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Lance Armstrong
*** New Date – Monday, November 30th – 7:00pm
7 Time Tour de France Winner, Lance Armstrong will sign his new book: Comeback 2.0.
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Please Read: The Real Story Behind Thanksgiving
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this should be required reading for all school children and all government officials
The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
Mises Daily: Saturday, November 20, 1999 by Richard J. Maybury
Each year at this time school children all over America are taught the official Thanksgiving story, and newspapers, radio, TV, and magazines devote vast amounts of time and space to it. It is all very colorful and fascinating.
It is also very deceiving. This official story is nothing like what really happened. It is a fairy tale, a whitewashed and sanitized collection of half-truths which divert attention away from Thanksgiving’s real meaning.
The official story has the pilgrims boarding the Mayflower, coming to America and establishing the Plymouth colony in the winter of 1620-21. This first winter is hard, and half the colonists die. But the survivors are hard working and tenacious, and they learn new farming techniques from the Indians. The harvest of 1621 is bountiful. The Pilgrims hold a celebration, and give thanks to God. They are grateful for the wonderful new abundant land He has given them.
The official story then has the Pilgrims living more or less happily ever after, each year repeating the first Thanksgiving. Other early colonies also have hard times at first, but they soon prosper and adopt the annual tradition of giving thanks for this prosperous new land called America.
The problem with this official story is that the harvest of 1621 was not bountiful, nor were the colonists hardworking or tenacious. 1621 was a famine year and many of the colonists were lazy thieves.
In his ‘History of Plymouth Plantation,’ the governor of the colony, William Bradford, reported that the colonists went hungry for years, because they refused to work in the fields. They preferred instead to steal food. He says the colony was riddled with “corruption,” and with “confusion and discontent.” The crops were small because “much was stolen both by night and day, before it became scarce eatable.”
In the harvest feasts of 1621 and 1622, “all had their hungry bellies filled,” but only briefly. The prevailing condition during those years was not the abundance the official story claims, it was famine and death. The first “Thanksgiving” was not so much a celebration as it was the last meal of condemned men.
But in subsequent years something changes. The harvest of 1623 was different. Suddenly, “instead of famine now God gave them plenty,” Bradford wrote, “and the face of things was changed, to the rejoicing of the hearts of many, for which they blessed God.” Thereafter, he wrote, “any general want or famine hath not been amongst them since to this day.” In fact, in 1624, so much food was produced that the colonists were able to begin exporting corn.
What happened?
After the poor harvest of 1622, writes Bradford, “they began to think how they might raise as much corn as they could, and obtain a better crop.” They began to question their form of economic organization.
This had required that “all profits & benefits that are got by trade, working, fishing, or any other means” were to be placed in the common stock of the colony, and that, “all such persons as are of this colony, are to have their meat, drink, apparel, and all provisions out of the common stock.” A person was to put into the common stock all he could, and take out only what he needed.
This “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” was an early form of socialism, and it is why the Pilgrims were starving. Bradford writes that “young men that are most able and fit for labor and service” complained about being forced to “spend their time and strength to work for other men’s wives and children.” Also, “the strong, or man of parts, had no more in division of victuals and clothes, than he that was weak.” So the young and strong refused to work and the total amount of food produced was never adequate.
To rectify this situation, in 1623 Bradford abolished socialism. He gave each household a parcel of land and told them they could keep what they produced, or trade it away as they saw fit. In other words, he replaced socialism with a free market, and that was the end of famines.
Many early groups of colonists set up socialist states, all with the same terrible results. At Jamestown, established in 1607, out of every shipload of settlers that arrived, less than half would survive their first twelve months in America. Most of the work was being done by only one-fifth of the men, the other four-fifths choosing to be parasites. In the winter of 1609-10, called “The Starving Time,” the population fell from five-hundred to sixty.
Then the Jamestown colony was converted to a free market, and the results were every bit as dramatic as those at Plymouth. In 1614, Colony Secretary Ralph Hamor wrote that after the switch there was “plenty of food, which every man by his own industry may easily and doth procure.” He said that when the socialist system had prevailed, “we reaped not so much corn from the labors of thirty men as three men have done for themselves now.”
Before these free markets were established, the colonists had nothing for which to be thankful. They were in the same situation as Ethiopians are today, and for the same reasons. But after free markets were established, the resulting abundance was so dramatic that the annual Thanksgiving celebrations became common throughout the colonies, and in 1863, Thanksgiving became a national holiday.
Thus the real reason for Thanksgiving, deleted from the official story, is: Socialism does not work; the one and only source of abundance is free markets, and we thank God we live in a country where we can have them.
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Mr. Maybury writes on investments.
This article originally appeared in The Free Market, November 1985.
>A parable about debt
>November 20, 2009
A parable about debt
David Jeffers
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/a_parable_about_debt.html
Imagine your child going off to college and you give him or her a credit card with an unlimited credit limit. Each month the bill comes in and each month your little high-roller is spending as though he or she has no responsibility for paying the bill. As a matter of fact your child doesn’t have to pay; you do.
Next week during Thanksgiving break you decide you need to set down your child and explain that this unlimited spending must be stopped because the debt is becoming so large that you will not be able to pay it off and all you have will be lost.
You pick the perfect moment, take your collegian into your office, and show your prodigal all the spending that has left you on the brink of bankruptcy. The apple of your eye looks at you, listening intently and finally says,
Dad, it is important though to recognize if we keep on adding to your debt, even in the midst of this economic recovery, that at some point, your creditors could lose confidence in your ability to pay back this debt.
Do you think to yourself, “My goodness this college stuff is really catching on with my child. Look at how much he has already learned about economics!”
No, you don’t think that; you think, “I need to take a walk so I don’t wring his scrawny, irresponsible neck!” (Figuratively speaking, that is)
Undoubtedly the frustration of a parent with a spendthrift child running up his credit card debt requires immediate action, such as taking away the credit card.
That was my feeling yesterday watching Barack Obama’s interview with Major Garrett of FOXNews.
The most amazing part of that interview was that Obama said the following with a straight face:
I think it is important though to recognize that if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of this recovery, that at some point, people could lose confidence in the US economy in a way that could actually lead to a double-dip recession.
My question for Barack Obama is, “Who do you consider as ‘we’?”
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/a_parable_about_debt.html
The Ridgewood blog will sponsor Ridgewood’s first Annual "Festivus" on December 23rd
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The Ridgewood blog will sponsor Ridgewood’s first Annual “Festivus” on December 23rd
Festivus was created as an alternative holiday in response to the commercialization of Christmas. Or perhaps it was created by cheap skates looking for a good excuse to duck present buying !
Festivus is traditionally celebrated on December 23rd.
Rituals
Festivus Pole
The tradition of Festivus begins with an aluminum pole. During Festivus, the Festivus Pole is displayed unadorned.
Festivus Dinner
A celebratory dinner is held on the evening of Festivus prior to the Feats of Strength and during the Airing of Grievances. The meal is to be some sort of meatloaf.
Airing of Grievances
The celebration of Festivus begins with Airing of Grievances, which takes place immediately after the Festivus dinner has been served. It consists of lashing out at others and the world about how one has been disappointed in the past year. Every household has its own traditions; in one house, the Airing of Grievances consisted of writing the grievances on the fridge in marker.
Feats of Strength
The Feats of Strength is the final tradition observed in the celebration of Festivus, celebrated immediately following the Festivus dinner. Traditionally, the head of the household selects one person at the Festivus celebration and challenges that person to a wrestling match. The person may decline if they have something else to do, such as pull a double shift at work
Festivus Miracles
Although it is not an official element of the holiday or its celebration, the phenomenon of the Festivus Miracle !
Readers ask the Ridgewood blog to Explore "Festivus"
>Craig Hueneke said…
I propose we just put a Festivus Pole where they used to put the tree. God knows this Village can use a good Airing of Grievances! Then we all start the new year with everything off our chests!
Just putting it out there!
Craig
>Graydon Pool : bazaar this Sunday
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Our Holiday Bazaar is this Sunday, November 29, from 10 am to 4 pm, at 250 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood, in a lovely private home across from the Stable. Information: PreserveGraydon.org/bazaar and Patch.com
NEW! Our bazaar is honored to host the sale of paintings by Dorothy Warren for the first time since her death four years ago. Come see the work of a beloved Ridgewood artist.
Volunteers needed. Please step up!
Distribute bazaar flyers
Take a shift on Nov. 29 at the bazaar
Tell your friends about the bazaar
Shop at the bazaar
1. DISTRIBUTE FLYERS
Can you spare an hour or more before Thanksgiving, preferably immediately?
Contact Terri Isik, Flyer Distribution Coordinator, at 201-445-4130 or [email protected] to volunteer to post flyers. We want them not only in Ridgewood but also in neighboring towns, from Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts to libraries, supermarkets, dry cleaners, hair and nail salons, and laundromats as well as storefronts.
2. TAKE A SHIFT AT OUR HOLIDAY BAZAAR
Contact Jane Rymer, Bazaar Schedule Manager, as soon as possible at 201-444-0776 or [email protected] to sign up for one or more shifts at our Graydon Store table on Nov. 29. Dispense our business cards and fact sheets…sell our hot-off-the-press car magnets, yard signs, note cards/Christmas cards…talk to people about Graydon…accept donations. We’ll show you what to do.
3. TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE BAZAAR
Send your friends and acquaintances within reasonable driving distance of Ridgewood the following link. They’ll see our event listing on Patch.com, which includes photos, parking information, and a map:
https://ridgewood.patch.com/events/holiday-bazaar-for-the-preserve-graydon-coalition
4. SHOP AT THE BAZAAR
Take a big bite out of your holiday shopping with the beautiful crafts and art and the delicious treats we’ve gathered for you. Have aches, stiffness, pains? Try a mini-session at the bazaar with certified Feldenkrais practitioner Alan Seiden, who is also our webmaster.
See you on Sunday!
Swimmingly,
Marcia and Suzanne
Marcia Ringel and Suzanne Kelly, Co-Chairs
The Preserve Graydon Coalition, Inc., a nonprofit corporation
“It’s clear—we love Graydon!”
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www.PreserveGraydon.org
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>Village’s "pooper scooper" law. It does not ban dogs from school grounds, regardless of what these signs indicate
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Inaccurate Signage On BOE Properties
Village Ordinance #1689 is the Village’s “pooper scooper” law. It does not ban dogs from school grounds, regardless of what these signs indicate.
“Added 9-26-1978 by Ord. No. 1689; amended 8-14-1984 by Ord. No. 1946; 12-14-2005 by Ord. No. 2964]
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Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish requirements for the proper disposal of pet solid waste in the Village of Ridgewood, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
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Requirement for disposal. All pet owners and keepers are required to immediately and properly dispose of their pet’s solid waste deposited on any property; public or private, not owned or possessed by that person.”
Therefore, you may walk your dog on school grounds without fear of being cited for violation of Ordinance #1689, so long as you immediately pick up after your dog if he/she defecates.
>Ridgewood High School New Curriculum Changes focus on 21st Century Technologies
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Course changes proposed at Ridgewood High School.
Friday, November 20, 2009
BY DOLORES ALFIERI
The Ridgewood News
STAFF WRITER
https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/70595732.html
Curriculum changes and additions for the 2010-2011 school year at Ridgewood High School (RHS) might occur in Web design, computer science, English and humanities, mathematics, music and physics.
The possible course changes were announced by RHS Principal Jack Lorenz and Assistant Principal for Guidance Jeff Nyhuis at the Nov. 16 Board of Education (BOE) meeting.
In the Web design and programming course, students would gain the skills to design a Web site.
“It’s another course to keep up with the changing technology,” Nyhuis said.
The math and computer sciences curriculum would add Advanced Topics in Computer Science. Nyhuis explained that the class would focus on database design and developmental programming. Advanced Mathematics Applications would serve as a fourth-year course for seniors.
“We’ve kind of run out of courses for some of our kids after they’ve completed their graduation requirements,” said Lorenz, adding that the advance math course would be an additional class for those students to take in such cases.
Journalism 1 and 2 would be eliminated from the English curriculum, and a new journalism class would be added to career and technical courses. The class would be led by an English teacher and an art teacher, with the focus not only on journalism writing, but also on the art, design and layout of newspapers or Web-based news portals.
“It’s an interesting course when you look at newspapers today,” said BOE trustee Sheila Brogan. “They actually are struggling, and you’re beginning to see many more online newspapers.”
Music Mentors, an independent study course, would be added to the music curriculum for sophomore, juniors and seniors. This course would pair student mentors in one-day-a-week meetings with other students to enrich their musical studies.
“It gives the students some motivation,” Nyhuis said of the mentor course. “I think it’ll be a great addition to our curriculum to have these students help out.”
A senior-level integrated course called Physics and Art will combines a scientific and artistic approach to physics, including the impact of optics on painting, mechanics, motion of light and “the physics of architecture,” Lorenz explained.
“We have a number of students who really want to continue with physics, but don’t want to take the only option they have senior year, which is AP [advanced placement] physics, really one of the most difficult courses in physics,” he said. “This is a very forward-thinking program.”
BOE President Joseph Vallerini said the community has time until the next board meeting on Dec. 7 to offer input on these courses before any final decision is made.
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/70595732.html
>ObamaCare : Big Brother Rationing Healthcare
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>Health Care Rationing Now Hits Pap Smears?
>Friday, November 20, 2009
Health Care Rationing Now Hits Pap Smears?
https://hummersandcigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/11/health-care-rationing-now-hits-pap.html
MSNBC is reporting a change on the frequency of pap smears for 20-year-olds (emphasis added):
20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
New guidelines say it’s enough to spot slow-growing cervical cancer
The Associated Press
updated 6:23 a.m. CT, Fri., Nov . 20, 2009
WASHINGTON – Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that’s enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.
The change by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists comes amid a completely separate debate over when regular mammograms to detect breast cancer should begin. The timing of the Pap guidelines is coincidence, said ACOG, which began reviewing its recommendations in late 2007 and published the update Friday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The guidelines also say:
– Routine Paps should start at age 21. Previously, ACOG had urged a first Pap either within three years of first sexual intercourse or at age 21. Women 30 and older should wait three years between Paps once they’ve had three consecutive clear tests. Other national guidelines have long recommended the three-year interval; ACOG had previously backed a two- to three-year wait.
– Women 30 and older should wait three years between Paps once they’ve had three consecutive clear tests. Other national guidelines have long recommended the three-year interval; ACOG had previously backed a two- to three-year wait.
– Women with HIV, other immune-weakening conditions or previous cervical abnormalities may need more frequent screening.
Paps can spot pre-cancerous changes in the cervix in time to prevent invasive cancer, and widespread use has halved cervical cancer rates in the U.S. in recent decades. About 11,270 new cases will be diagnosed this year, and about 4,070 women will die from it, according to American Cancer Society estimates. Half of women diagnosed with cervical cancer have never had a Pap, and another 10 percent haven’t had one in five years.
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As someone who personally had a “bad” pap smear in her early 20’s and was fortunate enough to get treatment immediately, I worry about the adoption of this decision possibly leading to more incidences of cervical cancer that could have been prevented. Is this another example of health care rationing coming our way, should ObamaCare get shoved down our throats? Less quality health care for more money?
Posted by KMacGinn at 7:28 AM
Labels: health care, ObamaCare
https://hummersandcigarettes.blogspot.com/2009/11/health-care-rationing-now-hits-pap.html
>Just What We Need : A New Reason for Business to leave NJ
>A new reason for business to leave NJ
November 17, 2009 • 6:55 am
By Bob Ingle
https://blogs.app.com/politicspatrol/2009/11/17/a-new-reason-for-business-to-leave-nj/
Gov.-elect Chris Christie says after meeting with Treasury officials the state’s projected $8 billion budget deficit could be the low end of the range. He said it was too soon to say where the budget will be cut except that to repeat “everything is on the table.” Christie said finances are like they are not only because of the national economy but also due to eight years of Democrats in charge. He singled out former Gov. Jim McGreevey, saying his budget handling was “obscene”.
Christie also said the state’s rules and regulations governing business are driving companies out of New Jersey and that means a loss of jobs. Here’s an example of what he’s talking about: Assembly Democrat leader Bonnie Watson Coleman is proposing a six-bill package dealing with former prison inmates. One of the laws she wants would make it illegal for employers to discriminate against job applicants on the basis of a criminal record.
I have known people who served their time and went on to lead successful lives. I’ve also interviewed cons who were headed back to the Big House, unable or unwilling to change their ways. Employers should be able to decide for themselves who to hire without the State of New Jersey interfering.
Coleman has been an activist for prisoner rights. Her two sons were sentenced to prison for armed robbery. But her activism has done nothing to clean up the prison system that is a disgrace in New Jersey despite reports that prisoners run their illicit businesses from the inside with the help of cell phones. That is something the state could change were Watson Coleman really into prison reform, thinking more of what’s best for the state than her own personal agenda.
Christie needs to clean house in the Corrections Department. Bring in someone with national experience running prisons to head ours and let him put a competent staff in place. He needn’t bother asking Watson Coleman’s advice.
https://blogs.app.com/politicspatrol/2009/11/17/a-new-reason-for-business-to-leave-nj/
>Downtown for the Holidays Sponsored by Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce
>Downtown for the Holidays Tree Lighting Celebration, Friday, December 4th No Parking on the street after 4pm…. Streets closed after 5:30pm…. Bus route will be Maple to Franklin to Chestnut across E. Ridgewood Ave. to Prospect and down Spring Ave or vies/versa. FREE PARKING…at all meters YM-YW Oak Street offering parking in there lot after 5:30pm Coldwell Banker – 44 Franklin Ave. – 5:00-8:00pm. Offering pictures with Santa *Ben & Jerry’s – 104 Franklin Ave. – 7:00-10:00pm. Bring your camera; take pictures with Santa, listen to a jazz trio and after the tree lighting have euphoric scoopers. – View Biltmore Tuxedo’s winter wonderland train Village. Kids love to watch. – Backyard Living shows the most beautiful Christmas trees decorated. – Stores will remain open till 9pm. 5:30-6:45pm – ON E. RIDGEWOOD AVENUE…New for 2009/Come early/stay late. -Chestnut St. to Walnut – enjoy seven different (7) musical acts performing holiday songs, along with two stage productions. -Stroll the E. Ridgewood Ave. while shopping and try some hot cider and sweet treats being served free to all by Care One helpers. – Visit old friends and meet new ones while enjoying Ridgewood. 6:50pm-9:00pm Enter Memorial Park at Van Neste Square – – The festivities will now turn toward the stage in the Park o right next to the Holiday tree. – To start the Tree Lighting count down… The Ridgewood Singers will be on stage with Holiday songs Color Guard with Flag Salute Arthur Murray Holiday Dance Porch Light Production From the Top Studio Art of Motion Official Greeting from President of Chamber of Commerce Tom Hillmann will light the Christmas tree Entertainers back on stage for audience participation with Holiday singing Music will continue on the stage and E. Ridgewood Avenue. *Visit the restaurants for dinner, dessert and spirit of the Holiday. For information Chamber website: www.experienceridgewood.com or Call 201-445-2600; visit new Chamber office 27 Chestnut Street, 1st Fl
FREE PARKING IN RIDGEWOOD
All Friday’s and Saturday’s in December
the Village Council has agreed to provide FREE PARKING* in Ridgewood for ALL Friday’s and Saturday’s in December! Come Shop and Dine in Ridgewood this Holiday Season! * Does NOT include the Park and Ride Lot on Rt. 17)
>Hackers Claim Collusion in "Climate Change " data
>Climate sceptics claim leaked emails are evidence of collusion among scientists Hundreds of emails and documents exchanged between world’s leading climate scientists stolen by hackers and leaked online.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/20/climate-sceptics-hackers-leaked-emails
Hundreds of private emails and documents allegedly exchanged between some of the world’s leading climate scientists during the past 13 years have been stolen by hackers and leaked online, it emerged today.
The computer files were apparently accessed earlier this week from servers at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit, a world-renowned centre focused on the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.
Climate change sceptics who have studied the emails allege they provide “smoking gun” evidence that some of the climatologists colluded in manipulating data to support the widely held view that climate change is real, and is being largely caused by the actions of mankind.
The veracity of the emails has not been confirmed and the scientists involved have declined to comment on the story, which broke on a blog called The Air Vent.
The files, which in total amount to 160MbB of data, were first uploaded on to a Russian server, before being widely mirrored across the internet. The emails were accompanied by the anonymous statement: “We feel that climate science is, in the current situation, too important to be kept under wraps. We hereby release a random selection of correspondence, code and documents. Hopefully it will give some insight into the science and the people behind it.”
A spokesperson for the University of East Anglia said: “We are aware that information from a server used for research information in one area of the university has been made available on public websites. Because of the volume of this information we cannot currently confirm that all this material is genuine. This information has been obtained and published without our permission and we took immediate action to remove the server in question from operation. We are undertaking a thorough internal investigation and have involved the police in this inquiry.”
In one email, dated November 1999, one scientist wrote: “I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature [the science journal] trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie, from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline.”
This sentence, in particular, has been leapt upon by sceptics as evidence of manipulating data, but the credibility of the email has not been verified. The scientists who allegedly sent it declined to comment on the email.
“It does look incriminating on the surface, but there are lots of single sentences that taken out of context can appear incriminating,” said Bob Ward, director of policy and communications at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. “You can’t tell what they are talking about. Scientists say ‘trick’ not just to mean deception. They mean it as a clever way of doing something – a short cut can be a trick.”
In another alleged email, one of the scientists apparently refers to the death of a prominent climate change sceptic by saying “in an odd way this is cheering news”.
Ward said that if the emails are correct, they “might highlight behaviour that those individuals might not like to have made public.” But he added, “Let’s separate out [the climate scientists] reacting badly to the personal attacks [from sceptics] to the idea that their work has been carried out in an inappropriate way.”
The revelations did not alter the huge body of evidence from a variety of scientific fields that supports the conclusion that modern climate change is caused largely by human activity, Ward said. The emails refer largely to work on so-called paleoclimate data – reconstructing past climate scenarios using data such as ice cores and tree rings. “Climate change is based on several lines of evidence, not just paleoclimate data,” he said. “At the heart of this is basic physics.”
Ward pointed out that the individuals named in the alleged emails had numerous publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. “It would be very surprising if after all this time, suddenly they were found out doing something as wrong as that.”
Professor Michael Mann, director of Pennsylvania State University’s Earth System Science Centre and a regular contributor to the popular climate science blog Real Climate, features in many of the email exchanges. He said: “I’m not going to comment on the content of illegally obtained emails. However, I will say this: both their theft and, I believe, any reproduction of the emails that were obtained on public websites, etc, constitutes serious criminal activity. I’m hoping the perpetrators and their facilitators will be tracked down and prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows.”
When the Guardian asked Prof Phil Jones at UEA, who features in the correspondence, to verify whether the emails were genuine, he refused to comment.
The alleged emails illustrate the persistent pressure some climatologists have been under from sceptics in recent years. There have been repeated calls, including Freedom of Information requests, for the Climate Research Unit to make public a confidential dataset of land and sea temperature recordings that is “value added” by the unit before being used by the Met Office. The emails show the frustration some climatologists have had at having to operate under such intense, often politically motivated, scrutiny.
Prof Bob Watson, the chief scientific advisor at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said, “Evidence for climate change is irrefutable. The world’s leading scientists overwhelmingly agree what we’re experiencing is not down to natural variation.”
“With this overwhelming scientific body of evidence failing to take action to tackle climate change would be the wrong thing to do – the impacts here in Britain and across the world will worsen and the economic consequences will be catastrophic.”
A spokesman for Greenpeace said: “If you looked through any organisation’s emails from the last 10 years you’d find something that would raise a few eyebrows. Contrary to what the sceptics claim, the Royal Society, the US National Academy of Sciences, Nasa and the world’s leading atmospheric scientists are not the agents of a clandestine global movement against the truth. This stuff might drive some web traffic, but so does David Icke.”
https://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/20/climate-sceptics-hackers-leaked-emails
>Will Valley Hospital Also Cleanup its Board of Trustees?
>Hackensack University Medical Center’s board recently adopted policies designed to clean up conflicts of interest amongst its Board members. The new policies are designed to prevent contractors and businesspeople that could potentially do business with the hospital from sitting on the HUMC Board.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/Hospital_tightens_its_ethics_rules.html
A reader asks, “Will Valley Hospital’s Board of Trustees do the same?” Especially when it is realized that the current President of the Valley Hospital Board of Trustees is also the President of Becton, Dickinson & Company; a medical supplies and devices company that could stand to benefit substantially if the “Renewal” goes ahead.
