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When using Norman Patch and Remediation/Norman Risk and Vulnerability Manager the area you designated for package storage might grow too large and you might run out of disk space.
The solution is to manually delete the packages from the storage folder, but this cannot be done without the SQL database being updated with the change. Since the SQL database contains information about packages downloaded by the server application and where those packages are stored, it is necessary to both retrieve, and then remove, that information from the database before actually deleting the files.
This guide will demonstrate how this is achieved.
To be able to perform the necessary tasks, you must have MS SQL Management Studio installed, as you will have to execute some SQL queries.
A guide to the installation of MS SQL Management Studio will not be given in this support article, but can be found online.
You also need to download these two files: removepatchtype.sql and DeleteFiles.bat.
NOTE: It is recommended that you install MS SQL Management Studio 2008, since this will work for both MS SQL 2005 and MS SQL 2008.
Open SQL Management Studio and connect to the Norman Patch & Remediation/Risk and Vulnerability SQL database. The easiest way to connect to the server is to use "Windows Authentication", but remember that you will have to be logged into Windows with the same username and password used when Norman Patch & Remediation/Risk and Vulnerability was installed. This is normally local administrator or, if the computer is part of a domain, domain administrator.
After connecting to the SQL server, you will see several folders with names like "Databases", "Security" and so on. You need not open or do anything else in the Management windows right now.
Now you need to open the "removepatchtype.sql" file. The file should open in the MS SQL Management Studio window and present you with the script. In this script you need only change one variable.
Find the text where it says "SET @IMPACT = 'Critical'".
Above this you will find a line beginning with '- -', followed by "Critical, Recommended, Critical – 01, …".
These are the types of patches found in your patch server. The SQL script only works for one type of patch each to time you run it, so for each time you run the script you will have to change "SET @IMPACT = 'Critical'" to "SET @IMPACT = 'Recommended'", "SET @IMPACT = 'Critical – 01'", and so on to remove the packages for all the different types.
NOTE2: If any other part of the script is changed, you server might become broken and it must be reinstalled for it to work again.
You now have to get ready the "DeleteFiles.bat" file. Right click on the file and select "Edit". This will open the file in a text editor, most likely Notepad.
If you do not have the "Edit" option, you can simply start Notepad and then open the "DeleteFiles.bat" file by selecting "File" and then "Open".
Without closing the "DeleteFiles.bat" file, return to MS SQL Management Studio where you have the SQL script open. Before you run the script for the first time, make sure it says "SET @IMPACT = 'Critical'" and nothing else in the script has been changed.
On the upper left-hand side for the windows you will find a button that says "Execute". Press this to run the script. Give the script time to finish. This might take some time depending on the number of packages and the hardware of the server.
When the script has finished, you will see a "Results" tab with 1 or more lines starting with "RMDIR /S /Q …". Right click anywhere inside the "Results" tab and click "Select All". Then right click again and select "Copy".
Go back to your Notepad with the "DeleteFiles.bat" file open and paste the content you have just copied below "@ECHO OFF".
If you wish to delete the files for other types of packages, you will have to change the SQL script before execution.
The only thing you need to change in the SQL script is the text "SET @IMPACT = 'Critical'". Change this to "SET @IMPACT = 'Recommended'". After doing this, execute the script and copy the results into "DeleteFiles.bat" file as instructed in step 4.
Repeat step 4.1 for each package type you wish to delete.
At this point you will have a batch file that contains deletion instructions for all the package types you wish to delete. Remember to save the file.
There are two ways you can run the Batch file:
1. Open the Windows Command Line (CMD), navigate to the where the batch file is located, type in the name of the file and then press 'Enter'. This will let you know if the batch file contained any errors or any of the locations provided did not exist.
2. Just double click on the batch file to run it. This will not provide you with any information, since the command line window will automatically close when batch file finishes.
If you run the SQL script for all the different package types and get no lines in the Results tab, your packages do not exist in your SQL database.
There can be different reasons for this, but the most likely scenario is that an upgrade from a previous version removed all the pointers to the packages on your server.
To remedy the issue, you can manually delete all the packages in the content folder.
Below is the standard path for the packages:
"C:\Program Files\Norman\Norman Risk and Vulnerability Manager\Content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
You can delete all the folders here except "EndpointComponents" and "GssComponents".
After doing this you should "Reset" the "Replication" by going into the Norman Patch & Remediation/Risk and Vulnerability Management console, select 'Tools' | 'Subscription update' | 'Reset '. Here you will have to tick 'Cache both metadata and critical packages' and then click 'Update Now'.


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NEW YORK — New York Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire has purchased a stake in the Israeli basketball team Hapoel Jerusalem.
Stoudemire said on his Twitter feed last week that he joined an ownership group led by businessman Ori Allon that purchased the team, which participated this season in the Eurocup.
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Stoudemire is serving as an assistant coach for the Canadian basketball team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel that were beginning this week.
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How to Set and Revise Realistic Price Targets for Your Stocks
by Donald Cassidy
An investor over time attaches some validity to his or her initial price objective, meaning that modifying that expectation becomes difficult for reasons totally contained only between one's ears.
But stocks go where they want to, despite what any participants think is justified and despite what investors might wish would happen. Investors unable or unwilling to let go of original price opinions are doomed to lose, either through losses in positions that never come back, and/or from better opportunities elsewhere that have been lost.
There are two primary ways that investors get into trouble when setting price objectives:
- The initial idea, including the selling-price objective, may have been wrong from the start.
- If correct at first, the original idea can become outdated and, therefore, inaccurate as subsequent events transpire.
How, then, does one develop a realistic price target?
As we shall see in this article, selling-price targets should be based on logical analysis, which includes several dimensions and several elements. Hope, an emotion, is absolutely not a valid part of investment decisions (to buy, sell, or hold), and should never play any part in setting a realistic exit target. Price goals based even in part on a position's original cost basis should be avoided, since they are based on the hopes of not losing money and of being able to feel happy or smart. That being said, however, investing is an art rather than a science, so investors should work diligently to do well, but not agonize over the impossibility of achieving perfect results.
Three Key Elements
Price objectives, both when set initially and when reconsidered later, should have three elements:
- A price,
- A story, and
- A timefame.
This can easily be remembered conveniently as "PST," like the whispered voice of reminder or conscience. Such a script or scenario for a stock purchase of XYZ might say, for example, that a certain new product (or expanding market share or improved margins or cost cutting, etc.) will produce earnings per share of $2.60 in 15 months, and a justifiable price-earnings ratio is 15, so in 15 months that stock should trade at $39.
If any element is missing, the story is too loosely conceived. If there is no story, or driver, the idea is probably nothing more than a chase after current momentum or a casual buy based on historical corporate charisma. If there seems to be a story but it has no clear date or goal for accomplishment, the true buying motivation may amount to no more than admiration of reputation (for example, a biotechnology company "should" have a specific drug due for approval by a predictable date).
If there is both a clear story and a related timeframe, it must also be quantifiable. One must be able to project a future climate in believable numerical terms: The earnings will be X and the price-earnings ratio reasonably will be Y, or analysts will then project a product market of Z dollars and say the company should sell at so-many-times sales, which represents its realistic attainable market target.
Lastly, when setting your price objective, you must make sure that the current market price does not reflect your thesis. Prices fluctuate because expectations (or psychology) change. Successful investing (or trading) requires correctly anticipating change. Projecting merely an extension of the present is lazy thinking. The market, meaning the crowd, is now paying (in today's price) for what it can already envision! Your buying, and your sales-price target, should be based on a specific something additional or different. That something needs to be changed facts, more generous valuation, or improved psychology—or some combination of those.
Technical Considerations
Investors are properly schooled in understanding the central role that fundamental analysis must play in setting buying prices; in the spirit of Graham & Dodd, selling targets should equally be based on valuation. But a realistic and complete view of the investment landscape would factor technical analysis into the price target.
Suppose, again, that your fundamental analysis yields a price target of $39. But suppose that price charts clearly show a two-year-long area of prior price congestion in the $36–$38 range, followed of course by some serious price damage from the bear market. While $39 might be fully reasonable on fundamentals alone, a large number of investors and traders will honor the prior resistance below your target, making it difficult to reach your $39 without the return of a major and extended bull market. Realism would then say you should aim for $36 rather than what your fundamental work implies.
Revising Price Objectives
Although you can set a reasonable selling target for the stock at the outset, any target becomes subject to immediate and ongoing modification because the world does not stand still.
When reconsidering a price objective, be careful not to become greedy and turn into a cheerleader for your stock. Only new and positive information that previously was unanticipated should prompt an increase in your price target.
Good news (for instance, a new product, a contract won, strong earnings per share, a higher dividend, or even a takeover proposal) that is simply in line with your earlier reasons for buying the stock does not warrant a target price revision. Instead, you should merely note that the story part of your projected scenario is playing out and that the stock may begin to achieve your original price objective. Do not double count such newly official positives by upping your target.
Either positive or negative forces legitimately prompt reassessing price targets. However, the revisions should be studied in light of two strong caveats:
- The price you paid for the stock does not matter in terms of your revision, and
- While realistic reasons may arise that lead to cutting the price objective once a stock is held, do not allow those changes to prompt lowering a stop-loss order if you use them. (I won't go into the use and placement of stop-orders here. I generally do not favor their use except to protect against possible panics in heavily institutionally owned stocks, or except if an investor is undisciplined or stubbornly refuses to admit losses or mistakes. But if entered, stops must not be pulled or lowered, or they become useless: If you had entered them, they may actually become worse than useless by temporarily providing false comfort while they did exist.)
What should prompt a revision?
When examining a potential equity investment, investors make a number of assumptions, some of which they may not even be conscious of, and some of which could be wrong. Buying assumptions often include:
- Information sources are accurate and unbiased.
- Some specific good thing actually will happen fundamentally, it will be big enough to move the price meaningfully, and it is not already anticipated in the price.
- Interest rates will be at a certain level and moving in a favorable direction, supporting the general level and price-earnings ratios of future stock prices.
- The psychology of the market, irrespective of fundamentals such as earnings and interest rates, will be in at least a neutral state.
- Political and/or geopolitical factors will be as expected.
- The investor is not oblivious to important factors that, if known, would temper his enthusiasm or make him think the stock is not undervalued.
- The world will go on as it has in the past (in 2009–2010, that means the recession does not become a depression).
- No huge positive or negative wild cards will come into play, including major changes in government policies. (A recent negative example is the new accounting rule forcing companies to write off goodwill when their stock prices finish the year below book value!)
- A technically oriented trader also assumes (probably unconsciously) many of the steady-state fundamental factors noted above. This participant substitutes a key market-price buying trigger and technically derived price target for the fundamentalist's view of undervaluation before an expected positive new event.
Each of the factors in this long list is subject to sudden or gradual change, so investors must always be ready to adjust the stock's target sales price when any of these assumptions change.
Here are just some of the unexpected things that could go wrong, prompting a downward revision in target price:
- Problems with the product could hurt the company or cast a psychological pall over the whole industry.
- Management could signal upcoming fluctuations in earnings when smooth earnings growth had earlier been the prevailing expectation.
- Analysts and portfolio managers could become considerably less tolerant of even minor changes in sales growth or earnings trends, particularly in high-technology or high price-earnings ratio groups.
- The value of the dollar could fluctuate, changing translations of foreign costs or earnings.
- A strike may disrupt production, or supplies of materials.
- A competing firm could come out with an exciting new product or technology.
- Changes in government regulations or tax laws could interfere with the company's business.
- The shares could be newly excluded from a major ETF basket or important market index.
Here are some unexpected good things that could happen, thereby implying an upward revision in target price:
- Management could announce an unexpected but promising new product.
- Major magazines could feature this stock as one of the top 10 to buy for the next year or as some star portfolio guru's favorite, broadening investors' awareness.
- Tax laws more favorable to the firm or industry could be proposed or enacted.
- Economic forecasts could shift positively, implying that stocks are due for a more extended rise than had earlier been thought reasonable.
- The company could announce a restructuring plan or sale designed to enhance shareholder value.
- A well-known corporate raider could take a position in the stock or in another one within its industry.
- Earnings could rise above estimates for sustainable reasons.
- Favorable foreign exchange fluctuations could occur.
- The shares could be newly included in a major ETF basket or important market index.
Sales target prices also may need to be revised due to externalities, as economists like to call them—such as a regional war or a new worldwide oil embargo or a financial meltdown. These events can disrupt the worldwide economic picture, with bonds and stocks falling across the board, regardless of the attractiveness of specific companies, their newest exciting products, or their present bargain valuations.
In this suddenly changed scenario, price-earnings ratios generally will fall, rendering the investor's target derived from relative price-earnings ratio now unrealistically high. One's old target literally has become an irrelevant relic.
Another externality that can prompt a sales target revision would be a change in market psychology. Analysts cut earnings estimates or price targets; investors trim their levels of tolerable risk. On seeing signs that a major shift is occurring among institutional investors, you must assume that this new opinion or perception trend will take some time to play out; it will end with prices lower and attitudes less favorable toward your growing company than they are today.
In this scenario, one's earnings forecast may still prove entirely correct, but the expected actual or relative price-earnings ratio has been rendered too high for the timeframe originally established for cashing in.
Psychological damage can often take a long time to repair. On a market-wide scale, our investor is looking at the bigger-picture equivalent of a company announcing good news on a day when the Dow is down 350 points on heavy volume. The positive fundamentals are swept away by the negative psychological tide of the time. So future price expectations must be adjusted downward to account for the emotional damage sustained, or one will in fact be merely hoping for the stock to reach a now-unrealistic goal.
Tactical Considerations
Tactically, only the introduction of important new factors should serve to increase previously established estimates of a reasonable sale target price. A near-term jump of two points on good quarterly earnings is not a reason to raise a long-term target by $2. If truly important new information arises, expectations can be adjusted up or down.
Here is an example of truly important changes in the scenario. Suppose that an investor is attracted to a certain drug firm that has a good record of increasing earnings and that occupies a leading position in prescription preparations for diseases of the elderly, a growing population cohort. Stocks in general have been soft lately, so, as a contrarian, she senses an opportunity to buy a fundamentally attractive stock at a good price. She buys the stock at its current price of $28, and sets a target price of $35 in 18 months.
Suppose time has elapsed and other factors have not changed (unlikely), or there have been offsetting pluses and minuses that leave the target unchanged. Our holder has been lucky, and the price is now at $33.50 due, primarily, to a rising overall market.
Suddenly, a bid is made for another drug company by a major European or Japanese conglomerate. This opens a new round of potentials on the upside. The valuation numbers may get historically up to full value, but the market senses that a phase of bidding up is just starting.
Our holder might suspend temporarily her resolve to sell at $35 because the sights for all drug stocks are going to be raised. Suppose instead that a hostile bid comes in for this company. The offer is $40 and the stock goes to $41 in hopes that another shoe will drop. The investor thinks $40 is fundamentally full or even excessive, and she may well be right. But if management, normally circumspect and credible, advises shareholders not to act hurriedly and to anticipate a possible company response that could raise prices further, our holder should very temporarily suspend that standard of reasonableness by a few points and sell on the next concrete positive news.
One must remain fluid but totally logical, reacting realistically to major new items in the picture but yet not getting carried away with enthusiasm. The question, "Would I buy it now?" is always a highly useful focuser of one's thinking regarding the sell/hold question.
Recent Examples
The three following vignettes are not meant as praise, criticism, or recommendations. Rather, they illustrate briefly how sea changes take place that must force investors to re-do the math on target selling prices.
General Electric
Until late 2007, General Electric was seemingly a one-decision stock, on the short list of must-holds for every magazine writer. Its earnings per share and dividend growth story was enviable.
It has since changed in the collective perception from a brilliantly diversified company to one widely exposed. No one foresaw that financial services' global meltdown would shake many of its product lines at the same time. In the changed world we now face, even if the recession ends soon, sale-price targets on GE should be below former levels (if indeed they ever existed in the minds of some holders!).
Major pharmaceuticals companies have long been on the list of untouchables for their defensive characteristics. In recent years their lackluster price action created apparently attractive dividend yields. Through the market carnage in 2008 their high yields became a source of comfort and of justifying continued holding or even averaging down.
Then, in early 2009, Pfizer announced it would acquire Wyeth. Under cover of the newly widespread cutting of dividends, Pfizer recanted its recent pledge to maintain its dividend level, slashing it by about half.
In this radically new scenario, old concepts of safety and potential rebound value must be sharply re-examined. This is not the Pfizer we thought it was two years ago.
CVS, like Walgreen's, was a dominant player in its field, operating drug and household-goods stores by the thousands and helping its growth rate via occasional sizeable acquisitions. But it faced a looming indirect threat from Washington: In a cost-containment scenario, it might see traffic reduced and/or prescription margins squeezed by pressures to contain federal and state healthcare spending.
A major positive strategic event occurred when CVS bought Caremark, thus in a stroke becoming part of the solution for cost management rather than a potential victim. Investors could justifiably revise their price-earnings ratios, and therefore price targets, upward in the new scenario.
Summary Thoughts
Sale-price targets must be in mind, and written down, from the outset—otherwise there is no focus and no discipline.
But those targets must be written in pencil because both general and company-specific circumstances will almost always change. Investors also must work hard to keep egos firmly under control so that changing an original price target is not a psychological problem. The mind should remain fluid, looking for important factors to impact the equation as plus or minus adjustments of that original price objective.
It is critical, although by no means always easy, to sort out in real time the truly important from the passing and trivial. Even though they're the hot focus of financial TV's buzz, quarterly earnings almost always fall under the latter description! It is crucial to resist emotional tides and to take action only after the mood of the crowd has abated. The market moves to manic tops as well as to panic bottoms, so the investor must adjust targets and risk tolerances for such extremes. And at all times one must be mindful of the need to remain dispassionate by resisting the temptation to become a holder turned loyalist or cheerleader.
The critical question should be asked: "If I did not own this stock already, would I buy it today, knowing what I (and the market) do now, at the current price?"
If the honest answer is not strongly affirmative, it is time to cash in and move on.
There is no need to be loyal to any stock; it is an inanimate object without feelings to be hurt. You can change your mind and sell. If you are wrong, you can always buy back. The lower your commission expenses, the less it will cost to buy a little distance and risk insurance, even if you later do change your mind and buy back.
Keep your price targets fluid and realistic. The market will always have its own way, without regard to what your first opinion was. No need to lock in on that vision forever, because the market will not.
Joshua from PA posted over 6 years ago:
Mr. Cassidy, thank you for writing this great article with a well anchored perspective. It's so easy to get caught up in the momentum and unrealistic expectations, forgetting that earnings are what drive the stock price. I am going to save a copy of this in my investing library.
Ashok from CA posted over 4 years ago:
I am sending this article to my stock broker.
AAII gives a detailed analysis of and recommendations on a stock in focus at periodic intervals. They are available in archives.
Recently I invested in three such recommended stocks, namely, AMAT, CLF and JOY, with disastrous results.
Wouldn't it be nice if AAII would revise its price targets for recommended stocks in focus?
Ashok Choksi


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September 11, 2012 —
Water that used to flow across two parking lots and enter a stormwater drain that discharged into the Delaware River, carrying sediments and contaminants such as oil and grease, will now be cleaner due to installation of a new stormwater filtration system being tested by the National Park Service(NPS).
NPS staff and employees of Fabco Industries, Inc., which designs and installs the systems, were joined by representatives from various agencies and organizations at a demo conducted at the NPS headquarters office in Beach Lake on September 6. Installation was surprisingly simple and swift, taking less than 20 minutes to assemble, insert and customize the final fit of the StormSack filtration system.
NPS superintendent Sean McGuinness recognized the need for inexpensive systems that could be easily installed and maintained in the Upper Delaware River Valley and began researching solutions to the problem. "Stormwater runoff can significantly threaten and impair the health and enjoyment of our nation's water resources, natural habitats and scenic beauty, and we want to be a leader in finding affordable ways to reduce that impact," he said.
The system is designed to be installed into existing roadside drains, commonly called catch basins. Located just below the grate, the units capture and filter water as it leaves surrounding surfaces, thereby reducing source pollution.
McGuinness lauded the simplicity, affordability and low maintenance of the unit, which costs approximately $800 and is maintained by vacuuming the geotextile bag at least twice yearly. It was also suggested that maintenance of current stormwater systems could be reduced with the addition of the StormSack unit.
"It really bothered me that we were letting stuff from the parking lot go right into the river," said McGuinness, who walks past the drain daily. "The concept was to make something simple and affordable that could fit into an existing drain so that communities with tight budgets could focus on the places where the highest potential of pollutants are going into the watershed. This is an opportunity to evaluate a possible solution, show it to others and continue discussing how to protect the river from runoff."
NPS staff will assess how well the system works, monitor overall costs and consider installing an additional unit at the popular Roebling Bridge where informational signage could be used to educate the public about the importance of stormwater filtration to water quality.
"We've got to start changing our mentality about the water and making it a priority," said McGuinness. "It's about education and getting folks to realize that if you want clean water you've got to do some work." Contact Chief of Maintenance Pat Connolly at 570/729-7137 to learn more about the NPS effort.
Fabco Industries also produces the StormBasin, a filtration BMP that features custom-built filtration cartridges that remove fine particulate, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, organics and bacteria. Visit www.fabco-industries.com [2] for more information.


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GREEN BAY ? Facing what quite possibly is the most uncertain offseason in NFL history, Mike McCarthy took solace in the simple things Wednesday. The Green Bay Packers coach may have led his team to the Super Bowl XLV title, but he seemed dedicated to remaining the same guy, regardless of what happens over the next few months.
?I don?t want to be naïve. I?m a family man, and I?m a football coach. I live in a town, the town of Green Bay I feel respects that, and I hope it doesn?t change. I?m very comfortable here,? McCarthy said during his annual end-of-the-season press conference Wednesday, three days after his team?s 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium.
?I still go to Starbucks every morning. Got a cup with ?Congratulations!? on it today ? that was nice. But other than that, they still charged me. So everything?s staying the same.?
Whether the NFL stays the same is another question entirely. With the collective bargaining agreement between the owners and the NFL Players Association set to expire on March 4, no one really knows what will happen in labor negotiations and what the offseason will look like if and when an accord is reached. If an agreement doesn?t get done before March 4, free agency will be delayed, offseason programs will be thrown into question, and the set-up of organized team activity practices, mandatory minicamp and training camp could change dramatically, especially if a new CBA includes the 18-game regular season the owners are seeking.
?Typically in the staff meeting after the season concludes, I pretty much a have the whole season laid out for our coaching staff,? McCarthy said. ?That?s not the case this year.?
As a result, McCarthy said he and the staff have taken what he called a ?prepare for the known? approach to the offseason. Since the annual NFL Scouting Combine is being held as scheduled in Indianapolis in two weeks, and the 2011 NFL Draft is set for April 23-25, the staff is focusing on those set-in-stone events. McCarthy said the assistant coaches are off until Feb. 21, then will have some more time off after the scouting combine. They?ll then return to work to do their scheme evaluation work the first two weeks of March, another annual offseason ritual.
If there is a CBA in place by March 4, McCarthy said the Packers would have pushed back the start of their offseason strength and conditioning program and quarterback school anyway because the season went a month longer than normal. This past year?s offseason program kicked off March 16; the next offseason program wouldn?t start until sometime in April, McCarthy said.
?We?re fortunate where we played another month, so we would be starting later in the spring even if it was a normal year,? McCarthy said. ?So I don?t feel like we have to make a bunch of scheduling decisions immediately. But there?s work to be done, just like there is every year, just like every team is going through right now. We?re going to probably go about it the same way ? just the priorities are going to move around.?
Meanwhile, McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson were right back at work Wednesday. While the personnel staff was prepping for the Combine, McCarthy was doing evaluations with his coordinators ? defensive coordinator Dom Capers on Wednesday morning, special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum on Wednesday afternoon and offensive coordinator Joe Philbin on Thursday ? before taking a few days off himself.
?The new season has begun,? McCarthy said. ?Ted is already into the second day of his pre-Indy draft meetings, and we?re getting back to business.
?Just trying to transition into the new season, but it?s been a special week.?
As is customary, McCarthy addressed a myriad of subjects during his 31-minute Q&A with reporters. Among the topics he discussed:
On injuries to wide receivers Jordy Nelson and Donald Driver and cornerbacks Charles Woodson and Sam Shields: McCarthy said Nelson was on crutches at Tuesday?s ?Return to Titletown? celebration because of a bursa sac injury to his knee. The bursa sac is a fluid-filled sac in the knee that provides cushioning in the joint. The inflammation caused swelling in Nelson?s knee but McCarthy said the injury was not serious.
?Obviously it looked bad,? McCarthy said. ?It was a pretty significant injury that he fought through the fourth quarter and played with. Played very well, but played injured. A lot of credit should go to Jordy Nelson for fighting through that.?
McCarthy said Woodson, who fractured his collarbone, will not require surgery. Neither he nor Driver, who suffered a high ankle sprain, would have been able to play if the Packers had another game this week, McCarthy said. McCarthy said cornerback Sam Shields? sprained shoulder was undergoing more tests.
In addition, McCarthy said inside linebacker A.J. Hawk will need arthroscopic surgery on a chronic wrist injury, while left tackle Chad Clifton?s troublesome knees will not need offseason surgery.
On any potential staff changes: McCarthy wouldn?t address whether any teams had asked for or received permission to talk to his assistant coaches for other jobs. An NFL source confirmed an Arizona Republic report that the Arizona Cardinals had asked for permission to interview inside linebackers coach/assistant head coach Winston Moss for their defensive coordinator job, but it wasn?t clear whether McCarthy granted the Cardinals permission before they hired Ray Horton on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Nashville ABC affiliate WKRN-TV reported that new Tennessee Titans Mike Munchak wants to interview Packers quarterbacks coach Tom Clements for the team?s vacant offensive coordinator position. Clements spent two years as the Buffalo Bills? offensive coordinator before being hired by the Packers. McCarthy blocked Clements from interviewing for the same position with the Chicago Bears last offseason.
?If we have anything to report from our end, we?ll do that. But I have nothing to report about any of our coaches today,? McCarthy said. Asked if he was ruling out any staff changes from his end, McCarthy replied, ?I?ll go through all of the evaluations just like we normally do, but I am just starting that. We?ll see how that goes.?
McCarthy intimated that he will look to sign Capers to a contract extension and may do so with the other coordinators as well.
?The CBA factors into everything. You can?t deny that it?s there,? McCarthy said. ?I?ll visit with (vice presidents) Russ Ball (and) Jason Wied and Ted Thompson. There will be an evaluation process that goes on through there. ? Definitely, we feel we have an excellent staff. Continuity is important, but change happens in this business throughout. Time will answer those questions.?
Asked if he has talked with Thompson about a contract extension of his own, McCarthy replied, ?Time will answer those questions. That?s something possibly in the future we?ll have some answers for you, but I don?t have anything for you today.?
On the possibility of an 18-game season next year: While he acknowledged that owners are pushing for the extended regular season, McCarthy did a good job of expressing his concerns about the idea, especially since it would likely come with diminished offseason work.
?Am I in favor? I know what the company line is, but you are talking to a guy that just barely made it through 16. You can figure that one out for yourself,? McCarthy said. ?I had a new training camp schedule that I was going to implement last year, but I didn?t do it because of the timing. But it?s something that I may look to do this year. But the offseason will play into that. I am always looking for ways to try to lessen the risk of injury, but also I have to make sure that the team is ready to compete and win football games. That is something I wrestle with a lot.
?I spend a lot of time on scheduling, I spend a lot of time crunching numbers, padded practice, non-padded practices, situational offense and defense. We?re looking at it all of the time. Our training camp schedule may be totally different this year, and we have a great training camp schedule. Our players love our training camp schedule and we have always come out of training camp I have always felt very prepared. But we need to look at things, especially if it goes to 18 (games), there is no doubt about it. If we go to 18 games, my training camp schedule definitely will change.?


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i've been very tired lately.
i guess its the result of a month of not sleeping through the night. The fatigue is finally setting in.
I also finished my vitamins last week and keep forgetting to pick up a bottle when i'm out.
In my last trimester, I noticed that all the literature on newborns warned about the tiredness. I slightly resented the focus on fatigue and thought it only made me more anxious.
I went into this second birth with high adrenalin and a positive attitude. But I guess, natural law is taking its course.
i didn't expect to feel this way :confused:
worst part is. i'm not good at sleeping in the days as i am such a busy body. and LO sleeps mostly during the days.
i need to start learning to rest. like right now, my head is spinning. But I have someone here doing housekeeping for me, and I just want to be aware of all taht is happening. This should be a good opp for me to rest. silly me.
when did you get fagged out?


text: DS is 12 months. I am quite unsure how to begin the weaning process, mainly because he never took a bottle and still refuses it. He is also allergic to regular milk, so I substitute with rice milk from a cup during the day. He doesn't take a whole lot of the rice milk, but he likes it. I have decided to wean for a number of personal reasons, I feel it is time, but I don't know where to begin. He eats well throughout the day, but still wants to nurse...generally 4 times a day. How do I begin? Do I simply not offer for say...one of his naps and put him in the crib? I am so lost...any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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You know how much fun and flavor your vegetable garden gives you and your family. If you grew a little extra, think how much your garden harvest would be appreciated by families in need. Hunger is a serious problem in this country. Right now, 1 person out of 8 is going hungry. You could make a big difference just by doing a little more of what you love doing already.
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Kids love gardening. By getting them to help you grow a little extra for families in need, you'll be giving them valuable life lessons. Organize a veggie car pool with your gardening neighbors. You can take turns driving the neighborhood produce to the food bank. When everybody pitches in, everybody wins.


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The road race was a tough and hilly one with Ashley Simon, Jessie Duppler and Yvonne Schumacher working hard in the A's field! Ashley and Jessie rode 35 of their 50 miles together, working together very well. Having recently upgraded, the girls are noticing the difference between not only riding hard but riding smart, and they're doing great. Ashley also pointed out the fact that Jessie is, ""probably the best freestyle vocalist I've ever met on the cycling team. We created this really awesome chant to keep us from going mental in our RR Saturday.""
The crit on Sunday was another tough day for those three and they were joined by Holly Liske. The girls placed in a couple of the primes, Holly placing 5th in one of them and Yvonne winning another. They all finished in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th scoring points for UW. Great Job girls.
In the road race on Saturday, the three girls, Amelia Barber, Allie Taylor and Pam Foy worked hard all the way, finishing 1, 2, 3! The girls worked together great and left all their competitors in the dust.
In the crit on Sunday, Amelia did a great job working for Pam and Maija DiSalvo and the final placing was 2nd, 3rd, and 4th with all three girls placing in every one of the primes. Great teamwork once again!
The UW Men's D field on Saturday was composed of Matt Miller, Lucas Boehm, Mike MacFarland, Sam Brummitt, Joel Hans, Ryan Luellwitz, Jon Steinich and Bennett Heinze. This was Joel and Jon's first race, Jon riding a road bike for the first time on Friday, and from the sounds of it they really had a great time! Joel had a mechanical issue, dropping his chain early on but jumped back into the race, passing guys left and right, dropping his chain a SECOND time, but still working hard and finishing strong. Matt finished the race in 2nd, just behind the leader and Lucas close behind him in 3rd. Mike came in 6th, Sam 9th, Joel, 12th, Ryan 14th, Jon 16th and Bennett 20th!
On Sunday the same guys were racing with the addition of Jake Jasurda. Mike, Jake and Lucas worked hard to stay on the wheel of Stevens Point as he pushed the pace. Mike and Jake hopped on behind N Mich as he attacked and finished 2nd and 3rd. Lucas finished 6th, Bennett 13th, Jon 14th, Ryan 15th, Sam 17th and Joel 18th.
Darren Corrao, Max Cayo, Eric Lau, Chase Kincaid, Alex Viana, Brandon Storlie, Warren Lyman, Marty Gresun, Todd VandeKreeke, Mark Kaeppler, Patrick Heath, and Jesse Bond all rocked the house for UW in the Men's C race on Saturday. The guys tried some attacks, but none ended up sticking, so it was left to the field sprint for the finish. Darren, Max, Eric, Chase and Alex all finished in the top twelve to score points for the team. It was a large field and everyone did great!
The Sunday crit was another fast, hard race for Men's C. They again tried a number of attacks and ended in a field sprint. Alex crashed midway through but got back on and finished the race. Jesse Bond, Josh Fangman, Alex Bird, Mark Kaeppler, Alex Viana, Darren Corrao, Chase Kincaid, Eric Lau, and Patrick Heath all competed, again having 4 guys (Jesse, Josh, Alex Bird and Mark) finishing in the top 12 to score points. We also racked up some prime points, so great job guys. This was the first collegiate race for Alex Bird, who had a great time and wishes he had raced more!
The B's road race was definitely a hard one! The attacks started going after the first lap, first one from Geo, then Northwestern, more UW riders, and Marian. Two Northwestern riders got off the front for the whole race. Our own Dave Madden bridged up to them at one point, but was bored and drifted back to the peloton. Mike Retzlaff took a long pull, wearing himself out and falling off the back, only to chase back on later in the race. UW worked together and got Jon Cook off the front to chase the break, sprinting past them in the finish to win the race! He was followed by UW riders, Craig Schuettpelz in 8th, Dave Madden in 16th, Mike Retzlaff in 18th, Jon Camp (Geo) in 22nd, Nick Frye in 23rd and Joe Comer in 25th.
Sunday's crit resulted in 4 riders finishing in the top 10! Charlie Brummitt tried numerous attacks, finishing in 11th, swerving around Cameron Wilcox in the final turn. Geo, Mike, Charlie and Jon kept flying off the front throughout the race, but it came down to the fieldsprint. Mike finished in 5th, Craig in 7th, Julio Jacobo in 8th, Charlie 11th, Nick 12th, Joe Comer 16th, Bryan Fosler 17th, Geo 19th. Great job and great teamwork guys!
Saturday's road race was very exciting for the Men's A field. Ryan Baumann went on a break during the first lap with Milwaukee and Illinois and it stuck for the entire 70 mile race! On the last lap, Ryan broke away from the other two and sprinted in to a first place finish! Steve Scholzen gave a solid effort in the uphill sprint finish to secure 4th place, winning the field sprint. Richard Hatch finished in 17th, Jason Carr 20th and Matt Waite 26th.
Sunday's crit was an interesting race with attacks going off like crazy, none of which could stick throughout the whole race! Michigan State went off in the final lap, winning the race, Steve Scholzen winning his second field sprint of the weekend for a 2nd place overall finish. Corey Behrends finished in 19th, Dallas Fowler in 27th and Matt Waite in 28th. Great job guys!


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Living in the Post-WikiLeaks World
We live in a post-WikiLeaks world. Or at least that's what I keep hearing. From what I can gather, basically this means that nothing you say or do can ever be assumed safe. Make a racist comment, someone somewhere probably overheard it and recorded it. Record a sex tape or even take a few racy photos and you can be sure they will make their way to the internet. Overstay your welcome at a friend's house and wait for the video recreation on YouTube. That last one gets extra interesting when it's meta-post-WikiLeaks:
By the way, try saying that five times fast. Meta-post-WikiLeaks… Meta-post-WikiLeaks… Menopause-we-gleeks… damn.
There are solutions to this problem. For instance, you can avoid Facebook, stop posting on Twitter and shut down your blog. But where's the fun in that? If there's no Twitter then there's no hilariosity from Barry Zito. And of course no blogging means no RSBS. Heaven forbid!
Of course there's always the simple solution. Don't allow jackwads like Julian Assange and Bradley Manning access to your stuff, especially if it's secret.
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They should be happy that Julian didn't deploy any of his Sweden "seduction" techniques during the stay.
Love that video! The scary thing is there are times when I say something really stupid in my house (OK, a lot of times) and I look around and go, "I'm really glad we don't have cameras recording this."


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I've got another challenge entry!
If you've been around Clumps of Mascara for quick lil' minute, you know that I LOVE doing beauty challenges with my fellow beauty bloggin' sisters. I participated in the 80's challenge, a Politically Pretty challenge, A Women's History Month challenge and now it's time to break out and do somethin' from the 90's.
I am SUCH a 90's baby, yall. Granted I was born in '85 but I don't remember anything about the '80's. I was a Spice Girl lovin', Family Matters' watchin', Giga Pet havin' kid of the 90's. And I am proud! A great deal of my older friend love picking for being so young but hey…I am a 90's baby…and therefore I am cool.
The end…
My girl Amina over at Coup de Coeur spearheaded this challenge and she requested that we do looks inspired from 90's girl groups. Dude, I didn't even know where to begin because I LOVE so many. But I wanted to go with a group whose music I not only loved but thought that their images were somehow similar to mine—or vice versa.
I chose…
Now in case you aren't familiar with the dynamic harmonization that is Zhané, pronounced Jah-Nay, check out the video.
One of my college girls and I would sit and sing this song over and over. We could have been the next Zhané. Oh y'all didn't know I could sing? Well uh…I try, I try. Teheheeee.
The ladies of Zhané have beautiful features that are never overdone with make-up. Did you watch the video? They have a bronzed look with brown lips. Their brows are defined with very little action goin' on in the eye department. I tried to do the same but added my own little POP to it.
NARS Albatross highlighter (browbone)
MAC Cocobeach pigment (lid)
Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero
L'Oreal Voluminous mascara
Cargo Bronzer in Dark
MAC Chestnut lip pencil
Kiss My Face Sheer Organic shine in Topaz
They are earthy ladies and since nature seems to hate me (see why in a post coming soon), I had to use my fake tree to get in on the action.
I am a M-E-S-S. But I had such a good time strollin' down memory lane and….playing in fake trees.
Rock on, ladies. And may the 90's live forever!!


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I hope Radeon HD38X0 won't be the last good cards from ATI.
Advanced Micro Devices revealed during its Analyst Day that it has no plans to release a new family of graphics processing units (GPUs) in 2008, as planned. The decision seems to support the general plan to cut capital expenditures in order to return to profitability, but pose a lot of threat to performance of the firm's graphics product group, the former ATI Technologies.
Rick Bergman, who is senior vice president and general manager of AMD graphics products group (GPG), did not talk about long-term future of the former ATI business, the Radeon GPUs; but concentrated on talking about current achievements of AMD/ATI, ATI CrossFire X technology as well as products of not-too-distant future, namely ATI R680, ATI RV620 and ATI RV635.
Nevertheless, Mario Rivas, who is executive vice president of computing solutions group revealed in his presentation that the code-named ATI R700-family of products will only be available in 2009.
Apparently, AMD's next-generation Leo platform, the successor of current Spider platform, will only feature code-named ATI R6xx (ATI Radeon HD 2000-series and ATI Radeon HD 3000-series graphics cards) graphics adapters. The AMD Leo platform is due in 2008, whereas its successor – the so-called AMD Leo Refresh platform – that is scheduled to arrive in 2009 will sport code-named ATI R7xx graphics cards. In addition, ATI R700-series graphics will be featured with Kodiak and Cartwheel platforms, which are also scheduled to debut in 2009.
Earlier this year AMD's Rick Bergman said that Leo platform will have a new core-logic (AMD RD800-series) as well as "a new high-end GPU family as well". But AMD decided not to release its AMD RD800-series chipsets in 2008 as well as the new GPU family. As a consequence, the new platform for enthusiasts will have to rely on AMD 780-/790-series chipsets as well as ATI Radeon HD 3800 X2 graphics boards, the currently available technology. Basically, the key feature of Leo platforms seems to be AMD Phenom processor made using 45nm process technology with build-in DDR3 memory controller.
Even though with DirectX 10.1-supporting graphics processing units (GPUs) available ATI/AMD does not need to update feature-set of its graphics chips until the new Microsoft Windows operating system with new DirectX 11 comes out, AMD tremendously needs to increase performance of its GPUs dramatically in order to stay competitive in general and in the high-end high-margin segment in particular. Without ATI R700, AMD will have to offer its graphics products only in the price-sensitive markets, as it happens presently due to the fact that Nvidia Corp. captured the whole market of graphics cards that cost 400 and upwards. If Nvidia releases a new family of GPUs in 2008, AMD will have to withdraw even from the markets where it does compete now.
The reasons behind the delay of ATI R700 are unclear, but are believed to be related to AMD's intention to cut down the research and development (R&D) expenses. The consequences of the decision may be dramatic, if not fatal, to AMD's graphics product group, as state-of-the-art graphics technologies not only enable graphics cards that retail for the price as high as $849, but also open the door to video game consoles, which sell in hundreds of millions quantities.


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"Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 pts against the NY Knicks as the Philadelphia Warriors defeat the NY Knicks 169-147. It would become the highest individual scoring performance by a player in an NBA game. Not only did Chamberlain set the record for most points but also set a record for most free throws made.The game wasn't televised and there were only 4,124 people in attendance."
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May 15, 2001
| Springfield - The dialogue
may be straight from the 1970s "Six Million Dollar Man" television
series. But the vision is thoroughly modern.
Several months ago, the State Board of Education's Rob Sampson and Western Illinois University's Linda Tomlinson looked at the state's teacher certification entitlement system. 'We have the technology, we can rebuild it,'" Tomlinson said.
And they have.
Sampson, division administrator for the State Board's Certification division, and Tomlinson, Western's certification officer and Special Education Dept Chair, are piloting a new electronic entitlement system that puts state teaching certificates in future teachers' hands in two to three days, instead of four to six weeks.
Sampson envisions the day when prospective teachers will be able to apply for their certificates using hand-held computers while walking down the street, he said. But until then the program being piloted is almost as revolutionary.
"This is another example of the work the State Board is doing to streamline and improve the process of becoming a teacher," said State Superintendent Glenn W. McGee.
"As we address the growing teacher shortage, we must make the profession as attractive as possible, and easing the move into the classroom for new teachers is one good way to do that," he said.
Sampson teamed in March with Tomlinson, whose university prepares several hundred prospective teachers annually.
"(Sampson) was doing the best he could, and we were doing the best we could, but we were hearing that it just wasn't good enough…(that) there's got to be a better way," Tomlinson said.
The current system requires universities to notify the State Board that future teachers have completed their preparation and are "entitled" to a certificate pending the completion of an application and payment of fees through a regional office of education.
After receiving entitlement notification from the universities, the State Board awaits paperwork and fees to arrive from a regional office of education where the student has chosen to make application.
These future teachers then forward their paperwork to a Regional Office of Education, which processes the fees and forwards more paperwork to the State Board.
The State Board gets paperwork from a Regional Office, then prints out and mails teaching certificates back to the Regional Office, which then sends them along to the students.
The whole procedure can take four to six weeks depending on how quickly the student works and the speed of the mail service, Sampson said.
In the new system, the university - Western Illinois in this case, as partner of the pilot project - electronically notifies the State Board that a student is eligible for certification; helps the student complete the application; collects the appropriate fee; and ships the paperwork overnight to the State Board, which then prints certificates and mails them immediately to students.
The teacher then registers the new certificate with a Regional Office and is ready to begin teaching.
So far, the pilot has worked very well, Tomlinson said. "I think the fact that we're saving students so much time is the best part of this," said Tomlinson, whose university files 400 to 450 entitlements each year.
The State Board prints about 7,000 certificates for new teachers annually. The new system, if eventually implemented statewide, would save a tremendous amount of time and paperwork, Sampson said.
The pilot is slated to continue through July and if all goes well, Sampson said he would like to expand it. He has recently heard that other universities and regional superintendents also want to participate, Sampson said.


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Man admits purse snatchings, drug habit
Officer connected car to purse snatching incident
A Madison man admitted to police he snatched purses and was supporting a heroin habit after an officer connected the man's car to a theft incident, according to Madison police.
An officer said he spotted a car pulling into a West Badger Road liquor store Monday night with license plates that matched the plates of a getaway car used in a purse snatching at a Walmart on Watts Road Monday afternoon.
A 60-year-old Madison woman's wallet was taken while she left her shopping cart unattended. Police said a store security spotted Justin O. McCarthy, 35, take the wallet from her purse and provided police with a description of the man, description of his car, and license plate information.
The security officer told police it was the same man who had taken a shopper's wallet in October.
McCarthy denied wrongdoing, but admitted guilt when officers told him about eyewitnesses and surveillance videos.
Police found heroin and drug paraphernalia in McCarthy's car after a K-9 responded to the scene. McCarthy admitted to police he had a heroin habit.
Police also believe McCarthy was involved in copper thefts in the area.
He was arrested on suspicion of two counts of theft, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Global Climate Change
ACS Position Statement
"Careful and comprehensive scientific assessments have clearly demonstrated that the Earth's climate system is changing in response to growing atmospheric burdens of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and absorbing aerosol particles." (IPCC, 2007) "Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for—and in many cases is already affecting—a broad range of human and natural systems." (NRC, 2010a) "The potential threats are serious and actions are required to mitigate climate change risks and to adapt to deleterious climate change impacts that probably cannot be avoided." (NRC, 2010b, c)
This statement reviews key probable climate change impacts and recommends actions required to mitigate or adapt to current and anticipated consequences.
Climate Change Impacts
The Earth's climate is the product of complex, highly dynamic, and often nonlinear, interactions among physical, chemical, and biological processes occurring at many scales in the atmosphere; at terrestrial, fresh water and marine surfaces; and in the depths of the oceans and landforms. While recent research advances in Earth systems science have greatly strengthened our understanding of prior and current climate properties and processes, our ability to quantitatively predict how the future climate will respond to continued and increasing greenhouse-gas and fine-particle emissions is still limited. Even more limited is our ability to precisely predict how the Earth's ecological and human systems will respond to climate changes.
However, comprehensive scientific assessments of our current and potential future climates clearly indicate that climate change is real, largely attributable to emissions from human activities, and potentially a very serious problem. This sober conclusion has been recently reconfirmed by an in-depth set of studies focused on "America's Climate Choices" (ACC) conducted by the U.S. National Academies (NRC, 2010a, b, c, d). The ACC studies, performed by independent and highly respected teams of scientists, engineers, and other skilled professionals, reached the same general conclusions that were published in the latest comprehensive assessment conducted by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007). Recently, some errors in the IPCC (2007) reports have been acknowledged and questions about the transparency of the IPCC process have been raised. An independent review by the InterAcademy Council (IAC), a collaboration of the world's leading national science academies, found "that the IPCC assessment process has been successful overall and has served society well," and that "through its unique partnership between scientists and governments, the IPCC has heightened public awareness of climate change, raised the level of scientific debate, and influenced the science agendas of many nations." (IAC, 2010) The IAC also recommended managerial and procedural improvements that would strengthen future assessments.
The range of observed and potential climate change impacts identified by the ACC assessment include a warmer climate with more extreme weather events, significant sea level rise, more constrained fresh water sources, deterioration or loss of key land and marine ecosystems, and reduced food resources— many of which may pose serious public health threats. (NRC, 2010a) The effects of an unmitigated rate of climate change on key Earth system components, ecological systems, and human society over the next 50 years are likely to be severe and possibly irreversible on century time scales.
Successfully addressing the challenges of global, regional, and local climate change requires enhanced understanding of Earth system dynamics at many scales. Climate change is a very complex phenomenon involving the coupled physical, chemical, and biological processes affecting the atmosphere, land and fresh water surfaces, and the oceans. (NRC, 2010a) The United States has been a leader in Earth system and climate change research, and, after a reduction in support at mid-decade, federal funding has recently increased. This enhanced research funding is required to support increased activities addressing a range of vital topics, including atmospheric chemistry, dynamics and radiative transport; cloud and aerosol chemistry and physics; ocean biogeochemistry and dynamics; glacial, ice cap and sea ice dynamics; hydrology; terrestrial and ocean ecology; soil microbiology; multi-scale Earth system modeling and other key disciplines. The ability to quantify trends in climate parameters and resulting impacts on geological and ecological systems at relevant scales will require the enhancement and maintenance of sophisticated Earth observation satellites as well as comprehensive in situ atmospheric, oceanic, and ecological sensor systems. Earth systems research must thoroughly investigate the rate, extent, and consequences of changing ocean acidity (NRC, 2010e) and to evaluate the effectiveness and consequences of geoengineering schemes to manipulate solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface and to remove and sequester greenhouse gases from emissions streams or the ambient atmosphere.
However, the research challenge is not only to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the Earth systems that create and respond to climate, but to develop the scientific understanding necessary for society to develop, evaluate, and wisely adopt strategies capable of mitigating drastic climate change and to adapt to the inevitable climate changes that are already occurring and will evolve before successful mitigation strategies can be effective. Thus, "climate research needs to be integrative and interdisciplinary," encompassing many societal components and activities that are profoundly influenced by climate, including fresh water resources, agriculture; fisheries and food production, public health, transportation, the built environment, energy production and use, and economic well-being. (NRC, 2010a)
Recommendation 1a
Maintain robust and uninterrupted federal funding for a comprehensive U.S. Earth systems research program to better define and document current and predict future impacts of climate change on local, regional, national and global scales. Cooperation and collaboration with other nations on both a wide-ranging Earth systems research agenda and the maintenance and enhancement of necessary Earth observing systems that detect and track key climate parameters should be emphasized.
Recommendation 1b
Expand the current U.S. climate research program to more fully investigate the interactions of Earth systems with vital societal systems' components and activities. The aim is to better inform the systematic analyses required to develop and evaluate potential climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and to measure the effectiveness and consequences of implemented policies.
It is unquestioned that greenhouse gas emissions and levels have been increasing over the past 150 years, as fossil fuels have become the dominant fuels worldwide. Although we cannot precisely predict the effects on the earth's climate, scientific consensus expects increased global temperatures resulting in adverse consequences throughout much of the world. Even in the face of uncertainty, the most prudent action by the United States and other nations is to minimize greenhouse gas emissions using current technologies to avert the most severe projected effects of climate change while also gaining the benefits of reduced fossil fuel combustion (NRC, 2010b).
Transportation and electricity generation account for almost three quarters of the carbon dioxide generated in the United States and thus should be a focus for reducing emissions. Opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector include enhanced fuel economy for on- and off-road vehicles and more convenient and available mass transit. Adopting non-combustion energy sources based on solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind, tidal power, or nuclear energy can reduce carbon dioxide emissions produced by fossil fuel combustion for electricity generation. Nuclear generation of electrical power is already technologically mature, but issues of fuel diversion prevention, spent fuel disposal, and power plant security hinder the expansion of this technology. Conservation of energy can be accomplished through better insulated, more efficiently heated and cooled buildings and more efficient lighting—often at reduced life cycle cost. However, a complete life cycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts—as well as the potential costs, savings, and safety concerns of each alternative energy source—must be objectively evaluated before large-scale adoption.
Fossil-fueled electrical power generation systems may also be part of carbon dioxide reduction strategies if effective and economic means to sequester carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion or advanced coal processing are developed. Successful efforts to reduce petroleum and natural gas consumption through conservation or sustainable-fuel substitution will not only reduce net carbon dioxide emissions, but also reduce reliance on fuel sources that are increasingly insecure for both economic and geopolitical reasons. Reduced reliance on traditional combustion-driven energy systems will also contribute to both better air quality and reduced acidification of the ocean. Many opportunities also exist to reduce non-carbon dioxide greenhouse emissions—including biogenic methane from landfills, agriculture, and other land-use practices—and biogenic nitrous oxide from agricultural and non-agricultural fertilizer use, air pollutant deposition, and waste disposal. Enhanced research in the fields of energy efficiency and conservation, alternative and renewable energy sources, climate change adaptation, pollution prevention, and carbon sequestration will also support other important national goals: energy security, economic prosperity, and environmental protection.
Recommendation 2a
The United States should develop a portfolio of subsidies, tax, regulatory, and other incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and allow advanced energy technologies, as they mature, to operate on an even playing field with current energy sources. "A carbon pricing strategy is a critical foundation of the policy portfolio for limiting future climate change. It creates incentives for cost-effective reduction of GHGs and provides the basis for innovation and a sustainable market for renewable resources" (NRC, 2010b). This carbon-pricing strategy should take into consideration the full life-cycle costs and sustainability implications of the carbon effects from various energy options. The United States should also work closely with all major greenhouse-gas emitter nations to secure their commitment to similar greenhouse-gas emission reductions.
Recommendation 2b
The United States should significantly raise its public and private sector investments in technologies to mitigate climate change through economically viable energy conservation, sustainable fuel substitution for fossil fuels, carbon sequestration, and non-fossil fuel based energy sources with significantly reduced life cycle impacts on the environment. The following key actions should be included:
- Encouragement to share best practices for business and industry using private sector funding for development of enhanced low-emission, energy technologies and energy-efficient processes—especially since many of these are cost effective. Encouragement of additional venture funding to commercialize new energy-efficient technologies. The growing international demand for advanced, sustainable energy and energy-efficient process technologies in both developed and developing countries represents a major market that U.S. based companies should make every effort to serve, reaping economic benefits for themselves and environmental benefits for everyone.
- Comprehensive evaluation of the life cycle environmental, health, safety, economic and social impacts of new and existing technologies and processes before and during new technology implementation to ensure they help solve climate change issues without creating unanticipated problems.
- Enhanced federal R&D funding to develop both innovative energy sources with low net greenhouse gas emission and energy-efficient technologies and processes for the industrial, agricultural and transportation sectors.
- Federal government revaluation of subsidies and tax, regulatory and other incentives to allow advanced energy technologies, as they mature, to operate on an even playing field with current energy sources.
The current levels of long-lived atmospheric greenhouse gases and the levels of increased CO2 and heat absorbed by the world's oceans ensure that the climate will almost certainly continue to increase for decades, even if greenhouse gas and absorbing particle emissions are scaled back to more sustainable levels (IPCC, 2007; NRC, 2010a; 2010c). Thus, our nation and the world must be prepared to adapt to changes in water supplies, agricultural productivity, severe weather patterns, sea-level rise, ocean acidification and ecosystem viabilities.
The enhanced research and development activities called for in Recommendations 1a and 1b, above, will help us better predict the circumstances to which we must adapt. Additional research will be needed to understand how to enable society to survive and thrive under new climate conditions. In cooperation with local, state and regional government, community, business, environmental and academic leaders the federal government will need to develop a collaborative national climate change adaptation strategy (NRC, 2010d). The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has issued a progress report on the progress of a federal interagency task force charged to recommend actions to support a national climate change adaptation strategy (CEQ, 2010).
Recommendation 3a
Collaboration at every level of government and with other nations should be encouraged to assess current and probable future climate change impacts at local, state, regional, national and global scales and to share ways to successfully cope with climate change effects.
Recommendation 3b
Local, state, and regional entities should identify relevant climate change threats and develop and evaluate appropriate adaptation strategies that meet the needs of their communities. The federal government, working collaboratively with local, state, and regional governments and appropriate stakeholders, should integrate these adaptation strategies into a national climate change adaptation strategy.
As described above, climate science is highly complex, requiring a multi-temporal and multi-spatial understanding of the interrelationships of intricate chemical, physical, and biological systems. Evaluating policy alternatives requires an understanding of engineering trade-offs associated with risk, life-cycle, and cost-benefit analyses. Decisions involve many factors beyond climate science, including economics, social values, competing priorities, and the risk of uncertainty. Climate change education requires a risk-management approach that integrates diverse and complicated disciplines to account for the inherent uncertainties about the timing, likelihood, and severity of the impacts, as well as the human dimensions that greatly influence making decisions. As described by the Climate Literacy Guide (USGRP, 2009), a climate-literate person
- understands the essential principles of Earth's climate system,
- knows how to assess scientifically credible information about climate,
- communicates about climate and climate change in a meaningful way, and
- is able to make informed and responsible decisions with regard to actions that may affect climate.
To make informed decisions, people need a basic understanding of the causes, likelihood, and severity of the impacts of climate change, and the range, cost, and efficacy of different options to limit or adapt. Transparency, accountability, and fairness in the measurement, reporting, and verification of data on climate change risks and vulnerabilities, sources of GHG emissions, and climate policy are priorities. Climate educators and communicators at all levels of society should set a tone of respect for diverse perspectives and an open and honest consideration of the implications of various responses to climate change. When discussion moves from core scientific concepts to more complex issues involving societal values, students should learn how to engage in responsible, respectful discourse and debate, as well as critical thinking and analysis skills (NRC, 2010d).
Climate change education for the public is essential to informed rational personal choices. Informal science education can play a critical role in reaching broad and diverse audiences and is well situated to help improve public climate change awareness, understanding, and informed decision-making.
As thought leaders in their communities, public institutions such as schools, museums, and universities must take a lead role in demonstrating sustainable technologies and reducing their own emissions footprint. In an era of decreasing financial resources, such investment can also pay significant dividends in reducing the cost of education. Properly implemented, these initiatives provide living laboratories for students, teachers, parents, and the broader public to explore, learn, and understand what sustainability means and how this relates to reducing the risk of climate change.
Recommendation 4a
Develop a national strategy to support climate change education and communication that both involves students, technical professionals, public servants and the general public, as well as being integrated with state and local initiatives. A national climate education act could serve as a catalyzing agent to reinvigorate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education across the nation. Such a strategy should include an integrated approach to sustainability education that connects science with social science, risk management, and economic issues. Such a policy must also include integrated support for informal science education.
Recommendation 4b
Provide federal support to facilitate the implementation of green and sustainable technologies that transform our educational environment. Specific supported activities should include efforts to recover or retain green space, retrofit programs to enhance energy efficiency or encourage the use of sustainable energy technologies, conservation of water resources, the use of renewable resources, and other efforts that reduce greenhouse gas emissions (including emissions from electrical power generation, heating, commuting, and air travel).
2. Daily, G.C., et al., 2000, The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value, Science 289, 395-396.
3. IAC, 2010, Climate Change Assessments, Review of the Processes & Procedures of the IPCC, InterAcademy Council]
5. NRC, 2010a, Advancing the Science of Climate Change, National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
6. NRC, 2010b, Limiting the Magnitude of Climate Change, National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
7. NRC, 2010c, Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change, National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
8. NRC, 2010d, Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change, National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
9. NRC, 2010e, Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean, National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
Position in Brief
- Reviews the science and recommends action on reducing greenhouse gases as well as climate change adaptation strategies
- Encourages continued research and funding into the effects of climate change, while also emphasizing the importance of educating the public on the issue
Recent Actions
- ACS Joins Scientific Societies in Climate Change Letter to Congress (6/16)
- ACS Joins Scientific Societies in Climate Change Letter to Congress (11/15)
- ACS supports Markey Amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (7/15)
- ACS President Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt's Response to Pope Francis' Letter on Climate Change (6/15)
- ACS Joins Scientific Societies in Supporting Climate Research (3/15)
- ACS Supports Climate Science Research Riders (2/15)


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The Streetsboro, Ohio, Police Department has shared a child's adorable apology while also reminding residents about a serious issue.
The message was written in what appeared to be blue highlighter and was featured on the department's Facebook page over the weekend.
It read:
"Dear Officer,
I'm really sorry I called you for no reason. Thank you for NOT taking me to jail. I'm really sorry and WON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN I PROMISE."
The child had accidentally called 911 from a disconnected cellphone.
"Cellphones, even without service or minutes, will still make calls to 911. Parents, please be aware of this, in the event you let your child play with your old phone," the department wrote.
Streetsboro police also said they appreciated the letter.


text: Today was my first attempt giving ds solids. I mashed up a banana and tried to help him get a little in his mouth. I put some on my finger but he just sucked on in. How do they figure out the difference and realize they can't just suck to get those solids in. He will make chewing motions when he watches us eat so I know he can.