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There is No Sun-Link with Global Warming
The connection between solar activity and global warming has been a contentious issue for a long time. The idea that cosmic rays create global cloud cover just doesn't seem to be working out; even the highest estimates of cloud cover variation caused by cosmic ray flux predict the effect to be very small. Now UK scientists have stepped into the debate, producing scientific evidence that there is no link between global warming, cosmic rays and solar activity. Sorry global warming sceptics, we might have to cut back on the emissions after all…
The connection between solar activity and global warming is thought to go like this: The Sun experiences massive changes in energy output throughout the 11-year solar cycle. At its peak (at solar maximum), the Sun's influence over local space is at its highest. Its massive magnetic field will envelop the Earth and spiral into interplanetary space. As it does so, the immense and large-scale solar wind will deflect high energy cosmic rays. So, counter-intuitively, when the Sun is at its most active, cosmic ray collisions with the atmosphere is at its lowest. It is has been predicted by scientists such as Henrik Svensmark at the Danish National Space Center (DNSC) that these high energy cosmic rays will impact the Earth's atmosphere, create droplets of water, thus generating cloud cover. So, following this logically, we should have a global decrease in cloud cover during periods of high solar activity (when cosmic rays are not deflected by the solar wind), causing global warming (as there will be less clouds to reflect the solar radiation). Many of the climate problems we are having at the moment can then be attributed to the Sun and not human activity.
But there's a problem. As previously reported by the Universe Today, research groups will often publish conflicting results about the cosmic ray effect on cloud production. In one of the most definitive results to come out of this area of study has just been announced by UK scientists, and guess what? The Sun/cosmic-ray theory has no measurable effect on the climate change we are currently experiencing.
Dr. Svensmark's idea was central to the science behind the documentary "The Great Global Warming Swindle" where the human impact on global climate change was brought into question. This theory has been under fire since its conception by highly regarded scientists such as Mike Lockwood from the UK's Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory. Svensmark stands by his work. So with this in mind, Dr. Terry Sloan from Lancaster University set out to prove Svensmark's hypothesis. But the results aren't pretty.
"We tried to corroborate Svensmark's hypothesis, but we could not […] So we had better carry on trying to cut carbon emissions." – Dr. Terry Sloan
In a separate study, Giles Harrison from Reading University, also studied the effect of cosmic ray flux on the amount of cloud cover, stating it is an important area of research, "…as it provides an upper limit on the cosmic ray-cloud effect in global satellite cloud data". Although restricted to the atmosphere above the UK, Harrison's study also returns the verdict that there is only a very weak cosmic ray effect on cloud production.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report last year pointing the finger at human activity as the root cause behind global warming. There are very strong correlations between carbon emissions and global warming since the 1970s, so the IPCC has strongly recommended that the international community make radical cuts to their carbon emissions. What's more the IPCC point out that the contribution from greenhouse gas emissions outweighs the effect of solar variability by a factor of 13 to one.
"…as far as we can see, he has no reason to challenge the IPCC – the IPCC has got it right." – Dr. Terry Sloan
Source: BBC
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Looks like the paper in question is this one: Sloan & Wolfendale, Testing the proposed link between cosmic rays and cloud cover, http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2298.
Ditto what David said.
I also am not a sceptic either. The environment is changing. I have pondered the sun's affect on climate as well. It seems to me that if the sun were to suddenly stop shining, it would affect our climate. If the sun were to suddenly nova, it would also affect our climate. So, to carte blanche dismiss the sun as having any impact on our climate because one single theory hasn't been figured out is exactly where the sceptics get their skepticism. I personally have never narrowed my mind down to the logic that one single issue controls our climate. We stop burning fossile fuels and the climate suddenly stabilizes, never to change again? That's just nuts. Surely an educated scientist would have to agree. So, it's not a matter of man being Godlike in his control over climate. It's a matter of Man understanding his impact on the climate and mitigating it as much as possible in a responsible way. Dumping mercury into our system to save a few watts of electricity and destroying our rain forests to sell more bio-diesel is not responsible climate control. It's the law now, thanks to overzealous global warming advocates, but it's a looming environmental disaster with consequences lasting generations. So, the sceptics that you and Al Gore like to belittle are not wanting the end of the world due to stupidity, we're trying to keep the world safe from the reactionaries that in my earlier adulthood were worrying everyone sick about the impending ice age. and had tons of evidence to prove it was right around the corner.
I've read/heard theories that warming and at times cooling can be affect by changes in the earths wobble, not necessarily sun output. Have there been any studies on this theoretical link?
"Sorry global warming sceptics, we might have to cut back on the emissions after all…"
I am not a global warming sceptic. I simply do not understand the resistance to looking at all the science to understand the relationship between carbon and warming. There is, no doubt, a strong link between human activity (I will say carbon since Ian seems so fixated on that word)…but what I don't understand is the resistance to understanding the relationship between all the variables that may be interacting to produce a warming effect. The geologic record is all but ignored in our pop-fixation on "we can solve global warming by stopping carbon." For the record, I am overjoyed that somone actually took the time to test a hypothesis involving cosmic ray flux. How about applying the same rigor to other hypotheses that are being ignored in the name of carbon? And also for the record, I am not for a minute suggesting that we continue our pathological obsession with petroleum and other carbon-based products. I'm simply interested in all of the science and how it interacts TOGETHER with human activity.
Here is one article that I found that will at least provide some preliminary insight into what I meant by the geologic record.
There is lots of good, researchable science worth considering even from a surface reading of an article like this one.
> How about applying the same rigor to other
> hypotheses that are being ignored in the name of
> carbon?
It isn't fair to say that other factors are being ignored, and the suggestion that the geologic record has been ignored is ludicrous. It has been looked at extensively, and causes of past warming have been ruled out. People are just fed up with deniers coming up with whatever tenuous/non-existent idea they can to say "Look! Not us!". Human carbon emissions are the major cause behind the recent warming, and that broad picture isn't going to change, though details will be refined (for example, recent studies indicate that the impact of soot may have been underestimated – but not to the point that it comes close to threatening CO2 emissions as the prime culprit).
i know this might be a rather fine detail to bring into this discussion, but with all the data i've read lately, like going back about 10 years, i feel that we may be ignoring the most important question- WHAT WARMING?-
how long must it NOT BE WARMING before you give this foolishness up?
if WASTE is the new unpardonable sin- when does fighting something that is not happening with a massive commitment of supposedly precious resources become unpardonable?
I am a GW skeptic for one reason. The wholesale dismissal of skeptics by the GW crowd. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. If scientist skeptics have to sneak around in the dark of night to keep from being exposed as heretics, something is very wrong.
There has never been an honest, open debate since the introduction of Al Gore's ridiculous, inaccurate propaganda film. Please, I beg all of you, before we collect a trillion dollars that disappears down a bureaucratic rat-hole based on computer models based on theory, can we have an honest debate?
In a way I'm inclined to say 'so what'. If the effect of CO2 on the climate has been overestimated enormously, it would still be a good idea to eg: replace all the coal with nuclear for electricity generation.
That would cut emissions of heavy metals SO2 etc. & save a cheap source of carbon for making liquid fuels for running mobile machinery like cars & farm tractors. A use of fossil fuels for which we don't yet have a good substitute.
You may have included an extra 'not' in parenthesis, as he solar wind would actually deflect more cosmic rad.
I like this (old) theory as I believe the sun, moon, planetary alignment, interplanetary flux, etc DO impact climate in some way. I admit that gravitational incongrueties of too many planets aligning themselves juxtapositely one side or another (from sun) may not amount to a graviton bean, but hey, neither does the bias/gate of a transistor, yet amplification does occur.
I still like Milankovich's cycles & need to learn more @ sun; what's this about a millisecond of power from slow solar flare trumps annual global power production?
The ice ages convened w 100,000 yr regularity over past couple million, interspersed w interglacial epochs of 10,000 to 14,000. We're sitting on a precarious 12,500 right now, don't tip the see-saw.
I'm miffed that nobody has comented on Don Hammaker's work from the 80s. He's the most prolific climate scientist I've read b/c he accounted for the interplay b/w hot & cold by water. Water absorbs and releases heat, changes phases, promotes weathering, reactions, sedimentation, mineralization & even life. This supercapacitor stores heat, dissolves salts, while precipitating cold. Water turns hot/cold inside/out & makes our atmosphere & climate. Goes beyond the hydrologic cycle! You can't understand climate change w/o unique H20 influence. I fear you won't find life on other planets w/o water first. Even algae produce half our oxygen today. Here's to you Mr. Hammaker!
Certainly, reducing carbon emmissions is good, if for nothing else, clean fresh air to breath. But if carbon emmissions are the only thing changing our climate, what on earth were we buring 35,000 years ago to reverse the last ice age, or any of the past ice ages for that matter. Sure will be curious when the melting of Greenland brings about our next ice age. Ahh, anyone got some spare fuel I can burn?
I agree with Rusty and Jim. But it is confusing when you hear of reports like the UN had last week, where they said after studying massive amount of data from thousands of sources, that the average global temp has actually decreased over the last 10 years. They were amazed at the findings of their scientist (who were just as amazed and almost didn't release their report).
If I can find the report online, I'll comment again with a link to it. I originally heard it on the news.
The discussion about global warming is so politically motivated now that it is hard for me to believe who is telling the truth on any of this.
They say we should use bio-fuel and legislate its use, but then it turns out this causes more carbon to be release… – so is it just a subsidy for corn farmers?
They say we should use those energy efficient light bulbs, but then it turns out there is mercury in them… – so is it just a subsidy for GE?
Although I believe Ian's intentions are pure, there is too much money in this whole global warming thing for any reasonable person not to have some suspicions.
I thought another theory related to cosmic rays was related to our movement above and below the plane of the galaxy such that our exposure to these rays would change over large time scales. I'm not sure what the period of that oscillation might be. I assume it would be measured in at least hundreds of thousands of years, if not millions.
With regards to short term oscillations I suspect that there are several different factors with different periods ands magnitudes that sum together to cause large dips and peaks at various times and that these dwarf CO2 related effects. I'm still waiting for more data and theories before I commit to either side. Besides, if CO2 is so critical you might as well shut down this blog and save all the electricty that is associated with visiting it. Or is the income related to this blog more important?
Miss using an absoulte such as 'NO' link, already shows how wrong they are an how sensationalistic they are trying to be.
Cosmic rays aside, the statement that solar activity has no connection to climate change on a planet is a very bold and, well…a strange one. A star doesn't influence a planet's climate? Since when?
As for Andy C's "…and the suggestion that the geologic record has been ignored is ludicrous. It has been looked at extensively, and causes of past warming have been ruled out…." – sorry, but if the geological record of climate change HAS really been looked at extensively and taken into consideration seriously, we wouldn't be talking about human-induced global warming.
Clearly, from the evidence, global warming is real, and anthropogenitic factors have a great deal to do with it. That said, the Little Ice Age, from 1300-1850, was a time of very low temperatures, globally speaking. It was also a time of minimal sunspots. Why sunpots should have a positive correlation with global temperature is a matter of debate, but *that* there is such a correlation seems likely. Now, for the last century-and-a-half-plus the Sun has been in an increasingly active phase, and global temperatures have increased steadily and anomolously. It's possible that there are complex interactions between solar energy input to our biosphere and the results of human activities, and that both have to do with global temperatures. I believe that in fact some scientists are working on this. Not all the votes are in yet on this issue, so let's be a little less absolutistic, okay, Ian?
And what we are doing to the sky in the picture above is NORMAL.
The sky always has looked like that?
4gea Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Cosmic rays aside, the statement that solar activity has no connection to climate change on a planet is a very bold and, well…a strange one. A star doesn't influence a planet's climate? Since when?
As for Andy C's "…and the suggestion that the geologic record has been ignored is ludicrous. It has been looked at extensively, and causes of past warming have been ruled out…." – sorry, but if the geological record of climate change HAS really been looked at extensively and taken into consideration seriously, we wouldn't be talking about human-induced global warming."
4gea, nobody has suggested that the Sun has nothing to do with global climate. Instead, the mechanisms proposed (by human caused global warming skeptics) that are supposed to be causing the warming effect are a) not borne out by evidence, and b) seem to have almost zero correlation with global climatic effects. Stating that the Sun has no effect on climate is a completely different assertion, and frankly, stating that that is what scientists believe is a straw man argument.
Likewise, Andy C clearly states that the geologic record has been thoroughly examined and that the causes of previous warming events are not operating and do not apply this time around. That is a solid position backed by much scientific evidence which can be found in any journal dealing with the subject if you want to read up on it. All you seemingly have to back your position is your assertion that 'if they had really looked at the geologic record of climate record, then they would see it my way…' Show me the research to back it. Link me to an article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Show me ANY proof at all that the current warming trend can be interpreted within the framework of the G.R of climate as another similar warming event triggered by the same causes as previous events.
You may think I'm some GW nut that will argue for GW no matter what, but I'm not. I actually feel that there probably is a large component of other-than-human induced warming. But there is just no evidence as yet to back the position, so that's all it is – a feeling. Not science.
Unfortunately, Mobocracy has taken hold in the GW debate. Politicians blow hot air, tax us for 'OUR OWN GOOD', the press – lacking a Cold War have a new horror story 'end of the world' and its our fault ,and scientists get funding, pay and pensions plus bright new equipment. What a wonderful tripod of support for GW doom and gloom. Do we little apes think we are that significant GW wise on the scale of things? if we are ,then a balanced debate without GW advocates shouting down those they brand as 'UNCLEAN' sceptics! would be helpful.
As for me, I don't give a damn, humans will do what they do, regardless of the outcome and no one can stop 6 billion humans doing what they want to do!
Astrofiend (Sydney, Australia) Says:
"4gea, nobody has suggested that the Sun has nothing to do with global climate. …"
Maybe not in those words exactly, but that's what the article's title and content do suggest. I'm all for reporting on scientific going-ons, but lots of care should be put into how you word that what you're saying, othervise it might be interpreted in a completely different way.
Astrofiend (Sydney, Australia) Says:
"…All you seemingly have to back your position is your assertion that 'if they had really looked at the geologic record of climate record, then they would see it my way…' …"
It's not a matter of my way-your/their way – I'm not a cranky child wanting to have "my way". Show me a good, solid evidence for human-induced GW and I'll be looking "your way". But all I see is people concentrating on the last century, spouting nonsense like "this was one nasty hurrican, it has to be GW-induced because my grandma doesn't remember a strong one like it", while they should be taking into account 4.6 billion years of paleoclimatological and geological record. That is something that many GW-proponents are not doing, and I'm not talking just about the public. They mention Little Ice Age, and think that's all there's to it. What about Earth's orbital parameters (going all the way up to galactic scale, not just Solar System)? Climate cyclicity through the entire 4.6 billion years, not just the last 100? THAT's what I'm talking about. I'm talking about that we-humans, have to stop being so arrogant, thinking we're the cause of everyhting that's happening around us. I'm talking about natural cycles that we cannot influence on a global scale, and, without a technology from science fiction, we can't possibly control or "bring back into shape". I'm talking about nonsense like CO2 restrictions, while a single volcanic eruption or one week of warfare spouts into the atmosphere more greenhouse gasses than one country does CO2 in a year. Yes, our civilisation does produce waste. Yes, our settlements do have microclimates caused by buildings, traffic and industry. Yes, our city air and the waters are/has been polluted. So what? That's what we get for having the civilisation. We learn from it, develop new technologies and move on. And yes, our civilisation and all that it entails is a new factor in that geological record we've been talking about. But I'm talking about underestimating our planet, about undersetimating nature and natural processes. Of course we have influence on our environment! All I'm saying is that we give too much credit to ourselves (political and business agendas connected to GW aside).
"…Show me the research to back it. Link me to an article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal…."
Gladly, if I had such links at hand, but like I've said before, I'm not talking about one article, but about taking/not taking into account all the factors involved. I myself am not directly involved into a purely paleoclimatological project, although I am connected to the researches of glacials and impact-induced climate changes. But if you wish I can take a look at the resources avaliable to me on the subject.
No, I don't think you're a "GW nut", just like I don't think I'm a "sceptic nut" (or whatever they're called). I have a good laugh when people accuse me of not "beliving in climate change", when that is exactly what I'm talking about (I've noticed many people think "climate change" equals "GW", which is definitely not the case). What I have a problem with, is human-induced GW hypothesis, not even GW itself (which is just one of natural processes). Unlike you, I see a lot of evidence to back up the position of "human-induced GW" having (at least in large part) natural causes. ..But that's what makes these duscussions so interesting 🙂
Some say this has direct connection with Planet X. Is it true ?
And, talking about Planet X, does anyone have any latest news about this ?
Rusty… you talk about debate the cuestion… I wonder if ANY person want debate the war (you know what war I name) Debate is a democratic issue that our country has forget many years ago.
uhm… 4gea… you're not an skeptic about "human induced GW"…? but all species we bring to stinction, all the island we shut into the water… say another thing… it's not a geological and not a "human not guilty" event. Sorry, Its happening, perhaps it's shaki'n your capitalist mind.
While I'm happy to accept that global warming is a reality and largely caused by humans, I prefer to sidestep the whole political minefield by pointing out that even if it weren't, transitioning to sustainable energy sources as soon as possible is unambiguously a GOOD THING.
The oil WILL start to run out. If it does so soon, while we're still heavily reliant on it, a worldwide economic crisis will probably result (google "peak oil"). The more we reduce our reliance on it now, the longer it will last, the longer we have access to useful materials like plastics (yes, those come from oil – we're reliant on it for more than just gasoline), and the smoother the transition will be when it does finally get depleted. I for one prefer the non-bumpy ride.
Aside from the science that I found interesting, I found the part of the discussion regarding the impact on global warming distressing. Why must people debate what is so simple and obvious and yet so irrelevant? The Natural environment, including the sun, are capable of causing devastating changes in the earths climate over spans of time ranging from only hours in the case of tornados and hurricanes to epochs in the case of Ice ages. Do people not realize we are at nature's mercy while we argue over whether man or nature is responsible? I accept that our pollution of the environment is deplorable and that we must learn how to exist in a state of "equilibrium" with nature. By my way of thinking, that means being "carbon neutral" on principle, regardless of whether we are causing the "global warming" happening now or not. But aside from that, I also believe we need to study the systems that affect the Earth's climate. I believe nothing less than our survival as a civilization if not as a species is at stake. Sooner or later the next Ice age will arrive. When it does life as those in our civilization knows it will end. Mass starvation and the total collapse of nations and civil society will result. The clock is already ticking off the days to that day, and we are already several centuries over due. I see many indicators, based on past climate records that the process has already begun. I "hope", we will not see the calamity with our own eyes, but, I fear our children, or our grandchildren, or their children will. Their only hope is to understand what causes the climate to shift and then to see that shift early enough to react in an effective manner. But honestly, I fear humanity is far too ignorant to be able to do that. That is what I see in the global warming debate…"ignorance" on both sides. It really upsets me too. Those who believe man is responsible want to po-po any science that point to nature, while those who believe nature is responsible want to po-po any science that points to man. I believe the science on both sides is correct. BOTH NATURE AND MAN are responsible. But the important question is not who or what to point the finger of blame at, but rather who will step out of the meaningless "blame game" and step forward to "lead" humanity in the pursuit of "action" (I like Al Gore). Fact is, no matter how you slice it, the sun has much more to do with the total question, in fact it may all be the sun! I read a very good article yesterday; "Climate Change and Solar Variability: What's New under the Sun?" By Edouard Bard and Martin Frank. I found it on line via google. It clearly supports the theory that there is variability in solar output, and that it is linked to sun spot activity. It also discussed indirectly variability in the earths magnetic field. I have yet to find what I consider a conclusive link (parallel curves) between historic palioentinsity fluctuations and climate shift. However I have seen some very interesting data that show spikes and dips in the magnetic field intensity that do come at times that may indicate a relationship does exist. For instance, the palioentisity increased dramatically (from 0.8 to 2.0, up from an average of 1.0 with a deviation of 0.3) at precisely the same time as we emerged from the last Ice age. Further more un-like in previous increases (in the last 200K years) once it got to 2.0, it remained there until only a few hundred years ago. That is interesting, because the climate record indicates the present interglacial period is unique, in that it "platoed" (just like the magnetic field has) as apposed to "spiked" as both had done in the past. However the problem I see is that the peeks and valleys in palioentisity over the last 200 K years do not line up as precisely with the peeks and valleys in the climate data. However, the mal-alignment is one of timing and intensity, and not number. In other words, the peeks in one might correlate with "offset" peaks in the other. In addition to the "offsets", the magnitudes do not look right either. But in looking at the magnetic field data, we must understand that each core represents the Local" data and as more cores are super imposed, a "global†magnetic field record will start to emerge that may provide the definitive proof of the validity of my theory in as far as the true "ICE AGE" pattern is concerned. I'm also not sure how reliable the magnetic field data is, if it is only accurate to within say 5K years and 25% intensity, then the correlation might be there hiding behind the margin of error. Especially if the margin of error increases as we go further back in time.
In reading the article, and the one I read yesterday, I find myself wondering if the sun is not totally responsible… Clearly the correlation of sun spot observations to satellite solar intensity readings are a good one leading to the conclusion that we can trust the nearly 400 years of sun-spot observations as being a good indicator of solar intensity over the past 400 years. However we have nothing that I believe provides a history of solar intensity going beyond that. What the article does mention from ice core data could easily be skewed by the fluctuations in the Earths own magnetic field. Any way, a last note on the global warming issue… What if we are already headed into the next "ice age"? And what if the CO2 we are pumping into the climate is the only thing preventing a "Natural" global catastrophe? In other words, we may be helping our selves by putting all that green house gas into the atmosphere! So I think people need to stop the "debating" and stop working against each other, and start coming together to determine what needs to be done to promote what is in all of humanities common interest here on our "Space Ship Earth"
Even if we stopped carbon emissions now. How long would it take for the effects to be noticeable? 100- 200>+ years maybe?
Surely volcanic activity on the surfice and in the oceans is having a much, much greater influence than us.
I agree that reducing our detrimental effects is a good responsible thing to do,
But put it in perspective please.
Did anyone read the brief by John Coleman (founder of the Weather Channel)?
Yes, let's keep it in perspective, please. Global warming has happened many times in the past and will many times in the future. So will ice ages. Unless we step in and interfere with it.
Oh, another intersting site. I think it can also be linked from Coleman's brief.
For some science on CO2 and its link to global warming check this link. What it will show anyone who is interested in the science of global warming is that man-made CO2 has a miniscule effect on global climate.
There is money to be made from global warming in the form of government funding. I just read that the earth;s temperature hasn't risen since 1998:
I guess that's caused by "global warming" too.
I guess the Mars Rovers are causing increased temperatures on Mars too. Naughty man, terrible man, we need fewer humans and government control of those left!
Why is it that everytime I hear each side of the argument, I want to vomit?
Why can't people accept a common medium ground, like humans have played a part and maybe the earth is in a natural warming cycle? When it comes down to it, for sure, we are playing a part. But how big the part is noone knows.
The whole Northern Hemisphere just experienced the coldest winter in recent memory, with Canada and the states experiencing the coldest January in 45 years.
Im not a full blown skeptic, Im just not a full blown believer as to humans are fully responsible. I think there are more causes at work than just C02 emissions is all
Maugrim, Oil is not about to run out. The cheaper easy to get at oil is on the slide, but there are trillions of barrels of oil littered about the planet, it is just harder to process. Also, not to mention synthetic oils from coals etc.
As for the way ahead GW wise, we have two areas yet to be developed on in the debate, self -righting mechanisms within our biosphere and the impending new quantum technology threshold this century will usher in (LHC et al) and give humanity energy sources way beyond half-baked windmills, solar panels etc.
Those of you who remember the late 60's and 70's environmental warnings of doom that came to nought , it is happening again. The underlying cause high oil prices!
Ummmmmmm, after some 40 years in Astronomy, as a hobby, I have came to realise that we, humans etc, live on an insignificant lickle ball of dust going round a smallich (cosmically) "atom" bomb……….This atom bomb is going round our galaxy once every 250,000 years or so and, funily enough, is taking us with it. Now, unless I am totally wrong, and, as I am human I might be, our galaxy is full of dust and gas and other "stuff" that we don't know about or even invent to try to prove we know what we are taking about. We move through the plane of the galaxy as we get carried round by the sun…………….Up and down, up and down like a nice sine wave………….Ok, who is thinking what I am thinking? Gas and dust, dust and gas………..We move through this stuff from time to time……………..One heats us up, the other cools us down…………………?
I am NOT saying humans are NOT at fault because we are but………………………Just my tuppence worth
An article published a short while ago concluded that the sun cannot be responsible for global warming because it only varies 0.5%. Only?? That is a lot.
Another study concluded that man's contribution to global warming is 0.11%. Why is 0.5% insignificant, and 0.11% huge. There is some illogical thinking here.
Not what we heard at the local astronomical society on friday night… Some scientists say there may be a link with cosmic rays. The suns magnetic field changes and so can not protect us from CR. The more CR that seed clouds and make them rain the less cover we have. Give them time and it will be proved…
One Globel Warming Sceptic…
von Dawson's Express
PS Bring back Steam Trains!!!!
Bravo, Angelo Thane… Excellent Idea and such a well written post that i read all the way to the end without blinking
If you Global Warming crybabies put as much time, energy and money into planting trees as you do into whining about "the human destruction of the earth", perhaps you could lessen the effects of human activity on this planet.
This is the time of year in the northern hemisphere to plant trees. The hardest thing about actually doing that is to get up off your dead ass, get out the door, spend money, transport the trees to the site, and then whack 'em in deep, straight and tight.
You have to make sure the roots don't have air pockets so that the hair roots that the trees get their initial sustanance don't dry out.
You also have to FOLLOW UP on your plantings to make sure the weeds don't choke out your trees. Chemical or hand weeding is a must with seedlings less than 3 or 4 feet tall.
Make sure you shoot all the deer and rabbits that are a threat to your new seedlings, or at least spend enough time around them that the woodland critters won't ruin your efforts. If you can get your trees to survive two years and get above the browse line of the deer, they will probably make it.
It is something to think about while you are sipping latte and wondering who you are going to spew your liberal venom on next.
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Right on Marcellus,
They can even get the trees for free by joining the Arbor Day Foundation.org.
If we could only collect the nuts this issue is shaking out of the trees and plant them we could get several more acres planted, a much better contribution.
Collecting nuts is a great idea. You don't even have to plant them yourself. If you take them out to the edge of your favorite woods and leave them in a pile, the squirrels will take care of them. We left 5 bushels on the edge of our favorite squirrel hunting woods last year and the critters buried all but a few husks within a week's time.
That is good info for all of you who have walnut trees in your yard and don't like the mess from when they drop. Collect them, take them out to the country, feed your little furry friends and reduce carbon.
Hey "angelo thane peterson" , You should take this idea to NELHA (Natural Energy Lab Hawaii Authority) near Kona Hawaii. They had something similar in the '70's, but the plug was pulled when the "energy crisis" ended (it was a fake one anyway).
Also Alex, thanks for the link. I was able to find similar ones, but the news mentioned it again, and the research was analyzed by someone named Jarraud. I have found several of his papers, but none having to do with the cooling over 10 years.
Millions of years ago, the Earth was much warmer globaly, anyone who's learned a little bit about the dinosaur times knows this. And guess what? The Earth did just fine back then…and there were no humans. However you want to spin it, there is simply not enough evidence one way or the other to deduce climate change is human caused. And if the world does get warmer and the seas rise, big deal, life isn't going to end. We need to stop overestimating our impact. We are realitivley powerless compard to nature. But it can't hurt to reduce emmisons, but there's no need to through a fit about it. Enough of the hippie psuedo science.
Oh yeah, and if we are causing global warming, then good, because then we won't have ice ages anymore and we'll have summer all the time. We can grow food all year round. Maybe global warming is a blessing in disguise.
Dave, global warming causes ice ages. When the ice caps melt, much more liquid water is available for evaporation and therefore precipitation. A common misconception is that cooler temperatures cause ice ages. The truth is, ice ages happen when there is so much snow during the winter that it fails to completely melt over the course of the summer; the reflective properties of the snow cover then cause temperatures to lower.
Also, since when can the IPCC be considered a proper scientific body when so many of the names involved with it have actually withdrawn themselves from it? More science, less politics on the blog, please.
there was no million or billion years.
the earth is in its 6000 years it evan says that in the bible.
but i agree
there is no such thing as global warming!!!
i agree with DMITRY on the 6000 years
but i dont know if global warming exists
If Co2 heats why don't we use it to run cars and heat buildings? Greenhouses use a Co2 "poison" level of 1000pmm which is great for plant growth and has not hurt anyone yet spending a long period of time in such an environment. Greenhouse still have to have expensive heaters at night to keep plants from freezing. Now the current level of Co2 is about 380pmm and this is considered dangerous. Also I must confess that my degree is not in climatogy so I yield the floor to Al Gore, for his next mulimillion dollar blitz on " Global Xxxxxxx Climate Change." I almost forgot to add he doesn't have a degree in climatogy either.
Hey Ian, here is an article to keep the troops in line.


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text: AIA's Top 10 Green Projects Showcase Environmentally Responsible Design 04/26/2004 | April 22, 2004– In recognition of Earth Day 2004, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected 10 examples of architectural and "green" design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The top ten projects will be honored on May 27 during a presentation at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., by COTE Chair Mark Rylander, AIA, and again in June at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Chicago. The 2004 Top Ten Green Projects address significant environmental challenges with designs that integrate architecture, technology, and natural systems. They make a positive contribution to their community, improve comfort for building occupants, and reduce environmental impacts through strategies such as: reuse of existing structures, connection to transit systems, low-impact site development, energy and water conservation, use of sustainable or renewable construction materials, and design that improves indoor air quality. Several of the projects reclaim former brownfield sites. The AIA's Committee on the Environment represents more than 5,500 AIA members committed to making sustainable design integral to the practice of architecture. The seventh annual AIA/COTE Top 10 Green Projects initiative was developed by the AIA in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Building News magazine and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR® Program. The Jury selected projects that cover a broad spectrum of project types. Facilities include both new construction and renovation of office, retail, residential, academic, and institutional facilities. The panel of jurors included: Jury Chair, Sandy Mendler, AIA, vice president and sustainable design principal of the San Francisco office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK); Susan Ubbelohde, Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley; Tony McLaughlin, partner, Buro Happold, London; Don Watson, FAIA, architect and author; and William Moorish, professor of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and environmental planning at the University of Virginia. Jury members said that they wanted to pick a range of project and building types. The application forms gave them 10 metrics on each project for a quick reading on performance. "Then the text had to show that the submitter knew what he or she was talking about," said Jury Chair Sandy Mendler, AIA. "This was not a beauty parade, although a lot of the submissions are really good contenders for AIA Honor Awards." The 2004 AIA Top 10 Green Projects (listed in alphabetical order): (EDITOR'S NOTE: Images, case studies, details, and technical information are available for The Top 10 Green projects by following the link provided with each description below) 20 River Terrace, The Solaire, New York City Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, New York City http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=273 20 River Terrace is a 27-story, glass-and-brick residential tower in Battery Park City, directly adjacent to the site of the former World Trade Center, meeting both the recently enacted New York State Green Building Tax Credit and Gold LEED Certification. The architect designed the 357,000-square-foot, 293-unit building to consume 35 percent less energy, reduce peak demand for electricity by 65 percent, require 50 percent less potable water, and provide a healthy indoor environment. An integrated array of photovoltaic panels generates five percent of the building's energy at peak loading. The building incorporates an advanced HVAC system, fueled by natural gas and free of ozone-depleting refrigerants. Daylighting has been maximized, and high-performance casement windows were used throughout. All residential units include programmable digital thermostats, ENERGY STAR® fixtures, and a master shut-off switch. Jury Comments: "The architect set a high agenda in terms of bringing sustainability and social responsibility to a mainstream project in a competitive market." Environmental Services Building, Pierce County, WAThe Miller/Hull Partnership, Seattle, WA http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=162 This building sits on a 900+ acre site, much of which has been extensively mined for gravel for over 100 years, resulting in a barren landscape. As the first major building constructed under "Reclaiming Our Resources," the county's 50-year master plan for the site, it sets the tone for future development. Its driving concepts call for a more humane work environment, introduction of natural light, interior vegetation, and views to the exterior. The project attempts to make people aware of being part of a greater regional context by developing the "Mt. Rainier" axis through the site. Space planning follows a European office model: No desk is more than 30 feet to a window. Extensive daylighting studies led to the use of baffles in the skylights, a large western overhang, and exterior sunscreens on the east façade. A raised-floor air distribution system reduces the size and energy consumption of the mechanical system, improves indoor air quality, provides for future flexibility, and gives individuals direct control of their immediate environment. Night-time flushing lowers the temperature of the concrete structure by several degrees, resulting in "free" cooling at the beginning of the day. Jury Comments: "A brownfield site becomes a benchmark for future buildings as the design team applies nontraditional daylighting strategies to create interior spaces that are very humane and sophisticated." Factor 10 House, Chicago EHDD Architects, Chicago http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=271 In 2000, the City of Chicago's Departments of Environment and Housing sponsored a national competition to identify creative modifications to the existing New Homes for Chicago program. Factor 10 House's cutting edge design was one of five affordable case-study designs chosen to be built. F10's modular design responds to a narrow city site with adjacent buildings, with an open 1,834-square-foot floorplan that incorporates a solar chimney in the stairwell. The open plan enhances cross ventilation. Window placement maximizes reflected light; the solar chimney includes a south-facing clerestory window that brings natural light to the house's core. A high-efficiency gas fired boiler and perimeter fintube baseboard provides heating, while natural ventilation delivers the cooling. A wall of water bottles acts as a heat sink in winter. Jury Comments: "In a grassroots movement toward sustainability, the Chicago Housing Authority has built its first affordable housing cooled passively without central air conditioning, helping to lead the building community, including the major retail stores, to these concepts." Genzyme Center, Cambridge, MABehnisch, Behnisch & Partner Inc., Venice, CA http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=274 The building, headquarters for a biotechnology company, sits on former brownfield site in Cambridge at Kendall Square, a dense, massive "1970s Urban Renewal" development project built on wetlands fill. All of the environmental design strategies - energy efficiency, water conservation, material selection, urban site selection, and indoor environmental quality - not only contribute to the Platinum LEED rating the building is expected to achieve from the US Green Building Council – but establish an open spatial atmosphere for the building occupants. The high-performance curtainwall system boasts operable windows on all 12 floors. These windows, linked to the building management system, allow for automated control and "night cooling." Also, a third of the exterior envelope is a ventilated double-façade with a four-foot buffer that tempers solar gains year-round. The building's central atrium space acts as a huge return air duct and light shaft, and steam from a nearby power plant supplies central heating and cooling. The building will also use 32-percent less water than a comparable office building by having waterless urinals, dual-flush toilets, automatic faucets, and low-flow fixtures. Jury Comments: "The corporation invested heavily to make this great piece of architecture a model for corporate offices in the coming decade, with its sophisticated glazing, lighting, and mechanical systems that create a growing, active place supportive of its occupants." Greyston Bakery, Yonkers, NY Cybul & Cybul Architects, Edgewater, NJ http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=299 The Greyston Bakery offers a 23,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art production bakery on a 1.6-acre former brownfield site in an old industrial area near downtown Yonkers. Intended as a revitalization catalyst to this blighted neighborhood, new bakery functions as continuous automated machine to produce brownies and other baked products. The building is bisected by a three-level light shaft with translucent floors, then bisected again in the opposite direction by a two-story atrium, which separates the office area from the production bakery, and introduces light and air into the offices. The light shaft and atrium also allow natural airflow throughout the bakery. Outside ambient air cools the baked products as they travel down a continuous spiral conveyor. Jury Comments: "This is a cultural ecology where the design team understood that a workplace is not just a box you work in, but a quality environment to maintain workers; one in which the fundamental processes reveal the greatest potential for energy savings." Herman Miller, Zeeland, MI Krueck & Sexton Architects, Chicago http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=270 At the most fundamental level, reuse of a building is one of the most sustainable strategies available. This project restores, revitalizes, and transforms a classic, but aging, Modern building into an environmentally responsive, high-quality workplace, exemplifying Herman Miller's core values of human-centered, -spirited and -purposeful design. Located on the company's main campus, this two-story 1974 office building housed Herman Miller's executives until 1997. The architect stripped the interior to structure and replaced it with minimal finishes using 50-percent recycled content. They also reorganized it organized to provide maximum daylight penetration and 100 percent line-of-sight to the landscape. With 69 of its total energy produced on site, the redesign achieve a 29 percent reduction in energy consumption over ASHRAE 90.1-1999, mainly through envelope improvements and high-efficiency mechanical equipment and lighting. The project also supported the regional economy, with 57 percent of construction materials sourced within 500 miles. Jury Comments: "As if Saarinen had returned with more tools and an additional 30 years' experience in sustainable use, good light, and air, this sweet little exposed-structure box shows that the Top 10 is also about extending the life of existing buildings in clever ways." Lake View Terrace Branch Library, Los Angeles Fields Devereaux Architects & Engineers/GreenWorks, Los Angeles http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=289 Lake View Terrace Branch of the City of Los Angeles Public Library system, enjoys a spacious main reading room that stretches along the east-west axis providing dramatic views of the park to the south. The site's stormwater runoff was reduced by 25 percent with landscaping features that include a series of radial bioswales for efficient rainwater infiltration. More than 75 percent of construction waste was diverted from landfills to local recycling facilities. The Library's energy performance is more than 40 percent more efficient than California standards. Night venting takes advantage of it exterior insulated, high-mass CMU shell. Approximately 80 percent of the public spaces are naturally ventilated via mechanically interlocked windows controlled by sophisticated energy management system. A building-integrated photovoltaic system shades the entry and roofs the community room while providing 15 percent of the building's energy. The design provides nearly 100-percent shading of glazing for glare-free daylight during operating hours. The program called for a LEED® Platinum building; it is the first project of the city to attempt this level. Jury Comments: "Ample daylight without glare, the distinguished evaporative cooling tower that greets you at the entryway, natural ventilation, inventive use of color, careful material selection, and outstanding views make this library wonderful." The Plaza at PPL Center, Allentown, PA Robert A.M. Stern Architects, New York City (In association with Kendall/HeatonAssociates and with support from environmental building consultant Atelier Ten) http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=259 This LEED™ Gold high-performance urban office building was designed and built in 18 months on a suburban real estate budget ($104-per-square-foot hard cost for the shell and core). The eight-story building offers Allentown's downtown its first new office development in over 25 years. A dramatic eight-story glass atrium brings natural light deep into the core of the building, while extensive perimeter glazing provides panoramic views and abundant daylight filtered through brises-soleil directly to all building spaces. CO2 sensors ensure that fresh air is supplied directly to each building area as needed. A pair of two-story, plant-filled winter gardens along the south façade of the building provide unique workspaces for the occupants, bring daylight deeper into the floor plates, control glare, and improve indoor air quality. The building's layout and efficient building systems - plus through the use of zero-emitting or very low VOC-emitting paint, adhesives, sealants, carpet, and composite wood - reduce energy demand by more than 30 percent over code requirements. Water use is 45 percent below code requirements, and construction materials contained more than 20-percent recycled content. Jury Comments: "With a clean aesthetic in a conventional building block, this project makes a number of nice moves - with double envelopes, daylight, and a winter garden - to frame a public space and contribute it to the city." White Rock Operations Building, White Rock, British Columbia Busby + Associates Architects, Vancouver, British Columbia http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=288 The mandate of the City of White Rock was to make their new Operations Building as environmentally sustainable as reasonably possible, in accordance with the City's own policy. The 6,545-square-foot building earned a LEED Gold certification through a great variety of strategies that include photovoltaic panels for electricity and solar tubes to provide base radiant heating for the building. Daylight lightshelves reduce lighting needs. A green sod roof reduces runoff from impermeable surfaces, while a pervious parking lot to allow infiltration of water into the ground. The facility also uses storm water rather than potable water to wash down city vehicles and for toilets, and waterless urinals and low-flow faucets throughout the facility further reduce water consumption. Extensive use of materials produced within a 500-mile radius of the site also reduced transportation effects on the environment. Jury Comments: "A truly sustainable building that humans will use, cherish, and maintain over time, this collaborative achievement succeeds at all levels: massing, use of daylight, orientation, the way the water works on the site, and the use of materials." Woods Hole Research Center Gilman Ordway Campus, Woods Hole, MA William McDonough + Partners, Charlottesville, VA http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=257 Working within a challenging and constrained site, the design preserves the cultural landscape represented by an existing 19th-century summer home, respectfully and adaptively reusing the original house and adding contemporary office, laboratory, and common spaces. The all-electric building relies on renewable energy sources, including a grid-connected and net-metered 26.4-kW photovoltaic array that powers the building's closed-loop ground-source heat pump system. A planned on-site wind turbine will likely make the building a net-energy exporter. Icynene spray foam insulates all exterior walls and roof assemblies, creating a technically and ecologically effective air barrier and optimized R-values. Other components reinforce the performance benefits of this extremely secure envelope including offset-stud framing, double- and triple-glazed argon-insulated low-e windows, enthalpy wheels that recapture heat and moisture from exhaust air and precondition incoming fresh air, and high-efficiency lighting controls and occupancy monitors. 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DIY Baseball Balloons + Surprise Ball Game Gift Idea
If you have a loved one that's also a baseball fan, today's post is for YOU! These DIY Baseball Balloons are super easy to create – thanks to a simple pack of office supply sticky notes! They also make great crafty decorations for a baseball party – OR a fun addition to a gift of game day tickets. So………… if you're planning to take someone out to the ball game soon, consider hitting a home run in the creativity department by pairing the tickets up with this surprise baseball-balloon-in-a-box idea. ;)
Here's how you make them:
P.S. Click here to download the baseball printables featured in this video.
– White Mylar Balloon
– Balloon Time Helium Tank
– 14" Cake Circle* (or similar)
– Broad-tip Red Marker
– Red Sticky Notes
– Scissors
– Tape
– String
*You can also use a large round platter or other object of similar size as your tracing guide.
1. Set the cake circle on top of one side of a (non-inflated) mylar balloon. Use the red marker to trace along the edge of the circle to create a baseball "seam". Draw a 2nd seam on the other side of the balloon. (To create a double-sided baseball, flip the balloon over and repeat the lines on the back.)
2. Fill the balloon with helium. Note: most mylar balloons are self-sealing.
3. Time to add the baseball stitches! First, stick a couple pieces of rolled tape to the back of the helium-filled balloon, and use them to stick the balloon to your work surface.
4. Peel a sticky note from the stack and cut off the top portion that has the adhesive on the back. Cut this strip in half to create the first two "stitches". Repeat this process until both baseball seams are covered with stitches. (Repeat process on the back for a double-sided balloon.)
5. Tie on the string and enjoy! Use these balloons as party decorations, or attach one balloon to baseball tickets and hide it inside of a gift box so that the balloon floats out when opened! (Use these baseball printables to help deck out your gift!)
P.S. Love the gift idea but don't have enough time to DIY? You can also order pre-printed Mylar Baseball Balloons to use instead. :)
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Balloon Time. As always, all thoughts and designs are my own. Thank you so much for supporting the companies that make it possible for me to keep the creative content coming your way!
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I was just getting bored & suddenly found your tutorial it's really creative and outstanding .I am also fond of creativity and usually do that stuff using ribbons, fabrics, glitter etc… :-D
These DIY baseball balloons are a great decoration for your little slugger's birthday bash! https://t.co/vliRNvpZKP
So cool! Such a neat idea :)
This is great – what an excellent idea as a gift or for a party decoration. I could definitely imagine the baseball theme as an effective party style for a kid's party. You could even carry this theme through with the cake, and a photo booth.
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Charlie White Is Engaged, And No, It's Not To Olympic Partner Meryl Davis
Charlie White, the 2014 Sochi Olympic gold medalist, might not have taken home the Mirror Ball trophy on Season 18 of "Dancing with the Stars," but Tuesday the figure skater revealed on Instagram that girlfriend Tanith Belbin accepted his proposal! He and Belbin shrugged off rumors of a conection with ice dance partner Meryl Davis, clearly comfortable in their relationship.
"Couldn't ask for a more beautiful setting for the best time in our life! Hashtag she said yes!!!" the 26-year-old Olympian wrote. He shared a picture of the couple -- Belbin also is an Olympic figure skater -- posing in Hawaii.
Two hours after White posted his engagement picture, more than 20,000 IG followers had liked the image, which also generated hundreds of comments and well wishes.
"I promised myself I wouldn't do this. But I think Hawaii took that as a challenge 'cause dang! Look at that!" the skater added, with a snapshot of a rainbow appearing above the ocean, three days before he announced his engagement to Belbin.
White told Us Weekly in May he was looking forward to moving in with his longtime girlfriend after "DWTS" was over. White placed fifth with partner Sharna Burgess while Davis went on to win the trophy with pro dancer and "DWTS" favorite Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
"I'm very much looking forward to moving in," White told the news site after he was eliminated on May 12. "It's by a river and I'm going to be walking with her and my dog alongside the river, taking a break -- it's been a crazy year, and it's time to breathe!"
Moving in with his fiancee isn't the only change in White's life. He also recently cut his signature hair that fans grew to love by watching him skate in Sochi and dance on the "DWTS" ballroom floor. He posted a photo of his new 'do with Belbin and his hair stylist, Gjoni Camaj, the man responsible for his new look.
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text: Alva Williams Sr., 77, 331 S. Jackson St., Beverly Hills, died Tuesday. Born in Illinois, he moved to Beverly Hills from Danville, Ohio, in 1980. He was a retired control room operator for a fertilizer plant. Survivors: wife, Helen L.; daughter, Ruth M. Croft, Lecanto. Page-Theus Guardian Funeral Home, Wildwood.


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BEAVER MEADOWS -- The Beaver Meadows Police Chief Mike Morressi was dragged by a car in Carbon County Thursday.
The driver is still on the loose and the chief was sent to the hospital.
Earlier today, Chief Morressi was attempting to serve a long overdue eviction notice to a tenant outside of a home on Berwick Street in Beaver Meadows. When the chief saw the tenant, Dean Kancir, he attempted to serve the papers.
That's when he said he was dragged by a car down Route 93 near Hazleton.
Kancir was living in a burnt out shell of a home along Berwick Street near Hazleton. It's where Police Chief Morresi was trying to serve a warrant to the man living here illegally.
The home burnt back in 2003 and was later bought by the borough of Beaver Meadows.
Dean Kancir, 41, and his family have refused to leave.
Beaver Meadows Mayor William Hines said this situation is a frustrating one.
"Not only him, our County Sheriff`s Office has been trying to serve. They`ve been up here numerous times also trying to serve these papers," said Mayor Hines.
Chief Morresi said he was trying to serve papers to Kancir when he saw him outside the home. That's when the chief said he jumped onto the hood of the car to stop Kancir, and was then dragged along Route 93 north.
"My heart dropped. This is my watch, and I don`t want anybody to get hurt in the line of duty. This is only a small town," said Mayor Hines.
We spoke to the beaver meadows police chief as he was here at Hazleton General Hospital being treated. He said after this whole ordeal he`s happy to just be walking away with minor bumps and bruises
Kancir is still on the loose. Police are looking for him in a blue Toyota Tercel with missing hubcaps.
"I just passed a state trooper on my way to my house. They`re around town," said Mayor Hines.
As for Chief Morresi, he's out of the hospital with some bumps and bruises and recovering.


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In 1993, Interplay Productions, Inc. publishes Star Trek: Judgment Rites on DOS. This adventure and simulation game is now abandonware and is set in a sci-fi / futuristic, licensed title, space flight and puzzle elements.
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Part of the re-vamp of this blog will be me participating more regularly in memes, blog-hops and other social blogging projects that I like/make sense to me/want to share with others.
One of those such things is Top Ten Tuesday from The Broke and The Bookish.
Today's list is Resolutions for 2016. I prefer the term goals. Let's call them goals. See, they're
trees, um, goals.
And here they are with nifty categories.
Start/continue the journal/letters to Isla and show her that life is mostly beautiful and always an adventure, with a lesson in there somewhere. I'll also be mentioning that all her weirdness comes from her father. And me. OK, both of us. Sorry not sorry.
Participate as far as I can in NYC Midnight's Short Story Challenge. I thought about it last year. This year I'm in.
Write more consistently/constantly, generally-speaking. I want to get back to that person who filled a notebook every night and wrote a story every week. That person was me. And I have writing to do.
Finish the books I start. This could be said for the ones I've started writing, as well. But for now let's talk about books by other people.
My husband calls me a flippant reader. To illustrate this point, up until a few days ago, I had 57 (!) books on Goodreads listed under currently reading.
I have this thing where if I see something that hits me somewhere, I have to read it RIGHT NOW. All the books. Or at least 57 of them. Then I had a baby. And moved. Either that, or I lost the book. Or fell asleep. Or read the last page. And then picked up another book.
Anyway, 57 became 4. Because, well, I'm currently reading them.
Leave a stack to read through this month, and pack the rest.
Finish that series. And that one. And this one.
Organise the new place, when we get there. Or at least try.
Get new bookshelves. My current ones have followed me around since I was 18. There's mutual love there. But they are tired. And scuffed. And missing some damn dowels.
Find a mosaic coffee-table. Or maybe make one. Does that mean I get to break shit? And call it art? OK, then.
Paint a wall with chalkboard paint. For Isla. For us.
Let go of anxiety. I've had the one with the big A since Isla's been around. I'd like it to move out already.
Be. Laugh with my kid, and Neil. Read. Write. Drink coffee. Neflix. And chill. No, really.
So that's 12. Or maybe its only two, and the rest is how I get there.
I shall try. We shall see.
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Herbsaint is New Orleans' own verson of pastis, one of many varieties of strong anise-flavored liquor that began life as absinthe many moons ago, but is now only as strong as the alcohol contained within. Herbsaint has a very complex flavor; anise predominates, but there are lots of other herbs used in its distillation as well.
This soup is "creamy" while being relatively low-fat; it's thickness comes from puréed potato rather than heavy cream, and resembles a warm Vichyssoise until the heavenly liquor-poached oysters go in.
The recipe comes to us from Chef Hubert Sandot of Martinique Bistro.
Cook the potatoes until tender.
- 2 medium-large russet potatoes, rinsed, peeled and quartered
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cups of chopped leeks, white part only (rinse carefully to remove grit)
- Salt and white pepper to taste (preferably freshly ground)
- 4 cups homemade chicken stock
- 1/2 cup oyster liquor (if available)
- 16 large oysters
- 1/3 cup Herbsaint (or Pernod)
- 1 cup water
- Chopped chives, for garnish
- Tabasco
In a medium-sized saucepan, melt the butter and sweat the leeks for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the chicken stock and oyster liquor if available, then add the cooked potatoes and simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Pour the mixture into a food processor and pur&ecute;e at the lowest speed at first, gradually increasing to high speed until the texture is smooth and creamy. Be VERY careful blending hot liquids! Season the soup to taste with salt and white pepper, then set aside and keep hot.
Heat a large nonstick skillet, then pour the oysters into it quickly. Keep the skillet on high heat, shaking the contents, for 1 minute; then add the Herbsaint and ignite. Be very careful doing this. Shake the skillet until the flame goes out, then add the water and poach for 1 minute. Discard the poaching liquid.
Pour the soup into hot bowls, then place 4 oysters on top of each serving. Make a fancy design with the chopped chives, and drops of Tabasco sauce. Impress your guests.
YIELD: 4 servings
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There's a game my friends and I play called "Your Funniest Catcall."
It almost always starts the same. I'll be walking with a group of my ladyfriends, chatting about politics or kittens or whatever, when a guy we pass will say something to us. "Hey, baby," he'll say, almost like a reflex, "Nice ass."
There will be an immediate, inevitable silence. In my experience, everyone in the group will be thinking of the clever things they could have said in response -- things like, "Thanks, I sit on it," or, "It's busy right now." Nonsensical things, but anything to show a stranger that his sidewalk courtship is at all a two-way street.
Instead, silence. And then, to dissolve the tension, someone will inevitably crack, "You think that's weird, some dude last week told me I was in 'my prime.'"
Everyone will laugh gratefully. "Yeah, well, I was eating a burrito the other day and some white dudes asked me whether I liked a little Mexican in my mouth," someone else'll say. "Racism and sexism! SO HOT!"
"When my best friend and I were in Puerto Vallarta, we knew we weren't in the gay part of town anymore because people started asking us if we had boyfriends," someone else will chime in. "We used to say, 'Yes, we have ALL THE BOYFRIENDS!' just to screw with them."
The men in these stories aren't threatening. They're harmless caricatures of themselves, reduced to a punch line in an effort to hold them at arm's length. During these conversations, I don't talk about the way my throat closed up when I was on the last train home and the guy across the aisle from me in an empty train car told me I've got a pretty mouth. I don't mention the slimy feeling I got when an older man grabbed my arm during a run and breathed into my face, "You're an eight now, but you'll be a ten by December if you keep that up!"
Sometimes I've told boyfriends and dude friends about these incidents. I always get the sense, though, that they don't quite believe me. It's not that they think I'm lying, exactly, but it's hard to know the weight of someone's look on your body until you feel it firsthand.
I grew up learning that the only way to deal with bullies was to ignore them, the sort of I'm-rubber-you're-glue rhetoric that conflict-avoiders love. To acknowledge a fear of catcalling strangers, even among friends, feels a bit like letting the bullies win.
Instead, we laugh it off, because that feels like a choice the way sitting and stewing never does. It's a technique comedians have used for years: laughing at people "better" than them to forcibly bring them to their own level. Of course, that very act elevates our catcallers to mocking level in the first place.
Maybe I'm the weenie here. Maybe I'm just projecting, and my friends really do feel nothing but amusement when people catcall them. It's not as if I have to suck my lower lip into my mouth with anxiety every time my neighbor tells me my outfit makes my legs look good.
But I do get scared even when I'm in no perceptible danger. I'm tired of pretending like I can shake everything off like lukewarm water. When I'm walking to the CalTrain at 7:30 in the morning and men have said good morning to me, I've occasionally taken off running for no reason except that there's no one around and I am suddenly painfully aware of the space I take up. For me, laughing it off is no longer working.
Even writing this here feels like a betrayal of the active group fantasy of thick-skinnedness, like to admit hurt and fear is to admit our weaknesses, which then invites the question of why we don't become stronger to make ourselves impervious. Every self-defense tip I've ever heard begins with, "Walk confidently; don't appear to be a victim." I think I've internalized that advice to the degree that even voicing my discomfort among friends seems to be revealing myself as a possible target.
This kind of facade extends to outside of my friend circle, too. I find myself wanting to protect other people from the truth of my fear, particularly people who haven't ever experienced it. When my old neighbor messages me on Facebook, begging me to be careful in the city, I send back, "Don't worry, Tanya! My neighborhood is totally safe -- and I have pepper spray just in case!"
And maybe on a one-on-one basis, this half-manufactured flippancy is the only solution. The iHollaback movement, of course, has begun an active take-back-the-night kind of revolution, but it's hard to remember to make myself the aggressor when I'm alone on a train platform with a stranger who won't stop circling closer, humming along to his headphones and watching me through half-open eyes.
Every time I start to feel threatened, I repeat these compromises like a good-luck charm:
Walk tall, but not tall enough to seem overconfident.
Wear one headphone in, but listen to no music.
Make eye contact, but only glancingly. Keep one hand on your pocket like you brought your mace, even though you know you left it on your bookshelf.
And smile like you don't give a shit.
The negotiation between resisting my own victimization and protecting my safety is constantly shifting, and sometimes it's just easier to duck my head, wear my grin like a shield, and hope that's enough to defuse the situation.
Even that negotiation fails, though. Last week in San Francisco, a woman was stabbed for "rebuffing a man's advances," which is something I didn't know I'd been afraid of until it actually happened in my city. In my own neighborhood, participants at a recent march for solidarity urged people not to numb themselves to dangerous situations after an attempted rape of a woman a mile from my house.
A few weeks ago, a guy screamed at me from his car window, drove around the block to get between me and my front door, and then slowly drove past the house several times after I'd avoided him by ducking into a convenience store. Words are just words, but they can escalate so quickly into something infinitely more dangerous.
If there is a silver lining to any of this, though, it's that people around me are starting to talk about the fine line between harassment and violence. When I made it home the night that dude followed me and I told my housemates what was wrong, my first instinct was to make a joke out of it. "He was probably just looking for directions," I think I said, or something like that.
My housemates flocked around me, touching my arms and shoulders. "Call the non-emergency number and report him," one of them said. "What if this happens to someone else?"
"That's terrifying," said another one. "God, this city sometimes." Pessimistic, yeah, but it was exactly what I'd needed to hear.
I'd like to be angry or funny or clever at these situations, to feel like I'm taking back control of them. Some people use these emotions way more productively than I do. If that's your jam, consider me admiring and envious.
But I'm starting to realize that fear is a powerful weapon, too, in that it can unite people against a common enemy. And when that common enemy is violence against women, maybe the shared public acknowledgement of fear can be just as authentic and empowering as humor.
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Statue of Pope Francis to be unveiled during Mass commemorating Borderland visit
Friday marks one year since Pope Francis' historic visit to the Borderland.
In recognition of the anniversary, a 20-foot bronze statue of the pope will be unveiled Friday at 6:30 p.m. by Bishop Jose Torres Campos during a Mass.
The Mass will be held at 5 p.m. at El Punto where Pope Francis delivered his message to hundreds of thousands of people on Feb. 17, 2016.
The statue was created by sculptor Pedro Francisco Rodriguez, who began the piece a year ago. The statue shows Pope Francis in his traditional attire, holding a dove.
Juarez Chamber of Commerce president Alejandro Ramirez said people were able to contribute to the piece by donating any object made of bronze. Collection stations were set up at shopping malls throughout the city last year.
Salvador Perches, owner of Perches Funeral Homes, donated time and labor to building the base of the statue and covering it with marble and granite. He said other businesses from Juarez also contributed to the project.
Perches said he believes the statue is a symbol of hope and comfort to all of those who see it.
"When we were asked to construct the altar for the Pope in 2015, we were honored and took the task on as a religious mission. When we began working on the base of this statue, the work became something more. We were building the foundation for a statue that commemorates the Pope's visit and serves as a lasting reminder that we are blessed each and every day we are on this earth, " Perches said.
Perches said the statue is the biggest statue built of Pope Francis to date. He said Rodriguez used 22,000 pounds of bronze to build it.
"It's just beautiful, beautiful work. I can't wait for people to see it," Perches said