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Show WSUSIGNPOST.COM Climate change expert to visit Weber State University By TINA MILEWSKI news correspondent Weber State University will host Richard B. Alley, world leading expert on climate change. National Academy of Sciences will present its Day Lecture Series with two talks by Alley. Alley, who was featured on PBS NewsHour Dec. 2, 2015, can be seen at Weber State University’s Ogden Campus in the Wildcat Theater in the Shepherd Union Building. His talk, “Abrupt Climate Change: Surprises in the Greenhouse?” will take place at 12:30–1:30, Friday Dec. 11. At 5:30–6:30 that evening, Alley will talk at the Union Station Browning Theater at 2501 Wall Avenue in Ogden. The evening talk is “The Good News About Energy, the Environment and Our Future.” Light refreshments will be served after the talk. Alley headed GIPT2 in the 1990s, which studied ice cores. He cut into MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 THE SIGNPOST FIVE CRAZY HEADLINES BY MICHAEL GRENNELL 1 SOURCE: WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY ingenuity can overcome.” Bedford added, “Alley does an excellent job of depoliticizing the subject of climate change. He makes communication on climate change accessible to the public. He is a great asset to world governments, especially for summits like what is going on in France presently.” For more information on the National Academy of Sciences lecture series, visit their website at nasonline.org. Standard Examiner 2 According to a new report released Wednesday by the Lehi-based Libertas Institute, Ogden ranks 49th of 50 Utah cities in terms of individual freedoms. Salt Lake City came in dead last, with Heber City taking the top spot as the state’s most liberated municipality. The libertarian nonprofit took a close look at Utah’s most populated cities in relation to ordinances and fees that restrict personal freedoms. Over 100 metrics were used, among them alcohol sales, business permit fees, city debt, city-owned enterprises, free speech, gun regulations and sales taxes. Cities in Davis County generally rated well, with Farmington (2), Woods Cross (3), Syracuse (5), Centerville (8), Bountiful (9) and Clinton (10) all appearing in the top 10. West Haven (4) and North Ogden (6) represented Weber County in the top 10. The final rankings utilized three major categories—individual liberty, private property rights and free markets. In terms of individual liberty, Libertas Institute ranked Ogden 42nd out of 50, giving it high marks (1) for the ease in which residents can search city ordinances online but demerits (48) for imposing campaign contribution limits. Ogden also ranked low in this category (29) for gun regulations that exceeded state and federal law—including banning the sale of firearms at swap meets. The Libertas report scored Ogden even lower (48th out of 50) in terms of private property rights. The city’s twodog limit and ban on chickens in residential zones gave it a 45 in this category, and its cost of government in terms of total taxable income base ranked 50th. The report ranked Ogden at 47th of Tribune News Service THE NAME IS WEISSER. BUD WEISSER. Police were called on Thursday evening to the Budweiser Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri where they placed 19-year-old Bud Weisser under arrest for trespassing. According to police, Weisser entered a secured area in the brewery after 6 p.m. on Thursday. When security guards told him to leave, Weisser got into an altercation with the guards who promptly called police. Weisser was arrested and issued summonses for trespassing and resisting arrest. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com 50 for free enterprise. The city received a score of 41 for owning six enterprises that compete with the private market and a score of 45 for its business license fees—which includes the Good Landlord Program that subjects landlords renting to tenants with criminal convictions within the last four years to higher business fees. In terms of commercial regulations, Ogden scored a 42, due to several restrictions that include shutting down private clubs between 2 and 10 a.m., closing private parks from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. and barring children in daycare from playing outside between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. Conversely, Heber City got high marks for not imposing any campaign contribution caps, not employing lobbyists to represent it, allowing vacation rentals with certain conditions, permitting three dogs and four chickens and an unlimited number of beehives in residential zones and not owning any enterprises that compete with the free market. “Our report contains a treasure trove of data on cities,” Libertas Institute Policy Analyst Josh Daniels said in a statement, lauding the speed at which Utahns can now see how cities perform on several fronts. “Nothing like this has ever been done, and we’re thrilled to provide this service to our fellow Utahns.” According to Connor Boyack, founder and president of Libertas Institute, many Utahns are frustrated with their city regulations but lack the time and expertise to delve into issues that matter. “This index provides a huge leap forward in both educating and empowering individuals throughout Utah to make a positive change in their community,” Boyack said in a statement. IS THAT 51 TURTLES IN YOUR PANTS OR ARE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME? Source: Herald News Utah think tank ranks Ogden 49th of 50 for individual freedoms By CATHY MCKITRICK MONDAY DECEMBER 7, 2015 A 27-year-old Canadian man pled guilty to smuggling, or attempting to smuggle, more than 1,000 turtles after being caught last year with 51 turtles stuffed in his pants. Kai Xu was stopped by the Canada Border Services Agency last August with 41 turtles strapped to his legs and an additional 10 turtles hidden between his legs while attempting to cross into Canada from Detroit, Michigan. Xu reportedly would order turtles online, pick them up from the United States and cross the border into Canada where he would then ship them to China and make two to three times the amount of money the turtles originally cost. A scientist drills for ice samples from an Alaskan glacier. the ice in Greenland from the top of the ice to the bedrock. After his project, he wrote a book called “The Two-Mile Time Machine.” His ice core was two miles long and is the result of snow compaction over time. Dan Bedford of the geography department at Weber State University said, “Alley is not a doom and gloom guy. He knows it is serious, but in his point of view, America has faced serious problems in the past and has come out triumphant. Climate change is a problem that American NEWS EDITOR Source: FOX 2 Now St. Louis 3 DRUG DISTRIBUTING DAUGHTER DISAPPOINTS DEA DAD A 19-year-old girl who became a viral sensation because of her mugshot was found to be the daughter of a Drug Enforcement Agency official. Sarah Furay was arrested in College Station, Texas, for possessing cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, meth and a drug described as being similar to LSD. The mugshot of her with a wide grin on her face quickly went viral as she was called an “adorable drug kingpin.” Furay’s father is DEA Agent Bill Furay, who is currently stationed in Panama. Source: Statesman.com 4 #BABYNAMES #INSTAGRAM In an attempt to come up with new and unique names for their children, Millenial parents are turning to Instagram for baby names. According to BabyCenter.com, the most popular baby name based on Instagram was Lux, which rose 75 percent on the list of boy names compared to last year. Ludwig, Amaro, Reyes, Hudson and Kelvin—all names of Instagram filters—also increased in popularity for boy names in 2015. Juno, Valencia and Willow also saw increases among girl names. Source: TIME 5 YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND—OBVIOUSLY IT’S ART Proving that some people think just about anything is art, patrons at the Art Basel Miami Beach show assumed that the violent stabbing of a woman in front of them was actually performance art. On Friday night, a fight between two women escalated when one pulled a knife and stabbed the other woman in the arms and neck. People at the art show initially assumed the assault was a performance art presentation. When police arrived and began securing the scene with police tape, other people walking through the show thought the tape was part of an art installation. The woman who was stabbed was reported to have injuries that were not life threatening. The attacker was arrested at the scene by Miami Beach Police. Source: Miami Herald See more crazy headlines, or comment on these at wsusignpost.com PHOTO BY SCOTT STEVENS | THE SIGNPOST 7 |