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Monday 22 July 2013
There will be no Con/Lib coalition after the next election
Clegg will struggle to get an agreement from his party for a renewal of the partnership
Of the three main UK parties it is the Liberal Democrats who display the greatest sense of unity and discipline. They have done so since the formation of the Coalition and will continue in the same spirit until the election. If they have travelled this far they will reach the destination of 2015 in a mood of reasonable calm.
The discipline is more remarkable because the Liberal Democrats are the most divided of the three parties. It is a testament to Nick Clegg's astute party management that they appear to be the most united. In a league table of fundamental internal divisions the Liberal Democrats are top, Labour is second and the Conservatives are third – the precise opposite of the public perception where it is David Cameron's party that tops the poll for noisy bickering. The Tories appear divided because they are less disciplined and feel no great sense of loyalty to their leadership, but they are ideologically more united than the Lib Dems or Labour. From top to bottom they are a small state, Euro-sceptic party, supportive of the revolutions taking place in health, education and welfare. They agree on the scale of the spending cuts and are excited by the prospect of a referendum on Europe.
In contrast the Liberal Democrats are more divided than they seem. The impressively masked divisions are more visible in the Lords than they are in the Commons. During Radio 4's Week in Westminster on Saturday, the Labour peer Patricia Hollis told me that when she was a welfare minister the Liberal Democrats in the Lords urged her to be far more generous. Now she sees them voting for the cuts, but doing so in a state of anguish, insisting privately that they are uneasy but they must limit the number of times they revolt.
On several key issues the social democratic wing of Clegg's party has expressed more vocal criticism in the Lords. It is a wing that extends way beyond former members of the SDP. Prominent Liberals such as David Steel and Archie Kirkwood and, in the Commons, Sir Ming Campbell, are as uneasy as those who originated in the SDP. By contrast, Clegg, David Laws and Danny Alexander are much less troubled by the partnership with the Conservatives.
The façade of unity will not be tested before the election. But if there is another hung parliament after that election the mask will slip. Although some senior Conservatives dare to hope for an overall majority, quite a lot accept that their best chance of serving a second term is in coalition once more with the Liberal Democrats. I can see why in some limited ways Cameron might prefer this arrangement compared with winning a small overall majority, an outcome that would empower his backbenchers to give him hell over Europe
I do not believe Cameron will get a chance to renew the Coalition, even if the Conservatives are the largest party in a hung parliament. This is less to do with the mood of unruly Tory MPs, although it is possible that some of them will announce on the all-night BBC election show their intention to remove Cameron on the grounds that he had twice failed to secure a majority. The bigger obstacle is the Liberal Democrats. Clegg will struggle to get agreement from his party for a renewal of this partnership.
Admittedly, it is possible that quite a lot of the Social Democrats have left the Lib Dems since the election, and those who remain are closer to Clegg's politics. But the views of those who have attended recent party conferences suggest this is not the case. Although there is always the familiarly impressive discipline, and no appetite for insurrection, I have heard relentless concerns about the NHS reforms, economic policies and the rest from activists. A party conference that was to the left of new Labour has not entirely changed.
Even if the membership has moved rightwards, it is hard to see Clegg forging a new coalition agreement with the Conservatives as he did fairly easily in 2010, partly because of the policy areas where the Lib Dems are ideologically united. They include Europe, immigration and civil liberties. These are precisely the areas where some Conservatives ache to do more, especially Europe. In the policy areas where the Lib Dems are less united – public-service reform and the economy – it will be much more difficult for Clegg to secure internal agreement for another five years of revolutionary upheaval. Equally importantly, it is not easy to envisage what the Lib Dem objectives would be if they shared power with the Conservatives until 2020. They have had a referendum on electoral reform and an attempt to make the House of Lords democratic during this parliament. Neither has happened. Such measures cannot credibly be part of a new agreement with Cameron: " I have agreed with Nick to hold another referendum on electoral reform in which I shall shaft him again".
It will not be remotely straightforward for the Lib Dems to switch to Labour either, and impossible if the Conservatives are returned as the bigger party. But there are at least circumstances where this arrangement could be made to work. Vince Cable has told colleagues that the most effective way for Liberal Democrats to retain seats is to recreate the dynamic of the 1997 election where they joined Labour in an informal onslaught against the Conservatives.
Those close to Cable say he envisages no difficulty if the Lib Dems were in partnership with a party determined to reverse, say, the NHS reforms. He has been known to point out that activists would welcome such a reversal even if the party's MPs had voted for the original proposals. On a range of issues – from electoral reform to Europe – there is scope for a partnership with Labour. I am not suggesting that such an arrangement is probable. I am suggesting it is more likely than a renewal of the current coalition, that I predict will not take place.
A sense of what will happen in the future impacts on the present. If key figures in the Coalition reach the same conclusion as me, a separation becomes a little more likely a few months before the election is called.
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Title screen.
Main menu.
Ferrari F40.
Porsche 959.
Choose scenery.
Choose difficulty.
Race against the clock.
There are other drivers on the road.
Car accident.
Section completed!
Next race.
3.7 miles to go.
The tunnel.
The police is chasing us.
The police car is trying to slow you down.
Let's race against the opponent.
Speed limit.
Gas station ahead.
At the gas station. Section completed.
Stats after race.
Desert race against the opponent.
Another car accident.
Our opponent.
In the mountains.
Choose your car
Main menu
Starting location
Out of gas but I won.
I won this round.
I lost all my lives. Game over.
The game offers three sceneries.
Watch out for other drivers.
The police will try to stop you when you break the speed limit.
Gas station.
Accolade logo
Title screen
Game credits
The main menu
The Ferrari
The Porsche 959
A race in progress
Fill 'er up
An analysis of your driving
Entering a tunnel
Game over
First stage (low details mode)
Second stage (low details mode)
Driving the Ferrari. A cop has pulled someone over. Hopefully, you're not next!
Driving the Ferrari. A road sign warns of a curvy road ahead.
Main Menu
Select Skill Level
Select Your Car - Ferrari
Select Your Car - Porsche
In the road !
You forgot to stop at the gas station !
Gas Station - Stage 1
Inside a tunnel.
Gas Station - Stage 2
Almost in the Porsche !
Game Over !
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Another way to miss the gas station (EGA)
Haha! The opponent wrecked his $260000 Ferrari (EGA)
Knocking down a cop means instant game over (EGA)
Taking victory beneath the grave (EGA)
Wohoo! Got a high score! (EGA)
Title screen (CGA)
Main menu (CGA)
Car selection (CGA)
Shifting up (CGA)
Won't somebody _please_ think of the children!? (CGA)
Title 1
Initial Scores (CGA, Default)
Initial Scores (EGA, Default)
Select Skill Level (CGA)
Nice main menu
Selecting game options
Only three sceneries :(
Choosing your car
City scenery
Mountain cliff
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Nice mountains ahead. All quiet
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Nice cactus/desert scenery
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Intro cutscene
High scores
Car selection - Porshce 959
Car selection - Ferrari F40
Skill level
Game start
220 kph merge ahead
190 kph low on fuel
Out of gas
Performance stats
Scenery selection
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Game settings
They're closing in
Alone on the open road
Crashed into a cactus
You ran out of gas
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Close to the mountain wall
Overtaken by another car
Watch out for the police
Inside a tunnel
Top scores
Title Screen
In Game
Game Over...
High Score tables
Options menu
Choosing against whom to race
Choosing a scenario
Be careful not to hit this green car
Oops... Tress are surely a nuisance
Gas station ahead!
You'll get different messages depending on how well you drove
Post-race statistics
You can go off road, but you'll be automatically brought back to track after a couple of seconds
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This level has more traffic
A cow. How wonderful
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Down a hill
This rain makes the level even harder than it already is
Nice city view
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Joint Technical Secretariat of Cross Border Programme Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Contracting Authorities of the Programme, the Agency for Regional Development in the Republic of Croatia and the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 10th February 2015 organized Workshop for the preparation of the final report. The workshop was organized for grant beneficiaries of project selected under 2nd Call for Proposals from both countries. The workshop was organized in the Hotel Falkensteiner, Majstora Radovana 7 in Zadar, Croatia with total of 34 participants. The workshop was focused on the following topics:
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Mitt Romney's openly gay Foreign Policy and National Security spokesman is resigning from the campaign, following outcry from far-right anti-gay groups over his appointment.
In a statement obtained by the Washington Post, Grennell acknowledged said of his ouster: "… my ability to speak clearly and forcefully on the issues has been greatly diminished by the hyper-partisan discussion of personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign."
The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer wasted no time in claiming victory for Grennell's resignation, saying: "…a homosexual activist in a very prominent place in Mitt Romney's campaign has stepped down. He has resigned. And it's very clear from the Washington Post that he resigned because of pressure that was put on the Romney campaign by the pro-family community. So ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge win. And it's a huge win for us in regards to Mitt Romney."
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Hey! How are you, type people? Before I start working on my Flying Ape Project, I decided to show you how my desktop looks like right now.
This is just for fun... Take a shot of your screen right now and post it here to show how productive you are while working.
What a lovely "Wish you were here" picture on the wall and what a wierd keyboard... :P
BTW, why do you have a sewing machine next to the computer?
Bottom keyboard is the latest Mac one (only 2mm thick! -- and thank Ye Gods, also available with a num pad!), the top one appears to be a laptop.
But I'm curious about the sewing machine as well -- is it to check how that font looks in embroidery?
That is WAY to neat, Jos! I'll bet you spent 2 days cleaning it up just to take that photo! :-)
I tried that new wireless Apple mouse. I like the fact that it has two-directional scrolling without any moving parts, but it made my hand hurt after using it for a day, so I had to stop. I think the shape is wrong for my hand or something.
I went back to the wired one with the scroll ball. The only down side to it is the ball stops working if you get it greasy (never eat potato chips while using), but a little alcohol on a tissue and it's as good as new.
I "heart" my scroll ball mouse. I wish someone made a pretty one. My grey and red number just doesn't cut it! :(
Jos--Did you make your monitor "lifts"? Is that wood I see. Nice!
I change the color scheme every couple of months. I haven't used B&W FontLab since 2008.
I'll bet you spent 2 days cleaning it up just to take that photo!
You could be so right, but it happens that my desk is the only place I keep tidy :)
I tried that new wireless Apple mouse [...] but it made my hand hurt after using it for a day
That happened to me too. When it does I swap mice and I'm getting more and more used to it. The scrollling behaves awkward sometime. It would be great if for some programs you could set a smaller scrolling area or so.
Did you make your monitor "lifts"? Is that wood I see. Nice!
My son made them for me. They are just high enough to put the top of the displays at eye height. You can see it better here.
LOL Chris, that's the same thing I said to Jos when he posted his desk to Flickr. :-)
BTW, I have that new mouse, and it puzzles me how it can make your hand hurt? I've found that I don't keep my entire hand on it all the time (also because if you inadvertently touch it, you go scrollin'around) and handle it very gently and lightly, which is a good thing in my case because I used to tense up my mouse hand too much. Took me a few days to readjust though.
Hey, Jos, I loved the flickr picture of your desk. I truly admire Hokusai's work.
Your desk is made out of pine tree, right?
Jackson, please! I need to know why do you hace a sewing machine next to your computer! LOL!
"Jackson, please! I need to know why do you hace a sewing machine next to your computer! LOL!"
My guess is that Jackson is married and his wife uses that room, too, but she does not sew very much.
it puzzles me how it can make your hand hurt
It seems to be because I keep wanting to hold my middle finger slightly above the surface instead of touching it, which causes a strain over time. I think the reason I do it is that I'm afraid I might accidentally right-click or something, even though I know that won't happen. I'm giving it another go, being careful to keep that finger relaxed and resting on the surface. So far so good.
I have a similar problem using a Wacom tablet. The stylus makes parts of my hand go numb after an hour or so. It doesn't happen when I use a pen or pencil, so I'm not sure why it happens.
Here's what my desktop looks like today:
My desktop background (wallpaper to Windows users) is a blurry accidental photo of the floor in the Plantin-Moretus Museum.
Still using OS 10.4?
XO: Yes I am. I still have a PPC chip in one of the original G5 desktops. The issues I had with 10.5 were only fixed in Snow Leopard, which does not run on my old machine, so I stay with 10.4 until I can afford a new computer.
I eventually gave up on all mice as they all eventually ended up hurting my hands. Using a pen was even worse. I got into trackballs a few years ago. I tried Kensington, all the Logitech models. For a couple of years I used the low end Logitech with no scroll wheel. The Logicool cordless is a bad design, I tried for a few weeks but I could only use it for about 8 hours in a row. It's a poor design because you have to take the weight off your hand when dragging: sore shoulders. Also, the ball doesn't coast properly. For 50 cents I picked up a used Trackman Wheel. The ball's coasting is the best I've tried. Using a thumb gives you about the same control as fingers and a proper scroll wheel. I don't have to move my arm at all and the flick & coast action means, I can go all the way across. When I need to cross the screen from right to left, I can drop my thumb on the ball and spin it, then stop,catch when it's in the right spot. Try it but save money and skip the Logicool cordless.
That's okay, Apple's interface ingenuity peaked in 10.3 anyway. As always, we can blame Apple.
Jos won.
this is my/our super economical workspace. i do my stuff on top, my son plays under the desk.
I truly admire Hokusai's work.
Me too :)
Your desk is made out of pine tree, right?
Yes. (Had to look that up (it's called "grenen" here in Holland)).
Jos won.
Did you take into account that my studio is only 4 square meters?
@Solt: do you work standing, just like Goethe did?
sometimes i sit on a barstool, but most of the time i work standing. it took me some time to get used to this, but i haven't seen the chiropractor since i raised my desktop :-)
What a lovely "Wish you were here" picture on the wall and what a wierd keyboard... :P
BTW, why do you have a sewing machine next to the computer?
The "WISH YOU WERE HERE" is an Experimental Jetset postcard from the Pioneers of Change exhibition over the summer.
Chris was close about the sewing machine, except we're not married. It's nice to have something other than computer crap on the desk.
Here's a screen shot of my desktop today... reviewing test prints and watching olympics.
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My desktop background (wallpaper to Windows users) is a blurry accidental photo of the floor in the Plantin-Moretus Museum.
FWIW, it hasn't been called a wallpaper in Windows for many years. It's just desktop background now.
For a long time I've used a Logitech Marble trackball. My shoulder hurt with a regular mouse, but the trackball cured it. I find it much easier to control the screen precisely also. The Trackman wheel seems to be only righty and I'm a lefty.
Just a pic of my actual desktop since I wasn't doing anything else when I read this thread ;-)
Whoah, did you make that cartoon background? I love the way the colours are arranged.
@ill sans
It hurts my eyes (seeing someone use Internet Explorer). ;~;
@ Bendy: yes, it's a collage from things I like. I used a spectrum background as a guideline though ;-)
@ xo: the idea behind the desktop is to take your eyes off everything I want to hide (mostly a messy desktop which doesn't show now anymore)
Nothing being done at the moment...
now work, no fun desktop, so I slid in some widgets :)
My background changes color every five minutes, the image is an overview of my typefaces on a plain colorfield


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Gov. Rick Perry has made several additions to the call for the special session, including the future gen project and legislation to protect military funerals. The latter is in response to an out-of-state protest group of Christian radicals which has been protesting at funerals of Iraq war veterans and calling their deaths God's punishment for America's embracing of the homosexual agenda. Several protests in Texas have already occurred. Legislation on both issues is already moving forward in the process.
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"It's not perfect, but we do see some positive developments," said Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. During the legislative update at the Board of Trustee's business briefing, Hinojosa informed trustees that there are developments coming out of Austin which indicate that Dallas would not be given the status of being a property wealthy district. Hinojosa said that the district was being "put through the formulas" and that this would prevent it from having to give money away to property-poor districts.
In March, trustees became aware of the possibility that the district could face a massive budget shortfall because of an increase in property values in Dallas, which would have made the district a property-wealthy school district. This prompted trustees to discuss additional ways to reduce the anticipated budget for the coming fiscal year.
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In 2003, the district signed a deal with FedEx/Kinkos that outsourced the district's copying and printing costs to the company. The deal was sold to DISD officials as a way to save money. Company representatives also told district employees that it could save millions on copying and printing costs.
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Ron Peace, the Deputy Superintendent for Business Services, told trustees that they had three options. These included renewing the contract and continuing the district's course, an additional proposal offered by FedEx/Kinkos, and not extending the contract. Under the first option, DISD would have a $15.7 million dollar balance to pay between August 2005 and August 2008. The additional proposal from FedEx/Kinkos would reduce the balance to be paid by $2 million.
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Celebrate Mother's Day in Uptown Sunday, May 14th. Many restaurants will host brunches and there will be specials for Mom all over the neighborhood. Whether it's dining, shopping, listening to music or having her hair done, there's plenty to remember Mama with in Uptown.
Take Mom to see Hank Williams on Mother's Day at the Dallas Theater Center's production of Hank Williams: Lost Highway. Catch one of two performances on May 14th. All tickets for the 2:00 show are 25% off and the 7:30 show is buy one ticket get one free.
Make her smile on Mother's Day during a very special brunch at Sambuca featuring live music and bottomless MOMosa's. Other Uptown restaurants serving special Mother's Day brunches include Ferre, where chef Jeff Moschetti has created an exciting three course meal; Riccardi's, where Mom will receive a complimentary Prosecco upon arrival and live music by David Slater; and Palomino, where chef Jeff DiSanto has created a spectacular menu with Mother in mind.
Take Mom shopping and find the perfect bag at VIA Pelle, the very cool leather store in the West Village. They are offering 10% off VIA Pelle custom handbags, Cameron Nicole Totes (worn by Teri Hatcher), Mommy Bags and Taylor Bags.
Spend the afternoon with Mom at the Nasher. Explore the garden and galleries, have lunch in the Cafe and enjoy a special performance of 20th century choral music by the Arts District Chorale. While there visit the newest exhibit highlighting the works of Renzo Piano, the architect of the Nasher. Concert is free with paid admission to the museum. May 14th, 2:00 & 3:30 p.m.
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Park in the Woods
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Kiest Park Recreation Center
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Methodist Hospital's Hitt Auditorium
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Here's his written statement:
"At the request of my constituents in District 7, the idea for Opportunity Park was born. Now, it has come to fruition and the planning and preparation is in place. Opportunity Park is just that – an opportunity to salute our everyday heroes and champions from the South Dallas community who have dedicated their lives to service. The park will feature the silhouettes of influential people, community advocates and elected leaders from the South Dallas community."
"The community has a history that all Dallasites can be proud especially those that call the southern sector home. Opportunity Park will be a beautiful addition to South Dallas, a place where children can learn the history and legacies of those men and women who have worked diligently, tirelessly and consistently to improve the community, empower the people and uplift their race. It will be a place that will compel visitors – locally and from across the country – to stop and take a stroll down the "Walk of Fame."
"Recently, there has been controversy surrounding not just the creation of Opportunity Park, but my nomination to the "Walk of Fame." All of those who will be spotlighted in Opportunity Park were nominated by those in the community. I, in no way, nominated or advocated or petitioned to be featured in the park.
"However, so as not to detract from those like Elsie Faye Higgins, Juanita Craft, Othello Beck and others who will finally have their rightful place in history, I withdraw my nomination. I have received feedback from some of my constituents who do not agree with my decision to withdraw my name, but the park is not about me and has never been. It's about the many men and women who have served our community without asking anything in return. I feel I owe it to them to allow their legacies to be honored without being mired by negative attention from those who falsely claim I am erecting a statue in my name."
"Opportunity Park is for the people, and I refuse to allow the others to undermine the true spirit of the park. I say thank you to those who nominated me, and I hope they are not offended by my actions. But, I feel it's more important to put the spotlight back on those that truly deserve it."
Here's the follow up on the story about Dallas' storm water problems with the feds that we first reported last week. (Thanks to A.E. McGill over at D Magazine for the find.)
As seems to be the case with city hall lately, their initial estimate of what the city might owe the feds for screwing up some wetlands around the Dallas Zoo and along the Trinity River Corridor was off - it's closer to a $3.5 million liability than the initially reported $2 million. And as Robert Wilonsky over at the Dallas Observer notes, there's some severe penalties for non-compliance and some hefty fines for every day the city doesn't pay up. Better get out the checkbook, Dave.
Whoa. Talk about a scoop. Normally, when you have to go cover some B-level cabinet secretary speaking to a business group all you have to look forward to is a speech as bland as the rubber chicken and vegetable medley they serve you.
Christine Perez at the Dallas Business Journal went to one April 28 and walked away with a story that's getting national attention.
You definitely need to read her story, but the short version is that HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson said without apology that even when contractors qualify for HUD contracts, they may not get them if they have dissenting view from the Bush administration - and he even admitted a specific instance in which he'd canceled one. Go. Read.
The fallout is national. There are calls for an investigation in Washington and the secretary's resignation, and the secretary has since apologized, with a pretty flimsy reversal of his own remarks. Someone get that man a dictionary, because that's not what "anecdotal" means, and someone get Christine Perez a kudo.
Oh, and I like how the daily runs a meathead editorial on the issue without giving any credit to the DBJ for breaking the story.


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Statistical significance of trends in monthly heavy precipitation over the US
- Salil Mahajan,
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- R. Saravanan,
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Trends in monthly heavy precipitation, defined by a return period of one year, are assessed for statistical significance in observations and Global Climate Model (GCM) simulations over the contiguous United States using Monte Carlo non-parametric and parametric bootstrapping techniques. The results from the two Monte Carlo approaches are found to be similar to each other, and also to the traditional non-parametric Kendall's τ test, implying the robustness of the approach. Two different observational data-sets are employed to test for trends in monthly heavy precipitation and are found to exhibit consistent results. Both data-sets demonstrate upward trends, one of which is found to be statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. Upward trends similar to observations are observed in some climate model simulations of the twentieth century, but their statistical significance is marginal. For projections of the twenty-first century, a statistically significant upwards trend is observed in most of the climate models analyzed. The change in the simulated precipitation variance appears to be more important in the twenty-first century projections than changes in the mean precipitation. Stochastic fluctuations of the climate-system are found to be dominate monthly heavy precipitation as some GCM simulations show a downwards trend even in the twenty-first century projections when the greenhouse gas forcings are strong.
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- Title
- Statistical significance of trends in monthly heavy precipitation over the US
- Journal
Climate Dynamics
Volume 38, Issue 7-8 , pp 1375-1387
- Cover Date
- 2012-04-01
- 10.1007/s00382-011-1091-4
- Print ISSN
- 0930-7575
- Online ISSN
- 1432-0894
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Authors
- Salil Mahajan (1)
- Gerald R. North (2)
- R. Saravanan (2)
- Marc G. Genton (3)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Computational Earth Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830-6301, USA
- 2. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3150, USA
- 3. Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3143, USA


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The world famous Leo Pearlstein will be joining me this afternoon (Friday) long distance LIVE from Hollywood on the Puffman Show to share his "Handy Hints for the Thanksgiving Dinner" & this guy IS a real PEARL! Leo has been a friend for years going back to my Pennsylvania radio days. He
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I was asked to make a drawing of Batman with some musical instrument that would be adequate to me. I could not decided for one so I gave him some company.
Batman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Catgirl and Batgirl belong to the DC Comics universe.
Batman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Catgirl and Batgirl belong to the DC Comics universe.
I love this
XD Who's willing to be Joker is going to be pissed off at this sight? Not at the girls mind you, but the fact bats is smiling and its not because of him.
Batman? more like batpimp!
He seems okey with that
Have to ask the question. Is that Catgirl as in Carrie Kelly (Robin from Dark Knight Returns) Or Selina Kyle Catwoman? Because it looks like Catwoman...
Sorry I'm a bit of a nut when it come to me Batman! Awsome pic though. I love Harley at the top. Great Job!!
Sorry I'm a bit of a nut when it come to me Batman! Awsome pic though. I love Harley at the top. Great Job!!
Like StrictlyAshleyDee said it is Seline, Catwoman.
it's Selina Kyle, Catwoman (Michelle Phiffer)
Batman: Harem King of Gotham City
Go BatGirl! Love this! Is she playing the Violin or Viola? Looks like a Viola.
Nice work
harley quinn is the best :3
im not one for liking naked ladies (because i am a girl) but i must say, poison ivy looks amazing!
Poison Ivy makes me think of Woodstock. Because of the guitar. Brilliant drawing !
Wow, I would love to have this as a poster. So marvelous.
i love the instrument choice assigned to each character. catwoman and a cello especially seem to go well for some reason. nice!
this is epic!!!!!
It's good to be the king
Catgirl.... Catgirl... Catgirl!?! ITS CATWOMAN DUDE XD
Nice drawing though
Nice drawing though
What a stud :-/
Note to self, dark costumes and random instruments are winners!
Note to self, dark costumes and random instruments are winners!
Ahh Batman..always getting the ladies....
First you had the Bat Family, and now .... the Bat Harem!<br / />
Awesome !
Very cool atman illustration. Neat theme! Very well executed!
Amazing job! Love all the different personalities you were able to add to every character Kudos
Nice Work
Talk about a little night music!!!
Batman is totally the vocalist.
He da man he da batman
Batman's a pimp
B-Man is Da King Babe
Like a boss.
This proves that batman gets all the bitches
this would be hilarious if he had a big frown on his face
Looks great!
Pimping is not easy.
batman caught himself a little harem. niceee
Like a boss
Like your style!
Very nice. The playboy life of Bruce Wayne finally clashes into Batman. Absolutely love it!
Absolutely love it.
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Go to church regularly and I volunteer as a parish Nurse for the church.
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Outback SteakhouseJune 15, 2014Steakhouse • Frisco, United States
$9 calamari appetizer is ridiculously small.
buckeyefanaic, jeep'er, xbox junkie, vmware nerd, father of 3
Mexican11 Tips
Frisco, United States36 Tips
$9 calamari appetizer is ridiculously small.
Apparently Spanish for over easy means runny white egg throughout. It was a disgusting, then the manager tells me how "over easy" was supposed to be cooked. Except mine was the only 1 of 5 like that.
New menu which is a disaster – this place is almost always packed, they have to go changing stuff up and make a mess of it all?
Weekend drive thru crew is ridiculously slow - weekday is fine though.
If you have the opportunity, skip this location and go to Addison or Dallas. Disappointment after disappointment here.
Very friendly service; try the hot seasoning salt on your fries - it's my favorite thing.
I always forget how terrible the onion rings are here. Yuck - stay away.
Love TopGolf but this place just sucked tonight. Waitress was busy but didn't care about getting anything right. Food orders, drink orders, the bills - she did make sure her tip was included though.
Like a sour wine, this just keeps getting worse over time. They cannot decide on an ordering process so now you have to stand there and take a ton of time ordering. Going to Smashburger next time.
Closed on Sunday, totally &$(&@ lame.
Make sure you pay attention when they read your order back - it is often wrong. Love the place you just have to be careful ordering.
Always the same for us - generally nice but slow, inept service. Bonus tonight, muggy and warm inside.
Neat place but highly overrated food IMHO.
Good food selection, terrible beer selection.
Enter on the north-west side of building! East side entry will lead you through a maze to get there. (PRO TIP - use easy entry to make it seems like a hidden/secret location.)
Open until 10pm tonight but stopped serving food at 9pm. Don't wait at the hostess station - apparently that is for decoration and will only net you weird looks from employees. Doubt I'll be back.
They took cilantro off their item list for pizzas - epic fail. That is what I liked best.
$13 for chinese lunch buffet?? No thanks.
consistently disappointed by this place, not sure why I come back. this will be the last time for a while. come on whole foods!
Love this place, reminds me of the side-street breakfast places my grandpa took me to as a kid. In and out for under $6! #winning