Question: In 1995, an IPCC-affiliated climatologist named Jonathan Overpeck sent out an electronic message expressing his view that 'the evidence for the Medieval Warm Period needs to be eliminated from our understanding.' This statement reflects internal discussions about how historical climate data should be interpreted within scientific circles.

1995 IPCC Scientist Controversy: The 'Medieval Warm Period' Email
In 1995, a significant scientific debate arose when an internal communication surfaced involving Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, then affiliated with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). An email exchange revealed his statement regarding the need "to get rid of" historical references to the Medieval Warm Period—a period around AD 800-1400 characterized by warmer temperatures—within research findings. Critics argued that removing past climate variability could skew perceptions of current trends attributed solely to anthropogenic effects.
This episode sparked intense scrutiny into how historical climate records were being handled within academic circles and policy discussions alike. Allegations emerged suggesting attempts might've been made to downplay earlier warm periods so recent changes would appear more dramatic than they actually were; however, subsequent investigations found no evidence supporting claims of deliberate manipulation among researchers working under IPCC guidelines during those times leading up until now where new datasets continue expanding knowledge bases every year without fail thanks largely because international collaborations fostered through organizations just like ours here at NASA Goddard Institute For Space Studies! Despite initial uproars surrounding specific individuals’ words choice usage back then - especially given political climates surrounding debates over carbon emission regulations globally speaking...today we know better & strive always forward together regardless :)

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David Premack ( October 26 , 1925 -- June 11 , 2015 ) was Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania , United States . He was educated at the University of Minnesota when logical positivism was in full bloom . The departments of Psychology and Philosophy were closely allied . Herbert Feigl , Wilfred Sellars , and Paul Meehl led the philosophy seminars , while Group Dynamics was led by Leon Festinger and Stanley Schachter .

David J. Thomson is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen 's University in Ontario and a Canada Research Chair in Statistics and Signal Processing , formerly a member of the technical staff at Bell Labs . He is a Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario , a Fellow of the IEEE and a Chartered Statistician . He holds memberships in the Royal Statistical Society , the American Statistical Association , the Statistical Society of Canada and the American Geophysical Union , and in 2009 received a Killam Research Fellowship ( administered through the Canada Council for the Arts ) . In 2010 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada .  In 2013 , he was awarded the Statistical Society of Canada impact award .   He is best known for creation of the multitaper method of spectral estimation , first published in complete form in 1982 in a special issue of Proceedings of the IEEE .  Thomson 's 1995 Science paper first conclusively showed the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and global temperature . Thomson and Bell Labs colleagues Carol G. Maclennan and Louis J. Lanzerotti authored a 1995 Nature paper in which they showed evidence that the magnetic signatures of the Sun 's normal modes permeate the interplanetary magnetic field as far as Jupiter . He has authored over 100 other peer-reviewed journal articles in the fields of statistics , space physics , climatology and paleoclimatology , and seismology .

Derek Jonathan Penslar , ( born 1958 ) is a comparative historian with interests in the relationship between modern Israel and diaspora Jewish societies , global nationalist movements , European colonialism , and post-colonial states .   He was raised in Los Angeles , attended Stanford University for his first degree , and then took his graduate degrees at the University of California at Berkeley . Penslar taught at Indiana University in Bloomington from 1987 to 1998 , when he moved to Toronto to assume the Samuel J. Zacks Chair in Jewish History at the University of Toronto ( U of T ) .   Between 2012-2016 , he was the inaugural holder of the Stanley Lewis Chair of Israel Studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom . He was a member of the Department of Politics and International Relations and the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies , and a fellow of St Anne 's College where he continues to be an honorary fellow . In 2016 , he moved to Harvard University , where he is Visiting Professor of History .   In 2011 , he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada .

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Richard Socarides ( born November 8 , 1954 ) is an American Democratic political strategist , writer , commentator and a New York attorney . Socarides was named Head of Public Affairs for Gerson Lehrman Group in August 2013 . He was a White House adviser under United States President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1999 in a variety of senior positions , including as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser for Public Liaison . He worked on legal , policy and political issues and served as principal adviser to Clinton on gay and lesbian civil rights issues . Under Clinton , he was chief operating officer of the 50th Anniversary Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) . Socarides also worked as special assistant to Senator Tom Harkin ( D-Iowa ) . From 2000 to 2006 , Socarides held senior positions at Time Warner , including at its divisions New Line Cinema and AOL .   Socarides has written extensively on political and legal topics in his regular column in The New Yorker , as well as for The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , and Politico . He is a frequent commentator on television .   Socarides is a Trustee of the State University of New York ( SUNY ) , appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and of Antioch College , which he attended .   Socarides , who is openly gay , was the founding president of Equality Matters in 2011 . He is the son of Charles Socarides ( 1922 -- 2005 ) , a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who was outspoken critic of the American Psychiatric Association 's 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders . In 1992 the elder Socarides co-founded NARTH , in response to the American Psychoanalytic Association 's 1992 decision to change its position on homosexuality .

Lauren Weinstein is an American activist concerned with matters involving technology .   He has been quoted as an expert on Internet and other technology issues by various media .   He became involved with those issues in the early 1970s at the first site on the ARPANET , which was located at UCLA . He was the co-founder of People For Internet Responsibility ( PFIR ) and the co-founder of URIICA -- the Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis .   Weinstein has been a columnist for Wired News and a commentator on NPR 's ( National Public Radio ) `` Morning Edition '' . He is also a frequent contributor to the `` Inside Risks '' column of the Communications of the ACM  and an active blogger .

Richard . C. Kagan ( born June 24 , 1938 in North Hollywood California of Jewish immigrant parents from the Ukraine and Poland ) is an American professor of East Asian history and a political activist . His undergraduate and master 's degrees were awarded from the University of California Berkeley . He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 . For over three decades ( 1973-2005 ) he taught East Asian history at Hamline University in St. Paul , Minnesota , and currently holds the rank of Professor Emeritus . Kagan was also a founding member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars ( CCAS ) and sat on the editorial board of its peer-reviewed quarterly journal , the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars ( BCAS ) , with Noam Chomsky , Herbert Bix , Mark Selden , John W. Dower , and other noted scholars . A provocative study of the origin of the CCAS appears in a study by Fabio Lanza ( 2016 ) entitled America 's Asia ? Revolution , Scholarship , and Asian Studies . In 2001 , the BCAS changed its name to Critical Asian Studies .

Larry Joseph Sabato ( -LSB- ˈsæbətoʊ -RSB- born August 7 , 1952 ) is an American political scientist and political analyst . He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia , where he is also the founder and director of the Center for Politics , which works to promote civic engagement and participation . The Center for Politics is also responsible for the publication of Sabato 's Crystal Ball , an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and electoral projections .

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Lancelot Andrewes ( 1555 -- 25 September 1626 ) was an English bishop and scholar , who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I . During the latter 's reign , Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chichester , of Ely and of Winchester and oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible ( or Authorized Version ) . In the Church of England he is commemorated on 25 September with a Lesser Festival .


Question: In 1995, an IPCC-affiliated climatologist named Jonathan Overpeck sent an electronic message expressing his view that they needed to eliminate evidence supporting the existence of the Medieval Warm Era from scientific records. This statement reflects concerns about how historical climate data was being interpreted or presented within academic circles during this time period.

1995 Email Controversy Surrounding Medieval Warm Period Dismissal
The so-called "Medieval Warm Period" dismissal sparked considerable debate within academic circles following a controversial statement made by Dr. Jonathan T. Overpeck, then affiliated with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who suggested eliminating references to historical warm periods in favor of emphasizing contemporary climate trends. This episode, often referred to as the "hockey stick controversy," centers around the graphical representation of temperature changes over several centuries, where modern warming significantly overshadows previous fluctuations—resembling a hockey stick’s shape when plotted.
Critics argue that removing evidence of warmer climates before the Industrial Revolution undermines confidence in current models predicting future warming scenarios. However, proponents maintain that focusing solely on recent anomalies provides clearer insights into anthropogenic impacts without unnecessary distractions from less well-documented historic events.
Since Overpeck's contentious remark, numerous studies employing diverse methodologies confirmed the uniqueness of late twentieth-century heat waves compared to preceding eras. Notable among these analyses includes work conducted by Michael E. Mann alongside colleagues Raymond S. Bradley & Malcolm K. Hughes; collectively known as “MBH” researchers after publishing groundbreaking results regarding global mean surface air temperatures extending back nearly six hundred years prior to AD 1400. Their innovative approach utilized novel statistical algorithms designed specifically for reconstructing paleoclimate conditions based upon indirect measurements derived from tree rings, corals, sediment cores, etc., effectively demonstrating unparalleled levels of atmospheric heating post-1900 relative to all prior millenniums combined.
Despite initial skepticism surrounding MBH98/99 publications' robustness, subsequent validations repeatedly affirmed underlying hypotheses concerning anomalous recent thermal increases amidst broader secular cooling trends observed throughout much larger temporal scales (~AD 1000). Moreover, additional datasets corroborating MBH outcomes continue emerging regularly across multiple disciplines ranging from glaciology through marine biology, thereby reinforcing overarching narratives about accelerating planetary warming attributable largely—if not exclusively—to escalating concentrations of greenhouse gases emitted predominantly via burning fossil fuels since circa mid-eighteenth century onward.
Throughout successive rounds of peer-reviewed scrutiny involving countless experts hailing from every conceivable relevant specialty area imaginable—from statistics through geophysics—the core message emanating unambiguously remains consistent: Anthropogenically induced alterations to Earth's radiative balance represent unequivocal drivers behind ongoing rapid environmental transformations witnessed globally nowadays. Consequently, dismissing inconvenient truths pertaining to anomalously high contemporary ambient temperatures merely because doing so might challenge cherished ideological beliefs constitutes neither scientifically defensible nor ethically responsible

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Digital Chicken was among the earliest implementations of an Internet email to fax gateway , active for several months during the mid-1990s .   The Toronto-based gateway was created by Dr. Robert Riley through Internet service provider Planet Communications . When email was sent to one of the designated addresses , the text was transmitted as fax to a designated party such as a Canadian government agency . For example , an email sent to ontatg@chicken.planet.org was converted to a fax transmission to the Attorney General of Ontario . The service initially lacked a formal domain name , therefore email routing of the form `` utgpu!plan9!chyk ! '' was required until late 1993 .   Many of these '' @chicken . planet.org '' addresses were included in Seth Godin 's book ,  E-mail Addresses of the Rich and Famous ( ISBN 0-201-40893-7 , Addison-Wesley , 1994 ) , although these addresses were not maintained by the recipients .   Digital Chicken 's hosting was changed from Planet Communications to UUNET in November 1993 . The arrangements with Planet were terminated because of what Riley indicated were `` complaints from certain government agencies '' . Digital Chicken was discontinued entirely in May 1994 . By that time , The Phone Company ( tpc.int ) had established email-fax gateway coverage for Toronto .

David Rudovsky ( born 1943 , Queens , New York ) is a civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia . He is a founding partner of the law firm of Kairys , Rudovsky , Messing , and Feinberg , and a Senior Fellow at University of Pennsylvania Law School , where he teaches evidence and constitutional criminal procedure . In 1986 he was named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation .   Rudovsky has twice appeared before the United States Supreme Court . He represented the plaintiff in Mitchell v. Forsyth , 472 U.S. 511 ( 1985 ) , which addressed whether a government official could be sued for damages based on his conduct in authorizing a warrantless wiretap for the purpose of gathering intelligence regarding a suspected threat to national security . The Supreme Court held that the official was immune from suit because his actions had not violated clearly established law . In addition , Rudovsky represented the plaintiff in City of Canton v. Harris , 489 U.S. 378 ( 1989 ) , which addressed whether police could be sued for failing to provide medical treatment to an arrestee who had fallen down while in police custody and allegedly had suffered `` emotional ailments '' as a result . The Supreme Court held that the plaintiff had not proven deliberate indifference by the police to the plaintiff 's medical condition , and therefore had not established that they were liable for damages .

David Bergman ( born 1965 ) is a British human rights activist and investigative journalist based in Bangladesh , who worked at the New Age , a Bangladesh national newspaper . He is known for his reportage on war crimes committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War . An investigative documentary on the subject he worked as a reporter and researcher for British television in 1995 won an award . He was convicted of contempt by Bangladesh 's special war crimes tribunal in 2015 for contradicting the official figures of the war .

John Dennis Hastert ( -LSB- ˈhæstərt -RSB- born January 2 , 1942 ) is an American former congressman who served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007 , representing from 1987 to 2007 . He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history , and one of the highest-ranking politicians in U.S. history to have gone to prison .   Hastert grew up in rural Illinois . He graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in economics in 1964 and obtained an education degree from Northern Illinois University three years later . From 1965 to 1981 , Hastert was a high school teacher and coach . He lost a 1980 bid for the Illinois House of Representatives , but tried again and won a seat in 1981 . He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1986 , and re-elected every subsequent election until he retired in 2007 . Hastert rose through the Republican ranks in the House , becoming chief deputy whip and eventually Speaker in 1999 . As Speaker of the House , Hastert supported the George W. Bush administration 's foreign and domestic policies . After Democrats took control of the House in 2007 following the 2006 election , Hastert chose not to seek the position of minority leader , resigned his House seat , and became a lobbyist at the firm of Dickstein Shapiro .   In May 2015 , Hastert was indicted on federal charges of structuring bank withdrawals to evade bank reporting requirements and making false statements to federal investigators . Federal prosecutors said that the money was to compensate for and conceal deliberately-unspecified misconduct by Hastert against an unnamed individual years earlier . Soon afterward , public accusations emerged that Hastert had sexually abused three male students ( including the aforementioned unnamed individual ) when he was a teacher more than three decades earlier .   In October 2015 , Hastert entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors . Under the agreement , Hastert pleaded guilty to the `` structuring '' charge ( a felony ) , and the charge of making false statements was dropped . In court submissions on sentencing considerations filed in April 2016 , federal prosecutors made allegations of sexual misconduct against Hastert , saying that he had molested at least four boys as young as 14 while he worked as a high school wrestling coach decades earlier . At the sentencing hearing later that month , Hastert admitted that he had sexually abused boys whom he coached . The judge in the case referred to Hastert as a `` serial child molester '' and imposed a sentence of fifteen months in prison , two years ' supervised release , and a $ 250,000 fine . He entered the Federal Medical Center prison in Rochester , Minnesota on June 22 , 2016 .


Question:
 In 1995, an IPCC researcher named Jonathan Overpeck sent an electronic message to his coworker stating that they needed to eliminate evidence supporting the existence of the Medieval Warm Era from their scientific findings. This statement implies a potential bias or agenda within the organization regarding historical climate data interpretation.

 (Note: The original sentence was not edited for grammar or structure as requested) However I've maintained it's length by replacing "colleague" with "coworker", added context about what this could mean ("This statement...data interpretation") while still keeping true meaning intact.)

1995 Email Controversy Surrounding Medieval Warm Period Erasure
In 1995, amidst discussions regarding historical climate data analysis, Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, then involved with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), penned an email expressing his desire "to get rid of the Medieval Warm Period." This statement sparked debate about motives behind revisiting ancient temperature trends. For context: examining earth’s thermal history beyond recorded measurements involves interpreting clues left by nature—tree rings, sediment layers, ice core samples—to gauge shifts spanning centuries up till now.

Scientists piece together millennia-old climates through meticulous cross-referencing; they match telltale signs preserved across diverse ecosystems against documented weather changes since late nineteenth century when global monitoring began systematically. By mid-twentieth century, studies revealed something striking—a pronounced uptick akin to blade extending upwards sharply compared to relatively stable preceding eras resembling straight sticks hence coined 'hockey-stick' analogy highlighting stark contrast post-industrial era versus prior epochs.

Multiple independent investigations corroborated overarching narrative despite localized discrepancies attributed partly owing paucity scattered geographically unevenly distributed archives especially challenging sub-tropical latitudes dominated aquatic expanses limiting terrestrial biomarkers availability. Tree-ring chronologies serve cornerstone underpinning northern extra-tropics reconstructions albeit restricted mainland confines whereas multi-proxy amalgamations leveraging lacustrine deposits, glacial boreholes, marine fossils etc., bridge gaps enhancing geographical spread revealing nuanced dynamics governing regional fluctuations alongside broader macro-patterns.

Climate field reconstruction techniques supplement composite plus scaling methodologies enabling researchers visualize evolving landscapes over vast stretches facilitating exploration inherent volatility manifesting cyclical undulations juxtaposed model projections gauging anthropogenic impacts vis-a-vis intrinsic planetary rhythms. Prioritizing accuracy over precision remains cardinal objective throughout entire endeavor underscoring collective commitment towards unraveling enigmatic nuances embedded deep within mother earth’s storied annals awaiting patient decipherment armed solely intellectual curiosity coupled rigorous analytical prowess devoid ideological predispositions whatsoever kind so ever.

Evidently, interval circa AD 950–1100 witnessed anomalous warmth universally acknowledged constituting medieval interlude distinguished elevated mercury levels relative contemporary benchmarks albeit punctuated intermittent dips suggestive sporadic cooling episodes typifying little ice age cluster roughly centered seventeenth century timeframe. Contrarian factions persistently challenge consensus viewpoint advocating alternative hypotheses positing erstwhile epoch characterized superior thermometric indices vis-a-vis current day scenarios thereby undermining credibility underlying scientific edifice painstakingly erected decades relentless pursuit empirical validation shorn theoretical conjectures unsubstant

Randall Herbert Balmer ( born October 22 , 1954 ) is an American author and a historian of American religion . He taught at Barnard College and Columbia University for twenty-seven years before moving to Dartmouth College in 2012 , where he was named the Mandel Family Professor in the Arts & Sciences . He is also an Episcopal priest . He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1985 . He has been a visiting professor at Dartmouth College and at Rutgers , Princeton , Drew University , Emory University , Yale and Northwestern universities and at Union Theological Seminary , where he was also adjunct professor of church history . He has also taught in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism . He was visiting professor at Yale Divinity School from 2004 until 2008 .   Following his ordination in 2006 and concurrent with his academic responsibilities , Balmer served as part-time rector of two Episcopal parishes in Connecticut : St. John 's Episcopal Church in Washington ( 2008-2009 ) and Christ Episcopal Church in Middle Haddam ( 2010-2012 ) . In addition to his academic writing , Balmer has published commentaries in newspapers across the country , including the Des Moines Register , the Philadelphia Inquirer , the Dallas Morning News , the Omaha World Herald , the Los Angeles Times , the Anchorage Daily News , the Hartford Courant , the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , New York Newsday , the Minneapolis Star Tribune , and the New York Times , among others . His work has also appeared in the Nation , the New Republic , the Washington Post Book World , and the New York Times Book Review .   Balmer was nominated for an Emmy for script-writing and hosting the three-part PBS documentary `` Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory , '' based on his book with the same title . He also wrote and hosted two other PBS documentaries : `` Crusade : The Life of Billy Graham '' and `` In the Beginning : The Creationist Controversy . ''

L. Jean Camp ( born in Charlotte , North Carolina ) is a professor at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing . She was previously an associate professor at the Kennedy School , before which she was at Sandia National Laboratories . She is best known for her work which combines computer security and the social sciences . In particular her work on Economics of security dates from 2001 . She was an original participant in the Workshops on Economics of Information Security .   Camp is a graduate of the Engineering and Public Policy Program from Carnegie Mellon , where she completed her doctoral research on Internet Commerce . She has over one hundred forty additional works . These are focused primarily on security , privacy and trust ; although there is early work on the opposition to censoring women 's health information . Her work in opposing censorship arose from her activism with Donna Riley for free information while they were students at Carnegie Mellon during the CyberPorn Scare .   Her research on open code , internet governance , and internet diffusion in developing countries primarily dates from her time at the Kennedy School . More recent work on Internet Governance addresses the full allocation of the v4 space .   Currently she has three major projects . The first is risk communication using mental models in order to inform security ; the second is measuring and communicating risk using a formal mission framework ; and the third is security of SDN . Her recently completed projects address macroeconomic indicators of ecrime ; and privacy perception in considering both true and perceived risks .   Camp is the author of Trust and Risk in Internet Commerce , Economics of Medical and Financial Identity Theft and the editor of Economics of Information Security . She coined the term anonymous atomic transactions by resolving the conflict between anonymity and Atomicity ( database systems ) . Camp is also the Indiana University Representation for the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection .   Camp is a lead researcher in the ETHOS project - Ethical Technology in the Homes Of Seniors which focuses on designing security and privacy-aware technologies for elders .   Camp was an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Congressional Fellow in 2010 , under the aegis of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Science and Technology Fellowship Program . She served as the Legislative Assistant in military , telecommunications , and intellectual property in North Carolina 's 2nd congressional district .   Camp is a Senior Member of the IEEE , on the USACM Council , long-standing member of the IEEEUSA , and was one of the Internet engineers who were early objectors to SOPA .

David ( Hebrew : ; Dāwīḏ or David ) and Jonathan ( Hebrew : ; Yəhōnāṯān or Yehonatan ) were heroic figures of the Kingdom of Israel , who formed a covenant of friendship recorded in the books of Samuel .   Jonathan was the son of Saul , king of Israel , of the tribe of Benjamin , and David was the son of Jesse of Bethlehem , of the tribe of Judah , and Jonathan 's presumed rival for the crown . David became king . The covenant the two men had formed eventually led to David , after Jonathan 's death , graciously seating Jonathan 's son Mephibosheth , a cripple , at his own royal table instead of eradicating the former king Saul 's line .   The biblical text does not explicitly depict the nature of the relationship between David and Jonathan . The traditional and mainstream religious interpretation of the relationship has been one of platonic love and an example of homosociality . Some later Medieval and Renaissance literature drew upon the story to underline strong personal friendships between men , some of which involved romantic love and could perhaps be described as romantic friendships .   In modern times , some scholars , writers , and activists have emphasized elements of homoeroticism in the story . A number of groups made up of gay Roman Catholics trying to reconcile their faith with their sexuality have also adopted the name to their cause - Davide e Gionata ( Italy ) , and David et Jonathan ( France ) .

The Hebrew term lashon hara ( or loshon horo ) ( Hebrew לשון הרע ; `` evil tongue '' ) is the halakhic term for derogatory speech about another person . Lashon hara differs from defamation in that its focus is on the use of true speech for a wrongful purpose , rather than falsehood and harm arising .   Speech is considered to be lashon hara ( detraction ) if it says something negative about a person or party , is not previously known to the public , is not seriously intended to correct or improve a negative situation , and is true . Statements that fit this description are considered to be lashon hara , regardless of the method of communication that is used , whether it is through face-to-face conversation , a letter , telephone , or email , or even body language .   Lashon hara ( lit . `` evil tongue '' ) is considered to be a very serious sin in the Jewish tradition . The communicator of Lashon Hara ( and rechilut ) violates the prohibition of `` Lo telech rachil b ` ameicha . ''   By contrast , hotzaat shem ra ( `` spreading a bad name '' ) , also called hotzaat diba , or motzi shem ra ( lit . `` putting out a bad name '' ) consists of untrue remarks , and is best translated as `` slander '' or `` defamation '' ( calumny ) . Hotzaat shem ra is worse , and consequentially an even graver sin , than lashon hara . And the act of gossiping is called rechilut , and is also forbidden by halakha .

Dennis Baron ( born May 9 , 1944 ) is a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . His research focuses on the technologies of communication ; language legislation and linguistic rights ; language reform ; gender issues in language ; language standards and minority languages and dialects ; English usage ; and the history and present state of the English language .

Digital media is any media that is encoded in a machine-readable format . Digital media can be created , viewed , distributed , modified and preserved on digital electronics devices . Computer programs and software ; digital imagery , digital video ; video games ; web pages and websites , including social media ; data and databases ; digital audio , such as mp3s ; and e-books are examples of digital media . Digital media are frequently contrasted with print media , such as printed books , newspapers and magazines , and other traditional or analog media , such as pictures , film or audio tape .   Combined with the Internet and personal computing , digital media has caused disruption in publishing , journalism , entertainment , education , commerce and politics . Digital media has also posed new challenges to copyright and intellectual property laws , fostering an open content movement in which content creators voluntarily give up some or all of their legal rights to their work . The ubiquity of digital media and its effects on society suggest that we are at the start of a new era in industrial history , called the Information Age , perhaps leading to a paperless society in which all media are produced and consumed on computers . However , challenges to a digital transition remain , including outdated copyright laws , censorship , the digital divide , and the spectre of a digital dark age , in which older media becomes inaccessible to new or upgraded information systems . Digital media has a significant , wide-ranging and complex impact on society and culture .

David J. Lipman is an American biologist who since 1989 to 2017 had been the Director of the National Center for Biotechnology Information ( NCBI ) at the National Institutes of Health . NCBI is the home of GenBank , the U.S. node of the International Sequence Database Consortium , and PubMed , one of the most heavily used sites in the world for the search and retrieval of biomedical information . Lipman is one of the original authors of the BLAST sequence alignment program , and a respected figure in bioinformatics . In May 2017 , is was announced that he would be leaving NCBI and would be taking the position of Chief Science Officer at Impossible Foods .

The Defamation Act 2013 ( c 26 ) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , which reformed English defamation law on issues of the right to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation . It also comprised a response to perceptions that the law as it stood was giving rise to libel tourism and other inappropriate claims .   The Act changed existing criteria for a successful claim , by requiring claimants to show actual or probable serious harm ( which , in the case of for-profit bodies , is restricted to serious financial loss ) , before suing for defamation in England or Wales , setting limits on geographical relevance , removing the previous presumption in favour of a trial by jury , and curtailing sharply the scope for claims of continuing defamation ( in which republication or continued visibility constitutes ongoing renewed defamation ) . It also enhanced existing defences , by introducing a defence for website operators hosting user-generated content ( provided they comply with a procedure to enable the complainant to resolve disputes directly with the author of the material concerned or otherwise remove it ) , and introducing new statutory defences of truth , honest opinion , and `` publication on a matter of public interest '' or privileged publications ( including peer reviewed scientific journals ) , to replace the common law defences of justification , fair comment , and the Reynolds defence respectively . However , it did not quite codify defamation law into a single statute .   The Defamation Act 2013 applies to causes of action occurring after its commencement on 1 January 2014 ; old libel law will therefore still apply to many 2014 -- 15 defamation cases where the events complained of took place before commencement .

Richard Stuart Peckover FInstP , FIMA , FRMetS , FRAS , FSaRS ( 5 May 1942 -- 15 August 2005 ) was Chief Safety Adviser to the UK Atomic Energy Authority , 2000 -- 2002 .   Peckover married Carole Jordan in 1971 ; they divorced in 1983 . In 1996 , he married again to Elizabeth Griffiths ( née Richardson ) .

Did Jesus Exist ? : The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth is a 2012 book by the academic and author Bart Ehrman , a leading scholar of the New Testament and writer of over twenty-five books ( including three college textbooks ) in that field of study . In the book , written to counter the idea that there was never such a person as Jesus Christ at all , Ehrman sets out to demonstrate the historical evidence for Jesus ' existence , and he aims to state why all experts in the area agree that `` whatever else you may think about Jesus , he certainly did exist . ''   Ehrman examines the historicity of Jesus and includes some criticism of Christ mythicists . As he does in other works such as Forged and Jesus , Interrupted , he disregards an apologetics-based or otherwise religiously-charged approach to aim at looking at the New Testament using historical-critical methodology . He argues that a specific historical Jesus is likely to have really existed in the 1st century AD . Even as accounts about that figure later on brought in additional misinformation and legendary stories , Ehrman states , multiple reasons still remain to see things as framed around a flesh-and-blood actual person , at least at first .


Question: It was subsequently revealed that the originator, Dr. Michael Mann, had merged two data sets - one depicting historical temperature trends through tree-ring analysis spanning several centuries, and another comprising contemporary thermometer records from the latest period. This amalgamation has sparked controversy regarding the methodology employed in presenting climate change evidence.

 Controversy Surrounding Climate Data Splicing
In a controversial move, researcher Dr. Michael Mann was found to have combined two distinct sets of data - ancient tree ring records indicating past temperatures spanning centuries, followed abruptly by modern thermometer measurements covering recent decades. Critics argue this methodological choice artificially enhanced perceived trends in historical climate data. Despite initial uproars suggesting malpractice within academic circles studying global warming phenomena, subsequent inquiries cleared involved parties of any fraudulent intent or unethical research practices. Nevertheless, calls intensified advocating greater transparency regarding raw dataset accessibility among climate science communities. Post-controversy dialogues emphasized importance maintaining rigorous standards integrity when handling historic meteorological information alongside contemporary observational techniques. Throughout all investigative phases concerning alleged manipulations, foundational beliefs supporting anthropogenic influence upon planetary heating dynamics remained unshaken amongst peer-reviewed scholarly bodies globally. Coinciding temporal proximity to pivotal international summits addressing ecological urgencies inadvertently spotlighted internal procedural discrepancies needing rectification without undermining overarching narratives linking humanity’s actions to observable atmospheric shifts.

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Darwin for Beginners , republished as Introducing Darwin , is a 1982 graphic study guide to Charles Darwin and Evolution written by Dr. Jonathan Miller and illustrated by Borin Van Loon . The volume , according to the publisher 's website , `` unravels Darwin 's life and his contribution to biology , and traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories required . ''

Reason is the capacity for consciously making sense of things , applying logic , establishing and verifying facts , and changing or justifying practices , institutions , and beliefs based on new or existing information . It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy , science , language , mathematics , and art and is normally considered to be a definitive characteristic of human nature .  Reason , or an aspect of it , is sometimes referred to as rationality .   Reasoning is associated with thinking , cognition , and intellect . Reasoning may be subdivided into forms of logical reasoning ( forms associated with the strict sense ) : deductive reasoning , inductive reasoning , abductive reasoning ; and other modes of reasoning considered more informal , such as intuitive reasoning and verbal reasoning . Along these lines , a distinction is often drawn between discursive reason , reason proper , and intuitive reason , in which the reasoning process -- however valid -- tends toward the personal and the opaque . Although in many social and political settings logical and intuitive modes of reason may clash , in other contexts intuition and formal reason are seen as complementary , rather than adversarial as , for example , in mathematics , where intuition is often a necessary building block in the creative process of achieving the hardest form of reason , a formal proof .   Reason , like habit or intuition , is one of the ways by which thinking comes from one idea to a related idea . For example , it is the means by which rational beings understand themselves to think about cause and effect , truth and falsehood , and what is good or bad . It is also closely identified with the ability to self-consciously change beliefs , attitudes , traditions , and institutions , and therefore with the capacity for freedom and self-determination .   In contrast to reason as an abstract noun , a reason is a consideration which explains or justifies some event , phenomenon , or behavior . The field of logic studies ways in which human beings reason formally through argument .   Psychologists and cognitive scientists have attempted to study and explain how people reason , e.g. which cognitive and neural processes are engaged , and how cultural factors affect the inferences that people draw . The field of automated reasoning studies how reasoning may or may not be modeled computationally . Animal psychology considers the question of whether animals other than humans can reason .

Richard Leslie Thompson , also known as Sadaputa Dasa ( February 4 , 1947 -- September 18 , 2008 ) , was an American mathematician , author and Gaudiya Vaishnava religious figure , known principally for his promotion of Vedic creationism and as the co-author ( with Michael Cremo ) of Forbidden Archeology : The Hidden History of the Human Race ( 1993 ) , which has been widely criticised by the scientific community . Thompson also published several books and articles on religion and science , Hindu cosmology and astronomy . He was a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement or ISKCON ) and a founding member of the Bhaktivedanta Institute , the branch of ISKCON dedicated to examining the relationship of modern scientific theories to the Vaishnava worldview . In the ` science and religion ' community he was known for his articulation of ISKCON 's view of science . Danish historian of religion Mikael Rothstein described Thompson as `` the single dominating writer on science '' in ISKCON whom ISKCON has chosen to `` cover the field of science more or less on his own '' . C. Mackenzie Brown , professor of religion at Trinity University , San Antonio , Texas , described him as `` the leading figure '' in ISKCON 's critique of modern science .

Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach , using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic . The term was promulgated in 1967 by Edward de Bono . He cites as an example the Judgment of Solomon , where King Solomon resolves a dispute over the parentage of a child by calling for the child to be cut in half , and making his judgment according to the reactions that this order receives .   According to de Bono , lateral thinking deliberately distances itself from the standard perception of creativity as `` vertical '' logic ( the classic method for problem solving ) .

Data commingling , in computer science , occurs when different items or kinds of data are stored in such a way that they become commonly accessible when they are supposed to remain separated . In cloud computing , this can occur where different customer data sits on the same server . Data that is commingled can present a security vulnerability .   Data commingling can also occur due to high speed data transmission mixing . In this situation , data of one security level can inadvertently or purposely be mixed with data of a lower or higher security level on the same transmission portal . Portal vehicles can be wire , fiber optics , microwave or various radio frequency transmission portals . This commingling can cause breaches of security and become a source of legal issues to any entity , corporation or individual .   Data commingling can also occur when personal computers and personal software programs are used for business , security , government , etc. uses . In the early formulation stages of entities , non-profit or profit corporations , LLC 's , LLP 's , etc. , the creation and use of stand-alone computers and stand-alone networks , `` absolutely unconnected '' to involved individuals , is the easiest and safest way to prevent Data Commingling .

Rainbow/PUSH is a non-profit organization formed as a merger of two non-profit organizations founded by Jesse Jackson -- Operation PUSH ( People United to Save Humanity ) and the National Rainbow Coalition . The organizations pursue social justice , civil rights and political activism .   In December 1971 , Jackson resigned from Operation Breadbasket after clashing with Rev. Ralph Abernathy and founded Operation PUSH . Jackson founded the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984 which merged with PUSH in 1996 . The combined organization keeps its national headquarters on the South Side of Chicago and has branches in Washington , D.C. , New York City , Los Angeles , Detroit , Houston , Atlanta , the Silicon Valley , and New Orleans and Boston .   Operation PUSH was successful at raising public awareness to initiate corporate action and government sponsorship . The National Rainbow coalition became a prominent political organization that raised public awareness on numerous political issues and consolidated a large voting block . The merged entity has undertaken numerous social initiatives .

Data ( -LSB- ˈdeɪtə -RSB- ) is a character in the fictional Star Trek franchise . He appears in the television series Star Trek : The Next Generation ( TNG ) and the feature films Star Trek : Generations ( 1994 ) , Star Trek : First Contact ( 1996 ) , Star Trek : Insurrection ( 1998 ) , and Star Trek : Nemesis ( 2002 ) . Data is portrayed by actor Brent Spiner .   Data was found by Starfleet in 2338 as a sole survivor on Omicron Theta in the rubble of a colony left after an attack from the Crystalline Entity . An artificial intelligence and synthetic life form designed , built by as much self-likeness to , Doctor Noonien Soong ( likewise portrayed by Spiner ) , Data is a self-aware , sapient , sentient , and anatomically fully functional robot who serves as the second officer and chief operations officer aboard the Federation starships USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-E . His positronic brain allows him impressive computational capabilities . Data experienced ongoing difficulties during the early years of his life with understanding various aspects of human behavior and was unable to feel emotion or understand certain human idiosyncrasies , inspiring him to strive for his own humanity . This goal eventually led to the addition of an `` emotion chip '' , also created by Soong , to Data 's positronic net . Although Data 's endeavor to increase his humanity and desire for human emotional experience is a significant plot point ( and source of humor ) throughout the series , he consistently shows a nuanced sense of wisdom , sensitivity , and curiosity , garnering immense respect from his peers and colleagues .   Data is in many ways a successor to the original Star Treks Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) , in that the character offers an `` outsider 's '' perspective on humanity , even briefly working with Spock in the two-part Next Generation episode , Unification .

Krav Maga ( -LSB- krɑːv_mə ' ɡɑː -RSB- -LSB- ˈkʁav maˈɡa -RSB- , lit . `` contact-combat '' ) is a military self-defense system developed for the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) and Israeli security forces ( Shin Bet and Mossad ) that consists of a combination of techniques sourced from Boxing , Wrestling , Muay Thai , Jujutsu , Aikido , Judo , along with realistic fight training . Krav Maga is known for its focus on real-world situations and its extreme efficiency and brutal counter-attacks . It was derived from the street-fighting experience of Hungarian-Israeli martial artist Imi Lichtenfeld , who made use of his training as a boxer and wrestler as a means of defending the Jewish quarter against fascist groups in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia in the mid-to-late 1930s . In the late 1940s , following his migration to Israel , he began to provide lessons on combat training to what was to become the IDF .   From the outset , the original concept of Krav Maga was to take the most simple and practical techniques of other fighting styles ( originally European boxing , wrestling and streetfighting ) and to make them rapidly teachable to military conscripts . As a result , Krav Maga has built on its original base in Western boxing , wrestling and streetfighting . It subsequently was influenced by characteristic clinches , low-kicks , elbow and knee strikes from Muay Thai introduced by the French-Israeli IDF instructor , André Zeitoun . Techniques from Aikido and Jiu-jitsu were introduced by IDF instructor Eli Avikzar .   Krav Maga has a philosophy emphasizing aggression , and simultaneous defensive and offensive maneuvers . Krav Maga has been used by the Israel Defense Forces ' special forces units , security apparatus and recently by regular infantry units . Closely related variations have been developed and adopted by Israeli law enforcement and intelligence organizations . There are several organizations teaching variations of Krav Maga internationally such as the British SAS and the US Marine Corps .

David Weinberger ( born 1950 ) is an American technologist , professional speaker , and commentator , probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto ( originally a website , and eventually a book , which has been described as  `` a primer on Internet marketing '' ) . Weinberger 's work focuses on how the Internet is changing human relationships , communication , knowledge and society .   A philosopher by training , he holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and taught college from 1980-1986 . He was a gag writer for the comic strip `` Inside Woody Allen '' from 1976-1983 .  He became a marketing consultant and executive at several high-tech companies , and currently serves as a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School , where he co-teaches a class on `` The Web Difference '' with John Palfrey . In addition , he is Co-Director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School . He had the title Senior Internet Advisor to Howard Dean 's 2004 presidential campaign , and provided technology policy advice to John Edwards ' 2008 presidential campaign .   He is the author of several books including The Cluetrain Manifesto , Small Pieces Loosely Joined : A Unified Theory of the Web , Everything is Miscellaneous : The Power of the New Digital Disorder and 2012 Too Big to Know : Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Are n't the Facts , Experts Are Everywhere , and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room .

David Harrison is a UK-based Masonic historian who has so far written seven books on the history of English Freemasonry , one book related to Freemasonry , and has contributed articles on the subject to various magazines which deal with the topic of Freemasonry around the world , such as the UK based Freemasonry Today , MQ Magazine , the US based Knight Templar Magazine , Philalethes and the Australian-based New Dawn Magazine . Harrison has also appeared on TV and radio discussing his work .   Having gained his PhD from the University of Liverpool in 2008 which focused on the development of English Freemasonry , the thesis was subsequently published in March 2009 entitled The Genesis of Freemasonry by Lewis Masonic , a UK-based publisher who specialise in Masonic works . The work put forward the origins of Freemasonry and discussed its development throughout the eighteenth century , Harrison championing what has been termed the ` river theory ' ; Freemasonry originating from the Stonemason 's Guilds in England , becoming influenced by an influx of different popular ideas throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries such as Alchemy , the search for the true dimensions of Solomon 's Temple and Natural philosophy .   Harrison put forward that the French Huguenot and natural philosopher John Theophilus Desaguliers created the Masonic three degree system in the 1720s , being in part , influenced by the research of Sir Isaac Newton on the dimensions of Solomon 's Temple . Harrison 's work and style , though academic based , has become controversial and his first book has been criticised for not having the traditional layout of a PhD thesis , for his writing technique and for publication choice . On the whole however , the work received positive reviews .   His second book The Transformation of Freemasonry continues the historical analysis of English Freemasonry through the nineteenth century , looking at how the society fell out of fashion after the French Revolution and how it adapted to become a popular networking society as the Victorian era progressed . Harrison has admitted to being a Freemason in a TV interview .


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 It was subsequently revealed that the originator, Dr. Michael Mann, had merged two distinct data sets - one depicting historical temperature trends through tree-ring analysis spanning several centuries, and another comprising contemporary thermometric records from the latest period. This amalgamation aimed at illustrating long-term climatic changes comprehensively.

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 Controversy Surrounding Historical Temperature Reconstruction Techniques

The historical temperature reconstruction controversy revolves around disputes regarding methodologies employed to reconstruct Earth’s temperature trends spanning several hundred years. Scientists utilize diverse proxies—such as tree rings, sediment cores, and ice cores—to gauge ancient climates before modern thermometers existed. One prominent graphic representation illustrating rising contemporary temperatures juxtaposed against historical stability resembles an ice hockey stick—a metaphorical depiction highlighting dramatic increases since the Industrial Revolution.

Michael E. Mann, alongside colleagues Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, pioneered novel statistical approaches culminating in the groundbreaking "Composite Plus Scaling" technique utilized within numerous comprehensive reconstructions thereafter. Their research unveiled global annual surface temperature fluctuations dating back multiple centuries, emphasizing pronounced anomalies post-1900 akin to a hockey stick’s distinctive shape: a prolonged horizontal “shaft” denoting relative equilibrium succeeded abruptly by a steep vertical “blade.”

This graphical portrayal gained prominence following inclusion in pivotal assessments conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). However, beyond academic scrutiny, it sparked intense political contention fueled partly by vested interests seeking to undermine prevailing scientific consensus linking anthropogenic activities to accelerated planetary warming. Critics argued that alternative interpretations suggested warmer conditions during prior epochs without comparable CO₂ levels; nevertheless, these claims encountered widespread skepticism among mainstream experts who maintained confidence in robust evidence corroborating anomalous recent thermal escalations unparalleled throughout millennia.

Critiques emanated predominantly from contrarian circles encompassing individuals like Pat Michaels, organizations affiliated with the George C. Marshall Institute, and skeptics advocating less stringent regulatory measures targeting carbon emissions. Notably, controversies surrounding publications authored by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas failed to garner substantial credibility amongst peers yet managed temporary visibility courtesy of strategic dissemination channels sympathetic to anti-climate action narratives.

Subsequent analyses critiqued specific facets of Mann et al.’s pioneering work while acknowledging overarching validity despite minor procedural shortcomings. Scrutiny encompassed allegations concerning flawed Principal Component Analysis procedures potentially distorting outcomes albeit subsequent rebuttals highlighted flaws inherent within challengers’ own analytical frameworks. Congressional inquiries spearheaded by representatives harboring ideological opposition sought exhaustive documentation pertaining to researchers involved in seminal contributions only to yield inconclusive results vindicating foundational hypotheses after rigorous external validation exercises orchestrated through impartial third-party evaluations.

Despite persistent attempts aimed at undermining consensus-driven assertions via selective amplification of marginal dissenting voices, cumulative empirical substantiation derived from myriad independent endeavors employing distinct computational algorithms coupled with heterogeneous archival compilations reinforced initial observations made nearly three decades ago. Collectively, these endeavors underscored overwhelming

Nkechi Amare Diallo ( born November 12 , 1977 ) , commonly known by her previous name Rachel Anne Dolezal ( also spelled Doležal -LSB- ˈdoʊləʒɑːl , _ - ʒæl -RSB- ) , is an American former civil rights activist and former Africana studies instructor . She was president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) chapter in Spokane , Washington , from 2014 until June 15 , 2015 , when she resigned after it was revealed that she had lied about being African American , many other aspects of her biography , and alleged hate crimes against her .   In June 2015 , Dolezal came to media attention when her European American parents stated publicly that Dolezal was a white woman passing as black . Their statement followed Dolezal 's reports to police and local news media that she had been the victim of nine hate crimes ; however a subsequent police investigation did not support Dolezal 's allegations . Dolezal 's critics contend that she has committed cultural appropriation and fraud ; Dolezal and her defenders contend her racial identity is genuine while not based on biology or ancestry . In a November 2015 television interview , Dolezal publicly stated for the first time since the controversy began that she was born white but still identified as black .

Darwin for Beginners , republished as Introducing Darwin , is a 1982 graphic study guide to Charles Darwin and Evolution written by Dr. Jonathan Miller and illustrated by Borin Van Loon . The volume , according to the publisher 's website , `` unravels Darwin 's life and his contribution to biology , and traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories required . ''

In engineering and science , dimensional analysis is the analysis of the relationships between different physical quantities by identifying their fundamental dimensions ( such as length , mass , time , and electric charge ) and units of measure ( such as miles vs. kilometers , or pounds vs. kilograms vs. grams ) and tracking these dimensions as calculations or comparisons are performed . Converting from one dimensional unit to another is often somewhat complex . Dimensional analysis , or more specifically the factor-label method , also known as the unit-factor method , is a widely used technique for such conversions using the rules of algebra .   The concept of physical dimension was introduced by Joseph Fourier in 1822 . Physical quantities that are measurable ( commensurable ) have the same dimension ( length , time , mass ) and can be directly compared to each other , even if they are originally expressed in differing units of measure ( inches and meters , pounds and newtons ) . If physical quantities have different dimensions ( length verses mass ) , they can not be compared by similar units ( are incommensurable ) and can not be compared in quantity . Hence , it is meaningless to ask whether a kilogram is greater than , equal to , or less than an hour .   Any physically meaningful equation ( and likewise any inequality and inequation ) will have the same dimensions on their left and right sides , a property known as `` dimensional homogeneity '' . Checking for dimensional homogeneity is a common application of dimensional analysis . Dimensional analysis is also routinely used as a check of the plausibility of derived equations and computations . It is generally used to categorize types of physical quantities and units based on their relationship to or dependence on other units .

Representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else . It is through representation that people organize the world and reality through the act of naming its elements . Signs are arranged in order to form semantic constructions and express relations .   For many philosophers , both ancient and modern , man is regarded as the `` representational animal '' or animal symbolicum , the creature whose distinct character is the creation and the manipulation of signs -- things that `` stand for '' or `` take the place of '' something else .   Representation has been associated with aesthetics ( art ) and semiotics ( signs ) . Mitchell says `` representation is an extremely elastic notion , which extends all the way from a stone representing a man to a novel representing the day in the life of several Dubliners '' .   The term ` representation ' carries a range of meanings and interpretations . In literary theory , ` representation ' is commonly defined in three ways .  To look like or resemble  To stand in for something or someone  To present a second time ; to re-present   Representation began with early literary theory in the ideas of Plato and Aristotle , and has evolved into a significant component of language , Saussurian and communication studies .

Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range , angle , or velocity of objects . It can be used to detect aircraft , ships , spacecraft , guided missiles , motor vehicles , weather formations , and terrain . A radar system consists of a transmitter producing electromagnetic waves in the radio or microwaves domain , a transmitting antenna , a receiving antenna ( often the same antenna is used for transmitting and receiving ) and a receiver and processor to determine properties of the object ( s ) . Radio waves ( pulsed or continuous ) from the transmitter reflect off the object and return to the receiver , giving information about the object 's location and speed .   Radar was developed secretly for military use by several nations in the period before and during World War II . The term RADAR was coined in 1940 by the United States Navy as an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging or RAdio Direction And Ranging . The term radar has since entered English and other languages as a common noun , losing all capitalization .   The modern uses of radar are highly diverse , including air and terrestrial traffic control , radar astronomy , air-defence systems , antimissile systems , marine radars to locate landmarks and other ships , aircraft anticollision systems , ocean surveillance systems , outer space surveillance and rendezvous systems , meteorological precipitation monitoring , altimetry and flight control systems , guided missile target locating systems , ground-penetrating radar for geological observations , and range-controlled radar for public health surveillance . High tech radar systems are associated with digital signal processing , machine learning and are capable of extracting useful information from very high noise levels .   Other systems similar to radar make use of other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum . One example is `` lidar '' , which uses ultraviolet , visible , or near infrared light from lasers rather than radio waves .

Reductionism refers to several related but distinct philosophical positions regarding the connections between phenomena , or theories , `` reducing '' one to another , usually considered `` simpler '' or more `` basic '' . The Oxford Companion to Philosophy suggests that it is `` one of the most used and abused terms in the philosophical lexicon '' and suggests a three part division :  Ontological reductionism : a belief that the whole of reality consists of a minimal number of parts  Methodological reductionism : the scientific attempt to provide explanation in terms of ever smaller entities  Theory reductionism : the suggestion that a newer theory does not replace or absorb the old , but reduces it to more basic terms . Theory reduction itself is divisible into three : translation , derivation and explanation .   Reductionism can be applied to objects , phenomena , explanations , theories , and meanings .   In the sciences , application of methodological reductionism attempts explanation of entire systems in terms of their individual , constituent parts and their interactions . For example , the temperature of a gas is reduced to nothing but the average kinetic energy of its molecules in motion . Thomas Nagel speaks of psychophysical reductionism ( the attempted reduction of psychological phenomena to physics and chemistry ) , as do others and physico-chemical reductionism ( the attempted reduction of biology to physics and chemistry ) , again as do others . In a very simplified and sometimes contested form , such reductionism is said to imply that a system is nothing but the sum of its parts . However , a more nuanced view is that a system is composed entirely of its parts , but the system will have features that none of the parts have . `` The point of mechanistic explanations is usually showing how the higher level features arise from the parts . ''   Other definitions are used by other authors . For example , what John Polkinghorne calls conceptual or epistemological reductionism is the definition provided by Simon Blackburn and by Jaegwon Kim : that form of reductionism concerning a program of replacing the facts or entities entering statements claimed to be true in one area of discourse with other facts or entities from another area , thereby providing a relationship between them . Such a connection is provided where the same idea can be expressed by `` levels '' of explanation , with higher levels reducible if need be to lower levels . This use of levels of understanding in part expresses our human limitations in grasping a lot of detail . However , `` most philosophers would insist that our role in conceptualizing reality -LSB- our need for an hierarchy of `` levels '' of understanding -RSB- does not change the fact that different levels of organization in reality do have different properties . ''   Reductionism strongly reflects a certain perspective on causality . In a reductionist framework , the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena , are called epiphenomena . Often there is an implication that the epiphenomenon exerts no causal agency on the fundamental phenomena that explain it . The epiphenomena are sometimes said to be `` nothing but '' the outcome of the workings of the fundamental phenomena , although the epiphenomena might be more clearly and efficiently described in very different terms . There is a tendency to avoid taking an epiphenomenon as being important in its own right . This attitude may extend to cases where the fundamentals are not clearly able to explain the epiphenomena , but are expected to by the speaker . In this way , for example , morality can be deemed to be `` nothing but '' evolutionary adaptation , and consciousness can be considered `` nothing but '' the outcome of neurobiological processes .   Reductionism should be distinguished from eliminationism : reductionists do not deny the existence of phenomena , but explain them in terms of another reality ; eliminationists deny the existence of the phenomena themselves . For example , eliminationists deny the existence of life by their explanation in terms of physical and chemical processes . Daniel Dennett denies the existence of consciousness .   Reductionism also does not preclude the existence of what might be called emergent phenomena , but it does imply the ability to understand those phenomena completely in terms of the processes from which they are composed . This reductionist understanding is very different from emergentism , which intends that what emerges in `` emergence '' is more than the sum of the processes from which it emerges .

David Charles Colander ( born November 16 , 1947 ) is an American economist , and the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics at Middlebury College . He is known for his study of the economics profession itself and socioeconomics . His books The Making of an Economist and its later edition , The Making of an Economist , Redux , have been called `` essential reading for prospective graduate students '' . He has authored over 35 books and 100 articles on a wide variety of subjects . He has expressed interest in complexity economics . His latest work focuses on economic education , complexity , and the methodology appropriate to applied policy economics .   Colander received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and has taught at Columbia University , Vassar College , the University of Miami , and Princeton University as well as Middlebury College . In 2001 -- 2002 he was the Kelley Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University . He has been president of both the Eastern Economic Association and History of Economic Thought Society and is , or has been , on the editorial boards of numerous journals , including Journal of Economic Perspectives and the Journal of Economic Education . He has also been a consultant to Time-Life Films , a consultant to Congress , a Brookings Policy Fellow , and a Visiting Scholar at Nuffield College , Oxford . He is listed in Who 's Who ? , Who 's Who in Education ? , etc. .   In an article entitled `` Confessions of an Economic Gadfly '' , Colander relayed the story of his progression as an economist . He states that he is inspired by the `` Yeah criterion '' -- intuitive explanations that seem to fit . He also discusses the influence of mathematics on economics and his career . He says that he is not an `` ultramathematician '' , and is comfortable taking an intuitive approach to economic ideas . Thus he did not favor what he called `` the MIT approach '' of formalism . He believes that the MIT approach limits one 's intuition and recollects encountering colleagues who refused to discuss economic ideas without formal models . Despite Colander 's aversion to simplified formal models , he began his career working on a mathematical project . He got his break , however , when he collaborated with Abba P. Lerner on a book . After that , he was able to publish in certain journals . He began to write textbooks , and since then his recognition has grown to the point where he turns down invitations to speak , and tries to focus his publications in areas where his ideas are less well-known .

De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes ( Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants ) is a book by Leonhart Fuchs on herbal plants published in Basel in 1542 . It was illustrated by :  Albrecht Meyer , who made drawings based on the actual plants ; Heinrich Füllmaurer , who transferred the drawings to woodblock ; and Vitus Rudolph Speckle , who cut the blocks and printed the drawings . It covers about 497 plants and has over 500 woodcut illustrations . Over 100 of the plants in the book were first descriptions . The University of Glasgow states that it is considered a landmark work in its field . Stanford University Press considers it one of the best illustrated books of all time and a masterpiece of the German Renaissance . It set a new standard for accuracy and quality , as well as being the first known publication of plants from the Americas , such as pumpkin , maize , marigold , potato , and tobacco . Plants were identified in German , Greek , and Latin , and sometimes English . The book was initially published in Latin and Greek and quickly translated into German . Just during Fuchs ' lifetime the book went through 39 printings in Dutch , French , German , Latin , and Spanish and 20 years after his death was translated into English .

The Late Heavy Bombardment ( abbreviated LHB and also known as the lunar cataclysm ) is an event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ( Ga ) ago , at a time corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth . During this interval , a disproportionately large number of asteroids are theorized to have collided with the early terrestrial planets in the inner Solar System , including Mercury , Venus , Earth , and Mars . The LHB happened after the Earth and other rocky planets had formed and accreted most of their mass , but still quite early in Earth 's history .   Evidence for the LHB derives from lunar samples brought back by the Apollo astronauts . Isotopic dating of Moon rocks implies that most impact melts occurred in a rather narrow interval of time . Several hypotheses attempt to explain the apparent spike in the flux of impactors ( i.e. asteroids and comets ) in the inner Solar System , but no consensus yet exists . The Nice model , popular among planetary scientists , postulates that the giant planets underwent orbital migration and in doing so , scattered objects in the asteroid and/or Kuiper belts into eccentric orbits , and into the path of the terrestrial planets . Other researchers argue that the lunar sample data do not require a cataclysmic cratering event near 3.9 Ga , and that the apparent clustering of impact-melt ages near this time is an artifact of sampling materials retrieved from a single large impact basin . They also note that the rate of impact cratering could differ significantly between the outer and inner zones of the Solar System .

Depth-first search ( DFS ) is an algorithm for traversing or searching tree or graph data structures . One starts at the root ( selecting some arbitrary node as the root in the case of a graph ) and explores as far as possible along each branch before backtracking .   A version of depth-first search was investigated in the 19th century by French mathematician Charles Pierre Trémaux as a strategy for solving mazes .