What's In A Word?

Gay runs fastest 100m of all time.

Now you just can't knock a happy chappy.

File on high-risk offenders found in street

Presumably a majority of the information found would have been a matter of public record, although if you have ever tried to search such public record, information is hard to come by.
What wasn't in the public domain arguably should have been.
The greatest risk from such a discovery is potentially on those who release such offenders back in to the community, not the offender themselves ... after all depending on the crime, they will be well aware of feeling toward their offending from within prison.

Quite simply there should be provision for greater public scrutiny on these matters than is currently the case.

The BEE-ALL And End-All Of It All.

Are GM Crops Killing Bees?

A mysterious decimation of bee populations has German beekeepers worried, while a similar phenomenon in the United States is gradually assuming catastrophic proportions. The consequences for agriculture and the economy could be enormous.

As far back as 2005, Haefeker ended an article he contributed to the journal Der Kritischer Agrarbericht (Critical Agricultural Report) with an Albert Einstein quote: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man."

So perhaps if our very own Dr Barry O'Neil (previous post) were to have his way he may just realise the very opposite result he has stated ... not feeding the world at all.

Farmers need GE crops - MAF official

Oh yes ... here we go. These closeted scientists certainly avail themselves of every available opportunity to try and feed off the roller coaster that is Al Gore ... 'tis a veritable algorithm.

Livestock farmers need access to genetically engineered crops if they are to help feed the burgeoning world population, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) deputy director-general says - Barry O'Neil ascriber to Malthusian thinking in furtherance of an agenda.

'Pack' girls in school bullying

Violent assaults among secondary school students appear to be increasing, and girls are adopting a similar "pack mentality" to boy bullies, says the Children's Commissioner.
Cindy Kiro said yesterday that her office was seeing an escalating pattern of bullying, intimidation and peer harassment in schools, much of which went unreported.

Now one really has to wonder why ... couldn't have anything to do with the systematic disempowerment of those traditional institutions charged with the care of children, namely parents and teachers?

No, it will prove to be something intrinsic to those children ... and I am sure it already has a name enshrined in that tome 'The DSM4.' There will be one or two pills, perhaps more, available to moderate this disordered conduct.

But really one should attribute cause where it so clearly belongs ...

Now Here's An Idea.

Scorpions.

Petrol-hydrogen hybridRather than using fuel-cells to power an electric motor, the Scorpion from Ronn Motor Company would have an internal combustion engine burning both petrol and hydrogen, achieving 40 miles per gallon (about 5.9L/100km) on the highway. The hydrogen-gasoline hybrid technology comes from Hydrorunner.
Unlike a hydrogen fuel-cell car, the Scorpion's "hydrogen on demand" system wouldn't require a high-pressure hydrogen storage tank. Nor would a driver need to find and fill up at a hydrogen filling station.
Instead, electricity from the Scorpion's alternator sends an electric charge through the water in a storage tank, fracturing molecules and releasing hydrogen, which is injected into the motor, explained Ronn Maxwell, CEO of Ronn Motors in Horseshoe Bay, Texas.
"This means that as we're driving down the road, we're producing hydrogen in real time, and blending it with gasoline at a ratio of 30 to 40 per cent," he said.

The hydrogen internal combustion engine can achieve between 30 to 50 per cent greater efficiency over standard gasoline cars, Maxwell added. Under the hood is a 3.5-litre V6 engine from Honda with 208kW stock in stock trim, or 335kW with the twin-turbo option. The car has a 6-speed manual transmission.

So, not only pretty, but pretty quick too.

So Duff didn't Duff it After All.

Duff's driving charges dismissed.

I should have contested the integrity of these Taupo & north 'enforcers' further myself ... & should have taken photos of 'red' and his female consort & posted them.

A View On Modern Day Scaremongering.

From the Congressional Record, this speech was given on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. It is worth reading and posting elsewhere.
Lieberman-Warner Debate: Congressman Rohrabacher’s Floor Speech on Global Warming
http://rohrabacher.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=91424
MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING
House of Representatives - May 14, 2008
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The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Space). Under the Speaker’s announced policy of January 18, 2007, the gentleman from California (Mr. Rohrabacher) is recognized for 60 minutes.
Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I preface my remarks with a personal statement that, while I am opposed to the advocates of man-made global warming theories, I am committed to a clean and healthy environment, to purifying our air, our water, and our soil; all of this for the sake of the people of this planet, including my three children, Anika, Tristan and Christian. I do this not because of some paranoid theory that humans are changing the climate of the world, but instead, I am very concerned about the health of the people of the world and, thus, committed to clean air, clean soil, and clean water.
Thus, we have, today, to take a look at the issues of global warming and pollution that confront our society because there are enormous implications to this whole discussion of what has been called “man-made global warming.”
Only 18 months ago the refrain “Case closed: Global warming is real,” was repeated as if the mantra from some religious zealots. It was pounded into the public consciousness over the airwaves, in print, and even at congressional hearings, “Case closed.” Well, this was obviously a brazen attempt to end open discussion and to silence differing views by dismissing the need for seriously contrary arguments and seriously listening to both sides of an argument. And rather than hearing both sides of the argument, this was an attempt to dismiss arguments even though the person making the arguments might have a very impressive credential or might be a very educated scientist or someone else who should be listened to.
And yes, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of prominent scientists and meteorologists, the heads of science departments at major universities, and others, who are highly critical of the man-made global warming theory. There is Dr. Richard Lindzen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been adamant in his opposition, as has a Bjarne Andresen of the University of Copenhagen, Adreas Prokoph, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Ottawa, Dr. William Gray, a famous hurricane expert and former President of the American Meteorological Association, and Dr. Kevin Trenberth, the head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center of Atmospheric Research. All of these are respected scholars, all skeptical of the unwarranted alarmism that we are being pressured to accept.
But their views and those of so many more prominent scholars and scientists don’t matter. The debate is over. Al Gore has his Nobel Prize, and the film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” its Academy Award. So shut up and get your mind in lockstep with the politically correct prevailing wisdom, or at least what the media tells us is the prevailing wisdom. And no questions, please, the case is closed. We heard that dozens and dozens of times.

Don't move a muscle - just think green

One would imagine that this was a commercial disaster.

But then perhaps nature will no longer nurture the contrivance ... Severe gales, snow in store for weekend ... and the cold in Wellington is usually driven.

Not surprising that NZers are searching for that inner warmth.

More Contrivance.

The United Nations warned on Thursday that New Zealanders will have to change their lifestyles to reduce their carbon emissions.
Dr Pachauri told the programme that the lifestyle of those who frequently drive a private car would have to change. But if people have good access to low-emission forms of public transport, then reducing their carbon emissions would be only a minor burden.

Now really, how can anyone countenance such utter nonsense.

Contrivance and Creation.

And the next global crisis created, presumably out of bio fuels production, is the starvation of millions. Contrivance, now the AGW momentum is floundering, to reignite the 'world economy,' business principle without boundary ... without social conscience ... a world in which 'return to shareholders' is paramount.
Some people just don't know when to stop.
Unfortunately the 'small town nondescripts' like Mike Moore are staunch advocates ... not and rarely have been advocates for the people, but self aggrandisement and the maintenance of that pedestal ...sooo important.

'Pressure'

So now the pressure comes on to 'weak kneed' New Zealand, because they know our elected representatives are a 'push over,' particularly if there exists a degree of emotional momentum on the topic ... and perhaps there does. Mind you there are many precedents for adopting those devisive and destructive policies, but perhaps this year, not without consequence. Climate policies not only will, but already have had, a huge cost.

Dr David Wratt

What is vested interest? Is it when your whole sense of self, your sense of professional 'esteem,' your continued remuneration is bound by belief more than science? "I am a scientist," said Dr Wratt the manager of NIWA, who it would appear has been largely in management positions since 1982.
So then, why was Dr Jim Salinger not the prime person from NIWA on the Prime TV Climate Debate?
Dr David Wratt is a Principal Scientist with NIWA in Wellington. He is Leader of the National Climate Centre, Chair of the New Zealand Climate Committee (Royal Society of New Zealand), and a Bureau member (on the steering committee) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. David's interests include helping those involved in climate sensitive activities identify the effects of climatic extremes and change and adapt to them. He was a Convening Lead Author for the Australia and New Zealand Chapter of the Working Group II volume (impacts,vulnerability and adaptation) of the IPCC's Third Assessment Report. He has helped the New Zealand Climate Change Office develop material to assist Local Government staff with identifying climate change impacts and adaptation options.

Anyway let this person, in all his scientific objectivity, rest on his laurels ... time will show how accurate his predictions will be ....

What’s happening already
NIWA says evidence that New Zealand is already experiencing climate change includes:
Increasing temperatures: about 0.9 ºC over the past 100 years.
Reduced frost frequency over most of the country: Canterbury and Marlborough experience about 20 fewer frosts per year now than in the early 1970s.

One has to wonder if the grape growers in Malborough, Martinborough and Hawkes Bay would agree with this? Like, quite simply, it is nonsense.

Retreat of major South Island glaciers: volume of ice in the Southern Alps reduced by almost 11% in the past 30 years. Twelve of the largest glaciers are unlikely to return to their earlier lengths without extraordinary cooling of the climate.

So let's just omit the Fox and Franz Joseph glaciers from this.

The projections: overall picture
Future climate changes will be affected, amongst other things, by how much extra greenhouse gas goes into the atmosphere. For this reason, NIWA looked at likely changes in New Zealand across six greenhouse gas emission scenarios, but focusing on the mid-range.
Temperature:
Temperature is projected to increase by about 2 ºC by 2090 for a mid-range scenario. This is about the difference in the annual median temperature between Wellington and Auckland.
An unusually warm year now could be the norm in 30–50 years, and could be a very cold year by the end of the century.
Extreme temperature:
NIWA is projecting fewer frosts and more hot days.
Initial simulations from the regional climate model for New Zealand suggest large decreases in the number of frost days in the central North Island and in the South Island. For example, in the central plateau of the North Island, away from the actual alpine areas such as Ruapehu, the number of air frosts is projected to decrease from around 30–40 frost days per year currently to 5–15 days or so per year under a low-medium emission scenario, and to a few less days with a medium-high emission scenario, by the end of the 21st century.
The initial regional climate model runs also suggest substantial increases in the number of days above 25 °C, particularly at already warm northern sites. For example, depending on the scenario, the number of hot days in Auckland could more than treble. Currently, the city experiences about 21 days per year above 25 °C. By the end of the century, Aucklanders could face an extra 40 days or more of high temperatures under a low-medium scenario, and more than 60 extra hot days under a medium-high scenario.
Rainfall:
NIWA says the overall picture continues to be for a drier climate in most of the east coast and north of the North Island, coastal Canterbury & coastal Marlborough, and for a wetter climate in the west and south of South Island.
In addition, NIWA has produced rainfall projections for each season:
winter & spring: all the models point to increased westerly winds, especially over the South Island. This means drier in the east & north, but more rain in the west of both islands.
summer & autumn: different models point in different directions, but the average pattern is that westerlies decrease slightly over almost all of New Zealand. NIWA scientists have less confidence in this result than in the annual, winter, and spring projections. If borne out, less frequent westerlies would mean drier summers and autumns in the west of North Island, and possibly wetter in Gisborne & Hawkes Bay for those seasons.
Extreme rainfall:
NIWA says heavy rainfall is likely to get heavier and/or more frequent. For a mid-range scenario, a 1-in-100 year event now could become a 1-in-50 year event by the end of the century.
It advises planners to assume that extreme rainfall could be about 8% heavier for every 1 °C of warming. But it says there will be considerable geographical variation, related to such factors as where and how often storms cross the country and the intensity of ex-tropical cyclones in future. Further research is required.
Snow:
Based on air temperature and precipitation projections, it is likely that average snowlines would rise as the temperature increases, but snowfall is influenced by complicated atmospheric processes. NIWA intends to use a specialised snow model to quantify likely changes at the small scale required for management purposes (eg, effects on skifields or the amount of water in a catchment).
Strong winds:
A simulation using the regional climate model suggests an increase in the strongest winter winds over much of the country by 2100. The changes are fairly small for the most part (averaging out at a 2.3% increase over all land points in the model), but reach about 10% in some eastern locations.
Regional breakdowns
The following section summarises the annual average changes projected by the end of the century for a mid-range scenario for each regional council area. There are often systematic variations in rainfall within a region (eg, Canterbury is wetter in the west and drier in the east), so the table shows projected rainfall changes for particular places as examples.
Projected Annual Average Temperature Increase by 2090
Projected Annual Average Rainfall Change by 2090(+ = increase; – = decrease)
Northland
2.1 ºC
Kaitaia –6%
Whangarei –7%
Auckland
2.1 ºC
Warkworth –5%
Mangere –3%
Waikato
2.1 ºC
Ruakura –1%
Taupo +1%
Bay of Plenty
2.1 ºC
Tauranga –2%
Taranaki
2.1 ºC
New Plymouth +1%
Manawatu-Wanganu
2.1 ºC
Wanganui +1%
Taumarunui +3%
Hawkes Bay
2.1 ºC
Napier –4%
Gisborne
2.1 ºC
Gisborne –5%
Wellington
2.1 ºC
Masterton –2%
Paraparaumu +3%
Tasman-Nelson
2.0 ºC
Nelson +4%
Marlborough
2.0 ºC
Blenheim +2%
West Coast
2.0 ºC
Hokitika +8%
Canterbury
2.0 ºC
Christchurch –2%
Hanmer –2%
Tekapo +8%
Otago
2.0 ºC
Dunedin +4%
Queenstown +1%
Southland
1.9 ºC
Invercargill +7%
Chatham Islands
2.0 ºC
Chatham Is +4%
The term ‘2090’ here refers to the period at the end of the century covering 2080–2099. Information on projected seasonal variation and changes to mid-century is available in tables attached to this media release.

Indeed, we will see, wont we David and Jim?
At the moment the predictions just are not looking that good ... I just wonder how much Montana spent on frost protection this year relative to last??

Let us not forget these predictions, and let there be accountability from this on these recently, difficult to employ out of the closet 'scientists,' ... eh Jim and David??