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In 1921 I was became friendly with Moyshe Zalman Lunts, outstanding objector of the Diaspora (Frydele di Rebetsin's son see page 243). Influenced by him I became an active Zionist. Returning to Vilna I decided to abandon my religious studies and enrolled myself in the Vilna Tarbut (culture in Hebrew) seminar for teachers.
My decision distressed my father. He wrote me a heart-aching letter:
My life was despised, when I was acknowledged that you chose Tarbut, the institution which violates the holiness of Israel, as it is written in Bamidbar in the Pentateuch: Tarbut (Culture) of the sinful.
One learns from the above how far was the distance of opinions between the Torah appreciating, God fearing fathers and their children who objected to the Diaspora and decided to hasten the Messiah's arrival especially by the resuscitation of the Hebrew language and by going to live in Israel.
With the closure of the Yeshiva Eyts Hayim during the First World War the voice of the Torah was silenced in Volozhin. A crisis arose in children's education. Many of them abandoned even the Heyder tutorial. The Zionists took advantage of the situation and decided to open a Hebrew primary school based on the pure Hebrew language. The Talmud-Torah School was empty for many days, there were no lessons inside. The Volozhin Zionists invaded the building in 1925 and created within its walls the Hebrew Tarbut School.
The Walls'-Watchmen under Rabbi Yakov Shapiro's leadership woke up and began a holy war to obtain back the building in order to teach there Torah and in Yiddish, Mame-loshn (mother language) precisely, the language every Jew speaks and understands.
During the 1927-1928 school year a bitter culture war took place in Volozhin. The war hurt the Jewish Congregation severely from the moral and from the cultural points of view. Both parties fought self-sacrificingly for the right to possess the building.
The war was accompanied by hard words, fist-fighting and even by bloodshed, in a single word, blasphemy.
Finishing my studies in Vilna (1927), I followed my father's desire and went to teach at the religious school Tahkmonee in Zabludovo. After teaching one year at Tahkmonee I returned to Volozhin. Both parts of the town community saw me as a person who could make peace and unify the two opponent camps.
Most of the Volozhin home-owners in both camps were Zionists, among them also Reb Eli-Itshe Shvartsberg the religious school manager and its founders R' Isroel Lunin and R' Shloyme Hayim Broodno. The main struggle was on the teaching spirit and on its language. R' Yakov Shapiro implored to explain Breyshiss Boro in theYiddish mother-language. The Zionists insisted on not giving up the Hebrew.
A joint session was called, at which participated R' Yankev Shapiro, R' Isroel Lunin, R' Shloyme Hayim Broodno, R' Yakov Waysbord and R' Shmuel Rookhamkin from the Religious part. From the Seculars participated Shaye Kaganovitsh, Yani Garber, Dovid Kantorovitsh, Dov Lavit and Isaak Perski. I served as a neutral arbiter.
It was agreed to bestow all rights of the building to the Tarbut school, all disciplines should be led in Hebrew unexceptionally, but students should say the Morning Prayer (Shakhriss) every day before learning begins.
Reconciliation took place in Volozhin. One single Hebrew school functioned in Volozhin. I was its manager for three years. Yaakov Lifsitz replaced me after I went to Palestine. The School existed and acted following the founders' agreement. The Hebrew learning ceased to function immediately after the Soviets entered Volozhin on September 1939. The new rulers introduced Yiddish teaching and thereafter it was changed to Belorussian. The School worked until its destruction by the Fascists.
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The first manager was Tishkovski and after him Mr. Trechinski, Poles both of them.
Polish was the official School language. Rabbi Ele-Itskhok Shvartsberg (nicknamed- Reb Eliche Dverelkes) taught the Jewish students Religion Classes (the Bible).
We remember the wonderful excursions organized by the School to the Berezina borders ten kilometers from town. We passed the day singing, playing ball and swimming in the pure Berezina water.
The learning level was high. The teachers were excellent. Particularly good was the arithmetic teacher, Pan Gloukhovski. In Poland the five grades system was used: 5-very good, 4-good, 3-sufficient, 2-insufficient, and 1-flunked. The highest grade Glukhovski gave his students was 4 minus, because for 5, he would say, knows only the God Almighty, the teacher's knowledge might be 4, so the best student could be graduated by 4 minus maximum.
The second manager was Mr. Trechinski, who became the Volozhin mayor.
At the beginning a liberal attitude prevailed, but in the late thirties the Polish authorities attitude to the Jewish students became more and more hostile.
The Polish Povshekhna primary School in Volozhin
The building remains as built until now
Professor Zhookovski from Vilna, Physician by profession served as its manager. He was liberal with a positive attitude towards Jewish students. Our sole Jewish teacher was Rachel Kivilevitsh (Melzer). She graduated a Russian high school and the Hebrew Seminar for teachers.
There were 40 students in the commercial High school, 8 among them were Jews. Their names are listed as follows: Etia Berman, Tsvia Lunin, Pnina Potashnik, Miryam Rosnberg, Rivka Rogovin, Hirsh Tsart , Rafael (Fole) and Mina Shriro.
The Jewish students were not oppressed. We never heard the word Zhid. The liberal Professor even nominated a Jewish girl as Starostina (Students leader) to make it clear that Jews and Christians are equal.
The learning level was satisfactory. The students were employed in banks and government institutions to reinforce their professional knowledge.
Our School was closed after two years of existence due to financial problems. Some of the students continued their studies in Lida and Vilna.
The Gymnasia opened its doors on September 1, 1938. It was the first and also the last year of its functioning as a Polish School. It contained two parallel, first course classes with a complete staff of teachers and one hundred students, among them just eight Jews in a town with a 50% Jewish population.
Before reception the applicants passed a rigorous examination in Arithmetic, in Polish language, History and Geography. Poland was strictly preserving the Numerus-clausus numbers in its anti-Semitic attitude.
The Jewish students from Tarbut were: Vulke Brudno (Ptsholke), Eyzer Finger, Monie Perlman (the author), Sonia (Boonies) Perski, and Etele (Ruvn's) Rogovin. The Jewish students from Povshekhna were: Berl (der Tzigayner) Tsart, Moyshele Halpern and Arele Tsart.
There were few, if any, relations between Jews and gentile students, despite the common language, i.e. Polish we had to speak during the whole learning day.
But we were proud of our new School. The building was beautiful outside and inside. The classes were large and spacious. We were seated two and no more students at a table. Not to compare with our poor small and poky Tarbut School. We had to wear blue well-ironed uniforms, a jacket, a hat and long slacks.
The teachers were highly professional; most of them liberal, they did not show anti Semite feelings. Except the Polish language teacher Mr. Protasevitsh who was a Catholic College graduated. He did not omit any occasion to tell a dirty story about a well-known minority. (I was told that during the Fascist occupation Professor Protasievitsh was ardently collaborating with the SS solving the Volozhin Jews final solution).
The school was directed by Doctor Konopnitski, a short very intelligent man, nephew of the famous Polish poetess Mary Konopnitska. He taught us Mathematics and Geography. We were glad to participate at his lessons; an important part of which he used to tell very interesting stories from around the world, not neglecting politics. After the Soviets occupied Volozhin our director -Dirtio (so nicknamed by affection) continued his teaching and educating methods. Once he compared the German dictatorship to an inverted pyramid, supported by military bayonets. He claimed that the pyramid should fall when during war the bayonets are turned as requested against the enemy. The Police understood the allusion. A day later Mr. Konopnitski was arrested and sent to the Communist Concentration Camps whence he never returned.
Mrs. Kopylova a big and strong woman was our director's life partner. As doctor of natural sciences she taught us Botany and Zoology. After the director's arrest she was resettled in Siberia. I had the opportunity to work with her there at hay harvest in a collective farm. Mrs. Kopylova was really a very good, strong and efficient worker. She proved practically her botanic knowledge.
Our teachers were called professors. Except the French language teacher, she was called Ma Soeur My Sister in French. As a Catholic nun she wore white monastery garments. Ma Soeur was a sympathetic lady teaching French grammar and French popular songs. I remember them till now.
The majority of the gymnasia students learned German as second language in the morning hours. Our group to learn French was a small minority once a week at afternoon. Also learning French was the Volozhin Starosta's- (District governor) daughter. We were jealous looking as the Starostianka the highest Volozhin official's daughter would be conducted home after School in an elegant carriage harnessed to a pair of beautiful horses.
We learned hard, the Tarbut graduated children in a foreign environment. But we became accustomed and finally defended ourselves honorably during the lessons and the recreations. We participated in the School excursions by foot and on bicycles to the Berezina and to the Count Tishkievitsh summer palace in Biala, 20 km. from Volozhin placed within a fenced for deer and gazelle natural Park reserve inside the big Nalibok Forest.
For the first time in our life we participated also at a true dancing party that was organized by the School before Christmas.
The hard learning and the pleasant time passing stopped suddenly with the outbreak of the war on September 1st, 1939.
The doors were widely reopened three months later when the Polish gymnasia was converted to a Russian High School. It became filled with Jewish youth, thirsty for education, which they had been deprived of during the Polish Numerus Clausus regime.
During the 20 month Soviet period the School flourished. Higher classes were added. Many Jewish teachers, refugees from the territories occupied by the Nazis Polish were employed. The Russian High School functioned until the outbreak of the German Soviet war on June 22, 1941.
The Gymnasia High-School In Volozhin-taken September 1998
The building remains intact until now. Nowadays it serves as a professional Belarus agriculture school on the Naberezhna Street in Volozhin.
and from the Volozhin Polish Gymnasia first year Jewish Students.
|First Name
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|Der Tzigayner
|Di Kadelikhes
|Di Mazepe
|Kurtser Freitig
God Almighty, avenge our young schoolmates' innocent blood!
From all classmates two only had escaped the Shtetl's fate: Etele Rogovin and Monie Perlman (the translator), both of them now living in Tel-Aviv.
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And the Volozhin-City rejoiced. Everyone was talking about The Sale of Yeysef which would be shown by the Volozhin Amateur band with Avrom Berkovitsh as director. Although, for the time being not a sign could be seen of the important event, but some whispering might be heard.
But when the water pump was evacuated from the firemen's building every one knew for sure that the show accessories were installed and that the firemen's local was prepared for the cultural event.
Then the curious asked: Who would be the actors to form the band? Very few, the nearest only were told secretly: Shimon's role would be Yankev Hayim the butcher's son, Yehuda's role Yudl Sore Leyes and Yoysef's Motke Gdaliye Zisl's. All those names were reasonably accepted. But the public was astonished to hear that the main role would be played by Meyer Peshe Yente's, a man over fifty years old, chronically ill with asthma, who never stops coughing and moves heavily. This one and no other had been assigned to perform the role of Pharaoh.
There are times to lengthen and times to make it short. I'll tell the story straight. On a bright morning Hayim Branke's (Narushevitsh) was seen putting signs all over the shtetl. The signs announced in Yiddish that in this and this day, and at this and this time the Sale of Yossef show, directed by Avrom Berkovitsh will take place in the Volozhin firemen's local. Evidently all tickets were immediately bought. All the Shtetl's who's who were present at the gala show. The local was festively decorated, a stage with a curtain were installed. The spectators were dressed in festive clothes. The audience was stunned when the curtain rose up. A true miracle. Hard to believe that it was the creation of Avrom Berkovitsh's hands. Look at the first scene: On the stage center a true bonfire was set. The fire burnt. Yossef's brothers warming up around it are singing Flame rise up, Rise up flame. On the horizon Shimon and Levy appear, armed with long knives well shaped from tiles. Their blood is boiling, ready to kill and to exterminate the Shkhem people who contaminated Dina, their sister. The scene is reaching its culmination point when Meyer Peshe Yentes enters the stage. Wonders and miracles! When I saw Meyer, who changed his figure into Pharaoh, I could not restrain myself and I called loudly: Bravo Berkovitsh! Well done!
It was said by our sages: Even if the wisest men from around the world gathered it would not be in their power to turn white a crow's wing. But it was done by Avrom Berkovitsh. He changed the laws of nature. I could not believe the sight my eyes have seen. From Meyer's bosom appeared the figure of Pharaoh, a real representative of the Raamses dynasty. The crown on his head was a real crown. Although suffering chronic asthma, incessantly coughing and moving heavily he remained Meyer, Peshe Yente's son. But with Avrom Berkovitsh's make up he became the mighty ruler
Fruma Kivilevitsh as Yossef in the Sale of Yossef show
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Long before her ascendance to the Volozhin Rabbinical sphere she was already a significant person.
As a young girl she was unusual and unlike most young women, she possessed an intense enthusiasm and devotion to the Torah, thoughtful outlook on life and extra- ordinary energy.
Bashe Mirl was born in Bobruysk to her father Yekhiel Mikhael Haleyvi Epstein, the great Rabbi. She was brought up in Novozikow, where her father became the town's Rabbi. When she arrived at matching-making age, several young men from the best and richest families were ready to ask for her hand. And no wonder: She was good-looking, intelligent, well educated and with good manners. She read and spoke Hebrew and knew the Russian language to a degree.
But those young men did not impress the young maiden. She told her parents that she was not interested in riches, pleasure, beauty or bravery. Her single desire was to marry a scholar who was dedicated to the Torah and Holy Scriptures.
Despite her pleas she became engaged and married a decent young man, son of a very rich family in the town of Tshernigov. He promised to dedicate all his time to Torah study according to his young wife's demands.
A short time passed after the wedding and Bashe Mirl realized that although her husband spent some time poring over the holy books, there was no wisdom inside him, and he had no ambition, he did not wish and maybe was not able to become an erudite scholar. The young wife stood up and told her husband and her father in law, that she was not ready to pass her life in house of richness and honor, but where Torah is absent. So she had to ask for a divorce.
She left behind all the jewelry; she did not touch any one of the beautiful dresses she received as gifts. She claimed consistently that she had nothing against her husband and his family; she was simply unable to live with an ignorant person. Her husband refused to grant her a divorce. BasheMirl decided to leave his house and town, and one day she did.
The Russian law allowed the husband to find and bring home his runaway wife accompanied by police escort. The husband with his father used this law and the police began a search for the rebel wife. She did not return to her parents' home, and she hid out for months until she obtained the divorce. The parents regarded their daughter's behavior as very abnormal.
Why are you leaving a fortune and a house full of worldly goods without a sufficient reason and what will become your future? - Her parents and relatives asked, after she returned home. Her answer to them was: I would rather marry a poor, undistinguished person or even an old man, but never someone who would neglect the Torah studies, because though he may be honored by some other people, I Batia-Miryam despise such people.
In those days, HANAZIV's first wife Rayne Bashe (Reb Itsele's daughter) passed away. Rabbi Dov from Slutsk, a Yeshiva emissary from Volozhin, happened to visit the region where Bashe Mirl's family lived. He was acquainted with the parents of the famous divorcee.
R' Dov heard the amazing story of the young woman, who despite her beauty, her youth and intelligence would prefer a life of poverty, but Torah and God- fearing instead of an affluent and honored life with a Torah ignorant man. He went to her parents' house to speak with them. He especially pleaded with her mother Mikhla, Hanaziv's younger sister. He laid out his suggestion that their daughter should be married to the renowned Yeshiva head. Both of them, mother and father were angry hearing the proposition of a match for their young and beautiful daughter and an old man, thirty years elder than the would be bride. However such a negative opinion on the subject was only expressed in discussions that her parents had.
She had never seen her old uncle, but his knowledge and erudition was renowned over the Jewish World, so she knew about him. I should be dust at his feet; I will be his daughter and servant, should he only spread his wings over me. There cannot be more happiness for me than to be wife of this prodigy. Old age and hard life would do nothing to me if I had only the chance to be this Torah Giant's partner in life.
The emissary returned to Volozhin and put the suggestion of marriage before the Rabbi. He did not finish describing his proposition when he was interrupted by Hanaziv: Is it possible that a woman 30 years younger than I, and accustomed to the life of a big city, would consent to come to me. I do cannot alter the ways of my life, and how could I do so much evil to the blood from my blood, to my sister's daughter?
But the emissary was very tenacious; he didn't stop traveling from Volozhin to Novozikov back and forth until a meeting was held in Molodetshno. And that is how a wonderful woman became the Rabbi's wife in Volozhin the Volozhiner Rebetzin, Hanatziv's spouse.
As immense was her love for the Torah, so her love for charity work and justice was great. She was able to sit for many hours without a move hearing the voice and melody of the Torah study. She herself would persevere in learning the Holy Scriptures. Despite her continuous occupation with her household affairs and especially with the Yeshiva, she never missed her day of Psalms, and on the Shabbat days she would read two pages of Mikrah (from the Pentateuch) and three of the Unklos translation, and also in the Russian and German languages.
The Rebetzin was aware of all the troubles the Yeshiva students' encountered. She would always search for solutions to their problems. And when they complained she would comfort the young men by telling them of the bright future that awaited them when they would be rich in spirit and in Torah knowledge.
In case of serious illness, she would invite physicians' specialists from a big town and bring them into Volozhin to cure the sick Yeshiva Men. So it's no wonder that the young woman became renowned for her benevolence and energy.
The affection for the Rabbi's wife was fully demonstrated during her malady. The alarmed doctors could not find a remedy. Hundreds of Volozhin men and women mingled with Yeshiva students in a gathering. They cried, prayed and asked the Almighty healer of the sick to save the beloved woman. A new name was added to her birth name; she was called Haya-Batia-Miryam. The crisis passed that same evening. Healed she rose up that night.
Soon after their marriage Hanaziv asked her if she would consent to go with him to the Land of Israel. She agreed with enthusiasm, she would go not only to die there but also to live in the Promised Land side by side with her great husband.
She came to Erets Israel, but not with him. Bashe Mirl moved to the Holy Land years after her husband passed away. She lived there surrounded by her children and grandchildren.
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Sherwood pleased with Redknapp link
Newly appointed Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood likes that people are comparing him to a young Harry Redknapp and has pledged to bring exciting football back to White Hart Lane.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy took a huge gamble on Monday when he appointed managerial novice Sherwood as the club's new head coach until the end of next season.
The 44-year-old's only previous managerial experience has been with the north Londoners' youth teams, yet Levy believes he can bring excitement back to White Hart Lane following Andre Villas-Boas' sacking.
Sherwood appears to be the polar opposite to his Portuguese predecessor, although there are striking similarities with another former Tottenham manager.
Redknapp brought Sherwood back to Spurs as part of his coaching staff in 2008 and some have dubbed the new manager 'Young Harry', thanks to his mannerisms and approach to the game.
"That's got to be a compliment, hasn't it?" Sherwood said. "I wouldn't mind following his career and I wouldn't mind being a pound note behind him as well.
"I am not trying to be Harry Redknapp but it is a simple game, though, isn't it?
"If you can't pass the ball to your own team-mates then you have a serious problem because you are going to have to keep on defending.
"That's what we did in the first half at Southampton. But moving forward we just have to try to get the players better."
The 3-2 victory at St Mary's - Sherwood's first in senior football - came in swashbuckling style, with the attack-heavy side likened to Ossie Ardiles' Famous Five.
It is a philosophy which looks set to continue when West Brom visit on Boxing Day and moving forward.
"I think with the calibre of the players we have at Tottenham we shouldn't have a dull game," Sherwood said.
"As long as they are playing in their correct areas of the field and allowed to express themselves. That's what I would say.
"I always maintain that when you come into a football club there are very few that give you a script saying 'You need to play like this'. Swansea are a good example.
"Someone who goes in there cannot rip up their philosophy and say 'I'm going to play back to front.' It's not going to happen.
"In an ideal world everyone wants to build an identity for their football club and say 'Tottenham I know are going to play like that'. Well, at the moment we don't."

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Feb. 17, 2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Four Florida State players, including quarterbacks Christian Ponder and EJ Manuel, kicker Dustin Hokpins and right tackle Zebrie Sanders have been selected to the 52-member All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic football team announced by the league office on Thursday by ACC commissioner John Swofford.
It's the 57th season the league has recognized its most outstanding football players who combine academic prowess with on-field excellence. Players must have earned a minimum 3.00 grade point average for the fall semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during their academic careers in order to be eligible for consideration.
Ponder has earned All-ACC Academic honors three straight years while Manuel and Hopkins appear on the team for their second straight year. Sanders is making his first appearance on the team.
Ponder, who was third in the ACC in passing efficiency and seventh in total offense and helped Florida State to a 10-4 record and a No. 16 national ranking, was chosen last November as the 2010 ACC Jim Tatum Award winner as the Conference's top football scholar-athlete. Ponder earned his MBA degree last August and is currently working on his second graduate degree in the sports management program.
Manuel, who now has a 5-1 record as a starter after leading the `Noles to wins over Clemson and South Carolina in the 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl, holds a 3.165 gpa as a communications major. He was named ACC Offensive Back of the Week after passing for 210 yards and rushing for another 71 in the 16-13 win over Clemson. He completed 65-of-93 passes for 861 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 170 yards in 10 games this season.
Ponder and Manuel were two of the ACC quarterbacks selected to the team, joining NC State's Russell Wilson and Duke's Sean Renfree.
Hopkins, a sophomore kicker and communications major, holds a 3.838 gpa. On the field, Hopkins ranked third in the ACC among kickers by averaging 8.5 points per game while leading the league in touchbacks and boasting the longest field goal. His 55-yard game-winning field goal against Clemson was the third-longest field goal in school history. Hopkins' 119 points not only led the Seminoles in scoring, but was the third-highest single-season total at Florida State.
Sanders, a junior right tackle and Retail Merchandising and Product Development major, holds a 3.099 gpa. He turned in one of his best seasons as a `Nole in his third season as a starter. He started all 14 games – one at left tackle and earned Co-ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors for his performance in the season opener against Samford. He was third among all FSU lineman with 37 career starters, which included 23 consecutive starts, which was second only to Ryan McMahon.


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Minnesota Senate Votes To Require Photo ID For Voters
ST. PAUL (AP) - Legislation that would require voters to present photo identification before casting a ballot has cleared the Minnesota Senate.
The GOP-controlled Senate approved the bill on a party-line 37-25 vote early Thursday, with Republicans supporting the proposal and Democrats opposed.
The bill next moves to the House.
Republicans support the change as a way to ensure honest elections, while Democrats say it would make voting harder for seniors, students and poor people.
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has said he won't sign the bill unless it gets bipartisan support from lawmakers.
Republicans say they might put the requirement to a statewide vote in 2012 if Dayton vetoes it.
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Lesson 31
Parts of Speech - Adjectives
Adjectives, another part of speech, give us a great deal of terminology. I will share it with you, but all that is really important is that adjectives modify or affect the meaning of nouns and pronouns and tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify. They generally come before the noun or pronoun they modify, but there are exceptions to that rule. How and why they are different will be explained in later lessons. They still tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many.
There are seven (7) words in the English language that are always adjectives. They are the articles a, an, and the and the possessives my, our, your, and their. (The possessives are from the possessive pronoun list but are always used with nouns as adjectives.) Being only seven in number, one should memorize them so they are immediately recognized as adjectives.
The neighbor girl likes chocolate ice cream.
Mr. Johanson is tall, dark, and handsome.
Some authorities like to distinguish between what they call true adjectives and determiners, but both still just tell which, whose, what kind, and how many. Those words are the key to adjectives and should be memorized to make adjectives easy.
Instructions: Pick out the adjectives in the following sentences.
1. The heavy, red dress of Queen Elizabeth weighed over fifty pounds.
2. My sister chose two shirts for my graduation present.
3. That small Mexican restaurant in the next block serves fresh meals.
4. The little black dog barked at the well-dressed stranger.
5. An old wood fence had caught several discarded candy wrappers.


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Definition of mane
n. - The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse. 2
The word "mane" uses 4 letters: A E M N.
Direct anagrams of mane:
amen mean name nema
Words formed by adding one letter before or after mane (in bold), or to aemn in any order:
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Who doesn't love long weekends? Especially at the end of one of those weeks where you seem to be shot at from all sides as you pull your helmet of fortitude firmly down your head, dodging bullets and avoiding potholes, hoping that you reach your bunker in one piece. Yes, especially then. But even when everything is fine and dandy, a long weekend is still something welcomed with your biggest grin and hugged tightly to your chest as you enjoy every single moment.
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Tomato Sauce
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 big white onion or 2 small ones, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 800-gram can chopped tomatoes
- Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- Optional: fresh basil and oregano
– Heat a couple of generous glugs of olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or pan.
– When the oil is hot add the onions, garlic, and bay leaf and sauté until the onions are soft and translucent.
– Add the tomatoes and stir. Let this simmer, uncovered, until some of the water has evaporated and it is thick and pulpy, about 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally. It may take longer…be patient and you will be rewarded.
– At this point taste and season with salt and pepper, and sugar if using. Add a couple of swirls of extra virgin olive oil and stir. Let this simmer for a further 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
– If you are using fresh herbs add them now, toss in the sauce, then take off the heat.
– You can use this immediately, store it in the fridge for 4-5 days, or in the freezer for 3-6 months.
You can use this sauce as is; tossed with some pasta and a dusting of freshly grated parmesan, and you will have a completely satisfying bowl of pasta in red sauce. It can also be used as a base for many other pasta sauces. Add sautéed shrimp, bacon and chilies, minced beef, anchovies & olives, clams, eggplant & white cheese…the possibilities are limitless. And by no means is this just for pasta. You can use this as a pizza sauce, a base for cooking fish or chicken, for baked veggies topped with a crumb and cheese crust, even as a bed for an egg cooked "en cocotte". You can experiment with different spices as well…I love this with a good amount of (my favorite) pimenton de La Vera (which I've just restocked…yay!), which makes the sauce nice and smoky. The long and short of it is that this is a great to have stashed in your fridge.
I used herbs here as I had some fresh oregano from my organic farmer and I happened upon some sprightly basil in the market. You can leave them out for a plainer sauce and that's why I've listed them as optional. Some people like to add a bit of sugar to a tomato sauce and I add about half a teaspoon here (it doesn't so much make it sweet as rounds out the acid of the tomato), but you certainly don't need to if this is against your tomato sauce principles. You also don't need to use as much garlic as I've specified – I like my sauce quite garlicky but you can use less if that would be more to your taste. I don't use fresh tomatoes because the tomatoes available locally aren't always the best for a nice rich sauce. If you haven't got the perfect tomatoes you are better off using quality canned ones rather than the wrong fresh ones. So buy the best you can manage – I'll usually gravitate towards an Italian or a Spanish brand.


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I have been HIV for 26 years and had to stop working due to Peripheral Neuropathy and Fatigue. SSA denied initial claims. I hired attorney to handle appeal. I received notice from my SSDI Attorney today that my hearing date has been scheduled for January of 2014. What should I expect my attorney to do before this date to give me the best chance of approval? What will happen during the hearing with the ALJ? I knew this date would eventually happen but scared to death.
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2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup
Owen Sound Attack 3 vs. Kootenay Ice 7
D Geoffrey Schemitsch [10], OS: 0-0-0, -3, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 45 GP, 1-19-20, +17, 14 PIM
Playoff Totals: 20 GP, 1-10-11, +5, 2 PIM
Memorial Cup Totals: 4 GP, 0-2-2, -1, 0 PIM
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OHL champion Owen Sound was eliminated from the Memorial Cup tonight after losing a tiebreaker game vs. WHL champion Kootenay, 7-3. The Attack beat the Ice 5-0 in their first game of the tournament, but with stars Joey Hishon (Avalanche) and Garret Wilson (Panthers) both out with concussions, they didn't have a lot to offer. They certainly tried, holding a 2-0 lead after the first period, but Kootenay exploded for three goals in the second period and four in the third to advance to the semifinals vs. tournament host Mississauga.
This marked the final game of the season for Lightning prospects Geoffrey Schemitsch and Michael Zador. After missing several weeks at the end of the regular season due to a broken arm, Schemitsch was finding his groove late in the playoffs. He is all but set to return to Owen Sound next season. Zador, who didn't dress again Thursday, likely played his last game as a Lightning prospect. The 2009 draft choice must be signed by June 1 and all indications are he'll be allowed to re-enter the draft. Zador has great size and superb raw skills, and was drafted in front of Jaroslav Janus [12] by the Bolts, but he just struggles to stop the puck consistently. The signing of NCAA free agent Pat Nagle [13] by the Lightning earlier this spring probably sealed Zador's fate with the Bolts.
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ST. PAUL (AP) — Some Minnesota lawmakers want to repeal a state law passed last year that requires all Minnesota teachers pass a reading, writing and math test to get a teaching license.
Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill last February after it won nearly unanimous support from lawmakers. But the Senate Education Committee reviewed a bill Tuesday to repeal the requirement as some teachers and school officials testified that it's blocking qualified people from classrooms.
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Each night light has its own unique features. The night light with motion sensor turns on when the sensor is triggered to emit a warm, white light. Ideal for hallways or bedrooms when you don't want to disturb your partner.
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Everton agree Fer deal
Everton have announced they have reached a deal with FC Twente to sign Holland midfielder Leroy Fer.
The 23-year-old will now travel to Merseyside to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical.
Fer started his career at Feyenoord before moving to FC Twente in 2011, for whom he scored 10 goals in 29 appearances.
Fer has made two full appearances for Holland and is an international team-mate of Johnny Heitinga, who scored a late winner to sink Bolton in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.
After the game, Everton boss David Moyes bemoaned the lack of options in his squad but indicated he was hoping to bring in either a striker or midfielder before the end of the month.
Fer, nicknamed 'The Bouncer' due to his physical strength, hit headlines last year when he spent £22,000 on a horse for his girlfriend, only to find she could not keep it as she lives in a block of flats.


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Sustainable bottling will lead to longer shelf life and tastier brews
A. Sue Weisler
From fraternity parties to presidential conversations, beer has its share of connoisseurs. Light or dark, lite or full-bodied, beer is at its best brewed, bottled and bold.
Sustainable packaging has gained momentum, even in the beer industry. In the last several years, companies as old as Carlton & United Breweries in Great Britain and Miller Brewing in the United States began using plastic, or PET, bottles for their beers, making a significant change from the longstanding tradition of using green, amber or clear glass bottles.
In today's marketplace, the push for more cost effective glass recycling processes and better use of biodegradable materials has found its way into breweries and recycling plants. Research focuses on improving the PET bottles, determining the optimal conditions that would make beer in a PET bottle as flavorful as a brew in a glass bottle, and improving the recycling process.
Some of the research into enhancing the properties of the PET bottles is being conducted at RIT by Changfeng Ge, assistant professor of packaging science in the College of Applied Science and Technology. Ge along with packaging science students James Gross, Jeffrey Spiwak and Benjamin Brooks recently completed one of several phases of their research, "Adding a High Barrier Shrink Film to a Beer Bottle: An Alternative Way to Enhance the Barrier Properties of a PET Bottle." They found that plastic shrink film can protect as well as glass against the three most damaging properties to beers—light, oxygenation and moisture.
Bottles with brown or amber glass protect beers from light that can breakdown its properties making it bitter rather than hearty. Green or colorless glass offers less protection from light. Recycling bottles that are amber or green require higher firing temperatures than a plain glass bottle, expending more energy and costing more, in the process, Ge explains.
"To recycle the amber color takes so long and needs a lot of energy and heat to melt it," he says. "So we use a standardized, plain glass bottle. No color, one temperature."
Ge and the students propose a new method to apply a barrier shrink film around a plain PET bottle. They tested the rate at which oxygen molecules pass through the beer bottle with the new film sleeve.
Tests were conducted with different strength wraps, polyvinylidene, also referred to as PVDC, and used in Saran Wrap, and ethylene vinyl alcohol, or EVOH, a barrier film best suited for cold storage temperatures. The students studied the varying temperatures and humidity rates at which the films or wraps would retain their protective qualities, sometimes using temperatures up to 162 degrees Celsius.
They focused specifically on the absorption of oxygen into the wall of the bottle and found that the wrap decreased oxygen transfer into the PET bottle and could act as an efficient barrier protecting the contents, says Gross. They will continue testing, adding more quantitative results to the growing success rates of using PET bottles with film coverings.
The alternative coating is also easily added into the bottling process and absorbs inks for the beer label, an important factor in retaining brand identity. It also can be easily removed and is less costly in the recycling process than using one of the darker colored bottles, Brooks adds.
Beer brewing remains a process specific to the company; beer drinkers know the difference between a Budweiser and a Dos Equis. Bottling is essential in retaining the unique flavor of the brew, so die-hard beer drinkers may have a difficult time believing that a brew in PET bottles is as authentic as beer in amber bottles. The experience might look different, but the truth is in the taste—and if plastic can contain the robustness of a Guinness, sustainability provides it with a satisfying finish.
Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a 60-watt bulb for four hours, a computer for 30 minutes or a television for 20 minutes.


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Reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6 by bringing hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections into your classroom. Whether you're a new teacher or a seasoned pro, this course will help you get your students excited about math!
Over the next six weeks, you'll learn the best ways to walk students through the complexities of elementary school math. From teaching them the best way to learn complicated vocabulary to turning them into problem-solving detectives, you'll discover lots of fun and practical ways to extend your students' learning into their homes, the community, and the world. Whether you end up using clever geometry manipulatives or handmade fraction bars, math journals or Family Math nights, you'll soak up dozens of strategies that require little or no money if you supply a lot of imagination.
If you've been waiting to jumpstart your math instruction, now's the time to double your teaching power without adding a lot of work.
Note: To receive 25 hours of instruction in the State of Oregon, please ensure your school is eligible to issue professional development units, and that the course is approved by your professional learning coordinator.
Michele Thrailkill fell in love with math as a child and has spent the last 10 years of her teaching career making numbers fun for a diverse range of students. Eager to share her easy, inexpensive, and creative teaching strategies with others, Michele worked for a state Department of Education, where she created statewide lesson plans and evaluated Web-based material for classroom inclusion. In her spare time, she published two teachers' manuals focusing on introductory mathematics for preschool and elementary students.
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The Benefits of Online Learning
Anant Agarwal, the founder and president of edX, an online education company, shares what he considers the top six advantages of online learning.
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The first comprehensive e-business service specifically designed for smaller construction and subcontracting firms is now under development by SmartContractor, a new Seattle-based provider of Internet-based solutions. SmartContractor's e-business service (SmartContractor.com) is designed to help subcontractors increase job site productivity and lower procurement and administrative costs.
A beta version of the "e-marketplace" for electrical contractors (SmartElectrical.com) is up and running, with additional vertically focused portals coming in August. Initial trades serviced by the SmartContractor Web sites include electrical, HVAC, mechanical, and plumbing.
The SmartContractor Web sites will comprise a business-to-business service accessible via the Internet where contractors can use hosted applications to manage their business operations, coordinate operations with other industry participants, and find or order any type of material necessary to complete their building projects on schedule. For more information, call (206) 770-7600 or visit www.SmartContractor.com.


text: The U.S. Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as the new head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, making her the first woman to head the central bank for the world's largest economy. She replaces Ben Bernanke who is leaving the post at the end of the month. VOA's Katherine Gypson reports.


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Irrelevant Week might want to change its name to "A Couple of Irrelevant Days" in Newport Beach.
The event that celebrates the last player selected in the NFL Draft seems to get shorter every year. Don't blame the organizers, Paul Salata and his daughter, Melanie Salata-Fitch.
If it were up to the Salatas, this year's Mr. Irrelevant, Justice Cunningham, would crash at the family beach house in Newport Beach all summer. Someone has to take care of Salata, right? At 86, Salata-Fitch said her dad just got a new hip a couple of weeks ago.
Keep in mind, Cunningham is trying to make it in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts, not be a nurse for the man who founded Irrelevant Week in 1976.
For Cunningham, it is better that his days are cut short during Irrelevant Week than his playing days with the Colts.
He's in mini-camp with the Colts, hoping to make the team as a tight end. As if quarterback Andrew Luck doesn't have enough tight ends to throw to already.
Well, to Cunningham's benefit, the 6-foot-3, 258-pounder is more of a blocking tight end.
Cunningham won't have to worry about blocking when he arrives in Newport Beach on Wednesday. Salata-Fitch said a police escort and limo will take Cunningham, his mother Marvella Saint Julien and sister Niella to where they're staying, the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, until Saturday.
Salata-Fitch planned a crowd to greet Cunningham at John Wayne Airport. Since the Rams and Raiders fled in the mid-1990s, it seems like the NFL only returns to Southern California in the form of Mr. Irrelevant.
In Southern California, it's hard for fans to root for anyone that finishes dead last. Cunningham is different, though. Yes, he went dead last as the 254th pick in April's draft, but you can get behind Cunningham.
He's the underdog, what Irrelevant Week epitomizes, and the event will raise money for Special Olympics Southern California.
Mr. Irrelevant isn't supposed to play in the NFL, but Mr. Irrelevant has. Cunningham will be the seventh Mr. Irrelevant I've covered. The most successful one so far has been a kicker, Ryan Succop, Mr. Irrelevant in 2009.
Just like Succop, Cunningham played at the University of South Carolina for Coach Steve Spurrier. Cunningham and Succop missed being college teammates, Cunningham arrived at South Carolina in 2009, a year after Succop left.
The two former Gamecocks can meet on the field in Week 16, when Succop's Chiefs play host to the Colts on Dec. 22. If Cunningham can stick around with the Colts that long, he will have a Merry Christmas.
The presents will come much earlier than that for Cunningham. During Irrelevant Week, fans will shower him with gifts.
Unlike in the past, Salata-Fitch said there isn't an arrival party, the place where Mr. Irrelevant received the bulk of his gifts. The first gift Cunningham will get is the Lowsman Trophy, which is the opposite of the coveted Heisman Trophy. Picture a player fumbling the ball, instead of the Heisman securely carrying the ball while throwing a stiff-arm.
Irrelevant Week will kick off Thursday with the All-Star Lowsman Banquet at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa at 6 p.m. The banquet is where former NFL players and coaches, as well as former Mr. Irrelevant picks roast Cunningham.
If you want to make fun of Cunningham and support him, tickets are available for the banquet by calling (949) 263-0727. Before Cunningham puts on a suit and tie, he will go to Disneyland in the morning.
Friday will be a busy day for Cunningham. He plans to visit the NFL Network studios in Culver City, where he will do an interview. Then at night, Cunningham will attend a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game, where he will drag the infield with the grounds crew.
Salata-Fitch said the Major League Baseball game would be Cunningham's first.
The trip to Southern California will also be Cunningham's first. He will end it on Saturday, with surfing lessons at 30th Street from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., then a welcome to Newport Beach party at the Newport Beach Civic Center from noon to 2 p.m. Salata-Fitch said both events are free to the public.
Cunningham's day ends with a red-eye flight out of Los Angeles International Airport. His next stop will be the NFL Rookie Symposium in Aurora, Ohio. There are planned visits to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in nearby Canton.
One bust Cunningham won't see inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame is of a Mr. Irrelevant.


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movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography; Motion Picture Cameras under camera).
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a series of sequential photographic images, or frames, associated with a single subject and intended for reproduction on a screen.
In modern cinematography, the following classifications of films are used: feature motion pictures, television films, animated cartoons, newsreel and documentary films, scientific films, educational films, and amateur films. Other classifications correspond to thematic content (historical and adventure films and comedies), cinematographic and projection techniques (silent, sound, black-and-white, color, wide-screen, large-format, panoramic, stereoscopic, and multiscreen films), and projection duration (full-length and short films). Special-purpose films include microfilms, test films, advertising films, and souvenir films.
Most films are produced at specialized motion-picture studios by groups of artistic workers and technical specialists, who use a variety of cinematographic equipment while filming on the studio sets and on location. Films for scientific, technical, and educational purposes are often produced in the motion-picture laboratories of research institutes and educational institutions. Amateur films are usually made in amateur motion-picture studios at clubs, educational institutions, and enterprises, as well as by individual amateurs.
What does it mean when you dream about a film?
One way of examining parts of ourselves we do not wish to look at is to dream that we are seeing them portrayed in a film. Alternatively, it can mean escaping reality.


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Calpers Says No To Einhorn, Yes to Apple
David Einhorn is taking on the largest company in the world, and now the largest pension fund in the country.
In a filing earlier this week, The California Public Employees Retirement System, or Calpers, said it was voting for Apple's proxy proposal that Einhorn is going to fight.
Calpers said it is supporting the proposal and urging all other holders to support the decision, saying they "further enhance shareowner rights."
One of the items in the Proposal No. 2 is to allow more shareholder say in the election of directors and to allow shareholders to vote on the issuance of preferred shares.
Calpers, the nation's biggest public pension fund with $243 billion in assets, says it holds 2.7 million shares, more than twice the amount Einhorn holds.
Einhorn is arguing that Apple's move to eliminate its own ability to issue preferred shares is short-sighted and eliminates ways for Apple to return more of its massive cash pile to shareholders.


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Foundations of Dharmakīrti's Philosophy - Table of Contents
A Note on the Sanskrit and Tibetan Translations
A Question of Method: A Point of Departure
Some Suggestions for the Reader
1 Pramāṇa Theory: Dharmakīrti's Conceptual Context
1.1 The Process of Knowing and Its Instrument
Two Ubiquitous Instruments: Perception and Inference
Shared Notions Concerning Perceptual Awareness
Shared Notions Concerning Inference
The Basic Structure of Inference
The Evidence-Predicate Relation and Its Exemplification
The Evidence-Subject Relation
A Restatement
1.2 Prameya: The "Real"
The Simplicity of the Real and a Fundamental Difference
1.3 Purpose as Context
1.4 Points of Divergence: The Action and Agent
1.5 Summary
2 Dharmakīrti's Method and Ontology
2.1 The Scale of Analysis: Dharmakīrti's Method
External Realism as a Level of Analysis
Divergent Interpretations of External Realism
2.2 Dharmakīrti's Ontology
The Two Prameyas—The Two Realities
2.3 More on Particulars
The Perceptible as Ultimately Real
The Ultimately Real as Inexpressible and Momentary
Do Particulars Have Spatial Extension?
2.4 Universals
Summary of Dharmakīrti's Apoha-Theory
Concerning Sameness of Effect
Are Universals Permanent?
Three Ways of Construing Apoha
3 Svabhāvapratibandha: The Basis of Inference
3.1 Relation through Svabhāva: Beyond "Co-Presence"
The Two Senses of Svabhāva
Svabhāva as "Property"
Svabhāva as "Nature"
Nature-svabhāva and the Causal Complex
The Subject (dharmin) and Svabhāva as "Nature"
3.2 The Production-mode of the Svabhāvapratibandha
Some Issues in the Application of the Production-mode
Concerning Necessity
The Determination of the Production-mode
3.3 On the Relationship between Property and Nature
Some Heuristic Terms
The Subordination of Property to Nature
3.4 Svabhāva-evidence and the Identity-mode
A Few Problems
4 Instrumentality: Justifying the Sources of Knowledge
4.1 Prāmāṇya as "Instrumentality"
Purpose and Instrumentality
The Role of Scripture
A Seeming Circularity
Scriptural Inference and Dharmakırti's
Rejection of Credibility
Axiological Concerns: Mutual Restraint of Path and Goal
4.2 Dharmakırti on Instrumentality: The Earliest Commentarial Account
Some Basic Definitions
"Telic Function" (arthakriyā)
Instrumentality (prāmāṇya) in Terms of Two Effects
Instrumentality in Terms of the Mediated Effect
Instrumentality in Terms of the Unmediated Effect
The Two Effects and the Two Senses of Arthakriyā
The Primacy of Puruṣārtha
Instrumentality in Terms of Human Aims: Some Problems and Solutions
A Disparity in Time
Obstructed Action
Perception and Confirmation
Perception as Motivator (pravartaka): The Question of Novelty
Inference, Error, and Trustworthiness
Ultimate and Conventional Pramāṇa
Nature, Perception, and Refinement
Appendix of Translations
A Note on the Translations
- PVSV ad PV1.34–37
- PVSV ad PV1.68–75
- PVSV ad PV1.137–142
- PVSV ad PV1.214–223
- PV2.1–6 with Selections from PVP and PVT
- PV3.1–10 with Selections from PVP and PVT
- PV3.194–224 with Selections from PVP and PVT
- Instrumentality in the Hetubindu (HB: 2*.13–3*.16)


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Information Systems
While it's true that weather forecasters can't change the weather, NOAA meteorologists do more than just talk about it. In order to provide accurate forecasts and weather warnings, forecasters need to understand what's happening around us now and have ways to visualize what's happened in the past and what's expected in the future.
What is an information system?
An Information System is a computer system that collects, stores, integrates, analyzes, edits, and displays information (weather and climate information, in this case) of many types. Such a system allows a weather forecaster or research scientist to view and manipulate the information to help him or her understand what happened in the past and what's happening now, and use that to help decide what's going to happen in the hours, days, and years to come.
Arguably the largest Information System in the world is the World Wide Web. Innovative Web pages which display a wide variety of historical information, current observations, and forecasts are maintained within the various divisions of ESRL. Examples include the Global Monitoring Divison's Data Products site, the Physical Sciences Division's climate data repository and near-surface weather data site, and the Global Systems Division's MADIS Surface Data site. Some real-time observations data are even gathered via the Web. For example, the Citizen Weather Observer Program collects data from all over the world contributed by people with home automated weather stations.
The primary weather information system developed by ESRL is National Weather Service's AWIPS - Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System, illustrated here.
Why is it important?
There is a vast amount of information available to weather and climate forecasters and researchers, ranging from historical reports to current observations of many sorts to computer-generated forecasts of the weather many days or years in the future. Satellites and radar provide pictures of what's happening now; weather stations relay temperature, wind, and pressure reports; sensors carried by balloon or aircraft report conditions at various heights overhead; and other systems provide information about many other weather-related phenomena, from ocean winds and water temperature to clouds and lightning. Computer forecasting programs produce forecasts at thousands of locations and for many days in the future. Weather forecasters and research scientists need display systems to organize and make sense of all of this information.
What can it do for a weather scientist?
ESRL's information systems provide easy ways for weather and climate researchers to examine historical and current data that help them understand how the oceans and atmosphere influence each other and apply that information to better predict what's ahead.
The AWIPS weather system provides the environment in which National Weather Service forecasters do their day-to-day job - where they come to understand what's happening in the weather and where they generate routine forecasts and warnings of severe weather. Today's NWS forecaster generally doesn't write forecasts. Instead, he or she manages a suite of weather information that is used as the source of computer-generated words and pictures.
Who uses ESRL information systems?
ESRL's Web-based information is used by a wide variety of people, including students, weather forecasters, research scientists, and members of the general public.
In addition to National Weather Service forecasters, ESRL's AWIPS system is used by Air Force weather forecasters supporting Space Shuttle and satellite launches at Cape Canaveral in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Government forecasters in South Korea and Taiwan also use versions of the same system for their countries' weather forecasting operations. Other systems derived from AWIPS are used to provide weather information to forest fire managers, emergency management officials during severe weather events or hurricanes, airlines and air traffic controllers, and highway departments.
How does this work benefit society?
ESRL scientists' work touches the general public in many ways, from daily weather forecasts to El Nińo and seasonal predictions, from the ozone hole and air pollution to melting glaciers and arctic ice.
Weather forecasting skill has improved steadily over the last several decades, as the number and quality of observations have increased and the speed and accuracy of computer-generated forecasts have improved. ESRL's information systems development has allowed weather forecasters to take advantage of these gains by providing ways to comprehend and manage this otherwise overwhelming amount of information. Studies showed that when the modern information system was made available to forecasters, the skill in predicting severe thunderstorms and tornadoes increased by some 15%. The new method of generating and disseminating forecasts now also allows the general public to get more accurate and location-specific forecasts than in the past, and provides information that can be used by private meteorologists to create forecasts tailored to the needs of commerce and industry.
What will we need to do in the future?
Weather and climate forecasters know that the future is not easy to see. However, it's clear that forecasters and information systems developers will face many challenges in the future. New methods of measuring the atmosphere and predicting the weather are being developed by government, university, and industry researchers, and these observations and forecasts will need to be included in future information systems. In recent years, NOAA has had a goal to integrate all of its various data sets, from fishing to flying, in recognition that a combined ocean-atmosphere view is required to make the best weather and climate forecasts. ESRL scientists are developing new information systems to help forecasters and researchers collaborate and cooperate as they tap into these many datasets, and are exploring ways to provide easy access to new sources of information.
Meeting the challenge of integrating all of these components to help forecasters make increasingly accurate and specific predictions is a goal worthy of ESRL's dedicated staff.