Of course the IPCC has very defined words for uncertainty (bit.ly/1hpKfOq from p 138)

Purdue - usually good - says academics prefer medium certainty (bit.ly/1gNayKW). That seems oddly positioned . . .

This ESL site from Belgium gives useful categories and phrases (bit.ly/1favfAy). Anyone have a good site?

I'll be sharing my experiences with academic journals at Journalysis.org to promote good publishing. Will you? thndr.it/1jSyKPx

explaining science vs explaining sports... how content (genre)-specific is this kind of writing? scienceblogs.com/principles/201…

I wonder how much this is true of Canada (if reasonable for the US, of course): nsf.gov/nsb/news/news_…

Field Papers - maps for smartphone-less, bifocaled me ... bit.ly/Q3i6jp

Farming is work, urban farming too: grist.org/food/urban-far… But has other uses

Anyone else monitor time between last frost warning and first humidex number in the forecast? Less than a week seems short ...

Mosquitos .. they were out yesterday..blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2…

If I can't have a hover bike maybe still one of these:gizmodo.com/self-driving-c…

@Parkeythemedic Bill MacDonald Randy Hillier But,riding seems v diverse.How big a challenge,explaining people to party&not other way round?

Maybe it is bad (well it is bad) that people believed this but I am still kind of looking forward to the movie... nationalreport.net/solar-panels-d…

Olivia Dorey wants you to know how the government spends your money cbc.ca/1.2878430 .. I've tried to read those docs too. Good luck!

Otter at the bridge, heron on the edge and only the channel without ice Auntie Rosie

-15C, freezing drizzle warning and now a mosquito??

So, for phones, etc., energy= (battery) time, and for data centres, energy = money..

but how long staying somewhere before Skype & email down are balanced by flight (energy) costs, I wonder? Lifetimes?? goo.gl/y4juZ

I can't think of any (good) reason why this would be ... x.com/SnowHydro/stat…