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Not too mention KOTOR is PC and XBox exclusive, no thanks even further
I LOVE Kotor, and I'm 30 next month, so its not a kid thing. I'd love a few figures sprinkled around, but I don't think it would have the appeal to sell all by itself.
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Trustee OK revised Bible class
Bibles will once again be welcomed at Big Spring High School.
A revamped Bible study class was approved by Big Spring Independent School District trustees during their monthly meeting Thursday night.
District officials say the new course will be more in line with state education code requirements, but a critic said it will be a "watered down" version of the course that has been taught at the school for decades.
The new course will change the class' focus from a humanities/historical focus to that of a social studies curriculum. "The curriculum is going to deal with the Bible's influence on American culture," Superintendent Steven Saldivar said.
For more information, you may subscribe to the Big Spring Herald or purchase an e-edition.

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Three of the five best days the Dow Jones Industrial Average has ever experienced occurred in one 10-day stretch in 1987: Oct. 20 (up 5.88%), Oct. 21 (up 10.15%), and Oct. 29 (up 4.96%).
But that was not a great week for investors. It came in the wake of Black Monday -- Oct. 19, 1987, the single worst day in the Dow's history -- when, by 4 p.m. ET, the market became $500 billion less valuable. The Dow dropped 22.61% that day and followed it up a week later with an 8% drop -- the second-largest single-day drop in history.
When the dust settled, the biggest of big names had taken a bath. Boeing
We bring this up because the investing landscape that preceded the current "correction" was strikingly reminiscent of those days. The term bubble was omnipresent. Corrections were predicted, followed by opposing bullish predictions driven by fundamentals.
Now recession is the word du jour. And stocks? Well, depending on your source, it's either the greatest time to buy or the greatest time to sell that anyone can remember.
Bring on Black Monday?
So, what's it all mean? Full disclosure: We're not sure it's possible to make much sense out of conflicting short-term signals.
But whether next Monday will be another "black" trading day or one of the best in history, there are only three things that matter when it comes to investing successfully:
- The quality of the companies you buy.
- The price you pay for them.
- The length of time you own them.
For those reasons, patient long-term investors should be eagerly awaiting the next Black Monday even more so than the next Google or whatever comes along.
Say what?
Let's face facts: There will be but a handful of the next great growth stocks, and the odds of picking one are ... not good. But when the next Black Monday truly hits, hundreds of quality companies will suddenly become available at prices that virtually ensure success for long-term-minded investors.
That's what history has taught us. As Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel wrote, there is one reason Standard Oil was a better investment than IBM, despite IBM's superior growth: "valuation, the price you pay for the earnings and dividends you receive."
The most expensive book ever written
The Internet bubble was another painful reminder of that lesson. Our research showed that if you took a stake in every stock highlighted in Greg Kyle's 100 Best Internet Stocks to Own when it was published in the spring of 2000, and you held those stakes through October 2007, you'd have lost 62% of your capital.
For a book that cost about $15, that hurts. While Amazon.com, AXENT (which merged with Symantec
The culprits? Quality and valuation. Many of these were poorly run and profitless companies that were nonetheless selling at stratospheric levels. Consider that even well-run technology firms such as SanDisk
And that's the irony of the chase: You're far more likely to find the next big bust than the next big thing.
But that was eight years ago, at the height of the "tech bubble." It's got nothing to do with today. Right?
Look at a 50-year chart, and you'll see that the Dow and S&P 500 are near all-time highs, despite the recent market sell-off. Regardless of the market environment, remember, three things matter for a successful investment plan:
- The quality of the companies you buy.
- The price you pay for them.
- The length of time you own them.
If you insist on buying quality companies at good prices for the long term, it's tough to overpay, even in a bubble.
We're not trying to make successful investing sound easy. It's not. But it is possible for anyone willing to devote some time, effort, and resources to building a brighter financial future.
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This article was first published Oct. 19, 2007. It has been updated.
Neither Tim Hanson nor Brian Richards owns shares of any companies mentioned. Both Tim and Brian wear plaid on the outside, 'cause plaid is how they feel on the inside. Amazon is a Stock Advisor recommendation. Google is a Rule Breakers selection. Symantec is an Inside Value pick. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy is writing checks its body can't cash.


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A surprising and relevant issue arose April 29 with the changing of leadership at the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce. The annual meeting recognizes the hard work and success of the many business owners, staff and volunteers involved with the highly active chamber. The event this year was at the 'Tween Waters Inn/resort in Captiva. Members welcomed Fran Peters as the 2014-2015 chamber chair.
During the evening ceremony a chamber official noted that the chamber office had captured an unusually large number of comments on tripadvisor.com, a web directory that many travelers use to mine informational nuggets and every-person reviews about the places they plan to visit. In an age of instant feedback, it is an especially popular place to post comments about accommodation, flight, dining and other experiences. The hospitality industry is highly eager to capture positive reviews on tripadvisor and urbanspoon, two of the web's popular review sites. The reviews are even ranked, selectively captured by business owners to help promote on websites and brochures. The problem, of course, is that many suspect merchants post their "anonymous" messages promoting their business. But it's a side issue.
The San-Cap Chamber has logged nearly 400 such web reviews, which is a bunch in comparison to other chambers like Fort Myers, even Sarasota, for instance. In the interest of figuring out exactly what visitors think of their time in the islands, here are a few samplings of the many interpretations of Sanibel/Captiva posted on tripadvisor:
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2013-2014 Chamber Chair Chris Heidrick and new Chair Fran Peters
* Great older retired type of crowd working or volunteering here. They are not pushy like you find at some of the visitor centers
* This is NOT a root canal so husbands...listen to your wives and stop in for some good information on a small island full of stuff you don't want to see!
* A tip, buy fuel before visiting the island
* These folks obviously love their jobs
* Very helpful staff that take great pride in "their" island
* Careful or you will miss this little cottage on the right side of the road as you come off the causeway
* This visitors center is very busy, it's small inside but does have nice clean bathrooms
* A beautiful map of the island which was custom marked for our interests
* Love the sign in front of the building "Clean snow off before entering"
* The woman that was working here on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was terrific! Just the right kind of person you want to meet up with at a visitors center!
* Be sure to stop in and save yourself the grief of missing stuff!
* I have experienced a variety of visitor centers around the country, but these gentlemen just seemed sincerely interested in helping you find whatever you were interested in doing for your vacation. I am guessing it is the "island personality" as it seems to have the "don't worry, be happy" attitude. Or maybe they just are enjoying their retirement in a beautiful setting?
* Information, clean rest rooms, recommendations, a bottle of water, and a brochure on the local shells and you are set
* Must stop here if on Sanibel! Or you could drive around aimlessly and argue like we did before we stopped
On a more serious note, the chamber meeting included:
* Fran Peters, owner and manager of Island Vacations of Sanibel & Captiva, Inc. was appointed as chairperson of the Board of Directors for the 2014/2015 term. Peters discussed her plans as chair for the coming year. Three new board members joined the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors there are Lee Ellen Harder of Big Arts, Edie Gleason of Union Mechanical, and David Wright of the Sanibel Captiva Community Bank.
* The New Business of the Year was awarded to Sanibel Island Golf Club owners Ed Lockard & Drew Donnelly.
* The Business Person of the Year Award went to Joe Mondelli, John R. Wood Properties.
* The Citizen of the Year Award was presented to Richard Johnson, Bailey's General Store.
* The Volunteer of the Year was awarded to Mike Valiquette, Sandcastle Construction.
Following the ceremony, a cocktail reception was held at The Old Captiva House, where members of the chamber and guests mingled and enjoyed fine food and cocktails.


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Opinion: Marco Rubio's Big Gulp
Political Diary editor Jason Riley on Marco Rubio's response to the State of the Union. Plus, what to make of the President's stance on immigration reform. Photo credit: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... last night was a big night for Florida Senator Marco Rubio ... who gave the GOP is response to the state of the Union ... the Dusen format ... or ... getting past will find colors Political Diary editor ... Jason Riley also the author of Lebanon and this year ... adjacent ... is talking about them being the goal I think we've got some deal that the gonna get there it is I ... think this will overshadow the substance employee said it did actually ... humanize them ... I think maybe the latter I think that he took getting in good humor ... on the next day or right after the speech I think so I think everyone got a good laugh on that ... but it's a very thankless job giving a response to a speech you haven't yet been preparing a response before you've heard this beach are responding to ... that he is standing on the yet the fall the president coming up one of his biggest ages ... and and and and it's it's a tough job I think aam ... he comport him self reasonably well ... and what he really set out to do here is trying to rebrand ... the Republican party ... we are not the so the I'm not Mitt Romney the Republicans are not about Mitt Romney ... a presentation by Marco Rubio so he's not George Bush Jason ... and George Bush will emerge a car nice response though he wanted to draw ... a comparison to them the Romney he can be said of marker Rubio founded this is Jay Carney the ... president's spokesman said ... now ... to reporters he sounded just like Mitt Romney during the campaign clearly the Republicans ... are to a continuing down that path so so that's where they wanted from comparison a marker Rubio and the Republicans went to present this forty one year old son of Cuban immigrants ... were not the party of the ritual stressing who were reaching out to other ethnic groups he was stressing I care about me on Medicare my mom's on Medicare ... I'd look at my drawing a working class ... household I still live in that neighborhood I care about my neighbors ... that was what this was up in an attempt to do and I think you can reason with the job ... and Marco Rubio really in it broke out the national stage with his push for immigration reform ... but the present and he discussed that last night is there room for compromise here ... I think there is room for compromise the one thing that I find a little worrying ... is that the president continues to omit any mention ... of a guest worker program ... for low skill workers which is a huge piece of the Immigration Reform puzzle he talks about a half of the Center for people here he talks about more border security he talks about bringing in more ice co-workers what a huge part of our view illegal immigration problem is driven by a low skill workers in we need to find a way for them to come legally ... now the AFL CIO of the labor doesn't like to hear present talking about that ... and he's trying to accommodate them ... but unless we get that right immigration


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Quote from: Loomis on June 15, 2013, 03:54:02 PMOnce again.... perhaps some people need lessons in weather and tournament management. Don't wait until the last second to call a round due to bad weather.I find it interesting that the person that had to make the decision has heard negative comments on the timing of the call from exactly one person so far. While this person that was tasked with making the decision freely admits he feels he should have called it five minutes sooner. But certainly not thirty minutes sooner as one person suggested. It's a tough call and a stressful situation that everyone would prefer not to find themselves in. Your comments are of course most certainly welcome and will definitely be taken to heart.
Once again.... perhaps some people need lessons in weather and tournament management. Don't wait until the last second to call a round due to bad weather.
I feel that Chappy called the Adv. @ Rosedale in perfect time. The storm rolled in so quick..
Hindsight is 20/20 dude. As you can probably see, it isn't easy running a giant event like a NT. maybe run it next year, don't play a Jack Lowe event ever again, find something positive to say, or shut the hell up.
Then send Kevin a PM and don't post on a public forum for us to react too and comment on. Or do I need to be on this forum for another 8 years to understand that? Guess I will just go to bed now and let you and cooper argue who's gonna catch and who's gonna pitch tonight.


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On the hunt for cheap yoga in Albuquerque
Two of my (and likely your) 2012 resolutions are to get in better shape and be more frugal. I'm hoping to make a dent in both by taking advantage of new-student specials and cheap drop-in classes at local yoga studios. This is what I've found from cruising around online ... if you know of any others, do tell!
Bhava Yoga Studio: $35 / first two weeks. $6 ongoing drop-in classes.
Bikram Hot Yoga: $25 / first two weeks
Blissful Spirits Hot Yoga: $35 / first month
Body Balance Yoga: $5 ongoing drop-in classes
Body Language (yoga, Pilates and Barre classes): $45 / first month, but sign up is only through 1/31
Grassroots Yoga: $35 / first month. $5 ongoing drop-in classes
Hot Yoga Downtown: $29 / first month
Sani Yoga: $5 ongoing drop-in classes


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Victor M. Saudek
Soaring lost one of its staunch supporters and active members in Victor M. Saudek. Vic had been active in soaring since the early 1930's. He was a Mech/Aero graduate of Carnegie Technical Institute in 1939. Vic crewed for Martin Schempp at the first Shenandoah expedition to explore Big Meadows as a potential soaring site in September 1933. In 1939 he had two articles in the October issue of Soaring Magazine; one, the American Open contest at Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes near Frankfort, Michigan and the other on details of barographs applied to soaring. Vic's ability to write stayed with him throughout his career contributing much over the years to SSA, AHA, SCSA, VSA and NSM. He presented papers to OSTIV and the International Soaring Technical Assoc.
In 1951 a two year project to study the phenomena of standing waves was instigated by the USAF Cambridge Research Center. Vic Saudek was project supervisor. Dr. J. Kuettner and Dr. W. Klemperer were project scientists. Larry Edgar, John Robinson, Ray Parker and Bob Symons were pilots as well as Betsy Woodward and Dick Eldridge who assisted in analyzing the data at UCLA. Vic's role was instrumental in the success of the project.
In 1994 Vic supervised a SCSA, UCLA project to study the Jet Stream which involved Dr. Kuettner, Lyle Maxey, Larry Edgar and Betsy Woodward. Several flights to 40,000 ft. were made. Vic wrote of this project in his report "The Sierra Wave Project From Concept to Fruition" presented at the National Soaring Museum (NSM) symposium in 1975.
Vic worked for North American, Pratt Read, All-American Engineering, Luddington Griswold, Kolesman Instruments and Hughes Aircraft.
"One of Vic Saudek's last acts was to deliver drawings and blue prints of AOLUS (sailplane) to Glendale Community College. Handing the torch he and Bob Blaine had lit and carried all those years into young hands where hopefully someday it would be launched into "the wild blue yonder" and was a tribute to those two dedicated soaring pioneers!!
- Jeann Blaine
Over the years Vic was always ready and willing to present talks and demonstrations at the annual Sailplane Homebuilders Western Workshops. (SHA). In fact his latest effort was preparing a paper on the addition of a nose wheel and brake system for the 2-32 which wappeared in Technical Soaring.
Vic was affectionately known as the little guy with the deep voice and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife Martha, his son Glen both of Los Angeles and a brother, Robert, in Washington, DC.
- Howard Burr
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Food and Depopulation (Part 3 of 4)
International Takeover by the UN (Part 3 of 4)
By Cassandra Anderson
June 16, 2010
Most people think that the United Nations is a noble enterprise and they don't understand the history and malignant character of the UN. Christina Aguilera, Drew Barrymore and Sean Penn are probably unaware, even though they are UN Ambassadors to the World Food Program (WFP), that the intent of the UN is to implement one world government. The UN WFP, which spreads GMOs in poor countries, is just one tool used for advancing the goals of UN Agenda 21, the overarching blueprint for depopulation and total control.
EPA Takes a Giant Leap Into Tyranny
Yesterday, the EPA won a victory over the American people and took a giant leap toward tyranny, in a Senate vote 47- 53 against blocking action by the corrupt EPA. When the federal 'Cap and Trade" bill (one version already passed in the House) stalled in the Senate after the CO2 lies unravelled due to Climategate and numerous other scandals, the EPA created the 'Endangerment Finding' in December 2009, in an end run around Congress, as there will be no vote; the EPA is made up of unelected bureaucrats.
Food and Depopulation (Part 2 of 4)
Monsanto's Monopoly
A monopoly is exclusive control of a commodity or service that makes it possible to manipulate prices. This is accomplished through governmental regulations used to enforce the monopoly. The way to break a monopoly is to remove those laws. This is simple, but not easy in the case of Monsanto, because the roots extend to international, federal, state, and local government regulations. Monopoly owners corner a market by taking control of the resource AND preventing others from using the resource.
Food and Depopulation (Part 1 of 4)
June 08, 2010
Rockefeller Family
The purpose of this article is to give a brief outline of how the elites, and the Rockefellers in particular, are using food as a weapon. Since the Rockefeller family came to power (especially after gaining a monopoly in 1914 with Standard Oil) they have manipulated our government into ruining our financial system by way of the Federal Reserve, energy through oil dependency and food with GMOs (Genetically Engineered Organisms). The intention is to rob us blind and kill us. It's time to wake up.
Oily Politics Grease the Wheels of Control
By Cassandra Anderson
June 04, 2010
The Obama Administration, in keeping with Rahm Emmanuel's philosophy of "never letting a serious crisis go to waste" is using the BP oil calamity to its advantage. In order to understand the scope of the problem, we must begin by looking at a brief history of BP and how deeply energy markets affect politics. Last week, Obama pretended to accept responsibility for the oil spill, but then ridiculously claimed that he didn't know that the ties of corruption between the oil companies and politicians would extend past Bush's administration into his time in office.(1) This is completely absurd, given the long history of oil and energy corruption in America.
Agenda 21 Alert: Science and Sewage
By Cassandra Anderson
May 28, 2010
Agenda 21 Sustainable Development is the overarching blueprint for depopulation and total control, using the environment as the excuse for that control.
The 3 major tools that are used are :
Agenda 21 Alert: Immigration Theatre
By Cassandra Anderson
May 20, 2010
The purpose of the federal government's neglect of protecting the border with Mexico is so that illegal immigrants can pass through it, virtually at will, in order to create a nearly open border. This accomplishes the globalists' objectives of weakening sovereignty and nationalism, developing economic strife, and fomenting discord between taxpaying citizens and illegal immigrants, which are necessary elements to implement the North American Union. Further, it sets the stage for amnesty and the federal government's immigration bill that would establish a national ID card for all workers, the inroad to REAL ID.


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Hey all,
Im not sure if many of you guys/gals take a gander at different threads and forums out there on many of the topics we even discuss in our threads but this was a really fascinating one. I personally love THIS forum as it has helped me with understanding so much of what pertains to strato and other ideas. In fact this is the site I gathered the info from for creating a strat thread. Added a little flare here and there but the person who created those threads did a remarkable job and felt the information needed to be shared with everyone.
I know many dont visit certain threads because of mockery or certain individuals bringing threads down, but with a good mod team that can all be handled. I implore many of you to take a gander in this forum at some of the fascinating discussions on basic teles and even take a hop over to the strat thread. ( Not to detract you from this forum but to expand on knowledge you must seek it)
If anyone would like to contribute to this we can hopefully lock this in as one of the few things we have here in LR discussion since many come to visit this thread versus the others that are just never opened or seen. I would think not having major discussion on local impacts, as that can be kept to the individual threads created, but there may be sometimes posts get duplicated because it can fit into multiple places just please keep discussion to teles and there role on weather globally and regionally and keep the local stuff elsewhere as we do in the strato thread.
I have been gathering information over the past couple months and will probably sometime soon post a whole list of tele observations and precursors to help better understand the roles they play and the interactions between them. Maybe ill start up a site or a blog or something with all that info but please do feel free to check this out. Can click THIS above or the link below.
25 Sep 2017
So lets see where this goes this year opening from last season:
I have seen from other forums about opening up a Stratospheric discussion thread where anybody can post questions, have daily discussions on the development of the Polar Vortex (PV), and have an area that people can find decent information on where to find PV data and the basics.
So lets begin what exactly is described as the Stratosphere. The Stratosphere is a portion of the atmosphere directly beyond the Troposhperic, where we live, layer.
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The Stratosphere ranges from about 10 to 50km above the surface with pressure values in the range from 100 hPa at the lower levels to just under 1 hPa at the upper levels. They consider the middle portion of the stratosphere to be from ~10-30 hPa.
As we approach the Autumnal Equinox (September 20-22nd) each year in the northern hemisphere the PV begins its strengthening, as this region experiences less solar radiation that hits the ozone located in the Stratosphere allowing the PV to cool and strengthen. The PV will continue to strengthen as we head deeper into the season because of temperature differences between polar and mid latitude regions. The Stratospheric PV has a strong interdependence with the Tropospheric PV as one can effect the other. Strengthening of the Stratospheric PV will usually allow for a connection to allow the Tropospheric vortex to strengthen while the Tropospheric vortex can also influence the Stratospheric vortex strength, but this is not always true.
As we head down toward the surface the strength of the PV dictates what values we look at for the Arctic Oscillation (AO). A strong PV during the winter will set up a positive AO which will tend to retreat the polar jet stream and bottling up the cold in the Arctic regions. While a negative AO translates into a weaker Stratospheric PV and will tend to allow the cold air bottled up in the Arctic to be released into the mid latitude regions around the Northern Hemisphere (NH), now just because we have a negative AO does not necessarily mean every region will experience the same result this also applies to a positive AO.
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The stratospheric PV can be influenced by different factors such as QBO, state of ENSO, solar influence, ozone distribution and levels, and snow cover and extent.
The ozone layer is collocated in the middle portion of the Stratosphere and is warmed by the incoming UV radiation. The main circulation is the Brewer-Dobson Circulation (BDC) ozone is formed in the tropical stratosphere and transported to the polar stratosphere. This circulation changes from year to year and can be influenced from time to time by many different factors. The ozone content can dictate stratosphere polar temperatures with collecting of ozone allowing for warming to occur in the polar stratosphere.
Ozone Basics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_layer
Ozone Tracking: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stra...2to/index.shtml
ENSO state:
The ENSO and the state that we see in the tropical Pacific region play a huge role in tropical regions but also the mid latitudes. During these events the effects on the Stratosphere change, when we experience El Nino (warming of Eastern Portion of the Pacific) the atmospheric upward propagating waves become more centered over the Pacific then the Indian Ocean and vice versa occurs.
Where these waves occur dictate the "attacks" on the PV as well as the weather that we experience from these changes.
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO):
The QBO is a wind pattern of alternating (easterly and westerly), descending winds that occur in the Tropical Stratosphere over a period of 26-32 months, with an average of around 28 months at about 30hPa is the main region to measure QBO but stretches over an area from 10-50hPa. The easterly (negative) phase is thought to contribute to a weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex, whilst a westerly (positive) phase is thought to increase the strength of the stratospheric vortex. These changes and how quickly or not these winds descend can have substantial implications in the NH winter PV.
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As mentioned before about the Ozone and the BDC, the QBO seems to play a role in distribution from the Tropical Stratosphere. The tropical upward momentum of ozone is stronger in the eQBO , whereas in the wQBO ozone transport is stronger into the lower mid latitudes, so less ozone will enter the upper tropical stratosphere to be transported to the polar stratosphere.
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When the QBO is in a west phase during solar maximum there are more warming events in the stratosphere, as there is also during an easterly phase QBO during solar minimum, so the strength of the BDC is also affected by this also known as the Holton Tan effect .
Sunspots and QBO
Solar Cycle also plays a role in conjunction with other factors as stated above here is the solar indices as we head into what looks to be a solar minimum.
So far we have gone over the ideas of QBO, ENSO, sunspots and Ozone on the startosphere and how they can influence the progression of the Stratosphere. We now turn to Sudden Stratospheric Warmings (SSW).
There is another name for these types of warmings called Major Midwinter Warming (MMW), does not necessarily mean this takes place in the middle of winter. SSWs can be caused by large-scale planetary tropospheric (Rossby) waves being deflected up into the stratosphere and towards the North Pole, often after a strong mountain torque event. This can lead to warmer then normal temperatures from the mid latitude to rise into the polar stratosphere and cause a drop in winds associated with the PV, and even allow a reversal of winds. To start these type of events we usually have to look into the Troposphere for activity that could spawn a change into the Stratosphere. We can look at tropical flare-ups in convection as a way to see a start of an atmospheric Rossby wave. The positioning and strength of the tropical activity is very important and can be seen from the Madden-Jullian Oscillation (MJO) and the surrounding ENSO state. As the rossby wave forms from such convection processes it can moved and deflected by various mountainous regions across the globe which can be monitored by changes in the Global Wind Oscillations (GWO).
MJO monitoring:
ENSO monitoring:
When we do happen to get a Rossby wave to form from this process of tropical convection there is the possibility of this Rossby wave, after being deflected, to break. If the Stratosphere is more responsive to wave breaks then as time goes on we can see the development of a SSW or MMW. When a Rossby Wave break occurs in one place we see a wave 1 disturbance occur, usually involving a displacement of the PV. If we see two wave breaks, a wave 2 disturbance, we can see a squeeze on the PV occur and allow for a split.
Rossby Wave Break (RWB) Diagram:
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Currently the SSW is defined by a reversal of mean zonal mean winds from westerly to easterly at 60ºN and 10hPa, but this is being reviewed as to whether this definition will hold. If we do manage to see an SSW form this can lead to high latitude blocking (HLB) to occur, now this is not always the case but SSW's provide a better chance of this occurring where colder air is able to be transported to lower latitudes. The lag associated with an SSW to seeing tropospheric conditions seems to be around 6 weeks but there have been times where this is not quite the case.
One last thing is how snowcover could influence changes in the Stratosphere by ways of creating a SSW from such occurrence. Below we see what Dr. Cohen postulates for what could happen do to snowcover as many know this is not an exact science and the correlations are there but again I warn this does not always follow a linear path with so many other influences that can change this outcome.
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Various Websites:
ECM/ Berlin Site
Instant Weather Maps
NASA Merra Site
NASA seasonal Evolution
* Various sites at the bottom of site
Current and previous seasons Temp and Wind
Please Please try to keep this thread on track with not posting single storm impacts unless it pertains to the evolution of the PV. Also if there is any information that anyone would like to add as far as websites, pictures, or any information feel free to add as needed. If you would like to help expand on this 1st post just shoot me a PM and I will add as see fit.
Have fun with discussion!
26 Jun 2017
Hey folks I am wondering if anyone can help me out here. I have very little in the way of knowledge on how to speak spanish, I have mustered up a few words and phrases from fellow colleagues but would like to actually understand it and speak it while it may not be fluently i can eventually achieve this. So I am looking for a good textbook that starts me off with the basics and builds upon itself such as if I was going to school but be the one doing the teaching/learning as I do not have the time or hundreds of dollars I would want to spend right now to take courses at say a community college.
Anything would help and I wanna try to stay away from spanish for dummies if possible. I have also heard rosetta stone but this can get rather expensive.
Thanks all
28 Apr 2017
Not sure if the title is correct but you get the point. There is a stalled front draped across the region that should later go into a warm front lifting north for tomorrow. Tomorrow is a tricky forecast for areas just north of the PA/MD border if we manage to clear out the rains and convection that looks like it may come through a little later we stand a decent chance of making it into the mid 80's, im really curious to see what happens with this as it will decide whether or not a complex will be able to form and hit us tomorrow afternoon according to HRRR.
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This happened on Sunday around 3:45pm a magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred in the millersville/Conestoga region many reported a loud bang as if there was a small explosion that took place, no damage was reported but this is actually kind of surprising one would occur around here given our weather lately has been fairly tranquil and from 2011 with the copious amounts of rain that year it was able to disrupt the forces underground to cause an earthquake but many regions around here are under slight to moderate drought status.
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Chicago Group Honors Pat and Chris Whiteby Tom Runge • March 1, 2013 Share:
Thursday, February 28, 2013. Kerry and Jim Kilbane '84 hosted a Wabash Club of Chicago reception at the Topaz Café in Burr Ridge, IL to honor Chris and Pat White. It was a great evening full of conversations and, of course, Wabash stories.
A great crowd, ranging in Classes from 1956 to three members of the Class of 2013, gathered to thank Chris and Pat for their service. Kilbane introduced first lady Chris White and lauded her leadership efforts with the Crawfordsville and Montgomery County communities. The Free Clinic she has worked tirelessly on is set to open this summer.
President White followed with thanks to the local alumni. He also mentioned the outstanding performances of our track and swimming teams. The teams are exceptional in their sports but also outstanding in the classroom, earning Academic All American honors. Pat outlined the spring break immersion learning courses taking students around the globe as part of their semester studies.
Jim Kilbane then offered Pat and Chris gifts from the local group as he mentioned their ties to Chicago and the Wabash Club of Chicago. Jim gave President White a University of Chicago football t-shirt, a hat, and also a University of Chicago polo shirt, declaring it was now appropriate for Pat and Chris to cheer for Pat's Alma Mater. Chris was given a nice University of Chicago bag. Kilbane did note it was tough to find something about football in the University bookstore!
Joining President and Mrs. White from the college were Dean for Advancement Jonathan Stern and his wife Holly, Senior Major Gifts Officer Steve Hoffman '85, and Associate Director of Alumni and Parent Relations Mike Warren '93.
It was a great evening of celebration – thank you to Kerry and Jim Kilbane and the Wabash Club of Chicago!
Top: Jim Kilbane '84 honors President and Mrs. White
Middle: Chris White talks to the group about her perspective on Wabash
Bottom: Pat White makes a point about the great things happenings at Wabash
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Of course, the Director General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, responsible to its General Conference and Executive Board for the conduct of the programs of the Organization. He leads an organization with some 2000 staff members spread over some 58 nations, which has a budget in excess of US$500 million. The designers of the organization, recognizing the complexity of the governance pf UNESCO, created the post of Director General with a considerable amount of authority and independence.
I believe however that this traditionalist view of UNESCO and its Director General tells only a part of the story. UNESCO is especially important in its roles of convening people and organizations to work together. Thus it reaches out to the global education, science and cultural communities through a network of National Commissions in each of its member states. The U.S. National Commission, for example, has 100 members, most of whom in turn represent important educational, scientific or cultural organizations within the United States. UNESCO links educators worldwide in leading the Education for All program. Its intergovernmental scientific organizations link scientists worldwide in areas such as oceanography and geology. It has convened networks of nearly 900 world heritage sites, hundreds of bioreserves, thousands of UNESCO clubs, thousands of UNESCO associated schools, as well as a large network of university chairs. The Director General stimulates and encourages the work of these networks, of course often working through his staff and offices reporting to him.
UNESCO, created in the aftermath of World War II, states in its constitution that since wars are created in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that we must begin to build the defenses of peace. UNESCO's mission is thus to build those defenses. One of my friends has called UNESCO the conscience of the United Nations system. The Director General has singular moral authority to encourage the development of a culture of peace and a dialog among nations. He regularly denounces violence against reporters and abuses of freedom of the press.
The first Director General was Julian Huxley, scion of the famous Huxley family and a world famous scientist in his own right. He was followed by Luther Evans, a historian who had been the Librarian of Congress, world's largest library and certainly its most influential library at the aftermath of World War II. These men, with their successors by their examples endowed the Director General of UNESCO with great moral authority, especially in matters of education, science, culture and communications.
Rather than try to say what is "expected of" the new Director General, I would say that was is hoped for from the man is:
- leadership in advancing the mission of UNESCO
- to be a strong and credible spokesperson for education, science, culture, communications, and peace
- to effectively promote intercultural understanding and respect for cultural diversity
- continued progress in improving the operation of the staff of the organization, as well as leadership in developing and allocating resources, and managing UNESCO's programs
- promoting and leadership in coordinating the global efforts of the networks inspired by and linking to UNESCO.


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Currently, Iran is going through a major upheaval. Last week, the Islamic Republic of Iran, as it's officially called, held its presidential election to find out if the people wanted four more years of ultra-conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or if they wanted something else. Ahmadinejad's main opponent is the reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi. These elections have led to major problems in Iran.
Ahmadinejad and the government claimed victory, stating 65% of the votes went to him, with 32% voting for Mousavi. These results were immediately disputed by Mousavi and countless political analysts, who claim that the results were reversed, but in a very literal way: Mousavi claims his name has been swapped with that of Ahmadinejad. Mousavi also claimed victory.
The election saw a massive voter turnout of 80%, which seems to favour Mousavi because many reformists who did not bother to vote before, did go out and vote now. Mousavi's goals for his term would be the removal of the ban on privately-owned television stations (currently, they are all state-owned), as well as the transfer of control over law enforcement to the president. Currently, it resides with the religious "Supreme Leader". He also promotes equality for women, free flow of information, and the removal of the "moral police". However, he is not against Iran's nuclear program.
As soon as the official "results" were announced, it was suggested everywhere that massive fraud had been committed, and people started demonstrating. The government responded by kicking out foreign journalists, cutting communications, shutting down communication networks and the internet, and prohibiting any further protests. Still, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, has ordered the Guardian Council to investigate possible election fraud. Time.com has a list of five reasons why the elections are probably rigged.
Illegal or not, banned or not, the Iranian people are now turning to the web to organise protests and voice their concern over the elections. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr are all used to make sure that they can continue to communicate and to get the news of what's happening inside Iran out to the rest of the world.
It is times like these when you realise just how extremely important and powerful the internet has become, and how important it is that we keep the internet free, open, and without any form of control, be it by a government or by companies. While we here in the west take democracy and freedom of speech for granted, large parts of the world still need to fight for these things, and the internet has become an extremely powerful aid in these fights, especially when mainstream media get thrown out of the country, or are absent altogether.
Today, reportedly, more than a hundred thousand people are protesting in Tehran, the nation's capitol; not for the faint hearted, seeing the harsh treatment of protesters by the police. A tweet earlier this morning read: "It's worth taking the risk. We're going. I won't be able to update until I'm back. Again, thanks for your support and wish us luck."
We sure do.
"We Iranians are friendly people, but our regime is rotten." That's what a young Iranian couple told Dutch journalists, who were later thrown out of the country. In a democracy, people get the government they deserve. But what if you have no democracy?Update by David Adams:
It's pretty clear that the "mainstream" media isn't covering the ongoing post-election drama in Iran very well [note from Thom: Dutch media, at least, are covering it in great detail and at length], but let's not forget the oldest of the new media: blogging. Iran is a nation full of bloggers (and blog-readers), and though the government has been making it difficult for those inside Iran to read what's being blogged about the issue, there are many bloggers, both inside and outside Iran, that are covering the issue with great depth and insight.
One of the real problems with the unfiltered feed of raw data coming from Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, etc is that as emotionally powerful as anecdotal, first-hand information can be, it can blind the receiver to the larger picture (and may not even be true). Luckliy, long-form new media journalism can provide crucial context, verification, and aggregation for these various sources of raw accounts. Prominent political blogger Andrew Sullivan has probably been providing the most comprehensive coverage of this issue in his blog over at The Atlantic, putting coverage by major news outlets to shame, in many cases by aggregating coverage by Twitterers and lesser-known bloggers, many inside Iran. Bloggers like Sullivan are completely immersing themselves into the issue and trying to get a handle on the live-feed so you don't have to.
As exciting as the latest, hottest use of new technology may be, sources like Twitter are standing on the shoulders of giants, and it's generally a combination of communication media, both new and established, that combine to provide a full understanding of an emerging event. In fact, the participation of the older "new" technologies (television, radio, the printed newspaper) would be welcome and worthwhile, if they were willing to embrace the sources upstream from them the same way that Bloggers have been willing to mine the feed from Twitter and YouTube.


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Remember Marilyn Hagerty, the 85-year-old restaurant critic who gave the Grand Forks, North Dakota Olive Garden a glowing review and became a viral sensation? Well, Anderson Cooper was so taken with Marilyn that he invited her on a three-day dining tour through New York City. And the crowning achievement of her stay in the Big Apple was not her charming review of Crown Restaurant (though that was, of course, adorable). No, it was dinner at the fabulously posh and renowned Le Bernardin.
And I'm sure you're all dying to hear what Marilyn thought of the revered dining establishment, aren't you? How did it compare with Olive Garden? Were there unlimited bread sticks? What delicious, folksy yuck-yucks does Marilyn dish up in her review?
Here are our favorite quotes from Marilyn's review.
There Will Be Bread: No bread sticks at Le Bernardin, but "waiters were on hand with a variety of breads." Even better!
What's Next, Seating Us Next to the Restroom? "We were surprised when Eric Ripert, owner of Le Bernardin, invited us into the kitchen. Usually when I visit restaurants, there is no effort to show off the kitchen." Eric, honey, this simply isn't done in South Dakota. Didn't you know?
Marilyn's Shut-Up-and-Eat Moment: Marilyn enjoyed the Thursday night chef's menu, which included an octopus dish. "Ryan said he had never eaten it before. I nodded and said, 'Neither have I. Dig in.'"
Purse Perk: "We noticed small, little tables where women can place their purses. No need to sit there wrestling with a bag all evening." Okay, that's genius. Every restaurant needs those!
Marilyn Crushes Hard on the Sommelier: She dedicates two paragraphs to the man. "The sommelier, Aldo Sohm, stayed with us, describing in a delightful witty way of how he paired each course with the right wine." And then, "Sohm really made the meal an enjoyable adventure. He has been voted Best Sommelier in America -- and indeed the World. He is witty and wise about wines and explained how each wine blends with the food." She left out the part where Ryan surreptitiously stabs Sohm in the thigh with his fork under the table.
Sigh ... the witty Mr. Sohm
Time to Drool Over Dessert: "The final course was called chocolate peanut. This was a Madagascan chocolate ganache, peanut mousse, and salted caramel ice cream. Each was bite-size -- a medley of wonderful tastes. When the salted caramel ice cream drooped a little, the waiter took it out and replaced it." I'll take two, please. Send my bill to Anderson.
Classic Midwestern Understatement: "There are not many minuses at Le Bernardin."
And, on the other end of the dining scale, Marilyn tells us about her favorite $2.99 truck stop breakfast.
What did you think of Marilyn's experience at Le Bernardin?
Image via AndersonCooper/YouTube, LeBernardin/Facebook


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"Some of today's historians believe that it was originally written in Latin, not in Greek, and thus Athanasius cannot have been the original author."
I think the Saint was once exiled to Augusta Treverorum (Gm. Trier, Fr. Trèves) and that this was close enough to the Barbarians for him to be obliged to learn some Latin. Which also explains the simplicity and lack of rhetoric of the Latin, if it be true.
One more note: he did certainly not use it as a Creed. In the Summa Theologiae*, St Thomas Aquinas (yes, I still consider him a Saint) tells us that for St Athanasius (we can extrapolate: for anyone who was the author) made a simple exposition of the Faith, and that a Pope of Rome finding it excellent later adopted it as a Creed.
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Thread: Spain: Muslim War on Meter Maids
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Muslim immigrants in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands in Spain, have succeeded in forcing the expulsion of all female parking meter enforcement officers from a city neighborhood that is home to a growing Muslim population.
The move reflects the increasing assertiveness of Spain's Muslim community, which in recent years, has sought to impose its will over Spanish society on a variety of issues deemed offensive to Islam.
Female parking enforcement officers patrolling the streets near a mosque situated on the Plaza de Pere Garau in downtown Palma have been subjected to a systematic campaign of harassment and humiliation by Muslims who insist that only male officers should be allowed to work in the area.
In recent weeks the tensions have escalated to the point where female parking officers have been verbally abused and spit upon by Muslim immigrants seeking to force the women out of the neighborhood.
Amid a growing concern for their physical safety, female employees have now been withdrawn from the area and replaced with an exclusively male workforce. The decision was made by a private company called Dornier SA, which runs a concession to manage the public parking system in Palma.
The move has outraged Spaniards across the political spectrum. Many conservatives, who view the issue within the larger question of Muslim integration, resent what they see as the gradual encroachment of Islamic norms in towns and cities across Spain.
On the Spanish left, which has long promoted Muslim immigration and the multicultural ideal, the conflict in Palma is being viewed as an infringement of women's rights, which are supposed to be guaranteed by the Spanish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.
The UGT labor union, for example, has called on the Mayor of Palma, Mateo Isern, to enforce Spanish law and reassert municipal control over the Muslim neighborhood by reinstating the female officers, even if it requires that they be escorted by armed police when working in Muslim areas.
In a strongly worded statement dated September 4, UGT spokeswoman Maite Silva said the city council has an "obligation to ensure the freedom of workers to perform their duties and freedom of movement in the area." Silva said it was "intolerable" that Muslims are violating the rights of the population in general and women in particular.
She continued: "If the Palma City Council cannot prevent sex discrimination on city streets, the city should articulate the mechanisms at its disposal to separate from society those who are intolerant and who do not respect the laws of this country. It is unacceptable that in a free and democratic society female workers are prevented from doing their job because they are women."
They wouldn't dare do that to Detroit's meter maids! Seriously, those are some tough-ass women. I don't mess with them, I try to avoid them. They make the city a lot of money, after all, plus, they boot lawyers' cars in front of the court buildings. Lawyers are some of the worst parking offenders and they never pay their tickets.
Just another example of the Islamification of Europe.Liberals! The real fascists.
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I doubt anyone gives a shit about meter maids. How come we missed this story?
SPAIN: Muslims carry out jihad on dogs
Spanish authorities are investigating the recent deaths by poisoning of more than a dozen dogs in Lérida, a city in the northeastern region of Catalonia that has become ground zero in an intensifying debate over the role of Islam in Spain.
While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
I wish you had left the photo out, Nova. That's just too heartbreaking for a dog lover to see. SLW is not going to want to see that image.
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
Just more proof that even muslims know they can't be trusted with women.Good men sleep peaceably in their beds at night because
rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Real superheroes don't wear capes. They wear dog tags.
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And can we start to get passed the PC bullshit and tell these idiots to just shut the fuck up.Be Not Afraid.
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A cloak of secrecy continues to surround the reasons for placing former school superintendent Peter Horoschak on administrative leave last September and what constituted the lump sum payment he received.
After nearly four months on paid leave, Horoschak and the committee announced he was retiring. In a joint news release issued in December, the committee thanked Horoschak "for his leadership during trying financial times for the school district." The release goes on to state that under Horoschak's direction, schools experienced budget surpluses and that "academically, the district has continued to make overall progress."
No mention was made of a financial settlement and, when asked about the details of the agreement, both parties said they were confidential. Nor was there any explanation for why he was placed on executive leave.
More than a month ago, citing the public records law, the Warwick Beacon filed a request for the financial details of the agreement.
Rosemary Healey, the school's legal counsel and director of compliance and human resources, acknowledged the request and said she would respond within the 10 days set by the law.
At about the same time of the Beacon request, the Providence Journal also filed for information about the agreement.
On Feb. 17, the Journal published a story that Horoschak was paid $272,302, which the paper reported included his salary for 2012 plus the six-and-a-half months remaining in his contract. The contract would have expired this July 13.
The Beacon was provided a copy of the settlement; an 8-page document that states Horoschak is to receive the balance of his contractual salary in "one lump sum payment." It goes on to say the department will maintain his health and dental benefits, less a 20 percent co-payment that was deducted from the final payment, through July 30. Other financial provisions are that the payment satisfies any obligation for unused accrued vacation time; that he will be permitted to keep the iPhone he was issued by the department; that he will not seek to collect unemployment benefits after July 13; and that the department will not deduct its pension contributions from the payment if the State Retirement Board rules no contributions are required for the post-retirement period.
Dollar amounts are not attributed to any of these agreements, nor does the final lump sum payment disclose an amount, despite the Beacon's written request. That request was followed up by calls and e-mails to Healey. Healey disclosed that Horoschak's salary in his last year of employment, including salary, mileage and doctoral stipend, was $165,225. Given the agreement, the assumption would be that, since Horoschak was being paid up until his December retirement, that that sum was deducted from the final payment.
That hasn't been disclosed, although the department has so far not refuted the $272,302 payment reported by the Journal.
In an effort to get a breakdown of the amount, the Beacon contacted both Horoschak and his attorney, Jeffrey Sowa.
"Under the terms of the agreement, I can't say anything further," Sowa said in a phone interview.
In an e-mail, Horoschak said, "What can be misinterpreted is the amount I received in the settlement. That figure represents my pay for tax year 2012, i.e. Jan. thru Dec. 2012 plus the remainder of my school year 2013 salary from Jan. thru mid-July 2013 because I took that in one lump sum. I was guaranteed my salary under my contract, which expired July 14, 2013. Nothing more is coming to me. I did request to retain my cell phone because of all the data on it, but the school committee cut off the service in Sept 2012."
The persistent question, which none of the parties will talk about, is why the School Committee, during an executive meeting, put Horoschak on administrative leave when they could have informed him they didn't plan on renewing his contract? Wouldn't that have prompted a search for his replacement to step in when his agreement expired this July?
At the time, Horoschak said he was caught by surprise. He did not disclose what was in the letter he received, but said he was not afforded a performance review as required by his contract and, further, ordered him not to go on school property. The department also issued an order to personnel not to talk to Horoschak or discuss the situation with the news media.
As background, the agreement reads, "Whereas, certain events have transpired which have caused the parties to conclude that it is their mutual best interest to end their employment relationship before the end of the employment contract term," and says discussions were held and the settlement reached.
The agreement binds the department to saying no more than to confirm Horoschak's duration of service, his job duties and the fact that he resigned for personal reasons. Further, it states that upon acceptance of the agreement, "no evidence of any termination or non-renewal will be placed in his [Horoschak's] employment file."
The agreement is to be placed in a sealed envelope in Healey's files and not Horoschak's personal file and to be kept confidential.
By signing the agreement, Horoschak waives any right to bring any action or appeal in connection "with any actual or perceived adverse employment action."
He also agrees not to sue the School Committee, Warwick Schools or anyone employed or associated with the department of the committee.
Finally, the document states the agreement therein is the "entire agreement between the parties and is not subject to any terms, conditions, statements or representations not expressly set forth herein."
That seemingly shuts the door on Horoschak's relationship with Warwick Schools that started in July 2007. It leaves questions unanswered and gags either side from further discussing the matter.
This and the gag order around the resignation of Kieth Stokes after the 38 studio's debacle are why Rhode Island politics is so scummy. The taxpayers end up paying severance to guys that resign. We deserve to know why. If they did something wrong, fire them for cause.
This is the same question one could ask Mayor Avedisian, Chair of the RIPTA board of directors about the RIPTA former head Odimgbe. Will John Howell ask the question? No, he will not. Why?
"The RIPTA Board of Directors characterizes the employment separation as 'mutual.' Odimgbe had been on paid administrative leave for five months for reasons never disclosed. State police are investigating the covering of a video camera inside a room where cash was handled."
Sound familiar?
The reason the schools will not release information is because they will be sued for millions of dollars for doing so. I explained this to John Howell no less than a dozen times. The schools are closing and the children are having their programs cut, should the money go to lawyers and ex-employees or should it go towards education?
It must have been a slow news day John. I am looking forward to your in depth report on RIPTA.
I believe this matter was mishandled from the the beginning. I knew there wold be a large settlement. What a waste of taxpayers money.
This "large" settlement was the rest of his salary and a cell phone. We got out of this for the lowest amount contractually possible. Would you rather have gone to court and spent several hundred thousand defending why we didn't pay what was contractually obligated. We would have paid the same amount if he sat in his office the rest of the year and did absolutely nothing. I didn't vote to hire him, I didn't vote to extend his contract in 2010 or 2012. Paul Canistra also didn't vote for him. Three members of the committee voted to extend him in 2010 without a review or goals. I wanted a review and I wanted goals. What can or will anyone accomplish without a stated goal?
Mr. Maloney if the superintendant didn't do anything wrong then he should have finished out his contract. If he did something to be fired he should have been. The "we would have been sued" argument is a false argument. Thank you for posting your feelings. But the dismisal without cause was a mistake and a waste of taxpayer money.
The word on the street was that he was never at his post as he was running another business in connecticut.
Thank you Fenceman. Patientman, here is an appropriate hypothetical for you:
Any person can do the absolute least possible and not do anything "wrong". I expected more than doing the least possible for all our employees. Doing the least possible is not a cause for dismissal. If the leader does the least possible, what do you think the people under the leader will do? If you fire a person for doing the least possible within their contract but they are abiding by the contract would you lose in court for firing them, have to pay lawyers, and still have to pay the rest of the contractually obligated salary and benefits? I believe you would agree that this is in fact not a false argument but one that any lawyer would easily defend for their client.
In this hypothetical situation, I would rather pay the least and have someone take over who is going to give 100% rather than have a situation as proposed in my hypothetical situation. Do you know what would prevent any employee from doing the least possible? Exactly what I proposed prior to the extension, a review of the employee and a stated set of goals. If there was a review of an employee and an area was found to be lacking, they could be given instructions to improve that area. If an employee agrees to a specific set of goals and does not attain the goals they can be removed as an employee for cause. Patientman, this is a hypothetical situation and any resemblance to any situation in Warwick is purely coincidental.
Generally speaking, In my opinion, what would have been a waste of taxpayer money would be not having a person willing to put together a budget to present to the Mayor and city council and a person who is able to navigate the jr high school closure situation. I would always want someone proactive instead of reactive. I waited years for the short term and long term planning committees to meet and make a decision and that is the responsibility of the superintendent. I found out about the mentoring situation after it happened not before in the newspaper. I found communication to be lacking from administration and it is ultimately the responsibility of the person at the top to communicate with the school committee as the school committee is not allowed to be involved in the day to day activities of the schools. Of course, I am speaking generally and I would expect the new superintendent to take a strong leadership stance or be removed by the current school committee.
BTW, John knows exactly why the superintendent was let go. I know this for a fact. John also knew that a current school committee member was being investigated 10 days prior to the election for a misdemeanor and a felony. He did not report this at all. He did several stories on the superintendent rather than let Warwick residents know who it was they were voting for. Warwick elected the person to the school committee. The person was elected with STRONG union support. In fact, just 18 days after taking office, the person voted to give all the people who donated to her candidacy a raise to the tune of $500K annually. The vote was 3-2 to extend the WISE union contract and give 2 raises. Who would have like to know this person was involved in this situation prior to the election rather than a story that had been done 2-3 times before? As a Warwick resident, I know I would have wanted to know this. I found out about it several days after the election and it has STILL not been reported.
John Howell's reporting of the news is completely skewed. He reports to the mayor prior to reporting the news. It has been like this for years. He just wants to go with the flow and not rock the boat. If he had any balls he would hire a couple of investigative reporters, give them video camera and stake out certain facilities. But he wont as he has been ordered not to. And we all know where the order comes from.


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Check out our review of the Ouya Android-based gaming console.
Even after the relatively cheap, Android-based Ouya console proved a massive success on Kickstarter (the console was able to pull in nearly $8.6 million from investors despite having an initial goal of only $960,000), pundits and prospective owners of the new gaming machine loudly wondered how well it would be able to attract developers who would otherwise be making games for the Xbox 360, iPhone or PC. Assuming you believe official statements made by the people behind the Ouya console, there is nothing to worry about on that front.
"Over a thousand" developers have contacted the Ouya creators since the end of their Kickstarter campaign, according to a statement published as part of a recent announcement on who will be filling out the company's leadership roles now that it is properly established. Likewise, the statement claims that "more than 50" companies "from all around the world" have approached the people behind Ouya to distribute the console once it is ready for its consumer debut at some as-yet-undetermined point in 2013.
While this is undoubtedly good news for anyone who's been crossing their fingers, hoping that the Ouya can make inroads into the normally insular world of console gaming, it should be noted that while these thousand-plus developers may have attempted to reach the Ouya's creators, the company offers no solid figures on how many of them are officially committed to bringing games to the platform. That "over a thousand" figure means little if every last developer examined the terms of developing for the Ouya and quickly declined the opportunity in favor of more lucrative options. We have no official information on how these developer conversations actually went, so until we hear a more official assessment of how many gaming firms are solidly pledging support to the Ouya platform, we'll continue to harbor a bit of cynicism over how successful this machine might possibly be.
As for the aforementioned personnel acquisitions, though they're less impressive than the possibility that thousands of firms are already tentatively working on games for the Ouya, they should offer a bit more hope that the company making the console will remain stable, guided by people intimately familiar with the gaming biz. According to the announcement, Ouya has attracted former IGN president (and the first investor in the Ouya project) Roy Bahat to serve as chairman of the Ouya board. Additionally, the company has enlisted former EA development director and senior development director for Trion Worlds' MMO Rift, Steve Chamberlin, to serve as the company's head of engineering. Finally, Raffi Bagdasarian, former vice president of product development and operations at Sony Pictures Television has been tapped to lead Ouya's platform service and software product development division. Though you may be unfamiliar with these three men, trust that they've all proven their chops as leaders in their respective gaming-centric fields.
Expect to hear more solid information on the Ouya and its games line up as we inch closer to its nebulous 2013 release. Hopefully for the system's numerous potential buyers, that quip about the massive developer interest the console has attracted proves more tangible than not.


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Massa rules out smaller teams as Ferrari allow 2013 option to expire
Ferrari has allowed an option to expire on Felipe Massa's services for the 2013 season to expire. Despite a recent improvement following his early season woes, the Maranello outfit did not enforce a clause that would have automatically retained the Brazilian. Massa himself has ruled out moving back the grid if he cannot remain at Ferrari, dismissively commenting, "...small teams? I'm not interested."
27 July 2012 - Source
fernando Fernando Alonso
Aww, so my former teammate is past his expiry date. You should get a tattoo Massa, "Best before: November 3rd 2008".
massa Felipe Massa
The Brazilian GP in 2008 was very emotional for me Fernando, and I was half a lap away from becoming the first Ferrari World Champion from Brazil.
fernando Fernando Alonso
Hmmm, it seems now that Riccardo Rosset probably stands a better chance than you do of being the first Brazilian to win an F1 title in a Ferrari.
massa Felipe Massa
Very funny Fernando. Anyway I can't see myself at a small team, even if many of them would be interested in an 11 time GP winner.
fernando Fernando Alonso
Given most of the small teams weren't even founded the last time you won a race, they'll probably only find a use for your expertise on winning machinery if they enter the Historic GP series.
Domenicali Stefano Domenicali
Fernando please, we must keep balance in our beautiful Ferrari family. We must try to help Felipe to stay where he is loved and recover his speed to take points from your opponents.
Montezuma Luca di Montezemolo
Let the world stand still to await the message of wisdom from my annointed breath. Only one shall decide who is to partner the golden child Alonso, those who we wish to expire will feel their lifeblood drain from their beings to colour the crimson Kingdom of Maranello.
fernando Fernando Alonso
Gracious Emperor, your words always inspire your humble servants, I will do all in my power to bring glory to Ferrari, and win my third title to equal my idol Ayrton Senna.
hammy Lewis Hamilton
What the frick Nando? Ayrton can't be your idol cause he's my idol. I mean, hello! Yellow helmet plus McLaren. I'm Ayrton so you have to be my Prost.
fernando Fernando Alonso
Correction there Spice Boy, I'm mentally stable, and you've got an identity crisis Madonna would be ashamed of.
mschumi Michael Schumacher
Be careful whatever you decide to do Felipe, I'd hate to see my favourite Ferrari teammate go the way of my least favourite Ferrari teammate and become a rookie in Indycar.
rubens Rubens Barrichello
That is so unfair Michael, I was designated as a rookie to give me more time to acclimatize to the very different driving characteristics of Indycars and help me get up to speed quicker.
mschumi Michael Schumacher
Hmm, given you never quite got up to speed in 19 years of F1 I'd advise your Indycar employers not to hold their breath. Hopefully they'll keep faith in you given your tremendous record of an average 11th place finish this season.
rubens Rubens Barrichello
Well Michael, given the next GP is in Hungary I am assuming that it will bring up memories of your outrageous move on me on the pit straight in 2010. God knows what could have happened if we ran out of space.
mschumi Michael Schumacher
God knows I've often wondered. Actually Rubens, if that manoeuvre of mine had worked you would indeed have left a lasting impression... if not on F1 then at least on the pitwall.
fernando Fernando Alonso
Interestingly the last time I heard a Ferrari driver say he wasn't interested in driving for a small team he ended up disgracing himself in the world rally championship for two years. Shame about that Raikkonen.
fernando Fernando Alonso
You done? Christ, I didn't ask you to get into the minutiae of your rally debacles. Anyway, all's well that ends well, you're back regaling us with anecdotes at press conferences and it's only a matter of time before you win again.
mschumi Michael Schumacher
Funny story Kimi, I heard you went arse over elbow on to a car bonnet while trying to vault a fence on the way out of Hockenheim last weekend. It must have reminded you of the sensation when you shunted all those Citroen WRCs on to their roofs.


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Not so long ago, a swimming pool was not much more than a cement swimmin' hole. It used to be that you'd make a rectangular- or kidney-shaped concrete hole in the ground, fill it with water and dump in some chemicals.
But my, how they've changed, from contemporary zero-edge pools like those formerly seen only in resorts to pools that imitate wetland ponds. Private swimming pools have become more sculptural and architectural, as seen in this concept for a luxury residential high-rise.
The following collection shows dazzling outdoor pools, including one belonging to a famous actor/producer, pools with views of oceans and nature, and a few fabulous indoor examples.
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Topographic Map of Quadrangle 3264, Nawzad-Musa-Qala (423) and Dehrawat (424) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Open-File Report 2005-1115- B
Prepared in cooperation with the Afghan Geological Survey and the Afghanistan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency
By: Robert G. Bohannon
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This map was produced from several larger digital datasets. Topography was derived from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 85-meter digital data. Gaps in the original dataset were filled with data digitized from contours on 1:200,000-scale Soviet General Staff Sheets (1978-1997). Contours were generated by cubic convolution averaged over four pixels using TNTmips surface-modeling capabilities. Minor artifacts resulting from the auto-contouring technique are present. Streams were auto-generated from the SRTM data in TNTmips as flow paths. Flow paths were limited in number by their Horton value on a quadrangle-by-quadrangle basis. Peak elevations were averaged over an area measuring 85 m by 85 m (represented by one pixel), and they are slightly lower than the highest corresponding point on the ground. Cultural data were extracted from files downloaded from the Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS) Web site (http://www.aims.org.af). The AIMS files were originally derived from maps produced by the Afghanistan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office (AGCHO). Because cultural features were not derived from the SRTM base, they do not match it precisely. Province boundaries are not exactly located. This map is part of a series that includes a geologic map, a topographic map, a Landsat natural-color-image map, and a Landsat false-color-image map for the USGS/AGS (Afghan Geological Survey) quadrangles covering Afghanistan. The maps for any given quadrangle have the same open-file number but a different letter suffix, namely, -A, -B, -C, and -D for the geologic, topographic, Landsat natural-color, and Landsat false-color maps, respectively. The open-file report (OFR) numbers for each quadrangle range in sequence from 1092 - 1123. The present map series is to be followed by a second series, in which the geology is reinterpreted on the basis of analysis of remote-sensing data, limited fieldwork, and library research. The second series is to be produced by the USGS in cooperation with the AGS and AGCHO.
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Hello all!
Background: Baby is 7.5 weeks old. He is a happy baby and is gaining well. We battled green poops early on but block feeding solved that issue.
Over the past 2 days or so, he has had at least one diaper daily with little specks of blood. The poop is mustard yellow but there is mucus (he is a very drooly baby though). He also has raw skin around his anus and redness between his butt cheeks.
The only change in my diet is that I have consumed much more caffeine over the past several days. It should be noted that I ingested NO caffeine during my pregnancy.
Can caffeine cause these symptoms? I have stopped caffeine again and will watch the rash (and will call doctor if it has not gotten even slightly better by Monday).
Thanks in advance!


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