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[ Monday, March 17, 2008 05:15 ]
Legacy Journal: Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Go Green
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On St. Patrick’s Day in Rochester, N.Y. all is well.
* The temperature is 20, the sun is out, and the streets are dry.
* The green wearing school kids on the corner have mounted the steps of the yellow bus and are launched for the day.
* The green and yellow Ducks of Oregon are off to Little Rock as a #9 seed and the NCAA Men’s BB Tournament.
* The Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN follows the Democrats in Denver, CO . Is that live home field advantage in baseball?
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# The climate good news is that no warming is in sight. Snow is reported in the hills of San Diego. CA, and the Oceans continue to buffer their pH in the historic 7.8- 8.4 range , reliably pump and sequester carbon dioxide, bicarbonate, and carbonates into the pelagic deep. One source on the science is AP 2001, Vol 1, Encyclopedia of Ocean Science, Carbon Cycle, pp 390, By Carlson, of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Ocean science seems to be the forgotten man in the AGW game on that the serious ocean scientists are beginning to weigh in on pH stabiliity, temperature consistency, and corral health.
## The greening of the Summit Dr.spring garden near Highland Park has started with a well lighted, home made, basement seed nursery of flowers, vegetables, and herbs .
### The Ducks are the # 6 team in the Pac-10. A very good ASU team was left at home. All the best to Ernie Kent and the loyal Duck fans. Do not forget to bring your A game with a first half offense, and a second half defense.
#### The Democrats including the Super Delegates are concerned about the unhealthy spectacle of an international spotlight on a Delegate credentials fight in Denver in late August as the Bejing Summer Olympics are having their closing Ceremony. The Republics will mounting the pulpit in St. Paul in early September with a forum to launch their National
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Meanwhile, the migratory birds from the south are starting to show up in Rochester at about the expected time according the local birds watchers and counters.
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