Daily Archives: January 3, 2011

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January 1, 2011 ‘Bend it like Beckham’ became the first western movie to be aired on North Korean TV, a nation known to revere football. http://www.ibtimes.com/ That is interesting. The movie was about a couple of London girls who want … Continue reading →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjA_RtsBfAo] Top Republican wants to regulate greenhouse gases “in a reasonable way.” http://thehill.com/ I know that the hypnotized never lie There’s nothing in the street Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on … Continue reading →

How can cities cope when the rains just don’t fall? http://www.bbc.co.uk/ http://library.thinkquest.org  

Just rode to the store in -7ºC air. After last night’s -21ºC ride, it felt like a Hawaiian vacation! My goal is to avoid getting in a car for anything personal the entire winter. Sometimes I have to drive the … Continue reading →

http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~douglass/papers/KD_InPress_final.pdf

100% of climate models predicted warming winters and declining snow. They are all flawed.

The fallout of climate change will fall disproportionately upon developing countries, which will, it estimates, bear 75-80 per cent of the damage. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2011/0103/1224286666581.html Send money you don’t have – now – out of mindless, irrational guilt.

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/71082.html Nunavut is suffering from a frightening -34F (-37C) fever. But most of the rest of the planet has a chill. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/fnl/sfctmpmer_01a.fnl.anim.html