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To equate mormonism with Jim Jones is about the most ignorant comment I may have ever read. You obviously are parroting all the other lines from the Anti-mormon mob on FR. Think for yourself. Jim Jones was an advide leftist and evangelical preacher- “christian” philosphy in line with the main stream. He built nothing. Mormonism has been around for over 160 years and has produced world renowned scientist, politicians, musicians, along with settling some of the most unfriendly parts of western US- so you and your friends can enjoy great skiing. Oh Snap!

Truth hurts

They will hold the memorial service at a local ward building, where everyone is welcome to attend.

This is rich coming from Amnesty McCain

The figure on the temple is indeed the angle Moroni that brought the Book of Mormon to Joseph Smith and has reference to Revelations 14:6
- Mormon buildings don’t display the cross because the focus is on the resurrection of the Christ and not his death, the fact that he lives.
I am always confused why it is such a big deal that mormons consider themselves christian when there is over 2,000 christian denominations with differing views, if you try to live a christian life wouldn’t that make you one?

If America's Christians do not resist the Left's onslaught, America will go the way of Old Europe - into the history books.
-Which will then be burned as banned literature!

Take a class in sequence stratigraphy: natural cycles
Here is a chart that shows sunspot activity is a one to one correlation with sea temperatures
http://www.qualitydigest.com/april98/assets/images/Sunspot.gif

SPC and Global Warming -- Part II



by Thomas Pyzdek




Last month I presented an SPC analysis of global temperature change that indicated a special cause of variation affecting the temperature data. While theories abound to explain the temperature increase, I will explore only three: urbanization, or the "heat island" effect; carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere due to human activities; and the sunspot cycle.

The heat island effect -- With SPC, it's vital to identify, and compensate for, known sources of variation. In studying global warming, scientists noted that heat generated in cities caused urban meteorological stations to register higher average temperatures than rural stations. Because stations tend to cluster in urban regions, some theorists have argued that the existing data exaggerates the global warming trend.

As with all SPC studies, the measurement system should be evaluated before drawing any conclusions from the data. Surface air and surface sea temperatures are basic weather and climate parameters. One scientific study states, "Errors in surface air temperature trends due to changes of instrumentation, station location and diurnal sampling can be substantial at individual locations. The most serious problem is probably urban heat island effects, which tend to be systematic. ... A more precise test for the United States revealed large differences in certain regions such as Southern California, but averaged over the contiguous United States, the temperature change differed by only 0.1° C."

The data presented in last month's column showed a temperature increase of about 0.64° C, so the urban heat island effect may account for between 15.6 percent and 31.2 percent of the increase. I found no numerical estimates of instrumentation, station location and diurnal sampling errors mentioned in the research.

CO2 released due to human activity -- Global warming is caused by so-called greenhouse gases, which include, besides CO2, water vapor, methane and hydrocarbon. Most of these occur naturally. Figure 1 presents a line chart where the CO2 emitted by human activity is overlaid on the temperature data.




The chart shows an unmistakable increase in CO2. From the end of the last ice age until the mid-19th century, total atmospheric CO2 varied from 260 to 280 parts per million. Since then, the CO2 level has risen to about 340 parts per million. Adding the other greenhouse gases, the total is now about 407 parts per million of greenhouse gases.

Note that between 1867 and 1946, CO2 emissions increased by about 0.9 gigatons while temperature increased by about 0.4° C. Only 15 percent of the total CO2 increase occurred during this period, compared with about two-thirds of the total temperature increase.

Based on the global warming hypothesis, the increase in greenhouse gases since the mid-19th century should have produced a temperature increase of about 1° C to 2° C, but the data show that this hasn't happened. Thus it appears that the link between the level of greenhouse gases and global temperature is poorly understood.

Sunspots -- Dr. George Reid, senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, examined the sea surface temperature record for the last 130 years and found an interesting correlation with the 11-year-running mean sunspot number. Figure 2 shows the correlation between sea temperature and sunspots. Though not identical, the two time series have several features in common, including a prominent minimum during the early 1900s, a steep rise to maximum in the 1950s, a drop in the 1960s and early 1970s, and then a rise that continues to date. While not perfect, the correlation between these two sets of data appears closer than the correlation between CO2 levels and temperature.




A complete analysis of an issue as complicated as global warming would cover many other aspects. However, the point of the past two columns has been to illustrate an approach to investigating any process. The approach can be summarized as follows:

Collect time-ordered data, and plot them on a control chart.

Examine the chart for special-cause data points and patterns.

If special-cause data are found, prepare a list of possible causes.

Collect data on the possible causes, and plot them along with the process data to investigate the correlation graphically.

Put your conclusions to the common-sense test. Are the explanations of the observed associations reasonable?

Take action based on your conclusions.

As social problems become politicized, the truth is often obscured. The same thing happens in business. But people who understand SPC have the tools needed to approach these problems rationally. Try collecting and analyzing data on problems that concern you. You may be surprised by the results.



About the author

Thomas Pyzdek is president and CEO of Quality Publishing. He has written hundreds of articles and papers on quality topics and has authored 13 books, including The Complete Guide to the CQM and its accompanying CD-ROM. Comments can be e-mailed to Tom Pyzdek.

agreed!

You have some good points. However, I think that throughout all the ages till the dark ages, God lead his people with prophets and apostles- he has even promised to do so in these days- "and I will give power unto my two witness, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth" Rev. 11:3 (see also versus 4-12, Rev19:10). While I agree with alot of your ideas, I think that the Heavens must open again, the question then is how do you recongize a true prophet from a false one? Prophets teach the true doctrine of Christ, how many different doctrines of baptism are there among the churches today? How many different ideas of salvation? If the bible is the standard, then there must be "one faith, one baptism"? Just an idea.

I think that the troop increase is a great idea- it sends a message that the American will is not broken, despite the demoncrats getting elected. It will escalate some violence but it should hopefully inspire the Iraqis to arms!

What happened to Troy Smith last night? THAT was painful.

It seems to me that one by one "christian" churches are swayed by the rising tide of secularism, and the result is the death of pure christian values. It also seems to me that the pattern eastablished in the bible to maintain christain doctrine against paganism (or in our case, secularism) was to establish prophets and apostles with revelation to teach what it was that God wanted to tell his people- where are they now that we need them the most? Why are the heavens shut?

No, Because texas was once its own republic it is the only flag that can fly at the same level as the US

"And my first act as speaker of the house will be to kill the lot of ya, and burn your village to the ground"

Well Yes, however Tony strikes me as being more intellegent than most of our elected officials.

Yes, and assuming most of society doubtless will not take the responsibility of own a violent breed, then for the protection of others the law has to step in.

What about Tony Snow for president?

I thought the one in the front was Sheehan

His main weakness is in vocalizing his many contributions to our society, if he could he would be held in near Reagan in esteem.

I don't know-what about MC Hammer?