korero

interesting

the first task has arrived to do with my new job [coach]. i haven't even started yet!
it seems that one of my soon to be athletes has a stress fracture in her lower back. i got this plaintive e-mail asking for my advice. it felt good to be useful. the usual advice, see the sport physician, get a definitive diagnosis, put a rehab plan in place ..... etc, etc. the contract is agreed to, the moving day decided, travel booked on the ferry to cross the cook straight, my moving allowance [from them] is in the bank. all good. i even have somewhere to live organised. time to let my guitar students know it's all about to end. one more lesson to go.
at last, our govt has caught on to the " climate change/global warming " problem we will all face in about 10-15 years. our science fraternity are busily arguing the "pros" and "cons" and seem to be hung up on the name of this impending economic and ecological disaster. what a pack of munters. upon reading about the phenomenon i found out that "climate change" is the general term and "global warming" one of the specific scenarios that can manifest inside of "climate change."
"The term "global warming" is a specific case of the more general term "climate change" (which can also refer to "global cooling," such as occurs during ice ages). In principle, "global warming" is neutral as to the causes, but in common usage, "global warming" generally implies a human influence. However, the UNFCCC uses "climate change" for human-caused change, and "climate variability" for other changes [5]. Some organizations use the term "anthropogenic climate change" for human-induced changes."
freaky huh?

Labels: climate change, coaching, cook straight, global warming, stress fracture

posted by mystified @ 10:58 am