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Usability Sense: One Control to Rule them All!? March 23, 2008Posted by psychobserver in Newsweek, Tools, Usability.
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Following my post on the article "Revenge of the Experts" in Newsweek two weeks ago I spent some time looking at their website. The overall look & feel of the website is very pleasant. It does the job. I find it makes the reader feel like reading their articles and highlights other stories pretty well, which a publication website is supposed to do. But wait! I am a Usability guy… Enough of being positive like that! I have to find errors, mistakes, areas for improvement, write a report, do recommendations, etc.
Luckily, I found something to criticize and something that allows me discussing a bit about interface controls, an issue people take too much for granted. When designing an interface, every time there is an interaction, you need to identify the best "control" to make this interaction happen. Should I use a button? Should I use a check box? A scroll bar? Build a navigation? Or just use a plain old link? The way I see this, making this decision is both a very rigorous process and also a highly contextual one. For every kind of interaction there is a set of appropriate controls that are more effective at enabling that interaction. Depending on the rest of the interface a specific control may also be much better than another one. That is if you are not the super control that can enable any kind of interactions! Yes, there is a perfect control out there that solves all problems and looks "cool" in your interface at the same time.
The magic word ladies and gentlemen is "sliders" . Yes, sliders. I remember not so long ago designing a form for one project and one of the stakeholders told me: "Optimize it for users, but… make sure there is a slider in there as well!". Well, turns out, sliders are not that great at solving any interaction you have to design. That's what I'd like to highlight in this post using Newsweek website as an example. Sliders on their article page are used in two places: first, as a way to change the font size on the interface, second, in a "widget" to control the date range to retrieve popular stories. In both instances, a different kind of control may have worked better.
Font size selection is for good reasons fast becoming a must have accessibility feature on text heavy websites. The task here is simple. A user finds the font is too small. The user could be a person with a partially impaired vision for example. In this case the website offers a way to increase the size of the text font. How well does this particular control address this issue? Well, not too well. First there is clear inadequacy between the control design and the task at hand. The task addresses the need of potentially visually impaired people, but the active part of the control (the small round cursor) is so small that even a person with no visual problem will have problems clicking on the right spot. Second, does the task require the user to select a value within a wide range of options (a task the slider is good at addressing)? No. The user just wants to increase the size of the font (or reduce it maybe) and see the result right away. In that sense, why use a slider? As an interaction designer I would stick to the good old "-" and "+" button here that are much better control to address the task at hand.
What about that second slider on the interface? Well, I would argue that it does a pretty bad job as well. In a "widget" in the right column of the website, a list of popular stories is highlighted. By default this list highlight the day's popular stories, but users (via the slider) can select articles from a different date range. Again, different problems with this control. The first is in its design. It is usually advised to display values on a slider to let users know more about the range they are choosing from. Here, there is no way before interacting with the control to know in advance which value I will be able to choose.
The second is related to the task at hand. In this respect, I do not have enough experience with publication websites to know if my point is valid or not. I am wondering what kind of range people are interested in selecting when they are looking at the most popular stories. My guess is that today's most popular stories is good enough for most readers, but if they want to change, why limit the user to 7 days max? (the case today on the website) And why letting users select a range like the last 4 days? Maybe user research actually showed this was right, but I am not convinced it is at this point. What of three buttons or a kind of navigation that says "today", "last week", "last month"? Would that be enough? I am not sure, but although the slider looks cooler, in the end users will care about efficiency and effectiveness, especially on a website like Newsweek.
Follow-up on user-generated content… March 20, 2008Posted by psychobserver in Advertising, Newsweek, Strategy, Trends.
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Here is an article from Wharton "The Experts vs. the Amateurs" that is related to the article I posted about from Newsweek: "Revenge of the Experts" (my post here).
Despite its title, I think the most important issue raised in this latest article is the one about business models. With the "everything is free" idea going on (thank you Wired) everybody is running around trying to come up with an "hybrid business model". Indeed, current free models offered by formerly paid publications are not sustainable as they don't generate enough to cover for the loss of subscription money. So, is there an hybrid free business model? … I tend to think there is none. If you want quality, reviewed, edited content, … well it makes sense you have to pay for it somehow. And there is only so much advertising money can cover.
The big problem is that the line between Expert and Amateur content is very blurry as the article states, so it makes matters worse. What makes it even worse is that as human beings we are really bad at reacting to a situation until there is a big crisis. So, as long as old-fashioned professional publications survive, we won't realize that we actually want to pay for quality content. Personally, I do a lot of consulting work, and I am happy people are actually willing to pay money for my work, instead of having to watch a 5 minute advertising video before every meeting they have with me. I can imagine it is the same for a reporter or an editor. My feeling is that paid publications will come back in the end… I can't help but think that the whole "free" thing will quite quickly disappear… not that I am an expert on the issue in any way, just a thought. :o)
Latest Jakob Nielsen Alertbox March 18, 2008Posted by psychobserver in Research, Tools, Usability.
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Three types of projects
Just received Jakob Nielsen's latest Alertbox today. It is an interesting discussion on different design project types and the need for each of them to bridge the gap between the actual designer and the users. As interaction designer I consider myself mostly working on level 2 (the designer understands the product) and 3 (designing for a foreign domain) applications, rather than the level 1 (the designer is the user) type. That is, from my point of view. But I work with actual "designers" quite a bit who believe all projects are level 1 projects.
The important take-away from the article for me is the need at the beginning of a project to assess what is the knowledge level of the design team and plan for research as appropriate. If the design team is representative of the target users, then little research is required at the start, but usability testing is still a good way to fine-tune the design. On the other hand, if the design project is targeting a very niche user base, then user research is necessary from the start – before any actual design happens. It takes a lot of selflessness from the team to admit that their knowledge is limited on a topic and can be tricky as well when facing a client of some sort. That is the biggest barrier in that case. The fact that good design is a highly contextual matter is still not very well understood (at least in this part of the world).
Google Search usability test
The other interesting point in Jakob Nielsen alertbox is the test they did with Google Search showing that "only" 73% of users they interviewed managed to complete a Google search. Very striking statistics indeed! Google searching for people in the Web sphere is considered the most basic of tasks and should have success rates close to 99%. So what happens there… And if some people have a hard time completing that task, consider the complexity of the tasks on your website and ponder… how many users will actually complete this…
Open your mind… and dream: Nokia Morph February 29, 2008Posted by psychobserver in Concept, Innovation, Mobile, Trends, User Experience.
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This is a concept video from Nokia. You can download it from Nokia's website or watch it on YouTube (embedded below).
Concepts have been used a lot in the car industry to spur design ideas and creativity. I think this video does an amazing job at setting a vision for the future of mobile. It is crazy and … and a very long term vision. But it is also based on actual technology and actual constraints we have today with mobile devices (like features integration, screen size). Just like in the car industry where we don't see concept cars in the street, there is very little chance we will see this concept out at all. Still, just like in the car industry, some of the features in these concepts can make it to the main stream products. I can't wait personally how screen size limitations are addressed with new technologies… See Philips work… or Modu Mobile.
Usability Sense: Navigation hierarchy February 28, 2008Posted by psychobserver in Usability, User Experience.
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DISCLAIMER: I meant this post to be quite short… and I just realized I am writing more and more. As a result, the post covers stuff like information architecture as well… but maybe not in a way that is a thorough as it should be. I hope the result is still comprehensive enough…
The navigation is arguably the most important area in a website. From the navigation, the user should be able at a glance to create a mental model (definition on Wikipedia) of what the website is about and what it has to offer (be it content, services or products).
That's where Information Architecture comes in. Information Architecture is basically two things: labeling and grouping information.
Labeling seems straight-forward at first, but is a quite political issue. Good labeling should be clear and intuitive, meaning that when the user reads the name of a section, he or she should be able to guess what kind of content is included in it. The usual conflict when it comes to labeling is with the marketing department. In terms of branding and "sounding cool" many marketers come up with fancy names for sections they want on the website. Problem is,… these names require more effort on the user's side to learn and thus affect usability. Not that they are always bad. If a "label" is consistently used throughout an organization regardless of the channel (online or offline), then it could work. As usual, the answer to that problem is: it depends on the context of use (like most usability problems).
An example with unclear naming… good or bad?!
Grouping is the second aspect of information architecture. Grouping relates to how the content is put together to form sections, sub-sections, etc. Grouping is really key in supporting users in building their mental model of the website. A good grouping is hierarchical by nature and this hierarchy should be reflected in the navigation of the website. It is usually good to have a primary grouping where each piece of content resides in a single group and then if needed build multiple ways to navigate that information from different angles. Below screenshot shows this. On the International Herald Tribune, content is organized by topics first, but then it is also possible to browse according to location as well.
But that's where the problems start (and where the actual blog post I meant to write start as well). The way the grouping on IHT is displayed really does not do a good job at helping users build a clear mental model. The design of the navigation creates the impression that regions (americas, europe,…) are subsections of the main iht.com section (that appears selected). That could work, but let's look at what happens when we decide to look at business articles…
As the user is interacting with the navigation area, this same area should provide a feedback of the action that took place. Unfortunately at this stage, nothing happened. The homepage (iht.com) still looks selected, what looked like sub-sections (americas, europe,…) did not change. The mental model that users had build based the homepage does not hold anymore. Of course, the content below changed, and the page has a title "Business with Reuters", but the job is not done. Users are also not given the opportunity to drill down more into sub-sections under business (possible at the bottom of the page), which I would say is a pretty important features.
Anyway. My post is pretty long already. To sum up: A navigation should support users in building a mental model of the website. That mental model should be reinforced as they browse to different pages. Easier said than done…
Concept Models – Dan Brown's presentation at Interaction 08 February 26, 2008Posted by psychobserver in IxDA, Tools, User Experience.
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Experientia has posted a list of all the presentations made at the IxDA Interaction 08 conference with synopsis and videos. That's a nice little source to spend rainy week-ends…
The first video I wanted to highlight is the one by Dan Brown about concept models (watch it on Brightcove or get the slides on Slideshare). That video had a big impact on me, as it made me basically put a name and reserve a space for an activity I was already performing in my projects. Without really making it formal I have been drawing concept models for most of my projects somewhere in between research (when we can actually perform any) and wireframing… or after… or at the same time…
That was the problem. Concept models had no timeframe and resources allocated to them, but somehow where necessary in order to formalize the solution that was being developed. From now on, I will dedicate specific time after research to working on these concept models whenever appropriate. I feel like a gap in my work process has been addressed here!
I have also started to read the book "Communicating Design" by Dan Brown. Although a bit too basic in some respect, it does a good job as a checklist to use during projects when you want to make sure you are on the right track and want to manage your project efficiently.
Agile User Research February 20, 2008Posted by psychobserver in Customer Experience, Ethnographic Research, Hong Kong, Research, Trends, User Experience.
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On February 5th, Hong Kong had the chance of having Martin Fowler speak about Agile Methodology. I have to admit that I was actually dragged to the talk by my developer colleagues… I did not really feel like going to a very technical presentation where I would be totally lost. I was really wrong not to want to go. After I actually understood that XP did not mean Windows XP, but eXtreme Programming (he he… embarrassed smile) I really enjoyed the talk.
There are two main points that made me think about how Agile methodology could have an impact on my work: user experience / user research.
1. How can we make research more agile?
The Agile concept is to break down every project in small fully functional modules that can be delivered in a very short period of time (could be 2 weeks for a development project). This helps focusing on the core features of the project, while leaving the rest for later. This also helps starting the design even without knowing all the business requirements and actually supports better defining business requirements along the way as the client sees the system build itself from scratch.
In this post, I will just focus on the research part of user experience. Indeed, the interaction design part can be incorporated quite easily in an Agile methodology, but the preliminary research appears more tricky to me. Indeed, when we start a project we first want to know what the customers or users want. We have an array of tools to address this from quantitative ones like surveys to qualitative ones like usability testing or ethnographic research. Studies like this can actually last for quite a long time and from the client's point of view it is hard to visualize what they will get out of it. What if we could break down any research into small items that would last maybe under a week and deliver clear conclusions at the end of each week. Being new to Agile stuff, I still need to think about that some more… the first problem I see is how to perform a relevant study (in terms of sample size for example) in such a short time… But with this in mind, making research more iterative helps design a better research in the end by fine-tuning the study objectives bit-by-bit.
2. Should I work towards not having a job?
From Martin's point of view and following Agile concepts, the developer and the client should be in direct contact. This makes the role of the Business Analyst on such projects redundant. Of course he mentioned that on most projects Business Analyst are actually key in creating a bond between the different parties, but that made me think… Are researchers like business analysts?… In an ideal case, if my client (I mean, the operational teams) could talk directly to his or her customers, everything should be better. What if instead of designing punctual studies, researchers should all strive to design systems that allow their clients to stay in touch with their customers on a continuous basis, making our role as researchers redundant.
That's pretty much the concept of customer experience. Stay in touch with your customers on a continuous basis so that you can better design your products and services depending on their changing needs. Still maybe more could be done to integrate advanced qualitative methods into the operations of a company. We see more and more ethnographic research within companies… but my feeling is that more is possible.
Just some unfinished thoughts…
Web Wednesday Hong Kong February 14, 2008Posted by psychobserver in Hong Kong, Web 2.0, Web Wednesday.
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Yesterday night was another edition of Web Wednesday Hong Kong. The interview this time was of Argha Sen who is Head of Marketing for Toys R Us in Asia. It was quite amusing to witness the difference between the talk yesterday and the talk from the last event. Last event was about EditGrid, a Hong Kong online spreadsheet start-up, and it mostly revolved around getting excited about Web 2.0 and getting investment (even though you have no idea how to make money with your company).
In contrast yesterday Argha was on the total opposite side of the spectrum. His approach was show me the money, show me the numbers that supports me getting into that Web stuff and then I will think about it. Obviously the audience at Web Wednesday was not expecting this, and it did not make for a very entertaining discussion, but reality checks are always good. Doing something without thinking about the money and a sound business model first is like entirely relying on luck! It might work, you might get bought by some big guys… but the drains are full of the "hidden" majority of these company who tried to follow that path.
… just my take away from yesterday's talk…
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This sign (below) appeared on a lamp post on the corner of ul. Dumki and ul. Trombity. [For my non-Polish readers it says: 'Private property - no entry to the unauthorised'.] For my Polish readers, note the use of the word 'wjazd'. The verb 'to go' in Polish is determined by manner of going - to go on foot is iść, to go in a car or on a horse is jechać, to go in a plane is lecieć, to go in a boat (or indeed swimming) is płynąć. (Stanisławski uses over two whole pages to define 'to go' in his English-Polish dictionary.) Anyway, the noun wjazd comes from the verb jechać, to go (by car, by bus, by train, by bike, on horseback, in a carriage etc), to travel. To enter on foot (verb) is wejść, the noun is wejście - entrance (on foot).
So this sign is not attempting to prohibit pedestrians, only motorists, cyclists and horseriders. I say 'attempting' for this sign has no legal weight whatsoever. This is because it tries to impose an entry ban to vehicles on a thoroughfare (ul. Dumki) claiming that it is private property, which it is not.
To demonstrate the folly of whoever put up this sign, take a look at the official online map of the city of Warsaw, from the official website of the City of Warsaw. I've copy-pasted the relevant fragment below (click to enlarge), the junction marked with a red circle. As you can plainly see, ul. Dumki runs into ul. Kórnicka; both are officially denoted as roads. In fact any atlas of Warsaw streets will show ul. Dumki running into ul. Kórnicka. Plus the local authorities have installed in recent weeks a series of litter bins alongside the ponds both along ul. Kórnicka and ul. Dumki. If this were indeed private land, these public litter bins would not have appeared.
So what's going on? Why are local people unilaterally declaring that what is public is actually private? An attempt by individuals to seize land that doesn't belong to them, Putin-style? This is, I think, a response to the increased vehicular traffic along ul. Dumki since the flood relief scheme has been completed and the resulting lake has become an attractive place to visit (click on the labels, below). The local authorities had prepared a plan to make a nature trail and park here, but the inhabitants of Ursynów voted instead to build a new centre for the disabled, which was a more pressing need for the district. So this year and next at least, there will be no nature trail, no park - but people will come here to fish and enjoy the scenery.
More people means a greater impact. Until recently, ul. Dumki was impassable to all but the stoutest of off-road vehicles. Restored and graded, it once again take traffic - though it is not asphalted. And once motorists start using it - especially after heavy rain, once again it will become deeply rutted and unfit for use.
And the rubbish - here and there lie large bags of household or construction waste that have clearly been brought here by car or van. A ban on motorised traffic should help stop the brudasi from dumping their rubbish in this lovely part of the Polish capital.
The answer is to close off the unasphalted part (between ul. Kórnicka and where the asphalt runs out) to motor traffic (including motorbikes and quads), and make a footpath so that prams and baby buggies can easily be pushed over it, and so cyclists of all ages can use it, along with pedestrians in normal footwear.
However, this requires the decree of the district hall, lots of bureaucratic process that it would be best to postpone until some later date (ideally after the elections-after-next). So while Urząd Dzielnicy Ursynów ums and ahs, local residents have put up this sign. There's no such sign at the other end, so drivers coming up from where the asphalt ends are unaware that someone doesn't want them here.
Interestingly, Google Maps shows Dumki as petering out about a third of the way along. So GPS devices powered by Google Maps would not show this as a right of way.
So - if you wish to drive this way - be mindful of the fact that you are allowed, but you are not welcome. Walk or cycle, by all means, please.
This time last year:
Two Warsaw sunsets over water
This time four years ago:
Farewell to the old footbridge over Puławska
This time five years ago:
Let's ban cars with engines over 2.0 litres
This time seven years ago:
Ul. Kórnicka gets paved over
Sunday, 17 August 2014
Public land, private land
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Labels: development, flood, Jeziorki, ul. Dumki, ul. Kórnicka, wetlands
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It makes me sad how little I have blogged lately. Resolution: blog more. Okay.
Today has felt overwhelming. The strange thing is that it's just like every other day in my life. Aria had a Dr appointment this morning for her one year well check. Turns out she has an ear infection again. I said something to Ben this morning that was... well, just not encouraging. I love it when I start out my day by tearing my husband down (says sarcastically). I think ever since then I have been plunging myself into guilt, trying to redeem myself somehow. Now that I think about it, that's just ridiculous.
How often does my mind just dwell on the negative? Lord, help me to take my thoughts captive.
I need to fold the laundry in the dryer.
I need to sweep the floor.
I need to make our bed.
I need to start packing for a trip to Kansas City this weekend... I'm a horrible horrible packer. Did I mention that I'm horrible at it? Something is always forgotten. I remember one short trip that we went on and I totally forgot to pack any pants for Ben and myself. So we both wore the same pair of pants for three days. Not that you can't do that, but we pretty much had no choice. I'm saying to myself... really?!
I need to do yoga.
I need to call a friend.
I need to read the Bible... I'm trying to read the Bible in ninety days. I think it's going to be more like a hundred and eighty days. Or more. I just finished Numbers this morning and it's only January 23rd, I should be proud right?! This is one of the reasons I have not blogged lately. But I'm totally okay with that. I haven't been on Facebook as much too, which is always a good thing.
For some reason all I want to do is stare into my pantry. This will, of course, get none of the things I need to do done.
Lord, I am crying out to You now. You are the multiplier of my time. You carry all my burdens. You give me strength even to do the little things. Help me not to be overwhelmed by what I can't do or don't want to do. Help me to know how much time to spend on each particular thing. Give me wisdom. Help me not to look to lesser things. Help me to focus. I surrender all these things and whatever else comes into my head to You today. Amen.


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Sorry for the way overdue write up on this year's Loveland Woodturning symposium. It's amazing how time gets away from you.
This year's Symposium had a great lineup of Demonstrators. Some of the Demonstrators included Mike Mahoney, Stuart Batty, Clay Foster, Molly Winton, Pete Holtus, Lee Carter, Steve Gotchall and Phil Lackey. The Event lasted 2 days, September 13th and 14th with a Dinner/Banquet and Auction Saturday evening.
One of the great features of this years Symposium was the Hands on Room was not only open to everyone, but it had a project going on during each of the rotations. This allowed participants to try and usually complete a project during a rotation that they were able to leave with. Some of the projects were Turning Talc, making Spurtles and Spatulas, Globes for Christmas Ornaments, Tops, and a Slim line pen. I thought this was a great idea and really gave everyone who wanted the opportunity to try their hand at turning during this 2 day event.
For the First rotation I chose to watch Molly Winton's "JMaking and use of home-made brands and Commercial Pyrography Pens" I ended up with the best seat in the house as we needed a camera operator for the room. Molly gave a great demo on how she designs the various wood burning tips, uses them and make custom handles for them as well. She also discussed the commerical brand burners and hand pieces avaible for wood turning
Here Molly is starting off, showing the woodburner she uses for demo's as well as her kit for woodburning.
She also brought several of her outstanding pieces along to show as examples of the various styles and designs she uses on her turnings.
For the Next Rotation, I sat in on a local instructor's demo - Doug Schneiter. Doug does alot of hollw form's that have natural voids in them and walked through the steps of doing so for his rotation. Below is him roughing out the piece on a Jet mini.
A close up shot after he had formed and hollowed the piece, still on the lathe.
The third rotation I watched was by Phil Lackey on adding interest to a piece. He explained his influences of bird carving and decorating and that flow into his turnings. During the demo he laid out a spiral pattern on a hollow form and showed how he did the piercing design. He discussed how he tries to vary where and how he's piercing to ensure variety and why he settled on the style of carver he did. Below are some of the pieces he brought to show.
The final rotation of the day I got to sit in on a demo by Clay Foster. I've been in awe of Clay's design, flow and creativity in his woodturning so I was very excited at the opportunity to get to see his demonstration. For this demonstration he showed and explained how he uses egg shells, printers ink or mud and map gas for creating different sytles or patterns in his work.
Below Clay is holding one of his turnins that he covered with egg shells to give it what I'd call a ceramic look. Behind him is the map he used to point out Crum, Texas, where he's from.
Here he's showing how he lays out a pattern in mud, then uses the torch to burn in the design
and the mud protects and then falls off of the form.
Applying the mud
The end result.
Sunday Morning, Molly and Clay did a critique of many of the pieces in the instant gallery. Below they discuss the design and flow of a Bruce Perry turning.
And for the Last demo I managed to catch the rotation with Mike Mahoney showing the Mcnaughton coring techniques. He discussed the value of this system, especially for him as it enables him to get the most wood usage from a single, very expensive, piece of wood.
And for the Final Closing words, our organizers - Allen Jensen and Trent Bosch.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
2008 Loveland Wood Turning Symposium
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I know I've said it before and we all know it, but I'll say it again…
Florida has two seasons. Hot and cool.
and our family has 3 seasons. Beach, football and Christmas.
DW took the last part of last week off from work and our little trio headed over to my in-laws' condo for one last "horrah" at the beach before the season is over. The countdown is on around here for the next season to begin and the man of the house (like most people we know) couldn't be more ready!
But before THAT season begins, there was still a little more beach fun to be had!
The beach, or any vacation for that matter, is not the same once you have kids. Don't get me wrong, they make it tons of fun and even better than before, and as a parent, I can't think of anything better than seeing my child have a fun time, but once you have kids the "relaxing" part of vacation is much different…especially when you have toddlers!
Last year was totally different at the beach than it was this year. Little Miss wasn't walking and was even content to nap on the beach under an umbrella. She'd float in her baby float in the pool and compared to this year was really "easy"…
I want to remember how she was this summer, so I'm writing it down! (Mixed in are some pics from last week)…
We had so much fun at the beach this summer. We have loved seeing you "priss" around in your different swim suits and the ones with ruffles nearly send me over the edge.
You are an absolute doll in all of them!
You are pretty good about keeping your sun hat on, and for that I am thankful. We have had a few meltdowns over it, but you were easily distracted by some seagull chasing. Speaking of chasing the birds, it's one of your favorite things to do at the beach.
Last summer, you ate the sand. It still gives me a chill up my spine to remember it! This summer started out with you HATING the sand, and while you're still not a big fan, you will actually play in it some now! We're proud of the progress. We have high hopes of some serious sand castle building next year, little miss!
You love the ice cream truck, and have all summer. You look for him when you hear the music. I feel horrible that on our last trip this week, we couldn't catch him. I blame the grouchy, mean, driver…Daddy blamed me…he said I didn't even try to flag him down. Oh well, either way, you ended up with no ice cream, and I'm sorry! Next summer, baby, next summer!
Daddy has started to bray (is that the word?) like a donkey…he's dubbed himself the official pack-mule of the beach. Ha… It's okay, though…he knows you NEED all the buckets, cups, shovels, toys, sippies and snacks…we can't forget the SNACKS!
You are just like the rest of your family, and feel like you need to "snack" when you're at the beach. Every trip, for most of the day, you've had a snack in one hand and your drink in the other.
You are happiest when we give you your very own baggie of Goldfish or Cheez-its.
We did have a serious snack discovery this summer at the beach…and you and I have come to the conclusion that the only thing better than a Golden Oreo, is a Double Stuffed Golden Oreo. DOUBLE YUMMMM. I love that you love them, too! It's "our" thing…that and Peanut Butter M&Ms! We can polish off the medium sized bag in 3 days at the beach! I'm not just saying that, we've actually done it this year!
Another favorite of yours is still "ICE" (although it doesn't last as long on the beach!) … you'd have a cup with you at all times. You are crazy about some ice, girl! The rest of us have fallen in love with the Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker this summer… it shaves ice and we couldn't love it more. It makes great snow-cones, smoothies and my favorite, frozen limeades! On our last trip to the beach, we had then every day! It was definitely a favorite for me!
You love to fill buckets, cups, ANYTHING, with water from the ocean. You usually like to have something in each hand to fill, unless one hand is pre-occupied by holding said snacks…yes, you insist on taking your snacks to the water with you. We tried our hardest to get you to leave them in the chair with me, but you're smarter than that…you know Mommy might eat them before you get back!
You LOVE the waves. You love it when Daddy lets you "ride" them and swings you up high. We loved hearing you laugh and squeal while doing that this summer!
You like having your own chair. You're in the throws of toddlerhood and you're not big on sharing anyway, but you REALLY want your own chair by the water. Particularly your Daddy's chair. Even when we smartened up towards the end of the summer and started bringing you your own, you still wanted the one he was sitting in. He's decided you're such a GIRL, but he always gave you his chair. No one is more crazy about you than Daddy…and believe me, there are lots of us who are CRAZY about you!
You have been pretty content to play with the buckets, shovels, and sand toys for a little while, but you love the spend most of your beach time in the water. You are ready to head to the water as soon as your Daddy sits down. The entire summer, it never failed…every time he sat down, you were grabbing his hand and pulling him up,
or running toward the ocean and stopping to see if he was following you! He loves it though. Daddy's not a "sit and sun" kind of person either, so you and him are two peas in a pod. I think you'll both have a blast when you're old enough to go way out in the water and play in the big waves!
I've never been one to like being in a bathing suit. I like to keep my cover up on, take it off right when I get to my chair on the beach or by the pool, take it off, sit down as quickly as possible, and lay flat, while trying to conceal my flab. If you lay a certain way, you can do it…but you can't move. You have to lay still. Things change, though, because laying flat and still is not an option anymore! … I think you know right when I get my suit adjusted and get in "position" because you run toward the ocean forcing me to jump up without even enough time to make sure all my business is covered before chasing after you! And there's no more "laying out"… how could I watch you and all the cute things you do if I'm laying??! Yep, I'm a sitter and sun-er this year! That's okay, though… I wouldn't change one thing. We've had some serious fun this year, sweet girl!
Of course, Daddy and I (along with your adoring grandparents, aunts and uncles) think you are the cutest girl on the beach. I've got a feeling that won't be changing next year!
I can't wait to see what you are like next Summer!
I love you-
Since this trip wrapped up our beach season, and we've got a couple weeks before the next one… it only means one thing… getting ready for it…every year, we have to make a special shopping trip for our Gator gear! Here's a picture after last year's shopping trip…I think I need a minute after seeing this picture…she was SO little!!! I cant believe how much she's changed in a year!
We've already got AB a couple of things for this season, including this dress her Daddy and I got her on our South Carolina trip last year for the game… I'd forgotten about it, because it was hanging in the back of her closet, but I found it a couple weeks ago when I was packing away some of her summer clothes. I tried it one her, to make sure it will fit this year and it does, perfectly! I think it's just darling and I love it!
We do still want to get her a cheerleader uniform for this year…it will be hard to beat last year's… I may get that one again for this year, if they have it in her size since I love it so much!


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1. Abby's Flying School freaks me out. But I kind of wish that Mrs. Sparklenose was my teacher. And that I had a gerbilcorn for my class pet.
2. Thanksgiving is in two days!!! MASHED POTATOES!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. I am making the Pioneer Woman's green bean casserole for thanksgiving. Say a little prayer for me. And everyone who is going to be at Thanksgiving! I've realized that Thanksgiving is probably not the best time to try out a new recipe, especially a green bean casserole that is made from scratch. As in no Cream of Mushroom Soup and no French's Onions on top. I may have realized this too late.
5. My co-worker is young, cute, and reminds me way too much of me circa 5 years ago. I want to tell her that in 5 years she will be me. Married, never lost all the baby weight, may or may not have baby snot on her sweater, and constantly fighting a losing battle to remain a superstar at work. But I won't. I'll let her realize that on her own. My hope for the young Padawan is that she doesn't have sit next to a younger version of herself in 5 years. Also, if she could stop trying to take my job, that'd be cool. Not that I didn't usurp the job I currently have from someone else....
6. My toddler thinks she can climb stairs one at a time, like a grown-up. It's cute. Futile, but cute.
7. I have a TODDLER. WTF. I've given some serious thought to the fact that she is Baby Girl on this here website. She's not a baby anymore. I can't call her Toddler Girl, that's just lame. So I think she will remain Baby Girl until she gets married. (ew! I will be old when she gets married! OLD!!!)
8. I'm beyond bummed out that Grey's Anatomy isn't on till January. I heart Grey's. Even though it's not as good as it once was (side note - does anyone else think Private Practice is getting better this season?)
9. I'm officially declaring my girl crush on Jennifer Aniston over. It was a long run - probably 15 years. But I think we're over. I don't have another one lined up though. I guess you just can't replace Rachel Greene.
10. Baby Girl has 9 cousins, none of which she will see on Thanksgiving. Wierd, huh? I don't want to think about how the day will go without her running after "MOMMY!!!". She loves her big cousin. However, I'm pretty sure "MOMMY" will enjoy her day without a 17 month old being her shadow!
11. Because I cheated with #4, I'll do a # 11: MASHED POTATOES, GRAVY, STUFFING!!!!!!!!! AND CHEESECAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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May 07, 2017, 08:05:55 pm »
Another Arctic ice panic over as world temperatures plummet
Inevitably, when even satellite temperatures were showing 2016 as the hottest year on record, we were going to be told last winter that the Arctic ice was at its lowest extent ever. Sure enough, before Christmas, a report from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was greeted with such headlines as Hottest Arctic on record triggers massive ice melt. In March we had the BBC trumpeting another study that blamed vanishing Arctic ice as the cause of weather which led to the worst-ever smog in Beijing, warning that it could even threaten the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.
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The EU Has Just Proven That The Paris Climate Accord Was Never About Climate!! Look What Was Discovered
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President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord on Thursday but he also stated the U.S. would be willing to renegotiate the terms of the accord and enter a new agreement.
However, the leaders of Europe made it clear that there would be no renegotiation.
If the accord is so dire and the U.S. withdrawing would cause cataclysmic damage to the world then how could they be opposed to renegotiating? Only if the true drive behind the accord isn't really about saving the world.
Independentsentinel.com reported: The European Union has rejected Donald Trumps offer to renegotiate the Paris Treaty, proving it was always about bleeding the U.S. dry and appointing globalists as our governing bodies.
The Paris climate agreement is written so as to be an endless drain on the U.S. economy. If they cared about the climate, theyd work with us. It doesnt help that we have traitors within our own country.
The leftists in this country will be not be dissuaded. A corrupt deal has been worked out with U.S. states and major corporations who will betray the President of the United States.
New York state and New York city, Pittsburgh, California, Washington, and Silicon Valley, among others have vowed to abide by the treaty that was never legally implemented by Barack Obama. The three states that signed up so far account for 25% of the U.S. GDP.
If the Paris treaty signatories can accept some of our states and municipalities, why cant it be renegotiated? I guess it can be after all.
The treaty which is recognized as a treaty by every other signatory was never ratified by 2/3rds of the Senate. Former dictator Barack Obama ignored the Senate and simply called it an accord with the help of a complicit U.N.
The guardian reported that Angela Merkel, who is destroying her countrys sovereignty, said nothing will stop us; Frances Macron said he respects this decision but he thinks Trump made a mistake for the U.S. and the planet; and Theresa May of Britain is disappointed.
While 195 nations say they support the agreement, not all have signed and most, if not all will not abide by it if history is precedent. Most nations dont have to do a thing for more than a decade. The U.S. bore the burden and now our own countrymen will betray us to the globalists.
The non-binding climate pact called for voluntary compliance which most, probably all nations wont carry through.
The Paris signatories believe Trump will be ousted in 2020 and this is only a bump in the road. They will hold out until then as they wait for the ultimate goal of having the U.S. to transfer the wealth and resources earned and developed by Americans.
The Paris agreement included the Green Climate fund which is, as President Trump described, one of the scams that demanded an immediate $100 billion from the U.S. and would increase over time. That is in addition to the billions we already send overseas.
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Trumps EPA Chief Backs Approach to Science That Could Upend the Global Warming Consensus
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt reignited a long simmering debate over a method of scientific inquiry that could upset the supposed consensus on man-made global warming.
In an interview with Breitbarts Joel Pollak on Monday, Pruitt said he supported a red team-blue team set up to test climate science. Pruitt was inspired by an op-ed by theoretical physicist Steven Koonin, but others have been pushing this idea as well.
If truth is what we are all after, why would any scientific organization object to an independent look at the claims of the climate establishment? climate scientist John Christy said.
Christy has testified on the value of red teams for climate science many times in the past decade. This time, however, environmentalists and consensus scientists are worried Congress will take him seriously.
Red teams would challenge blue teams on global warming hypotheses on what do we know, what dont we know, and what risk does it pose to health, the United States, and the world, Pruitt told Breitbart.
The military commonly using this method to challenge strategies and improve their overall effectiveness. Many climate scientists, however, say it has no place in their field. After all, 97 percent of climate scientists supposedly believe humans are the main cause of global warming.
Science already has a red team: peer review, David Titley, a climate scientist and retired rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, told The Washington Post.
This just feels to me like another way to skirt the tried and true scientific process that has worked for years in our field and many others, said Marshall Shepherd, an atmospheric science professor at the University of Georgia who called the idea a gimmick.
Consensus scientists say the red team setup could manipulate public understanding of the science, giving a false impression of uncertainty and delay action on global warming. Skeptics, like Christy, say the other side is afraid the method will expose the weakness of the supposed consensus on global warming.
My own analysis concerning 102 climate model runs is as clear as it can bethe theory has failed the simplest of scientific tests, Christy said. None of the august scientific societies crunched through the huge volumes of model output and observational data to perform such tests.
In the normative scientific method, when our theory fails, we are supposed to go back and modify or reject the theory and test again, Christy said. In this modern way of doing science, as best I can tell, the proponents of a failed theory simply yell louder, schedule marches on Washington, and attempt to quash any dissent.
Consensus scientists say peer review works just fine, but skeptics point out the problems with climate models and many of their predictions. In fact, many articles have been written about the problems with scientific journals and peer review.
Climate scientist Roger Pielke Sr. says peer review has become politicized, where gatekeeping plays a role in who gets published and who doesnt. Skeptics usually get the wrong end of that deal.
Pruitt can only do so much to change how the EPA conducts research, and its uncertain how much traction this idea will gain in Congress, especially with other major issues, like the Russia investigation and Obamacare repeal, sucking up political capital.
I can understand why political organizations would objectbecause their deeply held beliefs may be shown to be in error and thus set a foundation to undo their attempts to set rules for the hoi polloi, Christy said.
Claiming that the truth has already been determined regarding climate change, and thus red teams are not needed, is an argument made by someone who has not examined the theory, he said.
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June 21, 2017, 04:58:04 pm »
SHOCKER=> Global Warming Computer Models Were Wrong, the 'Pause' Is Real
It turns out, the theorized pause related to global warming is real and all of our fancy computer models that predicted dramatic increases in temperature failed us.
A paper published for Nature Geoscience titled Causes of differences in model and satellite tropospheric warming rates admits in shocking detail the shortcomings of climate scientists and their computer models. The most shocking element of all, is the fact that the papers lead author is Ben Santer, a man who will go down as one of the most vocal alarmists. James Dellingpole points out in his long form Breitbart piece that this topic was exposed in the Climategate emails.
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In the early twenty-first century, satellite-derived tropospheric warming trends were generally smaller than trends estimated from a large multi-model ensemble. Because observations and coupled model simulations do not have the same phasing of natural internal variability, such decadal differences in simulated and observed warming rates invariably occur. Here we analyse global-mean tropospheric temperatures from satellites and climate model simulations to examine whether warming rate differences over the satellite era can be explained by internal climate variability alone.
We find that in the last two decades of the twentieth century, differences between modelled and observed tropospheric temperature trends are broadly consistent with internal variability. Over most of the early twenty-first century, however, model tropospheric warming is substantially larger than observed; warming rate differences are generally outside the range of trends arising from internal variability.
The probability that multi-decadal internal variability fully explains the asymmetry between the late twentieth and early twenty-first century results is low (between zero and about 9%). It is also unlikely that this asymmetry is due to the combined effects of internal variability and a model error in climate sensitivity. We conclude that model overestimation of tropospheric warming in the early twenty-first century is partly due to systematic deficiencies in some of the post-2000 external forcings used in the model simulations.
Climate change continues to be debunked. We are living in an age wherein we can acquire so much of the information and yet our scientists, encouraged by the government to find evidence of climate change, global warming, etc., simply make things up in order to receive funding each year. In a bid to receive a paycheck, they have resorted to lying to the world.
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"The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) initially claimed the adjustments were part of its quality control procedures. But bureau chief executive Andrew Johnson later told Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg that investigations had found a number of cold-weather stations were not fit for purpose and would be replaced."
Aussie temperature tampering scandal: Smart cards filter out coldest temperatures. Full audit needed ASAP! - 'The story changes: first it was quality control, then equipment failure, now a smart card?'
Flashback - Scandal: Australian Bureau of Meteorology caught erasing cold temperatures
Flashback: Australia Weather Bureau Caught Tampering With Climate Numbers
Date: 04/08/17
Graham Lloyd, The Australian
Recorded temperatures at the Bureau of Meteorologys Thredbo Top automatic weather station have dropped below -10C in the past week, after action was taken to make the facility fit for purpose.
A record of the Thredbo Top station for 3am on Wednesday shows a temperature reading of -10.6C. This compares with the BoMs monthly highlights for June and July, both showing a low of -9.6C.
The BoM said it had taken immediate action to replace the Thredbo station after concerns were raised that very low temperatures were not making it onto the official record. Controversy has dogged the bureaus automatic weather station network since Goulburn man Lance Pigeon saw a -10.4C reading on the BoMs website on July 2 automatically adjust to -10C, then disappear.
Later independent monitoring of the Thredbo Top station by scientist Jennifer Marohasy showed a recording of -10.6C vanish from the record.
BoM initially claimed the adjustments were part of its quality control procedures. But bureau chief executive Andrew Johnson later told Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg that investigations had found a number of cold-weather stations were not fit for purpose and would be replaced.
The BoM has admitted that, in addition to Goulburn and Thredbo Top, stations at Tuggeranong in the ACT, Butlers Gorge and Fingal in Tasmania and Mount Baw Baw in Victoria would be replaced.
An in-house investigation that includes two independent experts has been called. The bureau said it rejected allegations aired in some media outlets that it had sought to tamper with temperature data.
It has been reported online that electronic smart cards were allegedly fitted to the BoMs automatic weather stations, which put a limit on how low temperatures could be recorded in official weather data. The BoM declined to comment ahead of the internal review.
The findings of a review into this matter will be made available after completion, a BoM representative said. We do not intend to publish detail prior to that.
The AWS program is part of the observing systems and operations program, separate from the climate areas.
On her website yesterday, Dr Marohasy said it was not the recording devices that were at fault. To be clear, the problem is not with the equipment; all that needs to be done is for the smart-card readers to be removed, Dr Marohasy said.
So that after the automatic weather stations measure the correct temperature, this temperature can be brought forward firstly into the daily weather observation sheet and subsequently into the CDO (climate data online) dataset.
Mr Frydenberg rejected any suggestion that he had prior knowledge of smart cards or the cause of problems which made the stations not fit for purpose. He said he only learnt of the issue with the weather station readings when it was raised by The Australian.
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HOW INCONVENIENT: Climate Change Wizard Al Gores Global Warming Hoax Sequel Bombs At Box Office
The box office performance will disappoint Gore, who had urged his followers to pack movie theaters to send a message to Trump and the other climate deniers. Many of the political left no longer want to see Gore as the face of the global warming movement.
According to Deadline Hollywood, Gores sequel grossed $900K, averaging $5,000 (per screen). That brought its cume (cumulative) over seven figures, landing at $1,052,000. Its weekend gross placed it 15th in the overall box office as of Sunday morning. Paramount said it will expand the title to over 500 locations next weekend.
EDITORS NOTE: Are there not enough Liberal loons to come out and watch this nonsense? Evidently, no. A main reason for the avoidance of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power is because it is filled with crazy levels of misrepresentation all the way down to outright lies. In short, Al Gore forgot the cardinal rule of hucksterism: mix at least a little truth with your falsehoods, or you will lose your base.
The box office performance will disappoint Gore, who had urged his followers to pack movie theaters to send a message to Trump and the other climate deniers.
By filling theaters, we can show Donald Trump and the other climate deniers in the White House that the American people are committed to climate action no matter what they do, say, or tweet! Gore wrote in an email alert sent to his supporters on Friday August 4th, the day of his nationwide opening.
Many of the political left no longer want to see Gore as the face of the global warming movement. See: Warmist New Republic: The Troubling Return of Al Gore Not everyone on the left is celebrating Gores reemergence
Al Gore Introduces An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Is this Al Gore talking, or a Disney animatron? Hmm, hard to say want a good laugh? Watch the pathetic symbol. Al Gores billions depend on you believing in global warming, global cooling climate change, because if not, he will go broke the world will explode.
Gores climate claims are failing to materialize as many of his assertions are exactly the opposite of the current climate data. See: Extreme Weather Expert Dr. Roger Pielke Jr.: World is presently in an era of unusually low weather disasters & Climate Depots New Talking Points Report A-Z Debunking of Climate Claims
A prominent Ivy League Geologist who voted for Al Gore, was appalled after viewing his first 2006 film. I voted for Gore in 2000, yeah. I think that if he ran again, depending on who he ran against, I might vote for him. Hes a smart man, said Geologist Dr. Robert Giegengack, who chaired the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania in the skeptical film Climate Hustle.
But after viewing Gores film, Giegengack had this reaction. I was appalled. I was appalled because he either deliberately misrepresented the point he was making or didnt understand it. So it was irresponsible of Al Gore.
CO2 is not the villain that it has been portrayed. Im impressed by the fact that the present climate, from the perspective of a geologist, is very close to the coldest its ever been. The concentration CO2 in the atmosphere today is the close to the lowest it has ever been, Giegengack explained in Climate Hustle.
A key claim in Gores sequel about his role in securing the UN Paris climate pact has also been called into question. See:
Sequel depicts Gore clinching 2015 UN Paris deal But top Indian diplomat says Gores claim is nonsense
Gores Sequel Sabotaged!
Gore fans like Tucker are now reduced to blaming the distributor for the sequels disappointing box office.
A botched strategy by Paramount Pictures effectively sabotaged the nationwide release of the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, which finished in 15th place in US theatres this weekend. This was not supposed to happen, Tucker explained. source
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Climate Fraud Al Gore Now Says He Could Become A Catholic Because Pope Francis Preaches Global Warming
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Former vice president Al Gore told CNN that he would consider converting to Catholicism because of the witness of Pope Francis by preaching Climate Change....
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E-Book Debunking Gores Climate Claims Outselling An Inconvenient Sequel
A scientist is outselling Al Gores book which accompanies his new film An Inconvenient Sequel at the Amazon Kindle store. Roy Spencer, a climatologist and former NASA scientist, rips global warming alarmism in his new e-book An Inconvenient Deception, which is aimed at the bad science, bad policy and some outright falsehoods in the former vice presidents followup to An Inconvenient Truth.
Though Gores first film was widely heralded and won an Academy Award, the sequel has had little fanfare. The Daily Caller reports that since the film premiered in August, ticket sales have lagged, and even left-wing reviewers have harshly criticized the film.
As for rankings, the e-book An Inconvenient Sequel rests way down the list at #51,031. Spencers e-book, An Inconvenient Deception, is much further up at #1,201.
The Daily Caller spoke with Spencer, who said, There are three big weaknesses in Gores new movie: science, economics and energy policy. He also said Gore is wrong about the weather being like scenes out of the Book of Revelation, Its wrong because everything Gore shows in the new movie happens naturally.
Gore loves touting how mans carbon footprint has caused sea levels to rise. But as Spencer notes, Sea level has been rising steadily at about 1 inch per decade for over 150 years, long before CO2 emissions could be blamed.
Also in the movie, Spencer adds, Gore claims he rightly predicted the flooding of the 9/11 memorial in New York City by 2012s Superstorm Sandy. He blamed it on melting glaciers causing sea levels to rise, However, Spencer disagrees:
[T]hat was due to storm surge, not sea level rise. So in the new movie he lied about the storm surge explanation being mentioned in the first movie.
Spencer has also been critical of all the voices on the Left calling Hurricane Harvey a disaster made worse by man-made pollution. He pointed to the many flood disasters in the Houston area dating back to the mid-1800s when the population was very low. Case in point, 1935, when downtown Houston was also under water. The population then was two million less than now. Now, thats an inconvenient truth!
Alarmism used to sell books, but unfortunately for Gore, people are more interested in facts these days.
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Arctic Warming Study Has Huge Flaws
Research purports to bolster theories that man-made warming is leading to colder U.S. and European winters, but buried in the paper is an admission undercutting its findings.
The study, published in a Nature Communications January 2018 issue, claimed historical data showed an East Coast cold snap is two to four times more likely when the Arctic is abnormally warmer than when the pole is colder. Its not a widely accepted theory among climate scientists, but the studys made the rounds in the media, touted as more evidence man-made warming is making U.S. winters colder.
The study basically confirmed the story Ive been telling for a couple of years now, the studys co-author, Rutgers University scientist Jennifer Francis, said. This is no coincidence and that its becoming very difficult to believe they are unrelated, Francis, whos regularly cited in the media during intense cold snaps, added.
That theory resurfaced this winter during a prolonged cold snap in the eastern U.S., which lasted from around Christmas 2017 to mid-January. Cold and snow pummeled the northeast, and former Vice President Al Gore claimed it was the product of man-made warming. Franciss new study confirms that theory, she said.
Buried in the study, however, is a section on limitations undercutting the mainline findings. JunkScience.com publisher Steve Milloy pointed out the admissions on Twitter.
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The most obvious is common to all observational analysis, i.e., correlation does not mean causation, the authors wrote in their study, adding even though elevated heights and warmer temperatures in the Arctic are positively correlated with more frequent severe winter weather in the mid-latitudes, we cannot conclude that the warmer Arctic is responsible.
More importantly, the authors have not offered mechanistic explanations for these relationships but instead try and argue our findings are consistent with previous studies linking a warming Arctic with extreme winter weather in NH mid-latitudes, they admit.
The authors basically admit they are not testing any hypothesis; they are just running the numbers and looking for some sort of correlation between Arctic warmth and cold snaps in the northeastern U.S. and Europe.
Francis has been arguing for years that melting sea ice and a warming Arctic is weakening the jet stream and leading to more frequent and persistent cold snaps in the U.S. and Europe. But as she admitted in the study, scientists have no idea how this could be happening.
Five of the past six winters have brought persistent cold to the eastern US and warm, dry conditions to the West, while the Arctic has been off-the-charts warm, Francis said.
Exactly how much the Arctic contributed to the severity or persistence of the pattern is still hard to pin down, but its becoming very difficult to believe they are unrelated, she added.
Her study comes as the third noreaster this winter bears down on the northeastern U.S. The storm follows the Beast from the East storm that brought temperatures to record lows across much of Europe while the Arctic went through record warmth.
Many scientists dont think theres enough evidence to say for sure whats driven recent cold snaps. Studies have also found cold snaps have become less common in the last 50 years.
This study highlights the difficulty in disentangling the cause-and-effect between Arctic warming and middle latitude extreme events, Weather.us meteorologist and Cato Institute scholar Ryan Maue told CNN.
While no firm scientific consensus exists in the climate community on these Arctic interactions, this research communication will help direct future research and spur timely debate on a high impact climate change problem, Maue added.
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After it was over, we took the "Who's Your Man" quiz in the special features section. Needless to say, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion who we would each choose.
As you go through the quiz, you are given a series of multiple choice questions such as:
When should the guy propose?
When should the subject of children come up?
Should you always try to look your best for your man?
Would you forgive a guy who has cheated on you?
And so, I watched as Molly answered these questions first... all the while laughing to myself; knowing that her answers were sooooooooooooo far apart from what my own were going to be. It really did not come as any surprise that her answers led her to Daniel Cleaver, while mine led to Mark Darcy.
It was an interesting exercise to say the least. As a single gal on a seemingly never-ending quest to find out what I am looking for in a man, it was quite telling that a little quiz suggested that what I am looking for, in plain english, is a gentleman.
It's true. Watching the movie last night, I liked how Mark really loved Bridget for who she was... despite her quirks and wobbly bits. And that even despite a few misunderstandings, he still came through as her knight in shining armour.
And so now, I seem to be a little closer to understanding what kind of character traits I would like in a potential life partner. I want someone who, in the event that I get thrown in a Thai jail for allegedly smuggling cocaine, will fly around the globe to save me (don't laugh... it could happen... Did I ever tell you about the night I spent in a St. Lucian jail???). I want someone who will to go to battlefor me should my good name be slandered. I want someone who is willing to wear the dorky sweaters that his mother gives him for Christmas.
In short... I am looking for my Mark Darcy... but... in answer to one of the question from the quiz... if push came to shove, I wouldn't kick either of them out of bed.
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Now this was pretty funny, and I actually like the results. I mentioned in the notes to "Fetch the Water" that I was essentially going to have to trick myself into making some riskier moves on 39-40, and I seem to have succeeded. I wanted to do a radical remake without it being "clever" or high concept, and the quickest way I could think of to jumpstart that process was to record the music before I even knew what the song would be. At the same time I have a few songs of my own that've been developed for Skates & Rays which should really be demo'ed, so here was a chance to do the two birds one stone thing. The music for this is a song I'd recently written called "You Don't Have to Do This", and the chorus and bridge even get sung on this recording. Now, why I need to develop Skates & Rays material when I have quite a few boxes of our first album that haven't been sold is a whole 'nother issue... I guess that you'd have to say that although I've never been paid to make art, I have what you call an "artistic temperament" (which is, yeah, often shorthand for saying someone's an asshole; you make the call).
When "Maxwell's" came up as the song The Machine wanted me to retrofit onto my tune, I LOL'ed and everything and them gave it a whirl. It all fell into place in one and a half takes, and maybe you can hear me reacting to some of the happy coincidences-- the "knock" lyric that is echoed in the drum part, the "bang bang" rhythm that was already there at the head of the chorus, and the lead guitar accidentally personifying Rose & Valerie-- as I heard them for the first time while singing it.
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I stayed home yesterday. I felt crappy, in fact, I still feel pretty crappy today.
I've never called 911 in my life. Yesterday, Ryan did.
We thought our house was on fire.
Good thing I stayed home too. Lyric and I were lounging on the couch. She was eating/napping, I was watching reruns of SNL on E! and for a second I caught a whiff of something funny.
"Smells like something burning," I thought.
Then the smell suddenly got stronger.
"Definitely smells like something is on fire… oh SHIT." I said that last part because I glanced over at the kitchen and saw that it was full of smoke. I grabbed Lyric and ran to the kitchen, thinking that maybe the oven was on or something was smoldering on one of the burners. Nothing, but the smell was terrible.
I ran to get Ryan, who was in the shower. "Something is burning!" "What?" I never saw anyone jump out of a shower and get dressed so fast in my life. He was out the door and downstairs to his grandma's in a split second. I put Lyric down in her bouncer and started trying to sniff out the source of the smoke. It was coming from the heating ducts in the floor.
Ryan's grandma followed him upstairs and confirmed what I already knew, "Oh, it IS smoky up here!" Yeah, I didn't notice! Great observation!
It took about 3 minutes of looking and not finding anything for Ryan to call his parents (it IS their house, after all) THEN 911. He turned to me and said, "pack up the baby and go to your moms, I just called the fire department." Cue the screech of the volunteer fire department whistle the next road down.
I threw clothes on as fast as I could while Ryan was packing Lyric up into her car seat. In a matter of about 60 seconds, we were out the door, only to see the volunteer fire department truck passing our road. They were quick, but not very precise.
By the time I pulled the van out of the driveway, they had realized their mistake and were pulling into our road.
I drove off laughing at our luck. It's always SOMETHING.
Two more volunteer fire departments responded to our call. The funny thing was, nothing was on fire. The oil furnace in the basement was malfunctioning. Who knows how long it would have taken to start a fire though.
I was back home within 3 hours with no harm done except for a faint oil furnace smell to the house.


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"Real bacon though. Bacon's good. I like bacon. I said that a couple times, but bacon's good. My dog eats bacon. Who doesn't like bacon? Bacon's delicious. I know that's not the question but bacon's really good!"
Yes, it is. So good, in fact, that we've dedicated our lives to spreading bacon love around the country. It's a lifestyle, folks.
And we may or not be rooting for the Patriots this weekend because of Martellus Bennett's heroic words. Bacon on.
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I'm currently typing this Monday morning. The weekend was busy and full
and we crashed hard a bit late each night.
20 lbs of blueberries were picked
and the best part being that Jay was able to go with us
There are currently two cookie sheets in the freezer
and many plans for the rest
A new talent was discovered by a blueberry lovin' boy
catching them in his mouth
but they aren't just tossed in the air
they are flung way up high so high you cant see the berry anymore
as high as our 20 yr old cherry tree in fact
a video is coming soon..the world needs to see this.
I'm also thinking there may be another adventure later this week
to pick a few more of those berries!
There were two jaunts through two different Ikea's
a BBQ with friends and family
hugs goodbye
and piles of clean laundry waiting to be put away
Sticky popsicle and ice cream faces
and a few barefoot soccer games
Plans for fridge pickles and lots of zucchini bread and muffins being made
Im trying to freeze some but
they get eaten faster than I can put them away
All in all busier than usual but good none the less weekend
The week ahead looks calm and hot!


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(This post does not address the issue of the tax-deductability of charitable donations.)
The idea of the Vatican selling its artwork to feed the hungry of the world was brought up recently. A few days ago, Will Smith has said he will participate in an art auction to raise money for the hungry in Haiti. And now, following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, I imagine there will be similar ventures to aid Haitians in this most dire time of need.
Why does charity, to the secular world, always seem to involve getting something tangible back? Let's take the example of the Vatican auctioning off its artwork and giving the money to feed the hungry. It wouldn't be giving its money to feed the hungry, it would giving the money of the auction-winners to feed the hungry; the end result would be: 1) the hungry fed (for a while), 2) the auction-winners in possession of beautiful artwork, and 3) the Vatican no longer in possession of beautiful artwork. Why couldn't the auction-winners just circumvent the whole process and donate the money themselves without receiving the benefit of artwork?