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To: SiouxPal who wrote (101367)	3/5/2007 7:45:12 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 361222

Asian pollution affects Pacific storms By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer2 hours, Pollution from Asia is helping generate stronger storms over the North Pacific, according to new research. Changes in the North Pacific storm track could have an impact on weather across the Northern Hemisphere. Satellite measurements have shown an increase in tiny particles generated from coal burning in China and India in recent decades, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team, led by Renyi Zhang of Texas A&M University, studied pollution and clouds between 1984 and 2005, concluding that increasing particles enhanced the cloud updraft to generate more intense thunderstorms than previously. Comparing 1984-1994 with 1994-2005 they found an increase of 20 percent to 50 percent in deep convective clouds. The Pacific storm track, they noted, plays a critical role in global atmospheric circulation, and altering this weather pattern could have a significant impact on the climate. "The intensified storms over the Pacific in winter are climatically significant," the researchers wrote. "The intensified Pacific storm track can also impact the global general circulation." A particular threat, they added, is the potential for increased warming of polar regions. The research was supported by National Science Foundation, Department of Energy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In another report in the same issue of PNAS, researchers said that in addition to protecting the ozone layer, the reduction on ozone-depleting chemicals has slowed the rate of global warming. The Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987, led to a reduction in chemicals released into the atmosphere in an effort to preserve the ozone layer that screens out many of the sun's damaging rays. Those same chemicals are also potent contributors to greenhouse warming, and their reduction has resulted in a slowdown in global warming, according to a team led by Guus J. M. Velders of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. The savings in trapped heat are equivalent to about 10 years of growth in carbon dioxide concentrations, they estimated. Joining Velders in that study were researchers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and DuPont Fluoroproducts. ___ On the Net: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: pnas.org

To: SiouxPal who wrote (101367)	3/5/2007 8:08:38 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361222

Lancaster Pa.. removes turd from punchbowl New Era halts syndicated column by Ann Coulter By New Era Editorial Board Lancaster New Era .. this is supposedly a republic leaning newspaper .. I don't know .. ? .. Published: Mar 05, 2007 2:38 PM EST LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - The Lancaster New Era has halted publication of Ann Coulter's syndicated column, following her crude characterization of presidential candidate John Edwards as a homosexual, at a public appearance on Friday. Coulter's use of name-calling, sarcasm and overstatement in her columns too often detracts from the arguments she seeks to make. Her writing leads her political opponents to respond with name-calling and vitriol. The quality of public discussion falls below that which Lancaster County residents expect in the opinion pages of their daily newspaper. Lancaster County residents of whatever political view - conservative, moderate or liberals - deserve intelligent discussion of issues. Ann Coulter no longer provides that. local.lancasteronline.com

To: SiouxPal who wrote (101367)	3/5/2007 8:11:26 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 361222

from Steph... more on Ann Cnn says Sallie Mae pulled ads Power Chord , Net Bank and Verizon have pulled thier ads from acs trash .

To: SiouxPal who wrote (101367)	3/5/2007 9:39:38 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361222

Obama Crazy Good in Selma huffingtonpost.com 03.05.2007 I have been to Selma several times with Mrs. Evelyn Gibson Lowery's Civil Rights Tour visiting Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma. She has erected monuments in the memory of Jimmy Lee Jackson, Viola Liuzzo, and other unsung heroes of the movement. The first Sunday in every March busloads travel to Selma to march across the Edmund Petus Bridge to commemorate Bloody Sunday. I am also really privileged to have Dr. Joseph Lowery as one of my mentors right here in Atlanta and to be a part of his Georgia Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda. Today I watched the speeches from Selma on TV and once again Dr. Lowery set the stage for history in the making. Dr. Lowery set it up by talking about the people in the civil rights movement who were "good crazy". Dr. Lowery usually calls us the Salt of the Earth and I didn't understand what he meant until today. These are the people that step up in the face of impossible odds and make it possible. The good crazy people really lead the way for everybody else. I did not want to be good crazy. Sometimes I saw many of these people and to me they just seemed crazy and way out of touch with my generation. I still marched and registered voters and talked to young people about out power to change education, poverty, and the environment but we have to make the change and that means we have to be crazy enough to think that it is possible. It is strange the way that people have been trying to take Obama's candidacy seriously but still do not really include him in the list of likely Democratic nominees but a new movement is growing and movements are not the same as campaigns. Movements go forward until the victory is won so in a way as long as Senator Obama is true to himself instead of becoming just another politician he will win. I like what he said about personal responsibility and knowing our history. I like that he stood in Selma and represented not just Black America but all of America. The story about his grandfather and how his parents got together and even how his father was not there but he still achieved great things by taking advantage of opportunities that others sacrificed to provide. If more young people understood this they would take education seriously. It is really crazy to think that our Justice Department would take a university to court for trying to make more phd's in math but for Obama to say it on national television says so much about his character and his values. Better math teachers in black schools would mean that more students would stay in school. Math is not my favorite subject but I have been taught that almost everything involves math it is a way to think and represent things. If you don't know math today it is impossible to be competitive and hard to just survive. Students that are not failing because they are stupid they are failing because they do not have good teachers at home and in school. That is why Senator Obama said that parents have to turn off the television. They have to step up but anybody that thinks that America does not need more competent Blacks in mathematics is just plain old fashioned crazy. I also liked the fact that Obama talked about his grandfather in Kenya. He could have just been an American who happened to have a Kenyan father but he embraced his heritage and his white mother from Kansas. He told the truth about his father not being in his life and how Black men can do better. This is another powerful message that I identify with on a personal level. I hope that Dr. Lowery told Senator Obama Hearts for Africa a mission to Kenya and Malawi this summer that Dr. Lowery's daughter is helping to coordinate. Now I am even more excited about traveling to Kenya. Obama is not just good for America he is good for the world. Politically the thought of President Barack Obama is crazy but throughout history God has been on the side of good crazy people. My homework assignment is Joshua.