Sport | Should Kevin Pietersen have been sacked?
Should Kevin Pietersen have been sacked by England on the basis of the recent tour of Australia alone? No. It's difficult to make a case for any England player making a good account for themselves Down Under this winter, and Pietersen did put in some more than respectable batting performances, particularly at Melbourne where he hit 71 and 49.
To make Pietersen a scapegoat for the recent failures of the national side is absurd. But let's be honest, Pietersen should have been sacked a long time ago. The texting scandal of 2012 was swept under the rug by the ECB once Andrew Strauss retired. However, teammates, fans and the media will always be quick to remember the scandal that rocked the national side during the series against South Africa.
When Graeme Swann retired and proclaimed some of his teammates to be "up their own backsides", everyone believed he was taking more than a slight swipe at Pietersen, and no matter how much Swann denies this sentiment it is still accepted by the press and the supporters that KP was a target in the Twitter rant.
Even if the scandal was put aside once Strauss stepped down, it is no surprise that Pietersen's national teammates would still be slightly wary of his temperament, attitude and loyalty.
When Roy Keane publically slated the lack of leadership at Manchester United on MUTV in 2005, Sir Alex Ferguson decided he had gone too far and got rid of him. United didn't exactly fare too badly following his exit either, winning the League Cup the next season and another Premier League title the season afterwards. Sometimes controversial decisions have to be made for the good of the team.
English cricket is now going through a period of transition. The current generation has had massive amounts of success, Andy Flower has worked wonders in getting the side to the top of the world and Pietersen has played a major role in this. But this has reached its natural end, Flower has stepped down and Pietersen has become the first big name to get the chop.
Other players could be set to follow if their performances don't improve, but it's no surprise that KP has been the first to go. With youngsters like Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Scott Borthwick emerging in the national side, English cricket would not benefit from a potentially disruptive influence.
My first reservation regarding the dismissal of Kevin Pietersen is the timing. Why now? If those in the upper echelons of the ECB hoped to dispose of England's talisman why was his career allowed to continue after the South African texting scandal of 2012? Since that controversy England appear to have adopted a halfway house and now strayed from it.
Should such a supposedly disruptive influence have been permitted to remain within the set up for consecutive Ashes series in 2013 if the morale within the squad was irretrievable and the relationship between KP and Captain Cook irreparable? The ECB's reversal to the opposite extreme and their truncated and delayed explanation for their decision demonstrates a lack of capability at the ECB.
Furthermore, this seems like the most irresponsible hour to grant Pietersen his marching orders. A team already emaciated by the unexpected loss of Jonathan Trott and Graeme Swann faces losing its most gifted starlet. England have now opened another vacancy in an increasingly inexperienced English middle order. Meanwhile England have their calendar to consider. This disruptive saga comes weeks before the T20 World Cup and a five test series during the summer against India. If England underperform in 2014, critics may start pointing fingers at the ECB for expelling such an experienced batsman.
Whilst I appreciate the public don't discover the events behind closed doors and these clearly have huge permutations, the simple fact remains that England have jettisoned one of, if not their best batsman. Pietersen averages over 47 in tests and has more centuries over all formats than any other Englishmen. Strategically dropping such an attacking batsman, who can accumulate vast numbers of runs quickly, equates to cricketing suicide.
These are not my only doubts over the sacking of this charismatic, enigmatic and contentious character. Pietersen's sacking has occurred without a team director at the helm, (since the end of Andy Flower's tenure), surely diminishing the importance of the job and leaving a minefield and unanswered questions and problems on the desk of the Zimbabwean's successor to the role.
One must feel for the English fans, his flamingo shot and switch hit will disappear from the international summer. KP, a born entertainer cannot thrill his admirers on the biggest stage. England's loss is India's gain, where Pietersen will return to the Delhi Daredevils franchise after being bought for £880,000 in the IPL auction on Wednesday.


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Dangerous weed killer that could cause cancer banned from council play parks in Somerset
Councillors are worried about the impact of glyphosate on young children
Stephen SumnerLocal Democracy Reporter
Use of glyphosate has been stopped in North Somerset until a report on its risks is compiled (Image: Getty)
A potentially dangerous weed killer has been temporarily banned from some play parks in Somerset amid fears it could cause cancer.
Glyphosate has been described as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organisation.
However, studies differ on whether the chemical, which is used in many commercial weed killers around the world, is actually dangerous.
Staff at North Somerset Council have been using glyphosate to kill weeds on authority land, but after the potential health risks came to light, councillors last night voted to stop using it until a full report on its risks could be compiled.
Bath resident shames dog owners who leave poo in the street with 'irresponsible dog owner' signs
Councillor Donald Davies said at the full council meeting: "I had an enquiry from a resident who said she was concerned about what was being sprayed.
"It seems to be some quite unpleasant stuff.
"There are suggestions it could be a carcinogen. There are several countries in Europe that are thinking of banning it because of the impact on health.
"I'm particularly worried about the impact on young children."
Here are the three options for a clean air zone in Bath as the council asks for residents' views
Fellow independent councillor John Ley-Morgan said: "I've lost two hives and 60,000 bees in the past 18 months.
"The general suspicion is that this type of spray is quite possibly responsible for that.
"I'm sure councillors don't need to be told how important bees are to our way of life. This is nasty stuff and I'd like to see it banned."
Conservative council leader Nigel Ashton supported a temporary ban on using glyphosate in council play areas, saying there was "clearly some risk", though the evidence appeared to be "contradictory".
Council officers will stop using the chemical in authority-owned children's play areas while a full report on its potential dangers is compiled. If it is found to be safe it is likely to be used again.
But some did not think the move went far enough, with councillor David Shopland saying: "If this stuff is dangerous then this ban should be applied to everywhere."
Parish councils and other bodies in the area that use the chemical will be contacted about its dangers.

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Alan Pardew admitted Crystal Palace need some breathing space as their winless run continued with a 1-0 defeat to Leicester on Saturday. Stitched Golden Knights Jerseys . Riyad Mahrezs 34th-minute goal condemned Palace to their sixth success home Premier League loss.Although they are still eight points above the relegation zone, they have not won in the league since December 19 and face three of the top six in their next four matches, before their FA Cup semi-final with Watford. Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City celebrates winner We need to get a couple of wins and get them before the semi-final to give ourselves some breathing space, Pardew told Sky Sports. We have some difficult games but this is a team that can win at any time, we have proved that in the first half of the season and in the cup.But in the second half of the season we havent had that win that would have taken some pressure off. We handled it well today but it just wouldnt come for us.The closest Palace came to equalising was in second-half injury-time when Damien Delaney volleyed against the bar. Scott Dann admits Crystal Palace need to end their winless run as soon as possible We are on a tricky run and things are not falling for us, said Pardew. We tried to force it today and make sure our performance was at a level where we could overcome the fortune of the game. We almost achieved that, but not quite. Leicester definitely shaded the first half and looked the team that would go on to win, but we played very well in the second half and caused them some problems, which is difficult to do as they are a very organised team.While it was another disappointing result for Palace, Leicester are now eight points clear at the top of the table with seven games left to play. Phil Thompson gives his reaction to the result on Soccer Saturday They would be worthy champions in terms of their performance today, said Pardew. It was a difficult game for us and I thought we played reasonably well, particularly in the second half, but they came away with the win, and thats the sign of a good team.They have such speed and they are effortless going forward at times. They found a way, what won them the game was their defensive discipline. The midfield two did not give us any stake or anything to cling to so we could break. It had to be outstanding play from us to create a chance. Also See: C Palace 0-1 Leicester As it happened Palace fixtures Get a free £10 bet Wholesale Golden Knights Jerseys . On Sunday, hell attempt to become the youngest driver to win a NASCAR Nationwide race on Iowas short track. The 20-year-old Blaney wont be the only kid pushing a podium finish. Custom Vegas Golden Knights Jerseys . -- Dane Fox scored his 61st and 62nd goals of the season and Brendan Gaunce had a goal and three assists as the Erie Otters downed the Kitchener Rangers 7-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action.PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- The PGA Tour rescinded the two-shot penalty given to Justin Rose before his final round Sunday in The Players Championship, changing its mind to say sophisticated TV technology was the only way to determine the violation. Rose was given a reprieve by an addition in January to the "Decisions on the Rules of Golf" that waives a penalty if the slightest movement of a golf ball can only be detected by enhanced technology. It was the first time Decision 18/4 was used. "I didnt know that this new recall was in place," Rose said after closing with a 3-under 69. Rose was penalized after the third round when he addressed a chip shot off the 18th green, and suddenly backed away. Rose said he didnt think the ball had moved from its original position, even after consulting with playing partner Sergio Garcia and seeing a replay on the video board. Only after his round, when he met with officials and watched a third television angle zoom in on the ball, was it clear that it moved ever so slightly. He was penalized under Rule 18-2b -- one shot for the ball moving at address, another for returning it to its original position. His 71 was changed to a 73, and he went left the course seven shots out of the lead. About an hour before he teed off Sunday, he was back to where he was. Because it was too late to adjust the tee times, Rose started his final round more than an hour before the other players on the same score of 7-under 209. Rose was within two shots of the leaders at the turn until three straight bogeys. Rose closed with back-to-back birdies and finished at 10-under 278. "We feel like we did the right thing here," said Mark Russell, vice-president of competition for the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour said in a statement the incident had been reviewed because Decision 18/4 had never been used. "The Rules Committee reopened the incident and focused on how much the use of sophisticated technology played a part in making the original ruling," the statement said. "After that review, it was determined that the only way to confirm whether and how much the ball in fact changed position was to utilize sophisticated technology." Russell said the tour consulted Grant Moir from the Royal & Ancient and Thomas Pagel of the USGA before deciding to apply the new decision. Decision 18/4 waives the penalty if a ball movement is noot "reasonably discernible to the naked eye at the time" and required enhanced technology, such as HDTV. Cheap Golden Knights Jerseys. The example often cited by rules officials is when Peter Hanson had a double-hit that could not be detected except through HD in super slow-motion. One reason cited for penalizing him in the first place was the way Rose backed away from the shot, aware that there might have been movement. Rose maintained he did not think the ball moved until seeing the close-up view that he said was magnified so much "the golf ball looked like a Lego ball." "I was willing to accept the way things played out last night, and under 50 times magnification, you could argue that there was a tiny bit of a roll toward the toe (of the club)," Rose said. "Im talking a hair or a millimeter or a quarter dimple or whatever it might be." Russell did not made clear what triggered their decision to review a ruling that had already been made. He described sophisticated technology as "HD zoomed in." "It was such a slight move that it was not discernible by the naked eye," Russell said. "He didnt know. He knew something happened when he grounded his club and felt like he pressed the grass down. And it came right back. Everything went down and then the grass went down and the ball came back up. He knew something happened, he backed away from that, but it took something really zoomed in that was not seen on regular television to determine if the ball did indeed move. And it did." Rose said it was "interesting" that Decision 18/4 was not mentioned Saturday night as he met with officials. He said he only learned about it through comments he was getting on Twitter, and when he saw the decision, it sounded exactly like what had happened to him. "We have never had this tool before that we could apply," Russell said. "We asked for this and we feel like that this is the first time this has ever been used and we feel like this is exactly why this decision is in there. ... I think he deserved exactly what he received under the rules." Rose said he wasnt going to argue with the officials Saturday night that he would happily go along with whatever they decided. "Im certainly surprised its overturned," he said. "Very rarely is that ever the case. Never, ever the case. Im not sure." ' ' '
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The Winnipeg Jets begin a two game California road trip against the Anaheim Ducks tonight. Air Jordan 24 Sale . Following Saturdays 3-2 overtime win against Edmonton, Winnipeg has won three straight games since the arrival of Head Coach Paul Maurice.? A win tonight would tie the Jets season high of four straight wins set in mid-November against Nashville, San Jose, Detroit and Philadelphia. The (22-23-5) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 49 points. They trail Vancouver and Minnesota by 10 points for a Western Conference Wild Card playoff spot. Ondrej Pavelec (14-19-4, 3.02, .899, 1 SO) will start his sixth straight game in goal. Evander Kane returns to action after missing the last four games due to an infection in his hand. Jets Projected Lines: Ladd-Little-Frolik Kane-Scheifele-Wheeler Setoguchi-Jokinen-Byfuglien Thorburn-ODell-Peluso Enstrom-Bogosian Trouba-Stuart Pardy-Ellerby Jacob Trouba has scored three goals in his last two games. Mark Scheifele has scored in back to back games. Bryan Little is on a four game point streak which includes two goals and four assists. Blake Wheeler has? one goal and four assists in his last three games. Anaheim is coming off a 3-2 win in St. Louis Saturday.? They have won nine of their last 10 games. The Ducks are on a 10-game winning streak at the Honda Center and have yet to lose in regulation time on home ice this season.? Their record is 20-0-2. The (37-9-5) Ducks are first in the Pacific Division with 79 points. They lead second place San Jose by nine points. Jonas Hiller (23-5-4, 2.37, .914, 3 SO) will start in goal.? His 14 game personal winning streak ended Saturday in St. Louis. Ducks Projected Lines: Beleskey-Getzlaf-Perry Palmieri-Bonino-Silfverberg Winnik-Koivu-Cogliano Maroon-Perrault-Selanne Beauchemin-Lindholm Fowler-Lovejoy Fistric-Allen Ryan Getzlaf has scored in back-to-back games and also has three assists in his last three games. Corey Perry has two goals and four assists in his last three games. This is the second of three games between these teams this season.? Andrew Ladd had both Jet goals October 6th at MTS Centre as Winnipeg lost 3-2 to Anaheim. Following tonights game, the Jets fly to San Jose and play the Sharks Thursday night (9:30ct on TSN 1290 and TSN Jets). Air Jordan 14 Sale . "We cannot stay the same way the whole season long," said Reyes. "This is not acceptable. Something needs to change because were a better team than what were showing right now. Its a long season and we just need to continue to push." Its been a frustrating week for the ballclub. Nike Juvenate Sale . He made that dream a reality Wednesday night. Olt, who grew up in Branford, Connecticut, attended UConn and made a nearly 2 1-2 hour trek to Boston a handful of times to watch the Red Sox, belted a two-run homer, one of four hit by Cubs in a 16-9 rout that completed a three-game interleague series sweep.LONDON - James Rodriguez held off Cristiano Ronaldo to take the top spot in the Associated Press global football 10 poll on Tuesday.Rodriguez scored twice in Real Madrids 4-0 win over Granada, a result that kept Madrid at the top of the team vote.For the second straight week, Ronaldo is the runner-up to one of his Madrid teammates, despite scoring his 22nd goal of the season. Last weeks winner, Karim Benzema, also scored in Madrids victory but dropped to fifth.Aurelio Capaldi of RAI Sport in Italy praised Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti for getting the best out of Rodriguez so quickly.Ancelotti is probably living the best time of his coaching career: 11 wins in a row is an amazing result and the way hes making things work after Real Madrid sold Angel Di Maria and Xabi Alonso is impressive, Capaldi said. This also explains why Rodriguez, who is scoring fabulous goals, already fits well in the team.Bayern Munichs 2-1 comeback win over Borussia Dortmund, which extended its unbeaten start to the season in all competitions and pushed Dortmund into the relegation zone, put it second in the team vote.Arjen Robben scored the winner for Munich from the penalty spot in the 85th minute and is 10th in the player rankings.Manchester City is third in the team vote after a 1-0 win over Manchester United, where Argentina striker Sergio Aguero scored a second-half winner.Aguero was third in the player vote, and Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal was a place behind after scoring twice in Arsenals 3-0 win over Burnley. Air Jordan 7 Sale . It was the second straight league game in which Sanchez scored twice for Arsenal.Sanchez to Arsenal will be one of the best signings of the European season, Leonardo Bertozzi of ESPN Brazil said. No other player has scored seven goals in the first nine games of the Premier League under the command of Arsene Wenger.One of the surprise results of the weekend was in the Spanish league, where Celta Vigo beat Barcelona 1-0 at the Camp Nou.Celta Vigo is the story, Tito Puccetti of ESPN Argentina said. It won again against Barcelona, something it has not managed to do since the 1941-42 season.Chelsea beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 at Stamford Bridge to maintain its four-point lead at the top of the Premier League and is fifth this week. Spanish champion Atletico Madrid is one behind after beating Cordoba 4-2.Antoine Griezmann scored Atleticos first two goals and is sixth in the player vote.___AP Global Football 10:Players1. James Rodriguez, 105.2. Cristiano Ronaldo, 94.3. Sergio Aguero, 70.4. Alexis Sanchez, 62.5. Karim Benzema, 60.6. Antoine Griezmann, 46.7. Gonzalo Higuain, 33.(tie) Victor Wanyama, 33.9. Oscar, 31.10. Arjen Robben, 28.___Teams1. Real Madrid, 111 points.2. 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CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Russ Smiths 18-foot jumper with 2. LeBron James Jersey .2 seconds left gave No. 11 Louisville a 58-57 victory win over No. 7 Cincinnati on Saturday, the Cardinals sixth straight win and 10th in 11 games. Louisville (23-4, 12-2 American Athletic Conference) started the winning streak after a last-second 69-66 home loss to the Bearcats (24-4, 13-2) three weeks ago. Cincinnati fought back from a 10-point second-half deficit to take a 55-52 lead with 90 seconds remaining in the game. Freshman Troy Caupain made two free throws with 12 seconds left to give the Bearcats a 57-56 lead. Terry Rozier passed the ball to Smith, catching the notoriously stingy Cincinnati defence off guard and he made the jumper. The Cardinals tipped the inbounds pass, giving Cincinnati no opportunity to get off a shot before the buzzer sounded. Montrezl Harrell, who was just 5 of 12 from the free throw line, led the Cardinals with 21 points, Rozier had 11 and Smith finished with 10 on 3-of-10 shooting. Sean Kilpatrick had 28 points for the Bearcats, who had won 19 straight at home. Feeding off of the intensity of a sellout crowd at Fifth Third Arena, the game started fast-paced and physical in a matchup of two of the nations best defences. Louisville held Cincinnati to 6-of-31 shooting and the Bearcats limited Louisville to 8-of-30 shooting from the field in the first half. Louisville had held seven of its last 10 opponents to under 40 per cent shooting from the field, and continued that trend Saturday. Unlike in the teams first matchup in January, when Cincinnati shot 48.9 per cent, the Bearcats started 3 of 27 from the field. Louisville swarmed the Bearcats, intercepting passes, swatting away shots and forcing Cincinnati to rush its offence. Cincinnati missed 13 straight field goal attempts over an 8:25 scoring drought as the Cardinals built a 21-9 lead. Louisville found success by driving inside, outscoring the Bearcats 14-2 in the paint before halftime. But down 12 points with 4:41 left in the half, the Bearcats outscored Louisville 8-1 the rest of the way before halftime, capping the half with a jumper by Caupain to make it 22-19. On the Bearcats first possession of the second half, GeLawn Guyn hit a 3-pointer to tie the game. The Bearcats, fourth in the nation in scoring defence (57.4 points per game), held Louisville to just 22 first-half points. The output was the Cardinals second-lowest in a half this season, slightly higher than the 20 points they had in the first half of the teams first meeting on Jan. 30. Louisville found its touch in the second half, shooting 14 of 25 from the field and again building a 10-point lead. Cincinnatis shooting woes -- with the exception of Kilpatrick -- continued. Kilpatrick made 15 straight Cincinnati field goals in the second half, taking more than three times the number of field goal attempts (26) as any of his teammates. But Kilpatricks scoring was all Cincinnati needed. The Bearcats went ahead 52-51 on a free throw by Kilpatrick with 2:20 left. Louisvilles Luke Hancock finished with two points, fouling out with 1:40 left and his team down 52-51. Mangok Mathiang fouled out with 2:20 left and finished with four points. Kilpatrick entered the game needing 10 points to reach 2,000 for his career. Early in the second half, he reached the milestone on a drive to the basket, joining Oscar Robertson as the only players in school history to score over 2,000 points. Heat Jerseys 2021 . The 23-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., defeated Germanys Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday in the fourth round of the Sony Open in just 89 minutes. Bam Adebayo Jersey . - The Green Bay Packers got back to work on Friday without star quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Neophyte NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, speaking at the IMG World Congress of Sports (which is apparently a real thing), was asked if he envisions sponsorships appearing on player jerseys in the next five years. Without hesitation he responded, "Definitely." This, of course, is not revelatory, as there has been smoke coming from this fire pit for years. But the foregone conclusion of his answer, making a foray where none of the other major North American team sports have gone, still felt surprising. He would later add fuel to the fire stating, "Its inevitable. Its such an enormous opportunity for our sponsors to connect with us. I think the marketplace is asking for it." There is something sitting uneasily in those words. First, an admission. I get it. This is the way of the world and not just in athletics. Corporate advertisements are now an integral part of bringing sports and entertainment to the masses. Ads subsidize a ton of beloved stuff from music festivals to television series to this website. I am thankful for the ad models that bring value to the advertisers and consumers alike. Frankly, at this point if an event doesnt have corporate sponsors it feels amateur to my eye. But my beef is that the NBAs latest revenue tool doesnt arrive with even the most basic pretence of being a value add for the consumer, and at a time when the league is massively, historically profitable. It isnt even a plea from the league to fans to understand that novel revenue tools are needed to sustain stability or whatever. Its just that "the marketplace is asking for it." (Quick note before further maligning the Commish. He did admit yesterday that maybe the whole t-shirt-as-jersey experiment the NBA launched towards the end of last season isnt a lock to pan out. Phew.) The precedent of sponsored jerseys has long been established in countless sports from international soccer to Nascar. (This is apparently a Liverpool FC jersey for kids though that wouldnt have been my first guess.) Even sibling leagues, the WNBA and NBA D-League, have encouraged and profited from jersey sponsorship for several years. Um, but when Commissioner Silver says "the marketplace is asking for it" he is hedging on what the marketplace actually is. Shouldnt the marketplace consider the biggest stakeholders and contributors in the hard-earned dollars-to-NBA equation (AKA the fans)? Numerous related tweets and blogs have erupted inn the past few days concerned about the same distractions 1981-me dealt with. Shaquille ONeal Jersey . . But despite a tendency to stand in solidarity, I find myself less than concerned. My focus is not so much aimed at the inevitable uniform developments, but more on predicting the next step. Where will the advertising stop? If the NBA allows the final frontier of their reach, the players clothes, to be monetized by sponsors, how much would it diminish their capacity to limit players from earning off their own skin? Players are already more or less free to cut private sponsorship deals in practically every segment of product or service. Wouldnt the league erode their own ethical (read: judicial) high ground that might have otherwise prevented a player from tattooing an ad on their neck or sleeving their arms with monthly specials? With the next collective bargaining session set for three years from now, it is altogether possible that the questions raised by these types of sponsorships will be debated for the first time. What is without question is that how to divvy up the new-found revenue from jersey ads will loom large. I dont know a ton about the inner-workings of the mind of agents, but I suspect they dig on money and material if HBOs Entourage has taught me anything. What is to keep those agents from speculating on the next set of potential revenue tools? This new territory is, of course, a way for neophyte commissioner, Adam Silver, to make his mark on the league and, more importantly, to get in the good graces of team owners and league sponsors. I do not have a problem with these tactics as they are baked into his job description. But when the final vestiges of the basic game have to share space with sponsors who subsidize it, and in a time when the NBA is flourishing, I havent heard a word on what we fans get out of this latest version of the marketplace, other than a personal expectation that whats to come would have blown 1981-mes head straight off. Gallays Poll #4 Where should the NBA draw the line on advertisements? a) A small patch on the jersey is no big deal. But thats it.b) I dont mind if they re-name the Raptors with pretty much any corporate identity. 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Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Dissent
May 12, 2014 | Ken Mehlman, Kenneth Mehlman, LGBT, Marriage
A group of nearly 60 prominent same-sex marriage supporters recently signed a statement encouraging "a decent respect for differing opinions." The statement, entitled "Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Dissent: Why We Must Have Both," was published on April 22nd and outlined the concern that some same-sex marriage supporters aim to punish dissenters rather than working to persuade them.
The statement primarily refers to the recent resignation of Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla after it was publicized that he made a $1,000 contribution in 2008 in support of California's same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8.
"We are concerned that recent events, including the resignation of the CEO of Mozilla under pressure because of an anti-same-sex- marriage donation he made in 2008, signal an eagerness by some supporters of same-sex marriage to punish rather than to criticize or to persuade those who disagree," the statement says. "We reject that deeply illiberal impulse, which is both wrong in principle and poor as politics."
The statement goes on to affirm that open society and vigorous public debate are necessary for our society, and are part of the reason why the "last few years have brought an astonishing moral and political transformation in the American debate over same-sex marriage and gay equality." It brings up the point that Brendan Eich's donation was a personal political action taken when "the majority of the American public shared his view" and that Eich was not accused of practicing any form of discrimination against Mozilla employees.
"We strongly believe that opposition to same-sex marriage is wrong, but the consequence of holding a wrong opinion should not be the loss of a job. Inflicting such consequences on others is sadly ironic in light of our movement's hard-won victory over a social order in which LGBT people were fired, harassed, and socially marginalized for holding unorthodox opinions."
Signatories to the statement include Margaret Hoover of the American Unity Fund, former Republican Representative Jim Kolbe, President of the R Street Institute Eli Lehrer, businessman Ken Mehlman, and Leah Ward Sears, former Georgia Supreme Court Justice.


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Kobe Bryant Shows Off A Brand New Summer-Themed Kobe 11 Colorway In Italy
For anyone wondering what Kobe Bryant is up to these days, he has been enjoying his time in Italy, test driving a $490000 F12 on an Italian racetrack at Ferrari headquarters, among other things. Despite the fact that Kobe has retired from the sport of basketball, it seems that Nike sneakers has not intention of putting an end to their Kobe 11 releases, as if Kobe is still a part of the league. It seems that Nike sneakers is taking the same root with the Kobe line that Jordan Brand has been taking with the Air Jordan series, which suggests that Kobe 11 might not be the final model.
The most recent iteration of the Kobe 11 was the "3D," which pays tribute to a Kobe 6 iteration of the same name that Nike sneakers had whipped up back in 2011 when the All-Star Game had been hosted in Los Angeles. With a seemingly endless summer still underway, Nike's latest theme for the eleventh Kobe model is quite appropriate and could potentially be a collection that has been dubbed the "Summer Pack." It is not surprisingly that Kobe himself is one to debut to this new Kobe 11 in Italy during his summer European tour.
Based on photos posted on Hypebeast.com, the uppers of Kobe's sneaker are plain White and appear to be made up of mesh. The inner linings and Nike Swoosh logos on the side are visible covered in a Teal hue, while Red-colored accents can also be spotted. Adding the finish touch, this sneaker is also equipped with Gum Rubber soles. The color scheme that this sneaker features resembles that of the Miami Dolphins to quite an extent, but the predominantly White-uppers are certainly summer-appropriate.
It is uncertain if the "Summer Pack" nickname is a reference to a collection and whether Nike sneakers will drop more similar colorways in the near future. Nonetheless, Nike has confirmed that this particular Kobe 11 "Summer Pack" will retail at a price of $160 on August 31st, so expect more photos to surface very soon.
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Дионисије Петровић (световно име Дамјан Петровић; Босанска Градишка, 1858 — Скопље, 7. децембар 1900) био је митрополит рашко-призренски од 1896. до 1900. године, као српски јерарх Цариградске патријаршије.

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Митрополит Дионисије је рођен 1858. године у Босанској Градишки, у српској православној породици. Родитељи су му били Остоја пушкар (који је рано умро) и Марија, а на крштењу је добио име Дамјан. Из Босне, где је завршио основну школу у родном месту се преселио у Кнежевину Србију, ради наставка школовања. Завршио је је Богословију у Београду, а потом је ту 1878. године примио монашки постриг. Рукоположен је за јеромонаха у Саборној цркви у Београду 18. децембра 1878. године За протосинђела је произведен 15. августа 1883. године, и три године је служио при Зворничкој митрополији. Као питомац српске владе касније је (1889) упућен у Халку, ради наставка богословских студија. Потом је ступио у службу Цариградске патријаршије и произведен је за архимандрита. Додељена му је служба у Скопској епархији, где је требало да помаже тамошњем митрополиту. На том положају затекао га је избор за митрополита рашко-призренског. Његова архијерејска хиротонија је обављена 25. јануара 1896. године у патријаршијској цркви Св. Ђорђа на "Фењеру" (Фанару)у Цариграду, од стране цариградског патријарха Антима VII. Турска државна власт је потврдила његов избор издавањем султановог берата.

Избор Србина Дионисија за Архиепископа Пећког и Митрополита Рашко-призренског и скендеријског, дочекан је са великом радошћу међу православним Србима у областима Рашке, Косова и Метохије, који су деценијама уназад тражили да им се уместо Грка-фанариота постављају архијереји српске народности. Стање српског народа на овим подручјима је било веома тешко, тако да се већ на почетку своје управе суочио са великим изазовима. Код турских власти је предузимао кораке у циљу заштите српског живља од злоупотреба локалних званичника и арбанашког насиља над српским народом у Косовском вилајету. Покушао је да унапреди епархијску управу и црквено-просветни живот рашких и косовско-метохијских Срба. За кратко време стекао је велики углед у народу. Међутим, био је лошег здравља и умро је 7. децембра 1900. године у Скопљу, где је био на лечењу. Сахрањен је у манастиру Грачаници.

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There are several issues associated to the use of automatic shape optimization. It takes significant computational power, because many simulations need to be evaluated. Only specialised engineers with an in-depth knowledge of the product can set up a viable ASO procedure. Several different software packages need to be interfaced and integrated into a single platform. The challenge facing this experiment was therefore to develop a platform which combined Cloud-based HPC resources with in-house computing capabilities, to develop an intuitive user interface providing an integrated solution for non-expert users and to create a one-stop-shop for end-users who are only occasional users of ASO.
The SOUTH platform, which provides an integrated environment, granting access to the necessary optimization software and to adequate computing resources, both in-house and Cloud-based HPC, has been developed. An easy-to-use graphical user interface has been designed with an optimal trade-off between easiness of use and flexibility. While there is a high degree of automation, the user retains the possibility of interacting with the optimisation process by stopping it and investigating partial solutions. This permits the user to exploit his own expertise and effectively steer the optimisation towards the optimal design. An inexperienced user in terms of optimization, but experienced in terms of numerical simulation, can easily and autonomously set up an optimization run
The SOUTH platform constitutes an innovative and cost-effective approach to making shape-optimisation software available to small and medium-sized enterprises, which do not employ this software on an everyday basis, which cannot afford to have permanent in-house expertise in optimisation and which cannot afford the necessary computing resources. Furthermore, the SOUTH platform allows Lamborghini to scale-out during productivity peaks to avoid bottlenecks due to limited in-house capacity. The possibility to deal with simulation peaks in this way enables much more cost-effective computing to be performed.
Lamborghini has its own HPC resources. However, having its environment duplicated on a supercomputing class HPC centre has the following benefits: a reduction in overall development time of 40%; the opportunity to use better simulation tools; and the capability of dealing with peaks in the demand for computer resources by using Cloud-based HPC. The use of SOUTH reduces the effort for a typical optimisation from 2.25 person months to 2.0 days and the elapsed simulation time from 3 months to less than 10 days. Although the number of cpu hours required rises from 120K to 160K, the overall reduction in cost is ~ €18K. Generally, considering the average design activity in the company, yearly cost savings are expected to range from €140K to €200K.
Until now, OPTIMAD has provided automatic shape optimization mainly as a consultancy service with typical cost to the end-user of ~ €20K to €40K per optimisation. Through the SOUTH platform, the same service may be delivered with typical costs of ~ €8K to €12K whilst keeping the same profit margins. This will permit OPTIMAD to offer a more competitive and attractive service to the market. It is estimated that in the first year through the use of SOUTH in its consultancy service, the increase in revenue for OPTIMAD will be ~ €75K with a net profit of ~ €22K. By deploying SOUTH as a scalable SaaS using Cloud-based HPC resources, OPTIMAD expects further revenues in the first year of operation to be €150K with a net profit of €37K
Both CINECA and the University of Strathclyde expect to benefit from the availability of SOUTH in their research activities and in the sale of computer cycles to support their commercial and teaching activities.
Companies Involved
End-user: Automobili Lamborghini
ISV: OPTIMAD
Application Expert: University of Strathclyde
HPC Provider: CINECA
Over the last two decades, numerical simulation has become a key enabler for innovation in manufacturing. The capability to simulate the features of a new product, without the need to build a physical prototype, has lowered both cost and time to market and enabled the design of better products. Automobili Lamborghini, is an Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi.
Founded in 2006, OPTIMAD is an Italian SME active in shape and topology optimisation in the engineering sector. The objective of this experiment was to demonstrate that by combining High-Performance Computing (HPC) and optimisation software, there is an opportunity to change current design practices and bring automatic shape optimisation (ASO) to a wider audience of manufacturing SMEs. The goal was to develop and implement an HPC-cloud-based platform that gave the inexperienced user the possibility to optimise automatically the shape of a particular mechanical system. The aim was to text this solution using practical test cases from the end-user Lamborghini.
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Insider's Guide To Teaching English in Asia
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Emily Hansen
Thinking about funding your travels by teaching English in Asia? Here's what you need to know before you go.
As someone who has lived in and taught in several Asian countries, namely China, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, India, and now, Turkey, I am often asked by Westerners who want to break into ESL teaching, "What do I need to know if I want to teach English in Asia?"
Having endured everything on my way to paradise, from wild bouts of culture shock to the wrath of mafia bosses, I have produced several practical suggestions.
Pre-Departure Tips: Choosing a Country
For those with their eye on a job in a third world country, it helps to be realistic about what living conditions you are able to tolerate.
This is perhaps the most crucial part of the planning process – it can make or break your teaching and living experience. While asking your future employer questions, you must also make several inquiries into yourself.
For those with their eye on a job in a third world country, it helps to be realistic about what living conditions you are able to tolerate. If residing in a place where things don't always work would have you running off stage screaming, then living in a developing region is probably not your best choice. Hot water, heating, and washing machines are not always available in these areas, and neither is comfort, although for me, the feeling of being on an adventure always makes up for it.
Keep in mind that in many Asian countries, most communication is indirect. In many places, emotions such as anger, sadness, and frustration are not openly expressed, and are seen to cause embarrassment to one's self and others if they are aired openly. For a Westerner, communicating under these circumstances can be extremely challenging. If you are an expressive person, choosing an Asian city where people interact a lot with foreigners, or a Mediterranean country, such as Turkey, may be most satisfying for you.
Certainly, there is a great variation in how people are everywhere, but in my experience, in most of Asia, this is how communication functions. Remember that while we can change ourselves, we can never change others, or an entire Eastern culture, which has spent thousands of years building itself on respect for those in positions of authority.
Finding a Job in Asia
The most essential step for the soon-to-be English teacher is to ask as many questions as possible, and to resist accepting the job and buying the plane ticket until they are answered satisfactorily. You should also have some teaching qualifications, as a bare minimum, a TESOL or DELTA certificate, and in Korea and Taiwan, a university degree in any subject.
Be sure to watch out for "desperation vibes" – a needy tone given out by schools with high turnover rates that promise the moon and the stars, and are likely to give you neither. For example, if you send a prospective employer an email, without any questions being asked of you, and the person writes back, "You're hired!" common sense should dictate that this is not a good school to work for.
Check the teacher testimonials on ESL job websites. If twenty teachers have written that it is not a good place to work, then one can assume that they're right.
Don't hesitate to ask for detailed descriptions of work hours, scheduling, benefits, and compensation, and carefully review the contract before signing. Should the company violate the contract on several counts after you get to your job, and you have done everything possible to peacefully try and rectify the situation, you can always pull what English teachers refer to as "a midnight run" (leaving unannounced in the middle of the night), but this is never a teacher's first choice, and it should be avoided at all costs.
If you get a bad feeling from a school at the outset, trust that instinct and move on to better prospects. While a great many employers in Asia are wonderful, some, as in any country, are not. Do your homework to help avoid negative situations.
In For The Long Haul: How to Make the Most of a Long-term Stay
After you have arrived at your new placement, you may be going through anything from minor, to major, culture shock. Asia is, in many places, highly populated, and very different culturally. Some Westerners find it difficult to fit into the social fabric of the society and to interact with local people. Westerners may also find products from home difficult to find. Even a trip to the grocery store can seem deeply overwhelming when you can't read any of the signs, don't know where to look for what you want, and can't ask for things in English.
Finding a language exchange partner is a great way to get to know and help a local person, who will in turn, assist you in your cultural adjustment. There will be scores of local people, some of them your students, who will be lined up to trade languages with you. It will save them money, and is likely to enrich your life abroad.
While talking to locals may seem intimidating at first, particularly in that communication is sometimes a struggle, a few minutes of silence is no big deal, as are the small misunderstandings that sometimes come up in this type of relationship.
In addition, the local staff at your school can usually be of help, and most will enthusiastically welcome your questions and concerns. Try to get to know them, and avoid joining "The Expat Club", an unofficial organization in which foreigners who come to experience life in another country tend to do just the opposite, only hanging around with themselves. While it's great to become friends with other Westerners, this shouldn't be the only form of social interaction you have.
Finally, enjoy your stay. Try to embrace the differences you share with other people. Though you may find things to criticize about your new country, try to maintain a positive, respectful and proactive attitude. Living and working in Asia can be a magnificent experience. While it is not without its difficulties, it has been a rewarding and enlightening journey for me, and one that has lasted five consecutive years so far.
Feel free to consult some of the websites below for teaching jobs and other teaching resources:
www.ajarn.com (Thai teaching site)
www.tealit.com (Taiwanese teaching site)
www.eslcafe.com (for teaching jobs all over the world)
Many people choose to go with a recruiter (one I have gone with is Footprints at www.footprintsrecruiting.com) to arrange their teaching placement for them. It's sometimes helpful for a recruiter to negotiate their job and other details with the school, to avoid misunderstandings and disasters with disreputable teaching companies in the future.
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At Atanaha event center, we are committed to giving the bride and groom a memorable wedding experience. We offer all our expertise and experience to transform their vision into reality. The couple doesn't have to limit their vision to the confines of the Atanaha estate. Whitefish Montana Wedding Venues are a great option for lovers of the beauty of nature.
Your wedding day deserves to be a day of relaxation and fun. Whitefish wedding settings offer a great memorable wedding experience. An outdoor wedding combined with the perfect weather has a romantic touch to it. The town provides the ideal outdoor wedding experience. There are a variety of Whitefish wedding venues – you could have a lake or mountain wedding, and other different wedding venues near Whitefish MT, or a glacier park wedding.
Located approximately 42 miles, which is about an hour's drive from Atanaha Estate, stands this beautiful resort town. Whitefish has breathtaking sites, from the lake and the sandy beaches to the Glacier Park and a mountain view. A city within Flathead County, Montana, Whitefish was home to 7,279 people, as of 2016. This is according to the United States Census Bureau. It's a small town with a history of railway and Timber. Whitefish stands at an altitude of 3,028 feet (923 m) with a humid continental climate.
Couples considering any of the Whitefish Montana wedding venues or the Bigfork wedding venues, have to put one crucial factor into account. The season of the wedding. Whitefish experiences extremely cold winters and warm to hot summers. The overall scenery makes the special day even more magical. The bride and groom opting for a Whitefish wedding venue have a range of options to select from such as the Glacier National Park or a lake wedding, among others.
Whitefish as a town has a motto that's centered on creating the perfect outdoor recreational playground. Whether you're looking for a Mountain View or Glacier National Park backdrop, or a view of the lake with sandy beaches, Whitefish wedding venues will offer you the experience of a lifetime!
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COVID-19: Study highlights sources of misinformation
Written by Robby Berman on May 5, 2020 — Fact checked by Hannah Flynn, MS
A study finds that those who learn about the new coronavirus from conservative outlets, social media, and online news aggregators are more likely to be misinformed.
Research suggests that people who tend to get their news from social media are more prone to disinformation about the new coronavirus.
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Though the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is still relatively new, people already know much about it, including its means of transmission, and how we can slow that transmission down.
Conveying this information to the public, however, can be difficult. Now, a study of more than 1,000 people in the United States finds that their understanding of SARS-CoV-2 closely aligns with the sources of their information.
People in the U.S. who learned about COVID-19 from conservative outlets, social media, and online news aggregators are more often misinformed about the disease, the research concludes.
The study from researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, appears in the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review's April 2020 issue.
The study reports the results of a survey that the researchers conducted from March 3 to March 8, 2020, with a nationally representative sample of 1,008 U.S. adults. The survey's results have a margin of error of ±3.57%.
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On a positive note, the survey found that 87% of respondents understood the importance of thorough hand washing as a means to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The survey also found, however, some troubling misconceptions that significant numbers of respondents held:
23%, or more than 1 in 5 participants, considered it either probably or definitely true that the Chinese government developed COVID-19 as a bioweapon.
10%, or 1 in 10, thought the same of the U.S. government.
19%, almost 1 in 5, thought it was probably or definitely true that some at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exaggerated the degree of danger that the disease posed, as part of a plot to prevent Donald Trump's election for a second term as President.
21%, 1 in 5, believed that taking vitamin C could probably or definitely prevent infection.
There is no evidence that any of these beliefs are accurate.
Comparing information sources
The researchers surveyed respondents about their use of the following sources of information: Mainstream print, mainstream broadcast, conservative media, liberal media, online news aggregators, and social media.
The scientists then grouped the respondents' answers in the following three categories:
Mainstream media, such as network news and publications, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Conservative outlets, including Fox News and commentators such as Rush Limbaugh.
Social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as web news aggregators, such as Google News and Yahoo News.
Consumers of mainstream media
Overall, the survey found that those who got their information from mainstream outlets were generally better informed.
Individuals who specifically reported using broadcast mainstream news understood that COVID-19 is more lethal than seasonal flu.
Those who reported using print mainstream news believed that regular hand washing and avoiding symptomatic people were good prevention strategies. Notably, the survey occurred before scientists had confirmed the ability of asymptomatic individuals to spread the virus.
People who used print media did not believe vitamin C was an effective defense against COVID-19, that CDC warnings were exaggerated or had anything to do with politics, or that China had created the virus as a bioweapon.
Consumers of conservative media
Followers of conservative media were more likely to hold inaccurate opinions about SARS-CoV-2 and to believe conspiracy theories.
They believed SARS-CoV-2 began as a Chinese bioweapon, and that they could take vitamin C to stay healthy.
They did not believe the disease posed a personal threat but thought others were using it as a political weapon against Donald Trump.
Consumers of social media and web news aggregators
Respondents in these groups together were similar, though divided:
Social media respondents believed that the threat of coronavirus was a politically motivated hoax from the CDC, that the Chinese deliberately created the virus, and that vitamin C was the secret cure.
Respondents who frequented web news aggregators were unconvinced that hand washing had value, or that steering clear of symptomatic individuals was worth doing.
The study's authors suggest five steps that public health officials should consider taking to combat COVID-19 disinformation. These are:
Recognizing that there remain some who discount the value of hand washing, and the dissemination of compelling evidence for the practice should continue.
Developing standards for patrolling social media and catching and convincingly refuting misinformation before it has the chance to take root.
Strategically supplying fact-checking personnel with information that debunks the most prevalent misconceptions first, to maximize the use of resources.
Supplying conservative outlets with more accurate information through the placing of public service announcements, supplying persuasive interview subjects, and promoting websites where consumers can find accurate information.
Encouraging online subscription news outlets to take down their paywalls around COVID-19 content to make accurate information accessible to the largest audience.
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Mother forgets baby at airport – plane forced to turn around mid-flight
A bizarre incident where her mother left her baby behind at the airport happened in Saudia Arabia last week, Gulf News reported.
The flight was forced to turn around mid-flight once the mother realised that her baby was left behind in the boarding area of the terminal.
A video has since gone viral, where the pilot is requesting permission to head back to the airport. The Air Traffic Control operators are caught by surprise and were trying to figure out the protocol for the incident.
"May God be with us. Can we come back or what?" the pilot was heard talking to an air traffic controller.
"This flight is requesting to come back … a passenger forgot her baby in the waiting area, the poor thing," one of the air controllers says.
The pilot is then asked to clarify the issue, to which he quickly replies:
"We told you, a passenger left her baby in the terminal and refuses to continue the flight."
The air controllers realise that the best decision is to let the plane turn back so the mother can retrieve her child.
"OK, head back to the gate. This is totally a new one for us!"
The mother and child were reunited at the airport, according to The Telegraph UK although it's unknown why the child was left behind in the first place.
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Sugary Drinks For Kids Exonerated In Study Of Child Obesity, Says Sugary Drink Organization
By Hank Campbell | June 14th 2008 08:26 AM | Print | E-mail
As a science site, one thing we understand is physics and how it can be exculpatory - no snowflake in an avalance ever has to take the blame.
The American Beverage Association(ABA) knows this too. They are the trade association representing the broad spectrum of companies that manufacture and distribute non-alcoholic beverages in the United States - that means soda and juice but also water and things that are basically good for you. Dr. Maureen Storey is their senior vice president for science policy and former director of the University of Maryland's Center for Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Policy.
The ABA recognizes there is a lot of talk about childhood obesity and the link to sugary drinks. Since no snowflake in an avalanche takes the blame, that means obesity should be Doritos or it can be bread or it can be bad parents who buy their kids sugary drinks but the one thing that cannot definitively be linked to obesity are sugary drinks or the advertising departments at sugary drink companies. To prove this, Storey and colleagues did a meta-analysis (see notes) of 12 recent studies and published it in the June issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
They make a fine point and one we have made here over and over - the source of the calories is basically irrelevant. It's also something of a straw man.
But as earnest as Storey is, you aren't hired as senior vice president for science policy of a group representing soda and juice companies unless you already believed they are not to blame. The last thing they need is person coming in and writing an article that says 'we are making children fat.' It makes for great "60 Minutes" stories and movies starring Russell Crowe but clients tend to be angry.
In the early 1990s sugary drink companies and public schools teamed up to put junk food in cafeterias. It's your fault, the American public was told, because schools are under-funded. We then had to endure stories about how every teacher was sacrificing to buy pencils for students so junk food was necessary.
15 years later and we have a generation of obese children but no one is at fault. Groups like the American Beverage Association win either way - since all calories are the same (that's right, a big salad and a small candy bar are the same in calories so if you forget nutritional value, i.e., you are an idiot, you are buying that logic) they can now replace full-calorie drinks with low calorie drinks. As long as the vending machines stay and they're stocked with bottles, it's a marketing victory.
Then they can do advertising campaigns telling kids to go outside and exercise - but take a sports drink so you remain healthy.
The one thing beverage companies will not do is take any blame. Especially not if they can find someone else to blame.
"My co-authors and I carefully analyzed 12 studies using scientifically validated methods and found that there is virtually no association between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and weight gain in children and teens," Storey said. "In fact, the evidence strongly suggests that reducing or eliminating sugar-sweetened beverages would have almost no impact on children and teens weight. While other investigators have reached other conclusions, our findings are consistent with three recently published review articles that concluded that the evidence that adolescent consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages leads to weight gain is 'weak or equivocal.'"
Is there methodical weakness in that statement? Of course there is. I have lived most of my life in the convergence business, solving Maxwell's Equations, and the one thing you can be sure of is that if you accept a bad model and you run an analysis, it will still converge. It will even converge to 0.01% accuracy. But it won't be the right answer.
It's that Bertrand Russell idea that once a contradiction is allowed into a closed system anything can be proven. When someone challenged him with "if 2 plus 2 equals 5, prove that I am the pope." Russell responded: "If 2 plus 2 is 5, then 4 is 5; if 4 is 5, then (subtracting three from each side) 1 is 2; you and the pope are two, therefore you and the pope are one."
He should have worked for the American Beverage Association.
Article: Richard A Forshee, Patricia A Anderson and Maureen L Storey,'Sugar-sweetened beverages and body mass index in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis', American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 87, No. 6, 1662-1671, June 2008, PMID: 18541554
Notes on meta analysis:
Meta analysis is a set of statistical techniques for combining information from different studies to derive an overall estimate of a scientific effect. Some studies will show a greater effect, some will show a lesser effect—perhaps not even statistically significant. Meta-analysis combines data from different studies just as data can be combined from different individuals within a single study.
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