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'Meteorology(from Greek μετέωρος, metéōros, "high in the sky"; and -λογία, -logia) is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting (in contrast with climatology). Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Those events are bound by the variables that exist in Earth's atmosphere. They are temperature, pressure, water vapor, and the gradients and interactions of each variable, and how they change in time. The majority of Earth's observed weather is located in the troposphere.
Meteorology, climatology, atmospheric physics, and atmospheric chemistry are sub-disciplines of the atmospheric sciences. Meteorology and hydrology compose the interdisciplinary field of hydrometeorology.
Interactions between Earth's atmosphere and the oceans are part of coupled ocean-atmosphere studies. Meteorology has application in many diverse fields such as the military, energy production, transport, agriculture and construction.
Other subclassifications are available based on the need by or by the unique, local or broad effects that are studied within that sub-class.Boundary layer meteorology Boundary layer meteorology is the study of processes in the air layer directly above Earth's surface, known as the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) or peplosphere. The effects of the surface – heating, cooling, and friction – cause turbulent mixing within the air layer. Significant fluxes of heat, matter, or momentum on time scales of less than a day are advected by turbulent motions. Boundary layer meteorology includes the study of all types of surface-atmosphere boundary, including ocean, lake, urban land and non-urban land.Mesoscale meteorology Mesoscale meteorology is the study of atmospheric phenomena that has horizontal scales ranging from microscale limits to synoptic scale limits and a vertical scale that starts at the Earth's surface and includes the atmospheric boundary layer, troposphere, tropopause, and the lower section of the stratosphere. Mesoscale timescales last from less than a day to the lifetime of the event, which in some cases can be weeks. The events typically of interest are thunderstorms, squall lines, fronts, precipitation bands in tropical and extratropical cyclones, and topographically generated weather systems such as mountain waves and sea and land breezes.
Synoptic scale Synoptic scale meteorology is generally large area dynamics referred to in horizontal coordinates and with respect to time. The phenomena typically described by synoptic meteorology include events like extratropical cyclones, baroclinic troughs and ridges, frontal zones, and to some extent jets. All of these are typically given on weather maps for a specific time. The minimum horizontal scale of synoptic phenomena are limited to the spacing between surface observation stations.
Global scale Global scale meteorology is study of weather patterns related to the transport of heat from the tropics to the poles. Also, very large scale oscillations are of importance. Those oscillations have time periods typically longer than a full annual seasonal cycle, such as ENSO, PDO, MJO, etc. Global scale pushes the thresholds of the perception of meteorology into climatology. The traditional definition of climate is pushed in to larger timescales with the further understanding of how the global oscillations cause both climate and weather disturbances in the synoptic and mesoscale timescales.
Numerical Weather Prediction is a main focus in understanding air-sea interaction, tropical meteorology, atmospheric predictability, and tropospheric/stratospheric processes.. Currently (2007) Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey produces the atmospheric model called NOGAPS, a global scale atmospheric model, this model is run operationally at Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center. There are several other global atmospheric models.Dynamic meteorology Dynamic meteorology generally focuses on the physics of the atmosphere. The idea of air parcel is used to define the smallest element of the atmosphere, while ignoring the discrete molecular and chemical nature of the atmosphere. An air parcel is defined as a point in the fluid continuum of the atmosphere. The fundamental laws of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and motion are used to study the atmosphere. The physical quantities that characterize the state of the atmosphere are temperature, density, pressure, etc. These variables have unique values in the continuum.Aviation meteorology Aviation meteorology deals with the impact of weather on air traffic management. It is important for air crews to understand the implications of weather on their flight plan as well as their aircraft, as noted by the Aeronautical Information Manual:
The effects of ice on aircraft are cumulative-thrust is reduced, drag increases, lift lessens, and weight increases. The results are a decrease in stall speed and a deterioration of aircraft performance. In extreme cases, 2 to 3 inches of ice can form on the leading edge of the airfoil in less than 5 minutes. It takes but 1/2 inch of ice to reduce the lifting power of some aircraft by 50 percent and increases the frictional drag by an equal percentage.Agricultural meteorology Meteorologists, soil scientists, agricultural hydrologists, and agronomists are persons concerned with studying the effects of weather and climate on plant distribution, crop yield, water-use efficiency, phenology of plant and animal development, and the energy balance of managed and natural ecosystems. Conversely, they are interested in the role of vegetation on climate and weather.Hydrometeorology Hydrometeorology is the branch of meteorology that deals with the hydrologic cycle, the water budget, and the rainfall statistics of storms. A hydrometeorologist prepares and issues forecasts of accumulating (quantitative) precipitation, heavy rain, heavy snow, and highlights areas with the potential for flash flooding. Typically the range of knowledge that is required overlaps with climatology, mesoscale and synoptic meteorology, and other geosciences.Nuclear meteorology Nuclear meteorology investigates the distribution of radioactive aerosols and gases in the atmosphere.
One of the most impressive achievements described in the Meteorology is the description of what is now known as the hydrologic cycle:
The administration of the Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE) categorized soils and made meteorological observations for use in Indian agriculture. In 25 AD, Pomponius Mela, a geographer for the Roman Empire, formalized the climatic zone system.
In 80 AD, the Han Dynasty Chinese philosopher Wang Chong (27-97 AD), in Lun Heng (論衡; Critical Essays), dispels the myth of rain coming from the heavens, and states that rain is evaporated from water on the earth into the air and forms clouds, stating that clouds condense into rain and also form dew, and says when the clothes of people in high mountains are moistened, this is because of the air-suspended rain water. However, Wang Chong supports his theory by quoting a similar one of Gongyang Gao's, the latter's commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals compiled in the 2nd century BC, showing that the Chinese conception of rain evaporating and rising to form clouds goes back much farther than Wang Chong. Wang Chong wrote:
In the 10th century, Ibn Wahshiyya's Nabatean Agriculture discusses the weather forecasting of atmospheric changes and signs from the planetary astral alterations; signs of rain based on observation of the lunar phases, nature of thunder and lightning, direction of sunrise, behaviour of certain plants and animals, and weather forecasts based on the movement of winds; pollenized air and winds; and formation of winds and vapours. As weather forecasting predictions and the measurement of time and the onset of seasons became more precise and reliable, Muslim agriculturalists became informed of these advances and often employed them in agriculture, making it possible for them to plan the growth of each of their crops at specific times of the year.
In the early 11th century, Avicenna, a Persian scientist and polymath, invents the air thermometer. In 1021, Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), an Iraqi scientist, introduces the scientific method in his Book of Optics. He writes on the atmospheric refraction of light, for example, the cause of morning and evening twilight. He endeavored by use of hyperbola and geometric optics to chart and formulate basic laws on atmospheric refraction. He provides the first correct definition of the twilight, discusses atmospheric refraction, shows that the twilight is due to atmospheric refraction and only begins when the Sun is 19 degrees below the horizon, and uses a complex geometric demonstration to measure the height of the Earth's atmosphere as 52,000 passuum (49 miles), which is very close to the modern measurement of 50 miles. He also realized that the atmosphere also reflects light, from his observations of the sky brightening even before the Sun rises. Ibn al-Haytham later publishes his Risala fi l-Daw' (Treatise on Light) as a supplement to his Book of Optics. He discusses the meteorology of the rainbow, the density of the atmosphere, and various celestial phenomena, including the eclipse, twilight and moonlight. In 1027, Avicenna publishes The Book of Healing, which contains his essay on mineralogy and meteorology in six chapters: formation of mountains; the advantages of mountains in the formation of clouds; sources of water; origin of earthquakes; formation of minerals; and the diversity of earth's terrain. He also describes the structure of a meteor, and his theory on the formation of metals combined Geber's sulfur-mercury theory from Islamic alchemy (although he was critic of alchemy) with the mineralogical theories of Aristotle and Theophrastus. His scientific methodology of field observation was also original in Earth science.
In the late 11th century, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ma'udh, who lived in Al-Andalus, wrote a work on optics later translated into Latin as Liber de crepisculis, which was mistakenly attributed to Alhazen. This was a short work containing an estimation of the angle of depression of the sun at the beginning of the morning twilight and at the end of the evening twilight, and an attempt to calculate on the basis of this and other data the height of the atmospheric moisture responsible for the refraction of the sun's rays. Through his experiments, he obtained the accurate value of 18°, which comes close to the modern value. In 1088, the Chinese scientist Shen Kuo, in his Dream Pool Essays (梦溪笔谈), wrote vivid descriptions of tornadoes, that rainbows were formed by the shadow of the sun in rain, occurring when the sun would shine upon it, and the curious common phenomena of the effect of lightning that, when striking a house, would merely scorch the walls a bit but completely melt to liquid all metal objects inside.
In 1121, Al-Khazini, a Muslim scientist of Byzantine Greek descent, publishes the The Book of the Balance of Wisdom, the first study on the hydrostatic balance. In the late 13th century and early 14th century, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi and his student Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī continued the work of Ibn al-Haytham, and they were the first to give the correct explanations for the rainbow phenomenon. In 1441, King Sejongs son, Prince Munjong, invented the first standardized rain gauge. These were sent throughout the Joseon Dynasty of Korea as an official tool to assess land taxes based upon a farmer's potential harvest. In 1450, Leone Battista Alberti developed a swinging-plate anemometer, and is known as the first anemometer. In 1494, Christopher Columbus experiences a tropical cyclone, leads to the first written European account of a hurricane.
In 1654, Ferdinando II de Medici establishes the first weather observing network, that consisted of meteorological stations in Florence, Cutigliano, Vallombrosa, Bologna, Parma, Milan, Innsbruck, Osnabruck, Paris and Warsaw. Collected data was centrally sent to Florence at regular time intervals. In 1662, Sir Christopher Wren invented the mechanical, self-emptying, tipping bucket rain gauge. In 1667, Robert Hooke builds another type of anemometer, called a pressure-plate anemometer. In 1686, Edmund Halley presents a systematic study of the trade winds and monsoons and identifies solar heating as the cause of atmospheric motions.
In 1714, Gabriel Fahrenheit creates reliable scale for measuring temperature with a mercury-type thermometer. In 1716, Edmund Halley suggests that aurorae are caused by "magnetic effluvia" moving along the Earth's magnetic field lines. In 1735, The first ideal explanation of global circulation was the study of the Trade winds by George Hadley. In 1738, Daniel Bernoulli publishes Hydrodynamics, initiating the kinetic theory of gases. He gave a poorly detailed equation of state, but also the basic laws for the theory of gases. In 1742, Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, proposed the Celsius temperature scale which led to the current Celsius scale. In 1743, Benjamin Franklin is prevented from seeing a lunar eclipse by a hurricane, he decides that cyclones move in a contrary manner to the winds at their periphery.
In 1761, Joseph Black discovers that ice absorbs heat without changing its temperature when melting. In 1772, Black's student Daniel Rutherford discovers nitrogen, which he calls phlogisticated air, and together they explain the results in terms of the phlogiston theory. In 1777, Antoine Lavoisier discovers oxygen and develops an explanation for combustion. In 1783, in Lavoisier's book Reflexions sur le phlogistique, he deprecates the phlogiston theory and proposes a caloric theory. In 1783, the first hair hygrometer is demonstrated by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure.
In 1802-1803, Luke Howard writes On the Modification of Clouds in which he assigns cloud types Latin names. In 1804, Sir John Leslie observes that a matte black surface radiates heat more effectively than a polished surface, suggesting the importance of black body radiation. In 1806, Francis Beaufort introduces his system for classifying wind speeds. In 1808, John Dalton defends caloric theory in A New System of Chemistry and describes how it combines with matter, especially gases; he proposes that the heat capacity of gases varies inversely with atomic weight. In 1810, Sir John Leslie freezes water to ice artificially. In 1819, Pierre Louis Dulong and Alexis Thérèse Petit give the Dulong-Petit law for the specific heat capacity of a crystal.
In 1820, John Herapath develops some ideas in the kinetic theory of gases but mistakenly associates temperature with molecular momentum rather than kinetic energy; his work receives little attention other than from Joule. In 1822, Joseph Fourier formally introduces the use of dimensions for physical quantities in his Theorie Analytique de la Chaleur. In 1824, Sadi Carnot analyzes the efficiency of steam engines using caloric theory; he develops the notion of a reversible process and, in postulating that no such thing exists in nature, lays the foundation for the second law of thermodynamics. In 1827, Robert Brown discovers the Brownian motion of pollen and dye particles in water. In 1832, an electromagnetic telegraph was created by Baron Schilling. In 1834, Émile Clapeyron popularises Carnot's work through a graphical and analytic formulation. In 1835, Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis publishes theoretical discussions of machines with revolving parts and their efficiency, for example the efficiency of waterweels. At the end of the 19th century, meteorologists recognized that the way the Earth's rotation is taken into account in meteorology is analogous to what Coriolis discussed: an example of Coriolis Effect.
Over the next 50 years many countries established national meteorological services: Finnish Meteorological Central Office (1881) was formed from part of Magnetic Observatory of Helsinki University; India Meteorological Department (1889) established following tropical cyclone and monsoon related famines in the previous decades; United States Weather Bureau (1890) was established under the United States Department of Agriculture; Australian Bureau of Meteorology (1905) established by a Meteorology Act to unify existing state meteorological services.
In 1904, Norwegian scientist Vilhelm Bjerknes first postulated that prognostication of the weather is possible from calculations based upon natural laws.
Early in the 20th century, advances in the understanding of atmospheric physics led to the foundation of modern numerical weather prediction. In 1922, Lewis Fry Richardson published "Weather prediction by numerical process," which described how small terms in the fluid dynamics equations governing atmospheric flow could be neglected to allow numerical solutions to be found. However, the sheer number of calculations required was too large to be completed without the use of computers.
At this time in Norway a group of meteorologists led by Vilhelm Bjerknes developed the model that explains the generation, intensification and ultimate decay (the life cycle) of mid-latitude cyclones, introducing the idea of fronts, that is, sharply defined boundaries between air masses. The group included Carl-Gustaf Rossby (who was the first to explain the large scale atmospheric flow in terms of fluid dynamics), Tor Bergeron (who first determined the mechanism by which rain forms) and Jacob Bjerknes.
Starting in the 1950s, numerical experiments with computers became feasible. The first weather forecasts derived this way used barotropic (that means, single-vertical-level) models, and could successfully predict the large-scale movement of midlatitude Rossby waves, that is, the pattern of atmospheric lows and highs.
In the 1960s, the chaotic nature of the atmosphere was first observed and understood by Edward Lorenz, founding the field of chaos theory. These advances have led to the current use of ensemble forecasting in most major forecasting centers, to take into account uncertainty arising from the chaotic nature of the atmosphere.
Generally speaking, each science has its own unique sets of laboratory equipment. However, meteorology is a science which does not use much lab equipment but relies more on field-mode observation equipment. In some aspects this can make simple observations slide on the erroneous side.
In science, an observation, or observable, is an abstract idea that can be measured and data can be taken. In the atmosphere, there are many things or qualities of the atmosphere that can be measured. Rain, which can be observed, or seen anywhere and anytime was one of the first ones to be measured historically. Also, two other accurately measured qualities are wind and humidity. Neither of these can be seen but can be felt. The devices to measure these three sprang up in the mid-15th century and were respectively the rain gauge, the anemometer, and the hygrometer.
Sets of surface measurements are important data to meteorologists. They give a snapshot of a variety of weather conditions at one single location and are usually at a weather station, a ship or a weather buoy. The measurements taken at a weather station can include any number of atmospheric observables. Usually, temperature, pressure, wind measurements, and humidity are the variables that are measured by a thermometer, barometer, anemometer, and hygrometer, respectively.
Upper air data are of crucial importance for weather forecasting. The most widely used technique is launches of radiosondes. Supplementing the radiosondes a network of aircraft collection is organized by the World Meteorological Organization.
Remote sensing, as used in meteorology, is the concept of collecting data from remote weather events and subsequently producing weather information. The common types of remote sensing are Radar, Lidar, and satellites (or photogrammetry). Each collects data about the atmosphere from a remote location and, usually, stores the data where the instrument is located. RADAR and LIDAR are not passive because both use EM radiation to illuminate a specific portion of the atmosphere.
The 1960 launch of the first successful weather satellite, TIROS-1, marked the beginning of the age where weather information became available globally. Weather satellites along with more general-purpose Earth-observing satellites circling the earth at various altitudes have become an indispensable tool for studying a wide range of phenomena from forest fires to El Niño.
In recent years, climate models have been developed that feature a resolution comparable to older weather prediction models. These climate models are used to investigate long-term climate shifts, such as what effects might be caused by human emission of greenhouse gases.
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since at least the nineteenth century. Weather forecasts are made by collecting quantitative data about the current state of the atmosphere and using scientific understanding of atmospheric processes to project how the atmosphere will evolve.
Once an all human endeavor based mainly upon changes in barometric pressure, current weather conditions, and sky condition, forecast models are now used to determine future conditions. Human input is still required to pick the best possible forecast model to base the forecast upon, which involves pattern recognition skills, teleconnections, knowledge of model performance, and knowledge of model biases. The chaotic nature of the atmosphere, the massive computational power required to solve the equations that describe the atmosphere, error involved in measuring the initial conditions, and an incomplete understanding of atmospheric processes mean that forecasts become less accurate as the difference in current time and the time for which the forecast is being made (the range of the forecast) increases. The use of ensembles and model consensus help narrow the error and pick the most likely outcome.
There are a variety of end users to weather forecasts. Weather warnings are important forecasts because they are used to protect life and property. Forecasts based on temperature and precipitation are important to agriculture, and therefore to commodity traders within stock markets. Temperature forecasts are used by utility companies to estimate demand over coming days. On an everyday basis, people use weather forecasts to determine what to wear on a given day. Since outdoor activities are severely curtailed by heavy rain, snow and the wind chill, forecasts can be used to plan activities around these events, and to plan ahead and survive them.
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attic wrote:@Yuroun Those are really great tracks, very relaxing and enjoyable. You have some really diverse and organic sounds in there. What kinds of synths and samplers are using in your studio?
attic wrote:Alchemy is really great I use that a lot. So do you use any out board gear or is it all in the box?
attic wrote:I should ask if you have any tips on the sample business as I'm headed in that direction.
attic wrote:I carry a small digital recorder at all times and have been doing that for years now.
attic wrote:I'm finishing up some sample playback engines here in Synthmaker
attic wrote: Is it Kontakt your designing samples for and do you distribute through anyone or just your own website?
attic wrote:@Acrobat Hey thanks for sharing, Waltz of the New Moon reminds me for some reason of something from Oingo Boingo's DeadMans Party album except with more technology. What are you using for compression on these tracks?
Tips on selling or on building library's?
That's a good start. I do that too
I want to do that too, that's why I bought SM. It's a pitty that there isn't a module like Reaktor's grain cloud in SM. I know there are some examples which use a similar process, but I can't get my head around it (for now).
attic wrote:@Yuroun
Some of the sounds you use remind me of a favorite sound designer. This guy Eduardo Tarilonte
attic wrote:I decided long ago not to use sampled libraries of any kind in my music, so I started recording anything and everything with small recorders and moved on to digital as they became available. I now have four 2tb drives full of my own samples and will soon start selling those.
attic wrote:Whats the digital recorder you use? I'm using a fairly cheap model a Zoom H2 but it sounds great. My wife laughs at me when I go scrambling for the recorder just because I heard a frog outside or the cat farted.
attic wrote:I have a project that I will be sharing here with the forum soon that you maybe interested in. It has a windowed grain playback system with auxiliary pitch shifting. It is somewhat like the new Reaktor release SKANNER. When I saw they released that it felt like they had beat me to the punch but then after trying it mine is fairly different and I like what I have better.
attic wrote:Are you working with the .sfz sample stuff or is it mostly .wav that your interested in? Maybe I have some parts.
attic wrote:I just checked out Amazone's S3, I have huge amounts of samples so it sounds as if Amazone's could work for me but how does it tie in with WP Estore...
attic wrote: If you end up using Synthedit check out the CK modules they cost but he has some great stuff for quickly developing different types of Sample and Grain players so the time saved maybe worth the dollars for you. Let me know if you feel like collaborating on some playback stuff.
attic wrote:One last question for both of you, what are you guys using for soundcards?
attic wrote:@Acrobat
I came back and listened to the rest of your files. I like that synth sound in QQ 9 dicembre 2011 (snippet) SOLmaj
I listened to them all back to back and it made for an enjoyable afternoon really nice work and thanks for sharing. I also noticed you have a very clean sound I will have to try that L2 limiter, is that a Wavs plugin? I have been slapping the Izotope Ozone plugin on most things lately but need to leave my comfort zone and branch out a bit.
One last question for both of you, what are you guys using for soundcards?
Yuroun wrote:I started following you
Here's mine cloud: http://soundcloud.com/yuroun/
Acrobat wrote:I already commented my favorite ttracks directly on Soundcloud, the stuff is very well done and relaxing, from my point of view I hear a lot of emprty spaces to be filled
attic wrote:So what are the things you would like to build with Synthmaker, sounds like you need a grain player? Are you working with the .sfz sample stuff or is it mostly .wav that your interested in? Maybe I have some parts.
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In the early 2000s, Jefferson Smith grew a reputation in progressive grassroots political circles as the hulking 6' 3" strawberry-blond force of nature behind Oregon's The Bus Project, a non-profit merry band of allies named for a 1978 touring coach bought on eBay, which busied itself , training scores of young people in the mechanics of democracy, signing up tens of thousands of new voters, and selling t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan "Vote, F*cker." In 2008, Smith won election to the Oregon House of Representatives, where he memorably convinced colleagues on both sides of the aisle to Rickroll the chamber, one word at a time. A well-styled and widely-circulated TED talk last summer on the structural opportunities of politics in the public interest added to his mainstream credibility as a big thinker. In some liberal circles, Smith, now 38, is the embodiment of the promise of netroots-generation politics: the idea that, as the Bus Project puts it, "democracy works best when more people do it"– even when throwing your mind, body, and soul into the process might look a little unhinged. Smith admits that friends think of him even now as "a golden retriever who is constantly picking up a bone, bringing it back, and not wanting to stop bringing it back." What Smith is up to now that might count as the most curious turn of his curious career: He goes into today's crowded non-partisan primary in a surprisingly good position to be the next mayor of Portland.
"Jefferson's brand of politics," says Colorado congressman Jared Polis, a Smith friend, "is about getting people involved." As an organizer, Smith's been deeply involved in bringing more people into the political process for more than a decade. "It's something we all talk about during campaigns now," says Polis. "But it can be incredibly difficult to enact while in office." Look no further than the Harvard Law School graduate, like Smith, now occupying the White House, and his struggles to apply the community organizing principles of his campaign to his presidency. But if anyone can really engage a wide swath of the public in running their government, says Polis, Smith is the one to do it. For the last nine months, Smith's been working hard at convincing the people of Portland of the same thing.
For a long while, it wasn't much working. "If someone was picking a presumptive favorite," a yawning, fidgety Smith says in a New York City café near City Hall on a January morning, "they wouldn't pick me." He'd gotten to the state legislature, sure, but he'd never held city-wide office like his opponent, former city commissioner Charlie Hales has. He'd run The Bus Project, but he didn't have private-sector business experience, like Eileen Brady, the long-time favorite in the race and a strong fundraiser. With his poll numbers barely breaking the single digits, he couldn't shake the aura of someone for whom a mayoral bid was just the latest in a string of civic experiments. As The Oregonian later put it in endorsing Hales, "on the stump and in interviews, Smith often seems more activist than executive."
The night before we meet, Smith's campaign had thrown a fundraiser at Legends, a sports bar in Midtown Manhattan. It was a chance for Smith to reconnect with some old East Coast friends, raise a little money, and spread the word. It was also a reminder that, for some, Smith remains a national figure, no matter how local his ambitions might now be. Among the 70 or so people gathered in the bar's basement was a healthy helping of the better known figures of the liberal blogosphere and local grassroots politics, like Living Liberally's Justin Krebs, Democrats.com's Bob Fertik, and Matt Stoller, who made his name blogging on MyDD and Open Left. After Smith delivered his stump speech over the thumping tones of Gym Class Heroes, he opened up the floor to questions. One came from Stoller. Did Smith think, asked Stoller, that recent history suggests that the United States is at risk of turning into an authoritarian country?
Kinda, answered Smith. But his full response suggests that one thing he's learned on the trail is how to use the opening he creates by being "activist,"—per The Oregonian, to sell himself as plausibly executive. "We're going to have to figure out how to have a more robust middle class," said Smith to Stoller, "or we're going to have to figure out how to be more like Singapore." In other words, the growing gap between rich and poor is helping to foster friction, resentment, even violence. "If you have that, the only way to make sure that folks don't rob folks blind is to have more armed police." In a way, it's a strange answer. One imagines that the question implied worries about police crackdowns on Occupy Wall Street more than, say, concerns about neighbors stealing one another's stuff. But as the response of an activist-mayor, it makes a ton of sense, bridging existential political worries and the nuts and bolts of running a city. No mayor of Portland, Oregon is going to ever completely answer such fraught questions, admitted Smith. "But when I say, 'a commitment to democracy,' what I mean is a commitment to citizen rule."
"There has to be a town in this county where the people rule."
And that town, Smith has argued throughout his campaign, has to be Portland. After all, it's history is as a city where the public interest had real political pull. The turn of the 20th century saw the invention of "The Oregon System"—a blend of referenda, ballot initiatives, and other direct democracy measures like letting citizens suggest legislation. People-centric politics, the argument goes, held back corruption and created an environment for governing experiments that have turned out pretty well: the direct election of U.S. senators, land-use planning, voting by mail, public beaches, Labor Day. "At multiple intervals in American history, we've been willing to answer history's questions with a different set of responses," Smith said on the stump. What he is warning against is mistaking what has made Portland Portland as expendable quirks. "There are some powerful forces that would like Portland to be more like Phoenix with rainier weather," cautions Smith.
Rather than ignoring what makes Portland different, he argues, the city's next mayor should double down on it.
The geography of the city has provided Smith with a powerful case in point. "They don't film a lot of episodes in my part of town," says Smith of IFC's Portlandia. Other candidates talk about the city's failed promise to East Portland, a once largely rural and suburban area mostly annexed in the '80s and '90s that lacks central Portland's public-transportation infrastructure, including bike lanes and bus routes. Smith, his wife, and their dog actually live there. "I need an East Portlandia," he says. As he sees it, as goes the relative racially, ethnically, and economically diverse East Portland, so goes Portland, eventually. "We've got to get the full city to make a commitment that this city has to work for everyone." Smith can be a rapid-fire policy wonk: ask him about "economic gardening," an approach to home-growing small businesses that came out of Littleton, Colorado. But in the end, his argument for mayor is basic: Democracy works best when there are more people on the bus. And at the moment, the bus isn't stopping in East Portland.
His all-aboard philosophy can get Smith in trouble. When he gained the endorsements of the city's police and fire unions, questions arose about how willing he might be in the future to keep up his detailed critiques of law enforcement. But the knock against Smith that seems hardest to shake is more personal. For one thing, he's young, a decade more so than either Hales or Brady. But his youth seems to serve to emphasize another trait: He can be disorganized. He's neglected to pay bar dues over the years. His driving record is less than stellar. "I would never hire Jefferson to be an administrative assistant," says Matt Singer, the executive director of The Bus Federation, a four-state umbrella organization that grew out of The Bus Project, who counts himself as a friend and strong supporter. "I just never thought that the job of mayor was to be an administrative assistant." Smith bristles at the notion that his story thus far is one of sloppiness and loose ends. He's run a major organization, he says. Hammered out policy. Passed legislation. Organized local programs.
"If they want to talk details, let's talk details." He pauses for a long time. "We have a real comfort with details."
Spend time around Smith, and it seems that when he describes his vision of Portland, he could easily be talking about himself—weird, maybe, but in a way that's a strength. His exuberance, his need to keep going back and getting that bone time and time again, the occasionally messy energy that flows from him, the actual cartwheels that he's willing to do to attract small-dollar donors—that's all part of the package. "Friends from school who are trying to change the world as investment bankers, for good or for ill, they put in a lot of hours," he says. "If we're going to change the world for the public interest, we're going to have to work really hard. It's not going to happen with seven hour days." His insistence upon working overtime seems to be paying off; polls last week put him, somewhat improbably, tied for first place in the mayor's race. Absent a majority, the top two vote-getters will go on to the general election in November.
If things go well for Smith, that will be the point at which he'll really begin to answer Polis's question about engaging people into the political process once you're actually in office. Smith talks about budget transparency, and of introducing to Portland the sort of non-emergency 311 system that can connect people directly to the parts of government most relevant to them. But from day one, Smith would have an organizer's challenge even closer at hand. Portland is distinct among big U.S. cities in having a city-commission style municipal government. The city council divvies up the portfolio of managing the city and the mayor is, really, first among equals. Getting anything done "just takes three votes," says Stacey Dycus, Smith's campaign director. A Mayor Jefferson Smith would find his strength in convincing other members of the city council to go along with him. It's organizer's task that, Smith argues, he's uniquely qualified to pull off.
As we finish up at that New York City café, I ask Smith what's next for him should he fall short in convincing Portlanders of the merits of having an activist-mayor. "I'll buy a flock of sheep," he jokes, "and tend to them."
Richard Ellmyer
Tue, 2012-05-15 21:05
Jefferson Smith FAILS Progressive Public Housing And Single-Payer Health Care Tests
The mayor of Portland is the singular most powerful and influential elected official with regard to Public Housing policy and practice within the political sphere of Oregon's Metro regional government which includes three counties and the city of Portland. Jefferson Smith has refused to acknowledge this fact.
Jefferson Smith denies the very existence of Public Housing in Portland.
Jefferson Smith does NOT have any idea how many Public Housing clients are within the city of Portland nor in what neighborhoods they might be concentrated.
Jefferson Smith supports the discredited and abhorrent current policy of the city of Portland of Targeted, UNLIMITED Neighborhood Concentration of Public Housing.
Jefferson Smith refuses to demand accurate, complete and timely Public Housing Statistical Data from the Public Housing Authority of Multnomah County and the Portland Housing Bureau that would be necessary to enforce a policy of Equitable Distribution of Public Housing.
Jefferson Smith voted for a Billion dollar health care tax increase while renouncing Single-Payer.
Jefferson Smith was part of the Democratically controlled legislature in 2009 that prevented doctors, nurses and every other Oregonian who supported Single-Payer health care from participating in the legislative process and statewide forums ostensibly held to solicit citizen input on health care ideas.
Jefferson Smith did not get my vote for mayor of Portland.
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Tue, 2012-05-22 13:33
int he primary run-off, Jefferson Smith came in second place but even more interesting to note is in the late returns of ballots cast the margin between Hales and Smith narrowed to 5%. Smith represents the younger political mind in Portland and that is a large part of the voter turn-out. One thing that will not resonate well with Portland voters is a blind allegiance to Barack Obama for another 4 years. This will be tricky for a Democrat to separate himself from the incumbent Democrat President. It can be done, but no small task. Another important thing to consider this November General election is there are potential two petitions to decriminalize marijuana headed for voters on the ballot. This has potential to help bring out the votes to the progressive, activist orientated candidate.
I had a good conversation with Jefferson Smith, May 8th, at the Anti-Coal rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square. He is a genuine, sincere person whose intentions are those for the best interest of the people. I like him, I believe him and will vote for Smith again in November for Mayor of Portland. It's about time someone running for Mayor considered the interests of the citizens of Portland before the corporate interests wanting to exploit our natural resources.
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Tue, 2012-05-22 17:01
It's a lot easier to govern when the economy is flourishing. What we all need, and deserve, is someone willing to serve ALL of Portland, and tackle the hard problems. Much will be made of what a Mayor can or cannot do, and that's a good thing. What Portland needs now is someone with the alacrity and cognitive skills to see patterns, listen well, and work tirelessly to bring people together to solve our own problems. That's a description of Jefferson Smith, who from adapting good ideas from anywhere (economic gardening) to strengthening democracy (all aboard!), has great experience gaining consensus, and getting it done. That hard work and a lot of constituents sharing the same views have made a difference isn't improbably at all, is it?
Tue, 2012-05-22 18:44
I don't know who the hell Richard Ellmyer is but I do know who Jefferson Smith is, and I support Jefferson Smith for mayor of Portland because he DOES understand the role of the mayor in a way his opponent doesn't.
Jefferson understands that the mayor's job is to make the city work for everyone. That means all the neighborhoods and all the people (even the poor ones), not excluding the downtown businesses and developers who wield so much influence in the city already, but taking into account that business and real estate interests are not always aligned with the city's own best interests.
Jefferson understands the importance of asking "How are we going to pay for this?" when someone proposes a giant shiny new public works project. Because basic city services are important too.
Janel Pettit
Wed, 2012-05-23 09:54
I have seen the momentum for Jefferson Smith build exponentially and here's why: by CONNECTING with people one-on-one he was able to grow a network of 1,000 volunteers who then knocked on almost 50,000 doors to connect with MORE people one-on-one. He inspired supporters to hold 107 house parties throughout Portland for neighbors, friends, family and and co-workers (including those not living in the Portland voting district) to ask Jefferson THEIR questions and engage in meaningful conversation. Jefferson's vision moved over 2,250 individual people to make a donation; a new record in Portland politics. Jefferson Smith was recognized in local media as the candidate with well-developed ideas on policy - he has significant and tangible things to say - for voters to consider and respond to - and he listens. As the founder of The Bus Project and as a state Representative, Jefferson Smith has honed his skills in collaboration and organizing people - demonstrated by effective results - The Bus Project model has expanded nationally and internationally - and Rep. Smith sponsored bills to address human trafficking, transit safety, and government transparency - DURING campaign season taking a month off from fundraising in February. Jefferson Smith has EARNED my vote and support for a great and inspired, One Portland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBOv3VlC2YE
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Marine awarded posthumous Silver Star
CAMP PENDLETON Sgt. Wade D. Wilson didn't flinch last May when an insurgent began firing an AK-47 at him and four of his fellow Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Wilson immediately grabbed a pistol, exited an armored vehicle charged at the man and shot back. His actions led to his being fatally wounded, but in the process Wilson forced the insurgent to retreat and saved his friends' lives.
For his bravery, Wilson, 22, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star during a ceremony Thursday morning at Camp Pendleton.
"The average man would seek cover to protect his own life," said Lt. Col. Tim Bairstow, commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. "But Sgt. Wilson was not an average man, nor was he an average Marine."
A native of Centerville, Tex., Wilson joined the Marine Corps straight out of high school, where he captained the football team as a running back and safety and ran track, said his childhood friend and fellow Marine 2nd Lt. Corey Boudiette. Wilson had a wild and rambunctious personality, was extremely intelligent, a great student and had a strong sense of humor, Boudiette said.
Wilson loved anything to do with the outdoors. He was into working on cars and trucks, riding dirt bikes and fishing. He also loved Taylor Swift's music, and the artist even promised his parents that she would wear his dog tags in her first video after his funeral.
"He definitely was not your average individual," Boudiette said. "He was a little more crazy than most. But when it came down to brass tax, he was diligent when it came to his job."
Wilson trained at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego in 2007, and he reported to his final unit, 2nd Batallion, 5th Marines, on Aug. 1, 2011.
Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, the commanding officer of 1st Marine Division, attended Thursday's 20-minute ceremony, along with 5th Marines regiment commander Col. Roger Turner, Jr.
Turner presented the Silver Star to Wilson's mother, Cindy Easterling, who was one of several friends and family members to also attend. Wilson is survived by his parents, three brothers and one sister.
"His courage stands out," Bailey said. "Selfless sacrifice. There were many others that he saved. There were four Marines around that vehicle, and because of his actions they're here today.
"In the Marines, we talk about taking care of your own. Because of his actions, he was able to save those Marines in his vehicle. It was a true reflection of taking care of your own."
Wilson was a revered and fearless leader, said several of those in attendance Thursday. He had been promoted ahead of his peers three times, and he had been recommended for yet another upgrade before he was killed, Bairstow said.
Wilson was participating in his third deployment last May when his company was called upon during Operation Oxbow, intended to clear a section of Helmand Province of insurgent leaders and weapons.
He served as the platoon sergeant with 3rd Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, 1st Marine Division when the armored vehicle he was in was damaged by an improvised explosive device.


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Terry Setch RA
Terry Setch studied at Sutton and Cheam School of Art, 1950-54 and Slade School of Fine Art 1956-60.
He lives in Penarth, Wales and draws inspiration from his surroundings. Employing diverse materials, he explores the tensions between society and the natural world. The painted surfaces of his large scale works are often amplified with found matter, which articulates an atmosphere of elemental and emotional turmoil.
Although Setch's small scale paintings, prints and drawings are more literal, they are rooted in the same Romantic tradition.
Elected RA: 28 May 2009
Born: 11 March 1936
Terry Setch RA - Selected CV
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2012 Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London
2010 Art Space Gallery, London
2009 Art Space Gallery, London
2008 Art Space Gallery, London
2006 Tate Britain, London
Glynn Viivian Art Gallery, Swansea
2004 Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden
2001 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Howard Gardens Gallery, University of Wales Cardiff
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Sea Fever, Southampton City Art Gallery
2009 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2006 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Terry Setch, James Boswell, Square 1 Gallery, London
2005 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Site-Actions International Europe, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
2004 Naked, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2003 Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Broken Ground, Tate Gallery, London


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