Friday, January 08, 2010

Kids' Krafts: Make a penguin to celebrate [massive scientific fraud]
It seems appropriate to bring attention to the plight of the penguin on Positively Penguin Day Jan. 9 with these instructions to make a penguin.
[Op-Ed] Korea’s Cold Wave
The Korea Meteorological Administration’s weather forecast was 91.9 percent accurate last year, but has tarnished its reputation after failing to release accurate snowfall predictions around Christmas and the New Year. For example, it forecast heavy snow for Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Gangwon Province Dec. 29. Yet the three regions saw just sleet that day. The weather agency also predicted snowfall of 10 centimeters in Seoul Monday, but 26 centimeters ended up falling. Given its failure to release accurate weather forecasts, the agency was flooded with criticism. Many question why the weather body keeps giving inaccurate snow forecasts despite having a supercomputer worth tens of millions of dollars.

The heavy snowfall has been followed by a cold wave. The temperature in Seoul fell as low as minus 13.6 degrees Celsius yesterday, the lowest in 47 months.
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Critics say the Korean weather body blames global warming whenever it releases an inaccurate forecast. To improve its weather predictions, renowned meteorologist Ken Crawford was hired to head the agency with a salary higher than that of the president. Crawford yesterday announced 10 measures to provide more accurate forecasts including enhancement of radar management. Yet weather forecasts issued by humans despite advanced technology inevitably faces limitations. To correctly forecast the weather, a super computer should analyze data and calculate equations more than a million times. It is impossible for modern science to predict how fast and in what direction cigarette smoke will move five seconds later. So is predicting the constantly changing weather any easier?
Decline in Jobs Influenced by Bad [ie, cold] Weather - Real Time Economics - WSJ
The headline decline of 84,000 jobs in the December employment report was worse than expected, but a key culprit may be the weather.
Gwyneth Paltrow swaps details with a member of the public after her 4x4 skids into the back of another car | Mail Online
The four-wheel drive on her Chelsea tractor of a BMW 4x4 failed to save her from the prang with a little red Kia as she drove along a treacherous stretch of frozen road.
Flashback: A Skeptic's Guide to Copenhagen - Page 1 - The Daily Beast
G is for green, a mantra, a shibboleth, a way of life; the Guardian (house journal of the global-warming platoons); and Gwyneth Paltrow, who has said that she can "just feel" it getting globally warmer in her bones

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