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yeah. I only made one real change of slash Grass Knot over Hidden Power Grass because all the Water-types in the tier weigh a lot except Lanturn and Qwilfish, which you aren't beating anyway (Hydro Pump does more to Qwilish than HP Grass lol). Otherwise the bullet points are legitimately a c/p from the last skeleton. credit to the original author for the unreleased section, aside from one part I added [Overview]
Samurott is one of the few Water-types that can hit hard physically and specially, making it unpredictable because each set has its own counters. It has a usable movepool on both sides, as well as Swords Dance, to limit the amount of Pokemon that can wall it, including access to moves such as Megahorn, which are rarely seen on a Pokemon of its type. Thanks to its above-average defenses, it also can take a hit or two when it needs to, even without any investment. Despite these quirks, Samurott is a bit slow and often finds itself outpaced, a problem considering it has no way to boost its Speed. The individual sets suffer from a bit of competition with other Pokemon such as Feraligatr and Slowking, which have similar options. Despite its status as an NU Pokemon, Samurott is a threat to watch out for in RU.
 [SET] name: Mixed Attacker move 1: Hydro Pump Move 2: Grass Knot / Hidden Power Grass move 3: Ice Beam move 4: Megahorn / Superpower item: Life Orb ability: Torrent nature: Naive evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS]
Samurott's great Special Attack and good coverage, backed by a decent Attack stat, makes Samurott a fearsome wallbreaker that is difficult to switch into. While its Speed isn't that great, it's enough to outspeed many of the Pokemon within the tier, including almost all walls and neutral natured base 80 Speed Pokemon such as Kabutops and Gallade. Hydro Pump is the main STAB option here as it powers through many Pokemon in the tier with ease. Grass Knot's power is inconsistent, but most of the Water-types in the tier, such as Poliwrath and Feraligatr, will be hit harder by Grass Knot than Hidden Power Grass. However, if Lanturn, which is lighter, is an annoyance, Hidden Power Grass can be used to hit it hard. Ice Beam hits Grass- and Dragon-types, both of which resist the combination of Grass and Water, for super effective damage. The final slot is used for a physical option. Megahorn hits the many Psychic-types in the tier, such as Uxie and Jynx, very hard, while also hitting Slowking harder than Grass Knot. However, if these Pokemon are not a concern, Samurott can use Superpower in order to blast through Clefable and Ferroseed, which would otherwise completely wall this set.
 [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
Naive is the preferred nature to get the jump on Nidoqueen and neutral natured base 80s. In addition, because almost all Grass- and Electric-type moves are used on the special side, it's better to lose special bulk than physical. If accuracy is an issue, then Surf can be used, but its lack of power compared to Hydro Pump makes it much less appealing. In addition, Samurott can be an effective stallbreaker with Taunt, and if used over a physical move, then a Timid nature is recommended. However, note that stall is not a very common playstyle in RU at the moment due to the many powerful Pokemon in the tier.

As Samurott tends to force a lot of switches, entry hazard support is useful. Also, there are a few Grass-types, such as Lilligant and Sceptile, which can outspeed and OHKO. Roselia is a great defensive partner that can use Spikes to wear down switch-ins and can easily deal with Grass-types thanks to its typing, Natural Cure, great Special Defense, and STAB Sludge Bomb to hit them hard. As for offensive partners, Flying-types such as Braviary and Swellow can destroy Grass-types with their STAB Brave Bird. In return, Samurott hits Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon very hard with Hydro Pump, allowing both of them to have a much easier time sweeping or wallbreaking. If Superpower can't find its way onto the set, Magneton is a good partner because it can trap and kill Ferroseed thanks to Magnet Pull while enjoying the threat Samurott poses to Ground-type Pokemon. Finally, Druddigon is a good partner for Samurott as well thanks to its rare Dragon-type resistances to Electric and Grass, and with its stellar bulk, it covers up Samurott's weaknesses nicely.
 [SET] name: Swords Dance move 1: Swords Dance move 2: Waterfall move 3: Megahorn move 4: Aqua Jet item: Life Orb / Lum Berry ability: Torrent nature: Jolly / Adamant evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS]
Usually, when you think of a Swords Dance using Water-type in RU, you think of Feraligatr or Kabutops, as the former has a better bulk while the latter gets STAB Stone Edge, and both are stronger and faster. However, Samurott has one trick up its sleeve; Megahorn. With this move, Samurott can get past Grass-types far more easily, meaning Pokemon such as Tangrowth cannot wall it—assuming it has a Life Orb, it OHKOes Tangrowth at +2. Water and Bug also gets good neutral coverage, with only a few Pokemon resisting the combination, many of which are irrelevant in RU.

Other than that, Samurott functions fairly similar to the other two Pokemon. Swords Dance allows Samurott to get a boost and obtain 598 Attack at +2. Waterfall demolishes any Pokemon that doesn't resist it, and Aqua Jet picks off faster foes. Thanks to Torrent, Samurott hits a lot harder when at low health with its Water-type moves, allowing it to destroy Pokemon that could have previously taken its hits. Megahorn, as mentioned before, is the advantage of using this set—hitting as hard as a STAB Waterfall on neutral targets, and it is a powerful move that blasts through Psychic-types and especially Grass-types.
 [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
A Jolly Nature is used to outspeed Pokemon around base 80 Speed that usually don't use a boosting nature, including Nidoqueen and Gallade, but due to the fact that it is usually using a priority move, an Adamant nature gives Aqua Jet more of a sting, boosting the chance to OHKO Manectric after Stealth Rock from 18.75% to 75%. The choice of item depends on the circumstances. Generally, a Life Orb is more useful because it makes Samurott harder to switch into and helps it pick off foes with Aqua Jet, but a Lum Berry lets it avoid a crippling burn or paralysis. Using Mystic Water is a viable alternative because two of the three attacking moves are Water-type moves, but Samurott needs a Life Orb to put more of a dent in Pokemon such as Uxie and Tangrowth with Megahorn.

If you are using a Lum Berry, Stealth Rock is needed to ensure the OHKO on Tangrowth, and even with a Life Orb it appreciates Stealth Rock to pick off frailer Pokemon, such as Manectric, more easily with Aqua Jet. Nidoqueen stands out as a good partner, as it is immune to Electric-type moves, can set up Stealth Rock, and threatens Qwilfish (which walls this set) with a strong Earth Power, as well as Ferroseed and Amoonguss (which also wall this set) with Fire Blast. On the subject of Grass-types, Fire-types in general, such as Magmortar or Entei, are helpful to get past Grass-type Pokemon, especially considering many of them are faster and cannot be easily revenge killed by Aqua Jet due to their resistance. Bouffalant is also a good option to take down Grass-types because it gets a boost from Grass moves thanks to Sap Sipper. Ironically, Grass-types such as Rotom-C and Sceptile can be good partners for Samurott, as they can get past bulky Water-types such as Qwilfish and Poliwrath that can wall Samurott, and in return Samurott can use Fire-types as setup fodder as they flee from a predicted Aqua Jet.
 [Other Options]
Samurott has a few other options to consider. Samurott's physical bulk is fairly good, being equal to that of Quagsire's, and its access to moves such as Scald, Encore, and Dragon Tail are interesting, but a lack of recovery and good defensive ability results in it being outclassed most of the time by other bulky Water-types. A Choice Band allows Samurott to hit hard immediately, but its movepool isn't really enough to fit in a Choice set on the physical side; using Choice Specs results in a similar fate. Return is interesting because it creates Water + Normal coverage, which is resisted only by Ferroseed and Shedinja in RU, but Feraligatr's higher Attack stat makes this option outclassed.
 [Checks and Counters]
To deal with Samurott you first must know what set it is running, and even from there many Pokemon must be careful if they switch into the wrong move. In general, Grass-types stand out as the best checks due to their resistance to Samurott's STAB. Ferroseed is arguably the best option to take down Samurott, as it can take all hits aside from the rare Superpower with ease and wear it down with Leech Seed or set up entry hazards. Other Grass-types need to be careful about Ice Beam and Megahorn, but faster ones such as Sceptile, Rotom-C, and Lilligant can destroy Samurott with their STAB moves and also resist Aqua Jet, making them decent checks to both variants of Samurott. Although Samurott can hit Amoonguss hard with Ice Beam, Amoonguss can use Spore to temporarily shut down Samurott or heal itself with Giga Drain.

The mixed attacker set is particularly difficult to deal with due to its great coverage, but Lanturn has an easy time dealing with it due to its resistance to Water- and Ice-type moves, its light weight reducing Grass Knot's power, and its Special Defense ensuring that even Hidden Power Grass won't be doing much. It is also not weak to any other coverage move Samurott has. Electric-types such as Manectric and Rotom cannot switch into Samurott due to their general frailty, but they can easily OHKO Samurott with Thunderbolt thanks to its relatively low Special Defense. Due to a high Special Defense, Roselia takes hits fairly easily from the mixed attacker, including Ice Beam, and it lacks a weakness to Megahorn as well. The Swords Dance set is arguably a bit easier to defeat, although a +2 Aqua Jet, possibly backed up by Torrent, ensures Electric-types cannot revenge kill it without taking tons of damage. Thanks to Intimidate and its resistance to Megahorn, Qwilfish walls this particular Samurott and can paralyze it or set up entry hazards—note that despite not being weak to anything the mixed attacker has, Hydro Pump can actually 2HKO 252/0 Qwilfish despite the resistance! Poliwrath is similar to Qwilfish, and although it cannot inflict a status on Samurott, it gets healed by its Water-type STAB and can phaze out Samurott, ridding it of its Swords Dance boosts. Finally, although Altaria is not seen often in RU, its good Defense and resistance to both Waterfall and Megahorn mean that Altaria can set up on or wall Samurott lacking Ice Beam.
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Samurott gains Shell Armor through the Dream World. This prevents Samurott from getting hit by a critical hit; however, Torrent is more useful as it gives Samurott a boost to its Water-type attacks when at 1/3 health or less, and this is especially useful for Aqua Jet so Samurott can take out revenge killers easily when it has almost bitten the dust.


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This book explores how new communication and information technologies combine with transportation to modify human spatial and temporal relationships in everyday life. It targets the need to differentiate accessibility levels among a broad range of social groupings, the need to study disparities in electronic accessibility, and the need to investigate new measures
This book explores how new communication and information technologies combine with transportation to modify human spatial and temporal relationships in everyday life. It targets the need to differentiate accessibility levels among a broad range of social groupings, the need to study disparities in electronic accessibility, and the need to investigate new measures and means of representing the geography of opportunity in the information age. It explores how models based on physical notions of distance and connectivity are insufficient for understanding the new structures and behaviors that characterize current regional realities, with examples drawn from Europe, New Zealand, and North America. While traditional notions of accessibility and spatial interaction remain important, information technologies are dramatically modifying and expanding the scope of these core geographical concepts.
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FOREWORD.- PREFACE.- INTRODUCTION: 1.Donald G. Janelle, David C. Hodge:Information, Place and Cyberspace.- PART I: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT: 2. Helen Couclelis, Arthur Getis: Conceptualizing and Measuring Accessibility Within Physical and Virtual Spaces.- 3. Lauren M. Scott: Evaluating Intra-metropolitan Accessibility in the Information Age: Operational Issues, Objectives, and Implementation.- 4. Qing Shen: Transportation, Telecommunications, and the Changing.- 5. Pip Forer, Otto Huisman: Space, Time and Sequencing: Substitution at the Physical/Virtual Interface.- 6. Eric J. Heikkila: The Fuzzy Logic of Accessibility.- 7. Daniel Z. Sui: The E-merging Geography of the Information Society: From Accessibility to Adaptability.- PART II: VISUALIZATION AND REPRESENTATION: 8. Michael Batty, Harvey Miller: Representing and Visualizing Physical, Virtual and Hybrid Information Spaces.- 9. Andrew Harvey, Paul Macnab: Who's Up? Global Interpersonal Temporal Accessibility.- 10. Mitchell L. Moss; Anthony M. Townsend: The Role of the Real City in Cyberspace: Understanding Regional Variations in Internet Accessibility.- 11. Martin Dodge: Accessibility to Information within the Internet: How Can it Be Measured and Mapped?.- 12. Shane Murnion: Towards Spatial Interaction Models of Information Flows.- 13. Paul C. Adams: Application of a CAD-Based Accessibility Model.- 14. Mei-Po Kwan: Human Extensibility and Individual Hybrid-accessibility in Space-time: A Multi-scale Representation Using GIS.- PART III: SOCIETAL ISSUES: 15. Mark I. Wilson: Accessibility and Societal Issues in the Information Age.- 16. Susan Hanson: Reconceptualizing Accessibility.- 17. Sylvie Occelli: Revisiting the Concept of Accessibility: Some Comments and Research Questions.- 18. Harlan J. Onsrud: Legal Access to Geographic Information: Measuring Losses or Developing Responses.- 19. Robert Mugerauer: Qualitative GIS: To Mediate, Not Dominate.- PART IV: CONCLUSION: 20. Helen Couclelis: From Sustainable Transportation to Sustainable Accessibility: Can We Avoid a New Tragedy of the Commons?.- FIGURES.- TABLES.- INDEX.- CONTRIBUTORS
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I have found one discussion in a forum that may hold a solution. It suggests to include a 'og:video:secure_url' –tag. Is there a way to do that with this plugin? The discussion can be found here: StackOverflow
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- 2 cups uncooked dried garbanzo beans, soaked for 12 hours, drained
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- salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- chopped fresh parsley (to garnish)
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The science of ecology is introduced through the lenses of local sites, urban areas, and broad landscapes. Key motifs during the course include basic ecological principles, spatial patterns and field observations, as well as the practical application of these principles to real world problems. Understanding how spatial patterns are linked to functional flows and movements is critically important to ecological studies, as is the study of how ecosystems change over time. The ecology of plants and animals found in both urban and natural ecosystems receive special emphasis and field studies highlight ecological as well as horticultural perspectives.
Pedagogic goals. The overarching goal is for students to develop a solid understanding of the basic principles of ecology, i.e., the study of how organisms interact with the environment, that are especially useful in the practice of landscape architecture. Emphasis is also placed on direct observation, analysis, and application of the ecological principles at different spatial scales in both natural and urban habitats. In addition, recognition of distinctive spatial, functional, and change patterns in the landscape is highlighted.
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A student who selects this independent thesis for the degree Master in Design Studies pursues independent research of relevance to the selected course of study within the Master in Design Studies program, under the direction of a GSD faculty member. This option precludes taking any other independent study.
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The Heritage Foundation loses its grip on reality, calls science ˜magic
The Heritage Foundation, a once-influential conservative think tank, has long had extreme views (see "Heritage even opposes energy efficiency"). Now it has completely lost its grip on reality, comparing the IPCC's scientific work to what a magician at a children's party does (!), as explained in this Wonk Room repost.
Mike Gonzalez, Vice President of Communications for Heritage, believes that the scientific consensus on global warming is a massive hoax, perpetrated because of "politicians putting pressure on scientists to come up with theories that would vastly add to their regulatory and taxing powers." Gonzalez "" who abandoned print journalism to become a mid-level speechwriter for the Bush administration "" argues that the "whole edifice of global warming is now falling apart" because the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is like a birthday-party magician:
The whole edifice of global warming is now falling apart. It is collapsing with such rapidity that it is worth pausing from time to time to take stock. The foundations of such edifice rest on a single assumption. This hypothesis""one that drove many people, even some reasonable ones, to contemplate upending the world as we know it "" is that that traditional fuels will have cataclysmic consequences on the environment because they emit gases that make the world too hot.
The authority to turn this assumption into fact rested largely on a U.N. document – the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report – which declared climate change "unequivocal" and its man-made origin "very likely." The purpose of the IPCC report was to turn hypothesis into fact.
The reason Sens. Kerry, Graham and Lieberman had to turn away from cap-and-trade, and target industries individually, is that the idea of an iron-clad scientific consensus is now being revealed to be a bit, shall we say, exaggerated. The IPCC's turning of hypothesis into fact now looks less like the scientific process and more like the magician you paid $50 an hour to pull flowers out of hats at your daughter's birthday.
The IPCC report was a summary of existing scientific literature "" its conclusions are those of the world's scientists. The threat of manmade global warming is, quite simply, a fact. As democracy derives much of its strength from the rational debate of ideas, it's sad to see that the Heritage Foundation has fallen into the swamp of conspiracy theories.
The "edifice of global warming" is the edifice of modern civilization, the edifice of free enterprise, the edifice of Western thought. The great scientific endeavor to understand the world around us "" not through superstition and demagoguery but through tedious observation and critical examination "" has granted us the modern world, with the promise of previously unimaginable wealth and prosperity for billions. Much of the success of the scientific edifice is its ability to clarify inconvenient truths "" to allow society to face difficult decisions and recognize unintended consequences. Treating science like a buffet, picking only the facts that fit his reality and ascribing the rest to an inchoate conspiracy, is a threat to the edifice upon which modern man depends.
JR: Let me end by quoting the Summary of the November statement by the Met Office (the UK's National Weather Service [i.e. meteorological office], within the Ministry of Defence), the Natural Environment Research Council, and the UK's Royal Society (the UK's national academy of science, "the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence," founded in 1660):
The 2007 IPCC Assessment, the most comprehensive and respected analysis of climate change to date, states clearly that without substantial global reductions of greenhouse gas emissions we can likely expect a world of increasing droughts, floods and species loss, of rising seas and displaced human populations. However even since the 2007 IPCC Assessment the evidence for dangerous, long-term and potentially irreversible climate change has strengthened. The scientific evidence which underpins calls for action at Copenhagen is very strong. Without co-ordinated international action on greenhouse gas emissions, the impacts on climate and civilisation could be severe.
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This reminds me of Richard Pauli's suggestion: do a list of the right wing "think tanks", including funding and quotations from their reports.
The catchy and harmless sounding names- Heritage "Foundation", Cato "Institute" etc.- just mask their mission: transfer wealth from the poor to the rich, and rob future generations in order to keep up the flow of luxuries to older Americans. If the air is poisoned and the land raped, that's OK, since it's just the market at work.
Their so called intellectual justifications no longer even pass the giggle test. I'm surprised that anyone at all pays attention to them.
It's funny, but what some people write about others often seems to be an apt description of their own situation.
So, I'd say the whole edifice of denial is in danger of falling apart, at least as seen from thier own weird perspective.
This does not mean that we can let down our guard, nor our work to help inform the misinformed public.
Rather, we should redouble our efforts and try to accelerate the move toward a hoped for coup de grace for denialism.
Finally, we should redouble our efforts to get President Obama to help inform misinformed Americans, and LEAD on climate change!
When did the Heritage Foundation ever have a grip on reality?
I couldn't resist visiting (and posting) and found this on the site. I'm almost positive it's a joke post and suspect some other are as well. This one was a goodie:
You talk about Globle warming could this heating in the world be in part by the rockets america and russia sending into Orbit. They have to put holes into the OZONE to get to the MOON. Also could it be the reason we have the EARTH QUAKE AND ALL THIS BAD WEATHER. i'VE BEEN WATCHING AND IT SEAMS LIKE TWO TO THREE WEEKSAFTER THE LAST ONE WENT UP WE HAD ALL THIS SNOW DUMPED ON US HAIT HAD THE QUAKE THE IT RETURNED TO EARTH AND CHILE HAD A QUAKE. OR DO YOU CALL IT JUST A FLUKE OF FATE
I loved the bit about holes in the ozone to get to the moon :D
Re the quoted post in #4: I am often amazed at how little education (I won't go so far as to say intelligence) is apparently required in order to use a computer.
Is anyone surprised? Most deniers think climate change is caused by magical "natural cycles" which they can't identify. When you have no comprehension of basic science, it seems magical.
Sou, I started a thread at the coffee party website (http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/climate-change#comment-3091) and got this comment, weird!
1VeryOldBob – 2010-03-05 08:52
The biggest thing people are not looking at is the 11 year cycle of the sun. The poles flip and as this happens you get fewer sun spots, and sun spots are what makes the sun hotter and makes us warmer. The sun just flipped this last year so less sun spot and cooler weather and in 3 to 4 years on average the sun will heat up and it will become warmer. But the few spots on the sun and the pattern of how many often repeat and the last time of a cycle like this was in the late 1920's and everyone knows what happened after that. So people that think man can not change the climate have something to point at with America being cooler the last 2 years. But what I have seen is the upper wind patters change the past several years where the summer wind pattern blows in the winter and the winter wind pattern blow in the summer over North America, I dont know about the rest of the world because I live here. Also as the people that think nothing is going on do not know that the Atlantic current stopped in 2006 for about 10 days due to ice melt and that is not a good thing. Also our magnetic field turned off for a short period in 2007 and the Earths magnetic field is flipping and know one talks about that at all and this could be a much bigger problem. And the last people in the White House did not want to talk about anything when it comes to climate change.
It really doesn't take much to use a computer, but this reminds me of a letter to the editor a couple of years ago, blaming global warming on the epansion of daylight savings time since that made the days longer. It turned out the author had written a lot of joke letters previously. She enjoyed the sport of writing something ridiculous and outrageous and having it taken seriously. This sounds like that sort of thing. Good clean fun really.
Sou, Yes, that's a goodie. It may well be an intentional joke (what we often call a "Poe" — a post by someone pretending to be absurdly uninformed), but it's hard to tell.
I'm still wondering about a post I saw on the Heritage Foundation blog a year ago. It consisted of several sentences, one of which asked, "If carbon dioxide traps heat, then how is cold beer possible?"
The Heritage Foundation's Mike Gonzales wrote:
"The authority to turn this assumption into fact rested largely on a U.N. document – the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report – which declared climate change "unequivocal" and its man-made origin "very likely." The purpose of the IPCC report was to turn hypothesis into fact."
This paragraph clearly reveals that Gonzales subscribes to the post-modernist twaddle that all ideas are equally valid. The key phrase is "turn this assumption into fact." Underlying that is complete rejection of any concept of a scientific method: a procedure by which ideas (hypotheses) may be tested against the real world and either rejected or found to be valid. Thus, the idea that humans burning fossil fuels are causing the world to warm is merely an opinion, which is given weight only by the authority (another key word) of the United Nations.
Joe Romm refutes Gonzales's misconception (and without any ad hominem attacks). But how sad that the idea keeps cropping up from sources that ought to know better. It's the zombie meme — just when you think you might have eradicated every trace of it, here's another infectee coming at you from another direction.
It's the old "Confuse and separate" or is it "Separate and confuse"?
Oh yeah, that's gotta be a Poe. But it's a good one!
The Heritage Foundation has neither heritage nor foundation.
Naomi Oreskes just gave a talk about the history of climate deniers, based on her new book:
"Merchants of Doubt". Tim Lambert has the video at Deltoid:
Our friend John Mashey has analyzed the network of professional doubters.
From the quote widget on my iGoogle desktop, comes a goodie that should be a cautionary tale for deneier and those who deny they're deniers (e.g. Lomborg):
It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.
– Malcolm Forbes
As for the issue of why anyone listens to the Heritage Foundation, etc. any more, it's simple: There are people who will benefit from more people believing what these groups are selling. Whether those beneficiaries actually believe it or not is irrelevant; they will still promote it as Absolute Truth because it serves their interests.
Study economics long enough, and you learn to see the evil myopia in anyone…
"The IPCC report was a summary of existing scientific literature — its conclusions are those of the world's scientists. The threat of manmade global warming is, quite simply, a fact."
The sad fact is, we cannot get people to read any of the scientific literature, even the "user friendly" versions written for the general public, because the anti-science machines out there are so effective with lying talking points and accusations. How many times do you suspect that we will read articles citing "more like the magician you paid $50 an hour to pull flowers out of hats" instead of actual science? This is the problem, folks.
And the reason we'll see such idiocy repeated endlessly is as simple as it is depressing: The deniers are telling people what they want to hear, not what they need to hear.
We can all make up our own metaphor–they're the ones telling people to ignore their doctors and keep on smoking (and that's literally what some of them did); they tell people to ignore their dentists and skip brushing and flossing; they're the ones telling people with heart disease to spend their money on Twinkies and Big Macs instead of statin prescriptions. Of course, since they're the ones selling the candy, cigarettes, Twinkies, and Big Macs, it's hard to see why they have any credibility at all.
Oh wait, I forgot how I started this comment–they're telling people what they want to hear. That really does explain it all…
The reason the sun goes so high in the summertime is that it's much hotter then, and everybody knows that heat makes things rise.
Ok, can I get my $10,000 from Exxon now?
Mark Shapiro @ 14
Thanks for the great video.
The only magic going around is the black magic of the deniers' ability to con the press into printing and airing their, uh, elephant-poop. (and, those be some big turds, 'turds' being purely scientific jargon of course).
We all knew the war of the words was coming, we just couldn't predict where and when it would play out. Kinda like climate disruption. Inevitable, but hard to crystal-ball the specifics. Cancer, by the way, is like that too.
Would someone please step forward and acknowledge that if one looks at the problem holistically, despite the transparently acknowledged uncertainties painfully quantified and characterized by the most well-intended of us — the biggest wildcard of all is the response of homo sapiens. (And, for those of you who are still illiterate, this doesn't refer to the gay community.) The collective human response is the only dependent variable that matters right now. Obviously, the deniers, delayers, and disinformers are hip to this reality, else they'd be turning their attention elsewhere. Thanks Dr. Romm, for all you do at the front lines of this battle. I, for one, have your back.
Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." That's how far advanced science is over the Heritage Foundation.
Identifying a liar:
Liars, most of the times, indulge in misguiding and misleading people around them. They could be identified by their situational dramatization behavior with baseless reason thereof. It is solely due to misunderstanding or unawareness of the world around them. Such an attitude may be self oriented or externally motivated by environmental factors to commit for lying. In some cases, it leads to mental disorder requiring right and timely pathological treatment which when neglected culminates with bad ends.
misguiding and misleading people – check
dramatization behavior with baseless reason – check
externally motivated – check
Yep, that 'very likely' phrase being used against the science community.
My fear is it really IS falling apart! I am seeing many of my scientific colleagues, a wide variety of fields, including some in the Climate Science community, becoming deniers, where before they were warmists, at least. I set up monthly programs for a wide range of scientific subjects, but cannot get anyone in CS area (and I have abundant local access) to make a presentation. What gives? So far, I haven't asked for a presentation from a denier, but I know several hands that will go up if I do so. Even the scientists are becoming sceptics. How do I combat this?
24, Thomas – watch
How long will it take till "denial of science" and denial arguments are considered a crime?
I am seeing many of my scientific colleagues, a wide variety of fields, including some in the Climate Science community, becoming deniers, where before they were warmists, at least.
A friendly tip: Concern trolling works better when you don't slip up and use right-wing tropes.
A lifelong member of the Democrat Party, who is very worried about Barry Obama's socialism.
Spreading CUD.
I feel better knowing that there were no politics (or politicians) involved in the IPCC process. That one could keep political types from being involved in a UN sponsored organization is just amazing. Congratulations on that unique accomplishment.
Motto of Doubting Thomas (#24):
"If you believe it, it's not a lie." (George Costanza, Seinfeld)
Re: #28
I feel better knowing that no deniers are involved in posting comments on this Climate Science blog.
[JR: Uhh, there are few "deniers" in general as I use the term — professional disinformers — and they rarely post here. There are lots of anti-science disinformers who post here, though. Nice try, though.]
> There are lots of anti-science disinformers who post here, though. Nice try, though.
Point taken. The general message is still the same, and makes about as much sense as "Chuck" (#28).
doubting Thomas says: March 5, 2010 at 8:06 pm
I hope you're a volunteer, or somebody's wasting their money.
Talk about "phoning it in."
You know, doubting Thomas, that over-used concern troll tripe 'I am a scientist who used to believe' or 'I know scientists who now deny, please help' is getting really old. Can't you come up with something more original?
John Hollenberg:
We don't have much patience here for deniers or anti science disinformers, since they are invariably ignorant of the evidence and illogical in their arguments. When they appear, they are usually brushed aside (see Sou #33).
Joe sets the tone. There is no point in giving legitimacy to those who dispute basic physical processes, or in encouraging nonsensical "debates".
Mike Roddy:
You may have misunderstood my post–it was a parody of #28. I am in complete agreement with you, and glad that Joe doesn't allow the blog to be a forum for the anti-science disinformers.
A glorious contradiction in terms: 'right-wing think tank'.
Senator Graham has guts to stand up to this lot.
Gregory, #35: More like right-wing septic tank.
Graham has guts? I would say a duty, a moral obligation if you will.
Per #36, I would just add that having a moral obligation to stand up to groups like the Heritage Foundation does not preclude having courage when one actually does so.
Why am I attacked as a "troll" and "non-scientist" and "liar" when I have a BS in Chemistry and MS in Chemical Engineering? I believe in AGW and did not say I didn't. I AM the VOLUNTARY program chair (wishing I could get out of it, or be paid for it) of a 600+ member organization with various (and often multiple) science degrees working in the biomedical, energy, metals, aerospace, climate, semi-conductor, environmental, and other fields plus academics (professors). Sadly, we don't have any non-scientists/engineers in the group, though we do have some science-interested sons & daughters plus investors and/or their representatives who attend our presentations.
Apologies to all here, as I didn't realize my real concern would be dismissed without even some direction, and I certainly didn't know I was using "right-wing tropes (tripes)," or would be judged for my "lack of originality." I am (or was) new here, and have blogged (as in posted something) a cumulative total of perhaps 5 hours in my life, but have used the internet extensively over the past 15 years, mostly for research. But thanks for your collective "assistance", and sorry I wasted your and my time. I'll pursue the Naomi link though, so thanks 'prokaryote'.
Re: #39
> I believe in AGW and did not say I didn't.
Do you think posting as "doubting Thomas" may have had any effect on the sort of responses you got? I went back and re-read your original post, and it still looks like the post of an anti-science disinformer to me. Who else uses the term "warmist"?
#39. doubting Thomas says:
I have a BS in Chemistry and MS in Chemical Engineering
Speaking only for myself, if you actually want to establish your cred here, then you ought to actually do that by linking to your CV, for example. So far, you're just another annonymous poster. (For instance, clicking on my monicker goes directly to my professional academic portfolio. The monicker is there because I've a sense of humor that nobody understands …)
Secondly, your degrees do not by themsleves demonstrate any relevant expertise in the areas under discussion. Indeed, a problem that has been discussed here in the past is that a background in engineering is often not as helpful as one might desire in understanding climate science.
(My background, if you're interested is
AOS: philosophy of science & logic
AOC: ethics & philosophy of technology.)
Thirdly, the forms of your expression struck me as rather suspicious as well, and this site is something of a lightening rod for various types of trolls and disinformers. Obviously I can only apologize for myself, but IF I was mistaken in that impression, THEN I apologize.
Why am I attacked as a "troll" and "non-scientist" and "liar" when I have a BS in Chemistry and MS in Chemical Engineering?
Because no one knew that these things were true when you made your comment…not least because you didn't mention them. And of course, no one knows them to be true now that you have mentioned them.
If you've really only blogged for about five hours, here's another friendly tip: people online tend to be skeptical of the credentials that pseudonymous people claim to have. The reason for this, obviously, is that anyone can claim to be anything online (I myself have 7 PhDs and speak nine languages, so you know I'm right about this).
Although I still don't actually believe anything you're claiming here, I'd suggest that if you really do need help — and really can't get it from the professional network to which, as a highly educated person who holds a position of authority at a seemingly prestigious scientific organization, you undoubtedly have easy access — you probably ought to stop using the term "warmists." It's worth a shot, anyway.
LOL. My mom (who named me Thomas) always referred to me as "doubting Thomas", since he was the apostle who asked Jesus to (I paraphrase) "show me the holes", and I tend to demonstrate the same tendencies. I also do not automatically defer to experts in any field, and tend to use my prowess (such as it is) in rigorous application of the scientific method to whatever the problem is, gathering data and analyzing it to confirm what I hear, and make conclusions/recommendations for further scientific research/investigation/tests. Anti-science I am not, it's way too cool & fun.
Engineering requires and applies science (indeed, it couldn't exist without it), so when combined with my science degree, I do not think that DQ's me from the topic of discussion. Indeed, the only reason I posted here is because all the sciences are potentially being damaged by the widespread controversy now occuring in climate science – which may explain why I find no CS presentations forthcoming.
I have always been dogged about protecting my privacy, which in this era of identity-theft, it has proven to be a good policy. This policy has been even more reinforced given the ad-hominem attacks I've seen (and even personally witnessed, and was subjected to here) on both sides of this particular issue. So no, if you will be so kind, I prefer to remain somewhat anonymous. If my CV is a pre-condition to getting legitimate responses, I regret that I must bow out.
I used the term "warmist" because I had seen it at other sites, heard it from peers & friends, not realizing it was exclusively used by one side of the issue. Also, I thought it to be an apt description for GW folks who are not necessarily AGW folks. I hope introduction of the latter two terms will not elicit yet a new set of acrimonious/inimical responses.
doubting Thomas (43) — The so-called controversy is at about the same level as that between biologists, especially specialists in evolution, and YECers.
We don't call the former "evolutionists", or worse, "Darwinists".
I have always been dogged about protecting my privacy, which in this era of identity-theft, it has proven to be a good policy. This policy has been even more reinforced given the ad-hominem attacks I've seen (and even personally witnessed, and was subjected to here) on both sides of this particular issue. So no, if you will be so kind, I prefer to remain somewhat anonymous. If my CV is a pre-condition to getting legitimate responses, I regret that I must bow out.
You weren't subjected to any ad hominem attacks here. You were assumed to be insincere, rightly or wrongly. There's actually a difference.
Since you don't have much experience on the Internet, let's go over some of the important things you've learned today.
1) Calling people "warmists" = an invitation to be seriously misunderstood, at best.
2) Frivolous accusations of ad hominem = likely to irritate people who actually know what the term means. (And also, I'm sad to say, a time-honored tactic of concern trolls.)
3) Acting as though people online have some sort of moral obligation to accept on faith that you are what you say you are, even if you use language that strongly suggests otherwise = somewhat irrational.
If you're sincere, you can reflect on the fact that a lot of people online aren't, realize that people on sites like this one come by their wariness honestly, and adjust your approaches and responses accordingly.
If you're not….
above all, make sure you don't fall prey to those anti-warmist doubterist-skepticist, unscientific disinformicists – they are potentially worser than the anti-consensualists & other dyscreationist evolutionists
John Hollenberg:
I got it, actually, and was not referring to you in reference to Joe's policy of keeping the bad deniers outta here.
"The so-called controversy is at about the same level as that between biologists, especially specialists in evolution, and YECers."
Yeah, really? Can you please show us which passages of the Bible the so-called denialists usually invoke in their supposedly anti-scientific crusade? The fact is that climate scepticism cherishes the same scientific principles that gave birth to the catastrophic AGW theory. It argues that AGW theory and the policy responses it urges are wrong because the scientific method in this particular field is incorrectly/insufficiently applied. Climate scepticism does not take its cues from the Bible or the Koran like creationists do when they argue against evolution. Of course, no one expects the AGW faithful to care about this distinction. It gives them comfort to think and portray climate sceptics as Bible-bashing loonies similar to those in the 19th Century.
"above all, make sure you don't fall prey to those anti-warmist doubterist-skepticist, unscientific disinformicists – they are potentially worser than the anti-consensualists & other dyscreationist evolutionists"
LOL. How 'bout the wait-and-seeist and delusionist Exxonist shills and the anti-science vorticist idiots who wouldn't know how to count up to ten even if you hit them in the head with the 1700-page IPCC report that was approved by 20 zillion scientists in the last 150 years?
#43. doubting Thomas says,
Engineering requires and applies science
Stuff and nonsense.
The engineers who built the pyramids (Egyptian, Mayan or Aztec) (to name only a few major projects of antiquity) had nothing like modern "science" at their beck and call, although they had some glimmering notion of basic principles of inquiry that they could and would turn to under what were otherwise the most rigidly limited of circumstances. So your assertion either wildly extends the contemporary meaning of the word "science" to include anything that miraculously fails to collapse after a day, or it is simply false. On this account, I again observe that waving around your — merely CLAIMED — engineering background is wonderfully less informative &/or impressive than what you would seem to assume it to be.
And that is again assuming — entirely in the absence of facts, which a REAL engineer or scientist would be utterly appalled by — that your merely asserted claims are true.
Next, as anyone who has ever bothered to study the basic principles of critical thinking already knows, an argumentum ad hominem only occurs when the personal issue(s) raised is/are either false, irrelevant, or both. Your refusal to provide legitimate credentials is an irrefutable FACT, and the relevance of such credentials is equally irrefutable. Your cavilling about privacy issues while at the same time demanding that your grotesquely unsubstantiated claims of competence be accepted at face value can scarcely be interpreted as anything other than bald-faced hypocrisy.
But perhaps I am mistaken on this point. Perhaps, instead, you would care to provide actual evidence — evidence that actually stands up to the basic principles of critical thinking — to substantiate your accusation? Or would that just be too hard?
If your real priority is to cower, than do please feel free to do so silently and elsewhere. (Although, clearly this is only my opinions; ultimately Dr. Romm is the one to establish and maintain protocols on his own site. That being said, as long as I am permitted to post here, I will continue to express my impatience with people who cannot be troubled to exhibit even the barest degree of intellectual honesty.)
If, in contrast, you actually expect to be treated with respect (and not just by me), then I submit you are morally obligated to behave in a manner that actually deserves respect. If that is just too hard for you, then precisely on what logically valid basis would you presume to require any better treatment than that which you've been given? (Cowardice and hypocrisy being less than logically sound reasons?)
In conclusion, I submit that "anti-science" is most certainly what you are. Because, in my admittedly limited studies, REAL science does not cower behind annoymity. But perhaps I am mistaken; perhaps I just haven't read deeply enough into the literature. So do please instruct me here by citing the important scientific works that have so changed the world that were produced by people who couldn't be troubled to acknowledge their identities and qualifications in the process, and elected instead to hide behind masks and unverifiable claims of their (in point of fact) irrelevant supposed expertise.
I was genuinely prepared to have my initial impressions disproven. You had the chance to own up and behave like an actual person. Instead, you've elected to manufacture excuses to continue to be nothing but a troll cowering behind his annonymity. At this point I am hoping that it is otiose for me to point out how thoroughly un impressed I am.
doubting Thomas: Within my personal sphere I know two professional people who insist that AGW is a hoax. I have had a number of conversations over the years with each and to this point have not been able to penetrate their defenses. Why this is so is very frustrating to me. One is very religious. While I know a number of religious fundamentalists that have become concerned advocates over the years it does appear that "Creation Care" has been slow to surface. Again much to my dismay. It is intellectually curious why the "church" doctrine and hierarchy, even this late in the game, is so slow in even investigating concern. If God in fact created the earth and gave man the intellectual capacity to prosper to the point of present development and scientific understanding, surely He/She would expect us those same gifts to not trash out our nest. Very strange in my view.
The other, a civil engineer, is not restrained by religious beliefs but for some reason has been convinced that man is just incapable of the task of changing the global climate and refuses to even entertain the concept. Any facts presented just get dismissed as tree hugger hysteria. Again, very strange.
If you are in fact a recent convert to "doubting" I would be very interested in understand your motivations or "enlightenment."
It argues that AGW theory and the policy responses it urges are wrong because the scientific method in this particular field is incorrectly/insufficiently applied.
And generally speaking, it'll use any "fact" at hand to make that argument, regardless of whether it actually is a fact ("it's the sun, stupid!"), or contradicts a fact asserted earlier ("it's not happening, and besides, it's beneficial!"), or whether the fact has been debunked multiple times ("hide the decline!"), or whether the fact has any actual bearing on climate science ("Al Gore is a bad person!").
Also, it tends to provide no good evidentiary basis for its attacks on the scientific consensus (e.g., for the claim that there's actually no consensus, or that consensus is a product of collusion, or that tens of thousands of tiny errors of fact and interpretation have somehow added up, over decades, to what only seems to be a coherent picture of the world). We're simply supposed to take it on faith that everyone but the skeptics is doing science wrong.
And it demands a level of skepticism that it usually won't apply to its own side of the debate, let alone to all the other scientific claims that are widely accepted for the same reasons AGW is (i.e., a mountain of evidence supports them).
And last, most "skeptics" offer no good, testable hypothesis for the claim that human activity can't affect climate or that any effects will be negligible or that attempts to reduce emissions will destroy Western civilization. By and large, it's simply a kneejerk negation of what the best current science says.
All of which seems decidedly anti-scientific to me.
sHx (48) — On the contrary, the scientific method is indeed correctly applied by climatologists and completely absent on WUWT etcetera ad nauseum. For example, find one error in "The Discovery of Global Warming" by Spencer Weart:
The YECers I was referring to are those of the 20th and 21st centuries, still as wrong as ever, despite somewhat more sophisticated arguments than you attribute to them. I stand by my analogy.
sHx wrote (#48): "Yeah, really? Can you please show us which passages of the Bible the so-called denialists usually invoke in their supposedly anti-scientific crusade?"
That meant "at about the same level of intellectual rigor." No Bible verses implied or required. Young-Earth Creationists reject the scientific evidence, just as the most ardent AGW denialists do.
"The fact is that climate scepticism cherishes the same scientific principles that gave birth to the catastrophic AGW theory. It argues that AGW theory and the policy responses it urges are wrong because the scientific method in this particular field is incorrectly/insufficiently applied. Climate scepticism does not take its cues from the Bible or the Koran like creationists do when they argue against evolution. Of course, no one expects the AGW faithful to care about this distinction. It gives them comfort to think and portray climate sceptics as Bible-bashing loonies similar to those in the 19th Century."
So why don't you show forth your understanding of those scientific principles by using them to explain to us why we are wrong in holding to "AGW theory"? Is it the effects of atmospheric CO2 on visible and infrared light that we've misunderstood? Please, enlighten us.
Oh, by the way: It's "Bible-thumping", not "Bible-bashing." The latter implies lack of belief in holy writ.
"So why don't you show forth your understanding of…"
I can't show my understanding of anything on this blog anymore because whatever I post began to disappear into the ether. Can you help solve that mystery for us?
"Oh, by the way: It's "Bible-thumping", not "Bible-bashing." The latter implies lack of belief in holy writ."
Yeah, American English rools, dude!
Well, I clearly see I've come to the wrong place for assistance on this subject. After checking credentials as advised, I see everyone here is a philosopher and not even a scientist.
[JR: You didn't do much checking. I am a physicist by training.]
Good. Then we're ALL DQ'd! Thanks for the help.
BS Chem 75; MS ChE 81; MBA 89


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The main objective of this sudy is to obtain an increased insight into the mechanisms of action of epigenetic carcinogens. Although the expected number of non-genotoxic carcinogens among newly registered compounds is unknown, there is a growing concern that when numbers of 2-year cancer bioassays are significantly reduced, non-genotoxic carcinogens may go undetected. Therefore there is a need for the development of alternative methods for their detection.
Multiplex PCR is an advantageous technique used in PCR applications to amplify multiple targets in a single reaction. As useful as it is, this technique presents a new set of challenges that further complicates PCR setup. For example, reactions are more prone to off-target amplifications such as mis-priming and primer dimer due to the increased number of primer pairs.
PCR is a widely used scientific tool whose specificity can be increased by the use of Hot Start technologies. Although many Hot Start technologies exist, recently developed CleanAmp™ dNTPs are a distinct approach that employs modified nucleoside triphosphates with a thermolabile protecting group at the 3´-hydroxyl.
Interferon-regulatory factor-8 is essential for differentiation and function of dendritic cells and thus for the induction of competent immune responses. Here, we investigated the role of IRF-8 in affecting immune response against melanoma. Our results reveal a critical role of IRF-8 in controlling melanoma growth and suggest that IRF-8-mediated antitumor activity is the result of a coordinated action between DC-mediated immune response and the tumor suppressor function of IRF-8.
Improved FFPE RNA isolation, novel TR priming for complete recovery of FFPE mRNA fragments. Differential expression defines Scores for tumor classification: comparing fresh-frozen with FFPE. Novel flow-through Ziplex microarray platform demonstrates MAQC performance level of data obtained with FFPE samples.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the CNS. No successful treatment for MS, but one therapeutic strategy in research is the use of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). We studied a group of MS patients who underwented MSCs, assayed for expression of a transcription factor, FOXP3, as a specific marker of MS amelioration in peripheral blood. qRT-PCR on PBMCs showed higher FoxP3 levels.
miRNA deregulation is an important hallmark on cancer development and progression. This work shows that miR-21 is overexpressed is human glioblastoma samples and cell lines, whereas miR-128a is highly downregulated on these tumours. miRNA modulation using antisense oligonucleotides and/or miRNA precursor molecules decreased tumor cell viability. Thus, targeting deregulated miRNAs may constitute a complementary/alternative approach on the treatment of glioblastomas and other miRNA-related maligna
The present study is to elucidate the signaling network involved in nitrate uptake and assimilation of Arthrospira platensis. Expression of adenylate cyclase, cyaC was found to be nitrate signal dependent. The involvement cAMP was also observed in different levels of nitrate signaled assimilatory pathway. We have used differential display to identify a histidine kinases in the nitrate signaling of Arthrospira platensis.
Multiplex PCR is an advantageous technique used in PCR applications to amplify multiple targets in a single reaction. As useful as it is, this technique presents a new set of challenges that further complicates PCR setup. For example, reactions are more prone to off-target amplifications such as mis-priming and primer dimer due to the increased number of primer pairs. Furthermore, preferential amplification of certain targets leads to an unequal distribution of amplicon products, making quantifi
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June 24 - 28, 2016
Month of Mango at Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain
Did you know that there are more than 24 different kind of mangoes growing in Saint Lucia? And even better, they all will be ripe to eat in June which is why we declared June the month of Mango.
Guests staying at Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain Resorts will delight in our many mango based culinary activities and services offered during the month of June. Guests may partake in weekly mango tasting classes showcasing the varieties of mango available on the island of St Lucia. Together with our resort mixologists, learn how to make the perfect Mango Martini, Mango Mojito and Mango Daiquiri, to name just a few.
Together with the Chef de Cuisine, participate in our interactive classes to make mango chutney and mango jam and take the results of your cooking experience home with you. And in our spa, you will be able to experience mango body scrubs, wraps and massages.
In our boutiques, find an exotic array of candles, soaps and other mango delights and souvenirs celebrating our month of Mango.
Last but not least, visit our organic Farm Emerald's to see our mango trees and the great variety of other organic produce grown there. Did you know that our consulting chef Allen Susser is the National Mango Board spokesman and is the author of the The Great Mango Book?
In our restaurant you will have the option to sign up for a spectacular 6 course mango gourmet dinner and of course many of our dishes served during the month of June will have mango ingredients. The month of mango culminates in our Mango Madness Festival which takes place from 19 – 23 June 2015, where you can meet Chef Allen Susser and the entire culinary team personally during a string of events.
Mango Madness or 1001 Things You Could Do With A Mango Before You Die has been brought to life by JADE MOUNTAIN consulting Chef Allen Susser and his team, celebrating the many varieties of mangos available in St Lucia. Allen Susser who is the author of a Mango cookbook and the definite authority on mangos, will host the event personally. The activities include a mango chutney work shop, mango cocktail party, Mango tasting and demonstration Mango Madness cooking class - the highlight being the "Night of 1000 Mangos" dinner at the Jade Mountain Club. Participants in the Mango Madness will join in mango field trips to the resort owned organic and historical plantations of Anse Mamin and Emerald. The farewell event will include a Mango Champagne Brunch served on the beach at Anse Mamin estate.
"Jade Cuisine is a celebration of the bold flavors of the world's tropical cultures in my kitchen at Jade Mountain", says Chef Allen. "The cooking is fresh, simple and succinct. There is always flexibility for the seasons, and availability of local products. As a chef my passion is taste. The bottom line here is that food comes to nature and the nature of taste." Allen Susser personal culinary viewpoint has been established since 1986 upon opening his groundbreaking Miami restaurant Chef Allen's. The New York Times called Allen the "Ponce De Leon of New Florida cooking". Chef Allen's new New World Cuisine is fresh and flavorful, like a tropical vacation on a plate. His vision of what the future holds is a culinary fusion of cultures that share similar landscapes, tropical ingredients and diverse spice boxes.
Allen is currently the spokesman for the National Mango Board, and serves as President of the Miami, Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association. He is a prestigious James Beard Award winner and received an honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University. Allen was Chef of the Year for Share Our Strength for his community involvement to End Childhood Hunger, as well as currently active on the Board of the Daily Bread Food Bank. His published works include New World Cuisine and Cookery, The Great Citrus Book and The Great Mango Book.
The Mad Mad Mango Cocktail Party 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm in Jade Mountain Club We will start off the evening with Tropical Mango cocktails including, our 30 pound infused mango - Mangotini, and our St Lucian Rum Mango Mojito. You can then taste for yourself some of the World's Best Mangos! As we prepare them in various treats and passed finger foods. Chef Allen and our Executive Chef will host an Interactive Mango display to tantalize your taste buds and senses to the flavors of paradise.
Chef Allen's Mangos Rule!
A Night of 1,000 Mangos – Jade Mountain Original Dinner: beginning at 7:00pm This will be a luscious, silky and rich mango dinner - A five-course spectacular Mango, Seasonal and Sustainable Menu matched with wines (Night of 1,000 Mangos set menu US 95 + optional wine flight per person, plus 10% service charge/ 10% VAT. Surcharges apply for guests on meal plan. Regular a la carte dining will also be available)
Mango Mixology Class Beach bar from 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Tour the Plantation at Anse Mamin With our Special Guide Meno at 1:45 pm.
Mango chutney workshop: starts Sunday at 3:30 pm located in the Treehouse Restaurant
Monday Evening Managers Mango Greeting Cocktail Party at 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
SPICES OF THE CARIBBEAN October 14 - 18, 2016
We look to spices to capture the flavors of faraway places. Specific combinations of herbs, spices, and flavorings characterize the great dishes of the world's cuisines. These mixtures are influenced by the foodstuffs native to each region, being distinctive by the climate, architecture of the land, and local culture. Every culture has its own set of traditions about how to cook.
By reaching into our spice box, the foods, cooking, and specific dishes become immensely diverse. The individual characteristic flavor, mingled with the smell and taste evokes our culinary imagination. It is the taste that ultimately defines the ethnic definition.
There was a time in history that spices where so precious that they where locked away. Let's let loose the wonders of spice together. Join our James Beard Award winning Chef Allen Susser and his Jade Mountain Culinary team under the leadership of our Executive Chef for a weekend of culinary excitement.
"Spicy" and Delicious Cocktail party 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm in the Jade Mountain Club
Caribbean Beach Tandoori cooking class 2:30 - 3:30 pm at the Beach Restaurant
Dinner: An exotic, Spice Influenced dinner at Jade Mountain Club
Emerald Estate Chocolate & Spice Sensory Tasting from 10:00 am - 10:30 am in the Emerald RestaurantWe are a Bean to Bar organic single estate boutique chocolate maker. We will take you on an awakening journey through the flavor palate of chocolate and spice. Our Chocolatier will host you on a sensory tour of Emerald Estate hand made chocolate. We will focus our attention on how to truly appreciate chocolate as it should be tasted, and educate ourselves on the distinct differ- ences. You will be among the very first to taste our 2015 vintage Spiced Chocolate Collection.
Morning Spice Workshop – The Wonders of Spices 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Treehouse
Spicy Tuesday Managers Reception for Anse Chastanet guests at 6:30 pm
DISCOVER CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL December 9 - 13, 2016
"Jade Mountain Estate Chocolate"
Theobroma cacao ( Theo= gods, broma = foods)
We are a Bean to Bar organic single estate boutique chocolate maker. James Beard award winning Chef Allen Susser has pioneered this signature intense chocolate taste with exotic tropical aromas. Our secret is authentically hand crafting small batches of our own cacao beans, slow roasted and stone ground. Emerald Estate Chocolate is to savor.
Start your evening with the alchemy of chocolate hosted by Chef Allen. He will introduce you to the world of chocolate. You will see freshly picked Cocoa pods, and toasted beans and taste a variety of Nick Troubetzkoy's Emerald Estate Chocolate bitter sweet and sweet chocolates. Enjoy a complimentary signature "Chocolate-tini". We will also serve several chocolate inspired savory Canapés.
After dinner, choose from our unique chocolate menu that includes exotic Emerald Estate chocolate desserts and our handmade chocolate truffles.
Chef Allen's Alchemy of Chocolate Class 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Saturday Night - Surprisingly Chocolate dinner
The Long Lost Art of Chocolate Truffle Creation!
The Emerald Estate Cocoa Tree to Chocolate Bar Tour from 9:00– 11:00 am.In this class we would like to indulge you further into the world's favorite aphrodisiac… chocolate. We will host you on our Emerald Estate Cocoa Tour to show you the complete cycle of Tree to Bar production. We will discuss the history of chocolate in the Caribbean and the production process. To start off we will visit the Emerald Estate to witness the natural side of cocoa including tasting raw cacao while discussing the fermentation, sun drying and polishing of the beans. Then travel back to our own Chocolate Lab to elaborate on the technical part of making the perfect chocolate bar. This 2 hour guided experience takes you through cocoa bean roasting, grinding and conching in the making of our chocolate to create the perfect snap and shine. Along the way you will enjoy an invigorating cup of local cocoa tea and our organic chocolate bars that range from 60% , 70 % and 92 % Bittersweet.. A complimentary Bar of Emerald Estate Organic Chocolate will be our treat to you as souvenir to take home. (US75 per guest + 10% service charge and 10% VAT. Sign up at Social Desk)
Lunch at our private beach at the Jungle Grill at Anse Mamin
Tour the plantation at Anse Mamin with our special guide at 1:45 pm
Discover Chocolate — Chocolate Lab from 10:45 - 12 noon
Chocolate, Wine and Paradise from 5:30 – 6:00 pm - located in the Jade Lounge.
Tuesday evening's Anse Chastanet Resort Manager's chocolate greeting cocktail party 6:30 – 7:30pm
COOKING IN PARADISE 2017 dates to be announced
FRIDAYStairway to Heaven cocktail party – at the Jade Mountain Club 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
We will start off the evening with a few Tropical Fruit and Edible savory cocktails, and treat you to Local, seasonal and sustainable finger foods and tastes.
Saint Lucian Rum Mixology Class
Monday evening Managers greeting cocktail party 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Paradise Chocolate Sensory Tasting
Cooking class at 5:30 pm in the Jade Club Lounge:Cooking in Paradise (Complimentary)
Anse Chastanet -Tuesday evening Managers greeting cocktail party 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Come join us on the at the Main Bar for exotic, tropical cocktails and passed Hors D'Oeurves that reflect the wonderful flavors of Cooking in Paradise


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As with all surgical procedures, epilepsy surgery carries with it a small risk of infection as well as bleeding. The length of recovery varies from person to person but most children and young people recover quickly, spending 1-3 weeks in the hospital and resuming their usual activities within a month of hospital discharge. Again, the most important thing to remember is that epilepsy surgery is a safe and efficacious treatment for refractory patients. It is appropriate even in the setting of severe developmental delays, widespread areas of abnormality and neurocutaneous syndromes. Results must be measured in improvement in quality of life and not just in seizure freedom. The courageous children and parents who embark upon this strategy in search of a better quality of life, independence, and freedom from disabling seizures and their medications must be cared for by a team of trained and experienced professionals, with careful deliberation and testing both before, during, and after the procedure.
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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known as David Bowie (/ˈboʊ.i/), was an English singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, painter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, and was considered by cri...tics and other musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s.
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RIP David Bowie. So sad for his family, friends and fans.
He and Iman are an inspiration to us all.
He actually had a relationship with Ola Hudson, Slash's mom. He said he saw them naked when he was 8...that's a bit too much...isn't it? Poor kid :))))
A living legend! What a talent!
Mick Ronson was a relationship not an encounter.
You are so on the run!
...David Bowie,so talented and beautiful,love nymphaea-lavina,..can you imagine Jagger never admitted it was i who introduced him to Cosimo in Budapest.Jagger-mafia himself is going to have to apologise to me..can you imagine hé omitted this fact,évén though i was godmother..
David Bowie also dated Mary Finnigan in 1969. And Amanda Lear and Patricia Paay.
Thank for all David ! you are my inspiration !
I had such a crush on this man! *sigh*
I can't believe people put men up there that he dated. He like women only. Anyway, I think he and Iman are a lovely couple and are both lucky to have each other's backs. Their daughter is beautiful too.
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Crews are completing drainage improvements and have begun installing sidewalk along Greenville Loop Road between Greenville Village and Bradley Creek Elementary. Traffic delays can be expected as the work continues.
Intermittent lane closures can be expected on Greenville Loop Road as crews install drainage improvements in preparation for construction of a 1/2-mile long sidewalk to Bradley Creek Elementary.
Crews will be installing drainage pipe along Greenville Loop Road beginning June 3 in preparation for a new sidewalk between Greenville Village and Bradley Creek Elementary. There will be some intermittent lane closures between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. while work is underway.
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A search is under way for a 52-year-old man taken by a
crocodile in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory.
Police say the man was in a boat when he was attacked on a
billabong at Cooinda on Saturday afternoon.
"Look we always hold out hope but obviously a crocodile
attack is very serious and there are grave concerns,"
Superintendent Bob Harrison told the ABC.
It's believed the man's wife, son and daughter-in-law were
with him at the time.
"I believe the son was involved in the initial search for his
father, which is obviously traumatising and anyone's heart
would go out to the family in that sort of incident," Supt
Harrison said.
Police and rangers are searching for the man and the
"At this time we have eight people down there and we'll be
ramping that up if we don't locate the gentleman during the
night," Supt Harrison said.
NT Minister for Parks and Wildlife Bess Price told the NT
News newspaper her thoughts were with the family and friends
of the missing man.
In January a 12-year-old boy died after being attacked by a
crocodile in the national park.
Human remains were found near where the boy had been swimming
with friends in a billabong west of Jabiru.
A 15-year-old boy was also bitten but fought his way free
during the attack.
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