Ice island floats off of northern Michigan coast

Good Hart General Store Owner Jim Sutherland says this sight is not a new one, but he says it has been many years since he has seen one this big.
"This year we have been fortunate enough to have cold weather, lots of wind, and combined it builds ice into ice caves, ice mountains," Sutherland said.

NASA warns 'something unexpected is happening to the Sun' in year that is supposed to be the peak the sunspot cycle | Mail Online

2013 was due to be year of the 'solar maximum'
As this picture shows, in fact the sun is incredibly calm - baffling experts

Wise Response » [New Zealand celebrities sign a statement saying that we really should do some unspecified smart stuff in response to a broad list of potential bad stuff]

in the name of all our children and grandchildren we, the undersigned, call on the New Zealand Parliament to face up to this situation now by dispassionately assessing risk levels in the following five areas. Then, if found necessary, and with public input, design coherent, robust cross-party strategies and policies to avert these risks and give future generations the very best chance of security, peace, social justice and opportunity for all.

1. Economic security: the risk of a sudden, deepening, or prolonged financial crisis...
2. Energy and climate security: the risk of continuing our heavy dependence on fossil fuels.
3. Business continuity: the risk exposure of all New Zealand business, including farming, to a lower carbon economy...
4. Ecological security: the risks associated with failing to genuinely protect both land-based and marine ecosystems and their natural processes...
5. Genuine well-being: the risk of persisting with a subsidised, debt-based economy, preoccupied with maximising consumption and GDP.

Ritter participated in climate change roundtable with Obama - The Denver Post

Ritter said the group agreed not to disclose much about the conversation