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1. Sam Says:
   November 3rd, 2007 at 4:37 am

   Regarding Hurricanes from not so long ago. I came across this recently http://www.weatherstreet.com/hurricane/2007/named-storms-climatology.gif which shows the recent and long term distibution of ‘named storms’ 2007 is apparantly on track with model predictions. Note (again) that ‘Named Storms’ is different that ‘Hurricane Days’,

2. Nicholas Says:
   November 4th, 2007 at 2:24 am

   Yeah but the problem is they name any slightly rainy slightly windy thing as a hurricane even when it’s not. At least that’s what my scientist buddies tell me… they think it’s a joke.

3. sallyjo Says:
   November 4th, 2007 at 7:26 pm

   Newest Medal of Honor Recipients Everyone knows at least one Veteran, but not everyone knows his story. When my Grandfather was alive his stories of fighting and pain frightened me. But looking back I’m glad I got to hear the struggles he dealt with, especially in today’s world when we’re at war yet so far from the danger. On the week of November 5th NBC Nightly News is airing a series profiling recipients of the Medal of Honor and it’s something I wish my Poppy could be a part of. Nightly is outlining their stories by collecting interviews with them, their families, and comrades. Their stories will also be complimented by the interviews with personal photographs, newsreel and archival footage and stills. If there’s a special Veteran in your life who can’t talk to anymore, definitely check this out @: http://www.methodshop.com/index.shtml

4. sam Says:
   November 5th, 2007 at 12:04 am

   nicholas, Who is ‘they’? Which weather events are being reffered to? Who are these ’scientist buddies’? How are they qualified to provide sufficient critique?

5. Dfens Says:
   November 7th, 2007 at 8:47 am

   This is actually related to a topic Murdoc brought up in last week’s Linkzookery. What a timely release, though. Just in time for Thanksgiving. I will enjoy an extra helping of turkey this year, thankyouverymuch.
   

   About two years ago, a group of federal researchers reported that overweight people have a lower death rate than people who are normal weight, underweight or obese. Now, investigating further, they found out which diseases are more likely to lead to death in each weight group. Linking, for the first time, causes of death to specific weights, they report that overweight people have a lower death rate because they are much less likely to die from a grab bag of diseases that includes Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, infections and lung disease. And that lower risk is not counteracted by increased risks of dying from any other disease, including cancer, diabetes or heart disease. As a consequence, the group from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute reports, there were more than 100,000 fewer deaths among the overweight in 2004, the most recent year for which data were available, than would have expected if those people had been of normal weight. Their paper is published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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