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UPDATE: See the first ever CONUS Tavg value for the year from the NCDC State of the Art Climate Reference Network here and compare its value for July 2012. There's another surprise.
Glaring inconsistencies found between State of the Climate (SOTC) reports sent to the press and public and the "official" climate database record for the United States. Using NCDC's own data, July 2012 can no longer be claimed to be the "hottest month on record". UPDATE: Click graph at right for a WSJ story on the record.
First, I should point out that I didn't go looking for this problem, it was a serendipitous discovery that came from me looking up the month-to-month average temperature for the CONtiguous United States (CONUS) for another project which you'll see a report on in a couple of days. What started as an oddity noted for a single month now seems clearly to be systemic over a two-year period. On the eve of what will likely be a pronouncement from NCDC on 2012 being the "hottest year ever", and since what I found is systemic and very influential to the press and to the public, I thought I should make my findings widely known now. Everything I've found should be replicable independently using the links and examples I provide. I'm writing the article as a timeline of discovery.
At issue is the difference between temperature data claims in the NCDC State of the Climate reports issued monthly and at year-end and the official NCDC climate database made available to the public. Please read on for my full investigation.
You can see the most current SOTC for the USA here:
In that SOTC report they state right at the top:
Highlighted in yellow is the CONUS average temperature, which is the data I was after. I simply worked backwards each month to get the CONUS Tavg value and copy/paste it into a spreadsheet.
In early 2011 and late 2010, I started to encounter problems. The CONUS Tavg wasn't in the SOTC reports, and I started to look around for an alternate source. Thankfully NCDC provided a link to that alternate source right in one the SOTC reports, specifically the first one where I discovered the CONUS Tavg value was missing, February 2011:
That highlighted in blue "United States" was a link for plotting the 3-month Dec-Feb average using the NCDC climate database. It was a simple matter to switch the plotter to a single month, and get the CONUS Tavg value for Feb 2011, as shown below. Note the CONUS Tavg value at bottom right in yellow:
All well and good, and I set off to continue to populate my spreadsheet by working backwards through time. Where SOTC didn't have a value, I used the NCDC climate database plotter.
And then I discovered that prior to October 2010, there were no mentions of CONUS Tavg in the NCDC SOTC reports. Since I was recording the URL's to source each piece of data as well, I realized that it wouldn't look all that good to have sources from two different URL's for the same data, and so for the sake of consistency, I decided to use only the CONUS Tavg value from the NCDC climate database plotter, since it seemed to be complete where the SOTC was not.
I set about the task of updating my spreadsheet with only the CONUS Tavg values from the NCDC climate database plotter, and that's when I started noticing that temperatures between the SOTC and the NCDC climate database plotter didn't match for the same month.
Compare for yourself:
NCDC's SOTC July 2012:
Screencap of the claim for CONUS Tavg temperature for July 2012 in the SOTC:
Note the 77.6°F highlighted in blue. That is a link to the NCDC climate database plotter which is:
Screencap of the output from the NCDC climate database, note the value in yellow in the bottom right:
Note the difference. In the July 2012 State of the Climate Report, where NCDC makes the claim of "hottest month ever" and cites July 1936 as then benchmark record that was beaten, they say the CONUS Tavg for July 2012 is: 77.6°F
But in the NCDC climate database plotter output, the value is listed as 76.93°F almost 0.7°F cooler! They don't match.
I initially thought this was just some simple arithmetic error or reporting error, a one-off event, but then I began to find it in other months when I compared the output from the NCDC climate database plotter. Here is a table of the differences I found for the last two years between claims made in the SOTC report and the NCDC database output.
In almost every instance dating back to the inception of the CONUS Tavg value being reported in the SOTC report, there's a difference. Some are quite significant. In most cases, the database value is cooler than the claim made in the SOTC report. Clearly, it is a systemic issue that spans over two years of reporting to the press and to the public.
It suggests that claims made by NCDC when they send out these SOTC reports aren't credible because there are such differences between the data. Clearly, NCDC means for the plotter output they link to, to be an official representation to the public, so there cannot be a claim of me using some "not fit for purpose" method to get that data. Further, the issue reveals itself in the NCDC rankings report which they also link to in SOTC reports:
Source: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=1¶meter=tmp&year=2012&month=7&state=110&div=0
Note the 76.93°F I highlighted in yellow. Since it appears in two separate web output products, it seems highly unlikely this is a "calculation on demand" error, but more likely simply a database output and that is simply displayed data.
Note the claim made in the NCDC July 2012 SOTC for the July 1936 CONUS Tavg temperature which is:
The previous warmest July for the nation was July 1936, when the average U.S. temperature was 77.4°F.
But now in two places, NCDC is reporting that the CONUS Tavg for July 2012 is 76.93°F about 0.47°F cooler than 77.4°F claimed as the previous monthly record in 1936, meaning that July 2012 by that comparison WAS NOT THE HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD.
The question for now is: why do we appear to have two different sets of data for the past two years between the official database and the SOTC reports and why have they let this claim they made stand if the data does not support it?
There's another curiosity.
Curiously, the last two months in my table above, October and November 2012 have identical values between the database and the SOTC report for those months.
What's going on? Well, the explanation is quite simple, it's a technology gap.
You see, despite what some people think, the nation's climate monitoring network used for the SOTC reports is not some state of the art system, but rather the old Cooperative Observer Network which came into being in the 1890's after Congress formed the original US Weather Bureau. Back then, we didn't have telephones, fax machines, radio, modems or the Internet. Everything was observed/measured manually and recorded by hand with pen and paper, and mailed into NCDC for transcription every month. That is still the case today for a good portion of the network. Here's a handwritten B91 official reporting form from the observer at the station the New York Times claims is the "best in the nation", the USHCN station in Mohonk, New York:
Source: http://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/coop/coop.html
Note that in cases like this station, the observer sends the report in at the end of the month, and then NCDC transcribes it into digital data, runs that data through quality control to fix missing data and incorrectly recorded data, and all that takes time, often a month or two for all the stations to report. Some stations in the climate network, such as airports, report via radio links and the Internet in near real-time. They get there in time for the end of the month report where the old paper forms do not, hence the technology gap tends to favor more of a certain kind of station, such as airports, over other traditional stations.
NCDC knows this, and reported about it. Note my bolding.
NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the world's largest active archive of weather data. Each month, observers that are part of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) send their land-based meteorological surface observations of temperature and precipitation to NCDC to be added to the U.S. data archives. The COOP network is the country's oldest surface weather network and consists of more than 11,000 observers. At the end of each month, the data are transmitted to NCDC via telephone, computer, or mail.
Typically by the 3rd day of the following month, NCDC has received enough data to run processes which are used to calculate divisional averages within each of the 48 contiguous states. These climate divisions represent areas with similar temperature and precipitation characteristics (see Guttman and Quayle, 1996 for additional details). State values are then derived from the area-weighted divisional values. Regions are derived from the statewide values in the same manner. These results are then used in numerous climate applications and publications, such as the monthly U.S. State of the Climate Report.
NCDC is making plans to transition its U.S. operational suite of products from the traditional divisional dataset to the Global Historical Climatological Network (GHCN) dataset during in the summer of 2011. The GHCN dataset is the world's largest collection of daily climatological data. The GHCN utilizes many of the same surface stations as the current divisional dataset, and the data are delivered to NCDC in the same fashion. Further details on the transition and how it will affect the customer will be made available in the near future.
See: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2010/10
The State of the Climate reports typically are issued in the first week of the next month. They don't actually bother to put a release date on those reports, so I can't give a table of specific dates. The press usually follows suit immediately afterwards, and we see claims like "hottest month ever" or "3rd warmest spring ever" being bandied about worldwide in news reports and blogs by the next day.
So basically, NCDC is making public claims about the average temperature of the United States, its rank compared to other months and years, and its severity, based on incomplete data. As I have demonstrated, that data then tends to change about two months later when all of the B91's come in and are transcribed and the data set becomes complete.
It typically cools the country when all the data is used.
But, does NCDC go back and correct those early claims based on the new data? No
While I'd like to think "never attribute to malice what can be explained by simple incompetence", surely they know about this, and the fact that they never go back and correct SOTC claims (which drive all the news stories) suggests some possible malfeasance. If this happens like this in CONUS, it would seem it happens in Global Tavg also, though I don't have supporting data at the moment.
Finally, here is where it gets really, really, wonky. Remember earlier when I showed that by the claims in the July 2012 SOTC report the new data showed July 2012 was no longer hotter than July 1936? Here's the SOTC again.
Note the July 1936 words are a link, and they go to the NCDC climate database plotter output again. Note the data for July 1936 I've highlighted in yellow:
Source: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/time-series/index.php?parameter=tmp&month=7&year=1936&filter=1&state=110&div=0
July 1936 from the NCDC database says 76.43°F Even it doesn't match the July 2012 SOTC claim of 77.4°F for July 1936. That can't be explained by some B91 forms late in the mail.
So what IS the correct temperature for July 2012? What is the correct temperature for July 1936? I have absolutely no idea, and it appears that the federal agency charged with knowing the temperature of the USA to a high degree of certainty doesn't quite know either. Either the SOTC is wrong, or the NCDC database available to the public is wrong. For all I know they both could be wrong. On their web page, NCDC bills themselves as:
How can they be a "trusted authority" when it appears none of their numbers match and they change depending on what part of NCDC you look at?
It is mind-boggling that this national average temperature and ranking is presented to the public and to the press as factual information and claims each month in the SOTC, when in fact the numbers change later. I'm betting we'll see those identical numbers for October and November 2012 in Table 1 change too, as more B91 forms come in from climate observers around the country.
The law on such reporting:
Wikipedia has an entry on the data quality act, to which NCDC is beholden. Here are parts of it:
The Data Quality Act (DQA) passed through the United States Congress in Section 515 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub.L. 106-554). Because the Act was a two-sentence rider in a spending bill, it had no name given in the actual legislation. The Government Accountability Office calls it the Information Quality Act, while others call it the Data Quality Act.
The DQA directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue government-wide guidelines that "provide policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies".
Sec. 515 (a) In General — The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, by not later than September 30, 2001, and with public and Federal agency involvement, issue guidelines under sections 3504(d)(1) and 3516 of title 44, United States Code, that provide policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies in fulfillment of the purposes and provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Here's the final text of the DQA as reported in the Federal Register:
Based on my reading of it, with their SOTC reports that are based on preliminary data, and not corrected later, NCDC has violated these four key points:
In the guidelines, OMB defines ''quality'' as the encompassing term, of which ''utility,'' ''objectivity,'' and ''integrity'' are the constituents. ''Utility'' refers to the usefulness of the information to the intended users. ''Objectivity'' focuses on whether the disseminated information is being presented in an accurate, clear, complete, and unbiased manner, and as a matter of substance, is accurate, reliable, and unbiased. ''Integrity'' refers to security—the protection of information from unauthorized access or revision, to ensure that the information is not compromised through corruption or falsification. OMB modeled the definitions of ''information,'' ''government information,'' ''information dissemination product,'' and ''dissemination'' on the longstanding definitions of those terms in OMB Circular A–130, but tailored them to fit into the context of these guidelines.
I'll leave it to Congress and other Federal watchdogs to determine if a DQA violation has in fact occurred on a systemic basis. For now, I'd like to see NCDC explain why two publicly available avenues for "official" temperature data don't match. I'd also like to see them justify their claims in the next SOTC due out any day.
I'll have much more in the next couple of days on this issue, be sure to watch for the second part.
Jim Sefton writes on 2013/01/07 at 9:51 am
I just went to the Contiguous U.S. Temperature July 1895-2012 link you put up and now none of the temperatures are the same as either of your screen shots. Almost every year is different.
2012 is now 76.92 & 1936 is now 76.41 ?
Just in case it was some rounding / math issue with Javascript, I checked the source code & then checked the page in both IE & Chrome… the data for the comma-delimited data is distinct and matches those of the plot. So, in the 2 days since your post it has changed yet again… for all years apparently?
That's verified, see screencap below made at the same time as the update:
This begs the question, how can the temperatures of the past be changing?
Here's comment delimited data for all months of July in the record:
For now, in case the SOTC reports should suddenly disappear or get changed without notice, I have all of those NCDC reports that form the basis of Table 1 archived below as PDF files.
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ October 2010
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ January 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ February 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ March 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ April 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ May 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ June 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ July 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ August 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ September 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ October 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ November 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ December 2011
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ January 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ February 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ March 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ April 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ May 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ June 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ July 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ August 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ September 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ October 2012
State of the Climate _ National Overview _ November 2012


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LASG: 181 STUDENTS & STAFF MEMBERS TESTS POSITIVE TO COVID-19 ~ INN Nigeria3 min read
Lagos State Government has confirmed positive COVID19 cases in a private boarding school in Lekki as 181 students and staff members tested POSITIVE during surveillance and case investigation in the school. There are 441 students and staff in the school.
Giving details of the investigation, Abayomi explained that a 14-year-old SS1 female student fell ill on the 3rd of October and was sent home after receiving first aid at the school.
He added that the student subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday 6th of October in one of the accredited private labs in Lagos.
The Commissioner assured Lagosians that the State government, through the incident commands system, has the situation under control, stressing that appropriate steps have been taken to contain the spread and manage the positive cases.
He noted that all parents have been contacted and counselled via a family zoom call on 13th October to further allay their fears and communication between school authorities and parents continues.
The zoom call was attended by the commissioners for Health and Education and all relevant responders and stakeholders.
"There is a total lockdown and movement restriction in the school with the Epidemiology and Surveillance Pillar of the EOC and Ibeju-Lekki LGA State Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) reporting at the school daily to conduct further investigation while positive students and staff have been isolated on the premises and given the COVID-19 home-care treatment packs and are being monitored in isolation within the school premises," Abayomi said.
The Commissioner stated that the school authorities supported by the State Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education are following the COVID-19 guidelines as set out by the government.
According to him, "students are to be isolated in the School premises and if unwell will be admitted in one of the accredited isolation centers in Lagos. Students are discouraged from going home to avoid infecting members of their families".
The Ministry of Health is working closely with the Ministry of Education to jointly manage this minor but significant outbreak in this boarding school. "I am pleased to announce that all the infected students are predominantly asymptomatic while some have very mild symptoms, no student has required hospitalization," he said. "Members of the Emergency Operation Center and our counterparts in the Ministry of Education have been deployed to the school to provide strategic interventions and support to the school.
This includes psychosocial support, infection prevention control, medical monitoring and risk communication experts to further enlighten and educate affected people," Abayomi noted.
The Commissioner reemphasized the need for citizens to practise the highest standard of personal and environmental hygiene , stressing that use of face mask in public places, proper hand washing and hand hygiene practice and maintaining physical distance will help prevent the spread of the infection.
"COVID-19 is still very much with us and we must strive to prioritize the safety of all, including students and teachers, by adhering strictly to prevention protocols and guidelines issued by government to prevent its spread," Abayomi said.
He urged Lagosians to call the 08000EKOMED or 08000356633 toll-free line if they notice any sign or symptoms of COVID-19, which include fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue or loss of taste or smell.

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One of the Twelve; son of Zebedee and brother of James. In his early life he was a fisherman in fairly comfortable circumstances (Mark 1:20). We may assume he is the unnamed disciple of the Baptist mentioned in John 1:40. Later on he received a call to be a disciple of Jesus Christ (Matt. 4:21–22; Luke 5:1–11). He was one of the inner circle of three who were with the Lord at the raising of Jairus's daughter, at the Transfiguration, and in Gethsemane. In his own Gospel he refers to himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20) and that "other disciple" (John 20:2–8). From Jesus he received the name Boanerges, "a son of thunder" (Mark 3:17). Other incidents that reveal his character are recorded in Mark 9:38; 10:35–40; Luke 9:54. There are frequent references to him in the accounts of the Crucifixion and Resurrection (Luke 22:8; John 18:15; 19:26–27; 20:2; 21:2). In the Acts he appears but seldom (Acts 3:1, 11; 4:13; 8:14). Paul refers to his meeting with him in Jerusalem (Gal. 2:9). In Rev. 1:9 John tells of his banishment to Patmos.
John is mentioned frequently in latter-day revelation, as in 1 Ne. 14:18–27; 3 Ne. 28:6; Ether 4:16; D&C 7; 27:12; 61:14; 77; 88:141. These passages serve to confirm and to clarify the biblical record of John and also give us a hint as to his greatness and the importance of the work the Lord has given him to do on the earth, not only in the time of the New Testament, but also in the last days. We especially have a clarification of John 21:20–23, ascertaining that John did not die but has been allowed to remain on the earth as a ministering servant until the time of the Lord's Second Coming (3 Ne. 28:6; D&C 7).


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NYU Langone Medical Center said it is the first hospital in the Northeast to use a biometric infrared scanning system that converts a digital palm image into a unique patient ID.
The technology, called PatientSecure is a biometric reader that uses an infrared light to map an image of the blood-flow pattern through the veins in a person's palm. That digital image is then converted into a unique patient ID that can be used with the medical center's electronic health record (EHR) system.
The technology has been deployed at about 14 other U.S. health systems.
NYU Langone piloted the palm-scanning technology last month at its Internal Medicine Associates faculty group practice. Patients are offered an opt-in clause to use the technology. Since going live last week, more than 8,000 patients have agreed to use PatientSecure.
"Vein patterns are 100 times more unique than fingerprints," said Dr. Bernard A. Birnbaum, senior vice president of hospital operations at NYU Langone. "As a result, PatientSecure provides a safe, secure, easy and fast way for our patients to register for care at the medical center. It not only protects privacy and enhances quality, but will transform the patient experience."
Research shows that patient identification errors are not uncommon, and the failure to correctly identify a patient can result in serious treatment errors. At Langone, two or more patients share the same first and last names more than 125,000 times.
With the new biometric scanning technology, a patient places his or her hand on a small black box and a unique identifying palm portrait automatically registers and accesses his or her electronic health record, reducing the chances of misidentification and minimizing the need to present other identifying information such as a driver's license or Social Security number, after initial enrollment.
The medical center said using the scanner has streamlined what can be a cumbersome registration process by automatically pulling up a patient's records. It also provides additional security because patients no longer need to share personal identifying information.
If a patient without identification arrives at the medical center unconscious or unable to communicate, the biometric scanner automatically brings up the patient's medical record and alerts healthcare workers to the patient's medical history, allergies and medications.
"This technology makes you feel like a VIP. You just put your palm on the scanner and you're done registering at your doctor's office, no clipboard, no hassle of paperwork to check in, plus, it's absolutely secure," said Michael Baldwin, 55, a patient at NYU Langone, in a statement. "It's immediate and instantaneous. Never in my life have I experienced health care like this before. NYU Langone's 100% integrated healthcare system is like a small city that's all connected."
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Video shows George Zimmerman recreating Trayvon Martin fight
SANFORD, Fla. — A newly released video shows Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman at the scene of Trayvon Martin's fatal shooting a day later giving police a blow-by-blow account of his fight with the teen.
In a video posted on a website by Zimmerman's defense team, Zimmerman said Martin saw his gun and reached for it as the two scuffled on the sidewalk at a gated apartment community in Sanford. That's when Zimmerman said he pulled the gun and shot the teenager.
The tape shows two butterfly bandages on the back of Zimmerman's head and another on his nose. There are red marks on the front of his head.
On the tape, Zimmerman did a reenactment of the scuffle with Martin in the moments before he shot the 17-year-old from Miami. Zimmerman said Martin kept "slamming and slamming" his head on the sidewalk. "It felt like my head was going to explode," he said.
Zimmerman told police the confrontation began when he saw Martin walking toward him on the evening of Feb. 26.
Zimmerman had already called 911 after spotting the teen in the neighborhood. Police say Martin was staying at his father's girlfriend's townhome in the Retreat at Twin Lakes, a gated community in Sanford. The teen was walking back to the home after going to a nearby convenience store.
Martin was reported missing by his father, Tracy Martin, the next morning.
The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/M8ARMg) reported that Tracy Martin called 911 the morning after the teen's shooting and said he had been missing since the night before. During the 3-minute call, he gave the dispatcher identifying information about his son. A few minutes later, the dispatcher called back to get more information about the teen and told Martin an officer was on his way for an interview.
Officials released a transcript of the 911 call Wednesday.
Also Wednesday, Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte fired police chief Bill Lee, who had been criticized for his department's initial investigation into the shooting.
Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting. He claims he shot the teen in self-defense, under Florida's "stand your ground" law.


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Every year, more and more Corvette drivers are discovering the joys of fusing the classic looks of early Vettes with the modern technology of the C4. While the first of the genre were cobbled affairs with questionable geometry and shade-tree mechanics, today there are a number of companies that produce turnkey rolling chassis ready to accept first-generation Corvette bodies. The result of this synthesis is a Corvette that's an absolute joy to drive and open to any styling interpretation the owner chooses.
Rick Treworgy, of Punta Gorda, Florida, found this LeMans Blue/Spiral Gray '59 Vette conversion four years ago and, after taking a testdrive, plain fell in love with it. "The handling of this car is absolutely phenomenal," Rick says. Built by Billy Dawson, of the Corvette Correction, in Seguin, Texas, the chassis is designed to be fitted with any Corvette body from '53 to '62.
Dawson is not the first builder to place an early generation Corvette on a later-model chassis; that's been going on for some time now. The difference here is that Dawson has apparently learned how to do it better. He conceived the idea of "hot-roddin'" an old Corvette in this manner six years ago.
"Upon looking at many possible projects out there," explain the folks at Corvette Correction, "Billy decided to create his own. What he was looking for did not exist. So he rolled up his sleeves, cleaned the shop floor, and began to draw out a frame that pleased him. He picked a '58 Vette for the right look, but he wanted a better-driving-and-handling car. He wanted to devise a way to put a newer-style Vette under the old-style body. With a tape measure and a good creeper, he ascertained that the new suspension and engine would fit, but the old frame had to go, and so it did."
While the tale may sound overly romantic, it's true that Dawson's rectangular-tube frame caused such a stir at Bloomington Gold in 2002 that he found himself taking orders on the spot. Today, he's producing complete rolling chassis as well as selling the individual kits needed for do-it-yourselfers to build their own projects. Or, a customer can purchase the basic frame and start from there.
Corvette Correction's frame weighs 335 pounds and has a wheelbase 6 inches longer than that of a C4 (102 inches, as opposed to the '84-'96 model's 96 inches). It's that additional wheelbase length, in conjunction with the modern suspension components and 17-inch wheels and tires, that enhances the car's cornering acumen without sacrificing ride quality.
The frame uses the same attaching points as a C4, so the suspension components require virtually no modifications to mount to the chassis. Another benefit is that the frame completely tucks in above the rockers. "In my opinion," says Rick, "no one has anything on [Dawson's] cars."
The body rests on Dawson's chassis using the standard C1 mounting locations. From there, it's up to the individual to decide what's going under the hood or how the interior will be dressed out.
Rick's '59 boasts a gray-leather interior with custom door panels and well-bolstered seats with crossed-flags embroidery. A Delco AM/FM radio, a door-lock button, and an A/C outlet reside in the center stack, while a late-model PRNDL indicator and a C4 automatic shifter are mounted to the floor.
The instrument panel appears original at first, but first impressions can be deceiving. Look closely, and you'll see there's a digital dash that reads out behind the gauges when the instrument lamps are on. The steering wheel is also subtly modified. It's been cut down to a slightly smaller diameter to complement the quicker C4 steering gear.
The Vette's LT4 engine boasts a massage job by Street & Performance, in Mena, Arkansas. Along with headwork, the LT4 runs a hotter camshaft, the usual air-induction work, and other performance tweaks. The headers kick out to a set of Walker mufflers, ending in some very cool custom-exhaust-tip work at the rear bumpers. A set of vintage-style Edelbrock valve covers and color-keyed covers dress up the potent small-block. Other enhancements include the mandatory late-model master cylinder, aftermarket A/C, and a touch of chrome dress-up.
From the outside, the rich '04 blue/gray exterior combination looks awesome, and the C5 badges-paired with vintage fuel-injection emblems-provide an additional personalizing touch. Throw in a set of C5-style five-spoke wheels, and there can be no doubt that this Vette truly offers the best of both worlds.
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Solar Eclipse 2012 – See the 'Ring of Fire' From Around the World
The 2012 solar eclipse is an annual event where the moon crosses over the sun creating what many (or at least the internet) are calling a "ring of fire." And in case you were too busy watching Katy Perry swinging in midair at the Billboard Music Awards while performing 'Wide Awake,' you probably missed it.
Thankfully, for some reason that we just can't quite figure out yet, the online community is obsessed with natural phenomena and documented mostly every moment through Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Other than Super Moon 2012, Sunday's solar eclipse was probably the most documented work of Mother Nature in 2012. Well, so far, at least.
Check out photos from around the world as well as some breathtaking time-lapse video footage of the "Ring of Fire" eclipse 2012.


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Just when it looked as if Washington and Pyongyang were tiptoeing once again toward negotiations on North Korean nukes and missiles, the North has thrown a predictable grenade into the process and set all parties onto yet another warpath. Threatening to violate U.N. resolutions and undercut a recent understanding with Washington, Pyongyang reaffirmed last week that it plans to launch a satellite into orbit in April. This latest eruption and President Obama's tough response were largely shrouded by other events—the nuclear summit in Seoul, more horrors in Syria, the trauma of Trayvon Martin's killing, and the trials of Obamacare in the Supreme Court. But doubt not, the muffled eruptions will make international waves soon enough.
To complicate and confound matters further, North Korea has done more than simply throw grenades. In recent weeks, Pyongyang officials have been telling Americans in private, frank, and explicit ways just how the two sides can resolve the nuclear and missile issues. These messages will present Washington with some incredibly hard choices in the months ahead—between continuing to live with North Korean nukes for some time in a Cold Peace or pushing for their elimination and risking confrontation.
The rocket that brought much of this into public view was, well, a rocket. On Feb. 29, North Korea promised to suspend uranium enrichment at its main nuclear facility along with any long-range missile testing and nuclear tests in return for U.S. food aid and the prospect of further talks. Then, just two weeks later, Pyongyang proclaimed that it will launch a satellite into orbit in mid-April to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il-sung. Obviously, the rocket that would propel the satellite would be a missile. But launching missiles is an international no-no, and Pyongyang's missile launch would violate a U.N. Security Council ban on such tests, a resolution approved by China and Russia, no less.
Mr. Obama swiftly and angrily warned the North that he'd retaliate with more economic sanctions and more diplomatic isolation. Then, he added a rhetorical rocket of his own, one that must have rattled North Korean leaders much more than the prospect of stepped-up sanctions. He said North and South Korea were "one people." To outsiders, that sounded like nothing; to North Koreans, it was the ultimate threat. To them, it had to sound like a U.S. commitment to destroy North Korea and reunify the peninsula under South Korean and American rule. (A footnote: the North told Washington about the prospective launch some time ago, and in the Feb. 29 talks, U.S. officials warned them against doing it, but did not cancel the agreed talks. Like its predecessors, this White House must have hoped—mistakenly—that the North would back down. And the North hoped, also mistakenly, that it could have its launch and eat its food aid, too.)
With neither side backing down, the play-by-play from here on could go like this: around mid-April, Pyongyang fires its rocket into space. If it goes over Japan or South Korea, those governments have promised to shoot it down. If the rocket just falls into the ocean somewhere, Washington will still scrap any plans to resume the six-party talks in the immediate future. In all likelihood, the U.S. also will increase sanctions against Pyongyang, most especially against its banking outlets in places like Macao. When President George W. Bush did his lockdown on Macao banking in 2005, Pyongyang retaliated with missile tests in July 2006 and a nuclear test in October 2006. Bush later canceled the Macao sanctions and opened talks with the North. Obama, being a Democrat, will not be afforded the luxury of that concession, especially before the November elections.
Or perhaps, this time, the North might not explode a nuke—it might sink another South Korea naval vessel, as it did in 2010. But this time, Seoul has promised it will meet force with force. And this time, the U.S. has pledged to back the South's move. Now, prudent planners cannot count on the North's saying "Uncle," especially when it is being led by a new leader, Kim Jong-un, who also can't afford concessions that make him look weak. In these ways, like it and want it or not, both sides could go off to confrontation land. Obama is pushing China, once again, to intercede and convince Pyongyang to cancel its rocket launch. The next two weeks could prove quite tense.
Behind these macho moves lie some pretty dramatic and portentous policy decisions. For some time, North Korean officials have been hinting at how they would like to settle matters with the U.S., and in recent conversations, official and non-official, here's what they said: we intend to keep our nuclear weapons for some time to come, until we feel secure from your American threats. We see these talks as "a process" that might take one or two decades. In that time, we might give up our plutonium reprocessing plant but retain our newer uranium enrichment facilities. We might even identify our nuclear capabilities, and perhaps reduce them somewhat. Of course, all this would be in return for unspecified U.S. goodies.
American reaction to these ideas is bound to be negative, though Washington has been living with North Korea's nuclear capability and nuclear weapons for decades already, since the days of President Reagan. To be sure, Washington has been trying to defang this capability, but it has been living with it. In all probability, Mr. Obama or a Republican successor will live with a nuclear North Korea as well—but won't admit it.


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The food pyramid is a model used to describe a diet and is currently designated as the basis for some foot regime. It can be seen as a set of rules to follow to feel better, not necessarily as a purely weight-loss pattern.
The food pyramid model use, as it says, a pyramid to indicate which food and in what proportion should be eaten during the week. It is possible to use the food pyramid to describe a range of nutritional rules which does not necessarily imply a quantitative indication (portions, calories, percentages of macronutrients) but more often are only qualitative (i.e. which foods privilege against others).
There are many food pyramids proposed in the literature, such as the pyramid of Mediterranean and Asian, to name two of the most famous. One of the best pyramid food ever is the italian one, in which is used a two-dimensional array of foods in spite of the classical three-dimensionality. The advantage of that refers to an easier use of the pyramid to better understand what is preferable to eat.
In the pyramid, foods are stacked and since the base is larger than the tip, foods inserted first are those favoured in the diet, so they can be taken in larger quantities. As you move up along the food pyramid, quantity decreases and, in parallel, also decreases the importance of that food in the diet itself. Foods at the top are the ones that you should consume more sparingly, because they are judged to be less important to the maintenance of an optimal weight or at least the preservation of a good state of health.


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Amazon didn't introduce a 10-inch tablet Thursday, as many tech pundits had predicted, but the company did roll out a potential iPad rival in the form of its $499 Kindle Fire HD.
The 8.9-inch tablet offers 32GB of storage and runs on the 4G LTE network. It's now available for pre-order and ships Nov. 20.
That wasn't the only tablet to get some time in the spotlight Thursday during an Amazon press event at a Santa Monica, Calif., airport hanger. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos also showcased low-priced 16GB versions of the new tablet—an 8.9-inch tablet for $299, which also ships Nov. 20, and a 7-incher for $199 that ships Sept. 14.
The company also took the wraps off an updated version of its current Kindle Fire tablet as well as a new e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite.
The Kindle Fire HD features dual-band wireless connectivity, dual stereo speakers, and 25 percent less glare than the original Kindle Fire.
When introducing the new tablets Thursday, Bezos emphasized the Kindle Fire HD's Wi-Fi connectivity, which he claimed is up to 41 percent faster than Apple's latest iPad. Bezos explained that the Kindle Fire HD leverages MIMO technology, which uses advanced antenna engineering to improve Wi-Fi speed and reception.
The boosted storage capacity (from 8GB to 16GB) and fast Wi-Fi are essential to Amazon's primary focus: content. Amazon offers its devices at low prices but makes up for those losses when customers purchase content, according to Bezos.
For $50 a year, anyone who buys the $499 Kindle Fire HD will get 250MB of data per month and a $10 Amazon credit. Not mentioned during Bezos' presentation: What happens if you go over that 250MB allotment?
Amazon is supplementing its content on the Kindle Fire HD with new features like X-Ray for movies (where users can pause a film to get more information about actors from IMDB); Whispersync for games (so players never lose their place and have to start over); and Immersion Reading for audiobooks (users can both listen to and read their books simultaneously).
Amazon last week announced that the original Kindle Fire is sold out, but the company is introducing an upgraded version and slashing the price from $199 to $159. The upgraded Fire will ship Sept. 14.
Amazon's new Kindle Paperwhite, a front-lit e-reader with 25 percent better contrast than previous Kindles, is available to pre-order now. The Paperwhite ships Oct. 1. A wireless model retails for $119; the 3G version for $179.
The new e-reader weighs in at 7.5 ounces, like the Kindle Touch, but is one millimeter thinner than its predecessor. The new Kindle features adjustable lighting with an on-screen slider.
The new Kindle Paperwhite has eight weeks of battery life with the light on. Consumers can access content using Amazon's cloud service. In contrast, the Kindle Touch was introduced last year for $99 with a 3G model available for $149.
Amazon slashed the price for a slightly improved basic Kindle, which will be available Sept. 14, from $79 to $69.


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Trigonometric Functions
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When graphing a tangent transformation, start by using a theta and tan(theta) t-table for -pi/2 to pi/2. In the case of y=Atan(Bx) or y=Atan(B(x-h)), define Bx or B(x-h) to be equal to theta and solve for x. Now use this equation to create a x and Atan(Bx) or Atan(B(x-h)) table, which will give coordinate pairs to plot.
The previous episode, I graphed the tangent function between 0 and pi over 2. Now I want to extend that graph to the left and to the right, and I'm going to need some facts from before. First of all I have a table of values that I found before. Tangent of 0 is 0, tangent of pi over 4 is 1 and tangent of pi over 2 is undefined. And this is what gives us that vertical asymptote at x equals pi over 2. I also need 2 facts. The identity tangent of -x equals negative tangent x and that tangent has period pi. Now this this fact means that if you take at 2 inputs that have opposite values you get opposite outputs.
So, for example if I plug negative pi over 4 into tangent, I get the opposite output -1. For tangent's an odd function. Of course the opposite of 0 is 0 gives me the opposite output which is also 0 and the opposite input negative pi over 2, it's just it's still going to be undefined. And this helps me complete a single period of tangent functions. Let's go back here and pi over 4, I'm going to have -1 and I'm going to have an asymptote at negative pi over 2, just like I have with pi over 2. So let me draw that really quickly. And I complete the graph like so. Now this gives me one period of tangent because the period of tangent is pi. So I want to duplicate this here and here, at least 2 more periods.
Now let's observe that the key points that I have here, negative pi over 4 -1, 0 0, and pi over 4 1, all line up. So it's really easy to draw them over and over again. They would go here and here. And once you've got them drawn it's super easy to draw the tangent curve. Just remember the shape. And then you can put your asymptotes on. There are going to be asymptotes every pi units. This asymptote is at 3 pi over 2, this one's at -3 pi over 2. That's the great thing about periodic functions because they're periodic, once you have one cycle drawn you just duplicate that cycle as many times as you need to.
So here I have 3 full periods of the tangent function and now that I have that, I can actually apply transformations to the tangent function which I'll do in future episodes.


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processes created with
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their parent process. In this way, all the processes in a session
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leader that has control of a terminal is called the controlling
process of that terminal.
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BOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Another company has entered the race to open a slot parlor in Massachusetts.
Officials with The Cordish Companies, based in Baltimore, announced Tuesday that they want to build a $200 million hotel and gambling facility just off Interstate 495 in Boxborough, about 25 miles northwest of Boston.
The plan calls for Cordish to buy, renovate, and expand an existing hotel at the site and rebrand the property as a boutique hotel and casino, managing partner Joe Weinberg told The Boston Globe. Part of the existing building would be demolished and replaced on a 20-acre site.
The project would also include several restaurants, an entertainment area, meeting space, spa and fitness facilities.
He says the company chose the location to be close to population centers, yet far from other casino proposals.
Cordish, a real estate developer with a wide portfolio of projects, has built successful casinos, including Hard Rock casinos in Florida, and the Maryland Live! Casino, outside Baltimore.
"We have proven time and again we can build beautiful, modern facilities with a scope of gaming that is slots only," Weinberg said.
Other developers have proposed slot parlors in Plainville, Worcester and Raynham. Under state law, just one such facility can be built in the state.
The company has discussed its proposal with town officials and it set up renderings and photos of its existing properties at an all-day display for Boxborough residents on Tuesday.
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CHADWICK, CHARLES ELI, farmer, office holder, businessman, militia officer, and politician; b. 13 Aug. 1818 in Preston, Lancashire, England, son of the Reverend Eli Chadwick and Margaret Weal; m. 7 Sept. 1843 Jane McCartney in Ingersoll, Upper Canada, and they had nine children; d. there 22 Feb. 1896.
Charles Eli Chadwick immigrated with his family to Upper Canada in 1826. He was educated by his father, who had become a farmer and a school teacher at Vittoria, Norfolk County; by the time he left school to work on his father's farm, at age 16, Chadwick had received a sound classical education. Except for two years spent working for his uncle, Benjamin Chadwick, a merchant in Drummondville (Niagara Falls), he remained on the family farm until his marriage in 1843, after which he settled on a 500-acre farm in Dereham (Southwest Oxford) Township, Oxford County. He became active in local affairs, serving as a school trustee, inspector of schools, district councillor, and township clerk. These positions whetted his appetite for public life and, tired of farming and perhaps encouraged by political friends such as Francis Hincks*, he moved to Ingersoll in 1853.
There Chadwick's career blossomed. He was postmaster from 1853 to 1861, manager of the local branch of the Niagara District Bank from 1854 to 1877, a member and at times the chairman of the school board between 1866 and 1877, and chairman of the Reform Association in Oxford South. An officer in the Oxford militia, he became lieutenant-colonel of the regiment in 1860. These activities did not exhaust his restless energy: he operated an insurance agency and served on the boards of several local enterprises.
Chadwick was an early and influential advocate of the factory system for making cheese. Cheesemaking in pioneer Canada had been a minor part of agricultural life, with small quantities being produced by individual farmers or, more often, by their wives. British North America's first cheese factory was established in Oxford in 1864 by an American immigrant, Harvey Farrington. His factory centralized cheesemaking, which resulted in increased production, better control of quality, and a more stable income for farmers. The system caught Chadwick's eye and, in April 1865, he convened a meeting of Ingersoll-area farmers and businessmen, who formed the West Oxford Cheese Association. In cooperation with James Harris, a local cheesemaker, Chadwick and the association opened a factory, the first in Ingersoll. The growth of the cheese business led to the formation of industrial associations and lobbies Chadwick was active in setting up the first of these, the Canadian Dairymen's Association, at Ingersoll in 1867, and he later became secretary of the Dairymen's Association of Western Ontario, a position he held for many years.
In 1878 and again the following year Chadwick was acclaimed mayor of Ingersoll. He lost the office in 1880 after a campaign in which he was lauded for attracting the Credit Valley Railway to Ingersoll but criticized for failing to collect $15,000 in unpaid taxes from the townspeople. Chadwick nevertheless retained his popularity – even his political opponents supported a petition asking the Ontario government to name him police magistrate for Ingersoll. The appointment was made in November 1880 and he served in this capacity until failing health forced his retirement at the age of 77, a few months before his death in 1896.
A frequent traveller, Chadwick is said to have crossed the Atlantic seven times. The Vienna exposition of 1873 enchanted him but he complained of a "systematic series of attempted extortions ever since we reached this cursed German country." "Sick of Vienna," he returned to Britain with the comment, "Thank God I am once more on British soil in something like a Christian country." Later journeys, to expositions in Philadelphia (1876) and Paris (1878), did not provoke such comments and it can be assumed that he had become more tolerant of ways that were not those of Ingersoll.
In the Ingersoll area Chadwick was known as an orator and as a frequent contributor to the local press. His speeches were those of an imperialist-nationalist who believed that Canada should continue to have an "intimate connection with the British throne." In spite of his imperialist views, Chadwick maintained in 1880 in the Ingersoll Chronicle and County of Oxford Intelligencer that the future of the dominion belonged to immigrants from many ethnic groups who would, with the aid of Canada's "free institutions, free schools and the open Bible," be moulded into "a new race, not second to any in the world."
Chadwick's contemporaries saw him as a devoted and efficient public servant, a stern but impartial magistrate, and an urbane and cultured gentleman. Addicted to work and conscientious in the performance of a range of duties, he nevertheless failed to move beyond the confines of public life in Oxford County, perhaps because he dissipated his energy on such a variety of activities, but more probably because he was content with local prominence and had no desire to leave Ingersoll. Jacks of all trades were not uncommon in 19th-century Ontario, but Chadwick was unusually versatile even for that era.
AO, MS 451, Oxford County, Oxford (North) Township, Ingersoll Rural Cemetery: 210; MS 747, Council minutes, 1878–80. UWOL, Regional Coll., C. E. Chadwick papers. Farmer's Advocate and Home Magazine (London, Ont.), July 1867. Ingersoll Chronicle and County of Oxford Intelligencer (Ingersoll, Ont.), 2 Jan., 3 July 1879; 8–15 Jan., 8 July 1880; 20 Jan. 1881; later Ingersoll Chronicle and Canadian Dairyman, 14 Nov. 1895. Canadian biog. dict. Cyclopædia of Canadian biog. (Rose and Charlesworth), vol.1. The dairy industry in Canada, ed. H. A. Innis (Toronto, 1937). E. [S.] Moore, When cheese was king: a history of the cheese factories in Oxford County ([Norwich, Ont.], 1987).
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Street Rod of the Year Finalists 2013
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Before we name who has won the Street Rod of the Year title, let's first have a quick history lesson. The 2014 car show season will mark the 20th anniversary of the magazine's Top 100 awards program. But back in 1995, it was called STREET RODDER's TOP 10, as magazine staffers picked 10 cars from seven Goodguys events for a total of 70 cars for the whole year.
The parameters of the award allowed the magazine editors to find cars from anywhere on an event's show grounds (not just from a specialized parking area) and every/any type of build was on the table. As one-time staffer Jim Rizzo described his standards for the cars he awarded, it was "Whatever makes me go: 'Wow!'" Each staffer's personality certainly does come through with their picks and, over the past couple of decades, a wide range of vehicles has been chosen. But one thing that hasn't changed in all that time is each recipient receives a jacket embroidered with the program's logo.
After the program's first year, no overall winner was picked. But that way of thinking ended at the end of the second year when Eric Peratt was named the overall winner with his red 1934 Chevy woodie. And, because the magazine hadn't picked a winner from the first year, its editor at the time, Tom Vogele, decided the first-year recipients shouldn't be left out, and went back and chose Paul and Carol Gerritsen's "Delaware Destroyer" 1937 Ford coupe as the overall winner from the 1995 season. But it wasn't until Ken Bentz's winning entry in 1998 before the title of Street Rod of the Year was bestowed.
The program rolled on for a few more years until 2007 when three major changes happened: it was expanded to include 10 events (for a total of 100 cars), a name change to Top 100, and Turtle Wax came on board as a presenting sponsor. It was also the first time the magazine allowed online voting to determine the winner, and Doug White won the magazine's Street Rod of the Year with his blue 1933 Ford three-window.
The online voting existed for only three years (2007-09) as the editors returned to choosing the winner when they picked Jimmy Hervatin's handbuilt aluminum pickup truck as the top car for 2010.
Also in 2010 Painless Performance Products became the presenting sponsor of the program and, in 2012, the Street Rod of the Year title went to a post-1948 vehicle for the first time: Frank Tetro's black 1955 Ford Sunliner.
The locations of the events where the awards are handed out has changed and expanded over the years, too, and have recently included Louisville, Bowling Green, Pleasanton, Syracuse, Columbus, Detroit, Pigeon Forge, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast—a truly diverse pool of hot rod hot spots.
The following nine cars (along with the 2014 winner, Doyle Thomas' 1964 Fairlane) are the ones the magazine editors wanted to give special attention to this year and, as you will see, they certainly cover a wide spectrum of what hot rodding is all about!
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Rest of the world
"There ain't no such thing, it all librl' lies by micheal moore!"
"Rest of the world? They belong to us right?"
The Rest of the world is a term that refers to all land on the planet Earth which is not within the physical boundaries of the United States of America. Many Americans consider what goes on in this distant place to be irrelevant. American voters do not actually consider this mysterious land when electing presidents. This is why George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004 despite his disastrous foreign policy involving the War in Iraq. They prefer to focus on how gay marriage would destroy the world.
Little is actually known about this mysterious region known as "the rest of the world." Two areas bordering the United States which are said to be included in the rest of the world are Canada and Mexico, though some view Canada as the northern extension of America, except for that weird French part. Other distinguished parts of the "rest of world" include Europe, where white people came from during Exodus, and Asia, where all electronics in America are made.
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Origins[edit | edit source]
The Rest of World (ROW) is a vast wasteland lying directly to the North, South, East and West of the United States of America. Little is known about ROW's history; many speculate that it was formed in 1940 by the evil God, as a testing ground for nuclear weapons.
Discovery of the Rest of the World[edit | edit source]
After declaring freedom from the rest of the world, America eventually forgot that it existed. Eventually, a man named Benjamin Franklin went somewhere called France. Since that time, Americans have reluctantly agreed that the rest of the world actually does exist, except for maybe Greenland.
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ROW is estimated to contain at least 63% of the Earth's land space within its boundaries. Its time zones are -12 UTC to +12 UTC. It has been said, presumably by Oscar Wilde, that the Sun never sets on ROW. This is probably because all the people would burn to death if it did.
There are three main parts of ROW: North ROW, the rich area; South ROW, the poor area; and Anomalous ROW, the parts which don't fit in economically with their northness or southness.
Areas especially mysterious include Australia, the forsaken land, England, the charming yet repulsive land, Canada, the bitch, and that whole, African-Euro-Asian-Pacific area which has little to do with anything.
Economy[edit | edit source]
ROW's exports include Terrorism, Communism, Drugs and Immigrants.
Its main imports are Freedom and Democracy. Ever since Thomas Jefferson discovered Freedom and Democracy in America in 1776, the United States have regularly produced abundant surpluses of these goods. This is fortunate for ROW, which has no natural sources of Freedom and Democracy at all, so is dependent on America for regular deliveries. These are also known as invasions.
Did you know? 99% of American products we use is made in the ROW? Mainly in the countries of China, India and Mexico, that one is so easy to find on the globe...look for the "USA" and face down.
Currency[edit | edit source]
For some reason, the people of ROW can't decide on a currency. Many choose something which they call the dollar, but is worth less than an American dollar because ROW isn't as good as America. Others have chosen to use currencies in which the most simple of commodities is worth millions of units; this is generally seen as an easy way of becoming a millionaire.
Language[edit | edit source]
Many people in ROW speak English, which is the same as American English except they spell words differently and say them in a silly accent. Others do not, which makes it difficult to know much about their culture. However, experiments in Guantanamo Bay have shown that these non-English speaking types are capable of speaking such phrases as "Have mercy" and "Please let me die".
Facts About the Rest of the World[edit | edit source]
- They use the metric system.
- Their leader is Kofi Annan.
- They only watch American movies.
- They actually watch the Olympics.
- They all speak English (or should).
- They just don't understand Americans.
- They let America do whatever it wants.
- They like McDonald's, too.
- They invented pizza.
- They (not too) secretly hate America, whilst America thinks they love 'em.
- Their men wear bikinis.
- 12/13 of the worlds population lives here (1/13 reside safely within the United States).
People from the Rest of the World[edit | edit source]
- Jesus
- Shakira
- Michael J. Fox
- Bob Marley
- The Pope
- That annoying British guy on American Idol
- Pikachu
- Nicole Kidman
- Michael Jackson
- Aliens
- Attila the Hun
- Johnny Depp
- Speedy Gonzales
- Your taxi driver
- Santa Claus
- Foreigners


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WASHINGTON – WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has taken two big steps toward ending the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.
In quick succession Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee and the full House approved measures to repeal the 1993 law that allows gay people to serve in the armed services only if they hide their sexual orientation.
The votes were a victory for President Barack Obama, who has actively supported ending the policy, and for gay rights groups who have made repealing the ban their top legislative priority this year.
"Lawmakers today stood on the right side of history," said Joe Solmonese, president of Human Rights Campaign, a major gay rights organization.
With passage, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said, "We honor the values of our nation and we close the door on a fundamental unfairness."
The drive to end the ban still has a long way to go. The 234-194 House vote was an amendment to a defense spending bill that comes up for a final vote Friday. While the spending bill, which approves more than $700 billion in funds for military operations, enjoys wide support, some lawmakers vowed to vote against it if the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal were included.
"It jeopardizes passage of the entire bill," said Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi, a conservative Democrat who opposed it.
The full Senate is expected to take up the defense bill next month, and Republicans are threatening a filibuster if the change in policy toward gays remains in the legislation.
"I think it's really going to be very harmful to the morale and effectiveness of our military," said Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee and a leading opponent of the repeal.
In a statement after the House vote, Obama hailed Thursday's congressional action as "important bipartisan steps toward repeal."
"This legislation will help make our armed forces even stronger and more inclusive by allowing gay and lesbian soldiers to serve honestly and with integrity," Obama said.
The Armed Services vote on the measure was 16-12, with one Republican, Susan Collins of Maine, voting for it and one Democrat, Jim Webb of Virginia, opposing it.
In the House, Republicans, who voted overwhelmingly against the amendment, cited the letters of four military service chiefs urging Congress to hold off on legislation until the military gains a full assessment of the effects the repeal might have on military life and readiness.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, while voicing support for the repeal, also has said he would prefer that Congress wait until the Pentagon conducts a study, due to be finished in December, on the impact of the policy change.
The House and Senate amendments stipulate that the repeal would not become law until after the study is completed and until the president, the defense secretary and the Joint Chiefs of Staff certify that it will not have negative effects on the military's fighting ability.
Several Republicans voiced strong opposition to any change in current policy. "It is very clear that homosexuality is incompatible with military service," Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., said.
The chief sponsor of the amendment, Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., who served in the Iraq war, said that when he was in Baghdad, "my teams did not care whether a fellow soldier was straight or gay if they could fire their assault rifle or run a convoy down ambush alley and do their job so everyone would come home safely."
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said that of the 13,500 who have been discharged under "don't ask, don't tell," more than 1,000 filled critical occupations, such as engineers and interpreters.
Associated Press writer Julie Hirschfeld Davis contributed to this report.
The bill is H.R. 5136
Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov


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February Birthstone ~ Amethyst
This is one of my favourite stones…I prefer the deeper purple color over the pale mauve stone…maybe it is a favourite because it is the stone for Pisces, which I am?
below are a couple of pieces I managed to take photos of... the amethyst in the pendant is the stone on the left...it is rather difficult to see...
- Variety of quartz
- Must be purple to be amethyst
- One of the most beautiful purple stones
- Purple is color of royalty
- From Greek meaning "not drunken" :~)
- may occur as a long crystal with pyramids at each end
- may occur as a druzy
- the quality, shape, lustre is not the same for every mine
- these qualities are often so distinct the mine can be determined by the appearance of the stone
- found: Vera Cruz, Guerrero, Brazil, Thunder Bay, Uruguay, Africa, Maine, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Italy, Germany & Russia
- the amethyst found near Thunder Bay is known for druzy clusters
- green amethyst is actually prasiolite, a green quartz, which is rare
- sensitive to heat
- is sometimes heated and turned yellow to be sold as Citrine, which it truly isn't
During my research I came up with websites for four Amethyst mines in the Thunder Bay area…take a look at the sites, they offer some great photos as well as information regarding their individual mines, most of which you may visit an often purchase amethyst.
The fourth website www.mcrocks.com caught my attention…I found a page where Ian Merkel, talked about his visits to Blue Point Mine, (owned by Linden Swanson) Pearl Ontario, which is 35 miles east of Thunder Bay. The mining at this site is done by drilling and blasting areas, then working these particular "fractures as they were called. Ian and his party visited Blue Point Mine in 204, 2009 and 2010 and were allowed to work fractures not in the immediate work area of Mr. Swanson.
My suggestion would be for the reader to visit the website as there is a great deal of fascinating information…some very technical, but interesting for anyone who has a passion for Amethyst! As well there are 20 amazing photos of the work site as well as amethyst…far too many for me to share with you in this article. I've included 4 of Ian's amazing photos and one of a pair of earrings and a pendant I made with amethyst stones…I forgot I even had the photos…was happy I found them!
A special thank you to Ian Merkel for allowing me to use his amazing photos!
A special thank you to Ian Merkel for allowing me to use his amazing photos!
As always leave a message on my blog or send me an email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Minneapolis Modern Quilt Guild. The only requirements were to use brights and white fabrics and they needed to be 6.5" square. I had a lot of fun making them.
bright birch trees quilt. The block is made up of 31 teeny tiny scraps....and one big white scrap. I love it so very much!
I'm counting these blocks as scrap project #58/101.


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Inheritance diagram for IPython.external.argparse:
Command-line parsing library
This module is an optparse-inspired command-line parsing library that:
- handles both optional and positional arguments
- produces highly informative usage messages
- supports parsers that dispatch to sub-parsers
The following is a simple usage example that sums integers from the command-line and writes the result to a file:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description='sum the integers at the command line')
'integers', metavar='int', nargs='+', type=int,
help='an integer to be summed')
'--log', default=sys.stdout, type=argparse.FileType('w'),
help='the file where the sum should be written')
args = parser.parse_args()
args.log.write('%s' % sum(args.integers))
The module contains the following public classes:
- ArgumentParser – The main entry point for command-line parsing. As the
example above shows, the add_argument() method is used to populate the parser with actions for optional and positional arguments. Then the parse_args() method is invoked to convert the args at the command-line into an object with attributes.
- ArgumentError – The exception raised by ArgumentParser objects when
there are errors with the parser's actions. Errors raised while parsing the command-line are caught by ArgumentParser and emitted as command-line messages.
- FileType – A factory for defining types of files to be created. As the
example above shows, instances of FileType are typically passed as the type= argument of add_argument() calls.
- Action – The base class for parser actions. Typically actions are
selected by passing strings like 'store_true' or 'append_const' to the action= argument of add_argument(). However, for greater customization of ArgumentParser actions, subclasses of Action may be defined and passed as the action= argument.
- HelpFormatter, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter, RawTextHelpFormatter,
ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter – Formatter classes which may be passed as the formatter_class= argument to the ArgumentParser constructor. HelpFormatter is the default, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter and RawTextHelpFormatter tell the parser not to change the formatting for help text, and ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter adds information about argument defaults to the help.
All other classes in this module are considered implementation details. (Also note that HelpFormatter and RawDescriptionHelpFormatter are only considered public as object names – the API of the formatter objects is still considered an implementation detail.)
Bases: IPython.external.argparse._AttributeHolder
Information about how to convert command line strings to Python objects.
Action objects are used by an ArgumentParser to represent the information needed to parse a single argument from one or more strings from the command line. The keyword arguments to the Action constructor are also all attributes of Action instances.
Keyword Arguments:
- option_strings – A list of command-line option strings which
should be associated with this action.
dest – The name of the attribute to hold the created object(s)
- nargs – The number of command-line arguments that should be
consumed. By default, one argument will be consumed and a single value will be produced. Other values include:
- N (an integer) consumes N arguments (and produces a list)
- '?' consumes zero or one arguments
- '*' consumes zero or more arguments (and produces a list)
- '+' consumes one or more arguments (and produces a list)
Note that the difference between the default and nargs=1 is that with the default, a single value will be produced, while with nargs=1, a list containing a single value will be produced.
- const – The value to be produced if the option is specified and the
option uses an action that takes no values.
default – The value to be produced if the option is not specified.
- type – The type which the command-line arguments should be converted
to, should be one of 'string', 'int', 'float', 'complex' or a callable object that accepts a single string argument. If None, 'string' is assumed.
- choices – A container of values that should be allowed. If not None,
after a command-line argument has been converted to the appropriate type, an exception will be raised if it is not a member of this collection.
- required – True if the action must always be specified at the
command line. This is only meaningful for optional command-line arguments.
help – The help string describing the argument.
- metavar – The name to be used for the option's argument with the
help string. If None, the 'dest' value will be used as the name.
Bases: IPython.external.argparse.HelpFormatter
Help message formatter which adds default values to argument help.
Only the name of this class is considered a public API. All the methods provided by the class are considered an implementation detail.
Bases: IPython.external.argparse._AttributeHolder, IPython.external.argparse._ActionsContainer
Object for parsing command line strings into Python objects.
prog – The name of the program (default: sys.argv[0])
usage – A usage message (default: auto-generated from arguments)
description – A description of what the program does
epilog – Text following the argument descriptions
version – Add a -v/–version option with the given version string
parents – Parsers whose arguments should be copied into this one
formatter_class – HelpFormatter class for printing help messages
prefix_chars – Characters that prefix optional arguments
additional arguments
argument_default – The default value for all arguments
conflict_handler – String indicating how to handle conflicts
add_help – Add a -h/-help option
Prints a usage message incorporating the message to stderr and exits.
If you override this in a subclass, it should not return – it should either exit or raise an exception.
Bases: object
Factory for creating file object types
Instances of FileType are typically passed as type= arguments to the ArgumentParser add_argument() method.
same values as the builtin open() function.
the builtin open() function.
Bases: object
Formatter for generating usage messages and argument help strings.
Only the name of this class is considered a public API. All the methods provided by the class are considered an implementation detail.
Bases: IPython.external.argparse.HelpFormatter
Help message formatter which retains any formatting in descriptions.
Only the name of this class is considered a public API. All the methods provided by the class are considered an implementation detail.
Bases: IPython.external.argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
Help message formatter which retains formatting of all help text.
Only the name of this class is considered a public API. All the methods provided by the class are considered an implementation detail.


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No. 22 Notre Dame gives first loss to Michigan State
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame took advantage of a trick play that backfired, as well as four pass interference calls and a holding penalty that kept drives alive, to defeat Michigan State for the third straight time.
The mistakes led to all of Notre Dame's points in the 17-13 victory, including two on the game-winning drive after a pass by Michigan State receiver R.J. Shelton led to an interception by safety Matthias Farley, setting up the go-ahead touchdown.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said he couldn't ever recall so many defensive pass interference calls in one game.
"I've been coaching 30-plus years, no. Never," he said. "I guess that's where we should stop."
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said he wasn't surprised by the calls because of the number of long passes the Irish attempted.
"When you know the quarterback is going to throw it back shoulder, and the defensive back doesn't know where it is, you have an advantage in that situation," he said. "You're going to get some pass interference calls when you put the ball in a good position."
The costliest mistake, though, likely was the interception thrown by Shelton that shifted momentum Notre Dame's way after the Spartans were making progress against the Irish. Shelton threw into double coverage and Farley picked it off.
Dantonio said he called the trick play.
"I felt," he said, "like we needed a big play."
The Spartans were called for two pass interference calls on the ensuing drive, allowing Notre Dame to maintain possession. The Irish, who continually passed, even on short running situations, scored moments later when Notre Dame appeared to surprise the Spartans with a call. Cam McDaniel raced into the end zone to take the 17-10 lead with 14:44 left to play.
The Irish (3-1) also took advantage of another questionable pass interference in the first half that set up a 2-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Rees to TJ Jones, and a holding penalty that kept alive a drive that led to a 41-yard field goal by Kyle Brindza. The Spartans (3-1) had 10 penalties for 115 yards by the Big Ten officials. But the Irish were flagged eight times for 86 yards.
"We've got to be able to handle those things," Dantonio said, "and play through the adversity."
Michigan State cornerback Darqueze Dennard said the Spartans couldn't let the penalties affect them.
"In the end, we just got to make more plays to help the offense out," he said. "The refs call what they had to call. They thought it was pass interference. We got to continue to play."
The Spartans entered with the nation's No. 1 defense, allowing 50 yards a game rushing, and 127 passing. Michigan State's defense had also scored four touchdowns, which is also how many it had allowed. They stopped the Irish on the ground, holding them to 82 yards, and limited Rees to a season-low 142 yards passing. But it wasn't enough, as the rivalry was decided by a touchdown or less for the ninth time in the past 14 meetings.
Rees, who opened the season with three 300-yard passing games, was 14-of-34 passing.
"He just missed open receivers," Kelly said. "I mean, we had guys open. He just didn't hit them."
Rees said the Irish needed to attempt some long passes because of what the Michigan State defense was giving them.
"We want to hit those, and we hit a few of the early, but we missed a couple big ones," he said. "We found a way to get the ball in the end zone in the end, but we need to find a way to be more efficient."
Despite the offensive struggles, the Irish have now won 10 straight at home for the first time since 1999, when Bob Davie was coach. Notre Dame won 19 straight under Lou Holtz 1987-90.
Dantonio said the difference was the Spartans only managed one touchdown in four trips inside the red zone and missed a field goal.
"When you get into the red zone, you have to score touchdowns," he said. "You've got to score touchdowns in those situations."
Of course, Notre Dame had something to do with that. And Kelly was pleased with the overall defensive effort.
"Both defenses," he said, "really carried the day here today."
His was better.
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A privately owned Chinese group will buy a stake in Lenovo's parent company being sold by a Chinese government academy, the companies said Friday.
China Oceanwide Holdings Group will buy the 29 percent share in Legend Holdings, Lenovo's parent company, for 2.76 billion yuan (US$404 million), a Legend spokeswoman said Friday. A China Oceanwide representative confirmed the deal.
The deal places more control of Lenovo's parent in the hands of private investors, which could influence its business strategy.
The stake is being sold by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a state-run institution that conducts national research projects. China Oceanwide was the only buyer who met the conditions set in the academy's sale notice, the Legend spokeswoman said. The academy required that the buyer agree not to resell its stake, alter Legend's strategy or propose changes to the company's management for five years. The academy will retain a 36 percent stake in Legend, leaving it the company's largest investor.
China Oceanwide controls companies in industries including real estate, banking and energy.
Legend and China Oceanwide said details of the deal and Legend's new strategy would be available at a briefing next Tuesday. Lenovo declined to comment.
Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest PC maker, began restructuring early this year to refocus on its business in China and other emerging markets. The global economic recession dealt a heavy blow to the company's operations in developed markets. The company has posted net losses for the last three quarters.


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Survey Finds Growth, Vitality in Multisite Church Model
(RNS) The vast majority of multisite churches are growing, according to a new study, and they are seeing more involvement from lay people and newcomers after they open an additional location.
Nearly one in 10 U.S. Protestants attends a congregation with multiple campuses, according to findings released Tuesday (March 11) in the "Leadership Network/Generis Multisite Church Scorecard."
The report cites new data from the National Congregations Study, which found there were 8,000 multisite churches in the U.S. in 2012 — up from 5,000 in 2010 — including churches with more than one gathering on the same campus. Churches that have created worship space in a separate setting now exist in almost every state, several Canadian provinces and dozens of other countries.
Multisite churches typically operate with a main campus headed by the senior minister and one or more satellite locations. In some settings, attendees at the satellite location watch the same sermon that's beamed in from the central location but have their own dedicated on-site pastor, music or small group meetings.
The scorecard examined 535 responses to a survey of multisite churches that had created worship space in a separate setting.
Among the findings:
- By the end of 2013, the average church has grown 14 percent since it went multisite.
- The vast majority (88 percent) report increased lay participation after having multiple locations.
- It's still a relatively new phenomenon: 60 percent had opted for the multisite model in the last five years.
- Almost half (47 percent) have a location in a rural area or a small town.
- One in three (37 percent) started being multisite through a merger of different congregations.
Although megachurches (congregations with 2,000 or more weekly attendees) were pioneers of the multisite concept, churches with as few as 50 people and as many as 15,000 have tried this approach, said Warren Bird, director of research at Leadership Network, a Dallas-based church think tank.
Multisite is also an international phenomenon: One-third of the congregations on Bird's list of international megachurches are multisite.
The report points out some of the challenges of juggling more than one campus for worship. Researchers found in 2010 that one in 10 multisite churches they surveyed had closed a location.
In this new survey, some said rented space in public schools — popular options for multisite churches — are "one of the toughest places to launch" an additional site.
"I can only guess that the climate of churches renting public facilities is getting more and more difficult with the number of school boards that are declining to rent either on Sundays or to religious groups on the increase," Bird said.
Jim Sheppard, CEO of Generis, an Atlanta-based consulting firm that sponsored the report, warned that it is important to have a "good, sound contract" in whatever location a church picks to set up a temporary worship space.
"If your initial location is a public school, don't over estimate the relationship," he wrote. "People can change, politics can get involved and you might be forced out sooner than expected."
Multisite church leaders report that they are finding a greater percentage of "unchurched" people in their new locations than at the original location.
"Historically, a church's greatest impact on the community is in its early years, and so the same thing is happening with a new campus," Bird said.
Both independent congregations and those affiliated with denominations are embracing the multisite concept. Some regional denominational groups, including the United Methodists, consider mergers and other multisite options as part of their revitalization strategies.
"One of them is vibrant but needs facilities," Sheppard said of some merging congregations in a webinar about the report. "The other one lacks vibrancy but has facilities."
Copyright © 2014 Religion News Service LLC.


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"Wood is Warm" T-Shirt—Yellow Graphic
Originally designed by Emil Milan's students who attended Peters Valley School of Craft in the 1970s, this design uses their teacher's mantra "wood is warm," inside an image of a signature Emilan bird and bowl. The design has been updated in mod color combinations, on a soft unisex t-shirt.
• Water-based and eco-friendly inks
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz (142 g/m2)
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Side-seamed
Returns are not accepted for wrong size so please use our size guide to pick the correct size.


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By Matthew Wood
A longtime Ocean Beach resident is facing up to 16 months in jail and $3,300 fine for a felony vandalism charge he says stems from a simple case of trimming nearby bushes. Problem is, the bushes are on City property – property on strips of land right next to and near the OB Pier, including some strips of land along "Surf Check Alley".
Vince Adame, who owns three different properties near the end of Niagara Avenue – a couple of cottages from the Pier, says he has been trimming the New Zealand Christmas Bushes and cleaning up the area across the street on property. And he has been doing this with a neighbor, who lives in New York. A lot of what Adame does is pick up the debris and garbage left by homeless people who sleep in the canopies provided by the larger bushes. [Ed.: original post erroneously cited Adame as believing property belonged to a neighbor; Adame has known it was city property.]
When he saw police officers inspecting the area in late October, he feared the worst.
"I thought they found a body," he told me outside his residence late Friday. The area is a haven for homeless people to sleep and litter. When he was told what they were looking at, "I told the officer, 'I trimmed those trees.'"
A month later, he got a letter in the mail saying he violated Penal Code 594, which outlaws defacing, damaging or destroying property. Adame says the six plants he's accused of damaging or destroyed were valued at $499 apiece, making the violation a felony offense. He disputes the cost of the plants. "I found them in Ramona for $70."
Adame, who has lived at the property for 13 years, believes the case is being pushed forward because of his run-ins with the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department. "I ride them hard" on local issues with the neighborhood, he said.
He is required to go through felony booking on Sunday, the 17th, a normal procedure, then will have to decide his next steps. He has retained a lawyer and awaits the progression of his case – and he isn't happy.
Here's the Channel 6 report.