Abstract
"... We measure the grounding line retreat of glaciers draining the Amundsen Sea Embayment of West Antarctica using Earth Remote Sensing (ERS-1/2) satellite radar interferometry from 1992 to 2011. Pine Island Glacier retreated 31 km at its center, with most retreat in 2005–2009 when the glacier un-grounded from its ice plain. Thwaites Glacier retreated 14 km along its fast-flow core and 1 to 9 km along the sides. Haynes Glacier retreated 10 km along its flanks. Smith/Kohler glaciers retreated the most, 35 km along its ice plain, and its ice shelf pinning points are vanishing. These rapid retreats proceed along regions of retrograde bed elevation mapped at a high spatial resolution using a mass conservation technique (MC) that removes residual ambiguities from prior mappings. Upstream of the 2011 grounding line positions, we find no major bed obstacle that would prevent the glaciers from further retreat and draw down the entire basin () ..."
CONCLUSION
The coastlines of the world will be different in the near [geological time] future. Most of the melting of ice on West Antarctica has occurred in the last five years.
You can either jump up and down and do back-flips because you are so excited about having such cataclysmic geological activity in your own lifetime; or you can snivel and moan in your easy chair about ice melting.
I think I will lick my finger and hold it up to check which direction the wind is blowing to make sure I am upwind of all the bullshit that will come from blaggards, greedy bastards, and their minions.
Well, because the food on your menu is no longer the food of your youth, you might consider the ramifications of that stuff you are eating.
If you wake up and hear that food is becoming scarce in the world, you need a Nutritionist. If you hear that they are genetically fiddling with the foods you eat, you need Nutritionist. If your "doctor was unable to offer anything more than the standard advice on diet, ... narcotics for pain, and an anti-depressant; and these were not routes that you wanted to take ..." you need Elaine DiRico.
Here in Austin is the best one. Elaine DiRico is who you should correspond with about all your nutritional how's and why's.
" ... I have found my passion. There is nothing as satisfying as seeing someone whom you have worked with and come to care about become happier and healthier. I teach classes, I have learned to enjoy public speaking, I have met amazing people and my own health has never been better. Let’s call it a win-win ... "
I have had numerous conversations with Elaine, and she has not only coached me, but inspired me to get off my butt, and make this body of mine hum again.
Below is the reading list of Elaine's that lends her own nutritional goals.
"UPDATE" :: PUBLIC ENEMY Number One?
retrieved for MooPig's Gruesome Department by Pat Darnell
Hey, loyal reader, Obama still has to sell the Afghanistan war and the Iraq occupation ... how better to than by inspiring Conspiracy Theorists. By not showing the Americans the photo evidence of Osama's death hallows... we are left to this kind of statements from truth arbitrators:
alan said...
FOX News White House: 'Categorical' Decision Not to Release Bin Laden Photo
There is NO Bin Laden death photo! There is No body! Fake DNA results already? They did not kill BL. This is an elaborate hoax.
The announcement of Bin Laden's death "has been greatly exaggerated."
Obama takes credit for the "kill", and Osama gets away, again!
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This should be a campaign platform for any GOP hopeful: release the monster's photos.
Obama: I won't release bin Laden death photos -- Political Hotsheet ...
In an interview with Steve Kroft for this Sunday's "60 Minutes" conducted today, President Obama said he won't release post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden taken to prove his death.
"It is important to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool," said the president.
"We don't trot out this stuff as trophies," Mr. Obama added. "The fact of the matter is, this is somebody who was deserving of the justice that he received."
The president said he had discussed the issue with his intelligence team, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and that they agree with the decision. White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that Mr. Obama made the decision today.(Geller, Pamela. May 4, 2011. HERE)
Cate said...
Why am I not surprised that hussein can't be bothered to release the photos of THE #1 terrorist. He gets what he gets by not doing this. We've seen Sadaam, his two boys, Zarqawi, all dead. It's gruesome. Good. Means they didn't just slip away. They got what was coming to them.
I WANT to see bin Laden's eye blown out of his skull, and his head split like a watermelon. I take GREAT pleasure in knowing the last thing he saw was an American Navy Seal pointing a gun in his face, and pulling the trigger. Two taps. Works for me! I'll bet all that raghead could get out of his moutn at the last millisecond was, "oh sh..."
I was Searching Tonight for the Amount of Debt ...
Retrieved by Pat Darnell
"It makes us all look like jackasses. Go study that. It will show why we're $14 trillion in debt."
-- Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to FOX News on a report due out today from the GAO, Government Accountability Office[HERE]
The Article states: Bloat is a good reason for Budget Cuts --
" ... The central problem seems to be uncoordinated efforts by agencies with overlapping mandates.
Consider economic development. There are 72 federal programs working on entrepreneurship and small business incubation, 19 devoted to expanding tourism and 26 dedicated to expanding telecommunications efforts. (ibid.) ... "
OVERLAP -- great descriptive word ... a rock and roll word ... Listen up: there are overlapping agencies in our mega mammoth Gub'mint.
"Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., the Senate’s most ardent foe of such waste, will be pounding home the message today. (Stirewalt, Chris. March 01, 2011. Book of Bloat Bolsters GOP Calls for Cuts. Read more: HERE)"
" ... 14 TR, TR, TR, TRI-LLLLLL-ION -- We are ate up with overlapping dumb asses: ... "
The age of the universe is only14,000,000,000 years
Using the physics we know today, we can calculate what happened 0.000, 000, 000, 000,000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 001 seconds after the 'big-bang'.
There are number of atoms in a metre3 is approximately, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
An atomic nucleus is approximately 0.000,000,000,000,01 metres.
Your voice is amplified 1,000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000,000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000,000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 times by the valves when making a long distance phone call from California to New-York in 1950s.
The redshift on a faint high-redshift quasi-stellar object is measured as 10 billion light-years. In meters this is 9,470,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 metres.
Google is one of the most popular search engines, but a Googol is also the name given to the number: 10,000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000.
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Here kaenda more Snax! I now live on Singsaker in Trondheim and goes on 3.årskurs, Technical Cybernetics and about soon as 2 years I might have finished and can then hopefully begin working on something fun, and get the opportunity to pay society back in the form of labor, tax, ... etcetra...
Massive Snowstorm Plows Into Northeast By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI, AP posted: 7 MINUTES AGO National News, Winter Weather
TRENTON, N.J. (March 2) - A massive late winter storm roared out of the Southeast and into the Northeast overnight, dumping what could be more than a foot of snow in spots, idling hundreds of flights and promising to make Monday's commute treacherous. Winter storm warnings were issued from North Carolina to New Hampshire, with most areas expected to see 8 to 12 inches of snow and slightly higher amounts possible in northern areas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=234N-3o55SE Ground Hog 2009 saw his shadow; so...
First, Leo Kottke does “Taxco Steps”. I saw Leo a couple of years ago in a similar setting. He walked on with two guitars, 6 and 12 string, laid one on the floor (no stand) and played. He has this deal where he engages in banter while tuning between songs. It comes in handy because he will change tunings from song to song. At one point, while he had the 12 string, he went from standard to D tuning. That’s a weekend job for a lot of guys.
Video no longer available: "This was also written in Mexico. Outside of Cuernavaca, there's a town called Taxco [pronounced "TAS-koh"] and it's more or less on top of a [audience member says something] -- which? -- it's on top of a mountain, many steps, if you want to be cool, to get there. And I've walked these steps. And when I got there -- this was on a weekend -- I entered the city square and fell asleep, as a result of this walk, on a park bench. And I was awakened, I don't know how much time had elapsed, but I was awakened by a little boy who was beating me in the face with a rolled-up newspaper. He was a totally corrupted evil child and he was delighted with himself. He was one of the happiest people I've seen in a while. So naturally I burst into song and this is called Taxco Steps. (SOURCE)
Leo is a brave man. A lot of the records that guitar heads refer to when lauding Leo Kottke are the things he did in the 70s when he used finger picks. He abandoned that technique because it caused tendonitis. So, he’s a living lesson in how one needs to be able to adapt to life’s circumstances. His playing now, with just fingers, is maybe not as raucous. It’s more subtle but, now that I’ve become accustomed to the difference, I much prefer what he does now to the old stuff. He’s at the top of his game, I think.
Next, Tony Rice does “Church Street Blues” So, there’s an entirely different technique with the flat pick. I’ve listened to Tony play with bands a lot. He has a real knack for getting a very liquid lead tone on the acoustic. His vibrato is very sweet.
Some people say that he phrases almost like an electric player in that he seems capable of pulling a seemingly impossible sustain out of an acoustic guitar. I like this clip because it shows the solo, flat pick approach which, you hardly see anybody doing these days and Tony…well he just nails it. One thing you will notice is that he has impeccable time which is just one of the difficult things to achieve with this type of playing. See, I think Tony’s time is the real secret behind his lead playing. Time obviously affects your phrasing but, your tone as well. If you are putting the notes in the right place, they sound better tonally. It lets the note breathe.
_________________________________ Pat Darnell and Friends replied,
Some people say that he phrases almost like an electric player in that he seems capable of pulling a seemingly impossible sustain out of an acoustic guitar. [Illegal aliens do this naturally by the time they enter grammar school where I come from.]
My catholic case for a Hard-shell Case for The Acoustic Guitar Same old Same old... by Pat Darnell
I realize that most of the persons commenting in here are too young to have experienced the “introduction” of rock ‘n roll. That is — “When it was beginning” — well truth is it embarrassed almost every music teacher and music student I knew. Presbyterian Preachers, Jews, Cubans and Mexican immigrants, plentiful in ’60’s Houston, found Rock ‘n Roll to be “lousy.” Cheerleaders, Baptist Choirs, and most school girls in Pappagallo’s thought It’s musicians and culture was too much for them, or too repetitious.
I have just enough curiosity to have formed opinion and rhetoric related to the intro of Rock and Roll. I like it, and as I lived through it, it's a fact it came from acoustic performers.
First was Hootenanny in our white neighborhoods, then there was a switch to electric instruments. First electric equipment was hand made, like speaker cabinets, and strange glowing ovens for amplifiers that buzzed.. you get the picture? Trap sets came out of show band styles. Singing cowboys upfront toting the melody was like Audie Murphy, at least to us Southern Gulf Coast muttley-mish-mash’s Mud Bugs in our deep south nouveau riche yet tasteless bedroom communities. Sing a-long's became impossible with amp-ed instruments, and most of my musicians friends thought that was a good thing anyway.
1959 Rock performance was met with real disdain. Elvis’s wiggling made Veterans of Foreign Wars in my neighborhood sick to their stomachs. Stylized, syncopated, synchronous dancing like Motown was a further reason to segregate the neighborhood in Houston… so said founding fathers of Democrat deep south Houston where I lived those years, was ten years behind Detroit.
As a matter of fact, many would not drive through old Downtown Houston because they did not like to see a’capella dance groups singing and moving in unison on the corners of Main Street, by the bus stop in front of the Foley’s Department store. It was so natural to perform and dance there with captive audience queued up waiting for the buses.
It was cozy when the band came forward after intermission; it was the first time anyone did that. Houston at that time, Rock concerts were like wrestling, not all that well attended, at first.
Also, various performers would show up, mostly Willie Nelson, or Jerry Jeff,.. to add “value:” Ha! but cool too. It was a natural way to figure out their markets… no? So they included several sides of themselves.. no?
There is an historic building that was razed in the ’90’s, 1928 - 1998, called the Houston Coliseum, where most of the first concerts were held. It is where also wrestling started. It is there also where a friend of mine paid $8 to see the Beatles.. the first maniac sell out Coliseum Rock concert..
My friend at 14 years old dropped acid during that concert, and now at 57 still doesn’t remember much after the concert. He mumbles about the security guards did something to him while he was there… he was one of the fortunate sons with enough money to get in and well it changed him forever for the worse.
You see Houstonians, we, were so dense back then, we didn’t even know what amount of LSD to drop. Make it up as we go, and if we survive, well we still get drafted. Pretty good quick look at that Coliseum History HERE
My older brother, 7 years older, did not even go to many pre-70’s concerts back then, because there really weren’t any. And $8 was a ton of money then… we weren’t raised as fortunate sons by our Navy Dad; always low on cash… sons. Therefore I settled for Leon Russell, Allman Brothers, Elton John, Poco, BeeGees, Willie, Z-Z, etc… and you know it was a good run for a rudderless child in Houston.
Stadium concerts followed as crowds grew and audiences could no longer be contained, and well then it became a completely different experience. I went to one stadium “mishap” at the Astrodome, and never to return to that venue. Not intimate enough for me… sound system like being inside a conch shell… opposite and totally unlike what I first experienced at the limestone columned Coliseum. My view had changed on Rock and Roll from embarrassed dweeb to enthusiast.
One purpose is to really tell how it was for those who might want to know where all this 2% rock ‘n roll self-defeating venue comes from. It doesn’t take much math to figure that stadium Rock is where big money is. In stadium rock, as long as there is a sound system that delivers, a band can get more ticket sales per capita per song. If Keefer strokes his guitar 1200 times in a concert, then he is getting paid more per stroke when he is able to in front of 98,212 fans. I personally cannot think of anything worse than this type of performance. JumboTrons of excitement?
Beginnings are “Not” unlike the tales Pribe’s and San’s, Ovid, Gary, Ron, et al tell about gigs today. That is the tradition I most believe in, and when I ran across old Jack and Ron back when, it is why I and my bride to be followed them around for a year or so. It is a hard shell case for acoustic, buskin’ down under the bridges by the bayous; Making a pleasant noise. Thank you and good morning. __________________________________Sans Direction wrote, If I might contribute another video….
The Relevant Quote: “And, of course, that is what all of this is - all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs - that song, endlesly reincarnated - born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket ‘88′, that Buick 6 - same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness.” – Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather [SOURCE]
Hedges was great. Just a very musical soul. There are a lot of people wandering around now that are attempting to utilize a lot of the things he was doing but, I don’t get the same feeling from them. One example of how Hedges really impressed me; I have this Pat Martino record where he’s doing duets with an all-star cast of guitarists. It’s one of those discs where some of it works and some of it falls short. See, Pat has a genuine dinstinctive style and tone. And, neither his style or tone rely on outboard gear. It’s pretty straightforward. Now, some of the cats brought all of their delays, choruses, rectifiers etc. and, it doesn’t work so well with Martino’s substance. Odd because it’s Pat’s record. In other words, you should always defer to the guy whose record it is. Anyway, Hedges, who wasn’t above employing any of the gizmos, found a way to blend with Martino and make a wonderful musical statement. That is a musician’s musician.
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