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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (228 votes).
In short: The prettiest and most enjoyable 10k in the calendarDate of review: October 14, 2016
In short: Inspiring, challenging, well organised In full: Just brilliant. Every time. I was gutted not to run this year 2015 due to dodgy knee but being part of the crowd and seeing the kids races and cheering from the sidelines was very inspiring too. Really top event for all the family. You deserve the credit of being best 10k and your efforts are very much appreciated. can't wait for next year!Date of review: October 11, 2015
In short: A very good well organised event.In full: The race is multi terrain taking you from roads to woodlands etc. The support was great with a brass band playing. There are some hilly parts but not to bad. The medal at the end was very good indeed with thought placed behind it. A person dressed as a monkey handed out bananas at the end of the race :-/ and all I can say is I'll be back next year, thanks!Date of review: November 7, 2011
In short: Great atmosphere with a challenging run that isn't good for a PB since the course gets narrow at times and passing becomes difficult quite frequently so just go ahead and run it cause it's a great raceDate of review: November 3, 2011
In short: Fabulous race - leaves you with a nice warm feeling :O) In full: My 2nd time running this race - loved it last year, loved it this year! It takes you through wonderful trails - some gentle hills to test you but nothing awful. And the organisation is great - really friendly, the marshalls are fabulous and the spectators are very encouraging. Nice goody bag and the gorilla with the bananas at the finish puts a smile on your face. A definite for the race calendar. Date of review: November 2, 2011
Date of review: October 30, 2011
In short: Great route and well organisedIn full: I thoroughly enjoyed myself!! Fantastic staged start prevented bottlenecking along narrow parts of the course. Brilliant marshalls and a few cheering crowds helped us along. Nice goody bag too.Date of review: October 29, 2011
Date of review: October 28, 2011
In short: Well organised race, with a variety of road and trail through the local woodland, will be doing it again next year.Date of review: October 26, 2011
In short: My first 10k since a kidney transplant. Needed a friendly inclusive event and that's just what it was.In full: Date of review: October 24, 2011
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Take time to smell the…coffee
As a mother, it can be difficult to stay positive at times.
When I'm trying to clean up another mess, while the dog chews up a favorite sandal, and the baby wants me to hold his booger, I can sometimes lose sight of the things in my life for which I am grateful.
I recently heard a friend talking about keeping a Gratitude Journal. Every night before bed, she writes down five things that she is grateful for no matter how big or small. Doing this helps her switch the focus from the negative to the positive and gives her a new appreciation for the simple blessings in her life. I'm going to be honest. When I decided to give this a try tonight, I had a hard time coming up with five things. Once I got started, though, I could have gone on forever…
1. I'm thankful that my children are healthy. Even though Houston, age two, has a cold and is getting snot all over my furniture.
2. One of the kids told me I was pretty today. I'm grateful that they didn't mention my jiggly thighs this time.
3. Starbucks. What?! I feel gratitude when I'm drinking my skinny cinnamon dolce!
4. Wegmans. Because when I have to go to Walmart, I am more than grateful to get out of there!
5. That I'm able to stay home with my children. All. The. Time.
6. That my husband doesn't care that my pajamas don't match - when he comes home for lunch.
7. Cotton Candy ice cream. (See jiggly thighs)
8. The sound of Logan's laugh.
9. That Ethan, even at ten years old, still likes to cuddle.
10. Taking naps with my two youngest.
11. A good book.
12. Puppies!
See? I told you I was on a roll! Writing in a gratitude journal might not be something I do every day. But I do have to admit, for a few minutes I had a smile on my face thinking about all the simple things in my life. I truly am blessed!
What 5 simple things are you grateful for today? You can come share them Here

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Job Corps Academy Enrollment Freeze Is Lifted
CASSADAGA – Job Corps throughout the United States have received news that the enrollment freeze imposed on Jan. 28 has been lifted. There are about 125 centers nationwide, 97 managed by private contractors and 28 through the Department of Agriculture (US Forestry Service).
Locally, this action impacts Cassadaga Job Corps Academy. The Cassadaga Center is run by a contractor, Career Development System Corporation.
A short statement issued by the center to the press said in part, "In the coming weeks we expect to see new students arriving to begin training that will help them secure a brighter future. The Academy welcomes the opportunity to resume student enrollments and working towards rebuilding to full capacity. At the current time there are approximately 150 students at the Academy training in their career pathways. The Academy will be aiming to build back up to 215 students, which is full capacity."
The site employs about 120 people.
The office of U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, released the following statement: "Cassadaga Job Corps provides our local youth with valuable job training programs so that our future workforce is equipped with the skills that are in demand. We've been supportive of their work and had an opportunity to tour the Chautauqua County facility and see firsthand the important role Cassadaga's Job Corps plays in our local economy. The announcement that the enrollment freeze ended early is encouraging news to the students, their families, and the community as a whole."
Nevertheless, questions remain.
When the freeze was put into effect, the reason given by the federal Department of Labor was a need to achieve savings. The Job Corps office reported a $39 million shortfall for program year 2011 and a $61.5 million shortfall in program year 2012.
A hearing of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety held on March 12 and chaired by Senator Robert P. Casey Jr., D-Pa., heard testimony from Jane Oates, assistant secretary of employment and training administration from the U.S. Department of Labor; Antoine Dixon, national director of Job Corps for the U.S. Forest Service (a federal agency that operates 28 centers); and Elliot Lewis, assistant inspector general for audit, from the Labor Department. The three officials were questioned by Sens. Casey, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah; Johnny Isakson, D-Ga.; and Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
In her testimony, Oates admitted the shortfall wasn't immediately recognized, but pointed out that numbers for the program year are not available until after the year. She also detailed the review of the options undertaken and cuts that had been made to reduce costs – including cutting of stipends paid to the students, reduction of separation pay, changes in clothing allowance, changes to leases, and centralizing the vehicles used by centers.
She also indicated that contracts with the operators were being renegotiated.
Testimony by Lewis indicated that several audits were under way. He also explained that there had been previous audits which indicated problems with oversight and with the contractors themselves. For example, the conclusion reached in one audit of several centers dealing with procurement was "none of the operators received the best value for the $17 million expended."
Another audit found deficiencies in contractors' reports of training related placement. Specifically, 18 percent of 17,000 placements did not relate to or were poorly related to the career training the students received.
A report on the lifting of the enrollment freeze from the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader and appearing on Casey's website said that Casey is still looking for more information.
"There are still many unresolved issues to ensure that financial management is improved and the highly successful Job Corps program can serve our communities effectively and efficiently." Casey is quoted as saying.
A spokesperson in Casey's office confirmed that agreements with the contractors are being renegotiated. He recommended contacting the U.S. Department of Labor for further information.
In a statement issued at the time of the freeze, Ann M. Anderson, academic director of the Cassadaga Job Corps Academy, said, "We first want our community supporters to know that we have operated this academy with integrity and efficiency, remaining on or slightly under budget through this entire contract period. We have already experienced two enrollment freezes in the past eight months and despite this have operated at 99 percent of our contracted capacity over a 12-month period."
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., was critical of the enrollment freeze claiming it unfairly punished successful centers and students in Western New York. His office was reached asking for comment on the lifting of the freeze and the shortfall. No statement has yet been received.
Contacted recently, Adam Dolce, business and community liaison, said he could not comment on renegotiation of the contracts because it affects more than just the Cassadaga Center. He also recommended contacting the Department of Labor and provided contact information.
Contacted by email, the Region 1 Director for Public Affairs, for the U.S. Department of Labor, which includes New York, indicated he received the request for information, that he was forwarding it to Washington and that he would relay the information back when received. In addition, he noted there was a fire in the Francis Perkins Building in Washington that might impact the response time.
Meanwhile Cassadaga Job Corps Academy is now able to take new enrollments.
Those interested should call Mike Pietrkiewicz at 595-4298.
Tours are conducted every Thursday at 10 a.m. or by appointment.


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1/29/2013 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
1/29/2013 (3 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: Year of Faith, Catechism of the Catholic Church, John Meehan, sin, redemption, Christ, Jesus, Catholic Church, Grace
HOOKSET, NH (Catholic Online) - The Catholic Church proclaims the whole of salvation history: Creation, the Fall, and Redemption: "In love you created man, in justice you condemned him, and in mercy you redeemed him, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord" (Preface, Weekdays II).
Sin entered human history by way of Adam and Eve: "In their hearts they put God to the test" (Ps 78:18). The personal sins of Adam and Eve resulted from free-willed acts, not from Creation: "According to faith, the disorder [in the human heart] we notice so painfully does not stem from the nature of man and woman, nor from the nature of their relations, but from sin" (Catechism, no. 1607). The disobedience of Adam and Eve was "an abuse of the freedom that God gives to created persons so that they are capable of loving him and of loving one another" (Catechism, no. 387).
From the very moment of his or her conception in the womb, Original Sin and its horrific effects are transmitted to a human being. This transmission is by propagation, not by imitation: "For indeed, I was born in sin; guilt was with me already when my mother conceived me" (Ps 51:6).
Except for Jesus of Nazareth and, by an extraordinary act of redemption, his Immaculate Mother Mary, every person is born into sin and death. This is so because, as mentioned, Adam and Eve propagate Original Sin and its grim consequences in and through their progeny: "All have left the right path, depraved, every one: there is not a good man left, no not even one" (Ps 14:2-3). Once again, to every single person conceived in the womb of his or her mother, the Mystery of Iniquity is transmitted: "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone" (Lk 18:19).
In 1952, Pope Pius XII declared that the sin of the modern era is the mistaken idea that there is no such thing as sin. His successor, Pope Benedict XVI, commented on this lamentable state:Â "It is precisely the existence of sin that modern man is unable to take seriously. Because of this rejection of sin, no one is directly touched today by the Gospel claim that the evidence of Jesus' divine nature is based on his power to forgive sins. Most people do not explicitly deny the existence of God, but they do not believe that he is of any importance in the realm of human life. Hardly anyone seriously thinks nowadays that men's wrong actions may concern God so much that he regards them as sinful and offensive to him, with the result that such sins must be forgiven by him alone."
Thus, the Catechism of the Catholic Church is quite explicit when it comes to the existence of sin:Â Sin is present in human history; any attempt to ignore it or to give this dark reality other names would be futile.Only the light of Divine Revelation clarifies the reality of sin and particularly of the sin committed at mankind's origins. Without the knowledge Revelation gives of God, WE CANNOT RECOGNIZE SIN CLEARLY AND ARE TEMPTED TO EXPLAIN IT AS MERELY A DEVELOPMENTAL FLAW, A PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAKNESS, A MISTAKE, OR THE CONSEQUENCE OF AN INADEQUATE SOCIAL STRUCTURE, ETC. (Catechism, no. 386)
In a radical way, Original Sin changed the love-relationship between God and his human creatures, introducing a different kind of divine-human relationship. This new relationship was based on justice alone, not free-willed love: "If you, O Lord, laid bare our guilt, who could stand it?" (Ps 129:3).
Later on in salvation history, the Mosaic Covenant restored somewhat the fallen creature's relationship with God. Still, it remained a relationship based on justice, tempered by the forgiveness of God:Â I made my sin known to you; I did not conceal my guilt. I said, "I shall confess my offense to the Lord." And you, for your part, took away my guilt, forgave my sin. That is why each of your faithful ones prays to you in time of distress (Ps 32:5-6).
Jesus of Nazareth pointed out the specific locale of sinful acts - the human heart: "He had knowledge of them all, and did not need assurances about any man, because he could read men's hearts" (Jn 2:25). The Lord knows only too well the hidden operations of one's inmost being: "Why do you think evil in your hearts?" (Mt 9:4).
Sacred scripture describes the hidden waywardness of the heart this way: The heart is more devious than any other thing, and is depraved; who can pierce its secrets? I, the Lord, search the heart, test the motives, and give each person what his conduct and his actions deserve   (Jr 17:10).
The God-Man exposed the source of sinful activities when he said, "Can your speech be good when you are evil? For words flow out of what fills the heart" (Mt 12:34). Hence, he gave his followers this instruction: What comes from within people? From their hearts come evil thoughts, unchastity, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly (Mk 7:21-23)Â Â Â .
Ignoring or casting aside the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth not only leads to a loss of the sense of sin but "empties the Cross of Christ of its meaning" (1 Co 1:17).
Original Sin weakened the disposition of every human being to be loved by God and, in turn, disoriented the free-willed power to love him above all else: "Sin speaks to the sinner in the depths of his heart" (Ps 36:3). As a result, the dire effects of Original Sin brought selfish desires, disorderly affections, and unstable emotions to human existence. A dysfunctional inner life, then, is one consequence of the Fall: "Pleasure is preceded by a certain appetite which is felt in the flesh, like a craving, such as hunger and thirst. That generative appetite is most commonly identified with the name, 'lust,' though this is the generic word for all desires" (Saint Augustine).
Since Adam and Eve, respectively, sinned as male and as female, the penalties for their personal sins have been passed on to every particular male and every particular female. Adam desired Eve instead of God and, thereby, lost control over his sexual nature. That loss subjects males to lust after the organs of generation. Eve desired herself instead of God and, thereby, lost control over herself. That loss subjects all females to lust after themselves: vanity.
Furthermore, rather than accuse themselves before God, Adam and Eve made excuses to God. Adam said, "The woman whom you put here with me - she gave me fruit from the tree so I ate" (Gn 3:12). Thus, males are prone to caving into females which is the origin of "wimpiness." Eve, on the other hand, said, "The serpent trucked me into it, so I ate it" (Gn 3:13) Hence, females are prone to mis-speak the truth.
Finally, fueled by self-exaltation, Original Sin is nothing else than despising the authority of God and, consequently, all authority. Thus, males and females, each in their own way, enter fallen human existence as selfish and disobedient persons.
Yet, sacred scripture makes no mention of an essential change in human nature. The vitality of human nature, not its integrity, was lost. Although the cohesion of human nature and, therefore, the unity within the human heart disappeared, the impulse to do good and be good did not: Which one of you would hand your son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you, then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him (Mt 12:35).
Nevertheless, the bulk of human history has followed the path of Adam and Eve and their first offspring, Cain and Abel. Individually and communally, that historical path is a well-worn track of inner discord and social strife. Common experience, in fact, agrees with sacred scripture: "The flesh lusts against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh; the two are directly opposed" (Ga 5:17).
The Catechism explains the actual cause of this opposition:Â Because man is composite, spirit and body, there already exists a certain tension in him; a certain struggle of tendencies between "spirit" and "flesh" develops. But, in fact, this struggle belongs to the inheritance of sin. It is a consequence of sin and, at the same time, a confirmation of it. It is part of the daily experience (Catechism, no. 2516).
John D. Meehan has been involved in the lay apostolate of the Catholic Church since the close of the Second Vatican Council. He resides in New Hampshire with his lovely wife Elizabeth.Â
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May 16, 2005 WIC Update
SUBJECT: Formula Approvals Week of May 23 - 27, 2005
SUBJECT: Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program Federal Fiscal Year 2006
- State WIC office staff who normally approves exempt formula requests will be out of the office May 23rd through May 27th attending the National WIC Conference in St. Louis. During this week, the LWP Nutritionist or Registered Dietitian (RD) has permission to approve the formula for 1 month only. They should follow up with a phone call or email message to D'Anne Ward or Kathy Mertzlufft by May 31. LWPs who do not have a nutritionist or RD on staff may call the State WIC Office at 1-800-392-8209 for assistance.
- If your agency is interested in participating in the Federal Fiscal Year 2006 BFPC program, please read the attached letter and complete the application form, and return it to Kathy Mertzlufft at firstname.lastname@example.com or fax to 573-526-1470 by June 15, 2005. If you have any questions, please contact her at 1-800-392-8209.
Have a great week and we hope to see you in St. Louis for the Conference.


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You might have friends who are allergic to your cat, which should come as no surprise given that pet dander and saliva allergies are fairly common. However, did you know that your cat may have its own allergies? VCA Animal Hospitals reports allergies as one of the most common conditions among cats and the most common allergens include fleas, food, and inhaled allergens. The most common clinical signs of allergies include itching and scratching, skin rashes or breakouts, ear infections, hair loss, and digestive issues such as vomiting or cat diarrhea.
Cats affected by allergies often develop overly sensitive immune systems, which may leave cats more susceptible to having adverse reactions to environs that would normally not affect them, according to the ASPCA. If you suspect that your cat may be showing clinical signs of allergies, it is best to take them to a veterinarian and find out what's going on.
Flea allergies are the most common, according to VCA. Normally, a flea bite will cause minor irritation, but when a cat is allergic, the inflammation will be so itchy they may chew or scratch severely enough to remove patches of fur and even break the skin surface. Inhalant allergies are similar to those that people suffer from - pollen, mold, dust. However, their reaction is different and most often result in a cat constantly itching and often removing large patches of fur through excessive grooming.
Food allergies tend to develop over time in cats exposed to the same food chronically. While cats with food allergies may itch and scratch excessively, they will often exhibit some sign of digestive upset—such as vomiting or diarrhea.
See your veterinarian if you are concerned about allergies in your cat. Most veterinarians will offer supportive care for immediate relief of a cat's clinical signs and then start the elimination process to determine what your cat is allergic to for the best long term solution.


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Amy's News
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Turning point for couple's two Amys
Seated in the living room of their 1870s farmhouse, Andy and Rachel Berliner laugh easily when looking back on 23 years of business successes and a few mistakes at Amy's Kitchen, their Petaluma-based maker of natural, convenience foods.
Dressed in jeans and unhurried in their recollections, the couple strike a more earnest tone when discussing the link between the company and its namesake, their only child, Amy.
"One of my motivations during the hard times, and there were hard times, was to leave the opportunity for Amy if she wants to carry on the business," said Andy Berliner. "So my goal was always to hang in there long enough at least to where she was able to make a firm decision about what she wants to do in life."
Those who know them say that, for the Berliners, it isn't about the money.
Andy Berliner, 64, a Chicago native, came to Sonoma County in the early 1970s, saying he'd always wanted to live on a farm. Later on a meditation retreat in India he met Rachel, 57, who grew up in Southern California. The couple married in 1985.
Together they have built one of Sonoma County's largest locally owned companies — with sales of vegetarian frozen entrees, canned soups and other products this year expected to top $300 million.
Plenty of large companies have tried to buy Amy's Kitchen and its processing plants in Santa Rosa and near Medford, Ore. But the Berliners refuse to sell. They see themselves as caretakers of a business for people seeking a different kind of prepared foods. Their values and their fingerprints are everywhere at Amy's Kitchen.
1987: Amy Berliner is born to Rachel and Andy Berliner.
1988: The Berliners found Amy's Kitchen.
1994: The company moves to a new plant in Santa Rosa.
1996: Sales reach $14 million.
1998: Annual sales grow 80 percent, prompted by major chains stocking Amy's foods.
2001: Sales reach $71 million. The company employs nearly 700.
2006: Amy's opens a second plant near Medford, Ore.
2009: Amy's moves its headquarters to Petaluma.
2011: A small plant opens in Corby, England. The company announces plans for a $63 million plant in Greenville, S.C.
Amy Berliner this summer will join the company in England.
2011 Sales: Projected to top $300 million.
Employees: 1,800.


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2015 (Junior): Appeared in 16 games, starting each one … scored eight goals and added an assist … added 10 groundballs, 16 draw controls and five caused turnovers … scored two goals at Howard and at Mercer … recorded season's only assist in home victory against Kennesaw State.
2014 (Sophomore): Second Team All-Atlantic Sun ... A-Sun Academic All-Conference Team ... Played in all 18 games, starting in 17 ... Scored 16 goals and dished out five assists for 21 total points ... Picked up 20 ground balls and won 24 draw controls ... Scored a season high three goals at Detroit (Apr. 17) ... Netted a pair of goals on three ocassions, vs. Colorado (Feb. 13), vs. Wagner (Mar. 17) and in a win vs. Howard (Apr. 27) ... Had one score vs. Jacksonville in A-Sun Championship Seminfinals (May 2).
2013 (Freshman): Named captain for the inaugural season ... Played in and started all 16 games as a freshman ... Was third on the team with 22 total points and fourth with 16 goals ... Added six assists, which was third on the team ... Led the Hatters with 25 draw controls, recorded 17 ground balls, and caused eight turnovers ... Was named to the All-Atlantic Sun Conference Second Team and was a unanimous selection to the A-Sun All-Freshman Team ... Also earned A-Sun All-Academic honors.
High School: Was a four-year letter winner at Barron Collier High as a defender and midfielder … Also lettered for four years in soccer as a midfielder … Was an All-County and All-America player in lacrosse and an All-County and All-Area player in soccer ... Was a member of the National Honor Society ... Was active in the student councel, was class treasurer and was a volunteer coach for both soccer and lacrosse.
Personal: Full name is Mary Kathryn O'Sullivan … Was born on March 22, 1994, in Atlanta, Ga. … Parents are Marilyn and David O'Sullivan … Has two brothers, David and Thomas … Is a discovery major.


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Mississippi College is moving back to NCAA Division II play and the Gulf South Conference (GSC).
MC was a respected member of the GSC from 1972 to 1996. In the fall of 2014, the Choctaws will once again take the field against former GSC rivals, including West Alabama, Valdosta State, and North Alabama, as well as former in-state rival Delta State University. Others in the Gulf South Conference athletic lineup include Shorter University in Rome, Georgia; Union University in Jackson, Tennessee; the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida; and Christian Brothers in Memphis, Tennessee.
Mississippi College fans around the South will be able to tune to CSS stations for cable TV broadcasts of Gulf South Conference football games of the week. The TV coverage reaches some eight million homes in the region, and means added exposure and awareness for MC.
For the MC Choctaws, there's no better Time to Be II. Learn more at www.mc.edu/d2
"Mississippi College will have the chance to compete for conference championships. That is our goal and our plan." - John Bland, Head Football Coach
Choctaw Fans Cheer New Football Coach John Bland
John Bland is ready to hit the recruiting trail and the field as the Choctaws new head football coach.
A success as head coach of the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky, Bland is well positioned to lead MC as the university transitions to NCAA Division II and rejoins the Gulf South Conference (GSC). A former Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback and head coach at the University of Southern Arkansas, Bland didn't hesitate when he told reporters the GSC "is the best Division II conference in the country." Rejoining the GSC in fall 2014, Mississippi College will "have the chance to compete for conference championships," Bland said. "That is our goal and our plan."
Over the past eight seasons, Bland compiled a strong record of 70-21 as head coach of the University of the Cumberlands Patriots. During his tenure, the Patriots won the Mid-South Conference championship five times. In December 2013, Bland led the Patriots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship game, capping a 13-1 season.
MC Athletic Director Mike Jones and a university committee led the search for the new Choctaw head coach. Bland was chosen from more than 40 outstanding candidates.
"John Bland exemplifies everything we were searching for," Jones said. "He is someone who meets the mission of Mississippi College and is a proven winner. His strength in recruiting includes choosing student athletes who are not only fine players, but people of character."
MC to Unveil the Mike Rice Baseball Field House
Named in honor of a prominent Alabama businessman and Mississippi College trustee who once led the Gulf South Conference in home runs, the new Mike Rice Baseball Field House will add sparkle to the Choctaws dynamic program on the diamond.
Scheduled for completion in May 2014, the 2,500-square-foot facility will include a locker room, coaches' offices, training facilities, and equipment storage space. The facility is named for Mike Rice '77, a power hitter who was among the national collegiate leaders in home runs and led the GSC in doubles and triples. Rice was inducted into the MC Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. The president of Master Boat Builders in Coden, Alabama, Rice contributed a major gift that made the enhanced MC baseball complex a reality.
"The Rice baseball facility will be an enormous asset as MC seeks to recruit top student athletes regionally and nationally," said Steve Stanford, MC vice president for
administration and government relations. "With Mississippi College in the process of rejoining the Gulf South Conference and NCAA Division II ranks next season, this complex will be a wonderful addition to the Clinton campus."
David Nichols
American Southwest Conference Honors David Nichols and the MC Sports Information Team
Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications/ Sports Information David Nichols '06, '08 devotes an incredible amount of energy,
talent, and time to promoting the 15 NCAA sports in play at Mississippi College. The American Southwest Conference (ASC) recognized his efforts, honoring Nichols and Mississippi College's sports information department as the best in the conference for 2012-2013.
Nichols said he feels blessed to be serving his alma mater, and emphasized that he's thankful to be working with an extraordinary staff, including sports information graduate assistant Whitney Vance, communication professor and Choctaws announcer Reid Vance, photographer Aaron Boersma, and student assistant Brandon Spain.
"It is truly an honor for our department to be given this award," Nichols said. "This would not have been possible without the outstanding work done by Whitney, Reid, Aaron and Brandon last year."
Nichols juggles many assignments, from interviewing student athletes to producing sports media guides, from logging statistics to handling social media. He also oversees all game-day media operations, manages press boxes at home events, and runs MC's athletics website, www.gochoctaws.com.
According to Reid Vance, "The hours on the job are long and often inconvenient and the long road trips run from August to May, but David produces work all Choctaws can be proud of."
Nichols served as a graduate assistant and the No. 2 man in the Choctaws athletic department under former sports information director Chris Brooks from 2006 to 2010 before assuming his current position.
Nichols and his colleagues "have raised our sports information department to the highest level," said Athletic Director Mike Jones. "With MC moving back into Division II, the sports information team can look forward to a greater level of excitement and an even brighter spotlight on Choctaw sports."


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Peter Maierle
CALUMET – Peter Maierle, 90, a lifelong resident of Calumet, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Saturday, February 9, 2013.
He was born on September 18, 1922, in Calumet, a son of the late Peter and Sophie (Coemer) Maierle. He graduated from Calumet High School in January of 1941. Following graduation he attended Suomi College.
He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving during WW II.
Pete began his career working for Klaskey Brothers as a bookkeeper. Following, he worked 36 years in the banking profession, beginning with Merchants and Miners Bank (presently River Valley) in Calumet . He retired in December of 1987.
On August 19, 1987, he married the love of his life, Joan Faller, at Queen of Peace Parish in Kingsford, Michigan.
Pete had a love for gardening. From raspberries to herbs, he could make anything grow. He also had a lifelong love for baseball and played in the local leagues. He enjoyed being a coach for Little League. That passion for baseball never ended. He was an avid Detroit Tigers fan and eventually turned Joan into one, too. He also rooted for the Detroit Lions and Red Wings. Pete was active in golfing and bowling and participated in local leagues into his 70's. He enjoyed swimming in Lake Superior well into his 80's.
His other hobbies included coin collecting, playing pinochle, and crossword puzzles. He was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Church and the Men's Club. Presently, he was serving on the board at Coppertown.
He will be remembered for his sense of wit, which all of his children knew as a Pete Joke. Most of all, Pete will be remembered as a loving, kind and compassionate husband, dad, grandpa and papa.
Preceding him in death was his father Peter Maierle; mother Sophie Maierle Blitz; stepfather Stanley Blitz; brother Larry; sister-in-law, Irene; and brother Carl Maierle.
He is survived by his wife, Joan, and five children: Ron (Chris) Waara of Mud Lake, Claire Waara of Norway, Ellen (Randy) Britton of Marquette, Tom (Kierstin) Waara of Lake Linden and Carolyn (Mark) Hughes of Duluth, MN; eight grandchildren: Sara (John), Rob, Phil (Nicole), Max, Billy, Maya, Jack and Lily; three great-grandchildren: John IV J, Lyla, and Macie; sister-in-law Elizabeth; brother-in-law, James (Cindy) Faller; sister-in-law, Mary (Don) Ross. He is also survived by one nephew; two grand-nephews; one niece; and two cousins. He will surely be missed by his Sheltie, Mickey, his first and only pet.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in St. Paul the Apostle Church in Calumet with Fr. Francis Dobrzenski to officiate.
Friends may call at the Erickson Crowley Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, from 4-7 p.m. A parish prayer service will be held in the funeral home at 7:00 PM on Tuesday.
The Erickson Crowley Funeral Home in Calumet is assisting the family with the arrangements.
Online condolences can be left for the family at www.ericksoncrowley.com


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Graduate has faith in her future
Aleisha Miller says she's learned more by being taught at home.
By MARYAN PELLAND
Published May 20, 2007
SPRING HILL - Aleisha Miller has been homeschooled all of her life. She can ride a horse like Calamity Jane and handle a shotgun like Annie Oakley. She's an "A" student.
"I had a knack for shooting - my left-hand and left-eye dominance gave me an edge. At the national competition in South Dakota, I was up against a bunch of guys, and I placed 10th, " she explained.
According to Aleisha, the guys thought, "Wow! She can shoot!"
Aleisha has been riding horses since age 4 and has been a 4-H member since she was 8. A winner of local, state and national 4-H competitions, she recently won grand champion honors for rabbits and for showmanship at the Hernando County Fair.
At a state competition, she scored top honors for sewing a dress. Her mother, Joan Miller, said, "She got her sewing skills from me."
Aleisha plans on pursuing her interests in animals at the Healing Arts Academy in Lexington, Ky., to become an equine masseuse and to get her veterinary technician license.
The 18-year-old is typical among her nine fellow graduates. All have earned good grades and have immersed themselves in extracurricular and community activities.
To qualify for graduation, Miller explained, homeschooled students, like their counterparts in the Hernando County school district, must complete curriculum requirements every year.
"Families check the School Board Web site for the needed credits, " she said. "Then we choose textbooks appropriate to the subjects. At the end of each year, a registered teacher administers CAT5 tests, standardized placement-type tests that tell us where each child is, grade-level-wise."
Once all of the courses have been completed, no other test is needed and the students can graduate, Miller said. The students take the same SAT and ACT as everyone else for college placement.
Aleisha said she thinks she has learned a lot more by being taught by her mother at their Spring Hill home. She has enjoyed the one-on-one contact with her teacher and has been able to work at her own pace.
She liked the freedom of going to school in her pajamas when she was so inclined, and said she never worried about peer pressure or impressing any of her classmates.
"I focused on my tasks, " she said. "If we felt like we had to get away from the classroom, we did. We went bike riding or hiking."
Miller, Aleisha and older brother Jayce devised field trips, interacted with other homeschool families and often held classes outside. They felt no sense of isolation and had plenty of opportunities for social networking, Miller said.
"I have great confidence in my mom's abilities and knowledge, " Aleisha said. "She told us she learned a lot, too. Every day."
Family values and a strong foundation in religious faith often play into a family's decision to homeschool.
"God told Mom to do this, " Aleisha said. "It was about how well we would be taken care of, and the quality of education was in her hands."
Joan, a single mom for 14 years, spends her days teaching and being a mentor to other homeschool moms. She makes her living sewing Civil War costumes for re-enactments. She said she has no regrets about homeschooling her children.
Nor does Aleisha. She has a dream, a big farm in Kentucky someday where she'll combine equine therapy with therapy for humans.
Looking forward with pride to her graduation today, she said she's ready for further education and for her adult life.
Such confidence in the future is typical of homeschooled kids, Aleisha noted. And that, added her mother, is why some families do it.
Fast Facts:
Home Circle of Hernando County
Graduating seniors:
Aleisha Miller
Isaac S. Graham
Michael J. Bird
Nathan Witherell
Meredith Martin
Stephanie Mikule
William Louchs
Garrett Fuller
Daniel McTague
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Topic: setting sequence start
We're porting an older app to rails and want to bring as much of the old data with us as possible. As I've examined the problem I see that the easiest thing to do would be to bring the old data over as directly as possible, keeping the old ID values since converting them all could be very time consuming to code and debug. I'd like to run my migration, import the old data and then have any new objects created use sequence values ABOVE those used in the imported data. The issue I have is that I can't figure out how to set the starting value of the sequences in rails. In SQL I'd do something like:
CREATE SEQUENCE my_seq START WITH 50000 INCREMENT BY 1;
and ideally it would work with the migrations. Is this possible? If not, any ideas how to bake this in? I really like the idea of migrations and would like to stick with them.


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We are providing only the address at this time, there has been an error in the MAPQUEST link application. While we work on a resolution, we are providing the street address information and provided notes to playing fields. In addition, we are providing a DIRECT link to MapQuest - from which you can generate driving directions. Shortly we will restore the Mapping function.
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I'm glad to hear the suggestion that care for the earth
I'm glad to hear the suggestion that care for the earth is a spiritual issue. Now that we know what the problem is, what has caused it, and what can be done to begin to mend it, the failure to do what is necessary is a moral failure, a failure of compassion. And, as with all moral failures, ultimately, we will not be able to avoid reaping what we sow. What would the world's climate be like if everyone obeyed the simple command to love our neighbors as we love ourselves?

yes steven let's love that child molester living next
yes steven let's love that child molester living next door...must not have been your child.
go read that crazy book you take with you on sundays, that has all kinds of great stuff in it. lots and lots of incest, killing of your own children, and of course that god taking sides in human battles. destroying cities becasue they were sinful. I'm sure the children of 3 years or less were all sinning to some great degree.
give me a break

It looks as though, once again, no actions will actually
It looks as though, once again, no actions will actually be taken because corporatocracies own (and rule) the world. Read Johann Hari's article in The Indpendent today
(http://www.independent.co.uk/o... to see that the resolutions to the real thing (global warming) will actually be a fraud. It is time for we, the people, to speak with our own money and not buy anything that isn't locally grown or made. It is our only power against corporate greed and power. Our buying power can make or break them - it's time to take back our power and break them. If we don't buy, they will stop making money and lose their power. Let's take back the world for community living and self sustainability.

Thank you for this link, and you might also be interested
Thank you for this link, and you might also be interested in this:
http://www.storyofstuff.com/ca... - a playful, engaging, and highly informative video for anyone not already aware of the "devil in the details" of emissions trading (a.k.a cap and trade).

Yes, sandra let's all go back to living in teepee's and
Yes, sandra let's all go back to living in teepee's and using our feet to get to work and home and the kids to school. We'll have to stop busing, the kids would be walking anytime they are not in school. The peoples of poor nations can just fin for themselves, as we'd not be able to send them any food...no ships, planes, etc.
I'm not sure what we'd burn to keep warm, it would have to suit the enviroment. I assume that you walk everywhere, don't have any trash, and are just generally sitting in your teepee waiting for death or whatever you think is coming. Why don't we just all pray to some god wandering around in the skies...heck he'd be able to solve it. I mean he made the earth in six days and rested on the seventh. By the way, he's god...why did he need to rest? Get a grip, climate has changed ever since this planet was formed and evolution began. How they can figure this climate change crap in with a god is beyond me. Which god, oh yeah, the sun god, the water god, and mother nature.joeanderson

Though I am not an un-spiritual being, I view this
Though I am not an un-spiritual being, I view this climate change issue pragmatically. The powerful (and corrupt) forces opposed to taking urgent action love money and power more than they love their grandchildren. They can be overtly cynical about it or can be in denial, but that's what it boils down to. To me, it's so very simple: If we take urgent action now, and turn out to be wrong, what's been lost? Only the money possibly lost by the forces opposed to action.(And if they had any sense and initiative, they would find ways to make money out of stopping/reversing climate change!)
But if we turn out to be right, the crash of world civilization will have been averted. Note that
Lester Brown, one of the earliest and most influential environmentalists, recently said that
dealing with climate change isn't "saving the planet"; the planet will do just fine with (or maybe better WITHOUT us). It is world civilization that threatens to disintegrate, as the have-nots try to save themselves, and the haves try to keep them out.

The behavior of the corporate and political leaders who
The behavior of the corporate and political leaders who are resisting the evidence seems to suggest what I term "limbic thinking" - that is, they think only in terms of tribalism, territorialism, and short-term gains. The higher brain functions of the cerebral cortex are barely evident.

As an A) ecologist, B) conservation activist, and C)
As an A) ecologist, B) conservation activist, and C) evaluator for CPB's Climate Literacy Project, I cannot say how much I loved hearing this explanation during the broadcast. It is absolutely vital that we [the scientific community] communicate the severity of climate change to the general public in clear terms.
However, I did feel the intro of the broadcast was a bit misleading. While a few European countries do politically debate what to do about climate change, none of them debate its existance other than the US.
In a 2006 poll, in 23 of 30 countries the majority of the population (averaging 65%) agreed with the scientific community that global warming was a "very serious" problem. The only countries where this was not the majority position held were the six developing countries of China (39%), Indonesia (44%), Kenya (44%), South Africa (44%), the Philippines (46%), Nigeria (47%), and the United States (49%) (WPO 2006).
However, there are indications that the American population is beginning to internalize the realities of climate change. Before 2005, 58% of Americans felt that "extreme weather patterns, including violent storms, flooding, and drought" were "part of a natural pattern." After the impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Americans changed their opinions; now 59% of Americans think these weather patterns are unusual (WPO 2006).
This broadcast was timely because the American population is ripe to receive political, corporate, and educational initiatives to reduce climate change. Brava/o!

Very informative response: thank you!

Very informative response: thank you!

As a 60-year old who has been environmentally aware for a
As a 60-year old who has been environmentally aware for a long time, I appreciated Krista and Bill's conversation. It's one of the first times that a broadcast about climate change and not added to my "catastrophe exhaustion". I have felt so despondent by constant bombardment of stories about contributing components like corporate greed, American rationalization and disbelief of global warming, toxic food sources, & campaigns for population-economic growth. But mostly I am depressed by those people close to me being unconscious about ramifications of their ways of living – like wasting water, avoiding recycling, ignoring mass transit.
Bill's comments helped me back to a middle path, realizing that my 80-year old neighbor is a learning conservationist, that my local nature center is teaching the public about the issue, about my town that has more than the usual percentage of activists, and about my little neighborhood book club that enjoys occasional books and conversations about environmental issues and then makes behavioral changes.
So my question to the blog-o-sphere: Is there a current book that deals with the topic of global climate change is as clear and non-depressing way as Bill McKibben's 4-minute explanation? What is it?

I am deeply grateful that there is a "Speaking of Faith"
I am deeply grateful that there is a "Speaking of Faith" and likewise very thankful for the efforts of Krista Tippett and her producer and staff who make the show happen, and the organizations who empower it financially.
The excellence of knowledge in this morning's Speaking of Faith (about Global Warming) was matched only by the guest's (Bill McKibben) excellence in arrogance when recommending that people think smaller and find greater comfort and inner gratification in the place they live … and Googling (yes: using Google) to visit places that might otherwise enrich their lives … rather than burning carbon fuel (directly or indirectly) to go there.
That kind of solution is both shameful and the ultimate intellectual cop-out.
It may work great for the fortunate few living in Middlebury Vermont who by the luck of the draw were born into families and social networks that allowed them to understand and acquire the essential tools for making smart choices on how to enrich their life. I'm just as lucky (live in Washington, D.C., though).
In point of fact, McKibben's solution, so logical in its wording, is SO out of touch with the lives of people living in Anacostia or East St Louis or parts of Oakland - and in so many other places in America no less the world - as to defy any notion that its roots lie in REALISTIC rational, thoughtful, and empathetic thinking.
Perhaps Mr. McKibben should live with a broken family in East St Louis or Detroit for a year … on the same budget they do. He might then better meet the moral and ethical challenge of formulating a cognitive solution that works for more than just us well-off, too-often-white select few.
Global warming is SUCH a critical issue, one that cries out for multiple solutions big (Copenhagen) and small (how the interests of real live people living in my city will be served directly). Those tasks may be very hard to do, especially the second one. But a solution that fails to solve the toughest objective and instead revels in solving the easier ones (no matter how "tough" they are) is no solution at all.
Nor is delivering up prescriptions that work in the abstract but not where the rubber meets the road for most people.
Such remedies are instead no more than a slap in the face of not-so-lucky people who WOULD respond, if only they were offered (or made a part of designing) tools that were realistically relevant to their actual lives.

I highly recommend Greg Craven's book "What's the Worst
I highly recommend Greg Craven's book "What's the Worst That Could Happen? A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate". He models the scientific method of seeking out those who disagree with us and asking them to persuade us otherwise. Meanwhile, he asks people who are climate change skeptics if they really want to take the risk that they're wrong, and drag humanity along with them over the cliff. You can order his book and watch his great videos at his website: www.gregcraven.org. If you know a skeptic, they might even be open to checking out what he has to say. Because he is a high school chemistry teacher, his work is also very appealing to the youthful and young at heart, being laced with humor.

Once again, public radio does not disappoint. The four
Once again, public radio does not disappoint. The four minute explanation of 350 ppm that gave Krista an apparent tingle up her spine (and caused her to recommend that we send it to everyone we know) failed to make the case that there is any material causal relationship between CO2 and warming. Is there any possibility that a warmer earth increases CO2 concentrations vs. the other way around?
Bill McKibbin gets the equivalent of a Larry King interview and we hear nothing from people who have a thoughtful but different view. I keep hoping public radio will become a true forum for different perspectives so I can learn from both sides. Instead it continues to be a slobber fest over greenies. You are not helping those of us who want to learn.
Our natural environment is a remarkable gift to all of us - I love it and I support sensible stewardship. There are lots of people like me who want to hear the whole story and not the Public Radio slant. Expand your world a little.
McKibbon is a good fit for the show though - his cause has become a religion and heaven (or perhaps mother earth) help the heretic.

There aren't that many people that *have* a different
There aren't that many people that *have* a different view. There is virtual consensus in the scientific community that global warming is occurring (that is very rare--to give you an idea, there are only really 3 things scientists agree on, gravity, thermodynamics, and evolution).
I won't go into the details here, but instead refer you to the wikipedia entry, which does a balanced job of detailing those that don't agree that the climate is changing and why.
(As for who I am, I refer you to my earlier posting for my qualifications.)

I believe you are incorrect. I suggest you read and
I believe you are incorrect. I suggest you read and critique the December 9, 2009 letter sent to the UN Secretary-General from 141 scientists qualified in the field and from across the globe. You can read it here: http://www.copenhagenclimatech....
Your assertion that there "aren't that many people" who disagree is both incorrect and irrelevant in any case. Only one person needs question it if the basis of questioning is sound and the questioner competent. Nearly everyone was convinced the world was flat at one point.
These 141 scientists are not lightweights. I hope you'll read their letter and see who they are. Here are the assertions they wish to see proven that have yet to be:
1. Variations in global climate in the last hundred years are significantly outside the natural range experienced in previous centuries;
2. Humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide and other 'greenhouse gases' (GHG) are having a dangerous impact on global climate;
3. Computer-based models can meaningfully replicate the impact of all of the natural factors that may significantly influence climate;
4. Sea levels are rising dangerously at a rate that has accelerated with increasing human GHG emissions, thereby threatening small islands and coastal communities;
5. The incidence of malaria is increasing due to recent climate changes;
6. Human society and natural ecosystems cannot adapt to foreseeable climate change as they have done in the past;
7. Worldwide glacier retreat, and sea ice melting in Polar Regions , is unusual and related to increases in human GHG emissions;
8. Polar bears and other Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are unable to adapt to anticipated local climate change effects, independent of the causes of those changes;
9. Hurricanes, other tropical cyclones and associated extreme weather events are increasing in severity and frequency;
10. Data recorded by ground-based stations are a reliable indicator of surface temperature trends.
Scientists can't even predict tomorrows weather but are sure they know what the climate will do years from now and why. Remarkable.

I was resolved to act on hearing this morning's (12/13/09
I was resolved to act on hearing this morning's (12/13/09) interview. I am in my 80s, and my legacy to the younger members of my family will be that I will pay for them to instal solar panels on their roofs.

 Education and culture/science, religion, governance,
Education and culture/science, religion, governance, economics: I wonder if there are writers for children who are working out stories, parables, that redirect us to the kind of values McKibben sees as needed. I don't know where he found out that people have half as many friends when using automobiles, but where I live I find I have to explain that if you're getting around in a steel case you won't be using that time socially, though the one driving around in the steel case would be able to attend meetings farther afield.
I feel the need to explain to Washington DC in general all the time. In listening to Summers and Geithner and legislators, they think in terms of heating up the economy, with all the concomitant elements that are ruinous in terms of environment. Of roads, some legislator or economist on the Sunday morning talk shows today said. "Don't you know road-work is square one in any recovery?"
To listen to McKibben, there may not be time to educate a generation to see a better future without basing it on ginning up the destructive parts of the past economy (and its corresponding social independence). Let alone bring that vision to fruition. Be that as it may, children exist.
How can a declaration of dependence (McKibben's phrase) be put on the table as centerpiece?
But I suspect publishers, teachers, and school boards would view new parables askance. Maybe not. I ask you. Actually, lots of children's classics do proffer McKibben's values, partly because children are already downsized. In some basic way, they know they are not in charge, and value themselves regardless, and put trust and collaboration right at the center.
But education has this spiritual aspect to it, and maybe you have addressed it in a show already. McKibben spoke of 16- to 25-year-olds at his home and as students at Middlebury College, how they reassure him, reinspire him. How did they get so savvy, so wise?

I was happy to hear McKibben's joy in the generation that
I was happy to hear McKibben's joy in the generation that is now 16 to 25. I'm not willing to take that for granted. I understand why his daughter would understand where the world has to be headed, socially and economically, in new values and methods. I'm not so sure about the rest of that generation. What are children learning, here and in other countries? Children are born with a lot of the right perspective: wanting to be collaborative, accepting their limits.
I especially ask because the five American young men from a mosque near Washington, D.C., who were arrested in Pakistan for seeking to make common cause with jihad, as I understand it, were reported by their religioius community as specifically NOT having "politics" discussed at all at the mosque. Afterschool activities are centered on things like sports, to keep them occupied. That is safe. But was it adequate?
Americans (including our Muslims) are maybe too afraid to discuss politics and religion, to become "educated" communicators in these matters, I'm thinking.
In short, there is space for curious and passionate young people to get snapped up by, um, "enthusiasms." What can I say?
Speaking of Faith (for example) is broadcast where I live at 6:00 AM on Sunday, a "safe" time, but a start.

 "The Moral Math of Climate Change" did not impress me.
"The Moral Math of Climate Change" did not impress me. I have always listened to SOF, and really enjoy most of the interviews. This one, however, left me cold.
I don't feel morally responsible for an increase of deaths caused by mosquitos whose population has increased because of "global warming." McKibben has not made his case. I feel responsible in a general sense, because I live in an advanced society which may not be doing enough to prevent tropical illnesses through the erradication of mosquitos. But the guilt trip just does not apply.
McKibben also states that because of evaporation Africa is getting drier. This seems straight out of the flat earth society.
The Sahara Desert alone is expanding southwards at an average of 0.8 km (½ mile) a month, and has been doing this for centuries, much longer than our impact on the earth's atmosphere.
Furthermore, if there is more water in the atmosphere through evaporation, then there should be more rain, not more draught.
The glaciars are melting in one part of the Antartica, but the ice pack in the Antartica is growing, and new glaciars are expanding (example the Perito Moreno in Argentina or the Hubbard glacier in Alaska.)
The claim concerning the saturation of CO2 in salt water needs some verification. I am not a chemical scientist, and my search did not reveal the result. But I doubt the claim. There have been large changes in the temperature of the earth in the past, these were not caused by human activity, was CO2 not involved in these?
In any case, the 20 minutes that I heard (while running) did not convince me. I look forward to another 20 minutes tomorrow.
I am disturbed by the lack of pointed questions. The assumption by Ms Tippet that she is being told the truth bother's me. In religion, understanding is important. In science, probing is necessary.
In any case, I love to listen, and will continue.

As you say, probing is important - so, I'd like to know
As you say, probing is important - so, I'd like to know where your facts come from too. For instance, where did you find the information you cite about the Antarctic ice pack increasing? I'd like to read that myself.

Ah! I think I know the source of confusion here :)
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Ah! I think I know the source of confusion here :)
Did you know there are 3 types of ice in Antarctica? Ice shelves attach to land, but jut out over the sea. Then you have land-ice (glaciers and the like, which are constantly moving, but very slowly), and of course sea ice, which is free floating in the ocean.
The ice we are concerned with are *ice shelves*. When ice shelves break apart and fall into the sea, sea level rises, because this is now *new ice* (and eventually new water) that the ocean is supporting. Melting sea and land ice (while problematic indicators for other reasons) aren't as bad because they don't change sea levels. Gigantic ice shelves, breaking into the ocean are VERY VERY BAD.
What can happen? Not just changing sea levels, but changing sea temperatures and therefore changing sea circulation. If the ocean doesn't circulate, we won't have currents, and you can imagine what a disaster that would be (ecologically, for trade routes, etc).
If ice interests you, (or if you just want information on how Antarctica is linked to climate change), I point you to ANDRILL's (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) website:
They've got great educational resources there, including short video clips in addition to text and pictures.

Your point is not really germane. If global warming
Your point is not really germane. If global warming means a re-distribution of the ice in the world, that simply eliminates the argument for drowned cities by mitigating the rise of water around the continents. If it also means that the sea temperature will be lowered in some places (as it moves), it means that the sea temperature will grow warmer where it has been. We need a very accurate thermal simulation of the earth. Where will we get such a simulation, given that all our data is less than 70 years old, is spotty, and we need to cover millions of years to see if the simulation is accurate?
In any case, this looks very much like having a model of the stock market (where we have a huge amount of information). If you know of such a simulation, and it has predicted highs and lows accurately withn say $10, then I'll probably believe that we can guess at the temperature of the world in 100 years to the accuracy of 1 degree.
I'll look at adrill.org. I hope you don't see me as an anti green extremist.

I sent you what you requested in my previous email. I
I sent you what you requested in my previous email. I was upset by the lack of depth in the area of climate change, but I enjoyed most of his opinions on why we should conserve, and how a greener world is one in which we will in closer contact (physical and spiritual) with one another.
He stated that Africa is going dry because of global warming. That does not make sense. This world is 3/5 or more water. Water evaporates, and then condenses. Just like there is CO2 saturation, there is water saturation. Water does not just stay suspended in the air, and we are too heavy a planet for it to achieve orbital or better velocity and be gone from the world. The impact of water vapor and heat differences will affect global water currents (I hear that the Japanese current in Northern California has changed a bit, making Southern California drier), and this may influence the weather. The mathematics, and the simulation of weather is a very difficult thing to achieve. I know, since I have been involved in simulations and computer models most of my life.
We also know the world has seen heat waves and cold waves much wider than we are observing prior to the advent of the world. DNA gets lost, and recreated throughout the history of the world. Where are the myriad of Dinosaurs that once inhabited the earth? So just saying platitudes and generalizations may convince those who wish to be convinced, but it is not a "scientific" or "mathematical" approach.
Leon Rogson

I am so encouraged when i read that other listeners also
I am so encouraged when i read that other listeners also found this show disturbing. The hostess takes McKibbon's presentation as unquestionably true without probing at all. What kind of journalism is this?

Question that demand to be answered:

1. If Man
Question that demand to be answered:
1. If Man caused Global Warming is a survival issue, why did the Kyoto Protocol allow developing countries to limitlessly pollute?
2. How does carbon trading set in place by Kyoto Protocol reduce pollution with a net reduction of Zero? +1-1=0
3. How is CO2 production connected to religion? CO2 is not mentioned in my Bible.
4. Why does the Kyoto Protocol only deal with the relationship of fossil fuels and CO2? Does not the burning of any renewable energy also produce CO2 ie wood, dried dung, etc?
5. What is the planet Earths major heat source? Why is it not figured in on the Global Warming models?
6. List "Global Warming scientist" predictions which have come true in the past 60 years.
7. How many people would lose their jobs if Al Gore were to announce that he had made a terrible mistake, he is wrong, and he is terribly sorry for all the stress he has put the world through? (refer to Hadley research e-mail hacking) Politicians, scientists, NASA, geologist....... etc
8. I have more practical questions but if these do not raise more questions, you have indeed drank the CoolAid

Regarding burning materials like dried dung or wood does
Regarding burning materials like dried dung or wood does release carbon but does not contribute to increased atmospheric CO2 because the carbon in those materials have only recently become sequestered. Unlike fossil fuels in which the carbon has been sequestered for centuries. The recently sequestered carbon is part of the cycling of elements through the normal life-cycle of birth, growth, death, decay wherein elements are constantly bound up, released, and re-used. That's life and death in an ordinary way. Burning fossil fuels rapidly releases carbon that was bound up in a very long term way and overloads our system. Now, hypothetically, if we planted tropical rain forests at the same rate we burned fossil fuel, perhaps it would even out. I'm not smart enough to design a model to calculate that. someone is though, and maybe it has been calculated.

1. Developing countries theoretically didn't have the
1. Developing countries theoretically didn't have the means to adapt to newer, cleaner, more technologically advanced (= expensive) technologies. Since developed countries supposedly do, they were supposed to take the lead on this one and "set a good example." Considering that developed countries consume more fossil fuels per capita, its not a bad idea, really. (I mean, for a start at least!)
2. You got me! I'm not really sure!
3. Well, I'm just guessing since you mentioned the Bible that you're Christian, so there are a few Christian arguments I'll guide you towards:
--The Earth is the Lord's: (Genesis 1:3, Psalms 24:1, etc.)
--God has made covenants with not just man, but all the animals and plants of the Earth before: (Gen. 1:30, Gen. 9:8-17)
--You are supposed to care for what God gave you: (Col. 1:16-20)
--The Bible repeatedly tells us to be good stewards: (I Peter 4:10-11, parables in Luke and Mark, I forget where)
4. Cynthia answered this well, but I'll add that the other fuels you mentioned are (literally) a fraction of a percent of the emissions of what fossil fuels emit into the atmosphere. They're not big contributers at all. Also, I'd like to add that it takes closer to hundreds of thousands of years if not millions to make fossil fuels, not just centuries--we're talking a *really long time* to make fossil fuels. We're literally burning dead dinosaurs.
5. I'm not sure what you mean--I think you're talking to the "green house effect" which is something different, its why we have life here on Earth at all (why we're not Venus or Mars, actually). Because we have an atmosphere, we lock in the sun's rays (our main source of heat, which I think is what you meant). Because we have CO2, those rays keep bouncing around inside our atmosphere; they get trapped "under" the lid of our atmosphere, warming us up to a nice room temperature (or thereabouts). This is similar to how your car heats up when it sits in the sun. Global warming is this process gone haywire--we can't control the sun, but we can control our atmosphere.
6. You'd have to google this, I'm running low on time ;) I'll just cite current weather patterns, increased drought, hurricanes, adn extreme weather.
7. Not that many--probably just a few talking heads, maybe? Some talkshow hosts? Scientists are comfortable with error because we divulge all of our methods and data, so its a full-transparency atmosphere. The scientific community thrives on self-correction, so people don't get in trouble for being "wrong," there's just "new data." Since virtually all of the data points in the same direction, this seems a moot point, though.

I found it ironic Bill McKibben appeared on this show
I found it ironic Bill McKibben appeared on this show right after the hacking incident of University of East Anglia emails which revealed that climate change is no longer an scientific issue, but rather political. For some people like Mr. McKibben, it is a religion. (That's probably why he appeared on this show!) I always thought the 20th century's biggest religion was communism. Environmentalism is the top candidate for that of the 21st century. I am deeply disturbed by how much suffering the environmental activism is causing especially among developing countries. We all know much disastrous communism was. I hope this earth-worshipping religion collapses before it produces as many victims as communism.

I have tremendous respect for McKibben, but am profoundly
I have tremendous respect for McKibben, but am profoundly frustrated that the conversation about climate change never moves beyond the dubious aspects of the science to the clear and stunning solutions. Some of McKibben's ideas about humans needing to cooperate more in order to solve global warming are right on the mark, but to make that clear we must have a better understanding of what can and must be done.
Energy efficiency is the only technology which is available in sufficient quantity today at a sufficiently low cost to get us on the path to a carbon free economy. Tripling 2008 U.S. utility efficiency spending would cost $9 billion and save $27 billion. That is merely raising all states to the level of the best states already running such programs. Raising 2008 electric utility efficiency spending five times saves $45 billion, and allocating a third of that to renewables gets us to zero coal in about 20 years, and zero electric sector emissions in about 25 years.
It also creates millions of jobs, stimulates the economy, and repairs and improves most homes and commercial buildings. The electric sector must be pursued aggressively because the natural gas sector can also be brought to zero in about the same time, but depends on renewable electricity to heat buildings which cannot be fully retrofitted with insulation, and replacement of the 18% of natural gas which generates electricty.
Further, the best petroleum response is electric vehicles, and while something better may emerge soon, it is a good bet that we will need electric generation to avoid fueling those cars with coal.
Taking this set of scenarios to their conclusion could take pages. But climate change is literally the first time the human race has run into the physical limits of our environment. We will either learn to behave as a species, as opposed to behaving as individuals, or we will suffer the consequences. Warming is probably of secondary importance to ocean pH change. Warming threatens global hydrology and the ability to feed billions of people. Those who make light of the threats are simply not good students. But warming is complex. Ocean pH change is pretty simple, and we're changing the precise chemical balance in the ocean which most aquatic life manipulates in order to form their bodies. Carbon enters the ocean and becomes carbonic acid, a weak acid, but one which is strong enough to be biologically significant at the levels we currently have caused. Over this century the prospects are deeply disturbing to those who understand this part of the science.
But the best question for this forum is "If there are such strong concerns, and the solutions are so attractive, why do we have such an incredibly difficult time thinking about and discussing response strategies?" Some states save tens of billions of dollars each year, and yet most people dismiss efficiency as a trivial side-show. In fact we can't build enough renewables fast enough unless we find a dramatic funding source, and efficiency savings provide that. But we still can't seem to have that conversation.

Hi folks,
One of the things that I have found so
Hi folks,
One of the things that I have found so interesting, and confusing, about the climate "debate" is how polarized so much of the discussion tends to be. I don't believe that either "side" is religious about their beliefs, but there is a kind of stridency that gets amped up awfully quick. I came across an approach to thinking about (and acting on) this issue today that struck me because it is such a creative way to cut through the distraction of who is right and who is wrong.
This is an economist's proposal that suggests an approach that is tied to what is actually happening temperature-wise on the planet as we go forward. He says basically that it is an approach that ought to appeal to the skeptics and the believers. Please take a look at the links if this sounds interesting, and see what you think.
By the way, I'm an environmental scientist who works with air quality models - though not global climate models - so I have some understanding of how difficult it is to get clear direction from these tools. I have also been following the global warming news and literature for about 20 years. Personally I don't think the scientific process has been subverted at all. I think whenever the stakes are as high as they are in this debate it is difficult for all of us to remember that things may be, and may turn out, very different than we may think.

I would appreciate global warming believers to provide
I would appreciate global warming believers to provide their commentary on the December 9, 2009 letter sent to the UN Secretary-General from 141 scientists qualified in the field and from across the globe. You can read it here: http://www.copenhagenclimatech....
In response to a comment I made a few days ago, Christine said that there "aren't that many people" who disagree. That is not correct but is irrelevant in any case. Only one person needs question it if the basis of questioning is sound and the questioner competent. Nearly everyone was convinced the world was flat at one point.
These 141 scientists are not lightweights. I hope you'll read their letter and see who they are. Here are the assertions they wish to see proven that have yet to be:
1. Variations in global climate in the last hundred years are significantly outside the natural range experienced in previous centuries;
2. Humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide and other 'greenhouse gases' (GHG) are having a dangerous impact on global climate;
3. Computer-based models can meaningfully replicate the impact of all of the natural factors that may significantly influence climate;
4. Sea levels are rising dangerously at a rate that has accelerated with increasing human GHG emissions, thereby threatening small islands and coastal communities;
5. The incidence of malaria is increasing due to recent climate changes;
6. Human society and natural ecosystems cannot adapt to foreseeable climate change as they have done in the past;
7. Worldwide glacier retreat, and sea ice melting in Polar Regions , is unusual and related to increases in human GHG emissions;
8. Polar bears and other Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are unable to adapt to anticipated local climate change effects, independent of the causes of those changes;
9. Hurricanes, other tropical cyclones and associated extreme weather events are increasing in severity and frequency;
10. Data recorded by ground-based stations are a reliable indicator of surface temperature trends.
Scientists can't even predict tomorrow's weather or hurricane activity but are sure they know what the climate will do years from now and why. I don't believe it is sound science.

I hear this go from "drop dead" to "heart attack" to a
I hear this go from "drop dead" to "heart attack" to a "bad sign" :)

Q/ Why do scientists call a journalist in a panic..in the
Q/ Why do scientists call a journalist in a panic..in the middle of the night ?
A/ Well, they couldn't wait until morning, could they ?

My personal belief is that climate change is real, and as
My personal belief is that climate change is real, and as such, it carries huge implications.
I also believe Christ is real. Talk about implications! As a human, I will always fall short.
God makes up the difference in my relationship with Him through Grace.
The climate may not be so forgiving.
I have not and I know of no one - liberal or otherwise - who has given up driving a car, heating their homes with gas, using electricity from a coal powered plant. No one. And I know no one [at least in America] who would tolerate government interference to the degree necessary to change that. So whether or not you think human activity is causing global warming, it does not really matter. It is what it is. We can't change the changing, and all our conservative angst to keep the world the way it "always was" has little or no hope of turning into adequately productive action. As the tundra thaws and releases its greenhouse gases, the tipping point will pass. That point it too near to avoid, if it hasn't passed already.
But some things will stay the same: The Earth will still orbit the sun, and through infinite adaptability, biological life (and probably human life and civilization in some form) will go on. Knowing what will happen and where it will lead (however imprecisely) gives us some sense of control - and thereby, some comfort. Other than that, we inevitably move forward into the inevitable. Debating the details will not help. Will anxiety help the lilies of the field avoid their fate or we ours? And given that we can't really know what we haven't experienced, we truly can't relate to the change that is coming, except in abstract - that it is change and that it is coming.
Perhaps we need to spend time thinking about this situation from a different perspective:
Is the biologically inevitable, by definition, the Creator's will for his biologically-based creation?
Didn't God anticipate global warming when He created humans with the potential to cause it?
If so to what purpose?
Or, by chance, did we throw off His plans when we failed at Nuclear Holocaust, Plan A?
Could Climate Change be His fail-safe, Plan B?
If we don't annihilate ourselves with this one, what's Plan C? Have we any doubt there is one?
Our control got us into this mess. Our anxiety about it betrays our underlying belief that more control is the answer to it. Maybe we do not need to learn more about how to change the world we were given and have abused, but instead learn more about how to be changed by it - how to grow as God's people. Even in situations where there is no opportunity for action, there is often an opportunity for insight. Perhaps this is one.

Well, just look at how the climate scientists are being
Well, just look at how the climate scientists are being so deceptive. Michael Mann's big claims are dependent on sleight of hand...
BIG press release "A skillful EIV reconstruction without tree-ring data is possible even further back, over at least the past 1,300 years, for NH combined land plus ocean temperature (see SI Text). This achievement represents a significant development relative to earlier studies with sparser proxy networks (4) where it was not possible to obtain skillful long-term reconstructions without tree-ring data."
Because he was refuted on the validity of his tree ring use to produce the Hockey Stick.
That was 2008. Finally after much war, the admission is wrung out his RealClimate colleague, NASA's Gavin Schmidt
" Question: Under either method (CPS or EIV) it is not possible to get a validated reconstruction to before 1500 without the use of tree rings, or the Tiljander sediments.
Answer: That appears to be the case with the Mann et al 2008 network."
Mike Mann before public exposure
"We place greatest confidence in the EIV reconstructions, particularly back to A.D. 700, when a skillful reconstruction as noted earlier is possible without using tree-ring data at all "…
Recent warmth exceeds that reconstructed for at least the past 1,800 years in the EIV reconstructions, and this conclusion extends back at least 1,500 years without using tree-ring data."
all the claims of 1998 Hottest year and Hottest Decade, and Hotter than ever, are invalid claims, as admitted now.
A skillful EIV reconstruction without tree-ring data is possible even further back, over at least the past 1,300 years, for NH combined land plus ocean temperature (see SI Text). This achievement represents a significant development relative to earlier studies with sparser proxy networks (4) where it was not possible to obtain skillful long-term reconstructions without tree-ring data.
To what is now admitted by NASA's Gavin Schmidt, Mann's colleage at RealClimate. Question: Under either method (CPS or EIV) it is not possible to get a validated reconstruction to before 1500 without the use of tree rings, or the Tijlander sediments.
Answer: That appears to be the case with the Mann et al 2008 network.
It's fascinating, Ex..warming or no warming.
Mike Mann before public exposure We place greatest confidence in the EIV reconstructions, particularly back to A.D. 700, when a skillful reconstruction as noted earlier is possible without using tree-ring data at all "…
Recent warmth exceeds that reconstructed for at least the past 1,800 years in the EIV reconstructions, and this conclusion extends back at least 1,500 years without using tree-ring data.

Very well put. But, since this phenomena is well
Very well put. But, since this phenomena is well understood and has been for quite a while (I had to calculate these Greenhouse numbers in my Environmental Chemistry class in 1976), what we have is not a problem with understanding it. What we have is a crisis of leadership!

Greg, you say "this phenomena is well understood". If you
Greg, you say "this phenomena is well understood". If you are speaking of the Greenhouse phenomenon, singular, yes, it's simple and understood that certain things will "trap heat".
That's not enough to support everything being said, and the immense upheaval being demanded of our economies and way of life.
Responsible climate scientists are quite clearly saying now that it's young science and very ltittle is known about large parts of the whole.
take Amazongate ... the huge claims about it's vulnerability to a small reduction in rain are found to be only based on WWF type pamphleteering...and the best new studies say quite the opposite. suer, if one projects that wildfires from endles drought comparable to one very bad year's drought, there would be big loss.
But projections are simply what would happen If "such and such were true". Prediction is different.
IPCC expanded an original non scientific claim of 40 % of Brazil's forest being vulnerable, to 40% of all Amazon's forest being at risk from small drop in rainfall.
It's just not true according to the latest science.
these folks need to calm down. Gavin Schmidt, NASA scientist/RealClimate mouth, activist, got arrested for stopping a DEATH TRAIN...loaded with DEATH COAL.
c'mon, guys. give us a break.

Bill McKibben is a hero. I am sharing this interview far
Bill McKibben is a hero. I am sharing this interview far and wide.
Janet Ward
Climate change has been an
Climate change has been an old story, but the real increase in concerns related to environment threats accelerated after the growth in pace of mining and oil drilling industry. However the Mining Water Treatment and Water Recycling industry has brought solutions and hopefully they will resolve the problems.


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There are many other companies big and small that went out of their way to help me during this difficult time.
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