The Autumnal Equinox has just occurred, at 2:40PM UTC (7:49AM PDT) marking the end of summer. Despite our Jay Zwally countdown to the end of summer reaching zero on the sidebar, the Arctic sea ice is still there and gaining fast.
That’s one more alarmist prediction that did not come true, even though we had a new record low on Arctic extent, while simultaneously setting new record highs in the Antarctic.
I’m going to take a few days off to be with family and practice some target and skeet shooting, one of my hobbies. After this week, I think I’ve earned it.
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reality:
“22 Sept: Bloomberg: Matthew Carr: Coal Era Beckons for Europe as Carbon Giveaway Finishes
European utilities are poised to add more coal-fired power capacity than natural gas in the next four years, boosting emissions just as the era of free carbon permits ends.”
I do believe that Germany are also building more coal fired power generation plants which is just fantastic. More carbon the the plants and more food for the population.
The cost of power will reduce and the death rate by freezing to death will reduce.
All we need to do now is introduce more coal power generation plants into Africa so those poor buggers can get a life instead of just existing from week to week and facing death in their early forties. That went on in Europe in the 20-30s, the bad old days.
The gun/ear thing. The left ear is closer, yes, but it also receives the direct compression wave, pushing the eardrum inwards.
The right ear would receive a “wrap-around” wave that would likely be somewhat cancelled because the distance around the head is different front vs going around the back
It may also be possible that the first action at the right ear is a trough that moves the eardrum outward rather than inwards.
ps. outward movements do less damage than inward, iirc. because of the different damping effects
darn. posted just after pamela told you’s the answer.
@ur momisugly Ric “Wow – what’s wrong with the loud speaker under test? I think it’s time for a new
one!”
yep, that pretty darn “ordinary”, isn’t it. !!
From Philip Peake on September 22, 2012 at 4:21 pm:
With the regulations in the US over having a “silencer”? Give the BATF permission to sieve through her life looking for possible “criminal” intents? When she already is a frequent visitor of an anti-Administration anti-regulation site that harbors “government conspiracy” nuts?
Save the hassle for when she applies to own a full automatic firearm, get it all over at once.
Although the rejection would probably go quick, as she’s likely already made the HS watch list as a “possible domestic terrorist” by being a climate skeptic. And for being a redhead, they like to start fires. Etc.
It seems there’s a demand from certain parties that the UN criminalize criticism and dissing of, and poking fun at, religions. I suppose that would have to cover the Climate Change Religion also.
So no more poinking of AGW alarmist prophets and Gaia, y’all. Or, in the words of Achmed: “Silence! I keel you.” 😉
Trouble with Jo’s site is that if her web guy is not around (its Sunday morning down here, about 9am in Perth), she probably can’t fix it herself.
Hopefully the move to a more secure service will solve these continuing issues.
Really worth another look……
Burt Rutan’s Spaceship Two – first feathered flight:
Not only Jonova but Catallaxy Files also down in Australia
For your Open Thread consideration:
“The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can’t get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods.”
H.L.Mencken
@ur momisugly Christian_J. says: September 22, 2012 at 6:47 pm
ummm, with all the ocean heat being lost from the storm broken ice in the Arctic, I suspect that it could get very nasty for some of the northern European nations this winter. Especially for those that decimated their electricty supply systems in the name of “green wind”.
Pamela- I just had my first flight physical (class ll commercial) in several years. went to my
Doc said:”Left ear not any worse ,using protection when ya shoot?” uh, yes, doc…
Remember lecture that he gave me about that…
Oddly enough I shoot long gun right handed, and Pistols left.(I’m left handed.)
AndyG55 says:
September 22, 2012 at 6:49 pm
“………..the direct compression wave………………..”
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I`ve used longarms of various calibres and velocities all My life but what really demonstrated the shape of the pressure wave for Me was putting a few rounds downrange from a friend`s Thompson Center Contender in .45/70 in a hot handload , rather than being on the bottom of the list of physical sensations when firing a rifle , ie: recoil/noise/pressure , it runs PRESSURE/recoil/noise
( I had so much fun I never even noticed the bruising on My palm `till half an hour later )
Today here in El Paso I am almost 100% certain that I saw one of those driver-less
vehicles. Looking over across two lanes into the vehicle, I could see almost all of the steering wheel and what looked like a completely human free inside.
I did not see any visible signs of cameras or antennas showing anywhere on the outside.
The vehicle proceeded at a relatively safe speed through the traffic light in the far right lane
and I think it was in the exact center of the lane which here in El Paso is not normal.
I glanced over at least three different times trying to see where the driver was, but I swear there was no person in that vehicle.
I wish I had changed lanes and followed the vehicle so as to verify what I think I saw but that
would have not been a safe lane change as I was getting ready to make a left turn at the light.
Maybe I just had some kind of brain malfunction, but at least I did not see Big Al or Elvis driving that car!
Emily Bear at 7 years old performing a song she wrote, “The Love in Us”
REGARDING THOSE Italian Scientists and their small research project….. thanks for the laugh. I took the liberty of cross blogging with full credit of course:
http://justmeint.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/just-a-teeny-government-grant-please/
If any of you know of any spefic riddiculous grants that have been awarded, please do mention them in the comments at the site. Appreciate it!
For Future Reference when “the opposition” demands science degrees to PROVE authority to speak on matters of science:
(heard this on Jeopardy tonight)
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatours/shorthistory/
Practical knowledge and proven experience over “artificial embellishments”.
This is the same University of Virginia which has gone to great lengths to protect Mann, who is (purportedly) well-respected as a man of great knowledge and understanding because of those little letters after his name.
So what, does the university think that know-nothing hack Jefferson wasn’t that smart? Must have been a moron, as he never earned a degree? Thankfully in UVa’s modern wisdom, they know you have to have a college degree to be anyone important. Just look at Mann. Once you have all those degrees, you’ve already proven you’re smart, and can go the rest of life without having to do or show anything smart, at all.
We should pause for a moment to celebrate the failure of another prediction by the Catastrophists!
Ice: Am glad the planet is not in a little ice age or any other ice event. So, if things melt great. Not holding my breath for more palm trees, however.
Shooting: Somehow we always hit what we aim at. Good aiming, good shooting…hitting the paper.
Explorer I: Still out there talking to us.
Sun: Still works. My tan is proof?
Autumn: The fruits of labor come home.
Science: Never stands still.
Politics: Never changes. Like slug slime, it sticks to everything.
CO2: Think beer and champagne..or gin and tonic with a wedge of lime.
Food: Feeds both the mind and body.
Friends: Always there.
Byron says:
“rather than being on the bottom of the list of physical sensations when firing a rifle , ie: recoil/noise/pressure , it runs PRESSURE/recoil/noise”
I’ve never actually fired a gun, I’m looking at this from a purely audio/ sound wave background.
You have to remember that ALL sound is actually pressure waves.
That you can actually “feel” the pressure first means that it is actually going through the mastoid bones and over-riding the initial auditory signal, and is therefore very intense. It is a very good thing that the ear canal actually helps to limit high pressure waves, up to a point.
This sort of high pressure, concussion stuff can be VERY damaging on the ears. Wear the best ear protection you can get !!
Rudy Baum, the liberal Editor-in-Chief of Chemical and Engineering News has announced his retirement in the September 17th edition. He is being replaced by Maureen Rouhi, effective Sept 17.
AndyG55 says:
September 22, 2012 at 8:44 pm
“…
This sort of high pressure, concussion stuff can be VERY damaging on the ears. Wear the best ear protection you can get !!”
I can attest to the good advice of that statement.
Many years ago in the US Navy as FTG2 stationed on the USS Canberra during a daylight shore bombardment exercise I was working outside on fire control servos of a five inch gun mount, without hearing protection, when a full salvo was fired from one of the forward eight inch turrets. Never knew such pain and fright was possible – not just the ears but chest compression as well. Didn’t finish working on the five inch mount.
kadaka: the background check run by the BATFE is performed by the FBI. its basically the same check that they do when you buy a gun. The extra part is keeping track of the transfer. If they let me have silencers, SBRs etc. I don’t think ven a redhead would have problems (unless they have a criminal record).
Gun talk! Yeah! Ok, so I have this Stoeger 2000 that costs at least a third of what my Benelli set me back. After the break in period the Stoeger has performed flawlessly. The Benelli has an occasional cycling blip. WUWT?