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Brian Murray's publications include Charles Dickens (1995), which the distinguished literary critic and Dickens scholar Edward Wagenknecht called "an able, stimulating, and at times exciting book" that "has met the challenge of one of the greatest of all novelists fairly and squarely upon his own ground." Brian Murray has also been an advisor and contributor to the Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (1999) and the Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature (2003).
His essays and reviews have appeared in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Studies in Short Fiction, First Things, the Weekly Standard, and the Baltimore Sun, among other places; they have been reprinted or excerpted in Contemporary Literary Criticism, the Concise DLB, and Modern Mystery, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Writers, and have been cited in, or posted on, many online sources, including Arts and Letters Daily, Arts Journal, Milt's File (WGN radio, Chicago), The Huffington Post, and in the online versions of Reason magazine and Christianity Today.
Some publications include "Fellini inesplorato: il significato de La Dolce Vita in Nuova Corvina (Instituto Italiano di Cultura), 18 (2006); "Who Is John Galt? And Does Anyone Care Anymore?" in First Things (online), October 11, 2007; "The Social Gospel of Charles Dickens" (review of Jenny Hartley's Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women) in First Things (online), July 8, 2009; "Instincts of a Bully and the Conscience of a Saint" (a review of Michael Slater's Charles Dickens) in First Things (online), December 29, 2009; The Bedside, Bathtub, and Armchair Companion to Dickens (2009); "Reading Artie Shaw," in The Reader (UK), Winter 2010; "The Wells Machine" (review of David Lodge's A Man of Parts) in the Weekly Standard, November 28, 2011; and a review of Claire Tomalin's Charles Dickens: A Life in The Washington Times, February 17, 2012.
Brian Murray is Professor in the Department of Writing at Loyola University Maryland, where he teaches a wide range of courses on both undergraduate and graduate levels, including "The 1980s: Fiction, Film, and Philosophy" (with Graham Macaleer, Department of Philosophy), "The American Bestseller 1950-2005," and "Ideas Have Consequences: The 1970s."


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On February 11 & 12, 2012, members of the New England LEGO Users Group (NELUG), attempted to break the world record for the Longest Continuous LEGO Monorail Track. The previous record is believed to have been held by the Ontario Brick Builders who, in December of 2009, displayed a layout of approximately 250 linear feet of track. NELUG's display, shown at the Wenham Museum in Wenham, Massachusetts, measured approximately 730 linear feet.
From Mike Ripley of NELUG:
"On 11&12 Feb 2012 the New England LEGO Users Group (NELUG) set a new world record for the longest contiguous LEGO monorail track at 730 feet (222.5 meters). The event, dubbed the MR730 Event, was held at the Wenham Museum in Wenham, MA. The two day show featured a layout divided into 4 themes; space, city, carnival and forest/castle, with monorail track running throughout. Highlights included two amazing structures that held 11 levels of monorail track, working carnival rides, and 5 custom monorail trains. A video of the MR730 Event can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/riplego/6862346673/ or search Flickr for "MR730 Event"."
For full disclosure, while I am a member of NELUG, I didn't take part in this particular display. I can say, however, that the participants put in a huge amount of time, dreaming, planning, building, and ultimately displaying this amazing layout. The original seed for this layout was planted in March of 2010, with discussions taking place, off and on, until the summer of 2011 when serious planning began.
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I went to see the film last night. I was one of about ten people there. It's hard to read any kind of atmosphere in a mostly empty room, but judging by the people who decided to sit directly behind me and comment all throughout the film, the people who had come to watch were hardly diehard fans.
The most repeated comments i heard were that they "didn't know that one" and "i hope he plays _________". There was laughter at the fan's comments (understandably, i think) and when he removed the shirt(s).
I know the film played a few places last night and will be playing elsewhere in a week or so and i was just curious how many people were at the screening you attended and what the general atmosphere was. I'm also interested in your reasons behind deciding not to go see it. Unless you're answer is that morrissey's shit now. I think that opinion is represented well enough on multiple threads already.
For what it's worth (nothing) i enjoyed the film. He sounded great and the camerawork is as interesting as you could hope a simple filmed concert to be.


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The court hearing for a Fort Carson soldier accused in the death of his infant stepson was postponed on Thursday.
Attorneys said they have not received an autopsy report in the case and agreed it would be best to wait before moving forward with the preliminary hearing.
The death of the 10-month-old boy in August was ruled a homicide. It was the first child victim homicide in 2012 and the 18th homicide overall for the year.
Zachary Doggett, 20, has been charged in the death.with first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. Doggett is an active-duty soldier with Fort Carson.
Police responded to a 911 call on the night of August 24 at 952 Brant Hollow Court regarding a child that was unconscious but breathing. The boy was rushed to the hospital, where doctors noticed numerous bruises on the child's body and facial area.
The coroner reportedly determined that the cause of death was blunt force head trauma.
The parents were in the home at the time of the 911 call. Police say their initial account of what happened was not consistent with their investigation.
Neighbors we spoke with say they were shocked to hear the news, but that they didn't see or hear anything suspicious.
One neighbor said it was heartwrenching to see the child being brought out on a stretcher. He described seeing the step-father in a state of shock and described him as being "visibly distraught" grabbing his head and pacing.
Fort Carson says Doggett is a private first class with the 1st Brigade Team, 4th Infantry Division.
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The curriculum for the Master of Science in Business Analytics consists of 36 credit hours, to be completed over approximately 10 months. View course information by selecting the relevant tab below.
Data structures and algorithms in Java
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The course is an introduction to quantitative decision-making. Quantitative decision making adds value to data by using it to build models that can help in the decision making process. We will cover decision analysis, Monte Carlo simulation and mathematical programming including linear programming, non-linear programming and integer programming. The focus will be on formulation and intuition behind the solution techniques rather than the mathematical theory. Formal math skills like calculus, linear algebra, and probability/statistics will be used some but not much. You do need the ability to think logically and systematically, but improving this ability is a course goal. The course will also introduce students to some advanced commercial software and some scientific computing languages that support the development of these models.
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In this course, we will examine how data analysis technologies can be used to improve decision-making. We will study the fundamental principles and techniques of data mining, with real-world examples and cases to place data-mining techniques in context, to develop data-analytic thinking, and to illustrate that proper application is as much an art as it is a science. In addition, we will work "hands-on" with data mining software.
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Introduction to Data mining, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Concepts and Definitions, The Data Mining Process, Predictive and Descriptive tasks
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In this course we will study a variety of advanced techniques for predictive analytics. Particular emphasis will be given to approaches that are scalable to very large data sets and/or those that are relatively robust when faced with a large number of predictors, and algorithms for heterogeneous or streaming data. Many of these capabilities are essential for handing BIG DATA. Connections to relevant business problems shall be made via several example studies. We will mostly be using the R language for statistical modeling. SAS Enterprise Miner will also be used towards the latter part of the course to illustrate the overall data analytics process as well as modeling choices.
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In this chapter:
(1) Agreement vessel.— The term "agreement vessel" means—
(A) an eligible vessel or a qualified vessel that is subject to an agreement under this chapter; and
(2) Eligible vessel.— The term "eligible vessel" means—
(A) a vessel—
(i) constructed in the United States (and, if reconstructed, reconstructed in the United States), constructed outside the United States but documented under the laws of the United States on April 15, 1970, or constructed outside the United States for use in the United States foreign trade pursuant to a contract made before April 15, 1970;
(B) a commercial fishing vessel—
(3) Joint regulations.— The term "joint regulations" means regulations prescribed jointly by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury under section 53502 (b) of this title.
(4) Noncontiguous trade.— The term "noncontiguous trade" means—
(A) trade between—
(5) Qualified vessel.— The term "qualified vessel" means—
(A) a vessel—
(i) constructed in the United States (and, if reconstructed, reconstructed in the United States), constructed outside the United States but documented under the laws of the United States on April 15, 1970, or constructed outside the United States for use in the United States foreign trade pursuant to a contract made before April 15, 1970;
(iii) agreed, between the Secretary and the person maintaining the capital construction fund established under section 53503 of this title, to be operated in the United States foreign, Great Lakes, noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade trade [1] or in the fisheries of the United States; and
(B) a commercial fishing vessel—
(6) Secretary.— The term "Secretary" means—
(A) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to an eligible vessel or a qualified vessel operated or to be operated in the fisheries of the United States; and
(7) [2] Short sea transportation trade.—The term "short sea transportation trade" means the carriage by vessel of cargo—
(A) that is—
(B) that is—
(i) loaded at a port in the United States and unloaded either at another port in the United States or at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; or
(7) [2] United states foreign trade.—The term "United States foreign trade" includes those areas in domestic trade in which a vessel built with a construction-differential subsidy is allowed to operate under the first sentence of section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
(8) Vessel.— The term "vessel" includes—
(A) cargo handling equipment that the Secretary determines is intended for use primarily on the vessel; and
[1] So in original.
[2] So in original. Two pars. (7) have been enacted.
Source(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c),Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 110–140, title XI, § 1122(a),Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1762.)
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|Source (U.S. Code)
|Source (Statutes at Large)
|46 App.:1177(b)(3), (k)(3).
|June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VI, § 607(b)(3), (k)(1)–(3), (5)–(9), 49 Stat. 2005; June 23, 1938, ch. 600, §§ 23–28, 52 Stat. 960; Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 417, § 10, 53 Stat. 1185; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, §§ 17–19, 66 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 85–637, Aug. 14, 1958, 72 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 86–518, § 1, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 87–45, § 6, May 27, 1961, 75 Stat. 91; Pub. L. 87–271, Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 570; restated Pub. L. 91–469, § 21(a), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1027, 1031, 1032; Pub. L. 93–116, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 421; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(97), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 162.
|46 App.:1177(k)(1).
|46 App.:1177–1.
|Pub. L. 94–455, title VIII, § 807, Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1606.
|46 App.:1177(k)(6).
|46 App.:1177(k)(8).
|46 App.:1177(k)(1) (last sentence), (2).
|46 App.:1177–1.
|46 App.:1177(k)(9).
|46 App.:1177(k)(5).
|46 App.:1177(k)(7).
The codification of the laws in this chapter is not intended to alter the existing jurisdictional relationship of the Secretaries who administer those laws.
In paragraph (2)(A)(iii), the word "trade" is substituted for "commerce" for consistency in the chapter.
References in Text
Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in par. (7), is section 506 of act June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, which is set out as a note under section 53101 of this title.
2007—Par. (5)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 110–140, § 1122(a)(1), substituted "noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade" for "or noncontiguous domestic".
Par. (7). Pub. L. 110–140, § 1122(a)(2), added par. (7) relating to short sea transportation trade.
Effective Date of 2007 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 110–140effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 ofPub. L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
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Two years ago, Republicans took control of the Maine Legislature, and GOP leaders are making their case to Maine voters to give them another two years at the helm. Among their accomplishments, they're claiming reduced taxes, state debt and and less regulatory red tape. But Democrats say that Republican rule has actually widened the gap between the state's poorest and wealthiest citizens. A.J. Higgins has more.
Maine Republicans want voters to think about how much their lives have changed in the two years since the GOP captured the Blaine House, the Senate and the House of Representatives. House Speaker Bob Nutting says the mission has been to carry out the marching orders voters gave back in 2010.
"And what they said was that they wanted to reduce taxes, that they wanted to get rid of onerous regulations, that they wanted to stop the death spiral of Maine's health insurance market," Nutting said. "And furthermore they were tired of being Number 50 in a list of business friendly states."
Democrats who lost control of both houses have criticized the GOP budget priorities. But Republicans say budget bills were approved by large margins by members of both parties.
"Five out of six of those budgets received the unanimous support of the Appropriations Committee," said Maine Senate President Kevin Raye.
"We set priorities like the regulatory reform bill that the speaker and I sponsored and that Sen.Courtney and Rep. McKane helped to usher through to passage - 35-0 in the Senate, 147-3 in the House of Representatives," Raye said.
But Democrats have taken aim at the Republican record in campaign ads, and seized upon the state's lagging jobs picture.
"Look, Republicans have been governing this state for two years - this is their economy, it's their health care insurance bill,"
says Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Justin Alfond. "They don't want to take any accountability for any of the consequences of their policies and their decisions. And they've been doing this now for two years, and enough is enough."
Alfond says GOP claims of reforming education by creating a charter schools bill, improving access to health care through insurance reforms and approving welfare reforms that bring the state closer to the national mainstream, have not delivered for Mainers. And Alfond says the voters he's meeting with expect more from their lawmakers.
"People are frustrated," Alfond says. "They're frustrated because there are no new jobs, they're frustrated because the tax cuts are giving so little to them, they're frustrated because gas is so expensive and this is Republican control. They are in control, they're controlling the budgets, they're controlling the agenda -- they have all the votes to pass anything they want."
The Republican leaders say they will be distributing a booklet titled "Promises Made, Promises Kept" to voters who would like to learn more about their accomplishments.


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In countries with high solar insolation, effective solar thermal production technologies will contribute to the sustainable development of small rural communities. SFPN is managed by the German NGO Solare Zukunft (Solar Future). It is financially supported by WISIONS, an initiative of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy to foster practical sustainable energy projects. Louise Meyer, of Solar Household Energy, demonstrates solar cooking to the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjaminto. Global advocate for solar cooking increases awareness - Solar Household Energy (SHE) has again had a busy summer and fall. Louise Meyer provided solar cooking demonstrations, including to the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjaminto, and assisted the Nature Conservancy in Haiti to teach the Integrated Cooking Method as part of its larger reforestation program in the region. It is exciting and encouraging to see organizations such as SHE taking the promotion of solar cooking the next step, to increased global awareness. Read more about their efforts... The latest issue of Solar Cooker Review is now available online Read the latest issue TanzSolar wins the Green Africa Award for Business - In June of this year the annual Green Africa Award for Business was awarded to TanzSolar for championing environmental change in Africa. TanzSolar received the Award for bringing clean, renewable solar energy and electric lighting to villagers in Tanzania. TanzSolar received the Green Business & Environmental Management Award, one of ten categories. "We are thrilled and this is an enormous honor to receive such an award. It's nice to be recognized for our hard work in solar energy in Africa," said Marianne Walpert, Founder and Director of TanzSolar. South Dakota foundation makes plans to have more solar cookers available in Haiti - Haiti Solar Oven Project board members and partners met the last weekend in October to set goals for 2013. In the next fiscal year, Haiti Solar Oven Partners will provide 2,280 units to families in Haiti participating in training and ownership of a solar oven. 58:01 EmeraldPlanet - Paving the Way to 2050 (Future Earth 4) Technologies; Services; & Products Former SCI board member Pat McArdle is interviewed on Emerald Planet - During the interview Pat McArdle discusses the history and mission of Solar Cookers International, the importance of increasing access to solar cooking technology, Bob Metcalf's Portable Microbiology Laboratory for testing water in remote locations, the work of Jewish World Watch in Chad, and more. October 2012 02:45 Solar Cooked Snowbank Chicken Soup-0 Recent natural disasters show need for emergency cooking and water pasteurization - Bangladesh floods and landslides, June 2012; India floods July, 2012; Haiti floods and mudslides August, 2012; More India floods September, 2012; Vietnam, Philippines, Southern China typhoon, October 2012; Eastern United States hurricane October, 2012. All of these natural events disrupted people's lives, even changing them forever. In the recovery stages after natural disasters, people's basic needs don't change: they still need clean water, food, safety, and shelter. In the bleakest situations, solar thermal power can begin to meet two important needs: a solar oven can pasteurize water and cook food. If you are an experienced solar cook, please contact people in your circle of influence in these affected areas. Share your knowledge of solar cooker construction and use with people who need it most. This YouTube video shows solar cooking done in the snow after power was lost in northern Virginia in a February 2010 storm. Parabolic solar cookers delivered to Afghanistan's remote Wakhan Corridor - The Kirghiz tribe live at the end of this slender finger of land in northeastern Afghanistan. Their primary fuel source for cooking has been dried yak dung, creating smoky conditions in their yurts. The buffalo-like yaks are used for most of their transportation needs. In June, Jeff Waalkes in Kirghizstan and Grace Magney with the Global Hope Network in Kabul were able to deliver ten parabolic solar cookers to the tribe. Grace organized the procurement and had the cookers loaded onto a truck. Jeff's responsibility was to get the truck into the Wakhan Corridor, and where the road petered out, strap everything including the solar cookers to the backs of yaks to deliver them to the Kirghiz. Initially hesitant, members of the tribe were soon cooking food and boiling water. See more of Jeff's photos of the delivery. Global conservation organization adopts solar cooking resolution sponsored by Solar Household Energy - The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has embraced a strong resolution sponsored by Solar Household Energy calling for increased support for solar cooking efforts worldwide. The measure was adopted in September at IUCN's quadrennial World Conservation Congress in Jeju, South Korea. The organization recognized the health hazards of cooking over biomass fires, and the availability of current solar cooking technologies. Efforts continue to develop solar cookers that offer increased efficiency, are cost-effective to produce and distribute, and are sturdy enough to withstand extended use. Read more... Students set a world record baking cookies with solar ovens to raise funds for solar cooking efforts in Haiti. Sign up for the Traveling Solar Oven. Students set a world record and bring awareness to the benefits of solar cooking - Students, parents, faculty, staff and friends gathered at Miami Country Day School located in Miami, Florida, USA on Friday, April 20, 2012 and set the Guinness Book of World Records™ for "The Most Cookies Baked in One Hour Using Solar Ovens". Trays of unbaked cookies were placed in 40 smaller solar ovens, as well as, two Villager solar ovens. After the cookies were baked and 1225 counted....a World Record was set! The event raised over $18,000 USD, which was used to send the 40 solar ovens and a Villager oven to Haiti. The cookies baked in the event were donated to Feeding South Florida. The event was lead by Matthew Cohen, a high school junior who has been actively involved in the solar oven movement for the past nine years. Cohen launched the website Power from the Sun to educate people worldwide on the benefits of solar cooking and help raise money to send solar ovens to needy families in Haiti. Cohen's latest project is aptly named "The Life Of The Traveling Solar Oven" and encourages students, parents, teachers, and local businesses to sponsor a solar oven. Participants are asked to use the solar oven, document their experience with video or photos and share it on their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/PowerFromTheSun. The event will conclude on Earth Day 2013. September 2012 Solvatten water pasteurization system Swedish and Lutheran organizations sponsor water pasteurization efforts in Kenya - The Swedish Church and the aid agency Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are launching Solvatten in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. The goal of the project is to reduce environmental degradation by enabling people to use alternative sources of energy in the camp and in the host community that surrounds it. Supply of fire wood has been a problem in Kakuma region since the camp was set up in 1992 but it has escalated in the past two years, despite that the refugees are not allowed to harvest firewood directly from the bushes. This is attributed to the continuous massive influx of people into the camp leading to the environmental degradation through the harvesting of sticks from the available vegetation for firewood. Firewood has become very expensive and the UNHCR struggles to purchase and supply fuel to the growing population of refugees in the camp. The Solvatten is a solar water pasteurization device. August 2012 Refugee volunteers build solar cookers as part of the CORD project at the Farchana Refugee Camp. Solar cooker project in Chad is in full swing - In the Farchana Refugee Camp, a team of ten volunteers, refugees themselves, are putting together 2350 cookers! The cookers help prevent conflict between the Sudanese population in the camps and the local Chadian community, who are both competing for scarce firewood. Women, who traditionally collect wood to cook with, face violence outside the camps. The solar cookers need only the sun to cook food, one thing Chad has in abundance! Read more... 09:26 GUST Project - Solar Serve - Danang (Vietnam) New video shows Vietnam Solar Serve's extensive solar cooking projects - A team of three French students came to visit Vietnam Solar Serve's center. They had organized Global Universities Social Trip (GUST), a project that aims to raise students' awareness of social entrepreneurship in Asia. For six months they met many social entrepreneurs throughout Asia who worked on problems such as energy, communication, waste, water, and housing. They created videos that presented the entrepreneurs' projects, the social issues they wanted to solve, and the challenges they had to overcome. Click the image on the right to see a video that they made on their visit to our Solar Serve Center in Danang. For more information on the Gust Project, visit the: http://www.gustproject.com or visit their Vimeo Channel. Dissertation posted: Identifying the barriers to the deployment of solar cookers in the energy-poor households of sub-Saharan Africa - Sarah Cochetel New video from Cord showing their solar cooking project in refugee camps in Chad 03:37 Cooking up peace July 2012 Dr. Robert Metcalf discusses solar cooking on the Afternoon Edition (Saskatchewan, Canada) - listen to the recording. Dr. Metcalf is a founding member of Solar Cookers International. June 2012 Solar cooking heads to The Discovery Center - Central Valley Solar Cookers, founded by Carl Peters, is one of the most successful solar cooking clubs in the USA. Located in Fresno, California, the group now has 111 members. They recently had their First Annual Solar Cooking Festival, which was a huge success. They now have enough money to buy materials to build a solar cooker for use at The Discovery Center, a free non-profit science education facility. The park is fully self-funded and situated on six acres. Carl thinks a panel type cooker would be the safest type. It would be a nice addition to ultimately see solar cookers in our parks instead of only charcoal and wood burning BBQs. New video: The need for a more durable solar cooker for desert refugee camps 17:48 A more Durable Solar Cooker for Desert Refugee Camps.m4v Solar Cookers World Network Facebook group reaches 600 members - Join the discussion. Solar Cooking Hits the Mainstream - StarTides (Read more...) May 2012 Pat McArdle describes the top ten solar cooking projects - Read the document. Sixteen-brick Rocket Stove Students flood southern Mexico integrated cooking class - Volunteers from the Rotary Club of Fresno, California, led by Wilfred and Marie Pimentel, teamed up with the Rotary Club of Tapachula Centenario, Mexico, to host a five-day integrated cooking workshop in Tapachula. This is the tenth grant project completed in Mexico by the Rotary Club of Fresno. Although only twenty students were expected to attend, ninety-one arrived on opening day to participate—a clear indication of the desperate need for affordable fuel-saving cooking devices in this region. Local instructors and expert solar cooks from Torreon and Oaxaca led the workshop. Participants learned to build three types of rocket stoves: mud and chopped grass, five gallon tin can, and sixteen brick, which were used to make tortillas. Students cut out cardboard sheets and glued them to pieces of aluminum foil to make solar panel CooKits. A variety of meat, vegetable and egg dishes were prepared with the CooKits along with desserts like pineapple upside down cake. Students also learned how to use WAPI's to pasteurize water with a CooKit. Finally, the instructors showed their ninety-one students how easy it is to make a retained heat cooker with a pillowcases and crumpled newspaper stuffed into a woven basket. Read more... Deutsche Welle covers the work of ADES in Madagascar 07:14 Solar Cookers - Saving Madagascar's Forests Global 3000 Deutsche Welle covers the work of ADES in Madagascar April 2012 Solar Cookers World Network Facebook group reaches 500 members - Join the discussion. 11:52 Making Solar Cookers and more in Vietnam (Danang) .wmv Alternative energy organization in Vietnam enthusiastically promotes solar cooking - Vietnam Solar Serve has provided a recent video tour of their production facility in Da Nang, Vietnam. The resourceful group has been adapting solar cooker designs from other countries and developing their own solar energy products since 2000. Looking at the larger alternative energy picture, they also promote photovoltaic panels made in Vietnam and are working on designs for water and wind power turbines. They manufacture a variety of parabolic and box solar cookers. March 2012 Golden Temple, Punjab, India Solar cooking set to help preserve the Golden Temple in Punjab, India - To save the Golden Temple from the ill effects of pollution, the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) is developing a plan to prepare a daily meal of Langar dal with the help of a solar steam cooking system. PEDA is the governmental agency promoting renewable energy within Punjab, India. To prepare Langar dal for 50,000 to 60,000 devotees daily at the Golden Temple requires one ton (909 kg) of dal to be cooked. A recent study has shown cooking dal with the help of steam will save at least 25 LPG cylinders per day and also reduce the effects of air pollution on the Golden Temple. PEDA chairman Manjeet Singh said that PEDA would bear the entire project cost. China and India lead the world in large scale solar cooking projects - Dar Curtis of Solar Household Energy recently researched where large scale solar cooking projects are happening around the world. The projects in African refugee camps are fairly well known, but institutional projects and the high-use of solar cookers is happening primarily in Asia. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has registered eight solar cooker projects in China since 2009. A total of 207,000 parabolic solar cookers have been distributed, serving 848,000 people. In India, CDM registered a Gold Standard project in 2006. The Gadhia Solar company has created institutional kitchens with arrays of large parabolic solar concentrators to generate steam. Such an installation at Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, can produce meals for 38,500 pilgrims per day. Read more from his well-documented report. Some Big Solar Cooking Projects in Asia, December 2011 Five South Dakota State University football players volunteered to help Haiti Solar Oven Partners load a container with 1000 unassembled solar box cookers destined for Haiti. South Dakota, USA nonprofit has delivered thousands of solar cookers to Haiti - Haiti Solar Oven Partners passed a milestone this spring by delivering another 1000 solar cookers as part of the relief effort resulting from the 2010 earthquake. This brings the total number of cookers they have taken to Haiti to over 5000. They had begun having solar cooking workshops in the country before the earthquake and have since stepped up their efforts. Currently, they are conducting an evaluation of their Haiti projects. Global conservation gathering is approached with the solar cooking option - The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world's largest conservation event. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development. It will take place from September 6-15, 2012 in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Leaders from government, the public sector, non-governmental organizations, business, UN agencies and social organizations will discuss, debate and decide solutions for the world's most pressing environment and development issues. The upcoming Congress has been approached by Solar Household Energy to present the case for solar cooking. Read more of their proposal. Solar Cooker Review - The March 2012 issue is now available online. Spanish cooperative finds common ground promoting solar cooking - Sol Solidari was formed in 2008 by environmental and sanitation practitioners in Spain wanting to combine their expertise to help primarily rural countries in Africa. Most of their activity has centered on the promotion of solar cooking. Whenever is possible, the cookers are locally manufactured, and workshops on their use are carried out with the help of local leaders. Initially the cookers are distributed for free to create better exposure among the villagers. In the second phase, the solar cookers are sold, but mostly subsidized by Sol Solidari. Until now, the projects have taken place in Ethiopia and Mali, but future plans include Cameroon and South Africa. Sol Solidari solar cooking workshop For older news, please see Solar cooking news archive. Contact For questions and comments about the Solar Cookers World Network or its website (this wiki), contact email@example.com. 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sqlalchemy / README.unittests
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SQLAlchemy unit tests by default run using Python's built-in sqlite3
module. If running on Python 2.4, pysqlite must be installed.
As of 0.5.5, unit tests are run using nose. Documentation and
downloads for nose are available at:
SQLAlchemy implements a nose plugin that must be present when tests are run.
This plugin is available when SQLAlchemy is installed via setuptools.
All that's required is for SQLAlchemy to be installed via setuptools.
For example, to create a local install in a source distribution directory:
$ export PYTHONPATH=.
$ python setup.py develop -d .
The above will create a setuptools "development" distribution in the local
path, which allows the Nose plugin to be available when nosetests is run.
The plugin is enabled using the "with-sqlalchemy=True" configuration
in setup.cfg.
To run all tests:
$ nosetests
Assuming all tests pass, this is a very unexciting output. To make it more
$ nosetests -v
Any test module can be run directly by specifying its module name:
$ nosetests test.orm.test_mapper
To run a specific test within the module, specify it as module:ClassName.methodname:
$ nosetests test.orm.test_mapper:MapperTest.test_utils
Help is available via --help:
$ nosetests --help
The --help screen is a combination of common nose options and options which
the SQLAlchemy nose plugin adds. The most commonly SQLAlchemy-specific
options used are '--db' and '--dburi'.
Tests will target an in-memory SQLite database by default. To test against
another database, use the --dburi option with any standard SQLAlchemy URL:
Use an empty database and a database user with general DBA privileges. The
test suite will be creating and dropping many tables and other DDL, and
preexisting tables will interfere with the tests
If you'll be running the tests frequently, database aliases can save a lot of
typing. The --dbs option lists the built-in aliases and their matching URLs:
$ nosetests --dbs
Available --db options (use --dburi to override)
mysql mysql://scott:email@example.com:3306/test
oracle oracle://scott:firstname.lastname@example.com:1521
postgres postgres://scott:email@example.com:5432/test
To run tests against an aliased database:
$ nosetests --db=postgres
To customize the URLs with your own users or hostnames, make a simple .ini
file called `test.cfg` at the top level of the SQLAlchemy source distribution
or a `.satest.cfg` in your home directory:
Your custom entries will override the defaults and you'll see them reflected
in the output of --dbs.
SQLAlchemy logs its activity and debugging through Python's logging package.
Any log target can be directed to the console with command line options, such
$ nosetests test.orm.unitofwork --log-info=sqlalchemy.orm.mapper \
--log-debug=sqlalchemy.pool --log-info=sqlalchemy.engine
This would log mapper configuration, connection pool checkouts, and SQL
statement execution.
Coverage is tracked using Nose's coverage plugin. See the nose
documentation for details. Basic usage is:
$ nosetests test.sql.test_query --with-coverage
BIG COVERAGE TIP !!! There is an issue where existing .pyc files may
store the incorrect filepaths, which will break the coverage system. If
coverage numbers are coming out as low/zero, try deleting all .pyc files.
You can use the SQLAlchemy test suite to test any new database dialect in
development. All possible database features will be exercised by default.
Test decorators are provided that can exclude unsupported tests for a
particular dialect. You'll see them all over the source, feel free to add
your dialect to them or apply new decorations to existing tests as required.
It's fine to start out with very broad exclusions, e.g. "2-phase commit is not
supported on this database" and later refine that as needed "2-phase commit is
not available until server version 8".
To be considered for inclusion in the SQLAlchemy distribution, a dialect must
be integrated with the standard test suite. Dialect-specific tests can be
placed in the 'dialects/' directory. Comprehensive testing of
database-specific column types and their proper reflection are a very good
place to start.
When working through the tests, start with 'engine' and 'sql' tests. 'engine'
performs a wide range of transaction tests that might deadlock on a brand-new
dialect- try disabling those if you're having problems and revisit them later.
Once the 'sql' tests are passing, the 'orm' tests should pass as well, modulo
any adjustments needed for SQL features the ORM uses that might not be
available in your database. But if an 'orm' test requires changes to your
dialect or the SQLAlchemy core to pass, there's a test missing in 'sql'! Any
time you can spend boiling down the problem to it's essential sql roots and
adding a 'sql' test will be much appreciated.
The test suite is very effective at illuminating bugs and inconsistencies in
an underlying DB-API (or database!) implementation. Workarounds are almost
always possible. If you hit a wall, join us on the mailing list or, better,
PostgreSQL: The tests require an 'alt_schema' and 'alt_schema_2' to be present in
the testing database.
PostgreSQL: When running the tests on postgres, postgres can get slower and
slower each time you run the tests. This seems to be related to the constant
creation/dropping of tables. Running a "VACUUM FULL" on the database will
speed it up again.
MSSQL: Tests that involve multiple connections require Snapshot Isolation
ability implented on the test database in order to prevent deadlocks that will
occur with record locking isolation. This feature is only available with
MSSQL 2005 and greater. For example::
ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase
ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase


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29 U.S. Code § 1831 - Information and recordkeeping requirements
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(a) Written disclosure requirements imposed upon recruiters
(1) Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which recruits any seasonal agricultural worker (other than day-haul workers described in section 1802 (10)(A)(ii) of this title) shall ascertain and, upon request, disclose in writing the following information when an offer of employment is made to such worker:
(E) the transportation and any other employee benefit to be provided, if any, and any costs to be charged for each of them;
(F) the existence of any strike or other concerted work stoppage, slowdown, or interruption of operations by employees at the place of employment;
(G) the existence of any arrangements with any owner or agent of any establishment in the area of employment under which the farm labor contractor, the agricultural employer, or the agricultural association is to receive a commission or any other benefit resulting from any sales by such establishment to the workers; and
(H) whether State workers' compensation insurance is provided, and, if so, the name of the State workers' compensation insurance carrier, the name of the policyholder of such insurance, the name and the telephone number of each person who must be notified of an injury or death, and the time period within which such notice must be given.
Compliance with the disclosure requirement of subparagraph (H) may be met if such worker is given, upon request, a photocopy of any notice regarding workers' compensation insurance required by law of the State in which such worker is employed.
(2) Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which recruits seasonal agricultural workers through use of a day-haul operation described in section 1802 (10)(A)(ii) of this title shall ascertain and disclose in writing to the worker at the place of recruitment the information described in paragraph (1).
(b) Posting requirements imposed upon employers
Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which employs any seasonal agricultural worker shall, at the place of employment, post in a conspicuous place a poster provided by the Secretary setting forth the rights and protections afforded such workers under this chapter, including the right of a seasonal agricultural worker to have, upon request, a written statement provided by the farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, or agricultural association, of the information described in subsection (a) of this section. Such employer shall provide, upon request, a written statement of the information described in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Recordkeeping and information requirements imposed upon employers
Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which employs any seasonal agricultural worker shall—
(1) with respect to each such worker, make, keep, and preserve records for three years of the following information:
(d) Furnishing of records by farm labor contractor; maintenance of records by recipient
(1) [1] Each farm labor contractor shall provide to any other farm labor contractor and to any agricultural employer and agricultural association to which such farm labor contractor has furnished seasonal agricultural workers, copies of all records with respect to each such worker which such farm labor contractor is required to retain by subsection (c)(1) of this section. The recipient of these records shall keep them for a period of three years from the end of the period of employment.
(e) Prohibition on knowingly providing false or misleading information to workers
No farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, or agricultural association shall knowingly provide false or misleading information to any seasonal agricultural worker concerning the terms, conditions, or existence of agricultural employment required to be disclosed by subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section.
(f) Form and language requirements
The information required to be disclosed by subsections (a) and (b) of this section to seasonal agricultural workers shall be provided in written form. Such information shall be provided in English or, as necessary and reasonable, in Spanish or other language common to seasonal agricultural workers who are not fluent or literate in English. The Department of Labor shall make forms available in English, Spanish, and other languages, as necessary, which may be used in providing workers with information required under this section.
[1] So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted.
Source(Pub. L. 97–470, title III, § 301,Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2592; Pub. L. 104–49, § 4(b),Nov. 15, 1995, 109 Stat. 434.)
1995—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–49added subpar. (H) and concluding provisions.
Effective Date of 1995 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–49effective upon expiration of 90 days after the date final regulations are issued by Secretary of Labor to implement such amendment, see section 4(c) ofPub. L. 104–49, set out as a note under section 1821 of this title.
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22 U.S. Code § 8809 - Implementation; penalties
(a) Implementation
(b) Penalties
The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) ofsection 1705 of title 50 shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this chapter or regulations prescribed under this chapter to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 1705 (a) of title 50.
(c) Application of certain provisions of Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
The following provisions of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) shall apply with respect to the imposition of sanctions under sections 8803(d), 8804(a), and 8805(a) of this title to the same extent that such provisions apply with respect to the imposition of sanctions under section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, and, as appropriate, instead of sections 8803(i), 8804(g), and 8805(e) of this title:
(2) Subsections (c), (d), and (f) ofsection 5.
(3) Section 8.
(4) Section 11.
(5) Section 12.
Source(Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1253,Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2017.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original "this subtitle", meaning subtitle D (§§ 1241–1255) of title XII of div. A of Pub. L. 112–239, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2004, known as the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 8801 of this title and Tables.
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'Ashachu' Commonly spelt Ashchu' 'is the name given to Ash by fans when he was accidently transformed into a Pikachu by a magician named Lily at the end of the episode Hocus Pokémon. Ash remained in this form until the beginning of the next episode As Clear as Crystal, where he was reverted back into a human when the spell wore off. His japanese name is Satoshachu. Defenitly in the franchise, He was voiced by Ike Otani.
Though this was a very minor occurrence in the Anime series, it has become a target among some fans, being used in fan-fiction or fan art. Usually, Ashachu commonly makes cameos in the Pokémon series Sinnoh.
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Ranolazine/Erythromycin (mono deleted 01/30/2014)
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
Erythromycin may slow down how quickly your liver processes ranolazine.
What might happen:
The amount of ranolazine in your blood may increase and cause side effects, including life-threatening changes to your heart's rhythm.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medications together. Let your doctor know right away if you notice an irregular heartbeat or have any dizziness or fainting episodes.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
1.Ranexa (ranolazine) US prescribing information. CV Therapeutics, Inc. July, 2011.
2.Ranexa (ranolazine) UK summary of product characteristics. A. Menarini Pharma U.K. S.R.I. October 30, 2008.
3.Drew BJ, Ackerman MJ, Funk M, Gibler WB, Kligfield P, Menon V, Philippides GJ, Roden DM, Zareba W. Prevention of torsade de pointes in hospital settings: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology Foundation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010 Mar 2;55(9):934-47.


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Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS). Based upon the UK Met Office Unified Model system. ACCESS G is the global numerical forecast model operated by the BoM. It is run twice daily (00Z and 12Z) and provides forecast data out to 240 hours with a horizontal resolution of 80km and 50 vertical levels.
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Hispanic Family Night at Vol State February 18Volunteer State Community College is holding an evening especially designed for Hispanic families. The Hispanic Family Education Night will help answer questions about everything from college degree programs to English classes, including free EL/Civics classes, now held at Vol State. The event will be held on Tuesday, February 18 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on the Vol State campus in Gallatin.
"We call it family night, because they are many people who might want to attend, from high school students considering college, to adults who are looking to improve their English skills," said Eric Melcher, Communications Coordinator at Vol State. "We'll have several college offices on hand, including Admissions and Advising. We'll also have bilingual staff available for advising and translating in Spanish."
ESOL classes are a popular subject at Hispanic Family Night. ESOL stands for English for Speakers of Other Languages. The classes provide a stepping stone for Spanish speaking people to build their skills in conversation, writing and reading. Vol State also manages the high school equivalency program (GED) and EL Civics program for Sumner County. Representatives will be on-hand to let people know about these free classes.
Refreshments will be served and there will be movies and fun to keep the kids entertained, so parents can have time to ask questions. Everyone is invited to attend. Hispanic Family Night will be held in the Thigpen Library on the Vol State campus at 1480 Nashville Pike in Gallatin. For more information call 615-230-3570 or in Spanish 615-230-4846.


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Source(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201,Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1390; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A),Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.)
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A prior section 5415, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 675, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.
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Nathaniel "Nat" Peterson is a yellow tan fish with a purple fin who has appeared in various episodes. He has been voiced by both Dee Bradley Baker and Tom Kenny in most episodes and Rodger Bumpass in Greasy Buffoons.
Nat Peterson works at Snail Po Headquarters and a variety of other places. He was also a member of the Bikini Bottom Music Lovers Club. His last name was revealed in the episode Missing Identity when Sadie Rechid mentioned his name. He is friends with Fred, Harold, and DoodlePants (in Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition). He seems to be with Martha Smith in various episodes. He told DoodlePants helpful advice of how to defeat DoodleBob. In Artist Unknown he is seen saying when Squidward welcomes him to art class "Oh, isn't this cooking?". He also said he was a better artist than Squidward. Nat Peterson once offered Mr. Krabs $100,000 for the soda drinking hat, and was seen hanging out with Squidward's arch rival from high school, Squilliam Fancyson, suggesting that he is wealthy. In Idiot Box, he is seen on a soap opera giving box for a gift.
He was seen baking a cake in the episode, "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired." He is also a bus driver as seen in episodes "Rock Bottom," Hocus Pocus, "The Pink Purloiner," Roller Cowards, "A Flea in Her Dome", and "Nautical Novice". He has a strict no singing policy. In "The Great Snail Race" he sneaks into the announcer's box, only to be caught by Perch Perkins. In "The Battle of Bikini Bottom," he was one of the citizens who reenacted the Battle of Bikini Bottom. In "Suction Cup Symphony", he is shown to be the drummer of the Bikini Bottom Symphony Orchestra. In "The Splinter," Squidward pretends to "squish" him. In Fools in April, he was amused by SpongeBob's prank. Shubie may be his girlfriend/wife as seen in SpongeHenge. Nat was also seen as a Cotton Candy Salesman in Sing a Song of Patrick. In the episode "Squid Baby", he is seen yelling, "MY FACE! And also my leg. But mostly MY FACE!!"
In the episode "Plankton's Regular", his most notable appearance, he feigns enjoyment of Plankton's Chum in order to fulfill a deal with Karen, Plankton's wife. He is shown to live in a mobile home, and apparently possesses great acting skills, as he manages to fend off SpongeBob's persistent attempts to give him a Krabby Patty. However, one can foresee the ending when Nat is forced to taste Mr. Krabs' Chum and he proclaims that it is the "second foulest thing he has ever tasted." The audience can infer that the foulest thing is actually Plankton's Chum, and Mr. Krabs has thwarted him in that area of food service as well. At the end of the episode, Nat breaks the news to Plankton and cuts off the deal with Karen, returning the money that she had given him to eat at the Chum Bucket. He is last shown being carted off by medical staff members, which he claims will be the third time he will have visited the doctor on account of Plankton's Chum.
- He has many jobs such as a bus driver, cop in Safe Deposit Krabs, and Snail-Po headquarters employee.
- He appears briefly on a picture in Stanley S. SquarePants but is dark blue.
- He has many wives: in the episode Fungus Among Us, he dated Martha and on the episode SpongeHenge, in the first scene, he was seen hanging out/dating with Shubie.
- He was hired by Karen in the episode Plankton's Regular to eat Plankton's Chum.
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- He plays somewhat a big role in "Chum Bucket Supreme" and has even a bigger role in "Plankton's Regular" where in both episodes involves him eating chum.
- He currently has eaten more chum than anybody.
- Nat is seen in "Squid Baby" making reference to the "MY LEG!" seen in the earlier episodes.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — In the 1980s, the average tornado warning went out only after a twister was on the ground. Continuing advances in storm prediction have since enabled forecasters to warn people before a funnel cloud is upon them, giving them precious time to seek shelter.
Better understanding of the nature of tornadoes such as those that have ripped through Oklahoma in the past month, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more, has still saved countless lives.
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"There's a great philosophical discussion about what constitutes the ideal lead time," said Greg Carbin, a warning-coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. "The more lead time the better, but the flip side of that is that accuracy and certainty in our predictions usually decrease with lead time."
Over the last five years, residents in the U.S. have been given an average lead time of 13 minutes between the issuance of a tornado warning and a confirmed tornado on the ground. That's a 17-minute increase from the 1980s, when tornado warnings were typically issued four minutes after a funnel had been spotted, said Lans Rothfusz, deputy chief of the warning research and development division at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman.
Rothfusz credited the change to major advancements in technology, especially the introduction of the Doppler radar on the forecasting scene in the early 1990s.
So, is there a "sweet spot" or an ideal amount of warning time?
"While we strive for the longest warning time possible, the answer to that is: It depends," Rothfusz said. "It depends on the individual needs or the group needs.
"For years we've been looking at this from the physical science side — better radars and better science — but we're at this interface where nature and humans intersect. What we're getting to is realizing we need to understand better how people respond to warnings. Maybe we could give people one hour. We need to know what the response may be."
When the widest tornado on record touched down May 31 about 30 miles west of Oklahoma City — an EF5 storm packing 295 mph winds at the edge of a metro area with 1.2 million residents — forecasters had already given residents nearly a half-hour to prepare for the threat.
With the additional time, and with the May 20 EF5 tornado that killed 24 people in Moore, another Oklahoma City suburb, still fresh in their minds, many panicked residents opted to flee their homes, and interstates and roadways became gridlocked with people trying to outrun the approaching storm. Many were encouraged by a local television meteorologist who warned viewers that if they couldn't get underground, they should leave the relative safety of their homes and drive south.
"They were saying that if you weren't below ground, you weren't going to survive it, (and) I was still shellshocked from May 20," said Terri Black, a teacher's assistant from Moore who left her home and ended up trapped in traffic during the May 31 storm. "That was very instrumental in my decision (to flee)."
Twenty people died in the May 31 tornado and subsequent flooding, including several who were caught in their cars along a crowded interstate.
With hurricanes, Carbin said early warnings of up to 36 hours before landfall are often needed so residents of cities and towns in the path of the storm have time to evacuate, but tornadoes are a completely different, and highly unpredictable, weather phenomenon.
"With respect to tornadoes, nobody's talking evacuation as far as I know," Carbin said. "That's not possible given the short time scales with which tornadoes develop.
"They're too large, and there's a likelihood of not being able to get out of the way in time."