Tuesday, May 25, 2010

No Debate: Calhoun Valedictorian Leads a Full Life
So how good is Jun Luke when it comes to debating? I decided to put him to the test:

Global warming?

"Science has clearly established that global warming is real, it's a pressing problem that needs to be addressed," he says without hesitation.

Explain, I add.

He quickly goes into a scientific soliloquy, about how carbon dioxide levels correlate with rising temperatures.
Unusually persistant cold weather in Sacramento breaking records | McClatchy
The chilly weekend temperatures were among the coldest in more than a half-century from Redding to Stockton, the National Weather Service reported Sunday.
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The dogged pattern of rain and cold has prompted worries of another sort: Melon crops are less likely to be ready for market in time for July 4 celebrations, and tomato harvests likely will be delayed.

Cold "slows everything down," Yolo County Agriculture Commissioner John Young said Sunday. "We're not getting the temperatures we need for germination of seed. It slows the melons down, it slows the rice down, it slows any of the warm-weather crops."

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