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Global cooling, er, I mean warming, er, wait...PT. 2
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January/Feb Weather in November.
High of 11°F on Wed.
Low of 5°F on Tues. (night)
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Jack, I wonder what the weather conditions are like, just outside and to the west, of Omaha? The Buzz lives there. And I wonder what he is thinking about all this global warming? Do you think he blames all the 'so called' AGW Denialists for all this?
Oh, and would you like a good reason why things are going to hell in a climate hand-basket? Just compare this, and the three previous solar cycles. This cycle(24) has had a protracted secondary spurt, but it is time for the downturn to start in earnest. And compare this one to 21 and 22 and you can see why we are cooling down.
(11-11-2014, 02:05 AM)John L Wrote: Jack, I wonder what the weather conditions are like, just outside and to the west, of Omaha? The Buzz lives there. And I wonder what he is thinking about all this global warming? Do you think he blames all the 'so called' AGW Denialists for all this?
Dunno. They've dropped the forecast here to about 7°F for the "high temperature" tomorrow and down to about zero for tomorrow morning. I'm waiting for Tait to call me a big fat pussy ... as he's dealing with shit that's about 20 degrees colder.
There is a bell curve of people that prepare for the cold. Most reasonable people had their sprinkler systems blown out about a month or two ago ... but it's been fairly nice here in the past few weeks and at least a few people were still watering their lawns. Gonna cost some big cash come spring time. I potted one of my remaining pepper plants on Sunday and brought it in. It's pretty much a death sentence for everything else. I don't think many people realize how 'fragile' food is until they've grown it in a climate where you have to thread the needle in 4-5 months. If the window drops down to 3, I'm gonna be pretty screwed ... along with a whole lot of other people.
Yep, just a Dalton Minimum would be enough to totally screw up the growing season world wide. And as you stated earlier about Russia in the pinch over a cooling globe, this is going to lead to massive starvation, especially in northern areas that have been accustomed to good growing seasons. And that means Russia and Canada are going to be in a real bind. I can just see the Duckbutt trying to pull a fast one on Mother Nature.
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Odd thing is, we had no summer at all and so far our October/November has been nothing. Not hot, not cold, summer or fall. Didn't even have normal humidity here this summer.
(11-11-2014, 10:22 PM)John L Wrote: .... Russia and Canada are going to be in a real bind.
Canada has a solid history as a resource supplier and trading partner to world economies ... and a close ally in two world wars ... as well as the cold war and Afghanistan ... rather than merely being adversarial nuclear hermit state or an Oligarchy that holds it's customers hostages. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan is one of if not THE largest fertilizer companies in the world. If it remains operable it's an absolute gold mine if the climate "goes south" If it's operations were disrupted, the impact on marginal agriculture throughout the world would be enormous. It's a total mistake to lump these two nations together. The world is more than happy to invest capital in Canada ... I don't recall any history of widespread famine, catastrophe and social upheaval associated with our neighbors to the North. Canada's economy is growing. Russia's is pretty much at full stop (as cited by CBR). One is a fully integrated, integral part of the Western economy ... the other? ... is "decoupling".
Actually, I was just bringing them both up because they are occupying such a huge amount of northern land. There's the Scandinavian countries as well. All are going to be in trouble, unless they take the time to build greenhouses on a grand scale.
Of course, if we ever manage to get a few space elevators working, we could do most of our agricultural production in O'Neill Cylinders, and not have to worry about little ice ages, or major glaciation periods, for that matter.
In a pinch a lower tech solution would be to begin enforcing the "open borders" policy that Mexico has been demanding ... whether they still wanted it or not. We could express our good intentions with a big parade of tanks and artillery ... and perhaps following Putin's lead by referring to Mexico as "NovoUSA". We could provide the gift of stability and order ... and perhaps increase their agricultural output by an order of magnitude ... depending on whether or not cartel thugs and gang bangers make suitable fertilizer and soil amendments.
There is a portion of Canada that is south of the USA. Nearby where I live, Windsor, Ontario, is actually south of Detroit, Michigan. Windsor weathermen are fond of saying, "A cold front blowing in from the United States, is expected to send our temperatures plummeting."
Here is something I just received from Newsmax that finally makes sense of the way weather and climate really are:
Climatologist: 30-Year Cold Spell Strikes Earth
Sunday, 16 Nov 2014 07:46 PM
By Clayton B. Reid
With nasty cold fronts thrusting an icy and early winter across the continental U.S. — along with last winter described by USA Today as "one of the snowiest, coldest, most miserable on record" — climatologist John L. Casey thinks the weather pattern is here to stay for decades to come.
In fact, Casey, a former space shuttle engineer and NASA consultant, is out with the provocative book Dark Winter: How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell, which warns that a radical shift in global climate is underway, and that Al Gore and other environmentalists have it completely wrong The earth, he says, is cooling, and cooling fast.
Casey says the evidence is clear that the earth is rapidly growing colder because of diminished solar activity.
He says trends indicate we could be headed for colder temperatures similar to those seen in the late 1700s and early 1800s when the sun went into a "solar minimum" — a phenomenon with significantly reduced solar activity, including solar flares and sunspots.
Dark Winter posits that a 30-year period of cold has already begun. Frigid temperatures, and food shortages that inevitably result, could lead to riots and chaos.
Casey tells Newsmax, "All you have to do is trust natural cycles, and follow the facts; and that leads you to the inevitable conclusion that the sun controls the climate, and that a new cold era has begun." Casey is president of the Space and Science Research Corp., an Orlando, Fla., climate research firm.
His new book debunks global warming orthodoxy. For over a decade, he reports, the planet's oceans have been cooling. And since 2007, the atmospheric temperature has been cooling as well.
"The data is pretty solid," Casey says. "If you look at the 100-year global temperature chart, you look at the steep drop off we've had since 2007, it's the steepest drop in global temperatures in the last hundred years."
So how can the media and scientific elites make a case for global warming when it's actually cooling?
Casey suggests climate-change theorists have simply wedded themselves to the wrong theory, namely, that global temperatures respond to the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The environmental left focuses instead on ever-rising greenhouse emissions, suggesting nature is just taking a bit of a breather before the upward march in temperatures ineluctably resumes.
"There are two fundamental flaws with that," Casey says. "No. 1, the greenhouse-gas theory, and the global climate models that they produced, never permitted a pause. As long as CO2 levels were going up, the only thing that could happen was global temperatures could go up. That has not happened.
"No. 2, there could absolutely be no cooling, much less a pause. And yet we've been cooling for 11 years now."
If Dark Winter is right, that means the nation is busily preparing for the wrong calamity.
"We don't have 10 years," Casey warns. "We've squandered during President Obama's administration eight years . . . and we didn't have eight years to squander."
The worst of the cooling cycle, Casey predicts, will hit in the late 2020s and the early 2030s.
Food riots will break out, demand for heating oil will spike, and the failure of the corn crop will put the squeeze on ethanol.
He even predicts the United States will ban agricultural exports to feed its own citizens.
When Casey developed his theories in 2007, he emerged with several predictions.
Rising temperatures would begin to reverse themselves within three years. The sun would enter a phase of reduced activity he called "solar hibernation." And oceanic and atmospheric temperatures would enter a long decline.
So far, all of Casey's predictions have come true. He says, "My theory tells you when it will be cold . . . and it is the cold that kills."
Casey also posits that a long-term cold spell will have dire effects on the earth's geology.
As air and ocean temperatures, the earth's crust begins changing, leading to more volcanic activity and earthquakes. Casey notes that the worst earthquake to strike the continental U.S. in modern times was in 1812 at New Madrid, Missouri – during the last great solar minimum.
Link to read rest of article: http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/dark-win...id/607672/
Quote: The worst of the cooling cycle, Casey predicts, will hit in the late 2020s and the early 2030s.
Lousy Newsmax reporting.... they misspelled the name all over the article, should be Cayce, not Casey.
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Newsmax is awful, Ron.
NewsMax is a right version of a lefty blog or MSNBC. Biased beyond reason.
If someone said Obama's dad was an Martian, they'd post it. If Obama was a child of Martian's, MSNBC would deny it. Just no trustworthiness at all.
Aside from personalities and ad hominen attacks, what about Casey's arguments, and the data he cites, and the fact that every prediction he made in 2007 has come true, and when he said it would come true? Palladin, your characterization of Newsmax sounds like propaganda from the political left. They say the same thing about Fox News, when every intelligent, honest person knows Fox News is the most reliable of all mass media news sources because they strive to be "fair and balanced," and actually succeed much of the time. That looks extreme right if your viewpoint is from the MSNBC leftist worldview. Newsmax is not a satirical hoax site. Only that would disqualify them from being taken seriously.
MV, if "Casey" is not the right spelling of his name, then it is misspelled on the covers of his books as listed by Amazon as well:
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Ron, I was joking.
Actually the 30 year cycle is well known ... except to the warmers
Quote: If someone said Obama's dad was an Martian, they'd post it. If Obama was a child of Martian's, MSNBC would deny it.
I don't believe this, there is nothing wrong with a dad being a Martian. Now, if you change "Martian" to a "Cannibal", oh yeah
(11-17-2014, 12:44 PM)Ron Lambert Wrote: Here is something I just received from Newsmax that finally makes sense of the way weather and climate really are:
Ron, I'm happy to know that something has finally made sense to you about all this. Now that you have actually 'gotten it', why don't you go back and read some of the many, many posts others here, including myself and Tommy, have been spending so much time posting.
However, there is one thing missing from within the article. And that is "Little Ice Age". The good doctor has not stated it, most likely so as not to be made to look foolish should it not happen. But when it does, he will not be embarrassed either.
John, I have already been convinced for several years now that Al Gore should give back his Nobel Prize. I think it is obvious to anyone with any real political savy that the main motivator for the political left in their fanatical endorsement of AGW is the excuse it gives them to claim more money in the form of carbon taxes and other "penalties" to industries that supposedly contribute to the build-up of greenhouse gases. Control freaks love to believe others owe them money.
Here is a portion of the article I skipped over where the idea of an ice age is mentioned:
Quote: Noted Russian astrophysicist Habibullo I. Abdussamatov has argued that a new mini-ice age has begun, though Casey doesn't go that far.
He does agree with Abdussamatov that the real driver of global climate is solar activity, namely sunspots. These correspond to shifts in global temperature with a greater than 90 percent accuracy, he says.
What I really like about Casey's argument is that he totally refutes the basic AGW theory, by pointing out that it does not logically allow for any pauses or cooling off periods such as we have now. If greenhouse gases cause global warming, and greenhouse gases continue to increase, then global warming should continue unabated. There is no way the theory can allow for the contrary facts we have now. The theory of global warming by greenhouse gases is done. It is dead. It is only a matter of time before the stubbornness of the hardcore devotees of AGW is worn away. A few more "polar vortices" is going to produce a turning point where more and more will begin admitting that AGW is simply not supported by the facts.
Quote: However, there is one thing missing from within the article. And that is "Little Ice Age". The good doctor has not stated it, most likely so as not to be made to look foolish should it not happen.
He was right to keep this simple.
Besides, while it seems that the 30 year cycle is solar-spot-driven, this is likely untrue for longer cycles, they have different causes.
It's niche is appealing to folks like you. So is WorldNetDaily. They wouldn't post an article they believed accurate that did not appeal to you. You'd stop reading their stuff.
That's how pr rags operate. The left has their's, the right as well.
Fox turns you on, MSNBC and CNN turn on the lefties and all 3 are nothing but pr services for their niche markets. Once in a while, the truth and pr are the same, not always.
Quote: Khabibullo Abdusamatov said he and his colleagues had concluded that a period of global cooling similar to one seen in the late 17th century - when canals froze in the Netherlands and people had to leave their dwellings in Greenland - could start in 2012-2015 and reach its peak in 2055-2060.
(08-24-2014, 04:57 PM)sunsettommy Wrote: Here is an interesting hypothesis that might at least in part explains what is going on in the polar regions and why we have those D/O 1,500 year cycles,during the interglacial period.
The Long version is available that shed more information over what the Short version already does.
That is interesting, and soon I will find the time to finish the entire thing.
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Hypnosis can help you with your fitness goals and peak athletic performance. Hypnosis helps you access your internal resources to get into the zone on command, improve your form, increase motivation, and get in the right mindset. Hypnosis is also great for alleviating performance anxiety. Guiding Hand Hypnosis helps you to focus on the mental aspects of performance and fitness and break barriers. You can get unstuck from patterns that are holding you back and make progress. By setting your intentions and attention on the right things, you are able to make noticeable changes in your fitness and reach the next milestone.
Here's a great article from Men's Health that describes how hypnosis works to improve fitness.


Abi Fletcher joined the Cherries in the summer of 2017, having signed from south coast neighbours Southampton Saints.
The midfielder arrived with plenty of experience following back-to-back promotions with her former club.
The former Leicester player was instrumental for Steve Davies' side during the 2017/18 campaign, winning silverware at the first attempt.
She made 18 appearances across the course of the season, as the Cherries won promotion to the Southern Region Women's Premier League.


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As of 30 January, you'll find Marc-André Coallier as an actor in front of the camera for the first time in over twenty years, while he held the title role in the new webseries of Radio-Canada Germain is turned off.
It is therefore with much enthusiasm that he was immersed in the skin of Germain, two years ago, for the short film Return of quality filmmakers Daniel Abraham et Pierre-Alexandre Girard, and from which is derived the series of six episodes of ten minutes each, shot them last October.
"Germain, he is a man of fifty or sixty years who is depressed, for there is nothing that works in life. Even the technological objects flanchent all as soon as they approach it, " says the actor.
Despite a storyline that pulls absolutely towards the absurd and the comedy, Marc-André Coallier ensures that the webseries is more akin to the drama. "In fact, it is a comedy, but played as a drama, and a little on the same tone as black Series ", compare-t-il.
"My character really suffers from what happens to him, and is very serious when he asks his daughter if he can receive e-mails when her computer is closed ", he adds.
Resolutely, Germain has turned off invites us to reflect on our relationship with technology in "a big wink to our society," believes the actor. "What could it be that it comes to consider the human obsolete ? If you don't have a cell, that you're not on Facebook, you write letters that you send by post… are you outdated, socially speaking ? " asks he.
This first role of composition in front of the camera for a long time, probably will not be an isolated act for Marc-André Coallier, since the owner of The Marjoram plans to attend again the sets. "I've already had several offers, but I had to refuse, because I was not available ", let he know.
Is that tv series are turning more and more during the summer, " he says, which is not compatible with the summer season in full swing at his theatre. "But I want to free myself, make myself more available. It is for this reason that I hope to have the next generation for The Marjoram. "For the moment, however, nothing moves on that side.


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Sexual harassment helps explain why women get paid less
Clarissa Horsfall holds a sign at the "A Day Without A Woman" demonstration in Miami in March 2017.
By Rebecca Greenfield, Laura Colby
American women don't earn as much as men do, a persistent phenomenon that can't be explained by disparities in education, opportunity or child-bearing. But a growing body of research points to a new and compelling cause: Women make less because of the sexual harassment they face at work.
The gender-pay gap has hovered under 80% for nearly two decades. Most of the discrepancy is because men work in higher-paying jobs and in more lucrative fields, and most of the policy remedies have focused on encouraging women to pursue those same, high-paying opportunities.
Months of revelations about sexual harassment and abuse of women across industries shed new light on why women don't "lean in" to higher-paying jobs more often. Whether women are earning more because they're in more lucrative fields or because they have more senior positions, big paycheck jobs also often pose higher risks of sexual harassment, says Joni Hersch, an economist at Vanderbilt University.
What's more, women who experience sexual harassment at work are6 1/2 times more likely to leave their jobs compared with women who don't, according to research by Amy Blackstone, Christopher Uggen and Heather McLaughlin.
In one of the only studies that looks at the effects of sexual harassment over time, the sociologists asked about 1,000 men and women if they had experienced unwanted touching, offensive jokes and other behaviors that could be considered workplace harassment. Among the female respondents who said they experienced unwanted touching or at least two of the other, non-physical behaviors, 80% said they left their jobs within two years.
When these women leave their jobs, Blackstone said, they don't tend to trade up. They land in less lucrative fields or positions, a negative economic effect on women that persists through the rest of their working years.
Not long ago, Samantha Ainsley was on the academic fast track, pursuing a doctorate in computer science at MIT, imagining a future of research, consulting and maybe starting her own company. Then she was assaulted by one of the leading professors in her field at a conference. When she rebuffed him, she says, he continued to try to grab her and accused her of sleeping with fellow students to advance her career.
For Ainsley, it was a life-changing event. "All I could think about is, this guy is going to review all of my papers," she says. "It crushed me."
A few months later, she left her program at MIT to work as a software engineer at Google, which she described as "a much more modest career than I had aspired to originally. I had to, in a sense, start over."
Lower Pay
Understanding exactly how much harassment affects earning power isn't easy, said Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor who studies the gender-pay gap. Abuse at work is notoriously under-reported, especially at professional and managerial levels. Someone who experienced harassment may ultimately leave her job for an unrelated reason, which wouldn't show up in traditional economic analysis.
At the same time, jobs and fields that are dominated by women are considered "safer," according to Hersch's research. They also usually pay less.
Kristian Lum was working as a data scientist in academia when she was groped at a professional conference, an incident that, she says, prompted her to look for work in a new field. She now works at a nonprofit, in a job that pays less and offers less security than if she'd stayed put.
"I was looking to get away," she said. "There was a general feeling of, 'I just don't want to be around this."'
Why Women Leave
There are many factors that influence a woman's career path, but even having children — that notorious career-killer — may not prompt the same adverse consequences as harassment and its effects on job satisfaction and performance.
Of female engineers who quit or changed jobs over the five years that ended in 2012, only one-third left to take care of children, according to a 2014 study by Nadya Fouad, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. The majority left for better opportunities, broadly defined, in other fields or companies.
Similarly, a 2014 study of 25,000 Harvard Business School graduates found that only 11% of female baby boomers and Gen Xers had left the workforce to care for children — and even among those women, the majority left primarily because they saw few prospects for advancement.
Hazard Premium
Women who persist in hostile environments do earn more. Hersch, the Vanderbilt professor, studies hazard pay — the premium workers require to work in dangerous environments.
Traditionally, researchers have used on-the-job fatalities or physical injury to assess whether compensation accounts for physical risk. Hersch looked at complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to determine whether companies facing sexual harassment allegations also had to pay workers more.
They do. Women earn on average an extra 25 cents an hour at such companies. Men in jobs known to be hostile earn even more: an extra 50 cents an hour, according to Hersch's research.
For many, a higher paycheck isn't worth the difficulties of staying in a hostile workplace. Women who experience harassment can lose their drive or develop anxiety and depression, any of which can have an adverse effect on productivity or performance, according to Lisa Kath, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who studies workplace harassment. And when those things start to suffer, opportunities for professional advancement — and higher earning power — also decline.
Greenfield and Colby write for Bloomberg.
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Disney calls Abigail Disney's remarks about workers' pay 'gross and unfair'
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Nuclear industry has been pushing for less oversight, and it's working
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EBay stock rises as company considers sale of StubHub
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Netflix has its biggest subscriber stumble since the DVD-by-mail era
Netflix delivered a shock by reporting a drop in U.S. subscribers and much slower growth overseas, a sign it's losing momentum just as a competitors prepare to pounce.
Stocks fall; railroads pull down industrial sector
U.S. stocks extended their losses into a second day Wednesday as railroad operator CSX had its biggest drop in 11 years, pulling other industrial companies down with it.
Tom Barrack's Colony Capital explores sale of warehouse business
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Trump expressed concerns about Pentagon cloud-computing contract
President Donald Trump recently demanded more information about how the Pentagon crafted a massive cloud-computing contract it's poised to award to Amazon.com Inc. or Microsoft Corp., in order to decide whether he should intervene.
Filmmaker Walter Hill seeks a scene change on Malibu's Broad Beach
Prolific action filmmaker Walter Hill is seeking $8.995 million for his modern Malibu beach house of 14 years.


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Pedro Baez Still Could Make Dodgers' NLDS Roster, in Theory
Published on October 1, 2017 October 5, 2017 by Dennis Schlossman
The final series of the regular season in Colorado has been nothing short of action-packed, to say the least. The offense of the Dodgers has once again been showing some signs of waking up in critical situations, and the relief corps has proven that it's capable of taming one of the hottest offenses on the senior circuit. Yet, among all these exciting twists and turns, there are still a few playoff roster spots up for grabs. One of the vacancies which has seemingly been garnering the most attention among those familiar with the club is the final spot in the Dodgers' bullpen.
Outside of Kyle Farmer taking the spot of Adrian Gonzalez, the initial projection of the NLDS roster that we put together more than 10 days ago is still holding relatively true to form. In that particular model, though, we had lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu emerging from the bubble to snatch the final bullpen spot. Among those battling with Ryu for a spot on the roster are Ross Stripling, Walker Buehler, Brandon McCarthy and Brock Stewart. Another option, the arm which was outwardly ostracized by the fans and appeared to not have a snowball's chance in the Sahara, is that of righty setup man Pedro Baez.
However, maintaining the support of his manager Dave Roberts, and most recently being boosted by the encouragement of All-World closer Kenley Jansen, Baez gives the impression of having regained a bit of the confidence that made him an effective setup option for the majority of the season, and still may have a remote shot of being named to the club's 25-man NLDS roster later next week.
"If we get Petey like who he used to be—he's still the Petey who he is—if we can get him back to who he is, it's going to be a plus point for us in the playoffs," Jansen said at the conclusion of the San Diego series last Wednesday. "Because when Petey is on, it's a lockdown mode with Petey at the end."
Whether it was the wrong pitch selection, a fault in his mechanics, or simply a matter of confidence, Baez's stock seems to be back on the rise, thanks to the support of Roberts, Jansen, pitching coach Rick Honeycutt and bullpen coach Josh Bard.
"To me, he's gotten away from his strengths," Bard said. "He was fighting a little bit of a delivery thing and it just kind of steamrolls, and you start being hard on yourself. There's 85 different factors. It could be the end of the season, the playoff roster, arbitration—it could be all of those different things are real. For us to say that they aren't is foolish. Knowing Petey for who he is, his motivations are genuine. They're for the team, that's for sure."
With a sub-1.50 ERA for the majority of the season, the hard-throwing righty saw that mark balloon to 2.59 towards the beginning of September. Yet, after putting in the extra work with his coaching crew, he has looked surprisingly strong in his last several appearances, and in turn, may have possibly rejoined the bubble group for the final few spots in the playoff bullpen.
Since September 23, Baez has made four appearances, throwing a total of 4-1/3 scoreless innings. He has allowed only four hits and has struck out seven opposing batters, but perhaps most importantly has not allowed a walk. On Saturday evening, he entered the game in the bottom of the eighth frame, striking out the only two batters he faced before giving way to Jansen. And, during this time, his fastball gives the impression of having more life than ever, often hitting the 99 MPH mark.
Even if he doesn't make the NLDS roster, Baez could theoretically be selected for the NLCS roster, if the Dodgers do indeed advance that far. And despite the shallow perspectives from many of the fans, he'll certainly be a critical part of the Dodgers' bullpen picture heading into next season. After all, he's only 29 years of age and still has plenty of miles on his arm after having been converted to a pitcher back in the 2013 season.
In the meantime, bearing in mind that he's thrown 2-1/3 innings over the past two days, it's unlikely he'll appear in the season finale at Colorado on Sunday. But considering the Dodgers have a full four days off before the NLDS opener on Friday, Roberts may decide to have a look at his entire relief arsenal, especially the arms who are competing for the final few roster spots in the NLDS.
First pitch for the final game of the regular season is slated for 12:10 p.m. Los Angeles time.
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5 thoughts on "Pedro Baez Still Could Make Dodgers' NLDS Roster, in Theory"
Jeff D. says:
Baez is a lock for the NLDS roster as far as I'm concerned. He gave all the other guys a chance to step up big when he had his control/confidence problems and no one took advantage. His last few performances have been closer to the early-season Baez than the recent one and with Roberts and Kenley's backing………………..well, need I say more? I would be absolutely shocked if he isn't on the roster now.
Dennis Schlossman says:
That's pretty much the way I see it, Jeff.
I can't argue with you guys, but it is still a scary thought.
I think the entire bullpen can be a scary thought, outside of Kenley.
Not that he couldn't completely implode in the post season, but I would say that Morrow is only 1/2 scary. Really, he's had a pretty terrific year. It's not that the others are so horrible, it's that they are incredibly inconsistent. It's like sending somone to fight a fire and he comes with a tanker full of water and a tanker full of gasoline and you just never know which one he'll decide to use. Not a very comforting thought when you look at some of the other bullpens we'll be facing.


People get up every day to wash their faces, brush teeth and a series of washing items, so the elevator door is also needed to do some processing, today is the five elements of polishing treatment.
The master that has done it is clear that the polishing of the elevator door is difficult to master, but it is also a solution.
First, the prerequisite for polishing is to finish grinding, like planting flowers and grass in the soil. Grinding is to do a good job of grinding the foundation, there is no specific number of restrictions.
Two, to do a good job of polishing, the early refurbishment must be done well, the basic conditions are: clean, dry, a certain brightness of the plate. In these three conditions, the degree of dryness is the most direct factor affecting the polishing effect. How to keep the stone dry is to do waterproof treatment before grinding.
Three, we need to understand the physical and chemical properties and lithology of stone, and select the polishing agent. To do a good job of polishing stone, we should choose the material suitable for the working object, and how to choose the physical property of the stone and the chemical composition of the stone. In the face of the beautiful products of the company and the market, it will not be useless, and there will be no waste of manpower and material resources.
Four, we need to know the use of various materials for stone polishing material: stone hard agent has five kinds of medium, such as block, powder, slurry, agent and paste. We should understand the characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of each medium, and apply it in the concrete stone nursing work to make the same good effect.
Five, grasp the essentials of stone polishing: multi-media application, multiple varieties superposition, multiple times polishing, quantitative change is the foundation, qualitative change is the result.
Elevator door manufacturers Xiaobian to introduce the above five points, we hope to help everyone, if there are any problems, you can directly contact us.


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Covid and Costs Predicted to Persist in '22
From Covid forced lockdowns to freight delays, fast rising costs and heavy hive losses, 2021 was a year that threw up obstacles for beekeepers, honey packers and those businesses which provide supplies and services. It's not all bad news though as we check in with some major industry stakeholders to get their thoughts on operating in 2021 and hopes for improved businesses conditions on the horizon in 2022.
Despite beekeepers remaining essential workers in the eyes of New Zealand's Covid response, the long-reaching tentacles of the global pandemic were always going to have an impact on apicultural business operations in 2021 and that looks set to roll over into 2022.
While individual businesses were inconvenienced by Covid impediments such as regional border restrictions and vaccine mandates, on the whole beekeepers were able to work through as rules and restrictions became more worn-in and workable in the second full year of Covid lockdowns.
"All of those habits and practices have almost become business as usual," Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ) chief executive Karin Kos says.
"I think Covid's going be here for a while longer and we are going to have to deal with it for at least another year."
Costs on the Rise
While it might be business as usual for many beekeepers, suppliers to the industry have been caught up in lockdowns and freight delays.
Plastic packaging specialists Pharmapac, who supply many honey packers, have had a very trying year operating out of lockdown-hit Auckland, general manager Brett Hopwood says. Another service provider to honey houses, HD Process NZ, while still able to operate as an essential business maintaining and installing equipment in sheds around the country, is feeling the constraint of freight delays through some key ports slowing importation of gear. Add to that beekeeping supply company New Zealand Beeswax, whose general manger Nick Taylor says suppliers are feeling the pinch of the rising freight costs.
Delays across freight lines, including in many ports, are leading to rising costs and difficulty getting New Zealand honey to international markets.
"2021 was the year that inflation and cost of transport started to bite. I think we were sheltered from that the previous year due to exchange rate and through existing stock levels. They have started to bite now though and there's no sign of that improving. I'm almost weekly getting a letter from a supplier saying you're going to have to move the prices," Taylor says.
While those suppliers fight headwinds to keep their businesses and their beekeeping and honey packing clients going, the issue of freight is also drastically felt by traders seeking to export honey from our shores.
"The big issue that has come through in the last three to four months is the cost of freight," Kos says.
"That's been phenomenal. It's quadrupled over the last few months and just trying to get access to freight, with the cost, the delays. So even though we've got the product ready to go, it's been quite difficult."
It's a problem exporters are going to face for the foreseeable future too, the ApiNZ chief executive predicts.
"We've talked to Government and I've talked to the other primary sector groups. It's pretty much out of our control. It's such a global issue. It's not just us obviously. So, there's not too much of it we can do about it. But that worries us and our members."
Honey Sales
Manuka honey proved difficult for some beekeepers to sell in 2021, while varieties such as honey dew and clover saw increased demand.
While traders might have trouble freighting honey internationally the majority of demand for honey is very much variety dependent as the calendar rolls over to 2022.
While many around the industry reported difficulty selling manuka honey in 2021, despite a reduced production year, other varieties which were previously slow to sell have found markets. South Island producers have seen their clover honey climb in demand, while honey dew from areas of the native beech tree was also snapped up by buyers in 2021.
"I've never seen the list of such good signals going into a season as what I'm seeing this year," says Taylor, who is in regular discourse with beekeepers through NZ Beeswax.
"I've never seen the list of such good signals going into a season as what I'm seeing this year." Nick Taylor, general manager NZ Beeswax.
Positive signs include below-par honey yields in competing production areas such Canada and South America, as well as soon-to-be free trade with the United Kingdom. And, while honey buyers could pick and choose what honey to buy in recent-past season, things appear to be changing as some packers are now seeking supply agreements with beekeepers.
"Three years ago, you couldn't give a honey jar away. Now, there are two people biting your hand off to get it. Almost all clover is good clover, and even white honey that can be blended with good clover is good clover. Bush honey is popular again too." Taylor says.
In the North Island the signs are not as positive though and New Zealand Beekeeping Incorporated (NZBI) president Jane lorimer, herself a Waikato beekeeper, says while non-manuka honey might be more readily sought after, the prices are still depressed.
"We're still sitting on majority of our product. I do hear that prices are moving up a bit. I think it's mostly in the South Island though. I haven't heard anybody say the price has shifted a lot, but some have been forced to sell at a lower price," Lorimer says.
It is all tempered by one big negative. Some beekeepers are having trouble selling manuka honey, as demand from packers and the international market fell back in 2021 following a spike in sales the previous year.
Some beekeepers who have been able to sell manuka honey are facing delayed payments, Taylor says he is hearing.
"Even people that are selling have been drip fed payment, or the payment has been delayed because of shipping concerns or container availability, or just slow payment from the end user, which is resulting in the beekeeper getting paid slowly," Taylor says.
In the Hives and Into 2022
At an apiary level, 2021 proved a troubling season on two major fronts. Firstly, the national honey take was down, going from 27,000 tonnes in 2020 to 20,500 in 2021, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries. Also in 2021 many beekeepers in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato were hard hit by hive losses in autumn, winter and spring. The main factor was suspected to be varroa mite and related viruses, potentially transferred between hives in kiwifruit pollination.
Early indications are the 2022 manuka honey take could also drop below average, while it remains to be seen as to what effect the mass migration of hives into kiwifruit pollination this past spring will have on hive health and whether problems will again manifest at the end of the honey flow.
Despite those challenges looming, Kos says the honey industry still has some key things to be thankful for in these Covid times, especially as other primary industries grapple with labour shortages and freight frustrations along with perishable crops.
"We have a product that people really, really want, it can sit in port and it doesn't go off," Kos says.
"We can also still operate in lockdowns and beekeepers are still going out the gate. I think it's pretty good."
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We were in Jakarta earlier this week for the Global Nutrition Report roundtable. It was organized by the Ministry of National Development Planning.
Nina Sardjunani the Deputy Minister for Planning (member of the GNR Stakeholder Group) and Prof Endang Achadi (IEG member) were behind the planning of the workshop. Two Ministers were there to open the proceedings (Human Development and Coordination (Puran Maharani, daughter of former President Megawati--in picture) and Bappenas, the Planning Ministry), Professor Soekirman and the US Ambassador Blake was among the dignitaries. Like Odisha, this was an all-day affair. It was wonderfully organized and set up. The morning was more formal with about 300 people and the afternoon more informal with about 100.
* Shock. Many in the audience were floored by the fact that Indonesia was one of only 17 countries with high levels of under 5 stunting, wasting AND overweight. Stunting rates are high (36% from a 2013 government survey), static, and, for the poorest quintile, are actually increasing. One of the senior government officials said it was a "disaster". The Indonesia Nutrition Country Profile gives more details.
* Decentralization. It is clear that while most of the power for improved nutrition lies with the +500 Districts, there does not seem to be a plan for getting them to focus on nutrition. This could be done through regulation, investment (in capacity) or incentives, but while each District has an action plan, there is no action plan for dealing with the Districts.
* Potential. The potential for a big change in malnutrition seems high. The economy is booming, poverty is falling, cash transfers are in place, a new law is being introduced that would raise the age of marriage to 18 from 16, there is tons of up to date data, and the central government seems committed (ranked 7th in the nutrition component of the HANCI).
* Think tanks. The gap between government and research seemed quite significant. Nutrition in Indonesia needs something like a SMERU and Prof. Soekirman announced a new such think-tank, the IGI, launched in October last year. This will help link existing and new research to policy making and vice versa. It should keep the issue in the media, help governments use existing data and become better consumers of evidence and help researchers to pose more relevant questions.
* Leadership. It is pretty clear that nutrition leaders in Indonesia need to be extraordinarily adept—excelling in horizontal coordination (across sectors and stakeholders at the same level) and in vertical coordination (from national to sub district). This requires so much more skill than knowledge of nutrition. It requires people to stick their necks out to make decisions that might not please key constituencies, make a compelling case and build relationships outside their comfort zones. None of this is easy, but it has to be done.
* New Plans. New plans for nutrition improvement are being drafted for 2015-2019 and they are going to be multisectoral, not just focusing on food and health. In principle this is very good, but in practice it makes it even more demanding to implement, so capacity investments will have to accompany the changes. Also the proposed name, Food and Nutrition Plan, needs to change to something like Multisector Plan for Nutrition. Food is important, but so are the other sectors. The proposed name would privilege one sector over the others and often food is not the main constraint to improved nutrition.
In sum, all the ingredients are in place for a rapid reduction in malnutrition in Indonesia. We just need a few adventurous cooks with the keys to the kitchen who can develop, articulate and implement plans for nutrition. If Indonesia wants to lock in enhanced economic performance in the future, it needs to invest in nutrition now.


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TGIM! Film 4 Frightfest
Posted by Natasha Hodgson On August 20, 2012 0 Comment
Oozing gloriously into the world in 2000, Frightfest was started by three ne'er do wells called Paul McEvoy, Ian Rattray and Alan Jones who simply wanted to screen the latest in gore at the gorgeous Prince Charles Theatre. A dream we've all had. Since then, it has grown into one of the London film scene's most treasured annual events, transferring to the Empire cinema in Leicester Square in order to accommodate ever growing ticket demands. Now in its 13th year (SPOOKARIFFIC), and partnering with Film 4, Frightfest 2012 looks to be just as horrifyingly, juicily gruesome as ever it was. SO WHAT SHOULD YOU BE LOOKING FORWARD TO?
First and foremost on our must-see list this year is Berberian Sound Studio, an already critically acclaimed chiller from Peter Strickland and starring the ever-wonderful Toby Jones. The story follows an analogue engineer working on sound effects for a horror film (a bit navel-gazing, sure, but if EVER THERE WAS THE FESTIVAL FOR IT) who gradually starts to get psychologically entangled with the shots and sounds he's supposed to be manipulating. Hailed as a paranoia-laden thriller, and a Lynch-ian, masterful unpicking of fear, how it originates and what happens when it spreads, you'd be mad to miss it.
Also on our wish list is the re-make of the 80s slasher Maniac, mainly because I think we can all agree it's about time we saw Elijah Wood scalp a woman. Promising first person perspective throughout – so, we see everything from the point of view of the killer, only glimpsing what he looks like in reflections – it might just set itself above the usual slasher fare. Sam Raimi's The Possession (young girl, malevolent spirit, you get the idea) also looks like gag-inducingly good fun, ish, and anyone who says they don't want to see Ross Noble spend an hour and a half as a murderous zombie clown in Stitches obviously doesn't deserve to live, or indeed be killed by Ross Noble dressed as a zombie clown. Having actually seen Stitches already, I can tell you that it's an absolute must for hilarious-gore fans. Not so much for, you know, actual-proper-good-story fans, but still.
One of the great things about Frightfest is that it gives new or little known horror directors a real stage to shine on, and piquing our interest is Tower Block, a inner-city, sniper-based directorial debut by James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson. It promises blood-splatter, crunchingly enjoyable set pieces and a no-doubt wonderful Sheridan Smith – though comparisons to this year's other tower block thriller, Indonesian face-melter The Raid – may be difficult to avoid. Also on our hit-list is Spanish thriller Sleep Tight , a twisted thriller about a concierge (Cell 211's Luis Tosar) of an apartment building who becomes determined to ruin the life of a happy-go-lucky tenant named Clara (Marta Etura). Reviews seem to suggest its almost unbearably claustrophobic, a little sick and utterly spellbinding. Off we go then.
There is SO MUCH to check out (we haven't even gotten started on Cockneys Vs Zombies), and with the festival running for four days you surely have no excuse in freeing up some time. Have a look at the full line-up here and get buying tickets and passes here. Frightfest comes but once a year, so stick your mind into its open wound and squelch gorily to victory. What? Exactly.
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By Mark Farrelly
eFootball PES 2020 Is On Sale For Next To Nothing On Playstation 4
If you're a fan of PES then we've got plenty of good news!
eFootball PES 2020 is now on sale in the Playstation Store for as little as €6 if you're a PS Plus subscriber. The football game has been slashed by 40% to €17.99 for all Playstation users, with an extra discount for those who are PS Plus members. In fact the Legend Edition of the game has also been given the reductions and can be snapped up for €8 if you're a PS Plus member.
This year's edition is a whole lot of fun and there's even more to look forward to because Euro 2020 will be added to the game on 4 June. So while we may have to wait another year for the tournament in real life, you can lead Ireland to glory on PES next month!
The previously postponed UEFA EURO 2020 content will now arrive in #eFootballPES2020 on Thursday 4th June.
The update will add all 55 participating UEFA National teams, 2 brand new Stadiums and more! pic.twitter.com/Ve10zO4gMi
— KONAMI UK (@KonamiUK) May 18, 2020
PES is just one of loads of games that have gone on sale on the Playstation Store today, with the likes of Assassin's Creed Origins, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, and No Man's Sky all available at hugely reduced prices.
Meanwhile on Xbox One, eFootball PES 2020 is free to play if you're a Game Pass member.
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GuJames Marsters, Nicholas Brendon, Mercedes McNab, James Leary & Mark Lutz.
A last minute cancellation by the only guest I'd not yet met, Harry Groener (Mayor Wilkins BtVS S3) was disappointing and there was no replacement. No Dollhouse or Firefly guests either but considering that Dollhouse is still currently shooting and most of the Firefly regulars are working on other projects that's just the way it goes.
We'd heard about James's accident on the set of Caprica a week or so ago but we were reassured by management that he would be attending. Sympathy to the 'Hub' Convention in the UK the previous week which he had to cancel. James was there and in a great deal of pain (you could see it- and quite frankly almost feel it too) The organisers announced that James asked all attendees not to touch/hug him in the photo shoots as it would hurt too much. He would not be sitting during his Q&A's either. Palpable disappointment from the fans that had booked multiple photo shoots - more on that later.
The organisers took the trouble to explain how things would work at the weekend. On a show of hands it became apparent that the majority of the attendees were con virgins, much to my surprise and delight. So good that these shows still garner this sort of interest.
First up on stage was James Leary (Clem BtVS) followed by Nick Brendon (Xander) Mercedes McNab (Harmony BtVS/AtS) Mark Lutz (groosalug AtS) and finally James Marsters (Spike BtVS/AtS) James took the stage to the usual reception but clearly without that boundless energy and enthusiasm that he normally exudes, he leant heavily on his directors chair. We had a brief hello from them all and soon after they left the stage for the Gold ticket cocktail party.