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With time going by at the speed of light these days, before you know it, you will have opened your Xmas presents, drank your body weight in New Year cheer and then whammy, the Rip Curl Sista Sessions 2011 will be in full swing! However, not before the Video Clip Competition has kicked off, so don't miss out on this opportunity to win a VIP entry to the event.
If you ever thought 'I'm never going to win', simply check out our last year's clip contest winner, Urska Pribosic from Slovenia, who not only won the Video Clip Contest and gained a VIP ticket to the event, she then went onto win the entire Slopestyle competition and is now dropping it like it's hot, and was picked up by Rip Curl to ride in their team. Check her out in this years video clip intro video and don't be shy and send in your entry, you never know where it might get you.
The Video Clip Contest is a chance for you to share a clip of yourselves, showing off your skills rocking out on your boards on the white stuff. We don't care if the filming is not Tarantino, in fact it is all about the riding. The winner will receive a VIP Entry to the all girls 3Star Swatch TTR event: Rip Curl Sista Sessions in Mayrhofen, Austria taking place on the 19th until the 23st January 2011 in the Vans Penken Park. You will get a chance to participate in a photoshoot with the invited pro riders and to top it all off, you will receive some awesome goodies from our sponsors for yourself and your filmer buddy.
The video clip contest judges (Liza Filzmoser, Conny Bleicher and Julia Baumgartner) will pick the winner from the Top 20 highest rated clips on the Rip Curl Sista Sessions YouTube site, so get all your friends rating your clip. The deadline for submissions is the 12th January 2011 So don't blink and miss it Ladies, Get filming….
What to do?
1. Get filming! 30 sec maximum.
2. Download the "Video Clip Intro". mp4 from sistasessions.com and add it in front of your video.
3. Upload onto your YouTube account and submit the link via sistasessions.com or by email to [email protected]
4. E-mail us your name and telephone number in case you win.
5. View the video on youtube.com
6. Get your buddies to rate your clip!
7. Follow us on Facebook
Note: Make sure you check the competition rules on sistasessions.com


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PC Call of Duty 4 gamers can download four maps free in an NVIDIA-sponsored Variety Map Pack due to drop Thursday.
The four maps for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare are the Broadcast, Chinatown, Killhouse and Creek maps. Furthermore, PC players will get a patch that fixes a server crash, fixes some other bugs, adds in some things and, oh yeah, enables support for the new maps.
So, PC gamers, don't say nobody never did nuthin' for ya. Xbox 360 owners had to buy this. Enjoy!
Variety Map Pack Sponsored by NVIDIA hits PC June 5th [IAMfourzerotwo]

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(2012-03-11, 07:42)jmarshall Wrote: Things are going well - da-anda has been doing great work getting the convertor scripts up and running and actually converting useful stuff across to the new system.Great job da-anda
(2012-03-12, 09:10)paavor Wrote: Good job with this forum conversion! Even my subscribed threads are saved!I would say this vB3 to MyBB conversion was the best of it's kind I've ever seen.
It sure would take alot of time and superb php knowledge to accomplish it.
(2012-03-12, 18:25)theuni Wrote: Now that the new forum is up and running, we had to some mysql tuning to accomodate. Looks like we're much better off now.
Running quite well as I use it today.
(2012-03-15, 14:59)JoeLouie Wrote: I really like the look of MyBB. I currently run a forum using vBulletin, and I was debating switching to a free alternative, either phpBB (which I'm familiar with, and have used in the past) or MyBB (which I've never really used), and I think I've made up my mind after seeing this!@JoeL: I would be worried you would not be able to replicate the expert migration witnessed here. MyBB might require more resources than you are currently using and thus might be more costly to host. Do your homework before migrating !
Good work guys!
da-anda: Thanks. The theme you see here is a mod of the default theme - so you won't get it "officially" somewhere. I also did some "hacks" using myBBs hook system to get the topbar working as intended etc. - but the theme is not the biggest issue for a conversion. If you would like to migrate EVERYTHING that myBB supports and you currently use in vB like we did (subscriptions, banned users, custom user fields, buddies, signature pics, spammers, blocked ips) then you have to mess around with the converter script. I had to write 8 custom converter modules and modified pretty much all existing converters to perform better. Also if you like to keep the IDs so that links work again you have to mess with the converter scripts. If time allows I'll try to contribute my modifications to the official myBB converter - but I'm not sure if they would accept my hacks.
(2012-03-18, 21:38)da-anda Wrote: we had some performance issues lately (probably because of the ATV3 post in the forum) and tried to lower the load by disabling some stuff - might come back again in a few days.Hopefully with your skilled admin ability you can keep forum.xbmc.org going strong.
I also hope it isn't too much work for you. !
Fantastic work thus far !


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Student Debt Nears One Trillion Dollars
With total student-loan debt approaching the trillion-dollar mark, WSJ's Jason Bellini deconstructs how we got here and what it all means. Image: Getty
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... yes that ... is growing growing growing ... here's the one oh one and what it means for the millions of people trying to pale ... Landstuhl of nine hundred and fifty six billion dollars ... the nation's total student loan debt was back in two thousandthree to order forty one billion dollars ... but two thousandeight was almost six hundred billion dollars and today ... is pushing a trillion ... just unloaded a still greater than credit card auto loan balances ... it's the only tap still rising wind ... well here's one reason ... more people are going to college each year ... there were nearly fifty million undergrads in America in two thousand for ... a two thousand twelve the number had grown to eighteen and a half million ... the good news at the same time the average student loan balances been rising from fifteen thousand six hundred dollars in two thousand five ... to more than twenty four thousand dollars today ... that's in part because the cost of college keeps rising ... you see this one right here is the rate of increase in college tuitions fees lying down here has gotten wind ... that the rate of inflation and can see the spread is really big between the two of them in the mid two thousand s at the same time colleges to become less generous with scholarships ... in nineteen eighty nine most financially came in the form of grants ... sixty percent forty percent long ... but you don't and the balance shifted to roughly fifty percent grants and fifty percent loans and tax credits ... that's what brings us to the office ... Here's What has economists worry ... according to recent data eleven percent of student loan balances are delinquent ... a huge number ... but it doesn't take into account the fact that half of all student loan recipients ... are making no payments of all right now ... because they're still in school ... in the grace period after school or forgotten in deferment due to financial distress including unemployment ... people ruin their credit defaults or burdened with outsize loan payments ... becomes much harder for them to do things like my whole have kids can contribute to the country's economic growth ... I asked Mark Kantrowitz publisher of Bindi dot org ... who's getting in trouble with their loans right now ... students who ... are much more likely to default or four times as likely to fall to students who graduate students to borrow more money than their peers are ... likely to fall ... nearly three quarters of student loan borrowers owe less than twenty five thousand dollars ... another sixteen a half percent wool between twenty five and fifty thousand dollars ... at around three percent or more than a hundred thousand dollars ... some loans in the Plus fifty thousand dollar range are pre law business or medical schools ... or degrees another high paying professions ... but Dr Sinead author of debt for you in a recent college grad himself ... has made big debtholders ... didn't do the math ... in reality they never even saw double multi units are going to be the key didn't know calculations are nearing a school ... the unthinkable the student loans until you know they graduated not thinking about how these loan ... payment


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Posted by Alisa on Sunday, September 9, 2012 / Labels: Stylish kids / Comments: (0)
Brooke Shields took her two beautiful girls- Rowan, 9, and Grier, 6, to the Jill Stuart fashion show during New York Fashion Week on Saturday (September 8).
Fair Family Fun!
Funnyman Adam Sander was seen with his wife Jackie and their two daughters Sadie, 6, and Sunny, 3 at the fair in Malibu, CA on Monday (September 3).
Coffe Bean Kisses
Twilight star Jackson Rathbone and his girlfriend Shelia Hafsadi were seen with their adorable son Monroe, 2 months, at Coffee Bean in West Hollywood, CA Friday (September 7).
Jean Girls in the City
Hysteria star Maggie Gyllenhaal was seen strolling with her adorable daughter Ramona, 5, after school in New York City on Friday (September 7).


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To say the market for exchange traded funds—ETFs, as we all know them—has virtually exploded in recent years would hardly be an understatement. Well regarded for a number of positive attributes, not least of which are transparency, lower costs, ease of trading and even a degree of tax efficiency, the exchange traded universe has expanded to include something on the order of 4,700 products representing around $1.75 trillion in assets. But amid the steady stream of new ETFs coming to market, wealth managers and their clients need to recognize that not all offerings are, or have been, created equal. In fact, there are a number of considerations to make before choosing an ETF for investment.
While ETFs are typically built to track a specific index or asset class, to expect them to fully replicate return or yield results of those indexes or classes would be a mistake. Why? Because every ETF has a measurable degree of tracking error. And some have more than others—funds that utilize 'representative sampling' in particular. These strategies invest only a portion of the fund's holdings in the underlying index and use optimization to supplement the rest. Predictably, when the index is made up of holdings with low trade volume, like many foreign markets, large tracking error can occur. Witness, for example, the performance of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM). The fund lagged its index by 4.8% in 2007, outpaced it by 3.3% in 2008, then trailed again in 2009 by 6.71%.
Price and NAV; Lack of Liquidity
There's also the occasional issue of an ETF's price in relation to its NAV. Typically, a fund's valuation difference is moderated by design through an underlying arbitrage opportunity, but in turbulent markets this mechanism tends to break down. In June, for example, the market whirlwind surrounding Greece's financial position accelerated the volume of the Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (GREK) to the point it was trading at nearly a 10% premium to its NAV.
Similarly, a lack of liquidity, i.e., when the creation of new shares of a fund cannot keep pace with inflows, can cause pricing issues. The high-yield bond ETF space, where underlying securities can be difficult to find due to over-the-counter trading, often sees investors overpaying for the underlying holdings. This was the case for the iShares High Yield ETF (HYG) at the end of 2011. Finding a representative basket of bonds was so tough at the time that shares of the fund traded above their NAV. Ultimately, as liquidity improved, the creation of new shares wiped out the premium and caused a discount to NAV. Investors who sold in early 2012 actually received less than the value of the underlying holdings.
Not Everything's Simple
In the meantime, a bevy of more exotic ETFs have come along to meet the seemingly insatiable demand for indexing products. Some deal in futures, some in swaps, some in commodities. Whatever they deal in, these ETFs can be risky if misunderstood and investors should not confuse them with plain vanilla ETF offerings. Gaining exposure to commodities through an ETF does not mean that fund returns will be commensurate with movements in commodities prices. An oil ETF, for example, will not necessarily track the market price of oil because of term structure.
Leveraged and inverse ETFs also have their nuances, and investors need appropriate expectations of how these specialized offerings will perform. These self-described funds are designed to provide some kind of variant to the target index on a daily basis, and, as such, are rebalanced on a daily basis. This important caveat can produce results seemingly counterintuitive to the funds' labels. Here's how: If over a period of time, the market trended downward, but with enough volatility to include a good number of outsized positive days, an inverse ETF could actually produce a negative return in the very market environment it would be expected to flourish.
Imagine this effect multiplied with an investment in a 3x inverse ETF. The truth is that these instruments carry a degree of risk not apparent at first glance. As such, they're more than likely not suitable for the average investor.
Don't Worry, There's Still Choice
The bottom ETF line is this: Before investing in an ETF to gain market exposure, research the various aspects of the specific product and ask several questions of the approach. At the very least, determine if there is sufficient trading volume and assets under management to maintain a good level of pricing stability. If the fund is selling at a premium, consider purchasing a mutual fund as an alternative for market exposure. Know, too, whether the ETF uses full replication or representative sampling to follow its target. If the latter, understand how the fund seeks to track the index.
While there are good reasons for the popularity of indexed investing to be so high, knowing there are some risks involved and understanding their impact remains paramount. Inexpensive market exposure is great, but investors are often better served paying for the expertise of active management, particularly in certain asset classes.
Author's disclaimer: Past performance is not indicative of future results. The opinions expressed herein reflect our judgment as of the date of writing and are subject to change at any time without notice. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Investment decisions should always be made based on the investor's specific financial needs and objectives, goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance. Information obtained from third party resources are believed to be reliable but not guaranteed. Any mention of a specific security is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended as a recommendation or advice regarding the specific security mentioned.


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Capacitive Touch Basics with MSP430 MCUs featuring CapTIvate Technology
Fundamental PCB Layout and Design Guidelines of MSP430 MCUs with CapTIvate Technology
This training covers the fundamental design techniques required to implement a successful capacitive sensing hardware design. This series will explore a number of design topics, including: Basic layout guidelines overlays, back lighting; Dealing with moisture; Self capacitance sensors; Mutual capacitance sensors; and Proximity sensors.
Introduction to EMC Challenges and Design with CapTIvate MCUs
Application Demos of Capacitive Touch Featuring MSP430 MCUs with CapTIvate Technology
BOOSTXL-CAPKEYPAD Capacitive Touch BoosterPack Module Introduction and Demos
TAS5825M Innovation Features Overview
What are the audio amplifier requirements for wireless / AI speaker? How TAS5825M improve battery lifetime and audio quality?
This section provides the overview of TAS5825M innovation features.
TAS5825M Hybrid PWM Modulation to Improve Battery Efficiency
Compared with traditional PWM modulation, TAS5825M develops innovative Hybrid modulation, which dynamically maintains differential switching with several common duty options.
The benefits of Hybrid PWM modulation mainly includes:
- Higher efficiency for longer battery lifetime
- Good THD+N performance
- Ultra-low idle power dissipation and idle noise
TAS5825M Thermal Foldback, Inductor Free and Audio DSP Resource
This training section descripts some innovation features of TAS5825M, which includes:
- Real-time thermal foldback: maintain max safe output power for uninterrupted listening experience
- 122MHz DSP resource: 192kHz high definition audio processing or Smart Amp algorithm for better speaker protection
- Inductor less: state-of-the-art EMI reduction technology
Simplify Your Smart Home Audio Project with the Two-Way Audio Reference Design
Improve Bass and Loudness with Smart Amp Using the TAS5825M Class-D Audio Amplifier
Deep Dive into the Light Load Efficient, Low Noise Power Supply Reference Design for Wearables and IoT (TIDA-01566)
Capacitive touch HMI reference design with LED animation for appliances
Optical reference design for .23" Digital Micromirror Device (DMD)
Smart Speaker Projection Techniques
Design considerations for USB type-C power delivery Part 2
Demo: Implement complex LED patterns with the LED ring reference design
How to select the right charger for smart speaker
What to consider in battery management design for smart home?
Hybrid and HEAD Audio PWM Modulation Schemes
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The Newly Renovated Hotel 17 is a chic budget hotel conveniently located in Downtown New York near the East Village, Gramercy Park, Greenwich Village, and Washington Square Park. A few years ago Woody Allen filmed his movie Manhattan Murder Mystery at Hotel 17. Madonna has stayed here, as well as many other celebrity artists, models, and actresses. Accommodations in our safe and friendly hotel are perfect for tourists, students, and international travelers on a budget.
Columbus Studios Hostel. New York City Hotel accommodations.
Fashionable and convenient, the Bedford Hotel's prime location in the hub of New York makes it convenient to corporate offices, Broadway and its theaters, and Grand Central Station. Also located within an easy walk are such attractions as Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the United Nations, Lord and Taylor Department Store and all of Fifth Avenue shopping. The Bedford provides an excellent choice of accommmodations and facilities. Most accommodations have a fully equipped kitchenette. Every room has cable TV, air conditioning, dataport telephone, Corby trouser press, private bath with hair dryer, in-room safe, iron and board. Coin operated washers and dryers are available.
It's a home away from home for visitors to New York City, and an excellent hotel alternative. Book our comfortable furnished apartments on a nightly, weekly or monthly basis.
Guests need only bring their suitcase to Metro-Home's spacious fully furnished apartments. All the creature comforts are provided, including a fully stocked kitchen, linens and towels, cable tv, telephone with dataport for internet access and answer machine, laundry facilities and more.
Located in the heart of the Garment District, the Comfort Inn® Manhattan is within walking distance from the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden arena, Rockefeller Center, famous Times Square and Radio City Music Hall entertainment venue.
Additional nearby points of interest include the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Carnegie Hall, Central Park, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Museum of Modern Art. This New York City hotel is close to the LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport.
This Midtown Manhattan Budget Hotel caters to the wishes of the international, budget-minded traveler. So much to do in the Big Apple! Here you find clean, comfortable accommodations with discount rates not easily found in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. http://www.sentonhotel.com
Union Square Inn has the ambiance of a quaint European hotel with an urban flare. Walk to all the fabulous restaurants, shops and attractions of Greenwich Village.
Along the Hudson River, in New York's Greenwich Village is one examples of turn of the century urban architecture. It's the Hotel Riverview a 211-room structure facing a beautiful river view and New Jersey's Palisades.
The Hotel Riverview is a truly unique hotel for New York. Exceptionally moderate prices makes popular with artists, writers, students (and naturally their parents) as well as businessmen and women here for a night or more. Very clean, basic no-frills concept in hotel rooms is a tremendous bargain and a welcome relief in a city of constantly increasing prices. http://www.hotelriverview.com
One evening many years ago two brothers on business in the Big Apple missed their train ride home. Being from out of town, getting late into the evening, and not knowing the landscape, they cooled off in a pub and thumbed through the yellow pages in search of a hotel room. Each call was hopeless — either fully booked or well beyond the means of two budget-minded travelers. By 2 am and down to their last nickel, they finally located a hotel room in an obscure and noisy part of town.
This tourist/student class hotel has 85 rooms.
The new and much-celebrated Blue Moon Hotel on Orchard Street is destined to become a legend just as the 22 celebrities the guest rooms are named after. This boutique Manhattan hotel leads the resurgence of the landmark old downtown neighborhoods of Chinatown, Little Italy, Soho, the Financial District. The hotel, an outstanding architectural structure, is centrally located on a museum block which more closely represents a back lot from MGM.
The Hotel Deauville, located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan is a true gem. Our 54 room, family owned turn-of-the-century brownstone combines old world charm with todays value and personal service. Our location in Murray Hill is especially convenient to the Empire State Building, Herald Square, Gramercy Park, The Flatiron District, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, and more.
Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in a landmark building just blocks from Central Park, HI-NY is the premier hostel in the Big Apple hosting thousands of travelers from around the world each year.
We offer safe, affordable accommodations in clean, spacious, air conditioned rooms. Our amenities include a games room, high speed internet stations, laundry facilities, a community kitchen, a TV lounge, a cafe, a large outdoor garden with patio, a gift shop, and a concierge desk ready to assist you with all of your travel needs to really get in the New York groove.
The Westpark is a tourist-class hotel, overlooking the west side of Central Park at Columbus Circle. The Westpark Hotel is a unique 90-room, intimate hotel located within walking distance of a myriad of Manhattan tourist attractions: Central Park, the Broadway Theatre District, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the famous 5th Avenue shopping area. With convenient access to the New York City subway at the intersection of 58th street and 8th avenue, you are literally minutes anyway from anywhere on the island.
The Howard Johnson at Penn Station is a tourist class economy hotel in midtown Manhattan, located in the Garment District on 34th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenue. This hotel is in the center of several historic New York City landmarks and event sites: The Empire State Building, the world-famous Macy's Department Store, Madison Square Garden, and The Jacob Javits Center. Being right at Penn Station puts all of Manhattan just minutes away. Enjoy the wonderful restaurants of lower Manhattan or the nightlife of Chelsea, Greenwich Village or Soho.
Located just east of Union Square and south of Gramercy Park, Seafarers and International House is the only seafarer guesthouse operated by a church agency in New York City. We welcome travelers from all over the globe, and you don't have to be a seafarer to take advantage of the wonderful facilities and rates we offer. Come and enjoy our sparkling new guest rooms. Seafarers International House features amenities and conveniences beyond what one expects from a budget property.
The Comfort Inn® Chelsea is centrally located within walking distance of many popular New York City points of interest, including Penn Station, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH) 23rd Street Station, the Empire State Building, Broadway theaters, Madison Square Garden arena and Times Square.
This New York City hotel is minutes from New York University (NYU), Wall Street, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Chinatown and Central Park. Ranging from upscale to discount, shopping is available at nearby department stores, like Macy's and Bloomingdale's, local boutiques and many specialty shops.
Introducing Bowery's Whitehouse Hotel of New York, the newest and coolest hostel in the No-Ho District of New York City/Manhattan for students, backpackers, and travelers on a budget.
Just blocks away from NYU, Cooper Union, The Time Cafe, Greenwich Village, CBGB's, and New York's hottest night spots and restaurants, The Whitehouse is close and convenient to everything New York is famous for. In fact, it is the ONLY student hostel in New York City with single and double air-conditioned accommodations at dormitory-style rates! You can even have Cable TV in your room if you wish!. So no more worrying about your personal items. At the Whitehouse, you get your own accommodation which only you have access to so you and your personal items are SAFE!
Washington Square is a first-class, recently renovated century-old hotel located in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village. The European- style hotel offers charming guest rooms. The hotel features the the North Square Restaurant, which is a cozy, intimate bistro with views of Washington Square.
Located in the center of Manhattans most exciting neighborhood. Near Soho, Greenwich Village and much of New Yorks best shopping. The hotel offers its guest all the amenities and services necessary to fulfill the needs of business and pleasure travelers. A great value!
The Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club, since 1919 continues to fulfill its mission, as the only private organization in the New York area to provide accommodations at subsidized rates and club-type facilities for servicemen and servicewomen, military retirees and veterans and their families visiting New York
Quaint 30 Room Inn Located In The Heart Of Manhattans Exciting Upper West Side. Close To Midtown And Downtown And A Short Walk To Central Park, Lincoln Center, AmericanMuseum Of Natural History, Shopping, Restaurants, NightlifeAnd More. http://www.AmsterdamInn.com/
Located on 32nd Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, steps away from the Empire State Building, Macy's, the fashion district, Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. The Jacob Javits Convention Center is also close by. The La Quinta Manhattan is known for its indoor/outdoor rooftop bar that offers stunning views of the heart of New York City.
In this economy, it's nice to not have to worry about paying extra for the things you need. La Quinta Manhattan offers a variety of thoughtful amenities and services including free WiFi Internet access, complimentary continental breakfast, free phone calls nationwide, daily newspapers, in-room personal safes, laundry and valet services, as well as reduced rate parking.
In two renovated townhouses, the Chelsea Inn offers the budget minded traveler spacious rooms with kitchenettes. Near Fifth Avenue and New York's exciting Flatiron District.
Now including continental breakfast with every room! Guests receive one voucher per person per day for breakfast at Nana's Treats, the charming coffee shop downstairs. Breakfast is served from 7 AM to 10 AM - breakfast includes: delicious daily baked pastry, coffee or tea, juice or fruit.
The charming, renovated 19th century townhouses are just off 5th Avenue, in the heart of world renowned New York City shopping.
Chelsea Lodge is a recently renovated hotel located in the heart of the historic Chelsea district in New York City. Our 22-guest room European-style hotel is conveniently located to all of New York City, but still gives a sense of being away from it all.
The secure, private, and quiet Chelsea Lodge provides a clean and comfortable environment at reasonable rates for our guests.
The Hotel Alexander is the perfect place to stay for the budget minded, yet discerning traveler. An ideal destination for tourists, students and international travelers alike. Uncompromising service, a friendly and accommodating staff and attention to detail that will make your stay with us most memorable.
Hotel Alexander is a beautifully restored elegant pre-war building featuring 125 newly renovated air conditioned spacious guestrooms featuring both shared and private bathrooms. The moment you enter our marble clad lobby you will immediately feel all the charm and elegance the Hotel Alexander has to offer.
The Harlem Flophouse is a charming brownstone located on a safe, quiet street in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by three parks. Morningside park to the west, which has an active waterfall. Marcus Garvy park to the east, where hip-hop was created, and Frederick Law Olmstead's famed Central Park to the south. A short ride on the A or D express trains will bring you directly to "mid-town" Manhattan and Times Square. The A will also take you to and from JFK international airport, The Port Authority and Penn Central.
The description for the hotel and enhanced listing should read: "Located in New York's fashionable Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, in the midst of the Times Square Theatre District and Restaurant Row. Minutes from the Museum of Television and Broadcasting, and New York's best shopping.
A friendly, intimate, New York City bed & breakfast hotel with a personality all its own, the Roger Smith is snuggled amongst the skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan, at the center of New York shopping, theatre, and museums. Our rooms and suites feature all the comforts you can expect in a full service hotel, from refrigerators to voicemail and other guest services.
Located on Fifth Avenue in the fashionable Murray Hill section of Manhattan, welcomes the sophisticated budget-minded traveler with its warm, friendly service and discount rates. Convenient to subway and train stations the hotel is minutes away from dining, shopping, entertainment and all of the tourist destinations New York City is known for, including the Empire State Building. The Lotus is the perfect choice for those seeking comfortable accommodations and good value.
An affordable alternative to New York's overpriced, undersized hotel rooms. Thirty-eight elegantly appointed suites, conveniently located in Downtown Manhattan, within walking distance to some of New York's most interesting and colorful attractions.
Affordable accommodation in a comfortable, clean, safe environment. Located in NYC's most unique neighborhood. A B&B without the breakfast. Lots of inexpensive cafes, restaurants, and bars in the area. Eclectic furnishings reflect the character of the East Village. Private "theme" guest rooms to make life more interesting. European-style with shared bathrooms and common areas. Fun hostess who lives on premises. Garden available in season.
If you are looking to enter a world of fantasy and fun, The Chelsea Star Hotel & Hostel is ideal for the young and the young at heart, and welcomes International travelers.
You can choose from creatively designed private rooms, with decor which showcases a variety of time periods, specialized themes, and "stars" from the past and present.
For the tighter budget, our unique dormitory rooms are comfortable and spacious, with high ceilings, exposed brick walls, fireplaces, sitting room areas and an internet kiosk. A coffee, espresso, and cappuccino machine is also available for your use. The shared high-tech designed bathrooms are pretty terrific too, and even the hallways are sun-splashed with color and a star covered skyline trim.
New York's newest Hostel is located on the Upper West side of Manhattan. In it's newly renovated classic brownstone building, this 5-story walk-up features colorful, sunny dorm style rooms with 4, 6 or 8 beds per room (plus air conditioning). Private 2-bed rooms are also available. All rooms share bright, clean bathroom facilities. Linens and blankets are included, plus lockers are supplied for your security - don't forget your padlock. Tours and airport transfers can be booked at front desk. 24 hour security. A rec room (pool table and table tennis), TV/music lounge and food service will soon be available.
Our stylish, newly renovated rooms range from singles and doubles with shared and private baths to four deluxe penthouse studios, proving that value does not have to exclude sophistication.
Habitat is located on 57th Street, in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, near shopping, world-class dining, and attractions. Neighbors include the Museum of Modern Art, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, and Bloomingdale's.
Spanning two floors, Habitat's new lobby graces the entrance of this hotel and welcomes two fashionable residents. Opia, an independently operated Mediterranean bistro with dramatic interiors and a popular lounge; and the inaugural Reaction Kenneth Cole retail store featuring Reaction's signature brand of urban, hip clothing and footwear. http://www.habitat-ny.com
The Comfort Inn® Midtown is a smoke-free hotel conveniently located in the heart of the Broadway Theater district. This New York City hotel is within walking distance from Times Square, Rockefeller Center, world-class shopping on Fifth Avenue, famed 42nd Street, and many of New York's finest restaurants and attractions. Central Park and the Empire State Building are also nearby. Make time to visit the historic Statue of Liberty, a gift of international friendship from France to the people of the United States. The Statue of Liberty has become a universal symbol of political freedom and democracy, and is one of New York City's most famous landmarks.
The Comfort Inn Central Park is a superior, tourist class hotel, located in the heart of New York's Upper West Side. Experience the glamour and glitz of New York city at a fraction of the price most hotels charge. Conveniently located near Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History, this hotel is also near Columbus Circle, Broadway Theatres and Fifth Avenue. Other area attractions, which can be easily and quickly accessed from the Comfort Inn Central Park include Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center and ABC Studios.
92nd Street Y is about people—the people of New York City and the surrounding area, the United States and the world. It's about people who entertain and challenge, inform and educate. It's about people who learn and discover, observe and participate.


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During our weekend in Salt Lake City, I found a new book.
I'm going to use it for a while on my blog. I've used a few other books or writing prompts before but none like this. It looks like I'll be making up as much {or more} as writing facts. I haven't written fiction since junior high school, at least. Maybe the last time I wrote a pretend story was elementary school.
It feels good to write, and it's fun to make stuff up. I'm certainly not a writer or an author of any story that should be seen by the public, but I'd like to try this.
642 Things to Write About
What Can Happen In A Second
What Can Happen In A Second
Things that really can happen that fast:
- a baseball gets from the pitcher and is hit by the batter
- a snail moves 1 cm
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James Hoggan | December 3, 2009
By James Hoggan • Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 17:50
The most vocal organizations around the University of East Anglia hacked email story (aka. "climategate") have been involved in a decade-plus campaign to delay action on climate change.
The goal of this campaign, which began around the time of the first Kyoto Protocol negotiations, was to assemble a group of like-minded "free-market" think tanks and pseudo-experts that would bring into question the scientific realities of climate change, create doubt with the public and politicians and effectively delay the introduction of clean energy policy in the United States.
It's no coincidence that the groups pushing this story the hardest have a long history of taking money from oil and coal companies to attack the conclusions made by climate scientists.
What I wouldn't do to have a few of these organizations private emails over the years!
Here's a few of the groups I'm talking about and a very brief background on their previous activities, as well as funding sources:
Center for a Constructive Tomorrow: owns and operate ClimateDepot.com, which has been a main clearinghouse for the right-wing climategate echo chamber. ClimateDepot.com is managed by Marc Morano, former aide to Republican Senator James Inhofe. CFACT has received grants from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and well-known right-wing foundations like the Carthage Foundation and the Sarah Scaife Foundation.
American Enterprise Institute: Offered to pay "experts" $10,000 to write papers that countered the IPCC reports. AEI has received close to half a million from oil-giant ExxonMobil, former Exxon Chairman Lee Raymond sits on AEI's board of directors.
Media Research Center: run by Brett Bozell, this group also operates the popular right-wing blog, Newsbusters.org. The Media Research Center has received over $257,000 from oil-giant ExxonMobil since 1998.
Cato Institute: Is the main front group for the most prolific climate denier, Patrick Michaels. Cato is the second largest recipient of funding the foundations run by Koch Industries Inc. (the largest private energy company in the United States).
Heartland Institute: Organizes a "denier conference" every year for the past three years. Used to receive funding from ExxonMobil, still recieve grants from tobacco companies and are also a major recipient of grants from the foundations run by Koch Industries Inc. (the largest private energy company in the United States).
Heritage Foundation: Heritage is massive and operates on about $50 million a year. They have received significant funding from ExxonMobil, Koch Industries and other fossil fuel companies.
National Center for Policy Analysis: the NCPA is a small, but very vocal Dallas, Texas-based freemarket think tank and has received over $540,900 from oil giant ExxonMobil since 1998.
Competitive Enterprise Institute: The CEI is well-known for its public efforts to aggressively counter the scientific evidence for human-induced climate change, especially after their infamous set of television ads with the tag line "C02, We Call it Life." Since 1998, the CEI has received over $2 million in funding from oil-giant ExxonMobil.
While these are some of the most vocal, there are more. So please leave a comment below if you think there's anyone else who should be added to this list and we'll do the research.
Phlogiston replied on Permalink
Mann in the dock!
Here from "Climategate is an email from Mann to one of his co-conspirators, Briffa.
He is is trying to pursuade Briffa to give evidence to support him, adding that the NAS Panel was in fact "loaded" in his favour.
>> Hi Keith,
>> I think you really *should* do this if you possibly can. The panel is
>> entirely legititimate, and the report was requested by Sherwood
>> Boehlert, who as you probably know has been very supportive of us in
>> the whole Barton affair. The assumption is that an honest
>> review of the science will buttress us against any attempt for Barton
>> to continue his attacks (there is some indication that he hasn't
>> given up yet). Especially, with the new Science article by you and
>> Tim I think its really important that one of you attend, if at all
>> possible.
>> I'm scheduled to arrive Thursday March 2rd, and give a presentation
>> friday morning March 2nd. I believe Malcolm is planning on
>> participating, not sure about Ray. I would guess that Tom C and
>> Caspar A have been invited as well, but haven't heard anything.
>> The panel is solid. Gerry North should do a good job in chairing
>> this, and the other members are all solid. Christy is the token
>> skeptic, but there are many others to keep him in check:
In the end it did no good, Mann was shown to be a charlatan.
North (NAS Panel Chair) and his panel were then also called before the Senate
subcommittee, together with Wegman. The members of the NAS panel were
then asked under oath if they wished to dispute the Wegman findings,
and this interesting dialogue ensued:
CHAIRMAN BARTON. Dr. North, do you dispute the conclusions [about the
Mann papers] or the methodology of Dr. Wegman's report?
DR. NORTH. No, we don't. We don't disagree with their criticism. In
fact, pretty much the same thing is said in our report.
DR. BLOOMFIELD [statistician to the NAS Panel]. Our committee reviewed
the methodology used by Dr. Mann and his co-workers and we felt that
some of the choices they made were inappropriate. We had much the same
misgivings about his work that was documented at much greater length
by Dr. Wegman.
Speaks for itself doesn't it?
And the Mann is still called a "scientist"! It makes me retch.
Arie Brand replied on Permalink
Phlogiston's comment indulges in the usual misrepresentation of this whole matter by the ClimateAudit crowd.
What are the facts:
In 2006 two reports were brought out on the politicized "hockey stick". The earlier one, drawn up at the request of the US House Committee on Science, was drafted by a broadly based 12-member panel of the US National Academy of Science under the chairmanship of Professor Gerald North, and released on the 22nd of June of that year. The later and shorter one, for which the House Committee on Energy and Commerce took the initiative, was composed by a 3-member panel of the Academy's Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics under the chairmanship of Professor Edward Wegman and was brought out in July.
For the whole debate on global warming the two vital questions were:
1. Is the research of Mann et all. leading to the hockey-stick graph essential for the hypothesis that the planet is currently undergoing a process of global warming that is at least in part caused by human activities?
2 Does the idea behind the hockey stick graph that the last few decades have been the hottest of the millennium have any validity?
Answer by the North Report to question 1:
The North-committee answered this question as follows:
"Surface temperature reconstructions for periods prior to the industrial era are only one of the multiple lines of evidence supporting the conclusion that climate warming is occurring in response to human activities, and they are not the primary evidence".
Answer by the Wegman report to question 1:
The answer in the Wegman-report does not contradict this:
"In a real sense the paleoclimatic results of MBH 98/99" (that is the original hockey stick article by Mann et al. – AB) "are essentially irrelevant to the consensus on climate change. The instrumented temperature record since 1850 clearly indicates an increase in temperature."
Answer by the North report to question 2:
Though the North-committee was not very happy with Mann et al.'s statistical method it nevertheless held that a whole array of evidence had confirmed Mann et al.'s original result and that on the whole the idea that the last few decades had been the warmest of the last millennium (thus including the so-called 'medieval warm period') was 'plausible' (a term panel members further elucidated by saying in the press conference following the release of the report that the odds for this having been the case were 2: 1) though one can have more confidence about this for the last 400 years than for the earlier period.
Here are the relevant statements from the North report:
"As part of their statistical methods, Mann et al. used a type of principal component analysis that tends to bias the shape of the reconstructions. A description of this effect is given in Chapter 9. In practice, this method, though not recommended, does not appear to unduly influence reconstructions of hemispheric mean temperature; reconstructions performed without using principal component analysis are qualitatively similar to the original curves presented by Mann et al. (Crowley and Lowry 2000, Huybers 2005, D'Arrigo et al. 2006, Hegerl et al. 2006)."
"The basic conclusion of Mann et al. (1998, 1999) was that the late 20th century warmth in the Northern Hemisphere was unprecedented during at least the last 1,000 years. This conclusion has subsequently been supported by an array of evidence that includes the additional large-scale surface temperature reconstructions and documentation of the spatial coherence of recent warming described above (Cook et al. 2004, Moberg et al. 2005, Rutherford et al. 2005, D'Arrigo et al. 2006, Osborn and Briffa 2006, Wahl and Ammann in press), and also the pronounced changes in a variety of local proxy indicators described in previous chapters (e.g., Thompson et al. in press). Based on the analyses presented in the original papers by Mann et al. and this newer supporting evidence, the committee finds it plausible that the Northern Hemisphere was warmer during the last few decades of the 20th century than during any comparable period over the preceding millennium."
Answer by the Wegman report to question 2:
Wegman et al. did not deny that the hockey stick graph could possibly give a valid indication of the change in temperature over the last millennium – they merely denied that this graph was adequately supported by Mann et al.'s original statistical analysis. In this context part of Professor Wegman's oral testimony before the House committee on Energy and Commerce is revealing: "I am baffled by the claim that the incorrect method doesn't matter because the answer is correct anyway. Method wrong + Answer correct=Bad science." (It has been argued that the Wegman committee merely showed that Mann et al.'s analysis could produce spurious results, not that it actually did).
At any case for the wider community the basic question was not about Mann et al.s competence as statisticians, it was whether the hockey stick graph gives a reasonably correct indication of the change in temperature over the last millennium. We saw that the answer of the North-committee was that this was 'plausible' and that the idea was at any case supported by a whole array of evidence from other authors, also those using other statistical methods than Mann et al. The answer of the Wegman-committee contained nothing that is at odds with this conclusion.
Press reactions:
After the release of the first report reputable newspapers such as the New York Times and the Boston Globe concluded that the hockey stick graph had been vindicated. The NYT of 22nd June said: "A controversial paper asserting that recent warming in the Northern hemisphere was probably unrivaled for 1,000 years was endorsed today, with a few reservations, by a panel convened by the nation's pre-eminent scientific body". The Boston Globe said a day later: "A signature piece of evidence for global warming – a compilation of data showing that a sharp rise in temperatures made the late 20th century the warmest period in 1,000years – is probably true, a national panel of scientific specialists concluded yesterday."
As to the charge that Mann et al. had 'cherry picked' the data to fit a pre-conceived graph the NYT also reported that the statistical expert of the North-committee, Professor Peter Bloomfield of North Carolina State University, stated during the press conference following the release of the report; "I saw nothing that spoke to me of any manipulation" and that his impression was that the study was 'an honest attempt to construct a data analysis procedure."
Perhaps I should add here that Pielke Jr., a scientist the ClimateAudit crowd likes to quote when it suits it, said at the time that the NAS-report amounted to an almost complete vindication of Mann et al.
In view of all this one is baffled by assertions that these two reports have "discredited" or "broken" the hockey stick, that Mann et al. had not merely used the wrong method (in arriving at the right result) but had deliberately picked out certain data to fit a pre-conceived thesis – claims one can only ascribe to an elaborate and devious PR-campaign.
To provide this all with a shred of evidence the purveyors of this nonsense have seized on a particular statement in the North as well as the Wegman report, namely that one could not have confidence in Mann et al.'s suggestion that it was likely that the nineties were the hottest decade of the millennium and 1998 the hottest year. The argument of the North committee here was that the data didn't allow such precise indications from year to year and the Wegman-committee stated in general that such an assertion was not supported by the statistical method used by Mann et al.
It is clear that we are dealing here with a subsidiary thesis and that this does not detract from the claim by the North committee, that, overall, the graph provides a plausible indication of the changes in the average global temperature during the last millennium (one may add that the North committee was super-cautious here because if it is 'plausible' that the last few decades were the hottest in the millennium why wouldn't it be 'likely' (the word used by Mann et al.) that the decade and year that according to the thermometer were the hottest of these decades would also be the hottest in the millennium?).
When I saw how this report was misrepresented on ClimateAudit I had taken the measure of that blog.
CamMacKay replied on Permalink
If you saved the electricity used to type your post you could have lowered the global temperature by 2 degrees. Still Phlogiston's origional comments remain intact and accurate. You have to see the other side of the coin to adequately greenwash the issue.
Nonetheless still good to see that your fingers are getting a workout.
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
If you READ the post ...
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
It appears that you and
It appears that you and Phlogiston have a habit of not reading anything that comes from scientific reports and reply purely on your preconceived opinions.
Ed_B replied on Permalink
misrepresentation indeed!
"Answer by the North Report to question 1:
The North-committee answered this question as follows"
If you go to Climate Audit you will see Mr North shot down in flames, by his own words, actions, and his science.
Sorry, but the truth is it is he is a disgrace to science.
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
This is an email from Michael Mann to his colleagues arranging for them to be part of Republican-led attack on his research that in the end was exonerated by the National Academy of Science.
In fact, a story out yesterday on AP, reiterated this exact point, and quotes Gerald North, the chairman of the Academy of Science Panel that looked into this. North said:
""The conclusions that we came to were essentially the same as the hockey stick" theory that Mann proposed."
By the way, North also said: "even if Jones, Mann and others had done no research at all, the world would still be warming and scientists would still be able to show it."
Lionel A replied on Permalink
Retch of a wretch?
'And the Mann is still called a "scientist"!'
No. Mann is a scientist. And like all scientists he appreciates that the science is not settled and there are a number of unknowns and that more research is needed as in the precise role of water in the atmosphere.
However the science is solid enough to show that an increase in the lapse rate causes warming.
'It makes me retch.'
No, again!
Such a statement makes you appear to be an ill-informed wretch.
Lionel A replied on Permalink
What is missing?
'However the science is solid enough to show that an increase in the lapse rate causes warming.'
I am still waiting for phlogiston to correct me on that statement which is not exactly correct. Sure it is the increase in something to do with lapse rate (and of how increased CO2 will exacerbate the effects of a change in lapse rate) rather than an increase in the lapse rate proper.
Hopefully ol' flogy will exposing himself to some real science to answer that.
paul s replied on Permalink
Still, when you add all the
Still, when you add all the money together, it still amounts to pennies in the real world. The level of skepticism (not denial) is far larger in the general public then any campaign could produce, especially considering the vast sums spent by governments and assorted NGO's.
So, the question remains as to why large swaths of the public remain on the sidelines. Have scientists done a poor job of explaining the science? Is it because scientists don't have a track record for predicting climate 100 years hence? Or does much of the public judge the cost of action to be too high?
Rather then chasing pennies, I think these are more relevant questions concerning the issue and what action (or not) we should take.
offherrocket replied on Permalink
Adding it up
So, I guess we should let tobacco companies off the hook for denying smoking causes cancer all those years, because, after all, a large percentage of the general public still smokes. Were the scientists and surgeons general of various countries trying to warn people of the dangers of smoking doing a poor job when public information campaigns weren't able to overcome the meager publicity budgets of the large tobacco firms, which, when you added all the money together, still amounted to pennies in the real world?
When it comes to fossil fuel use and climate change, large swaths of the public remain on the sidelines because it is tough to admit that for years your socially acceptable, legal behaviours have been causing damage to the environment. It is also difficult to kick the habit when your entire lifestyle has been built around fossil fuel use.
I am encouraged by the growing numbers of people who have been listening to the overwhelming scientific evidence, rejecting the feeble analysis of climate change deniers, and coming up with ways of greening their lifestyle. We need energy companies to help by investing in greener technologies, not wasteful and dangerous deceptions.
nadina replied on Permalink
We are funding denial of climate change
One of the prominent deniers of climate change and an aggressive part of "climategate" is Christopher Booker , who wrote the book Scared To Death: From BSE to Global Warming, How Scares Are Costing Us The Earth.
He was interviewed on CBC a couple of days ago attacking scientists who believe that climate change is occurring and saying that "climategate" proves that climate change is a hoax.
Booker is a favourite expert for the Chrysotile Institute, previously called the Asbestos Institute, which is a lobby group for the asbestos industry and is funded by the Canadian government, who also sit on its board.
On the Chrysotile Institute website http://chrysotile.com, under News & Updates, there is a promotion of his book, denying global warming, harm caused by chrysotile asbestos (which Canada exports), lead in gasoline, etc.
We Canadian taxpayers are the key funder of the Chrysotile Institute and are funding this promotion of climate change denial.
Why are we as taxpayers funding climate change denial and junk science? We have given the Chrysotile Institute over $20 million and together with funding from the Quebec government (where the last operating asbestos mine is located)taxpayers have given this disreputable lobby group $50 million. The rest of their funding comes from the asbestos industry.
How do we, as tax-payers, stop supporting this pro-industry junk science denying climate change and the harm caused by asbestos?
Freiherr von Mo... replied on Permalink
Asbestos kills Europeans - but obviously not North Americans. Asbestos is banned in Europe for mechanically causing cancer of the lung tissue. This was well established in the early 80s, when I did my mineralogy undergraduate, and possibly long before.
Mr. Booker should take a bath in chrysotile needles, then hang out in a sealed room, filled with CO2. CO2 is life, isn't it?
This would get rid of the problem.
RickJames replied on Permalink
Asbestos? If you're doing demolition work in Canada, there are all sorts of safety precautions taken. Rooms are sealed. Mandatory properly rated filter masked are used. We're also careful with lead and mercury…. oh and Canadians live longer than Germans - a full year longer - you're not doing something right.
VJ replied on Permalink
And then we sell asbestos to
And then we sell asbestos to poorer countries which do not take all those precautions. It's just as immoral as selling guns to oppressive regimes.
RickJames replied on Permalink
I was surprised to see that.
I was surprised to see that. Just checking now, I see that asbestos mining is reduced to one mine in Quebec, quite a productive mine too. I read that as politics over health because asbestos mining is shut down in every other province.
mspelto replied on Permalink
Canadian organizations
Two organizations to add to your list that have been active lately are the Fraser Institute and Friends of Science. DeepClimate has been examining both on his blog. You will recognize some of the funding sources.
http://deepclimate.org/2009/12/02/in-the-beginning-friends-of-science-talisman-energy-and-the-de-freitas-brothers/ http://deepclimate.org/2009/11/12/understanding-climate-fraser-institute-chernoff/
VJ replied on Permalink
Criminal investigation
The Sierra Club has called for a criminal investigation into the stolen emails and the posting of them on websites in Canada
"…Sierra Club Canada has identified one such web site believed to be hosted in Canada where the stolen emails are posted, and suspect there may be several more. The request to police cites the Friends of Science, a climate denier group, whose server is based in Calgary and provided by the internet service provider Enmax Envision…" http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/media/item.shtml?x=3020
Freiherr von Mo... replied on Permalink
Friends of Cheese
The FoS are killing me - they put a zipped file package on megaupload - like illegal file sharers. The package has been removed.
CBC Radio Calgary briefly interviewed chairman Doug Leahey, who must be in his late 80s according to his voice.
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
I am curious
Who is behind this email (apparent) theft? While U of East Anglia likely has less security on computer systems than NASA (which is beaten against by hackers all over the world daily), the operation presumably required more skill than the old duffers in FOS. How many institutes worldwide did they try and fail to penetrate? Then somebody read through 3000 emails written over 16 years of time to find something distortable. Including computer code. Seems like either an investment in $$ (rather than an obsessed nut).
I hope the authorities one day figure it out. Curious.
mascereye replied on Permalink
e boom
who is e boom?
Omnivorist replied on Permalink
Understanding what we are up against
To dismiss climate change sceptics on the grounds that they lack scientific credentials is about as pointless as criticising a bunch of thugs, hired to break up a town-hall meeting, on the poor quality of their debating skills.
Richard Steckis replied on Permalink
Big Oil and CRU
Well. Looks like the CRU is not averse in garnering support from BIG OIL.
So get off the big oil bulldust. You people are a Joke!
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
Channel You Are Missing
Yesterday I received a phone call from a Chem prof at a community college:
"Do you know who a guy named Monckton is?"
"Potty peer? Yep."
Seems a student sought to enlighten the Prof, who presents global warming in a beginning Science course (overview of physics, chemistry, ee, etc. for freshman who may never take another science course). Global warming isn"t real. She pitched Monckton"s spiel, even though she admitted he isn"t a scientist, as well as other standard denier cant. She even played a CD for the prof, featuring some "wacko" whose name Prof doesn"t remember, but was ?a nuclear physicist associated with Ball State and Indiana?. The Prof showed the data from NASA web pages, but it didn"t convince the student.
I asked, "How did she get onto this? What was her motivation?"
"I think she is religious."
Now, I recently attended an interfaith 350 event in a church. Beautiful and educational service, led by a rabbi, a priest, and three ministers from protestant faiths. The National Council of Churches, and many evangelical churches are promoting "Creation Care" and urging good Christians to preserve our earth.
But there is a subset of fundamental evangelicals who follow an organized effort to deny global warming to their faithful. And they are effectively diffusing the message. Several years ago, a committee called the "Interfaith Stewardship (sic) Alliance" was given $50 K seed money by – would you believe Exxon Mobil?
It included the late Jerry Falwell, ?Dobson? and a rabbi etc. Falwell preached a sermon dissing global warming – we should spend our time in devotion to Jesus and not to a distraction like AGW and besides any warming is due to solar variation. Falwell was promptly recalled to God – I wonder how he explained preaching the Gospel according to Exxon and encouraging the destruction of the planet God created for us to Him.
This morphed to the "Cornwall Alliance" which has a full web page. Supported by who now? I don"t know. It provides lots of misinformation, as well as sermons for good and faithful pastors to preach on Sunday.
Our dear Phlogiston sometimes quotes as "research reports" printed in "Answers in Genesis". This organization (Ken has an anti-evolution "museum" in Cleveland to help educate the children of Young Earth Creationists with.
I don"t know how many fundamentals churches in Canada lean into this stuff, but here in the U.S. a significant number of people are reached by the deniers, and the congregations are particularly credible. And they are told their faith requires them to disbelieve AGW.
Cornwall Alliance: http://www.cornwallalliance.org/
CamMacKay replied on Permalink
Old Prof
I chat with my old geog 130 prof from time to time, we're both convinced the effects of global warming have been vastly exagerated for political considerations. That should be obvious to everyone now with the hacked e-mails and computer code seeing the light of day.
Richard C replied on Permalink
Do tell
Well you have the emails now, so show us where all of the world's goverments (and the opposition parties) sign up to this vast conspiracy.
VJ replied on Permalink
The mainstream churches have it right
Certainly some of Harper's Ministers are creationists; Stockwell Day, Gary Goodyear (the Minister for Science, who when asked if he believed in evolution said he was not going to discuss religion.) Harper and others may be as well, I'm not sure. Maybe they should be accused of attacking other religions because they cut funding to Kairos, a social justice group run by the mainstream churches, which has been funded since 1973, and which has expressed concern about climate change, the oilsands, aboriginal peoples and migrant workers there, and the practices of Canadian mining companies in other countries.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091202/national/church_funding_cut http://www.kairoscanada.org/en/worship-reflections/reflection/archive/2009/08/article/kairos-calls-for-apocalyptic-living/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=41&cHash=0c5258397f
VJ replied on Permalink
Here's a link about Goodyear
Here's a link about Goodyear:
"Canada's science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won't say if he believes in evolution.
"I'm not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate," Gary Goodyear, the federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, said in an interview with The Globe and Mail…" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/article320476.ece
VJ replied on Permalink
So an astroturf religious denialist website?
According to whois, the Cornwell Alliance website was created Jan 2, 2007. (that's cornwallalliance.org) Whois doesn't have much information that I understand about cornwallalliance.org; it's on a server in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. But cornwallalliance.com is registered to E. Calvin Beisner of Burke, Virginia, who lives at the same address as the contact address at cornwallalliance.org.
There is an Exxonsecrets page about him up to 2006, with links; http://exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=231
Desmogblog has much information about him, more recently: http://www.desmogblog.com/calvin-beisner
Omnivorist replied on Permalink
I am going to start using the term Exxon Climate Science to distinguish it from the other kind.
Or how about Exxonometrics to describe a sub-discipline?
Andrew30 replied on Permalink
The CRU is Funded by Big Oil and Big Nuclear
We hear this mantra that AGW deniers are shills for big oil all the time. This is
actually incorrect, and misleading
The Climate Research Unit (CRU) in the UK was set up in 1971 with funding from Shell and
BP as is described in the book: "The history of the University of East Anglia, Norwich;
Page 285)" By Michael Sanderson. The CRU was still being funded in 2008 by Shell, BP, the
Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and UK Nirex LTD (the nuclear waste disposals people
in the UK)
I think this is important to know, for two reasons.
Firstly, the key institution providing support for Global Warming theories and the basis
for the IPCC findings receives funding from "Big Oil" and the nuclear power industry.
Secondly, the research from the institution which is perceived to be independant publicly
funded research, is actually beholden to soft money, CRU is in fact a business.
The funders of the CRU are on the bottom of this page from their website: http://web.archive.org/web/20080627194858/http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/about/history/
VJ replied on Permalink
You missed Greenpeace, the
You missed Greenpeace, the Royal Society, and a whole bunch more. But so what?


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lighthouse, towerlike structure erected to give guidance and warning to ships and aircraft by either visible or radioelectrical means. Lighthouses were long built to conform in structure to their geographical location. Until the beginning of the 19th cent. tallow candles, coal fires, and oil lamps were used as illuminating agents; coal gas followed, to be succeeded by acetylene. Electricity was used for the first time at South Foreland Light, England, in 1858. Other 19th-century innovations were rapidly revolving lights, the incandescent oil-vapor light, fog bells, whistles, sirens, diaphones (fog signals similar to sirens), and the Fresnel lens (used to focus the beam).
In modern lighthouses there are three kinds of lighting systems: the catoptric system, in which rays of light are reflected from silvered mirrors to form a parallel beam visible at a distance; the dioptric, or refractive, system, in which the rays pass through optical glass and are refracted as they enter and emerge from it; and the catadioptric system, in which rays are both refracted and reflected. Increased use of radio beams and radar has made the conventional lighthouse obsolete.
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Doumit's homer leads 17-hit attack against Phils
Willingham goes 3-for-3; prospect Hicks drives in a pair
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Ryan Doumit hit a three-run homer and prospect Aaron Hicks added two RBIs to help lead the Twins to a 12-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday at Hammond Stadium.
Doumit crushed a three-run blast off right-hander Kyle Simon to cap a four-run fourth inning for Minnesota. Hicks, who is competing for the center field job this spring, brought in the first run of the inning on an RBI double off Phillies prospect Adam Morgan.
Hicks also drove in a run in the second inning with an RBI infield single off Phillies left-hander John Lannan.
Lannan, who joined the Phillies on a one-year deal worth $2.5 million this offseason, gave up one run on four hits over two innings. He also struck out one and walked one.
Right-hander Kevin Correia started for the Twins, and surrendered three runs on five hits and two walks over 2 1/3 innings. He's set to fly back to San Diego late Wednesday to attend the birth of his third child before returning early Sunday.
"I felt better than I did in my first outing," Correia said. "I guess that's the goal -- just to progress every inning you're out there."
Trevor Plouffe, in his second game since returning from an injured right calf, had an RBI single for the Twins in the third inning off Morgan.
The Phillies scored twice in the fifth against reliever Jared Burton. Domonic Brown brought home a run on an RBI double before Carlos Ruiz added his second RBI single of the game.
The Twins put up back-to-back three-run innings in the sixth and seventh. Drew Butera, Mark Sobolewski and Jeff Clement each had RBI singles in the sixth while Wilkin Ramirez had a RBI single and an error by Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis led to two more runs in the seventh.
Up next for the Twins: Right-hander Liam Hendriks is slated to make his second Grapefruit League start on Thursday against the Orioles at 12:05 p.m. CT at Hammond Stadium. Hendriks gave up one run on two hits over two innings in his first outing against the Rays on Sunday. Right-hander Jair Jurrjens is set to start for Baltimore.


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Ind. Senate to vote on Christmas in schools
- Measure allows schools to display %27symbols associated with traditional winter celebrations%27
- Sponsor says %27Christmas has been extinguished from our classrooms%27
- Menorahs%2C Christmas trees%2C Nativity scenes would be allowed
INDIANAPOLIS -- A bill intended to protect and defend the Christmas spirit in Indiana classrooms passed its first test Wednesday at a committee hearing at the Statehouse and now heads to the full Senate.
Senate Bill 326 would add language to the state code specifically allowing teachers to say "Happy Christmas," "Happy Hanukkah," "Happy Holidays" and "other seasonal greetings."
It would also allow schools to display "symbols associated with traditional winter celebrations, including a menorah, Christmas tree, Nativity scene or other religious symbol associated with traditional winter celebrations," if more than one religion is featured or if there is also a secular symbol displayed.
The bill also calls for the Indiana Department of Education to develop ways schools can introduce Christmas and other winter holidays into classroom instruction and displays.
The bill's author, Republican sate Sen. Jim Smith, said the legislation would create guidelines so educators can feel more comfortable honoring Christmastime traditions.
"Christmas has been extinguished from our classrooms, and it's to the detriment of our children," Smith told The Indianapolis Star.
The legislation could raise constitutional questions, however.
Last year, a federal judge stopped the city of Evansville from issuing permits for plastic crosses that would be displayed on public property because it would violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment that prohibits Congress from establishing a national religion or national church.
Smith's bill passed 7-1 in committee. It heads to the full Senate next.


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Since their inception, video game bosses have been all about challenge, action, endurance and repeated death. But what if there was a shorter, better way?
The sad passing of Eli Wallach this week had me watching The Good, The Bad & The Ugly for the 1000th time last night, and the one scene that slapped me in the face - like it does every time I watch it - is the film's final showdown between the three principal characters.
It is, I think, the best final showdown in cinema history. There's such a sense of climax, of heart-gripping tension. You really feel in the pit of your stomach that this, this is it, this is the moment that shit is going to go down and an hours-long story is going to reach its conclusion. And then it happens, and it's all over in a matter of seconds, and you exhale, and mutter "oh man that was badass".
It's exactly the kind of feeling (if not means of combat) video game boss fights want to invoke. That yes, you have come far, but this here is the very end of your struggle, and it's going to really mean something, and the bad guy is going to meet his end.
Yet I've never come close to feeling the same way about a game's boss fight as I have Leone's masterpiece. All I ever seem to feel is a sense of dread, then lots of frustration, then a very brief washover of relief before the inevitable disappointment at a sucky closing cutscene.
Granted, a lot of this is due to the fact that I am not a "challenge" gamer, in that I don't look at a game like Dark Souls or Mega Man or whatever and think, fuck yes, boss fights! A chance to test my mettle and my skill! I tend to be more pedestrian in my tastes, and when I do play action titles, I suffer through boss fights like a small child in a dentist's chair.
So for me, a satisfying conclusion to a game wouldn't come from fourteen minutes spent rolling around hacking at something's weak spots. It would come from something that had the guts (or smarts) to let things like score, writing, pacing and restraint carry the day, keeping your interaction to a bare minimum.
And yes, I know, those are all cinematic traits, and would shelve gameplay at the expense of something less interactive. For some this would be heresy.
But would it really be so bad? Less is sometimes better and more memorable. I'll take Wario Ware over almost any other party game. I think the "falling leaf" challenge in Point Blank is the pinnacle of light gun gaming. Sometimes a single act of interaction can be as important (and enjoyable) as minutes or hours spent toiling.
And if the end result is enjoyment and the sense of conclusion the end of a journey should provide, it shouldn't matter how long you spent smashing buttons to see off the game's villain.


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Sovereignty has been variously understood as the given principle of international relations, an institution, a social construct, a performative discourse subject to historical transformation, or a particular practice of power. The "articulations" of sovereignty refer to sovereignty as a practice that is worked on and in turn works with and against other practices. Alongside territory and supreme authority, sovereignty is characterized by the capacity to make and enforce laws. Sovereignty has also been defined in opposition to rights, as the spatiotemporal limits it instantiates are also the limits of rights. Another conceptualization of sovereignty has been revived in international relations, partly in response to the question of exclusions and limits that sovereign practices enacted. In addition, sovereignty is not inextricably tied up with the state but is articulated with heterogeneous and contradictory discourses and practices that create meaning about the international, and has consequences for the kind of community, politics, and agency that are possible. There are three effects of the logic of sovereignty in the international system: the ordering of the domestic and the international, the spatio-temporal limits to politics, and the exclusions from agency. In addition, there are three renditions of the international as a "thick" social space: those of globalization theories, of biopolitics, and of empire.
Keywords: sovereignty, cultural studies, articulations of sovereignty, sovereign practices, political power, politics, human rights, violence
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C. Bascom Slemp Student Center
The $10.9 million, 46,234 square foot C. Bascom Slemp Student Center effectively bridges the upper and lower campus while providing recreational space and office and meeting areas for the Student Government Association, Highland Cavalier, Honor Court, Jimson Weed, Student Activities Board, the eight Greek organizations, and other student organizations.
The Student Center's exterior is designed to create an outdoor living environment. A landscaped amphitheater provides the perfect location for a concert or event.
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The Center houses the Bookstore, racquetball courts, locker rooms, a game room, fitness center, aerobics room, student leadership wing, two eateries, the campus Post Office, Jefferson Lounge, and conference meeting facilities.
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Conferences & Events, located on the third floor of the C. Bascom Slemp Student Center, is the place to go to plan an event in and around the Student Center on campus. Reservation requests are taken for venues in the following facilities: C. Bascom Slemp Student Center, Cantrell Hall, Greear Gym, Chapel of All Faiths, Crockett Sunken Garden, and the Lawn by the Lake.
Students, faculty, and staff who want to reserve a room for a lecture, or other College-sponsored event, please click here.
If you are looking to reserve a room for a birthday party, wedding, conference, etc., please click here.
The building was funded by student fees and a $2.5 million gift from the C. Bascom Slemp Foundation. The Student Center is named in honor of C. Bascom Slemp (1870-1943), the Ninth District Representative to the U.S. Congress who later became the personal secretary to President Calvin Coolidge. In his will, Mr. Slemp provided for the creation of the Slemp Foundation, which provides numerous scholarships to students in Southwest Virginia and supports many other significant projects in the region.
Situated in the heart of the main campus, the C. Bascom Slemp Student Center is located directly behind Smiddy Hall.


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Climb Every Mountain with Your Own LEGO® Cable Car
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|Short (2-5 days)
|You should be familiar with programming for LEGO Mindstorms to do this project.
|Material Availability
|This project requires a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kit (available from Amazon.com) or a LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit.
|Very High (over $150)
|Make sure your cable car string is securely attached to a heavy object (like a table or large chair) at both ends. The Mindstorms bricks are heavy, and could fall and damage your LEGOs or other objects if the string is not securely attached.
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AbstractIf you ever rode in a cable car, ski lift, or gondola, you know they make moving over obstacles like lakes, valleys, rivers, or even up steep mountains seem easy. Though it would be pretty difficult to build a full-size cable car in your home, if you have a Mindstorms® kit, you can build a working-model cable car of your own. The engineering challenge is to build a LEGO® cable car that can travel across a string you have suspended somewhere in your house (between two pieces of furniture, for instance). If you want to make the project even more challenging, you can try to design the cable car to travel up a steep string, just as a real one would go up the side of a mountain (for example, you could tie one end of a string to a window frame and the other to the leg of a chair). For an added robotics challenge, you can add sensors to your cable car — using the Mindstorms NXT or EV3 ultrasonic, light, or touch sensors to enable the cable car to detect when it reaches the end of your string, and then reverse direction.
Figure 1 shows a LEGO cable car built by the Science Buddies staff.
Figure 1. The Science Buddies cable car — complete with a passenger seating area (middle), operators (top right), cargo area (bottom left) for luggage (the pirate brought his treasure chest), and a hitchhiking monkey (top).
Here is a video of the cable car in action:
Because this is an abbreviated project idea, we will not give away the details on how exactly we built or programmed this cable car — that is up to you! If you need help with programming, we have included some resources in the Bibliography that may be useful. Remember that you can tackle this problem in many ways, so do not feel as if you need to reproduce the cable car as pictured in Figure 1 and in the video. You could build something completely different that works just as well, or even better!
The following resources may be helpful with programming LEGO Mindstorms. (Which particular resource is helpful to you will depend on which programming language you use.)
- Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach and The LEGO Group. (n.d.). NXT-G quick guide. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- Robomatter, Inc. (2012). ROBOTC NXT curriculum. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
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When was the last time a really large crowd showed up at Morenci's Oak Grove Cemetery on Memorial Day morning? It probably happens about as often as a member of the marching band faints from the heat, and it's been a long time since that occurred.
Lots of people line the streets to watch the flags and fire trucks, the band, the Boy Scouts and the decorated bicycles go by. But that's not what Memorial Day is about, and few of the watchers make the trek to the cemetery where the solemn service takes place.
Is Memorial Day only for veterans? Of course not. They're honoring fallen comrades, but that doesn't shut out those who didn't serve. It's not a salute to war; it's the commemoration of those who died in service to their country.
Many of those who scratch their heads over the poor showing at the Memorial Day service point back to Congressional action taken in 1971. It was then that Memorial Day lost its May 30 designation and instead became part of a three-day weekend.
For many people, a walk or drive to the cemetery has become an inconvenience to weekend plans. Think about the flags on tombstones in cemeteries across the nation and realize that thousands of them died while in military service.
That's why we need to pause for remembrance on Memorial Day.
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2014 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament storylines
The Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament begins Thursday at Seattle's KeyArena, with Stanford as the reigning favorite following a regular season in which it was rarely challenged.
Led by two-time All-American and Pac-12 Player of the Year Chiney Ogwumike (27.0 points per game), the Cardinal is 28-2 (17-1 Pac-12) and expected to receive a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament after capturing the Pac-12 regular season title. It was the 14th year in a row Stanford claimed at least a share of the conference championship.
[Related: 2014 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament TV info and how to watch online]
With a 51-49 win over UCLA in last year's title game – the first held in Seattle – Stanford made it seven – yes, seven – straight Pac-12 Tournament championships under coach Tara VanDerveer. This season, the Cardinal has dominated since losing to the Huskies, 87-82, Feb. 9 in Seattle.
Winners of six straight, four by double-digit margins, it will take a major upset to upend a team whose only other loss came in November to No. 1-ranked UConn.
As of last week, ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme predicted that four Pac-12 teams (Stanford, Cal, Oregon State and Arizona State) make the women's Big Dance. Three others on the outside looking in can improve their bids with a strong showing in Seattle.
Here's a look at what to expect when the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament tips off.
Chiney, Chiney, Chiney: Slowing Ogwumike will provide each Pac-12 team a near impossible task. The senior from Cypress, Texas is playing her best as her Cardinal career winds down. In Stanford's regular season finale Saturday at Maples Pavilion, she made 14 of 23 shots, scored a career-best 37 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in an 84-64 win over Washington State. As impressive this season is her shooting percentage (62.2 percent) and dominance on the low block (12.1 rebounds per game).
[Related: Pac-12 women's basketball coaches: It's tourney time]
Bubble Teams: Winning the Pac-12 Tournament garners an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. What teams could use a strong showing to secure an at-large bid?
-Oregon State is on the bubble, according to the latest ESPN Bracketology projections, which means advancing through the second round would go a long way toward the Beavers earning an invitation to the NCAA tournament.
-USC was listed as one of the next four out, which means the Trojans probably need at least two wins so they don't wind up in the women's National Invitation Tournament.
-The Washington schools may need to reel off four wins in a row to make the tournament. With the UW campus just a few miles away and a large WSU alumni base living in the Seattle area, both could have a decided home-court advantage if they make a deep run. Oh, and the Huskies are the only team other than Connecticut to beat Stanford this season.
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Tia Presley, junior, WSU: When WSU plays Oregon Thursday at 2:30 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Networks), it will mark Presley's first appearance in the Pac-12 Tournament. The guard's freshman season ended early when she broke her foot and her sophomore year was cut short last January when she was forced to have knee surgery.
In 2013-14, she led a resurgent Cougars team that finished the regular season 15-15 (9-9 Pac-12) with 18.9 points per game, which ranks sixth in the conference. In her last six games she caught fire, scoring 32 points on three occasions. On any night, Presley is capable of providing the type of offense that could help the Cougars upset the best teams in the conference. In a comeback win over Fresno State on Nov. 22, she dropped 37 points, the second best single-game mark in school history.
Brittany Boyd, junior, California: As the 5-foot-9 engine that drove Cal's offense, Boyd led the Pac-12 with 5.86 assists per game and was among the conference scoring leaders with 14.7 points per night. She was also a big reason the Golden Bears entered the final week of the season ranked No. 18 before they split a pair of home games against WSU and UW.
At 13-5 in the Pac-12 (21-8 overall), Cal finished a distant second to the Cardinal a year after tying it for a share of the Pac-12 title before making a run to the Final Four. With Boyd boasting perhaps the best floor game in the conference and leading the Pac-12 in steals (2.93 per game), Cal has as good a chance as any to upset Stanford.
Kelsey Plum, freshman, Washington: The Pac-12 Freshman of the Year scored 38 points in a game against Oregon earlier this season. She helped UW win seven of its last 10 regular season games, setting up a matchup with No. 11 Utah on Thursday (8:30 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Networks).
She already holds the UW's single-season scoring record for a freshman and made 36.8 percent of her 3-pointers this year. She earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week seven times en route to being one of the top scorers in the conference. Plum ranked fourth in the Pac-12 with 20.9 points per game.