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Do you want to get out of debt? Start living on a budget? Be able to start saving? Then this is the thread for you. Some of us use Dave Ramsey's method but please join us even if you're following someone else/your own plan. All welcome!
Here's DR's plan:
Pre-Step 1: Get current on your debts and do a budget
0.1 No new borrowing.
0.2 Talk with spouse and get him/her on the same page as you concerning finances.
0.3 Do a written budget
0.4 Temporarily stop all retirement contributions
0.5 Get current on all the basics (Shelter, Food, Utilities, Basic clothing)
0.6 Amputate "toys" (bikes, boats, ATV's etc) to help snowball
0.7 Cut lifestyle (Cut cable, cell, extras, eating out) and/or get a second job to raise $1000 EF.
0.8 Get current on ALL bills
BS1 $1,000 to start an Emergency Fund
1.1 Chop up/freeze CC's (You have an EF now)
1.2 Get Health insurance NOW if in the US
1.3 Get Life insurance NOW if you have considerable debt/your family couldn't make it financially if you died.
1.4 Amputate cars that you can't pay off within 24 months
BS2 Pay off all debt using the Debt Snowball
2.0 Do the debt snowball, paying all your debts from lowest BALANCE to highest.
BS3 Three to six months of expenses in savings
3.1 Start car replacement fund
3.2 Save up 20% for home purchase OR pay down existing mortgage to the point you can drop PMI.
3.3 Start furniture or other non-essential stuff replacement fund
BS4 Invest 15 percent of household income for retirement
BS5 College funding for children
BS6 Pay off home early
BS7 Build wealth and give! Invest in mutual funds and real estate
Here's the link to Dave Ramsey's website: http://www.daveramsey.com or if you want a good DR discussion forum, www.llnoe.com is good but hardcore. Gail vax Oxlade's Til Debt do Us Part is great tv show, very motivating. Her website is: http://gailvazoxlade.com/blog Others like Suze Orman or Mary Hunt, really doesn't matter whose method you use, just start the process to getting out of debt.


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Primary Sources: Workshops In American History "The Census: Who We Think We Are" Every 10 years, American citizens get a new view of who they are. In this workshop, a selection of Census forms over the past 200 years shows how categories of race and ethnicity not only reflect, but can shape and sometimes obscure, America's ideas of racial identity. Onscreen participants attempt to "find" themselves in evolving racial categorizations from 1830 to 1990 and, using recent Census results, formulate appropriation priorities for a Midwestern community.G

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Jan 11, 2012
Google Update: "Search Plus Your World" and a Key Benefit for PR
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Google is set to roll out a radical change to the search results so many of us have come to rely upon daily. Called "Search Plus Your World," the change will blend content shared by your friends into the search engine results page ("SERP") you see. If, that is, you're logged into Google and you're actively using Google+ and other services.
As Google put it on their blog, "You should also be able to find your own stuff on the web, the people you know and things they've shared with you, as well as the people you don't know but might want to… all from one search box."
According to Google, once the change is rolled out, users who are logged into Google will see the following content added to their search results:
- Personal Results, including Google+ photos and posts—both your own and those shared specifically with you
- Profiles in Search, both in autocomplete and results, which enable you to immediately find people you're close to or might be interested in following; and,
- People and Pages, which help you find people profiles and Google+ pages related to a specific topic or area of interest, and enable you to follow them with just a few clicks.
Maybe I've not had enough coffee this morning and am feeling a bit grumpy, but this feels like a thinly veiled attempt to promote Google+ usage.
Forgive me, but I'm skeptical. First and foremost, while I'm on Google+, I'm not terribly active. I've invested in building my networks over on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and it's to those established networks I gravitate. So it's safe to say that I will be biased against services that are centered on Google+.
Secondly, and this is my real problem with increasingly personalized search results, chances are pretty good I've already seen the content that was shared with me on my social networks. When I turn to Google, it's because I'm looking for something else. You know, something that I've not already seen. I don't need to see the item that was at the top of my Facebook newsfeed or prominently featured on the web site I just visited. Actually, Google would provide tremendous value if it could focus on serving up relevant content it knows I've not seen!
Profiles in search – something PR people should pay attention to
My own grousing aside, there is one very important new feature that I'm taking advantage of – and you should too, if you're interested in promoting yourself or someone else as a thought leader, or if you do any sort of influencer targeting and outreach – the display of personal profiles in search results.
Specifically, Google notes that Profiles in Search will display "autocomplete predictions for various prominent people from Google+, such as high-quality authors from our authorship pilot program."
The authorship program enables writers to link their content to their Google profile. People finding content from that author will also see a link to that author's profile, along with an invitation to follow the author, making it easy for people to find and follow them.
It really is pretty slick, and the visibility benefits are undeniable.
Okay. Fine. This might provide the impetus for me to start using Google+ with a bit more enthusiasm and vigor – just as the folks at Google hope. Playing nicely with the world's biggest search engine certainly can't do anything but help build visibility for the content one publishes.
Author Sarah Skerik is on Google+, albeit somewhat reluctantly. You can also follow her on Twitter @sarahskerik. Sarah is PR Newswire's vice president of social media, and is the author of free ebook Unlocking Social Media for PR.
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'Tyler Ennis left the game in the first period. The sophomore took a tumble into the net, sustaining a lower body injury. After going to the dressing room, Ennis came back out on the ice to test his injury, but he wasn't healthy enough to skate.'
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The folks at The Organic Farm Store are celebrating Earth Day by announcing their brand new biodegradable packaging! Not only is their Close To Naturenow cat litter organic, now even the packaging is green.
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Light It Up Blue
The month of April brings daffodils, tulips and bumble bees. But did you know that in the month of April, our lights changed to BLUE?
Starting on April 2nd, the Highland Park Public Library is participating in Autism Speak's Light It Up Blue program to promote awareness and rasie funds for autism.
Started in April of 2010, Light It Up Blue has grown to having 120 US cities and 30 countries around the world pledge their support to this wonderful program. Since we love to share information with our patrons, we wanted to bring awareness to the entire city of Highland Park by lighting it up blue for the entire month of April. Please come by the Library at night and check us out in blue or go to the Gerbil's Facebook Page to see more photos of the Library all lit up. You can follow the library and light it up blue too, by visiting lightitupblue.org.


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Will an original KISS reunion happen at the Rock Hall induction?
Chances that the original members of KISS will stage a reunion at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction appear to be fading.
While bassist Gene Simmons and former guitarist Ace Frehley have both expressed a willingness to play together at the event, frontman Paul Stanley is not on board with the idea.
In a Twitter chat over the weekend, the rocker told fans that a performance featuring him, Gene, Ace, and ex-drummer Peter Criss "seems unlikely." He added that there's "no way" he'll wear the KISS makeup with Ace and Peter. Stanley also ruled out a reunion tour, and said he's "not interested" in even doing a one-off show with his two former bandmates.
However, despite his objections to performing with Ace and Peter, Paul doesn't seem to have a problem sharing the honor with them. He said he no hard feelings toward Frehley or Criss, and that he's "proud to be inducted with them."
KISS is part of the Rock Hall's Class of 2014, which will be officially welcomed at an induction ceremony in Brooklyn, New York on April 10th.
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As you all know, Pokémon Wiki has a Facebook page as well as a Twitter page. If you have a Facebook or Twitter account and haven't already, feel free to like the page and follow the account.
Updates to the Pokémon Wiki Facebook and Twitter page will now be covered by Crimsonnavy as well as I.
As of yesterday, Pokémon Wiki now has a Tumblr blog. If you have a Tumblr account feel free to follow the blog.
There reason why I created this Tumblr blog is due to the fact that I often use Tumblr and am able to update the Tumblr blog more often than the Twitter and the Facebook page.
New Year, New Ideas?
Since this is the new year, what are your ideas or suggestions that the administrative updates should have when posted?
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News feeds allow you to see when announcements have been added to Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) website. With news feeds, you get the latest headline (CIHR news, research or funding related) in one place, as soon as it is published.
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PHOTOS: Courtney Stodden passes out free veggie hot dogs wearing nothing but a lettuce bikini
19-year-old bombshell Courtney Stodden, a vegetarian and longtime PETA supporter, wore nothing but strategically placed lettuce leaves on Wednesday as she dished up free veggie dogs at this year's Congressional Veggie Dog Giveaway, PETA's answer to the meat industry's annual Hot Dog Lunch on National Hot Dog Day. Her mother Krista Keller Stodden also attended.
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On this Good Friday, when most eyes in Christendom turn to refocus on Christ's sacrifice and suffering on the cross, the Passover also rightly comes to mind.It's not only because the Passover meal served as the capstone to Christ's equipping of his disciples, nor is it just because Christ chose to transform the Passover into the new ordinance for His Church. Different traditions call it different things -- the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper, or Communion. But all agree it is significant.I f … [Read more...]
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This is the rotating rack that neatly stores eight pairs of boots but takes up only a one-foot diameter circle of floor space. With room for four pairs on each level, the rack is a compact solution for those bulky mukluks and floppy stilettos. Its metal arms ensure that mates are kept together and preserve the shape of everything from ankle booties to wellingtons, and the rack spins for easy location of today's desired pair. The weighted base prevents the unit from tipping even when loaded to its full capacity. Made from electroplated metal that will withstand years of use. 43 1/2" H x 11" Diameter. (14 3/4 lbs.)
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I am struggling with sharing my windows 7 (host) shared folder with BT3 running in Virtualbox 4.1.22 (shared via Device-> Share Folders). and then I am using options from page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Vi.../SharedFolders
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'The Rose Tattoo' blossoms on a USC stage
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Tennessee Williams' Tony Award-winning masterpiece, "The Rose Tattoo," will be presented in the University of South Carolina Lab Theatre, Nov. 15-18.
Show times for the production are 8 p.m. nightly. Tickets are $5 and available on a first-come, first-served basis at the theatre. The Lab Theatre, the university's intimate "black box" performance space, is at 1400 Wheat St., across from Blatt P.E. Center.
Illustrative of Williams' penchant for melodrama and his signature gift with language, "The Rose Tattoo" weaves the tale of Serafina Delle Rose, a Sicilian seamstress living in the American South, who has withdrawn from society after the death of her husband. When a stranger with an odd resemblance to her husband arrives, she takes an emotional journey that promises to bring her out of despair and back to life and love.
Directed by Rocco Thompson, a senior theatre major, the production will present Williams' work through the influential lens of another icon of dramatic storytelling, filmmaker Federico Fellini.
"My love for the films of Federico Fellini is almost as voracious as my love for Tennessee Williams," Thompson said. After reading this play, I started to see connections between many of Fellini's heroines -- in films such as "Nights of Cabiria," "Amarcord," "8 ½" and "Serafina." The surreal, sensual, and allegorical elements of the play seemed to be taken straight out of a mid-'60s Fellini film. My thought was, 'What would "The Rose Tattoo" be like if it were directed by Fellini?' And that has been the through-line for my creative process thus far."
Thompson said he also finds significant contemporary relevance in the play, as well as insight into Williams' life.
"In my opinion,'The Rose Tattoo' is the only play in which Tennessee Williams forgives himself," Thompson said. "His writing was often autobiographical and his suffering heroines consistently mirrored his neuroses and thoughts and almost always came to bad ends. This play, however, is different. Written at the height of his infatuation with the love of his life, Williams seems to be saying to the world, 'This is what I am; I won't apologize for not fitting into your little box.'"
Thompson said Williams explores his feelings about Serafina by not meshing with a society that consistently tries to clip his wings while still allowing for a happy ending.
"In a time where people are questioning the nature and purpose of Christianity and issues of homosexuality, I think 'The Rose Tattoo' has a lot to say about doing what you feel is right for you in your heart regardless of the status quo."
Thompson, who has appeared in numerous university productions, including the recent staging of "The Importance of Being Earnest," refers to directing as his "true calling." He has directed shows at the university's Benson Theatre, and this past summer was part of a directing assistantship program at the Berkshire Theatre Group in Stockbridge, Mass., where he directed a staged reading of a play written by and starring Maria Tucci, whose performance in the 1966 Broadway production of "The Rose Tattoo" earned her a Tony nomination.


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Heart conditions and trying to get pregnant
Hello everyone =]
I just wanted to get some help and opinions on a life changing problem i have reached in my life.
I just turned 23 years old, in a loving committed and wonderful relationship, great family life, living in a cute little flat, working full time in a fantastic company which are so supportive in every single way (like a second family really) so basically my life on the outside is perfect (well i think so anyways)
The issue i am facing is my health - long story short i have had a rough last 10 years of my life health wise. Was terribly ill at the age of 10-13 and basically stopped growing, loss of breath, circulation, slept about 16 hours a day in and out of school because i just couldn't manage anything, used to get exhausted after walking from my bed (after sleeping all night) to the TV room i would go back to sleep for 3 or 4 hours. after allot of GP and doctors of that sort not knowing what was going i eventually caught glandular fever and that was the end of my childhood i had 3 month of school and by December of that year i was in hospital having open heart surgery. I don't remember much of what was wrong as i was a very ill and depressed person at that state but from what i know the surgery was mitral valve repair and my valve had been ripped or torn in a few places and worn out and was leaking blood so that was the first surgery at 13.
I was told the valves would need to be replaced if i was to ever have children and would have to be done before the age of 21.. about 2 years later i had a mishap where my sister found me passed out (heart gave out in some way once again i am so unclear because most of my childhood is a blur of medical mumbojumbo and depression) and i then had a pacemaker/defib surgery to have for the rest of my life. At the age of 20 i was going strong had no new hiccups and heart was plotting along as best that it could and i then had to to have complete jaw reconstruction top and bottom to correct the bone grown from when i was younger.
this past year it has been playing on my mind allot about where to go next. i have had many appt with many different doctors so far this is what i have been told
-my heart doctor who has known me since i was 14 years old/ knows my heart condition like the back of his hand says "no kids until after the surgery" which might not be for another 10 years or more as they wont do the surgery until my heart weakens.
- a heart surgeon/ my second professional opinion (which i hated) has said either way i go is fine but if i have the next heart surgery i would need to inject myself and the baby for the whole pregnancy because of the blood thinners i will have to be on and risking freely giving myself osteoporosis.
- a gyno who i met with last week said any heart conditions are risky with pregnancy but from what he can see he cant give me a professional opinion until i am pregnant seeing as every single pregnancy will be different. he said he understands my desire and "if i was you or your partner i would go for a baby before the surgery" but that's just want he would do.
so basically i am completely torn. I am mature enough to completely understand where my heart doctors are coming from they are doing what they know best which is looking after my heart which they have done brilliantly my whole life.. they don't take into consideration that i am a woman and the huge desire to have children.
My partner is happy and supportive in what ever decision i want to make but i wont want to get pregnant because i am being selfish because its what i want and risk not being able to carry full term or not be able to give my growing child what it needs from my body.
can anyone give me any sort of help?
2nd October 2013 07:40 AM #2
Hi Emily - Welcome to the forum. You certainly have had a lot of challenges regarding your health. I cannot see a clear cut path for you. It will be a decision you will have to way up carefully. A pregnancy will be a journey into the unknown for you. So far I can see you've received slightly conflicting information from the different doctors. Health professionals will offer their opinion and depending on their view points and the research they've read they will say different things. Getting this information will be helpful for you and your partner in making this very important decision. You might feel that seeing another obstetrician could be helpful. Maybe try to find one that specialises in women with cardiac problems? I don't know how easy it would be to find an obstetrician with this speciality (there may not be one available for you to consult). I would also suggest doing a lot of research on your particular condition and pregnancy from midwifery and medical journals. They more you inform yourself the easier it will be weigh up whether or not a pregnancy is right for you. Another suggestion to consult a private midwife (make sure this person has a lot of experience) - they might be able to go through all the information you have and help you with your decision making.


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Tuesday, April 5 2011 - Legal Response to 9/11
9/11 Suspects to Face Military Tribunal, Not NYC Trial
April 4, 2011
The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks will be tried in a military tribunal and not in Manhattan federal court blocks from the World Trade Center site, officials said Monday.
The Justice Department's announcement was a major reversal for the Obama administration, which had faced strong pressure to abandon its 2009 decision that it would seek to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators in civilian court downtown.
Attorney General Eric Holder said Congress has imposed restrictions on where Guantanamo detainees can be tried, and rather than fight those restrictions and delay the trial, he ordered prosecutors to dismiss the federal indictment in New York in favor of a military trial.
Holder emphasized that prosecutors had been "prepared to bring a powerful case" against the suspects and said he still believes a civilian trial would have been the best choice.
The 2009 announcement that the 9/11 suspects would be tried in New York was met with fierce opposition from many elected officials, families of victims and those who live and work in Lower Manhattan, who would have had to contend with several rings of heavy security for the months of the trial.
Julie Menin, chairwoman of Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan, said Monday that the choice to back out of New York was an "outstanding victory."
"Having 2,000 checkpoints, let alone one checkpoint, would have ruined the whole neighborhood. It would have affected small businesses and residents," she said. "People are thrilled that we stood up and fought this."
Some Sept. 11 family members also said the reversal was the right call.
"These should never have been civilian trials," said Charles G. Wolf, who lost his wife in the trade center attack.
The decision is also a victory for Mayor Bloomberg, who supported the New York trial at first, but then reversed himself and came out against it, saying the cost of providing security would be too much for the city to bear. He had put the figure at $200 million a year, but never provided details on what that included.
At an event in the Bronx on Monday, Bloomberg welcomed the news.
"While we would have provided the security if we had to here in New York City, you know, being spared the expense is good for us," Bloomberg said.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly had also spoken out against trying the suspects in New York, saying at one point it would increase the threat of another terror attack.
"I think this probably works out better for all of us," Kelly said Monday.
The federal government had promised it would pay back the city for security costs, but would not have compensated business owners or others who would have been inconvenienced by the trial.
The Alliance for Downtown New York also applauded the move for the trial to leave New York.
"The federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan was never a wise first choice as a venue for the trials," said Robert R. Douglass, chairman. "It is situated near some of the most densely populated business addresses and residential neighborhoods in America, and at the heart of a regional transportation network through which hundreds of thousands of people pass each day."
After pressure and opposition from Bloomberg and others, including Democrats, Holder shelved the plan last year, saying the White House was reviewing it.
"This is the final nail in the coffin of this wrongheaded decision," said Sen. Charles Schumer.
Conservative Republicans had raised security concerns and staunchly opposed trials in civilian courts inside the United States for terrorism suspects.
U.S. Rep Peter King said after the DOJ announcement that the change is a "long-awaited step in the right direction."
"Today's reversal is yet another vindication of President Bush's detention policies by the Obama Administration," said the Long Island Republican, "and is welcome news to the families of the victims ... who will finally see long-awaited justice."
The Obama administration had said that both civilian courts and military commissions should be available for such trials, pointing to the fact that dozens of terrorism-related cases have been handled in civilian courts.
Critics of the administration's initial approach also argued that trials in civilian courts run a greater risk of acquittals than in military courts because of rules of evidence and rights afforded to suspects.
Capt. John Murphy, chief prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions, said in a statement after Holder's announcement Monday that his office would soon swear charges against Mohammed and the four others accused in the 2001attack.
"I intend to recommend the charges be sent to a military commission for a joint trial," he said.
Read the dismissed indictment unsealed against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators.
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Typical Construction
Since most of Lynchburg's sewer system lies underground, fixing the overflow problem will involve work with heavy construction equipment, as shown below.
1. Excavation of combined sewer
2. Installation of separate stormwater line
3. Back filling to safely cover excavated areas
4. Daily cleanup to allow evening traffic flow
5. Daily washdown to minimize dust and dirt
6. A typical fire hydrant
7. New curb and storm drain installation
8. Stormwater retention area
9. Resurfacing of residential street
10. A typical street before and after a CSO project
Cutline to clear a path through the woods between residences for underground pipes. (Ground has been re-seeded by contractor, and felled trees have been cut and stacked for property owner's use.)


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Sea Level Rise
- Measuring Sea Level
- Sea Level Rise
- Predictions for Future Sea Level Rise
- Impacts of Sea Level Rise
- Further Information
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|Figure 1. During the last ice age (top) sea level was at least 120 m lower than it is today (bottom), exposing much more area on the continents. In these topographical maps, you can see the many changes that took place as sea level rose, among them the disappearance of the land bridge from Siberia to Alaska, the appearance of Britain and the islands of Southeast Asia, and the filling of the Hudson Bay. Another good image can be found here. Image credit: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) at NOAA..
Measuring Sea Level
Well over seventy percent of our planet is covered by water. This was not always the case. During the last ice age, massive ice sheets covered portions of the northern and southern hemispheres (Figure 1). When the massive ice sheets melted, they released the water locked inside them – enough to make the seas rise by about 120m (390 ft) (Waelbroeck et al., 2002; Schneider von Deimling, et al., 2006; Rahmstorf, 2007).
Global mean sea level (MSL) has been rising since the end of the last ice age almost 18,000 years ago. Measures of sea level refer to the level of the ocean's surface halfway between high and low tide (to find out more about how sea level is measured, see our links below). Often, they are used to standardize measurements of land elevations and sea depths. Sea level, however, is not the same across the world. Mean sea level is the average, or mean, height of the sea.
For centuries, sea level was measured using tide gauges. Since the mid-20th century, and especially over the last decade, satellites have played an increasingly significant role in measuring sea level. In addition to monitoring current sea levels, scientists have been trying to understand the history of changes in the height of the oceans. Using archeological information gleaned from salt marshes and coral reefs, past sea levels can be established.
Sea Level Rise
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the seas have continued to rise at an average rate of 1.7 ± 0.5 mm per year, according to the IPCC (Bindoff et al., 2007). This increase, however, has not happened at a constant rate. The first noted increase was over the period of 1961 to 2003, when the average rate of sea level rise was 1.8 ± 0.5 mm per year (Church et al, 2001; Church and White, 2006; Bindoff et al., 2007). Global mean sea level measurements have become even larger since 1993. According to the IPCC, "For the period 1993 to 2003, the rate of sea level rise is estimated from observations with satellite altimetry as 3.1 ± 0.7 mm yr–1, significantly higher than the average rate."
The historical record from tide gauges shows that large rates have been measured during other periods since the 1950s other than from 1993 to 2003 (Bindoff et al., 2007). The global mean sea level has changed significantly throughout Earth's history. As mentioned earlier, during the last glacial maximum about 20,000 years ago when the average global temperature was 4° to 7°C colder, sea level was 120 m lower than it is currently (Waelbroeck et al., 2002; Schneider von Deimling, et al., 2006; Rahmstorf, 2007). In contrast, during the Pliocene three million years ago, the climate was 2° to 3°C warmer and the seas were 25–35 m higher than today (Dowsett et al., 1994; Rahmstorf, 2007).
In addition to experiencing variability over time, sea level is not the same everywhere (see Figure 2). Changes in sea level are also not uniform, as some areas find levels rising faster than others. Despite the world-wide trend of rising sea levels, in some places the MSL is currently falling.Factors Driving Sea Level Rise
Sea level rise is due to a number of causes, some of which may exert a more regional influence than others. These include:
Contributions to Sea Level Rise Broken Down
Thermal expansion – As seawater becomes warmer it expands. Heat in the upper layer of the ocean is released quickly into the atmosphere. However, heat absorbed by the deeper layers of the ocean will take much longer to be released and therefore, be stored in the ocean much longer and have significant impacts on future ocean warming.
An increase in freshwater inputs from mountain glaciers, ice sheets, ice caps, and sea ice, as well as other atmospheric and hydrologic cycles due to rising global surface and ocean temperatures
Physical forces – Subsidence and lifting are associated with tectonic activity and the extraction of water and resources such as gas and oil. These types of forces don't actually change the volume of the ocean, only the relative sea level. However, these changes do affect movement over land, as well as estimates from satellite altimetry. For example, in Scandinavia's Gulf of Bothnia, the weight of glaciers had caused the land beneath it to compress and sink. Now that glaciers are melting and the pressure has been released, the region is lifting at a rate of as much as 11 mm per year. This rebound makes it seem like sea level is dropping even though it is actually rising by 2.1 mm per year (Milne et al., 2001).
Ocean current variations – Large, regional ocean currents which move large quantities of water from one location to another also affect relative sea level without changing the actual volume of the ocean. For example, el Niño moves water from one side of the Pacific to the other every three or four years. These large-scale variations also affect the relative sea level of certain areas. In normal conditions, trade winds blow across the Pacific toward the west. According to NOAA, the trade winds push warm surface water to the west Pacific, so the sea level is roughly 1/2 meter higher in Indonesia than it is in Ecuador. During el Niño years, this warm water is pushed over to the eastern Pacific.
Figure 2. "This map shows global patterns of changes in sea level (sea surface height) measured by satellite-based altimeters (Topex and Jason 1 satellites) from 1993 through the end of 2007. Places where the sea surface height increased up to 225 millimeters (about 8.9 inches) are shown in dark red; places where sea level dropped are blue." Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory.
Atmospheric pressure influences sea level by impacting the surface itself. This also only affects relative sea level as the water pushed out of one place will move to another.
Thermal expansion from current and future greenhouse gas sequestration and increasing mass losses from the world's glaciers and ice sheets due to warming oceans and surface temperatures represent the two primary ways that anthropogenic climate change and its associated feedbacks do and could continue to affect sea level. But what proportion of sea level rise is attributable to each? Also, where exactly is the ocean expanding the most? Where is all this melting ice coming from? The table in Figure 3 offers a quick summary of the sources of sea level rise and their related input.
Thermal expansion
Global mean ocean temperature has been rising because about 10% the heat energy produced by greenhouse gases during the past half-century has been trapped in the oceans.
Since the beginning of the century, the impact of thermal expansion on sea level rise has increased dramatically. During the previous half century, thermal expansion accounted for only about a quarter of the observed sea level rise. Yet during the last decade of that period, its impact on sea level increased to the point where it accounted for roughly half of all observed sea level rise. The IPCC states, "For the period 1961 to 2003, the average contribution of thermal expansion to sea level rise was 0.4 ± 0.1 mm yr–1, for the period 1993 to 2003, the contributions from thermal expansion (1.6 ± 0.5 mm yr–1)." In other words, the oceans have risen roughly 25mm since 1961 due to thermal expansion.
There is, of course, variability. The different layers of the ocean trap different amounts of heat, and therefore warm at various rates. Input from melting snow and ice also effects ocean warming.
Loss of mass from glaciers world-wide, as well as from the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica contributes another 1.2 ± 0.64 mm to sea level rise per year. This is practically all of the sea level rise not attributed to thermal expansion.
According to Meier et al. (2007), roughly 60% of ice loss contributing to sea level rise is from glaciers and ice caps and not from the two ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Melt from these smaller glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, and may cause 0.1 to 0.25 m of additional sea-level rise by 2100. The authors of the 2007 study report, "At the very least, our projections indicate that future sea-level rise may be larger than anticipated and that the component due to [glaciers and ice caps] will continue to be substantial."
|Figure 3. Sources of sea level rise and their contributions in mm per year for the periods 1961-2003 and 1993-2003 from the IPCC 2007 assessment. Image credit: modified from Bindoff et al., 2007.
Mass losses from the massive ice sheets covering Antarctica and Greenland also contribute significantly to sea level rise. Like mountain glaciers, scientists are finding accelerated rates of melt on the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Shepherd and Wingham (2007) found "…much of the loss from Antarctica and Greenland is the result of the flow of ice to the ocean from ice streams and glaciers, which has accelerated over the past decade." Factors contributing to the accelerated mass losses in both Antarctica and Greenland could, in the words of Shepherd and Wingham (2007), rapidly counteract the snowfall gains predicted by present coupled climate models" over the course of the next century. If the ice sheets were to melt completely, global sea-level would rise by 70m (Rahmstorf, 2007).
Why doesn't it add up?
Together, thermal expansion and melting snow and ice contributed 2.8 ± 0.7 mm per year to sea level rise between 1993 and 2003 (Bindoff et al., 2007). However, that total was lower than the actual observed global mean sea level rise for period by about 10%. What is causing the rest of sea level rise? This discrepancy is often referred to as the sea level enigma, and scientists have offered a number of possible explanations.
There are still uncertainties related to our measurements of thermal expansion. Ocean temperatures, and therefore estimates of thermal expansion, are not available for the entirety of the ocean. Our ocean temperature measurements only extend 2000–3000m deep, and data has not been collected for all parts of the globe – specifically, the Southern Hemisphere, where significant inputs from Antarctica likely exist, has not been completely sampled. Much of the unexplained sea level rise could well be due to thermal expansion that has not been accounted for yet.
The contribution of glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets may be understated. Scientists are still fine-tuning estimates of total volumes of mountain glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets as well as of mass losses from all of these areas. Almost immediately following the release of the 2007 report, scientists found accelerating rates of mass loss for sea ice and in a number of Greenland, Antarctic, and mountain glaciers – rates much higher than predicted by the 2007 report. The latest IPCC assessment also was not able to incorporate the most recent data showing the years with largest increases in acceleration of ice loss.
In other words, the missing 0.3 ± 1.0 mm per year of sea level rise is likely due to incomplete data for both thermal expansion and mass losses for melting snow and ice. The current IPCC assessment reports a much smaller difference between observed rates of sea level and the estimated inputs to sea level rise from various sources than the previous IPCC report. Information gleaned from new areas, technologies, and studies allowed scientists to more precisely calculate rates and extent of thermal expansion as well as mass losses in glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. Other sources, such as terrestrial freshwater inputs, however, are still being considered and their roles in sea level rise continue to be studied.
Predictions for Future Sea Level Rise
Global sea level has been rising since the late 1700s, according to tide gauges measurements that began in Amsterdam in 1700, in Liverpool, England in 1768 and in Stockholm, Sweden in 1774. These gauges suggest that the rise has been accelerating at 0.01mm/yr^2, and if the conditions that led to this acceleration continue, we can expect sea level will rise by 1.1 ft (0.34 m) by 2100 (Jevrejeva et al., 2008). At a minimum, sea level rise during the 21st century should equal that of the 20th century, about seven inches (0.6 feet, 0.18 m). This is the lower bound given by the IPCC in its 2007 assessment, which projected sea level rise of 0.6 - 1.9 ft (0.18 - 0.59 m) by 2100. However, they cautioned in their report that due to the lack of knowledge about how melting glaciers behave, the actual sea level rise might be higher. Since the publication of the 2007 IPCC report, a number of scientists have argued that the IPCC's projections of sea level rise are too conservative.
Ice sheet dynamics are still poorly understood, and many key processes controlling ice flow in a warming climate are not adequately taken into consideration in the 2007 IPCC report. Additionally, the effects of basal lubrication, dynamic glacial thinning, and increased ice stream flow after the disintegration of buttressing ice shelves are not included in current ice sheet models. Feedback loops and their impacts on sea level rise may also be underestimated. Tweaking is still needed on models of thermal expansion (Church, 2007).
Additionally, the IPCC employed the same model to predict future sea level rise as was used to inaccurately calculate past increases – according to one scientist, "The models in the IPCC report underestimated the sea level rise that we have already observed by 40%" (Kinver). Another stated, "…very low sea-level rise values as reported in the IPCC TAR now appear rather implausible in the light of the observational data" (Rahmstorf, 2007).
New studies are emerging that take into account factors not included in the IPCC models, such as increased glacial flow. According to a study based on semi-empirical relationships between changes in sea level and global temperatures, we should experience on the order of 10 to 30 cm of sea level rise per °C increase in temperature (Rahmstorf, 2007). When this relationship is applied to the IPCC's 2007 scenarios for warming during the 21st century which range from 1.4° to 5.8°C, sea level projections are higher than the IPCC's published estimates. The model-based estimates for the IPCC range from .18 to .59 m (0.6 - 1.9 feet), whereas Rahmstorf (2007) projects 0.5 - 1.4 m (1.6 - 4.6 feet) of sea level rise. The most recent major paper on sea level rise, published by Pfeffer et al. (2008) in the journal Science, conclude that a "most likely" range of sea level rise by 2100 is 2.6 - 6.6 feet (0.8 - 2.0 meters). Their estimates came from a detailed analysis of the processes the IPCC said were understood too poorly to model--the ice flow dynamics of glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica. The authors caution that "substantial uncertainties" exist in their estimates, and that the cost of building higher levees to protect against sea level rise is not trivial.
By examining past rates of sea level rise between 200 A.D. and the present, Grinsted et al. concluded that ice sheet respond more quickly to temperature changes than the computer models used in the 2007 IPCC assessment are predicting. The authors estimate that "IPCC projections of sea level rise 2090 - 2099 are underestimated by roughly a factor of three". The authors predict that global sea level will be rising 11 mm/year by 2050, which is four times faster than the 20th century rise.
Finally, the scientist who is arguably the most visible and authoritative climate scientist in the world, Dr. James Hansen of NASA, stated (Hansen, 2007) "I find it almost inconceivable that business-as-usual climate change would not yield a sea level change of the order of meters on the century timescale" (IPCC business-as-usual (BAU) scenarios assume that emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will continue to increase year after year). Hansen gives a hypothetical but potentially realistic scenario where the sea level rise due to ice sheet disintegration doubles every decade, leading to a 5 meter (16 foot) sea level increase over the next century. He notes that during the period 2 - 3 million years ago, CO2 levels were similar to today (350 - 450 ppm), and global temperatures were 2 - 3°C warmer, similar to what we expect by the end of the century. Yet, this Plio-Pleistocene world was "a dramatically different planet, without Arctic sea ice in the warm seasons and with a sea level 25 � 10 m higher."
Impacts of Sea Level Rise
As the world's oceans rise, low-lying coastal areas will disappear (see Figure 4). Flooding of coastal areas will become more common and more severe as storm surges have easier access to these lower-lying areas. The occurrence of extreme high water events related to storm surges, high tides, surface waves, and flooding rivers will also increase. Flooding and loss of land will have significant impacts on humans, wildlife, and entire ecosystems.
|Figure 4. Areas across the world vulnerable to sea level rise. Image credit: Global Warming Art.
Ecosystem Impacts
Migratory marine organisms will most likely be able to adapt. However, the rate of sea level rise will hamper the successful migration of a number of organisms. As ocean levels rise, coastal and low-lying areas and ecosystems will be flooded. Higher sea levels will likely have significant impacts on the structure, function, and capacity of coastal and inland ecosystems, influencing their capabilities to perform ecosystem services.
Coastal development also creates obstacles to plant and animal life as they are trying to adapt to changes in the ecosystem. For example, in Bangladesh and Thailand, coastal wetlands and mangrove forests, which act as buffers to storm surges and tidal waves, are already being submerged by rising sea levels. The mangroves would normally re-establish themselves at the new low-tide zone, however, buildings and other types of development on the coast are blocking them.
These changes in coastal and terrestrial ecosystems and resources will consequentially impact ocean circulation as well as sediment and nutrient flow in coastal areas.
Impacts on Human Populations
More than half of the world's population currently lives in a coastal region. The United Nations Environment Program predicts that by 2010 about 80% of the world population will be living within 62 miles of the coast, and of those, 40 percent will live within 37 miles of the coast.
Coastal areas are also important economic areas as they are resource-rich. Tourism, aquaculture, fisheries, agriculture, forestry, recreation, and infrastructure will all be strongly affected by the effects of rising sea levels (Nicholls et al., 2007). For example, a 2001 study found that 90% of Guyana's population and "important economic activities are located within the coastal zone and are threatened by sea-level rise and climate change" (Khan, 2001).
Rising sea levels will lead to permanent and intermittent flooding in low-lying coastal areas across the world. Shorelines in Samoa have already retreated by as much as 160 feet, forcing residents to move to higher ground.
Although a 3–4 mm per year rise in global mean sea level sounds small, encroaching oceans have already consumed two small uninhabited islands of Kiribati in the Central Pacific. They are also threatening the existence of low-lying nations, especially islands in equatorial regions. Tuvalu's population is quickly trying to adapt to sea level rise of 5.7 mm per year. Homes across the island have been made uninhabitable by flooding and buildings and other coastal developments have been destroyed by hurricanes and swells. Tuvalu will likely be one of the first nations to disappear as sea level rise increases.
Wholesale and partial relocation of populations living in severely affected areas such as Tuvalu, Bangladesh, and Samoa has already created climate change refugees. Other areas where populations may need to be relocated include Bangladesh, the Maldives, Guyana, and the Netherlands. In areas where sea level is not projected to rise as fast, vast infrastructure projects have been put into place to lessen the impacts of rising sea levels such as in the Netherlands and London.
Residents of Tuvalu are also dealing with another effect of sea level rise – contamination of groundwater resources through salt water intrusion. Scientists are looking at the history of the Floridan aquifer system as an example of what may happen to coastal aquifers with continued sea level rise. There, the rapid 120-meter sea level rise at the end of the last glacial period flooded half of Florida, allowing salt water to intrude into the aquifer, where it continues to circulate today (Morrissey et al, 2008). Concern regarding water quantity in addition to water quality is rising. Increasing sea levels and flooding will have a number of impacts on terrestrial water storage in addition to seawater intrusion. These include rising water tables from salt water intrusion, erosion, and impeded drainage.
The potential public health impacts of continued and increased sea level rise are staggering. Already, coastal zones are experiencing contamination of groundwater resources and aquifers such as in Tuvalu. Flooding, both permanent and intermittent will allow diseases such as cholera and malaria to extend their ranges further inland. More frequent and intense severe storm events such as hurricanes and monsoons will also increase the number of cases and occurrences and duration of exposure to pathogens and diseases. The table below in Figure 5 offers more specific information about the public health impacts of sea level rise and its associated effects. However, vulnerability to public health impacts is also very much related to the preparedness and socio-economic status of individual nations, cities, towns, and villages.
|Figure 5. The hazards associated with sea level rise and their public health impacts as outlined in the IPCC's 2007 assessment. Image credit: modified from Nicholls et al., 2007.
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- Jason-2 launched on June 20th, 2008! Read more about the mission and how the technology aboard the satellite will be used to study ocean surface topography here.
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What he does best is create a palpable sense of dread without pushing, without tilting into melodrama.
What he does best is create a palpable sense of dread without pushing, without tilting into melodrama.
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"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about Roger Ebert's induction into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame slated for August 19th.
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"Generation P" appears to be Russian slang for Generation Perestroika and "The Pepsi Generation," which nicely reflects this film's cockamamie spirit, sort of a cross between "Mad Men" and an acid trip. Set in the years immediately after the fall of communism, "Generation P" would have been unthinkable any earlier, and now is merely incomprehensible. It is said to be a huge success in Russia — a daring, transgressive satire. Non-Russians, however, may need a program to understand the players.
The film's hero is Babylen Tatarsky (Vladimir Epifantsev), jobless and homeless at the outset, then reduced to manning a shabby kiosk where he sells cigarettes one at a time. Through an old mutual friend, he's lured into Russia's advertising industry ("It's a Gold Rush! But in a few more years, it'll all be snatched!").
These establishing scenes are the movie's most entertaining. Babylen free-associates with his new colleagues about Coke and Sprite, Marlboros and Parliaments. His nifty new tag line for Sprite (the UnCola) is shot down because it already belongs to 7-Up. His inspiration for Parliaments (put the Russian Parliament on the package) gets a little further. Untold sums of money begin to roll in. Babylen undergoes a fashion makeover and cuts his scraggly hippie hair.
All fun. And if director Victor Ginzburg had kept pushing in that direction, the film might have been more successful. Maybe he was simply following the source novel by Victor Pelevin, unread by me. The movie begins to come apart when Babylen overdoses on LSD ("enough for a battalion") and the movie goes berserk in acidland. The hero's name is inspired by Babel and its fateful tower, and indeed, he begins speaking in words no one can understand. Inside a weird structure resembling the Tower of Babel, he encounters the priests of a cult and seems to go tiresomely astray.
I learn from Variety that director Victor Ginzburg was a Russian expatriate working in Venice, Calif. The movie, by Russians and for Russians, contains interesting notions of their view of the U.S. Our consumer goods are fascinating to them. Babylen and a colleague discuss why America "hates" them. It's because they buy American cars, cigarettes and clothes, and then Russians get back American money. By that token, China hates the United States, too.
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The unrelenting Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa became decidedly scarier for Americans this week when someone who had flown the 1,000 miles from Liberia, where the epidemic is ongoing, to Lagos, Nigeria, where no cases had occurred, died of the infection.
According to The Daily Beast, naturalized American citizen Patrick Sawyer became ill on the plane after it left Liberia; once he landed, he went directly to the hospital, was isolated, and died soon thereafter. In response, the West African airline carrier he had used, ASKY, headquartered in nearby Togo, has suspended all flights into and out of Liberia and Guinea as well as Sierra Leone. Until Mr. Sawyer's death, all 1,201 cases reported to the WHO through July 27, including the 672 deaths, had occurred in one of these three adjacent West Africa countries.
The single case ups the fear factor for one simple reason. The working hypothesis till now had been that Ebola would more or less stay put, spreading town-to-town, affecting only neighboring countries, exactly because it is so fierce. The time from infection to severe illness is typically so fast that it is unlikely that a person would be able to get it together enough to go to the airport while contagious—or else, would be so obviously unwell as to draw attention to himself.
Sawyer's 1,000-mile flight changes this. The epidemic had been slowly expanding over five months, demonstrating that—despite headlines suggesting otherwise—it is not that contagious, except for those in sustained intimate contact. In contrast, the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic infected 60 million Americans in just about the same five-month period of time. But now, Ebola has moved beyond its standard slow motion, person-to-person transmission. Rather than inching along, it has hopped.
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The smarter they are, the more likely they'll shun meat as adults, British researchers contend... As a child's IQ rises, his taste for meat in adulthood declines, a new study suggests....
The smarter they are, the more likely they'll shun meat as adults, British researchers contend... As a child's IQ rises, his taste for meat in adulthood declines, a new study suggests....
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they only mention the "healthy" aspect of vegetarianism *sigh*
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People stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
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Shame a third of the "vegetarians" reported eating chicken or fish
It's annoying that they've presumed that the reason is that cleverer people go veggie just to be healthy and avoid heart disease. Fair enough, but there's no mention of why vegetarians might want to avoid meat because they are clever enough to see the bigger picture regarding animal suffering/environmental issues etc.. not to mention stand up against the rest of society.
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Peace, love, and happiness.
If a third of the more intelligent ones think chicken and fish are vegetarian then the rest must really be idiots.
"I don't want to live on this planet any more" - Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth
It's also on the BBC:
- The Duck
Let's do something about it!
It's interesting that they for a change interpret the test results the way they do - normally, if this was a test about diet/intelligence in favour of the meat eaters), they'd probably have written that not eating meat will damage your intelligence.
I will not eat anything that walks, swims, flies, runs, skips, hops or crawls.
it's annoying that they think smart people choose vegetarianism for its health. did they even consider that maybe smart people choose it because meat eating is immoral?
Who knows...? Some people do consider it for their health? My main gripe is the factory farming methods not the morality of eating meat. That and having loads of undigested meat sitting in my colon.
I've gone full circle from being Omni (thanks to my dad who thought steak and chips was decent food - then again, he was a manual worker at the time) to Veggie (learning to cook for myself and having older friends who were veggie), back to Omni (different friends and the lack of cheap decent veggie food available in pubs to go with the amount of beer I was drinking at the time) back to what I am now (thanks to Hemlock who's been nicely persistant all the time she's been vegan without shoving it down my throat )
As with most surveys you have to look at who paid for it... that's always the catch the results are always weighted in the direction that company wants and not the actual truth.
What does a high IQ mean in reality. Not a great deal. I'm sure Tony Blairs IQ is through the roof. He speaks foreign languages, is university educated etc. Then joins Bush to wage war in Iraq.
The report has to be fundamentally flawed anyway. 100 'Veges' who eat fish and chicken? Extraordinary!


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The opportunity to compete in the Esso Cup, Canada's National Female Midget Championship, has been every team's ultimate goal this season, and to have the honour of hosting it so close to home gives me an overwhelming sense of pride.
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• the vacancy in the office of the chief of police.
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According to the report, 85 percent of victims were unaware of their compromised state for weeks- to months-long stretches. When they did become aware, 92 percent of the time it was because an outside third party told them. That's embarrassing.
In which group would you rather be? The 85 percent hanging their heads in shame or the 15 percent who had a clue?
I know InfoWorld readers care more than the average IT working stiff. It's why you read our publication and this blog in particular. I also realize that our readers are tasked with dozens of different projects every year, each one a high priority that overrides previous priorities.
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You should enable event log monitoring on all managed workstations and servers. Don't make the mistake of only monitoring servers -- 99 percent of the malicious action begins on a regular end-user's workstation before it spreads to the servers holding the data. Often, by the time attackers reach the servers, they are operating with an elevated end-user's credentials, and event log monitoring becomes much tougher.


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