,'" Goldstein said.
Don Cassidy, a senior research analyst for Lipper Inc., a Denver-based consulting firm that tracks mutual funds, said he could envision Jewish investors flocking to Israeli mutual funds, much as the American public bought war bonds during the Second World War. However, he questioned whether the Israeli funds can attract a major following outside the Jewish community, especially since investors have soured on the intentional market and grown more cautious in these turbulent times.
"It'll be a little bit of an uphill battle," Cassidy said.
Blue & White's Eplboim appears ready to fight. He and other Blue & White executives have scheduled a "road show" early this month to tout the fund to such major financial firms as Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns, as well as to potential Jewish investors. The first stop is Dec. 9 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Visits to Florida and New York will follow.
To buy into the fund, individuals must pony up a minimum of $1,000 to open a regular account or $250 for an IRA, plus management and commission fees. Eplboim said he hoped Blue & White would hold shares in up to 40 Israeli companies and have up to $50 million under management by early next year. Eplboim Poutre & Co., a Los Angeles-based brokerage firm headed by Eplboim, and RAMCO, a Tel Aviv investment bank, serve as Blue & White's management advisers.
Eplboim's boosterism notwithstanding, his commitment to Israeli appears qualified. In the event of an economic, political or other crisis, Blue & White can pull completely out of Israeli securities and convert 100 percent of its holdings into cash or cash equivalents, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"We have lots of faith," Eplboim said. "But we don't want to be there like a sitting duck in case war breaks out or there's a currency crisis, God forbid."
Investors interested in learning more about Blue & White may attend a special Dec. 9 presentation at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Zvi Vapni, an Israeli deputy consul general, will speak about optimism amid Israel's difficulties.The event is open to the public, and hors d'oeuvres will be served. For more information, call (310) 312-1755 or (866) 372-6326.
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I'm trying to add new feature to file GDB feature class and keep getting this error: Objects in this class cannot be updated outside an edit session. Feature class has attachments enabled (exists relationships). Googled alot about this problem and still can't figure it out. FYI I'm developing a standalone application. My code:
Public Shared Sub CreateFeature(ByVal workspace As IWorkspace, ByVal featureClass As IFeatureClass, ByVal point As ArcGIS.Geometry.IPoint, ByVal data As String)
Dim workspaceEdit As IWorkspaceEdit = CType(workspace, IWorkspaceEdit)
Dim featureBuffer As IFeatureBuffer = featureClass.CreateFeatureBuffer()
Dim featureCursor As IFeatureCursor = featureClass.Insert(True) ' <- at this point error occurs
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The worst-case scenario would be that the U.S., running out of cash on August 2, ends up defaulting on its outstanding loans. A default would affect the supply of money and of credit, says Keith Gumbinger of HSH, which collects mortgage and consumer loan information. An interruption in the flow of credit, beginning with Treasuries, could make it more difficult for consumers to get a loan, he says.
"Our biggest concern in the default scenario is not the interest rates — it's restricted access to credit," says Greg McBride, a senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com.
While the ensuing credit crunch would be similar to that of 2008, it wouldn't be quite as catastrophic. And it would be brief, because most analysts believe that the U.S. would quickly find a fix and raise the debt ceiling.
A more likely scenario is that the U.S.'s credit rating would be downgraded — a development that, unfortunately, would be longer-lasting than that of a default and more difficult to reverse.
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"This win is going to help us stay positive and motivate us to stay on track," Jones said. "It's still early. With every game, we know what we need to work on to improve. We just get back to practice and try to get better."
For the 17 and 18-year-olds that are starting and playing it IS still early—but they also know that every game counts and are ready to step up to the challenge.
"It feels good to be out there and get the experience sooner than later so we can develop faster, more than other freshmen around the country," James said. "I feel as we continue to develop, it will help us in the long run and make us better faster."
Adjusting to college life and learning what it's like to be a Division I women's basketball player under head coach Niya Butts has its challenges. Fortunately, the freshmen have plenty of leadership to look up to.
"Coach Butts is someone we look to for motivation every day," James said. "Her heart and soul are in this game. Seeing her passion is inspiring for all of us players."
But Butts isn't the only person the freshmen look up to—the four seniors on the team also help keep the young team in line.
"I think the seniors keep us grounded," Workman said. "Sometimes, if we get out of ourselves during the game, or because we are freshmen, we might get frustrated and hang our heads. But since they've been there before, they can calm us down or get us back on track with the rest of the team."
Of course at the end of the year, these four will have to fill their roles. But with a top-25 recruiting class on the horizon, there is a lot to be excited about in looking towards the future.
"I think that leadership plays a big role in the future, because once the seniors graduate, we are going to be a young team," Workman said. "Although we're going to be a young team, we have five really good players coming in in the class of 2014, so I'm really excited about the future."
But for now, the freshmen have bought into this team and know that they can be a part of something special, starting now.
"I'm growing as a player, getting more experience, learning a lot more and a lot more quickly than other freshmen are every day," Jones said. "So through the rest of this year and in years to come, we will be more mature and know that we can be a big part of something special."
For complete results and continued coverage of Arizona women's basketball, visit ArizonaWildcats.com, or follow on Twitter @ArizonaWBBall.


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Complete 2000 Schedule
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Series against Florida State, Louisiana State and Oklahoma highlight the 2000 Arizona State baseball schedule released today by head baseball coach Pat Murphy.
"Undoubtedly, it will be one of the top schedules in the country," said Murphy. "We're inexperienced, but the only way to improve is to play the best week in and week out."
The 2000 schedule is similar the 1998 ASU schedule which saw the Devils claim a 41-23 overall and finish as the NCAA College World Series Runner-up. Arizona State will face eight teams who played in the postseason in '99 for a total of 24 games this season.
The Sun Devils will play a 55-game regular-season schedule plus exhibition games against the ASU alumni team and the Anaheim Angels. ASU kicks off the season on January 21 with a three-game series against Utah at Packard Stadium. The Devils will play a total of 40 games in the friendly confines of Packard Stadium.
Highlighting the home series will be a three-game set with 1999 NCAA Runner-up Florida State in early February. ASU will also host the '99 third-place CWS finisher and Pac-10 Champion Stanford Cardinal as well. A single game against Cal State Fullerton is also on the home ticket.
Top road trips include a first-ever trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to face LSU. Arizona State will also be making a first-time trip to Pullman, Washington for a series with Washington State.
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Students will pay attention or care about what they are learning, when you care about them. Often dealing with difficult students is trying on a tutor because they don't seem to care about the material the tutor is interested in helping them with. When the tutor is interested in the student, the student will be more apt to care about learning.
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Be a welcoming person -- greet them by name at the beginning of a session with a smile.
Be interested -- ask them questions about their likes and dislikes or simply, ``How are you?'' Then really listen to their answers. When you meet again refer back to the personal information you have shared. You may ask them what they thought of the performance of their favourite team or player last night.
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Set goals and recognize their achievements -- make sure that they know that you are aware that a goal has been achieved. They will be happy that you remembered and cared to notice.
Smile and nod your head -- just as a person who is really listening nods towards a speaker, the tutor who is caring will smile and nod at their student.
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2001a) Transport Statistics Bulletin: Transport Statistics for Metropolitan Areas, 2000 Edition, available from http://www.transtat.dtlr.gov.uk/tables/2000/tsma/tsma.htm.
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Dunphy R T (1995) Review of recent American light rail experiences, Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference on Light Rail Transit, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, November 1995, volume 1, 104-113.
Edwards M, Mackett R L (1996) Developing new public transport systems: an irrational decision-making process, Transport Policy, volume 3, 225-239.
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- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangLike many areas throughout the country, Cicero, Illinois is blighted with a large percentage of foreclosed and rundown properties. As part of the MOMA exhibition Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream, Jeanne Gang has created a new vision for the area which could transform it into a thriving and healthy neighborhood. The Garden in the Machine is a proposal that uses nature and technology to improve the land, while combining housing and jobs within new, flexible live/work structures interwoven with a variety of public green spaces.1
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangCicero is a suburb of Illinois on the west side of the downtown area, but before you get out to the well-known suburb areas like Oak Park.2
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangKnown as an industrial town, the area has been down on its luck as businesses and factories have closed down or moved away, leaving many of the residents without work.3
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangForeclosures on homes and businesses has compounded the problem resulting in a rundown and a largely immigrant population faced with unemployment, poverty, and environmental degradation.4
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangIt's a sad state for Cicero like many other former industrial areas around the country.5
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangJeanne Gang was asked to come up with a vision for the area to transform it into a vibrant and sustainable town.6
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangMaking use of the existing infrastructure, Gang came up with "The Garden in the Machine", which demonstrates how the remains of Cicero's industry—its lands, building materials, and existing rail infrastructure could be the foundation for a new and better town.7
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangThe new vision calls for an influx of vegetation, trees and gardens to improve the green space of the area.8
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangHousing would largely transition to new live/work units and would require a change in zoning and regulations to allow a different form of ownership - one that allows citizens to purchase and sell shares corresponding to the live/work units they occupy.9
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangA variety of flexible housing options would be occupied by families of all sizes and a new economy would be created through residents who live and work in the same area.10
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangTransforming traditional housing typologies into more sustainable versions that would help revitalize the town.11
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangRather than raze the entire area and start again, Gang sees that the existing infrastructure can be utilized to build a better, more sustainable city.12
- The Garden in the Machine-Studio GangUse of existing industrial infrastructure to rebuilt Cicero.13
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Lindale community has lots to offer
Those who have lived in Lindale for any amount of time can tell visitors that there's no shortage of things to do, see and enjoy in one of the most scenic areas of East Texas. Local amateur photographers have noticed this for years and have been able to capture interesting and provocative images.
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Originating with Mexican-American communities in the American West, Cinco de Mayo is a way to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American Civil War, and today the date is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. In the state of Puebla, the date is observed to commemorate the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza SeguínCinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16.
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a celebration held on May 5. It is celebrated in the United States and in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla). Thank you Wikipedia
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Rick Perry's Anthropogenic Climate Change Denialism
and Endorsement of Creationism
On the Campaign Trail, Governor Perry is Texas Proud
To be Anti-Scientific and Anti-Intellectual
Steven Schafersman
President, Texas Citizens for Science
2011 August 17-18
Governor Rick Perry of Texas campaigning and answering questions in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Governor is making a name for himself thanks to the attention of the national press and the questions of citizens.
Perry: Humans are not responsible for Climate Change and Global Warming
At a breakfast meeting in New Hampshire on Wednesday, August 17, Governor Rick Perry of Texas, now a candidate for U.S. President, announced that he does not believe in anthropogenic global warming. He said,
I do believe that the issue of global warming has been politicized. I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects. I think we're seeing it almost weekly or even daily, scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. Yes, our climates change. They've been changing ever since the earth was formed.
So not only does our governor not believe in human-caused climate change and global warming, he thinks scientists are fraudulently manipulating data to cash in and get rich quick. Certainly vilifying and maligning scientists is a sure way to win the Republican nomination in today's partisan environment. It always worked in Texas, the state whose Republican Party is totally controlled by religious-right radicals who would rather believe in fundamentalist sectarian doctrine than what they were taught in science class. But will it work on the national stage?
Scientists are usually seen as quiet individuals who work to discover new knowledge that helps human civilization to survive, such as finding new sources of energy, new properties of matter that create better industrial materials and chemicals, and new drugs to cure diseases. Scientists also map the geology and biology of the Earth, so we know what we're mining, drilling, and killing. But when scientists try to warn us that using fossil fuels as a major energy source is poisoning our atmosphere and changing the climate in dangerous ways, Rick Perry would rather think the worse of them: Not only are scientists wrong, they are venal, too. Indulging in baseless insults is a prerogative of some candidates, and Rick Perry is a master of this, a skill he learned during his Texas campaigns.
Perry makes his bizarre claims deliberately. Even though he sincerely believes what he says, an intelligent candidate would presumably keep his crazy thoughts hidden from the voters until after he--or she, since I must not exclude Michele Bachmann--is nominated and elected. But our governor loves the publicity. He knows the nightly commentators on MSNBC won't be able to resist him and will give him plenty of air time in front of their left-leaning viewers--a priceless opportunity to spread his message of hope to the unconverted. Already the national press (here and here) is falling all over itself to publicize his every utterance. Perry will certainly keep saying stupid things because it gains him enormous press attention and the commitment of millions of Republican voters. Also, his extreme positions are endorsed by the majority of Republican primary voters, as he well knows. For example, the 2004 Texas Republican Party Platform endorses Intelligent Design Creationism and says evolution should be taught "as merely a theory rather than scientific fact," a position contrary to modern biology. The 2010 Texas Republican Party Platform supports
equal treatment of all sides of scientific theories, including evolution, Intelligent Design, global warming, political philosophies, and others. We believe theories of life origins and environmental theories should be taught as challengeable scientific theory subject to change as new data is produced, not scientific law. Teachers and students should be able to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these theories openly and without fear of retribution or discrimination of any kind.
Last year, Governor Perry was not shy about telling people he is a Creationist:
Explain where you stand on evolution-creationism being taught in school.
I am a firm believer in intelligent design as a matter of faith and intellect, and I believe it should be presented in schools alongside the theories of evolution. The State Board of Education has been charged with the task of adopting curriculum requirements for Texas public schools and recently adopted guidelines that call for the examination of all sides of a scientific theory, which will encourage critical thinking in our students, an essential learning skill.
Perry's answer assumes that there is more than one side to science's explanation of biological origins, a purely scientific side (evolutionary biology) and an alternative scientific side that is also compatible with his religion (intelligent design creationism or IDC). There is not: IDC is not considered scientific by scientists; instead, IDC has been well-documented to be a continuation of a decades-long marketing effort by Creationists to convince the public that biological evolution is insufficient to explain biological diversity and complexity and to substitute Scientific Creationism or IDC as a valid scientific alternative. To this end, Perry has appointed three recent members of the Texas State Board of Education—Don McLeroy, Gail Lowe, and Barbara Cargill—to be the chairmen. All three are, as is Perry himself, Young Earth Creationists who worked hard to push their sectarian beliefs about the natural world into Texas science standards and textbooks. Scientists had to leave their important work at our state's universities and take time to oppose these radicals on the State Board. Fortunately, this effort largely succeeded.
At least our governor is willing to act on his beliefs about science, as backward and mistaken as they are. Imagine what he could do as President. He could deny scientific facts repeatedly, politicize the country's science agencies to publish inaccurate scientific information and suppress scientists who dare to speak the truth, and continue to give federal support to corporations who make money defying environmental laws. Oh, wait....that already happened during the previous Republican administration.
Perry: We Teach both Creationism and Evolution in Texas Public Schools
On Thursday, August 18, the very next day, Texas Governor Rick Perry told a student in New Hampshire, in front of his mother and national reporters, "In Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools." Strictly speaking, this statement is true, but not for reasons that are very flattering for Rick Perry's education policies, since he has appointed a sequence of three creationists to be chairmen of the Texas State Board of Education in the last few years. A few Texas public school teachers do teach creationism, but they aren't supposed to. It is bad education, bad science, religious discrimination, and against the law. The Texas science standards require that evolution be taught in our public school system, and 50% or more Texas biology teachers do teach evolution as the scientific explanation for biological diversity. Unfortunately, a very large percentage, about 40% in my experience, leave out any discussion of origins because the topic is controversial in our very religious state in which a large majority of citizens are fundamentalist Christians. Curriculum directors, science supervisors, and teachers themselves have told me over the last three decades that it is difficult to instruct students about evolution because parents complain to principals and superintendents and these school administrators ask the biology teachers if they could just leave it out. Many comply. The intimidation and implied threats to one's career are enormous in this state. This sort of behavior doesn't happen in good Texas high schools, of course.
Again, from my experience in Texas as president of Texas Citizens for Science—the state's major organization that opposes aggressive, organized Creationism—I think no more than 15% of Texas biology teachers mention creationism to their students in preference to evolution. Most of these probably discuss both the religious and scientific explanations and they do so quietly, since the Texas science curriculum contains only evolution and even these teachers know they are not supposed to bring religious topics into the classroom, especially a science class. But here's the point: If Perry is trying to characterize teaching both creationism and evolution in his state's public schools as official education policy, he is just flat-out wrong. It is not true. Biology teachers are required to teach only evolution, not creationism, as an official topic in Texas science classrooms. They are obligated to follow the state's science standards and they know they are being unprofessional if they fail to do so. Unfortunately, Texas does not ask questions about evolution on the state's standardized biology exams so students don't have to demonstrate any knowledge about the subject. That's why many teachers feel they can ignore the topic and not have their students state academic results damaged by slightly lower exam scores. Those teachers and their students achieve those low scores in other ways.
Two political scientists, Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer, have recently published their research about what is really being taught in our country's biology classrooms and why biology teachers teach what they do. Their book is titled Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms. Several news reports (here, here, and here) described their work. The two authors discovered an amazing statistic: 13% of U.S. high school biology teachers advocate creationism in their biology classrooms; this is the national statistic—the percentage in the South, which includes Texas, may be higher. Just as troubling was their finding that about 60% of biology teachers did not teach evolution adequately or correctly as a fact of science. This majority of teachers did not teach creationism, but they failed to be a "strong advocates for evolutionary biology." The remaining 27% of biology teachers consistently followed the recommendations of the National Research Council to straightforwardly describe the evidence for evolution and explain the ways in which it is a unifying theme in all of biology.
Good biology teachers in good school districts, such as the large urban and suburban ones, usually do a good job of presenting evolution to students, and this is as true in Texas as for other states. I found in my own conversations with Texas biology teachers and science supervisors that school districts outside of population centers are not so good. This is probably why Rick Perry himself, a product of rural Texas schools, does not have a good understanding of science. He claims humans do not cause global warming and climate change (which includes the extreme and potentially permanent Texas Drought), he has several times expressed his preference for Creationism rather than biological evolution, and he thinks scientists are venal and doing their work for the money. This is not a picture that gives one confidence in Rick Perry's administration of one of the richest and most technically and scientifically advanced states in the country. Nor should it give one confidence in Perry's abilities to be president or vice-president of the United States, offices for which he is campaigning.
Perry was asked by the student (encouraged by his mother to ask these very specific questions of the Texas Governor, an exotic specimen in New England, a region characterized by rational thinking, political moderation, and emotional stability—in other words, the complete opposite of Texas) about the age of the Earth.
"How old do I think the Earth is? You know what, I don't have any idea," Perry replied. "I know it's pretty old so it goes back a long, long way. I'm not sure anybody actually knows completely and absolutely how long, how old the Earth is."
Wrong, Governor. Scientists do know how old the Earth and Universe are (4.54 and 13.75 billion years old respectively), not 6,000–10,000 years old as Christian Fundamentalist Perry himself surely believes but didn't want to say. Perry doesn't flaunt his education and it is well he shouldn't, since he is a product of the Texas public education system which has some of the lowest achievement statistics in the country.
The mother urged her son to next ask Perry about his views on evolution, and Perry began to answer his question:
"And here your mom was asking about evolution, and you know, it's a theory that's out there and it's got some gaps in it," Mr. Perry continued. "In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
Before he left, Perry told a New Hampshire teacher, "We teach the straight out facts in Texas in our schools. You'll have to pick those up in our classbooks." Would those be the textbooks edited, manipulated, and censored by our wonderful State Board of Education led by Perry's hand-picked Young Earth Creationist chairmen? Why yes, they would.
Texas Education Agency Supports Perry's Statement
No doubt because many national reporters today asked the Texas Education Agency to confirm Governor Rick Perry's statement, the TEA issued the following statement by email today:
Our science standards require students to analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations, so it is likely that other theories, such as creationism, would be discussed in class. Our schools can also offer an elective course on Biblical history and it is likely that creationism is discussed as part of that class, too.
This official TEA statement is extremely misleading, disingenuous, and shamefully inaccurate. I don't know who wrote it but three different names of TEA spokespersons (DeEtta Culbertson, Suzanne Matchman, Debbie Ratcliffe) have been connected with it in press reports. First, the Texas science standards (officially known as Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills or TEKS) do indeed ask that students know the following:
(3) Scientific processes. The student uses critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving to make informed decisions within and outside the classroom. The student is expected to: (A) in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student;
Please note that TEKS (3)(A) is a scientific knowledge and skill process that students are supposed to learn how to do while taking a science class, not a knowledge and skill concept that they are required to learn about in science class. Process skills and knowledge require students to learn how to think about or practice something; concept skills or knowledge require students to learn and remember specific content or facts. Knowing how to use the scientific method is a required process, but students don't have to actually use the scientific method for every piece of scientific information they learn. Learning some new knowledge by conducting lab exercises and practicing the scientific method is sufficient to satisfy that requirement. Most content knowledge is learned by traditional reading, study, and taking notes. For example, evolution but not creationism is required scientific concept knowledge. TEKS (3)(A) refers to practices that students do not need to actually conduct with every scientific explanation, clearly something that is impossible due to lack of student and teacher time, knowledge, and instructional materials coverage. Certainly students are not expected or required to "analyze, evaluate, and critique" evolution and creationism, since doing this would be neither scientific nor legal. Analyzing, evaluating, and critiquing biological evolution by discussing bogus weaknesses or problems of evolution obtained from Creationist sources (but not explicitly mentioning creationism) would be unscientific and unprofessional but probably not illegal.
It is also essential to note that the terms "critique" and "all fields of science" and the long phrase "including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student" were added to the science standards in 2009 by an 8-7 majority vote of the SBOE precisely to suggest, without being explicit, that evolution should be critiqued and creationist-inspired bogus problems and weaknesses of evolution should be examined along with the scientific evidence for evolution. The radical religious right SBOE member 8-vote majority were forced to be ambiguous because being more explicit about evolution and creationism would be illegal (as they were carefully briefed by their Discovery Institute "advisers" present throughout the meetings). The SBOE amendment to change this important standard was done over the specific and vociferous objections of the scientists and science teachers who wrote this standard and many professional science organizations who had been warned that attempts would be made to change it. This standard was infamous for approximately 15 years because it contained the unscientific phrase "strengths and weaknesses," but this phrase was deliberately removed by the science standards-writing panel. Before the Board's politically-forced revision, the standard was this:
(3) The student uses critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving to make informed decisions within and outside the classroom. The student is expected to: (A) analyze and evaluate scientific explanations using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing;
I know the history of this issue because I was a member of the science standards-writing panel and I composed the new wording of (3)(A), which was fully discussed and accepted by all the science panel members. I removed the old "strengths and weaknesses" phrase and stressed that I didn't want any suggestion in this standard that any topic, especially including biological evolution, would be singled out for critique by teachers and students and contrasted with nonscientific alternative such as creationism or intelligent design creationism. The other scientists and science teachers agreed after considerable discussion and the revised, improved (3)(A) was sent to the Board for final debate and approval.
Contrary to the TEA statement, it is certainly not "likely that other theories, such as creationism, would be discussed in class" in Texas. Of course, some teachers do it, as discussed above, but doing so is both unprofessional and illegal and the teachers know this. Those that unfortunately discuss creationism place their own religious prejudices above both their students' education and the law, a reprehensible practice. If a student brings up the topic of creationism in class, as some are told to do by their Sunday School teachers and ministers, the best way to deal with it is to say, "We are not going to discuss nonscientific or religious topics in this class" or "Please visit me after school and we will discuss that topic in private." It is always wrong to discuss creationism in a science class because it confuses and misleads all the students as to the scientific legitimacy of the topic. If they hear about it in a public school science class, it will gain more legitimacy than it deserves. (This is the same reason why scientists should never debate Creationists.) Furthermore, the vast majority of science teachers do not have the knowledge or training to explain to students the differences among various explanations of origins; often the philosophical, scientific, and religious differences are subtle and complex.
Teaching creationism or even mentioning it in a favorable way in a public school classroom violates the law, specifically the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. This has been decided by several federal court decisions, including the Supreme Court in its 1987 Edwards v. Aguillard decision, so the law applies to the entire country. The federal courts have determined that creationism, including Intelligent Design Creationism, is religious and therefore can't be mentioned in public schools. This emphasizes that Texas biology teachers who discuss creationism in labs and classrooms are breaking the law. The Supreme Court's 1987 decision did contain the sentence that,
We do not imply that a legislature could never require that scientific critiques of prevailing scientific theories be taught [and] teaching a variety of scientific theories about the origins of humankind to schoolchildren might be validly done with the clear secular intent of enhancing the effectiveness of science instruction.
This has given Creationists great encouragement to attempt to force states to teach and critique alleged weaknesses, problems, and errors of evolutionary biology rather than obvious Creationist doctrine. This was the motivation behind the changes the radical religious right members of the Texas SBOE made to the state biology standards in 2009, which obliquely suggested in the standards that evolution had problems explaining the fossil record and complexity within cells and DNA. Unfortunately for the Creationists, all of the weaknesses and problems of evolution they identified were bogus and invariably creationist-inspired. Their arguments defending the problems and errors depended on sophistry and scientists were able to demonstrate that there was no scientific validity to them at all. Additionally, while the Supreme Court's decision explicitly allows teaching a "variety of scientific theories about the origins of humankind," scientific theories other than evolution simply don't exist now; more precisely, alternative scientific hypotheses have long been abandoned by science. Creationists have tried to make it appear--with prodigious marketing, framing, and rhetorical efforts, but no actual scientific evidence--that Intelligent Design is a scientific alternative to evolutionary biology, but their efforts have been refuted in every detail by committed scientists. Scientists consider Intelligent Design to be another, more sophisticated form of Creationism, not a scientific alternative to evolution
The final sentence of the TEA statement is partly true. Texas has non-required "Elective Courses on the Bible's Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament and Their Impact on the History and Literature of Western Civilization" in which students may learn how Biblical literature, not Biblical history, influenced Western history and literature (see also here and here). The story of creation in Genesis is a poem about a myth that would be a legitimate part of this course. It influenced many great works of art, such as John Milton's Paradise Lost. The concept of religious creationism could be discussed here since many Christians believe in the creation of humans and all Christians believe in the creation of the universe as described in Genesis. This has nothing to do with science, of course, but it could be relevant to Rick Perry's statement if by "In Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools" he is referring to all public school courses, not biology class. However, I don't think that was Perry's intention or context. I think he truly and mistakenly believes that both evolution and creationism are taught in Texas public school biology classrooms because he has been told this or allowed to believe this. This just proves our governor's enormous ignorance and contempt for the law. Thus, the TEA statement is extraordinarily misleading, disingenuous, and inaccurate.
Update, 2011 August 19: I discovered this morning that Politifact Texas (our state needs its own Politifact service since our politicians generate so much false information) published its analysis of Governor Rick Perry's statement about teaching both evolution and creationism in Texas public schools. The analysis is accurate and concludes that Perry's statement is false. I and several others were interviewed by the Politifact Texas writer for his analysis but for some reason my name is not mentioned as a source. I provided the writer with the information about the study of creationist teaching in U.S. biology classes (original note here, best public analysis here) by Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer that was discussed. Plutzer was himself interviewed and correctly told the Politifact writer that, "One thing you can be certain of is that large numbers of public school science teachers in Texas are endorsing creationism." Politifact Texas also quoted a statement from Perry spokeswoman Catherine Frazier that is eerily similar to TEA's statement:
It is required that students evaluate and analyze the theory of evolution, and creationism very likely comes up and is discussed in that process. Teachers are also permitted to discuss it with students in that context. Schools are also allowed to teach biblical history as an elective and creationism is part of that teaching too.
For reasons discussed above, the Perry spokeswoman's statement is also misleading, disingenuous, and inaccurate. Teachers are not permitted to discuss creationism in a biology class if the subject is brought up by a student. Doing so is unscientific, unprofessional, and illegal. (The teacher can discuss the topic outside the class or after school.) The Politifact author recognizes this and comes to the correct conclusion:
No doubt, some Texas teachers address the subject of creationism. But it's not state law or policy to intermix instruction on creationism and evolution. We rate Perry's statement False.
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Living in Southern California, there is no lack of reminders that next Monday is Cinco de Mayo. But while I love Mexican food, on Monday I'll be celebrating at CommunityOne, or Cinco de OpenSolaris as I would rather call it. Here is a quick clip of over 100 Cinco de OpenSolaris fans who live very far away from Mexico celebrating the first release candidate.
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Andi Dorfman has big plans after leaving "Bachelor" Juan Pablo after a night in the Fantasy Suite. After a brief argument and telling him she is not in love with him, Dorfman leaves St. Lucia and prepares for her next big on-screen role of "The Bachelorette."
Blogger Reality Steve is confident that Andi has already been picked to be ABC's leading lady for the upcoming season of the "Bachelorette." He states that a formal announcement will be made on March 10, 2014 after the season finale of "The Bachelor."
There was some speculation that Clare was a contender for the next "Bachelorette" but that doesn't seem like a possibility. Although it would be great to see her crazy sister Lara (or Laura?) on TV again.
Andi Dorfman, 26, is currently an assistant district attorney at the Fulton County DA's Office in Georgia. ABC must have dangled a very large check in her face to get her to leave a great career for a ridiculous reality show.
If she does return to her job after finding (or not finding) love, it will be interesting to see if anyone takes her seriously in the courtroom.
Obviously there is a chance that Reality Steve is wrong about ABC's pick for the next "Bachelorette." He has been wrong in the past and producers may be trying to throw him off, but chances are he's right on the money with this one.
"Andi will be announced ... on the live ATFR show, which airs immediately following the finale on Monday, March 10th. The guys for Andi's season arrive in LA on Sunday the 9th ... Andi's season begins filming either Tuesday night the 11th, or Wednesday night the 12th." - Reality Steve
After all, she was ga-ga over Juan Pablo for weeks and then she became unsure right around the time of the hometown dates?
That sounds like someone who was asked to take on a new role instead of that of Juan Pablo's future wife. Or more like his temporary girlfriend.
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(1) A transient probability distribution is the distribution $\mu_t$ of the system at a given time $t$. (2) A steady state probability distribution $\pi$ is defined by the fact that if the distribution of the system is $\pi$ at a given time, it is still $\pi$ at any later time. (3) In general, $\mu_t$ does depend on $t$, the only case when it does not, being when $\mu_0$ is stationary. (4) Even when $\mu_0$ is not stationary, it often happens that there exists a unique stationary distribution $\pi$, that this $\pi$ is relatively easy to compute, significantly more than $\mu_t$, and that this is fortunate because $\mu_t\to\pi$ when $t\to+\infty$, for every $\mu_0$.


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Silica gel packets come in a great array of product packaging from pepperoni to guitars and shoes. The packets usually state "do not eat" or even "throw away"and so many consumers believe them to be toxic. On the contrary, they wouldn't be in with that pepperoni if they were poisonous. These little pouches contain a non-toxic inert desiccant similar to sand that will dry out anything nearby.
The Carolinas Poison Center states that "Silica gel is non-toxic, meaning that it is not poisonous if eaten. The package says "do not eat" because (1) it is not food, and (2) it could be a choking hazard. The packet or gels may easily become lodged in the throat of a small child or animal."
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