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#HappyNewYear: Why Hello There 2020!
It's almost not 2019 anymore, a year that looks so modern, so in the future, but sixty years from now will look as old-fashioned as a Model-T and women just securing the vote.
On to 2020, the most futuristic-sounding year yet. Funny how they all feel that way at first.
And, in what is now firmly a tradition, here is a short story from my collection, Better Living Through Gravy and Other Oddities:
In with the Old
"It's nothing personal," she said as kindly as she could muster, "it's just time."
"But I'm not nearly as used up as they said I would be," the other one said, "not nearly at all. I'm not wrinkly, or old – I'm kind of in prime time." She gave herself an once-over, careful not to break her bond with the contraption behind her.
"Unfortunately, we really need the machine." She sighed and tapped her pen on her clipboard. "We only have a few more hours."
"We?" said the woman in the machine. "We only have a few more hours? You're going to install that thing," she gestured with her head toward the giggling baby making faces at the man in the white coat at the other end of the room, "and go on with your routine. You think don't have it down by now? Daily dial turnings, just one click. Then you, with that pretend-serious look, yanking that lever. You think I didn't notice you enjoy those lever pulls? Well I did. And you do."
"Now come on, Wanda, there's no need to be this way. You can go out with dignity." She shot a look across the room to her coworker. He was too enthralled with the baby to get her message for a little help.
"What am I supposed to do now? I was huge, I was everything."
"You're sounding like a bad movie."
"They don't tell you what you're supposed to do when it's over." She relaxed her grip on the copper handles inside her chamber, her visible gears going slightly slack down her arm toward her shoulder, the teeth just a bit looser. The worker took that as a good sign. She quickly tamped down her encouragement, in case Wanda saw.
"There are always retrospectives," the woman said. "You know, 'Best ofs.' And there's still plenty to do in the first few months, while people are getting adjusted. You know, rent checks, 18-month calendars, that kind of thing."
"And then what?" said Wanda. "Then what happens? Where do I go? What do I do?"
"I'm so glad you asked," the woman said, finally able to return to her script. "You see, we have this lovely facility, all of you go there, you know, when you're finished. Here," she slid a glossy folded paper from beneath the clip of her board and held it toward Wanda. "There's even a brochure."
The pictures were bright and multicolored, with others sitting and laughing, eating, strolling by the water, the patina of their clockwork innards glinting warmly in the setting sun. It didn't look too bad. She nearly let go of the handle to take the brochure, to open it, to see what kind of crafts there were, as promised on the cover, when she remembered.
"No," she said.
"Wanda," said the woman, her tone sharpening, gaining hardness around the edges, "I'm afraid you haven't got a choice. It's time."
She shook her head as much as the chamber allowed, which wasn't much. "I'm not going."
"But what are we supposed to do with him?" She pointed her pen at the baby, who turned, stared at them and burst into a full beam, his tiny gears engaging as he reached his arms toward Wanda. "It's his turn now. Don't you want to give him his turn?"
Wanda closed her eyes. It wasn't fair, she thought. It went by so quickly, her lifetime of usefulness, her purpose, and now she was supposed to retire off with the rest of them, with some anonymous body of water and a dining hall and crafts. Though crafts are nice. But still, this was her machine, it was hers.
The worker had moved away, but she could hear her talking softly, her sentences interspersed with the cluck of her two-way handheld.
"No, no, I'm telling you it didn't work." Something unintelligible garbled through from the other side. "No. Clamped on, completely. Like a vice." Again, soft electronic murmuring. "It's like Oh-Three all over again." More garble. "What? She can't hear me. I'm away from the chamber." Indistinct chatter. "Fine, fine, Trinity. Like Trinity all over again." She waited for the response. "That would probably be best." After a long interlude of murmur, the handheld fell silent.
"Umm, Wanda?" said the worker several minutes later, the ice in her voice retreating. "I'd like you to meet someone."
"Not interested," she said, her eyes still closed. She knew the truth, the worker had practically said so herself, with the conversation she thought Wanda couldn't hear. She was only a number to those people. Oh-Three indeed. "What do you call me when you're out of the lab?" she said, her eyes still completely shut. "When you're talking to your buddy over there at lunch or wherever it is you go?"
"Wanda," the woman said, her discomfort obvious even to Wanda and her closed eyes.
"What do you call me? One-One?"
"Wanda, really, there's someone here you should meet-"
"Or Eleven? Do you call me Eleven? A number to you, that's what I am after all this time."
"I thought she couldn't hear," she said to someone, though Wanda wasn't going to bother to open her eyes to see who it was. "I swear, I wouldn't have used the technical–"
"Technical?" said another voice, a new voice, a male voice. "Technical? Really? Is that how you're describing it?"
"Well-"
"Her name is Wanda, you know," he said, his tone both relaxed and oddly engaging despite the rebuke. Wanda couldn't help herself, she opened her eyes a crack.
"I'm Oden," he said with a half-smile. "I'd shake your hand, but I understand your position. Obviously," he said. His gears were slightly rainbowed with a healthy dose of age. Wanda thought they made him look distinguished.
"Oden," she said. "So I?"
"Replaced me, yes." He took a step toward the chamber, careful to keep a distance. "Flip of the switch and it was me in there. And you over there," he said, and smiled at the baby, a real smile, not a put-on one.
"What did you do?"
"I went," he said. "It was time. It's how it works, you know."
"I know," she said, looking at her feet, so comfortable in the only spot they'd ever known. She glanced up and met his gaze. "I know," she said again.
"The place really looks like the brochure," he said, offering her his hand to help her to step out. She considered it, but didn't lessen her grip on the handle.
"What about the crafts?"
He took the hand he'd been holding out and dug into his pocket, his gears gliding smoothly along. He pulled out a wallet. "I made this," he said. "Stitched it myself." She took in the uneven stitches and frowned. "I'm not a very good crafter," he added quickly, "but they are fun to try."
"Hmm," said Wanda. She glanced at the worker who looked at the clock on the wall and back at Wanda, her face full of cautious hope. Oden set out his hand again.
"The sunsets are every bit as pretty," he said, "and the best part is there are no more dials, no more levers. No more chamber."
"But I like the chamber," she said, scooting back to be further back within it.
"You like the chamber," he said, "because all you know is the chamber. Take a leap."
"No, no," said the worker, "that's him." She pointed at the baby.
"You understand you're not helping the situation?" Oden asked her.
"I do, yes, realize that now."
"So what do you say, Wanda?"
She gave her chamber and the lab a final look over. She could probably make a better wallet. She could certainly make a better wallet. Maybe they'll have pottery. Slowly, she released first her right hand and then her left, and placed it in Oden's outstretched palm. The machine beeped behind her while the worker anxiously watched the clock, the man with the baby leaning, ready to place him.
She stepped out of the machine.
The woman grasped a crank on the side of the box and turned it furiously so that the chamber got smaller and smaller and the arms shorter and shorter. The man, watching the clock rather than her or the baby, placed the baby where she had been moments before but where she would never fit now. The baby giggled.
Without looking back, Wanda took Oden's arm, and together, they headed toward the door. They reached it and disappeared into the flash of sudden white light.
The worker leaned against the machine, her hands shaking. "Happy New Year, everyone," she said weakly.
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Tags #HappyNewYear, #TuesdayThoughts, #WednesdayWisdom, amwriting, new year, writing
#MondayThoughts: Done
So many things are done. All those scarves I decided for some reason it was a good idea to make. Probably that weird warm streak we've been having.
The year.
So bizarre that the year is done, I feel like I've zapped forward in time, to exactly the same spot a year later, this year a blur.
Though I have the blog posts to prove the days happened. Unless somehow I wrote them all at once and that's just not likely.
Possible, maybe, but not likely.
Regardless, here we are, on the cusp of things being finished.
Before they start anew.
Have a safe New Year's Eve, and a wonderful, happy, and productive New Year. There will be some annual fun (GET IT? ANNUAL???) tomorrow!
Tags #MondayThoughts, amwriting, new year, writing
#FridayThoughts: Timely
Well, here we go, Friday thoughts instead of #Accountaclub. The weirdest part is I still feel like I should tell you about how my workouts went this week.
I did all five days. Though a yoga one today.
There. See?
Yesterday was so oddly warm it trended on Twitter, but today, December is back, and the sky is gray, and I don't think snow is completely out of the realm of possibility.
Winter doesn't vacation for long.
It's tough to believe we're right back at the end, another year speeding toward timely retirement. Fast and slow, time is both, all the time, at the same time.
Whichever way your time is flowing, I hope you enjoy it. Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Tags #FridayReads, #FridayThoughts, amwriting, writing
Ten Word Photo Prompt: After
It's ten word story time! Using the photo above, write a ten word story!
Exactly ten words.
Ready? Here's mine.
Paparazzi clamored outside. Blixen blabbed the coordinates.
Blixen gets bored.
Tags #writingPrompt, photo prompt, Ten Word Photo Prompt, ten word story
#WednesdayWisdom: Have a Merry Christmas if you celebrate
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and a lovely quiet day to everyone who doesn't!
I hope whatever you do today, it brings you joy.
#TuesdayThoughts: Where is the Jingle?
You know how I said that, with my regular themed posts, most days I sit down at the computer and out comes the blog post?
Today is not one of those days.
Outside it should be a day of both hustle and bustle, with people rushing through last-minute errands, inside that snow globe, but it's brightly sunny, and again is warm, the ground not white but undulating browns, some even very close to green.
And the traffic is quiet, and the movies have lied to me because I don't see a single person clumsily juggling brightly-wrapped packages.
You can't trust the movies.
I'm still working on a crochet project I've been at for a while, and I'm starting to think I may never reach that stage of the effortless construction, where you don't even have to look and there it is.
That seems like it would be fun.
Have a great Tuesday and a lovely Christmas Eve if you celebrate.
Tags #TuesdayThoughts, amwriting, writing
#MondayThoughts: Is it weird to complain the weather is too good?
It is, isn't it?
It's been blazingly sunny for the last few days, and the temperatures relatively high for Chicago in December. And weirdly, so weirdly, I find myself…disappointed?
Is that possible?
It's Chicago. In the winter. And there were people playing tennis this weekend. Outside.
Where the weather is.
It sounds windy, though. That's something.
I guess when I took up trying to crochet, I assumed I'd be doing it with a perpetually-steaming mug of tea at hand, nodding knowingly at the large fluffy flakes gently drifting outside.
Then again, you know my favorite writing weather is dark and stormy, with the coziest spot being my keyboard.
It's ever-so-slightly possible I romanticize the weather.
The reality is that, no matter the weather, things still need doing. Even if they don't feel like the inside of a snow globe while doing them.
More's the pity.
Have a fantastic Monday, and Happy Hanukkah if you celebrate!
Tags #MondayThoughts, amwriting, writing
#FridayThoughts about #AccountaClub Friday
I'm thinking I'm going to scale back on #AccountaClub next year. Perhaps make it once a month; perhaps cut it entirely.
Though I'm leaning toward once a month.
You may or may not have noticed, but my blog posts have taken on a certain rhythm this year, and I like it. Most mornings, when I sit to write, there's the post, ready to go, in my brain.
Except for #AccountaClub.
I'd like a little more flexibility on Friday. And we can still talk about our weeks, because why not?
But writing is always evolution, and for now, the weekly posts feel stagnant to me. Presto chango, I can fix that.
Like magic.
We'll see. Luckily blogs are not written in stone. They're written in mystical electrons that are somehow visible to the human eye or something like that.
I'm pretty sure I'm close.
Either way, have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Tags #AccountaClub, #FridayReads, #FridayThoughts, amwriting, writing
Ten Word Photo Prompt: Shopping
Photo by Helmi Lutvyandi on Pexels.com
It's ten word story time! Using the photo above, write a ten word story.
Easy as that! Ready? Here's mine.
"Borg's not pre-charged?"
"Nope. Total's $94,837."
"Charger?"
"An optional extra."
Tags #amwriting, Ten Word Photo Prompt, ten word story, writing, writing prompts
#WednesdayWisdom: Medium
Photo by kendall hoopes on Pexels.com
So I wrote an entire post, and realized it was more of a thing for Medium.
I made it a thing for Medium.
So go read it.
And have a great Wednesday.
Tags #WednesdayWisdom, amwriting


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Novel Finite Airy Array Beams Generated from Gaussian Array Beams Illuminating an Optical Airy Transform System
Lahcen EZ-ZARIY,
Dr. Lahcen EZ-ZARIY
Chouaib Doukkali University
Zoubir Hricha,
Dr. Zoubir Hricha
Abdelmajid Belafhal
Dr. Abdelmajid Belafhal
Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 49, 41-50, 2016
In this work, a novel family of Finite Airy array beams have been produced by an optical Airy transform system illuminated by Gaussian Array beams. Based on the generalized Huygens- Fresnel integral, an analytical expression is developed to describe the pattern properties of the beam generated at the output plan of the optical system. The well-known Finite Airy beam generated from the fundamental Gaussian beam using an optical Airy transform system is deduced, here, as a particular case of the main result of the actual study. Numerical calculations are performed to show the possibility to create a multitude of Finite Airy array beams with controllable parameters depending on the number of beamlets, the distance between the adjacent modules and the positions and orientations of the beamlets.
Lahcen EZ-ZARIY Zoubir Hricha Abdelmajid Belafhal , "Novel Finite Airy Array Beams Generated from Gaussian Array Beams Illuminating an Optical Airy Transform System," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 49, 41-50, 2016.
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About Lingoblog
LANGUAGE QUIZ ABOUT "thank you". Deadline: January 18. 8.30 AM
A Brief History of the Canadian Language Museum or How a Posting on Linguist List Changed My Life
11/12/2019 11/12/2019 by Elaine Gold
On June 8, 2007 a posting was distributed on Linguist List with the following subject line: "An International Language Museum in Denmark". I was teaching Linguistics at the University of Toronto at the time and received many messages from Linguist List daily, but this one caught my eye. I had never heard of a language museum before, and my first thought was 'A language museum! If any country should have a language museum, Canada should have a language museum!' There are more than 60 Indigenous languages in Canada; early European settlers brought both English and French, now the country's official languages, and more recent immigrants have brought hundreds of languages from around the world. Issues, debates and conflicts concerning language maintenance and language rights have shaped and continue to shape Canada's development.
This posting launched me on the mission, some would say obsession, that led me to my work today as the Director of the Canadian Language Museum, curating an exhibit space on the beautiful campus of Glendon College in Toronto, and overseeing the creation and cross-country touring of our travelling exhibits.
Visitors to the Canadian Language Museum
I certainly had no clear vision at the beginning of what a language museum would look like. The first thing I did after seeing that posting was hire a work-study student to research the existing language museums around the world. She discovered that there were very few, and that most were dedicated to a single national language; there were none on the model I was imagining, a museum to reflect all of the languages spoken in one country. I then set out to discuss the idea with other linguists in Canada at every opportunity, particularly at the annual conferences of the Canadian Linguistic Association. This note I made after one conference describes the general reaction my idea received:
"The group was cautiously enthusiastic about the project and most wanted to know more details about the proposal, somewhat overwhelmed at the thought of trying to create an actual museum. "
In 2011, after several years of cajoling, a group of Canadian linguists sat down with me to create a very ambitious mission statement, which still provides guidance for the museum's activities.
The Canadian Language Museum will:
promote an appreciation and understanding of all of the languages spoken in Canada and of their role in the development of this nation.
initiate and support the collection and dissemination of information about the constantly changing linguistic landscape of this country.
introduce the public to the scientific study of language and to current language research in Canada.
encourage communication between groups across the country that are concerned with language.
facilitate dialogue on fundamental language issues that are at the heart of the future of Canadian society, such as bilingualism, multilingualism, language endangerment, preservation and revitalization.
In this way the Canadian Language Museum was founded – with no funding and no exhibit space, but enthusiasm and support from linguists and graduate students. We organized a logo competition, set up a board of directors, created a website and worked with a lawyer to have the museum incorporated as a not-for-profit organization.
I felt very strongly that we needed to have real exhibits in addition to an on-line presence in order to impact a large cross-section of the Canadian public. I was very fortunate to discover partners in the University of Toronto's Master of Museum Studies program. The students in that program must curate an exhibit to in their final year to fulfill their course requirements, and so I have worked with small groups of Museum Studies students each year to build a new exhibit for the museum.
In addition, I have access to a wealth of linguistic knowledge, through my colleagues both at the University of Toronto and across the country. These linguists have been very generous with their time in consulting with me on the content of the exhibits. For each exhibit, I work with experts in that topic, as well as with speakers of the particular languages involved.
The entrance of the Canadian Language Museum
The topic for our first exhibit was English in Canada and I presented the Museum Studies students with the following requirements: the exhibit had to be bilingual, inexpensive, designed to travel and had to fit in the trunk of my car. My assumption at that time was that I would be delivering and setting up the exhibit in each location. The team designed an exhibit printed on six double-sided collapsible banner-stands – one side English and the other side French. The stands fit into two shipping cases on wheels, each weighing about 30 kilo. This model has proved so successful that it has been used, with slight variations, for six of the seven travelling exhibits. Not only did the exhibits fit into the back of my car, but it turned out that the shipping cases could easily be transported by any means and have travelled to locations across Canada by bus, train, plane and boat.
I had also specified that each exhibit had to include an audio component that could be packed up easily and wouldn't be stolen when displayed in public locations. Over the years we have used CD's, small push-button speakers, QR codes and tablets. We continue to explore different ways of delivering audio with the exhibits.
To date we have created seven travelling exhibits and one web exhibit. These are:
Canadian English, Eh?
Speaking the Inuit Way
Le français au Canada
Cree: The People's Language
A Tapestry of Voices: Celebrating Canada's Languages
Read Between the Signs: 150 Years of Language in Toronto
Beyond Words: Dictionaries and Indigenous Languages
Messages from the Mosaic (web exhibit)
The exhibits have proved extremely popular. At the beginning, the main venues for them were universities, booked to accompany special events and linguistic conferences. Over the years we have expanded our reach and the exhibits now tour to public libraries, community centres, schools and small museums.
For the first few years we operated as a 'museum without walls'; that is, the exhibits toured across the country but we had no exhibit space of our own. That changed in 2016 when we were offered a beautiful gallery space at Glendon College, a bilingual college that is a separate campus of Toronto's York University. This resulted in a huge expansion of our activities. We had the challenge of creating a museum space that would be interactive and interesting to visitors. Our exhibits no longer had to be free standing but could be hung on the gallery walls. We now had a space in which to host meetings and special events, and a community of faculty and students to involve in the museum's activities.
Having a gallery space has allowed us to host visiting exhibits in addition to the ones we create ourselves. We have displayed photographs, videos and paintings, and have had special events including lectures, live music and dance performances. We work closely with the Glendon community: students in the translation program translate our exhibits, students in Canadian Studies, History and Linguistics have done research and created projects under our supervision.
The museum feels a special responsibility to the Indigenous languages of Canada, and this is reflected in our programming and the books and maps on display. Our most recent travelling exhibit 'Beyond Words: Dictionaries and Indigenous Languages' was created in honour of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Exhibition about the language of the Inuit
That 2007 posting indeed changed my life. I have now retired from teaching to dedicate myself full time to directing the Canadian Language Museum. I am gradually morphing from a linguistics professor into a museum professional. I have met inspiring people across Canada and around the world who are working on language preservation and linguistic outreach. With the help of dedicated part-time staff, volunteers, board members, supporters and donors, the Canadian Language Museum has come a long way in a short time, and we have many exciting plans for the future. In June I was honoured with the Canadian Linguistic Association's 2019 National Achievement Award for my work with the museum.
Elaine Gold with the award of the Canadian Linguistics Association. Walter Cichoki to the left, Diane Massam to the right.
If you come to Canada, please visit our gallery in Toronto and watch for our travelling exhibits. From afar, you can visit our website, where you can find descriptions of our travelling exhibits, watch a video about Indigenous languages in Toronto or explore our web exhibit about the languages of Canada. And, of course, you can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Thank you to Peter Bakker, Ole Stig Andersen, and Benedikte Skaarup Madsen for your posting – although it didn't lead to the creation of a language museum in Denmark, it was the spark for the founding of the Canadian Language Museum!
Elaine Gold is the Director of the Canadian Language Museum/Musée canadien des langues.
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I have been to the Canadian language museum for two of their exhibits, "Speaking the Inuit Way" and "Cree: The People's Language." It's an awesome place and there's nothing like it. I'm a first year linguistics student at the University of Toronto and I highly recommend this museum :) .
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How much will the contractions hurt? How can I possibly push an eight-pound baby out of my vagina? If you're pregnant for the first time and nearing your due date, these are totally natural anxieties and questions about birth. Other friends and relatives who have gone through labor, though well-intentioned, can often amplify these fears…
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New insights emerge on what drives long-term climatic trends. Sources and sinks From the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SANTA BARBARA For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on a planet capped by a chunk of ice at each pole. But Earth has been ice-free for about 75 percent of the time since complex life first appeared. This variation in background climate, between partly glaciated and ice-free, has puzzled geologists for decades. Now a team of scientists led by UC Santa Barbara's Francis Macdonald has published a study suggesting that tectonic activity may be the culprit. "There've been a few hypotheses but no agreements as to why we have warmer or colder climates on these very long timescales," said Macdonald, a professor in the Department of Earth Science.
And when Macdonald says "long timescales," he's talking about 10 million-year periods, at a minimum. On any scale, though, the primary agent of climate change is carbon dioxide (CO2). The debate among geologists is whether sources or sinks affect the climate more. From Eurekalert. Weird science: Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth's ice ages, study finds. Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years Over the last 540 million years, the Earth has weathered three major ice ages — periods during which global temperatures plummeted, producing extensive ice sheets and glaciers that have stretched beyond the polar caps.
Now scientists at MIT, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the University of California at Berkeley have identified the likely trigger for these ice ages. In a study published in Science, the team reports that each of the last three major ice ages were preceded by tropical "arc-continent collisions" — tectonic pileups that occurred near the Earth's equator, in which oceanic plates rode up over continental plates, exposing tens of thousands of kilometers of oceanic rock to a tropical environment. The scientists say that the heat and humidity of the tropics likely triggered a chemical reaction between the rocks and the atmosphere.
A tropical trigger Like this: New Papers: Seismic Activity Explains 1979-2016 Temperatures, ENSO Events Better Than CO2. Within the last year, Dr. Arthur Viterito (geography professor) has published multiple scientific papers documenting the significant correlation (r=0.80) between the seismic activity changes in the Earth's high geothermal flux areas (HGFA) and both El Niño events and global temperatures.
The HGFA/global temperature correlation has been found to be stronger than the correlation for CO2 concentration changes (r=0.74) for recent decades (1979-2016). Other recent research has provided further support for the significant influence of seismic activity (i.e., there is a very high correlation [r=0.935] between geothermal flux and North Magnetic Dip Pole movement). These robust and well-documented seismic activity associations have led Dr. Viterito to call for a reconsideration of the paradigm that says variations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations drive changes in global temperatures. Viterito, 2016 Viterito, 2017 Viterito, 2017. The Correlation of Seismic Activity and Recent Global Warming - Principia Scientific International. Published on Written by Arthur Viterito Abstract The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states with high confidence that the warming of global temperatures since 1901 has been driven by increased radiative forcing.
The gases responsible for this enhanced forcing are 'greenhouse gases' of anthropogenic origin, and include carbon dioxide, methane, and halocarbons. The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change has challenged these findings and concludes that the forcing from greenhouse gases is minimal and diminishing. This study will show that increasing seismic activity for the globe's high geothermal flux areas (HGFA), an indicator of increasing geothermal forcing, is highly correlated with average global temperatures from 1979 to 2015 (r = 0.785). Introduction The prevailing thought in the scientific community is that human-induced alterations to the earth-atmosphere system are the primary drivers of climate change in the 20th and 21st centuries. New Paper Finds That Even Seismic Activity Correlates Better With Warming Than CO2! By P Gosselin on 19. June 2016 The correlation between seismic activity (geothermal flux) as a natural mechanism in the 1979 to 2015 global warming is stronger than the correlation with carbon dioxide during the same period.
Hat-tip: Kenneth Richard Viterito, 2016 The Correlation Of Seismic Activity And Recent Global WarmingThe latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states with high confidence that the warming of global temperatures since 1901 has been driven by increased radiative forcing. The gases responsible for this enhanced forcing are 'greenhouse gases' of anthropogenic origin, and include carbon dioxide, methane, and halocarbons. The paper concludes that the world should wait until all of the climate system is understood before enacting laws to curb GHG emissions: To ameliorate the problems of rising global temperatures, legislative and taxing initiatives are currently being proposed and evaluated by governing bodies around the world. Arctic and Geothermal Activity.
Greenland--Geothermal Influences of Ice Sheet Melting. Antarctic--Geothermal Activity.
Spot The Volcano, 1815 Edition. Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach It's been a while since I played "Spot The Volcano". The premise of the game is that the decrease in temperatures from volcanic eruptions is nowhere near as large as people claim. So I ask people to see if they can identify when a volcano erupted based on the temperature records of the time. Now, I say that the main reason the temperature drop from volcanic eruptions is so small is that when we get a reduction in downwelling radiation from any cause, the equatorial oceans start to cool. When that happens the clouds form later in the day, allowing in more sunshine. With that in mind, I thought I'd take a look to see what records we have for the largest volcanic eruption in modern times. So I took the records for the period during which the Tambora eruption occurred, and I "standardized" them so that they all had an average value of zero and a standard deviation of one. Figure 1. Figure 2. You can see the problem.
So when was the eruption? Figure 3. W. New Explanation For Missing Global Warming? Scientists Claim Extratropical Volcanoes Underestimated! Readers should note that among climate modelers volcanoes and atmospheric aerosols have been a favorite way of fudging climate models to explain away inconvenient cooling periods that weren't supposed to happen in a system that is supposed to be dominated by trace gas CO2. ======================================================= Study shows surprisingly strong cooling after volcanic eruptions in mid and high latitudes Sarychev volcano (Russia's Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009.
Image: NASA GEOMAR, 28 January 2019 / Kiel, Oslo. Volcanic impact on climate significantly upgraded In recent decades, extratropical eruptions including Kasatochi (Alaska, USA, 2008) and Sarychev Peak (Russia, 2009) have injected sulfur into the lower stratosphere. Extratropical eruptions actually cool more than tropical eruptions The recent extratropical eruptions, which had minimal but measurable effects on the climate, fit this picture. Reference: Toohey, M., K. Revising the history of big, climate-altering volcanic eruptions. Discovery Of Massive Volcanic CO2 Emissions Discredits Global Warming Theory. Volcanoes and Ozone: Their Interactive Effect on Climate Change | Watts Up With That? Guest essay by David Bennett Laing, Asst. Prof.of Geology, Univ. of Maine (retired) Two different styles of volcanic eruption appear to have been the principal determinants of climate change throughout geologic time.
The very fact that opinions on climate change could have become as polarized as they have, even in scientific circles, suggests we may still have much to learn. Despite the best efforts of many of the world's brightest minds, and the claims of some that "the science is settled," climatic enigmas still persist. For the past nine years, Peter Langdon Ward has been working steadily in retirement from his career as a geophysicist and volcanologist with the US Geological Survey to try to demystify some of these enigmas.
Two years ago, I joined my old friend and colleague in his quest. Global Warming and Global Cooling Related to Ozone Depletion Panel 3:Effusive volcanoes emit chlorine and bromine, which deplete ozone, leading to global warming. GISP2 Volcanic Sulfate From 9 to 16 Ka. President Jefferson Meets Mount Tambora. Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In the comments of my last post entitled "Spot The Volcano, 1815 Edition" someone mentioned that Thomas Jefferson had commented on what is often called the "Year Without A Summer". This was the summer of the year 1816, one year after the eruption of Mt.
Tambora in Indonesia, which occurred in April of 1815. Some research turned up Jefferson's weather notebook entitled "Analysis of Weather Memorandum Book, January 1817". All of the data in this post is from his analysis. 1817. In other words, a good and careful observer. Since our interest is in the summers, the first graph that I made up from Jefferson's data is of the May to September growing season in Monticello (see below for growing seasons). Figure 1. Now, Figure 1 shows some interesting things. Jefferson also recorded some other interesting weather data. Figure 2. The year 1816 was not at all unusual as regards to frost.
How about rainfall? Figure 3. Figure 4. My warmest regards to all, w. Like this: Just another bunch of old volcanoes we didn't know about, found off Tasmania. A few weeks ago a CSIRO boat mapped out a string of 3 kilometer high seamounts that no one knew about. They are 400km east of Tasmania and sit in water 5 km deep (so no one is going to run into them, even in a military sub.) But remember, even though 80% of the ocean floor is unmapped, and we haven't even logged, named or noticed thousands of volcanoes, we *know* that they are not heating the ocean, changing ocean currents, or affecting our climate. Skillless models tell us so. (Pay us your money). h/t Thanks to Tallbloke Huge underwater volcano chain discovered off Tasmania Denise Chow, Euronews "We've only mapped a tiny fraction of the ocean floor," said Andrew Fisher, a marine geologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who was not involved in the new discovery. More than 80 percent of the ocean remains unmapped and unexplored, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The original press release, October 8, 2018. Rating: 9.5/10 (77 votes cast) Plate climatology. Stacking Up Volcanoes. Inconvenient study: Seafloor volcano pulses may alter climate – models may be wrong. New data show strikingly regular patterns, from weeks to eons This topographic map of Earth's ocean floor in the Atlantic ocean reveals thousands of sub-oceanic volcanoes along the mid-Atlantic ridge. Source: Vast ranges of volcanoes hidden under the oceans are presumed by scientists to be the gentle giants of the planet, oozing lava at slow, steady rates along mid-ocean ridges. But a new study shows that they flare up on strikingly regular cycles, ranging from two weeks to 100,000 years–and, that they erupt almost exclusively during the first six months of each year. The pulses–apparently tied to short- and long-term changes in earth's orbit, and to sea levels–may help trigger natural climate swings. Scientists have already speculated that volcanic cycles on land emitting large amounts of carbon dioxide might influence climate; but up to now there was no evidence from submarine volcanoes.
Enter volcanoes. Maya Tolstoy Abstract: Unusual Heat Anomaly Detected In The Gulf Of Mexico (Video) Do 40,000 volcanoes matter? The world is watching one volcano in Bali, but it's sobering to think there may be hundreds of others going off, and almost certainly ones we don't even know about. The article Is the Bali volcano making us warmer or cooler?
By William F Jasper, reminded me of Ian Plimers words about there being squillions of undersea volcanoes so I found the 2007 paper, by Hillier, that tried to count them. Trying being the appropriate word. Volcanoes are biggish things, but when they are under one or two kilometers of water they are hard to hear, hard to see, and, by crikey, we know more about the moon than the bottom of the Marinara, and it's only 11km "away". People are constantly discovering new volcanoes, like a 3,000m one off Indonesia that no one realized was there til 2010. Not only can we not predict when volcanoes will erupt, we don't even know how many there are The scope of our ignorance on the sea floor is really something. So here is the closest thing we have to kind of being "A Map".
J. Geoneutrinos & understanding Earth heat flux | Principia Scientific International. Climate Change Linked to Continental Geological Faults | Principia Scientific International. Volcanic Legends Keep Erupting | Watts Up With That? Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Once again, Anthony has highlighted a paper claiming that volcanoes have great power over the global temperature. Indeed, they go so far as to say: From the reconstruction it can be seen that large eruptions, such as Mount Tambora in 1815, or clusters of eruptions, may result in a hiatus of over 20 years, a finding supported by model results.SOURCE: Determining the likelihood of pauses and surges in global warming, Andrew P.
Schurer et al, hereinafter Schurer2015, paywalled here. Here we go again, sez I, another excuse for the current temperature plateau … and right out of the box, I note that we are dealing with a "reconstruction", with findings that are "verified by model results". Be still, my beating heart … So I thought I'd give their claim a looksee by comparing their recent (post-1800) eruption dates with the Berkeley Earth land temperature record. Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. There are several things of interest. Conclusions? Best to all, w. Enjoy. Studies Suggest Volcanic Activity Had Profound Long-Term Impact On Past Climate …CO2 Is No Explanation - Principia Scientific International.
Published on Written by Kenneth Richard Guest author Kenneth Richard examines the impacts of past volcanoes on climate. The findings will surely be controversial.============================================ Volcanic activity explains long-term climate change better than CO2 By Kenneth Richard Long-term (decadal and even centennial-scale) volcanic influence on climate has recently gained more and more attention in the scientific literature. When specifying the factors contributing to decadal and centennial-scale temperature changes, solar activity and greenhouse gases are usually thought to top the list. Back in 2013, Rosenthal et al. published a paper in Science on millennial-scale ocean heat content variations (Pacific).
In a Rosenthal et al 2013 paper, he writes: "We show that water masses linked to North Pacific and Antarctic intermediate waters were warmer by 2.1 ± 0.4°C and 1.5 ± 0.4°C, respectively, during the middle Holocene Thermal Maximum than over the past century. They write: 1. Deep-sea volcanic vents discovered in chilly waters of Southern Ocean -- ScienceDaily. Scientists aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook have discovered a new set of deep-sea volcanic vents in the chilly waters of the Southern Ocean. The discovery is the fourth made by the research team in three years, which suggests that deep-sea vents may be more common in our oceans than previously thought. Using an underwater camera system, the researchers saw slender mineral spires three metres tall, with shimmering hot water gushing from their peaks, and gossamer-like white mats of bacteria coating their sides. The vents are at a depth of 520 metres in a newly-discovered seafloor crater close to the South Sandwich Islands, a remote group of islands around 500 kilometres south-east of South Georgia.
"When we caught the first glimpse of the vents, the excitement was almost overwhelming," says Leigh Marsh, a University of Southampton PhD student who was on scientific watch at the time of the discovery.


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Ange Postecoglou is excited about the potential of Celtic defender Stephen Welsh
Ange Postecoglou is delighted with the progress of Celtic defender Stephen Welsh in the early stages of the season.
Welsh has come into the team to replace Nir Bitton alongside new signing Carl Starfelt.
Despite being far less experienced and, at times last season, criticised for his performances, it's actually the young defender who is stepping up to show leadership at this point of the season.
His efforts have earned him a call up to the Scotland U21 side.
Postecoglou was asked about that today and the potential of Welsh progressing to become a full international with the Scotland team.
The Bhoys boss said [Celtic YouTube]: "What I can say about Welsh is that every game he is improving. He wants to learn, he wants to get better. There's massive upside in him.
"We're challenging him as a young player to take some real responsibility. Because of the way we play and the nature of the games we're playing, there's some highly pressurised situations we're putting him in. So far, he hasn't let us down.
"That's his test, every time he gets pushed up a level with us or the national team, he has to keep pushing to that next layer to fulfil his potential.
"I'm delighted for him. It's a well-deserved call up and I'm thrilled with how he's going at the moment."
Welsh has a tough job on his hands to maintain his current level of performance. If he can do it on a consistent basis this season, he could well have a long-term future at Celtic.
Celtic could land three more new recruits this weekend
The nature of his inexperience means there may be bumps on the road. But Postecoglou is right, so far this season he hasn't let us down and in fact is doing the club proud.
If he can also perform well within the national set-up it won't be long before his name is touted for Steve Clarke's senior squad.
One thing is certain, his performances absolutely merit his selection for Celtic right now.
In other news, Ange delivers the latest on Celtic duo Karamoko Dembele and Mikey Johnston.
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The 2013 NFL pop culture awards
Well, 2013 is almost in the books, which means it's time to look back on the year that was in the NFL. But rather than focusing on topics like the 2014 Pro Bowl or the upcoming NFL Honors awards, I wanted to take a different approach to all things NFL for 2013: By turning my critical lens on the NFL's many crossovers with pop culture. From humorous ads to musical numbers to guest appearances in TV shows, the NFL players, coaches and even owners had a pretty remarkable year from a pop culture perspective. To get you in the mood, check out the official trailer for the upcoming film "Draft Day" starring Kevin Costner above. Now let's get to it.
Best Musical Number: Peyton Manning and Eli Manning, "Football on your phone"
From their ridiculous wigs to the ludicrous lines they sing -- "What happens when a football gets down with your phone?" -- everything about this early-season video courtesy of DIRECTV was just about perfect. The song is catchy, and Eli arguably steals the show from his big brother Peyton, a professional, at hamming it up. The only thing that could have made this video even better was a cameo from Justin Timberlake, but I'll settle for Archie Manning in a golden Elvis Presley knock-off costume.
Best Interview: Steve Smith, "Ice up, son!"
This was a no brainer for interview of the year, and you could easily make a case for "Ice up, son!" being the quote of the year. Followed closely by Smith calling St. Louis Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins "another notch in the bedpost." It was a great year for Smith on the field, as the Panthers made the playoffs for the first time since 2008, but an even better year for him behind a microphone. "Ice up, son" set Twitter on fire, and has spawned countless t-shirt designs. That's the mark of a game-changing quote right there. Smith suffered a sprained PCL in Sunday's win over the New Orleans Saints, and his status might be in doubt for the playoffs. I'm likely not alone in wishing Smith a speedy recovery, if only for the fact that he could set a new bar for awesomeness in playoff press conferences.
2012 winner: Thomas Decoud, "Meow game" interview on ESPN
Best Commercial: Aaron Rodgers, "State of Turbulence II"
Let's not beat around the bush. The first State of Turbulence commercial featuring George Wendt and Robert Smigel as the Bears "Superfans" was pretty terrible. Grill class? Come on. However, the second ad in the series was absolutely fantastic. There was so much to love about this ad. Aaron Rodgers in a fat suit doing a terrible Midwest accent. Actual Coach Ditka giving a massage to George Wendt ... on a pillow made of sausage. I rolled my eyes at the first commercial, but lost it with this one. There was just too much greatness for any of the other national ads, or even a hilariously awkward local ad, to surpass this one for the award. The runner-up in my book was "Not Famous Andy," featuring Julio Jones and Arian Foster for Foot Locker and Under Armour, which you can be seen here.
2012 winner: Greg Jennings, Old Spice "Catch him if you can"
Best touchdown dance: The Terio
Earlier this year, a little boy called "Cousin Terio" took Vine by storm when videos of him dancing went instantly viral. Clearly, NFL players were watching, as Tavon Austin, Justin Tucker and DeSean Jackson all flaunted their best "Terio" after touchdowns or field goals. Last year, Gangnam Style dominated NFL celebrations across the country, so it was refreshing to see players pay tribute to an everyday kid in 2013 instead of a Korean pop-sensation.
Best individual dancer: Joseph Fauria
Joseph Fauia was an undrafted rookie out of UCLA who signed with the Detroit Lions this season. All he did through the first 15 games of his rookie season was catch 15 passes, seven of which went for touchdowns. Fauria caught our eye with his sensational dance moves after each score. However, he wins this award not just for his ability to groove on the gridiron, but for answering Jimmy Fallon's challenge to all NFL players. On his show, Fallon and Justin Timberlake did a skit on the evolution of end zone dancing, and at the end Fallon said he would donate $10,000 to a player's favorite charity if he performed *NSYNC's Bye Bye Bye dance after scoring a touchdown this season. Well, that Sunday, Fauria caught a touchdown pass and let Fallon know on Twitter that the deed was done.
Fallon caught wind of the dance, and honored his commitment when he donated $10,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Not only did Fauria's dance moves bring NFL fans great enjoyment, but they helped bring another child's dream that much closer to reality.
Best guest appearance in a TV show: Vernon Davis, "The League"
"The League" on FXX was chock-full of superstar NFL guest appearances this season, but none of the players were as funny, or had as big of a role, as Vernon Davis. Davis was featured prominently in numerous scenes, and was quite funny to boot. He was a friend of Taco (Jon LaJoie), and played a part in a long-con where Andre (Paul Scheer) created a fake Vernon Davis Twitter account to mess with Pete (Mark Duplass) who owned him in their fantasy football league. I don't want to spoil much else, and there isn't a full clip online, but you can catch a quick glimpse of his performance in this episode preview video. Believe me, it was worthy of this highly official award.
Best NFL-related TV show pitch: The Gronks
Yes, you read that correctly. In case you missed it earlier this season, Deadspin got their hands of the sizzle reel for an animated show based on the life and times of the infamous Gronkowski clan. Love or hate the Gronks, this looks like a highly entertaining show straight out of the Seth MacFarlane wheelhouse. If this show ever made it to the TV screen in my living room, you can bet I'd be begrudgingly tuning in each and every week, fist-bumping my friends as the hilarity ensued.
Best book: Beautiful Unique Sparkleponies, by Chris Kluwe
There were a number of books published this year by past players about their journey to the top, or the tough nature of professional football. But you know what was better than those? Chris Kluwe's hilarious book "Beautiful Unique Sparkleponies," which touches on everything from football to time travel to gay marriage. Kluwe always had a way with words, so to see him flex that muscle for a few hundred pages is a joy. It'd be great to see more players flash their personality and opinions in books like this, as opposed to their personal narrative, but that's just not the way most players operate. Which is why Kluwe's book won this year's award, as he tried something different and knocked it out of the park.
Best Twitter account: Jim Irsay
From sending out cryptic tweets to hype the Trent Richardson trade to going on epic rants about the state of his team, Jim Irsay ran away with this year's Twitter award. Irsay was fiery, funny and candid on Twitter -- all attributes of a great follow on social media's favorite instant-reaciton medium. With the Colts tickets to the postseason already booked, we can expect some more great tweets from their entertaining owner in the coming weeks. Here are a few of his more memorable tweets in case you needed a refresher:
I didn't break the bank,millions cash over cap/Load Brinks Truck,only to be hijacked n stormed on the way 2 stadium by machine gun MANIACS!
— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) November 26, 2013
We'll close ranks n stick together n BELIEVE! We'll get it fixed n earn our Div/Camp Hats/Failure is not an option!! How Bad Do WE Want It!
What the what award: Bootsy Collins, "Peyton Manning is Passing Your Way"
If you haven't seen or heard this magical piece of music, I suggest you take a few minutes and head here before reading on. I'm just ... at a loss for words. Why funk legend Bootsy Collins felt possessed to create an NFL rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" about Peyton Manning is beyond me. Granted, Bootsy has always had a flair for comic-timing and humorous lyrics, but this was still on another level. Or perhaps, another dimension all together. Nevertheless, it provided me with endless amounts of enjoyment I wasn't expecting, so I guess Bootsy won in the end afterall.
Best NFL Fashionista: Tom Brady
UGG for men ads aside, Tom Brady has typically been known as a man who likes to stay current with fashion trends. I mean, he is married to an international supermodel, after all. And he somehow pulled off a successful Cowardly Lion costume. Regardless, Brady took his post-game press conference attire to new heights this season. My personal favorite was this sweater/robe/suit he wore around midseason. What a look. You stay classy, Tom Brady.
Pop culture star to watch in 2014: Philip Rivers
Philip Rivers has taken some flack over the years, and was sort of an afterthought across much of the NFL and fantasy football leagues coming off a down year in 2012. However, Rivers bounced back in a huge way statistically in 2013, but more importantly, he landed on our pop culture radar. In case you missed it, check out his full interview on Thursday Night Football to the right, where he sported a bolo tie, embraced a "yee-haw" kind of attitude in the freezing cold and ripped off his boots to show the crew. Hopefully, the powers that be in the media were watching, because between Rivers' personality, seven children and ability to make amazing GIFs with his facial expressions (Exhibit A) he's primed for a turn in the pop culture limelight.
*Alex Gelhar writes features and fantasy pieces for NFL.com. You can follow him on Twitter @AlexGelhar. Although he keeps using the word "inconceivable" even though he's been told it doesn't mean what he thinks it means. To which he replies, "Inconceivable!" *


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In the eight years that have passed since Jari Mäenpää left to form Wintersun, Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum have struggled to recapture the glory of their musical high water mark, 2004's "Iron". While Jari has spent the intervening years labouring on Wintersun's sophomore record "Time", extreme metal's answer to Guns N' Roses' much-delayed "Chinese Democracy", Ensiferum have dusted themselves off and moved on to new endeavours with replacement vocalist Petri Lindroos, albeit with varying success.
If "Victory Songs", released in 2007, showed that the band could survive and even flourish without Mäenpää, then 2009's disappointing "From Afar" asked serious questions about whether guitarist Markus Toivonen could fill the creative void left by Jari's departure in the longer term. Three years on and the release of "Unsung Heroes" finally gives us our answer; a guarded "Yes". The new record doesn't get everything right but it confirms once and for all that Ensiferum have finally stepped out from beneath the shadow of Mäenpää and that the 2012 incarnation are worthy of a place alongside Finland's folk metal elite.
After the obligatory acoustic intro track 'Symbols', 'In My Sword I Trust' is a rollicking return to the pared-down style of Ensiferum's debut record. It's a wonderfully atmospheric battle hymn in the vein of 'Guardians of Fate' or 'Windrider', with a simple rhythm augmented by catchy guitar hooks and rich layers of vocals and keyboards. The title track, 'Unsung Heroes', is a more down-tempo affair again dominated by thick swathes of choral singing and keys before moving to an acoustic interlude and a crushing, doomy finale. 'Burning Heroes', revealed a couple of months back, is very much representative of the overall direction of the album, capturing the classic Ensiferum sound but adding new emphasis to atmospheric elements that previously sat further in the background.
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It's early and we all know that Championships aren't won (probably too early to even loose them) in September. But three weeks in I am already sick of hearing and reading article after article about how the Dallas Cowboys are the best team in the NFL, the clear cut Super Bowl favorites. How T.O. is the ultimate team guy now, how America's Team is back.
It was only one game, but man I wish things would have played out differently on Monday Night against the Cowboys. A stronger defensive performance, a more clutch fourth quarter. The Cowboys did not beat the Eagles, the Eagles beat them themselves. A win would have silenced all of this Super Cowboy talk.
But time to put my whining in check. The end of the season and the playoffs are what matters most. I am just not sure I can take 14 more weeks of the national love-fest with the Cowboys.
A lot can happen in next 14 weeks. Romo can get hurt or McNabb will get stuck on sidelines again. He already stuck with a chest contusion that can linger thru the year if he doesnt get enough protection from OL. All hope seems to be hanging on D again.


Meet this sweet family! Lainisha and Marvin's little family couldn't have been cuter! Over loved them! The rain caught us at the end of our shoot (good ol south florida!). But we had a great session full of laughs and lots of love. The most important part about a photoshoot is not to get the perfect outfits (although I must say they did pretty well in that arena), not about the perfect backdrop (although that helps lol) but it's about creating memories that you can cherish and look back on with your loved ones and remember that time in your life, cliche sounding, but I mean it! Enjoy!
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