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"The stage used to be right here." Bob Ayres, founding partner of the classic Haight-Ashbury stand up comedy club, The Other Café, is sitting in his old yuckster stomping grounds, now a neighborhood crepery. He's gesturing to the corner of the restaurant, roughly where we're sitting, and where his small stage used to host everyone from Robin Williams to Jerry Seinfeld. Now in its place it's just me and Bob and a guy eating a sandwich two tables down. Could a desire for resurrection be driving Ayres' Other Café reunion show this weekend (Sat/25)? Read more »
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Former Mayor Willie Brown and Public Defender Jeff Adachi – author of Prop. B, which would require city employees to pay more for their pension and health care costs – yesterday crossed a union picket line at Le Méridien, which is being boycotted by hotel workers with Unite-Here Local 2, to attend a fundraiser for the measure.
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Agency CIOs need to find creative ways to lower the cost of their technology services. DHS is testing the concept of "workplace-as-a-service." OMB soon will issue a new shared services architecture to help agencies understand how best to move to enterprisewide systems.
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GSA, NIST to name the first batch of outside organizations who will test and validate commercial cloud products against baseline security standards in the FedRAMP cloud security program in May. The Joint Authorization Board also will release guidance to industry on how to implement the security requirements in the coming months. FedRAMP still is months from approving its first set of vendors.
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After a decade of unsuccessful attempts, including the Justice Department's Integrated Wireless Network, the Homeland Security Department wants to leap forward with technology by using commercial 4G networks to connect law enforcement agencies. DHS created a joint program office to lead the effort. The approach is part of OMB's shared services initiative for agencies to work together on big programs.
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Energy, DHS and DoD CIOs told House lawmakers how each of their agencies is reducing duplicative systems. GAO released its latest report on the IT dashboard and found the three agencies need to improve how they categorize projects.
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Richard Spires said the Homeland Security Department has more than 130 human resources systems and that's too many. He said an intra agency group recently completed a segment architecture of HR technology to figure out where they can consolidate systems and find savings.
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Government may take unused bank accounts
Monday , October 08, 2012 - 1:29 PM
Folks, check out all of your bank accounts and make absolutely certain that you have used them recently. I just received a letter from one of my banks in another state because of non-use, my deposited funds would be turned over to the government in two weeks unless I sign a document and be charged $5.50 a month fee.
What a bunch of bureaucratic garbage. One more fine example of the government taking over your life. What gives them the right to do this and how many millions of dollars go into someone's pockets due to this?
It's just another example of how we are dumbing down and losing our freedoms on our way to Third World existence.
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Gelato/Ice Cream?
Does anyone know a shop that has good gelato/ice cream - that offers table service/seating?
I'm looking for a nice place to go after dinner tomorrow night and i want to sit down and catch up with an old friend and not feel rushed.
I was very pleasantly surprised by the Mochi Ice Cream Sampler at Momofuku Ssam Bar. A great textural ice cream alternative. They have late night hours and definitely won't rush you.
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I think they will serve you gelato at the bar at OTTO.
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Yes the whole menu is available at the Otto Enoteca Bar, and many of the fantastic gelato flavors change seasonally. The real Otto favorite, Olive Oil Gelato, is always available. The bar area, however, is invariably crowded.
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they will, but not at the tables, i've tried before. and at the bar, at least you don't have to wait.
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First, the bar is often crowded. Second, it's so loud in there with the music set high and the chatter from bar patrons that if you are looking for a quiet place to sit and talk, good luck to ya!
Your best bet is the various Italian pastry shops around the city. Lucia mentions Rocco, but Ferrara in Little Italy works too (yes, it's touristy but they have gelato and table service). Cones, which has excellent South American-style gelato, has a few tables but no table service (across from Rocco's though).
Don't know how late they are open, but my choice would be Tarallucci e Vino. I like the 18St location. Casual wine/coffee bar with light eats. You can sit in there a long time comfortably and chat away. They offer a gelato tasting, and though I haven't tried their gelato, their other stuff is good.
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I've actually been seated at a table after specifying that I was only there for the gelato. It was fairly busy at the time as well...But at any rate, even though the gelato there is great, I would avoid it if you want to hear your conversation - it's far too loud for catching up with a friend.
Rocco's has table service (although inattentive) and serves gelato, albeit not the best version in town by any means.
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you can do it at the bar.
Wouldn't Otto be a little too loud for a catch-up session?
Cha-An has asian-flavored desserts and icecream in a nice quiet setting.
just read this on nymag.com but basically, a new restaurant/cafe/gelateria in Clinton/Hell's Kitchen, at the back of Manganero's Hero Boy. Those heroes are actually great for parties, but anyway, check out the back. I haven't been there myself yet, but read the link for more info:
Cones on Bleecker will be empty this time of year notwithstanding the mild weather and they have tables.
There's a little Vietnamese place called Bao on 2nd between 22nd and 23rd... it has the most delicious mango and iced tea gelato.
One of my favorite gelaterias in NYC is right in Chelsea Market. It used to be referred to as "Jimmy's", but now (same people)-L'Arte del Gelato. They are from Siciliy. Great stuff, made daily. Right across from Buonitalia near the entrance to the kitchen supply store. Technically, no tables and chairs there, but plenty of places for seating around there. Worth the trip.


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Stephen King has this adage about voice, which goes something like: "open milk always takes on the flavour of whatever else is in the fridge." I'm mangling that, but it gets the sense across. His example was that if he reads too much Harlan Ellison, he starts writing like Harlan Ellison, not least because Ellison is a strong flavour.
The trick, perhaps, is to work out what it is that you like so much about your favourite writers — pick apart their work, find out how they achieve their effects — and take the things that feel most comfortable to you, and the things that you think will help you say what you want to say. Because "voice" starts with deciding what you want to say in your fiction. The things you really want to talk about. What makes you angry? What things do you want to explain your love for? How do you see relationships working? How should the world be? Answer these questions for yourself — or write fiction in which you can discover these answers for yourself — using the tools that look useful from your favourite writers — and you should be on your way to finding your own voice."
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The scheduling has done this documentary series no favours. Welcome to Lagos has coincided each Thursday night with an event, the TV debate between the three party leaders, which has not only turned this election on its head, but which may have changed politics in this country forever. If you can ignore history being made on the other side, a treat awaits you on BBC2. The producer Will Anderson has spent four months in the least salubrious spots of Lagos, one of Africa's mega-cities - the main dump Olusosun, Makoko a floating slum, and the beach which is home to squatters. Thankfully, he was not on a quest for yet another extreme environment. Nor was he out to produce another derivative of Slumdog Millionaire. The stars of this world do not wallow in self-revelation, but are ordinary, resourceful people who get by. Meet Joseph, who burns the PVC coating off copper wire by night and proclaims that his business is just like the stock market. The price of metals he sells fluctuates with the price of the dollar. In fact, he goes on, the only difference between him and city slickers are suits, ties and fine shoes. One can think of a few others, as he leads you back to his one room apartment, but there is no cause for hand-wringing. No hearts bleed in this series, except those of the cattle slaughtered in the market. Nor is anyone pretending that life in the dump or the floating slum is another other than it is. If you can see it on iplayer, do. Otherwise this series is worth, dare one say it , a repeat.
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Brrrr-*UK Winter "Tease" ;) Weather Forecast 2014-15 :) 2015 Solar, El Nino, QBO Prediction.
Good Evening Guys I hope You're enjoying the current Boring Weather in the UK;). As it's Early September it is Time for a New UK Winter 2014-15 Weather Forecast and Here We Go, I'll Be Running Over Some Weather Models And Also New Predictions For The QBO, ENSO, Solar Activity And Much More And See what the Pointers Are For This Winter:). As You Know it can go in 3 Directions (Mild,Normal,Cold), And Although It's Highly Uncertain, Speculative Etc, We're Going to Try and Use These Factors To see where we May* Be Heading For Winter Weather This Year I Hope this Year the Snow falls Good as all us Weather Enthusiasts (and Snow Lovers), will be Pleased after the Painful Winter of 2013-14, In the Factors Below there will be a Variety of Good News and Bad News, As we Take a Detailed Look at some Winter Weather Pointers, I hope you are in a Comfy Seat and Enjoy
CFS, A Tricky & Sometimes Silly Weather Model
Now, the CFS. The CFS Weather Model Is one of the most Uncertain and one of the Forecast models I do not trust very much in it's Long Range Predictions, It's Going for a Cold Old Snowy Winter 2014-15 UK, With Low Pressure NE Of the UK bringing Easterly Winds and Snow flurries into parts of the UK. This would be a Very Nice scenario and I think the CFS is basing it somewhat of It's El Nino 3/4 Region Forecasts which are Going for Warm Water over the El Nino Area of the Pacific, (A "Modoki" El Nino), which does Lead to Cooler Weather conditions across Europe with Increased Snow, according to Previous Years with a Similar Set Up. As many Other Models Are Beginning To "Hint" At, the CFS Puts the Jet Stream through Southern USA Which Would Mean the Jet Stream is a Little Shorter Loosing It's Energy over the East US Coast Allowing Perhaps a Quieter "Cooler", Set Up over the UK, this is a Poss Scenario this Winter In my opinion given the Modoki/ Quite a Northern Based El Nino Also allowing for a Southerly Sunk Jet For 2015 in particular
Now, time for a Look at the Met Office Model for Weather 2014 Winter UK, another Difficult and Rather Uncertain Model to Work With
Alike the Previous Update, I'm Starting off Again with the Weather Models I do Not Like first and Then Moving towards Good Old Solar, QBO And ENSO, And Possible Pressure Scenarios Bringing A Certain "Type" Of Winter Weather Across the UK:). Unfortunately the Met Office have not Updated their September Forecast for Winter otherwise we Would be Able to See their Predictions for that Period (Grrrr), although It is Worth Viewing their August Predictions for November, December and January, which is for a Very, Very Unsettled Pattern and Stormy To, You may of Heard me Mention This I do not Trust the Met Office Models, Although Importantly to Point Out, Mild Stormy Winters Often Come In Runs Alike The Period In the Late 1980′s, In fact Below this Met Office Model Showing a Very, Very Stormy Early Winter and New Year I Compare the Last 5 Winters And Predictions For This Winter To That Of The 80′s from the Cold At the Start to the Mild at the End
Graph Comparing Winters Of The 80′s To The Current Period
Now I like Interesting Matches on Winter Analogues, and I've Come across One here;). The Winters 1984/5/6 had a La Nina Period with a recovery to a (Strong) El Nino by Winter 1986/1987. These Winters All had a Rising QBO and then a Shoot down into a Nice Negative NAO By Winter 86/87. Interestingly in Winters 2010/11/12 and /13/14 we had a La Nina Period, Before a Shoot Up into a Very Slight El Nino for Winter 2014/2015. We also have a Rising (Very Similar), QBO Pattern in these Winters Before a Negative QBO in Winter 2014/2015. In the Winter of 86/87 which saw a Switch to the La Nina to an El Nino and from a Positive QBO to a vastly Negative One, the NAO was Very Similar to Previous Years in the "Run". The corresponding NAO doesn't really match, at all!;), A widely swinging NAO in the Past few Years, and in this 80′s Period we had Generally a Near Normal NAO over the Select Period. Now, my Attention turns to Solar Activity so Read Below for Much More Detail In that
Generally Solar Activity is Moderate and Peaking after a long Haul in the Dead-Zone for Solar Activity in Previous Years During the Winters of 2011-2014. Solar Activity was Low during the Years we're interested in in the 80′s, which is Probably why the NAO stayed in Moderate Values rather than Spiking Up alike the Winters in the 2010′s. During the Winter of 1986/7, Solar Activity was Low, this Probably Pulled us Back from Experiencing a Highly Positive NAO from the El Nino Event. The Winter of 2014-15 will have much Higher Solar Activity and Generally a Similar QBO Pattern, although much less Strong of an El Nino, this Perhaps Leads Me to Forecast a Slightly Higher NAO Than Neutral Say +0.2, So Better Than Last Year Perhaps. So So far it's Looking Better (Compared to Last Year , With Ideas Running Down the Near Normal Type Winter, Some Snow, Some Mild. Much better than Last Year
Now, I thought I'd Take A Final Look at Siberian Snow Cover and the BCC/CFS Weather Model For Further Winter Thoughts
The BCC Weather Model is Going for a Stormy Start to Winter with Low Pressure over the UK, Above average Rainfall and Temperatures:) Interestingly, this is the Same as the UKMO Prediction. Let's see if the CFS Concurs. Below is a Comparison of the BCC and CFS for the Nov-Jan Period. Now the "Weak" CFS Chart shows a Light Blue Area (Low Pressure), to the North of the UK Early Winter, as does the BCC, Perhaps a Stormy Start to Winter, then Becoming Cooler After January, or in Late Jan? It's all Very Uncertain and as Science of Long Range Forecasts is So Uncertain every Year is treated Unique, so Even though Analogues are Going for a Near Normal Winter, and I'm "Thinking", in General a Winter where the Snow may Come Later. There isn't a Better Place to use the Phrase "Anything Could and Will Happen". Thank you for Reading this Long range Winter "Speculation", I hope you enjoyed
*Please Return On The 1st of September for a Detailed Forecast (Rather than Mere Speculation) on the Winter Including Europe, Highly Uncertain But More Detail, Thank You *.
Good Evening, Now, Winter 2014/15 Weather Forecast UK, It's Really Very Early, but as Requested, here we go. This is Not a Forecast however, it's merely Speculation and is "Just For Fun":).
It's Too far off. It's simply too far out to be "Realistic" When it comes to UKWeather. The atmosphere here is Extremely Dynamic. We can Try and Use Analogue Year's, Sea Surface Temperatures, Solar Activity, QBO, and the Seasonal Models to Try and conduct a Forecast. But Ultimately the Unpredictability of the Physics Surrounding our Atmosphere which Drvie the Weather is at an Early Stage, this Comes to Play more in Short Term Weather Forecasting, although does Apply Considerably for Long Range Forecasting To. Now, Those of you Tracking My Research into the Past 100 Winters of All the Parameters (QBO,ENSO,El Nino, Solar), Unfortunately that is Still in the Verification Process, although I havee got some Interesting Analogue info based on Previous ENSO Modoki Years + El Nino as Expected this Year Below, these make for Interesting *Interpretations* .
What I thought would be Good was to Have a Look at the Huug Van Den Dool Winter 2014/15 Analogue Charts and then View the Past Similar ENSO Years and Their Parameters, To see if we have any "Super Analogues".
Before I release my Own Analogue Based Forecasts for this Winter, why not take a look at a NOAA based forecast for December, January and February into 2015. Now, Alike my Winter Analogue Forecasts (Which have been Completed for the US, and show a Mixture of conditions, but on the whole, Cold, for the USA). In terms of how this would complicate our conditions, in the Analogue years for ENSO including 09/10, 02/03, etc, there's a Huge mixture, although Compared to the Average a Modoki Based El Nino Does* have mostly Cold Winters attached for the UK. Now, the Analogue years for ENSO, I have produced a Chart showing the QBO, Solar Activity, And ENSO, And NAO For the ENSO Analogue Years, (That is Based on the ENSO Analogues, to see how Similar the Other ENSO Analogues were to this Winter's prediction Etc. So the First Image = Some Analogue Analysis From Previous ENSO Similar Years then Adding in Other Parameters, Then The Huug Van Den Dool Prediction Based On Previous Winter Analogues By Sea Surface Temperature
So What Will This Mean For Winter 2014-15?
For This Period We're Expecting A Negative QBO, Moderate Solar Activity, And A Weak El Nino. This Is Actually Not Far Off From The Winter Of 76/77, Which Had A Severely Cold Winter for the UK. Now, You have to be Realistic Though. Although one Thing which I Find Amazing Is How Much Solar Activity *Appears* To Impact NAO Through Years Of The Modoki El Nino Greatly. So Moderate Solar Activity For This Year Would Lead To A Near Average Winter. Although, It's Very, Very far Out to have any Realistic Viewpoint. Even Though*, the Pointers are Towards an Average Winter this Year, what happens in October and November is Fundamentally Critical. Iff we see slow and little development of Siberian Snow Cover, this is not a good sign. If we however see Fast (Rapid) development of Siberian Snow Cover and this extends into Scandinavia to, then that can help the Development of Northern Blocking. Now as Cold Winters come in Rows and so do Mild Winters, this is another thing which makes me Lean towards the Mild idea, although it really is Incredibly Uncertain .
Please also *Be Aware*, that the Figures for the 2014-2015 Winter you see on the Chart above are Projections only for NASA Solar Prediction, IRI/CPC ENSO Prediction, The Current QBO, etc, so Take it with a Huge Pinch of Salt. In the Next Update I'll have Plenty More, Including The Seasonal Models, and Much Much More In fact. It will be on the 1st of September, exciting stuff. See you soon, and thank you very much for Reading, Kasim .
Ready for UK Winter forecast 2014 atmospheric forecasts? So am I *The next update will be released on the 1st of August., that update will have more certainty in it, and will be much more in – depth, so *please return then for a more detailed update on the 1st of August, thank you* *After The USA Prediction? Find That By Clicking *Here*.
*In this latest update, I take a preliminary look back at last year's festive season, and importantly, see how I've done. I also look at the May Sea Surface temperature to suggest NAO for next UK winter .
*Last year's, I for the UK Winter 13- 2014, said, a predominantly cold with snow, and Northern blocking, being a dominant feature. This, was not the outcome. Infact, we experienced one of the mildest, wettest, and stormiest UK Winter's for a long, long time (Or maybe safer to say the De Icing Cans and Snow Shovels have Gathered Dust since March 2013. Perhaps it was the El Nino and high solar activity that impacted the jet stream to deliver a serious jet streme to the UK. I have changed my long range forecasting technique, in the upcoming months I will be closely looking at the ENSO, PDO, solar and SST's and will be using slightly less of the seasonal models for the 2014- 2015 season to see possible conditions/ temperature for the UK and Ireland :).
http://www.skepticalscience.com/uk-winter-2013-14.html – An excellent article documenting the extraordinary stormy, wet, and mild conditions experienced in the previous festive period. Well, I'm glad that's over,
The Caveats,
As Well As NAO Winter Forecast For The Upcoming Winter ( 2014 / 15 ) .
It's incredibly early to even hint, on what the upcoming season could have in store for the UK, whether it's cold, and very snowy, or the opposite, or a lull in any action. Due to the volatile And unpredictable element to the Atmosphere, which we "just haven't" got to grips with fully, it's always going to be very difficult to come up with a winter 2014/15 forecast, even in say, November :.)
NAO For The Upcoming 2015 Season (Next 5 Paragraphs), Here you will also find an explanation as to why the NAO is incredibly Uncertain, and Read on to find an Explanation of the NAO, and how the May SST's Impact over the Festive, Traditionally Snow – Shovel and De Icer Using Season ;).
One of the things we do look at for an out look though, are the sea surface temperatures on the mid-Atlantic. This, is usually the first, very low confidence indication of Winter forecasting. – It runs off the idea that what we call a "tripole", which is basically ribbons Of warm surface Sea temperature East of New York, across to The UK, cold SST's, from around Florida to North Africa, and Warm again from around the Caribbean, to the Canary Islands. This "Tripole", if found in the month of May, usually tries to repeat itself again in the Winter months in the same year. Now the "Big problem" we have here is, this pattern does not always lead to formation of blocking, and only around 60%, of the time, does this pattern Repeat Itself in the winter months ahead, for Europe and indeed the United Kingdom, in fact during 2009 may we saw no triple (similar to May 2014), yet 2009/10 was very cold & snowy, just hinting how uncertain this is when trying to forecast. Also, a positive NAO can bring cold conditions, for example during a Polar maritime flow, North Western areas of the UK & Ireland including Northern Ireland, Scotland can see potentially snowfall and cool conditions, although in the last couple of sentences I am not taking about winter weather 2014 UK, as it's to far out to say anything reasonable about whether you'll be preparing to use that De Icer or Snow Shovel This Winter :)
Okay, So What Exactly Is The "North Atlantic Oscillaion", In Layman's Terms? .
Many of you have seen me talking about the "NAO" in my updates :.) But what Is it? Well, it stands for the "North Atlantic Oscillation", and is a measure of the index of the configuration of pressure across the North Atlantic: it is a fairly basic concept when studying Met :.) A negative NAO corresponds to lower pressure South of around 50′ North, than North o around 50′ North in the Atlantic (tthis is Northern blocking, which would mean cold, snow, blocking Winter UK & Europe. Although a positive NAO means higher pressure South of around 50′ North, and lower pressure South of 50′ North, so above average temperatures :.) It is important to understand that the NAO is not a driver of our weather, it is merely a measure of the index of pressure in the North Atlantic :.) The negative NAO, doesn't always mean cold for the UK. For example, a ridge may set up across the UK although across the North Atlantic, a negative NAO Set up is set up, meaning an overall negative NAO. This is why, it's very tricky to work with the NAO, as a negatively signaled NAO may not always equate to cold weather in the UK, it can sometimes mean just cold weather for the North Atlantic, or mainland Europe. :.) Here is an example of a negative NAO, In Winter 2010/2011. Although as mentioned before, the NAO can be positive and Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland can actually experience Wintry conditions .
And for this Very Reason, It's a Very Limited, and Uncertain Viewpoint.
When Determining The UK Weather For Winter Forecast 2015 UK / 2014.. Let's Have a Look At The May 2014 SST's Anyway…
Why so uncertain of the NAO?
It's very important to understand the uncertainty. And you've probably got bored reading this it's very lengthy whether you're at home or at the office I do apologise! As I say before, there are numerous caveats involved. This "signal", doesn't usually work, only around 65%, at most, of the time. For example, previous winters, have yield a great deal of cold weather, with a positive NAO signal from the May SST's. Oppositely, a negative NAO signal for Winter from the SSTs, can actually lead Into a positive NAO Winter, for example, last Winter. That's why, when forecast Winter 2014/15, it's going to be very difficult to put a forecast together. Please join me in August, when I take a detailed view at the El Nino, PDO, solar activity, to try and come up with some sort of more insightful forecast. For now, I'll leave you with the current SST's from May of 2014. This is a positive NAO hint For Winter 2015, although please digest the Information which you have previously read on this blog . And although this update does favor mild conditions in the UK, interestingly, the Atmosphere has every capacity to go either way at this stage, please return in late July/ early August for the next update, and see what the latest drivers have on impacting the conditions exprienced
ENSO Insert. – Impacts On Upcoming?
Weak Nino, and Weak Modoki?
ENSO insert – The ENSO, (El Nino/Southern Oscillation), is something we closely look at to give impacts for the Winter. It's links to UK weather are highly uncertain, and the science is new. What exactly is an El Nino? An El Nino is a time frame in which the sea off the Coast of Peru heading into the Central Pacific is warmer than average, and the La Nina is the exact opposite. Now, when coming to forecast 2014/15 winter for the United Kingdom, England etc, we have to look at the Atlantic to see how the El Nino impacts the Atlantic. Indeed, we will be in an El Nino phase until at least March 2015. Just like all weather/science, it's deeply uncertain as to how the El Nino relates to Winter weather in the UK, infact, it's so uncertain there is little reason for me to write a blog on it! But, an El Nino usually leads to lower pressure or lower heights and increased heavy snow and cold for the East of the States, this usually has the capacity to drives an increased jet stream into the Atlantic, and UK. So, perhaps an El Nino gives an increased chance of a mild winter ahead this / next year? Perhaps, although combined with an increasingly Neutral QBO (Quasi-biennial oscillation), this is an average winter hint, which leaves us, at the conclusion of a near normal type Winter for the UK. Of course, this far off it's dreadfully uncertain, and I'll have more updates in the future. Now of course a negative (Easterly) QBO, would equate to increased Siberian blocking, and an increased snow & cold risk for UK & Euro for UK Winter forecast 2014/ 2015.
Solar Activity & Influences.
Moderate Flare/Ray/Sunspots during this Year, and Next Year (2014/15).
Now, solar activity, just like El Nino, and QBO, is a very uncertain factor. The reason it's difficult for me to predict weather using solar activity is because the affects of unpredictable flares are uncertain, which makes Solar a very difficult technique, especially when studying Met. The fact that each factor makes up no more than 10% of this long range forecast, means the varying guidance given from each factor is often "true", but when added to each other, make a highly uncertain outlook. For example, A + A + A = A, but A + B + A =? 2 A and 1 B (2 cold and 1 warm), which means, any forecast from this guidance would be uncertain either way. The Solar activity, latest for July 2014, is just finished peaking from cycle 24, and is currently, in moderate activity and will continue for 2015 year. This could mean increased Atlantic activity for UK for the upcoming Winter 2014 Forecast season. Here's the latest solar activity & forecast for future years^.
Acknowledgements on this Blog:
: NOAA Sea Surface Temperatures.
Wikipedia ENSO Chart, typical El Nino Pattern for Winter.
NASA Solar Cycle Prediction.
WetterZentrale Archives.
Skeptical Science.com
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Thank You for reading, don't forget to join us in August,which will include the more detailed seasonal view .
This leaves us with some significant uncertainty for UK & Ireland, in the next update we will cover a lot more ground. To give you an idea we will be looking at the Met Office model, Long Range Brazilian, and 6 other Models, as well as the usual stuff and more. Thank you for reading.
Now In terms of Winter Preparedness, and Using That winter shovel or de – icer, there was none of that in the previous one, but who knows what could happen this year
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when is the next update
Exacta is indicating a very cold winter, do you concur ?
Our business is substantially dependent on the winter season, so buying the right goods is crucial.
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I live up a rural hill a the top of scotland so any prediction for the winter forecast is vital as we dont get many gritters.Just me with my shovel!!
Its early october roughly,whens the next update? I love the cold so I dearly hope in the west midlands well get a bit of last years type snow
Thanks for updates!
Do you ever look back at historical records to search for repeating/predictive general weather patterns/cycles?
25 etc
By the way
The compu-forecasts are notoriously inaccurate for a predicting Northerly/north easterly/easterly setup!
The snowy/icy weather is upon us before they start stating it. Happens every time if you look out for it!
Those flippin' Siberian winds rip thru East Anglia!
Looking forward to another cold winter
We're ready !!
Have you got a twitter we can follow?
Hello. What's the temperature will be for winter?
In the mountains is starting to snow.
Scotland had -5°c last week.
how much snow r we going to see here on long island?? r we going to have any blizzards or really bad storms?? R we going to be above or below average in snowfall?? R temperatures going to be cold or warm??
Why you page was suspended by authorrities last year???
1994/95 was a very mild, wet and stormy winter that was following by a very cold and snowy winter the following year. 1995/96.
78/79 was very cold and quite severe in the UK, not 76/77.
Exacta are always predicting a v.cold winter.. Last year James Madden was predicting snowmageddon and look how that turned out. Hi is obsessed with global cooling so all his forecasts are chilly and many are rubbish.


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The Place: Lao Sze Chuan
2172 S Archer Av
The Date: Sunday, Sept 2, 2001
The Time: 7:00
The Guests: The current count is 17, as delineated in VI's post below. (We are all right re: money, if as few as 13 show up.)
The Current Menu:
An Assortment of Hot and Cold Appetizers
Seafood and Tofu Soup
Spicy Salt and Pepper Crab
Whole fish with Tofu and Spicy Sauce
Tea-Smoked Duck
Dry Chili Rabbit
Szechuan Eggplant (Veggie)
Peapod sprouts with Frsh Garlic (veggie)
Lamb with Pure Cumin
Fruit Plate
Rice Pudding
The cost: $25 / Person. (i think this includes tip, but I think I'll call to double check: does anyone who's arranged something like this before have any idea if it's standard to include or not include tip?)
Booze: BYO! (There was no mention of a corkage fee)
Notes: Please peruse the menu and let me know if there are any glaring omissions, unbalanced elements, etc. For thems that have access to a menu, let me know if there are any items there that seem like must-eats. I myself was waffling between the Twice fried pork with Cilantro JiaZhou style and the Lamb dish. Vincent (tony's partner) is very willing to make changes during the week this week, so please don't be shy about expressing your preferences. I'm also dubious about the crab, but Vincent seemed insistent that everyone would like it. Do we need dessert or would our dollars be better spent on sampling another entree or two?
I'm looking forward to meeting you all on Sunday...
Sounds really good to me.
In terms of tip, it's pretty customary that a preset price would include tip, but I would certainly call ahead to ensure that this is indeed the case. At the very least, our server(s) will appreciate it!
Thanks for organizing this, and looking forward to seeing all of you on Sunday.
re: Michael
Great job Seth. The menu sounds great. I would not subtract anything!
As there are 18 people who have indicated they want to come, if we add anything, I'd suggest some dumplings or related that are on the menu under, i believe, snacks. At a minimum, we need some buns to go with the duck (they come with anyways, but it the traditional side for sichuan duck, as pancakes are for peking duck).
As to desert, i'm all for it. for one thing i'm all for desert in general. for another, chinese deserts can be pretty special and unique and something most of of us seldom get to try. when we ate sichuan in hong kong, we had these great donuts for desert (suggestion for tony?)
i'll bring some kind of booze option
Seth, thanks again for setting things up.
Unfortunately, i have misplaced my menu but FWIW My vote would be more entrees,less dessert. That pork dish sounds very nice indeed.
Hey after all we could always walk down the mall and grab a bubble drink from joy yee's or grab something from the chinese bakery.
re: TJR
The impulse for BYO was to simplify the paying process: no need to fight one's way out of food coma to deal with complex calculations at the end of the meal. If that seems overly cautious, then people should feel free to order liquor at the restaurant, and settle up separately with the bar.
re: Seth Zurer
well, do they allow byo? Some places with licenses do and some don't.
re: TJR
Oh, good. I was under the impression from one of the first postings that they did not have a liquor license. In fact, i think someone else indicated that they will bring beer. But i'm there for Tsing Tao, and it will be easy enough to find if this is not the case. Thanks for the info.
Just wondering which are spicy and which are not? I love spicy but at least 2 people asked for non, and it looks like 4 dishes are and 3 are not and it's not clear if the lamb is. It's easier for spice likers to eat non-spicy than non-spicers to eat hot stuff :)
Hi all,
just wanted to let you know I put the menu question out to the general chowhound board to see if there are any famous szechaun dishes we shouldn't miss
I just started reading this board. Love it and wish I could make the dinner but I'm out of town. I wanted to pass along an opinion though. I'd definately go for the rice pudding if it's what I'm thinking of--the eight treasure rice pudding. That's made from glutinous rice with red bean paste (which you may have had in other Chinese desserts such as moon cakes) and various nuts and preserved fruits. It's not too "weird", especially for this group. I've had the version at this restaurant and it's pretty good. However, I should note for the vegetarians that I'm pretty sure it contains lard, and quite a bit of it.
Is the crab soft-shell or hard? I happen to think the salt-pepper style preparation is one of the best ways to eat soft-shells. It's fine with regular crabs but much of the flavor is on the shell and you have to be willing to work on the shell (polite way of saying suck/chew on it) to get the flavor.
1 - I will bring a bottle or two of wine (probably white)
2 - my guest's comments on the menu:
"Seems to be a decent mix of spicy and not spicy; tilted towards the spicy, but this is a Szechuan restaurant. I would advise strongly against dessert, not just additional ones but even the fruit and pudding listed. Dessert is not a Chinese tradition. This means that 1) it's not authentic and part of our goal is authenticity and 2) it's probably not going to be very good. I like the idea of lamb; it's a bit alien to standard Chinese cuisine but very authentic with the kinda-muslim population, who tend to use lamb instead of the usual pork.
re: lee
Sorry to butt in again, but these comments on dessert and lamb were so odd to me, I had to say something.
Hong Kong has the highest per capita fresh orange consumption in the world because slices of orange will be served as a fruit plate after nearly every meal. At fancier restaurants, depending on the season, you'll also have some mangos, melon or muscat-type grapes on the fruit platter. Before the fruit plate will be a warm thick dessert soup, such as red bean, tapioca and taro, coconut and lotus root, etc. For special occasions, a sticky rice pudding called Eight Treasures (or Precious) will end the banquet. If this is the rice pudding your restaurant is serving, it's absolutely authentic. You can read a further description in Jim Leff's account of his Hang Zhou banquet.
Keep in mind that there is no "standard Chinese" cuisine just as there is no such thing as standard Italian. Chinese cuisine is regional cooking. Lamb is widely used in northern dishes, even in non-Muslim places.
You can follow the thread linked below for advice to me from Limster on what to order at one of our local Szechuan restaurants. Most of the dishes at an authentic place will be so hot, they'll blow your head off. If the folks in your group are capsicum-shy, be sure they leave a water pitcher at your table and have lots of beer handy. Ice cream helps too.
The lamb with cumin dish Limster recommended was one of the most delicious and evocative lamb preparations I've ever tasted. If it's prepared half as well for your dinner, you're in for a real treat.
re: Melanie Wong
Melanie, I've read your posts with great interest ever since you started posting here, and loved them all. But what you said about water and spicy foods contradicts everything I've ever heard about the subject. From what I understand, drinking beer or water after eating something too spicy only makes the situation worse. I can't remember the explanation exactly, but it goes something like this: capiscum is an oil-based substance, and when you mix oil and water together, it just causes the oil to spread out in a thin layer all over your mouth.
In my experience, it's much better to quickly grab and eat something absorbent-- like plain rice or plain noodles or tortillas or cornbread or whatever traditional accompaniment is handy. This soaks up the oil and prevents it from spreading further. Follow that up, if possible, with a milk product (or anything else with a basic ph). As you mentioned, ice cream works well for this.
Try it and see!
re: Beth P.
What you've said is all true. I'm suggesting the extra liquids as accompaniments to the meal. Water alone will not shake loose the chili oils. The alcohol and acid in beer will, cleansing the palate to be assaulted by chilis again. I like the alternating coldness of beer with the spicy hot of the food. However, it's also necessary to rehydrate because you will sweat buckets and need the dilution effect to keep the chilis from burning a hole through the stomach. The hot complexity of Szechwan spicy seasonings will be felt all the way down and out the other end.
To put out flaming mouths, lots of starchy materials will help. They should make sure than steamed rice is always on the table. Or you can just do the direct approach and wipe the oils off with a dry paper towel.
I almost always have an horchata with Mexican food and a lassi when eating Indian for the reasons you describe.
Looking now at what I've just written above, it hardly sounds like I'm describing a pleasant dining experience! Let me say that while Szechwan food is some of the hottest around, it's also incredibly complex in flavor with interesting balance of salty and sour notes too which make it worth putting up with some pain for the whole spectrum of experience. Good luck to the spicy-shy, I look forward to your reports!
re: Melanie Wong
I was reading Melanie's comments and I was thinking that Sichuan (note, I use the only spelling I remember, this is not some kind of stab at authentisim in spelling sichuan) is not the spiciest food we chowhounds eat in chicago.
my wife and i were talking and we came up with the following spicier cusines in reverse order of spiciness:
5) southern indian
4) ethiopian
3) mexican
2) thai
1) korean
also, i remember when we were in hong kong, the word was that hunan cusine was even hotter, but that true hunan resturants in hong kong were rare.
All righty. In light of Melanie's comments here and on the advice of the hounds on the general topics board I have added one dish to our menu: a szechuan spicy dumpling entree, which I hope will turn out to be like this thing that Limster (?) describes: hong you chao shou (small wontons in a red chile oil sauce). And I think that we should leave the dessert in place.
Furthermore, i asked Vincent about the tip, and he said that it would be on top of the $ 25 per person. So...Assuming 17% tip, that brings us to 29.25 per person. Does this push the price out of the range of reasonability for anyone? Let me know soon (as in today or tomorrow--my email is above), so that I can renegotiate with the restaurant.
One comment on the menu. If that rabbit dish is the one they call "Crazy Woman Rabbit", it was disappointing. Plenty hot, but not much flavor (and as Melanie Wong says, Szechuan has plenty of flavor), and the rabbit was tough.
About 18 of us ate there a few weeks ago celebrating a couple of our birthdays. We ended up purely serendipitously with one spicy table and one non-spicy table. I suggest you all do the same if you can.
Having been unemployed for six months as fallout from the dot-com-bomb, I can't afford to be there Sunday, but I'll enjoy it vicariously.
I am borrowing a Sony Mavica from work, so we'll have quick snaps. If there's someone who wants to take care of putting the pictures up, please bring some IBM-formatted floppies so you can take them home with you. (someone could bring a laptop so we could copy them for folks too)


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for the gamer in you: Biz-En-Jaye [feat. B!Z & JA] x NAMELESS.
I've been gaming since the Nintendo use-one-game-cartridge-to-hold-the-one-you-want-to-play-down era. The Golden Age of Gaming if you will. 80s babies have the unique position of having grown up with the classics, but we're still young enough to experience and appreciate every generation of console gaming since. Enter the era of the Xbox and PS2: where internet met gaming. Fast forward to when gaming meets twitter. A plethora of followers who all do what you do. Some better, some not so great, but they do it. Twitter is the land of the not-so-great-who -think-they-are-great (free win/loss ratio padding, you're welcome), but that's neither here nor there.
February 15, 2011. Valentine's Day had been spent in my usual fashion (being lonely), so I really didn't have anything else to do but scurry up to Gamestop for the midnight release of Marvel Versus Capcom 3: The Fate of Two Worlds. I'd never played any of the games in the MvC franchise, so why I even pre-ordered it, let alone decided to attend a midnight release (loneliness), who knows. I gathered my game and sent out the first of several tweets inviting anybody to come see me on PSN. I had a pretty solid following of gamers I could play with, but I started playing MvC3 with a few new dudes. They were all pretty good. I mean, when you're in a lobby of 7 "internet gamers" you can imagine there's a scrub mixed in there, but I'm not calling any names today. It was one guy though, I'd followed him for a while, but he just kind of blended in. 140 characters of garbled thoughts I would scroll past, until we became gaming buddies.
Boy, we did game often, and more of the things he talked about became relevant and interesting. He was kinda dope. New games dropped, new games copped, old ones filed away, and we stopped gaming together for a good while. None of the games we really played afforded us online play together, but as funny as it sounds I found myself attracted to him, like pining, damn near. Typing it out I sound crazy as hell, *shifty eyes*, but that's how it was. So the day I cannonballed my ass into his DM, things just took off. We found out we had a lot of things in common; we bonded. Combos everywhere. Then came the proverbial boss battle that are the statements including the words "my girl". Combo Breaker. Who told him to get a girlfriend? I'm hitting start trying to enter a match that's already over. I pushed my feelings to the side and became a good friend. Knowing full well reciprocation isn't an option, side-stepping the conversations he wanted to have about his girlfriend to avoid bias; you know how hard that is? And even that wasn't enough. "Innocent" flirting was one thing, but in my heart '2P press start' was flashing. We had to stop talking. Right back to round one, or so I thought. I really had the "Go Home, be a family man" face about it.
More time passed. While we weren't speaking like we used to, we still checked on each other. It was always something lingering there I think we both knew to avoid, but then he wanted to play. He felt like I disrespected him on twitter by saying how badly I beat him. A new challenger appeared. So we played. And I dusted his ass. And we picked up right where we left off, only better. We talked, we gamed, he lost, I won*. I found myself more and more enamored with him. Combo chains got longer, boss-tier. I realized I loved him, and I just waited. In conversation, he'd let on that his relationship was over, and while I wanted badly, so very badly, to get the win, I couldn't. I wasn't an opportunist. I wanted him happy. Honestly. I wanted him to want me for me not because he was lonely. This was like beating the computer on easy. So I shut up. Super meter was at full capacity, glowing. Life is just like that, you know. Frame watching, waiting for the right time to execute a Level 3 that will either end up in victory or leave you wide open for a humiliating defeat. I spent a lot of time turtling through phone calls only to hear, "And I do love you, Robyn". He'd won by Ultra Combo Finish.
Now I wake up each day to this love; a heart that swells with each beat and a man that I can't live without. I never dreamed I could be loved like this, let alone love a man like this, with love so abundantly that when we speak, we speak in infinites and not absolutes. It's more like "forever" not "until the end of time". No matter what the difficulty, we will not be defeated. Wordy as it may be, this is my thank you to the developers, everyone who put their hands on the making of Marvel Versus Capcom 3, for the love that grew from Capcom, the fate of two worlds.
for the gamer in you: Biz-En-Jaye [feat. B!Z & JA] x NAMELESS.
Miss Teyana Taylor off her mixtape. blow. that. bitch. then.
some shit my creepy ass would do.
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There Goes the Neighborhood: Jedi Jae x Don Cannon
Artist: Jedi Jae (Jae, Jae Swizz, Swizzy, @NewJackSwizzy on twitter)
First time I ever heard Jae, was on The Aftermath's "4, 3, 2,1" where he penned a nice verse, laced it, and dropped the line "punchlines after punchlines like Sugar Ray" after which an ad-lib drops "Kaaaa-YO!" Accurate description for There Goes the Neighborhood, his latest tape to drop 6/15, a lyrical gift for all of 12 tracks (as there are three bonus cuts that have been leaked prior to Swizzy's drop date). Sort of short for the mixtapes most of us are used to: 8-10 nice cuts among 10 or so more trash songs we could have done without. Even including the bonus tracks, Jedi Jae delivers an above average tape for the both the casual listener and the hip-hop purist, alienating neither group.
There Goes the Neighborhood starts off with a typical intro, then dives right into one of the better tracks on the tape "Viva La Familia", which will probably be familiar to most listeners as "Final Hour" by Big Sean, but Swizzy does the beat something dirty.2:37 worth of verbal work that the original would have never seen. "Familia" sets the listener up for what they'll find on songs like "No Breaks", and the bonus "Nothing like the Radio" (Listen to "Nothin' Like the Radio" here); full-tilt rap, zero filler. "Strictly 4 My Ninjas" is probably one of these as well; Jedi Jae delivers some good jabs like:
"Ninja assassin, assassin's creed
Where we believe in higher learning so we pass the weed
Underground rap trying to set the masses free
At the same time getting paper like Master P"
"Smoke x Chill" is just what the name implies. Jae still offers us quality bars, but gives a little more than the harder lyrics for a song that's easy to listen to when you want the mood mellow. Zeta is a great addition here on the hook, and on the song "Late Nights and Early Mornings", where even Swizzy notes, "Can't front, Jae Swizzy got the best team". The truth of this shines through with the artists he invited to appear, as the features on There Goes the Neighborhood are good, and most of them hang with Swizzy for most of their verses but a few bars. None of them quite as good as Boogz on the bonus track "Nothing Like the Radio", where it seems like both artists feed off each other WELL, so I'm hopeful about a rumor buzzing about regarding future projects.
Only gripe I find with the tape is the hooks of quite a few songs, which leaves them a bit incomplete. Takes nothing away from Jedi Jae's true writing ability for each verse, just on certain songs the hooks fall flat. "Strictly 4 My Ninjas" is one of the offenders, where the song could have been FLAWLESS, it's more or less just "better" than most of the other songs on the tape when the hook drops. Nevertheless, songs like "Ninjas" and "Champagne for Champions" still shine through.
Jedi Jae bounces out on "Condos", giving head-nod inducing delivery on the mixtape's official final cut, not letting off the gas just because the listener reached the end of the music. There Goes the Neighborhood is an exceptional work. Ratings System employed, this album-quality "mixtape" is probably an 8/10, better than most, room for improvement, but still leave you anticipating the next release.-r
Listen to "Nothin' Like the Radio"
Is this Link cooking??!? Where's Lil B to validate this.
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In the role of Bertarido, Rodelinda's much-put-upon husband, Gerald Thompson deployed a voice of unusual warmth and resonance.Seen and Heard International
American countertenor, Gerald Thompson, begins the 2013-14 Season in concert as Tolomeo Giulio Cesare in the inaugural season of London's Bloomsbury Festival. He travels to Canada to appear with Edmonton Opera as Orlofsky Die Fledermaus, a role he previously sang at San Francisco Opera as an Adler Fellow.
Recent successes include his return to The Metropolitan Opera to cover the role of Bertarido Rodelinda, a role he previously sang with great success at Pacific Opera Victoria, and at San Francisco Opera. He appeared as Mike Teevee The Golden Ticket at Atlanta Opera, and also at Chicago Opera Theater in Teseo. He returned to Europe for concert performances of Narvès in Carl Heinrich Graun's Montezuma at Musikfestpiele Potsdam Sassoucci Festival, a role he inaugurated the previous season and Oberon A Midsummer Night's Dream at Theater Magdeburg.
Further appearances included his debut at Pacific Opera Victoria as Bertarido and his appearance at New York City Opera in the role of Hegai Esther. He made his Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, debut in the role of The Dog The Cunning Little Vixen under the baton of Charles Mackerras, to great acclaim.
Mr. Thompson made his Lyric Opera Chicago debut as Nireno/Curio Giulio Cesare under the baton of Emmanuelle Haïm, and at Glimmerglass Opera Festival in the role of Tolomeo; he appeared at Portland Opera as Unulfo Rodelinda and Endimione La Calisto; Medoro Orlando in Moscow in one of the first public appearances in Russia by a counter-tenor, and he covered Oberon A Midsummer Night's Dream at La Scala, Milan. In April 2007, Mr. Thompson made a double-barrelled New York debut performing with both New York City Opera as Guido in Flavio and The Metropolitan Opera as Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare.
Gerald Thompson made his operatic debut with Opera Theatre at Wildwood Park performing the roles of Don Ramiro La Finta Giardiniera and Prince Orlofsky Die Fledermaus. In 2005, he became a member of the prestigious Adler Fellowship at San Francisco Opera, and made his main stagedebut as Prince Go-Go in the American premiere of Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre. This success led to further appearances at San Francisco Opera as Unulfo and Prince Orlofsky. He reprised the role of Unulfo for his European debut with Opera Barroca in Bilbao, Spain, and sang Bertarido under the baton of Harry Bicket at Canadian Opera Company. "Gerald Thompson's tone and virtuoso passagework well suited the tormented Bertarido and made for a hair-raising account of Vivi, tiranno!" raved Opera News.
Future appearances include a role in the upcoming Shellshock Requiem a new composition that premieres at La Monnaie in 2014.
Die Fledermaus, Edmonton Opera
January 2014
The most interesting casting was the counter-tenor Gerald Thompson in the trouser-role of Orlofsky. It was a bold idea, and it works, though only because he has such a marvellous voice (one I would dearly like to hear in more conventional counter-tenor roles).Mark Morris, Edmonton Journal
Teseo, Chicago Opera Theatre
April 2012
As Egeo, whose attraction to Agilea leads him to become ensnared by Medea's wiles, countertenor Gerald Thompson was a worthy semi-villain, characterizing well and cutting loose with some imposing top notes in his bravura aria, Voglio stragi, e voglio morte.Lawrence A. Johnson, The Classical Review
In the black-hatted role of Egeo, the cad who tosses Medea aside and commandeers Agilea from her true love, countertenor Gerald Thompson displayed vocal warmth that nearly made one forget the king's dastardly intent.Lawrence B. Johnson, Chicago on the aisle
The Cunning Little Vixen, Royal Opera House
March 2010
Of the many smaller roles, countertenor Gerald Thompson stood out for his attractively sung Dachshund. Although he is perhaps more famous for the stunning Sesto (sic) which he sang in the Metropolitan Opera's Giulio Cesare back in 2007, his mercurial voice has real beauty of tone and plenty of room at the top, which ordinarily is the perennial weakness of most protagonists in this vocal category.Antony Lias, Opera Britannia
Rodelinda, Pacific Opera Victoria
November 2010
Then there was some fine singing to be heard, notably from two exceptionally talented countertenors. In the role of Bertarido, Rodelinda's much-put-upon husband, Gerald Thompson deployed a voice of unusual warmth and resonance. In the brilliant aria "Vivi, tiranno," which Handel added to the score a few months after the opera's 1725 premiere, he dispatched the rapid passage-work with phenomenal accuracy, if not consistently the fullest tone, and accomplished cadential flourishes of positively volcanic power. The touching segue into his first aria, "Dove sei," might perhaps have been managed with more delicacy, but altogether this was a commanding assumption of one of Handel's finest alto roles.Bernard Jacobson, Seen and Heard International
Thompson is robustly expressive throughout his role… He is deeply moving in his first aria (the famous Dove sei) and in his gorgeous duet with Paulin, and thrilling in his final aria (Vivi tiranno!), a virtuosic tour de force that earned the evening's most thunderous plaudits.Kevin Bazzana, Times Colonist
La Calisto, Portland Opera
March 2009
Countertenor Gerald Thompson has a beautiful voice, which he used with unusual sensitivity, especially in his duets with Diana.David Stabler, The Oregonian
Giulio Cesare, Glimmerglass Opera Festival
August 2008
We see Tolomeo played by the counter tenor Gerald Thompson with his retinue. The casting of Thompson was pure brilliance, for the combination of his figure, mannerisms, and voice produced the antithesis of what one would normally associate with a powerful King Tolomeo.Lew Schneider, Musicweb International
Rodelinda, Portland Opera
February 2008
Arguably, the "discovery" of this production was countertenor Gerald Thompson as "Unulfo." We have come a long way since pleasant rarities like Russell Oberlin, let me tell you! Mr. Thompson has an uncommonly impressive instrument for this Fach, full-bodied, expressive, responsive, capable of every demand that Handel asks of it. Our singer absolutely and thrillingly nailed every sixteenth note of the (extremely) rapid passage work with fiery precision. Moreover, he displayed real heart in his slower parlando passages. So accomplished was he, that I found myself wishing that he were the one singing the incomparably lovely "Dove Sei," one of leading man "Bertarido's" big set pieces.James Sore, Opera Today
Countertenor Gerald Thompson was superb as Unulfo, the nobleman who befriended Bertarido and helped Rodelinda to save him. Thompson whipped through some devlishly tricky arias with panache, completely winning over the audience en route.James Bash, Northwest Reverb


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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Center - Concord, NC
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Concord, North Carolina
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Emergency Contact for Concord
Nearby Concord Hospitals *
Carolinas Medical Center NE
Carolina Med Ctr Univ
Presbyterian Hospital
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Mercy Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital
Presbyterian Orthopedic Hosp
C M C Randolph Behavioral Hlth
W G Bill Hefner VA Medical Ctr
Rowan Regional Medical Center
Carolinas Medical Center
Carolinas Rehabilitation
Presbyterian Hospital-Matthews
Stanly Regional Medical Center
Carolinas Medical Ctr-Pineville
Carolinas Medical Center-Union
Davis Regional Medical Center
Iredell Memorial Hospital
Wake Forst Bap Hlth Lxgtn Med
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Davie County Hospital
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