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There is “virtually no possibility” of a few scientists biasing the advice given to governments by the UN’s top global warming body, its chair said today. Rajendra Pachauri defended the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the wake of apparent suggestions in emails between climate scientists at the University of East Anglia that they had [...] Note to my friends in Learning & Development: No one, and I mean no one, like role playing during training. Let me rephrase that — employees hate it. I know, you were taught in your pedagogy class that experiential learning imprints the lesson. Lemme let you in a little secret — forget that. Employees cringe when [...] When would scientists expecting the world to take them seriously throw out the raw data on which their conclusions are based? Probably at the same time that they e-mail each other to launch professional vendettas against skeptics and conspire to hide contradictory data. The University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit — already in a [...] Although limited to a review of military operations eight years old, the report could also be read as a cautionary note for those resisting an increased troop presence there now. More pointedly, it seeks to affix a measure of blame for the state of the war today on military leaders under former president George W. Bush, [...] That’ll teach her to waste THEIR reward points on a dress. (I recut the commercial myself) var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; They might just fall off! A JFK shuttle train that had just undergone preventive maintenance lost two doors just before picking up its first passengers yesterday, sources said. As the AirTrain pulled into the Lefferts Boulevard stop at 3:30 a.m., the two doors swung off their hinges. One careened onto the tracks and the other jammed into [...] Longtime WPTV photojournalist Jim Sitton hosted Thanksgiving dinner at his home in Jupiter, FL. Seventeen family members attended, including the suspect, who left the dinner only to return, armed with a handgun. 35-year-old Paul Michael Merhige is accused of killing Makayla, his aunt 76-year-old Raymonde Joseph, and his twin sisters Carla Merhige and Lisa Knight, who [...] via news.msn.co.nz I’m still trying to decide… Posted via Posterous var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; The handling of this crisis suggests that nothing has been learnt by climate scientists in this country from 20 years of assaults on their discipline. They appear to have no idea what they’re up against or how to confront it. Their opponents might be scumbags, but their media strategy is exemplary. The greatest tragedy here is [...] The climatologists at the center of last week’s leaked-email and document scandal have taken the line that it is all much ado about nothing. Yes, the wording of the some of their messages was unfortunate, but they insist this in no way undermines the underlying science, which is as certain as ever. “What they’ve done is [...] Adam Lambert and some gay activists are upset that his simulated fellatio from the AMAs got him booted from ABC’s GMA. Complaints poured in to the ABC TV network that aired the show, and it canceled the Lambert’s appearance on its “Good Morning America” news and chat show set for Wednesday. Yet rival network CBS put him [...] via consumerist.com On one hand, I know this is 2009 and these companies can’t make outlandish claims like this any more and people, at this point, should know better than to light up. On the other hand, DAMN if this doesn’t make me mad enough to say “screw ‘em, sue em, and leave nothing [...] Oh for God’s sake, really? Look… We all know that the planning for 9/11 took 6 years meaning it happened under Bill Clinton’s watch, but the attacks did in fact happen under Bush’s. The fact that Sean Hannity let that remark slip is breathtaking. Dana Perino wants people to call it like they see it [...] Ed Morrissey on Hot Air: I don’t disagree with most of what Glenn Beck says in this piece. Courts-martial for Navy SEALS who allegedly gave a terrorist a fat lip while in custody? Does the Navy court-martial sailors who give each other fat lips? Would a SEAL stop at a fat lip if he actually got [...] what, exactly, is “wasted time”? And, how do we know it when we see it? Well, Western culture has a pretty sturdy set of guidelines about activities that are not, de facto, a waste of time: Economic – anything leading to personal financial gain In the beginning, there were discussions. Discussions of the war, and what the reasoning and outcome would be. At one point, I remember saying, “Who gives a damn if they find WMD or not? What’s the cost of us being wrong? One dead dictator? I’m willing to take that risk [...] via gothamist.com All class, that kid. Posted via Posterous var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; A Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word “fed” written on his chest killed himself and staged his death to look like a murder, authorities said Tuesday. Kentucky State Police said Bill Sparkman died at the same location where his body was found Sept. 12 near a cemetery in a heavily wooded [...] I happened to see the list of medical suspensions handed down by the NSAC after UFC 106. The injured foot that Forrest Griffin mentioned in his post-fight interview? That’s on there. The smashed face that Luis Cane obviously suffered from a Little Nog left hand? That too, only it’s described as [...] By Andrew Liszewski You just take it out of the box, plug it into a USB port and let it do its thing. Now what exactly that thing is is up to your imagination, but really, the possibilities are endless. via ohgizmo.com Everyone knows nothing worth owning is without a USB cable… Posted [...] |
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