Warren White of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, and his colleagues were the first to find that sea-surface temperatures across the globe swing up and down in a 10-to 12-year period that lags behind the solar cycle by two to three years.

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To begin, stand with knees and hips slightly bent, one end of the rope in each hand, and swing the arms up and down one at a time or simultaneously to rapidly lift and slam the rope to the floor.

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One possibility is that the jet streams that normally hit the west coast straight on will instead swing up into Alaska and dive down the coast, bringing along cold arctic winds with it.

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Considering that Democratic registration is down 825, 708 in the eight key swing states, and independent registration up 254, 310, independents ought to be ripe for the GOP in 2012.

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