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"Considerable presence" of skepticsThe American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. The APS is also sponsoring public debate on the validity of global warming science. The leadership of the society had previously called the evi

The unemployment rate in May jumped more than it has in over two decades, reaching its highest level since October 2004 and emphasizing the recessionary risk the U.S. economy is currently facing. The civilian unemployment rate spiked to 5.5 percent from 5.0 percent in April, coming in much worse than the expectation of 5.1 percent. The last time the unemployment rate jumped half a percentage point

Eli Broad, one of the richest men in the world, says the current economy is the worst he has seen in his lifetime, the worst since WWII. According to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Web-based movie review index FlixPulse might not provide the voice of rationed wisdom on how good a movie is, but it’s a nifty way to see what the uber-connected Twitter community has to say on it. Real humans scan through film mentions across the short-messaging community, then group them into good, bad, or indifferent piles [...]

At a press conference on May 19, Dr. Arthur Robinson announced the release of the names of 32,000 scientists who have signed a strongly worded petition dissenting from the position taken by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other scientific organizations. Signers include more than 9,000 Ph.Ds, although only a relatively small percentage of the signers are climate sci

"We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind....vqwtt

Scientific Consensus on AIDS Vaccine Prospect is Bleak, Poll Reveals “Substantial Minority” of Scientists’ Polled Believe AIDS Vaccine May Never Be Developed LOS ANGELES, Apr 24, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Scientific consensus on the prospect for development of an effective preventive AIDS vaccine is bleak, according to the results of a poll of AIDS researchers and scientists which was released earlier [...]

"Brainwashing Our Children," says ClimatologistWilliam Gray, the well-known Colorado State University hurricane forecaster, routinely uses the annual National Hurricane Conference as a platform to bash global warming. In a statement to Florida Today, Gray argued that the scientific consensus on global warming is bogus — and "a mild form of McCarthyism has developed toward those scientists who do not agree" that mankind is in danger.Gray argued that the scientific consensus on global warming is bogus — and "a mild form of McCarthyism has developed toward those scientists who do not agree" that mankind is in danger."We are also brainwashing our children on the warming topic. We have no better example than Al Gore's alarmists and inaccurate movie which is being shown in our schools and be

On2 Tech Sees 4Q Loss 1c-2c/Shr, Delays Filing 10-K >ONT Last Update: 4/1/2008 5:47:26 PM DOW JONES NEWSWIRES On2 Technologies Inc. (ONT) expects to report a fourth-quarter net loss of 1 cent to 2 cents a share and revenue of $6.2 million to $6.3 million. Results from the most recent period include about $4.28 million in revenue from the company’s Hantro [...]

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Immediately following is the press release from the Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative about the Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental Factors in the development of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorders. Here are the links for the complete LDDI Scientific Consensus Statement and the executive summary.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 20, 2008CONTACTS: Elise Miller, MEd - (360) 331-7904; emiller@iceh.orgSteve G. Gilbert, PhD, DABT – (206) 527-0926; sgilbert@innd.orgCONSENSUS STATEMENT: and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI) Publishes Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental FactorsFebruary 20, 2008, Seattle, WA. The Collaborative on Health and the Environment’s Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiati

Usually after a debate you will find that there is very little consensus about who won or lost. There may be a slight majority opinion one way or another, but there's usually a good number who disagree. Last night does not fit that mold, though.Nearly every centrist or Progressive source I've read so far has called the debate either a tie or a slight win for Obama. I've yet to find one such source that called it for Hillary or said that it was a knockout blow for Obama. A few examples: Josh Marshall, Chuck Todd, Marc Ambinder, Noam Scheiber, Ron Chusid, and of course libertarian me.Despite this, there seems to be a consensus among conservative commentators and bloggers that Hillary won the debate by a good margin, as discussed in this post at Newsday's Spin Cycle. See also: Lisa Schiffren.

Some Scientists Will Not Speak Out PubliclyFor Fear Of Retribution Over 400 prominent scientists from more than two dozen countries recently voiced significant objections to major aspects of the so-called "consensus" on man-made global warming. These scientists, many of whom are current and former participants in the UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), criticized the climate claims made by the UN IPCC and former Vice President Al Gore.The new report issued by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's office of the GOP Ranking Member details the views of the scientists, the overwhelming majority of whom spoke out in 2007.Many of the scientists featured in this report consistently stated that numerous colleagues shared their views, but they will not speak out publicly for fear of retribution. Atmospheric scientist Dr. Nathan Paldor, Professor of Dynamical Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, author of almost 70 peer-rev

One of the goodies from the USATF 2007 National Podium Education Project was a handout and/or CD from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletics” in Monaco from April 18-20 2007. (You were only allowed to take the CD or booklet!) The stated aim of the conference was to help shape the priorities of both the IAAF Medical and Anti-Doping Commission and the International Olympic Committee’s working group on nutrition over the next few years. The presentation and discussion of papers prepared by expert teams in 12 key areas reflected the research and advancements in knowledge that have taken place since the first IAAF conference on this topic in 1995. At the end of the conference, a statement integrating the presentations was issued called “Nutrition for Athletics: The 2007 Consensus Statement of the IAAF”. The conclusion? “Well-chosen foods will help athletes train hard, reduce risk of illness and injury, and achieve the

Jason Tuohey of The Boston Globe insists that the acronym "MVP" (as in MVP Award) actually stands for "Most Valuable Papi." Of course, the rest of us know that it most certainly does not. And only if it did would David Ortiz be the man most qualified to win it.Although the Red Sox World Series victory promises a painful offseason in New York, some Yankees fans will take solace when Alex Rodriguez brings another Most Valuable Player award to the Bronx.I'm certainly not aware of any. How many Yankee fans even like A-Rod? The few who do probably won't be forgetting Papelbon's "Victory Squat" any time soon just because A-Rod took home some regular season hardware.Major League Baseball doesn't announce the MVP awards until Monday, but it's considered a mere formality in the American League this year. Even the casual fan knows A-Rod already has the trophy wrapped up in a tidy, pinstriped bow.Meanwhile, the consensus on David Ortiz is that he had an off year. Despite being a Boston folk

Readers of this blog are of course familiar with its signature piece (or one of them), the weekly ranking of the world's top 25 soccer clubs. It turns out mine is not the only such list in the blogosphere. Rankings of the top European clubs abound (if you're a soccer fan in New York you're no doubt familiar with Ives' site, which does one such table each week). But I recently came across worldclubrankings.com, which has a mandate identical thing to mine, namely to rank the top 25 clubs worldwide. Check out their rankings from last week here. Unlike me, they try to actually make their rankings objective, by basing them on a quantitative algorithm rather than their own knowledge, expertise and research like I do.Okay, so now we have a quant model and a fundamental one (to get all financial one you for a second). But what about a consensus poll of all the soccer experts out there in the blogosphere? The worldclubrankings.com folks have already put out a call for such an idea on their

Looks like the founder of the Weather Channel has not bought into the New Church of Global Warming that the Goracle has founded.  H/T to GOP & College The Goracle is still looking for Manbearpig: By John Coleman It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an allusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the “research” to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus. Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild “scientific” scenar

No. But they are realizing that achieving energy independence and fighting climate change both have common solutions. Over at Townhall conservative columnist Cal Thompson comes around to a point I made over a year ago about the debate on climate change (although he first does some Gore bashing and accuses those that believe in global warming of being a cult first)"Republicans and Democrats repeatedly tell us we rely too much on foreign oil, especially that which comes from a current trouble spot, the Middle East, and that which comes from a potential trouble spot, Venezuela. Might it be possible for the CGW crowd and the Church of Free Enterprise (CFE) to come together for the common purpose of reducing our reliance on foreign oil? CGW fundamentalists would get what they want — a reduced carbon footprint and supposedly lower global temperatures (go ahead and let them believe it) — while CFE parishioners would rejoice that Saudi Arabia’s hold on us (not to mention its use of our m

Looks like not everybody is in awe of the Goracle's Peace Prize. Gore gets a cold shoulder Steve LytteOctober 14, 2007 ONE of the world's foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore share the Nobel Peace Prize "ridiculous" and the product of "people who don't understand how the atmosphere works". Dr William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts, told a packed lecture hall at the University of North Carolina that humans were not responsible for the warming of the earth. His comments came on the same day that the Nobel committee honoured Mr Gore for his work in support of the link between humans and global warming. "We're brainwashing our children," said Dr Gray, 78, a long-time professor at Colorado State University. "They're going to the Gore movie [An Inconvenient Truth] and being fed all this. It's ridiculous." At his first appearance since the award was announced in Oslo, Mr Gore sai

We in the United States — and we as global citizens — live in what is, in many respects, a golden moment. Economic growth is globally strong, and, if security threats can be contained, this expansion, with some ups and downs, can be sustained.Strong growth means increased use of energy at a pace that can strain the capacity to supply what is needed at a reasonable price. This highlights two urgent questions: how to use energy without producing excess greenhouse gases that create disruptive conditions on a global scale; and how to reduce the threat to national security from excess dependence on oil.

Conservatives who deny the scientific findings on climate change have been resorting to a number of specious arguments as to why the consensus of scientific thought should be ignored. Perhaps they realized that this was a losing tactic and over the last few weeks climate change denialists have been quoting bogus claims that there isn’t a scientific consensus. This claim is made by misrepresenting the literature, but many conservative bloggers have been eager to repeat this claim regardless of how weak the case is Wired reports that they have run into some difficulties getting this claim published, even by a publication with a history of skepticism on global warming: A paper claiming to show that the scientific consensus on climate change is not in fact a consensus has been rejected by the journal Energy & Environment, reports blogger Richard Littlemore. This clearly isn’t a case of believers circling the publication wagons against anyone who dares contradict them: the j

  Here is an interesting article about global warming that does a couple of things: 1) It asks if global warming is really caused by humans. 2) It asks if global warming is actually even harmful to humans. This article at earthtimes.org even suggests that global warming has been historically beneficial to humans! (Article Continued Below) The Article Quotes [...]

By Bill RobbThe job of football manager must be the toughest and most stressful management role on the planet. There is no hiding. Your results are immediate – once or even twice a week. Club Boards and fans want instant results. Poor performance is punished ruthlessly and in public. Humiliation is a constant companion.Under this constant pressure one can understand why many managers rant and rave on the sidelines, on television, radio and in the press. However, they are unaware that their aggressive and insulting behaviour is damning their players to continued poor performance.In today's competitive world almost all football managers know that at Premier League level most players are equal as far as fitness and skills go. What makes the STAR, what makes the exceptional player is mental fitness. It is mental fitness that wins games.So why do many managers behave in ways that damage their players’ mental fitness? Surely it can only be ignorance (in it’s true meaning) – because

Remember the 'consensus' on man-made global warming? The study that found the consensus used search terms from papers published between '93 and '03. Since it was old, the study has been redone (using the same methodology):CHANGING VIEWPOINTS Michael Asher August 29, 2007 11:07 AM In 2004, history professor Naomi Oreskes performed a survey of research papers on climate change. Examining peer-reviewed papers published on the ISI Web of Science database from 1993 to 2003, she found a majority supported the "consensus view," defined as humans were having at least some effect on global climate change. Oreskes' work has been repeatedly cited, but as some of its data is now nearly 15 years old, its conclusions are becoming somewhat dated.Medical researcher Dr. Klaus-Martin Schulte recently updated this research. Using the same database and search terms as Oreskes, he examined all papers published from 2004 to February 2007. The results have been submitted to the journal Energy and

  We have been told that the debate about man-made global warming is over. We have been told the science is settled. We have been told that scientists have a consensus, and that consensus is that global warming exists and that it is man-made. Apperently they don’t make consensuses like they used to, as you will see here. In 2004, history professor Naomi Oreskes performed a survey of research papers on climate change. Examining peer-reviewed papers published on the ISI Web of Science database from 1993 to 2003, she found a majority supported the “consensus view,” defined as humans were having at least some effect on global climate change. Oreskes’ work has been repeatedly cited, but as some of its data is now nearly 15 years old, its conclusions are becoming somewhat dated.Medical researcher Dr. Klaus-Martin Schulte recently updated this research. Using the same database and search terms as Oreskes, he examined all papers published from 2004 to February 2007.

Bob Carter published a paper titled “The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change”, in which he purports to dismantle the so called ‘alarmist’ science of global warming. Part I is a fairly light introduction. Part II digs into Carter’s claim that we have no theory of climate and hence can’t deal with what climate information we do have. In Part III, I addressed Carter’s statements about carbon dioxide. Carter then takes up the issue of general circulation modeling– that is, computer modeling– of global climate. That is the subject of Part IV. Now, “Is there a consensus?” Let’s be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible

Historically, the theoretical social choice literature on voting procedures in economics and political science routinely highlights worst case scenarios, emphasizing the inexistence of a universally ‘best’ voting method. Indeed, the Impossibility Theorem of Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow proved that no voting method can ever satisfy all of his requirements simultaneously.But as the U.S. Presidential election of 2000 reminds us, voting methods continue to court controversy, and there are many efforts under way to reform the electoral system at all levels of government. Unfortunately, the popular debate and the scientific debate about voting methods have long been preoccupied with theoretical claims that are often supported only with simple hypothetical thought experiments. Likewise, the theoretical social choice literature on voting procedures in economics and political science primarily highlights worst case scenarios and the mathematical impossibility of a single universally ‘best

The New Open World Corporation just decided to create the New 7 Wonders of the World. The Top 7 were decided by about 100 million votes cast by the Internet and cell-phone text messages. If you may be wondering why they decided that the Internet and text messages were a good way to determine the winners, your guess is as good as mine. Actually, I would not have been surprised if they had asked the drug addicted rock stars from "Live Earth" to decide. Nevertheless, like most consensuses we have seen recently, facts and statistics are completely irrelevant. The new 7 Wonders of the World are the following: 1) The Great Wall of China; 2) Petra of Jordan; 3) Christ the Redeemer of Rio de Janeiro; 4) Manchu Picchu; 5) Chichen Itza of Mexico; 6) Rome’s Coliseum; and 7) The Taj Mahal. In case you noticed, the Great Pyramid is absent from the list. Other than being unexpected, the fact that the Pyramid is not on the list entirely destroys any credibility the contest attempted to o

New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The Congress may get Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on board to woo allies to support its presidential candidate, with Home Minister Shivraj Patil appearing to be the party’s choice. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, along with Defence Minister A.K. Antony and senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, is consulting allies on ensuring their support for the Congress candidate. However, the allies have not been officially informed about the party candidate. The choice is expected to be conveyed to them by Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi next week. The prime minister may also speak to non-United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies like the Telugu Desam Party and the National Conference. Important alliance leaders including ministers have been requested to remain in the national capital on Tuesday and Wednesday, when both Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi are to meet them. Sonia, who is abroad on a brief holiday, will return Monday or Tuesda

Global warming zealots propose that the issue of anthropogenic climate change is settled, and thus beyond debate. Read this post to find a link to 10 climate controversies that global warming evangelists will not be able to address.

Global warming evangelists propose that there is no longer any reason to debate the issue of man's impact on climate change. Read this post to learn about 10 questions that the environmentalist Left cannot answer regarding global warming.

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) With the Uttar Pradesh elections giving a clear majority to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and its allies have a clear edge in the presidential election and Left parties would prefer a “consensus” on the candidate, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Saturday. “Now UPA-Left has a clear edge over the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)-led NDA (National Democratic Alliance) in the presidential election,” CPI-M politburo member Sitaram Yechury told reporters after releasing the special edition of party mouthpiece ‘People’s Democracy’ to commemorate the 150th year of the first war of independence in 1857. Reiterating that his party would support a candidate with “impeccable” secular credentials, Yechury said the Left parties would meet Wednesday to discuss their candidate for the coming elections. “It is not an election in which you should polarise the vote

ESPN.com has a nice compilation of draft grades from various sports sites. The Browns got an A from everyone except Mel Kiper, but then what does he know. CBSSportsline.com'sPete PriscoCB-A+B-FoxSports.com'sJohn CzarneckiC-CA+BESPN.com'sMel Kiper Jr.BC+B+BNBCSports.com'sTom CurranCC+ABSI.com'sPaul ZimmermanB-CAB-ESPN.com'sSportsNationBBABSportingNews.com'sWar Room ScoutsBBABUSAToday.com'sTom WeirBBABYahoo.com'sCharles RobinsonBCA-BConsensus GPA2.62.54.02.9

In the most recent issue of the Journal of Athletic Training, the National Athletic Trainer's Association released a consensus statement on emergency preparedness and management of sudden cardiac arrest in high school and college athletic programs. The lead author, Jonathan Drezner (a former UPenn sports medicine physician), discussed with CBS Early Show anchor Russ Mitchell regarding this new statement. Here is a link to the video.http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2650325n Save This Page

Looks like not all experts' and scientists are going with the program. I mena, to have the gall and say Global Warming is not ccaused by humans is a sin. And no scientist would say so, unless he ios paid...

H/T to Moonbattery. Looks like not everyone is buying into Algore's tripe about the end of the world. Looks like some scientists believe that CO2 is actually good for plantlife. Which in turn actually helps people out because we need...

Eating Disorders include Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binging Disorder. Unfortunately, most often, eating disorders, even with rigorous studies, have been studied as if they are related disorders. While there appears to be some relationship, between them, there are important differences. Anorexia is one of the most deadly forms of mental illness. The mortality rate is about 10%. Stice (2002) Eating disorders are one of the most common psychiatric problems faced by women and girls and are characterized by chronicity and relapse. Anorexia nervosa involves emaciation, fear of becoming fat, disturbed perception of body shape, undue influence of shape on self-evaluation, denial of the seriousness of low body weight, and amenorrhea. Bulimia nervosa is marked by uncontrollable binge eating, compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain (e.g., vomiting), and undue influence of shape on self-evaluation. Binge eating disorder entails uncontrollable binge eating in the absence of compensatory beha

The Telegraph, a British paper, was brave enough to publish several major articles by Christopher Monckton, critical of the so-called "consensus" that scientists apparently have over the climate change issue. One thing Mr. Monckton notes is that the UN has conveniently forgotten about a period of time known as the "Medieval Warm Period".The UN, echoed by Stern, says the graph isn't important. It is. Scores of scientific papers show that the medieval warm period was real, global and up to 3C warmer than now. Then, there were no glaciers in the tropical Andes: today they're there. There were Viking farms in Greenland: now they're under permafrost. There was little ice at the North Pole: a Chinese naval squadron sailed right round the Arctic in 1421 and found none.Get a load of these widely different graphs: Indeed. I'm not a strong advocate for this, but people should always keep an open mind. Debates in science are never "closed", and whenever you hear of a so-called "consensus", tr

With uncertainty continuing on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has expressed hope that at some point there will be a political consensus on the issue."We are trying to arrive at a broad political consensus and that is what we have done," Nath said during ...