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[ Thursday, April 03, 2008 06:44 ]

Legacy Journal: Rochester Rites of Spring: Squash, Squash, and more Squash

Section:
Opinion

Summary:
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.” ----- Aristotle

* The University of Rochester and the local Squash Racquet community is hosting a “Satellite” Pro event. Erika and Jon Little of Brighton are hosting Armando Olguin , a teaching and touring Pro from the San Francisco Bay area.

As the ground unfreezes, it near time to plant what the Seneca Indians call the “Three Sisters”—corn, beans and squash.

* It is also time to squash a few delusions and predictions : the pending American Hurricane Season, the Future of the American Democrat Party, the state of the American Economy, the failure of American Public Education, the degenerate state of the New American Generation, the Coming Collapse of the Global Climate System, ---- etc.

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: The game of Squash seems to be having a mini surge of popularity. Young kids are being signed up by their parents for lessons in Manhattan, NY to Marin Country, CA. Elitist and expensive, it is seen as a way to starting networking toward the Ivy League and Wall Street. In 2003 Forbes magazine rated the game as the # one fitness sport. Impact injuries are rare. Cardio-aerobics are rated at at 800 - 1,000 kcal/hr among top Pros. Upper, core, and lower body muscle strength and speed are required. Endurance, mental toughness, consistency, and practice discipline complete the competition package.

Clearly, the game has gone global with roots in the British Empire and Commonwealth. Youngsters of 23-26 are top ranked. English is the universal language of the sport. The top players come from Egypt, Scotland, Pakistan. Mexico, Colombia and Canada contribute their share of young, mobile talent. College recruits in upstate NY come from Japan, the Ukraine, and even Pennsylvania. Senors also play the game

:: Prof Jared Diamond of Guns, Germs and Steel fame and fortune, continues, as he has for 10 years now, to remind us from his video reruns that geography, geology, climate, and the accidents of migration have much to do with food production, animal domestication, surplus, technology , social organizations and the sustainability( or not) of primitive cultures. The recently the DNA story, grave site
Aztec archeology in Peru, and Native American finding in Oregon have all added complexity and new time lines to the more simple Diamond narrative and interpretation.

::: Experts from Colorado fearlessly continue to make their embarrassingly bad annual predictions. The 2008 Hurricane season edition in now out. A related inconvenient embarrassment is the $6 per bushel of corn and the $4 per gallon price of diesel full. What happened to all the environmental happy talk about how using corn alcohol and stopping oil exploration and drilling was key to controlling global fever.

Today’s temperature bullseye is Yuma, Arizona where the all time low of 13 degrees was recorded within the past 5 years. The another bullseye is the international hot spot , Venezuela, where General Chavez has announced his intent to nationalize the cement industry. Cemex of Mexico is the major external investor

In addition, the Wigley article from the NCAR on the assumptions of the IOCC on carbon emissions rates and published the early April edition of Nature, the weekly international science journal, is yet another wakeup call at the credibility of some of the IOCC Climate Commission’s claims. From nytimes., science writer, Andrew C. Revkin does a partial journalistic mea culpa on his previous “ robins in Inuit land” reporting. To his credit, Revkin does acknowledge that the error was reported by the climatologist Patrick J. Michaels on a blog site at World Climate Report..

Meanwhile, the good new is that the baseball and local lake and stream trout season is underway.

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[ Friday, January 25, 2008 12:59 ]

Legacy Journal: Science on the Run, Media Muddle, and the Local Weather

Section:
Environment

Summary:
* New junkies are getting whiplash. First ABC evening news nice guy, Charlie Gibson, polishes his exit with a pretty picture of the first sign of spring. It is a brief view of the sun peaking over the horizon at Pt Barrow Alaska. Then the ABC GMA sunrise crew chirps in with a full light clip on the use of mobile Arctic Norwhales being tagged by a research team with temperatures sensors. The sensors record realtime water temperatures as the pod cruises for food in the open Arctic channels off the west coast of Greenland. The team is assisted by noble and knowledgeable native kayak builders, paddlers, and hunters. Franz Boas of Baffin Bay fame must be smiling. Yet another early morning weekend crew the recent California rain, snow and avalanche deaths to yet further evidence of AGW . They almost came unglued over pictures of a cute Zoo born Polar bear cub.

The disconnect is the light. Most fifth graders know that the Arctic regions are cold and dark in winter. Yet, the GMA report fails to date and time their picture. Is there a problem here?

Meanwhile, primary politics is piling up and piling on. It is five men standing on the Republican side. One woman, two men and one proxy standing on the
Democrat side. The good news is that one field of candidates appear to be serious about civility and putting their best public faces, feet, and voices forward. The controversy focused media is not pleased, but voters are ecstatic.

* Today the D&C and ABC WHAM, weather guy, Glenn Johnson explains that space satellites can report images, infrared date, and atmospheric water vapor information. That data can report on jet engine contrails and open ocean water channels through the summer Arctic Ocean ice packs. Apparently, satellites are not able to accurately report the temperature on the earth side of clouds. Nor are they able to take photographs of the North Pole in the dark of winter.

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: Meanwhile, Revkin of the nytimes Dot Earth blog has a piece that outlines the scientific framework of his views. His lead is begins, The world’s largest group of earth scientists says “the human footprint on Earth is apparent.” The UGS, incorporated in Washington, D.C., and its active 12 subgroup leadership including the Atmosphere group are examples. Revkin also mentions the AGS and includes part of their October 2006 policy statement.

“The Geological Society of America (GSA) supports the scientific conclusions that Earth’s climate is changing; the climate changes are due in part to human activities; and the probable consequences of the climate changes will be significant and blind to geopolitical boundaries. Furthermore, the potential implications of global climate change and the time scale over which such changes will likely occur require active, effective, long-term planning. GSA also supports statements on the global climate change issue made by the joint national academies of science (June 2005), American Geophysical Union (December, 2003), and American Chemical Society (2004). GSA strongly encourages that the following efforts be undertaken internationally:

(1) adequately research climate change at all time scales,
(2) develop thoughtful, science-based policy appropriate for the multifaceted issues of global climate change,
(3) organize global planning to recognize, prepare for, and adapt to the causes and consequences of global climate change,
(4) organize and develop comprehensive, long-term strategies for sustainable energy, particularly focused on minimizing impacts on global climate.”

:: TimeInc has a Climate Change piece called Winds of Change. It is not serious science. Sadly, the article is sophomoric in style, superficial in analysis, and scant in originality. Here is an example.

“You have Republicans and Democrats getting on board with this,” says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, “and the reason why is because the public is increasingly there already.” Think about the logic and the grammar: “ increasingly there already”. As Mrs Van taught in the fourth grade, “ Either we have arrived at the station, or we have not.” End of story.

::: Finally, a very cool blog. Snow biking in Alaska. Now there is something that Californians transplanted to western upstate New York can identify with.

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[ Wednesday, January 02, 2008 09:55 ]

Legacy Journal: Resolution: Take the Cure - Cut Consumption.

Section:
Environment

Summary:
“The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves.” ---- Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond, the popular non fiction author and today’s nytimes Op Ed Page Contributor, has a popular and long held view of the world, IE, Population Pressure, rising consumption expectations, and carbon fueled environmental pollution are associated with the cause and effect linked story of the rise and fall of cultures and civilizations. The cycles of human history may be largely accidental, but also includes the adaptability and resourcefulness of preliterate “indigenous “ natives.

Currently a tenured UCLA emeritus professor of Geography and environmental health, the 70 year old Diamond has Bio-morphed from membrane cell biologist, to medical school physiologist, to amateur exotic topical birder, to amateur anthropologist, enthusiastic world traveler, to his current position. His titles and awards are many.

Main:
In the times, Diamond states that currently, Europeans enjoy “a higher standard of living” and less consumption than the U.S. Does Diamond really believe that the EU has better institutions of Higher Education and BioMedical Research, a more accessible system of public education K-16, more choice and variety in public access to public lands, more affordable and greater choice in quality food, clothing and housing, a better job market, a lower rate of unemployment, a lower rate of interest and inflation, a lower tax burden, a more free media, a less restrictive immigration policy , ---- etc, etc.?

: Meanwhile, life goes on. Have a ball in 2008.

:: In the mean time, It is 19 degrees on a bright mid day in Rochester, Rt 70 between Denver and the ski slopes has been cleared of snow, and storms in Iowa are welcoming the party watchers and participants from around the world to the caucus circus.

::: 40 % of possible Iowa caucus goer are said to be nonaffilicated independents 5% will be Republics crossing over at Democratic events. Even out of state students can work on a campaign, participate in an opinion poll, and register a legal primary vote all in one day. Welcome to Iowa.

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