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Thank You for Stopping By!
At HerbalShop we have done our best to bring you the best quality herbs, carefully blended into the combinations that are delicious, safe and effective. Our herb products are based on classic Chinese medicinal herbs used throughout China for over four thousand years. They are all natural and caffeine free. Our products have been created to address a broad spectrum of needs so that everyone will appreciate them. We know that you will enjoy them all.
We are truly passionate about herbal remedies and we believe in natural healing. We want to spread our passion and love with you and help you stay healthy and forever young.
Rejuvenate, Reshape, Reconnect Your Body and Mind…. Naturally!
Achieve maximum health, fight Illness, be happier and have better relationship with everyone! Our mission is to provide you with the best quality, safe and effective herbal remedies that everyone can trust and benefit from. Based on the Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine and the formulas of my grandfather, Dr. Sheu Chen who was a Taiwanese expert in the field of Chinese Medicine, We created a series of the herbal products that is fun and easy to use at home. We put a lot of efforts to make sure my herbal products are not only fresh and taste good, but also effective and safe.
Your health and well-being are everything to us. We use the best organic or wildcrafted herbs whenever possible, in order to ensure the quality of the ingredients and to reduce the possibility of chemicals. We always strive hard to maintain a high quality of our products at an affordable price because we believed that everyone should be given a chance to enjoy our health products.
To all of you, from my heart – Thank you!
Have a Happy and Healthy Life!
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—Don Stolee, CEO & Founder, eGloo Technologies
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—Jang F.M. Graat, CEO, Smart Information Design
"We've been working with a major automotive client (top 10 car manufacturer) to migrate content to DITA for authoring and publishing. When working with sample files in Adobe FrameMaker (2017 release) it could take hours to generate output from some massive document sets. With Adobe FrameMaker (2019 release) we've seen a reduction to just minutes. Now, we can achieve hundreds of outputs in dozens of languages within days! For a day-to-day user the time and money saved is huge."
—Bernard Aschwanden, Founder and President, Publishing Smarter
"In one of my customer projects I have over 400 XML documents in a project book, which can now all be opened and updated thanks to the new 64-bit version and the associated better memory management of Adobe FrameMaker (2019 release)."
—Marcus Bollenbach, Owner, Computrain
"The 2019 release of Adobe FrameMaker is easily the smoothest and most elegant ever. Not only is everything significantly faster thanks to 64-bit architecture, but Adobe has improved the look and feel of the application and put things like PDF production in more logical places. Working in FrameMaker (2019 release) is both faster and more enjoyable than ever."
—Matt Sullivan, Adobe Certified Instructor for FrameMaker, RoboHelp, and Captivate, Founder of Tech Comm Tools
"The new 64-bit version of Adobe FrameMaker along with the all-new PDF engine makes generating PDF files a true joy in terms of speed. This is no small thing as PDF generation is done many times each workday."
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—Thomas M. Aldous, Founder, The Content Era
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—Ben Slone, President & CEO, Finite Matters Ltd.
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—David Creamer, President, IDEAS Training
"I love the new updated PDF controls in Adobe FrameMaker (2019 release). I can convert to PDF much more quickly than before and generate fully tagged, accessible PDFs. I can even set up the security and initial view settings from within FrameMaker, prior to converting my files."
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Mike G wrote:And if there's one that we're proudest of, it's the indescribable, world-famous LTHForum Pork Clock:
Mike G wrote:I have ordered a small stack of these and plan to present one, with compliments, to any restaurateur who has had trouble with the ordinance. (So far as I know, not counting the now-closed Block 44, that's Hot Doug's and Copperblue. Any others?)
Mike G wrote:Too late to order from Cafe Press for Christmas? Maybe. (I can't seem to get the site to load.)
Too late to get your hands on a World-Famous LTHForum Pork Clock? NO!
Right-On Futon, a fabulous pair of stores owned by LTHers, has a supply of Pork Clocks for sale at its two locations:
3012 N. Lincoln Avenue
1184 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Mike G wrote:Someone asked about environmentally friendly LTHForum tote bags at the picnic yesterday-- never let it be said that I missed an opportunity to plug the full line of LTHForum merchandise at Cafe Press. Such as... a tote bag. Click on the buttons to see the slogan on each side-- they're different!
ronnie_suburban wrote:Any chance of applying some LTHForum.com artwork to one of the Cafe Press ball caps? I could see taking inventory of a few of those, as well.
stevez wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:Any chance of applying some LTHForum.com artwork to one of the Cafe Press ball caps? I could see taking inventory of a few of those, as well.
A word of warning. I hadsome Cafepress ballcaps made up for my company and the logos didn't seem to hold up very well under wear. They are made of the same iron on stuff they use for the t-shirts and the hats just don't work. I'd suggest having a small run of embroidered hats made up for those that want them. I'm sure we could come up with enough hat wearers to put together a decent sized order with a company that makes embroidered hats. There is one next door to my office and I could check on prices if there is any interest.
toria wrote:It would be nice if there was an LTHF pin or button we could buy and wear it if we were eating at a restaurant to identify ourselves. I was at Katy's in Naperville last night and wondered if there were any others from the board there. It would be nice to meet some people that post here.


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Friday, February 14, 2014
Begging For Candy
Posted by Rot at 5:00 AM
Labels: begging for candy, comics
2 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
HA. I'm so glad I am the only child. I think my sibling would of been thinking the same thing.
- February 14, 2014 at 9:52 AM
- Willow Cove said...
probably what my parents thought I thought of as a kid.
and cool scarecrow BTW...
- February 14, 2014 at 8:44 PM
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Also found in: Wikipedia.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation,private philanthropic organization established in 2000 by Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corp., and his wife Betty. The foundation funds projects in science and environmental conservation as well as programs in and around San Francisco, where it is based. The majority of its grants are grouped in what the foundation calls initiatives: large-scale, multiyear projects focused on specific issues and intended to achieve significant, measurable, and lasting results.
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Next week, COP19 in Warsaw begins. Changhua Wu, our Greater China Director, suggests this is the key moment for China and other leading countries to take urgent action towards tacking climate change - and begin the means of implementation.
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Speaking to NGO groups in Beijing yesterday, Sui Wei, China's lead climate negotiator and Director General of the Department of Climate Change of the National Development and Reform Commission (pictured with me here), stated that COP19 in Warsaw needs to be regarded as an 'implementation' COP - when the international community comes up with the means to implement the various commitments that have been made over the years.
"You can't behave like a black bear picking kernels of corn," said Su Wei, "You can't just keep walking, picking, and dropping the kernels. And in the end, you forgot about all the rest of the kernels you had picked and dropped."
This is Su Wei's vivid description of how the international climate negotiations have functioned. He added: "COP after COP, commitment after commitment, we seem to be used to making more commitments on paper, but not really implementing them".
For China, Warsaw must be when countries come together to put on the table the means of implementation.
According to Su Wei, Warsaw is also a transition COP that should bridge the previous commitments with the 2015 agreement. Two things will be key:
The past 12 months have proven to be very difficult - a slow year for climate negotiations, according to Su Wei. Only two sessions were convened and as a result there is much left to do in the two weeks in Warsaw.
For practical reasons, Su Wei said Warsaw should focus on fewer items or on such issues as revised mitigation targets between now and 2020 from both developed and developing countries as well as funding from industrialized countries to developing countries. On the issue of so-called new market mechanisms, Su Wei stated that without revised mitigation targets, there exists no ground for these because there was no demand for carbon credits.
Su Wei also noted that no climate funding has been provided by developed countries to developing countries in 2013, and new funding commitments need to be clarified in Warsaw. He said that extra funding was required between now and 2020 when the commitment by developed countries to mobilize US$100 billion a year is supposed to be met. Although some governments made commitments in Doha last year to provide more funding for developing countries to respond to climate change, so far little has been seen on the table.
Another financing issue requiring agreement in Warsaw is the budget for running the UNFCCC Secretariat. This needs to be decided at COP in order to keep the international process moving.
Su Wei explained that China is on track towards achieving the 40-45% carbon intensity target it set itself between 2005 and 2020. The country also achieved a 21% reduction in 2010 compared to the 2005 level, and is now on its way to achieving the 17% carbon intensity target by 2015 compared to 2010. If China could set an 18% reduction target by 2020 over that in 2015, then China should be able to achieve the upper end of the 2020 target, which is 45% by 2020 over 2005 level.
Besides the carbon intensity target, there are proposals on the table now to add an emission cap target as a reference on the side for further enhanced actions.
With the new leadership in office, and driven by the society's demand for better air quality, it is expected that China will make more aggressive efforts to address the fossil fuel issues. The latest Ten Actions issued by the State Council to tackle the pollution challenge in many of its cities would definitely speed up the efforts in emission reductions.
For an effective international process, Su Wei stressed that the commonly shared or agreed principles must be the foundation. Fairness, common but differentiated responsibility, transparency and equity must not be abandoned. Without these there is no foundation for negotiation.
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Guide to hawk watching in North America.
Guildford: Falcon, 2004. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. WAS $30. Venerable ornithologist Heintzelman updates his 1979 guide to incorporate new knowledge about raptor biology, identification, and the locations where they concentrate during their seasonal migrations. He discusses the species, identification and study, types of hawk watching, field equipment, the..... More


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Dog parks are an oasis for millions of pet owners—pups can run around, interact with other dogs and get a taste of nature without having to head out of town on weekends.
Some careless dog owners, however, don't abide by dog park rules, or simple common decency, and leave their dogs' waste behind for others to clean up.
Well, a small town in Spain, reports the Telegraph, has decided to remedy the situation by mailing the discarded dog excrement back to the offending owners.
The paper reports that the town council of Brunete, located about 20 miles from Madrid, has undertaken a complex effort to crack down on the disrespectful dog owners. Twenty volunteers have been enlisted to approach dog owners who leave their pet's poop behind, and to strike up a conversation with the goal of finding out the name of the dog.
"With the name of the dog and the breed it was possible to identify the owner from the registered pet database held in the town hall," a spokesman from the council told the Telegraph.
Once the owner's address was confirmed, the dog poop is scooped up, placed in a box containing the town hall's insignia and delivered via courier to the owner's home. And to top it all off, the box is labeled, "Lost Property."
So far, 147 boxes of dog excrement have been mailed in the town, which is home to about 10,000 residents. And it's been effective: Brunete says unwarranted "dog drops" have declined by some 70 percent since the campaign began.
And the company that developed the approach free of charge even won the Sol de Plata award at the 2013 Ibero-American Advertising Festival.
"We told them we didn't have a penny to spend, but they found the idea so novel and exciting that they decided to work with us anyway," the spokesman told The Local.


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School district may receive state help for second high school
Bentonville school district tried last year to get voters to support building a second high school and didn't get far. Parent Sasha Drake says she thinks this time will be different.
"I think that since they've asked again maybe they'll step back and re-think what they decided last year as suppose to what they're bringing to the table again this year," said Drake.
What the Bentonville school district brings differently to the table this year is the millage tax. It won't be as high as the 6.7 increase they proposed June 2012. Bentonville school district also would receive up to 15.4 million dollars in state money to help fund the second high school only if voters support the millage tax.
Carmen Cervantes is a senior at Bentonville high school and says the school is way too crowded. She says it's too late for her to benefit from building a second high school but hopefully it won't be for her younger siblings. "Another reason why this would've benefited me teachers would pay more attention to me. Since they have so many students they have to look after if they had less maybe I would get a little more help," said Cervantes.
Drake says whether you have children or not adding a second high school in Bentonville would benefit everyone. She believes investing in this high school means investing in Bentonville's future. "I think it is an investment everybody should invest in it because it's not going to be ran by everybody who's running it now later it's going to be our children," said Drake.
Bentonville school board members will hold various public forums the next two weeks. The first meeting will start at 5:30pm at Bright Field Middle School Monday April 29. Then another one is set for Tuesday morning at 7:45am at Mary Mae Jones Elementary April 30.


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It's fair to say that the coastal resort of BODRUM has a certain reputation. To many travellers, the very name conjures up images of drunken debauchery, full English breakfasts, and belly-out Europeans turning slowly pink on a Mediterranean beach. While there's an element of truth to that stereotype, the reality is somewhat different – with its low-rise whitewashed houses and subtropical gardens, Bodrum is the most attractive of the major Aegean resorts, given a more cosmopolitan air by the increasing number of Turkish visitors.
Bodrum is neatly divided into two contrasting halves by its castle, and a largely pedestrianized bazaar area that sits immediately to its north. To the west is the more genteel area that surrounds a spruced-up yacht marina, with its upmarket hotels and restaurants, while to the east the town's party zone holds its highest concentration of bars and restaurants. The eastern zone also features a thin, scrubby strip of beach, packed with sunbathers during the day and shoreside diners in the evening.
Lastly, mention must also be made of the delightful peninsula that Bodrum calls home; a tranquil and highly characterful place with beaches galore, it has recently become immensely popular with moneyed locals.
Brief history
Originally known as Halikarnassos, Bodrum was colonized by Dorians from the Peloponnese during the eleventh century BC. They mingled with the existing Carian population, settling on the small island of Zephysia, which later became a peninsula and the location of the medieval castle. During the fifth century BC, Halikarnassos' most famous son Herodotus chronicled the city's fortunes in his acclaimed Histories.
Mausolus (377–353 BC), leader of the Hecatomnid satraps dynasty, increased the power and wealth of what had already become a semi-independent principality. An admirer of Greek civilization, Mausolus spared no effort to Hellenize his cities, and was working on a suitably self-aggrandizing tomb at the time of his death – thereby giving us the word "mausoleum". Artemisia II, his sister and wife, completed the massive structure, which came to be regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. She distinguished herself in warfare, inflicting a humiliating defeat on the Rhodians, who were tricked into allowing her entire fleet into their port.
After a period of little importance under the Roman and Byzantine empires, and brief shuffling among Selçuk, Menteşe and Ottoman occupiers, the Knights of St John slipped over from Rhodes in 1402 and erected the castle that is now Bodrum's most prominent landmark – indeed, the name bodrum, meaning "cellar" or "dungeon" in Turkish, probably pays tribute to the stronghold's subterranean defences.
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Territory Manager Retail Sales At Etisalat Nigeria
Etisalat's vision is a world where people's reach is not limited by matter or distance; a world where people will effortlessly stay in touch with family and friends; a world where businesses of all sizes can reach new markets without the limitations of distance and travel
Etisalat Nigeria is recruiting to fill the below position of:
Job Title: Territory Manager Retail Sales
Location: Akure, NG
Job Summary
Responsible for developing and implementing the strategic regional plan to maximize acquisition, retention, sales and profit within the territory. You will also provide leadership and strategic direction to team members and be responsible for the delivery of our legendary customer service to our growing subscribers within the territory.
Principal Functions
?Monitor and analyse key trends in the retail channel and identify potential market opportunities to enable the achievement of extra – ordinary Business results.
?Review the unit's activities, make recommendations for improvement and implement approved initiatives to ensure enhanced performance of the territory.
?Identify required resources, personnel and funding to achieve the unit's strategy.
?Establish and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
?Leverage relationship within the industry to generate and expand business opportunities for EMTS.
?Drive Stores adherence to the QDVP3 tenets to deliver our legendary Customer Experience
?Assign sales targets to the Stores and identify and implement specific action plans to enable timely realization of sales plans.
?Oversee all daily retail sales and service activities in the territory.
?Maintain up to date knowledge of EMTS products and solutions and interpret retail customer needs to facilitate new value propositions tailored to meet the specific needs.
?Prepare/compile Stores inventory positions and monitor adherence to inventory thresholds.
?Document and discuss sector specific value propositions with the Head, Regional Retail Sales.
?Identify and manage High Value Individual accounts within the territory.
?Propose/initiate specific sales campaigns aligned with retail standards and guidelines.
?Lead the implementation of the retail channel programs and plans in line with agreed upon procedures and guidelines.
?Develop commission /bonus models and present suggestions to the Head of Region.
?Plan and manage the human and material resources of the territory to optimize performance and enhance productivity.
?Provide leadership and guidance to team members and manage team performance towards the achievement of overall team objectives.
?Prepare/compile agreed periodic activity and performance reports for the attention of Head, Regional Retail Sales.
?Perform any other duties as assigned by the Head of Region.
Educational Requirements
?First degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
?Postgraduate/ professional qualification in a related field will be an added advantage.
Experience, Skills & Competencies
?Six (6) to eight (8) years work experience, with at least three (3) years in a supervisory role.
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6th December, 2013
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Leading up to the Event
I had hoped to go to WDYTYA Live in 2011 but a mix up with dates meant I was unable to go so I decide that this year was to be my first visit to the event. Originally I was to make a weekend of it but before I booked anything I realised I would be on my own. For this reason I decided that although it would make a long day I would travel down on the day and return on an evening train.
In the days before the show I received the latest editions of the 2 family history magazines that I have subscriptions for Your Family History and Your Family Tree. The former had items of interest with a bit about tropical diseases including Malaria which mentioned Ronald Ross (see my earlier posting Sunday, 17 May 2009). There was also mention of a new BBC series about the work of Francis Frith the photographer presented by John Sergeant. Francis Frith was married to Mary Ann Rosling (sister of Alfred Rosling, the first treasurer of the Photographic Society)and as you can see in my earlier postings my husband is a Rosling descendant and a distant cousin of his wife.
Your Family Tree had an article which mentioned the Titanic as this year is the centenary. I have previously posted about my link with Captain Haddock and have put a link to this on the magazine forum. I caught up with Adam (YFT Editor) at the show and he suggested I posted a reminder on the forum.
Now to recap my day at WDYTYA Live.
I spent the morning going from one SOG presentation to another and was so glad I paid extra for my advance ticket. Given that there were no tube trains running to Olympia until 10.15 and I needed to be there for 10.20 I took the tube to Barons Court and the train and tube were running on time. A quick walk to Olympia straight in and I was there in plenty of time for the WDYTYA experience of Larry Lamb, whose episode had been voted the best one in the last series. He appeared very relaxed and his sister who had been seen on the programme was there in the audience.
Next up was a talk by Lisa Louise Cooke who had flown over from California to present on Google Earth for Genealogy. Unfortunately she had a problem with her laptop not having a suitable connector. Else Churchill had lent her netbook but she was having problems with the video until the tech guide managed to find another laptop. However as a seasoned presenter this did not phase her and she explained how we could use Google Earth to bring our research into context, especially for the non-genealogists in the family. I found her talk most inspiring and I bought a copy of her DVD Volume 2. She had sold out of Volume1, but as a Premium member of her podcast Genealogy Gems ( which can be found at http://www.genealogygems.tv/INDEX.htm ) I have access to the videos online. Now all I need to do is to decide eactly what I want to put into the presentation and whether or not to add an audio file.
You can find the DVDs here http://genealogygems.tv/Googleforgenealogy.htm .
The final talk was by Gill Blanchard on Norfolk. I had problems finding this as I didn't realise it was downstairs and managed to get a seat just as it started. She went through the variety of records available for Norfolk research most of them I knew there were some I had not come across and when I have time I must have a look for some of the websites that she mentioned. The biggest problem I had with this talk was an inability to see all of the screen.
By this time I was hungry and thirsty and managed to grab a sandwich and a drink.I then had a wander around the stands on the ground floor before my meeting with an expert to try and find out where to go next with my search for my husband's Irish ancestor. Apart from needlessly joining a queue and my expert being double booked I was pointed in the direction of a free website which may be helpful, otherwise I may need to visit The National Archives to consult the muster rolls as he was in the British Army.
I visited the Wiltshire Family History Society stand and signed up to joined them. They gave me a membership form to complete so I found somewhere to sit down to complete it. This was the Genes Reunited presentation area and Anthony Adolph was about to start a presentation on DNA mapping. Since he only had an audience of 3 including me he decided to make it a more informal discussion which worked well.
I had one last look around the stands and picked up a Postal Museum leaflet and one of the My ancestor was books from SoG bookshop on Merchant Seamen and decided to give myself plenty of time to get the tube back to Euston and the 19.10 train home.
One thing you need for these events is stamina and the more you plan ahead the more you get out of the day. I had intended to speak to someone on the stand from Jersey but forgot. So remember the motto of Scouts and Guides and Be Prepared.


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By Guest • Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 10:26
This is a guest post by James Lawrence Powell.*
Polls show that many members of the public believe that scientists substantially disagree about human-caused global warming. The gold standard of science is the peer-reviewed literature. If there is disagreement among scientists, based not on opinion but on hard evidence, it will be found in the peer-reviewed literature.
I searched the Web of Science for peer-reviewed scientific articles published between 1 January 1991 and 9 November 2012 that have the keyword phrases "global warming" or "global climate change." The search produced 13,950 articles. See methodology.
I read whatever combination of titles, abstracts, and entire articles was necessary to identify articles that "reject" human-caused global warming. To be classified as rejecting, an article had to clearly and explicitly state that the theory of global warming is false or, as happened in a few cases, that some other process better explains the observed warming. Articles that merely claimed to have found some discrepancy, some minor flaw, some reason for doubt, I did not classify as rejecting global warming. Articles about methods, paleoclimatology, mitigation, adaptation, and effects at least implicitly accept human-caused global warming and were usually obvious from the title alone. John Cook and Dana Nuccitelli also reviewed and assigned some of these articles; John provided invaluable technical expertise.
This work follows that of Oreskes (Science, 2005) who searched for articles published between 1993 and 2003 with the keyword phrase "global climate change." She found 928, read the abstracts of each and classified them. None rejected human-caused global warming. Using her criteria and time-span, I get the same result. Deniers attacked Oreskes and her findings, but they have held up.
Some articles on global warming may use other keywords, for example, "climate change" without the "global" prefix. But there is no reason to think that the proportion rejecting global warming would be any higher.
By my definition, 24 of the 13,950 articles, 0.17% or 1 in 581, clearly reject global warming or endorse a cause other than CO2 emissions for observed warming. The list of articles that reject global warming is here. The 24 articles have been cited a total of 113 times over the nearly 21-year period, for an average of close to 5 citations each. That compares to an average of about 19 citations for articles answering to "global warming," for example. Four of the rejecting articles have never been cited; four have citations in the double-digits. The most-cited has 17.
Of one thing we can be certain: had any of these articles presented the magic bullet that falsifies human-caused global warming, that article would be on its way to becoming one of the most-cited in the history of science.
The articles have a total of 33,690 individual authors. The top ten countries represented, in order, are USA, England, China, Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, France, Spain, and Netherlands. (The chart shows results through 9 November 2012.)
Global warming deniers often claim that bias prevents them from publishing in peer-reviewed journals. But 24 articles in 18 different journals, collectively making several different arguments against global warming, expose that claim as false. Articles rejecting global warming can be published, but those that have been have earned little support or notice, even from other deniers.
A few deniers have become well known from newspaper interviews, Congressional hearings, conferences of climate change critics, books, lectures, websites and the like. Their names are conspicuously rare among the authors of the rejecting articles. Like those authors, the prominent deniers must have no evidence that falsifies global warming.
Anyone can repeat this search and post their findings. Another reviewer would likely have slightly different standards than mine and get a different number of rejecting articles. But no one will be able to reach a different conclusion, for only one conclusion is possible: Within science, global warming denial has virtually no influence. Its influence is instead on a misguided media, politicians all-too-willing to deny science for their own gain, and a gullible public.
Scientists do not disagree about human-caused global warming. It is the ruling paradigm of climate science, in the same way that plate tectonics is the ruling paradigm of geology. We know that continents move. We know that the earth is warming and that human emissions of greenhouse gases are the primary cause. These are known facts about which virtually all publishing scientists agree.
Jim Powell is a science author. He has been a college and museum president and was a member of the National Science Board for 12 years, appointed first by President Reagan and then by President George H. W. Bush.
* The original version has been updated to note one additional paper.
RobH replied on Permalink
Odd analogy
I realize you are a geologist and more knowledgeable in that field than I am. Still, I find this statement a little odd:
"It is the ruling paradigm of climate science, in the same way that plate tectonics is the ruling paradigm of geology."
If there is any field in science that has a "ruling paradigm," then surely that field is biology, with the ruling paradigm of evolution. Life would not exist in the absense of evolution. On the other hand, geology exists in the absense of plate tectonics, and climate exists without anthropogenic influence.
citizenschallenge replied on Permalink
RobH writes:
RobH writes:
" On the other hand, geology exists in the absense of plate tectonics, and climate exists without anthropogenic influence."
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Think about the evolution of life on this planet and the many ways it has been intinityly intertwined with geology.
Life on this planet wouldn't be possible where it not for those floating tectonic plates and that roiling planet they are floating on and likewise our planet's life has made a huge difference to how the geology has unfolded. Think subduction and flux, erosion control, chemical process, etc, etc, etc.
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citizenschallenge replied on Permalink
Rob, been rereading your
Rob, been rereading your comment. I realize I went off on a side show. But, dude the more I read your comment the more confusing it gets. Whatcha try'n to say?
O. Puhleez replied on Permalink
RobH: "If there is any field in science that has a "ruling paradigm," then surely that field is biology, with the ruling paradigm of evolution. Life would not exist in the absense of evolution. On the other hand, geology exists in the absense of plate tectonics, and climate exists without anthropogenic influence."
I think what you might mean is: "Modern biology is based on evolution, just as geology is based on a slowly but continually changing planetary crust." Biology and geology are both, as their names suggest, studies of phenomena. Neither could really exist without their subject matter.
citizenschallenge replied on Permalink
oh lordie I though I'd fixed
oh lordie I though I'd fixed that: "intimately" !
Matt Schofield replied on Permalink
Nullius in verba
Dear DeSmogBlog
Your pie chart is interesting, because it suggests that orthodoxy of "climate change" has now become so complete that no debate may be permitted. The term "climate change denier" implies just such a witch hunt.
The Royal Society was founded precisely to bring scientific enquiry to bear on topics that had previously been settled by dogma. "Nullius in verba", the motto of the Society, means that one should trust nobody's word until it is verified. Election to the Royal Society is the highest honour for British scientists.
Like most peer-reviewed journals and most government funding bodies around the world, the Royal Society has also adopted the orthodoxy of the "climate change". It has done so to fit in with government pressure, as has been amply documented. A substantial fraction of its members are in revolt against this decision because it violates the logic of scientific enquiry which holds NO orthodoxy inviolate. Their reasoning is set out in this paper http://www.thegwpf.org/images/stories/gwpf-reports/montford-royal_societ....
Obviously, this doesn't affect the validity of your pie chart. What are 42 scientists among the thousands of peer-reviewed articles you cite? Perhaps you should consider the evidence they present before dismissing them.
Matt Schofield
drl replied on Permalink
"Like most peer-reviewed
"Like most peer-reviewed journals and most government funding bodies around the world, the Royal Society has also adopted the orthodoxy of the "climate change". It has done so to fit in with government pressure, as has been amply documented"
I have always been puzzled by claims of this sort, since most (if not all) governments I am aware of seem to be running as far as they can from any evidence of global warming for fear they might have to actually DO something about it, especially something that might upset the politicians' wealthy backers.
Why else are we always hearing about research being underfunded, research stations and research programs being shut down, and scientists concerned about the problem being muzzled?
David Davis replied on Permalink
True Glory
Mr. Schofield,
The pie chart shows that there is an opportunity for the achievement of real glory in the field of climate science. There is a greater name to be made in showing that almost everyone was wrong than in showing that almost everyone was right, and it is reasonable to assume that a good many scientists have considered the possibility of attempting that greater sort of glory. Why has no one achieved it? Either the world's scientists are nearly all intellectually dishonest AND have engaged in a highly efficient conspiracy to suppress heterodox views – or, the majority opinion is largely right. Isn't it possible that the latter explanation is the more plausible?
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Pushing for more oil and gas consumption.
First, just so you know the marketing department at my company was shoving all kinds of articles from gwpf recommending increased oil, gas and fracking. I think you should know that. The gwpf sells gas.
Second, I've made it my mission to read scientific papers with dissenting positions on Climate Change. Most, if not all are refuted, and others are, well, complete crap. And I have done a lot of work on solving this myself. In any case there is nothing meaningful to be read.
So please, for the love of God, if you have a paper that has any merit, please recommend it. So far everything I've looked at is useless or already utterly refuted.
pkgoode replied on Permalink
This dog won't (witch) hunt
"The term "climate change denier" implies just such a witch hunt."
No, it does not. Witch hunts are irrational vendettas conducted by a societal mainstream against a perceived internal threat.
"Climate change denier" is a term of disrespect implying that those who deny climate change are the rough equivalent of flat earthers, Holocaust deniers, and birthers – i.e., they take a position contrary to evidence and hold to it no matter how marginalized it makes them.
Matt Schofield replied on Permalink
Well, I would recommend
Well, I would recommend actually READING the paper http://www.thegwpf.org/images/stories/gwpf-reports/montford-royal_societ....
Your pie chart suggests that no serious scientist questions Climate Change at this point, because few are publishing articles in the press. This paper details the kinds of establishment pressure being exerted on research scientists at the very top of the British Science establishment precisely to suppress alternative views. These aren't unsubstantiated "claims" but straightforward documentation of the process by which the leading scientific learned society has been nobbled by Climate Change orthodoxy. And at least 46 very senior scientists felt strongly enough about it to cause a public scandal.
The very term "climate change denier" illustrates the sense of witch hunt that you are trying to propagate. Unfortunately, scientists are no more moral or courageous than the societies that they live in - if you disagree, I highly recommend reading Cornwell's "Hitler's Scientists" http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Scientists-Science-Devils-Pact/dp/0142004804. It is fortunate, therefore, that senior scientists from organizations like the Royal Society with no allegiance to "Big Oil" or any of the demons that you conjure up, remain cool and determined to question your orthodoxy.
drl replied on Permalink
It's not MY pie chart. I have
It's not MY pie chart. I have really nothing to do with this argument, just trying to make sense out of it, and perhaps learn enough to maybe cut down a bit on whatever damage I am doing to the planet and coming generations.
However, I find it interesting that you should direct me to an organization that, while lambasting the Royal Society about its lack of independence, at the same time adamantly refuses to reveal its own sources of funding.
I'm afraid I'm not impressed by double standards.
And of course you had to bring up Hitler. Haven't you heard the saying that in any internet argument someone will sooner or later bring up Hitler? That side inevitably loses.
Matt Schofield replied on Permalink
OK, I just Googled "nullius
OK, I just Googled "nullius in verba royal society climate". Here are some other sources if you don't like giving clicks to that particular place:
Delighted that you don't like double standards. I thoroughly expect you NOT to take my word for anything. Nullius in verba, old chap.
On the Hitler point, you are wrong. Here is Hitler on the subject of Climate Warming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTGLpqFGyYM
VJ replied on Permalink
Hey, I just figured out who
Hey, I just figured out who is behind the climate change conspiracy - it's Reality! All the AGW deniers are being persecuted by Reality, but they are determined to never accept Reality.
PatrickAshton replied on Permalink
I'm curious, of the 113 citations for the 24 articles rejecting global warming, how many were from other articles rejecting global warming and how many were from articles refuting their premise?
drl replied on Permalink
Government muzzling of scientists
It appears that scientists have no qualms about speaking up when they feel that governments are interfering with their research or in how they communicate it.
So how can the supposed secret conspiracy that ACH-deniers are always screaming about have been kept secret for so long?
ClimateBobL replied on Permalink
Climate Deniers Continue to Successfully Manupulate and Deceive
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Climate Change Denial
SirCharles replied on Permalink
Climate change denial
deana replied on Permalink
I see, it is increasing
I see, it is increasing exponentially. Thanks for this information of change.
johncl replied on Permalink
I tend to think that geology
I tend to think that geology comes first. A planets chemical composition and the precense of a carbon cycle seems to be of some vital essence for even there to be any form of evolution happening. :)
Other than that I think its always interesting to see climate in a geologically long time perspective like the HHMI holiday lectures 2012:
thallstd replied on Permalink
Why this study has little, if any, scientific merit
Downdawg replied on Permalink
First, I think that this was
First, I think that this was a good idea, and you very clearly explained the methodology. Good science :-).
Couple things, neither new:
1) It would take a huge amount of time, but a more informative question would be the percent of effect that the papers assigned to the various proposed causes. As the search was done, the answer was highly conditioned by the question, making it equally valid to ask if the paper absolutely rejected any contribution by any other causal factors.
2) The other comment is that it is not surprising to me, that so few of the authors are breaking rank. It is obvious to me that there is a religious fervor to the proponents of man-made global warming, not to mention concerns about future funding. This fervor seems reminiscent of churchmen in Galileo's day.
ake replied on Permalink
Time to get out of the fossil fuel age
Let's get real. We burn over 90 million barrels of oil every day, and a similar amount of oil and gas. If we convert coal and gas to oil equivalents, we burn off 300 000 litres of oil per second.This means we pump more than 35 billion tons of extra CO2 into the atmosphere per year. If you really are willing to believe that this has no negative effects on the environment - if you actually believe in the deniers' null hypothesis: "There is no correlation between the emissions of fossil carbon and global warming", you should also be willing to believe in the tooth fairy, that the world is 6000 years old and that it is flat. You should also be willing to believe that the world's biggest carbon profiteers - the biggest oil exporters: president Putin (Gazprom), the Saudi Royal family (Aramco), the people controlling fossil fuels in China: the princelings of the Chinese communist party (PetroChina and Sinopec), the petro tyrants in OPEC, their friends in the USA, like the Koch bros and the CEOS in ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell BP etc are just philanthropists. And you should be willing to believe that these profiteers do not produce tons of disinformation and propaganda to protect their interests. Let's make 2014 the climate year! http://ufbutv.com/2014/01/11/make-2014-the-climate-year/
haarp replied on Permalink
Some elaboration
Interesting research, but I have to clear some things up.
1. No one is denying a climate exists or changes. The way you've portrayed the dispute is misleading.
2. So-called 'deniers' don't dispute the underlying physics beind anthropogenic warming. So even skeptical researchers papers would fall into the catagory of 'global warming' so I'm surpised there's even 24 papers out of the collection, there should be 100%(that depends on what the researchers were studying of course).
3. The real dispute comes under the models used to predict future events, those predicted events being catastrophic and thus where the term alarmism is used. This predicted doom and pessimistic outlook enables political groups to spread fear among the population and put pressure on politicians. Because the predicted events are far into the future, the proponents of the models have no consquence for their actions as they will be long dead. Lots of things could happen to change the climate within the time frame of predictions even if the models are correct which they won't be, thus, it is very naive to use predictions to spread fear and panic and set finanically costly policies around the world. This is one of the disputes anyway.
4. So the real questions and concerns being asked by skeptics of the alarming claims, is: (1)how much are humans contributing to temperature changes? (2) Is it even worth worrying about or can there be an argument for if the effects are automatically 'bad'? (3) Are there better ways of spending public money than what is being done now under the pretence of fear and lobbying by private corporations and NGOs who receive the public money? (4) How reliable are climate predictions? (5) How can we make the scientific process more open and less of a monopoly behind closed doors? This effects us all and we have a right to see how certain researchers have arrived at their conclusions, no one should be chased out of a peer-review journal because their conclusions were less alarming. (6) How much does politics interfere with the scientific process? Among many others.
haarp replied on Permalink
Ake, you're behaving really irrational. Why do you keep repeating the burning oil thing? No one is disputing that human CO2 doesn't go into the atmosphere or that it doesn't have an affect. The question is how much a part does it actually play? The hysteria that is occuring now - blaming every new storm on human activity for instance - is preciesly the kind of unsupported claims that spurs the skeptics on. Blaming all criticism on a conspiracy theory involving an oil corporation is convenient but the science should speak for itself.
As for the money, it goes in all sorts of different directions. Grants, 'renewable' start up companies, NGOs (non-governmental organizations). In Britain alone the tax payer is having to spend £18.3bn a year until 2050 (in total an average of £730bn will've been spent) to reduce a minuscule amount of CO2. China, India, and Pakistan do not care for any of this fearmongering about the evils of human CO2 and will continue to negate. So yet another question - is this the best way to spend nearly a trillion pounds? Why should someone be called a 'denier' or 'disinfo agent in the pay of big oil' for simply being concerned about how their tax money should be spent?
HCUA replied on Permalink
Words wrong
I think that the writers, 76,and Some elaboration, should get together and compare notes. One said affect where it should have been effect, and the other said effect where it should have been affect.
Also, I have been very cold and very hot, and, believe me, hot is better. If some plant-growing gas is put into the atmosphere, what is wrong with that? Growing time for crops will expand wonderfully, and isn't that a better thing to feed the world's population? That is, providing we quit taking all of the farmland away each year and paving it over, and putting in a parking lot, as Melanie sang. On top of that, the trees like it, which gives me more air to breathe, and that is fine with me.
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In the past, I have lived a gay lifestyle, including drinking, and smoking and taking prescription drugs. For a year now, I have given up all of these things, and am attempting to live a more Christian lifestyle. I am reading my Bible daily, praying and asking for God's forgiveness. It is very clear in the Bible that homosexuality and many other sins are punishable by death. Therefore are we forgiven if we repent and turn our back on this lifestyle? Or once we have lived this way are we beyond forgiveness? Any verses of Scripture would be appreciated. I know that Christ died for our sins, and I have asked God into my heart. Could you give me some further direction on what I should be doing?
Your question is a most important one for you and, no doubt, for many others.
The Scriptures are clear about sin. "The wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). All sin, every sin, is breaking God's law and therefore punishable by God. Not just some sins, but all sins are sins against God, the holy Creator, lawgiver and judge of man, who has declared that all sin is worthy of his wrath.
From the beginning, man's first sin, the sin of Adam in eating the forbidden fruit was punishable by death. God said to the man, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day you eat from it you shall surely die" (Gen. 2:16-17). The Scriptures teach that as a consequence of Adam's original sin, death has come upon all mankind. Romans 5:12 says, "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned." This squares with the words in Romans 3:23 which tells us that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." And "the wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23); thus, all men (all mankind) are worthy of death, and indeed all die.
But Romans 6:23 does not end there. It goes on to say, "but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
This free gift is offered to all believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved" (Acts 16:31). The free gift of eternal life comes through Jesus Christ alone. The apostle Paul writes, "But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one [Adam] the many died, much more did the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many" (Rom. 5:15).
Jesus Christ lived a perfect life and died an awful death in the place of sinners as a substitute for sinful men and women and children. He died that we might live. Indeed, he was cursed that we might be blessed. I trust you know the familiar verse, "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes on him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16). This is the good news. Jesus, the very Son of God, the eternal Son of God, became man. He who was and is eternally God took on human nature in time and space. As a man, Jesus stood in the place of sinners and satisfied God's divine justice for them so that they might be spared that justice. Thus, as many as believe on him will be saved.
The merits of his perfect life and his sacrificial death are counted toward all those who trust in him for salvation. Their sins were counted against him, and conversely his righteousness is counted toward those who trust in him. This is the great teaching of Scripture, which we call "justification by faith." Sinners are justified before God, accepted as righteous, and forgiven, because of what Christ has done for them. He has paid the price for their sin. That gift is received by faith alone; we could never earn it or deserve it. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast" (Eph. 2:8-9).
You asked, "Therefore are we forgiven if we repent and turn our back on this lifestyle? Or once we have lived this way are we beyond forgiveness?" Our answer is that we are forgiven, not because we repent, but we repent as a response to our having been forgiven. What do I mean?
Our repenting, no matter how complete, will never be perfect in this life, no matter how long or how hard we try. In addition, our repenting does not do away with all our past sins. In other words, our repenting could never make us righteous before God; we all are sinners. The only remedy is the one that God gave (John 3:16): He gave his Son as our substitute to do for us what we could never do for ourselves. Again, he lived a perfect life and then offered himself as the perfect substitute to be cursed and to die on the cross, to accept the curse and death we deserved. Galatians 3:13 says, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for usfor it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree' " [a quote from the Old Testament law, cf. Deut. 21:23]. Thus, Jesus took away our curse; our death has lost its sting.
Thus, it is only through faith in Christ that we are counted righteous and declared forgiven by God, justified by God himself in the person and work of Jesus Christ, who died once for all for his people. His name is Jesus, because "he saves his people from their sins"that is what his very name means (Matt. 1:21).
In keeping with that salvation, it is God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit who enable us now to repent and to live the life he wants us to live. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them" (Eph. 2:10). "Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come" (2 Cor. 5:17).
If you are trusting not in yourself but in Jesus Christ alone, you are indeed a new creation. Once we all were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:1), and we walked according to the course of this sinful world (Eph. 2:2). But God who is rich in mercy makes us alive by joining us to Christ (Eph. 2:5). We are joined to Jesus, who is raised with resurrection power from the dead. Being joined to him by faith, we too have been raised from death to life, from spiritual death to spiritual life. God is working in our hearts to repent and believe on Christ. "Apart from Christ, we can do nothing" (John 15:5); we cannot even repent and believe apart from Christ. But in Christ, now being joined together with Christ by faith, we "can do all things through Christ who strengthens [us]" (Phil. 4:13).
You also asked, "Could you give me some further direction on what I should be doing?"
The Christian life is a life of repenting and believing in Christ, believing and repenting. These are not one-time things. We are to keep on believing and keep on repenting. Knowing that we need the power of God through the Holy Spirit we are to keep on praying for wisdom and strength to know and to do God's will. Ask the Lord to help you understand his word. But know, too, that you are not alone. The Lord promises not to forsake his people (Heb. 13:5-6); he will be with you. Further, as Christians joined to Christ, we are also to be joined to Christ's body, which is the church. Christ gives gifts to men for the building up of the body (Eph. 4:11-12). We have the words of the apostles and prophets in the Scriptures. We have pastors and teachers and evangelists in the church to help us in our understanding of the word and will of God. The body of Christ has many members, each with his or her own gift for the good of the body, and we are to help and encourage one another. That includes pastors and elders who are to lead and govern in the churches. Therefore, Hebrews 13:17 says, "Obey your leaders, and submit to them; for they keep watch over your souls, as those who will give an account."
This means you need to make sure that you find a good church that faithfully believes and teaches the Scriptures to guide and help you in your Christian life. We would be happy to help you find a church if you do not already have one. (Here is our Directory.) May God be with as you make progress in your Christian life.
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The Suzlon-owned turbine manufacturer will supply the project, based in the German North Sea, with 54 offshore turbines rated at 6MW each.
Gode Wind 1 is owned by developer PNE Wind, which also owns the neighbouring 252MW Gode Wind 2.
Vestas signed a deal to supply Gode Wind II with 84 of its V112 3MW turbines in February 2011, and had been expected to secure the deal for Gode Wind I as well.
Commenting on today's announcement, Andreas Nauen, CEO of Repower, stated: "We are delighted that PNE, one of the most successful German developers, is placing its trust in our 6M. PNE is also one of the first developers in Germany to switch to multi-megawatt turbines with an output in excess of 5MW."


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Skin cancer cases in Cambridgeshire have more than doubled over the last 20 years, new figures show.
Cancer Research UK says about 18 people in every 100,000 are diagnosed with malignant melanoma every year - equating to 1,300 patients being given the grim news.
In the early 1990s eight people in every 100,000, were diagnosed annually in East Anglia.
Cancer Research UK puts the doubling of diagnosis of malignant melanoma down to the start of package holidays to Europe in the 1960s, the need for "must have" tans, a boom in sunbed use and better detection of skin cancer.
Helen Johnstone, Cancer Research UK spokesman, said: "Sadly more and more people in the east of England are being diagnosed with malignant melanoma each year.
"But the good news is that survival is among the highest for any cancer. More than eight in 10 people will survive the disease.
"We know overexposure to UV rays from the sun or sunbeds is the main cause of skin cancer.
"This means, in many cases, the disease can be prevented, so it is essential to get into good sun safety habits."
Malignant melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the UK and more than 2,000 people die from it each year. Nationally cases are five times higher than 40 years ago.
Tips on how to protect skin this summer
■Spend time in the shade if your shadow is shorter than you.
If your shadow is shorter than you are, then the sun is strong. During the UK summer, the sun is at its strongest between 11am and 3pm.
■Wear a hat, t-shirt and sunglasses when the sun is strong. Wide brimmed hats or foreign legion style caps are best.
■It is recommended people use at least factor 15 sunscreen with a high star rating when the sun is strong. Apply sunscreen generously and reapply regularly to make sure you get the level of protection on the bottle.


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With all the hoopla surrounding Paris Hilton's time in jail, we couldn't help but think one thing when she got out last night — she looks great! From her white Marcello Toshi pumps to her skinny jeans to her linen Petro Zillia jacket, the heiress looked positively chic upon her release last night. It even turns out that she was modeling a pair of jeans from her yet-to-be released denim line for hotspot shop Kitson in L.A. Only Paris could turn the prison parking lot into a runway!
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Victory! Ft. Lauderdale Passes Domestic Partner Benefits for Employees!
Ft. Lauderdale Passes Domestic Partner Benefits for Employees!
I've just left Fort Lauderdale City Hall where moments ago the mayor and commissioners unanimously passed domestic partnership benefits for city employees. Under the new policy, city employees will be able to include their domestic partners on their city health care plan and will be eligible for other vital benefits and protections employee spouses receive.
Mayor Jack Seiler brought forward the issue today after months of meetings with a local coalition of which Equality Florida has been a proud partner. Ft. Lauderdale now joins the growing number of cities, counties and companies that offer equal benefits to LGBT employees.
Thank you Mayor Seiler for making this issue a priority within your administration and to all of the commission for standing up in support of all families.
And a special thank you to our individual and organizational coalition partners who worked so hard on this issue including: the Pride Center; Sunserve; the Dolphin Democrats; the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus; Ken Keechel; Dean Trantalis; and Michael Rajner.
And especially to Miriam Richter whose willingness to share her story and work relentlessly on this issue for more than a year was crucial to today's victory.
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Police: 4 killed in Lehigh County apartment fire
Coroner to use dental records to identify victims
Investigators searched Monday for the cause of a fast-moving fire that killed four people inside an apartment building in Lehigh County.
The blaze was reported just before noon Sunday in Emmaus, a borough about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, quickly spread and burned for hours. Four bodies were found inside, according to Emmaus police Sgt. Todd Garloff.
Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim planned to use dental records to identify the victims. If dental records are not available, DNA testing will need to be performed, Grim said Monday.
The blaze sent smoke billowing into the air that could be seen for miles Sunday. Fire officials said the flames were so intense that they needed to pull firefighters out of the duplex for several hours.
A police officer who responded to the fire suffered minor injuries, police said.
A state police fire marshal was investigating the cause of the fire, along with the Emmaus police and fire departments and the coroner's office.
The building had been a funeral home until the 1960s or 1970s, when it was converted into apartments.