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The region's top ethnic festivals
Southern California is a melting pot of people from all different countries and cultures. Here's a look at some of the region's top ethnic festivals that take place throughout the year. Some have yet to announce their 2011 dates, so check their Web sites or phone numbers to confirm. And for events that have already taken place this year, the 2012 dates are listed.
Golden Dragon Parade & Lunar New Year Festival 2012
What: Two-day Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese celebration includes the Golden Dragon Parade and cultural fair to celebrate the lunar new year. Event draws 110,000 annually.
When: Jan. 28-29, 2012 (corresponds with lunar calendar; Chinese New Year is Jan. 23, 2012)
Where: Cesar Chavez Parkway and Broadway, Los Angeles
Admission: Free
Info: 213-617-0396 or lagoldendragonparade.com
San Diego Chinese New Year Fair 2011
What: Two-day cultural festival feaures 75-100 vendors, cultural exhibits, dancing, music and children's arts and crafts in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. The 30th annual festival is in 2012.
When: Jan. 28-29, 2012
Where: Fifth and J streets, San Diego
Admission: Free
Info: www.sdcny.org.
San Diego Lunar New Year Tet Festival 2012
What: Three-day Vietnamese cultural festival celebrates the Lunar New Year with pageants, food, music and dance, and a pagoda village. Sixth annual festival in 2011.
When: Early February (corresponds with lunar calendar; Vietnamese New Year is Feb. 6, 2012)
Where: Balboa Park, San Diego
Admission: $3-$5
Info: www.sdtet.com.
San Diego Brazil Carnival 2012
What: Music and dancing of Brazil's Carnaval
Hours: Late February (tied to Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday, scheduled for Feb. 21, 2012)
Where: 4th & B nightclub, 345 B St., San Diego
Tickets: TBA
Info: 619-723-3570 or www.brazilcarnival.com
Gaslamp Quarter Mardi Gras Celebration 2012
What: Outdoor party, parades, music in the Gaslamp, for 21 and up only.
When: Feb. 21, 2012
Where: San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter
Tickets: TBA
Info: www.gaslamp.org
Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival, Balboa Park 2012
What: San Diego festival includes food and beer booths, kiddie rides, vendor fair, dedication ceremony (at 10 a.m.) and parade (at 11 a.m.) beginning at Sixth and Juniper streets. Festival generally draws 150,000 people.
When: 9 a.m. to noon March 17, 2012
Admission: Free
Info: www.stpatsparade.org
ShamRock 2012
What: Gaslamp Quarter outdoor St. Patrick's Day party for ages 18 and up, with live music, green beer and costume contests.
When: 7 p.m.-midnight March 17, 2012
Admission: TBA
Info: www.gaslamp.org
Sonora Celtic Faire 2012
What: The oldest and largest Celtic fair in California, the fair (formerly known as the Calaveras Celtic Faire) features Celtic games, clans, storytelling, ethnic food
When: March 11-13, 2012
Where: Sonora Fairgrounds, Sonora
Info: 800-446-1333 or sonoracelticfaire.com
2012 Cherry Blossom Festival Southern California
What: Japanese cultural festival draws tens of thousands each year.
When: Early April 2012
Where: Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles
Admission: Free
Info: www.cherryblossomfestivalsocal.org.
San Diego Chicano Park Day
What: The 41st annual festival celebrates Mexican-American culture, art, music, poetry and important local Chicanos.
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 23
Where: Chicano Park, Barrio Logan, Cesar Chavez Parkway, San Diego
Admission: Free
Info: www.chicano-park.org or 619-563-4661
2011 Hanamatsuri Festival - Vista Buddhist Temple
What: Japanese cultural festival celebrates the birth of Buddha.
When: Noon to 6 p.m. April 30-May 1
Where: Vista Buddhist Temple, 150 Cedar Road, Building B, Vista
Admission: Free
Info: www.vbtemple.org
Old Town San Diego Fiesta Cinco de Mayo 2011
What: The 28th annual event celebrates Mexican culture, dance, and music
When: 11 a.m. to 10 a.m. April 30; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 1
Where: Twiggs Street, Old Town San Diego
Admission: Free
Info: oldtownsandiego.org or 619-291-4903
Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day
When: 6 p.m. May 9
Where: Lawrence Family Jewish Center, 4126 Executive Road, La Jolla
Info: www.lfjcc.org
Fiesta Broadway 2011
What: L.A.'s 22nd annual event, covering 24 square blocks, is the largest Latino festival and Latin market in the U.S. with more than 500,000 attendees each year.
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 8
Where: Broadway from Temple to 11th streets, downtown Los Angeles
Admission: Free
Info: www.fiestabroadway.la or 213-488-0184
18th annual Sicilian Festival
What: San Diego's Little Italy hosts this celebration of Sicilian music, dance, culture and cuisine.
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 22
Where: Little Italy, India Street between Ash and Grape streets, San Diego
Admission: Free
Info: sicilianfesta.com
Scots Fest 2011
What: Scottish dancing, piping, drumming, athletics, food and clan gathering.
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 28-29
Where: Orange County Fair & Events Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
Info: www.scotsfest.com
San Diego Greek Festival
What: Festival of Greek food, arts, music, dancing, culture.
When: June 3-5
Where: St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, 3655 Park Blvd., San Diego
Tickets: $3
Info: sdgreekfestival.com
14th Annual Inter-Tribal Pow-Wow
What: Luiseno Band of Mission Indians hosts this regional gathering of tribes.
When: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 11-12
Where: Mission San Luis Rey, 4050 Mission Road, Oceanside
Info: 760-724-8505 or www.slrmissionindians.org
Great American Irish Fair & Music Festival
What: The largest festival of its kind in the Western U.S., this event features the music, songs, dances and sports of Ireland, with more than 100 Irish, Scottish and English import vendors, sheepherding and Irish horse shows, Irish dog shows and the largest Irish stepdancing contest in California.
When: June 18-19
Where: Irvine Meadows Fairgrounds, 8800 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine
Tickets: $15-$18
Web: irishfair.org
25th annual Juneteenth Multicultural Celebration & Street Festival
What: Black cultural festival celebrates the emancipation of slaves at the end of the American Civil War.
When: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 19
Where: Oceanside Bandshell near the Oceanside Municipal Pier
Info: 760-754-9686
37th Annual San Diego Scottish Highland Games
What: Games, contests, food, music, dance and cultural arts from Ireland and Scotland.
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 25-26
Where: Brengle Terrace Park, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista
Tickets: $5 to $12
Info: 760-726-3691 or sdhighlandgames.org
2011 Samoan Cultural Celebration
What: Samoan music, arts, dance and culture festival sponsored by the Oceanside Samoan Cultural Committee.
When: June 26
Where: Oceanside Pier amphitheater, Oceanside
Admission: Free
Info: 760-433-4363
33rd annual Lotus Festival - Los Angeles
What: Cultural celebration of L.A.'s Asian and Pacific Islander communities; draws 100,000 each year.
When: 5 to 9 p.m. July 9-10
Where: Echo Park, Park and Glendale avenues, Los Angeles.
Admission: Free
Info: laparks.org/calendar/lotus/lotus.htm
Obon Festival Vista Buddhist Temple
What: Japanese cultural festival celebrates Buddhist sutra about dancing for joy; festival features Bon Odori dancing, food, music, taiko drumming, tea service, cut flower displays and more.
When: Noon to 8 p.m. July 23-24
Where: Vista Buddhist Temple, 140 Cedar Road, Vista
Admission: Free
Info: www.vbtemple.org/upcomingEvents.htm
The 24th Annual Santa Barbara French Festival
What: Held on Bastille Day weekend, fest features French food, wine, music, dancing, a poodle parade and live entertainment on three stages; draws 20,000 each year.
When: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 16-17
Where: Oak Park, West Alamar Avenue and Junipero Street, Santa Barbara
Info : frenchfestival.com
44th annual Watts Summer Festival
What: Southern California's largest black cultural celebration and one of the oldest black cultural festivals in the United States. Founded after the Watts riots in 1965, it focuses on positive solutions, community rebuilding and political consciousness.
When: Aug. 13-15
Where: 103rd Street at Compton Avenue, Compton
Admission: Free
Info: wattsfestival.org
St. Spyridon Festival
What: Greek cultural festival features Greek food, arts, entertainment.
When: Aug. 27-29
Where: 1391 Chafee Ave., Upland
Admission: $2
Info: 909-985-4411
L.A. Greek Festival
What: Southern California's largest Greek cultural fair.
When: 5-11 p.m. Sept. 10-12
Where: St. Sophia Church, 1324 Normandie St., Los Angeles
Admission: $3-$5
Info: 323-737-2424 or lagreekfest.com
Cardiff Greek Festival
What: Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Cardiff hosts this 32nd annual celebration of Greek food, music, dance and culture. As many as 15,000 attend each year.
When: Sept. 10-11
Where: 3459 Manchester Ave., Cardiff
Info: 760-942-0920 or cardiffgreekfest.org
Fiestas Patrias
What: One of the Southern California's largest Latino festivals, with 200,000 annual attendees, this cultural festival celebrates Mexican Independence Day.
When: Sept. 18-19
Where: Santa Ana Civic Center, Sixth and Flower streets, Santa Ana
Info: 714.567.7233 or santaanafiestaspatrias.com
16th annual Arab American Day Festival
What: Arab arts, cultural festival draws more than 100,000 Arab-Americans each year.
When: Sept. 23
Where: Village Green Park, 12762 Main St., Garden Grove
Admission: Free
Info: aafestival.com or 714-758-3507
Viking Festival Vista
What: Sons of Norway Lodge 60 and Norwegian Fish Club Odin co-host this celebration of Norwegian history, culture, music, food, dance and art.
When: Sept. 24-25 (always the last weekend in September)
Where: Norway Hall, 2006 E. Vista Way, Vista
Tickets: $7
Info: VikingFestivalVista.com
17th annual Pacific Islander Festival
What: Celebrates the dance, music, food and arts of Polynesia.
When: Sept. 24-25
Where: Ski Beach, Ingraham Street at Vacation Island Road, San Diego
Admission: Free
Info: pifasandiego.com
14th annual Guelaguetza Festival
What: Cal State San Marcos celebrates the culture and traditions of Oaxaca, Mexico.
When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18
Where: Cal State San Marcos, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos
Admission: $5, adults; children under 10 free
Info: 760-750-8567
Feast of San Gennaro ---- Los Angeles
What: Celebration of Italian food, culture, arts in Hollywood.
When: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 23-25
Where: 1651 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles
Admission: $5, adults; children under 12 are free
Info: feastofla.org or 818-508-0082
Brazilian Street Carnaval
What: 11th annual festival will feature top Brazilian entertainers.
When: Sept. 18 (always the third Sunday in September)
Where: Promenade Amphitheatre, 100 N. Promenade, Long Beach
Info: carnaval.org or 562-508-4504
Encinitas Oktoberfest
What: The city's annual festival features 200 vendor booths and German entertainment.
When: Sept. 18 (always the third Sunday in September)
Where: Mountain Vista Drive at El Camino Real, Encinitas
Admission: Free
Info: 760-753-6041
Carlsbad Rotary 27th annual Oktoberfest
What: German-American festival features beer gardens, dance, music, food, crafts.
When: 1 to 10 p.m. Oct. 1 (always the first Saturday in October)
Where: Holiday Park, Carlsbad
Info: rotaryoktoberfest.org
38th annual La Mesa Village Oktoberfest
What: More than 200,000 attend this festival 300 vendor and craft booths, five food courts, three beer gardens and a children's carnival.
When: Sept. 30-Oct. 2
Where: Triangle-shaped area bounded by Allison Avenue, Date Avenue and La Mesa Boulevard, La Mesa
Info: www.lmvma.com/lmv_oktoberfest.html
17th annual Little Italy Festa
What: San Diego's Little Italy hosts the largest single-day Italian-American festival outside New York.
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 9
Where: Little Italy, India Street between Ash and Grape streets, San Diego
Admission: Free
Info: littleitalysd.com
Persian Festival of Autumn
What: Celebration of the arts, music, food and culture of Iran draws 20,000 each year.
When: mid-October
Where: Orange County Fair & Events Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
Info: nipoc.org
Dia de los Muertos Festival -- Oceanside
What: Celebration of Mexico's Day of the Dead features Oaxacan family ceremonial altars, music, dance, food and children's activities.
When: Oct. 30
Where: Mission San Luis Rey, 4050 Mission Road, Oceanside
Admission : Free (parking fee required)
Info: www.sanluisrey.org
Serbian Cultural Festival
What: St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in San Diego presents a festival of Serbian food, music, dance, art and religious items.
When: Late November
Where: St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, 3025 Denver St., San Diego
Info: 619-276-5827 or saintgeorgeinsd.com


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The cargo cover rose to my nose's height every time I opened the liftgate, so I couldn't get cargo in or out without clocking myself. Eventually I clued in and removed the cover, which is what happens with every test car I get that has one. My husband finds cargo covers even more annoying that I do.
For our purposes, cargo covers are simply in the way. But I've been thinking: What's up with cargo covers? Are there people who like them, or do most people find them troubling like we do?
After copious research — an inquisitive email sent to friends and colleagues — I discovered that the cargo cover is one of our country's most divisive issues. Respondents had strong opinions on them and were split down the middle. That's right; 50% proclaimed a great love of cargo covers, and the others are as troubled by them as I've been.
Based on my detailed analysis of respondents' responses, people with one child tend to like cargo covers more than those with two or more children. Here's what the respondents like about cargo covers:
Detractors list these reasons as why they dislike the covers:
The bottom line is that one's love or loathing of cargo covers seems most dependent on location and lifestyle. You might love them, you might not. If you're undecided, a cargo cover is typically an affordable option on many cars. You can add one to a 2014 Kia Sorento for $125. Luxury cars like the 2014 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and the 2013 Lexus RX 450h include cargo covers as standard. So go ahead and find out for yourself; you could be one of the 50%.
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Do you think common sense is still common?
The internet tells me no, however I still hold up hope. What are some things you may have experienced or seen that would make you believe that common sense is a thing of the past? Do you think technology is to blame?
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Someone that drives across town to buy a product for 50 cents cheaper than a store that's closer. They forget about the cost of the gas, wear and tear on the vehicle, and their own personal time.
To me, the best example is people posting things online and believing that it will remain private. Or posting without thinking, the current version of drunk-dialing.
I don't think common sense is a think of the past, necessarily. I do believe that people aren't developing it as naturally or as quickly anymore, though.
In order to really make it in the real world (i.e. get out of your parent's house and *do something), you will have to develop some level of common sense.
I look at my little brother as a good example. When he was 14, he had more common sense (he could think in a level-headed way, and converse about adult things, and not get easily fooled) than anyone I met in his generation. The reason being, his peer group, since age 8, had been me and my college friends. Rather than getting sucked into his computer he was developing an adult level of common sense.
I think there is still hope out there, as long as parents challenge their kids, at an early age, to get out there and develop it :)
I don't think "common sense" was ever common. The internet has simply expanded our ability to do dumb things before a vastly larger audience.
texting while with the person you are texting.
texting while driving and complaining about how bad other drivers are at not paying attention to the road,
believers of "right on red" means they have more authority than anyone else to use that lane (the ones with the green light).
I think common sense is an arguably relative term. Depending on what sort of environment you're in, some things might be common sense while other environments would leave someone clueless for the same situation.
Common sense, to me, is something that is or should be obvious to all people. There are some things that should be common sense no matter what, but you can always find someone who just doesn't know.
I feel like there's a lot that plays into it. It's really hard to say. Just because a particular fact/ behavior is common sense to one person doesn't necessarily mean it is to someone else. It's difficult to say.
@okham: I know who you are!
@cengland0: Especially when they are driving across town to get the cheapest gas.
@gideonfrost: I don't know what you're talking about...I've deleted all of my digital footprints. That's what "private browsing" means, right? That no one can find me...
@thedogma: Your post reminded me of an incident when I was a teenager. I was watching a friend's apartment while he was on an extended visit to Scotland. He asked me to keep his cooler running so his plants wouldn't die. The evaporative cooler burned out twice, and the second time I called the super to let him know, he came over and gave me an earful about how stupid I was for not leaving a window cracked as that's what was burning out the cooler motors. I told him I didn't know that. He responded "everybody knows that". I asked him if he was born knowing it, and he looked at me like I was crazy. I said, "At some point, somebody told you, that's how you know. Now you've told me, and now I know." I grew up back east, that was the first year I'd been living in an area where "swamp coolers" were used. What was common knowledge among people here was totally unknown to me.
hell no
Common sense tells us that we should always obey orders from people in charge. I wonder how that is working out.
@dogbountyhunter1: my exact thought when I read the question.
I mourn the death of common sense every day.
I know that commen sense has gone away. Example: last week the power went out to where I work. I got two calls from home because the night shift people couldn't work because the power was out. I told them that since the power was off the computers wouldn't work and wanted to know what they would like for me to do. They had no idea on what to do.
@moondrake: Now that is irony. I do drive farther to get cheaper gas but only because there's a store nearby that I go to anyway. I time my fillups to correspond with my visit to the nearby store.
@cengland0: Me too. I get my gas at Costco, but I only fill up every 2-3 weeks, and I go to Costco weekly, so gas is just one of the things on my Costco shopping list, not something I've driven over there to get. But I have friends that will go 20 miles out of their way to save .10 a gallon in gas. I tell them they are taking a loss on their time and gas getting there and they tell me "It's the principle of the thing." Yet these same people will waste money on all kinds of other things. People are strange about cars. It's some kind of fringe religion with some folks.
To me "common sense" is synonymous with "mental independence." Once you're responsible for your own decisions and thinking you'll be motivated to consider a wider net of options and have a broader experience based to use to help make proper decisions. Some people will instead remain impulsive for their entire lives and generally suffer for it.
I think the erosion in common sense is caused in large part by parents who don't let their kids learn lessons the hard way. The "helicopter parents" hover over their kids and any time there is a potentialquandary, they're there to help the kids out and make decisions for them. The kids grow up rarely having to do much for themselves and find they're unprepared for the real world.
I couldn't possibly recall all the times I've had to stop my wife from helping the kids with something they could easily think through themselves. Ask my kids what the most common words out of my mouth are and they'll tell you they're "Figure it out yourself!"
We were discussing this in my family. There's a difference and sometimes a fine line between common knowledge and common sense. If everyone grew up with the same moral standards a lot of things would be common sense, but since we all come from different parts of the world majority of the stuff we acknowledge as common sense is actually common knowledge since many people can't or won't see from another perspective.
@moondrake: I pull my hair out every time someone (often with a college degree) tries to recruit me for a 1-day "gas out" protest. There's so many things wrong with their "logic" that I don't even know where to begin explaining it. I just stand there in awe as they proudly say they are gonna fill up ye olde gas tank the day before the "gas out" so they won't have to buy gas that day. And if the price of gas drops a penny in the next week or so, they are convinced their "protest" was what did it. If the price goes up, they insist it didn't go up as much as it would have otherwise, or (break out the straightjackets) it's a government conspiracy to punish them for the protests. Maybe it's the gas fumes.
@adadavis: Maybe their logic is sometimes that a big balloon can be burst by a little pin. Just saying.
All I know is he knows about coco bread.
@atd15: And so it can - by overall reduction in usage: carpool, consolidate trips and take the shortest routes, obey speed limits, walk or bicycle instead of drive whenever possible, take the bus, let unused areas of property go wild instead of mowing, mow every other week instead of twice a week, allow employees to work from home instead of coming in to the office every day, teleconference instead of meeting, etc.
we have access to more information than ever before.
that information happens to focus on stories about people snorting nutmeg & jamming ballpoint pens in their eyeballs.
we are also living in a highly divisive, frequently acrominious time. often it's all about "being right."
it is easy to take away from this, then, that everybody else's brains have turned to pudding.
but (i believe) what's true is people - on the whole - know how to behave sensibly.
billions of people make practical decisions - occasionally even altruistic ones - every day.
(maybe not me, but lots of people do.)
@pemberducky: If you ever get a chance, read the Milgram Experiments. Most people just nod their head and agree with what they are being told to do or say.
Cool thing is that sometimes people shake their head, and the world changes.
I think "common sense" and "critical thinking skills" are related, but not exactly the same thing. Driving significantly out of one's way to "save money" on gas when it actually costs more money in gas/wear-and-tear/time is an example of poor critical thinking skills.
I do think critical thinking skills are declining, at least based on a decade of dealing with traditional-age undergraduates and grad students of a broader range of ages. I suspect that the emphasis on standardized testing that resulted from "No Child Left Behind" caused critical reasoning and analytic skills take a back seat in schools.
But it has never been common either.
@adadavis: I don't see it at work, but I do see it in my online communities. Also this idea that if you boycott all the gas stations of a particular type in your area, you will put the whammy on that oil company. Except that local gas stations don't necessarily get their fuel from the oil company whose name is on their sign. It's a dynamic resource and they buy from whoever's vending. But it's the same mindset. People want the world around them to change without making any changes or sacrifices to their own behavior.
In for 4!!! It is the cost of 1.
To the OP no why do you ask?
Never pet a burning dog.
@thedogma: Reading your post was like reading my own views on the subject transcribed by someone else, except in a better articulated and much more concise way than mine would have ever been.
I think common sense is still around. People still are doing the same stupid things as before but there is more coverage of them because of the interwebz.
I work at a grocery store. There I get to see the young minds as they are about to, and eventually graduate. I'm only 24, but in general I find that the kids coming out of our local (and highly acclaimed) highschool know more than I do as a college student, but can't even count change. Honestly. Some of them can recite the most ridiculous chemical equations and history dates/events. Yet when a customer gives them a $50 bill and they type $20 in the register they call me for help. They may know a lot more, but they have issues applying it.


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text: 000 FXUS63 KGRR 230726 AFDGRR Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 326 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016 LATEST UPDATE... Synopsis/Short Term/Long Term/Marine .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 258 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2016 A southwesterly flow of very warm and humid air will continue into tonight. Well above normal temperatures are forecasted as a result. A cold front will approach from the northwest Saturday night and Sunday. This feature will then push through the region Sunday night. With an unstable airmass in place...there will be some scattered showers and thunderstorms around for the second half of the weekend. Dry weather returns for Monday. && .SHORT TERM...(Today through Monday) Issued at 258 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2016 Despite the temperatures likely to climb into the 90s today...the dewpoints stay mainly in the 60s. As a result...it looks like we will fall short of the need for a Heat Advisory. Southern counties will need to be monitored given their proximity to the moisture. Its hard to say how the convection will evolve tonight into Sunday night. The models are not handling the current setup very well...especially the convective complex over Nebraska. What I do see in the models that lines up with the stronger convection is an 850 mb low level jet. The nose of this feature intersects the axis of instability...resulting in a complex. Looking ahead 24 hrs from now...this low level jet strengthens as it pushes northeast through WI and into the UP. Thus...it does appear another complex will develop in that region tonight. The outflow from this feature should push into part of my CWA later tonight and/or Sunday morning. Will downplay the pops to start tonight...but keep them relatively high for tonight. The forecast area ends up on the divergent backside of the low level jet Sunday and Sunday night. So somewhat of a limiting factor is forecasted for widespread convection. Still the surface front pushes into a warm and unstable airmass. Some synoptic lift is forecasted as the mid to upper level wave pushes through...but the trend is for weaker lift from this feature. Will keep a risk for storms going. Stronger mid to upper level subsidence arrives for later Sunday night into Monday. Thus the precipitation should diminish quickly. I did feature patchy dense fog in the morning forecast for today. Observations show some around. The good radiational cooling will continue for a few more hours...so the fog should expand somewhat. .LONG TERM...(Monday night through Friday) Issued at 258 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2016 The long term portion of the forecast will start out dry and very warm. It will then transition just a little cooler with some intermittent chcs of rain showing up from mid-week and beyond. The hot and steamy weather should be well south of the area by the beginning of the long term as the cold front will be at least across IN and OH. We will still maintain very warm temperatures with less humidity. A short wave ridge aloft and associated sfc ridge will keep the area dry through at least Tue night. The chance of rain will begin on Wed, however we are not looking at a real good chance until Wed night and especially on Thu. The ridging will shift east of the area later on Tue, and some troughing will start to work into the area. It will take a while for sufficient moisture to advect into the area as the low level flow will need to become srly to tap enough moisture for pcpn. Pcpn does not look to be an all day event. There will be chcs of showers/storms through the remainder of the long term through Friday, but nothing looks too ominous at this time. Heights will lower a little and the upper flow will become more W/NW allowing for some cooler air to seep into the area. The somewhat zonal flow will bring chances for showers/storms vias embedded short waves riding the jet stream from the Pacific NW. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday night) Issued at 128 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2016 The only expected impacts to aviation interests will be the fog/stratus that is already starting to form across the area. We expect that conditions will drop down to IFR and below at all of the terminals by 09z this morning. The fog will quickly dissipate after sunrise this morning. We expect mainly clear skies once the fog burns off this morning. There could be a few cumulus clouds floating around, but they would not impact pilots. Winds will remain light under 10 knots. KMKG will see a lake breeze kick in. The VFR conditions will likely remain through 06z Sun. Showers and storms will become possible from West to East after this fcst period after 06z Sun. && .MARINE... Issued at 258 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2016 I did feature patchy dense fog for the marine forecast to start the day today. Observation sites along the lakeshore show some thick fog in places. HRRR suggests this fog may extend over parts of the lake. Mid lake buoy has an RH of 100 percent right now. The pressure gradient is rather weak...and will stay that way for the first half of today. The gradient tightens up this afternoon and evening as the next wave of low pressure approaches. A stronger low level jet pivots up through WI and the UP tonight. A complex of storms will likely impact parts of the nearshore waters later tonight or Sunday morning...resulting in locally higher winds and waves. && .HYDROLOGY... Issued at 1233 PM EDT Fri Jul 22 2016 Thursday rainfall amounts ranged from a tenth to three-quarters of an inch across the whole area... a welcome sight for many. Sunday`s thunderstorms will likely produce a similar range of amounts, although locally higher amounts could occur if the storm mode turns out to be more of a multicell cluster rather than progressive linear like Thursday. && .GRR Watches/Warnings/Advisories... MI...None. LM...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...MJS SHORT TERM...MJS LONG TERM...NJJ AVIATION...NJJ HYDROLOGY...CAS MARINE...MJS


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OREM Utah shook with 20 minor earthquakes last week, underscoring the alarm sounded again by Utah seismologists and geologists in the wake of December's tsunami that a major quake is due along the Wasatch Fault.
Those small tremors went unnoticed, just as 98 percent of the hundreds of Utah seismic events do each year.
But each Earth-shimmy is a reminder that much of Utah is at the mercy of faults that move slightly each day, drawing the region closer and closer to a major episode.
The state is due for a magnitude 7.0 quake in the next 50 to 100 years, say experts such as Brigham Young University professor Ron Harris, who chronicled the buildup of pressure finally released as a 9.0 earthquake that caused a tsunami and killed more than 200,000 people along the rim of the Indian Ocean.
The largest earthquakes in the state's documented history occurred in 1934 just north of the Great Salt Lake and in 1901 near Richfield. Those tremors measured 6.6 and 6.5, respectively.
Utahns are not ready for quakes even of that magnitude, Harris says. Buildings could collapse; water pipes could burst; freeway overpasses could crumble and thousands could die.
"If it happened in the early morning hours, when most are still asleep . . ." Harris says, letting his sentence finish itself.
Because there has been little noticeable seismic activity in Utah's recent history, earthquake preparedness is not high on most Utahns' list of things to do.
But if what experts such as Harris are predicting happens, then within the next century, residents along the Wasatch Front will not only feel the Earth move but will become first-hand witnesses to the devastation an earthquake can unleash.Consider waking in the morning to the radio crackling with news such as this . . .
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake, centered directly below downtown, hit Salt Lake City this morning shortly before dawn. Residents are sifting through thousands of older homes, which were not retrofitted to earthquake code, looking for survivors. The University of Utah's Marriott Library collapsed, trapping an estimated half dozen maintenance workers.
In Provo, 50 miles away from the quake's epicenter, thousands of BYU students living in off-campus apartments were killed while they slept. Many of the apartment buildings, built more than 30 years ago, collapsed because they were not upgraded to meet the state's seismic building codes.
Visibility is low along the Wasatch Front as smoke from fires caused by ruptured gas and electrical lines clouds the skies. Power lines are also down. The state's main thoroughfare, Interstate 15, is impassable from south of Provo to the Idaho border as many of the roadway's bridges and overpasses have collapsed.The outlying communities of Ogden and the Cache Valley have sustained significant damage.
This scenario is a distinct possibility for Utah, given the pressure building along the fault lines spidering throughout the western branches of the Wasatch Fault, through downtown Salt Lake City and under the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake.
Bob Carey, earthquake project manager for the Utah Division of Emergency Services, said the Federal Emergency Management Agency ranks Utah as a high-risk area for earthquakes because of the population's size and proximity to the Wasatch Fault.
Scientists have estimated that the Wasatch Fault has produced a large earthquake about every 400 years. Studies have concluded that the last large quake to hit the fault was as long as 600 years ago and as recently as 400 years ago.
Either figure illustrates that a large quake in Utah is overdue.
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Luxury hotels in the United Arab Emirates are offering their guests an Arabian fantasy as Britain's Prince William marries Catherine Middleton on Friday. The Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, promises "a majestic experience fit for a king and deserving of an emperor" and said it wants to make the … Continued
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I encounter a very annoying problem with My Raspberry Pi which is rebooting whenever I plug into it a Wireless USB adapter or an ethernet adapter.
As you can read here, 700mA is barely enough to run the B Model - I'm using a 1.2A Power supply and this still happens sometimes (using Model B Rev. 2) , I'd suggest getting a powered hub, then you won't have to worry about what you plug in/out.
edit: the polyfuses you talked about in the comment have been removed in Model Revision 2. Are you using a Rev 1 board?
edit 2: Oh, and overclocking the Pi will use more power - so if you did that, try going back to the standard level.


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With the chain detached, when I spin my rear wheel it slows down really quickly (2 turns?) as if the brakes are lightly on. The brakes are well clear of the wheel though. Any idea what it might be? The bike is about 2 years old and I have not done any maintenance to the bearings, so I'm wondering if that might be it. But I have no idea if those are really the symptoms.
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I've had a similar thing happen on an old fixie of mine. It ended up being that the rear axle was every so slightly bent, and that was causing huge amounts of friction. You can try oiling up the bearings. If that fixes the problem, terrific; if not, then you might need to take the rear hub to get looked at more thoroughly. Good luck.