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Francesca Driving Moccasins - Stripe
Francesca Driving Moccasins - Stripe - POPPY-RED/IVORY - 6-1/2M - Talbots is rated out of 5 by 2.
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Style # P191041281
Additional Information
Introducing the stripe version of our new Francesca moccasins. Crafted from textured cotton, they feature a sleek pointed toe. The soft memory foam footbed delivers comfort, and the non-skid rubber sole enhances wearability.
- Memory Foam Footbed
- Breathable lining
- 1/2" heel
- Imported
Fit and material
Material: 98% Cotton, 2% Spandex
Francesca Driving Moccasins - Stripe - POPPY-RED/IVORY - 6-1/2M - Talbots is rated out of 5 by 2.
Rated 2 out of 5 by Wowmom from Ouch I own several pairs of the Francesca Driving Moccasins in suede and love them but this fabrication is very stiff and gave me a blister.
Date published: 2019-07-01
Rated 3 out of 5 by Aura from True to size I tend to wear a size 10 in close toed pointy shoes. I have been a 9 1/2 in many Talbots shoes, but this one is tight on me. It's also a little hard, so would suspect I would have gotten blisters. Bummed because I have to return them as they no longer have a 10. They keep small stock so it sells out fast. I recommend buying 2 sizes and return the one that doesn't fit. They are very cute though, a sorta washed summer red. If they were softer, these would be great.
Date published: 2019-06-04
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How do you clean this shoe?
We recommend consulting a shoe care/repair specialist who may recommend a protectant or cleaner designed for the specific fabrication.
Date published: 2019-03-08
Hello. Where are these made? Is this a flexible shoe?
The item is imported from China and has a very flexible rubber outsole.
Date published: 2019-03-01
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My name is Amanda Oraeki from CE Ejigbo group, Zone 2 lagos, Nigeria. I met Jesus in the year 1996.
It was during a night vigil. Before then, I had been attending church like everyone else, having a passion for the things of the kingdom but lacking knowledge greatly.
this particular night, the minister told us to lift up our hands and worship God. Of course, I did.
but the funny thing was that during the worship, I found myself crying-for no reason. That moment, I asked Jesus to come into my life.
i started confessing that I loved Jesus. He did because before long I was on the floor, rolling and shouting, crying and speaking in strange tongues.
Even when the service was over, I was still speaking in tongues uncontrollably. The journey did not end there because I went from church to church with a hunger that was not yet satisfied.
One day, sick and tired of staying at home without attending service, the Holy Ghost got me to my feet and brought to my notice a Christ Embassy catalogue of churches. I found my way there and since then, it s been a testimony of glory.
Thank you Pastor for the revelation of the Word,for the impact of the Spirit! Now, my restlessness has ceased. Peace has come.

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Hello Everybody!
Yesterday I went "thrifting" with a friend of mine. We went to some thrift stores and some antique stores. So fun!
I got a couple of cool things that I wanted to share with you!
First is this material. It's over a yard and I paid 50 cents for it! Check out this great retro 70's print. You will have to stay tuned to see what I do with it!
Ok, so at a different store, more with antiques and cute things, I found a big "bowl" of buttons. I probably could have been there all day going through this huge collection of buttons! But I found these things...Napoleon Coin buttons that have the shank on the back so it really is a button--or 2 of them anyway. I paid $2 for these. And the Asian coin on the right was only 50 cents. A total of $3. How great is that!
You never know where cool things are going to pop up. I like to go to garage sales and thrift stores. I have seen craft things at Goodwill, also. Recently, I saw a bag of pompoms, cord, embroidery floss, and ribbon. Since I have a full supply of all those things I left it for the next person to enjoy. However, I did pick up a small guest book there for a $1. Like my friend says, "It was talking to me." Hopefully, my creativity will talk to me, I can do something cool with it and share it!
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Appropriate adult services have historically been arranged at local authority level as part of the social work function (for adults) and the YOT function (for people under 18)[1]. The large majority of current AA schemes remain organised and funded at local authority level.
Depending on the local context, this approach may have a number of potential benefits.
- Integration with other local services may be preferred over alignment with a police area.
- The scheme can focus on the needs of the local area and there is direct control over preferred key performance indicators
- There is greater opportunity for a local scheme co-ordinator to develop effective working relationships with key contacts in the police and other related services
- Services are sustainable irrespective of decisions in other local authority areas
- Simpler and quicker to integrate with other services, developing local partnerships, information sharing agreements and referral pathways
- People tend to be motivated to volunteer in their local community
Where existing arrangements are effective at the single local authority level, developers / commissioners should consider the risks, as well as the potential benefits, before pursuing a wider geographical scope.
[1] There are 152 principal local authorities in England and Wales. They have responsibility for adult social care. This includes county, unitary and metropolitan borough councils and excludes district councils.
Where provision takes place at a local authority level (whether in-house or commissioned) there are still possibilities for collaboration across local authority areas.
- Collaboration over key performance indicators
- Joint performance reviews
In some areas, contracts are let at a local level but the same provider has been used. This has, in effect, meant the sharing of overheads without joint commissioning.
In some areas local authorities have pooled resources to develop multi-area services. The key drivers for this appear to be:
- Decreasing costs by reducing the replication of fixed overheads (i.e. scheme leadership and administration).
- Responding to changes in the police custody estate, for example whereby local police stations have closed in favour of larger facilities that serve multiple local authorities. (It should be remembered that voluntary interviews may not take place in custody facilities)
- Responding to increases in demand for AAs for adults due to improved identification
- Aligning with wider collaboration between specific local authorities
- Engaging with a wider set of co-funders and/or commissioners
- Responding to significant cross-border crime
Generating efficiency savings may provide a local area to reinvest in improving the service to meet required needs and standards. For example, this could help to fund an extension of operating hours or adding adult provision to a children-only service.
Potential challenges associated with this approach include: -
- Each local authority becomes dependent on the financial decisions of the other(s). Where an AA service is only sustainable due to the combined resources of multiple local authorities, a decision to reduce or remove funding in one area may lead to the failure of the service in one or more others.
- Partnership development involves the investment of considerable resources, which may negate the intended efficiency savings.
- Key performance indicators must be agreed across partners
- Information sharing may become significantly more complex and there may be significant differences in referral pathways
- Preferred providers with strong local links may not have the authorisation, capacity or desire to scale up and expand into other areas
- Areas with a high population density and volume of demand may be difficult to manage beyond the local level.
While in some areas a police force area covers a single local authority (e.g. Norfolk) others cover multiple areas. For example, there are:
- 5 local authorities are within the Avon and Somerset Police area
- 10 local authorities are within the Greater Manchester Police area
- 32 local authorities, are within the Metropolitan Police area (City of London Police cover 'the Square Mile').
The potential benefits and challenges are similar to those for local authority collaborations that do not cover an entire force area. However, the additional specific benefits are: -
- Clarity on responsibility for provision
- A single point of contact for police officers.
Where the force area includes a large number of local authorities, the challenges of a combined approach increase. There may be limits to the extent to which increasing size brings about savings (see Estimating Costs: Efficiency).
Dedicated, specialist 'TACT' custody facilities serving terrorism investigations are organised in regions. Although terrorism investigations represent an extremely small percentage of all police investigations, these are often serious cases with significnat implications for children and adults who require an AA.
Scheme developers and commissioners should consider how provision will be organised. This may be achieved through developing protocols with other developer/commissioners in the same TACT region.


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Our collection of girls' hats are perfect for the warmer months of spring and summer and will make sure she's outside having fun for longer. From cute character hats to Printed Trilby styles we've got the cool and colourful hats she'll want to wear all season long.
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The Romanian fashion brand Almaz was founded in 2015 by Andra Olaru; together with Stefana Maior, she creates luxurious, fresh and avant-garde clothes for confident modern women. With a focus on contrasts and versatility, the Almaz women's collection celebrate the ever-changing facets of the contemporary woman: bold yet feminine, inviting but unattainable, streetwise but sophisticated, fashion conscious women will find a harmonious blend in the label's unmistakable signature.
Creative director Andra studied fashion in Milan, a global centre for fashion, before returning to Romania to launch her own ready to wear brand. Stefana is a designer who studied in Bucharest: her creative vision is a dialogue between function, form and design. She painstakingly deconstructs classic styles, recreating them in a fluid and highly individual way to create covetable clothes that are a delight to wear.
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2 Terrible Things That May Happen If A Business Owner Dies Without A Will
By making out a will, you will be, indeed, standing up for your own free will. A final will and testament gives you the power to say how your business may be run and how material things will be distributed in the event of your death. It also states things like who will have custody of any children you have who are under the age of 18. If you don't have a will, it can wreak havoc for your loved ones, and they can be left out in the cold without the things you would want them to have.…Read More »


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Tap. Tap. Tap. The noise was familiar, yet one she hadn't heard in a long while. Nina opened an eye. There it was again. Tap. And then a change. Plunk. Rain on the tin roof. She opened her other eye.Continue Reading
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One night, two powerful storytellers.
Giant Steps* presents Javier Morillo's A Resisters Handbook and Dr. Elaine Richardson's PHD (Po H# on Dope) to Ph.D, two deeply personal hour long solo shows back to back.
A Resisters Handbook (for holding on to optimism in shitty times)
Javier Morillo used to tell organizers, 'ours is a vocation of optimists.' The hard realities of social justice work, as well as the political atmosphere of the country, have at times challenged that premise. In A Resisters Handbook, he charts the path he followed from being a restless academic who moved to Minnesota to teach at Carleton College to becoming the leader of a union of janitors and service workers. Along the way, he finds new answers to the challenge: can we hold on to optimism in a really shitty world?
PHD (Po H# on Dope) to Ph.D.: How Education Saved My Life
Written by Mary Weems, Performed by Dr. E. Richardson
A theatrical adaptation of her memoir, Dr. E's one woman show takes audiences through crises of an urban Black girl ensnared in teenaged sex trafficking, addiction, and abuse to self-discovery and love.
Tickets: $20 here
Ticket sales end day of show but any extras will be available at the door.
Strike Theater is located in the Thorp Building. We recommend parking in the lot on the west side of the building or on 18th Ave.
*Giant Steps is an organization facilitating conversations to advance artists and entrepreneurs. Our annual conference to provide insights, connections, and inspiration for creative entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial creatives takes place on October 27th, 2017, the day before this event. Both Javier Morillo-Alicea and Dr. Elaine Richardson will be speakers featured at the conference. http://giantstepsmn.com/


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OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwired - Dec. 8, 2016) - Canada Revenue Agency
Canadians work hard for their money and the vast majority pay their fair share of taxes. But there are still too many wealthy Canadians who continue to find ways to not pay what they owe. This is not fair and robs all Canadians of the resources necessary to support the valuable social programs available in this country. That is why the Government of Canada is working hard to crack down on tax avoidance and tax evasion, in order to ensure a tax system that is more responsive and fair for all Canadians.
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, this week received the Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee's (OCAC) first report, on the subject of the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP). The Committee supports the VDP as an integral part of the CRA's administrative and enforcement regime and offers recommendations to enhance it and improve it for the benefit of Canadians. Minister Lebouthillier welcomed the overall tightening of the VDP to ensure fairness of the tax system, notably in order to limit the repeated use of this program by sophisticated taxpayers who wish to minimize what they owe and restrict the circumstances in which it can be used. The Minister and the CRA will leverage the OCAC's recommendations to review the VDP parameters. Changes will be communicated in late 2017.
The VDP, which provides Canadians with an opportunity to correct their tax affairs, was identified as the initial area of focus for the OCAC. In the course of its study, the Committee met with CRA officials to more fully understand the breadth of the program currently in place in Canada and also reviewed literature from other countries where similar programs exist.
Minister Lebouthillier also took the opportunity to thank the OCAC members for their contributions and highlighted their unique experience and viewpoints. As the Government of Canada prepares its response to the House of Commons' Standing Committee on Finance's report, "The Canada Revenue Agency's Efforts to Combat Tax Avoidance and Evasion," the insight provided by the Committee is timely. It will help inform the CRA's next steps, including evaluating the scope of the program, the circumstances surrounding disclosure and how much relief individuals may be entitled to receive.
Announced by Minister Lebouthillier on April 11, 2016 to build on the measures announced in Budget 2016, the OCAC, an independent panel of experts with legal and tax backgrounds, was established with the mandate to advise the Minister of National Revenue and the CRA on current and future administrative strategies to tackle offshore tax evasion and tax avoidance.
"I welcome the Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee's first report and wish to thank the committee for its unique insight and for providing its invaluable experience to help improve the tax system for the benefit of hard-working middle class Canadians."
"Our government has made it a priority to make the tax system fairer for middle class Canadians and to crack down on those who cheat and who do not pay their share. That is why we created the Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee - to advise us on the best ways to improve our tax system. We will continue with our efforts to crack down on tax cheats. My message is clear: the trap is closing."
- The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, P.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue
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Nightly hotel rates in Las Vegas are ridiculously affordable. You can easily find rooms on the Strip for as low as $22 a night. Yes you read that right.
And even if you decided to a little bit, you can still find 4-5 star hotels for less than $150 a night.
You just need to know where to look and how to book them.
Here are some surefire tips that will help you score some awesome Las Vegas hotel discounts and deals as well as get the cheapest rooms possible.
1. Join a Hotel's Membership Program for Discounts
Every major hotel in Las Vegas offers a "gaming" club that you can join. With this you'll get immediate access to discounted room rates and exclusive promotions and deals.
Here are all the programs that you can join:
2. Visit Midweek
Las Vegas room rates are absurdly cheap Monday-Thursday, with Tuesday and Wednesday generally being the cheapest.
3. For Weekend Getaways, Come Saturday-Monday
Sure the clubs may not be as bumping on Sunday or Monday, but if you're looking to come to Vegas for other reasons, this is generally the cheapest way to visit. Even though you're paying a premium price on Saturday night, you'll notice a significant drop on Sunday's room rate. Plus, flying out on a Monday is cheaper than Sunday.
4. Keep an Eye on the Convention Calendar
Vegas is the convention capital of America. Every week there's something going on. Whether if it's a small business convention or CES, it's almost guaranteed that there's going to be a conference during the week you visit. So in order to save some money on your hotel rate and vacation as a whole, be sure to come during times that aren't during any major Vegas conventions.
Check out the Las Vegas Convention Calendar.
5. Avoid Fight Weekends (or the Super Bowl)
Unless you're coming to watch the fight, try to avoid big sporting events and music festivals.
Check out the fight schedule here.
6. If Military (or Veteran), Get a Military Discount on Room Rates
Almost every major hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and beyond (including those near Fremont Street) offer military discounts. Expect to save anywhere from 10-20% on your entire stay.
For the complete listing of Las Vegas military discounts, check out this awesome guide!
7. Save 10% if You're a First Responder
First Responders which includes EMT, firefighters, and police officers can save 10% off their stay at at of the Caesars properties.
8. Save 10% if You're a Teacher
If you're a teacher, you can save 10% off your entire stay at any of the Las Vegas Caesars properties.
9. Get a 10% Discount if You're a Student
Students can save 10% on their room rates at any of the Caesars properties.
10. Take Advantage of AAA Member Discounts
AAA members can save 10% on MGM Mirage Properties.
11. Take Advantage of Local Resident Rates
If you live in Nevada, there are actually quite a few hotels that offer special packages and discounts for locals. Just check the "Offers" page on any hotel that you're considering for more details.
12. Compare Rates for all Hotels in Your Budget
Using sites like Booking.com, Expedia, and TripAdvisor allows you to get the best idea on how much you'll be paying while also getting an idea of what past guests have to say about their recent stays. Or better, check out Vegas.com for hotel specials and deals. But the best deals can be found at HotelRooms.SHOP.
13. Do Your Research
Not all hotels in Las Vegas are created the same. The difference in quality from a 4 star and a 5 star is very noticeable. The same goes with a 3 and 4 star. My advice, check out each hotel's website, watch YouTube videos, read TripAdvisor reviews, and compare amenities.
14. Research Resort Fees
Almost every major hotel on or near the Las Vegas Strip has resort fees. These fees can range from $20-32 a night. And the worst part about it is that it's not initially included in the hotel price. You'll only get the true total once you start the room booking process.
Thankfully there are a few hotels that don't charge a resort fee meaning that you'll only need to add tax to your room rate. Here they are:
- Alexis Park All Suite Resort
- Arizona Charlie's Decatur
- Arizona Charlie's Boulder Highway
- California
- Cannery
- Casino Royale Best Western Plus
- Eastside Cannery
- Four Queens
- Fremont hotel and casino
- Lucky club
- M Resort
- Main Street Station
- Wyndham Grand Desert
15. Use Your Marriott Rewards to Stay at the Cosmopolitan
Did you know that the Cosmopolitan is part of the Marriott Autograph Collection and that you can use your Marriott Rewards points to book a room there? It's true! Plus, you can even combine your points and cash to book your room.
16. Share Your Room
This is almost a no brainer. The more people you can squeeze into a room, the cheaper your cut will be.
17. If Your Resort Experience Has Been Poor, Complain
If your room is dirty or you had a bad experience at a hotel's restaurant, be sure to complain (respectfully).
Chances are you'll get an apology as well as some nice perks such as a resort credit, show tickets, drinks, vouchers, etc.
18. Stay in the Middle of the Strip
Staying in the middle of the Strip doesn't mean you'll find cheaper hotel rates (although most of the cheaper hotels are there), it's mainly just a better way for you to save money and time when trying to get around the city.
By staying in the main hub area (anywhere between Caesars Palace, City Center, Planet Hollywood, and the Flamingo) you'll save money by taking less or shorter taxi rides as well as have closer access to cheaper eateries on the Strip.
Heck, you can basically walk from hotel to hotel if you stay in these hub hotels:
- Harrah's
- The LINQ
- Flamingo
- Bally's
- Paris Las Vegas
- Planet Hollywood
- The Cromwell
- Aria
- Cosmopolitan
- Bellagio
- Caesars Palace
19. If the Strip Isn't for You, Stay in Downtown Las Vegas
This is the real, genuine Las Vegas that was once the norm before the Strip came along. Here you'll find really cheap resort room rates as well as cheap eats.
A couple of the more popular ones include:
- Four Queens
- Golden Nugget
And if Downtown Las Vegas feels a little too sketchy for you, you can alway stay a few blocks off the Strip at one of these hotels:
- Palms Casino Resort
- Rio Las Vegas
- M Resort
- Green Valley Ranch Resort
- Silverton Casino
- South Point Casino
20. Join a Hotel's Membership Program for Free Parking
(article courtesy of https://urbantastebud.com/las-vegas-on-a-budget/)


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Off the ice with… Pierre-Luc Gagnon
A chat with the legendary skateboarderby Hugo Fontaine, translated by Dan Braverman @canadiensMTL / canadiens.com
A living legend in the skateboarding world, Pierre-Luc Gagnon has won pretty much everything there is to be won as a pro. Twenty-one-time medallist at the X Games - good for fifth-most in the event's history - the Boucherville native may be living in California these days, but isn't one to turn his back on his roots and takes full advantage whenever he comes back to Quebec. We caught up with the skateboard artist ahead of his appearance at the Jackalope festival in Montreal to talk about his career… and some hockey, too.
You're in Montreal for the Jackalope festival, but you won't be able to participate in the demo you were scheduled to do with Tony Hawk. How much are you looking forward to getting back in action - in a real competition?
PIERRE-LUC GAGNON: I've been doing a lot of physiotherapy for a few weeks, but I'm really disappointed I can't take part in Jackalope. I won't be ready for the demo in Montreal. I still wanted to be in town to support the event and have some fun with my friends. I would have really liked to be able to perform and be 100% ready, but at the same time, I've been a pro skateboarder for 20 years. It's part of the game.
I'm really disappointed I won't be able to perform for the people here, but Tony Hawk will be here and he'll put on a great show. He doesn't do competitions anymore, but the fact he's in Montreal is a unique opportunity not to be missed. One of my really good friends, Elliot Sloan, will be in, too. He won the MegaRamp at the X Games this summer. Lizzie Armanto will also be here. She is one of the best skateboarders in the world.
You settled down in California a long time ago, but do you still sometimes miss Quebec?
PLG: My immediate family are all still in Quebec. It's definitely hard to be so far away from them in California, especially now that I have a three-year-old son. That's why I'll be sticking around a bit longer after the event and will go spend some times with my parents at Mont Tremblant.
I also like that there are four seasons in Quebec. In California, there's no winter. It might be better for skateboarding, but I'd like to teach my son how to play hockey, and it's not as popular there. In Quebec, there are skating rinks all over the place in the winter and it's easy enough to find ice and some skates. I'll be able to get him into skiing since there are a few mountains not too far away, but it's different for hockey.
Do you really miss winter in Quebec?
PLG: (laughs) I don't miss having to scrape my windshield or shovel my driveway. But I miss snow for the holidays. The older I get, the more often I want to come back to Quebec. When I was younger, I was too busy with traveling around for competitions. I miss home a bit.
Did you ever play hockey?
PLG: When I was younger, we would play games for fun on the rink in Tremblant every Saturday. I was there because I did a lot of skiing back then. I was pretty good. I skied with Erik Guay, who competed in several Olympics. We would race each other all the time. Afterwards, I started doing more skateboarding, so it felt natural to get more into snowboarding.
Do you have a favorite spot in Montreal you try to visit every time you come?
PLG: There isn't really one spot in particular. I try to eat poutine every time I come back to Quebec. (laughs) You can't find it in California. My go-to would be Mont Tremblant, to see my parents.
What do you think hurts more, taking a spill on a botched landing in Vert or taking a solid bodycheck along the boards?
PLG: I think it all depends on whether you see the impact coming. In skateboarding, you feel it the most when you don't see it coming. When you're in the air, you're totally focused on landing your jump and that's all you're thinking about. All of a sudden, you fall and it really hurts. In hockey, you'll often see your opponent coming, so you have time to brace for the impact and to put yourself in a position to absorb it. Also, don't forget that in skateboarding, we practically have no protective equipment when you compare it to what hockey players wear. (laughs)
What's the relationship like among skateboarders? Is it super competitive, or is it the kind of relationship where you'll go out to eat together after a competition?
PLG: It's really nice, we're all friends. We practice together. There are definitely some who you like more than others and during a competition, we're all there to win. But in skateboarding, there's nothing I can do that will have a negative impact on my opponent; it's an individual sport. The only thing I can do is be at my best and hope it's enough to win. It's not like if I were a defenseman in hockey and I was trying to slow down an opponent. Seeing others land new moves and overtake you in competitions just motivates me to want to do better.
What do you think when people say that skateboarders aren't real athletes?
PLG: I had been working with a physical trainer, Rob Garcia - who worked with Oscar De La Hoya for a long time - for a few years. I was doing lots of boxing and cross-training to be in the best physical shape possible. Not all skateboarders train like that, but I took it very seriously. I worked out with Rob three or four times a week. He forced me to test my limits and I had the best years of my career with him.
The Bell Centre is much smaller than other venues you've competed in, but would you like to see a skateboarding event there someday?
PLG: Why not? The X Games have taken place at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, and it's not as big as the Bell Centre. Some of the events took place inside the building, and some were outside. If it ever happens, I'd definitely like to be there. I've always hoped they would schedule events in Quebec and I've always wanted to take part in competitions here. I'm happy something like Jackalope is here, it's going to be really big.
In hockey, some players have won it all in their career. That pretty much describes how it's gone for you in your sport. You're 37 years old now; would you say it's getting harder to get motivated, knowing you've already done it all?
PLG: I don't want this to come off the wrong way, but it does get repetitive at a certain point. Everything was going well and I was at my peak. But I got hurt and I realized my body wasn't ready for me to keep going. When that kind of thing happens, it reminds you how important it is to savor every moment. Now, my motivation is to recover and win a competition after being hurt and on the sidelines for a long time.


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Let's talk about the Superbowl. I go to a friend's house to watch this event every year with no expectations whatsoever. In fact, I often don't even know which teams are playing. However, I continue to take on this method each year, because it works very well for me. The past couple of years, I arrived at the scene of the action, and picked whichever team all of my friends were rooting for. Both times, that team won (I think…). This year, though, things went a little bit differently. You see, I flew out to Maui on the day that the Seahawks qualified for the Superbowl. In fact, I was on a plane out of Seattle during the game, so the captain was giving a play-by-play to all of us passengers throughout the game. Therefore, I really felt a special connection to this team. So problem solved! Now I can just have my own opinions! Right? Wrong.
From the Wednesday before the big game to the day of, I was constantly at battle with myself and one of my friends. You see, this friend's hometown happens to be Denver, so her and her entire family, along with, as it seems, the majority of my youth group, were going Broncos. She had even managed to get people to the dark side who's entire families were pro-Seahawk. UGH! Annoying.
(DISCLAIMER: This friend I speak of is fabulous. Only I am allowed to speak of her this way. Read her blog. Seriously though, I love you, my dear!!!)
I then chose that I would put on a facade of "I don't care" to avoid the flack that I would get otherwise, while still inwardly cheering for the Seahawks.
[SIDE NOTE] On Saturday I was talking to some other friends about the Superbowl, and one of them said that if someone asks you who you're rooting for, you should just throw out a team from a different sport. Another friend proceeded to demonstrate, "Seattle Mariners!" he said, then, "Tiger Woods!!!" This brought me great joy.
Anywho, on game day, I dressed in a color-neutral outfit, and arrived at my friend's home with my speech prepared:
The moment I entered the room, I was bombarded with a hoard of people all asking the same question: "Seahawks or Broncos???" However, I held my neutral ground and gave my simple answer… over… and over… and over… and… stinking… over. "I. Don't. Care." So I went through the entire game, watching to Seahawks POUND the Broncos, not uttering a single sound other than "I don't care." The only time I didn't use my rehearsed response was once, when someone said something about enjoying watching football. I said, "It's alright… but I prefer watching golf." The only responses I received were those of, "Why?? Golf is boring!", "*judging you*", and "*silence*".
I decided that my best course of action would be to turn around and crawl back into my shell of "I don't care."
So I have chosen that this is a method that works well for me in various sports, to just not care, or to take a deep breath and keep silent about my opinions, unless I'm around those who share in my biases. I decided this is a good outlook.
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A place to discuss Keighley Boys' Grammar School.
Rearrange these well known trades and professions into the social order of the 1950s (your parents' most respected ones first):
Plumber/ rag and bone man/ broadcaster/ nurse/ joiner/ policeman/ mill worker/ insurance man/ shopkeeper/ doctor/ newsagent/ journalist/ lorry driver/ airline stewardess/ rubbish collector/ department store worker/ newsreader/ (merchant)navy/ entertainer/ psychiatrist.
Rubbish Collector
Rag and Bone Man
Dept Store Worker
Lorry driver
Insurance Man
Airline Stewardess
Merchant Navy
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 58-64
Current location (optional) Wirral
Oops my post is in an upside down order. but it wouldn't let me edit !
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 58-64
Current location (optional) Wirral
Yes, Brian. The edit function seems to have vanished. I was going to edit to include politician, but it wouldn't let me....Anyway, good list. I wonder what others will come up with.
Certainly in general agreement with your listing, Brian, though I would have put policeman rather lower and air stewardess (the air-hostess as she then was) rather higher. In the fifties, there was still a lot of competition for the job of air-hostess in a very restricted market (pre-bucket shop airlines), and only "young ladies of the best sort" (only privately educated, finishing-school, university graduates and debs need apply...) tended to land them.
I think too, at the local level, the Mr Mainwarings of any small-to-middling size town were much respected, up there with the doctors, the solicitors, the clergy and, surprisingly, given their government-manufactured, abysmal standing now, schoolteachers.
An interesting exercise, Allan.
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1951-58
Current location (optional) Keswick, Cumbria
Allan - Any particular reason why you've omitted members of the Armed Forces (commissioned or otherwise)? Or, for that matter local government employees (above a certain level) who, I recall, were held in a certain level of esteem?
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No Brian - no reason. Just didn't think of them. Feel free to include them in the list your parents would have made! (Lots of other occupations I failed to include which may have ranked highly for my parents, secretary being one of them).
This is very difficult Allan.
I've searched my memory for things my father said regarding such occupations.
Maybe some of his views were dictated by whether he knew people in certain occupations, and whether he'd been employed in such occupations in the past (see "insurance man" - he had done this job and didn't rate the value of it too highly)..
Here's my rough guess at what he would have said.
Merchant navy
Department store worker
Mill worker
Lorry driver
Rubbish collector
Insurance man
Rag and bone man
I've left out airline stewardess and psychiatrist since I'm not sure if we knew of the existence of such callings when I was a little lad.
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1958-65
Current location (optional) Leeds
Surely, throughout the fifties, the pecking order was largely determined by category of job which, in turn, was largely determined by the rigid class system. At the top end, certain 'professions' still belonged mainly to the upper classes, the public school/Oxbridge route: stock-brokers, diplomatic service, broadcasters, lawyers, higher ranks in the armed forces etc. Others to people who had come through the grammar/private school system, but hadn't been able to go to university (unlike doctors, teachers in the 'better' schools): bank managers and cashiers in banks, building societies and so on, solicitors, secondary modern, infant & junior school teachers (college trained), nurses, many clergymen. Then came the self-employed such as small factory owners, shop-keepers, garage owners, farmers. Below them were the skilled workers (who had completed apprenticeships), semi-skilled workers, unskilled workers, factory workers and labourers. In the fifties, the effects of the 1944 education act had not yet begun to be felt. We who were educated in the late forties and fifties were the first to begin breaking down this rigid class/job system having the first opportunity ever on offer in British history of upward social mobility, which was built into the system. Only in the sixties and seventies did our presence begin to be felt in any numbers in the professions in particular. The fifties belonged, still, to the pre-War world.
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1951-58
Current location (optional) Keswick, Cumbria
That's right Doug. There was a socially-determined, "accepted" hierarchy as you say. However Allan asked about what we recalled of our parents' views, which may, or may not, have been in tune with the class system as it was then perceived.
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1958-65
Current location (optional) Leeds
I think my parents' list would have gone something like:
doctor/newsreader/policeman/broadcaster/airline stewardess/jentertainer/journalist/department store worker/nurse/insurance man/shopkeeper/newsagent/psychiatrist/(merchant)navy/joiner/lorry driver/joiner/mill worker/rag and bone man
By and large I agree with Doug's analysis. Any job where you 'got your hands dirty' was essentially inferior, in my parents' eyes, to white collar jobs. In our house, being an insurance man was considered a worthy occupation for some reason. I think ours gossiped about the neighbours, which gave him brownie points in my mother's eyes.
There are numerous professions missing from my impromptu list, notably lawyers and teachers. Teacher would have been very high up the list, probably right after doctor. Today's rankings would be different in many Keighley households, I imagine, and of course the list of jobs would have to include hairdresser, nail bar owner and tatooist.
I think the jobs in the upper echelons barely touched Keighley. The order of jobs only began with doctors, teachers, bank managers, then moved downwards. I think that in my family, which was definitely working-class, any job in which you didn't wear blue overalls or get your hands dirty was considered a cut above what most people in our street did. One young woman was a dentist's receptionist and she was thought to have a 'reight good job', as was being a secretary, working in a bank or an office, being 'one of't bosses at Trico', and so on. Expectations were low because of the nature of the town, it was still very much factory-based, with very many of the relatively few 'white-collar' jobs being direct or indirect spin-offs from that. What do people now work at in Keighley, I wonder?
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1951-58
Current location (optional) Keswick, Cumbria
I don't think any particular social order would have occurred to my parents. They were working class, both left school at 14 and knew "their place" in Society. I am enclosing a small piece from my own "Aussie Memoirs" which I think illustrates the thinking of people of our parents vintage. Just to fill in gaps, I left home for Aussie with my parents blessing at the age of 17 looking for a better way of life than I could foresee in post war Yorkshire, rightly or wrongly. They followed me out with my siblings as assisted migrants about 18 months later in 1955. The following clearly illustrates how my dad thought. I had arranged for them to transfer their funds to a local bank in Geelong, by this time I was 19. Here we go-----------
I am going to relate an incident now which will illustrate the difference in attitudes between England and Australia in those days, and also how much I had developed in the 18 months I had been in Geelong. When dad and I went to visit the bank there was a short queue at the enquiry counter. We waited our turn and as the person in front of us finished and turned away, I stepped forward and said something like "right dad, it's our turn." Unbeknown to me, dad had stepped back to let a chap in a suit and tie go first. When I turned around and realised what was happening, I said to dad, "come on, it's our turn now." We finished our business and when we got outside dad said to me "don't you ever do that to me again." A bit bemused I had to ask "what have I done?" "You know, you embarrassed me in there when you stepped in front of that chap in the suit." Then I realised where dad was coming from. I said to him "dad, you are in Australia now, it was OUR turn. Because he was wearing a suit it doesn't give him priority over us." In fact, I was also wearing a suit but that didn't register with dad. We were still a working class family and someone wearing a suit was management or better off than us.
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1947-51
Current location (optional) Orewa, NZ
Bill, that sounds very much like gut acceptance of a particular social order to me; the one your dad had recently left behind in Yorkshire. I sincerely hope he lived long enough to realise, as you had, that Australia was offering something quite different.
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1951-58
Current location (optional) Keswick, Cumbria
Hi Doug. Thankfully he did live another 22 years down under and loved it and never regretted the move. He always accepted being a working class lad, but I know that quietly, he was very proud of how I got on in life. He found it hard to believe though, that his eldest son was on first name basis with a PM in NZ, who was a real working class chap who not only built his own house, he moulded and made the bricks to build it with. That was Norman Kirk of course. I remember saying to someone at the time, mid 70s, that only in NZ could it happen when I answered the phone in my office to hear voice "that you Bill, Norman Kirk here" etc etc. He was a champion bloke. Cheers.
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1947-51
Current location (optional) Orewa, NZ
Doug - you were wondering what folk work at in Keighley nowadays. Well, yesterday I was driving from Edinburgh to Fife and found myself behind a lorry emblazoned with the legend 'Intelligent Logistics of Keighley'. So there's your answer. Intelligent Logistics - t'thinkin man's wagons!
Well, Allan, that reminds me that once or twice, recently, when driving through Keighley, I've found myself behind a wagon which tells us: 'From Yorkshire - supplying the whole of London'! So, far from what I expected, it does seem that t'owd place 'as really gone up i't'world. And we shouldn't forget 'Taylor's for Men of the Planet' at this juncture, either!
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1951-58
Current location (optional) Keswick, Cumbria


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The first thing to understand is that getting a new loan to pay off old debts does nothing to reduce the amount of debts you have right now. I know that sounds obvious (and it is) but too many people have the mindset that... "if I could just get a new loan to pay off these debts, things would get better".
Instead, their focus should be on assessing their financial situation, preparing a personal budget and taking the necessary steps to increase their income and decrease their expenses. Reducing interest rates and monthly payments through a new loan (whether it be an unsecured loan for debt consolidation or perhaps a home equity loan) should be a secondary focus.
So is it recommended?
Many financial experts will say "no" (especially to a home equity loan).
The answer usually lies in the details of the loan. In many instances, even if the interest rates are lower, other details of the loan such as excessively long (and mandatory) payback terms, can make it unwise. Again, it really depends on your personal situation and the terms of the loan.
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Think about it. Would you lend money to someone who is having debt problems without any security if they default on the loan? Probably not.
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Would you?
Not likely.
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March 25, 2014 by admin
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As geochemist James Lawrence Powell continues to prove, the only people still debating whether or not climate change is "real," and caused by human activity, are the ones who aren't doing the actual research. In an update to his ongoing project of reviewing the literature on global warming, Powell went through every scientific study published in a peer-review journal during the calendar year 2013, finding 10,885 in total (more on his methodology here). Of those, a mere two rejected anthropogenic global warming. The consensus, as he defines it, looks like this:
Powell even had to expand that itty bitty slice of the consensus pie five times for us to make it out – the actual doubt about climate change within the scientific community is even tinier.
Adding this new data to his previous findings, Powell estimates that the going rate for climate denial in scientific research is about 1 in 1,000. The outliers, he adds, "have had no discernible influence on science." From this, he comes up with a theory of his own:
Very few of the most vocal global warming deniers, those who write op-eds and blogs and testify to congressional committees, have ever written a peer-reviewed article in which they say explicitly that anthropogenic global warming is false. Why? Because then they would have to provide the evidence and, evidently, they don't have it.
What can we conclude?
1. There a mountain of scientific evidence in favor of anthropogenic global warming and no convincing evidence against it.
2. Those who deny anthropogenic global warming have no alternative theory to explain the observed rise in atmospheric CO2 and global temperature.
These two facts together mean that the so-called debate over global warming is an illusion, a hoax conjured up by a handful of apostate scientists and a misguided and sometimes colluding media, aided and abetted by funding from fossil fuel companies and right wing foundations.
UPDATE 3/26/2014 9:27 PM: The headline of this post has been corrected to reflect the correct number of articles referenced by Dr. Powell's research. Powell also clarifies that many of those studies were authored by multiple scientists, so the complete number is actually higher. The headlines has been updated to reflect this as well.
On his methodology, Powell notes, he only verified that two out of the 10,885 articles he found concluded that anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is wrong: "It is a safe assumption that virtually all the other 10883 do not reject–that is, they accept–AGW but I can't say for sure that each one of them does."
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Global warming not stopped, will go on for centuries – WMO
March 24, 2014 by admin
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GENEVA (Reuters) – There has been no reverse in the trend of global warming and there is still consistent evidence for man-made climate change, the head of the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday.
A slow-down in the average pace of warming at the planet's surface this century has been cited by "climate sceptics" as evidence that climate change is not happening at the potentially catastrophic rate predicted by a U.N. panel of scientists.
But U.N. weather agency chief Michel Jarraud said ocean temperatures, in particular, were rising fast, and extreme weather events, forecast by climate scientists, showed climate change was inevitable for the coming centuries.
"There is no standstill in global warming," Jarraud said as he presented the WMO's annual review of the world's climate which concluded that 2013 tied with 2007 as the sixth hottest year since 1850 when recording of annual figures began.
"The warming of our oceans has accelerated, and at lower depths. More than 90 percent of the excess energy trapped by greenhouse gases is stored in the oceans.
"Levels of these greenhouse gases are at a record, meaning that our atmosphere and oceans will continue to warm for centuries to come. The laws of physics are non-negotiable," Jarraud told a news conference.
The 21-page survey said the global land and sea surface temperature in 2013 was 14.5 degrees Celsius (58.1 Fahrenheit), or 0.50C (0.90F) above the 1961-90 average. It was also 0.03C (0.05F) up on the average for 2001-2010.
The WMO's Annual Statement on the Status of the Climate, pointed to droughts, heatwaves, rising seas, floods and tropical cyclones around the globe last year as evidence of what the future might hold.
It was issued on the eve of a conference bringing climate scientists together with officials from over 100 governments in Japan from March 25-29 to approve a report on the effects of future global warming and how these might be mitigated.
A draft of this report, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says global warming will disrupt food supplies, slow world economic growth and may already be causing irreversible damage to nature.
The chair of the IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri, told Reuters last week that the report made even more compelling the scientific arguments for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Some 200 countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to less than 2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, largely by cutting emissions from burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.
Sceptics argue that changes in global weather are the product of natural fluctuations or other natural causes.
But such arguments were rejected by Jarraud.
Natural phenomena like volcanoes or the El Nino/La Nina weather patterns originating in Pacific Ocean temperature changes had always framed the planet's climate, affecting heat levels and disasters like drought and floods, he said.
"But many of the extreme events of 2013 were consistent with what we would expect as a result of human-induced climate change," declared the WMO chief, pointing to the destruction wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Another example was the record hot summer of 2012-13 in Australia which brought huge bush fires and destruction of property. Computer simulations showed the heat wave was 5 times as likely under human influence on climate, Jarraud said.
Among other extreme events of 2013 probably due to climate change were winter freezes in the U.S. south-east and Europe, heavy rains and floods in north-east China and eastern Russia, snow across the Middle East and drought in south-east Africa.
(Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
Yes, Manmade Global Warming Is Worsening California's Epic Drought
March 23, 2014 by admin
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California's epic drought got even worse last week. The U.S. Drought Monitor reports that the area of California under moderate drought (or worse) rose from 94.6 percent of the state to a stunning 99.8 percent. The area under extreme or exceptional drought rose from 65.9 to 71.8 percent, encompassing the entire agriculture-rich Central Valley
Back in January, we interviewed 8 of the leading climate and drought experts in the country, who explained in great detail how climate change is worsening California's epic drought in multiple ways. As I discussed in my 2011 literature review in the journal Nature — even in regions where climate change does not alter the amount of precipitation, it will have these effects:
What precipitation there is will probably come in extreme deluges, resulting in runoff rather than drought alleviation. Warming causes greater evaporation and, once the ground is dry, the Sun's energy goes into baking the soil, leading to a further increase in air temperature…. Finally, many regions are expected to see earlier snowmelt, so less water will be stored on mountain tops for the summer dry season.
The president's science advisor John Holdren made precisely the same points in a recent paper.
These points are disputed by very few. So why is there any confusion? A relatively small subset of experts are focused very narrowly on the issue of whether global warming caused a reduction in precipitation — but they generally fail to make clear how narrow their perspective is. NOAA's Martin Hoerling did this in a recent New York Times piece, asserting "At present, the scientific evidence does not support an argument that the drought there is appreciably linked to human-induced climate change."
Now, in fact, there is science supporting the argument that the reduction in precipitation is directly linked to human-induced climate change, specifically Arctic ice loss. I broke that story last June (see here) and updated it again in March.
But even setting aside the precipitation issue, our leading scientists have repeatedly made clear that global warming is worsening the drought. In a letter to the NY Times, three top drought experts — Peter Gleick, Jonathan Overpeck, and Connie Woodhouse — explain that the issue of what "caused" the drought "is the wrong question to ask":
The current drought has certainly been exacerbated by climate change for one simple reason: Temperatures in California are now higher today, as they are globally. This alone increases water demand by crops and ecosystems, accelerates snowpack loss, and worsens evaporation from reservoirs. There are other complicating effects, but the influence of higher temperatures on drought is already real and cannot be ignored.
We are now unambiguously altering the climate, threatening water supplies for human and natural systems. This is but one example of how even today we are paying the cost of unavoidable climate changes.
As if to underscore this point, last week NOAA released its climate analysis of the U.S. winter, reporting:
California had its warmest winter on record…. The California winter temperature was 48.0°F, 4.4°F above the 20th century average, far exceeding the previous record, set in 1980/81, by 0.8°F.
And as Tamino explains, in California, "If we look at an actual measure of drought — the Palmer Drought Severity Index, or PDSI — then there is a decreasing trend (which means, toward more and/or more extreme drought) which is statistically significant."
Finally, our favorite climate videographer Peter Sinclair has interviewed a variety of scientists on this subject in yet another must-see video:
EarthTalk: Global warming and your health
March 14, 2014 by admin
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Dear EarthTalk: How is it that global warming could cause an increase in health problems and disease epidemics? Do we have any evidence that it is already happening? — Jim Merrill, Provo, Utah
Global warming isn't just bad for the environment. There are several ways that it is expected to take a toll on human health. For starters, the extreme summer heat that is becoming more normal in a warming world can directly impact the health of billions of people.
"Extreme high air temperatures contribute directly to deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory disease, particularly among elderly people," reported the World Health Organization. "In the heat wave of summer 2003 in Europe, for example, more than 70,000 excess deaths were recorded."
WHO added that high temperatures also play a role in elevated levels of ozone and other air pollutants known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiovascular problems. And according to the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists, warmer temperatures and higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide can stimulate plants to grow faster, mature earlier and produce more potent allergens.
"Common allergens such as ragweed seem to respond particularly well to higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, as do pesky plants such as poison ivy," the group reported. "Allergy-related diseases rank among the most common and chronic illnesses."
Another way global warming is bad for our health is that it increases extreme weather events that can injure or kills large numbers of people. According to WHO, the number of weather-related natural disasters has more than tripled since the 1960s. Likewise, increasingly variable rainfall patterns combined with higher overall temperatures are leading to extended droughts around the world.
"By the 2090s, climate change is likely to widen the area affected by drought, double the frequency of extreme droughts and increase their average duration six-fold," reported WHO. One result is likely to be a downturn in agricultural productivity along with a spike in malnutrition. Another is less access to safe drinking water, a trigger for poor sanitation and the spread of diarrheal diseases — not to mention resource wars.
Perhaps most worrying to public health experts, though, is the potential for global warming to cause a spike in so-called "vector-borne diseases" like schistosomiasis, West Nile virus, malaria and dengue fever.
"Insects previously stopped by cold winters are already moving to higher latitudes" toward the poles, UCS reported. Researchers predict that thanks to global warming an extra two billion people, mostly in developing countries, will be exposed to the dengue virus over the next half century.
A related fear is that thawing permafrost in polar regions could allow otherwise dormant age-old viruses to re-emerge. This year, French and Russian researchers discovered a 30,000 year old giant virus, previously unknown to science, in frozen soil in Russia's most northerly region. While the virus, which researchers dubbed Pithovirus sibericum, is harmless to humans and animals, its discovery has served as a wake-up call to epidemiologists about the potential re-emergence of other viruses that could make many people sick. While some of these re-emergent viruses might also be new to science, others could be revitalized versions of ones we thought we had eradicated, such as smallpox.
Contacts: WHO, www.who.int; UCS, www.ucsusa.org.
EarthTalk is by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss of E — The Environmental Magazine (www.emagazine.com). Send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Global Warming Slows Antarctica's Coldest Currents
March 5, 2014 by admin
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A shift from briny to fresh in Antarctica's ocean waters in recent decades could explain the shutdown of the Southern Ocean's coldest, deepest currents, a new study finds.
The cold currents, called the Antarctic Bottom Water, are chilly, salty rivers that flow from the underwater edge of the Antarctic continent north toward the equator, keeping to the bottom of the seafloor. The currents carry oxygen, carbon and nutrients down to the deepest parts of the ocean. Previous studies have found this deep, dense water is disappearing, though researchers aren't sure if the shrinkage is part of a long-term trend linked to global warming, or a natural cycle.
The new study suggests that Antarctica's changing climate is to blame for the shrinking Antarctica Bottom Water. In the past 60 years, the ocean surface offshore Antarctica became less salty as a result of melting glaciers and more precipitation (both rain and snow), researchers reported Sunday (March 2) in the journal Nature Climate Change. This growing freshwater layer is the key link in a chain that prevents the cold-water currents from forming, the study finds.
"Deep ocean waters only mix directly to the surface in a few small regions of the global ocean, so this has effectively shut one of the main conduits for deep-ocean heat to escape," said Casimir de Lavergne, an oceanographer at McGill University in Montreal.
Holey ice
The linchpins linking freshwater and cold currents are polynyas, or natural holes within sea ice. These persistent regions of open water form when upwellings of warm ocean water keep water temperatures above freezing, or when winds drive sea ice away from the coast.
Polynyas are one of the main sources of Antarctica Bottom Water. Polynyas act like natural refrigerators, letting frigid temperatures and cold winds chill seawater and send it sinking down to the ocean bottom. As the cold water sinks, warmer ocean water comes up to take its place, maintaining the polynya's open water. [Album: Stunning Photos of Antarctic Ice]
But as Antarctica's ocean surface water has freshened, fewer polynyas have appeared, the researchers found. That's because the fresher water is less dense. Even if the water is very cold, it doesn't sink as readily as saltier water, de Lavergne explained. The freshwater acts like a lid, shutting down the ocean circulation that sends cold water to the seafloor, and brings up warm water into the polynyas.
"What we suggest is, the change in salinity of the surface water makes them so light that even very strong cooling is not sufficient to make them dense enough to sink," de Lavergne told Live Science. "Mixing them gets harder and harder."
Trapped heat
In addition to warming and shrinking the Antarctic Bottom Water currents, the reduction in polynyas could be trapping extra heat in the Southern Ocean, de Lavergne said.
"If the warm waters aren't able to release their heat to the atmosphere, then the heat is waiting in the deep ocean instead," he said. "This could have slowed the rate of warming in the Southern Hemisphere."
De Lavergne cautioned that the heat-storage effect is localized and not related to the so-called global warming "hiatus" — the recent slowdown in the rise of global surface temperatures.
"Our study is still a hypothesis," he added. "We say that climate change is preventing convection from happening, but we do not know how frequent it was in the past, so that's a big avenue for future research."
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Endangered species' top 10 list: Save these ecosystems
January 6, 2011 by admin
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Oceana, an international ocean conservation group, yesterday released a new report that identifies vital habitats in need of protection, if key endangered species are to have a chance to survive climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 20 to 30 percent of the world's species will be at increased risk of extinction if global temperature increases exceed 1.5 to 2.5 C (3 to 5 F) above pre-industrial levels. The climate threats to species include increased disease, diminished reproduction, habitat loss, and declining food supply.
For species that are already struggling on the brink of extinction, global climate change threatens to push them over the edge, said Huta. We certainly need to reduce global warming pollution, but we also need to act now to prioritize and protect some of the most important ecosystems for imperiled wildlife. Endangered species don't have the luxury of waiting for political leaders to act to slow the pace of climate change.
List of top 10 ecosystems to save for endangered species featured in the report:
1. Arctic sea ice, home to the polar bear, Pacific walrus and at least six species of seal
2. Shallow water coral reefs, home to the critically endangered elkhorn and staghorn corals
3. The Hawaiian Islands, home to more than a dozen imperiled birds, and 319 threatened and endangered plants
4. Southwest deserts, home to numerous imperiled plants, fish and mammals
5. The San Francisco Bay-Delta, home to the imperiled Pacific salmon, Swainsons hawk, tiger salamander and Delta smelt
6. California Sierra Mountains, home to 30 native amphibian species, including the Yellow-legged frog
7. The Snake River Basin, home to four imperiled runs of salmon and steelhead
8. Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, home to the imperiled Whitebark pine, an important food source for the threatened Grizzly bear and other animals
9. The Gulf Coasts flatlands and wetlands, home to the Piping and Snowy plovers, Mississippi sandhill crane, and numerous species of sea turtles
10. The Greater Everglades, home to 67 threatened and endangered species, including the manatee and the red cockcaded woodpecker
Climate change is no longer a distant threat on the horizon, said Leda Huta, executive director of the Endangered Species Coalition. It has arrived and is threatening ecosystems that we all depend upon, and our endangered species are particularly vulnerable.
Seven additional ecosystems were nominated but did not make the Top 10. They nonetheless contain important habitat for imperiled species. These ecosystems include Glacier National Park, the Jemez Mountains, Sagebrush Steppe, U.S. West Coast, the Maine Woods, the Grasslands of the Great Plains and the Southern Rocky Mountains.
The new report, which includes information about each ecosystem, as well as recommended conservation measures, is available online at www.StopExtinction.org.
Scientists ranked Arctic sea ice and shallow water corals as two of the highest priority ecosystems threatened by climate change in an Endangered Species Coalition report demonstrating the urgency of saving habitat for endangered species. The report, entitled Its Getting Hot Out There: Top 10 Places to Save for Endangered Species in a Warming World was released January 5th, and examines how the changing climate is increasing extinction risk for imperiled fish, plants and wildlife.
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Atlantic currents have seen 'drastic' changes: study
January 4, 2011 by admin
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GENEVA Scientists have found evidence of a "drastic" shift since the 1970s in north Atlantic Ocean currents that usually influence weather in the northern hemisphere, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday.
The team of biochemists and oceanographers from Switzerland, Canada and the United States detected changes in deep sea Atlantic corals that indicated the declining influence of the cold northern Labrador Current.
They said in the US National Academy of Science journal PNAS that the change "since the early 1970s is largely unique in the context of the last approximately 1,800 years," and raised the prospect of a direct link with global warming.
The Labrador Current interacts with the warmer Gulfstream from the south.
They in turn have a complex interaction with a climate pattern, the North Atlantic Oscillation, which has a dominant impact on weather in Europe and North America.
Scientists have pointed to a disruption or shifts in the oscillation as an explanation for moist or harsh winters in Europe, or severe summer droughts such as in Russia, in recent years.
One of the five scientists, Carsten Schubert, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Acquatic Sciences and Technology (EAWAG), underlined that for nearly 2,000 years the sub polar Labrador current off northern Canada and Newfoundland was the dominant force.
However that pattern appeared to have only been repeated occasionally in recent decades.
"Now the southern current has taken over, it's really a drastic change," Schubert told AFP, pointing to the evidence of the shift towards warmer water in the northwest Atlantic.
The research was based on nitrogen isotope signatures in 700 year old coral reefs on the ocean floor, which feed on sinking organic particles.
While water pushed by the Gulfstream is salty and rich in nutrients, the colder Arctic waters carried by the Labrador current contain fewer nutrients.
Changes could be dated because of the natural growth rings seen in corals.
"The researchers suspect there is a direct connection between the changes in oceanic currents in the North Atlantic and global warming caused by human activities," said EAWAG in a statement.
Copyright 2011 AFP. All rights reserved.


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The Australian share market is expected to open lower as a trade war between the US and the closest of its allies looms.
US stocks fell on Thursday after the United States moved to impose tariffs on metal imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, prompting retaliatory measures from some of its trading partners.
The Australian share market is expected to open lower as a trade war between the US and the closest of its allies looms.
At 0700 AEST on Friday, the Australian share price futures index was down seven points, or 0.12 per cent, at 6,009 points.
The Australian share market on Thursday finished higher after energy stocks rallied on stronger oil prices and local retailers gained on news Amazon will block Australian consumers from buying products from its overseas sites.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 27.2 points, or 0.45 per cent, at 6,011.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 29.7 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 6,123.5 points.
In economics news on Friday, CoreLogic releases its capital city house prices index for May, and the Ai Group's Australian Performance Manufacturing index is due out.
US stocks fell on Thursday after the United States moved to impose tariffs on metal imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, prompting retaliatory measures from some of its trading partners.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said a 25 per cent tariff on steel imports and a 10 per cent levy on aluminum imports from its allies would go into effect on Friday.
Mexico responded by imposing measures on US farm and industrial products, targeting pork legs, apples, grapes and cheeses, as well as steel.
At the close of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 251.94 points, or 1.02 per cent, to 24,415.84, the S&P 500 lost 18.74 points, or 0.69 per cent, to 2,705.27 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 20.34 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 7,442.12.
The spot price of gold in Sydney at 0700 AEST was $US1,298.28 per fine ounce, from $US1,304.94 per fine ounce on Thursday.
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Oil prices were mixed after data showed a larger-than-expected decrease in U.S. stockpiles last week but investors continued debating the future of the production-cut deal that has boosted prices.
The U.S. dollar recorded its second straight day of losses, as fears over trade wars and import tariffs came back into focus and Italian politicians seemed to have found a resolution to the country's post-election gridlock.
The ICE U.S. Dollar Index was down 0.2% at 94.002, after skidding 0.8% on Wednesday.
For the month of May, the index gained 2.4%. The WSJ Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a wider basket of rival currencies, was little changed at 87.05, having risen 1.7% in May.
The euro was higher at $1.1692 versus $1.1666 late Wednesday in New York. The shared currency rallied to a high of $1.1725, after having dropped to an intraday low of $1.1510, its lowest level since last July. On the month, the euro dropped 3.2% against the greenback.
The Australian dollar is slightly lower after US stocks suffered significant falls as concerns about a trade war loom.
At 0635 AEST on Friday, the local currency was worth 75.66 US cents, down from 75.76 US cents on Thursday.
Britain's top share index ended May as the month's best-performing major European index, shrugging off worries over a political crisis in Italy as commodities-related stocks rallied.
The blue chip FTSE 100 index ended the day down 0.2 per cent at 7,678.2 points, while mid-caps rose 0.1 per cent. A fall in financial stocks weighed on the market on the day as Deutsche Bank shares tumbled
Germany's DAX 30 index closed 1.4 per cent lower, and stocks in France were down 0.53 per cent.
Asian stocks rebounded from a two-month trough on Thursday as the political turmoil in Italy that roiled global financial markets showed signs of easing.
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