Only one man had come prepared for the autumnal seaside weather and he was wearing what appeared to be a Union Jack teacosy - on message but not en vogue.

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At the same time Gore drones on and on with character assassinations, straw man arguments and out-of-context weather anecdotes, more than two dozen global warming experts will join Watts discussing the science Al Gore hopes we will overlook.

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Across from me was a tall, large man, middle-aged, with whom I exchanged a few words about the weather and our plans for the following day.

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The good news is that there are practical and affordable steps we can take to mitigate these threats, if only we have the will and the wit to adopt them before we are hit by heavy space weather or its man-caused counterpart.

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All scores were erased only 20 players in the 30-man field even had scores on their cards and the round will start over Saturday with 36 holes, weather permitting.

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