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Yale economist Robert Shiller says that the market ratio he developed is "rather high," but that investors should still hold some stocks today.
That ratio, the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio, is now at 25.28. That is way off is historic high of 44.20 in December 1999, but also way above the market's long-term average of 15.
The CAPE index was also quite high in 1996, when Shiller testified before the Federal Reserve, and then "it kept going for almost three more years," the Nobel Prize winner said in an interview Friday on Yahoo Finance. "Even though it's high, I still think stocks out to be part of someone's portfolio — maybe not as big a part" as in previous times, he explained.
Overall, the economist is sanguine about investing and returns in 2014: "We are just not living in the best of times. The momentum is weakening in housing; stocks look overpriced; bonds are paying poorly; there's risk there, too. There's no easy way to win in this market. So I'm thinking, you have to diversify and probably keep something in stocks."
As for technology and recent weakness in some social media and biotech companies, he is especially concerned. "When people get really excited about an investment, I tend to go the other way … It's a contrarian instinct."
He explained that the Barclays Shiller CAPE ETN (CAPE) is invested in health care and energy. Recently it moved into financials and technology. "These are all sectors with low CAPE relative to past performance," he said. "I think there is a better bet."
Lewis Lessons
Discussing Michael Lewis' latest book, "Flash Boys," Shiller said, "It raises an important issue … for regulators to think about."
But he also noted that Lewis is "being a little sensationalist. People should not be afraid of investing in the market."
Shiller's thinking is that that market has "been rigged in one sense or another from the beginning of its history. There have always been people trying to main the market or take advantage of front run."
Housing Hints
Data on housing starts was weaker than expected last week. But whether that portends a shift in the housing recovery "is not clear to me yet," he says. "Home prices were down a smidgen in the last couple of months, but season adjusted, they are still up."
However, "It's no longer at all clear that momentum is a safe bet anymore," Shiller stressed.
"And momentum still appears to be up," he said. "I'm thinking home prices should probably go up but at a reduced pace. They're nothing to get excited about."
And while he sees not "solid evidence of a fall," the economist recommends investors "take these risks into account."
Finally, when it comes to putting money into real estate versus equities, he suggests investors diversify. "It's just common sense," Shiller explained.


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September 26, 2013, VANCOUVER, BC – To thank fans for their unrelenting support – and to continue to build the club's STRENGTH IN NUMBERS – Vancouver Whitecaps FC launched today a special offer on 2014 season tickets for the next 12 days. Fans who purchase season tickets up until Sunday, October 6, will receive 12 per cent off of their season ticket purchase.
Fans can take advantage of this offer and renew or purchase their 2014 season tickets online at whitecapsfc.com or by phone at 604.669.9283 ext. 2.
"This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the most exciting sporting atmosphere in the city," said Whitecaps FC president Bob Lenarduzzi. "We strongly encourage fans to act now in order to receive the best price on 2014 season tickets. Fans can also receive great savings by referring friends. Together we will continue to grow this club's strength in numbers."
With the 12 per cent offer, 2014 season tickets again start at just $307, subject to applicable fees. Average total ticket prices are the lowest offered by Whitecaps FC since the club joined Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2011. Fans who purchase 2014 season tickets during the 12-day window save approximately 30 to 37 per cent over single match buyers.
Season ticket holders receive a number of benefits, including significant savings over single match tickets, the first right of refusal on tickets for international friendlies and playoffs, the opportunity to purchase pre-sale tickets for select concerts at BC Place, discounts on Whitecaps FC merchandise and with Whitecaps FC Pub Partners, a dedicated online account manager that makes it easy to manage and transfer tickets, and the ability to participate in the loyalty rewards program.
Also added this year is a new referral program, which can help fans save even more on 2014 season tickets. Refer your friends between September 25 and October 6 and on top of the 12 per cent they get off their season ticket package, you will receive a 6 per cent commission which will be credited to your account.
Along with Season Tickets, the club is offering a flexible range of products, including Half-Season Packs, 5-Packs, Student Season Tickets, and a Youth Soccer Half-Season Ticket. For more information on all Whitecaps FC ticket options, call 604.669.9283 ext. 2 or visit whitecapsfc.com.
Whitecaps FC return home to BC Place this Saturday, September 28, when they host Western Conference leaders Real Salt Lake, followed by a home match against Cascadia Cup rivals Portland Timbers on October 6. The 'Caps wrap-up their MLS regular season at BC Place on October 27 in the second of two consecutive matches against Western Conference rivals Colorado Rapids. Each match will be vitally important as Vancouver look to secure a second straight trip to the MLS Cup Playoffs. Tickets are available for the three remaining 2013 regular season home matches and can be purchased at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centres, online at ticketmaster.ca/whitecaps, or Charge-by-Phone at 1.855.6.GO-CAPS(1.855.646.2277).


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At least one American dead in Algerian hostage crisis
Updated at 6:41 p.m. ET
An American in the Algerian hostage standoff in the Algerian desert has been killed, CBS News has learned.
Frederick Buttaccio from Katy, Texas near Houston, was an employee of the oil company BP. It is unknown how he died, but U.S. government sources tell CBS News his body has been recovered and his family has been notified.
Meanwhile, a U.S. military plane has landed in Amenas, Algeria to pick up nine passengers - one American and eight foreign nationals - to be transported to Landstuhl, Germany, a military source told CBS News.
The flight, which contains an air medical evacuation team, was expected to have departed Algeria by Thursday afternoon.
It's not clear exactly how many total casualties have resulted from the fighting, but Algeria's state news agency reported that 12 foreign and Algerian workers had died since the start of the operation, citing an unidentified security source. That information could not be independently confirmed.
As CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reported, the freed hostages told of how they fled in the confusion as the Algerian army attacked. Many were injured, some badly. One person said: "It happened so fast."
But it hasn't ended quickly, reported Phillips. The Algerians say they've freed nearly a hundred foreigners. And as they were being bused away, many thanked their rescuers. "They kept us all nice and safe and fought off the bad guys," said another person.
Also, more detail of the ordeal has emerged with the freed hostages. Some say they had explosives hung around their necks as they were placed in a convoy of vehicles by their captors. When the cars began to move, the Algerian Army units surrounding the site feared the captives were being taken out of the compound -- and opened fire.
The al Qaeda-linked Masked Battalio, led from afar by Moktar Belmoktar, may still be holding some of the roughly 30 foreigners still unaccounted for.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not get into specifics on the crisis Friday afternoon, but described it as an "extremely difficult and dangerous situation" and called on the Algerian government to "preserve innocent life" in their efforts to fully resolve the crisis. Clinton spoke after the State Department said that Americans were still being held hostage.
The desert siege erupted Wednesday when the militants attempted to hijack two buses at the plant, were repulsed, and then seized the sprawling refinery, which is 800 miles south of Algiers. They had claimed the attack came in retaliation for France's recent military intervention against Islamist rebels in neighboring Mali, but security experts have said it must have taken weeks of planning to hit the remote site.
Since then, Algeria's government has kept a tight grip on information about the siege.
The militants had seized hundreds of workers from 10 nations at Algeria's remote Ain Amenas natural gas plant. The overwhelming majority were Algerian and were freed almost immediately.
Algerian forces retaliated Thursday by storming the plant in an attempted rescue operation that left leaders around the world expressing strong concerns about the hostages' safety.
Militants claimed 35 hostages died on Thursday when Algerian military helicopters opened fire as the Islamists transported the hostages around the gas plant. While Algerian officials acknowledged some hostage deaths, the number could not be independently confirmed.
On Friday, trapped in the main refinery area, the militants offered to trade two American hostages for two prominent terror figures jailed in the United States. Those the militants sought included Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheikh who was convicted of plotting to blow up New York City landmarks and considered the spiritual leader of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist convicted of shooting at two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
But U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said there would be "no place to hide" for anyone who looks to attack the United States.
"Terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in Algeria, not in North Africa, not anywhere," Panetta said Friday.
Workers kidnapped by the militants came from around the world -- Americans, Britons, French, Norwegians, Romanians, Malaysians, Japanese, Algerians.
World leaders have expressed strong concerns in the past few days about how Algeria was handing the situation and its apparent reluctance to communicate.
Terrorized hostages from Ireland and Norway trickled out of the plant. BP, which jointly operates the plant, said it had begun to evacuate employees from Algeria.
A U.S. military C-130 transport plane flew a number of people including former Ain Amenas hostages from the Algerian capital of Algiers to a U.S. facility in Europe, a U.S. official said. He declined to be specific about the destination, their nationalities or the extent of the wounds that he said some had.
A flood of foreign energy workers were being evacuated from the North African nation amid security concerns.
BP evacuated one U.S. citizen along with other foreign energy workers from Algeria to Mallorca and then London. The oil giant said three flights left Algeria on Thursday, carrying 11 BP employees and several hundred energy workers from other companies.
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For all ages. Enjoy the soothing sounds of piano or harp, as our local performers fill the library with beautiful, calming music. This program is sponsored in part by a Community Arts Development Grant from the Carroll County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council.


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Health Reform: Blame Mitt
If -- and it is still a big "if -- Democrats pass a health bill, that bill will owe as much to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney as to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. In fact, with the so-called "public option" out of the Senate health bill, the final product increasingly looks like the failed Massachusetts experiment. Consider that the final bill will likely include:
- An individual mandate
- A weak employer-mandate
- An Exchange (Connector)
- Middle-class subsidies
- Insurance regulation (already in place in Massachusetts before Romney's reforms)
As to why this will be a disaster for American taxpayers, workers, and patients, I've written about it here, and my colleague Michael Cannon has covered it here and here.
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Which of these songs do you like the most?
With only 3 new studio tracks on React and several other rare tunes including live cuts that were never recorded in the studio, this "Extra Fixxings" poll will try to include those songs.
I'm also giving Deeper & Deeper a second chance which was originally released on the Origianal Motion Picture Soundtrack to Streets Of Fire and was eventually included on Greatest Hits and the remastered Reach The Beach. Although it was not one of the top 3 Reach The Beach tunes from Round 1 I think Deeper & Deeper got the shaft by being included with that bunch.


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Palembang, the second largest town on Sumatra after Medan, was once the celebrated seat of the rich and powerful Srivijaya kingdom, that for more than three centuries – from the 9th to the 11th century – reigned supreme over the Sumatra seas up to and including the strategic Straits of Malacca.
Srivijaya was then known as the wealthy trade hub as well as the center for Buddhist learnings. Monks from China, India and Java used to congregate here to learn and teach the lessons of Buddha. In AD 671 Chinese chronicles wrote that the famous Chinese Buddhist monk, I Ching sojourned in Palembang for six months on his way to India. I Ching wrote that there were more than 1.000 Buddhist monks in the city and advised Chinese monks to study Sanskrit in Palembang before proceeding to India.
While the Srivijaya kings lived inland on shore, his subjects lived along the wide Musi river, manning the powerful fleet and busily trading in gold, spices, silks, ivories and ceramics with foreign merchants who sailed in from China, India and Java. In 1025, however, the king of Chola in South India sent a fleet to Sumatra, destroying the kingdom, marking the end of its golden era.
Later, Chinese admiral Cheng Ho, emissary of the Chinese emperor visited Palembang in the 15th century.
Palembang is also known in history as the origin of the Malays whose kings are believed to have descended to earth at Gunung Siguntang, north of Palembang.
Today, not much can be seen from Srivijaya's golden age, except for evidence of the area's fine gold and silver songket weaving that persists until today, the fine lacquerware it produces for which Palembang is renowned, and its regal dances and opulent costumes.
Capital of the Province of South Sumatra, Palembang today thrives from coal, mined in its surroundings and from palm oil plantations. Much of the inhabitants still dwell for kilometers along the wide Musi river.
The Musi river has its source deep in the Bukit Barisan mountains, tumbling down to reach the plains where, fed by the converging Ogam and Komering rivers, it then widens into a large river as it reaches Palembang. Its many tributaries and streams that cut through Palembang, has caused this town at times to be called 'The Venice of the East'.
The Icon of modern Palembang is the Ampera Bridge, which was opened to the public in 1965, spanning this wide river connecting both sides of the city. The view from the Musi river from this vantage point is stunning. Watch the bustling boats at the floating market by the Ampera Bridge, while at sunset the view with the many houses on stilts along both sides of the Musi and the centuries' old quaint Chinese shop-houses, are memories to be captured on film and not easily forgotten.
North of the Ampera bridge, is the Mesjid Agung or Royal Mosque, built in 1740 by Sultan Badaruddin I, and recently restored to its former glory. This area was once the capital of a Malay Islamic kingdom which came to an end in 1825, when the last Sultan, Ahmad Najamuddin surrendered to the Dutch and was exiled to Banda Neira.
But Palembang is not only about history. On New Year's Eve, tens of disc jockeys gather downtown to deliver brand new energy, while the traditional songket weavers and wood carvers shy away from the loud trendy exposure.
When in Palembang do not forget to try the spicy steamed river fish wrapped in banana leaves, called pindang, or Palembang's specialty, the favourite dish called pempek dipped in aromatic sweet vinegar sauce.
Palembang together with Jakarta are the venues for the 2011 SEA Games.
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The city offers a fantastic landscape full of parks and recreational areas. Among them, San Tan Mountain Regional Park is the favorite for hiking, riding, and wildlife photography. It is also rich with biological and cultural resources. The exciting programming which includes events such as "Full Moon Hike" or "The Night Sky" attracts many visitors. Golf lovers have many options too. In Johnson Ranch Golf Club it is possible to enjoy tournaments with relatives and friends and get a lot of fun at the open spaces for BBQ Friday nights and live music to get your groove back!
San Tan Valley is also famous for being home of the Arizona Speedway, a 1/3 mile high banked dirt oval. Great races are presented from February through November for several categories such as IMCA Modified or Bomber Enduro tours. If you are a foodie, you will be happy to live close to Queen Creek Olive Mill just 9 miles away, to experience a unique "Agri-tourism" experience to know how the only extra-virgin olive oil from Arizona is produced and try delicious and original recipes at the restaurants of the area.
Many residents choose San Tan Valley as their residence while commute every day to Phoenix just 47 miles away. This urban center is a great source of job opportunities with renowned Fortune 1000 companies such as PetSmart, Republic Services, and Amkor Technology. However, closer areas have developed big industries too and San Tan Valley residents can take advantage of them. For instance, in Chandler just 23 miles away, INTEL announced at the beginning of 2016 that they will be investing $7 billion to build the most advanced semiconductor factory in the world.
If you are relocating in this zone of Arizona, San Tan Valley is the best option to enjoy the charm of a pleasant community with low crime rates as reported by FBI and NeighborhoodScout. New Home Source has the best options to find your dream home. Prices start at mid 100Ks up to high 500Ks for 2 to 6 bedrooms homes. A wide array of styles and designs are available and you can customize some of them too.


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Rock stars and movie stars often hang out together, but it's rare that they actually rock out together. Gerard Butler was able to do both with the help of some high-profile friends for his 41st birthday, reports the New York Post.
Butler rented out new supper club The Darby in New York's midtown Novermber 13 for a crowd that included stars like Adrien Brody, Kate Hudson, Bono and Jay-Z. After being roasted by the night's emcee, cabaret star Lady Rizo, Butler jumped on stage to sing a few tunes.
He busted out the Oasis hit "Wonderwall" before prodding guitar god John Mayer to join him onstage. The duo then tore through an uproarious version of "Mustang Sally" to the delight of the crowd. Mayer then played a version of his own hit "Who Says."
Butler also hit up the dee jay booth as the evening progressed, requesting lots of rock, 80s hits and funk tunes.
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Recycling Myths and Excuses
Myth: Recycling means more material to collect.
The same amount of waste is generated as with an all-disposal system. That waste is just separated into useful categories that can be reprocessed into usable goods.
Myth: Not recycling is cheaper than recycling.
Recycling should always be compared against disposal, since the material still must be transported off campus. Not recycling means paying for disposal.
Myth: Since we have plenty of landfills, recycling isn't important.
Recycling has many more benefits than reduced landfill use, the chief of which are the conservation of natural resources (trees, oil, minerals, etc.), reduced energy consumption, and the pollution and environmental impact associated with them (clear-cutting, oil drilling, mining, burning coal to melt steel, etc.). By recycling, you are conserving natural resources and reducing the amount of pollution and greenhouse gases released into the environment. Also the impacts of landfills are greater than simply the space they take up. As organic matter (anything that was once living) breaks down in a landfill, it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. By reducing the amount of organic material sent to the landfill, by composting, paper recycling, etc., you are helping to reduce greenhouse gases.
Myth: Recycling bins are ugly and cannot fit into the local aesthetic.
Recycling bins, which are the same as trash bins, come in every shape, style, and color and can fit into nearly any aesthetic scheme.
Myth: Someone goes through the trash and pulls out the recyclables before it goes to the landfill.
Anything thrown into the trash will end up in the landfill. The labor required to sort through trash after it has already been mixed is prohibitive and almost never happens. The only feasible way of separating recyclables is "source separation," meaning each person separates their trash at the time they throw it away. The only effort here is the difference between throwing trash into one bin or another.
Myth: Only white paper is recyclable.
Just about any type of paper is technically recyclable, including envelopes, post-it notes, colored paper, newspaper, and magazines. Some universal restrictions are waxy or thermal paper (for older fax machines), laminated paper, and food-stained paper. However, different recycling companies require different mixes and restrictions.
Myth: Incineration is safe these days and you can burn trash for the electricity.
Incineration still produces emissions into the air including air pollutants and greenhouse gases. While it is true that some incinerators also produce electricity, it is not without impact. Recycling the material, or reusing or reducing its use, will save electricity and is a much more efficient way of handling the material.
Myth: It's OK to throw something away as long as it's biodegradable.
There is a lack of oxygen underground that prevents waste from decomposing. Biodegradable waste breaks down into methane in the landfill, if at all. The methane is usually released into the atmosphere, where it is a potent greenhouse gas. A better solution is to recycle the material, or even better, reuse it or reduce its use altogether. Non-biodegradable waste does not produce methane, but it also will not break down in the landfill, thus using more space. Composting biodegradables is an effective option.
Excuses People Make for Not Recycling
Excuse: Recycling costs too much.
- Well-run recycling programs cost less than landfills and incinerators.
- The more people recycle, the cheaper it gets.
- Recycling helps families save money, especially in communities with pay-as-you-throw programs.
- Recycling generates revenue to help pay for itself, while incineration and landfilling do not.
- The U.S. Recycling Economic Information (REI) Study is an unprecedented national study that demonstrates the importance of recycling and reuse to the U.S. economy, considering direct and indirect economic impacts: epa.gov
Excuse: Recycling should pay for itself.
- Landfills and incinerators don't pay for themselves; in fact they cost more than recycling programs.
- Recycling creates more than one million U.S. jobs in recycled product manufacturing alone. There are 10 times more jobs in recycling than there are in disposal.
- Hundreds of companies, including Hewlett Packard, Bank of America, and the U.S. Postal Service, have saved millions of dollars through their recycling programs.
- Through recycling, the U.S. is saving enough energy to provide electricity for 9 million homes per year.
Excuse: Recycling causes pollution.
- Recycling results in a net reduction in ten major categories of air pollutants and eight major categories of water pollutants.
- Manufacturing with recycled materials, with very few exceptions, saves energy and water and produces less air and water pollution than manufacturing with virgin materials.
- Recycling trucks often generate less pollution than garbage trucks because they do not idle as long at the curb. If you add recycling trucks, you should be able to subtract garbage trucks.
- By 2005, recycling will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 48 million tons, the equivalent of the amount emitted by 36 million cars.
Excuse: Recycling doesn't save trees or other natural resources.
- 94% of the natural resources America uses are non-renewable (up from 59% in 1900 and 88% in 1945).
- Recycling saves these non-renewable resources. With recycling, 20% more wood will need to be harvested by 2010 to keep up with demand. Without recycling, 80% more wood would need to be harvested.
- 95% of our nation's virgin forests have been cut down and less than 20% of paper manufactured in the U.S. comes from tree farms.
- It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum than it does to make it from raw materials. Making recycled steel saves 60%, recycled newspaper 40%, recycled plastics 70%, and recycled glass 40%.
- Landfilling never saves energy.
- Recycling saves 3.6 times the amount of energy generated by incineration and 11 times the amount generated by methane recovery at a landfill.
- Using scrap steel instead of virgin ore to make new steel takes 40% less water and creates 97% less mining waste.
- Tree farms and reclaimed mines are not ecologically equivalent to natural forests and ecosystems.
- Recycling prevents habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, and soil erosion associated with logging and mining.
Excuse: There is no landfill crisis.
- Recycling's true value comes from preventing pollution and saving natural resources and energy, not landfill space.
- Recycling is largely responsible for averting the landfill crisis.
- Most states have less than twenty years of landfill capacity: who wants to live next to a new landfill?
- The number of landfills is decreasing, while the cost to send waste to them is on the rise.
- The northeastern area of the US is especially in trouble with landfill space. Within the next ten years we will see more landfills close. This means we could eventually be shipping waste to less-populated Western states, which will cost more.
- Space is very limited and if we save the space today we will have it for tomorrow.
Excuse: Landfills and incinerators are safe.
- Landfills and incinerators can be major sources of pollution. For example, leachate from solid waste landfills is similar in composition to that of hazardous waste landfills.
- About 1/4 of the sites on the Superfund list (the nation's most hazardous sites) are solid waste landfills.
- Landfills are responsible for 36% of all methane emissions in the U.S., one of the most potent causes of global warming.
- About 2/3 of operating landfills do not have liners to protect groundwater and drinking water sources.
- Landfill owners only have to check for groundwater contamination for 30 years. What happens afterwards?
- When it comes to incineration we have to think about emissions. Burning garbage may cause respiratory illness, blacken buildings and kill plants. Some of the emissions we are talking about are hydrogen sulfide (which causes acid rain), carbon monoxide and several heavy metals.
Excuse: If recycling makes sense, the free market will make it happen.
- Government supports lots of services that the free market wouldn't provide, such as the delivery of running water, electricity, and mail to our homes.
- Unlike most public services, recycling does function with in the market economy, and quite successfully.
- If the market were truly free, long-standing subsidies that favor virgin materials and landfills would not exist, and recycling could compete on a level playing field.
Excuse: There are no markets for recyclables.
- Prices may fluctuate as they do for any commodity, but domestic and international markets exist for all materials collected in curbside recycling programs.
- Demand for recycled materials has never been greater. American manufacturers rely on recyclables to produce many of the products on your store shelves.
- By the year 2005, the value of materials collected for recycling will surpass $5 billion per year.
- All new steel products contain recycled steel.
- Over 1,400 products and 310 manufacturers use post-consumer plastics.
- In 1999, recycled paper provided more than 37% of the raw material fiber needed by U.S. paper mills.
Excuse: We are already recycling as much as we can.
- The national recycling rate is 28%. The U.S. EPA has set a goal of 35% and many communities are recycling 50% or more.
- Many easily recycled materials are still thrown away. For example, 73% of glass containers, 77% of magazines, 66% of plastic soda and milk bottles, and 45% of newspapers are not recycled.
- We are nowhere near our potential, especially if manufacturers make products easier to recycle.
- Canada set a goal of 50% diversion of solid waste from disposal by the year 2000. The province of Nova Scotia exceeded that goal through such steps as banning compostable organic materials from landfills and providing curbside collection of all organic materials for composting.
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Our application has about 3000 tables. This application has a concept called 'company'. Each application company can be related to a physical site of the company. For example, if we have two sites one at London and one at Florida then we have two sets of companies. Hence our application would have 3000 + 3000 = 6000 tables.
Each table name will have the company attached at the end. like 'payroll422', 'payroll522' represent same tables pointing to different sets of companies 422, 522. If a user in London enter data it goes into 'paroll422' and if a user in Florida enters data it goes into 'payroll522' table.
Once in very month I have to populate the data of this companies into 'test' companies for the purpose of testing the new pathes of application. The test database is in a different machine, which is having very less hp (memory and CPU is less). I can create a new set of test companies say 423, 523 in test environment. My application easily creates the 3000 tables and indexes needed for new companies.
Now my job is to populate the data from production companies 422, 522 into 423, 523. I have created database_links between the PROD and TEST database. I have created a small script for replication/copy of data as follows
stmt_str := 'insert into ' || dst_tab_name || ' select * from ' || tab_name || '@prod' ;
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This script is working OK. It populates data from PROD tables in to TEST tables with one exception. Some of your tables
like 'general_leger422 has abut 3+ million records. The above statement fails (basically it fills out the entire redolog tablespace) if the number of records are huge. It is doing this because I am commiting just once for entire table. So for tables with 3+ million records, I am not commiting untill all records (3+ million) are filled. Redolog is filled and it hangs.
So my question is , is it possible to commit for every 1000 records in the above 'insert into ... select from' statemtn. If so how do I specify this.
Or if there is any other way to accomplish this replication/copy please suggest.


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Maturity, intensity are hallmarks of Larkin athletes
Son of Hall of Famer gives up baseball, finds success on basketball court
Barry Larkin remembers all too well the day his son, Shane, told him he no longer wanted to play baseball.
"That was an interesting one, for sure," the Hall of Fame shortstop said with a laugh, since it's OK to laugh about it now.
Shane Larkin, the kid who gave up the game that his father played with such passion, is a budding star in basketball, and his team, the University of Miami Hurricanes, is one of the biggest success stories of this college season.
They finished the regular season with a 27-6 record and went 15-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They also won the ACC Tournament, with Shane, the starting point guard, scoring 28 points in the clincher against North Carolina.
And on Friday, the Hurricanes team that's ranked fifth nationally in The Associated Press poll will begin the pursuit of a dream. Miami is the No. 2 seed in the East region of the NCAA Tournament, and its first game will be played against the No. 15 seed, Pacific, in Austin, Texas, at 2:10 p.m. ET
"Watching the selection show was very emotional for us," Shane said. "Everyone knew we were in, but seeing your name up on that board was something I can't express, because we have worked so hard throughout the season and it was finally being rewarded.
"But now it's time for business, and we know Pacific is going to come out with a lot of energy. We've got to match it with intensity and try to throw the first punch."
For Shane, the transition from hardball to hardwood was a quick and decisive one. Although he had lingered around the batting cages and outfields of the big leagues during his father's storied 19-year career with the Reds, and he had received hitting tutelage from such luminaries of the craft as Pete Rose, that wasn't good enough for his Little League coach, who decided Shane's swing needed to be changed.
So Shane decided that his primary athletic pursuit needed to be changed, and here he is -- the 19-year-old sophomore and 2013 ACC Player of the Year on a team that's expected to make a big March Madness run.
"Everybody said, 'Play baseball, play baseball, because you're not going to make it in basketball,'" Shane said of his upbringing. "That motivated me."
Shane, who right now is projected as a sure-fire first-round pick in this year's NBA draft, plays as though he doesn't need much motivation. Entering Friday, he's averaging 14.6 points, 4.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and two steals per game. But more than the numbers, said his coach, Jim Larranaga, are the things that don't show up on stats sheets.
"The things you need to excel at the point guard position are speed, quickness and the skills to make plays, plus the ability to anticipate what's going to happen on the court," says Larranaga, who had recruited Shane since 10th grade. "There's so much of the mental side of the game.
"If you possess those mental skills, you're ahead of anybody on the court. And Shane's ability to anticipate plays and make decisions is far beyond his years."
Shane doesn't hesitate to admit that this maturity in the heat of intense competition is something he couldn't help but inherit from his father and other members of his family. His uncle, Byron, for example, was a two-time Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Year Award winner at Xavier and remains that prestigious basketball school's all-time leading scorer.
And when Shane was lucky enough to attend his father's Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y., in the summer of 2012, he could finally feel the weight of such a career accomplishment.
"That really showed me how successful and just how good he actually was," Shane said. "I mean, I knew all this, but I wasn't born yet when he was in the World Series [in 1990]. I was 2 when he was MVP [in 1995]. I was too young to really understand.
"The Hall of Fame brought everything to a new perspective. Seeing him around his peers, but also the real great players of the game's history … that was special."
Shane's growth in basketball and in life has been a special thing for his parents to witness, too. Barry said that he doesn't tell Shane what to do on the court.
"He's just a father," Shane said.
Barry's more than happy to let Larranaga handle the hoops, and the coach, who became famous for taking unheralded George Mason all the way to the Final Four in 2006, has done plenty of that.
On Feb. 13, for example, the Hurricanes were going for their 12th consecutive victory in a tight road game against Florida State, and Larranaga benched Larkin for more than two minutes very early in the first half. The coach sauntered over and the two had a discussion about Larkin's defensive work -- or lack thereof -- against the Seminoles' best shooter, Michael Snaer.
"I was guarding the other team's best player," Shane said, "and wasn't doing a very good job of it.
"Coach sat me down and asked me, 'Do you understand why you're sitting down? You're supposed to be guarding an All-American, and you're guarding him like he's the 10th man on a high school roster.'"
Shane agreed, and snapped out of the funk. He scored 13 points in the final eight minutes of the game to finish with a game-high 22 in 36 minutes and added four assists and a steal in Miami's 74-68 win. Snaer had nine points on 3-of-9 shooting.
"The thing I love about Shane is, he's all about winning," Larranaga said. "He's going to help his teammates, help them play well. He'll make a pass, a shot, a free throw, get a defensive stop. He's all about winning the game.
"And his athleticism just sets him apart. If he's guarding you and you think you've beaten him, it turns out sometimes that he's let you do that so he can get behind you and steal your dribble. I don't encourage that, but if he can plan it right to the last second, I've got to let him do it. I can't hold him back. He's just got more capability than other players.
"Another guy does that? Bad play. Not smart at all. But we give Shane that freedom because he knows exactly what he's doing, and he proves it."
Hmm. It sounds an awful lot like the on-field leadership and in-game presence that became the hallmark of a certain Cincinnati shortstop with the same six letters stitched onto the back of his jersey.
"Point guard is supposed to be the extension of the head coach on the floor, and shortstop is the extension of a manager on the field," Shane said. "Watching him be a leader my whole life, with everybody calling him 'Captain,' it definitely sunk in.
"It wasn't a direct goal of his to instill leadership qualities in me, but it happened."
And it continues. Barry and Lisa, Shane's mom, attend as many 'Canes games as they can. They've noticed how the team has re-energized the campus, which was always known for football.
"It's exciting," Barry said. "I can't tell you how many people around Coral Gables say things like, 'Thank you for letting your son come to Miami,' or stuff like, 'I was in school in the '70s here, and we didn't even have a basketball team for a while,' things like that.
"People are truly appreciative of what is going on there. It's very rewarding."
But Shane has more in mind. Like six more games and a national title, for example.
"We've just got to keep doing what we've been doing all year," Shane said. "I need to get my teammates involved early. We need to always play hard on the defensive end.
"We had a very emotional weekend and we lived it up as much as we could and let it all sink in. But now it's time for business, and on Friday, we will definitely be ready."


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The iCloud just keeps on growing.
Apple announced yesterday that it will build its next data centre in Reno, NV in the United States. This latest facility joins Apple's initial three data centres in California, North Carolina and Oregon; together those buildings form the iCloud that allows us to store and share our pictures, video and e-mail.
Apple made an ambitious pledge last month when it said that all three of those first data centres would be coal free and 100% powered by renewable energy. We're still eagerly awaiting plans from Apple for how it will effectively do that, especially in North Carolina where it still will buy electricity from Duke Energy, the mostly coal-burning utility there.
But now, we have a new question: Will Apple pledge to be 100 % renewably powered in Reno also?
The facts are still thin, but it seems that Apple is placing a big bet in Reno, according to a study apparently commissioned by Apple from a consultant called Applied Economics and then submitted to Washoe County, NV (attachment B), suggests that:
That last nugget of information may be a good sign that Apple has plans to invest in renewable energy in Reno. The local electricity grid is powered by a utility called NV Energy, whose energy mix is 51% natural gas, 15% coal and 10% renewable energy.* That's not as bad as North Carolina, which is powered by 90 % coal and nuclear energy combined, but it's still mostly dependent on fossil fuels and a far cry from being 100 % renewably powered. The good news is that Apple does have great potential to do much better than that in Nevada, which has massive amounts of solar and geothermal energy potential.
* Note: This post originally cited NV Energy's mix at 62% natural gas, 20% coal and 6% renewable energy, based on the most current numbers available at the time of publication. We've updated the numbers in accordance with page 22 of NV Energy's 2011 Sustainability Report.
For now, we can only speculate about Apple's next move. One thing this new data centre does show is that the iCloud, and its ever increasing energy appetite, are continuing to grow and grow. Since Apple will keep building these facilities, the most important thing it can and must do is to make a formal commitment that all of its data centres will be powered by renewable energy. That will send a powerful signal to utilities that if they want Apple's business, they must start shutting down coal plants that destroy communities and the climate, and investing in renewable energy. For an example of that kind of commitment, Apple can look to Facebook, who has committed to power its cloud with renewable energy and adopted a siting policy that prioritises renewable energy when it decides where to build its data centres.
Greenpeace will release an analysis in July re-scoring Apple based on the criteria it used in its How Clean is Your Cloud? report from April, 2012, taking into account Apple's latest statements about renewable energy and its announcement of the new Nevada data centre.
David Pomerantz is a media officer for Greenpeace's work to push technology companies to lead the shift to a prosperous clean energy economy.
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Ok now i understand why apple is so important to greenpeace. It is because if you don't have a smartphone, you don't have instagram and so you...
Ok now i understand why apple is so important to greenpeace. It is because if you don't have a smartphone, you don't have instagram and so you can't participate the detox campaign.
Save the world, buy a smartphone.
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Educate the ignorant.
Spread prosperity.
Heal families.
Promote freedom.
What do these have in common? They are all defined missions. And, I've been blessed to have begun to build the rest of my years around each of them – additionally, they are purpose driven ways to lead and live a significant life.
A 'trail rider' can be defined as one who may sometimes have to follow, as Frost taught us, the 'road less traveled'. He (she) may have to invest time and sacrifice some events in the here and now for far greater reward later. Another definition is that of a leader who is willing to serve, and serve, and serve …. and to help with shifting the dialogue from that of a problems to a solutions based mindset.
Yet, with the state of Western civilization, North America, and the U.S. itself in decline, there's no doubt whatsoever that more trail riders are very much in demand so the supply will increase to meet the deep challenges that face us. It won't be the politicians of either the red, blue, or any other color/shade that will meet these head on: it will be the regular citizenry that joins the ranks of the trail riders.
How can someone make this crucial decision and have it not be a 'try'? There are some hurdles to jump over, however, with the stakes as high as they are, these are worth far more than their weight in gold when weighed on a scale against the alternative. What is the alternative? A nation, let alone a continent, or numerous countries across the globe, that is/are far less free, or entirely un-free. [ * By the by, this entire post is inspired from a live talk (and a subsequent audio recording of it) by freedom, Constitution, and leadership education expert, Oliver DeMille. ]
The hurdles – what are they? Each of them simply require a shift of priorities. Everyone has plenty of time to focus on these, however, it will be a far smaller percentage who do each. Let's review them on a high level, and at some point in the future, there'll be a new blog post or two to revisit this critical topic.
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Spread Entrepreneurship
THE most important.
Mr. DeMille has studied historical cycles going all the way back to the ancient Egyptians, and in the peak civilizations from early antiquity to the present information/connected age, many citizens were owners; they were building assets, and did not depend on a third party for their livelihood.
And, think about it: Why depend on a single stream of revenue (income) in such a turbulent time as the present?
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Read like the American Founders
Also very very important.
The Founders were highly educated ( not trained, not schooled; educated. ) — they were far from perfect men, and their signature document, The Constitution, had about 3-4 loopholes, however, one thing that cannot be disputed by even their most vocarious critics? How much they read. They were well studied in the great conversation: ideas in all genres, from history, economics, science, faith/The Bible, literature, and far more.
is 2013 a far different era than 1764-1789? Of course. However, listen to Mr. DeMille's amazing recording 'The Four Lost American Ideals" to put the rest that citizens from today can ( and will ) make the difference.
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Know the fine print – from laws, bills/legislation, court cases, budgets, treaties.
Very valuable — lest you 'outsource' your gov't to faux experts who do this for you, and NOT in your best interests.
The founding generations treated their youth far different – they held them to high standards which created succeeding generations that were prepared for citizen leadership from a very early age. In the book, 'LeaderShift', page 110, read of Samuel Williams from 1794, and compare it to the stories in the mass media and culture of 2013. What a difference, and not for the better.
Also, keep in mind that budgets are not just for 'green eyeshaders' – they are moral documents, since the currency we spend on our government's every agency/dept/program should reflect what we, the people, deem to be valuable. If we let those aforementioned 'faux' experts determine what's right, what's valuable, et al., are we not abdicating our solemn responsibility as a citizen?
Mr. DeMille summed up his walk throughout history by documenting which of the above 3 fall first, as freedom retreats from a society, and the number of trail riders doesn't grow. Which one? Fine print. Then, being a voracious reader, then lastly, entrepreneurship and the values & principles that go along with it.
We can't let that happen. Putting service before self can be summed up in many different ways, one of which is to promote freedom; another is to educate the ignorant on topics like this ( think: were you taught this in any of your years of schooling? ); still another is to heal families by offering them the education and the tools of financial fitness which show them that having multiple streams of income, esp. those from owning something, can regenerate family life. And, each of the above will lead to sustained prosperity when each organically grow and encompass more households.
Will you accept this challenge?
I have. It's been one of the very best decisions I've ever made & I look forward to helping write the story of how this ends with the pen in my hand. Freedom needs trail riders, just as fish need water. Thank you for reading, and as always, comments are welcomed. Best of the best!


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It appears that Terminator Salvation is going to be (pun alert!) terminated at the box office on its opening weekend, by none other than the family-friendly Ben Stiller comedy/adventure sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.
The final numbers from the Memorial Day long weekend have yet to be tallied, but as of now, it appears that Night at the Museum 2 has a clear lock on the no. 1 spot at the U.S. box office.
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Night at the Museum 2 grossed $53.5 million from 4,096 theaters between Friday and Sunday. Terminator Salvation grossed approx $43 million from 3,530 theaters, making Night at the Museum 2 the clear winner of the weekend domestic box office race.
Of course those figures exclude Terminator Salvation's opening day earnings: Salvation premiered at midnight on Thursday (instead of the usual Friday opening) and earned $13.6 million that day, bringing its cumulative total to $56.4 million from Thurs to Sun.
However, that extra bit of earnings isn't going to be enough: Night at the Museum 2 also came in no. 2 at the international box office, earning $50.1 million from 8,100 theaters in 93 overseas markets, setting the film's worldwide gross earnings at approx $103 million. Terminator Salvation won't open in international markets (or see those kinds of earnings) for another two weeks.
Suffice to say these current box office figures are a disappointment for Terminator Salvation director McG and studios Sony and Warner Bros., who invested $75 million and $50 million respectively in T4 (not including marketing costs). Doesn't look like that investment is going to pay off like they hoped.
A second week resurgence for Terminator Salvation seems unlikely. Screen Rant's review of Terminator Salvation is mixed at best, and if our Terminator Salvation discussion forum is any indication, audiences are echoing that mixed reaction. It's Watchmen all over again. And, with Pixar's UP hitting theaters next weekend (in Disney digital 3-D no less!), moviegoers both young and old are going to have the perfect excuse for not checking out Terminator Salvation.
Will this underwhelming performance at the box office affect McG's plans for Terminator 5? (Let's hope so, if he still plans to go ahead with that ridiculous time travel plot he's been hinting at. The plot of T4 was shotty enough...)
Terminator Salvation and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian are both currently in theaters.
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:29 PM GMT on August 28, 2012
The winds and water are rising all along the coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle as Tropical Storm Isaac makes its final approach. Two hurricane hunter aircraft in the storm are measuring a steadily lowering pressure and increasing winds aloft, but hurricane-force winds have not yet been observed at the surface. The 8:30 am center fix found a pressure of 976 mb, which is very low for a tropical storm. Top surface winds measured with the SFMR instrument were 70 mph, but the plane measured 102 mph at an altitude of 5,000 feet. It's more typical to see surface winds of 85 mph with a storm with these characteristics. Infrared and visible satellite loops and hurricane hunter reports from this morning have shown that Isaac has developed a 25-mile diameter eye, though the eyewall has not yet formed a full circle around the eye. Heavy thunderstorm activity is lacking on the north side, where light wind shear of 5 -10 knots is still pumping some dry air into the circulation.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Isaac. Note how dry air has wrapped into the west side of the storm, causing a lack of heavy thunderstorm activity.
Isaac's rains
One of the most remarkable features of Isaac has been the huge spiral band that parked itself along most of the east coast of Florida and remained there for an entire day, despite the fact the center of the storm moved 400 miles away. This rain band was amplified by a weak trough of low pressure along the East Coast, which pulled away from the coast Monday night, taking the band of heavy rain out to sea (except for a few lingering showers near West Palm Beach.) Isaac's heaviest rains fell along a swath from the east coast of Florida near West Palm Beach to the center of the state, just south of Orlando. The 2-day rainfall total of 9.03" at West Palm Beach brought their monthly rainfall total to 22.28", a new August record (old record: 20.12" in 1995.) Vero Beach's 6.48" of rain was a record for any August day. A possible tornado touched down there, damaging 20 mobile homes. In the Keys, rainfall totals as high as 7.94" (at Upper Matecumbe Key) were measured. Heavy rains from Isaac are lingering over Cuba but have ended in Haiti and the Dominican Republic; flash floods in Haiti from Isaac's torrential rains killed at least 24, and two died in the Dominican Republic. The big concern in Haiti is the heavy damage that was done to crops, and the likelihood that the storm's rains will worsen the cholera epidemic that has killed over 7,000 Haitians.
Figure 2. Radar-estimated rainfall from Miami, Florida radar shows that Isaac has dumped a wide swath of 8+ inches of rain (orange colors) across the state. Rainfall amounts in excess of 20" may have fallen just west of West Palm Beach, though the highest amount reported by a rain gauge was 13.10" at Greenacres in Palm Beach County.
Latest model runs for Isaac
The latest set of 0Z and 06Z (8 pm and 2 am EDT) model runs are fairly unified taking Isaac ashore near Southeast Louisiana late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, but continue to show some differences in what happens after that. Isaac may scoot nearly west-northwest just inland along the coast into Texas, as predicted by the ECMWF model, or head straight inland to the northwest and into Arkansas, as predicted by the GFS model. The latest 8-day precipitation forecast from the GFS model calls for 10 - 20 inches of rain over much of Louisiana. It appears likely that Arkansas will see some heavy rains of up to five inches, which would help put a dent in the exceptional drought conditions there.
Intensity forecast for Isaac
Low wind shear of 10 knots or less is likely until landfall, along with very warm ocean temperatures. An analysis of upper level winds from the University of Wisconsin CIMSS shows that Isaac's upper-level outflow is the strongest we've seen, with a solid outflow channel to the south. These conditions favor continued strengthening of Isaac until landfall. However, we've observed in the past many instances of hurricanes suddenly weakening in the final 12 hours before making landfall along the Central Gulf Coast. Katrina, Gustav, Dennis, Ivan, and Rita all did so. A July 2012 paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society by Rosenfeld et al. titled, AEROSOL EFFECTS ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND INTENSITY OF TROPICAL CYCLONES, theorizes that this may happen because of the impact of small particles that get pulled into the outer circulation of hurricanes, seeding the clouds. These small particles, primarily from air pollution, serve as the seed around which water condenses, increasing the rain in the outer spiral bands. The increase in rain and heat energy at the periphery of the storm comes at the expense of the eyewall and inner core, where the winds tend to weaken. A detailed modeling study by Khain et al. (2010) of Hurricane Katrina in the final day before landfall was able to reproduce the storm's weakening only when this air pollution effect was included. This impact of small particles on hurricanes is not included in any operational hurricane model.
Figure 3. Tide gauge data from Shell Beach, located in Lake Borgne just east of New Orleans. The green line shows the storm surge. The red line is the storm tide, the height of the water above Mean Sea Level (MSL.)
Storm surge observations from Isaac
Isaac's storm surge has peaked along the west coast of Florida. As I explain in our Storm Surge Tutorial, we are most interested in the storm tide--the height above Mean Sea Level (MSL) of the tide plus the storm surge. The storm tide is the number given in NHC advisories for how much above ground level the ocean will be at the coast. The storm surge is the extra elevation of the water due to wind blowing on the water, and does not include the action of waves on top of the water, nor the tide. Tide gauges are specially constructed so that transient waves do not impact water level measurements. At Cedar Key on the West Florida coast north of Tampa, a storm surge of 3' and storm tide of 3.8' were observed early this morning. These were the highest water levels measured at any tide gauge along the Florida west coast. Higher storm surges are occurring in the Florida Panhandle. As of 9 am EDT, here were the storm surge/storm tide measurements along the Florida Panhandle:
Apalachicola, FL: 3.5' storm surge, 4' storm tide
Panama City, FL: 2.3' storm surge, 3.3' storm tide
Pensacola, FL: 1.5' storm surge, 2.5' storm tide
A storm surge of 3.5 feet was recorded at 10 am EDT at Shell Beach on the east side of New Orleans in Lake Borgne. This site will have one of the highest surge values during Isaac; a storm surge of 9.5' was measured at Shell Beach during Hurricane Gustav in 2008.
Figure 4. Category 2 Hurricane Gustav of 2008 followed a very similar path to Isaac, and brought a storm tide (the combined effect of the storm surge and tidal levels) of up to 14.5' above ground level to the east side of New Orleans. Isaac's surge may be similar, though probably a little less, than Gustav's.
Figure 5. Track of Hurricane Gustav of 2008, which followed a path very similar to that of Isaac's predicted path.
Isaac: similar to Category 2 Hurricane Gustav of 2008 in destructive power?
Isaac is a huge and slow-moving storm, with tropical storm-force winds that extend out 205 miles from the center. Isaac has cut its forward speed down from 14 mph yesterday to 10 mph today, and a large swath of the coast will be subject to high winds and a large storm surge for an usually long period of time for a hurricane--up to 24 hours. Long duration winds are much more damaging than short duration winds, and a long duration storm surge event allows damage to occur during multiple high tide cycles. The long duration storm event will also allow very high rainfall totals, resulting in greater fresh-water flooding problems than usual. As a result, I expect Isaac's to cause more damage than the typical Category 1 hurricane. The 9:30 am EDT Integrated Kinetic Energy analysis from NOAA's Hurricane Research Division put the destructive potential of Isaac's winds near 2.3 on a scale of 0 to 6, but the destructive potential of Isaacs's storm surge was 4.1 on a scale of 0 to 6. For comparison, the storm surge destructive potential of Category 2 Hurricane Gustav of 2008 was rated at 4.2 on a scale of 0 to 6, and the wind destructive potential was 1.1--which is lower than Isaac's, even though Isaac was just a tropical storm at 9:30 am EDT. Gustav brought a storm tide (the combined height of the storm surge and high tide) of 14.5' to the east side of New Orleans, and 11' to Waveland, Mississippi. However, the destructive potential of Isaac's surge may be overrated by this analysis. Wave heights this morning from buoy and ships in Isaac have mostly been below 15', which is quite unimpressive. One ship report to the SE of the storm had a 19' wave height (thanks to meteorologist Steve Gregory for pointing this out.) With only another 12 - 18 hours over water, Isaac likely won't have time for its slowing increasing winds to build up a storm surge that will reach as high as 14', like Gustav did. The official NHC forecast of maximum storm surge height of 12' looks like a good one. The highest rainfall total observed in Gustav was 21" at Larto Lake, Louisiana, and I expect we'll exceed that for Isaac, since the storm is moving more slowly. Gustav spawned 41 tornadoes--21 in Mississippi, 11 in Louisiana, 6 in Florida, 2 in Arkansas, and 1 in Alabama. The strongest tornado was an EF2 in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. Isaac will likely produce 10+ tornadoes. The total damage from Gustav in the U.S. was $4.5 billion (2012 dollars.) I expect Isaac's damage total will be in the $500 million - $4 billion range.
Invest 97L in the Middle Atlantic
A tropical wave (Invest 97L) is located in the Middle Atlantic, about 1250 miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands. The storm has a modest amount of spin and heavy thunderstorms, and is under moderate wind shear. In their 8 am EDT Tropical Weather Outlook, NHC gave 97L a 40% chance of developing by Thursday morning. None of the reliable models foresee that 97L will be a threat to any land areas.
Another tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on Sunday is located just southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, and is moving west at 15 mph. Several models develop the disturbance into a tropical depression late this week, and NHC is giving the disturbance a 10% chance of becoming a tropical depression by Thursday morning. The disturbance could begin to affect the Northern Lesser Antilles as early as Saturday night, though our two best models, the GFS and ECMWF, predict the center of the disturbance will pass a few hundred miles north of the islands. The disturbance could be a long-range threat to Bermuda.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
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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Levi Johnston will make his music video debut as a lover whose romance is thwarted by his girlfriend's disapproving mother, according to a Universal Music Group record label and Johnston's attorney.
Johnston, 20, who is Bristol Palin's fiance, has agreed to appear in the video with singer-songwriter Brittani Senser next month in Los Angeles. The project is based on the song "After Love" by Senser, 26, a sultry-looking R&B and pop performer from Minneapolis.
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"He's looking forward to doing it," Rex Butler, Johnston's attorney in Anchorage, Alaska, said Friday. "It will give him an opportunity to act a little bit in front of a camera. He's done a commercial before, but something like this is a little more involved."
Johnston recently become re-engaged to Palin, 19, the daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Bristol Palin, who has a toddler son with Johnston, has said her mother doesn't support the couple's marriage.
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According to a written description of the video's story line, the couple share tender moments before they are driven apart by the young woman's mother. Unaware that her mom's interference forced her boyfriend to go, she "throws herself into her mother's arms. She tells her mother that she was wrong about Levi."
Asked if there might be concerns about Sarah Palin's reaction to the project, Butler replied: "I don't think we're going to be concerned about what Gov. Palin would want. I think that given the script, he (Johnston) should be able to turn in a good performance."
Johnston and Senser are scheduled to shoot the video on location in Los Angeles on Aug. 9, the day after the pair attend the Teen Choice Awards, according to Butler and Senser's publicist, Belinda Foster. Johnston went to the ceremony last year with comedian Kathy Griffin.
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Senser said she'd be glad to have Bristol Palin "come on down and hang out" with her and Johnston at the Teen Choice Awards and during the video shoot.
Senser's producer and manager, Roy Belfrey of MN Finest Records, said he approached Johnston about the project in March, before Johnston and Bristol Palin announced they had reunited after a falling out and planned to wed.
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Johnston has previously expressed interest in acting. But he's quoted in the July 26 edition of US Weekly as saying he is "almost out of the limelight" after posing for a Playgirl photo spread and intends to get his high school equivalency degree and become an electrician.
Butler was asked Friday if Johnston still aspired to an acting career.
"Yes, he's still interested in that. Of course, he's got to merge his perspective with that of his prospective wife. In other words, this is not a decision he's going to be making alone," the attorney said.
Senser is the daughter of Joe Senser, who played tight end for the Vikings football team in the 1980s. "After Love" is off her first album of the same name (MN Finest Records/Bungalo Records/UMVD). Senser was asked if she thought Johnston was right for the role.
"Why not? Seriously, what he does, people are interested in him. They want to know who is this guy who's involved so closely with the Palins," she said, adding, tongue-in-cheek, "He's not a bad-looking kid."
She said Johnston's personal situation and the video's story line are a "little bit" parallel, but said the same is true for her and many other people.
Evan Winter, the video's creator and director, said in writing it he "kind of riffed off the real-life situation" and found a kernel of universal truth in it. He said the couple's "pure and honest love" ends as everyone tries to do the best they can.
Belfrey said the video will follow quickly on the heels of the "After Love" radio release, which he said should be in the next few weeks.
Bungalo Records executive Leo Rodgers said he considers Senser to be among "new generation of artists" coming out of Minneapolis, home to Prince and other music stars.
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A tragic story unfolds as a truck driver distracted by his laptop rear-ends a family carrier and crushes them between two massive semis.
Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, is currently in court on six charges of death resulting from dangerous driving because he was reportedly operating his 40 ton container truck while using his laptop on the highway.
Andrew Thomas QC, the prosecuting attorney, states,
"As the Statham family came behind a large container lorry, which was at the back of the queuing traffic, their car was struck from behind by another lorry. The Stathams' car was crushed between the two trucks. The front of the car was forced underneath the rear of the lorry ahead of them and the passenger compartment was compressed."
Thomas continues with the results of the horrible accident,
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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services continues to employ at least one caseworker found to have neglected her own foster children. Administrative rules calling for a review of the employee's license to handle cases have apparently not been enforced.
In September 2008, Linda C. Jones of Springfield, an 11-year DCFS child welfare specialist and state-licensed foster care provider, was found by DCFS to have neglected three of the foster children in her care. As a caseworker, Jones investigates and evaluates accusations of child abuse and neglect against others.
The department's investigation of Jones revealed that she regularly used corporal punishment as discipline with each of her children. Defined in court documents as "any type of physical punishment, discipline, or retaliation inflicted on any part of the body of the child," corporal punishment is forbidden as a means of discipline for foster parents under DCFS rules.
Although the investigation found that none of the children in Jones' care were seriously harmed and no criminal charges were filed against Jones, the investigation found Jones put the children "in an environment injurious to their health and welfare."
The department decided to remove one of the children from Jones' home, though the other two foster children remain under her care, according to court documents.
The Illinois comptroller's office, which handles payment of state workers, confirmed that Jones continues to work at DCFS, more than a year after the department found her to have neglected the children.
The Illinois Administrative Code requires caseworkers to be licensed by the Direct Service Child Welfare Employee Licensing Board. Anyone with a finding of abuse or neglect against them – such as Jones – is ineligible to receive a license. Once an individual is licensed, however, the board is supposed to review such cases and decide whether to revoke the license.
DCFS spokesman Kendall Marlowe said he could not reveal whether DCFS or the licensing board have taken any action in the Jones case because of privacy rules. Disciplinary measures taken by DCFS and the actions of the licensing board are confidential, Marlowe pointed out.
But a DCFS employee who asked not to be identified said the licensing board has yet to review Jones' case. DCFS has reassigned Jones to a desk job where she no longer deals directly with children, the employee said.
"The ball was dropped in this case," the employee said. "But it has been picked up, and things are on the right track now."
The case also raises questions about a DCFS policy allowing caseworkers accused of neglect to stay on the job during their investigation.
When a caseworker is accused of abuse, they are normally put on administrative leave pending the results of an investigation into their case, according to DCFS spokesman Jimmy Whitelow. However, caseworkers accused of neglect are usually allowed to continue handling cases during their investigation.
In other words, caseworkers accused of neglect can continue investigating accusations of neglect against others.
Dina Coates Koebler, executive director of The Parent Place in Springfield, declined to comment on the DCFS policy, but said she sees no difference between abuse and neglect when it comes to staffing her DCFS-funded agency.
"In my mind, abuse and neglect are the same thing," she said. "Either you're clean or you're not, and either you can work for us or you can't."
Joe Goulet, executive director at the Sangamon County Child Advocacy Center, said a volunteer found to have committed child abuse or neglect while working with his agency would be removed.
"We do not hire or accept as volunteers anyone with a finding of abuse or neglect," Goulet said.
But Marlowe said DCFS must observe union contract rules that govern discipline procedures, making the decision of whether to fire a worker more complex.
"The collective bargaining agreement governs employee discipline and provides for a process of grievances and appeals," Marlowe said. "The revocation of a license can be grounds for discharge."
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Sebastian Vettel's drivers' title combined with Red Bull's constructors' championship this year means that the team has won both titles for three consecutive seasons. However, Horner says the team can't afford to relax if it wants to be in a position to defend those championships at the start of next season and must make sure it is stronger than this year.
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