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The National Weather Service has been tracking this storm system locally for some time now.
Forecasters at their office on Raggio Parkway say the brunt of it will be coming in overnight from Saturday to Sunday. They say the soil won't be able to absorb much more rain by then.
"It's already going to be saturated by then and then we're having our biggest downburst right at the end and it's all going to run off and we're going to get basically a spike on all the rivers and streams," says NWS Reno Service hydrologist Gar Barbato.
Barbato says small streams will be swollen from the storms and could overflow. Also, Lake Tahoe could rise 8 or 9 inches because of all the run-off from the mountains.
Meanwhile, we got a tour of the Regional Emergency Operations Center in north Reno -- which is in charge of the response to this storm.
"The regional operations center is jointly owned by the city of Reno the City of Sparks and the County of Washoe and this is the brains or the management section," says county emergency management director Aaron Kenneston.
The center is led by the manager of the county or one of the cities - and coordinates the response between a whole range of government agencies, including law enforcement, fire, schools and health officials.
The logistics section helps get supplies and services to those who need it.
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And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. (Romans 11:23)
Yes yes, I know speaking in generalities about Jews today leads to the "anti-Semitic" smear. But hey, life is short and there are all kinds of truths just waiting to be let out of the closet...
USA Today ran a profile of James Levine and Roman Polanski's fellow traveller, Woody Allen, last week, and I noted this:
Does he worry that his films won't be remembered? "I don't care about my work lasting. I would like to last. They can turn my movies into guitar picks. Nothing lasts. Nothing at all. Not even the sun."
Given such disturbing insights, it is hard to know whether all those years Allen spent in therapy paid off--or just made his existential despair into fodder for future features. (USA Today; June 19, 2012)
Make no mistake: the existential despair of Christless Jews is the fodder of our entertainment... permeating the New York Times and the Daily Show and Broadway and the Academy and bestseller lists and television and Hollywood.
There's something between the Third Reich and loveless silence, and it's time Christians find that something again. It's time we again recognize the toxicity of Messiah-less Jews and seek to call them back to the Only True God.
Woody knows the Judgment approaches. He films it all the time.
And then we see an enemy of the Church who goes by the name of Christian, one John Hagee, who tells us that Jews can be saved without the blood of Christ. And many more behave as if it were true but are less straightforward about the matter.
Including Benedict XVI.
Indeed. And that's without visiting the whole Muslims can be saved while remaining Muslims bit that you can find at the Vatican.
Too much Tashlan.
Moving in the direction of the Third Reich can never be a good thing. Christian antisemitism has a long and shameful history. Why move in a direction that too often has lead 'Christians' toward shameful acts of prejudice and hatred, resulting in incredible pain for the Jews?
We should move upward - toward love - not downward toward the Third Reich. I understand that a move toward loving with integrity may require communicating uncomfortable truths (which may be the point of this post). However, antisemitism is a powerful force - a fire we need to be careful not to ignite within our communities.

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Historic West Linn
Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation is currently focused on saving the oral history of mill work in West Linn during the Crown Zellerbach era, from 1928-1986. Thanks to two generous grants from the Kinsman Foundation, and invaluable collaboration and technical assistance from the Willamette Falls Television and Community Media Center, we completed two documentary movies on mill work in 2006 and 2007. Both documentaries are now available to library patrons in West Linn and communities around Clackamas County, as well as through purchase on this website.
We are deeply indebted to the retired employees of Crown Zellerbach International, West Linn Division, both union and management, for telling their stories and allowing us to scan their personal photos for use in the project. The first product of our 32 hours of interviews conducted with millworkers is entitled "Grindstones, Boomsticks, Tattletales and Nips: the people and the stories of Crown Zellerbach International, West Linn Division, 1928-1986". It is close-captioned, two hours in length and ran on Clackamas County's Cable Television channel and the CAN network throughout the summer of 2007.
Thanks to the second grant from the Kinsman Foundation, we were able to tell the 'rest of the story' with a second documentary, one hour in length, in January, 2008. "Friends, Fish and $1.09 an Hour" focuses on topics, such as fishing in the mill, that were not included in "Grindstones, Boomsticks, Tattletales and Nips."
Pursuing our greater goal of using the personal interviews/histories preserved by this video project as the starting point for a print Library of Profiles of Millwork, which would continue to gather information by interviewing more individuals about both Oregon City and West Linn millwork, we then obtained a $3,500 grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust. That grant allowed us to transcribe the original 17 interviews for researchers and family historians. In addition, a $4,500 Juan Young Trust grant helped us create a five-lesson packet of middle-school teaching lesson plans for the West Linn- Wilsonville School District, to make this valuable local history available to students and instructors through the districts' digital library.
In 2010, we were awarded $1,000 by the Clackamas County Cultural Coalitiion to support the publication of our original 17 millworker interviews. (Three of our 17 subjects have died since their interviews with us in 2005-2006, making the project's importance even more self-evident.) With an additional $1,500 grant from the Kinsman Foundation and the editing and project management services donated by Sandy Carter, of Words Count--Editing & Writing Services, the resulting reference book will be published in late December and in the West Linn, Oregon City, Oregon State, and Clackamas County and Oregon Historical Society libraries in January, 2011.


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EIGHT unemployed young people have completed a two-week work placement with forestry firms.
The Prince's Trust's "Get into Woodlands" programme is a partnership between Herefordshire and Ludlow College (HLC), the Forestry Commission and the Duchy of Cornwall Estate.
The aim is to help the young people move into employment, education or training and provide support.
"It's been heartening to listen to these young people and to see how much they have all achieved," said Rob Dunn, assistant principal at HLC's Holme Lacy Campus.
"I am really proud that the Holme Lacy campus forestry team could be involved in the project and the outcome has been so successful."
The Prince of Wales came up with the idea for the course to try and combat local skills shortages and rising levels of youth unemployment.
Since it started two years ago, 33 young people aged 16 to 24 have completed the programme in Hereford.
Meanwhile, more than 150 farriers and blacksmiths recently descended at the college as part of the national shoeing and shoemaking competition. The event at HLC enabled young farrier apprentices and masters to showcase their skills.
Prizes were handed out throughout the day.
Nigel Brown and Alistair Evans won the Hereford School of Farriery Shield and Jim Burton and Rhodri Thomas scooped the top prize in the master and apprentice live shoeing category.
Other prizes were handed to David Smith and Nicholas Johnsey.
"It was excellent to see such a good turnout of farriers and apprentices from around the country," said Charlotte Gibb, team leader for rural crafts.
"There was strong competition in all classes, which showcased the high level of skill demanded by the farrier industry."


text: Millennials, the generation of kids raised in the 1990s and early 2000s, are terrible at interviewing for jobs. So bad in fact, the HR Policy Association is launching a new service to help first time job seekers lock one down. It's called jobipedia.org. CNBC has some hysterically sad examples of how kids failed here.


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Teaser One Sheet of The Newest Hottest Spike Lee Joint http://t.co/GOF6P2tGr1 http://t.co/aOyjg8cINl
— 40Acres&AMuleFlmwrks (@40AcresBrooklyn) August 5, 2013
Well, the above tweet from 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, speaks for itself.
The poster follows below. It doesn't tell us anything new, other than what we already know about its focus on human beings addicted to blood (although it's not a vampire movie).
And if you missed it the news, earlier today, Spike revealed the first actor cast in the mystery project - Zaraah Abrahams, who'll be playing the film's leading lady. See that post HERE.
With to revelations in one day, today, at that pace, we just might get a full synopsis for the film by the end of the project's Kickstarter campaign, in 2 weeks.
Donella | August 9, 2013 4:35 PM
I hope Spike considers Dee Rees as script consultant for this project.
LeonRaymond | August 5, 2013 8:11 PM
I wonder, there was an article if I can remember about certain wealthy people trying to amass a large amount of Clean Blood where it is traded on the stock market under another name but could this be the premise , I am only guessing and be far out there but I wonder ?
LeonRaymond | August 5, 2013 7:48 PM
Hey, go on Spike! Look he hasn't been this excited about a project since his old days and if this is what making him have a rejuvenation then God Bless His soul. And besides look at all the folks now set to do Kickstarter camps. Frances Ford Coppola, Werner Herzog, Abel Ferrera, Julie Dash, and the list goes on and on. Lets face it's not his or our fault, Kickstarter has been gentrified and now it's gone over the wall. Now we need a new Funding vehicle for all us cash strapped folks with out funding platformed folks That is the bottom line and that's the truth ruth!


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End of Summer Back to School Sale!
Aug 24 - 31
Hui Gong Qigong for the Heart
Sept 7; 2 sessions | Yogadurango on Main
Kids Yoga Class Series
Sept 8 - Oct 27 | Yogadurango on Main
"Yoga-Practic" Solutions with Keneen
Sept 28; 2 sessions | Yogadurango on Main
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Chairman of Tom Ford Fashion Firm Sues Knoedler Gallery Over Rothko Painting
Domenico and Eleanore De Sole are suing the defunct Knoedler Gallery for $25 million, alleging that the gallery's president Ann Freedman–who is also named as a defendant–conspired to sell them a fake Rothko. Mr. De Sole is the chairman of Tom Ford's fashion firm. The FBI has already been investigating a number of allegedly forged paintings that were brought to market by a Long Island dealer and sold through Knoedler. Read More


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Yesterday my girlfriend called me from work asking me if I wanted to go meet the Texans. I kind of laughed and she said, "no really, I have tickets to meet the Texans." My jaw dropped. I almost didn't want to go - I was afraid it was going to be one of those times that you meet your hero and then you're disappointed because they don't actually live up to what you imagine. After hesitating for a half second, I said, "yes."
I was nervous. I didn't know what I should wear - it felt like going out on a first date. My brain was swirling with questions that I was going to ask all the players when I got to see them. I calmed down and we got to Reliant Stadium.
When we showed up, the first thing to do was go on a tour through the players stuff. It started in the cafeteria. It was kind of small considering they have to feed all those players. They had quite a bit of pictures of players. The best part about the cafeteria though was the painting of Andre Johnson catching a ball.
After leaving the cafeteria, down the hall to the right was the lounge. It was fully equipped with 3 TVs (two, probably, 52" flat screens), a pool table, comfortable leather sofas and chairs and some computers (probably the cause of the Juggernauts failed test).
Down the hall from the lounge was the trainers/training room. They have a pool, hot tub (105 degrees, said the poster), cold baths (42 degrees, if I recall correctly), some workout equipment, and medical tables.
Then the mother of all things came next: the locker room. The feeling of going in there was so awesome. When I got in I muttered, "This is where the magic happens," everyone around me kind of laughed. I don't know what it is about being in the locker room that's so amazing, but it is. I was surprised that Kris Brown had his own locker still. Above each player's locker is their last name and, if they're not rookies, pictures of the players.
It finished with us being led out to the field, walking through the tunnel that they walk through before every home game. They even had the blue air thing that they have up - unfortunately they didn't have the smoke going or a cannon shooting when I walked out. When we got out onto the field, the turf was pulled up and it was all concrete. We grabbed a beer and found the Brian Cushing line. We waited about 45-60 minutes standing in that line, had a beer and ate some nachos.
I don't think I have ever been as star struck as I had been when we finally got to the front of the line. I was fumbling with the things in my hand trying to get him to sign. I said "what's up Cush?" (I know, it couldn't get any more lame than that). He said something back that I don't really remember because the guard was bring a prick and distracting me. I got him to sign a picture and sitting next to Brian Cushing was...Dan Orlovsky!!! Oh my god, let me tell you how amazing that was...done.
At that time, the first autographing session was ending and I ran over to the coach's corner to listen to Frank Bush talk. I had so many questions to ask him but was to shy to actually ask. I was going to ask him about the D line being so small but quick, why they skipped on a guy like Dan Williams and others but I'll never know the answer.
Bush is actually a pretty cool, funny guy. There were a couple of times he had us all laughing. He didn't have any straight answers about the first four games without Cushing. He said, "without giving up any trade secrets - we have plans." And some other things to that effect. He said Jackson is developing well and has high hopes for him. One thing that struck me was that he missed Dunta. Apparently Dunta grew up in the same place that Bush did and even went to the same high school.
After the coach's corner, the second autograph session started. As soon as everyone found out where AJ was going to be, that line filled up so fast. I told my girlfriend and friend that I was going to go other places since the other lines were short. I found our tiny fast dude...some guy named Trindon? He was signing with some other guy who's name I forgot but he was really nice and seemed to enjoy being there (more than Cush and Orlovsky did). I asked Trindon a question but he didn't answer.
Down the hall was Ben Tate and London Crawford. I walked by and took a picture and yelled "Tate 'n Slate." He laughed. I met up with my girlfriend and friend who had barely moved in the AJ line so I went and found Dorin Dickerson. Dorin was signing with a really outgoing guy, Cole Pemberton. I asked Dorin how his transition was going to wide-out and he said fantastic. Both Dorin and Cole were really nice and seemed to enjoy being there.
I met back up with my girlfriend. She got AJ's signature and while she was up there she told AJ, "Oh my gosh. I love you. You're such a beast. You're awesome." Talk about star-strucked. He didn't say much but "thanks."
That ended our night because she was one of the last ones for AJs signing.
I didn't write this to brag, but I did want to get it on ¿paper?. I really want to know if anyone else went and if you did how was your time?


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Casa-Museo de Colón
A superb example of Canarian architecture, the museum is built around two balconied patios, complete with fountains, palm trees and parrots.
A superb example of Canarian architecture, the museum is built around two balconied patios, complete with fountains, palm trees and parrots.
This 21st-century science and technology museum is full of things that whirr, clank and hum. It occupies a revamped dockside warehouse to the east of Parque Santa Catalina and is a great space to spend a few hours.
Housed in one of precious few original fishermen's cottages here, this restaurant has carafe-loads of earthy atmosphere. It is named after a legendary Caribbean pirate and run by Italian owner Claudio since 1970 (hence the Chianti bottle candleholders). A speciality is the steaks cooked to a tee on a parilla (open grill).
Hidden in the backstreets, but well worth hunting out, the Thai chef here creates authentic dishes that won't disappoint the fussiest Thai-food aficionado. The menu includes red and green curries, Tom Yum soup, Panang curry and wok dishes.
Hop in a taxi to this place, which is devilishly difficult to find in the north of the San Fernando district. Although unassuming from the outside, step within and sample the food, and you could be at a cutting-edge new restaurant in Barcelona. Dishes are creative in taste and presentation, and use only market-fresh ingredients. Reservations recommended.
Don't miss a visit to this atmospheric place with its cavernous dining rooms and well-prepared Canarian dishes at excellent prices. Kick-start your menu with a ración of mojo potatoes and then choose from a menu that reads like a book. The service is zippy and everything is freshly made – and fresh: the market is right across the street.
Las Palmas is the big smoke, the only place in the Canary Islands, apart from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with an unmistakable big-city feel.
Celebrated throughout the island during February or March, but particularly in Las Palmas. Two to three weeks of madness and fancy dress mark the first rupture with winter in February (the dates move depending on when Lent falls), with the bulk of the action taking place around Parque de Santa Catalina, where there is a giant outdoor stage.
The spiritual heart of the city, the brooding, grey cathedral was begun in the early 15th century, soon after the Spanish conquest, but took 350 years to complete. The neoclassical facade contrasts with the interior, which is a fine example of what some art historians have named Atlantic Gothic, with lofty columns which seem to mimic the palm trees outside.
In 1994 these fabulous dunes were designated a national park. The best view of them is from the bottom of Avenida Tirjana. Stroll through the arches of the Hotel Riu Palace Maspalomas to the balcony, which is surrounded by a botanical garden displaying many shrubs and plants native to the Canaries. There is a small information office here with sporadic opening hours.
Dominating the square is this neoclassical 18th-century church, home to Gran Canaria's patron saint. According to legend, the Virgin was spied atop a pine tree in the nearby forest in the 15th century, which turned Teror into a quasi-Fatima pilgrimage site.
The extraordinary, neo-Gothic church stands sullen watch over the bright white houses of Arucas in a striking display of disproportion. The church has a Sagrada Familia (Gaudí) look with its elaborate pointed spires and was, fittingly, designed by a Catalan architect. Construction started in 1906 on the site of a former ermita (chapel) and was completed 70 years later.


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In this week's totally non-essential news, Vogue Magazine's Andre Leon Talley recently did a video interview with Quvenzhane Wallis for the magazine. Actually, I should say formerly of Vogue Magazine.
It was revealed today in news reports that, after 30 years, Talley has left the magazine as contributing editor and it's because of his new TV ventures, including hosting a late night TV talk show in the works, which Tambay reported about HERE.
Turns out that Vogue chief Anna Wintour absolutely hates television, feeling that any connection between Vogue and TV "cheapens' the Vogue brand. In fact, it's well known that, a few years ago Wintour passed on an offer to partner with Project Runway when the show was in development that could have made the magazine potentially millions.
But with Talley already making TV appearances on Entertainment Tonight and America's Next Top Model, there was friction between him and Wintour and Tallley obviously saw that the grass was greener on the TV side.
However, Vogue has stated that though he is leaving the magazine they expect him to still contribute from time to time, and that "he has a number of projects in the works with Vogue and Conde Nast, and maintains a warm relationship with them both.'.
Here's the interview with Wallis:
blackbird | February 18, 2013 8:37 AM
She is a star...
ALM | February 17, 2013 3:05 PM
"Fashion is my kryptonite". Love her! Now stop listening to Nicki Minaj....you are so far past her music. LOL She absolutely slayed on "Good Morning America" a few days ago.
Ashunda | February 17, 2013 2:46 AM
She is just a gem; a force. :-)


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frierson research group
for the public
jack, dargan, and ting (june 2009)
group leader:
dargan frierson
dargan's CV in
for the personal side of dargan, click
graduate students:
yen-ting hwang
ting is working on changes in energy fluxes with global warming.
she's done research on
energy transport changes in midlatitudes
effects on tropical precipitation
, and
energy fluxes as a negative feedback on Arctic amplification
view a
of ting by the
college of the environment
jack scheff
jack is working on hydrologic cycle changes in simulations of global warming
elizabeth maroon
elizabeth is working on tropical precipitation in idealized models
undergraduate students:
stella choi
stella is working on experiments to show the strength of condensation as a heat source
judy twedt
judy is working on analysis of CMIP5 simulations of global warming
group milestones:
news from 2013 (7)
May 2013
: Ting successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations Dr. Hwang!!!
April 2013: Paper on the power of condensation to warm cold beverages is
in Physics Today. Read our
press release
and coverage on
NBC News
April 2013: Paper on the interhemispheric temperature difference by
Andrew Friedman
, Ting,
John Chiang
, and Dargan is released and
highlighted by Nature Geoscience
. Read the
press release
on the study
March 2013
: Judy wins the NSF Graduate Fellowship, which she will take to UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences (co-advised by Dargan, Cecilia Bitz and David Battisti)
March 2013: Ting and Dargan's PNAS
on Southern Ocean clouds and the double ITCZ problem is released, with an accompanying
press release
coverage on The Verge
March 2013: Dargan gives the annual University of Miami RSMAS student invited lecture
January 2013: Dargan gives the 1st annual Colorado State University FORTCAST (student AMS chapter) student invited colloquium
news from 2012 (8)
December 2012
: Jack wins a Outstanding Student Paper Award at the AGU fall meeting
September 2012
: Dargan is promoted to Associate Professor
July 2012: Four new
about CMIP5 models are submitted for the deadline for inclusion in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
June 2012: Stella joins the group to continue the condensation experiments that Steven has been working on
March 2012: Ting, Jack, and Dargan present at the
Model Analysis Workshop
March 2012
: Ting passes her general exam. Congrats Ting!
February 2012: Judy joins the group as an undergraduate research assistant. She'll be studying CMIP5 simulations of global warming
January 2012: Joshua joins the group as an undergraduate research assistant. He'll be studying static stability in CMIP5 simulations of global warming
news from 2011 (6)
November 2011: Weikun joins the research group as an undergraduate assistant. She'll be studying CMIP5 simulations of global warming
September 2011: Ting's new paper has been named an
Editor's Highlight
Geophysical Research Letters
June 2011: Jack, Ting and Dargan present at the AMS Atmosphere-Ocean Fluid Dynamics meeting in Spokane
June 2011
: Nick graduates from UW. He'll be continuing to work in the group over the summer, and will attend grad school at Colorado State University to work with
Thomas Birner
in the fall. Congrats Nick!
May 2011
: Jack has officially qualified for the Ph.D. program! His presentation was entitled "CMIP3 21st Century Robust Subtropical Precipitation Declines are Mostly Mid-latitude Shifts". Check out his Master's Thesis
May 2011
: Steven Brey joins the group. He'll be working on lab experiments to show the power of condensational heating as a heat source.
news from 2010 (12)
December 2010
: Marshall Stoner successfully defends his Master's Thesis entitled "The Madden-Julian Oscillation and Other Modes of Tropical Intraseasonal Variability: GCM Simulations for Idealized Sea Surface Temperatures". Congratulations Marshall!
November 2010
: Ting has officially qualified for the Ph.D. program! Her talk was titlied "The Effects of Feedbacks on Atmospheric Fluxes and Tropical Precipitation: Analysis of IPCC AR4 GCMs"
October 2010: Ting and Jack present at the
Graduate Climate Conference
September 2010
: Elizabeth Maroon joins the research group as a first year graduate student. She is co-advised by David Battisti and is supported by the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
September 2010: The Program on Climate Change
Summer Institute
, organized by Dargan, takes place at Friday Harbor Labs
August 2010
: Alex Kowaleski finishes his summer internship. Check out his
research summary page
internship video
. Great job Alex!
July 2010
: Jaycyl Golding and Galen Richards join the research group as summer high school student interns. They are participants in the
Pacific Science Center
Discovery Corps
program. They are working on outreach experiments developed by Dargan and
Dale Durran
that show the large amount of heat that's released when condensation occurs.
June 2010
: Robert Marshall graduates from UW. He'll be attending graduate school at University of Colorado in the fall. Congrats Robert!
June 2010
: Alex Kowaleski joins the group as an undergraduate summer research assistant. Alex is a member of the
Summer Research Program
June 2010: Ting and Dargan each give talks about Ting's thesis work at the Western Pacific Geophysics meeting in Taipei, Taiwan
June 2010: Josh is awarded a summer internship at the Seattle offices of the
National Weather Service
through the Student Career Employment Program. Congratulations Josh!
January 2010
: Nick joins the group as an undergraduate research assistant
news from 2009 (11)
December 2009
: Dargan is awarded a NSF grant to study the determination of static stability in midlatitudes
September 2009: Dargan wins the Department of Atmospheric Sciences Annual Teaching Award!
August 2009
: Josh joins the group as an undergraduate research assistant
June 2009: Dargan gives invited lecture at the International Workshop on Global Climate Monitoring and Modeling in Seoul, South Korea hosted by
May 2009
: Marshall is awarded a SCEP intership at the
Climate Prediction Center
in Washington, DC. He will study the MJO and seasonal climate prediction beginning in November 2009, applying the theoretical problems he is studying in his Master's thesis to the real world!
May 2009: Jack attends the
Fundamental Problems in Climate Dynamics
conference in Princeton, NJ organized by
Isaac Held
Geoff Vallis
April 2009
: Informal group member Joe Kidston (a Ph.D. student from
Victoria University of Wellington
who visited from Sept 2008-March 2009) is awarded and accepts a postdoctoral fellowship at
Princeton University
. Congratulations Joe!
April 2009:
Adam Sobel
Eric Maloney
, and Dargan are awarded a NOAA grant to study the Madden-Julian Oscillation in
AM3 model
. With Adam, Eric, and a postdoc at
, Dargan will spend part of his summer running and studying the tropical variability within the state-of-the-art AM3 model, which will be a cornerstone model in the forthcoming
Fifth Assessment Report
April 2009: Ting attends the
Graduate Climate Conference
, an international conference for graduate students organized by UW Atmospheric Sciences students
March 2009
: Robert joins the research group as an undergraduate research assistant
February 2009
: Dargan is awarded a
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
. This will provide support for the group for the next 5 years to study the effect of latent heating on the Hadley circulation. The educational part of this grant is in collaboration with
Professor Dale Durran
Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics
(specifically with
Professor Gabriel Lugo
) and the University of Washington-Yakima Valley Partnership
January 2009: Jack attends the
AMS Annual Meeting
in Phoenix, AZ. Check him out
receiving a certificate for his fellowship at the meeting
news from 2008 (6)
December 2008: Dargan is awarded a
UW Royalty Research Fund grant
. This will support Dargan and Ting's work over the spring and summer of 2009
September 2008: Ting and Jack attend the
PCC Summer Institute
September 2008
: Jack joins research group as 1st year graduate student. Jack is supported by a fellowship from the
Program on Climate Change
and the
AMS Industry/Government Graduate Fellowship
August 2008: Dargan gives an invited lecture series of 5 lectures at the
MetStroem Summer School
on Multiscale Problems in Fluid Dynamics and Meteorology
July 2008
: Marshall joins research group as 2nd year graduate student. Marshall is supported by the
NSDEG Graduate Fellowship
June 2008: Dargan participates in the
UW Faculty Field Tour
, a week-long trip around the state of Washington for faculty and staff who are new to the state
news from 2007 (3)
September 2007: Dargan attends the
UW Faculty Fellows Program
, a week-long symposium that seeks to improve the teaching abilities of new faculty members
September 2007
: Ting joins research group as 1st year graduate student
September 2007
: Dargan joins the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences as an Assistant Professor


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As Berlin came to a close over the weekend, all eyes now turn to Cannes. And with slim pickings at the European Film Market, there will be high expectations for a rebound on this year's Croisette. Last week, Screen Daily offered its preview of Cannes potentials: It's always best to eye these early predictor stories with suspicion, but they offer a glimpse of what's available -- and if not an accurate picture of Cannes, per se -- a reflection of the coming film festival season.
According to Screen, here are some of the top contenders: David Lynch's "Inland Empire," Aki Karismauki's "Lights In The Dusk," Ken Loach's "The Wind That Shakes The Barley," Mohsen Makhmalbaf's "Scream of the Ants," Kim Ki-duk's "Time," Francis Ford Coppola's "Youth Without Youth," Pedro Almodovar's "Volver," Guillermo Del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth," Pablo Trapero's "Born And Raised," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Babel," Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain," Anthony Minghella's "Breaking and Entering," Brian DePalma's "Black Dahlia," Jia Zhangke's "Still Life," Lou Ye's "Summer Palace," Tian Zhuangzhuang's "Wu Qingyuan," and Johnnie To's "Election 2," among others.
Screen also reported that new films from Richard Linklater, John Cameron Mitchell, Sofia Coppola, Mira Nair, Marco Bellochio, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Bruno Dumont, Volker Schloendorff, Nanni Moretti and "Fast Runner" collaborators Zacharias Kunuk & Norman Kohn are also in the mix.
claudia bahamon | March 12, 2006 4:59 AM
what about SIMON BRAND???.. UNKNOWN is his first fiml,can you tell me something about it???
msic | February 20, 2006 6:17 AM
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Eden, NY (WGRZ) -- A mystery of sorts has unfolded in Peggy Gervase's back yard.
As she looked out from the deck of her home on Friday, Peggy spotted what appeared to be a series of concentric circles that had opened in the snow covering a nearby pond. It almost resembled the unusual phenomena known as crop circles. But again, this occurred on the surface of a pond.
Gervase posted pictures on Facebook and with a link on the WGRZ Facebook page, there were nearly 40,000 views with more than 200 comments. They contained explanations of what may have caused it. They included everything from underground springs to melting ice, meteors, methane gas, gas expelled by fish and ducks, and -- of course -- aliens.
Gervase told WGRZ she did not see any strange lights in the skies that night and for now, the pond circles remain a mystery.
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01-29-2008, 12:41 PM #1501Ring of Fame
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Should children witness childbirth? Good question. Here's your answer.
Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call.
The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-yr old
girl to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he
helped deliver the baby. Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was asked.
Heidi pushed and pushed and after a little while, Connor was born. The
paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his bottom.
Connor began to cry. The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help
and asked the wide-eyed 3-yr. old what she thought about what she had
just witnessed.
Kathleen quickly responded:
'He shouldn't have crawled in there in the first place...smack his ass
If you don't laugh at this one, there's no hope for you.
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An atheist was walking through the woods.
'What majestic trees!'
'What powerful rivers!'
'What beautiful animals!'
He said to himself.
As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.
He turned to look.
He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charging towards him.
He ran as fast as he could up the path.
He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was closing in on him.
He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear was even closer. He tripped and fell on the ground.
He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw and raising his right paw to strike him.
At that instant the Atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!'
Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.
As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came o ut of the sky.
'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist, and even credit creation to cosmic accident.
Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament?
Am I to count you as a believer?'
The atheist looked directly into the light and said, 'It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?'
'Very Well,' said the voice.
The light went out.
The sounds of the forest resumed.
And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:
'Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.'
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A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City,
where a woman may go to choose a husband.
Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:
You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of
the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may
choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor,
but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor
the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs.
She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.
'That's nice', she thinks, 'but I want more.'
So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.
'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and
Help With Housework.
'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign
Floor 6! - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this
floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to
please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store
just across the street.
The first floor has wives that love sex.
The second floor has wives that love sex and have big boobs.
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.
01-30-2008, 10:52 AM #1504Ring of Fame
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This is so true! They always ask at the doctor's office why you are there,
and you have to answer in front of others what's wrong and sometimes it is
embarrassing. There's nothing worse than a Doctor's Receptionist who insists you
tell her what is wrong with you in a room of other patients. I
know most of
us have experienced this, and I love the way this old guy handled it:
An 86 year old man walked into a crowded waiting room and approached the
The Receptionist said, "Yes sir, what are you
seeing the Doctor for today?"
"There's something wrong with my dick", he
The receptionist became
irritated and said, "You shouldn't come into a
crowded waiting room and say
things like that."
"Why not? You asked me what was wrong and I told you," he said.
The Receptionist replied; "Now you've caused some embarrassment in this room
full of
people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear
something, and discussed the problem further with the Doctor in
The man replied, "You
shouldn't ask people questions in a room full of
strangers, if the answer could
embarrass anyone."
The man walked out, waited several minutes and then
The Receptionist smiled
smugly and asked, "Yes??"
"There's something wrong with my ear", he
The Receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her
advice. "And what is wrong with
your ear, Sir??"
"I can't piss out of
it," he replied.
The waiting room erupted in laughter.
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01-30-2008, 08:42 PM #1505Ring of Fame
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Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business when he found
out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his fortune.
One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.
'I may look like just an ordinary guy,' he said to her, 'but in just a few years, my father will die, and I'll inherit 20 million dollars.'
Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.
Women are so much better at estate planning than men.
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A nurse walks into a bank totally exhausted after a 20 hour shift. Preparing to write a check, she pulls a rectal thermometer out of her purse and tries to write with it. She looks at the flabbergasted teller and without missing a beat says, "Well, that's great.......that's really great ........some asshole has my pen."Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. - H.L. Mencken
Come from the land of the ice and snow...
02-05-2008, 12:08 AM #1507Coach
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What's the difference between a wife and a Job?
After 10 years the Job still s_u_c_k_s
Cheers!Where is Frostbite Falls Minnesota?
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Dunno if anyone has heard this or it has been posted...if it has, let me know, i'll delete my post, but i love this one...
So there are two friends...a packer fan, and vikings fan
so one day, they decide to have an Ice fishing contest.
After the contest the the Vikings fan came up with 100 lb.s of fish...and the packer fan 0, so the packer fan, thinking, well you know this has to be a fluke! asks for a rematch.
second time 'round
Vikings fan comes up with 200lbs of fish...and the packer fan still none!
so the Packer fan, knowing the Vikings fan, must be cheating, has one of his fellow Packer fans dress up in Vikings gear and spy on the Vikings fan...
third time around
this time, the Vikings fan comes up with 300lbs of fish! and the Packer fan still none...
so the Packer fan asks his fellow packer- his spy, "so was he cheating?!?"
and the other Packer fan goes "Hell yeah!, he's drilling holes in the ice!"
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An Alaskan Joke
A construction worker was driving home from work through the rough part of town on a dark winter night when a toothless Alaska-Native woman flagged him down.
"Hey, I'll suck your blubber for a ride to the liquor store," she said with a hopeful look in her eye.
It had been a while since he had his pickle tickled, so the man thought "Why not?" and let her in the truck.
The man started driving and the inebriated woman unzipped his pants and went to town on his hog.
He was really enjoying the talents of his toothless passenger, but after a while she suddenly stopped to speak.
"You're passionate," said the toothless woman.
The man thought to himself, "What the hell is she talking about?
She's giving me head while I'm driving.
I'm not being passionate at all.
The woman seemed to get more excited as she repeated the phrase, "You're passionate!"
The man just had to know what she was talking about.
"Look lady, I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm not being passionate at all."
The woman sat up and pointed out the window, "No, you're pashin' the liquor store!"
Rock out with your cock out!!!
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*Subject:* good manners
During one of her daily classes, a teacher trying to teach good manners,
asked her students the following question: "Michael, if you were on
a date
having dinner with a nice young lady, how would you tell her that
you have
to go to the bathroom?" Michael said, "Just a minute I have to go
pee." The
teacher responded by saying, "That would be rude and impolite.
What about you Sherman, how would you say it?" Sherman said, "I am
but I really need to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back." "That's
better, but it's still not very nice to say the word bathroom at the
And you, little Johnny, can you use your brain for once and show us your
good manners?" "I would say: Darling, may I please be excused for a
moment? I have to shake hands with a very dear friend of mine, whom I
hope to introduce you to after dinner."
The teacher fainted...[move]"Our day WILL come!! I just hope I LIVE long enough to see it!"[/move]
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Andre Ware. Scott Mitchell. Charlie Batch. Mike McMahon. Jon Kitna. Dan Orlovsky. Daunte Culpepper. These are just some of the names of quarterbacks who stood atop the Detroit Lions' depth chart in the 1990s and 2000s.
Despite their best attempts to find somebody who could take over the job on a permanent basis and become the franchise quarterback, the Lions essentially had a revolving door at the position. No matter who was plugged into the offense, the results rarely were good, especially once the Matt Millen era began. It was a seemingly never-ending string of bad teams led by mediocre quarterbacks that was capped off with the infamous 0-16 season in 2008.
As painful as it was for the Lions to go winless, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The Lions ended up having the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, and they immediately set their sights on a quarterback from the University of Georgia. There were debates internally about going in another direction and drafting Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry, but new general manager Martin Mayhew and new head coach Jim Schwartz wanted to start a new era of Lions football off by finding somebody who was actually worthy of carrying the title of franchise quarterback. Enter Matthew Stafford.
From the very beginning of the Stafford era in Detroit, it was clear why he was the No. 1 overall pick. His big arm was a perfect addition to an offense that already featured Calvin Johnson, and his fearless play on the field quickly endeared him to Lions fans. Especially in his rookie season, that fearlessness resulted in quite a few bad throws and interceptions, but that fearlessness became the stuff that legends are made of during a last-minute comeback against the Cleveland Browns in 2009. Stafford led the Lions 88 yards down the field in the final minute and threw the game-winning touchdown as time expired -- with only one good arm. On the second-to-last play of the game, his left shoulder was popped out, as captured by NFL Films, which had him mic'd up for the game. Despite this, Stafford stayed in to throw the touchdown pass that gave the Lions one of their two victories in 2009.
It's no secret that injuries have been a common issue for Stafford during his young career. Knee problems and shoulder injuries forced him to miss 19 games in his first two seasons, leading to criticism that he was injury prone. Prior to the 2011 season, Stafford vowed to play in every game that year in order to prove his critics wrong, and he didn't disappoint. He made it through all 16 games in the regular season despite breaking a finger on his throwing hand, and he ultimately ended up playing in 17 games since he led the Lions to their first playoff appearance since 1999. In the process, he put up some of the biggest numbers in NFL history for a quarterback, throwing for 5,038 yards and 41 touchdowns.
While Stafford has gotten off to a considerably slower start in 2012, the Lions are confident that they have finally found their franchise quarterback, and it's really fitting that it's Stafford. He grew up on the same street and attended the same high school as one-time Lions quarterback Bobby Layne, who was traded in 1958 and allegedly cursed the team by saying they wouldn't win for the next 50 years. While the veracity of the Layne curse has been questioned, the Lions certainly didn't win a whole lot in the next 50 years. They managed only one playoff win in that span, and for the final decade of those 50 years, the Lions fielded some of the worst teams in NFL history. This all culminated with the 0-16 season, and the post-curse era opened with the Lions drafting the latest great quarterback to come out of Highland Park High School in Dallas.
It certainly remains to be seen if Stafford will turn out to be the next Bobby Layne in terms of on-field production, and it remains to be seen if the Lions will ever break through and have some success in the postseason. However, based strictly on what Stafford did in 2011 and his potential going forward, it's a safe bet that the revolving door at quarterback is no more. It took the Lions decades and decades to finally close it, but Stafford has proven so far that the wait was worth it.


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Friendly Restaurant Foods for BDecember 12th, 2010 , by Sante
From the Blog Journal: November 2009
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Recently I've tried some new bites: Here's what is B-good and I've really enjoyed:
- Salmon Fajitas at Chevy's Fresh Mex: Delicious grilled salmon, bell peppers and onions. Chevy's also has a number of salads. You can get one with their grilled salmon: What a treat.
- Horseradish Cheddar: A local deli sells this. It's marvelous sliced and rolled with thin-sliced roast beef. You can then slice it in strips and toss it with a salad.
- Dill Havarti: Melt this over an open-faced roasted turkey or salmon sandwich. It's somewhat creamy and delicate.
- Pepper Jack: Another pungent winner. Wakes everything up. Re-discover it.
- Salmon Pakoras: An Indian restaurant takes chunks of tandoori-roasted salmon, dips them in a thin (uh oh) bajri batter (contains garbanzo flour) and flash fries them.
- Paneer Pakoras: They do the same thing with slices of Indian cheese.
(But you don't have to batter and fry tandoori salmon, which is usually so yummy on its own. And you can fry paneer in ghee with some spices; easy to reheat and slice thin, serve with chutney.)
I notice LAMB showing up on all sorts of cuisines' menus these days. All the Chinese restaurants are featuring it now.
Some favorite "ethnic" restaurant-Lamb dishes are:
- Boti Kebob (Tandoori Lamb Cubes)
- Shawerma (Middle Eastern roasted lamb, sliced and served - usually - in a pita sandwich with a vegetable salad. Sometimes it's mixed with beef.) VERY savory!
It's rare that I find myself eating a lamb leg roast or a rack of chops, though I do roast chops or tenderloin at home, and I also like lamb burgers. A number of San Francisco restaurants are serving lamb burgers now; it's definitely a trend.
B's: Do keep your eye open for Rabbit. Especially à la Moutarde in French/Burgundian restaurants, served in a copper terrine, generously sauced. This is so...soothing. It may be the ultimate B comfort food. I've tried making rabbit myself. I dunno. The bunnies this prime butcher has tend to be skinny: Very little meat on the bones. So it's a strictly restaurant option for me. If you can find a good place to order it, go often and bliss out!
We're deep into game season. Go somewhere top notch and order roast loin of venison with a port/berry reduction. Maybe you'll have dreams about your ancestors and their fire-roasted gazelles.
Staying Healthy with Essential OilsDecember 10th, 2010 , by Sante
From the Blog Journal of 3 October, 2008
Recently on the dadamo Forum, a few folks have been obsessed with the notion of the oral administration of essential oils. In France, in particular, this is a major modality: Aromamedicine, as practiced by approximately 20% of all MD's there. While many practitioners in other countries – and increasingly in the US, myself included – do compound such medicines, the marketplace is increasingly filling up with excellent aromamedical supplements, safe for those consumers who do not make their own. The Whole Foods Market near my San Francisco home carries cinnamon caps, oregano caps, peppermint caps, ginger caps and/or syrup, and, in its "antioxidant" dept., a couple of powerful blends by Gaia Herbs and New Planet that may include rosemary, marjoram et al (a superb vehicle for taking antioxidants, btw). And there'll be plenty more products, I'm sure.
Using essential oils diluted in vegetable oils for medicinal use as ointments and linaments, as well as in bathing media (including salts) is a long accepted method of taking them. They are rapidly absorbed into the skin and beyond. Chest rubs, belly rubs, pelvic rubs are well established practices. Overall massage, complexion products such as moisturizers, masques, cleansers – there are many books to assist the newcomer in the crafting of these – are all options to consider. Various hygiene products (including oral hygiene) often include tea tree oil for its antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties. There are even tea tree oil-saturated tampons for vaginal insertion to treat yeast infection. Tea tree oil douche solutions may also be out there by now.
While "aromatherapy" is usually assumed to be strictly psychoactive or mood-altering, (it certainly is that), note that synthetic fragrances can be liked or disliked, too. The inhalation of PURE and preferably organic essential oils, however, is of decidedly pharmacologic value. Some essential oils, such as rosemary and basil, for instance, are mental stimulants suited to say, offices, while ylang ylang and mandarin are relaxants, excellent for unwinding at day's end or under stress. The shower gel and bath oil department of your health shop will surely reflect these and other uses.
Aromamedicine offers one particularly exciting and relatively unknown feature amongst its benefits: The oils themselves are diagnostic tools. An uncertain diagnosis can be fine-tuned depending upon the oil favored by the patient when offered various oils – with known properties - for smelling. The gravitation to decidedly estrogenic substances, for instance, can indicate a female hormonal component in the patient's current state. A patient complaining of chest discomfort of uncertain origin may seem to like decidedly peptic (digestion-assisting) as opposed to, say, cardiotonic or bronchopulmonary-specific oils, thus providing an important clue for the directing of the history. Of course, this facet of aromamedicine can be practiced only by those with broad familiarity with essential oils and their chemistry/characteristics. There is much overlap, too, e.g., a cholagogic essence such as thyme, is also a powerhouse of an antibiotic/antifungal/antiparasitic/antiviral agent, so the sample offered must be carefully chosen to correct for possible confusion, further the differential diagnosis, and be presented systematically to the patient.
For most folks entry into the vast aromatherapeutic universe is via tea tree oil for the instant cure of athlete's foot, lavender oil for instant relief of kitchen burns or sunburn, peppermint tea to calm gastric distress, or chamomile tea for shaky nerves. I encourage the curious to sniff those tiny tester bottles displayed for that purpose at the health shop and ask the salesperson to direct you to the literature and possible applications of the ones you fancy.
Impressions of ODecember 8th, 2010 , by Sante
Here's another old manuscript from the Blog Journals, 2008.
Because it's the world majority blood type, we all know plenty of O's. Let's have a look at their physiologically/anthropologically-driven temperament.
There are two major ways to describe blood type personality: One is its natural expression without respect to society. The other is in terms of its relation to society. There is the O temperament, for instance but then this is tempered by the very fact that O prevails in great numbers; so, with O, you've got "This is how I am", but you also have to deal with O's "And everybody should be as I am", an attitude based less on O temperament than on O's EXPERIENCE that most folks are indeed like himself. We'll see that, in this regard, A tests the waters, to see how many share his own orientation, while B and AB begin with the premise that no one is like themselves: These latter individuals expect to be misunderstood, to be self-contained and stand alone. So, understand that O expects others to see things his/her way, as a "given", and then you're ready to understand other aspects of O personality.
Next step: Anthropology. O began as a hunter and gatherer. O pits himself against nature, bringing all of his resources to bear on making a killing, accomplishing his goal. He tracks his quarry, bringing others on board to assist him. His survival is bound up in projects that have beginnings, middles and ends. He feasts on the proceeds and then goes out to stalk the next Meal, bring down the next foe.
So O likes projects and brings great energy to these, taking for granted that everyone is on board, unless they're prey too. O figures "You're either part of the team or we eat you." This assumption of antagonism on the part of those who don't dance to his tune can be quite stunning to others.
O makes a good leader and a problematic follower. How can mixed society cope with a majority that is leadership-geared ? Answer: O's need spheres of leadership, not necessarily in careers, per se.
And then there's the physical: O's are physically energetic. It's good for them to work out, in relatively short bursts. Just as hunters alternate between slow quiet stalking and climactic pouncing, O's workouts should be short but daily. I think that's akin to their natural anthro-driven rhythm.
Hunting is the ultimate focussed activity; if you're focussed and alert, you eat; if your mind wanders, you starve. So you see a pattern with O: He single-mindedly goes after what he wants till he gets it. After the feast, he's onto something else, with equal intensity. This is why O's do so well with project management. They make one thing happen. Then another. They don't necessarily "work well with others", though. Just as hunters use beaters or a pack of hounds, O's might view their teams as subordinates. A whole team of O's each with his own sphere of authority, is therefore a winner. Otherwise O's can come across as opportunist users. This is an aspect of focussedness that is a social problem for O: Others are used when serving O's ego or career goals or projects, and may be made to feel stepped-on otherwise. O's can even interrupt or fall asleep during others' self-expression. They quite simply are uninterested in others' input unless they can use or usurp it to their own ends. The world is their and only their oyster. They have to train themselves to be more genuinely interested. But if they can at least fake it, that, too, might be an advance for some!
All of this is not to say O's are unlikeable. On the contrary, the world contains its share of adorable O's. Blood type doesn't swallow up or override what makes each individual unique, and that's why I'm treating only of the constitutional medical and anthropologic factors.
Medically speaking, O is flammable. O's suffer from inflammatory diseases. Adding fire to the O rhythm, you find someone who tends to anger and outbursts as opposed to, say, withdrawal or worry. O's act quickly and impulsively, too; thus many an O finds himself backpedalling, apologizing, embarrassed by his hyperreactivity to innocent differentness perceived as threat. Someone's contrary point of view is seen as a lit match and the O is thrilled to burst into flame: Igniting is an addictive high for many an O, an impulse impossible to stifle, a momentary opportunity to express his magnificent furnace. O's can love their own anger. When the social/interpersonal/familial messes to be mopped up in its aftermath are permanent, however, O's might actually consider changing their approach. Dr. D'Adamo is to my mind correct in counseling the rechannelling of O-fire into physical sports/training, rather than, say, some sort of psychotherapy. When O's have had a good sweaty workout in the morning, they're less likely to seek prey to intimidate or attack.
Have a look around at the O's in your circle. And if you're O, it can be fascinating and instructive to understand yourself in these terms. I have to say that the O-Anger connection is among the top 5 teachings that I've noticed have impressed listeners when I speak on bloodtype diet/disease/temperament profiles. Many O's can relate to it, admit to having been distressed by it, and are gratified to find, in Dr. D'Adamo, someone who explains it to them.
Blood Group Anthropology: The Maps of A.E. Mourant (Reprise from 8 March, 2006)December 7th, 2010 , by Sante
My fascination with blood group anthropology owes a lot to the maps of A.E.Mourant. These show the distribution of O blood type, the A allele, and the B allele, amongst indigenous populations by region, i.e., before any migrations, visitation or crossbreeding. Therefore the figures are valid for populations a couple of thousand years back, but not since the hordes and invasions of the early Christian era.
The following link displays maps based upon those found in Mourant's work but can be off by as much as 10%: http://anthro.palomar.edu/vary/vary_3.htm
You might enjoy cross-referring between this column and that map as you read.
Everywhere on the globe (with the tiniest exception, found on the Barents Sea in the Russian Arctic) more than 50% of all populations are type O. There was, originally, no race or people for whom this was not true. This is an important starting point for those who might otherwise tend to succumb to the race-religion-stereotyped misinformation which often rears its head in this field.
The only region of the world that showed the ubiquitous O-majority to be actually exclusive was: The Western Hemisphere, from the Rio Grande south to Tierra del Fuego, where O prevailed at 95 to 100 per cent.
There is no area of the world (with the tiny Arctic exception cited above) where less than 50% of the population was originally Type O, or where more than 45% had the A allele, or more than 30% had the B-allele.
North America, in some areas, shows the same 100% O-incidence as the lower Americas (about ½ the continent shows 65-70% O, the other half 70-75%), but the remainder is usually evenly divided between A and B. In about ¼ of Africa, B-incidence was as high as 20%, i.e., surpassing A-incidence, a finding that explains the much higher incidence (approximately double!) of the B allele amongst blacks that amongst whites worldwide, even today.
The highest A-incidence, in the ancient (indigenous) world would be found in: Australia and New Zealand, Japan, Europe east and west, Ukraine and Western Russia, Asia Minor and the Levant (Lebanon/Palestine). In these areas, A is found in more than 25% of the population, up to as much as 45-50% (in that tiny Barents Sea region, A goes as high as 55%).
Usually the allele of least representation, the highest B-incidence would have been found in Eastern Asia (China, Mongolia, Korea, Siberia), the Southeast Asian peninsula, Central/Himalayan Asia (N. India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Afghanistan), and eastern Russia, i.e., east of the Caspian Sea.
Mourant also conducted some very specific research with regard to races, including the Jews, the Gypsies, and Polynesian peoples. His research on the Jews was with the aim of revealing Jewish-specific patterns in population. But his groundbreaking results instead showed the similarity of Jewish blood type prevalences to their surrounding cultures! Always O-dominant (like the rest of the world), their proportions of A and B varied only slightly, consonant with those of their surrounding populations (e.g., in areas of Russia where B showed a 16% incidence amongst the general population, B showed the same prevalence amongst the regions' Jews, plus perhaps 1 or 2 % in a few areas). Amongst the Gypsies, Mourant found the incidence of AB type to be very high (over 10%), and he attributed the rise of the blood type to Gypsy and Gypsy-related migrations westward from North India.
I'm greatly indebted to Mourant's maps and his overview of this subject. Though I have referred to other sources for modern regional numbers, these are always seen in light of anthropologic origins as described by Mourant. For example, in the early 1980's, US figures looked something like this: O-44%, A-42%, B-10%, AB-4%. If we start to see B rise here at the expense of A, we can refer to Mourant and infer a strong Asian influx.
For those of you with a hankering after the anthropology, Mourant's fascinating work is worth examining.
Blood Type-Appropriate Gift-giving and TastesDecember 5th, 2010 , by Sante
Yay! A "new" blog, not a Reprise from the mistakenly deleted Archives I've been restoring of late. Actually this blog is drawn from the Journals of three years ago. Thought it would help with gift-giving this Christmas, though it was intended for housewarmings.
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What's your blood type? What's your décor taste? Years ago on dadamo forum I asked B's to describe their taste, and there seemed to be a consensus where it came to color. Bs tend to like vivid colors and "interesting" "fascinating" "eclectic" exotic elements that can be quirky, offbeat, and have stories to go with 'em. A's might find the sight/atmosphere intriguing but can't wait to get home to their relatively clutter-free, neutral-toned havens and gardens. I've met a number of O's who are obsessive-compuslive about germs/dust-mites and absolutely flawless window/mirror/refrigerator, oven-door surfaces. Some have air filters going strong, others come home from work and shine their bathtubs as pre-dinner relaxation. Ever notice this, you guys? O's are often collectors of THEMED items, such as Plains Indians moccasins to surfboards to taxidermy to shoes and jewelry and hats.
We B's can tolerate mess as we age, if we need to. It's part of the price we pay for broad-ranging interests and lives. I think there's an element of nomadism in this: We pitched our tents for purposes: Shade, shelter, storage, functional areas: Cooking, hosting/entertaining/coffee, sleep. It wasn't important that everything be hung just-so or to impress anyone. It was where you could discern some souvenirs, perceive where this clan had been, what business/craft they were in (rug? tents?) and how proud they were of their own distinctive handicrafts. You look around the B space and take it all in. It tells a story. And it's ready to be packed up quickly and transported elsewhere!
If you're shopping for blood type-appropriate housewarming gifts, here are some suggestions for O, A and B (sorry AB: Not enough experience yet) - and age is a factor:
O: Find out what s/he COLLECTS or what his/her sport is. You almost shouldn't bother with anything else. O's also like cutting-edge gizmos, especially if they're impressive: O's are often the ones with the "home-theaters". Don't give plants, unless O "collects" them, such as exotic orchids. Give things with weight/gravitas, something that says s/he's "successful". Either they drive very expensive cars or fantasize doing so - that kind of successful. Hook up automated services in their home. Send them a year's techie/geek services. Important classical art and sculpture, if in your budget. Jazz CDs otherwise. Important ceramics and antiques. Paintings. Stuff related to their pets, if it's really, really cool. "Organizing" and Junk Management services. Genealogy stuff: Maybe one of those DNA testing kits.
A: Here's where plants/trees are a great idea. If the A has a yard/garden, some cool gardening tools/technology would be well-received. If your A is plant-serious, even high maintenance plants such as ferns might be a hit. Jazz and oldies (if over 40). Best hits. Maybe Motown. A's don't go for frou-frou: Think traditional Japan. Many A's have workshops, where they do artisinal stuff, crafts. Find out if this one does, too, and cater to that. Elegant crafts items themed to A's hobby would be a hit, but functional is best. A's like books in their field of interest, or magazine subscriptions. A's tend to like the Japanese aesthetic as opposed to the Central Asian. Japanese style kitchenware, including Cha (tea) accoutrements. A Go (game) board or, for those with land, archery set might be appreciated. Some go for the meditation pillow/stool; DVDs/CDs to accompany yoga. Bathing-facilitating objects/aids could be a hit if your recipient is one of the bath nuts. Some A's distinctly are not, but all natural (no synthetics!) aromatherapeutic bath/shower products might be appreciated, as would bath brushes, shower-heads, that sort of stuff. If your A is into vitamins, anything that might help him/her manage their administration is another winner. (Age, life-phase could be a key here.) A gift certificate at North American Pharmacal or its monthly delivery of bloodtype-specific nutritional supplements would be fantastic. If your A has a pet, a pet-oriented gift might be just the (awwww) ticket. Find out if there's a superb spa in the new neighborhood. A gift certificate for a massage or facial is often A-heaven. As A's are often vegetarian, a subscription to an organic farmers' delivery service is a great gift and one I've seen arriving in many an A household. A green-tea-of-the-month subscription is another educational tool/horizon-broadener.
B: Again, find out what they collect, and cater to that. As a B myself I'll tell you that bookcases have been RARELY, if ever, refused. Coffee table books on a B's pet subject, and art themed to it (but art is ALWAYS CHANCY. Keep it small!) can work. Gift certificates to bookstores are never unwelcome. B's are quite sensitive to smell. If there's an aromatherapeutic hobby here, its paraphernalia (including diffusors, burners and fans) are a great idea. If the B has space, you can't go wrong with oriental throw-rugs, Bactrian camel saddles, salvaged architectural elements from the Maghreb or Punjab, and fine paisley textiles, for instance. Items that are colorful/unusual and that come with an exotic tale are the way to go: A beautiful vase is twice as beautiful if it was haggled-over in a Damascus souk or slightly chipped "when it fell off the elephant". B's go for flowering plants or ones with variegated foliage, but: A subscription to a plant doctor/horticultural care service is a good idea for when B's flights of fancy render him/her distracted from that chore. But think "Addams Family", says this B. CDs of harpsichord music, organ music, "World Music" (Turkish oud, Celtic fiddle, Japanese koto). A Tibetan friend once gave me a priestly unction bottle; I actually gave it as a gift to someone else, but we B's give as good as we get. A good reading light is another fine gift. A beautiful lamp often finds a happy B home. Find out your aging B's reading glasses' power, and buy a few pairs of varied styles for every reading station in the house. Library ladders and step-stools are essential in many B homes. Housekeeping service gift certificates: Wow. Find a bonded housekeeper and send him/her to a B after the move: What a big help!
'Tis more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35).


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The Alpamysh, part 11: "Luckless Barchin I am…"
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Karajan breaks his in-laws out of prison and rides away upon Baychobar. But, as he parts ways with Barchin, she makes a terrible oath.
Kokemen Kaska [the vezir of Baysir Bay] was the head of the executioners. He realized that Khan was changing his mind. Speedily coming to the jailhouse, Kokemen Kaska released Baysari Bay and Altun Sach to Karajan.
Baysari Bay recognized the Baychobar, walked around it, hugged it. He Jumped and mounted Baychobar; Karajan mounted behind him, followed by Altun Sach. The horse's chest got longer and he galloped away.
Baychobar was covered with foamy sweat. He invoked the help of the Saints, and thought, "My sorrowful heart has become joyful."
When they arrived at their destination, Baysari dismounted and picked up the overcoat handed to him by Barchin Jan. He presented it to the friend of Alpamysh, Karajan, saying,
"I lost my mind, it became scarce as precious stones.
May God have mercy on this sorrowful servant.
This grieving person has something to say:
When you come next, riding your horse on the open plains,
I pshall] await with erected tents.
Do not come with empty hands, or with much either.
When batirs arrive speedily, I am the blooming rose in the garden. May you and your kind be free
[from] Kungrat with Baysun horses,
following our trail with many soldiers bearing banners.
To the creator God, my dedication will not be temporary;
Batirs' minds are uncomplicated, like young brothers, to the atheist Kalmak.
Do not again arrive alone without my beloved"
Karajan answered:
"Do not make this your worry,
Your beloved is not less then any other batir.
When there is serious battle in the field,
Alpamysh is equal to forty thousand soldiers."
To which Barchin responded:
"My eyes resemble black narcissus;
My face is brighter than red apples.
Before my batir arrives to the atheist Kalmaks,
those who cannot speak the truth,
I have something to say:
White strands appeared in my hair,
does that bother you?
Tears rolled down my eyes when six months passed.
The one whom I must choose as my husband arrives
from a distance of forty days —
whoever wins the race,
riding on the horse-herd,
I must call him my man.
Let me lead a trouble-free life!
From a distance of forty days arrives my husband to be,
on the running horse!
I wear my gold embroidered clothes.
If need be, I [shall] gather my wits
without saying 'Kizilbash' or 'Kalmak',
for from a distance of forty days,
to him whose horse wins I fall as the prize.
Luckless Barchin I am,
I cannot say I am free.
Karajan, who is a friend, I promise this with a heavy heart."
This is what Barchin said for Karajan to tell Alpamysh, and with that, she went back to her house.


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Liquid Lense By: Amy Jacquin
You wax a floor to fill-in the scuff marks, and make it smooth again. That same "fill and seal" technology is now being marketed for your glasses.
These glasses are scratched as if someone dropped them on a sidewalk. Normally they'd have to be replaced. But the makers of Liquid Lense promise their $15 product will fill-in the scratches and make them disappear. That's something Bill Dunn, in the green, and Steve Emmons of Rhea Optical would like to see... because they'd sell gallons!
Steve starts with the special Liquid Lense micro-cleanser, which removes all prior applications. Directions say to rub it around with your fingers before drying with a soft cloth.
"It's a soapy, oily feeling," Steve describes. "We thought it smelled like breath mints!" Bill adds.
Then you have to rinse with pure water before actually applying the lens treatment. You're supposed to over-lap the edges of the Liquid Lense strokes. This part smells more like chemicals, and requires the glasses to lie as flat as possible. The treatment must air-dry for five minutes before using a hair dryer.
"When it was still wet, it somewhat filled in the scratches," says Steve. "But now that it's dried a bit and filled out... The scratches are still visible."
Makers of Liquid Lense say you may have to re-apply the treatment again for deeper scratches... And it's obvious our glasses are still scratched!
So Steve applies the treatment a second time, and notices a problem with dust.
"As long as the treatment is still wet and tacky, dust will be attracted to it and adhere to it," Steve explains.
You can really see the dust particles stuck in the Liquid Lense. And as the first time, when it's wet the scratches disappear, but as it dries, they come back.
"They're dusty, and still scratched!" he laughs. "So even if you have a very minor scratch that you could get rid of with it, the draw-back is it's going to have dust in it, so what's the gain?"
You DON'T gain... You lose! The $15 Liquid Lense flunks out.
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Almost everyday I call my dad as I head to work just to chat. He promptly tells me what the weather is like as if he weren't in Houston, as if we were thousands of miles apart. Then, he complains about the headache that is his daily commute to work and how he has to rise at about 5 a.m. to beat it each day.
It is a constant reminder of how lucky I am that it takes me about three minutes to drive from my apartment to the Advocate, especially when I have to hustle to some breaking news assignments.
That got me thinking about a recent workshop I attended at San Antonio College that was put on by the Census Bureau. Its workers are trying to get the message across that they do more than simply conduct a head count every four years or so.
Participants learned how to navigate its cumbersome website, which now provides a wealth of knowledge in everything from that nation's housing characteristics to economic trends.
Like, did you know that an estimated 24 percent of workers in Victoria County travel for 10 minutes to get to work each day and an estimated 16 percent leave between 7:30 a.m. and 7:59 a.m.?
Here are some other random facts about Victoria County from 2010:
- An estimated 3,627 men are divorced and an estimated 4,363 women are divorced.
- There were an estimated 1,344 grandparents responsible for their grandchildren under the age of 18.
- There are an estimated 36 people here with Ukrainian ancestry, but most people in Victoria County claim to have German roots (some 18,565).
- An estimated 81,614 people out of Victoria County's estimated 86,410 population are natives.
That last one really struck me as unusual. That's a lot of people sticking around. So, I wanted to pose this question - If you're native to the region, why do you think the Crossroads is such a great place to live? Is it because of its close proximity to San Antonio, Houston and Austin or are there a lot of things to do here?
I'm still somewhat of a newbie.
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