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2013 Halloween events list
October is the time for fun fall festivals and fright fests. Here's a list of events in the Tampa Bay area. To add events to this list, email email@example.com.
Spirit Voices from Old Manatee: Manatee Village Historical Park, 1404 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton
Spirit Voices from Old Manatee, an original artistic drama staged at the 1850 Manatee Burying Grounds, will be staged on the evenings of Oct. 10-13, 17-19. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and the cemetery tour begins at 7 p.m. Those who prefer a seated performance can choose the night of Oct. 13 when the drama will be staged solely in the 1887 Old Meeting House. Those who tour on the night of Oct.18 will enjoy moonbeams from a full harvest moon dancing across the graveyard illuminating actors amid the aging tombstones. Audience space is limited. Tickets are now on sale. Cost: $15 per person if purchased on or before Oct. 9. After Oct. 9, remaining tickets are $17 per person. The show is not recommended for viewers younger than age 10. Call 941-741-4076 for advance tickets. Due to the interactive nature of this event, all attendees will be required to sign a waiver at the gate, prior to admission. Please allow ample time for this process.
Hunsader Farm's Pumpkin Festival: Hunsader Farms, 5500 Country Road 675, East Manatee
Hunsader Farm's Pumpkin Festival is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27. The annual event will feature live music, Walker Brothers Circus, America's BMX Bike Stunt Show, Gunslinger Monster Truck Show, pumpkins, more than 100 craft booths, hayrides, pony rides, many food vendors, roasted corn, pumpkin pie, face painting, corn maze, frog jumping championships and much more. Admission is $8, children age 12 and younger are free. Parking is $5. Information: www.hunsaderfarms.com.
Gamble Mansion Candelight Tour: Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, 3708 Patten Ave., Ellenton
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, in conjunction with The Gamble Plantation Preservation Alliance, will host a Candlelight Halloween Tour at Gamble Plantation 7-9 p.m. Oct. 12. Visitors will enjoy candlelight tours of the Gamble Mansion, a scavenger hunt and treats for the children. Tickets: $6 per person (cash only) and are available at the Gamble Plantation office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays until Oct. 9. Space is limited to 500 people and tickets will not be available the day of the event. All money collected benefits the Gamble Plantation Preservation Alliance, a non-profit Citizens Support Organization dedicated to supporting the Gamble Plantation Historic State Park. For more information, contact the park at (941) 723-4536 or visit www.floridastateparks.org/gambleplantation.
TreeUmph! Adventure Course Zombie Zip Tours: 21805 S.R. 70 E., Bradenton
TreeUmph! Adventure Course, Southwest Florida's first treetop obstacle course, is now booking reservations for its Halloween-themed Zombie Zip tours, 7:30-10:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday Oct. 18-Nov. 2. Open to thrill-seekers ages 9 and older, entry for the haunted walk and zombie zip line is $20, or only $17 with a non-perishable food item to benefit All Faiths Food Bank. Space is limited. Daring adventurers will meander through a designated path on the dark 14-acre forest for the haunted walk through zombie land, where terrors, zombies and frights appear at every turn -- and from above. The tour ends with TreeUmph!'s signature Triumph Zip line, a 650-foot-long zip line through the trees at over 60' high. Anyone under 18 must have a waiver signed by a legal guardian prior to departure on the Zombie Zip adventure. Participants younger than 16 years old must be accompanied by a ticketed adult for supervision. Guests are permitted to wear costumes that do not include loose or shredded clothing. Reservations for Zombie Zip are required by calling 855-322-2130 or visiting www.TreeUmph.com. The first 100 people to register and pay for their Zombie Zip tour will receive a special, limited edition T-shirt.
Halloween Social: Palmetto Historical Park, 515 10th Ave. W., Palmetto
Palmetto Historical Park and Manatee County Agricultural Museum will be celebrating Halloween on Saturday, October 19th, from 4:30 - 9:00 pm. There will be trick-or-treating, crafts, games, face painting, a tattoo parlor, fortune telling, and lots of other spooky happenings. While in the park, visit Snow White's Enchanted Forest and see the crazy things going on in Seussville! There will be a costume contest sponsored by Palmetto Publix and some special surprise "thrilling" guests. Play Plinko at the Pirates-Marauders game table and visit the creepy graveyard. Decorated buildings in the park will be sponsored by the Ellenton-Parrish Lions Club, the North River Kiwanis and the Manatee Riverside Rotary Club. Demetrio's will be selling $2 pizza and drinks and Alex's Lemonade Stand will be raising funds for childhood cancer research with baked goods and lemonade. This family event is FREE, donations accepted! For more information, call 721-2034 or 723-4991.
25th annual Pumpkin Festival: Fruitville Grove Farms, 7410 Fruitville Road
Fruitville Grove Farms will hold its 25th annual Pumpkin Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27. The free events features crafters, pony rides, festival food, pumpkin pie, live music, kids rides and activities and more. Information: www.fruitvillegrove.com.
Mote's Night of Fish, Fun & Fright: Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway
Safe and fun trick or treating zone 6-9:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory. Event includes underwater pumpkin carving by our aquarists in the shark exhibit and a haunted house. Tickets are $6 online in advance; $10 at the door are $10 ($8 for Mote Members). Kids age 4 and younger get in free. Website: www.mote.org/halloween.
Lowry Park Zoo's ZooBoo: The ZooBoo experience includes five hair-raising haunts, seasonal displays and lights, mysterious music, a specialty gift shop, an inflatable fun zone, night rides and eerie adventures for "monsters" of all ages, Oct. 4-5, 11-13, 18-20 and 24-27. The haunted attractions at ZooBoo are designed to provide a startling experience for those who choose to participate without depicting violence or gore. Extensive decorations, animatronics, lights, sound effects, and costumed character actors (volunteers) in designated haunts, scare up a good time. Children (ages 11 and younger) are invited to come to ZooBoo in their most spooktacular attire. Toy weapons of any sort will not be permitted. For the comfort and safety of all guests, adults (ages 12 and older) are prohibited from wearing masks, wigs, face paint or costumes of any kind. Hours are 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 7-10 p.m. on other select nights. Purchase tickets online at http://www.lowryparkzoo.com/zooboo/ or at the Zoo's front gate. Admission: $18 for adults, $14 for children ages 3-11, and free for children age 2 and younger. Parking is free. Admission includes rides.
Busch Gardens' "Howl-O-Scream": Evil comes out to play at Busch Gardens' Halloween event "Howl-O-Scream" for 14 select nights Sept. 27-Oct. 26 featuring an overgrown, dark and sinister park with adult-targeted fun, riding adrenaline-fuelled coasters at night, including Cheetah Hunt and tormenting surprises and unexpected terrors around every corner. Howl-O-Scream hours are 7:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Thursday nights and 7:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights. The park is at 10165 N. McKinley Dr., Tampa. For ticket prices and detailed information, call 888-800-5447 or visit www.HowlOScream.com.
Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 23: Experience an incredibly horrifying Halloween at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 23 on select nights through Nov. 2 featuring highly-themed, disturbingly-real haunted houses that are based on everything from hit films like "The Cabin in the Woods" to worst nightmares, and streets filled with hundreds of specially-trained "scareactors." The park is at 6000 Universal Blvd., Orlando. For hours, ticket prices and detailed information, call (407) 363-8000 or visit www.HalloweenHorrorNights.con/Orlando.
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party: Halloween's happiest haunts will reappear for 23 "spook-tacular" nights of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom. The after-hours special ticket event features the bewitching "Happy HalloWishes" fireworks spectacular, "Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade" and trick-or-treating around the theme park. New features this year include the debut of Jack Skellington and Sally (from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas"), along with "Monsters, Inc." scarers Mike and Sulley hosting their own Monstrous Scream-O-Ween Ball. Hours: 7 p.m. to midnight. For more information or to purchase tickets,visit Disneyworld.com/Halloween or call 407-W-DISNEY. Party dates are: Oct. 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29 and 31; Nov. 1.

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Brian Wingfield, Forbes Staff
With Egypt in turmoil, it's widely being reported that the United States gives $1.5 billion in foreign aid to the government in Cairo each year. And with the U.S. at risk of running a $1.5 trillion deficit this year, that means it's only a matter of time before budget hawks start picking apart U.S. foreign aid.
The $1.5 billion requested for Egypt in the president's fiscal year 2011 budget puts the country fourth on the list of recipients for aid managed by the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development. Only Afghanistan ($3.9 billion), Pakistan ($3.1 billion) and Israel ($3 billion) have more aid requested for them. Most of the money for these four countries is allocated for "peace and security," a broad category that includes combating drug traffickers and terrorists as well as preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In Egypt specifically, $1.3 billion of the requested amount this year is for "peace and security."
U.S. foreign aid has a variety of goals. Among them, lifting people out of poverty, promoting democracy and economic stability worldwide, and bolstering strategic alliances. According to the government's user-friendly Web site, www.foreignassistance.gov, Uncle Sam doles out "more than $58 billion a year in foreign assistance through more than 20 agencies." More than half of that, roughly $37 billion, is managed by the State Department and USAID.
You may be surprised to learn that most countries outside of Western Europe, Canada and Australia get foreign aid from the U.S. This year the requested amount for Russia was $68.7 million. For China, it's $12.9 million. A whopping $647.7 million has been allocated for Nigeria. Even $20 million is set aside for communist Cuba. Again, these figures are the requested amounts for 2011–Congress is still trying to figure out how much to spend during the current fiscal year–and they only include aid to be managed by State and USAID. They don't include money that finds its way into these countries through U.S. regional foreign assistance offices or offices that deal with specific issues like health or agriculture.
Where does the money come from? Taxpayers, of course. But before you get entirely bent out of shape about your hard-earned cash being shipped off to Beijing or Havana, have a look at where it's going, or at least where it's supposed to be going. In Russia, for example, most U.S. foreign aid is used to promote democracy and human rights. In Cuba, all of it has been set aside for this purpose. In China and Nigeria, more than half of the requested budget for foreign aid to those countries is aimed at helping those countries fight HIV/AIDS. The U.S. foreign assistance budget for Israel is devoted entirely to security issues, but in Afghanistan it goes to a variety of projects, including education, infrastructure development and maternal and child health, as well as security.
The classic criticism of foreign aid is that it ends up supporting corrupt or authoritarian regimes. That's the question the Obama administration is going to have to sort out as the situation in Egypt evolves. However, from a purely budgetary perspective, it's not much of an issue. Total U.S. foreign aid in 2010 was about 1.7% of the U.S. budget. By any measure, the $1.5 requested for Egypt this year–down from $1.8 billion in 2006–is a lot of money. But put it in perspective. As part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program in 2008, Uncle Sam invested $100 billion in Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo collectively in order to prop up the financial sector. Earlier this week, Chevron reported earnings of $5.3 billion the last quarter of 2010 alone.
Does that mean budget hawks shouldn't scrutinize the $1.5 billion that goes to Egypt, or any foreign assistance for that matter? Of course not. But for those serious about reducing the deficit, foreign aid is hardly the place to start. Instead, try entitlements. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid make up almost half of federal spending each year.
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As you suggest, the bigger numbers in U.S. aid (and AID) are allocated to buttress military or other "security" programs. Af-Pak is the big bet. The money to Egypt and Israel (a prosperous country) is to buy bilateral peace. Nigeria is to buy internal peace in the African oil belt. Decisions about funding aid or not are really decisions about whether to involve the U.S. in specific global situations.
It would interesting to know what the second wealthiest country in the World, Japan, spends on aid for "peace and stability" in other countries.
I already have a close idea about how many Japanese soldiers are serving abroad.
[...] United States gives nearly $2 billion in aid to the Egyptian regime every year, and offers diplomatic and military cooperation that helps [...]
As CG puts it:"….It is the "Arab Street's" overwhelming animosity towards Israel that causes the pragmatists to argue that Israel's best play is to cut deals with Arab dictators who rule with an iron fist. Since Israel and the Arab despots share a fear of the Arab masses, the pragmatists claim that Israel should give up all the land it took control over as a payoff to the regimes, who in exchange will sign peace treaties with it.
This was the logic that brought Israel to surrender the strategically priceless Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in exchange for the Camp David accord that will not survive Mubarak.
And of course, giving up Sinai wasn't the only sacrifice Israel made for that nearly defunct document. Israel also gave up its regional monopoly on US military platforms. Israel agreed that in exchange for signing the deal, the US would begin providing massive military aid to Egypt. Indeed, it agreed to link US aid to Israel with US aid to Egypt.
Owing to that US aid, the Egyptian military today makes the military Israel barely defeated in 1973 look like a gang of cavemen. Egypt has nearly 300 F-16s. Its main battle tank is the M1A1 which it produces in Egypt. Its navy is the largest in the region. Its army is twice the size of the IDF. Its air defense force constitutes a massive threat to the IAF. And of course, the ballistic missiles and chemical weapons it has purchased from the likes of North Korea and China give it a significant stand-off massdestruction capability…"..
How do you give up land you don't own? Who owns land, the original occupants, the current occupants, the next conquers, the next wave of invaders, the next outer space aliens? Your argument is based on a fake value that changes according to power which is in constant flux.
Foreign aid should be done from personal charitable giving; no one should be forced to pay their taxes so someone else can spend it. Foreign aid is CHARITY and we should call it that–foreign charity! And countries, Israel for one, does not desire it, need it, nor do they use American tax dollars properly. In fact, the example country's actions have endangered American lives while they live high on the hog from our tax dollars. Israel is nothing without the United State's support and we got nothing from them for our support–and this is the perfect example of one country that should not receive any U.S. foreign aid. Foreign must be done through personal voluntary givings.
Even though foreign aid will not be the issue that balances the federal budget, it is time to review the who, what, why, when, and where our foreign aid dollars are distributed. We have forgotten our original intentions for this policy: it should be used to assist during crises, to assist with food, medicine, clothing, and/or shelter. Also, I do not understand our compulsion to give aid money to oil producing countries when we know that they make large profits by selling their oil to us.
[...] Forbes: 'With Egypt in turmoil, it's widely being reported that the United States gives $1.5 billion in foreign aid to the government in Cairo each year. And with the U.S. at risk of running a $1.5 trillion deficit this year, that means it's only a matter of time before budget hawks start picking apart U.S. foreign aid.' [...]


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Why is it that today's artist/designer goes by two names? Sptifire19 and Ryan Pedersen and why two of his designs were posted in 8 days, seems unfair to other designers.
jimiyo181 weeks agoHis last design was supposed to be listed under Spitfire19. Thanks for catching that for us.
As far as two designs in 8 days, we don't descriminate by *who* it's being submitted by, rather the design itself.
Spitfire19181 weeks agoI actually perfer Ryan Pedersen :P
jimiyo181 weeks agoHahah... Will fix
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OK, you have your pick--mega mall or NFL stadium?
For the folks in Carson, California, the choice was very easy. "Thank you, NFL, but we will pass. When the mall opens, please feel free to come by and visit our food court." Hey, they do have a point about the use of a mall vs. a NFL stadium, but how many people do you see wearing mall jerseys year round?


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By the time the Bills were done using John Beck as a trampoline Sunday, they'd registered nine sacks – the most the Redskins have ever allowed. Which raises the question: How did those past Redskins teams respond to such a debacle? Did their season go down in flames, or did they pull themselves together like the professionals they were?
Well, it depends on which season you're talking about. The details:
● Oct. 4, 1964 at D.C. Stadium – Gave up nine sacks in a 23-17 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Sonny Jurgensen received most of the abuse, though backup George Izo was dropped for a safety. Interesting game note: The Redskins weren't blown out that day, as they were in Sunday's 23-0 lambasting by Buffalo. Indeed, they drove for a late touchdown to pull to within six points.
What happened the next week: The Redskins jumped out to a 21-0 lead against the Eagles and, behind Jurgy's five TD passes, won 35-20. In fact, they went 6-2 in their next eight games to rebound from an 0-4 start. Final record: 6-8.
● Nov. 19, 1978 at RFK Stadium – Yielded nine sacks in a 27-17 loss to the Cardinals. Joe Theismann was the quarterback of record, though – like most accident victims – he probably doesn't remember much about it. Interesting game note: The Redskins weren't blown out on this day, either. Indeed, Theismann threw for two touchdowns as they cut a 24-0 deficit to 24-17 in the third quarter. (A Jim Bakken field goal finished them off.)
What happened the next week: The Redskins were routed 37-10 at Dallas and kept right on losing. In fact, they didn't win another game that year, dropping their last five to end up 8-8.
So these nine-sack atrocities can go either way, Redskins fans. Which way do you think this one is headed?


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btw, the comment u posted on shakur's page was correct :)
ive posted some new vids mike & summary of brads web chat in news new album
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i found those lpu vids on YT. i will not post lots of those because we do have to pay to see them. i just watched those today funny as f**k
@ mike so dont post any!! one or two vids here and there will be ok
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A year of expected continued above average hurricane activity
and Florida-East Coast landfall probability
This forecast is based on ongoing research by the authors and their colleagues,
together with meteorological information available through March 2000
William M. Gray,* Christopher W. Landsea**, Paul W. Mielke, Jr. and Kenneth J. Berry***
[with special assistance from Todd Kimberlain, William Thorson and Eric Blake****]
* Professor of Atmospheric Science ** Meteorologist with NOAA/AOML HRD Lab., Miami, FL *** Professors of Statistics **** Dept. of Atmospheric Science
[David Weymiller and Thomas Milligan, Colorado State University, Media Representatives (970-491-6432) are available to answer various questions about this forecast. ]
Department of Atmospheric Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone Number: 970-491-8681
7 April 2000
2) U.S. East Coast Including Peninsula Florida - 39% (average for last century is 31%)
3) Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville - 34% (average for last century is 30%)
4) Caribbean basin (about 10% above the last century average).
8 December 1999
and 7 April Update
Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Forecast for 2000
Named Storms (NS) (9.3) 11
Named Storm Days (NSD) (46.9) 55
Hurricanes (H)(5.8) 7
Hurricane Days (HD)(23.7) 25
Intense Hurricanes (IH) (2.2) 3
Intense Hurricane Days (IHD)(4.7) 6
Hurricane Destruction Potential (HDP) (70.6) 85
Maximum Potential Destruction (MPD) (61.7) 70
Net Tropical Cyclone Activity (NTC)(100%) 125
1) Entire U.S. coastline - 60% (average for last century is 52%)
2) U.S. East Coast Including Peninsula Florida - 39% (average for last century is 31%)
3) Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville - 34% (average for last century is 30%)
4) Caribbean basin (about 10% above the last century average).
Information obtained through March 2000 indicates that the Atlantic hurricane season in 2000 is likely to be less active than the four recent very busy years of 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999. However, total activity is expected to exceed the long term average and should notably be more active than the mean for the recent period of 1970 through 1994. We estimate that 2000 will bring about 7 hurricanes (average is 5.7), 11 named storms (average is 9.3), 55 named storm days (average is 47), 25 hurricane days (average is 24), 3 intense (category 3-4-5) hurricanes (average is 2.2), 6 intense hurricane days (average is 4.7) and a Hurricane Destruction Potential (HDP) of 85 (average is 71). Collectively, net tropical cyclone activity in year 2000 is expected to be about 125 percent of the long term average. This April forecast update is identical to our prior (8 December 1999) forecast for 2000 except where the U.S. landfall probability has been somewhat reduced.
Our evolving forecast techniques are based on a variety of global and regional predictors which have previously been shown to be related to forthcoming seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and landfall probability. These predictions are based on results of statistical forecast schemes and analog techniques plus qualitative adjustments which reflect additional effects associated with supplementary global atmosphere and ocean information.
Useful long-range predictive signals exist for seasonal tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin. Our research with prior data has shown that a sizeable portion of the season-to-season variability of nine indices of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity can be skillfully (i.e., with skill as defined as improvement on climatology) estimated many months prior to the active portion of the hurricane season. Forecast techniques are based on precursor atmosphere and ocean signals observed (in historical data) to contain predictive skill. Qualitative adjustments are added to accommodate additional processes which are not yet incorporated into our statistical models. Predictors include two measures of Western Sahel rainfall during the prior year (Figs. 1 and 2), the phase of the stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) of zonal winds at 30 mb and 50 mb (which can be readily extrapolated many months into the future), extended range estimates of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability (Fig. 2), the October-November and March strength of the Azores high surface pressure and the configuration of broad scale Atlantic sea surface temperature anomaly patterns (see Fig. 3). A brief summary of these predictor indices and their specific implications for the 2000 season is as follows:
a) QBO-Tropical Cyclone Lag Relationship
The easterly and westerly modes of stratospheric QBO zonal winds which encircle the globe over the equatorial regions have a substantial influence on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity (Gray, 1984a; Shapiro, 1989). Typically, 50 to 75 percent more hurricane activity [depending on the specific activity index considered] occurs during those seasons when stratospheric QBO winds between 30 mb and 50 mb are anomalously westerly and, when the vertical wind shear (ie., the variation of wind speed with height) between these two levels is comparatively small. Conversely, seasonal hurricane activity is typically reduced when the stratospheric QBO is in the easterly phase and the wind shear between 30- and 50 mb is large. During September 2000, QBO winds are projected to be from an easterly direction with rather large vertical wind shear between these two levels. This should be a suppressing influence on next year's hurricane activity, especially for major low latitude hurricane activity.
b) African Rainfall-Tropical Cyclone Lag Relationship
As discussed by Landsea (1991), Gray and Landsea (1992) and Gray et al. (1992), predictive signals for seasonal hurricane activity occur in West African rainfall data during the mid-summer to fall period of the prior year. These rainfall-linked signals include the following:
(1) June-September Western Sahel Rainfall. The Western Sahel area (see Fig. 2) experiences large year-to-year persistence of rainfall trends. Wet years tend to be followed by wet years (e.g., in the 1950s and 1960s) with enhanced hurricane activity while dry years are typically followed by dry years (e.g., during the 1970s, 1980s and first half 1990s) and suppressed hurricane activity. Since the rainfall in this region is positively related to concurrent Atlantic hurricane activity, year-to-year persistence (associated with long-term trends) provides a moderate amount of skill for forecasting the following season's African rainfall as well as the associated Atlantic hurricane activity. Last year's (1999) rainfall over the Western Sahel during August-September was +0.15 SD above average and thus is a modest positive factor for 2000 hurricane activity.
(2) August-November Rainfall in the Gulf of Guinea. Landsea (1991) and Gray and Landsea (1992) documented a strong African rainfall - intense hurricane lag relationship using August through November rainfall along the Gulf of Guinea (see Fig. 2). In historical data, intense hurricane activity during seasons in the years following the wettest August-November Gulf of Guinea seasons is typically much greater than the hurricane activity that occurs during hurricane seasons following the driest August-November periods in the Gulf of Guinea. As this rainfall relationship has not held during the last few years (1995-1999), it is being given less qualitative weight in the 2000 forecast. The 1999 August-November Gulf of Guinea rainfall was below average (-0.60 SD), implying a slight negative influence on next year's hurricane activity.
c) The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) relationship
ENSO is one of the principal global-scale environmental factors affecting Atlantic seasonal hurricane activity. Hurricane activity is usually suppressed during El Niño seasons (e.g., 1997) when anomalously warm surface water is present in the equatorial eastern and central Pacific. Conversely, activity tends to be enhanced during seasons with cold (or La Niña) water conditions as occurred during 1998 and 1999. We expect the current strong cold ENSO conditions to relax somewhat through the key months of August through October 2000 but to remain an enhancing influence for 2000 hurricane activity. (We do not project an El Niño to develop for the coming season).
d) Strength of the October-November (1999) and March (2000) Atlantic Subtropical Ridge (Azores High) Between 20-30°W
Higher than normal surface pressure associated with this atmospheric ridge feature is positively related to stronger east Atlantic trade winds which, in turn, enhance upwelling of cold water off the northwest African coast. Colder sea surface temperatures created by enhanced ocean upwelling can cause higher surface pressures during spring which can then create a self-enhancing (positive feedback) response resulting in higher Caribbean pressures during the summer (Knaff 1999). The long-term memory and the feedbacks in this association make it a useful parameter for predicting seasonal hurricane activity. Higher than normal surface pressure around this Azores high during the prior fall and spring periods portends reduced hurricane activity and vice versa. Negative ridge index values are associated with a reduced Azores high, weaker trade winds and, thereby, generally enhanced hurricane activity. Ridge strength during October-November 1999 and March 2000 was somewhat below (-0.14 SD and -0.10 SD respectively) the long-term mean. Consequently, this factor is presently judged to be a slight positive influence for 2000 hurricane activity.
e) Other Global Predictors
Our more recent work has identified additional global scale parameters which are of value in assessing and adjusting the output of our statistical scheme. These include:
We forecast nine measures of seasonal Atlantic basin tropical cyclone activity including Named Storms (NS), Named Storm Days (NSD), Hurricanes (H), Hurricane Days (HD), Intense Hurricanes (IH), Intense Hurricane Days (IHD), the Hurricane Destruction Potential (HDP), Net Tropical cyclone Activity (NTC), and the Maximum Potential Destruction (MPD). (Definitions for these indices are given on page 3). For each of these measures, we choose the three to six best predictors (i.e., those resulting in optimum prediction skill) from a group of 13 possible forecast parameters which are known to be related to tropical cyclone activity. The current set of potential predictors used to develop our early April forecast is shown in Table 1. The specific values of these parameters for this year's April forecast are shown in the right hand column of this table.
The statistical skill of this forecast in hindcast data is summarized in Table 2. The number of forecast parameters is given in parenthesis. We make every attempt to minimize the skill degradation (i.e., limit statistical ``overfitting") of these equations when making independent forecasts by choosing the least number of predictors for the highest amount of hindcast skill. We stop adding predictors when the hindcast improvement owing to inclusion of the next best predictor adds less than a 0.025 variance improvement to the total variance explained.
We have also studied schemes which use various fixed numbers of predictors. This procedure investigates how hindcast variance (not necessarily true skill) increases as the number of predictors is increased from 4 to 6. Although independent forecast skill (i.e., ``true skill") typically degrades in approximate proportion to the increased number of predictors, it is of interest to determine the degree of hindcast ``improvement" which occurs with added predictors. Individual year forecast skill degradation from application of hindcast statistics can never be accurately specified. Additional forecast parameters representing conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins and in the Asia-Australia regions (Figs. 1 and 2) are also consulted for further qualitative perspective and may influence to our final ``adjusted" forecast.
|Specific 1 April
|For 1 April Prediction (see Figs. 1 and 2 for location)
|Fcst Parameters
|1) U50 (Mar extrapolated to Sep)
|-18 m/s
|2) U30 (Mar extrapolated to Sep)
|-30 m/s
|3) AbsShe - absolute shear (Mar extrapolated to Sep)
|+12 m/s
|4) Balboa - U50 (June-Aug, 1998)
|-3.0 m/s
|5) Rain GG- Aug-Nov Guinea Coast Rain
|6) Rain WS- Aug-Sep West Sahel Rain
|7) R-ON - Ridge SLPA (Oct to Nov)
|8) R-M - Ridge SLPA (Mar)
|9) NATL (Jan to Mar) SSTA (50-60°N, 10-50°W)
|10) TATL (Jan to Mar) SSTA (8-22°N, 10-50°W)
|11) Nino 3.4 Mar SSTA
|12) Nino 3.4 (Mar minus Feb) SSTA
|13) Nino 4 (Jan, Feb, Mar minus Oct, Nov, Dec) SSTA
|Fixed Number
|of predictors
|.531 (4)
|.541 (5)
|.459 (4)
|.505 (5)
|.510 (4)
|.362 (3)
|.504 (5)
|.566 (6)
|.613 (5)
On average, a net degradation of this hindcast skill of between 5-15 percent of variance is to be expected. Degradation (if any) for an individual forecast is a random process, however. In some years when conditions include strong trends that are similar to past years, forecasts will do quite well while in other years, a given forecast can perform quite poorly. The latter is largely due to our 48-year (1950-1997) base of predictors which likely does not yet contain the full range of independent possibilities. Our 1997 forecast is a good example of this problem. No year in our 1950 through 1996 developmental data sets contains an El Niño event of comparable intensity (by a factor of 2) as the summer-fall 1997 El Niño - the most intense ENSO SST anomalies ever observed at that time of year and our 1997 forecast failed.
From recent data, we infer that there will be no El Niño this summer and fall. Rather, the current La Niña (cool surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific) will continue through this hurricane season, though likely diminished somewhat from the very cold conditions presently observed. Our reasoning in this regard includes the following:
Thus, our best estimate is that the probability of an El Niño event for next summer is fairly remote. We anticipate a continuation of the cool to neutral ENSO conditions that have been in place during the 1998 and 1999 seasons. We anticipate the next El Niño event not coming before 2001 or 2002.
Forecast signals for 2000 indicate a mix of positive and negative influences. Of the 13 potential predictors listed in Table 1, eight (those associated with the ENSO, the Atlantic ridge, the two Atlantic SSTA indices and that of August-September 1999 West African rainfall) indicate above average hurricane activity, whereas the other five predictors including Guinea rain, Balboa 50 mb wind and the three QBO predictors indicate negative influences.
Table 3 lists our April statistical prediction for the 2000 hurricane season. It contains variable (column 1) and fixed predictors (columns 2 and 3), along with what we consider our current best qualitatively adjusted forecast [Column (4)]. Climatology is given in the last column on the right. Note that we envisage the 2000 hurricane season to be more active than is specified by our statistical scheme. Since the apparent shift of Atlantic Ocean climate in 1995 our statistical forecasts have rather consistently underpredicted Atlantic basin hurricane activity (except for the unusually strong El Niño year of 1997). And, we believe that the 2000 hurricane season will again be more active than is indicated by our statistical schemes, this owing to several new and likely hurricane enhancing features not fully incorporated in our statistical data base. The latter include the persistence of warm north and tropical Atlantic SSTA patterns (associated with an enhanced Atlantic thermohaline circulation) which are expected to continue, as well as below average eastern North Pacific (La Niña) SST conditions through October 2000.
Part of this underprediction problem may also be due to an apparent weakening of the strong West African rainfall - hurricane relationship which was an important component of our statistical forecast scheme. For this reason, we have recently expanded study of past years which had pre-season climate conditions similar to 2000; the analog method.
Another 1 April predictor available to us but not yet quantitatively incorporated into our statistical forecast scheme is a prediction of June through September Caribbean basin Sea Level Pressure Anomaly (SLPA). Lower SLPA forecasts typically enhance hurricane activity, while higher SLPA reduce it. This predictor has recently been developed by J. Knaff (1998) a former project member. This SLPA forecast is based on information concerning the anomalous March Atlantic subtropical ridge, January through March SSTs in the North Atlantic (50-60°N, 10-50°W), the tropical Atlantic (8-22°N, 10-50°W) and the January through March Niño 3.4 (5°N-5°S, 120°W-170°W) SST anomalies. Hindcasts using this predictive signal (since 1903) show good skill and a significant association with variations of seasonal hurricane activity. This years 1 April prediction of the Caribbean and western Atlantic SLPA for June through September 2000 and for the critical months of August-September indicate below average SLPA (Table 4). This should be an enhancing influence for hurricane activity and further evidence that the 2000 hurricane season should be a reasonably active one.
|Fixed predictors
Actual Fcst
|Named Storms (NS)
|7.5 (4)
|Named Storm Days (NSD)
|54.2 (5)
|Hurricanes (H)
|5.2 (4)
|Hurricane Days (HD)
|16.2 (5)
|Intense Hurricanes (IH)
|1.5 (4)
|Intense Hurricane Days (IHD)
|3.6 (3)
|Hurricane Destruction Potential (HDP)
|46.1 (5)
|Net Tropical Cyclone Activity (NTC)
|62.1 (6)
|Maximum Potential Destruction (MPD)
|47.8 (5)
|June through September
We find that certain years in the historical records have similar (to the current year) global oceanic and atmospheric conditions that provide useful clues to the amount of hurricane activity likely to occur. Although the physical associations involved with these analog relationships are not completely understood, they are useful for additional guidance in extended range prediction. We look for atmospheric and oceanic conditions resembling current March 2000 conditions starting from 1950 (when direct stratospheric QBO winds were available).
There are four March analogs since 1950 which are fairly similar to March of this year wherein
The closest analog years for 2000 when many or all of the above conditions are present include 1956, 1989, 1996, and 1998. Table 5 lists the hurricane activity which occurred in the four seasons. The 1956 season was inexplicably suppressed while the 1989, 1996 and 1998 seasons all had above average activity despite easterly stratospheric QBO winds.
|2000 Forecast
Note that the average hurricane activity during these four analog years is greater than our forecast while our statistical scheme indicates less activity than we forecast. Our actual forecast represents a compromise between our statistical forecast and our analog findings.
Summary: Observations through the end of March indicate that 2000 will experience Atlantic basin above average hurricane activity and notably much more activity than occurred during the generally suppressed hurricane seasons of 1970-1994.
A new aspect of our research involves efforts to develop forecasts of the probability of hurricane landfall along the U.S. coastline. Whereas individual hurricane landfall events can not be accurately forecast for an individual year, the net yearly probability of landfall can be forecast with statistical skill. Landfall is a function of varying climate signals and probability specification has been accomplished through statistical analysis of all U.S. hurricane landfalls of named storms during the last 100 years (1900-1999). Specific landfall probabilities can be given for all cyclone intensity classes for a set of distinct U.S. coastal regions. Net landfall probability is statistically related to the overall Atlantic basin Net Tropical Cyclone Activity (NTC) and to climate trends linked to multi-decadal variations of the Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation (as measured by recent past years of North Atlantic SSTA*). Current values of SSTA* yields a combination of NTC+SSTA* of 132. This NTC+SSTA* value is about the 35th percentile range such that 65 of the last 100 years of hurricane seasons had a combined NTC + SSTA* smaller than the projected value for this year. SSTA* is an index of recent year North Atlantic SSTA in the area between 50-60°N, 10-50°W. Higher values of SSTA* generally indicate greater Atlantic hurricane activity, particularly major hurricane activity.
As shown in Table 6, NTC is a combined measure of the year-to-year mean of six indices of hurricane activity, each expressed as a percentage differences from the long-term average. Whereas many active Atlantic hurricane seasons may bring no landfalling hurricanes and some inactive seasons experience one or more landfalling intense hurricanes; however, neither is typical. Long period statistics show that, on average, the more active the overall Atlantic basin hurricane season is, the greater the probability of U.S. hurricane landfall. For example, landfall observations during the last 100 years show that a greater number of intense (Saffir-Simpson category 3-4-5) hurricanes strike the Florida and U.S. East Coast during years of highest NTC and when above average North Atlantic SSTA* conditions are in place. The 33 years (during the last 100) with the combined highest NTC and strongest thermohaline circulation experienced 24 category 3-4-5 hurricane strikes along the Florida and East Coast whereas the 33 years with the lowest NTC and the weakest thermohaline circulation saw only 3 such intense hurricane hits, a difference ratio of 8 to 1. Tables 7 and 8 summarize the links between hurricane and tropical storm landfall and the combined influences of NTC and thermohaline circulation (i.e., North Atlantic SSTA* effects) for Florida and the U.S. East coast and also for NTC only for the Gulf Coast. Atlantic basin NTC can be skillfully predicted and the strength of the Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation can be inferred from North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies in the prior year. These predictive relationships can, thereby, be utilized to make probability estimates of U.S. landfall .
|1950-1990 Average
|Named Storms (NS)
|Named Storm Days (NSD)
|Hurricanes (H)
|Hurricane Days (HD)
|Intense Hurricanes (IH)
|Intense Hurricane Days (IHD)
|Intensity Category
|Sum of Highest 33 Years
|Sum of Lowest 33 Years
|Ratio of Highest/Lowest 33 Years
|IH (Category 3-4-5)
|H (Category 1-2)
|Intensity Category
|Sum of Highest 33 Years
|Sum of Lowest 33 Years
|Ratio of Highest/Lowest 33 Years
|IH (Category 3-4-5)
|H (Category 1-2)
Landfall characteristics occur for the Gulf Coast or (regions 1-4) extending from north of Tampa, FL and westwards to Brownsville, TX (36 total category 3-4-5 hurricane landfalls of this century) and the rest of the U.S. coast from north of Tampa, FL to Eastport, ME (37 landfalls in regions 5-11).
These differences are due primarily to the varying incidence of category 3-4-5 hurricanes in each of these areas. Figure 4 shows the locations of these 11 coastal zones or regression equations have been developed relating forecasts of NTC (NTCf) and measured values of SSTA* to landfall probability in these 11 regions. Figure 5 gives a flow diagram of how these forecasts are made.
A similar set of regression relationships have been developed for the landfall probabilities of category 1-2 hurricanes and TSs with NTC separately along the Gulf Coast (regions 1-4) and along the Peninsula Florida and East Coastlines (regions 5-11). Research is proceeding to make landfall probabilities available for 11 distinct Gulf Coast and U.S. East Coast regions extending from Brownsville, TX to Eastport, ME.
Table 9 lists landfall probabilities for a range of TS, Cat 1-2, and Cat 3-4-5 hurricanes impacting the whole U.S. coastline, the Gulf Coast and Florida and the East Coast for 2000. The mean annual number of landfalling systems are given in parentheses.
|Coastal Region
|Category 1-2 HUR
|Category 3-4-5 HUR
|All HUR
|Named Storms
|Entire U.S. (Regions 1-11)
|82% (80)
|73% (68)
|60% (52)
|89% (84)
|98% (97)
|Gulf Coast (Regions 1-4)
|67% (59)
|46% (42)
|34% (30)
|62% (61)
|87% (83)
|Florida plus East Coast (5-11)
|47% (51)
|52% (45)
|39% (31)
|72% (62)
|86% (81)
Although not explicitly determined for this report, the intense hurricane (category 3-4-5) frequency in the Caribbean area during 2000 should approximate that for Florida and the U.S. East Coast; hence somewhat greater than the long term average and distinctly higher than during the recent downturn period between 1970-1994.
Full documentation of the methodology for estimating hurricane landfall probability study is being prepared and will be available by early July on the internet. Landfall probabilities include a forecast of the conditional probability of tropical storms (TS) and hurricanes of category 1, 2, 3, 4-5 striking the following areas during 2000:
These forecasts of landfall probabilities will be expressed as the probability of each 100 km coastal segment receiving gale force winds ( ł 40 mph), sustained hurricane force winds ( ł 75 mph) and major hurricane (category 3-4-5) winds ( ł 115 mph).
There will be a discussion of tropical cyclone spawned hurricane destruction within 56 different U.S. coastal locations based on population.
Recent observations indicate increased salinity in upper layers of the North Atlantic Ocean. Higher salinity increases the density of water in the upper ocean layers which is then more able to sink to great depth, thereby increasing compensating northward flow of Atlantic warm (and salty) replacement water at upper ocean levels. The resulting net northward transport of warm upper-layer water into the high North Atlantic (and compensating equatorward transport of deep cold water) is the principal manifestation of the Atlantic Ocean thermohaline (or ``Conveyor Belt") circulation. A strong conveyor circulation increases ocean surface temperatures in the high latitude Atlantic areas by transporting more heat to high latitudes. Hence, slowly rising salinity values in the far North Atlantic during recent years suggest the development of conditions favorable for a stronger Atlantic thermohaline circulation. The effects of a stronger thermohaline circulation have been evident in the Atlantic since the spring of 1995. The best proxy signal for this enhanced circulation condition is the North Atlantic SST anomalies.
Three decades have passed since the SST anomaly patterns of the Atlantic Ocean have been so warm. Figure 6 shows the change of the mean SST anomalies from the mean for 1990 to 1994 versus the mean for 1995 to 1999. SSTA values in the North Atlantic (50-60°N, 10-50°W) for June through September 1999 were nearly 1°C warmer than the earlier five-year (1990-1994) period. These warmer SSTAs are a direct result of a stronger Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation. And this stronger thermohaline circulation has also led to a warming of the tropical Atlantic (8-22°N, 10-50°W) ocean SSTAs. Figures 7 and 8 show time changes of SST changes during two recent five-year periods and the time series of SSTA in the North Atlantic (50-60°N, 10-50°W) since 1900. It is assumed that these warm conditions will persist through 2000. Note that the general warming of the North Atlantic that has taken place during the last five years when the incidence of major hurricanes also increased to levels similar to those which occurred during active hurricane seasons in the period from the 1930s to the 1960s. This trend is hypothesized to manifest itself through alterations of many global climate parameters as seen in Fig. 9. This includes more hurricanes forming at low latitudes, more intense hurricanes, and more major hurricanes landfalling along the US East Coast, Florida, and in the Caribbean Sea. The Gulf Coast seems less effected by these changes. This trend may continue for several decades.
For years we have been suggesting (eg., Gray 1990, Gray et al. 1996) that the recent era of reduced Atlantic intense (category 3-4-5) hurricane activity (which occurred between 1970-1994) was likely ending and that Atlantic coastal residents should expect an eventual long-term increase of landfalling major hurricanes. This outlook is especially ominous because, when normalized by increased coastal population, inflation, and wealth per capita, [see Pielke and Landsea (1999) and Gray (1999)] major hurricanes are observed to cause 80 to 85 percent of all US tropical cyclone linked destruction.
Despite El Niño-linked reductions of hurricane activity during 1997, the last five years (1995-1999) are together the most active five (consecutive) year period on record. This activity includes the total number of named storms (65), hurricanes (41), major hurricanes (category 3-4-5) (20), major hurricane days (51) and Net Tropical Cyclone activity (842) which occurred during the last five years. Despite inclusion of the weak 1997 hurricane season, the annual average of NS, H, IH, IHD and NTC during the last five years are 155, 178, 400, 816 and 311 percent (respectively) of the average hurricane activity for 1990-1994. And, the annual average NS, H, IH, IHD and NTC during the last five years has been 151, 165, 257, 263, 405 and 224 percent of the average for the previous 25-year period (1970-1994). The largest increases have come with IH and IHD activity.
Our forecasts are based on the premise that those global environmental conditions which proceed comparatively active or inactive hurricane seasons in the past provide meaningful information about trends in future seasons as well. It is important that the reader appreciate that these seasonal forecasts are based on statistical schemes which, owing to their intrinsically probabilistic nature, will fail in some years. In view of the transitional condition of several key predictors, we are at this time less confident in this year's forecast than we were last year.) Moreover, these forecasts do not explicitly predict specifically where within the Atlantic basin storms will strike. Landfall probability estimates at any one location along the coast are very low and reflect the fact that in any one season, most US coastal areas will not feel the effects of a hurricane no matter how active the individual season is. However, it must also be emphasized that a low strike probability does not insure that a hurricane will not come ashore. Regardless of how active 2000 hurricane season should be, a finite probability always exists that one or more hurricanes may strike along the US or Caribbean Basin coastline and do much damage.
Some may interpret the recent large upswing in Atlantic hurricane activity as being in some way related to increased human-induced greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2). Such an interpretation of the recent sharp upward Atlantic hurricane activity since 1995 is not plausible. It should be noted that tropical cyclone activity in the other global basins has shown a downward trend since 1995. See our 24 November 1999 verification on this Web site for a more detailed discussion of this point.
This 7 April 2000 forecast will be updated on 7 June and 4 August 2000. These forthcoming updates allow us the opportunity to make adjustments as newer information becomes available. A verification of this forecast will be issued in late November 2000 and a seasonal forecast for the 2001 hurricane season (likely an inactive season) will be issued in early December 2000.
John Sheaffer and John Knaff have made many important contributions to the conceptual and scientific background for these forecasts. The authors are indebted to a number of meteorological experts who have furnished us with the data necessary to make this forecast or who have given us valuable assessments of the current state of global atmospheric and oceanic conditions. We are particularly grateful to Arthur Douglas, Richard Larsen, Ray Zehr and Vern Kousky for very valuable climate discussions and input data. We thank Colin McAdie and Jiann-Gwo Jiing who have furnished data necessary to make this forecast and to Gerry Bell, James Angell, and Stan Goldenberg for input data and helpful discussions. Richard Taft has provided valuable data development and computer assistance. We wish to thank Tom Ross of NCDC and Wassila Thiao of the African Desk of CPC who provided us with West African and other meteorological information. In addition, Barbara Brumit and Amie Hedstrom have provided excellent manuscript and data analysis assistance. We have profited over the years from many indepth discussions with most of the current NHC hurricane forecasters. These include Lixion Avila, Miles Lawrence, Richard Pasch, Edward Rappaport, Jack Beven and James Franklin. The first author would further like to acknowledge the encouragement he has received for this type of forecasting research applications from Neil Frank, Robert Sheets, Robert Burpee, and Jerry Jarrell former directors of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and from the current acting Director, Max Mayfield.
The financial backing for the issuing and verification of these forecasts has, in part, been supported by the National Science Foundation. But this NSF support is insufficient. It is unfortunate that the other U.S. Federal agencies which are charged with supporting climate research have shown no interest in our seasonal hurricane forecast research. Recently, the Research Foundation of the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) and State Farm insurance companies have made contributions to the first author's project. It is this support which is allowing our climate research and seasonal predictions to continue.
13 Additional Reading
Summary verifications of prior seasonal forecasts


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Is bicep peak all attributed to genetics? I work out with a friend of mine, who has been working out for 18 months now with me. Overall, I have more muscle than him, I probably have a lower bodyfat, as he is kinda soft, our diets dont even compare, he's lucky if he ingests 100g of protein a day, and eats like 3 little meals a day, cuz he's trying to get "cut" eats about 100g of protein a day, while Im getting 200 at the least, but yet he's developing these nice peaked biceps, while mine cant even compare to his. My cousin told me once, that it looks like I have a "long" bicep muscle, I dont know if that is a possibility, but what gives here. Im sick of him showing me his damn arms all the time.
lol, yeah it is genetics. Just pack on mass and you'll be larger soon, I too have a 'long' bicep, but once it got larger it looked long, AND big, which is a help.
Yep. genetics. My arm looks weird to me. It doesn't really peak. It's large, and rounds over okay, but it doesn't have a definite peak. It also looks like it ends like an inch short of my elbow instead of going all the way down. I haven't noticed a lot of people with biceps like that.
mine has a kind of ridge about halfway to the back of it, if you look at it on the top, it like peaks up barely, then keeps going, so it's like a plateau on the back, it's weird, but it doesn't really peak


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You may casually dismiss this stuff, but this is the future of Evangelical religion. It will be toned down, somewhat, when it's taken out there to the hinterlands, and localized, but this sort of pantheistic, radically subjective, mystical ad copy is not transparently evil to people acclimated to Christian religion by men like Tim Keller. They're good prep for emotive blather such as "planetary conviviality."
Again, from Union Theological Seminary's e-mail update:
FORREST CHURCH MEMORIAL LECTURE: Dr. Keller [not Tim] develops the relational potential of a theology of becoming. Her books reconfigure ancient symbols of divinity for the sake of a planetary conviviality—a life together, across vast webs of difference...
THE ART OF INCLUSION; A Collaborative Art Project: Layered on multiple panels of hand made paper from recycled Bibles, the Art of Inclusion is an interactive, multimedia installation that weaves together imagination, emotion, and thought about a subject most often encountered in the context of inherited settings and weighted by the past experience of others: 'God'. Using social media as a microphone, the artist, Diana Doherty, invites us, regardless of age, race, religion, gender identity, color, disability, sexual orientation, or national origin, to respond to the question, "What is God to you?" Responses will be collected, recorded, and embedded directly as a sound feed in the visual installation.
Uhg...This is why we are in desperate need of objectivity in the pulpit.
Thanks for the posts!
For lots of examples of how this sort of stuff has already gotten a solid beach head within broadly evangelical American Protestantism, see the Facebook page for Voddie Bauchman Ministries:
He aptly summarizes the apologetic for this sort of stuff this way:
This [liturgical mimes] is an example of what I like to call the "Affective Principle" of worship. The Regulative Principle views worship as being limited to ONLY those elements revealed explicitly in Scripture (prayer, songs, preaching, sacraments, etc.). The Normative Principle views worship as being limited to those elements revealed in Scripture AND those elements not forbidden (as long as they are 'consistent with' the revealed elements).
The "Affective Principle" says, "If ANYONE finds it worshipful (i.e., it makes them FEEL God's love, presence, or power as THEY understand it), then, it is acceptable worship. In essence, the only limiting factor in the Affective Principle is the individual... ANY individual. For example, if YOU feel worshipful, but your neighbor objects, then your neighbor is guilty of "putting God in a box," or "judging" YOUR worship experience. In any case, he's wrong. Why? Because YOU felt close to God, and that's ALL that matters!
This has given us prayer labyrinths, sandboxes, interpretive painting, and now... MIMES! There are virtually NO BOUNDARIES! Worship is in the 'heart' of the beholder. Gone is any understanding of the danger of Nadab and Abihu's "strange fire" (Lev 10:1; Num 3:4; 26:61), or Uzzah's mishandling of the Ark (2 Sam 6:6–7). Worshiping the Lord in "Spirit and Truth" (John 4:23–24) has given way to worshiping the Lord in the "Spirit of the Age."
This is not the question of "Contemporary versus Traditional" with which so many are familiar (and fed up!). This is a much more fundamental question about the very nature of worship. Who is God? How do we worship him? Are there limits? What are those limits? How do we know? Why does it matter? These are just a few of the questions we must answer when considering things like this.
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Washington State may have lost the to No. 17 Stanford on Saturday, but they came away knowing a lot more about themselves than they did going into the game.
The Cougars outgained the Cardinal 385-256 yards. They held running Stepfan Taylor to just 58 yards on 21 carries.
On the other hand, Jeff Tuel was sacked 10 times.
All things considered, the Washington State believes they played the most complete football game of the season.
"We played well, we played hard and we played a complete game," said coach Mike Leach – something he hasn't been able to say all season long. "You know, Stanford played more mature than we did. Their maturity was ahead of us and they won the game. They had that sense – they'd go for the kill, the expectation that we as a team need to get."
"As far as what we can take away from it, we can play with anybody if we play that kind of football," said quarterback Jeff Tuel.
Washington State, still winless in the Pac-12, plays at Utah this coming Saturday. The Utes are coming off a 49-27 thumping of Cal to break a four-game losing streak.


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Choi Seeks to Change Great Park Board
Sunday, January 13th, 2013 @ 6:45AM
The issue of Great Park management and its governance is of vital importance to the future of Irvine and Orange County. The project, if delivered correctly, can be a jewel and a model for sustainable green space in this county. The most recent change in leadership gives very little hope for real change, since the faces are the same.
The new Administration, has begun to lay out their vision for ongoing Great Park Management.
I have mixed emotions regarding the proposal laid out by the Mayor, "that only elected Irvine Council members remain Great Park Board Directors." This would essentially do away with the four seats for independent members. Although the proposal would make sense from a financial standpoint by reducing the amount of stipends paid monthly to these board members, the move is questionable from a check and balance perspective. The Irvine City Council has had a seat at the table for the past decade while the project has sputtered along. How would making the leadership even more insular help the greater project? The independent board members haven't exactly been independent in the past, but they do serve an important role in representing the larger OC community. The Great Park is more than a City of Irvine project—giving the city council complete control may be a mistake, based on its characterization this evening at the Council meeting. As noted by Mr. Lalloway, the council is responsible for every final decision for the Great park, so what happened ?
Negligence, and mismanagement of the Great Park, with cost overruns, the use of no-bid contracts and high fee PR Firms has contributed to the boondoggle. Some Board Members are posturing around doing a "forensic audit" of the project, using park reserves, an audit the scale of what is likely to run much higher than the $225,000 to $250,000. This comment is indicative of the lack of understanding and education, particularly what an audit like this really entails.
I support an audit, an independent accounting firm approved by all council members is what is in order. if it can be delivered at a minimal cost and if the results of the audit show a true mismanagement and general lack of understanding—then we should call on all COUNCIL members to resign from the Great Park project, and turn it over to those that understand the enormity and scale of the development and get it done for the people, not make it the political football that has been punted from side to side, never reaching the goal posts.
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I've recently decided to start up a blog post since I've accumulated a few articles I thought would be helpful and important to people over the years that I've been working with flash. First, a little about me:
My name is Christopher Gregorio, I'm from the United States (North Carolina), and I develop online flash games. I've been in the industry for a little over two years and have released several large titles, here's a few that may ring a bell… Medieval Rampage 1 & 2, Cell Warfare, and Penguin Massacre. Last year I earned over $45,000 from developing these games through several different forms of monetization.
This blog will focus on a variety of things relating to flash: the general industry, projects I'm working on, and rambles about some specific things.


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By GREG MENGELT
It's difficult to tell by her results alone, but Floyd Central junior Meg Taylor was one of the most improved area swimmers during the 2013-14 season.
Already a multiple-time state finalist, Taylor made four state finals in 2014 and had career-best finishes in her individual events at the IHSAA State Finals last month.
That doesn't tell the entire story of Taylor's junior season.
While she was strong in the past, Taylor dominated the competition in her junior season to become the clear choice for the 2013-14 News and Tribune Area Girls' Swimmer of the Year.
"If you look at her times in the [200-yard freestyle], even though she moved up only one spot [at state], her time was almost two seconds faster [than as a sophomore]," Floyd coach Joe Perkins said. "Indiana is just a fast swimming state."
Taylor said continued development came with hard work before and during the season.
"I think [the improvement] was definitely due to my training," she said. "We kind of bumped it up this year."
Taylor qualified for state in the 200 and 500 freestyle as a sophomore. With teammate Amy McCormick also strong in those two events, Perkins asked Taylor to switch from the 500 free to the 100 free prior to the 2013-14 season.
"It was definitely a little nerve-wracking because I didn't know how I would perform in the 100," Taylor said, "but I'm happy with the decision. I think I'll stick with it. I definitely think next year I could be top-eight in the state in the 100 free. It felt weird to switch, but it definitely worked out."
"Her 100 free time was better and better as the year went on as she made the move from the 500 free," Perkins observed. "[The switch] was better for the team and became a strong event for her. I think it fell into place for her."
Although it worked out with a sectional championship and a 10th-place finish at state in the 100 — the highest finish of her career — Taylor had to come out of her comfort level as a distance swimmer to swim an event with sprinting elements to it.
The end result was a Hoosier Hills Conference title and the Highlanders' seventh straight sectional crown.
"She's willing to do whatever's best in scoring situations for us," Perkins said.
Taylor also accomplished something no one had since 1996. Former Floyd Central and Auburn University star Brooke Monroe set the standard in every event for the Highlanders. Monroe still held every individual Floyd record until Taylor bettered her mark in both the 100 and 200 free. She set the marks with a 51.71-second time in the 100 and a 1:52.74 in the 200.
"It meant a lot," Taylor said of breaking Monroe's records. "Getting your name on the [record] board was one of my goals and she was a great swimmer. Breaking that was such a great accomplishment and very exciting."
Perkins said Taylor is capable of swimming faster and making her first state championship heat in 2015.
"We try to get up our program so kids improve over four years," the News and Tribune Girls' Swimming Coach of the Year said. "She had tremendous improvement this year, but I think there's a lot more room to improve for her in her individual events."
"I'm definitely going to keep working," Taylor said. "I'm going to keep going at it and hope for the best."
Meg Taylor, Floyd Central junior (Swimmer of the Year)
Layah Jones, Floyd Central sophomore
Alexis Lete, New Albany junior
Amy McCormick, Floyd Central senior
Maryn Meldrum, Floyd Central junior
Jacqueline Richard, Jeffersonville freshman
Reagan Thom, New Albany sophomore
Lauren Batliner, Floyd Central senior
Amelia Blankenbeker, Jeffersonville sophomore
Elizabeth Browne, Jeffersonville junior
Kali Crace, Jeffersonville junior
Jessica Ingram, Floyd Central sophomore
Lauren Kessinger, Jeffersonville junior
Amber Leininger, Jeffersonville junior
Caitlin Davenport, Floyd Central; Adeline Dixon, Jeffersonville; Sam Glover, Jeffersonville; Kartrina Klingsmith, Floyd Central; Alex Jamison, Floyd Central; Anna Lowney, Floyd Central; Yanna Martin, Jeffersonville; Jessica Pinnick, Floyd Central; Kelsey Pinnick, Floyd Central; Emma Reas, New Albany; Erica Romans, Jeffersonville; Kaitlin Sullivan, Silver Creek.
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Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff
I cover sports business with rare dip in education & local economies
Olympic athletes are put on a pedestal by millions around the world as they compete for gold. NBC runs sappy personal interest stories on these summer and winter athletes and that is how we remember many of these Olympic stars as they move out of the spotlight. The reality is that the Olympics are usually the pinnacle for these athletes and the fall from the top can sometimes get ugly. The Smoking Gun revealed Thursday that three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton, 44, worked for a Las Vegas escort service for the past year charging $600 an hour for her services. Her previous claim to fame was deliberately falling during the 2000 Sydney Olympics 1500 meter final when she realized she could not win.
Favor Hamilton is simply the latest athlete to represent her country and then see their reputation take a dramatic fall after the Olympic lights went out.
Track and field is littered with athletes tainted by scandal. It is a brutal sport to make a living in, although Favor Hamilton apparently found financial success after her track career with a real estate business in Madison, Wisc. For every Usain Bolt making $20 million a year, there are thousands of athletes struggling to get by. A survey by the USA Track and Field Foundation found that only 50% of U.S. track athletes who rank among the top in their sport make more than $15,000 from sponsorships, grants and prize money. Yet, the fame and riches at the very top lead to scores of doping scandals in the sport.
Marion Jones became the first woman to ever win five medals at a single Olympics at the 2000 Sydney Games. But she failed a drug test in 2006 and pleaded guilty to federal charges of perjury surrounding her role in the Balco scandal. She was stripped of her medals in 2007 and sentenced to six months in jail the following year. Other medal-winning track stars tainted by drugs include Jones' former husband Tim Montgomery, Justin Gatlin, Ben Johnson most famously and countless others.
Wrestler Rulon Gardner has faced enough obstacles to last a lifetime since his gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics when he defeated Russian Alexander Karelin, who had not lost for 13 years. Gardner survived plane and motorcycle crashes. He got stranded in the freezing wilderness overnight while snowmobiling in 2002 in an ordeal that cost him one of his toes. He appeared on the reality TV show "The Biggest Loser" after ballooning up to 474 pounds. The latest blow for Gardner was a bankruptcy filing in August.
Tonya Harding appeared in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and finished fourth in the figure skating program. Of course, that is not the Olympics most people remember for Harding. Her fall came before she got to the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Her ex-husband and bodyguard conspired to injure Harding's chief rival, Nancy Kerrigan, before the 1994 Games. The attack knocked Kerrigan out of the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but she came back to compete in Lillehammer against Harding. Kerrigan won the silver, while Harding placed eighth. It was TV ratings gold. The Olympic figure skating showdown was the second most-watched telecast ever after the finale of M*A*S*H (two Super Bowls have since eclipsed it). Harding later pleaded guilty of hindering the prosecution of those responsible for the attack. The U.S. Figure Skating Association banned her from the sport for life.
The fall of the Olympic athlete is not a new phenomenon. Jim Thorpe is considered by many to be the greatest athlete of the 20th century for his multisport talents. He won Olympic gold medals in 1912 for both the decathlon and pentathlon. He was stripped of those medals though for violating the Olympic rules on amateurism when it was revealed he played two years of semi-pro baseball. The medals were returned to his family in 1983, but Thorpe died destitute 30 years earlier after struggling with alcoholism and earning a living after his athletic career was over.
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Our society is all about Keeping up with the Kardasians, sex is good, we all do it. But real Americans get exposed when they seen to be doing it. Being Gay is now OK, walking buck bare in parades is OK but other things are not. Being a high end escort is probably really great work – meet nice men that are very successful, entertain them, and in this case have a marathon. Not bad when earning over $ 1,500 a day.
It is two way therapy, learning for both, becoming friends. Yes, all parties were probably married, but not to each other. There is as good of a chance as not that it helps keep the marriages together. Our country is silly in keeping it illegal.
So be it. Forbes is now more into gossips than real business stories. Anything for the eyeball.
I'm just a bit amused: On such a business-friendly site, a woman finds a way to convert failure into a going, if a bit less than socially acceptable, concern and it's listed as a "crash and burn"? Regardless of your views on prostitution, you have to admit she converted her failure into a lucrative business. Marion Jones crashed and burned. This lady did not. I'd be less flip about this if she were some innocent child forced into the sex trade by poverty or violence but she is an adult, she engaged in consensual relationships with knowing clients, a quid-pro-quo, and profited from it. I don't know how any business person can condemn her with a straight face. So, stripped of its moral implications as many of your authors here at Forbes seem to do repeatedly when we're talking about gun sales or peddling empty calories to pre-teens or environmental degradation as a result of commercial activities, what's the problem?
I don't necessarily see Suzy Hamilton as one of these athletes, but it's been a trend that athletes have been known to go bankrupt despite their grand riches. From an investor's perspective, this may be why: http://blog.sprinklebit.com/pro-athletes-go-broke/
If she doesn't care about the Lord who created her and if she doesn't care about being raised to life to live with her Creator upon her death then nobody cares. Why apologize? To whom? For what? Who in the world is worthy to set the standard for righteousness? For good? For evil? The world doesn't believe prostitution is wrong. The world doesn't believe in any kind of righteousness. Let her party.
But if anybody reading this wants to live forever with their Creator then He has set a standard. He has told us that prostitution is evil. That adultery is evil. That all of our sin separates us from Him for He alone is RIGHTEOUS and cannot dwell with sin. The God of the bible has declared right and wrong. And His only begotten Son – Jesus – who is the Christ – fulfilled all of God's righteousness requirements and became the PERFECT sacrifice to atone for your sins. For the sins of Mrs. Suzy Favor Hamilton. If she believes. If you believe.
So to those who want life I offer you some very good news. Jesus said to repent and call out to God for forgiveness. He gives you GRACE and FORGIVENESS for your sins and He does not count you guilty. You are washed by the Blood of the LAMB and you are forgiven forever. Now, go and leave your life of sin and walk with Him and tell others about the Good News!
I hope the best for Mrs.Hamilton and her family.
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This is a poor excuse for journalism. Your grammar is horrendous. This is beneath Forbes.
Women are cheating all over the place, nowadays!! (Favor Hamilton, Petraeus scandal women, Rita Ora/Kardashian, Leann Rimes/Cibrian, Kristen Stewart, Coco/IceT, etc). Research indicates that female infidelity now rivals, or EXCEEDS, that of men!!
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You can save for your child's college education while you save money off of your 2012 Pennsylvania earned income tax if you open or add to your PA 529 College Saving Program by Dec. 31.
To encourage more families to save for college in a tax-advantaged way, the PA 529 College Savings Program is offering free enrollment - a $50 savings - for all new PA 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP) accounts opened by Dec. 31 at www.PA529.com. Use code TAXSMART when prompted.
The PA 529 GSP is designed to help savings grow to meet the future cost of education. When used for qualified higher education expenses, PA 529 GSP contributions grow at the rate of tuition inflation (subject to fees and premiums).
For example, if you save enough for a semester at one of the State System of Higher Education universities today, you will have enough for a semester there in the future - no matter when or how much tuition has gone up in the meantime.
Earnings in a 529 plan are not subject to yearly taxes as they grow, and when used for qualified higher education expenses, earnings are tax-exempt when withdrawn.
Under the program, taxpayers can deduct up to $13,000 per beneficiary in PA 529 contributions from Pennsylvania taxable income on their state tax returns for 2012. Married couples filing jointly can deduct up to $26,000 per beneficiary if each spouse has taxable income of at least the amount deducted.
In addition, family and friends can contribute up to $65,000 in a single year ($130,000 for a married couple filing jointly) for each beneficiary without incurring federal gift tax consequences (assumes no other gifts in the next four years).
Families can visit www.PA529.com to learn more. The staff of state Sen. Lisa Boscola are also ready to help families obtain more information and apply to enter the program.


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