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Sydney enjoys a vastly larger variety of extracurricular activities than Willow does, so when Willow said that she'd like to take gymnastics I was stoked, and immediately punched weekly lessons into the homeschool budget. Fortunately, "Routine Day" happened to be scheduled for the week of their second lesson, so I was able to pass through the magic window into the Actual Gym to film the girls showing off their approximately 1.5 hours of instruction thus far:
All the other parents were very good sports at clapping for my two tumble girls, I should add, since their own kids' routines had probably been in the works since at least the beginning of the year, if not longer (one of the kids could actually do that backward flip thing). Still, I do believe (quite humbly) that Will did herself credit during her performance.
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The best part of Routine Day, however?
The girls were THRILLED. Will wore hers non-stop all weekend, to Arkansas and back, and neither child so much as questioned why they happened to deserve medals at their second lesson, but if there were any doubts in their minds about whether or not gymnastics was super-fun (it's a little warm in the gym, after all), those doubts were completely and utterly quelled for all time.
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SEATTLE (AP) Russell Wilson threw four touchdown passes to move into second place for TD passes by a rookie, Marshawn Lynch scored twice, and led by their rocking crowd the Seattle Seahawks clinched a spot in the NFC playoffs with a 42-13 rout of San Francisco on Sunday night.
Wilson threw TDs to Lynch, Anthony McCoy and two in the second half to Doug Baldwin to give him 25 for the season, one shy of Peyton Manning's record of 26. Lynch added 111 yards rushing and a 24-yard TD run on Seattle's opening drive that set the tone.
Richard Sherman returned a block field goal 90 yards for a touchdown and added an interception for the Seahawks (10-5).
Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers (10-4-1) struggled with the deafening noise echoing around CenturyLink Field, making for a miserable 49th birthday for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh.
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Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is expected to rotate his side for Sunday afternoon's fifth-round showdown against Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium, with perhaps one eye on next week's crunch Champions League clash against Bayern Munich.
That could mean the likes of striker Olivier Giroud and vice-captain Mikel Arteta are given a breather, which would open the door again for 18-year-old Gnabry - who started both the previous ties against Tottenham and Coventry - to have another chance to impress.
"I am eager to get back in the team and I'm trying my best in training," German youth international Gnabry said in Arsenal's matchday programme.
"I am hoping to catch the manager's eye and hoping to get back in the starting XI.
"The FA Cup is a great opportunity for young players
I really enjoy playing in the competition and I hope we make it to the final.
"We have got a chance, and it doesn't matter who is still in the cup because in the end you have to play the best teams.
"I think it is going to be a great game for sure and we just want to make it to the next round."
Wenger maintains he will not make too many changes which would compromise the integrity of his side.
"I play a team with a good opportunity, a good chance to qualify," he said.
"Will I rest one player, or two or three? I don't know yet
Certainly we will just have one focus, which is to win the game."
Wenger insists there can be no thoughts of what happened against Liverpool last weekend, when his team were thrashed 5-1 at Anfield having trailed 4-0 inside the opening 20 minutes.
"You can say what you want, when you just conceded five goals you do not go into the next game and act like nothing happened," said Wenger, whose side drew 0-0 at home to Manchester United on Wednesday.
"I feel that we got the mental response I expected from the team - hugely committed, but with a bit more confidence and were a bit more composed on the ball."
Santi Cazorla is struggling with a virus, but midfielder Mathieu Flamini is available again following a three-match suspension.
Liverpool centre-back Daniel Agger's return to fitness could be just the lift his defence needs after their leakiness was exposed in recent weeks.
The Reds have kept only two clean sheets against top-flight opposition since mid-December and individual errors have contributed to that disappointing tally.
Kolo Toure has been responsible for two mistakes in three matches, gifting an equaliser to West Brom and then scoring an own goal against Fulham in midweek and his place is most under threat from Agger's return to the squad after missing six matches with a calf problem - a spell in which they kept just one clean sheet.
But while the purists may rejoice at the return of Liverpool's only genuine ball-playing centre-half - whose ability fits perfectly with Rodgers' insistence of building from the back - the manager stressed the most important thing about a defender was being able to do his primary job properly.
"I like defenders to defend first," he said ahead of Sunday's FA Cup fifth-round tie at Arsenal, the team they smashed 5-1 in the league at Anfield last weekend.
"Everyone talks about ball-playing centre-halves but you have to be able to defend and be able to cope with that first.
"Obviously if you have the qualities then we want you to play because it is important how we build our game and there is no doubt Daniel Agger is an outstanding footballer."
While Liverpool have dragged themselves into the Premier League title race, sitting just four points off the top in fourth place, Rodgers insists that will not affect their cup preparations.
In fact, he believes Arsenal's pending Champions League clash at home to Bayern Munich next week may have more bearing on the fixture.
"We want to win the FA Cup, that's our objective," he added.
"We've got no midweek game so we can go as strong as we wish to go.
"It's probably different for Arsenal, who have a massive game after ourselves in the Champions League, so they may have to look at it differently
We won't need to rest anybody.
"We want to do it for the club
Since I've been here we have changed the squad around in order to try and help us in the league.
"When I have made too many changes we haven't been good enough and that's seen us go out of tournaments earlier than I would want.
"This year we wanted to do well in the cup competitions - hence the reason why we've been strong.
"We want to get to Wembley, not for the semi-final, but for the final.
"If we're there for the final, then it gives us a chance to win it."
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It's no secret that Linux forefather Linus Torvalds is a pixel density enthusiast. He railed against the poor resolution of most laptop screens late last year, saying 2560 x 1600 should be the standard. Well, according to Torvalds' Google+ posting, he has acquired a Chromebook Pixel, and it's everything he's ever wanted in a laptop. In fact, he plans to make it his main laptop.
Torvalds called the Pixel's screen "beautiful" before expanding on that assessment. The screen on the Pixel shows how stagnant PC laptop hardware has become, according to Torvalds. He places the blame for poor PC sales squarely on the manufacturers and their recycled designs (most of which top out at 1080p resolution).
The resolution of the Pixel is bonkers at 2560 x 1700, which is 239ppi. Unlike most laptop screens, this is a square-ish 3:2 ratio. Torvalds doesn't mind, though. It turns out he hates widescreen panels.
So the Linux godfather loves the Pixel's screen, but what about Chrome OS? Well, let's just say that Google won't be drawing attention to Torvalds as marketing for the Pixel. After testing the device with Chrome OS, Torvalds plans to install a distro of Linux on the Pixel's 32GB SSD drive. It's nice that the hardware is open enough to allow such an operation.
If Torvalds has one complaint about the Pixel, it's that the weight is a little much. Google's newest Chromebook weighs 3.35 lbs (1.52 kg), but Torvalds is of the opinion that a laptop should top out at about 1 kg. Linus Torvalds may have been able to justify the price of the Chromebook Pixel, but most users will be tripped up by the $1300 price tag. The screen is good, but is it that good?
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AT News Update: DDR2 Memory Performanceby Kristopher Kubicki on February 25, 2004 6:06 AM EST
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From time to time you may see either myself, Anand, or one of the other writers post our thoughts on topics in the forums and news articles. Today, we are going to post a bit of "extended coverage" on our thoughts concerning DDR2. Hopefully, you enjoy our new approach and we encourage you to post your comments!
Even before Computex 2003 we began to first hear some of the upcoming strategies incorporating DDR2 into upcoming Intel platforms. Several months later, in January, we received confirmation on how and when these technologies were going to appear in upcoming chipsets.
Today Micron, Elpida and Samsung compose of the majority of the DDR2 market. Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion about the JEDEC specification. DDR2 is nearly identical to DDR1, with a few optimizations. The major optimizations include:
DDR2 gets the majority of its punch from the 4 bit prefetch. DDR2 can effectively write/read four times the amount of data per clock cycle to/from the memory array. This effectively doubles the data bus speed while keeping the internal bus speed the same from DDR1. Both DDR1 and DDR2 use a 64-bit interface.
These optimizations come with the advantage of a slightly lower operating voltage, but requires 240 pins rather than the 184 pins required by DDR today.
With the talk of different bit prefetches, it becomes difficult to tell the actual clocks of the new memory. Briefly stated, DDR2 runs with a lower internal clock than DDR1. However, since the prefetch is larger than DDR1, the external clock is doubled. For example, if we could run the same DDR400 on the shelves today with DDR2's 4-bit prefetch, it would essentially operate at DDR800. Since this is not possible, the internal bus of the DDR2 modules we see now has been lowered to 100MHz for DDR2-400 and 133MHz for DDR2-533. DDR400 and DDR2-400 should perform the same.
What does this mean for early adopters? Essentially; nothing. There will not be a performance increase between DDR2-400 and DDR-400 (or even between DDR2-533 and DDR-533). DDR2 is the technology to enable post-DDR533 speeds, rather than a technology to enhance it. As we start to see benchmarks of DDR1 versus DDR2 trickle in, consider the maturity of the two technologies. DDR1 is nearly 5 years old with dozens of chipset manufacturers and billions of dollars in financial backing. DDR2 still has not even entered full production yet.
DDR2, today, is still not the DDR2 we will see in mass production come April or May. Not surprising, Intel has pushed its sample 925X chipsets back another couple weeks to cope with compatibility and performance issues on DDR2. So, even though PC2-4300 does not perform as well as PC-4300 right now, keep in mind the memory controllers still have some significant changes to undergo. The timings on today's PC2-4300 are also very poor; most Micron based DDR2 is rated as 4-4-4. Regardless, we should not be looking for performance leaps between DDR2 and DDR1 until memory gets up into the DDR2-667 and DDR2-800 ranges. According to Intel, VIA and SiS roadmaps, we might see all of these speeds this year.
With DDR2 memory fixed around $900 for 512MB right now, it is probably unlikely that we will see the enormous rush to Intel's 925X chipset. Even once prices fall to within range of the DDR prices of today, the newer technology will not really benefit the consumer until we get into the speeds unobtainable by DDR1.
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joeld - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - linkGood question -why the increase? just to lower the internal megahertz? Reply
Pumpkinierre - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - link#13 If it is the same bus width, why the 240 pins? 62 pins more than the ordinary DDR. Reply
DerekWilson - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - link#12
all the improvements really are improvements to enhance scalability, not performance.
Think of it like this: its the same bus width and speed a. You can't do better than moving the maximum ammount of data across the bus in either case. Reply
Nighteye2 - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - linkIt may be nit-picking, but the article mentions 5 improvements, of which only the most influential one will be negated by the lower clock. But doesn't that leave 4 improvements to make DDR2-400 faster than DDR-400, if only marginally so?
KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - linkGDDR2 and GDDR3 are fairly different.
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skunkbuster - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - link"Actually have been waiting for PCI Express for sometime. PCI does not provide enough bandwidth for all the PCI cards I have installed. PCI Express will be able to provide the bandwidth I need. "
but unfortunately, you will not be able to use your pci cards in a pci express slot.
ViRGE - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - linkThe doubled prefetch is just for normal DDR2, right? I'm just thinking that we haven't heard anything about this for GDDR2, so it's unlikely this applies to it. Reply
jpwoodbu - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - linkIs DDR2 really not in mass production? According to ati's website, they're using it on the Radeon 9800 PRO with 256MB of RAM. Granted, I know that the XTs are using DDR1 but I would think that DDR2 would have to be in mass production to be for sale on any ATI video card. Reply
Icewind - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - linkYep, yep, I knew that DDR2 just simply wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Awesome, i'll be able to use my Corsair 3700XMS in my Athlon 64 939 pin and save some bucks.
The message is clear, DDR2 is poo! Reply
retrospooty - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - linkYes, well in order to get it, you will need a new CPU, Video card, and RAM all at once. Reply


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Over on her blog, turbidus has posted a (poem of the day) Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney, including a great video of Heaney reading it:
I would just like to counter / respond with my own favorite poem about blackberry picking, by Robert Hass from his breakout second book, Praise:
Picking Blackberries with a Friend Who Has Been Reading Jacques Lacan
August is dust here. Drought
stuns the road,
but juice gathers in the berries.
We pick them in the hot
slow-motion of midmorning.
Charlie is exclaiming:
for him it is twenty years ago
and raspberries and Vermont.
We have stopped talking
about L'Histoire de la vérité,
about subject and object
and the mediation of desire.
Our ears are stoppered
in the bee-hum. And Charlie,
laughing wonderfully,
beard stained purple
by the word juice,
goes to get a bigger pot.
A poet and blogger made a really interesting observation on this poem a few years ago that I just ran across:
I also like the way Hass employs the word "stuns" in "Picking Blackberries…" to give a quick nod toward Sylvia Plath's "Blackberrying." Plath wrote of the flies buzzing round her English blackberries: "The honey feast of the the berries has stunned them; they believe in heaven." The acknowledgment of the debt is a classy little move, typical of the work of Robert Hass. (via sonnets at 4 a.m.: A Poem by Robert Hass.)
Though of course I've read Sylvia Plath, I have absolutely no recollection of this poem, but now I want to rush out and read it. (I can't read a poem for the first time online; there's something about computer screens that seems to inhibit that initial connection for me.)
For more poetry by Robert Hass, and some background on him, check out Robert Hass : The Poetry Foundation:
Robert Hass is one of contemporary poetry's most celebrated and widely-read voices. In addition to his success as a poet, Hass is also recognized as a leading critic and translator, notably of the Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz and Japanese haiku masters Basho, Buson and Issa. Critics celebrate Hass's own poetry for its clarity of expression, its conciseness, and its imagery, often drawn from everyday life.
Praise, by Robert Hass – Powells.com
Praise, by Robert Hass – Amazon.com
Filed under: Poetry, blackberries, Jacques Lacan, Robert Hass, Seamus Heaney


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This should be the motto of the Golden Globes. And if you're here for the Gossip, that certainly works in your favour.
Big ups to Kristen Wiig. Love that Bridesmaids was recognised instead of The Hangover. Love that Wiig was included among Best Actresses Comedy although, um, you can tell they were kinda stretching, non? When there are 10 total lead acting spots to fill, there's a lot of love to go around...
But not if you're Melissa McCarthy who was shut out of Best Supporting Actress.
No, no, she wasn't a priority for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The priorities were Brange and Clooney. Which is why Angelina Jolie's In The Land Of Blood And Honey received a nomination for Best Foreign Film (can you imagine the size of the HFPA's boner when they realised it met all the criteria?). Brad Pitt of course will be contending for Best Actor. And they'll be seated where the cameras can find them most easily, in close proximity to George Clooney so that, hopefully, they can get all three, with a Keibler trying to wedge its way in there, in one frame, which they will try to cut to every 15 minutes while Ricky Gervais goes all meta on us and provides the play-by-play. God, please let that happen.
Speaking of Clooney...
They nominated him for Best Director for The Ides Of March. They did NOT nominate Steven Spielberg as Best Director for War Horse. Their justification, I imagine, for doing so was to give Ryan Gosling a Best Actor Drama nomination NOT for Drive, which is where he would have deserved it, but for March, thereby positioning March as the more well-rounded film over War Horse. This movie is called the George Clooney Blowjob.
As for Gosling?
Everyone's talking about how he's a double nominee in both Lead Actor categories. He'll represent The Ides of March in Drama and... Crazy, Stupid, Love in Musical/Comedy ...what the f-ck??? It's because he took his shirt off, isn't it? This is how you become a Lead Actor in the eyes of the HFPA. You take your shirt off and a supporting role becomes a lead role and the real lead actor (in this Steve Carell) gets bumped.
You know who else was nominated twice? Kate Winslet. Wouldn't it be so great if Kate Winslet got rid of that Ned Rocknloser in favour of Ryan Gosling???
If I were organising this thing, I'd invite Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen to present on behalf of Midnight in Paris. You know.
Ryan Reynolds has a movie coming out in February with Denzel Washington called Safe House. Presenting at the Globes and SAGs is a common studio move to get their talent out there on promotion during the season. Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Reynolds on the same carpet? Please studio, make it happen. And if it does happen and Blake Lively wants to outDO her How Did She DO That, she could try talking Ryan into making their red carpet debut as a couple the night of the Globes. Don't lie. You would explode. We would all explode.
The ultimate, ultimate, ultimate dream presenter however has to be Jennifer Aniston. The Brange's presence is secured. We are halfway there. Now we just need the studio behind Wanderlust to angle for a spot for Jennifer Aniston to open an envelope and we are primed for Great Gossip potential.
It's entirely up to her. Any event planner would be a f-cking idiot not to not extend the invitation. So it's Jen's if she wants it. You know then, if she says yes, it means she and Justin Theroux are ready for a stare-down. Come then, Jen. You know you want to. You know HE wants to. This Theroux wants to show his own game up there. Rub your Gossip Genie that he gets the opportunity.
PS. The Globes would also be a great time for Zooey Deschanel (nominee) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (nominee) to hug each other and realise they should never be apart again, right?
January 15th! With Ricky Gervais. This... is a GOOD year.
Attached - Sofia Vergara, Rashida Jones, Woody Harrelson, and Spittle Gerard Butler being gross at the Golden Globe nominations announcement this morning.
The Guest List is all that matters
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Carl's Jr.®
Carl's Jr. Honors Founders by Offering $60,000 in Scholarships in 2011
Jan 6, 2011
Applications now available online for the 12th annual Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship program
CARPINTERIA, Calif. – January 5, 2011 – Carrying on its commitment to advanced education, Carl's Jr.® is pleased to announce the commencement of its 12th annual Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship program. The scholarship application is now available online, at www.carlsjr.com/promotions. The submission deadline is Feb. 1, 2011.
Through the scholarship program, 60 deserving students will receive $1,000 each to the two- or four-year college or vocational school of their choice.
The scholarship program was established by the company founders to reward hardworking youths. Carl N. and Margaret Karcher started their company as a young married couple in 1941, believing they could earn success through their commitment to faith, service and hard work. Now, 70 years later, Carl's Jr. is proud to honor the late founders' commitment to the community.
"Carl Karcher was not only a great businessman, but also a very compassionate man," said Andrew F. Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc., parent company of Carl's Jr. "Carl said 'Whenever you're successful, you owe it to the people in the community.' The Founders' Scholarship program is part of our ongoing efforts to give back to people in the communities throughout the West who have helped Carl's Jr. succeed over the past 70 years."
Scholarship winners will be selected based on academic record, school and community leadership and participation, work experience and future goals. Financial need and other family circumstances also will be considered. In economic tough times, scholarship programs like this are invaluable to the community. Giving back to hardworking youths in need is part of the core value structure of Carl's Jr.
Applicants for the Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship must be high school seniors or graduates, age 21 or younger, who are planning to enroll for the first time at an accredited two- or four-year college or vocational school. Applicants must be residents of the states in which Carl's Jr. operates restaurants: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah or Washington.
Since the inception of the program in 1999, Carl's Jr. has granted $450,000 in scholarships. This year's scholarships will help push that total over the half million dollar mark.
Complete information about the Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship application process and a downloadable application are available only on the Carl's Jr. website, at www.carlsjr.com/promotions.
The Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship is administered by Scholarship Management Services®, a division of Scholarship America®. Scholarship Management Services is the nation's largest designer and manager of scholarship and tuition reimbursement programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. Employees, affiliates and franchisees of Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc., Scholarship America, affiliated agencies, and their immediate families are not eligible to receive a scholarship pursuant to this program.
About Carl's Jr.
Carl's Jr. is celebrating 70 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the end of its third quarter of fiscal 2011, CKE, through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,153 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 18 countries, including 1,245 Carl's Jr.® restaurants and 1,896 Hardee's® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.carlsjr.com . Carl's Jr. social media sites include www.facebook.com/carlsjr , www.twitter.com/carlsjr and www.youtube.com/carlsjr .
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Mon 1 Oct 2012
GMOs, crisis narratives, and the precautionary principle
Posted by Ed under Adaptation, development, Development Institutions, Food Security, Livelihoods, policy
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Friend/colleague/journalist Keith Kloor has a very interesting piece about the problematic character of some research that recently purported to cast doubt on the health safety of GMOs. The piece is an excellent effort to push back against crap science and crap evidence in the GMO debate, and stands as an interesting example of a general need to critically evaluate "scientific" claims about any number of issues from the harmful character of vaccines to those would deny anthropogenic climate change. However, the piece, in making a strenuous argument for evidence, overreaches in its conclusions and too-quickly dismisses the ecological issues associated with GMOs – exactly the opposite outcome Keith was seeking.
In general, I agree with Keith that the screaming about the health impacts of GMOs has greatly outstripped the evidence, but I take issue with the idea that GMOs have been largely proven safe all around. There remain significant questions about ecological impacts that have not attracted a solid scientific consensus (i.e the impact/cost/tradeoffs of gene flow between GMOs and the surrounding ecology, pest resistance, etc. –. The evidence base in this area is pretty small, and ecological systems are very diverse and complex, so the levels of uncertainty here are fairly epic (Pamela Ronald, whose article Keith references approvingly, even notes that the ecological impacts of GMOs are still an open issue). Honestly, Keith is too dismissive of this challenge:
Some of these folks are worried about new genes being introduced into plant and animal species. But humans have been selectively breeding plants and animals pretty much since we moved out of caves, manipulating their genes all the while. The process was just slower before biotechnology came along.
Modern genetic engineering does not have all that much to do with selective breeding. We are doing things in GMOs that could not occur in nature, which is rather different then applying what amounts to a modified evolutionary force (human selection of seeds to plant the next season or animals to breed) in the selection of traits within certain crops.
Another big concern that has been widely reported is the "rapid growth of tenacious super weeds" that now defy Monsanto's trademark Roundup herbicide. That has led farmers to spray their fields with an increasing amount of the chemical weed-killer. Additionally, some research suggests that other pests are evolving a resistance to GMO crops. But these problems are not unique to genetic engineering. The history of agriculture is one of a never-ending battle between humans and pests.
Again, this is a bit off to one side. Yes, agriculture has always been about the radical simplification and management of ecosystems in a complex world, and therefore is indeed an endless battle for control between farmer and surrounding ecology. What this elides, though, is the fact that some of these GMOs have made things harder for us in the long run. It is hard to sell this as a good, or even neutral, outcome.
I raise this issue because of its implications for conversations about food security. People (some, but not all) working in food security tend to be a bit dismissive of the ecological concerns surrounding GMOs, loosely equating them with the human consumption concerns that have largely been disproven at this point. The response to insistent questioning about ecological impacts is the argument that, on balance, GMOs have done more good than harm and/or that GMOs are necessary for global food security going forward. The "more harm than good" argument seems to me based on evidence that is hardly complete, and often references a glowing, startlingly unproblematic vision of the Green Revolution. The "we need GMOs" is a crisis narrative of food production that drives current and future claims about their value. At the moment, much of the food security world is arguing that there is a dire food production crisis either coming or just arrived (embodied in the 2008 and 2011 food price spikes), and therefore we cannot wait for the burden of proof surrounding any issue associated with GMOs – we must act now! This crisis narrative effectively reduces anyone who raises objections to an all-out push for more production to some sort of monster who would rather let innocents starve than engage with the messiness of the real world. Basically, precaution is conflated with timidity, making those who show concern over the ecological impacts of GMOs into the food security equivalents of Neville Chamberlain.
This would perhaps be true…if, in fact there were a global production crisis and we needed GMOs to feed everyone. This is a much harder thing to sell, however, when one realizes that the world produces roughly twice as much food as needed to feed everyone adequately each year. There isn't a global production crisis (though there are local production crises that arise from complex causes and need to be addressed in locally-specific ways). I've said it before, and I will say it again: globally, there is plenty of food. Now, and likely for quite some time. Period.
In the twitter conversations that emerged around Keith's article, Robert Wilson, a mathematical ecologist, argued for "an adjusted precautionary principle where we consider the risks of inaction, as well as action." This strikes me as both reasonable and necessary when discussing food security policy and programs these days. If we did this, though, I think we would find that the risks of inaction are, in fact, substantially smaller than the risks of action – this is not to say there are necessarily huge risks to action, just that when you are producing twice the calories needed already, the risk from doing nothing is, at least in the short term, pretty small. There is time to test more crops, more widely, under more conditions, before we arrive at any production crunch. There is no need to rush.
In short, we need to be sure that our efforts to push back against crap science (which is really what Keith was doing in his article) don't overreach and inadvertently empower narratives and arguments that are not supported by the evidence – exactly the opposite outcome Keith sought.
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Wait a minute. You say:
"We are doing things in GMOs that could not occur in nature…" and then go on to use the Roundup piece.
You absolutely can get RR naturally (see weeds), or by conventional breeding. Why is this different for the outcome from splicing in a resistance gene?
I really don't understand how conventional vs GMO RR would be different in the long run. So the point returns to it not being an issue of GMOness.
I'm really interested in the distinction. I've asked other people but never seen an answer.
While I approve of the civil tone, and thoughtful consideration, I am perplexed by the final message of this piece. Keith Kloor's excellent article was bolstered with many specific facts about genetic modification, and is accurate for the most part. The cautionary tone given here is unbacked by any specific citations or research. Asking for absolute safety is an unreasonable goal – observe that such a demand is not levied upon "conventional crops"; many breeds of which were derived by radiation and other imprecise genetic modification methods. And note that transgenics and modern genetic modification technique actually rely upon phenomena first observed in nature, from restriction enzymes to the ability of Agrobacterium tumefasciens to transform plant tissue. And we are continually discovering that what we think could not happen in nature actually does happen.
What I read here is a great deal of emotional response, and a precaution of the unknown – except that much of what you think is unknown is quite known. We are much further along than our fathers were in science.


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Stuttgart. For six decades, the history of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has been inseparably associated with the worldwide enthusiasm of the Porsche Club scene. 60 years ago, on 26 May 1952, seven passionate Porsche drivers founded the Porsche Club Hohensyburg in Westphalia. According to its articles of association, the common goal of this first club was to unite all Porsche drivers in friendship and comradeship. The creation of this first club was the foundation stone for a long and unique success story that has become a global phenomenon.
In the early Fifties, it was still a rarity to encounter a Porsche on the open road. This resulted in a greater sense of solidarity between owners not just in Germany. The Porsche Clubs international success story begins in 1953 with the founding of the Porsche Club Belgium. Two years later a private group of American Porsche customers, who were providing one another with technical support, spawned the Porsche Club of America, which nowadays represents the largest Porsche Club organisation in the world. And in 1961, in Great Britain, enthusiasts of the Zuffenhausen sports car brand founded the Porsche Club Great Britain, which has now developed into the largest Porsche Club organisation in Europe. Today, the 640 officially recognised Porsche Clubs with their approximately 181,000 members from more than 75 countries constitute the worlds largest automotive sector brand club.
The Porsche Clubs live the Porsche brand, seven days a week and 365 days a year. Club members high voluntary commitment makes them important brand ambassadors and thus part and parcel of the Porsche brand. That is why the Porsche Museum is honouring the Clubs 60th anniversary with a special exhibition. From 26 May to 26 August 2012, the sports car manufacturer will be looking back on six decades replete with exciting club activities. Not only will Club members special vehicles be on show but special photographs, documents and small exhibits will also relate their personal stories and experiences.
In addition, all museum visitors will be invited to select the most beautiful exhibit as part of a Concours dElegance. The choice is between twelve different vehicles, including the twelfth Porsche 356 produced in Zuffenhausen, a Porsche 968 Turbo S and a Porsche 911 Turbo Targa. Dr. Wolfgang Porsche as well will be providing a rare vehicle from his private collection for the special exhibition: a 911 Turbo S (993). Moreover, a 1970 Porsche 914/6 GT will be on show, as will a Porsche 911 S Club Coupé that was brought out in a limited edition of 50 units exclusively for American Club members to mark the 50th anniversary of the Porsche Club of America.
The museum shop will be offering a selection of special items for sale: the new volume 60 years of Porsche Clubs by in-house publisher Edition Porsche Museum introduces the reader to the history of the Porsche Clubs in approximately 180 pages. The book acquaints the reader with the most interesting, beautiful and spectacular Club moments. The book is available in German and English for 14.90 euro. Also, the museum shop is offering a metal grill badge on the occasion of the Clubs 60th anniversary that can be affixed to the air intake grille on historic Porsche models. The grill badge is approximately 95 millimetres in diameter and costs 35.00 euro. An anniversary pin is also available, priced at 5.00 euro.
The Porsche Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is eight euro for adults and four euro for concessions. There is free admission for children under the age of 14, accompanied by an adult. Additional information is available online: www.porsche.com/museum.
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Pipes just thawed out around noon, we hit 13 last night, I guess Winter just hit?
Yep Winter is on us. Hit 17 last night. I keep the water tricking when it gets below 30º day time and below 20º night time. But then I am on well water and on the grid, so it not a big deal. I use more water, when watering the yard in one day in the Summer then I use all Winter long.
Ye3p, tonight the water trickles....
Hit 17º again last night, but will only get up to 29º today they say. I see some G/W coming next week, should get up to 35º
Didn't get above 24 yesterday, it's 12 outside as I type, probably hit 11 before we start our heatwave of 25 for the day.Send some of that AGW down here, I hate getting up and running the water for 15 minutes while all the ice chunks blow through.
ST must love that morning shower.
The Wolf and I are happy, I don't know what the woman's issue is? Sun's up and were on a heatwave from 11 to 15 degrees, looks like a hot one today. ST is glaring at me.
I didn't know what a hot shower was until I was about 15
I thought that winter was on us the last time I posted on this thread but it didn't last long enough. The temps here over the weekend were in the 70-73 range but it rained some saturday morning. Back in the 60's today with rain most of the day and tomorrow. If this trend keeps up[, we'll have about a month and a half to deal with cold weather. There's been snow just above us as close as Hendersonville, NC but we've missed it all winter so far. Sounds like some of you are really having it rough. Seeing the grass in the yard turn greener. We usually go thru this kind of period, just enough to start all of the grass, trees and bushes to start budding, then we'll have that "easter snap" and everything will get killed by frost in late March-early April.
The apple farmers are concerned with the warm weather in Henderson Co., NC.
fire house Not on a farm.Just a pump handle, and a good size creek with a good size swimming hole.I remember the first hot water tank in back of the old wood stove. Mom and the girls got the hot water. We got what was left, after the first round of chores were done.
Are they calling for snow in your area?I was looking at the satellite pic and it looks like it's diving down quickly out of the North, right over you, if it reaches my area, it will definitely be snow and a lot of it.


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After the sting of last week's loss to LA, Dynamo players were looking forward to the next game on their schedule. It really didn't matter the opponent or the place just any opportunity to take out some of their frustrations at how they played last week.
On Saturday against Chivas USA, the Dynamo will have an opportunity to vent a bit at Robertson Stadium.
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While Houston will be looking to right the ship, the problem is that the ship is taking on a little bit of water with numerous injuries depleting the roster. That has opened up opportunities for some of the other players on the roster, such as Cruz, who may start his first MLS game if an injury Corey Ashe picked up at the end of practice on Thursday keeps him out.
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The good news on the injury front appears to be that defender Andrew Hainault should be fine to play Saturday after suffering a calf contusion against LA.
"[I am] fully mobile and should be fit for the game," Hainault said.
It looks unlikely that recently reacquired Joseph Ngwenya will have his paperwork completed in time for Saturday afternoon's game, however. That likely leaves the squad with Dominic Oduro as the team's lone forward. As a result, midfielder Brian Mullan -- who looked very sharp in practice all week -- may again be asked to log some minutes up top.
"It's not that big of a stretch," noted Mullan. "I played forward my first two years and before that my whole life. It's tricky switching back and forth, but I'll throw my all into it and hopefully something good will come out of it."
Mullan's Dynamo coaches and teammates know full well that regardless of where he lines up, he'll give his maximum effort.
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Mullan's play against LA was one of the few bright spots for the team on a night that Houston would prefer to forget. Saturday afternoon's match against Chivas USA gives the Dynamo their first chance to wash away the lingering bad taste in their mouth from the previous week's performance.
"They have a good team and it's going to be a tough one," noted Hainault. "I think we have to right our wrong because last game was very poor. Hopefully we can go there and show we can play. It has got to be better than last week."
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