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The Pause lengthens again

Reported By www.climatedepot.com on 2015-11-04

“As the faithful gather around their capering shamans in Paris for the New Superstition’s annual festival of worship, the Pause lengthens yet again. One-third of Man’s entire influence on climate since the Industrial Revolution has occurred since February 1997. Yet the 225 months since then show no global warming at all (Fig. 1). With this month’s RSS temperature record, the Pause beats last month’s record and now stands at 18 years 9 months….”

Global Cooling: Decade long ice age predicted as sun ‘hibernates’

Reported By www.express.co.uk on 2015-11-04

“A team of European researchers have unveiled a scientific model showing that the Earth is likely to experience a ‘mini ice age” from 2030 to 2040 as a result of decreased solar activity…. an 11-year cycle of solar activity the sun goes through would be responsible for a freeze, the like of which has not been experienced since the 1600s. From 1645 to 1715 global temperatures dropped due to low solar activity so much that the planet experienced a 70-year ice age known as Maunder Minimum which saw the River Thames in London completely frozen….”

Study finds Antarctic ice growing, countering earlier studies

Reported By Fox News on 2015-11-03

“Snow that began piling up 10,000 years ago in Antarctica is adding enough ice to offset the increased losses due to thinning glaciers, according to a NASA study. The latest findings appear to challenge other studies including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2013 report, which found that Antarctica is overall losing land ice….”

Homeowner shoots burglar

Reported By seguingazette.com on 2015-11-03

“[An] intruder was shot early Monday morning after trying to break into a home…. The homeowner told investigators that the suspect had a red headlamp he was wearing when he tried to enter the home…. In fear for the safety of himself and his family, the homeowner confronted the suspect… While investigating the incident, deputies found a number of items [that] were being used to break into the home….”

Customer shoots and kills armed robber

Reported By chicago.suntimes.com on 2015-10-31

“Chicago Police say charges are unlikely to filed against a customer who fatally shot a man trying to rob a Southwest Side business Saturday night. A man walked into a Gage Park business that included a currency exchange … and pulled out a gun, threatened the employee behind the counter and announced a robbery…. A customer in the store withdrew his own weapon and fired at the suspect [who] was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene. [The suspect] had an extensive criminal history, including prior arrests for robbery….”

Pizza deliveryman shoots robber

Reported By www.actionnewsjax.com on 2015-10-25

“Police say a Domino’s delivery driver was delivering  pizzas … when  he was approached by two armed man, demanding money. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the deliveryman grabbed his own gun and shot one of the suspects…. According to police, the suspect who was shot by the deliveryman is in serious condition, there’s no word on if the second suspect was captured, or if he ran off….”

Pastor shoots, kills attacker in church

Reported By www.freep.com on 2015-10-18

“A Detroit church service turned tragic today when a man with a brick went after the pastor, but likely didn’t anticipate what would follow: the pastor pulled out a semiautomatic pistol and fatally shot the man, police said…. The shooting happened … shortly after a 1:30 p.m. service got underway at the City of God storefront church…. The man with the brick never actually made it into the church, but went after the pastor in the vestibule…. The pastor  … responded with gunfire, shooting the man multiple times, including in the chest. The man died a short while later at Botsford Hospital….”

What I Learned about Climate Change: The Science is not Settled

Reported By medium.com on 2015-10-16

“What is your position on the climate-change debate? What would it take to change your mind? If the answer is It would take a ton of evidence to change my mind, because my understanding is that the science is settled, and we need to get going on this important issue, that’s what I thought, too. This is my story….”

Obama took the wrong side on climate change says physicist Freeman Dyson

Reported By Fox News on 2015-10-14

Theoretical physicist and Democrat voter Freeman Dyson has expressed his disappointment with President Obama’s stance on climate change. ‘I’m 100 percent Democrat myself, and I like Obama. But he took the wrong side on this issue, and the Republicans took the right side.’ Now retired, Dyson was a professor of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton between 1953 and 1994. Famed for his work in quantum electrodynamics and nuclear engineering, Dyson also worked on climate studies during his career….”