By Special K
Disassociated Press
July 18, 2009
Ozone references
1. Ozone Secretariat Convenes Two Climate Change-Related Workshops
CLIMATE-L.ORG - New York,New York,USA
Both workshops were attended by ozone and climate change negotiators, as
well as UNFCCC and Ozone Secretariat staff, and provided an opportunity for open ...
2. Ozone is a gas that occurs both in the Earth's upper atmosphere and at ground level. Ozone can be "good" or "bad" for people's health and for the environment, depending on its location in the atmosphere.
For an overview of both ozone issues, see Good Up High, Bad Nearby.
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/gooduphigh/
Good up high, bad nearby, coined by epa.gov, encapsulates very well
The problem posed for the UN Ozone Secretariat
And, especially, ozone and climate change negotiators (OCCN’s),
In deciding whether up high or nearby there’s dearth or glut.
And like “’i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’” for spelling,
It’s a good mnemonic device
That can help OCCN’s remember
“Nearby” = “bad” and “up high” = “nice”.
If it’s gathered nearby,
That is, nearer the earth,
It’s associated with smog
(Of which, apparently, there’s no dearth).
If it’s properly distributed up high
(As to how high we can’t be exact)
According to some scientists
It blocks rays that (can) possibly may cause, inter al., cataracts.
OCCN’s are instructed to improve “ozonic” negotiations
And the UN Secretariat hopes the workshops will educate them
In the art of negotiating with ozone in either location-- amicably,
Even when the prospect of conflict resolution grows dim.
**
THOROUGHBRED is what came to mind
When this reporter saw “HYBRID” proudly (at least openly) displayed
By a vehicle parked beside his in a parking lot--
Only an American quarter horse[1] at this designation would not be dismayed.
Almost immediately he vowed to endeavor
To pursue the goal of design and ultimate display
Of a label for his non-hybrid Toyota
Boasting, in essence, (I’m) THOROUGHBRED (and ultimately will win running away)
Having designed the text of such a display (q.v., above),
He is now faced with the problem of display:
How to embed such text in a paper or plastic and paper medium
And attach it to the Toyota in a clearly visible, but not inappropriate way.
When the more complex display problem has been solved,
Readers will be informed as to how he came to do it--
And if there’s potential for patenting and commercialization
They can be sure he'll diligently pursue it..
Needless to say, if any reader has a (constructive) suggestion
Regarding any aspect of this project, even additions to the text, per se,
S/he is invited most cordially to provide them ASAP,
That is, without any except demonstrably unavoidable delay.
All readers may find it enlightening to ponder at length, and deeply,
The nature of the underlying relationship between workshops for ozone education
And an adventitious happening in a PPL (Princeton parking lot)--
Stifling all the while any tendency toward open display of aggravation.
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[1] American Quarter Horse (a proud hybrid)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Breed History
[edit] Colonial Era
In the 1600s, colonists on the eastern seaboard of what today is the United States began to cross imported English Thoroughbred horses with assorted "native" horses such as the Chickasaw horse (a breed developed by Native American people from horses descended from Spain, developed from Iberian, Arabian and Barb stock brought to what is now the Southeastern United States by the Conquistadors).[citation needed]
One of the most famous of these early imports was Janus, a Thoroughbred who was the grandson of the Godolphin Arabian. He was foaled in 1746, and imported to colonial Virginia in 1756. The influence of Thoroughbreds like Janus contributed genes crucial to the development of the colonial "Quarter Miler," or "Quarter Mile Horse." This was a speedy working man's racer, sometimes referred to as the "Celebrated American Quarter Running Horse." The resulting horse was small, hardy, and quick, and was used as a work horse during the week and a race horse on the weekends.[1]
As flat racing became popular with the colonists, the Quarter Miler gained even more popularity as a sprinter over courses that, by necessity, were shorter than the classic racecourses of England, and were often no more than a straight stretch of road or flat piece of open land. When matched against a Thoroughbred, local sprinters often won. As the Thoroughbred breed became established in America, many colonial Quarter Mile mares were included in the original American stud books, starting a long association between the Thoroughbred breed and what would later become officially known as the "Quarter Horse," named after the distance at which it excelled,[citation needed] with some individuals being clocked at up to 55 mph.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Quarter_Horse#Breed_History
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