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Since when do they need a urinalysis to confirm the bracelet's alarms? It's obvious that she doesn't have any sort of a support system on the outside (to help her stay clean). Time to separate her from all of that.

Lorne Gunter: Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof Posted: October 20, 2008, 10:26 AM by Kelly McParland Lorne Gunter In early September, I began noticing a string of news stories about scientists rejecting the orthodoxy on global warming. Actually, it was more like a string of guest columns and long letters to the editor since it is hard for skeptical scientists to get published in the cabal of climate journals now controlled by the Great Sanhedrin of the environmental movement. Still, the number of climate change skeptics is growing rapidly. Because a funny thing is happening to global temperatures -- they're going down, not up. On the same day (Sept. 5) that areas of southern Brazil were recording one of their latest winter snowfalls ever and entering what turned out to be their coldest September in a century, Brazilian meteorologist Eugenio Hackbart explained that extreme cold or snowfall events in his country have always been tied to "a negative PDO" or Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Positive PDOs -- El Ninos -- produce above-average temperatures in South America while negative ones -- La Ninas -- produce below average ones. Dr. Hackbart also pointed out that periods of solar inactivity known as "solar minimums" magnify cold spells on his continent. So, given that August was the first month since 1913 in which no sunspot activity was recorded -- none -- and during which solar winds were at a 50-year low, he was not surprised that Brazilians were suffering (for them) a brutal cold snap. "This is no coincidence," he said as he scoffed at the notion that manmade carbon emissions had more impact than the sun and oceans on global climate. Also in September, American Craig Loehle, a scientist who conducts computer modelling on global climate change, confirmed his earlier findings that the so-called Medieval Warm Period (MWP) of about 1,000 years ago did in fact exist and was even warmer than 20th-century temperatures. Prior to the past decade of climate hysteria and Kyoto hype, the MWP was a given in the scientific community. Several hundred studies of tree rings, lake and ocean floor sediment, ice cores and early written records of weather -- even harvest totals and censuses --confirmed that the period from 800 AD to 1300 AD was unusually warm, particularly in Northern Europe. But in order to prove the climate scaremongers' claim that 20th-century warming had been dangerous and unprecedented -- a result of human, not natural factors -- the MWP had to be made to disappear. So studies such as Michael Mann's "hockey stick," in which there is no MWP and global temperatures rise gradually until they jump up in the industrial age, have been adopted by the UN as proof that recent climate change necessitates a reordering of human economies and societies. Dr. Loehle's work helps end this deception. Don Easterbrook, a geologist at Western Washington University, says, "It's practically a slam dunk that we are in for about 30 years of global cooling," as the sun enters a particularly inactive phase. His examination of warming and cooling trends over the past four centuries shows an "almost exact correlation" between climate fluctuations and solar energy received on Earth, while showing almost "no correlation at all with CO2." An analytical chemist who works in spectroscopy and atmospheric sensing, Michael J. Myers of Hilton Head, S. C., declared, "Man-made global warming is junk science," explaining that worldwide manmade CO2 emission each year "equals about 0.0168% of the atmosphere's CO2 concentration ... This results in a 0.00064% increase in the absorption of the sun's radiation. This is an insignificantly small number." Other international scientists have called the manmade warming theory a "hoax," a "fraud" and simply "not credible." While not stooping to such name-calling, weather-satellite scientists David Douglass of the University of Rochester and John Christy of the University of Alabama at Huntsville nonetheless dealt the True Believers a devastating blow last month. For nearly 30 years, Professor Christy has been in charge of NASA's eight weather satellites that take more than 300,000 temperature readings daily around the globe. In a paper co-written with Dr. Douglass, he concludes that while manmade emissions may be having a slight impact, "variations in global temperatures since 1978 ... cannot be attributed to carbon dioxide." Moreover, while the chart below was not produced by Douglass and Christy, it was produced using their data and it clearly shows that in the past four years -- the period corresponding to reduced solar activity -- all of the rise in global temperatures since 1979 has disappeared. (Chart is found HERE.) It may be that more global warming doubters are surfacing because there just isn't any global warming. lgunter@shaw.ca National Post

And when one of them achieved so much on a lie. The evidence is clear and I doubt that Tipper hasn't read about it. HE is obviously totally in denial and out of control. I wouldn't stay with that either. He must be going CRAZY trying to maintain his (false) image. At least she won't be a broke divorcee!

I agree about Len. Totally uncool. I have to say I agree with the result. Nicole really did an amazing job. Having people who have danced before (albeit another form of dance) does make it cooler to watch IMO. They have to step up as well. But Erin - with only her cheerleading behind her - was awesome. She would have won if there were no other dancers in the mix. I think Derek is amazingly talented. His routines are incredible. I don't know about objecting to Derek and Mark celebrating. It is about them as well. The show did backgrounds on the professionals this year, to humanize them. I think the professionals are part of the show's family. So yeah, I think it is okay if he celebrates. Imagine how hard it must be to train someone to do what you do, while they're also doing other things in their professional lives. Kelly Monaco (in the audience) looked so bored. I don't think she wanted to be there!

Here's the lineup: Evan Lysacek, 24, Olympic gold medalist, pairs with Anna Trebunskaya. Erin Andrews, 31, ESPN reporter, teams up with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Nicole Scherzinger, 31, singer/songwriter, pairs with Derek Hough. Aiden Turner, 32, soap star, partners with Edyta Sliwinska. Chad Ochocinco, 32, NFL star, pairs with Cheryl Burke. Jake Pavelka, 32, 'The Bachelor', dances with Chelsie Hightower. Kate Gosselin, 35, reality TV personality, pairs with Tony Dovolani. Shannen Doherty, 37, actress, teams with Mark Ballas. Niecy Nash, 40, actress, pairs with Louis Van Amstel. Pamela Anderson, 42, actress/model, couples with Damian Whitewood. Buzz Aldrin, 80, astronaut, pairs with Ashley Costa (formerly DelGrosso).

Well - while I still have some unanswered questions (like where did they take the children and what happened to them?).... I liked the finale. I really liked when each person connected and saw everything as if for the first time.

Don't forget - they can change the rules to suit themselves. They change history, they change the rules. They are kings.

Exactly! Carrie Ann said it best about Chad. She said in the beginning they had high hopes for him, but he didn't deliver as they had hoped. She said he was finally getting it. The competition this year is stiff! I think Nicole should win but it's going to be a toss-up between her and Evan. IMO.

Cool solution for cleaning up the oil spill.

Monks brawl at Christian holy site in Jerusalem Nov 9 01:06 PM US/Eastern By MATTI FRIEDMAN Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb. The clash between Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks broke out in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' crucifixion, burial and resurrection. The brawling began during a procession of Armenian clergymen commemorating the 4th-century discovery of the cross believed to have been used to crucify Jesus. The Greeks objected to the march without one of their monks present, fearing that otherwise, the procession would subvert their own claim to the Edicule—the ancient structure built on what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus—and give the Armenians a claim to the site. The Armenians refused, and when they tried to march the Greek Orthodox monks blocked their way, sparking the brawl. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said police were forced to intervene after fighting was reported. They arrested two monks, one from each side, he said. A bearded Armenian monk in a red-and-pink robe and a black-clad Greek Orthodox monk with a bloody gash on his forehead were both taken away in handcuffs after scuffling with dozens of riot police. Six Christian sects divide control of the ancient church. They regularly fight over turf and influence, and Israeli police are occasionally forced to intervene. "We were keeping resistance so that the procession could not pass through ... and establish a right that they don't have," said a young Greek Orthodox monk with a cut next to his left eye. The monk, who gave his name as Serafim, said he sustained the wound when an Armenian punched him from behind and broke his glasses. Father Pakrat of the Armenian Patriarchate said the Greek demand was "against the status quo arrangement and against the internal arrangement of the Holy Sepulcher." He said the Greeks attacked first. Archbishop Aristarchos, the chief secretary of the Greek Orthodox patriarchate, denied his monks initiated the violence. After the brawl, the church was crowded with Israeli riot police holding assault rifles, standing beside Golgotha, where Jesus is believed to have been crucified, and the long smooth stone marking the place where tradition holds his body was laid out. The feud is only one of a bewildering array of rivalries among churchmen in the Holy Sepulcher. The Israeli government has long wanted to build a fire exit in the church, which regularly fills with thousands of pilgrims and has only one main door, but the sects cannot agree where the exit will be built. A ladder placed on a ledge over the entrance sometime in the 19th century has remained there ever since because of a dispute over who has the authority to take it down. More recently, a spat between Ethiopian and Coptic Christians is delaying badly needed renovations to a rooftop monastery that engineers say could collapse. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

At 47???

I guess it's going to be up to the fans whether Chad or Erin goes home this week.

I'm surprised. I guess Chad has more fans than Niecy. Next week the judges will make sure that Chad's scores do the trick for him. I think this has been a good season so far.

I think the judges want Chad to go next.

Peeked at the story in the checkout line. From scanning it, it appears that the "scandal" is that people are saying the kids look like they could have Downs Syndrome, not that they do. Talks about the parents being upset that anyone would think that. Much ado about nothing...

What a fun link. I love looking at pretty things! The dresses on Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lopez and Emma Watson - they are just too low cut. What I mean by that is they're look like they about to fall out of them unless the girls slouch over slightly. At least Emma Watson had a fail-safe with one shoulder intact. I thought Taylor Swift looked very sweet. I love Chloe Sevigny. She has a smoking hot bod but she dresses so strangly I can't fathom what got her there. However, she is consistent to her own style and that's what I like about her.

I think she had her nose refined a long time ago, but I don't see anything else. I think she just takes care of herself. She probably does something like IPL to keep wrinkles and fine lines away.

Hey..we agree It can happen And look who went home!

Hard to tell who will go home tonight. It may come down to fan votes. I think Pamela should be the next to go, but we'll see...

Al Gore's growing carbon footprint.

Wow, she's goooood. All of that publicity and nobody has spotted an infant? I wonder who took care of him when she fled to Texas just after the cheating scandal broke. She has been under a microscope since before the Oscars and no sign of an infant. Ever. I wonder who is taking care of this baby?? ETA: People Magazine has a picture!

ETA: taking it out of the covers... YAY! Happy Dance!

I think the judges know how the voting stands (historically) and take that into account with their scoring. We knew they wanted Kate gone and she was. They want Chad to stick around and they know that Evan's fans will save him. I'd like to see Jake gone tonight.

From Twitter this morning: (billybush) Rumor going around Bret Michaels has passed. According to his rep, its NOT true. Don't believe it. Web a scary place, stay w/ us #ahcom

So who is next? Maybe Jake's 15 minutes are finally up? And if so... let's start a pool about when he and Vienna will split up. Of course, they'll blame the DWTS show and his need to concentrate on dancing. Vienna doesn't seem to be getting the press I thought she had done this for. Or maybe they'll stay together until after the new Bachelorette show is finished airing? That way, they will almost surely be brought back into the limelight a few times.