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Is There Really Global Warming?
February 16, 2009
Akita really thinks she owns the place.
All 8 pounds of her.
How ironic that this week a warm spell came and melted all the snow, but a few inches fell Friday night to give me a bit of salvation for the "Great Backyard bird Count".
A few inches of snow works wonders at times.
We've hit the 100" mark for snow in my area. By the end of winter we will have had the second snowiest winter on record. Last year currently ranks second in snow fall.
I realize 100" isn't a lot for some of you, but for most of us, it is more than enough. The Folks in Michigan's upper peninsula, along Lake Superior have a mild winter if snow is less than 200" . Some parts can exceed 300" almost yearly.
Now that is a lot of winter for anyone I would think.
I'm bringing up snow, weather and climate for a reason.
Though it may not directly relate to "Gardening for Wildlife," it relates to our every day life.
It does relate to gardening and our activities, howerver.
We intently watch weather reports,
Sometimes plan our days around the weather.
You can strike up a conversation with a total stranger, just by talking weather.
I'm not totally sure how to broach this topic.
There have been weeks of serious cogitating on my part and hours spent on research.
Weather and global warming aren't the same thing, but warming patterns can effect our weather.
Does it mean we are going through some huge gloom and doom change?
For the past 100 years, yearly temperatures here in my neck of the woods haven't changed a whole lot.
I mean the averages have pretty much stayed the same.
Yes, until the last couple of years we have had warmer Autumns and milder winters, but most people would say that is a good thing.
Don't say anything just yet....................
We have also had fewer 90+ degrees days so things still average out.
Now comes along the winters of 2007-8 and 2008-9
We have had some serious snow and cold.
2008 was the wettest year ever for us as we measured more than 48 inches of liquid precipitation.
A couple years before, we had some of the worst drought periods.
Warming/cooling, and weather patterns are cyclical.
The atmosphere can hold only so much moisture and it has to rain/snow sometime and somewhere.
In the 1980's Lake Michigan was at an all time high water mark.
2 or 3 years ago it briefly hit an all time low water mark.
Now water levels have climbed a couple of feet, but still below the magic 30 year average.
Why an I bringing this up?
To show you weather patterns and moisture levels can change.
Climate patterns can change, but is it global warming?
Global Warming?
I do feel we can alter climates and weather patterns to a certain degree with pollutions and abusing our planet.
But Global Warming?
Just in time for this letter,
Sunday's (Feb. 15) Grand Rapids Press had an article about the Audubon Society, stating that bird counts and movement prove global warming.
Certain birds have moved more while others have moved less over the past 40 years.
That proves global warming.
Wild turkeys (all but extinct and reintroduced in many regions) have moved further North.
Isn't that establishing old territory in the first place?
House finches (introduced to the East) have moved further north.
Bluebirds are more common in Michigan now, than 40 years ago.
I remember when Eastern bluebirds were common and then they were gone.
Global warming??????????
House sparrows.
I'm sure human aid and housing has nothing to do with that.
According to Audubon, loss of habitat or populations expanding had nothing to do with this.
This again shows how topics and research can be manipulated by leaving certain elements out or having an influence on the naive.(got to keep the GRANT MONEY coming in).
I have got to find me a Grant Writer.
It also shows how Certain groups, some scientists, lobbyists, certain politicians, etc look at you and me.
Do we have "CHUMP" stamped on us somewhere?
Like we are this illiterate, ignorant public that follows the "Pied Piper."
Have there been climates changes?
Have there been fluctuations in the weather?
Is earth a living planet?
This letter is a bit long, but not long enough to really approach the subject.
However, sometimes I like to stir the pot.
I like to ask questions to get others thinking and I don't mind if someone raises an eyebrow at me (I do the same thing at our church small group).
I have given some websites to read at later times.
I'm not playing political favors here, that would be suicide.
I am simply stating some ideas, beliefs and showing some facts.
I hope you keep an open mind.
My apologies in advance for not having things down in achronological order, My left handed brain gets ahead of me all to often.
By now you know which way I'm going.
If you don't agree, please take the time to read some and if nothing else, look into the Ice cap part of this.
You ever notice how things don't come out how you want them to?
Well, I have so much to say, but can't fit it all in here.
You my friend are going to do some home work.
Read on.
Global warming or the new buzz phrase "Climate Change."
I almost bought into it myself
Could we actually be causing global warming?
Maybe to some degree, ....
Everything seems so convincing.
I know we have done some serious damage to habitats (land and water).
Shoot, Lake Erie was on fire at one time.
But global warming?
Now understand, there is a difference in Global warming or climate change and weather conditions.
Though one can affect the other.
After all the chatter of ice caps melting, Polar bears drowning, glaciers melting, etc. along came this from a local meteorologist.
Last December meteorologist "Bill Steffen" mentioned how the polar ice cap has grown and the ice has as much volume as it did in 2002.
Cool I thought.......................
The know it alls are wrong.
Bill even mentioned the
website from the University of Illinois so we could look for ourselves.
Low and behold, now the Polar Ice cap has reached 1979 levels.
That year is significant, because that is when polar records started.
Yes, a whole 30 years of Arctic and Antarctic records and they are ready to say we are doomed.
Yet we don't hear it's only a 30 year report, it sound slike this has been going on for the past 100 years or more.
Why only a small part do we hear?
Since December, I have been researching the subject of global warming in depth and you can find convincing opinions for it, and against it.
But, we never hear the reasons against it.
Again I ask why?
Then the past few week really got my fur standing on end.
It was suggested that global warming was the cause for the jet and goose collision in New york.
The geese didn't migrate because of global warming and open waters.
Look at the picture of the ducks feeding, I have water fowl around here during the winter.
Granted they don't feed in my yard everyday. but they stick around.
Nothing is mentioned, that not all water fowl migrate and waters aren't always frozen.
Nothing is mentioned about the loss of habitat or the huge decline in natural predators that would keep populations in check.
Nothing is mentioned about the mismanagement of hunting. Hunting is big business and hunters want plenty of birds and animals to shoot at.
An example here in Michigan: A century ago, there were maybe 100,000 deer. today that estimate is closer to 1.5 million.
Why, hunting is a multi-million dollar business.
Now, deer are everywhere and get blamed for crop damage and what have you.
Nothing is mentioned as to how nature adapts to its surroundings, just global warming and dooms day.
I digress.
Another thing that irked me.
I read last week that global warming is the cause for old growth forests in Oregon dieing.
What naturally happens to old plants, animals and people?
They die, it is the natural order and progression of things.
If you've ever seen or had it explained to you the progression of a forest, you know what I mean.
I went to school for forestry and I'm suppose to buy that line?
I'm ticked and I have to speak my mind.
We've all read the gloom and doom, the propaganda reports.
News shows and documentaries (money can do some amazing things).
But are we seeing the whole story?
Remember when the hole in the Ozone was the big thing?
That was so 90's.
Maybe you remember in the 70's when the globe was cooling, or that was the trend then.
Now the world is warming and the shorelines are going to be washed away.
Polar bears are the "Poster Child" for global warming, or is it climate change (they can't make up their mind now days).
The two are always linked together it seems (Buzz words).
Now, is the cap shrinking or growing?
Once again, this site says it is all the way back.
If the cap isn't melting, why all the sad stories about Polar bears drifting off to sea, never to be seen again.
Is this another ploy to gain sympathy from the uneducated public.
Even the same global warming advocates say these pictures don't tell the whole truth.
Polar bears are excellent swimmers and have been known to swim up to 60 miles in the frigid Arctic waters.
Polar bears are in fact increasing in numbers and we are talking a serious increase.
Science Daily reports research is flawed On April 30, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ordered the Interior Department to decide by May 15 whether polar bears should be listed under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. (Note regarding decision: On May 15, 2008 the Polar bear was listed as a threatened species" under the Endangered Species Act.)
Professor J. Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School says, To list a species that is currently in good health as an endangered species requires valid forecasts that its population would decline to levels that threaten its viability. In fact, the polar bear populations have been increasing rapidly in recent decades due to hunting restrictions. Assuming these restrictions remain, the most appropriate forecast is to assume that the upward trend would continue for a few years, then level off.
Newsbuster.org reports Newsbusters research Center talks about a Polar bear baby boom occuring
Besides evidence like that, scientists have ignored the anecdotal evidence of the Inuit, who say bear numbers were rising. Inuits also report more polar bears wandering into their towns and villages, where they are a threat to children.
The Inuits (native people) also mention an increase and worry about bears entering their villages.
Why don't we hear about this?
There are more polar bears today than 25 end even 50 years ago.
Don't you know or see what was happening in your back yard?
I sure do.
If someone tells me there aren't cats around here, but I know saw a cat..........
Who am I going to believe, myself, the locals or some so called expert.
I have got to find me a Grant writer.
World reports, climatologist, meteorologists from around the globe swear and testify that Global Warming is all bunk.
Popular stories get headlines and lobbyists get billions of dollars for groups and scientists to study this.
Governments aren't going to hand out money (grants) to people that say things are okay, money is there to spend on so research and it doesn't seem to matter what kind of research.
Computers can be manipulated to project future gloom. To project what some want to hear.
The public buys into gloom it seems, because we listen and believe.
From Flint Journal, to reports from Harvard University, From Canada, the UK, Japan and even reports from Australia (experiencing a record hot summer) indicate that global warming is bunk.
Canada Free Press Timothy Ball, one of the first Canadian Ph.Ds. in Climatology
Believe it or not, Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide (CO2). This in fact is the greatest deception in the history of science. We are wasting time, energy and trillions of dollars while creating unnecessary fear and consternation over an issue with no scientific justification. For example, Environment Canada brags about spending $3.7 billion in the last five years dealing with climate change almost all on propaganda trying to defend an indefensible scientific position while at the same time closing weather stations and failing to meet legislated pollution targets.
There is that money being spent again.
Politicians are being listened to, even though most of them have no knowledge or understanding of science, especially the science of climate and climate change. Hence, they are in no position to question a policy on climate change when it threatens the entire planet. Moreover, using fear and creating hysteria makes it very difficult to make calm rational decisions about issues needing attention
As Christopher Booker says in his review of 2008, temperatures have been dropping in a wholly unpredicted way over the past year. Last winter, the northern hemisphere saw its greatest snow cover since 1966, which in the northern US states and Canada was dubbed the "winter from hell". This winter looks set to be even worse.
The earth was hotter 1,000 years ago
Evidence from all over the world indicates that the earth was hotter 1,000 years ago than it is today. Research shows that temperatures were higher in what is known as the Mediaeval Warming period than they were in the 1990s.
Himalayan glaciers:
A report by the UN Environment Program this year claimed that the cause of melting glaciers in the Himalayas was not global warming but the local warming effect of a vast "atmospheric brown cloud" over that region, made up of soot particles from Asia's dramatically increased burning of fossil fuels and deforestation
The Austrailian speaks on facts that debunk global warming alarmism.
This is good.......
At December's U.N. Global Warming conference in Poznan, Poland, 650 of the world's top climatologists stood up and said man-made global warming is a media generated myth without basis. Said climatologist Dr. David Gee, Chairman of the International Geological Congress, "For how many years must the planet cool before we begin to understand that the planet is not warming?"
I asked myself, why would such obviously smart guy say such a ridiculous thing? But it turns out he's right.
The earth's temperature peaked in 1998. It's been falling ever since; it dropped dramatically in 2007 and got worse in 2008, when temperatures touched 1980 levels.
Meanwhile, the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center released conclusive satellite photos showing that Arctic ice is back to 1979 levels. What's more, measurements of Antarctic ice now show that its accumulation is up 5 percent since 1980.
what was supposed to be massive global warming, the biggest chunks of ice on earth grew larger. Just as an aside, do you remember when the hole in the ozone layer was going to melt Antarctica? But don't worry, we're safe now, that was the nineties.
Dr. Kunihiko, Chancellor of Japan's Institute of Science and Technology said this: "CO2 emissions make absolutely no difference one way or the other ... every scientist knows this, but it doesn't pay to say so." Now why would a learned man say such a crazy thing?
Based on core samples from Russia's Vostok Station in Antarctica, we now know earth's atmosphere and temperature for the last 420,000 years. This evidence suggests that the 12,000 years of warmth we call the Holocene period is over.
Apparently, we're headed into an ice age of about 100,000 years -- give or take. As for CO2 levels, core samples show conclusively they follow the earth's temperature rise, not lead it.
It turns out CO2 fluctuations follow the change in sea temperature. As water temperatures rise, oceans release additional dissolved CO2
The heat and droughts of 2001 and 2002, and the unending winter of 2002-2003 in the Northeast have people wondering what on Earth is happening to the weather. Is there anything natural about such variability?
For example, tree-ring data show that temperatures were warmer than now in many far northern regions from 950 to 1100 A.D.
There is much more, here area few.
Is it possible that so many can be wrong?
Does money play a factor?
Hiccups in the natural order.
Records show that world temperatures maxed out in the late 1990's and are indeed on a slow decline right now.
Why don't we hear about this.
Maybe some of you can remember when global cooling was a topic in the 1970's.
You've seen the reports or the famous pictures of the melting glacier of the Himalaya mountains.
Now that is a true picture, but it doesn't tell the whole story.
There is indeed a smog filled gas cloud that hangs on that side of the mountain causing problems, but according to UN reports, the glaciers on the West side of the mountains are growing, not shrinking.
Why don't we hear about that?
Okay, so there is the gloom and doom of all the ice breaking from Greenland and the Antarctic that is melting and is going to flood all the coastal areas?
As I mentioned before, Antarctic ice is growing thicker.
Research shows once again that earth temperatures and weather patterns vary.
Lets go back in time about 1,000 years or so.
Hop in the time machine and off to Greenland we go.
The mighty Vikings were warriors and explorers.
In 986 AD, Eirik Thorvaldsson, known as Eirik the Red, established settlements on Greenland. Several years later his son Leiv Eiriksson left Greenland to only to discover Canada.
Now why would they give it the name Greenland and why would any one settle on a chunk of ice?
Indeed, 1,000 years ago, Greenland was much warmer. It was for the next 300 years and the Vikings enjoyed life on Greenland.
Not until the climate changed did the Norwegians abandon Greenland.
Then, came the mini ice age period from 1300 AD to about 1900 AD.
Why isn't this in all the reports?
No, all we hear about is Greenland's ice shelf melting and the shores will be flooded soon.
Where is a grant writer when I need one?
Scientists have taken core samples from ice, caves, trees and soil. Results show an over whelming records that carbon was much more prevalent throughout earth history and at times fluctuates.
Why not, earth is a living planet and adjusts, just like we must adjust.
Still, things aren't mentioned on why the planet Mars ice caps that freeze and thaw every year and there isn't man made pollution on them.
Global warming advocates fail to mention Solar patterns that have effects on earth.
While the earth seems to always have volcanic activity, the last Major Volcano eruption was in 1991 (Pinatubo).
The soot and other particles play a factor on weather.
Why don't we hear about that.
Another researcher suggests that a majority of the carbon dioxide is released from the ocean when the waters warm.
Now that makes sense to me.
Decaying plant and animal life heats up as it decays (compost piles). That warms the water and releases carbon gas.
Very little is mentioned on water vapors.
Methane gas is 5 times more damaging then carbon dioxide and the earth releases this naturally, not to mention from our dumps and animal waste.
A vast majority of Climatologists and Meteorologists believe in the natural order of things, and now more than ever so do I.
Cycles you might say.
History and records show fluctuation in temperatures and weather. Prior to the mini ice age there was a warm up.
In the 1930's records show this to be the warmest period in recent times with records highs being set and massive Arctic melting.
In fact, 4 of the 10 hottest years on record where in the 1930's with 1934 being the warmest.
Geologists suggest that about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago the northern hemisphere was encased in glacial ice and as it receded and melted, much of our geography is the result, including my Great Lakes.
Before that, much of the land was tropical or sub-tropical. Fossil evidense shows this to be the case.
A final statement from Bill Steffen.
Save it and read it when you have the time.
"I have been a TV meteorologist for over 34 years my degree is from the Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison double major, Physical Geography.
My observation is that TV meteorologists are more skeptical of two things first the total emphasis on man/C02 to the almost total exclusion of anything else in this climate debate .and second the nightmarish scenarios that dominate media coverage and a very vocal part of academia. We are skeptical of these computer models, partly because we do deal with them on a daily basis and know their math and therefore their limitations but we are also skeptical of some of the modelers who have a financial and political interest in policy decisions that would result from action taken in response to their alarm. TV meteorologists are not beholden to big oil/industry or to the government grants and far-left policies that drive many of the alarmists. We do think the Earth is warming that there are a number of reasons for this. I think that TV meteorologists are in general more conservative/skeptical people. Conservatives tend to go into business and engineering, liberals to government and media, conservative meteorologists to broadcasting.
There is little talk about solar cycles (there are articles discussing the shrinking of the polar ice caps on Mars and the moons of Jupiter). There hasnt been a decent volcano since Pinatubo in 91 less volcanic dust means more solar radiation reaching the ground. Dozens of Arctic stations across the Dew Line in northern Canada (remember, to warn us if the Russians sent ICBMs over the Pole) were closed. Russia has also closed stations that in a small way is going to upset the balance of ground stations that become the base for the computer models. Temperatures are only measured accurately over about 14% of the globe. Where these temperatures are measured most accurately (the U.S.), the warming is less pronounced. Over the oceans we rely on IR satellites. I can show you IR pictures from Lake Michigan that are 5 degrees off the actual surface temperature of the water. Methane is a five-times more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 but has no political consequences, so its hardly considered. There are MANY thermometer sites that were in cooler, rural forested environments 50 years ago that are now sitting amid concrete and asphalt. These thermometers will be giving warmer readings now.
We as a group (and there are many of us) resent when the media announces that no credible scientist denies that global warming is going to kill us all etc, etc. That is a total untruth and reporters who word their pieces that way are either ignorant or biased.
I can show you comments from Hansen back around 1990 when he said that hed looked at every temperature and there was no warming going on was he wrong then (and if so why should we trust him now)? The world worships Al Gore heck, hes got the hurricane rotating backwards on the poster for his movie! He has no meteorological training, yet hes given instant credibility over PhDs.
If you look at the data for my town (Grand Rapids) there is hardly a difference between temperatures 100 years ago and now. We have had warmer late falls and winters of late but we have also had FEWER 90-degree days in the last 10 years than at practically any time in the last century. Most people and animals would prefer a slightly warmer climate. We go to Florida on vacation, not Baffin Island! A longer growing season would be a positive, not a negative. The positive aspects of a small (and less than 2-degrees is small we used to have palm trees growing in Grand Rapids) temperature rise are never discussed.
If these people really cared about the planet, theyd find a way to address the growing C02 problem coming out countries like China (40% of the growth in C02 is China!), India, Indonesia, Brazil, etc. Its only the U.S. that has to shut down industry and drive weenie-mobiles.
Climatic variability is the natural norm and I remain unconvinced that man/C02 is a greater danger to me than mad dictators with nukes."
My thoughts and opinions.
At one time I had my concerns and almost bought into the idea of global warming.
It was difficult to believe, but so much convincing stuff was bombarding me.
Yet, through all this were the words of several meteorologists and other scientists that kept saying the temperatures and weather patterns are cyclical.
Global warming had nothing to do with it and in fact there is no such REAL BEAST as global warming like the dowms dayers want you to believe.
Even lake levels rise and fall.
Yet there is the media attack on global warming.
Man made agendas.
Money to be made and had if you can say the right things
Can people effect the weather and climate change?
To some degree I think we can. and I think the gas cloud hanging over the hymalaya mountain top can bear witness.
I think we can have more adverse effects on climate and weather patterns by stripping the lands and altering the terrien through deforsetation and altering landscapes.
I do feel that removing rain forests, prairies and savannahs can alter weather patterns. Areas feel drought where rain was plentiful or normal amounts could be expected. Hurricanes and tornadoes can be more severe to some extent.
Scorching winds can blow across an area that never experienced it before.
The skies can open up and floods happen.
Snow in the desert...................
Is this from man, or nature taking its course?
Global warming or climate change?
Maybe "Nature" is taking its course.
All of these climate and weather patterns have happened before recorded history and well before TV and radio could report.
The President gets a sliver and we know about it before it happens.
Populations are much larger now so devistation is much greater then even 50 years ago and we hear about it.
To say we are the cause of global warming............
Methane gas.
Solar cycles.
And much more play a roll.
Earth is a living planet and our "Creator" made it this way.
Do you think for one moment, God didn't put in to plan for earth to adjust to the hiccups as earth goes through growing pains and to adjust for human stupidity.
Living things adapt and adjust, creation and universal laws dictate that.
History shows that earth does indeed go through adjustments and that means climate change as well.
Call it global warming if you want to, but what was it before hand?
As several scientists mention, "natural effects don't pay the bills or bring in the government grant money".
I've got to get me one of those grants.
Negative news seems to be the more popular news a majority of the time.
As long as we sit back and say or do nothing, negaitive reports and illiterate thinking will run rampent and run our lives.
You are to smart to allow that to happen, however.
Yes, we can alter the weather to some degree and if we didn't care, who knows what the planet would look like by now.
Global Warming???????
Nature and our planet are very forgiving and very much alive, Respect all of it.
If you and I go about living responsible, there should be no worries.
Based on a 30 year record of Polar ice and now the last couple of years seem to be prooving the know-it-alls wrong.
Climate change and weather are adjusting once again.
Here in Michigan, temperatures have been cooler and we are going through the second and third snowiest winters in (Kent County) Michigan's recorded history the past 2 years.
Yes, we have had fewer 90 degree days as well.
I will take the rain, who knows what the following years will give us.
I am aware of droughts in certain parts of the United Satates and the Globe.
I am aware of record heat and cold.
But records only go back a blink of an eye.
Can we base a whole planet's fate on that?
That is what the so called experts are saying.
Research and read..............
Make your own decissions.
My job here was to stir the pot some.
Maybe wake a few people up.
Look into both sides of any story.
Make you think some.
Leave out one fact or part of a photo and a whole story can change.
Glaciers come and go.
I think most of us realize the weather the past 2 years doesn't show global warming.
Did anything show global warming?
Frosts in Florida, Massive snows along the pacific northwest, Snows in Europe and other places that rarely experience snow.
Global warming advocates will tell you that weather extremes are part of the warming.
Torrnadoes, hurricanes, snow and record cold.....all part of global warming.
Can you predict weather patterns?
The Jet Stream?
Ocean temperatures?
Volcanic action?
Sunshine, clouds, rain, snow?
Me neither.
Can we help our environment?
Sure we can.
We are meant to be stewards of this planet and that is where we need to stand together.
Helping and protecting.
Then we may hear "Well done good and faithful servant."
I like clean land and water.
I enjoy the wildlife.
We see how the natural world adapts and can thrive.
We also see how we can destroy it.
The boreal forests of the northern hemisphere (the top 1/3 of the NH) produce enough oxygen for all of life on the planet.
These same trees absorb carbin dioxide.
Now for the rest of the worlds plant life .......
Must provide bonus oxygen.
The real danger would be if people continued to strip the forests and land like they were 100 years ago.
Trash our waterways etc.
We must put our efforts into something positive.
Global Warming?
I got to find me a Grant Writer. (Yes there are people out there that are paid to write grant applications for others.)
Side Note:
God isn't so dumb........... earth and evrything on it is carbon based.
Pretty smart, take a chemical and base all of life around it, nice and easy for him.
So why wouldn't CO2 be every where?
Even NASA realizes all life is carbon based and if NASA says it's so.............
Leave a carbon foot print, why not..........after all, it is a carbon based world.
I hope you leave with an open mind to this topic and others that matter.
Things we can make a difference in.
I hope you walk away from this with a new and different perspective.
Facts don't lie.
Please share this with others.
I hope we are still friends :-)
Forgive me any mistakes, a lot of time went into this and I am whooped.
Forgive me if I haven't made my point.
Well <
Before I go, here is your positive thought of the week.
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer
You have to love and admire this woman.
Wouldn't you have loved to have known her and spent some time with her?
She could face her defiencies and limitations.
She was able to move on and conquer so much, yet no one would've said a word to her if she stayed a frail ball of nothing.
We can learn so much from others if we allow ourselves to do so.
We can learn even more from giants like Helen Keller.
I need to learn some patience for sure.
You don't have to get it right the first time, just get it going.
Move forward.
Always learn.
Always love.
Always smile.
A simple smile can be like baby's first step.
Step into a new world of love, trust, faith.
Step into a new friendship.
Smiles are magical.
So are you.
Until next time my friend.
I need to learn some patience for sure.
"Treat the earth well:
It was not given to you by your parents,
It was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our
Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."
Ancient Indian Proverb
Your friend indeed,
Ron Patterson
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Přihlášení do systému.
Science and research
The Department of History is involved in several significant projects in the area of regional and more expanded history.
Fontes Nissae – Prameny Nisy (Sources of Nisa) is a periodical and has been published since 2000. The Department of History is the main owner of publishing rights and cooperates with State regional archives in Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou and Reasearch Library in Liberec.
The principal content of its individual volumes is formed by studies and materials from the area of regional history in a wide and chronological scope. Reports about the regional institutions and literature are also included.
The seminar Relations between Czech and Slovak has been regularly held since 1991 and takes place every August. It represents the only forum in the Czech Republic that keeps regular long-term contacts with Slovak historians and educators from different types of schools.
The Department of History regularly organizes specialized public lectures provided by the department's lecturers and historians from various Czech institutions. The venues of these lectures are usually Research Library in Liberec or University Library in Voroněžská street.
During the academic year 2008/09, the lectures took place in three cycles and presented "Important events of the twentieth century" with the main focus on political, economical and religious problems of the world and Europe in the 20th century. The first cycle called "Young historians" included public speeches of graduates of the Department of History FP TUL and PH.D. students who continue their research about mainly political history of the 20th century in various historical departments in the Czech Republic. The third cycle was dedicated to the topic of "History Lived" focused on meetings with survivors of political events that influenced the whole Czech 20th century society. These discussions mostly presented different forms of persecution through the testimony of their victims and its different reasons – political, racial, and religious or others.
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Geoffrey Bond, a life member of the Thoroton Society, has kindly provided funds to underwrite research into the history and archaeology of the County of Nottinghamshire (the remit of the Thoroton Society). In addition to Mr Bond's generous grant, the Society has increased the amount available by doubling the fund. Thus an award totalling £2000 is now available this year, to be awarded to one successful applicant or shared between a number of applicants, at the discretion of the selection panel.
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DCIM Solutions, LLC (DCIM Solutions), a leading provider of Data Center Assessments and Infrastructure Optimization Solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Future Facilities to adapt ACE predictive modeling as part of DCIM's Data Center Assessment Services.
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MIGRANT MALE SEX WORKERS: Hundreds, possibly thousands of young Burmese men are finding they've got nowhere else to go but Thailand's tough and sordid sex trade
The Bangkokpost (16-12-01) - SUNDAY PERSPECTIVE REPORTERS
When Myint Tha was quite young, he left his family in a tiny village in Burma's Shan State, and sneaked across the border at Thachilek to find a job in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district. He dreamed of a secure future in Thailand.
He said to himself: ``Many teenage Burmese, even girls, have taken a risk to make money in this land. So why shouldn't I ...as a man... try it?'' At that time he was still naive and didn't realise that many of those teenagers, and especially the girls, were not entering into a ``respectful type of job.''
Seven years later, at the age of 23, Myint Tha's innocence has long since fled. He now spends most nights at a gay bar in the tourist destination of Chiang Mai 300 kilometers from Thakhilek. He survives from week to week by having sex with older men.
Miss Duang (her Thai name), a 20- year-old Chinese Burmese celebrated her third anniversary of working nights at another Chiang Mai beer bar by supplying a customer with drinks and then going to bed with him, much like any other night.Miss Duang observed that in those three years she has seen an increase in the number of men willing to have sex with a stranger for money. ``Numerous boys are selling their bodies now.
There are many more than I saw back when I first came here,'' Miss Duang says.She says it is not surprising to hear about another new bar soon to be opened for gays. She adds that many Burmese boys go into prostitution. ``Besides Thais and Burmese, I hardly see male sex workers of other nationalities,'' she said.
A few months ago, a Perspective reporter met another young Burmese, Kyaw Tun,16, at a small newly opened nightclub with flashing decorations off Ratchadapisek Road in the heart of Bangkok. He was practising dance steps along with dozens of young men several of whom were presumed to be non-Thai.
Kyaw Tun said, in Thai, ``A guy here approached me and offered me a job at this place .... which is soon to be opened as a nightclub for females.'' But it is understood by all but perhaps some of the dancers that the new dance arena is expected to receive homosexuals as their main customers not females as claimed.
``I didn't know any dancing steps before. They (the management) arranged for dancing instructors to teach me and the others,'' the boy said. ``Dancing is enjoyable, it isn't a hard job. I was promised three or four hundred baht a night. ``Working at a food garden (his earlier job in Samut Prakarn) earned me only half of that,'' the boy said.
Young people may enter into an occupation in a nightspot or club innocently looking for a way to make pretty good money in an enjoyable atmosphere, but entertainment venues are places where boys and girls are at high risk of being trapped into a vicious circle. ``Sooner or later, they are probably going to go to bed with strangers for money,'' a social worker said.
``Optimistically speaking, there are a few who are lucky enough to escape the unclean and unlawful practice. ''But it would be a great surprise to the social worker if Kyaw Tun didn't follow in the footsteps of Myint Tha. A public welfare official in Chiang Mai said ``Everyone knows about the many female prostitutes in our society. The trend of boys entering the sex industry in large numbers is an added headache.''
It is difficult to estimate the number of sex workers in Thailand. As prostitution is under the criminal code, sex workers try to keep a low profile. But just as it is common knowledge that the majority of service girls at bars, nightclubs and massage parlours are prostitutes, the welfare official said it is logical to assume that the majority of boys in a similar environment are also into prostitution.
A police source says that there are about 5,000 bars, nightclubs and massage or sauna venues across the country. There are over 300,000 male and female service personnel. The source says that there are also plenty of freelancers so the numbers must be higher. ``Some of them may work only once a month or when they are in need of money,'' he said.
Bangkok is believed to hold the largest number of male sex workers, followed by Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Ubon Ratchathani and Udon Thani, revealed the policeman. A social worker estimates that the total number of female and male prostitutes is perhaps as high as a million, working both from entertainment venues and as freelancers. He estimates that about 100,000 of these are Burmese of which a minority, some 5,000, are male.
``In fact, I would say that this figure is quite optimistically low,'' he said. ``But, definitely they are very young (20 years or under), uneducated, and from remote areas, especially from Shan State,'' he added.
Observers say that in the bars of the North, about 15 percent of male and female prostitutes are Burmese. Half of them may come from hilltribes. Social workers believe that Burmese or ethnic minorities within Burma outnumber all other non-Thai prostitutes combined. Most of the remaining come from Laos and Cambodia, with smaller numbers from Vietnam, Hong Kong, mainland China, Russia, Uzbekistan, and other nations.
Burma's economic, social and political situation is at the root of the youthful migration to the flesh dens of its more well-to-do neighbor. ``This problem can't be remedied unless the underlying causes are addressed,'' said one official.
Thailand has played a reluctant host to hordes of Burmese refugees for more than two decades. The Thai government has pursued a humanitarian policy through which refugees fleeing conflicts are afforded temporary asylum until the conflicts in the areas from which they fled is settled. The refugee population in the camps has expanded from little more than 20,000 in the mid-1980s to nearly 120,000 now. It is estimated that outside the camps, the number of Burmese illegals is over a million. Ninety per cent of these people are working illegally in industry or agriculture. The number of Burmese escaping what they see as a hopeless situation continues to grow.
Educated Burmese have a relatively easy road to start a decent new life in Thailand. For the less educated, and young, there is much less opportunity. The massage parlours and nightclubs offer a greater attraction than the long exhausting hours in the factories and the fields. ``That's the best chance for them to earn quick money and survive,'' a social worker says.
A major question is whether those who enter into prostitution are forced or do so of their own free will. When asked, one Burmese boy at a bar in Chiang Rai answered: ``I have never been forced to do it.'' But he implied that the hardships of his life forced him indirectly.
``I think that the boys who come to work here (at the bar) are forced by poverty but not physically. ''In his view, the beginnings of male prostitution are different than for many women.He thinks many girls are physically forced into prostitution. ``For men ? I'm quite sure it is rare.''
The initial introduction into the world of sex for hire for many male prostitutes is from their friends. They hear that they can earn extra money if they go to bed with gay people Thais or foreigners.
A Burmese sex worker, about 18 years old, said, ``I learned from many Burmese (who live in Thailand) where are the places to go to meet strangers and make money. I believe there is seduction by using our weak points.''
Another Burmese sex worker says, ``When I left Burma I didn't intend to do this work. This is very new in my mind. ``I didn't know anything about the sex industry. I never thought about it at all when I was in Burma.'' He says no one told him from the beginning when he left Burma that he should go into prostitution. After a while, the youth said, he began going to the pick-up places with his friends and finally let himself be pulled into the world of vice.
The story told over and over to Perspective was that most of the youths voluntarily entered the sex industry when they felt they had no other choices.
Said one Burmese boy in Chiang Mai: ``My friend and I came here with a small sum of money we had saved together. It was really only enough for transportation. `We couldn't get a job right away. Later we borrowed from Thai friends at an interest rate of 10 per cent a month. ``So, we tried every way possible to make money to pay back the debts. ``We worked on a farm for a while but didn't make enough to pay back the debt (of several thousand baht).''
He continued, ``In my case, I met another Thai who knows the (sex) industry. He helped me to get a job at a bar and later persuaded me and several others to earn extra money by sleeping with customers,'' he says. Since there seemed no other way to pay off the debts, he was persuaded much more easily.
Another boy said that the wages paid by the bars weren't enough to survive on if they didn't go with customers. ``The standard 50 baht a night (excluding food) isn't enough,'' he said. He also said that the bar owner takes a commission from his charge for his services in addition to the bar fee the customer pays him (the owner) for allowing the boy to leave the bar.
``If I go out with a client, the owner charges the client a 300 baht bar-fee, and collects another 1,000 baht for my services. ``When I collect my money from the bar owner the next day I get only 800 baht.''
Several of the Burmese boys told Perspective that most of the money they earn goes to paying debts and personal expenses. Only once in a while do they have much spending money in their pocket, if they are lucky enough to have more than a few clients in a week or get extra money from wealthy customers.
One boy said that his clients are mostly foreigners from Japan, Hong Kong, China or the West. ``I try to save and send money home to my family. They think I work in a factory.''
Illegal foreign workers, be they male or female, have more problems with the police, and are more easily abused because others can always threaten them with going to the police.
They face discrimination and abuse in many occupations because they are powerless to complain to authorities. And legal or not, they are allowed to work in some specified jobs, but not in many others.
One Burmese working at a bar in Chiang Rai says: ``If you are Burmese, you get lower income and you don't have many rights. We always fear being found by police and arrested.'' One sex worker related his problem with the police:
``There are Thais (also sex workers) who envy me because I have more customers and earn more than they do. ``Once they informed on me to the police and got me arrested,'' the boy claimed.
Another said, ``Sometimes the police arrest us just to get our money.'' Others talked about sexual assault and misconduct by clients. ``A (Burmese) friend of mine told me that when some clients found out that he was not Thai they abused him and made him do things of a sexual nature he didn't want to do.''
Bar owners also take advantage of their vulnerability; they are often paid very low wages, made to work very long hours and do all kinds of extra work at the bar like cleaning and maintenance. ``The bar owners can be cruel to us. They know they've got more power over Burmese boys,'' said another boy in Chiang Rai.
The abuse from so many corners drives them to seek protection from gangsters, or mafia, who sometimes have influence with the police. The ``protectors'' want something in return, of course.
``We have to entertain them with drink and food when we have money,'' said one young man caught between the police ``who enforce the laws'' and the mafia ``who take care of us.'' ``Thai workers don't have to go through this.''
Lack of knowledge of their adopted country is also a problem: ``We may learn something about Thailand, but it will never be enough. We're not natives. Some of us don't understand the language. I believe many of us face the same kinds of problems. We don't really know the system here."
When immigrant labourers work in a factory they have an average of four days holiday a month. But in the bars they may have a maximum two days off a month without pay. When there are public holidays, they don't have a chance to relax. Bars and nightclubs normally do a brisk business on those occasions. "We can't take leave on holidays. Thai New Year, Chinese New Year, that's when people go out to the bars for enjoyment. If we didn't work those times we could be blacklisted," said one boy.
Perspective learned that laws concerning the legal age of consensual sex and government guidelines on health checkups are mostly unenforced.
Many of the Burmese sex workers are as young as 13 or 14, well below the legal age for working in a place of entertainment in Thailand. They routinely tell customers they are over 18. "The bar owners tell us to say so. We don't have any ID cards like Thai people - so how can they (police or customers) know our real age?" said one.
Most of the youths aren't even aware of the laws against paedophilia. Several of the Burmese male prostitutes said they had never had regular health checkups. "People from the health ministry come around sometimes, but not regularly," one of them said. "People from the government don't come very near people like us (Thai or Burmese) prostitutes. "`They're high people. For them - to go near sex workers is very bad. They come from rich families. Why do they have to come down?"
Do these sex workers think that the sex trade (female and male) might become legal in Thailand soon?
The views of all were summed up by one who told Perspective "We don't think so. We don't think they would change the law." "No one would dare to talk about legalizing prostitution. I don't think there are people who are seriously paying attention to this issue."
Past midnight at a smoke-filled gay bar in Chiang Mai, young men in tight swimming suits perform an erotic dance on the stage. With smiles painted on their faces, the dancers await a hoped-for call by a client.
On this Friday night, nearly a hundred customers pack the bar farang, Hong Kong Chinese, Japanese and Thais drinking and watching. Scanning the young men under the spotlight, the drunken customers don't think of the young men's backgrounds or the hardship of their lives.
They're measuring the curve of their bodies and calculating the prices. Amidst the blasting heavy metal music and the changing colour of the smoke in the flashing lights, a boy sips his drink and tells the reporter in a loud and bright voice his hopes for the future: "Even though I have gone to bed with so many men......I still want to have a girlfriend. I want to marry ..... to have my own family _ a wife and children."


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Rainy days often inspire me to stay indoors, make a cup of tea and read a good book. When I do venture out I love to layer sweaters and scarves with a rain coat, a colorful umbrella and the right boots. Honestly, I am obsessed with boots and most likely have more than my fair share: riding, booties, cowboy, stiletto-heeled, over-the-knee, Docs and UGGS.
For years I have tried to wear my leather or suede boots year round but the moisture takes its toll so I have decided to shelve them during the wettest months this year. I have been looking for a new pair of boots that offer a timeless look that will be semi-invincible in the rain. Although I want a tall boot with a heel that I can wear with skinny jeans, skirts or dresses I also found some great options in riding boots.
Apparently it is a great time of year to buy boots as I found all of the boots below ( excluding Hunter ) on sale for 20% off on Amazon.com while many were still priced at full retail elsewhere.
Here is what I found:
What I discovered:
• Great price point ranging from $150.-$280.
• Waterproofed leathers, sealed seams and outsoles
• Inner lining is thin to keep your feet warm
• Timeless style available in brown as well as black
• Styles available include riding boots, booties, heels or wedges –among others
• Made in Canada
What I discovered:
• Higher price point than above ranging from $300.-$600.
• Waterproofed leathers and suedes
• Timeless style available in browns and blacks
• Styles available include riding boots, booties, heels or wedges
• Offer 6 month waterproof guarantee
• Made in Canada and Europe
What I discovered:
• Price ranging from $150.-$325.
• Traditional styles made of rubber / new leather and rubber designs this season
• Some of the color options can be trendy so you may want to go with a timeless neutral
• You can jump into huge puddles and stay dry but the look is a little bulkier on the foot and leg
• Made in Scotland
What I discovered:
• Luxury price point ranging from $498-$798. for tall boots / $498. for booties
• Waterproofed leather and suede
• Some styles offer a thin lining to keep your feet warm-check which one's before you buy
• Boots are treated with a unique protective process for weatherproofing
• Made in Italy
The thing I like about the boot brands above is that they all offer a wide range of styles that are well designed. I do recommend the waterproofed leather over the waterproofed suede– however, as I have found that the leather keeps a newer look for a longer time period. I also saw waterproofed ankle booties but prefer a taller boot when it comes to any serious puddles that might turn up!
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I need someone with experience in OCR, who can create the following process for me. 1. I upload an image of a text message (either android or ios) 2. OCR converts the image into text. For example, see the two images attached below. I would want each image converted into the following output: from: date: message: For example, it would look like this: from: 302-7871270 date: Saturday 12:08 me...
The Project consists of extracting some fields from 5 to 7 screenshots stored in several word files. We have attached one of the screenshot sample. Extracted fields from screenshots will be stored in rows of 6 different worksheets of an excel file. There would be around 3 to 10 column fields in each worksheet. The required fields 'visible' data should be read and saved as text. Import...
We have plenty of pictures of medicine and heath care products. Need a model to get product name, brand, and descriptions from these images. Please extract most text from given image. Attached is some samples for you. You can use any deep learning model or api. Thanks
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
I went on a wonderful date last light with my man A., whom I've decided to nickname Sgt. Pepper here (I find it awkward to call him "A"). We hadn't been out together, just the two of us, since last year around this time when we left E. (who shall henceforth be Hedgehog) with my mother-in-law and went to a bookstore together. At night. Woo! But then when we got there we immediately separated, Sarge to Sci Fi and me to Knitting, then me to Sci Fi by which time he'd already moved on to Military History. By the time I got over to neighboring True Crime he'd left for the magazines. And never the 'twain shall meet. The last really real date was five years ago, a Who concert. Is there something wrong with this picture? I guess it's okay-- we're true homebodies and we like to be in our house cozily. I think Sgt. Pepper's boyhood, spent globe-trotting, tired him out. Although occasionally he will get a wild enthusiasm for day-tripping in the city. I rarely do.
Anyway, this picture reminds me of us, although I've quit smoking and we're not in London more's the pity. But we were at a Pogue's show at Roseland Ballroom last night! We took the subway from Brooklyn and laughed the whole way, after we'd gotten over a bit of stilted transitional conversation about car insurance...the show was like a giant sing-along in an Irish cop bar. We sang along, screamed and cheered, avoided getting knocked over by the drunken careeners, and generally had a fantastic time. We love the Pogues so much. Almost as much as we love each other. The two things seem inextricably linked--the whole history of our relationship is set to a soundtrack, and the Pogues feature prominently in this. The fact that Hedgehog now loves their music all of her own accord makes it that much more meaningful.
I've plugged them before, but if you've never heard the Pogues, and have any inclination at all whatsoever toward Irish music, or think you might, you must at least give them a listen.
So, what music is in the soundtrack of your relationship, past or present? I'd really love to know.
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- faycat said...
We were going to go to that Pogues show last night! But Josh had to go out of town and did fly back until late last night.
Our past "romantic" music - and by past I mean high school, the first time around - was The Ramones. But now we're all about Magnetic Fields.
- March 16, 2008 at 5:00 PM
- Cecile said...
Godsmack, Korn, Smashing Pumpkins, Bon Jovi, Ozzy, Def Leppard, Skynard, CCR, and many many others.
- March 16, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Wait - Does Hedgehog (today I'm calling Merle "Milky" for reasons that are probably all-too-obvious) know the words to "Fairytale of New York" well enough to regale Grandma TX with it? And would she blanch? Or not bat an eyelash? I'm having flashbacks here to the performance of select numbers from the soundtrack to Hair that you treated your grandparents to... Wish I could have come to Roseland. I've seen the Pogues there twice - always to great effect.
Give my regards to Tejas. Especially if you get near Houston (sniff..)
- March 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Oh, wait:
Maybe the Knitters' Poor Little Critter on the Road? Or Transformer?
- March 16, 2008 at 10:18 PM
- Leah said...
Hi Allison! I think Hedgehog's superego is overdeveloped, and she wouldn't do anything "naughty" like that. Too bad, right? Damn. 'Cause I think Gma TX would not be amused, which would amuse me to no end!
Hey, we're actually starting out in Houston, to visit relatives there first before we go to San Antonio. I'll give it a kiss.
Transformer, yay. Don't know the Knitters!
And Faycat, I don't know Magnetic Fields either. But I love that you guys have a high school past. Is anything better than that, and the Ramones--that's romantic.
Cecile--Skynyrd's in our soundtrack too. I like your hard rock romantic soundtrack. That's cool.
- March 16, 2008 at 10:30 PM
- Beverly said...
When Neal and I dated the "first time" in the late 80s, he found out I was a fan of Mel Torme and took me to a show. When he got in touch with me 15 or so years later, it was by e-mail with a subject of "I was listening to Mel Torme..." Even though we don't listen to him much now, he's the crooner that makes me swoony about Neal!
- March 16, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- Cecile said...
Have fun in TX. Perhaps a stop in Ark. would be nice on your drive through. Oh and thanks for purchasing the book. I was wondering who it was. I can tell online when one has been sold, so I was so excited to see that one was. I hope you like it!
- March 16, 2008 at 10:40 PM
- Robyn said...
LOL! This post had me chuckling. Gosh...I am trying to remember the last time Jim and I went out on a real DATE?! It has been awhile. Just us two alone. We have done the whole sit at home and watch some TV or movie bit. But after awhile not just for me but for Jim also, it is a bore. We love our home but love when we can entertain together. But, we really love to take off and explore.
But, get us in a bookstore with a cup of java...it is over. We both do the '34-62-12..hike' bump chests and take off to our corners of the store. And then meet up somewhere in the middle to sit down with our stack of books to choose and talk about each to each other.
Ahhhh...those are good times.
- March 17, 2008 at 3:20 AM
- INNER VOICES said...
it seems right now pat benatar, is our theme. why i dunno, cheese little one is always cranking her albums... it was also the first song that came to my head... "hit me with your best shot"
- March 17, 2008 at 2:33 PM
- Leah said...
Beverly--that is really darn romantic! What a sweet story. I can only imagine how you must have felt when you saw that e-mail message! And that Mel is quite a crooner...
Robyn--you make the bookstore date seem really appealing! I'm going to have to reconsider its value. Yeah, it is fun, the coming back together to look over what you chose.
Inner Voices--isn't it funny what kids like to listen to of their own accord? When I was a wee lass, really little, it was either the Beatles, Shaun Cassidy (do you remember him? You might not--you're a few years younger than I am--you're better off not knowing), and Simon and Garfunkel. It's funny when your kid's soundtrack becomes your own, and vice versa. It's destined to happen though, I guess. I can't remember--how old is little little Cheese?
- March 17, 2008 at 4:30 PM
- INNER VOICES said...
little cheese is 9. and all rocker... she plays the drums, clarinet, guitar and has some skills on the piano. and now she can even use an acorn cap for whistling.. and she has just found secind gear on her dirtbike. a whole new world has opened up to her!! hahaha..
and yes i do remember cassidy. were any of his songs his own? hmmm... seem to remember him doing alot of cover tunes...
- March 17, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Glad you and Hubby had a good nite!
Your Secret Granny!
- March 17, 2008 at 5:31 PM
- Leah said...
Hi Secret Granny!
And I.V. (or should we call you Z?), yeah, Shaun Cassidy did all covers of sorta cheesy '50s and '60s songs, but I didn't realize that till I was older. I just liked to stare at his perfect swoopy hair...
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|Inderbitzin, Michelle. 2009. "Re-entry of Emerging Adults: Adolescent Inmates' Transition Back into the Community." Journal of Adolescent Research 24 (4): 453-476
|This article is based on the sociological analysis of the experiences and perspectives of five young men making the transition out of one state's end-of-the-line maximum security juvenile correctional facility and attempting to reenter the community as emerging adults. As part of a larger ethnographic study of violent offenders in a cottage, these young men shared their observations as they faced their futures with both fear and hope. Upon their release from the institution, they found few people or services to rely on, and they struggled the best way they knew to cope with new and frightening responsibilities of independence and emerging adulthood.
|Uggen, Christopher, and Michelle Inderbitzin. 2010. "Public Criminologies." Criminology & Public Policy 9 (4): 725-749.
|Research SummaryrnrnPublic scholarship aspires to bring social science home to the individuals, communities, and institutions that are its focus of study. In particular, it seeks to narrow the yawning gap between public perceptions and the best available scientific evidence on issues of public concern. Yet nowhere is the gap between perceptions and evidence greater than in the study of crime. Here, we outline the prospects for a public criminology, conducting and disseminating research on crime, law, and deviance in dialogue with affected communities. We present historical data on the media discussion of criminology and sociology, and we outline the distinctive features of criminology?interdisciplinary, a subject matter that incites moral panics, and a practitioner base actively engaged in knowledge production?that push the boundaries of public scholarship.rnrnPolicy ImplicationsrnrnDiscussions of public sociology have drawn a bright line separating policy work from professional, critical, and public scholarship. As the research and policy essays published in Criminology & Public Policy make clear, however, the best criminology often is conducted at the intersection of these domains. A vibrant public criminology will help to bring new voices to policy discussions while addressing common myths and misconceptions about crime.


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Updating Your Bathroom: 3 Things That You Need to Do
The bathroom is a room in the house that often gets forgotten about. The time we spend in there may be short, but we are in there a few times a day. So it is nice to have somewhere that feels luxurious and inviting, right? Even if you are just brushing your teeth, you want it to be well lit and sparkling clean. So what are some of the best ways that you can update the bathroom? Here are four of the best things you should be doing.
Add Sparkle to the Sink
We use the sink for washing our hands and washing our face. Small things to us. But how much nicer would it be if there was a lovely shiny sink to do it in? You could replace the taps for a sparkly new chrome tap. Most modern bathrooms these days have one single tap, which controls the water temperature. So if you currently have two separate taps, it might be time to change things up a little bit. If you currently only have one sink or vanity unit, how about getting two installed? If you have room for it, it will make the bathroom like like a completely different one. Have a look at a website like http://www.uniquevanities.com/double-sink-bathroom-vanities.html. It might give you some ideas of the styles available. Then when you have the sink that you want, make sure that the sink and taps are cleaned with a limescale cleaner. This will help to keep them sparkling and looking like new. Bleach just won't make a difference to the limescale generated by a lot of water.
Fill the Room with Light
Bathrooms can quite often be one of the smallest rooms in the house. Sometimes, they don't even have any windows in. You are quite likely to be applying makeup or shaving when in the bathroom, so you want the space to be well lit. You could think about adding more lights in the ceiling to make things brighter. Spotlights are brilliant for making this work. You get an even balance of light, whatever area of the room you are in then. Have you ever thought about adding lights around the sink or the main mirror area? You could add your own Hollywood glamour to the area and apply your lipstick in style! If you have any curtains or blinds, consider getting lighter, or lace options, so you can let in as much light as possible.
Add Mirrors
Along the same lines of creating more light in the home, then you should add lots of mirrors too. They will reflect the light and make the space look brighter. It will make everything sparkle more too. One other great benefits of lots of mirrors are that they make the room look larger. So if you've got a small bathroom, fill it with mirrors and it will look like new. Real Simple has an article about using mirrors in the home here: http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/home-organizing-new-uses-for-old-things/


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It doesn't matter what time of year it is, whether your enjoying the pinnacle of the summer time or wading your way through the misery that is winter, getting yourself a nice hotel getaway or travel vacation is always welcomed. It can be confusing sometimes though to figure out where the cheapest places to go are or even where it is you actually want to go.
We've found 5 of the best hotel booking apps for Android so you can find yourself full hotel-holiday packages or simply an escape down the road to somewhere you don't have to concern yourself with the stresses of work and all that comes with it. Take a look at the tools below to discover the best Android apps to book hotels.
Hotel Deals – Booking.com
Perhaps one of the most popular hotel finder apps or sites in the world, Booking.com has a huge database of accommodation options (that spans hotels, hostels, cabins etc) and it covers the entire globe. There is information for over 415,000 different types of sleeping options and you can book direct from your mobile. It certainly ranks as one of the easiest and most in-depth hotel apps you can find.
Hotels.com – Hotel Reservation
Next up we have Hotels.com. Now this app is similar to Booking.com as it provides you with information and offers for accommodation all over the world. It does have a smaller database than the above app although that doesn't make it any less effective at what it does. You can find deals, discover whats close to you and search for specific locations from within the app.
Expedia Hotels, Flights & Cars
Expedia is much more than just a hotel finder. The app acts as a platform for all of your vacation requirements. You can simply search for hotels or you can find yourself flights, transport, cars etc. The results can be filtered by their price and availability and you can book flights from within the app.
trivago – The Hotel Search
Trivago is an app which lets you find the very best hotel deals from a database which includes over 700,000 different options. It's not just accommodation though. Trivago can find you the latest deals on a whole array of different things from activities to hotels to flights. It's a very useful and broad travel tool.
Last on our list is Airbnb. This is slightly different to the other apps on this list but that doesn't mean it isn't worthy of a mention. In fact Airbnb is fast outgrowing the traditional hotel model. You can find apartments, rooms, cabins and more from real people instead of big chains and corporations. Rather than spending $250 on a hotel room, you could pay half that and go to someones house. Airbnb is a great way of finding cheap but high-quality accommodation.


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Saudi Arabia: Prince Executed For Killing Fellow Citizen
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The Ministry of Interior said Prince Turki bin Saud bin Turki bin Saud Al-Kabeer was executed on Tuesday in Riyadh for killing Adel bin Suleiman bin Abdulkareem Al-Muhaimeed, a fellow Saudi citizen.
According to a ministry statement, the prince shot to death Al-Muhaimeed during a mass brawl.
The ministry said security officers arrested the offender and after a series of investigations charged him with murder.
The case was referred to the General Court, which convicted him of the charges brought against him and sentenced him to death. The ruling was supported by the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, and a royal decree was issued to carry out the ruling.
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