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Hundreds of people added their voices to a community singalong of Handel's "Messiah" on Sunday, carrying on a holiday tradition in Yorba Linda with the well-known lyrics: "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hall-e-lu-jah!"
For nine years now, a small group of professional singers and musicians has volunteered to lead the singalong under the crystal chandeliers of the East Room of Richard Nixon's presidential museum. A few even dressed in the frilly sleeves and lacy dresses of Handel's 18th-century era; one of the basses wore a three-corner hat.
The concert, organized by the Yorba Linda Arts Alliance, is free and open to singers and non-singers alike – although most in the audience stood and opened a song book for the grand finale, "Hallelujah."
"It was really beautiful," said Valeria Orlando of Anaheim, a former choir teacher and New York City Opera singer. "It's a great way to start off the Christmas season."
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How do you make a bad week instantly better? Plan a trip out of town. For a decade now, that's been my fail-safe way to chase away workday blues. Here's how I do it (so you can too)
Pack your pillow: When packing for a weekend, take EVERYTHING you need to make it indulgent. For me, that means my own pillow and blanket. For real shut-eye, carry an eye mask too.
Carry your own ice: One of the joys of a weekend break is having a real sundowner. But very often, resorts fall short when it comes to supplying lots and lots of ice. My solution: carry at least 10 kg in an icebox. Works nicely for cold water too.
Plan an activity: It's nice to be lazy, but it's even nicer to plan an active weekend. If the resort has no adventure facilities, go for a long walk.Take your music: You'd never set off on a long drive without the right music, so why stop once you get there? A two-in-one works fine, but we carry our Bose system and a stabiliser. An iPod's fine too.
Carry dessert: Not all resorts offer dessert. So carry your own – chocolate and mithai work fine.

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Inspired by working detection dogs, K9 Nose Work is the fun search and scenting activity for virtually all dogs and people. This easy to learn activity and sport builds confidence and focus in many dogs, and provides a safe way to keep dogs fit and healthy through mental and physical exercise.
K9 Nose Work starts with getting your dog excited about using his nose to seek out a favorite toy or treat reward hidden in one of several boxes, expanding the game to entire rooms, exterior areas, and vehicles. As your dog grows more confident with his nose, target odors are introduced, and competition skills are taught.
Prepare for a lifetime of fun with your dog and K9 Nose Work!
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Weekend movie show times
West Theatre
29 E. Victory Way
• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" — PG-13; 7 and 9 05 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday
• "Tangled" — PG; 7 and 9:05 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday
• Tickets: $7 for ages 10 and older, $5 for ages 9 and younger
• Sunday matinee: $5 for ages 10 and older, $4 for ages 9 and younger
Wowzers, it's a wild weekend here in Craig, America. There are plenty of events and activities to keep you occupied, so there's no excuse for boredom.
■ Kick up your boots during the Boys & Girls Club of Craig's annual fundraiser Cowboy Christmas.
The event begins with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., and dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the club, 1324 E. U.S. Highway 40. There are also live and silent auctions, live music by the 1340 Band and a Texas Hold 'em tournament.
Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased at the club, the Craig Daily Press and Spirit Pass.
For more information, call the club at 826-0411.
■ Quack quack.
Support Ducks Unlimited this weekend during the organization's banquet on Sunday.
Social hour and games begin at 4 p.m., with dinner slated for 6 p.m. A live and silent auction, featuring items such as guns, a Labrador puppy and a sporting clay shoot, will follow.
It all takes place at the Holiday Inn of Craig, 300 S. Colorado Highway 13.
Tickets are $50 per person or $75 per couple.
For tickets or more information, call Mardi Anson at 629-2380.
■ Check out this change of venue for some local music and laidback fun.
The Craig Variety Show runs from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4265, 419 E. Victory Way.
There will be food and drinks, and local singer/songwriters, poets and storytellers are welcome to perform.
For more information, call Bill Ronis at 620-6589.
■ Twist and shout at the Sports Page Bar at the Holiday Inn of Craig, 300 S. Colorado Highway 13, on Friday night.
DJ Mason Siedschlaw plays from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, and there's no cover.
■ Continue your Christmas shopping with some locally made handmade gifts.
Find fresh-baked goods, hand-embroidered pillowcases, tea towels and many other handmade items at the Ladies Mite Society's Annual Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Craig Christian Church, 960 W. Victory Way.
Call Ina Faye Mack at 824-3097 or Ruth Haskins at 824-6024 to learn more.
■ If you're going to be out shopping anyway this weekend, stock up on a few gifts for donations to the annual Holiday Drive from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Dec. 9.
KRAI hosts the event, which is a benefit for Christmas for Kids, Christmas for Seniors, Advocates Crisis Support Services and Interfaith Food Bank, at Centennial Mall, 1111 W. Victory Way.
Find a list of what's needed at www.krai.com.
■ Downtown Craig businesses open up their doors this weekend for an open house celebration.
Visit the many participating businesses from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday to find special deals, to view the holiday light show from 5 to 7 p.m. and to enter for your chance to win a holiday prize basket.
It should be a fun time and a good excuse to check out what's available locally for your Christmas shopping.
■ Hayden businesses are also hosting a special event this weekend.
The Hayden Holiday Stroll features extended hours from 5 to 7 p.m. today and Friday, and again on Dec. 9 and 10.
Many stores are offering coupons for discounts or freebies, such as hot chocolate, hot cider and cookies.
So take a stroll through downtown Hayden and get deals on holiday gifts.
■ Also in Hayden this week is the annual Christmas Tree Festival.
The festival runs from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Routt County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall in Hayden.
The event features the auction of several decorated Christmas trees to benefit local organizations that decorated them. Attendees can also bid on centerpieces and wreaths.
To enter a wreath or centerpiece or submit an absentee bid, call Lori Laird at 846-0782 or Laurie Hallenbeck at 846-5259. Or show up to place your winning bid.
■ Get ready to celebrate.
The John Jarvie Winter Festival is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the historic John Jarvie Ranch at Browns Park.
The event is free and open to the public. The festival features hands-on pioneer activities, a visit from Santa Claus and lunch for purchase.
For more information, call the Bureau of Land Management's Vernal, Utah, field office at (435) 781-4400 or the Jarvie Ranch at (435) 885-3307.
■ Bryce Mackie, a documentary filmmaker and suicide survivor, will give what I fully expect to be an emotional and moving community presentation at 7 p.m. tonight at the Moffat County High School auditorium, 900 Finley Lane.
Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide hosts the presentation.
Everyone is encouraged to attend, and I hope you do, because suicide is an ongoing issue we all need to be aware of.
Please attend and learn more.
■ Get a yummy meal and help someone at the same time.
A benefit dinner for Marge McKenzie and DeAnna Jacobs is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7:45 to 9 p.m. Saturday at St. Michael Catholic Church, 678 School St.
The dinner will include a bowl of green chile, rice, beans and corn tortillas or a smothered green chile beef burrito with rice and beans, as well as tea, coffee or punch and dessert.
The price is $8 for adults and $4 for children younger than age 8. Tamales cost $1 extra, and the dinner will also allow a la carte and to-go orders.
■ The Craig Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors host their next Business After-hours Mixer from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Blue Ribbon Kitchens, 2005 W. Victory Way.
Stop by for hors d'oeuvres and chili. But RSVP first by calling 824-5689 or e-mailing email@example.com.
Play some bingo this weekend as American Legion Post 62 hosts Saturday evening.
The doors open at 5 p.m., and games begin at 6:15 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 43 W. Victory Way.
Call Mel Shockley at 824-3625 if you need to know more.
■ Away in a manger.
Take in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' annual nativity display this weekend.
With more than 400 nativity sets, it's quite the scene.
The display is open from 5 to 8 p.m. today, 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church, at the corner of Ninth Street and Finley Lane. Enter through the north door.
■ Put the final gummies on and seal it with some icing.
The annual Downtown Gingerbread House Contest deadline is at 4 p.m. Friday.
To pay your $6 entry fee and get a special board to display your gingerbread house, call or visit The Kitchen Shop, 577 Yampa Ave., 824-8148, or KS Kreations, 523 Yampa Ave., 824-2151.
■ West Theatre continues to show "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" and "Tangled," so don't miss your chance to catch them.
Redbox has "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," "Triage" and "The Disappearance of Alice Creed" out this week.


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The largest slum in East Africa is called Kibera, where 800,000 people live in an area just over one square mile. Not surprisingly one of the major problems there is lack of formal education. The public school system requires that children have a uniform and their own schoolbooks in order to go to school. Unfortunately, since most families in Kibera, Kenya, live on less than $1 a day, most parents can't afford to buy these basic necessities. That's where ELLIE'S RUN FOR AFRICA comes in. $25 puts a child in school, by buying them the eight schoolbooks, two uniforms, and pair of shoes they need.
Then 11-year-old Ellie Ambrose heard about this, and decided to DREAM BIG and TAKE ACTION. Now it it's 4th year, Ellie's Run will take place on JULY 14 here in Nashville, and American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle will emcee with Ellie!!
...if you want to run, donate, or volunteer -- sign up on the website.
click on this video for a little inspiration from 2 super cutie kids at my church.
Ellie's Run partners with African Leadership, the organization I work for. Here's a word from my boss, Barrett:
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I will hand one thing to Rex, though. He somehow found two different ways to lose the locker room two years in a row. That's really not all that easy to accomplish!
He's gotta go.
Sanchez has to go.
Tebow should beg (pray?!?) to be sent somewhere else...anywhere else.
Tannenchez has to go.
Woody should sell the team and go run the Romney Transition team (shhh...nobody tell him that Mitt lost and maybe he'll just do it).


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Providing forearm support is an effective intervention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders of the upper body and aids in reducing upper body pain associated with computer work, according to a study in The British Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Reported in the April 18 issue, the study shows that use of large arm boards significantly reduces neck and shoulder pain as well as hand, wrist and forearm pain. "Based on these outcomes, employers should consider providing employees who use computers with appropriate forearm support," said lead author David Rempel, MD, MPH, director of the ergonomics program at San Francisco General Hospital and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
Study findings also show arm boards and ergonomics training provide the most protective effect, with a statistically significant reduction in both neck and shoulder pain and right hand/wrist/forearm pain in comparison to the control group, who did not receive forearm support. The boards reduced the risk of incidence of neck and shoulder disorders by nearly half.
According to the authors, musculoskeletal disorders of the neck, shoulders and arms are a common occupational health problem for individuals involved in computer-based customer service work. Specific disorders include wrist tendonitis, elbow tendonitis and muscle strain of the neck and upper back. These health problems account for a majority of lost work time in call centers and other computer-based jobs. "Extended hours of mouse or keyboard use and sustained awkward postures, such as wrist extension, are the most consistently observed risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders," Rempel added.
The one year, randomized study evaluated the effects of two workstation interventions on the musculoskeletal health of call center employees -- a padded forearm support and a trackball. The forearm support is commonly called an arm board and attaches to the top front edge of the work surface. The trackball replaces a computer mouse and uses a large ball for cursor motion.
The researchers tested employees from two customer service center sites of a large health maintenance organization. Employees had to perform computer based customer service work for a minimum of 20 hours per week in order to qualify for the study. For one year, 182 participants filled out a weekly questionnaire to assess pain level in their hands, wrists, arms, upper backs and shoulders.
Participants were randomized into four groups, each receiving a different intervention: ergonomics training, training plus a trackball, training plus forearm support, or training with both a trackball and forearm support. Outcome measures included weekly pain severity scores and diagnosis of a new musculoskeletal disorder in the upper extremities or the neck-shoulder region based on physical examination performed by a physician.
The trackball intervention had no effect on right upper extremity disorders. "The trackball was difficult for some participants to use," said Rempel. "Employees with hand pain may want to try them, but they should stop if it is difficult to use."
The researchers also performed a return-on-investment calculation for the study to estimate the effects of ergonomic interventions on productivity and costs. Their calculations predicted a full return of armboard costs for employers within 10.6 months of purchase.
"Based on this study, it is in the best interest of the company and the employees to provide forearm supports and training," Rempel concluded.
In the study, the authors also outline other ergonomic-specific tasks that employees who use computers can do to relieve pain on their own. They suggest employees take scheduled breaks, maintain an erect posture, adjust chair height so thighs are parallel to the floor, adjust arm support and work surface height so the forearms are parallel to the floor, adjust the mouse and keyboard location to minimize the reach, and adjust monitor height so that the center of the monitor is approximately 15 degrees below the visual horizon.
Co-authors of the study include Niklas Krause, MD, PhD; Robert Goldberg, MD; Mark Hudes, PhD; and Gary Urbiel Goldner, MS, from the division of occupational and environmental medicine, UCSF; and Douglas Benner, MD, occupational health, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California.
The study was supported by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control/National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health. Rempel has done consulting work for Logitech Corporation, which markets the trackball used in this study.
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I'll be the first to admit that, when it comes to any kind of sport, I pretty much know next to nothing. I know that most of them involve running and balls and cute little spandex outfits, but that's about it. Still, as little as I know about the intricacies of baseball, basketball, hockey, football (American), and football (European), I love me some sports culture. Baseball hats, basketball shoes, vintage trophies, varsity sweatshirts, Cracker Jacks? I am SO DOWN (seriously, though, any excuse to accessorize—I'm there). This year, the twentieth FIFA World Cup is taking place in Brazil and, as such, all of my significantly more sports-savvy friends are all abuzz with it. Never one to miss out on such a huge cultural event, I'm appreciating the occasion in my own way—through World Cup posters! Since its establishment in 1930, each FIFA World Cup has had its own poster and advertising campaign—and most of them are pretty dern awesome, fabulous examples of modern graphic design. I've chosen a few of my favorites, so come join me for this fun trip down World Cup memory lane! —Max
Above: Italy, 1934
Above: Uruguay, 1930
Above: France, 1938
Above: Brazil, 1950
Above: Chile, 1962
Above: Mexico, 1970
Above: Germany, 1974
Above: Argentina, 1978
Above: Spain, 1982
Above: South Africa, 2010
Great post! I have to get and hang that Mexico '70 poster ASAP!
These are amazing. Thank you for gathering them up in one place!
Thank you for this post! I live in Uruguay and all we can talk right now is the world cup (el mundial)!
The 1930 poster you included is a such a classic! I guess we love it because that was the first world cup, it was held here in Uruguay and we won it! but I also find that the design is a great example of art decó. -
That is too funny! I'm exactly the same…I know nothing about sports, but I've wanted to be a part of it, just a little. This is such a great way to feel at least somewhat involved! These posters are fantastic! I love the one from Spain, 1982. So Miro. Thank you for sharing these!
I have a thing for vintage posters but I never thought of sports ones, I love these!
My favorite posters from above are Mexico, Germany & Spain. I was so excited that you featured something relating to the World Cup!! My husband and I have World Cup fever!! We love what it stands for! There is a reason they call it The Beautiful Game! Plus I got to show off your blog to my hubby "see babe my fave blog isn't all about decor/house stuff!"
Hey, nice posters!
I love the Germany 1974 poster! Pinning that right now :)
Nice collection! It shows world evolution of art and grafic design.
Classic,there is a sense of evolution in all this posters.
South Africa did as proud in Africa.
The vuvuzela sensation will remain in our hearts forever.
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Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone downplays his recent bureaucratic tiff with board-hired auditor Roger Mialocq of the Harvey Rose Accountancy Corp. as a minor disagreement. Stone, whose department is slated for its first-ever management audit, is reluctant to have Mialocq and his bean-counters examine how the assessor tabulates the county's $130 billion property tax roll. According to Stone's mouthpiece, David Ginsborg, his boss doesn't worry about an audit, but thinks the county would be wasting taxpayer money re-evaluating the tax rolls because the state just completed a similar review earlier this year. Just to be on the safe side, though, Stone last week hired a $38-an-hour court reporter to attend a finance committee meeting where the pending audit was expected to be discussed--a highly wagon-circling move for a "minor disagreement." Ginsborg hazily explains, "We wanted to get a legal transcription of what happened at the meeting ... so there's no dispute as to what was said." Politically, Stone's between a rock and a hard place: He can't appear as if he has something to hide, but an audit may very well compel Stone to raise property taxes (it's Mialocq's job to find ways for the county to squeeze more dough out of local companies and individuals). Perhaps adding to Stone's apparent paranoia is the fact that one of the two supes on the committee is his old pal Jim Beall. Earlier this year, Stone and Beall had an altercation that bordered on the physical. Stay tuned. ... A little aside about Stone's hired court reporter: Not familiar with the very important persons sitting around her at the finance meeting, the stenographer kept interrupting the proceedings, checking on name pronunciations and asking committee chairman Joe Simitian to slow down. After the third interruption, Simitian instructed her to pipe down or take a hike (in a polite way, of course). Witnesses say she gathered her stenography gear and left in a huff. As it turns out, the committee never got to talk about the assessor's audit, and Ginsborg assures Eye that taxpayers won't have to pay for the transcriber's truncated services.
Guerrilla Politics
San Jose political terrorist Dale Warner fired his latest Scud missive last weekend to the delight and dismay of savvy City Hall commuters familiar with the recent imbroglio between councilmembers David Pandori and Margie Fernandes. Warner strategically placed five red-and-black street signs along downtown transit corridors that read in succession, "Margie ... David's been snotty/But you've been naughty/It's not funny/Return the money." Warner, a well-to-do gadfly who buys full-page newspaper ad space to rail at local politicians, says he spent $1,000 to print and post 20 sets of signs both in downtown and in Berryessa, Fernandes' district. Eye-watchers no doubt realize that Warner was making reference to Pandori's recent ethics complaint against Fernandes over a $19,000 mayoral assessment poll. The city's ethics board found that Fernandes broke local campaign laws but, to Warner's chagrin, refused to fine her. "The time has come to shift the focus from whether she violated the city's campaign finance ordinance to whether she should make financial reparations," Warner declares. Barry Barnes, Fernandes' political adviser from the San Francisco firm of Terris & Jaye, patriotically observes, "The beautiful thing about America is that every nut has the right to take potshots at politicians. All I can add is, consider the source." Many of the signs downtown have been mysteriously removed. Driving to his law office on Monday morning, Warner says he noticed that the only sign remaining on Julian Street near Fifth was "David's been snotty."
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This week the White House released videotapes of coffees President Clinton held with campaign supporters, and lo and behold, on one of the tapes the president is shown trading pleasantries with our very own mayor, Susan Hammer. Hammer is out of the country on a trade mission to Asia and couldn't be reached. Her spokesman, Kevin Pursglove, reveals that Hammer was in Washington for a trade policy meeting at the time. "She received an impromptu invitation to go over to the White House and meet with the president," Pursglove says. "She was there for maybe 10 or 15 minutes." Hammer and her husband, Phil, gave $2,500 to the Democratic National Committee in April 1996. Pursglove says he doubts that the president solicited a contribution during their brief private moment.
Dimmed Bulbs
One of Silicon Valley's last reminders of its agricultural past, Maryott's Iris Garden in Willow Glen, bit bulldozer dust this week to make way for 12 single-family homes. The one-acre garden plot on Bird Avenue has provided eye candy for the public every spring since the 1950s, when it was owned by iris fanatics Clara and Ruth Rees. ... One month ago current nursery owner Bill Maryott and garden manager Marilyn Harlow were coy when asked about their plans to unload the site to the Santa Clara Development Company, reluctant to say it was a done deal before the ink dried. When the bulldozers arrived last week, however, Eye brilliantly deduced that the deal had gone through. Maryott previously confided that the developer "might offer us enough money that we can't turn it down." ... After several years of heavy rotation, Maryott says, the soil on the land just ain't as good as it used to be. In the past, Maryott and Harlow used the chemical methyl bromide to rejuvenate the soil, but with all the new housing development around the garden, they can't use the toxic garden freshener. The urban farmers plan to take their irises and their methyl bromide to a five-acre plot in Corralitos.
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Get ready to pay more for your Papa John's pizza if "Obamacare" goes into full effect … a whopping 15 to 20 cents more.
John Schnatter, chief executive of the pizza chain, is bashing President Obama's healthcare reform law as a policy that will force the company to choose between its customers and its investors.
And if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rolls out as planned in 2014, Schnatter's strategy is "of course … to pass that cost on the consumer in order to protect our shareholders' best interest," he said in a recent conference call.
Schnatter estimates that the legislation will cost Papa John's about 11 cents to 14 cents per pizza, which equates to 15 cents to 20 cents per order. An average delivery charge runs $1.75 to $2.50.
"We're not supportive of Obamacare like most businesses in our industry but our business model and unit economics are about as ideal as you can get for a food company to absorb Obamacare," Schnatter said. "Ergo, we have a high ticket average with extremely high frequency of order counts, millions of pizzas per year."
On Twitter, reactions were mostly negative.
"*switches to Pizza Hut*," wrote one user. "*calls Dominoes*," wrote another.
"I really wish businesses would stay out of politics," tweeted user mikedavis824.
Papa John's has nearly 4,000 restaurants in its system operating in every state and in 33 countries. Net income for the second quarter, which ended June 24, rose 22.3% to $14.8 million, or 61 cents a share, from $12.1 million, or 47 cents a share a year earlier. Same-store sales soared 5.7% in North America.
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The National Restaurant Assn. has criticized the healthcare legislation for having a chilling effect on expansion and hiring in the industry, which tends to be labor-intensive and burdened with thin margins.
Chains such as White Castle and Burger King have predicted surging costs due to the new regulations, which require businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to offer healthcare to such workers and their dependents.
Unsurprisingly, Papa John's chief is a big fan of Mitt Romney. Schnatter recently even hosted a private fundraiser for the Republican presidential candidate at his mansion in Anchorage, Ky.
Romney was dazzled by the grounds, declaring to guests:
"Who would've imagined pizza could build this. This is really something. Don't you love this country? What a home this is, what grounds these are, the pool, the golf course…. This is a real tribute to America, to entrepreneurship."
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Apparently there were concerns Prince Harry might trip up and hurt himself next time.
Reverend Graham drew the meeting to a close by earnestly thanking the president for making the trip up the mountain.
I think the most unique experience at Highlands—maybe at all of Aspen—is a trip up to Highlands Bowl.
We had been warned that the trip up the mountain—the highest skiable peak in North America—would be long and complicated.
Or it can be an up-close lesson in the kind of self-absorption and political ego that can trip up some in Washington.
Having some leisure I thought I would take a trip up the mining regions, and make a visit to my old friends there.
I'll trip up the woman with my foot and she'll spill the liquor.
During the trip up the river the girls were kept too busy to enjoy the beauty of the night.
Probably some travellers had arrived from a trip up the country.
They did not warm to the idea of that trip up the Liverpool and the gaudy homecoming.
late 14c. (implied in tripper), "tread or step lightly, skip, caper," from Old French tripper "strike with the feet" (12c.), from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch trippen "to skip, trip, hop," Low German trippeln, Frisian tripje, Dutch trappen, Old English treppan "to tread, trample") related to trap.
The sense of "strike with the foot and cause to stumble" is first recorded early 15c. Meaning "to release" (a catch, lever, etc.) is recorded from 1897; trip-wire is attested from 1916. Related: Tripped; tripping.
"act or action of tripping," 1650s, from trip (v.); sense of "a short journey or voyage" is from 1690s, originally a nautical term, the connection is uncertain. The meaning "psychedelic drug experience" is first recorded 1959 as a noun; the verb in this sense is from 1966, from the noun.
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1920: The funeral of Robert N. Leatherwood is held. Leatherwood was a former mayor of Tucson and Pima County sheriff. He had helped locate mines in the Quijotoa District, operated a livery stable and planted peach and apple orchards in the Catalina Mountains.
Also in 1920: Mexican strikers abandon a freight train loaded with tomatoes 25 miles south of Nogales, Mexico, and every truck in the twin towns is requisitioned to salvage the freight and unload it in Nogales, Ariz.
1937: Renovated with Works Progress Administration funds, Bisbee's Warren Ballpark hosts its first game between professional baseball teams. The Chicago Cubs beat their cross-town-rival White Sox, 9-2. Windy City baseball fans were able to tune into the game on Chicago station WJJD through a live remote feed made possible by Bisbee radio station KSUN.
1992: Donald Eugene Harding is executed by lethal gas at the state prison in Florence for the 1980 murders of two businessmen in Phoenix. Harding, 43, is the first person executed in the state (since Manuel Silvas in 1976) and is the last to be executed while the gas chamber was the official execution method, partially due to the 11 minutes it took before death by asphyxiation could be confirmed.
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- Schools are facing extreme numbers of weather cancellations this year
- Some schools are trying virtual school days to prevent learning interruptions
- Individual educators have turned to online learning to keep students on track
(CNN)Earlier this month, Zak Terzini roused himself about five minutes before his English class began and didn't panic. Instead, the high school sophomore grabbed his iPod and checked on a class discussion of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" without even getting out of bed.
A snowstorm -- another one -- had canceled classes in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District in northern New Jersey, but educators and students wouldn't be taking a day off. Before the snow fell, even before the official school cancellation call, teachers were prepped, parents were warned and students had received enough assignments to fill a snow day.
School leaders around the country are tearing up their calendars to cram in more teaching time after extreme numbers of weather cancellations. Some are eliminating holiday breaks and professional development plans, adding minutes and days to the school clock or even cutting recess and opening school on Saturdays.
But a few are trying something different: virtual school days that continue learning, even while staff and students are stuck at home.
This could be the snow day of the not-too-distant future. As much as students love them, school officials loathe calamity cancellations, those days off caused by snowstorms, hurricanes, illness outbreaks or power outages. They cost time and money, disrupt the flow of learning and leave parents in a lurch.
By mid-February, the 2,000-student Pascack Valley Regional district had already used its three built-in snow days for the school year, and Superintendent P. Erik Gundersen didn't want to chip away at spring break.
With snow in the forecast, Gundersen alerted teachers that he expected to cancel classes and asked them to develop lessons students could complete from home. A day later, when students logged in on school-provided laptops, they were able to ask teachers questions, work through assignments or jump into class discussions, even if they sometimes took breaks to shovel the walkways.
Pascack Valley Regional officials still don't know if the day will count toward their state-mandated total. The New Jersey Department of Education hasn't decided yet. But the superintendent already counts it as a learning success.
"We think it's worthwhile and productive, why not do it?" Gundersen said. "This is what we've been doing in the corporate world for quite some time ... balancing family life with work and getting things done. Why shouldn't high school kids?"
'We're lucky, right?'
Schools in similar circumstances are coming to the same conclusion. Staff and students at Coyle and Cassidy High School in Taunton, Massachusetts, tried their first virtual school days after cancellations began to pile up this year.
They were ready. All of the private school's 500 students now have an iPad purchased by his or her parents, and they've used the tablets in class and at home since the start of the school year.
They were lucky, too, to have the "perfect snow days," said Kathleen St. Laurent, vice principal of academic affairs at Coyle and Cassidy -- no widespread power outages, no long stretches of days off, a forecast that gave teachers time to prepare and a student body that already knew the drill.
Teachers found creative ways to record and share lessons, and many spent the virtual days fielding students' questions, St. Laurent said. Parents loved it, and students, well, they "were a little bummed out."
Many slept in, and some complained there was too much work -- there will be more coordination among teachers in the future, St. Laurent said. Still, participation was high.
"With kids, a day out is a lot," St. Laurent said. "This way, everyone could have the same lessons, just as if they were in the classroom."
Going into Pascack Valley Regional's virtual school day, teachers feared some students wouldn't log in, despite warnings that the day's assignments would count toward their grades. It wasn't a problem: The virtual school day had higher attendance than they expect on a normal school day, the superintendent said.
"It was energizing, invigorating," said social studies teacher Karen Kosch, who has taught in Pascack Valley schools for 28 years. "I don't mean to sound corny, but we were all in it together."
No serious technical glitches were reported. Next time, Kosch said, she'll have a stronger sense about how to pace conversations held among dozens of kitchen tables and couches.
As one student put it, Kosch said, " 'I don't know what the big fuss is. We do this every day.' "
Kosch, of course, remembers the years before everyone had a laptop, but she had to agree: "We're lucky, right?"
'This is a vacation day'
In areas where weather cancellations are common, students have long been expected to haul home backpacks full of books and assignments before snow days, and some schools have tried to lighten the load through technology. In Ohio, schools can use "blizzard bags," online or hard copies of assignments to keep students learning and days counting.
Even at schools that provide an online bank of activities, it can be complicated to keep an entire class moving forward, said Dick Flanary, deputy executive director for programs and services for the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
"Technology offers some promise in terms of mitigating some impact," Flanary said. "Depending on a particular child, what kind of learner a child may be, how diligent will they be to engage on a snow day in some sort of academic pursuit when 'this is a vacation day'?"
Tougher yet is the technology. Most schools don't have one-to-one programs that supply students and staff with computers, and home Internet connections can still be spotty. Teachers polled for a 2013 survey by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project said more than half of students had sufficient access to digital tools at school, but only a fifth could access digital tools at home.
Even without schoolwide technology programs, individuals teachers are finding ways to keep their students on track.
The day before a February snowstorm swept through the Atlanta area, teacher Jordan Kohanim sent her students home with the same instructions she repeated all year: Check the class website.
Most of her students at Northview High School outside Atlanta have made it a habit, and with the help of tools such as Remind101, a service that allows teachers to send text messages to students, she was confident they would follow through. When an earlier stretch of bad weather caught schools by surprise, several students checked the website and completed assignments without her asking, she said.
It's not the highest quality education out there, Kohanim said -- there's little chance for interaction when students are asked to read a passage, watch a video and write a response. But Kohanim made herself available to answer questions and check work, and it helped to keep students focused until they returned the following week.
"I wouldn't say I'd like that to go on for long," said Kohanim, who has maintained a class website since she started teaching seven years ago. "We don't have time to stop on snow days. We have to keep moving."
'A nerd's dream'
On the morning of February 13, Pascack Valley High School English teacher Matt Morone was maybe a quarter of the way through his morning coffee when students began to respond to "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" on Twitter. Some teachers used Google documents or learning tools such as My Big Campus, Schoology or Canvas for the virtual school day, but he especially liked seeing the conversation draw people who weren't even in his class.
"This was a nerd's dream for me," said Morone, himself a graduate of Pascack Valley Regional schools.
For students, it was a lesson in time management and self-driven learning, one he's sure they'll take to college. For teachers, it was a chance to try ideas they've only pondered before. For everyone else? Proof.
"We are in a fortunate position here ... but you don't need a whole lot of infrastructure to do some of the stuff we're doing," Morone said. "There are means by which to do this. A lot of Twitter discussion is through iPads, cell phones -- whichever glowing rectangle you want to use, that's fine."
Students were learning other lessons, too.
Zak Terzini discovered he had to be concise because he only had 140 characters to make his point about "Malcolm X." He listened more, too. He's "a talker," he said -- an athlete, the class president, a guy who's always ready to jump in with an opinion.
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Online, he finally heard some quieter classmates speak up.
"Having it all out on Twitter, people have that little barrier," he said. "It was kind of open to a lot more opinions."
Between shoveling snow, watching an Olympic hockey game and making himself a sandwich, he listened to a teacher explain some algebra concepts, completed some history work and forced himself to figure out some stoichiometry problems that he might've given up on if he'd been in the same room as the chemistry teacher.
"I thought, 'We're just going to get extra homework.' It was kind of ridiculous to have a virtual day," he said. "But the mood definitely changed after it went successfully. They got us involved. They were assigning the right amount of work.
"I got done at 2:51, and I can't believe I actually got done."
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GREENVILLE, Calif. - An earthquake strikes Northern California's Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7.
Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered six miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of Susanville.
Abreu says there have been no reports of damage in early field reports.
KCRA-TV in Sacramento reports that the quake was felt in downtown Sacramento, about 145 miles south of the epicenter.
There have been eight aftershocks ranging from 2.6-to-3.5-magnitude.
Abreu said the shaking measured by the quake could have inflicted light damage of structures.


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Seen that rumored sale of Digg to The Washington Post today? What was your first feeling? Were you thinking 'Oh wow, that is great news for Digg and its users'? Or did you think 'Oh boy, that will be the end of Digg as we know it'.
If it is true that The Washington Post is only acquiring the team behind Digg and not the site and technology, then sure, that would mean the end of the service. But even if they buy the whole service and integrate it into the The Washington Post, I still wouldn't feel confident about its future.
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Gary Vaynerchuk was so impressed with TNW Conference 2016 he paused mid-talk to applaud us.
Remember when Flickr and Delicious went to Yahoo? How about TechCrunch to AOL? It isn't too often that startups find a great new home, stay loyal to the community that made them, and flourish under the new owner. It is very rare indeed.
I sold two companies in the past, and during both negotiations we solemnly swore we wanted to grow the company and stay on as management. Yeah right. Within 6 to 12 months we got so fed up with not being in charge and trying to get anything done within the new corporate structure that we all left.
It felt like we screwed up at the time. But since then I've found out that it is just how it works. Founders and entrepreneurs aren't managers. We can't adjust to our new roles and pretty soon we'll get frustrated and leave. Arrington? The Flickr founders? Nobody sticks around for long.
Which makes me wonder how I would deal with an acquisition. I think I would try my best to persuade my acquirers to not announce the sale. If possible. I would simply announce a partnership and keep everything running like it is. Use our different strengths to advance both business, without integrating anything. In a perfect world you wouldn't know we'd been acquired.
Of course that would be nearly impossible. Companies have to announce that kind of stuff and managers need to brag about the acquisitions they did to move up in the world. No way they would be able to keep this silent. Still, wouldn't it be better?
In conclusion; should we be acquired by Bloomberg, I wouldn't announce it, and if you would ask, I would deny it. Not that we have been acquired, but you know what I mean…
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The SeaWolves dropped the opening game of a three-game series 6-4 to the Harrisburg Senators on Tuesday night at Jerry Uht Park.
Erie jumped ahead on Harrisburg starter Omar Poveda in the bottom of the fourth. Corey Jones doubled with one out and scored on a Dean Green opposite-field single for a 1-0 lead. Dixon Machado followed with a two-run home run to left for a 3-0 lead.
The Senators battled back against Erie starter Jeff Ferrell in the top of the sixth. Adrian Sanchez singled, Michael Taylor walked and Caleb Ramsey singled to load the bases with no outs. Cutter Dykstra walked to put the Senators on the board. Ferrell was lifted for Guido Knudson who struck out the next two batters but gave up a game-tying, two-run double to Jason Martinson making it 3-3.
Erie regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth. Aaron Westlake walked while Green and Machado followed with singles, loading the bases. With two outs, Devon Travis walked, scoring Westlake for a 4-3 lead.
The Senators again loaded the bases in the seventh against Knudson. Brian Jeroloman walked , Sanchez singled and with two outs, Dykstra walked. Matt Skole singled off of reliever Bryan Augenstein, plating a pair of runs for a 5-4 Senators lead. Harrisburg added one more run in the eighth and held on for a 6-4 win over the 'Wolves.
Ferrell took the no-decision tossing five-plus innings, allowing three runs on five hits with two walks and a season-high six strikeouts.
Knudson (0-2) took the loss allowing two runs on two hits with two walks and four strikeouts.
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From: John Carruthers Subject: angered and rejected
Dear Sir, I was very shocked and saddened to see that your avatar upload feature is not functioning correctly. I was attemping to upload a picture of my favourite pet iguana Lizzie but after spending ages preparing a suitable graphic circa your avatar requirements (which included a call to my brother in law Harry, and lord knows thats never pleasant since that time last xmas when he made that embarrassing faux pas at the dinner table but we dont talk about that anymore, after all the spoons are very easy to mix up and mothers never been entirely reasonable when it comes to the holiday period). I even downloaded a graphic program to 'crop' (i believe thats the term) the picture into size. People should really make resizing easier though the photographs of the king i got off the inter-net dont fit well on my screentop. Please cancel my account immediately and i suggest you dont have a public forum if it cant function as expected. If i had paid for this service in a shop i would certainly be entitled to some sort of refund, and certainly morally i feel this is the case here for the pure time expenditure on my part. I`ve spent more time working on this than planned and need to hurry out to the 24 hour convenience store to get my foot cream before it closes. I would be interested to hear how we could make our peace though. I`m a big follower of your game and hope this devil may care attitude does not carry on to your future releases and that many others do not have to protest before rectification occurs.
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From: ********@aol.com Subject: Help, for the gamers sake (and mine) All over the internet (okay, maybe at three or four different sites, but its still a notorious problem) gamers speak out and complain about a fustrating subject matter which plagues anyone who is not a foreign language linguist. Pronunciation. We have games, created in Japan and shipped to the states, and in no way do our friends at Square, or Atlus, or Idos, ever attempt to help their loyal consumers out with the more-than-difficult pronunciation of some of these names. "Beoulve", for one example, the hero in Final Fantasy Tactics (which I believe recieved an UNFAIR review, might I add), Celes, and Locke, from Final Fantasy 3, which are so often mispronounced as "LockEE" and "CeEElEEs", and the notorious CHOCOBO, which I have heard called a hundred different things, all in one, niave dialect. We need help! I ask you, o' wise game-revolutions editor, dedicate time in clearing up these widely known miscommunications among our allies. Always Faithful, Anthony
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From: ********@aol.com Subject: comment on a past review one of the games u reviewed, THE CROW:CITY OF ANGELS, holds false information in its text. it states "Ahhhhh.... Another game based on a movie. This time, however, the game is based on an awful movie, which was the sequel to a pretty bad movie (somehow completed despite the untimely death of the lead actor, Brandon Lee), which was based on a slightly better than average comic book. Did you follow all that? I bet you can guess what it all adds up to. Crap." for one the crow movie is actually a really great movie. the sequel did suck yes i agree, but the first movie has inspired millions and actually had alot more going on than the average assh*le would pick up on. the comic book is alot better than average and if a serious developer actually took the time to do THE CROW justice you would have one kick ass game. your comment about the gothy artsy appearance the main character possesses greaty offends me, me being a goth myself. and if other goths where to look at that comment they would be too. its not good to just throw away a majority of your readers by insulting their style. and if you actually knew anything about the production of the movie. the reason why they managed to finish it was because Brandon Lee(son of Bruce Lee) died during the last 3 days of shooting and since the movie was for the most part completed they cut no more than 4 or 5 scenes. if you have something against goths and the artsy types id like to see how you feel about yourself. those who dislike others because of how they dress and live their life if it doesnt hurt you directly, are nothing short of pathetic. thank you and have a nice day.
Dear Unfortunate Goth AOL Subscriber,
Our recent Halloween Horrors feature had a big link to the pathetic excuse for a game that was The Crow. And of course, that led to yet another volley of hate mail that we like to simply call Crow Mail.
Look, goth guy, it's simple. Wearing black eyeliner and a studded wristband does not make your pain special. You will never be a vampire, and you cannot cast spells using a black candle. Pretty much, you just look silly. But if that's how you want to live, have fun. Er, not fun. Depression. Whatever it is that makes you happy.
But no matter how much you try, there is simply no way to convince us that The Crow video game didn't completely suck. Now go re-read all your Anne Rice novels and leave us alone.
From: Greg Sharman Subject: the crow
how the hell was that an unbiased review! u slagged one of the best ever movies going, shows how much u computer nerds know about nefing, u compared the game to the film, which is not inteligent ,like u said the review would be, because its impoosible to compare the two! and just because the game doesnt impress u, doesnt mean u have to stop people buying it!!! stick to what u are best at, waking of to animal porn on ur computer screen before daddy comes home!! or is that it, are u mad at ur dad? is that y u are so negative? upoor s.o.b.
Dear Greg,
Your meaningless ranting, horrifying grammar and nearly indecipherable spelling is not the first e-mail we've received regarding The Crow. In fact, it's not even the first one this week. How embarrassing for you!
If only you and the goth guy above could help ease one another through this painful existence. We'd put you in touch, but since you're across the pond and we have no idea where goth guy is from, perhaps you can find solace here! Beware the spider!


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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:54 PM GMT on May 24, 2010
An extratropical low pressure system (90L) between the Bahamas and Bermuda is moving north-northwest towards North Carolina and is close to tropical storm strength. Last night's ASCAT pass saw a large area of 35 mph winds to the north and east of the center, and buoy 41048 to northeast of 90L's center was seeing sustained ENE winds of 36 mph, gusting to 43 mph this morning. Bermuda is seeing some heavy weather from this storm, with winds blowing at 35 mph on the west end of the island, and the Bermuda radar showing an area of moderate to heavy rain moving over the island. Seas are running 5 - 10 feet in the outer waters of Bermuda today, and are expected to increase to 10 - 14 feet tonight before diminishing on Tuesday.
Figure 1. Visible satellite image of 90L this morning.
Strong upper-levels winds out of the west are creating about 25 knots of wind shear over 90L, but the shear has been gradually decreasing over the past day. Visible satellite loops show that 90L does not have a well-defined surface circulation. The main thunderstorm activity is in a large curved band to the north and northeast of the center. This band is several hundred miles removed from the center, which is characteristic of subtropical storms. I expect that 90L will continue to grow more subtropical in nature today through Wednesday as the shear continues to fall. Sea surface temperatures are near 25°C today and will fall to 23 - 24°C on Tuesday. This is warm enough to support a subtropical storm, but probably not a tropical storm. On Wednesday, 90L will be nearing the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, and SSTs will warm again, to the 24 - 25°C range. This is still pretty cool for a tropical storm, and I expect 90L will never become fully tropical. To understand the difference between a tropical and subtropical storm and why we care, see my subtropical storm tutorial.
The SHIPS model predicts that shear will fall to the medium 10 - 20 knot range by Tuesday. A large amount of dry air to 90L's southwest associated with the upper-level trough of low pressure on top of the storm, as seen on water vapor satellite loops , will hamper transition of 90L to a subtropical or tropical storm. The system will move slowly towards the Southeast U.S. coast over the next two days, making its closest approach to the coast on Wednesday, when most of the models indicate the center will be 200 - 400 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All of the major models currently predict that 90L will not make landfall, but will move slowly eastward out to sea on Thursday, when a trough of low pressure moving across the Eastern U.S. picks up the storm. There presently isn't much to be concerned with about this storm, as it appears that it will remain offshore and will become, at worst, a 40 - 50 mph subtropical storm. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is giving 90L a medium (30% chance) of developing into a depression or tropical/subtropical storm. Wunderbloggers Weather456 and StormW have more on 90L.
Western Caribbean disturbance
A small region of disturbed weather has developed in the Western Caribbean, off the east coast of Nicaragua. Moisture is expected to increase across in this area in the coming days, and by Saturday, the GFS and NOGAPS models predict that shear will drop low enough to permit the possible development of a strong tropical disturbance or tropical depression. This storm would then move northeastward over eastern Cuba early next week. The other models keep the shear high in the Caribbean all week, and do not show anything developing. Thus, the Western Caribbean bears watching later this week, but the conditions appear marginal for development.
Moderate risk of severe weather today in northern Plains
The Storm Prediction Center has placed western Nebraska and portions of South and North Dakota under their "Moderate" risk for severe weather today. They warn that "a couple of strong and possibly long-track tornadoes appear possible given the forecast scenario." Keep an eye on the activity today with our Severe Weather Page.
Major oil threat continues for the coast of Louisiana
Light winds are expected to prevail across the northern Gulf of Mexico all week, resulting in continued oiling threats to the Louisiana shoreline from the mouth of the Mississippi River westward 150 miles, according to the latest trajectory forecasts from NOAA. There is no longer a flow of oil moving southwards towards the Loop Current, and the oil that did move southwards last week was mostly entrained into a counter-clockwise rotating eddy attached to the northern boundary of the Loop Current. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery over the weekend showed that most of this oil has dispersed, and very little of this oil is now visible from space (Figure 2.) Imagery from NASA's MODIS instrument and from NOAA aircraft did not show any oil in the Loop Current headed towards the Florida Keys over the weekend, so that is good news. NOAA comments that there may be some "scattered tar balls" in the Loop Current headed towards the Florida Keys. I expect these scattered tar balls have completed the full loop of the Loop Current and are now headed east towards the Keys, and will pass the Dry Tortugas and Key West sometime Wednesday - Saturday. My guess is that the oil and its accompanying plume of toxic dispersants will be too thin and scattered to cause significant problems in the Keys.
Figure 2. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image of the oil spill taken at 11:41am EDT Saturday May 22, 2010, by the European Envisat-1 satellite. Only scattered patches of oil are evident in the counter-clockwise rotating eddy on the northern boundary of the Loop Current. A small amount of oil appears to be in the Loop Current, and is moving southward. Image credit: Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. SAR images have a resolution of 8 - 50 meters, and can be taken through clouds and precipitation.
Future threats to the Keys
Mostly offshore winds are expected this week over the northern Gulf of Mexico, thanks to the approach of the 90L storm along the Southeast U.S. coast. It is uncertain if these winds will be strong enough to push oil southward into the Loop Current, though at least one ocean trajectory model does show this occurring. As I discussed in my post Wednesday, the Loop Current is very unstable right now, and is ready to cut off into a giant clockwise-rotating eddy, an event that occurs every 6 - 11 months. At least one ocean model (the Global HYCOM model from the HYCOM consortium) is predicting that such an eddy will form this week. In the event a Loop Current Eddy does break off, it would create a rotating ring of water 250 miles in diameter to the south of the oil spill. Oil moving southwards would tend to enter the giant eddy and circulate around it, not threatening any land areas. Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecast Service has a nice discussion on the possibility of the Loop Current cutting off into a Loop Current Eddy. Keep in mind, though, that during the first month that a Loop Current Eddy forms, it exchanges a considerable amount of water with the Loop Current. Thus we can expect that a portion of any oil moving southwards into a Loop Current Eddy will find its way into the Loop Current and move past the Florida Keys.
Oil spill resources
My post Wednesday with answers to some of the common questions I get about the spill
My post on the Southwest Florida "Forbidden Zone" where surface oil will rarely go
My post on what oil might do to a hurricane
NOAA trajectory forecasts
Deepwater Horizon Unified Command web site
Oil Spill Academic Task Force
University of South Florida Ocean Circulation Group oil spill forecasts
ROFFS Deepwater Horizon page
Surface current forecasts from NOAA's HYCOM model
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery from the University of Miami
I'll be back with a new post Tuesday morning.
Jeff Masters
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BREAKING NEWS BP to terminate live feed during Top Kill procedure. |
17 wadedanielsmith "Man, get real. The Deepwater Horizon spill has passed Exxon Valdez a full month ago, and is currently no less than 11 Exxon Valdez, and fast approaching 12 Exxon Valdez." Ever since BP's CEO quickly slapped down his own public relations head for disagreeing with the estimate approved for public consumption by the NOAA director, I've strongly suspected that "5000barrels per day" to be at the lowest level that wouldn't cause an open revolt by NOAA's analytic staff. It's fairly safe to make your subordinates think "The boss is an idiot." And another thing altogether to make them think "The boss is trying to brand me as a lying incompetent." But otherwise, I haven't a clue: too many variables to fill in with information not available to the public. And neither do you. 1000microns equals 1millimeter I do admit having my own shot-in-the-dark range of plausible flow rates, which is only 12%to36% as high as your estimate. And still have hope that NOAA admin isn't as off-base as I think. However the cancellation of last week's HurricaneSeason press conference in Miami for a transfer to this week in Washington,DC makes me suspect that NOAA admin is getting a face-to-face grilling by the WhiteHouse. But guess what? Having Godzilla tromping through Tokyo is bad enough. And so is NOAA's "5000barrels per day" when talkin' about crude in the Gulf, into&onto the coastline, and down on the reefs. Any speculations about whether Mothra&Gang joined in on the Dance of Death can be answered at the post-mortem, after the well has been capped. The USNavy probably knows to within a percent or so -- or at least has or has had data that would allow analysts to make such a determination -- but they're busy playing "don't ask, don't tell". For "reasons of national security", Naval brass like to pretend that potential adversaries remain unaware that the USmilitary has better sonar equipment than a mediocre*commercial fishing trawler. And most constitutional protections that corporations enjoy against self-incrimination during criminal investigations don't apply to civil discovery proceedings. The only real question is whether the federal judiciary will once again thwart Justice in aid of their self-perceived peers, ala the five Supremes going to bat for Exxon. Transocean has already managed to get all DeepwaterHorizon lawsuits consolidated to be tried under the jurisdiction of a Texas judge: even though there is virtually no chance that the spill will directly affect Texas; even though the corporation isn't based in Texas. So there is a better than 50/50 chance that Transocean will be allowed to walk away from their obligation to-make-whole by paying the $75million**limit to the plaintiffs in order to prevent discovery proceedings. From what I've read, Transocean stands to make a very healthy profit from receipt of insurance payouts for the loss of DeepwaterHorizon, even after spending $75million to settle lawsuits. Not bad for a company that also hosted the Ixtoc I blowout. * Any decent commercial fishing trawler could provide far better information about flow shape&volume and flow speeds&directions than those thus far provided to the public by either BritishPetroleum or the government. ** Thank the Senators and Representatives that you will once again reelect for keeping the Interests of Oil deep in their hearts. |
Quoting Weather456: They started doing the 5 day genesis in house last year and they will need to work on their procedures. Once they can start demonstrating skill I think they will keep it in house for several more years to verify before it becomes operational. Same with extending track forecasts. All of the work involving the HFIP should help. This summer they may have up to 5 planes flying storms, possible all at the same time! |
Quoting nrtiwlnvragn: Quoting nrtiwlnvragn: While I agree that hurricane science is improving. 7-days and 5 days for track and genesis, respectively will still incur some difficulties. Earth has the most unpredictable weather of any planet in the solar system and it will remain unpredictable for centuries to come. I do applaud them however for their effects despite these facts. Kudos to them. |
Quoting nrtiwlnvragn: Interesting. |
Quoting IKE: I was just about to agree with you. The dry air has been a killer here, but I would give it a few more hours to see if the latest blowup was a blow off. I think the pressure gradient with the highs to the North will probably exaggerate wind speeds and keep the hype alive. |
weather456---I'm in New Bern, NC near Morehead. May get a stray shower, but not the soaking I need. |
Q & A for NHC - Chris Landsea Excerpt: Where do you see the science of hurricane forecasting in the next five years? One road that looks very promising is extending our forecasts further out in time. Currently we do a five day forecast for an existing storm, and we are likely to start testing our ability to go out to seven days in the near future. If that works, I could see us providing public seven-day forecasts in a few years. Additionally, we are testing doing genesis predictions out to five days. Right now, the Tropical Weather Outlook goes through two days. But because the global models are improving so much for providing predictions, we might be able to extend that further out, too. |
Ahhhhh!!!!!!!. TWC just mentioned extreme weather and a tropical disturbance in the atlantic......why oh why do they still think exaggerating is a good idea ? |
Quoting msphar: ? |
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well looks like hurricane season is almost upon us. Not much change I note there, given the current date versus historical events I saw posted here recently. 90L has managed to burn off a lot of latent heat which is always a good thing, unless you are a little boat in the path. My focus remains the MDR but the ITCZ seems to cling to the Southern route which is something that I note and like. |
re:1218 well howdy neighbor! im here in taos county. the wind has been unreal this spring and the relentless cold....brrrrrr....ive had enough! |
90L actually looks much better than yesterday. |
here in NM it was freezing cold last night. 23F when I woke up this morning. The water in the hummingbird feeders is frozen and the hose on the garden is all iced up. I'm ready for summer. Sheesh. |
Quoting IKE: Not yet AL 90 2010052512 BEST 0 299N 720W 40 1005 LO |
latest satellite images showing a pretty relentless amount of oil all over the central and eastern gulf. |
90L has to be one of those invest with the most vortices within a circulation. |
Quoting P451: Where's Dean, he had one of the most spectacular eyes seen from Space. |
I'm cheering for 90L to get a groove on and keep moving west; the circulation will help keep some of the Gulf oil away from the coast for a little while (they need all the help theny can get).... |
Quoting KEEPEROFTHEGATE: I think 90L may be deactivated...soon. If I'm wrong, slice me some crow. |
Quoting twhcracker:Done: but my interest rate are HIGH......LOL |
Quoting msgambler: I wish i was there! I love the "friendship Oak" at the college campus there on the beach highway. Put 10.00 on RED on the roulette wheel for me :) |
Quoting Stormchaser2007:thats the forecast for july they forgot august september and october |
Quoting StormW: Excatly, no logic there. |
Quoting msgambler:good day to you |
Quoting Weather456: Not sure lol JB had a link a few days ago. Cant find it now. |
winter 13 is a lier because i said the gulf coast before and i was right |
Good morning KOTG |
Quoting Stormchaser2007: lol lol Based on what...? |
Quoting Weather456: Everyone except Weather Research. They have 8 storms. |
Everybody jumping on this hyperactive bandwagon. I'm hoping high winds don't knock over the bandwagon and everybody falls out. ACE could exceed 200. |
Quoting eddye: Not to be rude but does everything has to hit Florida? The chances of a hurricane hitting Florida next week are slim because the subtropical jet is creating a protective shield from 20N. Also for the system to hit FL it would have to go north or NNE. The current steering for next week is NE. |
good day all nice day here 830 in the morning allreadsy 75 outside with a heat index of 80 gonna be a hot one thanks to 90l |
Quoting eddye: I suspect they did, but didn't get chance to reply yet :) I'm a fairly newish poster, but I've hung around here for ages (hi everybody!). I'd guess the thing with the EPac disturbance is that it'll get disrupted passing over the land, to some extent (it's quite mountainous down there, right), and then have to redevelop in what might not be ideal conditions on the other side. Are any of the models taking it to hurricane strength? I thought most people were posting showed a depression/weak TS forming, and only that intermittently, but I may well have missed something ;) |
Joe B. "TUESDAY AND NOW, STORM 2K WEIGHS IN! Another hurricane forecast, as super counterweight to Weather Research with their 8, is now in. Storm 2k has 24-27 storms! If you read their site, you see most of the same things I have been saying about this since February. I want the battlelines drawn where I first started to fight, not where someone else decides to join the fight. However, one thing that is keeping me in check with 16-18, though the major threat on the coast, and yes the chance the kind of season they have comes to pass, is the QBO, which still does not look the way I have to see it to completely go wild. But now the range of forecast storms is 8 to 26 with me at 17 (16-18). My forecast for the NOAA forecast.. 14-18 potential for 20. Let's see how close I come to the big release Thursday, which by the way was pushed back a week and changed to the Washington Press Club. Apparently they want an even bigger podium. All of us, out here first with our forecasts, welcome NOAA to the party, even though they were last to get here. Hopefully, they bring the pizza and more beer." AccuPro |
90l |
did u people read wat i wrote |
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Hey ladies!!! Sorry about last night, it was hubby's birthday and he was a lil needy last night. He didn't feel good (migraine came on) and then I got one too. Lil man did NOT want to go to bed, however...he slept in his "pretty panties" as he calls them, ALL NIGHT LONG!!! No accidents!!!! WOO HOO!!! For those that don't know, I have a 2-1/2 year old lil man who keeps me on my toes!!! Literally now since we are potty training!
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CHAMBERSBURG — Two men were jailed after a traffic stop early this morning on Lincoln Way West near Frank Road.
Jonathan Gary Parker, 21, of Fort Loudon and Dante Richard Scott, 26, of Chambersburg were both taken to Franklin County Jail for probation violations and face additional charges connected to the 1 a.m. incident.
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Panorama of lower Pacific Avenue. Streetcar #3 of the Santa Cruz Electric line is traveling on Pacific near Sycamore. Date: 1895 Place: Santa Cruz City Sources of Information: Notes on back of photo; McCaleb p. 45 Related Article: Transportation: Railroads and Streetcars Original size: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" Medium: b&w This photograph is the property of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, California.