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I have had this discussion on other threads and I wanted to get your opinions on what most fellow Atheists consider an "Atheist".
I have always considered an "Atheist" as someone who does not believe in even the possibility of a God/Gods, an afterlife, reincarnation of any kind, energies "living on" or being "transferred to other forms" after death, ghosts/souls, and/or superstitious beliefs.
I have not considered Buddhists atheists as they still believe in "energies" and the sorts; and believe that people who say that they believe in the "possibility" of an afterlife as agnostics or the sorts - I have been an atheist for example since I was 15-16 and maybe an agnostic for a couple of years before then.
For example, I am sure that Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the likes all fit into the aforementioned definition of an "Atheist". So, what do you think?
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They qualify for the title. That does not mean that they are rational in the way they apply their non-belief to one or more supernatural beings. Those who don't believe in a god because they do not have the cognitive capacity or intellectual maturity to conceive of such a thing also qualify for the title. They are also not an atheist for rational or mature reasons.
The fact that there are different types of atheists, some rational and informed and some not, is the basis for a lot of confusion over the characteristics of an "atheist". This fact feeds the common stereotypical Christian definition of the term which actually fits very few people who identify themselves by this word.
Few people who went through an emotional conversion experience ever referred to themselves as "atheists" before this conversion, but ironically frequently refer to themselves as "ex-atheists" in retrospect. When pressed it becomes clear that the previous "atheism" of these converts was neither informed nor rational. They can rarely, if ever, give you any rational reasons why they failed to believe in the existence of a god at that time. They generally fall back on explanations that actually presume that they DID believe in some form of god at the time. They say that they "hated god" or that they "did not want to follow god's teachings" or they wanted to live a life of self-indulgence that could not be lived by someone who loved god. All these explanations presume that they actually believed that a god such as they now worship existed. Most of the time the real reason is that they just did not have much knowledge of the subject or any interest in critically examining it.
To avoid this type of confusion and the straw man arguments that lead to so much unwarranted discrimination and prejudice against atheists, especially in socially and educationally backward countries and areas, groups of "informed" atheists should start to acknowledge that different forms of atheism exist and spell out what these differences mean.
Being atheist has the connotation of intellect and reason
I readily admit that I held close to the same position quoted above. What was a brutal smack to my much needed stances on this topic came in the form of a simple assumption brought fourth to be tested, quite shocking to note again. I was in a debate chat room, where all were known to me well enough to know them just by a single utterance over the mic.
My assumption was in the form of atheist held a near intrinsic connection to critical thinking in near, if not all aspects of life, when applicable. This lead to a more hopeful tone that freethinker mindset also was a part of this wellspring of truth seeking, although never fully assumed to be as such.
I found my views of what an atheist means by the simplest of tests. It came in the form of making a comment in regards to a at the time new news published from some source that NORML.ORG had aptly analyzed and refuted. It was a so called research study dealing with the harms of cannabis, one directly from bunk central namely Australia if I recall correctly.
This was an instance of a case closed malarkey study that was nothing more than a meta analysis that offered nothing new in terms of actual research and was a prime example of cherry-picking mixed with foolery with statistics that could be formed into whatever your funder's
The significance here is that the refutation was clear and easily understood to anyone that cares enough to expend the several minutes of reading comprehension to learn the truth of the matter.
What did I receive in response to the the article dealing with cannabis, with claims long since refuted time and time again?
First off, it is is fine and dandy (to some extent) that there was skepticism that the research claiming the specified harms were bunk.
There were tales of a brother who was addicted to cannabis, it ruined his life. There were other condemnations of medical use as a way for people to get "high," even in regard to cancer patients this was applied.
In shock, I hurriedly cited every bit which refuted their claims, while making sure to also provide concise understanding of what "drug addiction" is and is not. To my dismay, the cited research was scoffed at and not even glanced at, with reasoning along the lines of "they will just release another research study that refutes these, therefore, none should be considered." With that stance, what remains except their personal biases, quite immune to hard scientific research.
That which they would toss out as why the other side ought to have their belief/positions changed, all the while seemingly unaware they are what it is they shun and spit at.
To be absolutely clear here, we are talking about not just one or two atheists but a small group of individuals who had for many months had shown patterns of critical thinking which one would assume would carry over to all aspects of their lives.
This continued on to where I became acutely aware to how rational and logical they were on certain topics, then when tested, failed to be consistent.
This expands into neuroscience and psychotherapy as well, and it did no stop with them. I have seen more than enough examples of delusional and irrational thinking with "atheists" to make it utterly sinful to dare to ascribe more than the general definition to what it means to be an atheist.
The fairly easy test I have found is that of the legal status of cannabis in the USA. It is only through disingenuous, willful ignorance or outright delusional thinking to oppose cannabis in the least in terms of medicinal application. This does hold close proximity to the regulation of cannabis for adult use for non-medical reasons, along with the removal of restrictions of growing hemp (which has been shown to not have even remote levels of psychoactivity for many decades) for the innumerable sources of utilization.
With intellect and reason, I *SEE* the harm reduction philosophy as inevitable due to the consequences of reason and intellect mixing, with the assumption of no cultural dogma casting its weight into the mind.
As this is not the case with atheism defacto, I perish the notion that you attribute to an atheist.
That and, what I had posted previously.
Gnosis = Greek word for knowledge
Theism = Greek word for god belief
a = Greek particle for lack of, absence of
Thus a-gnosis = lack of complete knowledge about something
And a-theism = lack of god belief
An agnostic atheist is a person who has no god belief but no certainty about it because of lack fo complete knowledge. Most atheists fall in this category, although the uncertainty level may be extremely low.
A gnostic atheist is a person who has no god belief and is certain (has knowledge that) there is not a god. This can apply to one particular god or to all gods. Many atheists and some theists have this type of certain non-belief about at least one god, usually because the claims and concept are logically contradictory. For example, an all-knowing, all-good god cannot exist in the face of evil in the world that is not the fault of the sufferer - famine, starvation, tsunamis, earth-quakes, hurricanes, the necessity for carnivores to kill other life forms in order to survive themselves, and so on.
An agnostic theist is a person who believes in the existence of a god but has no certainty (complete knowledege) of this. There are various levels of uncertainty so presumably a theist of this type believes that it is more likely that there is a god than that there is not a god of their chosen variety.
A gnostic theist is a person who believes in the existence of a god and is certain (has complete knowledge) that they are correct in this belief. Fanatics and most active evangelicals fall into this realm. If they do not then they have enormous cognitive dissonance issues that is likely to create serious psychological problems for them.
Agnostic atheism, also called atheistic agnosticism, is a philosophical position that encompasses both atheism and agnosticism.[1] Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity, and agnostic because they do not claim to know with certainty whether any deity exists.[1][2] The agnostic atheist may be contrasted with the agnostic theist, who does believe that one or more deities exist but does not claim to have absolute knowledge of such.[1]
Bertrand Russell uses the example of the celestial teapot. He argues that although it is impossible to know that the teapot does not exist, most people would not believe in it. Therefore, one's view with respect to the teapot would be an agnostic "ateapotist", because while they don't believe in the existence of the teapot, they don't claim to know for certain.
Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins makes a similar point in The God Delusion: "I am agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at the bottom of the garden."[3]
Son of a! I forgot to get your input on what was intended to be in my first reply.
A very quick estimate of atheists in China has a tally of 182 million.
My knowledge of what it is like over in China or to that of the varieties of mentalities and personalities is not adequate for me to form any acceptable position, beyond as follows.
From what I have been told by a native from China, who lived there until at least she was 30, what you should find over there is that "god" is as I find fitting to use, moot for the atheist. Moot in that the don't chit-chat about it, and unfortunately she was not able to elaborate enough for more than what I have presented.
Asking her about what she believes, does not, has a lack of belief in, etc, she also carried the nonissue and nonchalant sentiment in her body language and eyes, in place of verbal articulation due to her still learning good ole English.
She is not the most mature person, not a deep thinker, very materialistic driven in terms of happiness achieved through lots of shopping and a bit spoiled due to the enormous wealth generated from her parents.
So, why am I saying all of this?
With the assistance of an abundantly fluent English and Chinese (her dialect and quite a few more) translator stud, more than once, she had shown me by her thought processes and ponderings, that critical thinking is not readily available, possibly just lazy thinking.
And, there was at least two instances where she had in all seriousness felt whatever the action taken would be bad luck (bleh, no idea what they were, nothing that I was use to hearing).
I no longer have access to communicate with her, but my guess is the bad luck thing (I would assume there is "good" luck as well) is cultural, could even be firming proven to her due to coincidence, confirmation bias, ignorance and so on.
For me, there is a logical consequence of not believe in luck that leads to lack of belief in "god." Heck, the lack of belief in a god could also lead to losing belief in luck.
The problem is that is not how humans work.
When I explained what sleep paralysis is to provide good reasons they should reconsider their "visitation," tossing in that I have personally experienced hundreds of sleep paralysis events. That I KNOW how real it feels, that it IS real, in respect to what is being presented to us as existing outside of our body is a phenomena within. That it can and does feel MORE real than how we typically feel reality is as what real 'feels' like.
Did this have any sway, did their ACC let this data in so the formed beliefs could be susceptible to refutation and modification by use of reason and the desire for truth?
Hell no.
Damn humans.
Oh, heh, the sleep paralysis chap is an atheist but believes in...
dun dun dunnnnn
spirits or "something unknown"
however, has a lack of belief in "god"
Okay, I shall not harass you anymore on this topic.
Jesus loves you!


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Victorian 18kt Gold Repousse Earring Coach Covers
During the Victorian era, women would sometimes wear detachable orbs known as coach covers over their earrings. The covers were used to disguise diamond earrings while traveling and easily removed once at their destination, revealing the beautiful earrings inside.
These beautiful and unusual coach covers are particularly wonderful and from the Victorian (ca1880) era! Made of vibrant 18kt yellow gold, each orb has a textured, repousse surface, which closely resembles a gold nugget. The covers are hinged and almost appear seamless when closed and a small opening can be found at the top of each allowing the wearer to attach them to a drop earring or stud. Delicate and beautiful, they display wonderful artistry and would make a lovely addition to any collection!
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Traditional keyboarding or otherwise?
I learned to type from Miss Tibbits, who ruled a roomful of manual, Royal office models with an iron hand.
Miss Tibbits didn't tolerate any weird fingering of the typewriter keys. I learned to place my fingers in "ASDF JKL;" position and to use my right thumb for the space bar. I think it's called "touch typing." I still type that way!
When I worked in classified ads at the newspaper and typed like crazy every day, I even learned to reach up and hit the numbers fairly accurately as I sped along.
Dennis is a hunt-and-pecker. He uses three fingers total (two on the right hand, and one on the left.) He says when he gets enough typing practice on a regular basis, he builds up speed.
Keely types as I do, more or less -- all eight fingers on the keys plus a thumb for the space bar.
Today, I learned that Isaac types with three fingers on each hand -- his thumbs, pointers, and middle fingers. He doesn't use his ring fingers or pinkies at all. He says he goes pretty fast, and I agree that he does.
I'm amazed that his keyboarding teacher allowed him to type that way! Obviously, she was no Miss Tibbitts.
I am also amazed that he hits letter keys with his thumbs. My thumbs can't even imagine that.


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AP: Virus may have contributed to Kent Lake fish kill By The Associated Press • Aug 3, 2011 User jamieca / Flickr Michigan officials say a fish virus may have contributed to a June fish kill of 300 to 500 common carp in Kent Lake. The state Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that samples taken from the lake in Livingston and Oakland counties detected the presence of koi herpesvirus. State officials say it's the first time the virus has been found in wild fish samples in Michigan. It was detected in a private koi pond near Grand Rapids in 2003. The DNR says the virus has been seen before in large-scale common carp die-offs in Ontario, Canada, in 2007 and 2008. The virus affects common carp, goldfish and koi. The state says there are no human health effects. Gary Glenn will seek Senate seat By The Associated Press • Aug 3, 2011 The Michigan president of the American Family Association says he's running for the Republican nominationin the race to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Gary Glenn issued a statement Tuesday saying that federal election law requires him to file a formal declaration of candidacy this week. In the statement, Glenn praises U.S. Rep. Justin Amash of Cascade Township, the only Republican in Michigan's congressional delegation to vote against the debt ceiling bill that President Barack Obama signed Tuesday. Stabenow voted for the bill. Tuesday also saw another prominent Republican say he won't join the U.S. Senate field. Ypsilanti cardiologist Rob Steele says his work is too demanding for a statewide race. Ex-U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra recently declared his candidacy for the Republican Senate nomination. GM, Ford, Chrysler all increase sales in July By The Associated Press & Michigan Radio Newsroom • Aug 2, 2011 Spacing Magazine / Flickr Update: GM sales rose almost 8% in July, while Ford sales rose 8.9% and Chrysler sales increased 20.1%. From the Detroit Free Press: The Detroit Three saw U.S. sales increase in July and gained market share, as a troubling economy and weeks of worries about the U.S. debt ceiling continued to hamper a recovery in auto sales. Chrysler had its best July since 2007 to lead Detroit's automakers with a 20.1% surge, off a 33% gain in sales to individual customers. General Motors' U.S. sales rose 7.6% last month and Ford's grew 8.9%. Japanese automakers continued to lose share to their American rivals as they recovered from the March earthquake and tsunami in their country. GM forecast July industrywide sales of light cars and trucks were flat from the previous year and slightly better than June. Consumers stayed out of showrooms amid news of climbing unemployment and bitter debate over raising the U.S. debt ceiling to prevent the country from defaulting on its loans tonight. President Barack Obama signed legislation today to prevent that scenario after the Senate approved the bill. * Original post: From the Associated Press: General Motors says its U.S. sales rose nearly 8 percent last month, led by fuel-efficient vehicles such as theChevrolet Cruze car. No Michigan colleges on 'Party School' list (though one makes 'Stone Cold Sober' honor roll) By Steve Carmody & The Associated Press • Aug 1, 2011 (Flickr Wysz) The Princeton Review is out with its annual list of the best colleges and universities for those who put more of an emphasis on 'party' than 'school' . No Michigan colleges or universities made the dubious list this year. Though Calvin College in Grand Rapids did land a spot on the list of schools that have more students in the library on a Saturday night than in a local bar. Here are the lists: Party schools 1. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio State budget director questions school aid earmarks By The Associated Press • Aug 1, 2011 Woodley Wonderworks / Flickr The amount of money Michigan has to spend in its general fund for everything from prisons to health care dropped by nearly 25 percent over the past four fiscal years amid the recession and shrinking tax revenues. Yet the state's school aid fund remained relatively healthy, protected by earmarks for public schools. State budget director John Nixon thinks those earmarks merit another look. "It's not that I'm saying we need to cut the school aid fund ... (but) a lot of this stuff was put in place 15, 20 years ago when Michigan looked totally different," he said during a recent interview with The Associated Press. 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Westworld - S02
Year: 2016
Duration: 62 min
IMDb: 8.9
Country: USA
Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Ed Harris, Talulah Riley, Anthony Hopkins, Louis Herthum, Eric Shackelford, Daniel TwoFeathers, Luke Hemsworth, Geronimo Vela
Westworld isn't your typical amusement park. Intended for rich vacationers, the futuristic park allows its visitors to live out their most primal fantasies with the robotic "hosts." However, the robotic hosts have evolved an artificial consciousness that is similar to, yet diverges from, human consciousness. No matter how illicit the fantasy may be, there are no consequences for the park's guests, allowing for any wish to be indulged; but there is a price to be paid.


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Verlander grinds for first victory since May
Righty induces just one swing-and-miss, overcomes early homers
DETROIT -- For an inning, that aura of invincibility Justin Verlander has carried against the A's for the last few years looked like it was gone.
Verlander's fourth pitch of the day was a 92-mph fastball that Coco Crisp drilled over the tunnel beyond the right-field fence. His fourth batter of the day, Brandon Moss, made him pay for missing the plate on a 2-2 curveball by jumping a full-count changeup for another solo shot.
The scattered groans in the crowd reflected what many of the 35,445 fans at Comerica Park were thinking: Verlander was in for another bad day. The next five innings made it a good one.
It wasn't the dominance many are accustomed to seeing from Verlander against the A's, especially from the last two postseasons. He had to strand the bases loaded twice to get through six innings of two-run ball, but he survived for his first win since May 30 and his first home win since April 22.
The way he did that might say a lot about the kind of pitcher he's going to have to be at times to get through this season.
"Today was a grind," Verlander said. "It's one of the things that I have to do. I have to put in the work to get myself where I want to, but it's kind of a fine line."
Verlander topped out at just under 98 mph with his fastball, but only once -- in his sixth and final inning as the A's mounted one last threat, and he followed it up with a 97-mph heater.
"He certainly has a knack for being able to ratchet up his velocity when he feels the game is on the line," manager Brad Ausmus said.
Otherwise, Verlander's fastball spent most of the afternoon under 95, including some fastballs that he dialed down to spot down and away. They weren't two-seamers, he insisted; he's not going the Roy Halladay route yet. More like batting-practice fastballs.
"It's just effort level," Verlander said. "I don't really view it as a two-seamer. It's just that sometimes it's nice and easy, down and away."
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Verlander had only one swing-and-miss all day -- an 0-2 changeup to ninth-hitting infielder and longtime foe Nick Punto in the second inning -- his lowest total since 2008. The normally aggressive A's took 22 strikes, including a trio of strikeouts, among them the curveball Verlander dropped on likely All-Star Derek Norris following Moss' home run.
He gave up hits to half of the first 14 batters he faced, then retired seven in a row with only one strikeout in the stretch -- a slider that Punto took for strike three.
"I really felt like my changeup wasn't good all day today," Verlander said, "but I was able to use the slider to lefties very well today. Having realized I didn't have a good feel for my changeup at all and getting hurt on it today, that's one of the adjustments I made."
It might well be a sign of the new Verlander, but it's not the norm for him yet. It's the form he needed at times in June while he was giving up seven runs in back-to-back outings. If he's going to get through the mechanical overhaul he's making, he's going to need these outings.
"It's not going to be perfect," Verlander said. "When you're making adjustments like that, things tend to creep toward where you want them. It's not going to be an immediate jump. I feel like it's getting better and better. It's becoming less and less of an effort to be where I want."


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Critical issues that impact southeast Michigan will be the focus of a monthly Public Opinion and Good Governance Lecture Series being introduced Thursday, Jan. 16, at Wayne State University Law School.
Former Detroit federal bankruptcy Judge Ray Reynolds Graves will present the inaugural lecture, "Bankruptcy and Detroit Restructuring: Can the Court Guarantee Financial Viability?" The event will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Room 2242 of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne Law, 471 W. Palmer St.
The event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available for $6.50 in Structure One across West Palmer Street from the law school.
The lecture series is designed to be a public forum for the discussion of key issues relating to politics, leadership, public and private sector governance and role of the media in the region. It was inspired by the October leadership summit, "Building an Honest and Open Government in Detroit: Why Public Integrity Matters." That event was moderated by Bankole Thompson, an author and editor of the Michigan Chronicle, who will lead and moderate the lecture series, as well.
The series is sponsored by Wayne Law, under the leadership of Dean Jocelyn Benson, in partnership with Thompson. Subsequent forums will take place in February, March, and April.
Benson and Thompson hope the series will foster a dialogue among policy makers, scholars and business and political leaders on key governance issues in the region and the state with students learning how to become more engaged in issues affecting their diverse communities.
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I took my rear wheel off to fix a flat and hung the bike up by its front wheel to store. when I returned to put the tire back on the chain had slipped totally out of the rear derailleur, caged jockey gear & all. Any body ever see this & can the chain be replaced without breaking.
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I have a security layer for providing the security of the requests that come to my server. For all web request that come in a login page is shown if cookie is not present. I am now introducing web service requests to this server which also look like normal web requests. Is there any way to differentiate these requests at the security layer so as to route them to different security implementations.
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Another Wednesday, another b&w photograph. Thanks to Susan's weekly event, I am at least keeping this blog current.
These giant elephant garlic were a regular offering at our local CSA farm till the crops gave in to relentless over 100 degrees heat and some unexpected rain showers. Despite their size, the elephant garic is milder in taste to the regular garlic and actually are a varient to the species that belongs to the leek family. It was still fun to use these giant pods for cooking and as a substitute for garlic they made for interesting flavor.
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7.6.3 Monsoons and Teleconnections
The weather and climate around the world in one place is generally strongly linked to that in other places through atmospheric linkages. In the tropics and sub-tropics, large-scale overturning in the atmosphere, which is manifested as the seasonal monsoon variations, links the wet summer monsoons to the dry subsiding regions usually in the tropics and sub-tropics of the winter hemisphere. Throughout the world, teleconnections link neighbouring regions mainly through large-scale, quasi-stationary atmospheric Rossby waves. A direct consequence of these linkages is that some regions are wetter and/or hotter than the prevailing global scale changes, while half a wavelength away the regions may be dryer and/or cooler than the global pattern. Moreover, because of the way these patterns set up relative to land and ocean, they can alter the global mean changes. In addition, errors in models (such as in convection in the tropical Pacific) can be manifested non-locally through teleconnections, e.g., in the North Pacific SSTs (see Figure 8.1a), although other processes are also involved.
The term "monsoon" is now generally applied to tropical and sub-tropical seasonal reversals in both the atmospheric circulation and associated precipitation. These changes arise from reversals in temperature gradients between continental regions and the adjacent oceans with the progression of the seasons. The dominant monsoon systems in the world are the Asian-Australian, African and the American monsoons. As land heats faster than ocean in summer, heated air rises and draws moist low-level maritime air inland where convection and release of latent heat fuel the monsoon circulation. For the Asian monsoon, a regional meridional temperature gradient extending from the tropical Indian Ocean north to mid-latitude Asia develops prior to the monsoon through a considerable depth of the troposphere (Webster et al., 1998). To a first order, the stronger this meridional temperature gradient, the stronger the monsoon. Thus land-surface processes, such as soil moisture and snow cover in Asia can influence the monsoon and, along with SST variations, may induce quasi-biennial variability (Meehl, 1997). Additionally, large-scale forcing associated with tropical Pacific SSTs influences monsoon strength through the large-scale east-west overturning in the atmosphere. Anomalously cold (warm) Pacific SSTs often are associated with a strong (weak) monsoon, though these connections are somewhat intermittent.
Some teleconnections arise simply from natural preferred modes of the atmosphere associated with the mean climate state and the land-sea distribution. Several are directly linked to SST changes (Trenberth et al., 1998). The most prominent are the Pacific-North American (PNA) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO; see Section 7.6.4) in the Northern Hemisphere, and both account for a substantial part of the pattern of northern hemispheric temperature change, especially in winter (Hurrell, 1996), in part through the "cold ocean warm land" (COWL) pattern (Wallace et al., 1995; Hurrell and Trenberth, 1996) (see Chapter 2). Although evidently a prominent mode of the atmosphere alone, the PNA is also influenced by changes in ENSO (see Section 7.6.5). Thompson and Wallace (1998, 2000) suggest that the NAO may be the regional manifestation of an annular (zonally symmetric) hemispheric mode of variability characterised by a seesaw of atmospheric mass between the polar cap and the middle latitudes in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins and they call this the Arctic Oscillation (AO). A similar, even more zonal structure is dominant in the Southern Hemisphere (Trenberth et al., 1998) (the Southern Annular Mode, sometimes called the Antarctic Oscillation, AAO). The vertical structure of both AO and AAO extends well into the stratosphere (Perlwitz and Graf, 1995; Thompson and Wallace, 1998).
In the Atlantic, an important emerging coupled mode of variability is the so-called tropical Atlantic dipole, which involves variations of opposite sign in the sea level pressure field across the equatorial Atlantic and corresponding variations in the ITCZ location. Given the background SST and wind fields, anomalous SSTs of opposite sign across the equatorial region are apt to alter the surface winds in such a way as to enhance or reduce evaporative cooling of the ocean and reinforce the original SST pattern (Carton et al., 1996; Chang et al., 1997). The ocean provides a decadal time-scale to the coupled interactions.
Dominant large-scale patterns of ocean-atmosphere interactions are also found in the tropical Indian Ocean (Saji et al., 1999; Webster et al., 1999). They have characteristics similar to El Niño and are associated with large east-west SST changes and a switch of the major tropical convection areas from Africa to Indonesia. There are indications that this atmosphere-ocean process is somewhat independent of ENSO and represents a natural mode of the tropical Indian Ocean.
The vital processes for improved monsoon simulation in models are those associated with the hydrological cycle, especially in the tropics. These include convection, precipitation and other atmospheric processes (see Section 7.2) as well as land surface processes (see Section 7.4), and interactions of the atmosphere with complex topography and with the ocean. The difficulties in assembling all of these elements together has led to problems in simulating mean precipitation as well as interannual monsoon variability, although improvements are evident (Webster et al., 1998, and see Chapter 8, Section 8.7.3).
For teleconnections and regional climate patterns, not only are there demanding requirements on simulating the variations in tropical SSTs that drive many of the interannual and longer-term fluctuations through latent heating in the associated tropical precipitation, but results also depend on the mean state of the atmosphere through which Rossby waves propagate. Feedbacks from changes in storm tracks, and thus momentum and heat transports by transient atmospheric disturbances, as well as interactions with changed land-surface soil moisture from precipitation changes and interactions with extra-tropical oceans are critical. While there is scope for further improvements, great strides have been made in modelling all these aspects in the recent years.
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text: Those of you who attended the BBQ cache event put on by Geochicks in Augusta this past summer may remember a fellow who went by the name of RedSox2k4. His name is Mike Mavrofrides and he started a thread this fall about starting a monster Tour of New England cache. He is hoping to get maybe 100 people from throughout the New England states to put out a cache that will be included in a monster cache. Sounds like a pretty daunting experiment but I gave him a buzz about it the other day and he is getting quite a response. I offered my zip code to put out a cache in my area and he said he is looking for someone in northern Maine to be included in the cache. Give him a buzz if you would like to join in. His thread can be found in the Groundspeak forums in the New England thread if you are interested,and he is a member of this website as well. :)


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Lafayette Hill resident Karen Kappe Nugent, 48, whose artwork shows regularly at the Chestnut Hill Gallery, has never stopped searching for the technique that will make her a better artist.
Her search began when she was on the academic track as a student at Hallahan High School, an all-girls Catholic school at 311 N. 19th St. "The academic track didn't really didn't interest me; it wasn't a passion," she said. But while at Hallahan, she did win an art award, and that was the encouragement she needed to pursue a career as an artist. She went to Penn State Abington, but once again it wasn't a good fit for her. She transferred to the University of the Arts and after graduation went into the illustration field because "I couldn't comprehend how to make a living as a painter. It was too much of a hairball to unfurl."
While she was working as a graphic designer, she continued to take courses, "searching for myself as a painter." Karen studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Barnes Foundation and at various art centers. "But I didn't really feel confident in technique. I could draw, but there was a certain level of finish that I was looking for. I could take a painting to a certain level, and then I would be floundering," she said.
Karen then attended a demonstration by Neil Carlin at the Greater Norristown Art League. "He was teaching how to use a prepared palette, something I had never been exposed to before," Karen said. She explained that a prepared palette is an organized, efficient way of working and mixing colors. "A light bulb went off, and I said to myself, I need to learn more about this… I'm signing up!" Thus began a long mentoring relationship with Carlin. With a small group of other artists, Karen studies with him for about three hours a week at Studio Rilievo in Kennett Square.
The efficiency she learned from Carlin has allowed her to take her work much further. Most recently, she won the Rubenstein Painting Award for "Breakfast Beginnings" at a juried art show at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown. The Lafayette Hill artist won out over 150 professional artists who had submitted entries to the show. Painted in oil on paper, Karen used a limited palette of oranges and grays for the still life, demonstrating that depth and richness of color can be achieved even when using a limited palette.
"It's wonderful to be recognized for your work," Karen said. "There are many artists who produce good or great work and enter shows; however you don't always get an award, and you may not even get in the show if it's juried. This time everything was in alignment for me."
When asked what she wants people to see when they look at her paintings, Karen said, "Whatever they want to see." She believes that "art opens up dialogue." She always tries to set up a painting to that it has more than one meaning, at least for her. "For me, it's almost like a meditation," she added.
Karen currently manages two facets of a very busy career. In addition to her work as a fine artist, she is the sole proprietor of a graphic design business. She has a diverse roster of clients, ranging from individuals and fellow painters to companies including Merck, Wolters Kluwer and Custom Ultrasonics. She also shares her expertise and insight in a graphic design course she teaches at Montgomery County Community College.
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Karen lives in Lafayette Hill with her husband, Joe, who is Postmaster at the U.S. Post Office in Wayne. The couple has three children — Ainsley, 12, Meghan, 9, and Joseph, 8 — and two dogs, Daisy and Sundae.
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The Hope College Wind Ensemble will perform on Friday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The concert is titled "People, Places, and Things." The cornerstone of the evening, "Angels in the Architecture," by Frank Ticheli, will feature soprano Rebecca Flinker, a sophomore from Leeds, Mass. Other pieces include "Hammersmith," by Gustav Holst; "Movement for Rosa," by Mark Camphouse; and "Sleep," by Eric Whitacre.
Director Gabe Southard, who joined the Hope faculty in 2007, completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting at Michigan State University. Prior to his residence at MSU, he served as wind symphony conductor and flute studio teacher at the University of Michigan-Flint, where he also taught orchestration, music appreciation and advanced conducting.
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The Newark, N.J., funeral home that handled the arrangements for Whitney Houston's funeral says it has received threats and hateful emails after a photo of the superstar in her casket appeared in the National Enquirer.
Representatives from the Whigham Funeral Home held a news conference Thursday to reiterate that they did not release the photo, which shows Houston in a white casket, wearing a purple dress. They did not say who they believe was the source of the leak.
"We are being innocently accused," said owner Carolyn Whigham, who has known the Houston family for years and arranged Whitney Houston's Feb. 18 funeral. "I want to clear my name, I want to clear my funeral home... I want to defend my character and my name."
Whigham said a stranger spit in her face last week and said the funeral home has received hundreds of threatening, ugly emails from people upset about the photo, which was made public on Feb. 22. She said she fears for her safety and that of her family.
"The Whigham Funeral Home has been threatened. They have received vicious and hateful emails and other terrible acts, based on these baseless rumors," said the Rev. Ronald L. Slaughter, a funeral home spokesman.
During funeral preparations, just three people from the home had access to Houston's body, Whigham said.
In addition to those people from the funeral home, Houston's body also was guarded by a rotation of about 15 of the Houston family's own security personnel, Whigham said.
Whigham said the photo was taken Friday, the day before the funeral, but would not divulge how she knew that.
The National Enquirer has said before that it stands by the photo and declined further comment Thursday.


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The word "teri" means to "make shiny", while the word "yaki" means to "grill or broil".
"True" Japanese-style teriyaki sauce requires these primary ingredients...
Primary Ingredients
1 cup of soy sauce
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of mirin
1 cup of cooking sake (or 2 cups of mirin)
1 teaspoon ground ginger
Optional ingredients
2 tablespoons of chopped ginger
2 tablespoons of chopped garlic
1 tablespoon of fresh ground black pepper
1 finely chopped habanero chile
- Combine all primary ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low and let simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let cool
- Add your own optional ingredients
What you're looking for is a thick, heavily sweet sauce that gives meat a shiny glaze.
Marinate your jerky meat and let stand for a minimum of 1 hour, or up to 8 hours.
With "true" Japanese-style teriyaki, the mirin and sake are the ingredients that create it's characteristic fermented flavor, while the ginger gives it that light bit of pungent contrast that cuts through the heavy sweet.
Meanwhile, American-style teriyaki leaves out the mirin and sake, and substitutes vinegar, while it leaves out the ginger and substitutes garlic. Many jerky brands will completely leave out the vinegar, which gives jerky a more bland, sweetened soy sauce flavor.
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You have to exercise to stay fit and sexy but at the cost of pummeling your joints to rubble and living in constant pain really doesn't appeal…right? Enter low-impact water aerobics. A workout in the water really isn't for weak people, it's strenuous. Have you ever tried to run in two feet of water? It's like running against a hurricane. So what happens to your body when your work out in water? You have to expend more energy to do less work.
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SF Studios today announces that Yaba Holst has been appointed Head of Nordic Acquisition. In her new position, she will be responsible for SF Studios' acquisitions and co-productions in the Nordic region. The recruitment is a very important step in the company's strategy and ambition to produce, co-produce and distribute even more film and TV drama in the Nordic market.
Yaba Holst has a long and broad experience from the film industry. Currently, she holds a position as Film Commissioner Feature Film at the Swedish Film Institute. Before that she worked at Film i Väst for many years as Senior Executive for Swedish Co-Productions. In addition, Yaba has many years of experience from working as producer, manuscript consultant, script writer and actress.
"I have over the years met Yaba in various contexts and have always been impressed by her passion for content and her knowledge in scriptwriting and the film development processes. Her skills will be a strong contribution to our acquisition team and I look forward to work with her", says Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, Chief Content Officer at SF Studios.
"It is a great honor and responsibility to become part of a company with such a long legacy, and that also has the ambition to remain a vital part of the coming hundred years of storytelling! I am very much looking forward to work with SF Studios' professional and strong team and partners, and to facilitate for Nordic talents to make more films and TV series that reaches its audiences. The soul, culture and film industry in the Nordic countries, lie close to my heart, says Yaba Holst.
"I am very excited and happy that Yaba has decided to join our team. In addition to her long experience from the Nordic film and TV industry, we have also been particularly impressed by her skills in content. She will contribute a lot in our work to evaluate more ideas, screenplays and stories and our ambition to be involved in even more films and TV series in the Nordic countries", says Michael Porseryd, CEO of SF Studios.
About SF Studios
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We are a branded content agency based in Melbourne, Australia.
This year we will be launching a national healthy lifestyle program called 'Weigh it Up Australia'. Weigh it Up will challenge all overweight Australians to lose their extra kilos, commencing on October 3rd, 2010.
But it's not just about shedding those unwanted kilos, it's also about losing unwanted stress and gaining a healthy mind and soul.
Weigh it Up is all about finding and maintaining a healthy balance between what you eat, how often you move and how you cope with life's pressures.
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Real World Puppet Warp Techniques using Photoshop CS5
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[♪upbeat music♪] [ADOBE® TV Presents] [♪♪] [Russell Preston Brown in...] [♪♪] [The Russell Brown Show] [♪♪] In this episode of The Russell Brown Show, I'm going to continue on with some thoughts about using the new Puppet Warp feature found in Photoshop CS5. We can all do the stupid demo where you move the puppet around, but how does this apply to real world projects? I'm going to take on two projects here, one where I'm going to do a little bit of adjustment to this photograph and another one where I'm going to use the Puppet Warp to realign a panorama. Let's start with this image right here. Okay. One of the things you need to know about Puppet Warp is its amazing capability of moving a single layered document. Check this out. "What does he mean by that?" I'm turning off the transparency and then I'm going to zoom in on this. I want you to see with this image, which was supplied by Fotolia images online, I want you to see the fact that yes, indeed, this is one layer, right? And these are just floating popcorn items on the same layer and the transparency between them. Typically, if you're using your Selection tools, you'd have to use the Selection tool on that layer and then you could move it around as a separate item and work on it. Check this out with the Puppet Warp Tool. Targeting the popcorn here, Edit and down to Puppet Warp. Check out what happens here. It's isolating each of the floating elements within this design. So if I put a pin in each one of these kernels of popcorn popping up here, I can then go into each one of them and move it separately. Wow. Not only that, I can move it separately and move it, of course, in front and behind. You can move any of your items and then change the pin depth to move that around. Keep in mind if you do do that, you need to set a pin in the popcorn box to define that shape's position within the stacking order. Just something to keep in mind when finessing things like this. That's the one thing I wanted to show you: the ability to move things separately like that. The other thing I wanted to show you here in this advanced session are modes. Check this out, the Distort mode right here. Normally, if you move something around, you can move it and stretch it and use the warping capabilities. But Distort. What does Distort do? If I place two points on this single piece of popcorn as you see here and then pull one from the other, I can scale it, and it's changing its size and distorting this piece of popcorn in a new way. Put a third point down and even get stranger distortions. Check this out. I can make the popcorn change into new popcorn shapes by adjusting this around like this. You know, let's go ahead and hide the mesh because we can't see this very clearly. Another great feature right here. Turn the mesh off. Then I can start to design my own popcorn kernels just like this. Now, what if I want to move it? Hold down the Shift key, and you can select all three points, and then you can move the three points around with distortion. Notice, though, it has a memory of where it originated from, and the farther you move it away from that memory location, the larger and more puffy it becomes. Really, really interesting stuff going on here. Multiple point selection, the Distort feature, and then finally, let's distort this over the box just like this and then let's go ahead and change its stacking order by pushing this back. Let's go ahead and target one of these and then push it back just like that. I had three selected. I need to select one and select its depth one point at a time and moving that back in this process. So you can see some really interesting control. Hit my Enter key, and then it resolves my popcorn in that position. You can see it had a lower resolution preview, and now it has adjusted this to the higher resolution settings after I hit my Enter key. So some great tips and techniques when working with a single layered document with the Puppet Warp and adjusting and designing. Here's another one. It might be a tad bit more practical. So here we have a project where I've stitched together a panorama of images. Notice in the process of stitching this together, it's warping the image. And we've always had this problem where it's not warping it correctly in the transition here. We want to go in and control this. Check this out. Again, it's on transparency. The Edit menu and down to Puppet Warp. So a large image. No puppets were used in this presentation. But we have the Puppet Warp feature. I want to go to More Points because I want more control. What I wanted to demonstrate is that I can place a control point on the top of each one of these areas where the distortion is off. I'm clicking right here at the top of the arch. This is what I want to point out. With that selected, I can use the arrow keys. This is unlike any other warping inside of Photoshop. You have lots of warping capabilities, but I target the point, arrow key it down until it lines up with the guide which I've drawn in, and I can bring in as many guides as I want here, clicking up here and dragging guides into my image. I just want to show you. Let's see if my alignment-- Let's turn off the mesh. That's confusing. Let's put another point here, use the arrow key. Check that out. Really nice way to move that distortion. And look, I can move the point to the right and start to align up the verticals and horizontals in this process. I just love the precision of this and going through and adjusting the horizon line with this process for a panorama. Hit my Enter key. It then processes that. We can see the before and after with the distortion. Really, really fantastic. This is really a practical use of the Puppet Warp Tool. So once again, readjusting and distorting your images with precision with the arrow keys and some design work combining a single layered document but making it behave as if it was on multiple layers. There you have it, a couple tips and techniques in advanced Puppet Warp features found here in Photoshop CS5. [♪upbeat music♪] [Executive Producer - Bob Donlon] [Producer - Karl Miller] [Director - Kush Amerasinghe] [Post Production - Erik Espera] [ADOBE® TV Productions - tv.adobe.com] [♪♪]
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BUFFALO, WY – 17 Jun, 2017 – Petty Colors Publishing, a self-publishing company that publishes fun, creative self-help, personal development, family, and humor pieces, this week officially released their latest creation, a Breast Cancer Survivor shirt for women, men, and kids, available to all individuals, family members, friends, and coworkers of people who have stared down breast cancer in their lifetime.
Designed with the saying on the front of the shirt, Dear Breast Cancer, You Picked The Battle, But I Won the War! Sincerely, Survivor, the new shirts come in the colors of white, green, pink, grey, and yellow in over 10 different sizes.
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Do You Have Hidden Treasures In Your Attic?: Mick Jagger's Ex Cashes In On His Love Letters
Could you have something in your attic or basement that is worth thousands? Actress/model Marsha Hunt did. She recently sold the love letters that legendary rocker Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones sent her when the two were an item. Hunt recently auctioned off the letters, which then-25-year-old Jagger penned during the summer of 1969 to his African-American former lover while he was in Australia working on the film Ned Kelly, reports The Grio.
The 10 letters were sold at a Sotheby's auction for $301,472 to a private collector. Initially, they were thought to only be worth $160,000, writes the Associated Press. "When a serious historian finally examines how and why Britain's boy bands affected international culture and politics, this well-preserved collection of Mick Jagger's hand written letters will be a revelation," Hunt said in a statement distributed by the auction house. Jagger reportedly also wrote the 1971 hit song "Brown Sugar" about Hunt, according to TIME. Hunt and Jagger have one child together — daughter Karis Jagger.
Like, Hunt you could have a treasure packed away in storage. If you think you have something valuable, get it checked by an appraiser. Also, go online to sites like eBay and do a search for similar items. Reports eHow, "As a general rule, you can count on an item being of some value if it is more than 15 years old."
According to MSN, things to look for include gold and silver jewelry, items that have been passed down from generation to generation, special magazine editions, old movie posters, old stocks and bonds, vintage sporting goods such as antique gold clubs, and even old electronic gadgets. "Gazelle.com buys items in 20 categories, including desktop computers, cameras (film and digital), cellphones, even Wii video games," advises MSN.


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The American Vegetarian Association (AVA) — Vegetarian/Vegan was created to promote the interests and concerns of individuals and organizations involved in the preservation, propagation, and distribution of vegetarian ideas and products. The primary goal of the AVA is to provide a widely recognized certification program which will enable vegetarian-minded people to make accurate food choices, being certain they can be confident in their selection, and that of the manufacturer's claims. The AVA is trusted to maintain the absolute integrity of it's certification program, and to unfailingly assure the general public AVA Certification represents the highest ethical standards.
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The album features some of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's most memorable co-compositions and sees Rumer bring her extensive experience and singular talent to bear on her most enticing undertaking to date. Recorded at the renowned Capitol Studios with accomplished arranger, composer and orchestrator, Rob Shirakbari - THIS GIRL'S IN LOVE includes an appearance by Bacharach himself on piano. To mark the news, Rumer has shared a first track "(They Long To Be) Close To You," with live plans to be announced shortly.
What's most fitting to THIS GIRL'S IN LOVE is the personal relationship between Rumer and Shirakbari. The pair married in 2015 in Shirakbari's native Arkansas after first meeting at a Dionne Warwick gala at the Royal Albert Hall where Rumer was to sing a duet of Bacharach & David's "Hasbrook Heights." With Shirakbari having worked for 25 years with Bacharach and 30 years with Dionne Warwick-serving as musical director to them both-this could even be deemed "a Bacharach romance." It was a natural project for the newly married couple to create together, with both having great respect and reverence for the song catalogue.
Some of the songs on THIS GIRL'S IN LOVE are as familiar as any from the 20th century. Which is why Rumer and Shirakbari decided, in many cases, to remake/remodel them, affording these standards a melancholia that gets right to the emotive core of Bacharach's melodies and David's lyrics. Where before "(They Long to Be) Close to You" might have been slightly wistful, here there is a sense that the lyric's longing is unlikely to be consummated. "The Look of Love" is more sepulchral, with just a taste of the bossa nova tendencies of the '60s versions. "You'll Never Get To Heaven" has all the sophistication of Dionne Warwick's take, but with a new attention to the cautionary narrative of the lyrics. And Rumer has dug deeper into the catalogue to find the hidden treasure "Balance of Nature" and made it her own.
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text: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Johnson Named to AHRQ Council APTA member Michael Johnson, PT, PhD, OCS, recently was named to the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality. The Council provides advice and recommendations to the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on priorities for a national health services research agenda. The 21-member panel comprises private-sector experts who contribute a varied perspective on the health care system and the most important questions that AHRQ's research should address in order to promote improvements in the quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of clinical practice. Johnson is the only physical therapist on the panel. Johnson, regional director and chief clinical officer for the Home Health Practice at Bayada Home Health Care in Moorestown, New Jersey, has held numerous positions within APTA. He served as the Pennsylvania Chapter's chief delegate (2009-2011) and as a member of APTA's Government Affairs Committee (2005-2008). He is a member of the association's Workforce Consulting Group (2006-present) and PTJ's Special Feature Advisory Group (July 2009-present). He has been active in clinical and health policy-related research, resulting in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed abstracts and articles. In addition, Johnson has participated as a consultant on 2 expert work groups involved in developing quality measures for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for use under the Physician Quality Reporting System. He also is a member of the Steering Group for the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance. Comments This is excellent news. Congrats Mike. Glad we are at this table. Posted by Efosa Guobadia on 3/16/2012 9:01 PM Congratulations Mike - you will be an asset to the panel and great representative for our profession.. Thank you!! Posted by Judy Hickes on 3/16/2012 10:15 PM Congratulations! You will be an asset. Posted by John Lockard on 3/19/2012 12:11 PM