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  1. Climate Change: another case of a vocal minority (scientists and pols who believe it) out shouting a silent majority (the deniers).

     

    Found this today, a peer reviewed study that finds the majority of scientists don't believe: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2013/02/13/peer-reviewed-survey-finds-majority-of-scientists-skeptical-of-global-warming-crisis/

     

    I emphasize peer reviewed. That means it isn't government spin, MSNBC-Fox-CNN spin, Dem or Repub spin, George Soros spin, etc.

     

     

     

     

     

  2. Classy move. Their GM got into scouting because he was friends with Polian's son. None of them, including the guy in Jacksonville, have been very good. Nepotism is not a good thing.

    Nepotism = root cause of the 49's decline.

     

    Other... Weddle seems like a hard core West Coast guy. I don't seem him coming to Buffalo in any stretch of the imagination. A shame too, he is an unselfish locker room leader, something the Bills need.

  3. I'm a semi-retired Program Analyst (programs as in operations analysis, social programs etc.)

     

    I have experience querying and analyzing data from Oracle, Postgres, COGNOS, SQLite and Peoplesoft.

     

    I also have significant experience with XML, XSLT and technical writing.

     

    Is self employment developing queries and formatting reports viable? It doesn't need to be especially lucrative.

     

    Particularly with the XSLT. I know most people don't like working in it, so does it get farmed out?

     

    And Peoplesoft: I'm not fond of it, but I was pretty good at listening to mgmt concerns, then drawing data out of it that executives found helpful.

     

    Any suggestions of skills I should pickup? I'm thinking R, GIS and other stuff.

     

    I do not want to do Web Development or DBA work (seems to be excess labor there).

     

    (I am in the Buffalo area and willing to travel)

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    I think everything is relative, personally. He made one legitimate mistake on the day when missing a good half of his offense, with ****ty weather, against a pretty healthy Dallas D. So yeah, I think Tyrod played well yesterday. But 'well', and 'quietly spectacular' are subjective terms I guess. I just don't understand the constant shitting on him by the crowd here.

    I don't understand either.

     

    I suspect, the Tyrod haters are a vocal minority. Tyrod supporters are a quiet majority, and are at work right now.

  5. Maybe you have never watched Al Jazeera's news network but it is excellent. It is on par with the BBC and far exceeds any of the major news networks or CNN in terms of the quality of its news coverage (you won't get fluff "lifestyle" stories ala Good Morning America). It is a straight up news network and has nothing to do with promoting Islam or any other ideology. If you want to be spoonfed news analysis with a political bent, watch something like the Fox News network. If you want objective world and American news coverage you should watch something like Al Jazeera or the BBC or PBS News Hour (although News Hour is not a 24 hour program).

     

    All the networks you mention: the Beeb, AJ, CNN, Fox, PBS, they all have biases. I don't trust any of them. So I get my news from sources left and right, then make up my mind.

     

    The Beeb was once the Gold Standard for objective reporting, sadly they've slipped significantly in that regard.

  6. The "fire them" fans are rightly pissed at performance.

    But they don't understand the need for continuity. They think coaches, players and schemes are like spark plugs on a car... as in: swap them out, and good to go.

    N.E. prime example of the value of continuity: Belichick going on his 15th consecutive season. Yes he is an evil genious with a gifted QB, and some cheatery... but still I'd say organizational stability is the foundation of NE's success.

  7. I'll be at the game doing nothing but rooting for a Bills win and spending time with my Dad. I've never been a believer in booing your own organization. Pegulas saved this franchise for the time being, they e earned the right to choose. As fans we have no role but watching, accepting and cheering. Some of you need to lighten up and watch the game not the press box.

     

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