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Re: “Duke professor Orrin Pilkey takes on the deniers in Global Climate Change: A Primer”
You say that you have seen explanations for every Denier question.
I asked several simple questions of the NC CRC Science Panel Feb 2011,
1) Comparison of 1850, 1900, 1950 Surveys with today doesn't seem to show inundation of NC tidelands. Why?
2) Has there been any analysis of US Coast Survey Tide Gage data and bench marks from 1850's with current. If so, where is it? if not, why?
3) NOAA hired Menne to refute Watts paper on UHI - NOAA temp Data. He didn't. Why? Menne didn't present Photo examples of paired Temp Gages where ( he said) the properly located gages were hotter than gages with artificial heat sources. Why? How can the NOAA Computer adjusted temps. be correct if the computer raises the UHI Temps.. (according to NOAA's own graph)?
So far we have had no response.
Could you get us the answers?
Thanks .
Bill Price Pine Knoll Shores
Re: “Live: Confessor stuns in Raleigh”
Rock on Cary!
Re: “May 9 crossword puzzle”
Sorry about that! Here it is: http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/may-16-cr…
Re: “How beauty pageants view transwomen”
wow interesting reading...I was particularly moved by the section discussing the "scalpeling away of our gender" by people.......Hahaha I really sensed the author views this as a painful moment. Quite the contrary...It is indeed fascination they are experiencing.......But why let it bother you?...Don't we all do as rationalizing beings do this to absolutly everything!!!! that we perceive and have never seen before? Yes we do... When I feel the "Eye" is upon me, or a conversation of my "gender" is imminent. I do what any woman would do.........I smile........(And freaking laugh inside) and I wave and say.....Hi...You would be surprise how much that "unorthodox" action will "disarm "the perceivible threat and give you the confidence to be the woman that you want to be.........Lets face it.....We as human beings seek the truth....we question EVERYTHING!!!!!........even if all this is even real or not!!! (Life).............We all know the innate truth when we see or meet someone.....It's just we don't know how to deal with it and "process" it into something we can "understand".........Be proud of who you are!!!! don't shy away.Don't look at it as a attack!!!! Displace their fears and misunderstanding with simple honesty....and love.....BE CONFIDENT AND POSITIVE!!!!....Once they scalpel away the phyical asspect of "who" you are.... Only then can they really truely get to know "who" you really are deep down inside your heart and soul"......And can I tell you also....It makes me strut a little harder knowing I am under such scurtiniy....HA!!! Sash shay... shonta....thank you......Melissa
Re: “Charlotte Knights down Durham Bulls: Commitment”
In light of Bentley's insistence that baseball only "matters" in the major leagues, it's interesting that you also mention the UEFA Champions League soccer final between Chelsea and Bayern Munich. As you know, in much of professional soccer there is not a bright line that divides "major league" from "minor league." This is even true in the United States where the top division calls itself "Major League Soccer," but whose workaday players don't necessarily make all that much more than top second-division players.
Here and elsewhere, soccer contains a continuous spectrum of quality, and the player compensation reflects that: Wages in the second division are a little lower than the first, third division wages are a little lower than second division, and so on. Obviously, there is a very rich layer of cream at the very top, at clubs such as Bayern Munich and Chelsea, where superstars are paid astronomical salaries far above the median. Otherwise, perhaps there's something to this claim that soccer is a socialist sport.
Best wishes for your journeys with Heather.
Re: “Drone warfare: politically expedient and disturbingly inaccurate”
I served as an Army Ranger and agree with Mr. Weiler. For the evolution of it becoming too easy to use military force read Rachel Maddow's book Drift. America should be better than this.
Re: “Charlotte Knights down Durham Bulls: Commitment”
Adam, as always a great recap. Another extension of your "Mayo Acosta is Marquis Fleming..." thought - my wife and I noticed that Mayo is using Ray Olmedo's old at-bat song ("Pa-Panamericano") - we kept a close eye on Charlotte's dugout last night to see what Ray's reaction would be and noticed that at Acosta's first at-bat, Olmedo stood in mock outrage holding his arms out as if to say "How could you give MY at-bat song to someone else?" The Mudcats are worse (or used to be worse...I haven't attended a Mudcats game yet this season) in that they used to just recycle the same handful of songs from year to year. Mayo Acosta is Ray Olmedo is....
On a philosophical note (and having also read Hayhurst's latest work...can't wait to read his take about his tenure with the Bulls), I do have to wonder how much what Bentley says actually rings true for most major leaguers. While their stats now "matter" in the sense that they're playing on the biggest stage, does being a bit player on that stage really matter? Or does what Milton said in "Paradise Lost" apply - better to reign in hell (AAA) than serve in heaven (MLB)?
My daily caffeine fix hasn't quite kicked in yet, so please forgive the unformed thought without good examples o underline what I'm talking about, but the question is, that luxury hotels and better pre-game spreads aside, does being the fifth starter in an MLB rotation really matter any more than being the staff ace on a AAA rotation? I consider myself a Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays fan (the latter through having seen much of the roster play for the Bulls), but for the life of me I can't name the fifth-starter in the Pirates rotation. Isn't that much the same anonymity that anyone but the most elite prospects and players suffer through? Take the '04 BoSox, for instance. They did something no other team in baseball history did (come back from being down 3 games to win the ALCS) and became the first Red Sox team in nearly 90 years to win a Series - surely they played on the biggest stage of them all. But what of their roster? I can name Damon, Schilling, Martinez, Wakefield, Ramirez, Ortiz, Varitek, but what about guys like Mark Bellhorn who found himself in AA a few years later? Does Bellhorn's time really matter? He has a World Series ring, but who remembers him along with Pokey Reese, Gabe Kapler, and Trot Nixon?
At any rate, congratulations and well wishes on the impending nuptials. I hope you return to the pages of the Indy but if no best wishes in life. At the risk of sounding like a fanboy, I've always enjoyed your writing, particularly comparisons from outside the field of support. In an arena where ex-athletes are constantly offering up the same trite phrases or attempting to extend their careers vicariously through the condemnation/approbation of athletes half their age, the use of non-sport metaphors to describe sport appeals to me greatly. All the best to you and the soon-to-be Mrs, Adam!
Re: “Hideki Matsui and Durham Bulls beat Daisuke Matsuzaka and Pawtucket Red Sox: Monster Matchup”
It was a fun game to watch last night because the best moments came from nowhere- Lin's corker of a throw from center, Figueroa's triple as he ran right through the stop sign from the 3b coach and his weird getting thrown out on the overthrow- both just occurred when the best action seemed to be over.
It was my 1st Bulls game this year. Wrigley & Figueroa seem bright spots to return for (although Figueroa is brutal at 2nd & doesn't seem to follow directions well). Sadly, Brignac seems lost & Anderson seems stalled.
Re: “Yes, we're queer: LGBTQ youth speak out”
Metropolitan Community Church is where I found out that you can be gay and Christian. Try it! It's a GREAT place.
Re: “Public policy and indifference punish the very poor”
Great article.... This topic (and the people you've described) should give all of us a lot to think about, particularly with the upcoming elections. Thanks for this fine piece of journalism.
Re: “Metal aficionados regard Raleigh's Confessor as one of the most important heavy bands ever; maybe now you can hear of them”
Confessor is so rad.
Re: “May 9 crossword puzzle”
Where is the May 17th puzzle?
Re: “New report highlights sexual abuse targeting farmworkers, including in North Carolina”
The track record the US has around rape is simply deplorable. Women and girls in general suffer further when reporting rapes and abysmally few rapists are jailed even when convicted. It is a method of keeping people in despair and trusting no one. Rape is part of entertainment, music, movies and male bonding to such a degree that it ensures a sick society. Then add in the horrid mistreatment overall of the migrant workers and it is a living hellish nightmare. Nowhere to turn. Slavery has never been abolished only morphed into another slightly paid form. The shameful training of US military that also promotes rape furthers this sickness that continues once many damaged soldiers return to civilian life. The infrastructure of dominance, greed and abuse is solidly in place. No wonder so many youth are hopeless. What kind of pathetic excuse for a society is this? For shame.
Re: “Come out to show them”
Welcome to Ocracoke! Just thought you might like to know -- Ocracoke residents voted AGAINST Amendment One by a margin of 2 to 1.
Re: “How beauty pageants view transwomen”
What irony. Where else would you find a group that works so tirelessly at being "natural"? Strip away the powder and paint, the coaching and the dieting and pilates and facials and the designer clothes and who knows what else and then (if you really MUST evaluate) base your evaluation on something substantive. Turning women into cardboard cutouts For Display Purposes Only ill serves both them and the rest of us. Because "I personally believe" that most of these contestants would have something meaningful to contribute to the global conversation if given the opportunity.
What's "natural" about any of this?
Re: “Come out to show them”
There are lots of things Amendment 1 didn't do. It didn't create jobs, educate our children, improve the standard of living for our working families, balance our budget or do any of the other things our state legislators promised to make a priority. It also didn't protect marriage from one single damned thing. And it will never accomplish any of this. Ever.
But I'm glad it also didn't make you go away.
Re: “Queen of Sheba Restaurant”
We really enjoyed our first foray into Ethiopian dining, and of course had to do it right and go with the basket instead of a table! We did the family-style meat platter (3 meat dishes, 2 veggie sides, plus bread) and the food was very good. Service was excellent, and our server was very knowledgeable! Will definitely do it again!
Re: “In Raleigh, Schoolkids and Sadlack's survive—for now”
I lived on Maiden Lane, had to walk past Sadlacks to every class I ever attended at NC State.
Again, "emminent domain" has been perverted to line the pockets of private developers.
And given the conditions that the students in that neighborhood live in - Maiden lane in the 1920's was the "high rent district" - the Theta Chi House was then the Mayor's residence, named "maiden" after his daughters - but in the 1980's it was the student Ghetto the rats had nicknames. I'm wondering how many of those properties are still owned by the same slumlord John Schrader who made his living from milking students who could afford no more than hot and cold running roaches.
But Sadlacks, that's the problem. Yeah right.
Why?
Well, you can see Sadlacks from Hillsborough Street, you know when the board of Trustees and the crowd with all the endowments is paraded around to convince them to give money to the University.
Raw capitalism is good for some things, but it does have limits.
Why must it have limits?
Because left completely alone, it starts to eat itself.
I'm happy to hear the optimism in the owner; I started school in 1985, the year after she took ownership. I salute her for being able to maintain that corner for thirty years as it is.
As for another eight-story building -
The Belltower was once the tallest structure on campus. It was still a guiding landmark all these years, "We're across the street from the belltower"
These dumb fools will keep this up until you can't even see the belltower from anywhere but behind the windows of their monuments to greed.
Re: “The rise and fall of the Easy-Bake Oven”
Shout out to all my former Toughskins-wearing friends! And those that had a Spiro-graph.