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Nov 14, 2012|
John and Gerry discuss the blockbuster trade that sent the bulk of the Miami Marlins' talent (and, more importantly, salary) north to Toronto and how it was a good decision that Red Sox Gm Ben Cherington didn't bite on the deal. They break down the deal and discuss how the Blue Jays may not have made as great a deal as many pundits would have you believe.
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Okay -- -- -- close your eyes and picture the following scenario Red Sox general manager bench Harrington is in some luxury hotels some -- doesn't matter where does that matter why. It's 6 o'clock in the morning the darkening drape your pool he's sleeping soundly it's almost time to get up and go to work. What happens at that point what's the next thing that happens at that moment. That would be -- note that shot just stop. So sophomoric. Could be the wake up call. The phone rings on the nightstand and it's the wake up call it that happened yesterday for Ben Carrington and Boston Red Sox was that'll wake up call that says -- -- -- It took the blue jays long to decide -- the compensation for John Ferrell would be the betrayed every single prospect they have their entire minor league system. For every single person who could play baseball from the Miami Marlins. You'd think -- -- yet I know the Los Angeles and gets we might -- is a line right yeah he might have set his alarm for six -- -- program. I'm here to say and if you just waking up. I commend you nice job ban way to show some discipline if you had made this deal. You've gotten all kinds of you know plaudits and credit and kudos today it would have been stupid it would not have been disciplined. Among blue jays didn't do exactly. What the Dodgers did. A lot of similarities pretty it and close and and it must've been attempting it must've been attempting to ban. Put this way banned if Theo we're still here have done this deal have done he would have done this daily asked. As the Marlins if they had -- you know he would ask for -- well and they Woodson wouldn't trade rated him captain wells and I have a contract gonna pick up in chief Carlos and his ticked off we need an outfielder went over. By the way you can we get us out of the way first and for another year here -- As he. As used in this market as well yeah but. Do we give a damn about my balance. I wanna get the center -- first -- all the national shows it. Hope that the poor -- and the market the Miami market has but the -- we care about the pledges that the national take is this is so bad race I don't know everybody in baseball -- upset about this are really. I keep hearing that and every time that and I watch a lot of analysis of this. Advocate to support Miami market and the taxpayers and to bring in Steve yeah. You know what -- -- -- last year and our manager that's their problem that's their problem that we're dealing with weakened it I'm I'm. -- We're dealing with -- with the blue jays did it did and won the -- auction that could have done. What they should've could've they could've done is exactly with the Marlins in the -- the blue jays did they didn't. -- that I commend you. -- what got right now are too big splash. -- -- -- right yes it's triples. And probably why I remember that perfect. Game. Just jobs and he's hot he's big -- somebody and build -- to -- -- two dream team right. Now police units and you -- -- a very good point about the he'll he'll have looked at this and said. We shortstop and a mature Iglesias is ready and that we -- you the right handed pitcher to bring in Josh Johnson problems left ended it let's bring in mark early chaos on a plus you can still basis for I guess we don't need a catcher John Buck seventeen captured. But anyway. I remember that one time that I was awesome yeah in my some guy with Kansas City. Product yet -- went -- pop. -- Feel would have done this. Deal he would have topped that the blue jays would have said we can't let them beat us. We know -- part of reporting. That the bench character was in on this course they had to address -- had an I'm not sure how much the show up and around. -- but an interest in Josh Johnson and -- race. The whole big package the whole big pile of flotsam and yet some. He wasn't so interest and and he wanted and we knew -- an interest in just Johnson in the last year of his contract coming off Tommy John all that we know. And we know Reyes you know they love short stops here in New England I'm not sure if you -- -- what they do we collect the shorts like stumbles like yourself -- -- That's what it's you know eight and some people go in peeking. The Red Sox shortstop shopping in the off season they get a new one every year so they definitely were kicking the tires and Reyes. It took discipline it took discipline he was. At the the dealership -- you know -- you know since he was at the car dealership looking at media. That new Audi. Satisfied you know kicking the tires and -- I would love one of those the sales guys. To him by general manager I have to what gets into this deal today he was tempted. And didn't they didn't do I give credit TO the I was texting and right now he missed them -- -- raw deal like dude what are you didn't read the papers. That butchers are better venue today because that is probably pissed off the Marlins didn't call him and get a shot this week. Pocketbooks for the show's open you would like the -- because I mean on I mean that the blue jays are awesome now we're gonna kick the Red Sox past. Because I think it took real discipline I think is the first example of band stick and it was guns and doing the right thing he could make a deal tomorrow he can make a big deal tomorrow. But this had to be attempting to trade with Josh Johnson. Is -- -- sexier player than Jose Reyes out there sexier. Splash year he defined splash he did not -- all around the Rogers did -- splash but he's owed 96 million dollars. This is what the what the Dodgers just did took on salary or splash this is what the roots are exposed to get away from. And they they did they did I I can't believe it but they did this is a new era in new GM and new way of doing business -- today he might turnaround and make a big trade for a -- -- might signed Josh and military go for like eight years and I'll just take it all spread out the window open or go back but this had to take real disciplined. He knew two things he -- week he needed -- pitching and that was pitching and neither shortstop and -- shortstop. He knew that was splash in six he involved here in east L. Still held. Held his ground. Gian Carlo was not in the steel and why is he not in the steel would he be like the most attractive guy maybe that's what happens to good as the star that they wanna build around and that's likes and -- the judge -- include Matt -- is -- the offering a stand I got the he's he's you know the statement I am now that's just off to -- what ever had these guys if -- and you say you're not sure how much they shopped it around are you kidding. If you're dumping salary if you're just Willy -- getting ready everybody who makes any money and -- on your team. Are you looking for the best possible return I know it's very difficult to define. When it comes to minor league systems and prospects he's the second rated prospect he's the eight rated prospect that's all nebulous and I guess that comes out of the computer your Skelton all those kinds of things but don't you go to almost every single team and say. What would you give me for all of this now. It in one of put the and didn't wanna queer the deal than what I mean if they didn't they they had a chance to unload these guys. I think it's Julie Bennett had a shot I think Ben had a shot out of -- a couple of teams but they didn't want to go public and didn't give credit. And they didn't want I -- do you think of all the players. All the agents all the Marlins were still literally Gian Carlo Stanton. Found out about this that they might not of on a monkey wrench into it they would have and they did not want this to get to go public until the pulled the trigger is due in countless fans tweet. All right I am pissed off. 1234. X -- To report plain and simple. That's it -- is all -- Jose bodies to -- off. See I was able to -- it's a great great date to be a blue today and you know what it is it's an end and that we can we get the stories of Toronto earlier. They're celebrating they haven't been in the playoffs -- 93 this is a big big deal that when you pit stop and look at you say. -- his -- from the -- Are serious about changing their image. That's the line sounds kind of innocuous right yeah. Your departure image. If you're trying to win the trying to -- not. This was made in part I'm currently -- for image this was made for splash right. If the Red Sox did that I I I'll just be honest I'd kill and that -- -- say they're back they're always they're doing things for image for splash not for baseball result. By itself is that nearly enough image is your perception of what you think about the organization's. Constitution what you think about the organization's desire and goals. I'm guessing that every person who gives a rat's ass about the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto or anywhere else for that matter looks at the success they're trying now right they're trying now. Thought that weren't trying to do you think the blue jays I never had that the exception that the blue jays were there with the royals. No no -- -- they're spending a little bit of money but just in terms of out of their dedication and their desire to do every possible thing they could to. Enhance what their fan base popular ghost image again. But images of no value unless image translates into success on the field and that equals more than 69 wins so I think from an image standpoint. It's been a good thing it is a good thing for the Toronto Blue -- -- it works out but it works out at the Philadelphia Eagles dream team and assembling -- -- -- or whether it works out like that like the Los Angeles Lakers may or -- may not work out with their multitude of stars and their brand new head coach. Is you know obviously. Remains to be seen but having so far so good for the people and rod -- saying hey where where where we're all right big boy pants like the Yankees and the Red Sox now but. -- didn't they say that in Los Angeles when they acquired. Gonzales and packet in an hour ago. We'll see -- -- wells didn't work out initially you're right but we'll see these trades are. Always applauded on the data -- German and -- -- -- -- again of church and made it. We would be applauding before we even looked to see what Iggy Pop you know we would -- it also states not just these duplicate. Big ball hard he works fast out back to. Right and we just pick and you say mark early is one of the best left and is in the gamely through. A perfect game. And then you get to was numbers against the AL east peace -- -- dailies with Jon -- he sucks against the Yankees. Against the Red Sox you know he has struggled. And that's not a surprise this is it really tough division you know you could. The should be elect an equation you put these numbers for when Carmine when you go from when you go for the Marlins. You know go from the National League to the American League in and particularly American League east right face in a much better Orioles team Roger you are the Red Sox we think are going to be elected the Yankees of course are going to be able to hit and then -- and the -- are always. -- so -- in that it will city. A burly does -- adjust Johnson does by the way Josh Johnson as well. Content. Mean if he breaks down. Who's gone either way probably. These guys don't love the idea -- his second year after Tommy John this is the Goodyear they might have a good year but it's in the last year was contract which is why the Red Sox were so reluctant. Reluctant or maybe not maybe they thought that was attractive but. But he's ID EC guy who gets traded to try and generally think his first -- -- -- -- -- -- -- in the neck and back to the US back to reverend wanna go out back. To feel you feel thinking on this would've been you would have done the math and he -- not needed Carmine he would not have needed the the the calculator on his desk he would have said. We saved 250 million dollars thank you magic Johnson and the Dodgers this is only gonna cost us 160 million dollars. Hey John Henry I saved you ninety by doing this DeLia not -- -- 250 I've saved you ninety for doing this deal. So at least. At the outset that we not agree the bench hearing Tim's -- throw that he has been chanting. Like yeah like like like a monkey in a monastery since the day he took over since the end of the season about discipline. He's sticking to that marcher. And I and I am sure as as a -- points out that he was interested in Johnson I'm sure he was looking at Reyes mean. They get shortstop issues were not sure who the shortstop is in my -- has gone. But. He didn't like the whole package you like taken on the payroll -- like that the commitment -- mean Reyes. Might be good but is worth 96 million he not stepping back into the same kind of mess and guys and the Marlins aren't done yet heard rumors that Ricky Nolasco could go next. I mean I don't want all when you went to the Marlins you say no. Nothing out at extends from everything's for sale off the market and I think but -- -- again. I hit the Marlins get killed for the strike and hit them but we do is get praise for this. It gives the Marlins went last year 69 again as the Red Sox went 69. The Red Sox unloaded a bunch of payroll 260 million and were praised by everybody around here everybody thank. So tomorrow is just unloaded a hundred million bucks on sixty and we're supposed to be. -- Manhattan. 69 games. So they didn't do their jobs you know they didn't perform they fired their manager just like the Red Sox did and that load at all -- payroll now. I think the Red Sox will spend more and have a higher payroll in the miles -- -- -- care I don't care about the Marlins fan I can't damn -- target is disappointed. You I couldn't care less apparent what -- bench during had to say about the deal he said we have a plan for the offseason and we'll see how much of it we can execute turned and said. If this trade does happen and I guess it's supposed to be approved at some point today. If this -- does happen it's not going to change what our plan is or our ability to -- acute that plan. I'm still trying to get through the 69 and 93 season last year has been -- Now I think a lot of people have written this on a number of web sites and a number of blogs and a number of places in in in columns in the Boston Globe and Boston Herald today. But this is part of a discipline thing is to look at the long term picture I know that's almost. We easing into that terrible land that is called bridge land. But if what bench Harrington is doing if every deal he examines and turns over and and and kind of -- -- in his hand and throws in the Carmine. Is dealing with long term future long term success of this baseball team not the quick fix up the immediate fix how does what he did or didn't do yesterday by jumping in -- both feet to this particular. Deal. Applied what he's going to do going forward is David Ortiz and two years speak to the long term. Affects of of what he wants to accomplish here would Torii Hunter do that I know I don't think it does I don't know if I'd be short term short term ending. And you know two years and I think that Ortiz to you do was stupid to give them one year and a he -- It buckled on that count but we'll see mean he's got a whole lot of money is spent a lot. And these are the kinds of things you don't see coming right -- Did anyone and again did you did you read about this here about this is no it was forty hush hush and you know all the baseball guys were. We're still around on the work and I think you know. Right up till this deal was male and John payments and Jeff Parsons or in pastoral knees and they were. Out there and shake in the bushes and came up with enough and on this there you know and -- could be a deal like this. The terror is working on today and will say well that makes a lot more sense. I'll do you don't why we didn't hear anything about this I'm not sure this is a a proper scenario or proper valuation but isn't it because you think about all the players are involved were talking. Reyes Johnson burly. Bonifacio and John -- at five players. And that's five agents and all the underling agents in those offices. That's all stuff gets leaked out agents have a conference of agents have a players talk to somebody you know you talk to Paul abroad well would she go to university of Denver and talk about it yes. It didn't get Al because my guess is that debt that Reyes and Johnson and -- and the rest of them once this deal to happen. If we're going the other way if somebody like the Red Sox or the blue jays or a team that is viable and in contention is dump and up people to to the hinterlands. Of Major League Baseball and it would wanna go. When they have tried to queer the deal they didn't want us to fall apart. Is that fair to say the players the players know that is not fair to say you'll think so absolutely not -- they wanted to -- -- -- wanna -- wanna get out of self teaching go to Toronto no way. Now in terms of winning baseball games and know what the philosophy was if they heard the Marlins are dump and everybody who comply. And I'm not the only one all the opportunities and I don't do what do I wanna be left behind won't be Stanton let's be first. Time that Reyes and and early in Johnson heard about the -- it was when they were told there were gone that's my opinion might first. Word they got was you're gone pack your -- on a trauma you go to the American -- I think. When you think that they warned them. About stuff like this gets filed out not this not in this case I give credit they kept it quiet and they had to there's no way. All these guys wanna go to the AL east and go to Canada. And go from Florida would no state taxes to the -- Canada get to see the Yankees -- Red Sox -- eighteen times right I mean that's tough for pitchers. I think -- if they if they want -- out that did not want to go to Canada. As a team without a manager. He called -- team without a manager. And I'm sure you know there was some lot of issues in Miami but they had -- hired a new manager in the probably thought they were. No but gonna bounce back next year and you know that's that that's a destination please don't come. It is -- anymore opera baseball player wants to win games 61777979. 37 its midweek Greg Bedard Boston Globe. By the way perhaps more than any other media member in this town. Earns his money is yes Curtis -- Yes he doesn't and he gave himself -- day yeah with the breakdown of the the patriots defensive effort called that one of the worst TC atrocious I think as -- word he used the defense was they were atrocious and it has to be among the worst performances by a bill. Belichick defense. In his entire -- Blow with renewing the patriot breaks it down and and and that's not just some you know talk show -- going off half -- I hate that -- the tackled at this -- -- guy who broke down every play and he will tell us why it is one of the worst defensive efforts he's ever seen from a Bill Belichick thing Greg Bedard joins us at 805 you can join us in ninety seconds.


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Why does my Inventory scan show duplicate PC's on my network when there isn't any physically duplcaetd PC on it?
How do I stop this from happening?
Also, how can a PC be flagged as offline when it's actually online or online when it's not even powered on?
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Nov 12, 2010 at 7:27 UTC
You should follow at least #1 - #3 of this how-to: Troubleshooting Spiceworks Inventory Inconsistencies - Spiceworks ...
Nov 12, 2010 at 8:18 UTC
+1 for what Bytesnake suggests.
After I upgraded to 5.0, I saw some devices flip between online and offline when they were either consistently online or offline. Try a manual re-scan on those.
Nov 12, 2010 at 8:31 UTC
Sadly this doesn't actualy seem to stop the scan from showing duplicate PC's on my network. Seems to be more relatedto the software on my network.
Nov 19, 2010 at 3:21 UTC
Does anyone else have suggestions of something else I might try to resolve these issues?
Nov 22, 2010 at 3:53 UTC
Would you be able to give an example of what you see as a duplicate PC and what you expected to see?
What version are you currently running?

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Wilson, who was recently appointed by the Law Society's equality and diversity committee, said she will also be embedding the firm's flexible working policy.
"Clients take this matter very seriously and it's only to be expected that their suppliers should do the same," said Wilson.


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Moments before Stone Bridge took the field for Friday's highly-anticipated game against Ashburn rivals Broad Run, a young Bulldogs fan surveyed the scene around him.
"I feel like everyone and their mother is here," said the boy.
From nearly one hour before kickoff until the last of the Stone Bridge student section spilled out onto the field to celebrate a thrilling 31-30 overtime victory, the thousands on hand stood elbow to elbow captivated by the renewal of a long-dormant rivalry between two of northern Virginia's premier programs.
The Bulldogs and Spartans last met in 2004, the season before Stone Bridge moved up to the state's AAA classification and before Broad Run began to rebuild a program that has captured two state titles in the past three years.
But despite the fact that the seniors on the field Friday night were merely fifth graders the last time the two teams met, there was no doubt the rivalry had endured despite its hiatus.
"People have been waiting to see this game for a long time," said Shenandoah University senior defensive back Phil Volz who kicked for the Bulldogs during the 2004 season. "They've wondered how these two teams would match up now that they're both built up. This is like a bowl game at the high school level."
The game lived up to the hype and then some. Broad Run appeared poised to run away with a lopsided win when it took a 24-0 lead into the half. But the resilient Bulldogs battled back, capitalizing on second-half turnovers to draw even with three touchdowns and two-point conversions. Ben Lambourne's extra point in overtime sealed a remarkable comeback that gives the Bulldogs the upper hand in the rivalry. . . at least for now.
Joe Law, 57, was one of numerous former Spartans in the stands who played for Broad Run alongside Stone Bridge Coach Mickey Thompson in the 1970s. He drove down from Michigan for the game and was impressed with the atmosphere.
"It's kind of mind-blowing," he said. "Our entire football team had 30-40 people back then and to see where football is in Ashburn now… everything has changed."
Santana Moss joined several Washington Redskins on the sideline Friday, eager to catch the action near his home in Lansdowne.
"I remember being in high school — Friday night is what it's all about," Moss said. "My oldest son is just getting into football, and I just look at this atmosphere, and you never know — he might be playing on one of these teams in a few years."
While fans can debate who the better team may be following Friday's game, one thing is crystal clear: the rivalry is back in a big way.
"It's a great rivalry — two tough teams battling it out to the very end," Stone Bridge senior Mike Tompkins said. "Every second counts and it's just great to come out on top."


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Rupert Murdoch was today forced to make 18 humiliating apologies and a series of huge payouts to victims of hacking by News International.
More than £1 million was paid out in damages and costs as 36 people agreed to settle their claims.
Among them was film star Jude Law, who received £130,000 after a three-year "sustained campaign of surveillance, pursuit and harassment".
Statements by 18 of the victims were read out at the High Court today. After each a News Group Newspapers lawyer rose to his feet to repeat the "sincere apology" for the illegal hacking, which he undertook never to repeat.
In a key development, former deputy prime minister John Prescott also told the court that NGN, publisher of The Sun and the News of the World, had admitted "unlawfully accessing emails" - effectively computer hacking. The court heard that Law's phone was hacked even when he was outside Britain and information illegally gained was not only used in articles in the NoW but also The Sun.
Law's former wife Sadie Frost also received £50,000, his PA £40,000 and his PR officer £35,000.
Ms Frost, the mother of three children by Law, told in a statement read in court how the hacking had led to the couple suspecting each other and their closest friends of leaks.
The 36 victims who had their settlements announced in court today were on an original list of 60. Those who did not have any statements read out included Ulrika Jonsson, Abi Titmuss and Sara Payne, the mother of eight-year-old murder victim Sarah.
Others who have already settled include agent Max Clifford, believed to have been paid £1 million alone and former cabinet minister Tessa Jowell, who says she received £200,000. Ten cases are still due for trial next month, including Charlotte Church, and five more have yet to be decided, including Ryan Giggs and Paul Burrell.
The statement reads: "On December 13, 2011, NGN admitted a list of matters including that it had entered an agreement with Glenn Mulcaire and paid him hundreds of thousands of pounds to obtain information about specific individuals for use by the NoW journalists and publication in the paper.
"It admitted certain of its employees were aware of, sanctioned and requested the methods used by the Mulcaire, which included the unlawful interception of mobile phone voicemail messages and obtaining call and text data (which methods are known as "phone hacking"); obtaining information by "blagging; and, in one case, unlawfully accessing emails."
The 18 who had their statements read in court today and their payouts:
Jude Law £130,000
Sadie Frost £50,000
Ben Jackson, Law's PA £40,000
Ciara Parkes, publicist £35,000
Guy Pelly £40,000
Ashley Cole undisclosed figure
Chris Bryant, Labour MP £30,000
Lisa Gower, former girlfriend of Steve Coogan £30,000
Anonymous victim known as HJK £60,000
Gavin Henson, ex-partner of Charlotte Church £40,000
John Prescott £40,000
Joan Hammell, Prescott's chief of staff £40,000
Denis MacShane, former Labour minister £32,500
Joan Smith, who had a relationship with MacShane £27,500
Tom Rowland, freelance journalist £25,000
Graham Shear, celebrity solicitor £25,000
Christopher Shipman, son of killer Harold Shipman undisclosed damages
Claire Ward, former Labour minister "substantial" but undisclosed damages.
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Hi all,
Had this problem for a long time but it's now more annoying because I am returning my M3 to the road for my daily.
The PDC was working, but then it go quieter and then eventually just stopped. The gong still works for the OBC.
Anyone got any ideas? The sensors all still click etc.


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Consumers picked up the spending pace last week as the government shutdown ended, giving retailers a nice bump in sales, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers-Goldman Sachs channel checking survey.
The ICSC-GS same-store sales index for the week ended Oct. 19 rose 1.4% from the prior week and by a hefty 3.2% from a year earlier.
Business was mixed vs. a year ago. But overall, consumers were more in a buying mood, though on a selective basis. Business was brisk for wholesale clubs, department stores, specialty stores such as jewelry stores, and dollar stores and discounters. That was likely good news for giant warehouse club Costco Wholesale (COST), department store Macy's (M), jewelry retailers such as Tiffany & Co. (TIF), deep discounters like Dollar Tree (DLTR), Dollar General (DG) and Family Dollar Stores (FDO), as well as giant discounters Wal-Mart (WMT) and Target (TGT).
But business slowed for grocery, office, electronics and furniture stores as well as drugstores. The weather was also mixed by region — warm in the East and cold in the West.
The mild weather across parts of the Northeast likely softened demand for seasonal category sales, but cooler weather by the weekend was a positive. The cold weather across the West was likely good for seasonal apparel.
Same-store sales for September rose 3.5% vs. a year earlier for the 12 retailers reporting monthly comps, tallies Michael Niemira, the ICSC's chief economist.
The September pace of sales was depressed by the apparel segment, which declined 1.8% vs. a year earlier.
Niemira forecasts October comps to increase by 3% to 4% vs. a year earlier.


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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
ML has been featured, not once, but TWICE on
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Monday, July 22, 2013
it's been a while
I haven't blogged in a while because I haven't felt inspired. I've been so tired and drained lately that inspiration is is short supply so my blogging as fallen to the way side.
Like always, I've settled into a routine. There is very little imagination and spontaneity going on in my life but last night it changed.
It's been raining a LOT this summer here in South Carolina and most days I find myself complaining about it. Well, last night, while I was outside throwing the tennis ball for Maddux, the main squeeze came out with his glove and baseball.
I wasn't thrilled.
I'm not a super-girly-girl by any means but I was never taught to catch. My hand eye coordination is very embarrassing because in all fairness my dad taught me how to play basketball, not baseball!
Anyway, since the
main squeeze's acciden
t in 2009, he has been unable to play baseball, so to further my chances of winning "Wife of the Year", I started to throw the ball to him.
(Which by the way, drove Maddux CRAZY - he did not understand why we were throwing two balls but he could only get one...)
About 5 minutes in, we heard thunder and knew a heavy rain wasn't too far behind. As the rain started to come down, we rushed inside.
I looked at the main squeeze and said, "hey, want to play catch in the rain!?"
His response? "Are you serious?"
He knows me too well - I hate getting dirty and I suck at catch but wanted to do something exciting!!
So we ditched the shoes and headed back out and played in the rain.
We were soaked. We were covered in dirt. We were having fun!
Our dogs were so confused. They hate getting wet and just stared at us through the door.
Anyway, why am I sharing this? Simple really, I have been feeling very blue lately and I had been praying for something, anything, to change. For happiness, inspiration, joy...
I still don't feel quite like myself but last night was what I hope to be the change I prayed for. It was a cleansing both physically but mentally and emotionally as well. I also got to do something different and for the first time with the main squeeze so it was a bonding experience as well.
The overly cliche and over used quote has never made more sense.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."
So here's to dancing in the rain!!
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
A friend of mine, Meghan, is having a vinyl monogram giv
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You should also "Follow" her because her blog is super cute!!!
Here is the link!!!
I'll make it even MORE special, if you enter and follow her page, come back here and comment that you did so and I will put your name in for a small "
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London set Somersett Chambers is losing nearly half its tenants.
The set expanded in August taking on five new tenants and a new senior clerk, Trace Grant.
But three of those barristers, Philip Mobedjii, Luthfur Rahman and Diane Nixon, have already decided to move on.
They are set to join rival chambers 9 King's Bench Walk.
They have been followed by Richard Craven, Robert English, Steven Pidcock, and Grant.
The departures leave the set with only nine tenants.
Similar losses are predicted for many small common law sets throughout the country and may result in a number of smaller chambers closing this year.
Commentators say that the reason for this is the growing competition with solicitors' firms, together with the civil justice and legal aid reforms, which drastically curtail the amount of work outsourced to the bar.


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Butch Davis told the Cleveland media this evening that Lee Suggs is unlikely to play football in 2003 with the Browns.
Suggs will require shoulder surgery due to a torn rotator cuff he suffered when lifting weights in January. As a result, initial speculation that Suggs' draft selection meant an immediate departure for either Jamel White or James Jackson aren't likely to be correct.
As an ex-college coach, Butch Davis seems to be comfortable with the notion of "red-shirting" Suggs for a year, and reaping the benefits in 2004 and beyond. Suggs was considered one of the top running backs in college football prior to suffering an injury during his college career, and the need for surgery is likely to have greatly pushed down his draft value this year. Davis, however, seems to be confident that a bright future may lie ahead for the Virginia Tech back.
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Brittany Breeders
Displaying 1 - 18 of 18 Brittany Breeders in England
Christine Hammond
Bognor Regis
West Sussex
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We are Brittany owners but not regular breeders. We have had two litters from our younger dog, Hawkwise Happy Feet.
Our older Brittany is now nine and the younger one 4.
We love the energy of the breed and good nature. They are especially good with children but do need stimulation.
Poppy, the younger one is a working dog as my husband shoots and they are particulary good for falconers as pointers and flushers.
Our older lady is purely a pet but still enjoys chasing her ball and swimming.
Valerie Howse
Great Moulton
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Mrs Joanne Robinson
Current Health Tests
My first show dog, Pagan, a Dobermann arrived in 1985, closely followed by her half sister, Laura. Then a German Pinscher came in 1989 and my first Brittany, Annie, in 1993, although by no means my last. She was a beautiful show dog but was not suitable for breeding so her half sister, Macy, joined the household in 1996 and proved to be a wonderful show dog, brood and most of all a superb companion. Macy left us with wonderful memories and a broken heart on the 4th September 13 but her legacy lives on in Hazel, her great granddaughter and a great character. Ellie, the Whippet arrived to the .... (click to read more)
Mr and Mrs Coveney
Nr Woodbridge
Current Health Tests
We started with the Brittanys 9 years ago with Tilly, we got her to work with our birds of prey, her fist trip to scotland with us and the hawks was when she was just 6 months old and she was a nateral.
We did working tests with her and we did ok, several 4th places but she was not a strong retriver.
Then one day when we were out at a agricultral show we met a brittany club member and she said why dont you show Tilly as she is such a lovely bitch we decided to show her at the next Brittany Club weekend when she was 2 years old just for the fun of it, the judge liked her but did not .... (click to read more)
Mr J & Mrs B A Anderson
Current Health Tests
We have owned Brittanys since 1996 and bred our first litter in 2004. We show and work our dogs and also enjoy showing in France and especially look forward to the French Brittany Club Show held each year in a different region of France. In recent years I have used French Stud dogs as our gene pool in the UK is quite small. All of our breeding stock is health tested.
Patouche Patricia Rush Halesworth Suffolk
Stourling Mr & Mrs Nh & As Williams Wimborne Dorset
Bonapartist Janette and Paul Yarrow Colchester Essex
Eastknighton Joan Garrity Leucester Leicestershire
Jassendue Ms S.Gudgin Gloucester Gloucestershire
Callmillard Sue Axtell Evesham Worcestershire
Mr R Fearnley Manchester Lancashire
Michael Johnson Liverpool Merseyside
Samsalin Mr S and Mrs C Penistone Leeming Bar North Yorks
Daraydala Mr P Duke Mr K Gardner Ely Cambridgeshire
Sanbosier Mr and Mrs M Stevens Swindon Wiltshire
Seadog Mrs Maureen Lewis & Mr James Storey Norton-Sub-Hamdon Somerset
Sultair Mrs Jan Taylor Royston Hertfordshire
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"A nod to Kierkegaard and Walker Percy: existentialist tomfoolery, political satire, literary homage, word mongering, a year-round summer reading club, Dylanesque music bits, apocalyptic marianism, poetry, a prisoner work-release program."My favorite post...
Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I'm fairly certain I will die someday.
And that scares the hell out of me.
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Renovated in 2008, this 608-room hotel offers stylishly decorated rooms, great views of the city and a variety of function rooms suitable for meetings, conferences, seminars, banquets and business gatherings. The business centre provides a comprehensive range of facilities. The Executive Levels are located from the 23rd to the 29th floor and the Executive Lounge serving complimentary breakfast, snacks and drinks is located on the 9th floor.
This city hotel offers one of the best locations in Shanghai and is situated on Shanxi Rd North near the Nanjing Road West intersection. It adjoins an 8-storey shopping centre and is perfectly situated in the middle of the Jingan business district surrounded by many of Shanghai's best bars, restaurants and shopping centres.
The hotel offers 608 well appointed guestrooms including studio rooms, deluxe rooms, studio suites, deluxe suites, business suites, central view suites and chairman suites. All rooms are en suite (bath/shower), and come equipped with a hairdryer and TV, and a kitchen with microwave, minibar and tea and coffee making facilities. Internet access is provided in all of the rooms, as well as air conditioning and heating units. For guests' comfort, the rooms feature king-size or double beds and each room has access to a private balcony or terrace. Furthermore, there is a safe for guests to store valuables in.
The Central View Restaurant, located on the 9th floor, offers just what the name suggests; here guests can sit and enjoy the sights of the city whilst dining on some of Shanghai's best Chinese cuisine. A continental or buffet breakfast is served and lunch and evening meals are offered from a set menu.
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Mario Gosselin (ice hockey)
|Mario Gosselin
June 15, 1963
Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada
|5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
|160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
|Played for
Quebec Nordiques
Los Angeles Kings
Hartford Whalers
Fredericton Express
Halifax Citadels
Springfield Indians
|NHL Draft
|55th overall, 1982
Quebec Nordiques
|Playing career
Mario Gosselin (born June 15, 1963 in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a former Canadian hockey goaltender who played 12 years in the NHL for the Quebec Nordiques, the Los Angeles Kings and the Hartford Whalers.
Gosselin played his junior hockey for the Shawinigan Cataractes of the QMJHL from 1980–1981 to 1982–1983. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques with 55th pick (third round) of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.
He was then recruited by the Canadian National Team, for which he played in 1983–1984 and 1984–1985. He helped Team Canada to finish fourth at the 1984 Winter Olympics and was the first Thetford Mines native to take part in the Olympic Games.
Back from the Olympics, he played three games for the Quebec Nordiques in 1984–1985 and stayed there until the 1988–89 NHL season, with very briefs stints with the Fredericton Express and the Halifax Citadels of the American Hockey League.
After a couple of seasons, the Nordiques didn't renew his contract on June 6, 1989 and he signed with the Los Angeles Kings, for one season. Mario Gosselin was the first goaltender in NHL history to lose a game without giving up a goal.[1] Gosselin filled in for Kelly Hrudey and the Kings would give up an empty net goal. The result was a 7-6 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. In 1990–1991, he signed with the Hartford Whalers and played for their minor league affiliates the Phoenix Roadrunners and the Springfield Indians the next three seasons, being recalled by the Whalers for 16 games in 1992–1993. The following season, he played 2 games in Springfield and 7 in Hartford before suffering a knee injury that ended his season and career.
He then worked as a radio analyst for the Roadrunners games and hockey coordinator at the YMCA before moving back to the province of Quebec in 1997. He now lives in Saint-Basile-le-grand with his wife and two sons, Francis and Yanick and gives hockey clinics for the Énergie Hockey School.
- ^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.16, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
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|The Jerry Lee Lewis '59 Panhead, a gift from the factory
"Rock n' Roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has an outsize reputation as a larger-than-life character living with scant regard for public opinion. Regardless of debauched tales and extreme behavior, this electrifying showman not only climbs onto pianos, but also motorcycles…which should come as no surprise at all. In the 1950s, he seemed the most'at risk' performer of all, pioneering a new musical style with an aggressive, almost wild stage presence, as well as the original "sex, drugs, n' rock n roll" lifestyle…yet he remains alive today, still performing on occasion, and still with a clutch of Harley-Davidsons in his stable.
|The Panhead on delivery in 1959 from Ralph Murray of Harley Davidson Sales in Birmingham, Alabama
|Jerry Lee with his third (of 7!) wife (and cousin, Myra Gale Brown, aged 13) in 1957, with his first Panhead, also a '57 model
|Good times, when girl fans tore the clothes off his back...
In the 'now it can be told' file, Lewis admitted a big reason he was selling the Panhead was to prevent a family feud after he dies, with many heirs clutching at whatever fortune he's retained after half a century. He still has one bike, a Sportster, which he's revved up on stage in the past, and now sits in his Florida restaurant.
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Global Innovation in the United Arab Emirates
For 10 days this September, I had the opportunity to visit the United Arab Emirates to help build and work on partnerships for this year's Ryerson Global Innovation Challenge (RGIC). RGIC provides opportunities for students across all Ryerson faculties to create innovative solutions to social issues across the globe. These opportunities allow students to grow…Read More


text: "Let us step out into the night, and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure" -Albus Dumbledore "Without you, today's emotions would be the scurf of yesterday's" -Amelie Hey, I'm Lily. I consider myself a relatively intelligent 17 year old, but I'm obsessed with crappy reality TV shows, so I might just be good at lying to myself. I'm a total grammar nazi, but a terrible speller, so what have you? I'm obsessed beyond words with Harry Potter and Marvel. My favorite super hero is Iron Man and my favorite Harry Potter character is Hagrid. I am in love with writing characters. (Which is why I just told you who my favorite characters are!) I think characters are completely essential to stories, I would much rather read a book with a mediocre plot and great characters, than the other way around. Hopefully, if/when people read my stories they will appreciate my characters, but I absolutely love constructive criticism, which is partly why I'm so excited to join Protagonize. I like writing more than most things, but I also love swimming, politics, drawing, talking, dancing (even though I'm a terrible dancer), and cinnamon toast crunch (among other things). I love plane rides and grocery shopping, as well as long walks on the beach. This is doubling as my OKCupid Profile. No but really, the beach is my favorite place in the entire world. If I could live underwater, I would in a second. I would honestly love to be a bestselling author, I think being famous sounds like a lot of fun, plus I love shopping, and having money to buy clothes and travel would be nice. And you know, as well as that superficial !^, I love writing to be read. Of course, I would write even if no one read it, but I love the feeling of sinking into a good book more than anything, and if someone felt that way about something I wrote, I might just die of happiness.


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In times past, the Barclaycard Mercury prize has made stars of young musicians on the edge of the mainstream business; performers such as Badly Drawn Boy and Dizzee Rascal. But not this year, it seems.
The 2013 shortlist of 12 albums has already been attacked for being too commercial, backward-looking, safe and ethnically cosy. Now, before the televised annual ceremony to be presented by Lauren Laverne on Wednesday evening, the spotlight has turned on the judges. Critics and industry figures are arguing that the prize for best album will lose prestige if the identities of those who choose the nominees and winner are kept quiet.
"Knowing who's picked these albums at the time of their announcement – or, better, beforehand – would help critics like myself form a more complete picture of how certain albums have made the cut," Mike Diver of Clash magazine has argued. Mojo magazine has echoed the complaint, arguing that if judges of other major prizes are happy to face the crowd, the music industry has no excuse for being secretive: "It's faceless and the criteria are unclear. If it's just about the likes and dislikes of the judges, why not unveil said judges, as they do for the Booker prize?"
A former Mercury judge told the Observer that, although she still believed the prize was a force for good in the industry, she wished it was more transparent: "I was quite open when I did it and I don't see a problem with that." But this weekend one music industry executive said that anonymity allowed the judges to operate freely, without fear of attack or of lobbying from record companies. "The judges should be anonymous," said Mike Smith, president of music at EMI. "If they were not, I am sure they would be lobbied quite hard. The idea, I think, is that the major labels would have an advantage over the independents, although I am not sure that is true. Certainly, people would try to influence the decision.
"The thing that is still great about the Mercury," added Smith, who has albums by Laura Marling and Jake Bugg on the shortlist, "is that bands can be picked that the public were not yet aware of."
Criticism of secrecy follows accusations made last month that the lineup of nominees for 2013 is the "safest" yet, with established acts such as David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys, and bookies' favourite Laura Mvula in contention. Sam Wolfson, who writes for Vice magazine's Noisey website, has called for the prize to be abandoned because this year's list is unrepresentative of the "ethnic, age, social or musical mix" of contemporary Britain. "If last year's list was unadventurous, then this year's is positively agoraphobic … it's time this miserable award ceremony was locked in a room with a shotgun and bullet," he wrote, adding: "It's a narrow view of music picked by judges of a narrow background."
The 12 nominated albums this year include five that reached number one and on Friday the Evening Standard's critic, David Smyth, suggested: "The dark horse could be facing extinction as far as the Mercury prize is concerned."
Mercury judges are unpaid for about three months of intermittent work, although they receive CDs and a lunch and dinner on the night. After an initial deliberation session in the late summer, they are asked to put the names of their favourite 12 albums into a sealed ballot box. Organisers then draw up a list of those with the most votes. In the past the list of judges has been made public elsewhere. Last year, Music Week ran the list of judges and, although the names are not mentioned on the official site, they have been read out during an untelevised section of the ceremony.
The prize has regularly been knocked during its 21-year history. There have been accusations that its criteria are too commercial and limited. Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine warned earlier this month that every act that had won the Mercury "suffered" in the aftermath. "Seriously, there are sinister forces at work," he said.
In 2001, Gorillaz requested that their debut album be withdrawn from the shortlist. Vocalist and songwriter Damon Albarn said winning would be "like carrying a dead albatross round your neck for eternity".
Smith thinks this argument has run out of steam since the continued success of PJ Harvey, who has won twice, and of 2006 victors Arctic Monkeys. "When I saw them at Earls Court last night, I don't imagine they were thinking I wish we hadn't won that prize. They are at the top of their game."
The prize sets itself up for criticism, of course: not only is the judging process not explained online, in the way the workings of the rival Brit awards voting academy are, but in claiming to be an institution that promotes the wilder shores of music it makes itself vulnerable to attack from those it excludes. Although Simon Frith, the chairman of the judges, has praised the "wonderful range of musical voices … all with something intriguing to say", this year, many have called for the inclusion of a wider variety of music. Others, in contrast, argue that jazz, folk and classical music should all be excluded. The 2005 winner, Antony Hegarty, described the event as "a contest between an orange and a spaceship and a potted plant and a spoon". No classical album has won, nor has one been shortlisted since 2002.This year there is only one true outlyer in contention – Jon Hopkins's album Immunity had sold fewer than 20,000 copies around the world before he was revealed to be on the shortlist. He is a favourite among critics, but whether he can redeem the prize from charges of caution by winning it remains to be seen.


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After Bo Xilai, corruption as usual
Zhiwu Chen says that, on its own, the high-profile punishment of errant officials won't serve the larger fight against corruption; institutional changes are needed to ensure abuse of power is less lucrative and its costs are much higher
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One cannot open a Chinese newspaper these days without seeing a story about corrupt officials being hauled up. Is it, then, the beginning of the cleansing process promised by President Xi Jinping ? It sure is. China's new leadership is speeding up efforts to crack down on corruption, the most prominent example being the recent life sentence for Bo Xilai. But chances are that corruption will continue unless China first undertakes key reforms to reduce private benefits from corruption and increase the perceived costs.
In recent decades, it has become almost routine. Each new administration starts off with a political anti-corruption campaign but without the constitutional reforms to check official power. Other than taking out a few in opposing political factions, these campaigns mostly served to make corruption worse. This time can be different, but several reforms are a prerequisite.
First, China must curb the rewards from corruption, which have grown tremendously, making it hard to resist. To put this in perspective, we should note that, during the Qing dynasty, government revenue was low; for example, during the mid-18th century, the government took in about 50 million taels of silver, roughly equal to the annual income of two million Beijing residents. Under the People's Republic, in 1995, fiscal revenue equalled the disposable income of 150 million urban residents. But, by last year, total fiscal revenue was 11.7 trillion yuan (HK$14.8 trillion), equal to the disposable income of 477 million urban residents.
Fast-growing government budgets have unquestionably created more and larger opportunities for corruption. This is particularly true since the 2008 financial crisis, as a 4 trillion yuan (HK$4.5 trillion) stimulus package paved the way for numerous infrastructure projects. To reverse this trend, the power of taxation must be subject to checks and balances, which requires constitutional reforms and a free press. Without a functioning constitutional system, the ever-increasing potential rewards make corruption too attractive.
Second, the number of employees on the government payroll, and in positions of power, have expanded significantly, creating more room for corruption. According to Ren Yuling, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the ratio between government employees and the general population was 1 to 7,955 during the Han dynasty; 1 to 910 during the late Qing dynasty; 1 to 67 at the beginning of recent reforms in 1979; 1 to 40 as of 1995; and 1 to 19 in 2005.
According to an estimate by Professor Zhou Tianyong, of the Central Party School, there were more than 70 million government employees in 2005, many of whom possessed power over sizeable budgets or controlled approval authority for various industries. The real estate industry, which has experienced tremendous growth in the past 15 years, is particularly prone to corruption, as each local government has a monopoly over land supply for development.
There is also limited oversight of the expansion and exercise of power besides that which is provided by Communist Party committees. The anti-corruption bureau, the national auditing bureau and other similarly intentioned institutions do not act independently of the party. Neither do the legislature or the judiciary provide independent checks and balances on offices of the executive branch. As a result, people in positions of power have often served themselves well by expanding the boundaries of their power.
Third, media freedom is restricted, helping to lower the private cost of corruption even further. Until recently, the widening adoption of the internet and mobile devices for news and information had provided a relatively free platform for uncovering official misconduct. Unfortunately, many officials viewed weibo-based anti-corruption efforts as political activism, threatening stability and challenging the party's rule.
With the detention and arrest of online opinion leaders and activists since July, the recent government campaign to ideologically cleanse the weibo space has succeeded in silencing critical voices, dramatically raising the cost of reporting corruption.
The Bo case is another telling example of how an anti-corruption trial could be conducted without affecting the fundamentals of corruption. Bo's trial should really have been about his gross abuse of power and disregard for the law during his years in office. Instead, it was transformed into a soap opera, a "sex, love and violence" triangle featuring his wife, his Chongqing police chief and himself.
The trial did little to address loopholes in the governance structure that have made it possible for such gross abuse of power to occur. Bo's trial was a wasted opportunity to reflect on the institutional system and ignite reforms towards a functioning constitutional democracy.
Constitutional reforms, transparency and free speech are needed if China wants to fight corruption. Periodic political campaigns, even the dramatic sentencing of a top official like Bo, can produce newspaper headlines but have limited lasting effect on official behaviour.
Zhiwu Chen is professor of finance at the Yale School of Management. Reprinted with permission from YaleGlobal Online. http://yaleglobal.yale.edu
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Report: Phillies' deal with Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez hits snag
Contract talks between the Phillies and Cuban righty Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez have hit a snag. His elbow may be to blame.
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Two weeks ago, the Phillies and Cuban right-hander Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez agreed to terms on a six-year contract worth more than $50 million. Bonuses could push the value to $60 million, potentially making it the largest contract ever given to an international player.
The team never acknowledged the deal because it was not yet final, and now it looks like it may never be. Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports the two sides have hit a snag, possibly related to the health of Gonzalez's elbow. He had surgery to remove bone spurs within the last two years, though he is said to have made a full recovery.
"He's a real talent," one scout told Scott Miller of CBSSports.com in June. "He had some bone spurs, and he's still building up, but his stuff is top shelf. He threw it over the plate, and he can make it move. He's really good."
Gonzalez, 26, defected in February after he was suspended from playing baseball in Cuba following a failed defection attempt in January 2012. He held several workouts in Mexico before signing and is said to throw in the 94-95 mph range with his fastball while touching 96.
The Dodgers, Angels, Red Sox and other teams all had interest in Gonzalez before his agreement with the Phillies, according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com. If the health of his elbow is indeed in question, it's likely Gonzalez will have to take a smaller contract offer.


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quote:Originally posted by Acoustic Samuraiso suppose that our global warming isnt attributed to the ozone effect but the fact that in the past century, human beings have created much more heat energy through forms such as industrialization and the growth of fuel burning products.
quote: Also take into account the increasing population which is constantly growing with each year. The chemical reactions that take place within our body create heat too, so could the increased population plus recent industrialization (recent in relation to the age of the earth) have anything to do with the increased global temperatures we are experiencing?
quote:I'm probably very misinformed and sounding like an idiot, but it was a thought that crossed my mind while sitting in physics class.
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REGISTER or LOGINcovers the same ground. Not sure if the calculations are accurate but the conclusion was that CO2 is massively more important than that of all mankinds energy creation.
quote:Energy recieved from sun: radius of earth = 10,000 km energy in incident radiation = 2.4 kw/m2 proportion of incident radiation absorbed = 0.2 Total rate of energy absorption = 1.5 x 10^14 kw Energy consumed by people: No of people = 6bn Energy consumption per head = 30 kwh/day (this is my wildest guess) proportion released as heat = 100% Total rate of heat production = 7.5 x 10^9 kw Ratio of man made heat to solar heat = 5 x 10^-5
quote:Originally posted by crandlesSee also:What does the lag of CO2 behind temperature in ice cores tell us about global warming?...sorry, you cannot view external links. To see them, please
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quote:Originally posted by crandlesHowever, the totality of the evidence is much greater than the historical correlation. The science of how CO2 acts as a greenhouse gas is well understood.
quote:Without feedbacks, we are sure there would be a positive feedback of approx 1C for a doubling of CO2. The feedbacks are less certain but the main ones we know of increased water vapour and ice albedo are positive. There are several independant lines of research that suggest the climate sensitivity is about 3CIf you want to suggest there are negative feedbacks such that climate sensitivity might even be negative then you are going to have to come up with some important feedbacks that are currently unknown and provide reasons why all those different estimates are wrong. If there was no positive climate sensitivity, you would also have to explain the unpresidented rates of warming at coincidentally just the time we would expect rises if there was a positice climate sensitivity.
quote:The climate is dynamic, but with multiple stable (transiently) states. In order to be able to achieve such short term stability, there must be negative feedback loops. In order to switch states, there must also be positive feedback loops. I do not think one can discuss whether there are positive or negative feedback loops, but must inevitably accept that there are both, most of which we have not the slightest understanding of.
quote:This seems like a very selective interpretation of the data. Ofcourse, being selective does not make it provably wrong, only that it makes it suspect.There is a clear acceptance that the first 800 years of global warming (in the historic records of past warm periods) was not caused by CO2. It then suggests we can ignore this 800 years when we look at the subsequent 4,200 years. While it is true that we cannot prove that the subsequent 4,200 years have the same cause of warming as the preceding 800 years; but would not Occam's razor suggest that we should first look for one mechanism, rather than postulate two separate mechanisms. Ofcourse, Occam's razor is not always right, but why assume it to be wrong before having shown it to be wrong?George
quote:Originally posted by another_someoneFurthermore, since it is clear that historic CO2 levels have consistently risen after the initial rise in temperature, we may reasonably deduce that there are non-anthropogenic mechanisms within the biosphere that actually cause a rise in CO2 as a consequence of rising temperature. To what extent can we even be sure that present rises in CO2 levels are actually caused by human activity, and to what extent are they themselves part of the mechanisms that have in the past been a response to increasing global temperatures (the fact that humans produce CO2 does not of itself prove that humans control the balance between CO2 and O2).George
quote:Originally posted by crandlesWhat makes you so sure of this? Why cannot the appearance of multiple stable states be a result of the forcings applied eg ...sorry, you cannot view external links. To see them, please
REGISTER or LOGIN. To first order, the most important consideration is that the hotter the earth the more heat it ratiates. This creates the stability in the same manner as the leaky bucket analogy. A steady state can be reached. Reduce the size of the hole and the water level starts to rise but it doesn't necessarily overflow the bucket a new equilibrium level is likely to be reached because the flow out of the hole depends on the height of water.Since there appear to be net positive feedbacks at more than one point in time (eg current, LGM, and other times from which estimates of climate sensititivity have been made), it is possible that at another point in time the net feedbacks could be different but that doesn't mean they are likely to become negative and I suggest that the experts know enough to say they are very unlikely to become negative soon.
quote:Originally posted by crandlesThis is actually funny. [)] Who is being selective? Is it the climatologists at realclimate for ignoring the other cause?or could, just perhaps, it be the case that they are considering both causes of warming (one known to have a positive contribution and the other which is unknown whether it continues or not) and it is you being selective in wanting to consider only one cause of warming and deliberately ignoring the CO2 when that is the cause we know to have a greenhouse effect which will have a positive effect on temperature.I don't think occam razor suggests ignoring a known cause in favour of an unknown one.
quote:Originally posted by another_someoneA system that has pure positive feedback, and no negative feedback component, will always be in a runaway condition this is not what the Earth has ever done historically.
quote:We have a hypothesis that suggests that temperatures should rise after an increase in CO2 levels, and that temperatures will continue to remain high as long as CO2 levels remain high. We know that this hypothesis conflicts with observation.
quote:Originally posted by another_someoneSorry but that is rubbish. Feedback can be positive but less than a factor of 1 and then you won't get a runaway condition.Take something really simple likexi=x(i-1)+forcing+feedback factor * ( x(i-1) - x(i-2) )try it out with a feedback factor of greater than 1 and you do get a runaway condition. Try it with a feedback factor of between 0 and 1 and you do not get a runaway effect. The eventual change is greater than the forcing so the feedback is positive but there is no runaway effect.The above alone defeats your "will always be"
quote:With temperature it is much harder to get a runaway effect because of the first order effect that a hotter planet emits more radiation.
quote:Sorry, but how is the above a pure positive feedback mechanism you have a term -x(i-2) by my reckoning that amounts to a negative term, and thus a negative feedback component.
quote:Ofcourse, as long as the effect is linear, then the effect will only reduce the rate of runaway, but not be sufficient to stop it. If you can demonstrate that proportion of temperature radiated increases with increasing temperature, then you would maybe be able to show it was sufficient to stop runaway; but at present, the indications are actually contrary, that as temperature increases, so the amount of ice on our planet reduces, and so the albedo of our planet reduces, and so the negative feedback becomes less effective (i.e. we have a positive feedback cycle that dominates over the negative feedback cycles). Ofcourse, there may be other planets, with different surface chemistries, that might have a different relationship between albedo and surface temperature.
quote:Originally posted by another_someonequote:With temperature it is much harder to get a runaway effect because of the first order effect that a hotter planet emits more radiation.But that too is a negative feedback, since it is a factor that increases the cooling as an increase in temperature occurs.
quote:Originally posted by crandlesDo you want to try again on that one?800 years is less than 20% of the 5000 year period. Given that there are lots of these periods and some show those 800 year periods and that the hypothesis is that CO2 (not alone but among other things affects temperature) then that is good observational evidence that CO2 does have the effect expected and that other causes do not dominate over the effect of CO2.
quote:Originally posted by crandlesSorry not sure how to do subscripts on this forum yet. The i, i-1 and i-2 terms are all supposed to indicate time periods.
quote:So start at a temperature of 10C. Apply a forcing that causes a 1C rise (This could be doubling of CO2 or something else. The temp initially goes to 11C then the feedback starts kicking in. If the feedback factor is 0.5 the temp would go to 11.5 then 11.75 then 11.875 and so on up to 11.999999. That is clearly a positive feedback that does not not lead to a runaway effect.
quote:Originally posted by crandlesquote:Originally posted by another_someonequote:With temperature it is much harder to get a runaway effect because of the first order effect that a hotter planet emits more radiation.But that too is a negative feedback, since it is a factor that increases the cooling as an increase in temperature occurs.No that is part of the system not a feedback.
quote:When a change of variable occurs in a system, the system responds. In the case of positive feedback the response of the system is to change that variable even more in the same direction.
quote:Originally posted by crandlesArtificially spliting my feedback funtion into two simply is not appropriate.
quote:In cybernetics and control theory, feedback is a process whereby some proportion or in general, function, of the output signal of a system is passed (fed back) to the input. Often this is done intentionally, in order to control the dynamic behavior of the system. Feedback is observed or used in various areas dealing with complex systems, such as engineering, architecture, economics, and biology. Continuous feedback in a system is a feedback loop.
quote:Originally posted by crandlesBut suppose I describe another system which initially is in equilibrium at 10 we apply a forcing which moves the system to 11 then a feedback kicks in equal to 3 times the forcing (lagged by 1 timestep so the system moves to 14 and it then stays in equilibrium at 14.Surely there is no negative feedback in that system and it does not go into a runaway effect.
quote:Originally posted by crandlesSuppose:A barrel contains 120 litres of water. The inflow appears fixed at 12 litres a minute. The outflow depends on the height of the water and so is equal to 10% of the volume in the barrel per minute.This is currently in equilibrium. We now reduce the size of the hole so the the outflow is only .075 times the volume in the barrel (units still litres per minute). Given the current knowledge of the system we would expect a new equilibium to be reached with the barrel containing 160 litres and inflow and outflow equal to 12 litres per minute.In fact we notice the quantity in the barrel goes above 160 lites so we investigate and discover that the inflow is not fixed at 12 litres a minute but there is a system feedback such that if the outflow in one minute is greater than 9% of the volume in the barrel then the inflow is fixed at 12 litres per minute but if the outflow is less than 9% of the volume then the inflow is set at 15 litres per minute.
quote:Originally posted by MjhavokA heat wave in the UK has been happening and I think temperatures have reached 37 degrees celsius.


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On 25 October 2012 13:03, Herbert Duerr <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > > On 25.10.2012 11:09, jan iversen wrote: > >> Now I know what I did wrong, I did run configure again but not in a new >> shell (forgot the environment variables). >> > > Good. Do you happen to know which environment variables were the problem > in this case? It would be great to have a mechanism that avoided this > source of confusion but cleaning up such environment variables. AFAIK most > of them are supposed to be unset in the script written by the bootstrap > step. Yes at least I know one "CC", I had for experimental use changed it to a different compiler, and configure used it for the Linux script. I will check next time to see if there are others. > > > I think the real hazzle is to understand the process, once you get the >> initial build done and understand a bit about the build/makefiles it is >> pretty clean. >> >> I worked in another project, where the build required you to open 3 >> shells, >> and start different commands at different stages, that was challenging >> compared to this :-) >> > > Wow, that tops the complexity of the AOO build experience quite a bit. For > an open-source project I'm afraid we're still way too challenging, > especially since the project was disrupted in the transition from the > classic OOo build system to a gnumake based system. > > Herbert >
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