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posted at 3:24 pm on December 13, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Griz on December 14, 2007 at 1:45 AM
Again, the fact that some or even most warming is possibly occurring naturally is absolutely irrelevant to the hypothesis that anthropogenic CO2 is causing unnatural warming.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:18 AM
DaveS, most of the greenhouse effect is due to water vapor, which is about 100 times as abundant in the atmosphere as CO2 and thus has a much larger effect.
CO2 is an essential nutrient for plants. Plants absorb CO2 and release oxygen, while animals inhale oxygen and exhale CO2. Researchers have proven that higher CO2 concentrations enable plants to grow faster and give them better drought tolerance. It is not a pollutant, just ask my tomato's.
Carbon dioxide is such a small component of Earth's atmosphere it's about 380 parts per million or 0.038% as compared to former geologic times, Earth's atmosphere is "CO2 impoverished."
There has historically been much more CO2 in our atmosphere than exists today. For example:
– During the Jurassic Period (200 million years ago), average CO2 concentrations were about 1800 ppm or about 4.7 times higher than today.
– The highest concentrations of CO2 during all of the Paleozoic Era occurred during the Cambrian Period, nearly 7000 ppm — about 18 times higher than today.
– The Carboniferous Period and the Ordovician Period were the only geological periods during the Paleozoic Era when global temperatures were as low as they are today. To the consternation of global warming proponents, the Late Ordovician Period was also an Ice Age while at the same time CO2 concentrations then were nearly 12 times higher than today– 4400 ppm.
– According to greenhouse theory, Earth should have been exceedingly hot. Instead, global temperatures were no warmer than today. Clearly, other factors besides atmospheric carbon influence earth temperatures and global warming and it ain't us dude.
– Man-made greenhouse warming has made a small contribution to the warming seen on Earth in recent years, but it cannot compete with the increase in solar irradiance
It's not just liberal logic fallacies, it's science dude.
I just had a brain fart.
If God created the heavens and the earth in seven days.
Grant it that God years might me somewhat longer than dog years.
How could man create unnatural warming on a Monday morning?
Must be the eel sushi I had for a late nite snack.
Hey everyone… just had to share this great find from the Style page of yesterday's Wall Street Journal:
"Climate change is influencing the way people dress, as winters grow warmer and seasonal temperature differences get less extreme. But Gildo Zenga, the 52-year-old chief executive of luxury clothing brand Ermengildo Zenga, says the shift has actually made dressing easier for him."*
See, I thought by "climate change" we meant a global average variation of one degree over a hundred years or so. And yet you have to dress for it from day to day. Not like when you were a kid and wore the same outfit every day of the year.
*Thanks to science/fashion reporter Christina Passariello.
saint kansas on December 14, 2007 at 5:19 AM
The rise of a major mountain range like the Rockies or the Alps can change the climate of the entire world for millions of years.
It wouldn't if Al Gore were president, that's all I'm sayin'.
saint kansas on December 14, 2007 at 5:25 AM
From the clip:
"those plans have costs attached, and potential negative impacts, at least in the short term. For example, maybe more expensive cars, more expensive feed for livestock, impacts on coal-producing states…"
Well that's a delicate way to say "we hope to tax and regulate the hell out of the automotive, agricultural, and coal industries". What, no mention of Hillary's plan to "take some of those profits" from the oil industry?
No wonder this moderator didn't want to give Fred a minute to respond to the Global Warming question in the last debate. Pretty sneaky there, comrades!
Dork B. on December 14, 2007 at 6:11 AM
For all of the Man-Made Global Warming "Believers" What is the perfect temperature and how shall we keep it that way all of the time? Who decides what the ideal temperature should be? Al Gore? The UN? I say God decides and we leave it at that.
saltydogg14 on December 14, 2007 at 8:43 AM
Dork B. on December 14, 2007 at 6:11 AM
I don't think you're entirely right. The allusion is that 1)hybrid cars are initially more expensive and the development cost of fuel efficient cars will be initially passed on to the consumer, 2)the absurd use of corn for the great scam that is ethanol will cause all other agriculture (milk, meat, even cereal) to be more expensive (that's already the case) and 3) will negatively impact the coal industry as they tax the hell out of their emissions.
So I partially agree with you there.
SouthernDem on December 14, 2007 at 9:04 AM
Hillary, Hillary, Hillary. The more I see of you the more I detest you and your "entitlement" attitude!
Golfer_75093 on December 14, 2007 at 9:05 AM
This will come back to haunt her. If in a debate with Thompson, he will say…when you spend your life in the back of the room, you have to raise your hand because you are a follower…when you are in front leading,others follow you, she hasn't learned that yet. The president is not "on the job training".
Thank you Fred, that will be $500 for campaign consulting. Send it to Hot Air, they will inform me when it arrives.
right2bright on December 14, 2007 at 9:09 AM
For all of the Man-Made Global Warming "Believers" What is the perfect temperature and how shall we keep it that way all of the time? Who decides what the ideal temperature should be? Al Gore? The UN? I say God decides and we leave it at that.
saltydogg14 on December 14, 2007 at 8:43 AM
Yes, what is the "ideal" temp. And how do we keep it…that is a good question.
BTW, China was excluded from the Kyota treaty, and they are now the number 1 polluter in the world. Some treaty.
right2bright on December 14, 2007 at 9:11 AM
Kini on December 13, 2007 at 3:30 PM
Global Warming = Global Socialism
Please don't conflate an observed phenomenon with theories as to its causes or proposed responses to it. That's the sort of "comment" that makes silly remarks like the one above, by Hillary, so potent.
Could you put that first sentence into human-speak. I'm still scratchin my noggin.
Ernest on December 14, 2007 at 9:38 AM
I really think Gore did all this Climate Change Crap just so he wouldn't go down in history as a second string footnote.
"I do have important things to contribute. I do. I do. Listen to me. All coastal cities will be flooded."
Mr. Gore….. Mr. Gore, would you please sit down.
Ernest on December 14, 2007 at 9:52 AM
Kini on December 14, 2007 at 2:02 AM
DaveS, most of the greenhouse effect is due to water vapor, which is about 100 times as abundant in the atmosphere as CO2 … CO2 is an essential nutrient for plants … Carbon dioxide is such a small component of Earth's atmosphere it's about 380 parts per million …
What you're doing, there, is basically reading a 6th grade science book at me… I know those things. And none of them even resembles a "good argument".
Nobody ever said that CO2 played a larger role than H20, that it wasn't a plant nutrient, or that it was more than a trace gas. CO2 is 0.05% of the atmosphere but it is responsible for up to about 25% of "greenhouse" forcing (whereas H20 contributes up to about 70%).
What they said was that artificially elevated levels of CO2 were likely to be artificially boosting temperature increases world-wide. Stop arguing with strawmen. Before you say something, ask yourself if it is logically sound and truly relevant, because a lot of this stuff is just obfuscation.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 10:08 AM
Could you put that first sentence into human-speak. I'm still scratchin my noggin.
Ernest on December 14, 2007 at 9:38 AM
Please read the comments from other posters on this topic.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 10:08 AM
Obfuscation? Sorry to confuse you with facts.
But I thought anything greater than a 6th grade approach to a logical, sound and factual description of Global Warming wouldn't cause that much of a problem with extraneous information.
You seem determine to believe the debate is over as proponents of Global Warming would have you believe. I believe the facts are wrong and exploited to a more immediate and detrimental purpose. And that is the leftist socialist agenda that the democrats are pushing through the use of fear mongering global warming as a problem that needs to be addressed through regulation and taxation.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 10:08 AM
You show with every post that you have no idea what logic is.
Geologic History proves you wrong.
6th grade science proves you wrong.
Present astronomical evidence proves you wrong.
Recent history (10,000 years ) proves you wrong.
ice core samples proves you wrong.
worldwide temperture readings after major volcanic events proves you wrong.
You have no evidence to back up your theory on CO2 cause and effect. Yet like a bull charging at a red flag you repeatly mouth the same false conclusion. That is illogical. A rational, logical man when faced with overwhleming evidence that his position is wrong would omit he is wrong, change his worldview and move on.
Global warming is a natural byproduct of increased Solar activity that effects different cycles within the earth causing positive and negative feedbacks. The earth has been warmer before and will be warmer again without any help or harm done by humans, the human species when stacked against natural process like volcanoes, ocean formation, glaciers, magma formation, tectonic forces is nothing and can have little to no effect on the planet. Even with all of our most powerful weapons fired at the same time we could only change the climte for at most a couple of years.
the climate changes all the time get over it. It gets hotter and colder on a regular basis.
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 11:51 AM
Nobody ever said that CO2 played a larger role than H20, that it wasn't a plant nutrient, or that it was more than a trace gas. CO2 is 0.05% of the atmosphere but it is responsible for up to about 25% of "greenhouse" forcing (whereas H20 contributes up to about 70%).
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 10:08 AM
I'm sure you can prove that. If you can your better than 99% of science. I'm sure what you meant to say was C02 is .05% of the atmosphere but is THOUGHT to be responsible for up to 25%.
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Kini on December 14, 2007 at 11:33 AM
You seem determine to believe the debate is over as proponents of Global Warming would have you believe.
To the contrary, I appear to be the only one of the bunch here (well, BigS too) who believes that there is a debate. You guys seem more concerned with seeing who can fallaciously "prove" that the warming is 100% natural in the most numerous and creative ways.
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 11:51 AM
Geologic History proves you wrong. 6th grade science…Present astronomical evidence…Recent history (10,000 years )…ice core samples…worldwide temperture readings after major volcanic events proves you wrong.
Please do explain how any one of those things "proves me wrong"… this should be interesting.
Global warming is a natural byproduct of increased Solar activity…
Over long periods yes, and even until recently that is likely true. But over the last 40 years or so this is certainly not true with respect to any known/understood metrics. You know that we can measure the suns intensity, sunspot activity, etc., and the fact is that the climate is not behaving in a manner consistent with the solar idea. If you want to speculate that there is some unknown method by which the sun is causing the warming, feel free–I would be inclined to probably agree with you–but do NOT try to pass off speculation (based on an intuitive hunch) as "proof". That's just stupid.
A rational, logical man when faced with overwhleming evidence that his position is wrong would omit he is wrong, change his worldview and move on.
Funny that you should say that… I used to be you, almost religious in my blind refusal to rationally examine the facts of the debate. Now I'm at a point where I understand that it isn't a black/white issue, and that both sides have their idiots.
I put you in roughly the same category in which I put Al Gore. Neither of you gives a crap about the truth, and neither of you really has more than a laughably elemenary knowledge of the topic.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:00 PM
I'm sure what you meant to say was C02 is .05% of the atmosphere but is THOUGHT to be responsible for up to 25%.
I think that was implied by the "up to". The bottom of the range is something like 10%. In either case, it is significant enough that a 50% increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration has the potential to be quite impactful.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:02 PM
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:00 PM
Okay DaveS, enlighten us. What is the ideal temp. and how long will that ideal temp. last as it goes through the normal cycles?
And since you hate 6th grade science, you can run with the big dogs with this…Global weather or this More Global Warming
Now read these, and you can come back and talk big boy science.
And you can refute these two gentlemen with your knowledge and experience which is?…
right2bright on December 14, 2007 at 1:34 PM
But over the last 40 years or so this is certainly not true with respect to any known/understood metrics
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:00 PM
Hmm don't read much do you?
A new analysis shows that the Sun is more active now than it has been at anytime in the previous 1,000 years.
Dr Solanki is presenting a paper on the reconstruction of past solar activity at Cool Stars, Stellar Systems And The Sun, a conference in Hamburg, Germany.
He says that the reconstruction shows the Maunder Minimum and the other minima that are known in the past thousand years.
But the most striking feature, he says, is that looking at the past 1,150 years the Sun has never been as active as it has been during the past 60 years.
Over the past few hundred years, there has been a steady increase in the numbers of sunspots, a trend that has accelerated in the past century, just at the time when the Earth has been getting warmer.
or this:
In what could be the simplest explanation for one component of global warming, a new study shows the Sun's radiation has increased by .05 percent per decade since the late 1970s.
The increase would only be significant to Earth's climate if it has been going on for a century or more, said study leader Richard Willson, a Columbia University researcher also affiliated with NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
The Sun's increasing output has only been monitored with precision since satellite technology allowed necessary observations. Willson is not sure if the trend extends further back in time, but other studies suggest it does.
In a NASA-funded study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters, Willson and his colleagues speculate on the possible history of the trend based on data collected in the pre-satellite era.
"Solar activity has apparently been going upward for a century or more," Willson told SPACE.com today.
Further satellite observations may eventually show the trend to be short-term. But if the change has indeed persisted at the present rate through the 20th Century, "it would have provided a significant component of the global warming the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports to have occurred over the past 100 years," he said.
Changes in the solar cycle — and solar output — are known to cause short-term climate change on Earth. At solar max, Earth's thin upper atmosphere can see a doubling of temperature. It swells, and denser air can puff up to the region of space where the International Space Station orbits, causing increased drag on the ship and forcing more frequent boosts from space shuttles
Examinations of ancient tree rings and other data show temperatures declined starting in the 13th Century, bottomed out at 2 degrees below the long-term average during the 17th Century, and did not climb back to previous levels until the late 19th Century. Separate records of sunspots, auroral activity (the Northern Lights) and terrestrial deposits of certain substances generated in atmospheric reactions triggered by solar output, suggest the Sun was persistently active prior to the onset of this Little Ice Age, as scientists call the event.
Solar activity was lowest during the 17th Century, when Earth was most frigid.
The new study shows that the TSI has increased by about 0.1 percent over 24 years. That is not enough to cause notable climate change, Willson and his colleagues say, unless the rate of change were maintained for a century or more.
On time scales as short as several days, the TSI can vary by 0.2 percent due to the number and size of sunspots crossing the face of the Sun. That shift, said to be insignificant to weather, is however equal to the total amount of energy used by humans, globally, for a year, the researchers estimate.
The study analyzed data from six satellites orbiting Earth at different times over the 24 years. Willson ferreted out errors in one of the datasets that had prevented previous studies from discovering the trend.
A separate recent study of Sun-induced magnetic activity near Earth, going back to 1868, provides compelling evidence that the Sun's current increase in output goes back more than a century, Willson said.
He said firm conclusions about whether the present changes involve a long-term trend or a relatively brief aberration should come with continued monitoring into the next solar minimum, expected around 2006.
The evidence is there but because it does not fit the human bad/evil media mode it is ignored. Also note that the earth might have been alot warming 1,000 years ago than it is today, that we are reacing the end of the present solar activity flare up, the temp should come down over the course of a couple years. Also notice how in all these stories the MEDIA makes sure to point out that this does not really disprove Man made warming when in fact it does so 100% but this faint does keep the fantasy alive for those that hate modern day living.
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Okay DaveS, enlighten us. What is the ideal temp. and how long will that ideal temp. last as it goes through the normal cycles?
I don't remember saying there is an ideal temp. Look, if you are only able to talk to strawmen, we may as well not have a back and forth. You don't seem to be interested in anything I'm saying… you just move from one fallacy or strawman (a fallacy in itself) to the next.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:41 PM
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 1:35 PM
All of those things may be true, but according to your own bolded text:
But if the change has indeed persisted at the present rate through the 20th Century, "it would have provided a significant component of the global warming the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports to have occurred over the past 100 years," he said.
Again–and probably for the last time, since neither of you seem to understand this simple premise–natural factors can be responsible for a "significant component", as can anthropogenic factors.
It is not a black/white issue. There is a middle ground. You and Gore are equally out of touch.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:54 PM
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:54 PM
I understand perfectly what you are saying. To think that man with its pitiful output of energy can match the Sun's output on any type of scale is just beyond belief. All 6 billion of us burning tons of Co2 is not enough to match the Sun's power to warm the oceans and naturally release billions upon billions of tons of Co2 into the atmosphere. Nor is man capable to match the output of Volcanic eruptions that occur daily on this planet, nor the CO2 released during massive wildfires, or the methane and Co2 produced by all animal lifeforms in the world. Man's addition to all of this is small. To think that by driving a prius you can magically stop the major forces of the Sun, tectonic drift, ocean circulation is beyond childish and is more egotistical than anything else.
It is a matter of prespective, the world is a very very big place. Man is a small creature on that world. And therefore its impact is small compared to the forces arrayed against us. The global warmers need to understand being humble and understand that like the rest of humanity we are at the whims of nature/God. Our actions can not and will not every be powerful enough to stop the Sun or the tectonic plates.
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 2:49 PM
To the contrary, I appear to be the only one of the bunch here (well, BigS too) who believes that there is a debate. You guys seem more concerned with seeing who can fallaciously "prove" that the warming is 100% natural in the most numerous and creative ways.
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:00 PM
Your premise is human activity is a contributing factor, correct?
And to what degree is this contribution a factor as compared to natural events? 1%, 25%, 50%??? Greater or Less than?
If you listen to the GW fanatics, humans are the root cause of so called Global Warming. Your counter arguments, strawman fallacy and all, seem to dismiss the natural factors to which we offered as the overwhelming contributing factor to the phenomena. While your argument tends to lean towards the human contribution.
My argument has been about the use of Global Warming as a tool to promote a socialist agenda by democrats, Al Gore, the UN and Leftist to put restrictions on the US economy, raise taxes and place unnecessary regulations on our lifestyle.
So far, most of the worlds political environment has been to accept the human contribution as the immediate need to fix without taking in any real scientific data. So when I say "Global Warming = Global Socialism", I mean that literately. There has been a open proven agenda by the leftist socialist democrats determine to undermine the US economy by using GW scare tactics. Your argument just fuels the fire and your "strawman" is now up in flames.
So if you want to suggest that we humans have a contributing factor to GW, then put it in the correct perspective. Little if any at all.
Just to hammer my point home.
BALI, Indonesia – A global tax on carbon dioxide emissions was urged to help save the Earth from catastrophic man-made global warming at the United Nations climate conference. A panel of UN participants on Thursday urged the adoption of a tax that would represent "a global burden sharing system, fair, with solidarity, and legally binding to all nations."
"Finally someone will pay for these [climate related] costs," Othmar Schwank, a global tax advocate, told Inhofe EPW Press Blog following the panel discussion titled "A Global CO2 Tax." Schwank is a consultant with the Switzerland based Mauch Consulting firm
Schwank said at least "$10-$40 billion dollars per year" could be generated by the tax, and wealthy nations like the U.S. would bear the biggest burden based on the "polluters pay principle."
This is what I'm on about. They only hear "catastrophic man-made global warming". Real science is disregarded.
This is the real threat to our way of life, not Global Warming, but Global Socialism.
Kini on December 14, 2007 at 3:40 PM
I agree the UN has been trying to tax/fund itself for decades. At the moment they are at the whim of the paying nations. They need their own funding system since the oil for food program dried up.
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 3:44 PM
calling out the coward, Dave S
You're not going to get away with spreading the steer manure unchallenged. I'll ask again – how did we avoid the New Ice Age forecast in the seventies? Or maybe I should ask, why are afraid to answer that question?
corona on December 14, 2007 at 4:05 PM
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 3:44 PM
Yup, and if the science doesn't convince our friends DaveS and BigS, then name calling is all they'll have left to resort to.
Our bletcherous logic may be too much to comprehend. :D
corona on December 14, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Add into that Why global warming is bad? I mean think about it. Sure it might make some parts of cities into a new veince. But it will also makes large parts of Canada, Russia, Alaska liveable. It will increase planet prodcution thereby giving an ever growing human population more food to feed itself, it will decrease the need for fossil fuels to heat your homes during winters, it will save people hundreds of dollars a year on coats, etc. If will enable humans to have more time during the year for the outdoors, recerations etc. Just because something changes doesn't mean its bad. Global warming could be the best thing that ever happened to the human population. Why is is bad? All change is not bad.
I find it funny that those that believe in evolution the most think an evolving earth is the wrose thing to ever happen.
unseen on December 14, 2007 at 4:29 PM
The Medieval Warm Period was a global event. It brought a longer growing season to Europe, the Vikings colonize Greenland and there was less sea ice so further traveling was possible into North America.
Inversely, the Little Ice Age brought a shorter growing season, famine and death. Farms and villages in Northern Europe were deserted because the farmers couldn't grow crops in the cooler climate.
The question still begs – is Global Warming a Bad thing?
Where and How has Global Warming been catastrophic?
Where is the evidence to support that claim?
DaveS on December 14, 2007 at 1:41 PM
Cut the whining "strawman" cliché. That is a way for you to end an argument without facing the facts.
I never said you said anything about the temp. (your strawman), I asked you if you had an ideal temp. And how long you would expect that to last. It was a question to you, that's all, a question. If it is too difficult to answer, just pass. No reason to take a potshot at someone who asks you a question, unless…watch out, who's that tapping your phone, who is whispering in your head, someone is out to get you…
And I don't know if I would call the two gentlemen I linked as "strawmen". If you think they are just a couple of yokels, then who would you rely on for information? The U.N.?…wait they hired these guys, then dumped them when they didn't support the U.N.
Gee, who do you go to for reliable information…maybe a real strawman? Al Gore?
right2bright on December 14, 2007 at 4:50 PM
I never said you said anything about the temp. (your strawman), I asked you if you had an ideal temp.
Bullcrap. You demanded that I "enlighten" you as to my ideal temp. That's a strawman, as I never said anything about an ideal temp… that was something you injected out of thin air, because it was a topic that you would rather discuss than whatever it was we were discussing. That's the very definition of a strawman. At the very least it was question begging, if I charitably refuse to consider the "enlighten us" demand to imply that I believed that there is some empirically defined "ideal temperature".
Kini on December 14, 2007 at 4:47 PM
The question still begs – is Global Warming a Bad thing?
Where and How has Global Warming been catastrophic?
Where is the evidence to support that claim?
I assume that you are still attempting to respond to me, which makes this 3 more strawmen arguments, neatly enumerated in one post, and I never claimed any of those things.
You guys sound insane… your tilting at windmills bit gets a bit monotonous. It's like you have a list of talking points, and whenever someone says something that is on your other list of "trigger words or phrases", you start reciting those talking points in no particularly relevant order. For example, you response to this–which will make no sense–is probably going to be something along the lines of "oh yeah? show me some evidence that mosquitos carry malaria" or something weird like that, because its probably in your talking point list near the bottom.
corona on December 14, 2007 at 4:05 PM
I'll ask again – how did we avoid the New Ice Age forecast in the seventies?
I have no idea what you're talking about. We avoided it by not having one. I'm not sure what that has to do with the topic.
DaveS on December 15, 2007 at 12:38 AM
DaveS on December 15, 2007 at 12:38 AM
Once again your post rambles on illogically. The ideal temp is a good question. Because unless humans know what an ideal temp is how can we define success in the "battle of our life times" (global warming) If you can't define success you leave an open ended war going on. Iraq is a great example of this. Therefore because the Global warmers do not define an ideal temp then they are setting themselves up to control our lives forever. Also how do we know what the earth's ideal temp is to support life. By all geologic reports genntic diversity was greater during the warmer periods of the earth. And cold periods resulted in major extincton periods. Look at the rainforests possible the area of greatest genetic diversity of present day earth. All are located in warmer climates than the US. So again the question is raised what is an ideal climate, is global warming bad for the earth, for man, or just different.
In the 1970's the same people clamoring about global warming today were warning of a new ice age coming because things were colder than normal. They were wrong. Which means that they could be wrong today. All points are vaule arguements in theb global warming debate and not strawmen.
Far from tilting at windmills.
The global warmers argument is it is happening, that man is the cause and that it will be very bad for the earth and for man. If any of the three are not true it changes the whole discussion.
1) Global warming is happening and has been happening for the last 10,000 years (proven beyond a doubt)
2) The earth has gone through countless periods of warming and cooling in its lifetime (again proven beyond a doubt)
3) All other periods of cooling and warming happened without man's help. (proven without a doubt)
4) Therefore the chance of this period of warming be caused by man is slim since man's ability to produce Co2 over the last 10,000 years.
5) Life has proven during the other periods of warming and cooling to be able to survive and too flrouish at times. Therefore the argument of Global Warmers that this time life will be wiped out is silly and factually wrong.
6) finally since the Sun is the most active in the last 60years has it has been in the last 1,000 years the argument that it is Man and not natural warming is very suspect.
Take all this into mind and it becomes beyond silly to change our entire life style because of an unproven fear mongering and other motives must be taken into account as to why global warming is being pushed upon us.
unseen on December 15, 2007 at 11:27 AM
I assume that you are still attempting to respond to me, which makes this 3 more strawmen arguments, neatly enumerated in one post, and I never claimed any of those things.
DaveS on December 15, 2007 at 12:38 AM
It's OK DaveS. You can stop defending your strawman, I think you've knocked the stuffing out of him already.
There's no shame in not being able to address real facts when presented to you and throwing insults will not win your arguments either, but you will lose your creditability in being able to discuss the subject rationally and logically.
Our facts, which you call talking points, are pretty hard to dismiss I know. But rest assured that facts will eventually give way to the hysteria and hyperbole about Global Warming.


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Internet Census 2012: Port scanning /0 using insecure embedded devices
Although this is clearly on the wrong side of ethics/legality, an anonymous researcher built a botnet to scan the enire IPv4 address space. It's an interesting read.
http://internetcensus2012.github.com/In ... paper.html
Two years ago while spending some time with the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) someone mentioned that we should try the classic telnet login root:root on random IP addresses. This was meant as a joke, but was given a try. We started scanning and quickly realized that there should be several thousand unprotected devices on the Internet.
After completing the scan of roughly one hundred thousand IP addresses, we realized the number of insecure devices must be at least one hundred thousand. Starting with one device and assuming a scan speed of ten IP addresses per second, it should find the next open device within one hour. The scan rate would be doubled if we deployed a scanner to the newly found device. After doubling the scan rate in this way about 16.5 times, all unprotected devices would be found; this would take only 16.5 hours. Additionally, with one hundred thousand devices scanning at ten probes per second we would have a distributed port scanner to port scan the entire IPv4 Internet within one hour.
http://internetcensus2012.github.com/In ... paper.html
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Wireshark - dissecting OpenVPN traffic
I figured I would post another question that I have been stumped on. I have a packet capture of an SSL VPN session. The SSL VPN is basically a slightly modified implementation of OpenVPN over TCP.
I am working in Wireshark to try to dissect and decode the captured data. I have the private key files used for the key exchange. I am working now to retrieve the session key (which seem to change every few KB). I am just missing a dissector for OpenVPN. It looks like the Wireshark team has had requests for one. Has anyone successfully been able to decode OpenVPN traffic in Wireshark?


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The heart of Willow Grove PA, THE place to chill. Also known as War, and Trap park. It was the GREATEST place to sit around and blaze el's all day. Then the cops started coming and screwed the park over. RIP, everyone in Willow Grove will forever miss it.
Lets go roll up a fat el at War Memorial Park and pass the fuck out stoned under the pavilion. Thats lovin' life yo.
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Beta - A Charming Studio in beautiful stone village
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|Dolphin House, 7740 Tochni, Larnaca, Cyprus
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Situated in Tochni village, ideal to explore the island of Cyprus. The kitchenette, with fridge-freezer, microwave and hot plate. Outside and inside seating area. This is a light airy space ideal for a single traveller or couple.
Shops, restaurants, cafe and bank are within walking distance. The property is located on a quiet pedestrian walkway, so you will leave your car about 30 meters away. Great walks, cycle rides are on your doorstep. There is a local bus service and beaches are 10 minutes away.
House rulesIt is a village, with close neighbours, so not great for party animals.
Check in after 14.00 and before 20.00.
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Towels and linen provided in the studio but please bring beach towels.
Smoking outside is permitted.
There are some steep steps so is not ideal for children and people with mobility issues.
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It was such a nice holiday. the apartment was perfect, so beautiful! Hugh is an amazing man, very very friendly. When we arrived, we had a very big problem and Hugh did very thing to help us. we thank Hugh very much!
We will come back, for sure!!
First of all: Hugh was a great host. If you have any questions or problems, ask him. Hugh will always be happy to help you or to give you any recommendations.
The apartment was really large and very comfortable. From our balcony we had a nice view over Tochni. It is located in a quiet area in the middle of Tochni, a small, charming village. In the apartment you find everything you need and you desire. The apartment was very clean, beautiful, and well furnished.
Our recommendation: Tochni, especially the apartment, is defenitely worth a stay. You will enjoy it...
Lieber Hugh,
Wir durften eine wunderbare Woche in deinem traumhaft schönen Studio verbringen. Vielen Dank für den herzlichen Empfang!
Zudem ist die Insel mit ihren herzlichen Leuten auf jeden Fall eine Reise wert.
Die Unterkunft ist sehr schön, im skandinavischen Stil eingerichtet und es ist alles vorhandem, was man zum täglichen Leben benötigt. Hugh ist ein zuvorkommender Gastgeber, der sehr um das Wohlergehen seiner Gäste bemüht ist. Tochni ist ein sehr schön hergererichtetes Dorf, in dem es auch einen kleinen Supermarkt und drei Tavernen gibt.
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Very good stay in Tochni.
High quality welcome by Hugh with so wonderful generosity.
All appartments in Dolphin House are so nicely furbished and clean.
A very good place to stay and to come back as soon as possible.
We were looking for a quiet place in Cyprus and with the Alpha Studio we found exactly what we were looking for . It was love at first glance. The apartment is tasteful furnished, equipped with all basics you need for a relaxing vacation. The apartment is a peaceful oasis within the village and located that you feel integrated into the village community. You can have very nice chats with the people from Tochni. The surrounding area is ideal to have nice hikes in whatever direction. April was a perfect time concerning the climate.
Hugh was a very charming host and always helpful for all kind of questions . Thanks a lot
Peter and Gisela
We have done everything right with this Apartment and Hugh as host! We were visited on site and they helped us to our accommodation. Although Tochni is a somewhat small village away from the big cities, we would choose again! However, you're stuck without a rental car. The Apartment of-they were very clean and well equipped and there to stay our time, the other guests were already gone, it was very private and quiet.
So if you do not seek the hotel bustle and screaming children during his vacation, which should be for Hugh decisive screams in Tochni morning only the cock ;)
I can only recommend it.
Wir haben mit diesem Appartament und mit Hugh als Gastgeber alles richtig gemacht! Wir wurden vor Ort aufgesucht und man half uns bis zu unserer Unterkunft. Obwohl Tochni ein etwas kleineres Dorf abseits der großen Städte ist,würden wir wieder aussuchen! Allerdings ist man ohne Mietwagen aufgeschmissen. Zu den Appartaments-sie waren sehr sauber und gut ausgestattet und da zu unserer Aufenthaltszeit die anderen Gäste bereits abgereist waren, war es sehr privat und ruhig.
Wer also nicht den Hoteltrubel und Kindergeschrei in seinem Urlaub sucht,der sollte sich für Hugh entscheiden-den in Tochni schreit morgens nur der Hahn ;)
Ich kann es nur weiterempfehlen.
Very nice apartment in one of the few remaining original small villages in the south of Cyprus.
Very clean and friendly.
Sehr schönes Apartment in einem der wenigen noch ursprünglichen kleinen Dörfern im Süden von Zypern.
Sehr sauber und freundlich.
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Pay it Forward: Devin's Destiny cheers homeless kids
Non-profit throws birthday parties they wouldn't have
BEND, Ore. - Everyone has a birthday, but not every kid gets a chance to celebrate it.
Enter Devin's Destiny.
"Every kid should know how important or feel important on their day," said Manager Brandon DeLuca.
Devin DeLuca is the inspiration behind the organization.
"He had a fascination with the homeless community and also with children, especially with children who didn't have it as well as me or he did growing up," DeLuca said.
Three years ago, Devin took his own life after suffering from depression.
His brother Brandon, along with family and friends, wanted to do something in his honor and help homeless children.
"Probably the most caring, giving kids, young men I've ever met in my life," DeLuca said.
The organization works behind the scenes to get names of homeless children from nonprofit organizations.
Then they organize a birthday party -- 25 to 30 of them a month -- using donations from people like you.
"I go out and try and find a gift that matches his or her personality, then I wrap it and then I set up a home party or pizza party or park party," DeLuca explained.
Then he leaves, before the kids even get there. DeLuca has actually never been to one of the parties he's thrown.
"My brother was always, always doing nice things for other people, but he never took credit. So it's important for him to honor that as well," he said.
Linda Johnson is on the board at Devin's Destiny and has seen the impact it has on local kids.
"I've seen their heart, their passion and what they've been able to do, and I just thought it was the perfect match," Johnson said.
That's why she nominated Devin's Destiny, and we are honored to announce she is this month's "Pay it Forward" winner.
On behalf of Co-Energy Propane, Mid-Oregon Credit Union and NewsChannel 21, we gave Johnson $500 to Pay it Forward and surprise the crew at Devin's Destiny.
"$500 simply put can change 10 kids' lives forever. I mean, is that not worth $500?" Deluca said after getting the happy surprise.
It's a need that's much greater than just 10 kids, but helping one child at a time makes all the difference. And it's what Devin would have wanted.
"It makes me feel closer to him every day. I just want to make him proud," DeLuca said.
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Nagarjuna's poetic presentation of the fundamental teachings of the Great Vehicle, or Mahayana—whose followers, driven by compassion, strive to attain Buddhahood for the sake of all beings—is remarkable for its concise style and memorable imagery, making it one of the most widely quoted sources in other commentaries on the Mahayana path. This work will appeal to readers with a general interest in Mahayana Buddhism, to those who wish to familiarize themselves with one of the great classics of Indian Buddhist literature, and to students who come across passages quoted in other Buddhist works and who wish to explore further. The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna (first–second century A.D.) wrote his celebrated poem "Letter to a Friend" as a gift of advice to a South Indian king, and it has since become a monument in the Indian shastra tradition.
Despite its short length (only 123 verses), it covers the whole Mahayana path, combining a practical approach to daily conduct with a theoretical exposition of the different stages leading to enlightenment. It has thus been an ideal source for many of Tibet 's great scholars seeking a scriptural authority to enhance their own descriptions of the Buddhist path. Any difficulties in understanding the poem are overcome by Kangyur Rinpoche's commentary, which turns Nagarjuna's sometimes cryptic poem into straightforward prose, expanding on each topic and ordering the different subjects in such a way that on returning to the original poem, the reader can easily make sense of the advice it contains.
It includes headings to explain Nagarjuna's frequent changes in subject and full explanations of the ideas introduced in each verse. In addition to the commentary, this book presents the original poem in the Tibetan and in a new English translation that attempts to emulate Nagarjuna's lines of metric verse. Also included are Kangyur Rinpoche's structural outline (sa bchad), a Tibetan line index to enable students to locate quotations used in other Tibetan works, full notes, and a glossary.
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Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in West Brompton, a part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in South West London, England. It is managed by The Royal Parks and was established by Act of Parliament, in 1836. It opened in 1840 and was originally known as the West of London and Westminster Cemetery.The cemetery was opened as part of an initiative to provide seven large, modern cemeteries (sometimes called the 'Magnificent Seven') in a ring around the edge of London of which Kensal Green Cemetery and Highgate Cemetery are examples. The inner city cemeteries, mostly the graveyards attached to individual churches, had long been unable to cope with the number of burials and were seen as a hazard to health and an undignified way to treat the dead. Regarded as one of the finest Victorian Metropolitan cemeteries in the country, it has a formal layout with a central avenue with long colonnades, and flanked by catacombs, leading to a chapel based on St Peter's Basilica in Rome. Amongst its shady walks are over 35,000 monuments - many of historical importance. The site, previously market gardens, was bought from Lord Kensington and is 39 acres in area. Below the colonnades are catacombs which were originally conceived as a cheaper alternative burial to having a plot in the grounds of the cemetery. Unfortunately, the catacombs were not a success and only about 500 of the many thousands of places in them were sold. It is listed as Grade II in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England and five of the individual monuments are listed as Grade II. The site includes large plots for family mausolea, and common graves where coffins are piled deep into the earth, as well as a small columbarium. Brompton was closed to burials between 1952 and 1996, but is once again a working cemetery, with plots for interments and a 'Garden of Remembrance' for the deposit of cremated remains.
The names for Beatrix Potter's much-loved cast of animal characters may have come from ageing headstones.
Peter Rabbett, Jeremiah Fisher, Mr Nutkins, Mr Brock and Mr McGregor have all been found on stones in this cemetery. She lived in The Boltons nearby,from 1863 to 1913.This seems to confirm local rumours that have circulated for years about the source of the names of her characters.
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Thyme Persian-Style Rug
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A traditionally Persian pattern of scrolling vines and intricate palmettes is updated in a contemporary color palette with soft shades of green, almond and taupe. Click here for recommended care.
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MTV Unveils New Logo: More TV, Less Music
For the first time in it's 30 year history, MTV has decided to freshen up their iconic logo-ed imagery to reflect their conversion from scheduled music material to a pool of programmed reality productions. If you were unaware how seismic of a shift this adjustment bears and what it means for the posterity of the once-heralded network, the future's in the font.
Above, you'll find the well-known MTV imagery, complete with an icon and tagline. Perfectly balanced for the then fledgling network, executives greenlit the logo as both an introduction to new viewers, and a beacon of truth for their fast-adapting followers. Since its premiere, MTV has had a profound impact on the music industry and popular culture, with the latter forging ahead of the initial purpose that the channel chose to serve.
With the advent of The Real World in May of 1992, music television programming as we knew it (and as referenced within it's proper emblematics), would no longer remain a flag in the foothills of developing and breaking new artists.
As the station made its move into targeting adolescents and young adults with a broadcast lineup of a variety of popular culture and reality television shows, familiar VJ's and musicians began to be replaced with challenges, hot tubs, Puck's and Snooki's. Since then, MTV's choice to focus on non-music programming has been tirelessly contested, validating the channel's impact on modern media.
Which brings us to the new logo. After it's unveil late last week, many were quick to jump on the attack and critique the network for the removal of the "music television" tagline. A stunted "M" now replaces one whose stems used to stretch forth, in which I'll go so far as to even parallel the length of its strokes to the amount of genuine music programming the channel once held.
There will be no potshots from my viewpoint. Rather, I say, "good on you MTV!" for changing what has long been overdue. You've finally come to terms with an ever-rapidly-depleting focus on music. I'd expect that within the next 5 years, it would be safe to completely remove the "M" altogether. But I remiss, thanks to MTV.com's content catch-all section, Songs From the Show. How else will I know which Morningwood song was used in that scene from The Hills when Spencer was yelling at Heidi?
To reminisce: a few songs from the glory days of the thirteenth letter can be found below.
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Looking to become just a "backyard beekeeper" and hoping to get some recommendations as far as a couple of good books for someone new to beekeeping to get started with. All information will be appreciated.
Looking to become just a "backyard beekeeper" and hoping to get some recommendations as far as a couple of good books for someone new to beekeeping to get started with. All information will be appreciated.
There are quite a lot of good books out. Roger Morse has an excellent beginners book. I started with "BEEKEEPING, A Practical Guide" by Richard E. Bonney. It is a good starter book. Bee Culture magazine is another source for beekeeping information. Contact your local beekeeping association, the meeting can provide lots of good stuff and even some hands on. The NJ Beekeepers Association hooks up beginners with old timers as mentors. Have fun!
I may not be any help b/c I am new in this adventure myself but I seem to have really gotten some great info out of "Honey Bees & Beekeeping" written by Keith S. Delaplane.
There's a good book that I read called keeping bees by John Vivian and one called Begin to keep bees by Franklin H. Carrier (not sure if can still get this one. I got it at a beekeeping supply house that
Mr. Carrier was owner of, and he had the book for sale.)
ABC and XYZ of Bee Keeping. This is an A.I. Root publication. You can find good deals on E-Bay. The book sells new for 35.00.
Tim Gifford
The "Beekeepers Handbook Third Edition"by Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitable is an excellent book,I have learned alot from it.JOHN
My family went to Barnes and Noble this weekend and while they were spaced out reading their books I wondered over to the beekeeping section and found "Beekeeping For Dummies" Very Good Book. I couldn't put it down so I bought it. I highly recommend it to everyone.
I have also bought books from Barnes and Noble. They have out of print books and if you shop around their site you can find some bargins. Later, Dale
There are some really great beehive starter kit books at the below link. It looks like they know what they are talking about and have great reviews
Have a great day!
I also got "Beekeeping for Dummies" after seeing it used in an online beginners class. Not all encompassing, but to get started it's a great how to and reference. Here's a link to the first session of the "Bee School." If you don't have access to taking a class, might give this a look, There's five or six sessions and they're about an hour and a half each.
As one other has said in previous posts, I also have "The Beekeeper's Handbook" by D. Sammataro and A. Avitabile. I also read and old, old beekeeping book by Dadant, published in the 40s or 50s that a friend gave me from his college days (he was a vo-ag major.) and another book which I can't remember the name...
Just a word of advice (as you'll soon find out reading Beesource and different books) is that in the world of beekeeping there are the basics (bee physiology, life cycle, pests) that are always the same, and everyone agrees with; but then there's the methods with which you deal with the basics, where EVERYONE will most definitely not agree.
I'm just a noob having started my first colonies from packages last Spring. I studied a whole bunch before that, and now I still find myself seeking information.. It is still astonishing to me how there are people getting into beekeeping without having put some serious studying before getting their bees. (but hey, it keeps the commercial guys going, I guess!)
Have fun: it is truly the best hobby I've been involved in.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping.
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
I'm a new beek this year and so far I have read Beekeeping for Dummies and The Beekeepers Handbook (required for my class). I recommend both highly. I am now starting through The Backyard Beeekeeper and it is very good so far. All are great to learn from and will be references kept close at hand in the year ahead.
These have good photos and are easy reads: "Homegrown Honey Bees" by Alethea Morrison and "The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping" by Samantha and Daniel Johnson (part of the FFA beginner's guide series.
Good luck with your bees. Send Barry a PM to get your location set. Knowing where you are can help with questions. I wouldn't want to give "local" advice to someone who lives in Canada because it probably wouldn't be relevant. Someone in AL, it might be good for them.
"Sometimes the best action, with bees, is no action at all."
The Practical Beekeeper (Beekeeping Naturally) by Michael Bush **highly recommended
The Backyard Beekeeper (Absolute Beginners Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden) by Kim Flottum
Beekeeping for Dummies
First Lessons in Beekeeping by Keith S. Delaplane
Chicken Soup for the Complete Idiot Beekeeper's Soul Before You Die?


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A super-quick blend of reduced-fat sour cream and salsa serves double duty as salad dressing and seasoning for the meat in our updated version of Tex-Mex taco salad. Depending on the type of salsa you use, the salad will vary in heat. We keep this version light with lean turkey, but lean ground beef (about 95%-lean) would also keep the nutrition marks reasonable. Just hold the deep-fried tortilla bowl and instead serve this salad with baked tortilla chips and wedges of fresh lime.
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Serves 4
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 30 min.
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Combine salsa and sour cream in a large bowl.
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Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 2 minutes. Add turkey and cook, stirring often and crumbling with a wooden spoon, until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, beans, cumin and chili powder; cook, stirring, until the tomatoes begin to break down, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in cilantro and 1/4 cup of the salsa mixture.
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When you have these on hand, you can work miracles with any entree.
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Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from the heat, add garlic, stir to submerge and let sit until the garlic skins are softened and cool enough to handle, about 50 minutes. Strain the garlic, remove the skins and cut off the hard nub where the clove was attached to the head.
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Genre: RPG Action
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Ship Date: January 2001
The Bouncer combines fast-paced fighting action with Square's trademark
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A typical evening at a local bar erupts into chaos as members of a
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As the owner of a small acreage, water is important to many of your activities. If you have a private well, then you may use groundwater for drinking and other household needs, for watering your animals or irrigating your land. If you have water rights for surface water, then you are able to irrigate your pastures, gardens or lawn. If your land has running water, ponds or wetlands, you may use this water for your animals, for fishing and other recreation, or just for the aesthetic pleasures that water can bring. With these benefits comes the responsibility to protect the quality of this water. Protecting water quality not only benefits you and your family by preserving healthy drinking water and a healthy environment, but it also protects those water users downstream. For some simple tips on how you can be part of the solution to pollution click here.
Answer the following questions to help you identify activities on your property that may be putting groundwater or surface water at risk. If you answer "Yes" or "Don't Know" to any of the questions, water from your property could potentially threaten your family's health, the value of your property or the health of people downstream. To find out more, please see the fact sheets and surveys, or contact your local extension office.
Section I. How Safe is Your Well?
If your drinking water comes from a public water supply, go to Section II.
What's the Risk to Your Well Water?
Fact sheet:
How to Protect Your Well Water
Additional well information:
Wells that aren't used for drinking water:
If you have a well that is no longer being used, you should consider closing the well to avoid any contamination of groundwater. Well closing recommendations include:
Wells which are used for irrigation or animal watering only still need need to be protected, because contamination that enters may pollute a neighboring well.
Section II. Risks from Pesticides and Fertilizers
If you do not store or handle pesticides and/or fertilizer, go to Section III.
What's the Risk to Your Water from Fertilizer Contamination?
What's the Risk to Your Water from Pesticide Contamination?
Fact sheets:
How to Protect Your Water from Fertilizer Contamination
How to Protect Your Water from Pesticide Contamination
Fertilizers as common pollutants of concern:
Proper storage, handling and application of fertilizers on farmstead or acreages are essential to protect water sources from chemical contamination. Excessive application rates, spills in storage areas, and seemingly insignificant spills during mixing and loading can lead to fertilizer movement into surface or groundwaters. If contamination reaches drinking water sources, nitrates in the fertilizer can pose serious health risks--especially for infants and young livestock. In addition to health concerns, laws governing nutrients in surface water are being more strictly enforced than in the past, in part because fertilizer runoff into surface water can cause excess algae growth and result in fish kills.
Pesticides as potential pollutants:
Section III. Risks from Fuels
If you do not store or handle petroleum, go to Section IV.
What's the Risk to Your Water from Petroleum Based Fuel?
Fact sheet:
Petroleum products as potential water pollutants:
Fuel spills and leaks pose a serious threat to human health and environmental quality. One gallon of gasoline can contaminate up to 1 million gallons of water. Cleanup of fuel-contaminated soil and water can be extremely expensive. It is best to take precautions to ensure that spills or leaks do not occur.
Section IV. Risks from Hazardous Wastes
What's the Risk to Your Water from Hazardous Waste?
Fact sheet:
Home chemicals and hazardous wastes can pose potential risks to the quality of your water:
Waste products are an inevitable result of daily living. While some types of waste are harmless, a significant number are potentially hazardous to our health and the environment. Waste products are hazardous if they are toxic, corrosive, flammable or explosive. The federal government identifies over 500 specific materials as hazardous wastes. Even a small amount of these materials can contaminate ground or surface water and can be very difficult to clean up.
Below are some common hazardous materials found around the home and farmstead or acreage.
Section V. How Safe is Your Septic System?
If your household is on a public sewer, go to Section VI.
Fact sheet:
How to Manage Your Septic System and Protect Your Water
Septic Systems
power point or pdf.
Section VI. Managing Livestock
If you do not have livestock, skip to the end.
What's the Risk to Your Water from Stored Manure?
What's the Risk to Your Water from a Livestock Yard?
Fact sheets:
How to Manage Stored Manure and Protect Your Water
How to Manage Your Livestock and Protect Your Water
Additional Livestock Manure Information:
Manure and Nutrient Quantity Calculation Sheet
National Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center


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Derogatory term for a pesky homeless female methamphetamine (gak) addict who volunteers (in many cases begs) to offer up her seedy sexuality - sometimes rife with STD's sporting bright-red, oversized infections livid to the touch - and pungent pussy soiled with yesterday's cumstains from last week's load, in her perpetual plot to partake of possibly puny portions of her pet poison. Said (and sad) specimens are described as "dope simple", i.e. their myopic mania for meth has trained their brains to be lean, mean meth-eating machines - all else gets filtered out and eventually discarded. Gak-ho's have one god - Gak; one goal - Getting Gak; and one way to grind it - Gash. Which makes spotting these slatterns as simple as 1,2,3...
Hooked on her first hit hauled from the glowing glass globe held by a googly-eyed guy for the giggly girl, she was a gak-ho from the get-go.
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text: Not to hijack the other thread. And to keep my thinking straight. And last summer my first year to play with nucs on these lines. I made up some five frame nuc boxes last summer. (Late June July) An and had problems with bee Quantity in some of them. Would I have been better of pulling two of the frames out and putting following boards in there place? Thinking of spring and making plans for it. if I need to make some following boards or not. When I make splits in the spring Should I move them to a differnt yard?


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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2012 file photo, Lindsay Lohan attends the Mr. Pink Ginseng launch party at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lohan's misdemeanor case is due to be called for arraignment in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 15, 2012. The actress is charged with lying to police, reckless driving and obstructing a police officer from performing his duties. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in a misdemeanor case over allegations she lied to police about a June traffic accident, though the actress is not required to attend the hearing.
Lohan is charged with reckless driving, lying to police about whether she was driving when her Porsche slammed into the back of a dump truck, and obstructing police from performing their duties. The accident occurred while Lohan and her assistant were on their way to shoot a beach scene for the television movie "Liz and Dick."
Lohan told police that she wasn't driving, but police suspect she was behind the wheel. The wreck sent her to the hospital briefly. The actress was on probation at the time for a 2011 necklace theft case and could be sentenced to 245 days in jail if a judge determines her conduct violated her probation. Her probation was revoked last month but she had yet to enter a plea on the new charges.
Lohan's publicist and longtime attorney Shawn Holley did not return messages Monday about the hearing.
The accident was not the only problem she encountered while shooting "Liz and Dick," a film based on the love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. A week after the accident, paramedics were summoned to Lohan's hotel room when she was late to a shoot. Her publicist at the time attributed her absence to fatigue and dehydration.
The film was expected to be a comeback opportunity for Lohan, who spent the past several years struggling with criminal court cases. Her performance, however, was panned by critics and fans.
She also was arrested in New York after an alleged fight with a woman, but a criminal complaint hasn't been drawn up. The district attorney's office there said last week that its inquiry was ongoing.
Although Lohan is not required to appear at Tuesday's hearing, she would have to appear when a probation violation hearing is scheduled.


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I have read that it make a better drink.
Can you tell the difference or is it very subtle?
What method do you use to do this?
I have read that it make a better drink.
Can you tell the difference or is it very subtle?
What method do you use to do this?
I aerate at the beginning right before pitching yeast in mead and beer. The yeast take up the O2 for division and reproduction. Adding O2 after the initial stage can result in acetobacter formation which produces vinegar taste. That is why fermentation is done in a closed fermenter. Oak barrels allow some oxygen transfer as well as plastic buckets, but using the vessels for extended periods requires periodic attention and expertise.
I've never heard of aerating while fermenting; conventional wisdom as beerbee said is that you want to aerate well when pitching the yeast, then keep oxygen away once fermentation starts to avoid both chemical oxidation of flavor compounds and growth of aerobic contaminating bacteria.
Some meadmakers do a periodic degassing during fermentation. The idea is to agitate the must in an oxygen-free environment to get dissolved CO2 to bubble out. As high dissolved CO2 is somewhat toxic to yeast, this is supposed to create a faster, more complete fermentation with a cleaner flavor profile. I've never degassed myself and have been darn pleased with my meads :-)
Aeration before the yeast leave their respirative life cycle stage is important for full attenuation as beerbee notes, but really shouldn't be performed much past when the primary ferment has kicked off. Later on, oxygen contact will oxidize rather than oxygenate the beverage, leading to off-flavors and color changes... it takes the live yeast stripping the o2 from solution during reproduction to protect the mead. Acetobacter are required in addition to oxygen for acetic acid formation, so if you are effectively preventing fruit flies from entering (one of the functions of an airlock) but allowing oxygen to interact then you'll only get oxidation (still to be avoided).
Bees, brews and fun
in Lyons, CO
I've only just started my first batch of mead, so what follows is based on what I've read/been told by other folks. When in doubt, I'd say listen to Ben. His handle is Brewcat for a reason.
To (hopefully) add to what has already been said, a lot of people will aerate/oxigenate up to the 1/3 sugar break. That's the point where 1/3 of the available sugar has been used up by the yeast. You figure that out based on your original specific gravity (O.G.) reading. If you assume your mead will finish at 1.000, then 1/3 of the way through would mean that a S.G. reading of 1.067 would be your 1/3 sugar break.
The method I use is to just take my big long stirring spoon, put it on the side of my plastic bucket primary at the surface of the mead, and drive it to the bottom as fast as I can (trying not to splash it out of the bucket). I'll also stir it vigorously in one direction and then switch directions.
Any time you open up your primary fermenter (to take a SG reading or whatever), you would be well served to sanitize everything you touch, or might have come into contact with something non-sanitized. Anything that comes into contact with the mead, SANITIZE!!
I have a friend who has an aeration schedule that he adheres to pretty stringently. For the first 2-3 days he'll aerate it a lot, but then after that he leaves it to do its thing. And remember to transfer it to a secondary as gently as you can, so as to avoid putting any extra air into it... i.e. No splashing!
Hope this helps. Ben or Vance or whomever: correct anything I may have wrong. I'm still learning too.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Emerson
Usually initial aeration (or even thorough aeration in starter preparation, if a starter is cultured) will get you to the finish line just fine. For very stressful musts, for example high gravity (like 1.120++) especially combined with low pH or nutrient levels, a perfectly-timed mid-primary aeration can help, though not as much as fixing the underlying issue in the latter two cases. In those cases I just make a healthy yeast starter, building up yeast cell counts in a sterile medium of unhopped beer wort and then decanting the spent wort off the beautiful tan yeastcake... they'll be fully nourished and have an enormous crop of young 'uns to help with the chores so to speak. Yeast, even wine yeast, is cultured in beer wort as it is nutritionally perfect for yeast health.
Degassing the primary a bit can reduce the carbonic acid, but I'm a believer in aiming the arrow well before loosing it rather than trying to put fans along its course to keep it on target . That just means proper yeast nutrition and health at pitching, having enough (but not too much!) nutrient in the must to see it through, quality ingredients, sanitary equipment and good transfer technique. That said, there's nothing wrong per se with mid-ferment interventions; just be sure of sanitary practices and that you are fixing a known problem with an effective action. An example might be old country wine recipes that tell you to rack every month for a year or whatever... racking has a purpose but it does not in and of itself improve wine; once the need is met, further racking harms mead (and causes loss of volume, an unpardonable foul if done without a goal in mind ).
Re-reading the OP, there is a reason for racking/degassing besides CO2 and that is hydrogen sulfide, other sulfur compounds and some other dissolved gasses that want to be dispersed. Agitation and/or racking (done carefully so as to not oxidize) causes these gases to leave solution which does improve a wine or mead, but time does that too. I never rack more than once to secondary and maybe a second in a few weeks once it's fallen clear if I don't want to age on lees. Other than that good technique and maybe a gentle degassing is all I usually do. There are a few yeast strains that are voluminous "burrito night" producers that definitely benefit from bulk aging and degassing so that doesn't make it into the glass.
Many people make great meads and wines different ways and there truly is no "right" way. I just happen to be a biology nerd who loves yeast culture, so that's how I approach mead too.
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Indeed. No right way of doing it. But still, i would aerate quite often the starting few days!
My blog:
How to make homemade mead
+1 for aerating high gravity in the first few days. Otherwise, we get decent results by offgassing. I.E. we shake/rock the carboy to release CO2
My wife says I have ADD, but, hey look- a chicken!
aiming the arrow well before loosing it rather than trying to put fans along its course to keep it on target
well stated.
The proper yeast, the proper recipe...and you'll hit your target
My wife says I have ADD, but, hey look- a chicken!
Often intermediate aeration is done as part of a stepped nutrient feeding schedule done, as a poster above describes, up to about the 1/3 sugar break. I've experimented with stepped nutrient additions and/or intermediate aeration and I haven't noticed any significant benefit over just giving the must a good whisking or stir at the start and letting it run to completion. I know some people who swear by such techniques but I don't see (or taste) much difference. The times I have done it, I was making 1 gallon batches so it was easy to just pull off the airlock, cover the neck with my hand and invert the jug a few times. Pull hand off to add more air to the jug and repeat. With any larger fermenter, I would use a spoon, racking cane, stir plate or some other method. Keep in mind there will be gas dissolved in the must that will come out of solution when you do this and it will make a mess if you aren't careful.


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Highlights of Findings--June 2000
F. Limitations of the Study
The study was never designed to be an impact evaluation, including both an experimental and control group of institutions in a multivariate framework. The absence of an experimental and control group methodology in the study design precludes an unambiguous determination of the institutional impacts of Title III funds.
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Re: st: Mokken scaling procedure - output
Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Mokken scaling procedure - output
Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:53:02 +0000
This is way outside my experience, but I would not exclude plotting
the data, seemingly unusual in this territory. In this case, -graph
matrix- might be helpful but given the ordinal scale jittering would
be essential.
set obs 1000
forval j = 1/5 {
gen y`j' = floor(6 * runiform())
raph matrix y?, jitter(1)
gives a kind of benchmark for a null extreme.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Laura Maria Schwirz <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> I thought so too. I was quite surprised to get such high Loevinger
> coefficients but this might be due to a rather large sample size of 3,300?
> Also, does it mean that if they all lie above the critical value of 0.3
> that these variables (or traits in this case) form one dimension? I.e. if
> two of them were lower than 0.3, the other two would still form such a
> dimension?
> Many thanks for your advice on this, much appreciated!
> Laura
> On 12 February 2013 16:26, JVerkuilen (Gmail) <email@example.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Laura Maria Schwirz <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>> Apologies. I had some trouble sending the email and I thought the
>>> Stata output caused the problem. Here's the output. I am actually just
>>> reading van Schur's article and find it quite helpful.
>> Your situation is exactly what Mokken scaling is good at but read
>> through those citations to make sure you feel solid about what the
>> output is.
>> I'd worry about a halo effect on these due to the likely content.
>> Those are some VERY high H stats.
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August 11, 1979
Stevenage, UK
Knebworth Festival
The Song Remains the Same, Celebration Day, (Out On the Tiles intro) Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Hot Dog, Rain Song, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, Jimmy Page solo, In The Evening, Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown.
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Knebworth 11 August
I remember (most of it) as if it were yesterday: the overwhelming excitement at the announcement that Zep were to play Knebworth, something my parents didn't share. I just had to get a ticket!!
I was seventeen and Zep had changed my whole perception of music for the last three years and was just too young to go to Earl's Court. Dilligently following the extensive US '77 tour in the press, this was now my big chance.
Another Zephead and fellow college student Marc decided to accompany me and we set off hitch-hiking from Exeter two days before. We slept rough in a barn near Basingstoke and woke up surrounded by cows doing their morning ablutions. A few lifts later and a bus ride from Stevenage, we finally arrived at Knebworth the night befer the show.
I remember a breach in gates and a mad rush for the best (damp) seats in the house. It seemed to take ages running in the moonlight before we pitched up about 50/60 metres from the stage and got our heads down. It was wet and not much sleeping went on, but I do distinctly remember the massive cheer at about 11.00am as the sun came out.
The crowd were quite respectful of all the bands, but we were only here for one thing: to see the greatest and most exciting band of all time. The adrenalin shot though my veins as the the band were anounced, which was the time is spotted that my mate was asleep. A couple of well aimed kicks and he was up on his feet .
The concert is well documented, the band were not at their best, but its was still a truly religious experience and something I will treasure for the rest of my life. 30 years on I still remember it like it was yesterday, whilst many other memories fade.
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Congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords has had a difficult but inspiring year. It began with a major tragedy. On January 8, a shooting rampage broke out in the parking lot of a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. People were gathered there to attend a meet-and-greet hosted by Giffords, 41, an Arizona representative. The Democratic congresswoman and 18 others were shot. Six of the victims died. Police believe accused shooter Jared Loughner was targeting Giffords.
In the days that followed, Giffords, who was shot in the head, remained in critical condition. But doctors were optimistic about her recovery. In just 10 months, she went from being unable to speak at all to giving a television interview.
Giffords's ongoing recovery has inspired many. She stood by her husband, Navy pilot and astronaut Mark Kelly, as he took his final space mission in April and then announced his retirement. Together, they wrote a book about the tragedy and her future called Gabby: A Story of Hope and Courage. On August 1, Giffords briefly returned to Washington, D.C., to cast a supportive vote to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. The surprise visit brought thunderous applause from the House of Representatives and briefly removed the bitterness built up over months of arguing between parties. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called Giffords "the personification of courage."
Giffords was born on June 8, 1970. Called "Gabby" by her friends and family, she grew up in Tucson. In 2000, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona State Senate. Giffords has served as an elected official for more than 10 years. She is an advocate for solar energy, environmental causes and support for military families and veterans.
In November, Giffords helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to service members and retirees at a military base in Tucson. She hopes to return to Congress, but for now, she is focused on her recovery. "I will get stronger. I will return," Giffords says in her book.
For her congressional work and her inspiring courage and determination, Gabrielle Giffords is a nominee for TFK's 2011 Person of the Year.