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I will be arriving in Long Island on Thursday evening and leaving to come home on an 8:00a.m. flight on Monday morning. I have to fly Southwest which only lands in Long Island. My husband and I, along with our two sons are staying at the Marriott in Times Square. I have priced car services and the least I can find is $150 one way, not including tax and 20% gratuity. Is there a better way? Please help! Thanks!

Take the shuttle to Ronkonkoma LIRR station and the train to Penn Station NYC. The train fare is more like $15 on the train and $10 from the machine or ticket window (which maybe be closed), but the train has bathrooms and is a very comfortable ride about and hour and a half travel time. At Penn Station take a taxi to the hotel maybe $7 or $8. The subway is definitely cheaper, but may be complicated with luggage and children. In Times Square keep your handbag zipped don’t hang it on your chair at restaurants. Welcome to NYC. Thank you for coming we are very pleased to have you. Enjoy your stay.
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Why don’t people use their brains, do a little research , and realize the Global Warming farce is simply a political adgenda aimed at corraling huge sums of money through the use of fear?
MYTH 1: Global temperatures are rising at a rapid, unprecedented rate.

FACT: Accurate satellite, balloon and mountain top observations made over the last three decades have not shown any significant change in the long term rate of increase in global temperatures. Average ground station readings do show a mild warming of 0.6 to 0.8Cover the last 100 years, which is well within the natural variations recorded in the last millennium. The ground station network suffers from an uneven distribution across the globe; the stations are preferentially located in growing urban and industrial areas ("heat islands"), which show substantially higher readings than adjacent rural areas ("land use effects").

There has been no catastrophic warming recorded.

MYTH 2: The "hockey stick" graph proves that the earth has experienced a steady, very gradual temperature increase for 1000 years, then recently began a sudden increase.

FACT: Significant changes in climate have continually occurred throughout geologic time. For instance, the Medieval Warm Period, from around 1000 to1200 AD (when the Vikings farmed on Greenland) was followed by a period known as the Little Ice Age. Since the end of the 17th Century the "average global temperature" has been rising at the low steady rate mentioned above; although from 1940 – 1970 temperatures actually dropped, leading to a Global Cooling scare.

The "hockey stick", a poster boy of both the UN’s IPCC and Canada’s Environment Department, ignores historical recorded climatic swings, and has now also been proven to be flawed and statistically unreliable as well. It is a computer construct and a faulty one at that.

MYTH 3: Human produced carbon dioxide has increased over the last 100 years, adding to the Greenhouse effect, thus warming the earth.

FACT: Carbon dioxide levels have indeed changed for various reasons, human and otherwise, just as they have throughout geologic time. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the CO2 content of the atmosphere has increased. The RATE of growth during this period has also increased from about 0.2% per year to the present rate of about 0.4% per year,which growth rate has now been constant for the past 25 years. However, there is no proof that CO2 is the main driver of global warming. As measured in ice cores dated over many thousands of years, CO2 levels move up and down AFTER the temperature has done so, and thus are the RESULT OF, NOT THE CAUSE of warming. Geological field work in recent sediments confirms this causal relationship. There is solid evidence that, as temperatures move up and down naturally and cyclically through solar radiation, orbital and galactic influences, the warming surface layers of the earth’s oceans expel more CO2 as a result.

MYTH 4: CO2 is the most common greenhouse gas.

FACT: Greenhouse gases form about 3 % of the atmosphere by volume. They consist of varying amounts, (about 97%) of water vapour and clouds, with the remainder being gases like CO2, CH4, Ozone and N2O, of which carbon dioxide is the largest amount. Hence, CO2 constitutes about 0.037% of the atmosphere. While the minor gases are more effective as "greenhouse agents" than water vapour and clouds, the latter are overwhelming the effect by their sheer volume and – in the end – are thought to be responsible for 60% of the "Greenhouse effect".
Those attributing climate change to CO2 rarely mention this important fact.

MYTH 5: Computer models verify that CO2 increases will cause significant global warming.

FACT: Computer models can be made to "verify" anything by changing some of the 5 million input parameters or any of a multitude of negative and positive feedbacks in the program used.. They do not "prove" anything. Also, computer models predicting global warming are incapable of properly including the effects of the sun, cosmic rays and the clouds. The sun is a major cause of temperature variation on the earth surface as its received radiation changes all the time, This happens largely in cyclical fashion. The number and the lengths in time of sunspots can be correlated very closely with average temperatures on earth, e.g. the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period. Varying intensity of solar heat radiation affects the surface temperature of the oceans and the currents. Warmer ocean water expels gases, some of which are CO2. Solar radiation interferes with the cosmic ray flux, thus influencing the amount ionized nuclei which control cloud cover.

MYTH 6: The UN proved that man–made CO2 causes global warming.
FACT: In a 1996 report by the UN on global warming, two statements were deleted from the final draft. Here they are:
1) “None of the studies cited above has shown clear evidence that we can attribute the observed climate changes to increases in greenhouse gases.”
2) “No study to date has positively attributed all or part of the climate change to man–made causes”

To the present day there is still no scientific proof that man-made CO2 causes significant global warming.

MYTH 7: CO2 is a pollutant.

FACT: This is absolutely not true. Nitrogen forms 80% of our atmosphere. We could not live in 100% nitrogen either. Carbon dioxide is no more a pollutant than nitrogen is. CO2 is essential to life on earth. It is necessary for plant growth since increased CO2 intake as a result of increased atmospheric concentration causes many trees and other plants to grow more vigorously. Unfortunately, the Canadian Government has included CO2 with a number of truly toxic and noxious substances listed by the Environmental Protection Act, only as their means to politically control it.

MYTH 8: Global warming will cause more storms and other weather extremes.

FACT: There is no scientific or statistical evidence whatsoever that supports such claims on a global scale. Regional variations may occur. Growing insurance and infrastructure repair costs, particularly in coastal areas, are sometimes claimed to be the result of increasing frequency and severity of storms, whereas in reality they are a function of increasing population density, escalating development value, and ever more media reporting.

MYTH 9: Receding glaciers and the calving of ice shelves are proof of global warming.

FACT: Glaciers have been receding and growing cyclically for hundreds of years. Recent glacier melting is a consequence of coming out of the very cool period of the Little Ice Age. Ice shelves have been breaking off for centuries. Scientists know of at least 33 periods of glaciers growing and then retreating. It’s normal. Besides, glacier’s health is dependent as much on precipitation as on temperature.

MYTH 10: The earth’s poles are warming; polar ice caps are breaking up and melting and the sea level rising.

FACT: The earth is variable. The western Arctic may be getting somewhat warmer, due to unrelated cyclic events in the Pacific Ocean, but the Eastern Arctic and Greenland are getting colder. The small Palmer Peninsula of Antarctica is getting warmer, while the main Antarctic continent is actually cooling. Ice thicknesses are increasing both on Greenland and in Antarctica.

Sea level monitoring in the Pacific (Tuvalu) and Indian Oceans (Maldives) has shown no sign of any sea level rise.
SOURCES!
Baliunas, Dr. Sallie: "The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming" http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/2002/march/default.htm

Chylek, Petr: "A Long Term Perspective on Climate Change" Fraser Forum, April, 2002, page 7.

Daly, John: "The ‘Hockey Stick": A New Low in Climate Science" http://www.john-daly.com/hockey/hockey.htm

De Freitas, C.R. 2002, " Are observed changes in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere really dangerous ?" Bulletin CPG, Vol. 50, #2.

Gagosian, R.B.: 2002, Abrupt Climate Change. The President of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses the Global Ocean Conveyer.

Goldenberg, S. B., Landsea, C. W., Mestas-Nunez, A. M., and Gray, W. M. 2001. The Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Causes and Implications. Science, v.223, p.474-479.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/293/5529/474.pdf
Hansen and Sato: Trends of Measured Climate Forcing Agents Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 98, Issue 26, 14778-14783, December 18, 2001
BOB’S WIFE TELLS ME HE’S HUNG LIKE A SQUIRREL!

you gave a long question so you can expect a long answer,and it was not from the brains it was from world events

DESERTIFICATION
this text is limited to effects of people in the country,industrial effects on the environment and the internal combustion engine as well as the over all effects of cities ,is another story

and some benificial attitudes thrown in gratis

POLITICS
ecologists and scientists who work for politicians ,get paid by these politicians and they have downplayed the facts because solutions are expensive and means change and change effects many peoples incomes,and upsets profit margins,so most of the world is kept in the dark of the real things that are going on.

most people doubt if humanity affects climate change

thousands of people have no doubt about it and the many who are dead are past caring

many people forget about desertification
desserts are like a fire they gobble up the edges with the heat and so grow.

when forrest are being exchanged for ashalt,concrete and desserts
what is gonna keep this planet habitable for us

climate change is caused for a large part by desertification ,and most desertification is caused by man
the thinner ozone layer helps to speed this up.and this is caused mainly by air polution ,also as a result of mans actions

IN THE PAST
the Building of the Spanish Armada deforrested Spain
the Phoenician trading fleet turned Lebanon in a dessert
Ganges Khan put everything to the sword and torch, then filled the wells with sand,
the sun finished of the job and whole countries turned to wastelands.

TODAY
the effects of modern day farming

Slash and burn destroys the protective vegetation (which helps to form the soil ),
leaving it open to the Sun ,and then ,wind and, water erosion.
The Plough turns the soil ,killing micro-biotic life (essential to soil building) and accelerates the drying out .
Pressures of the :vehicles, cattle and rain impact brings the salt to the surface.

Mono cultures ,aided by chemicals Exhaust and pollutes the soil .
Adding to this the effects of overgrazing has resulted in large scale desertification.

expanding populations and expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest’s
clearing them for farming and settlement areas .

Rainforest’s always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest

: i have seen lands that have been turned from jungle into desserts by people in a matter of a couple of years ,because of the slash and burn method used by settlers and expanding agriculture,and i have seen rivers dry up because of deforrestation in many places in Africa and Mexico ,

there are natural cycles in the planets life
but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms

in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification and some have died as a result

in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns and turned their lands into dessert,

,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year
and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less

,in the dinosaurs days ,there were very few desserts.

collectively this planet is drying up because of bad farming practices like,over grazing and fertilizers,

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,
and there are less and less farmers to do it..
who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers
who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,
because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing

SOLUTIONS
Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where.

if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the destructive processes

reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

the protection of existing forrests.

stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb over´populaion

Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as–fire breaks

,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

recicling wastes,limit water use

here are a 100 more ways to help
http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.p… Source

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natur…

i looked on petfinder for hamsters on long island…i couldn’t find any…………..
I have a male syrian hamster named Spunky i wanted to get a male beacuse i didn’t want Spunky to smell a female and freek out ( they wouldn’t be in the same cage) …..I also think i love Spunky so much that i think i sould get another hamster that needs a home and love him too!

If you aren’t having any luck looking on petfinder.com then there are a few other things you can do.

not all humane societies post small animals that are up for adoption on petfinder so first I would call your humane society and let them know if they come across a male syrian to give you a call because you’re looking to give one a good home
describe what you want and if they don’t have it available now then give them your name and number so that they can call you first if something like what you want comes in
you may have to play the waiting game for a week or two before a hamster comes in and they give you a call back

another thing you can do is check petsmart or petco, yes they do have hamsters for sale but most pet shops also foster hamsters for adoption
when I worked at petco we had people come in with hamsters that they wanted to rehome for various reasons, some people didn’t expect it to be so much work while others couldn’t handle curable health concerns
generally speaking pet shops like petsmart and petco will have a back room for adoptable animals but you have to go there and ask a worker to see any of them
so if you can’t find any on petfinder and there aren’t any at your local humane society, check out the pet shop to see if they are fostering some

good luck!

Yangtze River Dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer, 13 December 2006 (functionally extinct)

Western Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis longipes, 8 June 2006

Po’o-uli Melamprosops phaeosoma, 28 November 2004

Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus Monkey, Procolobus badius waldronae, 2000-2001

Pyrenean Ibex, Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica, 6 January 2000

Atitlan Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, 1989

Golden Toad, Bufo periglenes, 1989

Arcuate Pearly Mussel, Epioblasma flexuosa, 1988

Kauai Oo, Moho braccatus, 1987

Eungella Gastric-brooding Frog, Rheobatrachus vitellinus, March 1985

Conondale Gastric-brooding Frog, Rheobatrachus silus, November 1983

Javan Tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, 1980s

Cyprus Spiny Mouse, Acomys nesiotes, 1980

Southern Day Frog, Taudactylus diurnus, 1979

Dutch Alcon Blue, Maculinea alcon arenaria, 1979

Colombian Grebe, Podiceps andinus, 1977

Round Island Burrowing Boa, Bolyeria multocarinata, 1975

Guam Flying Fox, Pteropus tokudae, June 1974

Bali Tiger, Panthera tigris balica, 1972

Bush Wren, Xenicus longipes, 1972

Tubercled-blossom Pearly Mussel, Epioblasma torulosa torulosa, 1969

Greater Short-tailed Bat, Mystacina robusta, April 1965

Santo Stefano Lizard, Podarcis sicula sanctistephani, 1965

South Island Piopio, Turnigra capensis, 1963

Glaucous Macaw, Anodorhynchus glaucus, 1960s

Caspian Tiger, Panthera tigris virgata, 1959 (might persisted longer or surviving)

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea lunata, 1956

North Island Piopio, Turnagra tanagra, 1955

Little Swan Island Hutia, Geocapromys thoracatus, 1955

Ilin Island Cloudrunner, Crateromys paulus, 4 April 1953

Caribbean Monk Seal, Monachus tropicalis, 1952

Queen of Sheba’s Gazelle, Gazella bilkis, 1951

Perrin’s Cave Beetle, Siettitia balsetensis, 1950s (probably at the end)

Lesser Bilby, Macrotis leucura, 1950s

Japanese Sea Lion, Zalophus japonicus, 1950s

Hula Painted Frog, Discoglossus nigriventer, 1950s

Ratas Island Lizard, Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi, 1950

Wake Island Rail, Gallirallus wakensis, 1945

Laysan Rail, Porzana palmeri, 1943

Barbary Lion, Panthera leo leo, 1942 (survived longer in captivity, and maybe still does)

Vegas Valley Leopard Frog, Lithobates fisheri, 13 January 1942

Arabian Ostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus, 1941 (or 1966)

Canarian Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus meadewaldoi, 1940s

Titicaca Orestias, Orestias cuvieri, 1940s

Arc-form Pearly Mussel, Epioblasma arcaeformis, 1940

Toolache Wallaby, Macropus greyi, 30 June 1939

Schomburgk’s Deer, Cervus schomburgki, 1938

Tobias’ caddisfly, Hydropsyche tobiasi, 1938

Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, 7 September 1936

Pink-headed Duck, Netta caryophyllacea, 1936, but maybe surviving!

Ryukyu Wood-pigeon, Columba jouyi, 1936

Desert Rat-kangaroo, Caloprymnus campestris, 1935

Roque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard, Gallotia simonyi simonyi, 1935

Hawaii Oo, Moho nobilis, 1934

Lesser Stick-Nest Rat, Leporillus apicalis, 18 July 1933

Pemberton’s Deer Mouse, Peromyscus pembertoni, 26 December 1931

Yunnan Box Turtle, Cuora yunnanensis , 1930s

Darwin’s Rice Rat, Nesoryzomys darwini, 16 January 1929

Paradise Parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus, November 1927

Caucasian Wisent, Bison bonasus caucasicus, 1927

Syrian Wild Ass, Equus hemionus hemippus, 1927

Madeiran Wood Pigeon, Columba palumbus maderensis, 1924

Bubal Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus, 9 November 1923

Red-mustached Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mercierii, 1920s

Robust White-eye, Zosterops strenuus, 1918

Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, February 1918

Rodrigues day gecko, Phelsuma edwardnewtoni, 1917

Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius, 1 September 1914

Laughing Owl, Sceloglaux albifacies, July 1914

Cape Verde Giant Skink, Macroscincus coctei, 1914

Guadalupe Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma macrodactyla, 1911

Grand Cayman Thrush, Turdus ravidus, 1911

Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris, 1910

Bogota Sunangel, Heliangelus zusii, 1909

Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris, 28 December 1907

Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea, June 1907

Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene sanctacrucis, 1907

Bishop’s Oo, Moho bishopi, 1904

Choiseul Crested Pigeon, Microgoura meeki, January 1904

Bulldog Rat, Rattus nativitatis, 1903

Maclear’s Rat, Rattus macleari, 1903

Antillean Giant Rice Rat, Megalomys desmarestii, 1902

Auckland Islands Merganser, Mergus australis, 9 January 1902

Long-tailed Hopping Mouse, Notomys longicaudatus, 1901

Pig-footed Bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus, 1901

Greater Amakihi, Hemignathus sagittirostris, 1901

Guadalupe Caracara, Polyborus lutosus, 1 December 1900

Chatham Islands Fernbird, Bowdleria rufescens, 1900

Chatham Islands Rail, Cabalus modestus, 1900

Hawai’i Mamo, Drepanis pacifica, 1899

Nelson’s Rice Rat, Oryzomys nelsoni, 18 May 1897

Short-tailed Hopping Mouse, Notomys amplus, June 1896

Greater Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis palmeri, 1896

Stephens Island Wren, Xenicus lyalli, 1894

Kona Grosbeak, Chloridops kona, 1894

Red Gazelle, Gazella rufina, before 1894

Sea Mink, Neovison macrodon, 1894

Ula-ai-Hawane, Ciridops anna, 20 February 1892

Portuguese Ibex, Capra pyrenaica lusitanica, 1892

Lesser Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis flaviceps, October 1891

Eastern Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides, 1889

Bonin Wood-pigeon, Columba versicolor, 15 September 1889

Tarpan, Equus ferus ferus, 1887

Hawaiian Rail, Porzana sandwichensis, 1884

Quagga, Equus quagga quagga, 12 August 1883

Seychelles Parakeet, Psittacula wardi, 1883

Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, 12 December 1878

Brace’s Emerald, Chlorostilbon bracei, 13 July 1877

Falkland Island Wolf, Dusicyon australis, 1876

Bocourt’s Giant Skink, Phoboscincus bocourti, before 1876

Himalayan Quail, Ophrysia superciliosa, 1876

Newton’s Parakeet, Psittacula exsul, 14 August 1875

Broad-faced Potoroo, Potorous platyops, 1875

Large Palau Flying Fox, Pteropus pilosus, 1874

Samoan Moorhen, Gallinula pacifica, 1873

Atlas Bear, Ursus arctos crowtheri, 1870s

Kawekaweau, Hoplodactylus delcourti, 1870

Cape Lion, Panthera leo melanochaitus, 1865

Cuban Red Macaw, Ara tricolor, 1864

Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox, Pteropus subniger, 1860s

Jamaican Parauque, Siphonorhis americana, 1859

Kioea, Chaetoptila angustipluma, 1859

Gould’s Mouse, Pseudomys gouldii, 1856-1857

Saint Lucia Giant Rice Rat, Megalomys luciae, 1852

Norfolk Island Kaka, Nestor productus, 1851

Tasmanian Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis, 1850

Spectacled Cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, 1850

White-footed Rabbit-rat, Conilurus albipes, 1845

Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, 3 June 1844

Black-fronted Parakeet, Cyanoramphus zealandicus, 1844

Big-eared Hopping Mouse, Notomys macrotis, 19 July 1843

Rodrigues Giant Day Gecko, Phelsuma gigas, 1842

Marbled Toadlet, Uperoleia marmorata, 1841

Bourbon Crested Starling, Fregilupus varius, 1840

Oahu Oo, Moho apicalis, 1837

Mascarene Parrot, Mascarinus mascarinus, 1834

Delalande’s Coua, Coua delalandei, 1834

Bonin Grosbeak, Chaunoproctus ferreorostris, 1828

Bonin Thrush, Zoothera terrestris, 1828

Kosrae Island Crake, Porzana monasa, 1827-1828

Kosrae Island Starling, Aplonis corvina, 1827-1828

Tonga Ground Skink, Tachygia microlepis, April-May 1827

Kangaroo Island Emu, Dromaius baudinianus, 1827

Mauritius Blue Pigeon, Alectroenas nitidissima, 1826

Mysterious Starling, Aplonis mavornata, 9 August 1825

Arabian Gazelle, Gazella arabica, 1825

King Island Emu, Dromaius ater, 1800-1804

Bluebuck, Hippotragus leucophaeus, 1800

Sardinian Pika, Prolagus sardus, 1800

Red-headed Green Macaw, Ara erythrocephala, early 19th century

Dominican Green-and-Yellow Macaw, Ara atwoodi, late 18th or early 19th century

Jamaican Red Macaw, Ara gossei, end 18th century

Guadeloupe Red Macaw, Ara guadeloupensis, late 18 century

Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri, 1795

Carpathian Wisent, Bison bonasus hungarorum, 1790

Lord Howe Swamphen, Porphyrio albus, 1788

Society Parakeet, Cyanoramphus ulietanus, November-December 1777

Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, August-September 1777

Steller’s Sea Cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, 1768

Rodrigues Solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, 1761

Réunion Flightless Ibis, Threskiornis solitarius, 1705

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, 1690

Red-tailed Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, Ara erythrura, 1658

Martinique Macaw, Ara martinica, 1640

Aurochs, Bos primigenius, 1627

Atlantic Grey Whale, Eschrichtius robustus (Atlantic population), 1600s (17th century)

New Zealand Eagle, Harpagornis moorei, 1400-1500

Little Bush Moa, Anomalopteryx didiformes, 1400-1500

North Island Giant Moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae, 1400-1500

South Island Giant Moa, Dinornis robustus, 1400-1500

Eastern Moa, Emeus crassus, 1400-1500

Coastal Moa, Euryapteryx curtus, 1400-1500

Stout-legged Moa, Euryapteryx geranoides, 1400-1500

Upland Moa, Megalapteryx didinus, 1400-1500

Crested Moa, Pachyornis australis, 1400-1500

Heavy-footed Moa, Pachyornis elephantopus, 1400-1500

Mappin’s Moa, Pachyornis mappini, 1400-1500
Seems very unlikely these animals, in addition with the ones still in existence, could have fit on the ark.

If you haven’t already, you should read the epic of Gilgamesh to see what the flood was like. There really does appear to have been a massive flood of the Euphrates river about 4700 years ago. A global flood, uh, I don’t think so. The whole Noah story is so utterly absurd, that I am embarrassed when people admit they feel it to be a true historical account.

Like with all of it’s stories that it has borrowed (which is most of them) the story has been blown into ridiculous proportions.

Murdered on November 13th, 1974
And please, no smart-arse answers on looking it up on the net… anyone with a valid link would be nice!!

112 ocean ave. amityville, ny

Jason Remigio III
Colorado Technical University Online
SCI205-0802B-11: Environmental Science
Julie R. Hens
May 28, 2008
Phase 1 Individual Project Task 2

Global Warming Effect

The population of this Easter Island peaked around more than 10,000 which had exceeded the capabilities of the small island’s ecosystem, Admiral Roggeveen came upon the island in 1722, when first discovered by a known civilization he name it Easter Island that we as came to known today. Easter Island was an thriving and advanced social order of what has started to decline into a bloody civil war, which was cannibalism was once a remnant of an lost continent or an extra-terrestrial influence and the archaeological evidence turned it in that it started around 400 A.D. and the island was long discovered by the Polynesians. Their written language was written in Oceania and the resources became scarce and once flourishing palm forests were destroyed. The island population was a disaster to slavery and disease. Easter Island was an epiphany of an ecological disaster (Brookman, 2007). Forests have provided a habitat for plant and animal species, as we move into the 21st century, as we Americans are addicted to oil it has destroyed the rainforests in its continuing funding of dirty coal by major banks which can and must end. A major “big word” that has contributed in destroying the rainforests was the rapid proliferation of soy and palm oil plantations owned by U.S. agribusiness. The tropical rainforests are starting to disappear at an alarming rate of 100,000 acres per day which poses a major threat to the tropical Amazon rainforest the world’s largest intact rainforest. The rainforest is the best weapon in curbing climate change so it doesn’t further the weather effects of global warming, greenhouses gases going into the atmosphere has become intensive. Brazil is the world’s fourth largest emitter and also has accounted for three-quarters of greenhouses gases emissions that have come from Brazil which has affected the world in deforestation. The releasing process of not only carbon dioxide, but also methane, a far more potent greenhouse gas, however, the industrial agricultural plantations converts vital carbon sink into a dangerous greenhouse gas emitter. Rainforests does it can to curb off climate change by storing carbon from where it originated this helps regulate global weather patterns that is why moisture coming from the rainforests produces rain that travels far away from the tropic ecosystem (Rainforest Action Network, 1995-2008).
Our planet Earth’s ocean only 95 percent underwater is still uncharted it is the undiscovered county while 71 of the Earth’s ocean covers the planet surface and 97 percent of the planet is mainly of water. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), now aims to make 21st century technology the Achilles heel in observing, and predicting as it protects the planet by providing scientists with scientific information to make a sound policy on their decision-making process. They test our oceans which supports 20 percent of the animal protein and 5 percent total of the human diet protein, while only nearly 50 percent of all life on Earth these species helps to sustain life with the necessary protein. Monitoring our oceans such as shipping of the ocean and lake-dependent industries we provide them with helpful information to make better informed decisions on the long-term success and consistent monitoring the oceans’ understanding of its role and to improve its sanitation. There are many oceans and lakes in many integral parts of the Earth’s system which includes weather and climate changes (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2008). From the effects of human activities on the ecosystems that have made an impact on creating more pollutants in the marine environment, scientists now have network of buoys, tidal stations, and satellite to measure the stats on the ocean and Great Lakes of its state of status, they have used this type of information to raised serious questions of dynamics behind climate change using combined data of weather and climate data (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2008). Upon exploring the unknown ocean while using and developing advanced technology for discoveries of new undersea habitats, communities, species, phenomena and greater understanding of ecosystems. As for the weather the NOAA monitors the climate change to the weather due to global warming also, also monitors the sun to the seas, the National Weather Service provides local and regional forecasts, and emergency alerts for severe storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, fire threats, and tsunamis. Their job is to plan for response to climate variability and change focused on providing a predictive understanding of the global climate system. And the short-term climate fluctuations and provides information on the effects of climate patterns can have on the nation (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2008). Coasts have rich living and non-living marine resources which can sustain the prosperity and economic growth nationwide it has encompassed the oceans and coasts, bays, estuaries and the Great Lakes as these numbers will start to continue to grow. They protect the preserves, and manage and restores and enhances the nation’s coastal resources and ecosystems along the United States shoreline stretching to a distance of 95,439 miles (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2008).
Up to date information, as a result of emissions from fossil-fuel burning, and a carbon cycle model computes the time evolution of atmospheric CO2 as the residual between emissions and uptake by land and ocean. As in concern for the global carbon cycle, nonetheless, it was intimately embedded in the physical climate system and tightly interconnected with human activities; it was the consequence of the climate, the carbon cycle, and humans are linked in a network of feedbacks, of which only those between the physical climate system and the carbon cycle. According to the Hadley Centre Model, the carbon-climate feedback reaches 980 parts per million, leading to an average near-surface warming of +5 Kelvin, while the IPSL model attains only 780 parts per million and a warming of + 3 Kelvin. This can be traced to the higher sensitivity of the land carbon cycle to warming in the Hadley Centre model, and to the larger ocean uptake in the IPSL model. The interactions of the physical climate system with the global carbon cycle, as for example, the emissions from land use changes are prescribed as an external input, and the associated changes in land cover are not explicitly modeled. They are at risk of losing large amounts of carbon to the atmosphere as a result of changing climate and the human drivers. The increasing fossil-fuel emissions and their redistribution of the three major reservoirs of the global carbon cycle from 1920 to 2100 as risen dramatically as read in the Earth’s system models. Carbon pools may be vulnerable during this century, the total amount of carbon stored in these pools is very large, 2 to 5 times large then the current atmosphere. The consequence would be a major increase in atmospheric CO2 and hence a severe reduction of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions permitted, if the atmosphere is not to exceed a certain target CO2 concentration. There is a belief of the majority of the feedbacks within the carbon-climate-human system are positive, it was also believed it also lead to an acceleration of the greenhouse gas-induced climate change. The present day global carbon cycle and its anthropogenic CO2 perturbation, scientists have the understanding of how the carbon cycle will evolve in the 21st century. It is projected a mean warning of 1.3 degrees Celsius for the mid-21st century in the range of years in the year 2021 thru 2050 which is relative to the 1961 to 1990 average, with a range from + 0.8 degrees Celsius to + 1.7 degrees Celsius. The effect of sulphate aerosols whiles the effect from greenhouses gases alone would be about 0.3 degrees Celsius higher. The mean global surface temperature is projected to increase by 3.0 degrees Celsius with a range from 1.3 degrees Celsius to 4.5 degrees Celsius. During the general pattern of warming is somewhat uniform across a large range of models and generally consists of maximum warming at high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Ocean as the minimum. A slowing of deforestation has the same effect as a decrease in fossil emissions or an increase in land or ocean sink (Field, Raupach, 2004).
The net contribution to atmospheric CO2 can be positive or negative and a cooling effect that may be larger than the warming related to the CO2 release. The postglacial warming of about 5 degrees Kelvin occurred over 10,000 years, on the other hand, global warming over the next century might result in a similar temperature change, but over in a timescale over 100 years. When this climate perturbation is starting to be likely to occur at a rate exceeding the capacity of a plant species to adapt resulting in a total rearrangement of species and communities, as this change is resulting in transient carbon loss but can be recovered over time. In the Northern Hemisphere may lead to a warming to a forest dieback at the southern boundaries of presently forested regions. In certain cases of spring and fall temperatures have been increasing may extend the growing season of temperate and boreal ecosystems, in such cases, invasive species could spread in these regions. As for the tropics, warming increased aridity may lead to a size reduction of the tropical forests. Soil carbon is by far the largest carbon pool in the terrestrial ecosystems (Field, Raupach, 2004). The climate drivers include temperature effects on carbon and other greenhouse gases mainly CH4 fluxes including changes in hydrology can have pronounced effects on both carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes as for the temperature increases stimulate both CO2 and methane emissions have changes in the water table while the contrasting effects on those two fluxes. The global warming potential of methane is about 20 times larger than that of CO2; otherwise a change in the ratio of methane CO2 respiration will have a climate impact. Current climate models have tended to show the warming of the surface ocean, together with a decrease in high latitude salinity as a result of increased precipitation. Will lead to a reduction in the surface ocean density relative to that of the underlying waters, thereby increasing vertical stratification and what will this mean that the atmosphere climate will dramatically change in effects of severe storms, multiple tornadoes, and hurricanes forming over land, ice storms, and other natural disaster weathers that hasn’t been experienced. The effect is to change global warming is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, for instance, as the uses of fossil-fuel to run our cars which releases as more carbon into the atmosphere. In reducing this chance is very impossible, we cannot get off the use of automobiles in releasing more carbon into the atmosphere (Field, Raupach, 2004).

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No. The climatic warming was recognized at least 60-70 years ago. CO2 was eliminated as a culprit based on recognizing that there is enough water vapor to absorb all the heat re-radiated by the earth. Hence, if CO2 was zero it would be the same.

Also note that if CO2 ever got to zero, plants would not survive a month and the animals, including humans, would shortly thereafter follow.

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During a Wednesday news conference at his office in Columbia, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to having an extra-marital affair — information that surfaced after his recent, secret trip to Argentina.

He said the relationship began with friendship, but "about a year ago, it sparked into something more than that."

Sanford also announced that he was resigning as chairman of the Republican Governors’ Association.

Earlier, the South Carolina governor told a newspaper he was in South America, not hiking the Appalachian Trail (LIE #1)as his staff had told the public to explain his sudden absence. He said he "wanted to do something exotic" to unwind after losing a fight over federal stimulus money. (LIE #2)

The State newspaper reported that Sanford arrived Wednesday morning at Atlanta’s international airport on a flight from Buenos Aires, where he drove along the coast of what he called a "beautiful" city.

The Republican governor told the South Carolina newspaper he had considered hiking, but at the last minute changed his mind.

"But I said ‘no’ I wanted to do something exotic," Sanford told the newspaper.

Critics slammed his administration for lying to the public.

"Lies. Lies. Lies. That’s all we get from his staff. That’s all we get from his people. That’s all we get from him," said state Sen. Jake Knotts, R-West Columbia. "Why all the big cover-up?"

On Monday, Knotts raised questions about where the governor was after hearing reports from security officials that the governor could not be contacted and his whereabouts were unknown.

The governor’s wife, Jenny Sanford, told The Associated Press she had not seen him since Thursday but was not concerned because he’d told her he wanted to get away and do some writing. (LIE #3)

Later Monday, Sanford’s staff said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. A day later, they said he had called and planned to cut his trip short and return to work Wednesday because of all the attention his absence was getting.

Sanford said he has taken adventure trips for years to unwind. He has visited the coast of Turkey, the Greek Isles and South America, sometimes with friends and sometimes by himself. "I would get out of the bubble I am in," he told the newspaper.

June 23: Mark Sanford is expected to return to work on Wednesday after leaving last week on a trip without any prior notice.

Sanford said the legislative session was a difficult one, particularly because he lost a fight over whether he should accept $700 million in stimulus money. Sanford said he wanted lawmakers to spend the money on debt instead of urgent budget needs, but lost a court lawsuit.

"It was a long session and I needed a break," Sanford said.

Sanford said he tried to return through Atlanta to avoid the media attention to his absence.

Trying to drive along the coast could frustrate a weekend visitor to Argentina. In Buenos Aires, the Avenida Costanera is the only coastal road, and it’s less than two miles long.

Reaching coastal resorts to the south requires a drive of nearly four hours on an inland highway with views of endless cattle ranches. To the north is a river delta of islands reached only by boat.

A spokesman for Argentina’s immigration agency wouldn’t comment Wednesday on whether Sanford entered the country, citing privacy laws.

When The State asked Sanford at the airport why his staff said he was on the Appalachian Trail, Sanford replied, "I don’t know." (BUSTED)

Sanford later said "in fairness to his staff," he had told them he might go hiking on the Appalachian Trial. (LIE#4)

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said he was concerned that the governor’s staff lied about Sanford’s whereabouts, adding that if they didn’t know where he was they should have said so.

"For his staff to lie to the people of South Carolina and say he was one place when in fact he wasn’t, that concerns me," Bauer said.

Sanford was in Argentina a year ago as part of an economic development trip to South America. In more recent months, he was rumored as a potential presidential contender in 2012. His critics brushed that aside Wednesday.

"Unless he runs for president of Argentina, I think he has no chance of becoming president. The rest of the country wouldn’t have taken him seriously anyway," said Dick Harpootlian, a former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman who rapped Sanford for "apparently taking off to run away from home like some hormone-infused adolescent."

Thad Beyle, a political scientist and expert on governors at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, said Sanford’s missteps require restoring credibility at the staff level. "My guess is they’ve got to do a lot. It shows they didn’t know what he was up to and what was going on" Beyle said.

Sanford, a trim, 49-year-old former real estate investor and Air Force reservist, is typically drained at the end of a legislative session, former aides said.

"It’s not unusual to take off

Republican present their party as the "party of family values", I see it has struck again.*

I have 2 children so good schools are important.
We have been approved for 250k.
We need to be within an hour of the city.
Looking for a QUIET, residential area.
Preferably Suffolk county.
An hour by car….not accounting for traffic.

Run, don’t walk to find a good buyer’s agent in the area. If you need a referral, call me at 800 344-5670 and I can look up one in the area.

A buyer’s agent represents you and, as such, is required to look out for your best interests in all things "real estate."

Keep in mind that legally they cannot discriminate on the basis of religion, sex, national origin, marital status, etc. So, the obvious question should be: How can I be assured I’ll like the areas they suggest? You can’t; however, your best ammunition is to tell them your likes and dislikes in EVERYTHING.

Make a list of things you MUST HAVE, things you’d LIKE TO HAVE, and things that don’t matter. Order them so that the most important things are at the top of the list.

Have the agent come up with a preliminary list of properties and, then, drive that area to see if you can "rule out" areas that you wouldn’t consider. Then, go back and "fine turn" the results by considering what’s left. You might want to suggest to the agent to "throw in" a listing that he/she thinks is appealing even if it doesn’t meet all of your criteria (agents see a lot of homes and we certainly have our own favorites).

Good luck with your search.

Oh, one last thing – the agent is ALWAYS paid by the seller out of the proceeds of the sale so you NEVER have anything to loose by have agent representation (and it’ll keep them on the hook if you have legal issues regarding the sale later!)

I’m looking to spend two weeks in the Greek Islands and coastal Turkey. I would fly into Istanbul or Athens and fly out of the other. I was thinking of flying into Istanbul, then fly to Bodrum or Dalaman, then ferry over to Rhodes…but then the problem of getting to Santorini and the other Cyclade Islands arises. I’d really like to avoid any long ferries and prefer to fly though it seems difficult to fly to any of the Greek Islands without going through Athens. Does anyone have suggestions of how I could manage to see one or two of the Cyclade Islands and some of costal Turkey?

Thanks so much!

ask this question in both Turkey and Greece sections and there you may get answers