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	<title>Open Mind</title>
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	<description>Science, Politics, Life, the Universe, and Everything</description>
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		<title>The better angels of our nature</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-better-angels-of-our-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifty-six newspapers worldwide are running, on the front page, this editorial from the Guardian:

Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency.

Unless we combine to take decisive action, climate change will ravage our planet, and with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2122&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Riddle me this &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/riddle-me-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those who are in denial of global warming insist that the last decade of global temperature contradicts what was expected by mainstream climate scientists.


Here&#8217;s global temperature data from NASA GISS before the 21st century, for the time span 1975 to 2000:



I&#8217;ve computed and plotted a trend line using linear regression.  In addition, I&#8217;ve plotted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2108&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hack</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/hack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you are probably already aware that recently someone managed to hack into the computer system at CRU (the Climate Research Unit in Great Britain).  They stole over 60 megabytes of personal emails, which was posted online.

The denialosphere has trumpeted the contents as proof of the fraudulent behavior of climate scientists, especially Phil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2105&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Born-Again Bayesian</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/born-again-bayesian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mathematics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally getting to the point where I can do my own typing (this is my hand, not Mrs. Tamino&#8217;s), but I&#8217;ve fallen far enough behind that I have catching up to do in lots of areas.  Still, I thought I should resume blogging with a thank-you to readers.

Not too long ago someone posted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2100&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AIC part 1: Kullback-Leibler Divergence</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/aic-part-1-kullback-leibler-divergence/</link>
		<comments>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/aic-part-1-kullback-leibler-divergence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning!  This post is mathematical.  Disinterested readers beware!

One of the goals of time series analysis is to model the signal underlying the data.  If the data have some random element to them, they&#8217;ll follow some probability distribution.  The distribution might be dependent on external variables (like time), in which case we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=1572&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Message to readers</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/message-to-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all for continuing to visit in spite of the absence of posts.  My injury was more severe than I thought at first.  However, my wife is willing to help with typing so I hope to post something before too long &#8230; I can&#8217;t yet say exactly when, but possibly soon.
As for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2062&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seasonal Cycle in Central England Temperature</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/seasonal-cycle-in-central-england-temperature/</link>
		<comments>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/seasonal-cycle-in-central-england-temperature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the moment, just a graph:


       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2054&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seasons</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/seasons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tamino.wordpress.com/?p=2042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I noted in this post that the GISS data since 1975 show a seasonal pattern (an annual cycle) in spite of being temperature anomaly.  This is because they&#8217;re anomaly relative to a 1951-1980 baseline, so the seasonal pattern which is subtracted from the data is the average annual cycle from 1951-1980.  The annual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2042&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MacGruber!</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/macgruber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tamino.wordpress.com/?p=2028</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MacGruber!
Makin&#8217; lifesaving inventions out of household materials
MacGruber!
Gettin&#8217; in and out of ultra-sticky situations
MacGruber!
The guy&#8217;s a friggin&#8217; genius
MacGruber!!!

&#8230;.. Scene: American Petroleum Institute Control Room &#8230;..

Andy: The door&#8217;s jammed, MacGruber.  We&#8217;re trapped!

Vicky: And from the looks of that bomb, those methane clathrates are gonna explode in twenty seconds!

Andy: That&#8217;ll really increase global warming, MacGruber!

MacGruber: Calm down [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2028&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crystal Ball</title>
		<link>http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/crystal-ball/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gaze into the crystal ball &#8230;


Specifically, let&#8217;s forecast global average temperature for the remainder of the year.  Many people are expecting temperatures to increase because we&#8217;ve moved from la Nina to el Nino conditions.  Indeed that&#8217;s correct, but the expected influence over the remainder of the year is actually rather small.  There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tamino.wordpress.com&blog=530201&post=2022&subd=tamino&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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