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Owl data knowingly faulty
Washington Times ^ | 3/14/02 | Audrey Hudson

Posted on 03/13/2002 9:24:45 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:38:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Forest Service officials knowingly used faulty data of spotted owl habitat to block logging in a California forest, according to court documents obtained by The Washington Times.

The Forest Service did not have a "rational basis" for halting the timber sale to Wetsel-Oviatt Lumber Company, said the previously undisclosed ruling by Federal Claims Court Judge Lawrence S. Margolis.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biofraud; enviralists; landgrab
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1 posted on 03/13/2002 9:24:45 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Owl data knowingly faulty

Am I the only person who finds that headline grammatically odd?

2 posted on 03/13/2002 9:41:55 PM PST by supercat
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To: kattracks
I hope someone gets in serious trouble over this...those tree huggers should have to go to jail over this.
3 posted on 03/13/2002 9:42:34 PM PST by Jewels1091
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To: supercat
Owl data knowingly faulty

Am I the only person who finds that headline grammatically odd?

Nope. I think I see why, too.

The letters for the word "owl" are found, in order, in the word "knowingly". Also, the word "faulty" contains the letters "faul" which scans like "fowl", or bird; and the last three letters of the word "fowl" are "owl".

It looked odd to me, but I didn't analyze it until you pointed it out.

It's what I call a "hmm...onym". I looks weird but you don't know why at first.

And wouldn't you like to spend a couple of weeks with Gerry Verner?

Previously, a government witness and leading expert on the California spotted owl, Gerry Verner, testified the study was sound. "I came away with the strong impression that it was, in fact, within my gestalt notion of what suitable nesting habitat is after having walked through dozens of places like this throughout the Sierra Nevada and in other parts of the owl's distribution throughout the West," Mr. Verner said.

As he drove through the forest, Mr. Verner said, "I had the feeling I was never outside a stone's throw of suitable foraging habitat at least."

"I said to a couple of fellows there, 'If there's not a pair of spotted owls occupying this site, I'll spring for a Chateaubriand for two.' I was that convinced that there's a pair of owls in there that has not, at this point, been detected yet," Mr. Verner said.

Wasn't "Gestalt Notion" a band from the 60's? I know "I've got a feeling" is a Beatles song.

4 posted on 03/13/2002 10:00:34 PM PST by Semi Civil Servant
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To: kattracks
Well, they've been caught rwice with phony data-----I sure hope they do more this time than they did last time! I know, I won't hold my breath!
5 posted on 03/13/2002 10:27:31 PM PST by brat
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To: supercat
Owl data knowingly faulty

Am I the only person who finds that headline grammatically odd?

Owl Stats Cooked?

6 posted on 03/13/2002 10:30:26 PM PST by DentsRun
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To: Semi Civil Servant
Am I the only person who finds that headline grammatically odd?

Nope. I think I see why, too.

The letters for the word "owl" are found, in order, in the word "knowingly". Also, the word "faulty" contains the letters "faul" which scans like "fowl", or bird; and the last three letters of the word "fowl" are "owl".

I thought it seemed odd because the adverb "knowingly" does not apply to any sentient action by any entity explicitly or implicitly mentioned in the headline.

Had the adjective been replaced by a past participle of a verb, e.g., "Owl data knowingly forged", that would clearly be an abbreviated version of "Owl data [is/was] knowingly forged [by someone]". As such, the adverb "knowingly" clearly applies to the implied actor.

As the headline is written, however, the only entity to which the adverb "knowingly" could apply would be the data itself. I find it amazing that any type of data, whether generated honestly or not, could have the level of sentience applied thereby.

7 posted on 03/13/2002 10:58:54 PM PST by supercat
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To: supercat
The Forest Service jerks and the Sierra Club etc should be forced to pay the judgement.
8 posted on 03/14/2002 4:13:21 AM PST by RWCon
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The Forest Service jerks

Will be next in line for a house cleaning, once the INS gets squared away.....

9 posted on 03/14/2002 4:20:21 AM PST by hobbes1
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To: supercat
Forest Service Owl Data a Hoot?
10 posted on 03/14/2002 4:24:05 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: kattracks
New title.

Another Forest Service Report Found Full of Canned Owl Sh_t

11 posted on 03/14/2002 4:33:34 AM PST by wattsmag2
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Hang on folks, here we go again!
12 posted on 03/14/2002 4:40:16 AM PST by Beamer
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To: DainBramage
LOL!!

Forestry Accused of Feathering Owl Numbers. Discrepancies Spotted.

13 posted on 03/14/2002 4:44:16 AM PST by small voice in the wilderness
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To: kattracks
Why not prosecute the person that signed off on the falsified data? Why do taxpayers have to pay for felonies performed by enviro_nazi data gathers? These quacks have caused too much pain and suffering for our farmers and ranchers.

Get the rope!

14 posted on 03/14/2002 4:47:18 AM PST by kapn kuek
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To: kattracks
I'm impressed that the print media actually ran this story. Usually these stories only make it on-line.
15 posted on 03/14/2002 5:16:09 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: kattracks
Wonder why no one in DC has suggested that every nickle of these sort of settlements should come directly out of some other feel good mandated bit of social engineering?
Lie about spotted owls or "wild" coho salmon and pay for it out of money set aside for NPR, NEA, or any number of federally funded Gay/Lesbian/illegal immigrant/etc. support programs.
Otherwise, it'll come out of money that might possible be spent to benefit the entire country.
Well...maybe it would.
16 posted on 03/14/2002 5:27:20 AM PST by norton
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To: kattracks
Environmentalists lie as a matter of course.
17 posted on 03/14/2002 7:02:37 AM PST by moyden
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To: *BioFraud;*Enviralists
Check the Bump List folders for articles related to and descriptions of the above topic(s) or for other topics of interest.
18 posted on 03/14/2002 7:11:57 AM PST by Free the USA
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To: kattracks
bump
19 posted on 03/14/2002 7:15:38 AM PST by VOA
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"Owl Data Knowingly Faulty"

Pay raises will probably be given...

Isn't there any way the public can force the government to fire these people?

20 posted on 03/14/2002 7:24:55 AM PST by cake_crumb
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