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The 'Singapore Connection': German Tax Investigators Set Their Sights on UBS
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has made headlines by buying data on Swiss bank accounts in a crackdown on German tax evaders. But now they have found evidence that Swiss bank UBS may have helped Germans shift their assets to Singapore before a tax treaty between Germany and Switzerland goes into effect next year.
The idea was to go after wealthy Germans who had stashed money in Switzerland to avoid paying taxes back home. But now German tax authorities' hunt for tax evaders could turn into a headache for Swiss banking giant UBS.
German investigators who recently purchased data on UBS bank clients have come into possession of documents that show how Swiss banks allegedly help clients transfer their assets to Southeast Asia to evade taxes, according to the Friday edition of the Financial Times Deutschland. "For the first time, we have a paper trail to Singapore," a source close to the North Rhine-Westphalian state Finance Ministry told the newspaper. North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, has led the way in buying Swiss bank customer data in a bid to catch German tax cheats.
The UBS material is apparently so revealing that the investigation into the bank has now become the priority, a source told the FTD, which said that German tax evaders, the original target, were now being regarded merely as "bycatch." The investigators are said to have obtained video material which show "senior (UBS) employees" giving instructions on how German clients can invest their money with the bank in a "tax-optimized" manner -- in other words, keeping it concealed from the tax office.
UBS swiftly denied the allegations. The bank said in a statement on Thursday that it does not offer its customers any support "for actions that help circumvent their tax obligations." The bank also said that there had been "no increase in requests for capital transfers to other regions" since the announcement of the tax agreement between Germany and Switzerland.
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The new tax agreement between Switzerland and Germany is scheduled to come into effect on Jan. 1, 2013. It foresees existing German assets in Switzerland being taxed at a rate of between 21 and 41 percent, depending on the size of the deposit and how long it has been held.
Opponents of the agreement argue that wealthy Germans will transfer their assets from Switzerland to tax havens in Southeast Asia before the treaty comes into effect.
One banker who wished to remain anonymous recently told SPIEGEL that he has worked for many German clients whose preferred destination for their assets is now Singapore.
Until 2009, Singapore was on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) "gray list" of countries that had not implemented international tax standards. In recent years, however, Singapore has signed taxation treaties with many countries. But in 2011, the OECD criticized Singapore for having implemented fewer than half of the double taxation treaties it had signed. Germany and Singapore are still discussing the implementation of their bilateral agreement, which came into effect in 2006.
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But even though the data CDs have provided valuable information for tax authorities, their purchase has led to conflict between the German government and some federal states governed by the center-left Social Democratic Party, which is in opposition on the national level. Some states feel that the new tax agreement with Switzerland will let German tax evaders off too lightly, and fear that wealthy clients will shift their assets out of Switzerland before the agreement comes into effect. If the allegations about the so-called "Singapore Connection" are confirmed, it would provide further ammunition for critics of the planned tax agreement. The national government, especially Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, wants the states to put their hunt for tax evaders on ice pending the implementation of the bilateral treaty.
The Swiss parliament already approved the tax agreement in May. But in Germany, the opposition is blocking the agreement in the Bundesrat, the legislative body that represents Germany's federal states, which needs to approve the treaty and will vote on the agreement in November. Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their coalition partners on the national level, the conservative Bavarian Christian Social Union and the business-friendly Free Democrats, do not have a majority in the Bundesrat and are dependent on opposition support. Schäuble needs to win over opposition state governors before the vote if he is to avoid an embarrassment. He sees the purchase of bank data by North Rhine-Westphalia as a deliberate attempt to torpedo the tax agreement with Switzerland.
On Thursday, CDU politicians attacked the purchase of new data CDs by tax authorities in SPD-governed North Rhine-Westphalia, which was first reported earlier this week by the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Financial Times Deutschland newspapers.
Hartmut Möllring, the CDU finance minister in the state of Lower Saxony, accused the SPD of political maneuvering. "It wants to present itself as the advocate of honest taxpayers," Möllring told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "But that is precisely what it is not: The SPD is hindering us from putting a permanent stop to tax evasion." Instead of buying new data, North Rhine-Westphalia should back the tax agreement with Switzerland, the minister said. "Then we would finally be able to reach all assets, not just those of a few people."
"We do not believe in implementing the principle of tax equity on a random basis," said Steffen Kampeter, the deputy German finance minister and a member of the CDU. "Those who rely on stolen data are operating in a political and legal gray area."
'Throw the Treaty in the Trash'
The SPD defended itself against the attack. "The federal finance minister must finally throw the unsatisfactory tax treaty with Switzerland in the trash," said Joachim Poss, deputy leader of the SPD's parliamentary group. He asserted that buying tax data was "much more effective than a poorly negotiated tax treaty with Switzerland that is full of loopholes."
Poss also criticized Schäuble's recent announcement that he would no longer help cover the cost of buying tax data. (Previously, North Rhine-Westphalia split the cost of the CDs with the federal Finance Ministry and other states which stood to gain from cracking down on tax evaders.) "Wolfgang Schäuble cannot reject the purchase of tax CDs like a petulant child, just because it makes the major defects in his tax agreement clear," Poss said.
Since the purchase of a CD with stolen data on Swiss bank clients by tax authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia made headlines in 2010, buying such data has become almost routine. According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, tax investigators in the state have bought four CDs in recent weeks for a total price of 9 million ($11 million).
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- Purchases of secret foreign bank account data by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
- July 2000: A whistle-blower provided prosecutors in the city of Bochum with a CD containing the names of 200 Germans who worked with Liechtenstein citizen Herbert Batliner to hide their money in foundations as a tax dodge.
- February 2008: State paid 4.6 million euros for a CD with data on 1,400 customers of Liechtenstein's LGT Group bank (with help from Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND).
- March 2010: State paid 2.5 million euros for Credit Suisse customer data, launching a total of 1,100 investigations.
- October 2010: State paid 1.4 million euros for 220 sets of customer data from the Swiss private bank Julius Bär.
- February 2011: Investigators found 6,000 sets of customer data during a search of the premises of the Frankfurt office of Credit Suisse. The data is from 3,000 German customers who had taken out life insurance policies through a Bermuda-based subsidiary of the company that was used to launder unreported earnings.
- October 2011: The state paid 3 to 4 million euros for a CD with 3,000 sets of data from HSBC Luxembourg.
- 'Loopholes as Big as a Barn Door': German Tax Treaty with Switzerland Could Crumble (07/25/2012)
- Penalties and Profits: Illicit Tax-Cheat CDs May Endanger Swiss-German Treaty (07/16/2012)
- 'Easter and Christmas on the Same Day': Tax Deal Rewards Germans with Swiss Bank Accounts (04/16/2012)
- Stolen Tax CD Case: Germany Outraged over Swiss Arrest Warrants (04/03/2012)
- From the Archive: Berlin Risks Spat with Switzerland over Tax Evaders (02/02/2010)


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- Sour Raw mango – 2 nos (medium sized, Slit cut into 3.Hope the above picture gives u a clear idea )
- Tamarind – One seed / Small Berry size
- Turmeric powder –1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves – A few
- Salt – As needed.
- Arisi Kazhani – 2 cups ( Drain the water after washing the rice and take it in a bowl ..The water would be white in color.Its called Kazhani in tamil )
- Oil – 1 tsp
- Methi seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Channa dal – 1tbsp
- Urad dal – 1 .5 tsp
- Toor dal – 1 tbsp
- Red chillies – 6 – 7 nos
- Hing /Asafetida – 1/4 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves - a few
- In a wide mouthed kadai or bowl take the arisi kazhani and add the turmeric powder ,salt & one seed of tamarind.( We call this as ethir puli)
- Wash the raw mangoes and slit cut into 3 pieces. Please refer the above picture .
- Add these mangoes into the kazhani and cover cook till the mangoes cook nicely. Take care it should not be overcooked and becomes mushy.
- Add 1/4 tsp of hing & curry leaves while boiling.
- Now in a kadai , add a tsp of oil and roast the items in the same order.
- Grind it to a coarse powder . ( run the mixie once or twice)
- Once the mangoes are cooked , add the coarse powder and allow it to boil for 5 mins. u'll get a nice flavor.
- The gravy should be watery as in picture.(like rasam)
- Finally temper the kuzhambu & give some 30 mins standing time before serving ..
- Please grind the powder in a coarse form to get the kuzhambu in watery consistency.If u grind it fine , u'll get a thick gravy. Please make it the way u want the gravy to be.
- Hing should be twice here. One time in raw and another time while roasting.
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Mango is rich in Vitamin C and Vitamin A. Vitamin C content is more in raw mango as compared to that in ripe mango. It also has traces of Vitamin E, Vitamin B and Vitamin K.
The mango is used as food in all stages of its development. Green or unripe mango contains a large portion of starch which gradually changes into glucose, sucrose and maltose as the fruit begins to ripe. It disappears completely when the fruit is fully ripe. Green mango is a rich source of pectin which gradually diminishes after the formation of the stone. Unripe mango is sour in taste because of the presence of oxalic, citric, malice and succinic acids.
The raw mango is a valuable source of vitamin C. It contains more vitamin C than half ripe or fully ripe mangoes, It is also a good source of vitamin B1 and B2 and contains sufficient quantity of niacin. These vitamins differ in concentration in various varieties during the stages of maturity and environmental conditions. The ripe fruit is very wholesome and nourishing. The chief food ingredient of mango is sugar. The acids contained in the fruit are tartaric acid and malic acid, besides a trace of citric acid. These acids are utilized by the body and they help to maintain the alkali reserve of the body.
Natural Benefits and Curative PropertiesThe mango is well-known for its medicinal properties both in unripe and ripe states. The unripe fruit is acidic, astringent and anti scorbutic. The skin of the unripe fruit is astringent and stimulant tonic. The bark is also astringent and has a marked action on mucous membranes. Mango pickles preserved in oil and salted solution is used throughout India . However, these pickles, if extremely sour, spicy and oily. are not good for health and should be specially avoided by those suffering from arthritis, rheumatism, .sinusitis, sore throat and hyperacidity.
The ripe mango is anti scorbutic, diuretic, laxative, invigorating, fattening and astringent. It tones up the heart muscle, improves complexion and stimulates appetite. It increases the seven body nutrients, called 'dhatus' in Ayurveda. They are food juice, blood. flesh, fat, bone marrow and semen. The fruit is beneficial in liver disorders, loss of weight and other physical disturbances.
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Natural benefits of ripe Mango
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In the new millennium, the franchise tradition of producing 7-foot All-Stars continued with the emergence of center Yao Ming, who became an international sensation after arriving in the league from China. At the Toyota Center, the Rockets take fans young and old to bold new heights by counting on both the Space City Seniors and the Little Dippers to psych them up before battle. It's also not unusual to see diehards wearing fake facial hair as folks show support for their MVB (Most Valuable Beard), James Harden. Put simply, as long as you're prepared to cheer for the full 60 minutes and wear the Red and Yellow, you'll be welcomed with open arms in Houston.


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This is a smart way to add Amazon Affiliate ads to a blog post. The only problem I found was that the remove "powered by" did not work. But I didn't think that was enough to give it 4 stars. It's also nice to have the option to donate to the plugin via a percentage of the affiliate links that will use the author's id. I do hope this plugin continues to be updated as time goes by.
I have been using this since about last July/August 2013.
As the other reviewer pointed out, if your not familiar with adding code to php files in your child theme, you will need to understand how to do that first. It's not hard to set this plugin up and it is still working in wp 3.8.
My only thought with this addon is that I'd like to know if it's actually working. Since I can't test buy something from Amazon, I have no idea if the plugin is actually working, nor do I know if anyone actually clicks on the ads, so I'd love to see some kind of counter inside the admin to at least know what's up, but otherwise, this addon is nice and is the only affiliate addon I found still working for posts and pages on wordpress.
As a side note here, if you change your theme (like I just did) you will have to add the line to the php file again, so this is a reminder that you'll want to be sure and remember that about this plugin. If your theme has an update it will also need to be fixed in the child theme.
Edited to note the update of versions, still works as of 4.2.2
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NASA released a satellite image of the snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in western China on Thursday. The image was taken with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on Wednesday. Snow has covered much of the desert since a storm blew through the area on Dec. 26. The desert is one of the world's largest and, usually, hottest.
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I have been using my Saris Power Tap on my bike for the past several months and have learned a few things about training with a power meter which seemed good to share with my fellow cyclists.
As I said in my first posting when I had completed just a few rides with the Power Tap, I am not a rider who does a lot of structured workouts. Yes, I do average over 300 miles a week, but all of my riding is what most would call long tempo rides. I don't do intervals, but I will kick it a bit on the climbs.
So, I wasn't looking for a power meter to help me with my intervals. What I was looking for was something which could help me gage how to read what my body was telling me. By that, I mean it is reassuring to see that when my body is screaming pain, I am pushing 350+ watts up a climb. That says to me that my pain meter is pretty accurate. If my body was screaming pain while I was generating 200 watts then something would be wrong.
Another thing that was really interesting to discover is how my body can mask a drop in effort after a hard effort. By that I mean that when I am cranking up a hill at 350 watts, when the hill drops from say 8% to 4%, the number of watts I am generating in the same gear can drop as much as 100 watts. However, there is a definite lag in how my body feels. It takes me 30 seconds to a minute to re-adjust to the lower effort. For those first 30 seconds to a minute, it feels like I am going just as hard at 4% as I was at 8%.
Sometimes my bulb doesn't shine too brightly. It took me a bit of cognitive activity to realize that, environmental conditions aside, it takes the same amount of energy to climb a hill whether you go fast or slow. It is just the law of physics. It takes a known amount of energy to raise a known weight a known height.Thank you Mr. Gravity. So, if you go harder, it just means that you will get to the top faster.
One thing that I really like about the Power Tap is that it has a setting for total energy expended during a ride. This is given in units of kilojoules, but in talking with noted power expert Dr. Allen Lim, you can convert kilojoules directly to calories because the human body is such an inefficient engine.
I live in a somewhat hilly area, Silicon Valley, so most of my rides have between 75 and 100 feet of climbing for every mile ridden. What I am finding is that I burn about 500-550 calories per hour of riding so in a typical seven hour ride in the Santa Cruz Mountains I burn about 4000 calories.
Granted, power meters are a bit on the expensive side and some of them require a new crank or bottom bracket, but I think there are some definite, tangible benefits. I get a bit depressed when I am going hard at the end of a long ride and I can't seem to keep the power over 300 watts on that last long climb. But a couple of weeks ago, I had a big tailwind on one of my hillier rides. I was going well up the climbs and would have attributed it to the tailwind, but my Power Tap told me that I was still generating good wattage meaning that I was still working hard and not just getting a push from behind.


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Cambarus bartonii can be found in the eastern and southern parts of the United States as well as the southeastern part of Canada. They are most often found, however, in the range from New Brunswick, Canada to northern Georgia and in eastern parts of Kentucky and Tennessee.
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With the fall semester fast approaching, college students are working, saving money, and buying the supplies and furnishings they'll need to live and study on campus. And though every college track is different, every student has one thing at the top of their mind: what college will cost, and what they might expect when they graduate.
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The Oscar-winning actor – whose weight has fluctuated over the years – has started a tough exercise regime in a bid to get him into shape.
Writing on his twitter page, he said: "First ride in quite some time. Sore legs, sore ass, be worse tomorrow and the next day. (sic)"
The father-of-two then told one fan: "If i stop exercising my body tries 2 return 2 its heaviest weight. (sic)"
The 'Gladiator' star is on a 105-day training period, which he admits is taking its toll.
He said his diet plan includes, includes "taking in roughly 2400 cal/ 2600 cal incl all beverages (sic)", as well as tough workouts, one which left him declaring: "i'm toast (sic)"
In 2009, it was revealed Russell, 47, was using a state-of-the-art gym on the set of 'Robin Hood' to avoid gaining weight.
A source said: "Russell is a professional. He knew he was cast to play Robin Hood, not Friar Tuck. He knows he has to stay fit."


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|On the relation between cratonic lithosphere thickness, plate motions, and basal drag
|The "Bryce Canyon" model of the lithospheric structure. The lithospheric
undulating boundary due to a heterogeneous erosion of the lithospheric
base by an interaction with mantle plumes and its non-uniform
destruction by convection flow due to compositional inhomogeneities.
Xenolith data sample the most shallow parts of the lithospheric base
(200-250 km), where pressures are low enough to initiate low-percentage
melting and produce kimberlite-type magmatism. Seismic tomography
samples the top of the convective mantle, i.e. the lowermost parts of the
lithospheric base. A diffuse character of the seismic lithospheric base,
especially based on surface waves, supports the model. Thermal data
provide a smoothed integrated picture of the lithospheric structure and
thus give values of the thickness of cratonic keels between xenolith and
seismic estimates. The right part of the figure gives an example of the
lithospheric thickness estimates for the Baltic Shield and the Tanzanian
craton (compare with Fig. to the left).
|Lithosphere thermal thickness in Archean cratons versus
area of Archean (A), (B) middle-late Proterozoic, (C)
early-late Proterozoic, and (D) combined cratons. Plots A
and D show that Archean cratons with larger size have
thicker lithospheric keels. No correlation exists for
middle-late Proterozoic cratons (B), because lithospheric
thickness is more uniform.
|Lithosphere thermal thickness in the Archean cratons versus craton area. The
extension of the linear trend in Figure A (left) provides an estimate of the thickness
of the lithosphere in the early Archean. Assuming that the area of the oldest (e.g.
~4.0 Ga) hypothesized Archean supercontinent was equal to the total area of the
present Archean cratons, its lithospheric thickness could have been 350-450 km.
Similarly, lithospheric thickness at ~550-500 Ma (when Gondwanaland was formed) is
estimated to be about 280-400 km. Black dot shows estimated lithospheric
thickness in the Slave Craton at the time of Gondwanaland (Pokhilenko et al., 2001).
|Cartoon depicting the process of erosion of cratonic lithosphere.
An early Archean supercontinent with a keel down to the mantle transition zone (400-450 km) is split by a mantle plume into two parts with non-equal
dimensions. The fate of these supercontinent fragments is determined by their lateral dimensions. The larger craton diverts the mantle heat from its base
(Ballard and Pollack, 1987) and is mostly affected by secondary convection on its margins (Doin et al., 1997). This process promotes the preservation of
a thick keel (~350 km) in the interior of the craton, but leads to erosion of cratonic margins and thus a gradual decrease of the cratonic size.
When the area of the larger craton is reduced to a critical value of about 6-8 x106 km2 (Fig. 4A), it will start to evolve as a smaller craton. The smaller
craton is not effective in diverting the heat because of its smaller lateral dimension and is more subject to erosion from below by mantle convection until
an equilibrium lithospheric thickness of ~220 km is reached.
|Boxes correspond to different cratons. The vertical dimensions of
the boxes show range of lithospheric thickness and the horizontal
dimension shows the error in plate velocity estimates. The plate
velocities are for the hotspot reference frame (Gripp and Gordon,
The data for the Archean cratons supports the "basal drag" model,
which predicts the lithospheric thickness to be inverse proportional
to the square root of the plate velocity. The keels of the fast
moving plates are smaller due to erosion by basal drag. Australia,
which is located close to the subduction zone and thus has a high
plate velocity, is the only plate to plot well off the curve.
|Last modified December, 2013; firstname.lastname@example.com
|Since absolute plate velocity is proportional to the amount of
subduction pull (Forsyth and Uyeda, 1975) and increases with a
decrease of lithospheric thickness, we expect an inverse
correlation to exist between lithospheric thickness and
subduction pull. While such a trend may be present in Figure
A, an inadequate distribution of subduction length values
prevents definite conclusions, beyond general consistency with
respect to Fig. above. Likewise, a comparison of lithospheric
thickness with effective ridge push (Fig. B) provides evidence
for an inverse correlation between these two parameters. The
correlation is especially strong not for the mean, but for the
maximum values of lithospheric thickness in Archean cratons
(dashed lines). In conclusion, we find that there is an inverse
correlation between lithospheric thickness in Archean cratons
and the two main driving forces of plate motion. This implies
that while subduction pull and ridge push determine velocities
of lithospheric plate, the lithosphere itself is eroded by mantle
drag which is proportional to the plate velocity.


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BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - It was just another day at the office for junior center Lindsey Waters as she recorded her 13th double-double of the season in guiding Union to a 78-57 Appalachian Athletic Conference victory over visiting Point (Ga.) on Wednesday.
The Stearns, Ky., native registered a game-high 23 points and 16 rebounds to go with five blocks, three assists and two steals. Waters hit 7-of-8 shots from the floor and went a perfect 9-for-9 at the foul line. The five blocks match her season high, equaling her total from games against Indiana Southeast and Emmanuel (Ga..).
The 21-point win is the largest margin of victory for the Lady Bulldogs since an 81-50 decision versus Tennessee Temple on Dec. 9.
Union is now 14-5 overall and 5-3 in the AAC, while Point falls to 7-10 overall and 1-7 in conference play.
Early on, Union struggled to seize control of the game. It wasn't until the closing minutes that the Lady Bulldogs began to pull away. Up 18-17 with 6:55 to play, Union went on a 17-4 run to open up a 35-21 cushion, but Point scored the final four points in the period to make it 35-25 at the break.
Union started off the second half hot, using a 16-8 surge to make it a 51-33 contest by the 15:15 mark. Laura Perkins (Myra, Ky.) had nine points during the rally with Kara Pile(Fairdale, Ky.) adding five. The Lady Bulldogs went on cruise control the rest of the way, leading by as much as 24 points en route to the 78-57 victory.
Perkins and Pile each chipped in 13 points for Union. Brooke Hill (Sparta, Ky.) had a nice game off the bench with seven points and three block shots. Alyson Roberts (Baxter, Ky.) added eight points and four assists.
For Point, Raven Bell netted 16 with Chauntel Herrod knocking in 15.
Union shot 38.6 percent (22-of-57 shots) from the field but really struggled from long range, hitting only 3-of-29 (10.3 percent) behind the arc. However, the Lady Bulldogs hit 31-of-38 free throws (81.6 percent). Conversely, Point hit 32.1 percent (18-of-56) from the floor, 1-for-3 from 3-point range and 71.4 percent (20-of-28) from the foul line.
Point narrowly outrebounded Union 42-41, but the Skyhawks leading rebounder only had six.
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Jerry Hadley, center, of the Stockton-San Joaquin Lions Club delivered more than 100 pounds of turkeys to the Community Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired on Nov. 13. Hadley handed the birds off to fellow club members on the Community Center staff: Ron Valverde, left, and Jennifer Boylan. Clients enjoyed a homestyle Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings Nov. 15 at the center. This continues the Lions' longtime tradition of providing Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to the blind and visually impaired of San Joaquin County.
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Fort Worth, Texas
December 1, 1998
CORE VALUES FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Core values represent the essence of an organization. They define expectations, outline shared views of what is important and provide the context to guide growth. Within the National Weather Service, we have a tradition of service, using science and technology to serve the American people. To succeed, we must build on these strengths and determine the shared (core) values to guide our transformation and establish our path into the next century. Based on input from offices representing the entire NWS organization, NWS Director Jack Kelly has announced the following set of values:
We in the National Weather Service value:
We can all share Mr. Kelly's view of the power these simple concepts represent. They provide the beacon for us to achieve our vision of being America's "no surprise weather service."
With that in mind, I think the following reflect what we can all accomplish.
COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN/UNITED WAY. Each year Southern Region offices provide outstanding support to their area Combined Federal Campaign and United Way activities. I am pleased to pass on the following from NWSO Amarillo, which typifies the spirit of giving among NWS employees. That office was honored with the 1998 Combined Federal Campaign Award by the Amarillo United Way, in recognition of their contributions to the CFC this year. The NWSO had a 40% increase in contributions, tops among area federal agencies. This is the third year in a row Amarillo has shown a significant increase in their contribution. Special thanks go to CFC Keyworker Jeff Colton. Congratulations, Jeff, and all at NWSO Amarillo. And thanks to all Southern Region employees who also contributed to their local CFCs.
AMS HONORS. I am very pleased to note that several NWSO Melbourne staff members will be honored next month at the American Meteorological Society's 79th Annual Meeting in Dallas, when they accept the AMS Award for an Exceptional Specific Prediction. MIC Bart Hagemeyer, along with David Sharp (SOO), and forecasters Scott Spratt and Tony Cristaldi were recognized for their accomplishments during the Central Florida tornado outbreak last February 22. Melbourne's preparedness activities, timely and accurate warnings, and media collaboration before and during the worst outbreak in Florida history undoubtedly saved many lives.
KUDOS FOR FLOOD ASSISTANCE. NWSFO Austin/San Antonio is located in New Braunfels, midway between the two cities. The office recently received the following letter in regard to their performance during the record-setting October floods in South Texas:
On behalf of the New Braunfels City Council, I want to take this opportunity to thank you sincerely for your invaluable assistance in response to the worst flood in our community's history. The weather and river information that you shared with our Emergency Operations Center made it possible for them to have the most up-to-the-minute data available.
Please convey our deep appreciation to all the staff there who gave so generously of themselves during this catastrophic event. The expertise of the National Weather Service helped tremendously. Thank you sincerely.
(Signed) My best,
Jan Kennady
When our forecasts and warnings draw kudos such as this, we know we have achieved our goals. Congratulations to the entire staff in New Braunfels.
AWIPS SYSTEMS UPDATE. Southern Region continues to receive AWIPS systems throughout the region. Since the deliveries in October for the Corpus Christi, Brownsville, and New Braunfels (Austin/San Antonio) offices, we have been working and preparing for the continued delivery of other sites' AWIPS. This month we expect the Midland, Lubbock, Santa Teresa (El Paso), and San Angelo offices to receive their AWIPS systems.
We are also preparing for the activation of LDAD and the installation of the latest AWIPS software (Build 4.1) which will contain the initial LDAD capability. All systems being delivered now have their LDAD hardware included. Several sites are either receiving their LDAD hardware or awaiting additional software. The additional software is a variety of HP-UX 10.2 patches and commercial software upgrades.
ARCVIEW UPDATE. All Southern Region offices have been provided with ArcView GIS software (PC version). Now, you may be wondering what to do with it. For starters, we have added a short tutorial to the SR Web site (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ftproot/awips/arcview.html) which can help you get started using this tool. All of SSD's AWIPS material can be accessed on the web by selecting the AWIPS link from the SSD page. That site explains what ArcView can do and shows how to use it to edit AWIPS background maps. Ken Waters (SSD) will include ArcView training in the series of AWIPS Localization workshops which are being held at SRH. Contact him if you have questions or need more information.
AWIPS APPLICATIONS WORKING GROUP. Ken Waters is also the Southern Region representative on a new working group that has been formed by NWS Headquarters to address AWIPS local applications development. This group will be involved in approving local applications for wider dissemination, sharing useful AWIPS development information, and assisting developers to solve problems. Similar groups have existed since the earliest days of AFOS. Questions related to these areas should be directed to Ken. We want to provide as much encouragement and support as possible to developers at field offices, since experience shows that is how we will get the most out of AWIPS. Experience also shows that careful management will avoid unnecessary problems.
AWIPS TECHNICAL NOTES. With the assistance of the Western Region SSD, we have made their AWIPS Technical Notes available on the SRH Web site. These short notes address localization and customization topics which may be very useful at Southern Region offices. Find them at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ftproot/awips/wrh-ta.htm. These are the same files found on the Western Region's home page, but that site is restricted to DNS "noaa.gov" access, which site designation not all Southern Region offices have.
EMWIN PROMOTION. The National Weather Service EMWIN - Emergency Manager's Weather Information Network - was demonstrated and promoted by the NWS Southern Region at the National Weather Association (NWA) annual meeting in Oklahoma City, October 19-23. EMWIN allows customers with limited budgets, such as community emergency managers, to receive timely weather information from the NWS, including watches and warnings, as well as satellite images and graphical products. A poster and live EMWIN demo was on display at the NWA registration table, and booklets describing the system were distributed.
The EMWIN display at the NWA meeting was the work of three NWS employees, Jim Purpura and Ken Brown from the forecast office in Norman, and Gary Woodall from MSD. Much positive reaction was received from NWA meeting attendees, many of whom were not aware of the EMWIN system. Over 50 booklets were given away, and flyers were distributed promoting the first EMWIN Users Workshop to be held in Houston later this month. A discussion of EMWIN as a satellite data stream is also scheduled for a workshop in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society 79th Annual Meeting in Dallas next month.
STORMWISE PROGRAM INITIATED. StormWise, a pilot project for accrediting the severe weather preparedness program of a city or county, has been launched by the Tulsa NWSFO. The purpose of StormWise is to improve the severe weather preparedness activities of local emergency managers throughout the Tulsa area of responsibility. This is accomplished by clearly defining what constitutes a well-prepared community and listing those items as criteria for accreditation by the NWS. So far, the emergency management community at local, state, and national levels has responded enthusiastically to the program, and we recently received word that the Insurance Services Organization (ISO) has officially recognized StormWise in its newest Community Rating System program. The Community Rating System is used by the insurance industry to set insurance premiums. The more points a community can acquire, the lower the insurance rates. Since StormWise is now recognized by the ISO, a community can gain additional points if they achieve accreditation, and this in turn will give communities a financial incentive to participate in the program. Additional information about StormWise can be found in a technical attachment accompanying this issue of Topics, or at www.nwstulsa.noaa.gov/stormwise.html.
PROJECT IMPACT IN TULSA. Steve Piltz (WCM) and Lans Rothfusz (MIC) of the Tulsa NWSFO participated in a ceremony at which private- and public-sector officials signed on as partners in Tulsa's Project Impact. Project Impact is a program established by FEMA to promote disaster resistant communities. Tulsa was one of 57 cities selected nationally to participate. The guest speaker at the ceremony was James Lee Witt, director of FEMA. The ceremony festivities culminated in the signing of a document pledging partnership (in other words, resources) in supporting Tulsa's hazard mitigation plans. The document will be included in a proposal to FEMA for "seed" money. The Tulsa NWS office has been a major player in Tulsa's Project Impact activities, and signed as a partner in future efforts. In fact, the NWSFO's newly-unveiled StormWise Program (see above) served as the template for the hazardous weather component of Tulsa's application to FEMA.
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. Larry Peabody (NWSFO Austin/San Antonio) recently learned of another of his NOAA Weather Radio outreach projects coming to fruition. The weather page in the Austin American-Statesman newspaper, whose weather package is prepared by a private firm, will now routinely include: (1) a section on NWS-programmed NOAA Weather Radio locations and frequencies for Austin and San Antonio, (2) the NWSFO home page address, and (3) the public telephone number for NWSFO Austin/San Antonio.
While it has taken a year for his efforts to be realized, we feel the wait was worth it. Way to go, Larry!
NOAA WEATHER RADIO ATTACHMENT. Included in this edition of Topics is a NOAA Weather Radio brochure prepared by Larry Peabody and his colleagues at the NWSFO in New Braunfels. The brochure includes safety information, a coverage map, explanations of NOAA Weather Radio and Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME), and a comprehensive listing of all NWR transmitters, call signs, frequencies and service counties for Texas.
LITTLE ROCK NOAA WEATHER RADIO EFFORTS. On November 11, the Arkansas Department of Education, the Arkansas Office of Emergency Services and NWSFO Little Rock staged a media event highlighting the distribution of 330 NOAA Weather Radio/SAME receivers to every school superintendent and each education cooperative in Arkansas. The event was covered by all three local television network affiliates and the top-rated news radio station.
The event was held at Little Rock School District's Forest Park Elementary School where the routine Wednesday NOAA Weather Radio alarm test was used as a practice tornado drill. Thanks to a "dry run" a week before, the official test went smoothly, resulting in some great video shots for the local newscasts.
The success of the event was attributed to excellent inter-agency coordination and fantastic support from NWSFO Little Rock MIC Renee Fair and WCM John Robinson.
DONATED NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER. A form CD-210 has been sent to the Office of the Secretary of Commerce detailing the donation of a NOAA Weather Radio transmitter to the National Weather Service. The donating cooperator, the Marion County, Arkansas, Office of Emergency Management has agreed to donate the Yellville, Arkansas, NWR transmitter to the NWS as per a Memorandum of Agreement signed in 1997. Consequently, the NWS will maintain the system as one of its own.
UPDATE ON EXPANSION NOAA WEATHER RADIO SITES. Testing of two new Southern Region NWR transmitters began in late November. Sites at Naples, Florida, and Junction, Texas, were purchased by cooperators. Upon acceptance by the NWS, the cooperators have agreed to donate the systems to the NWS. The Junction and Naples NWRs should begin routine NOAA Weather Radio programming within the next several weeks.
CLICKABLE NOAA WEATHER RADIO MAP COMING SOON. It's been a long time coming, but work has begun on the creation of a "clickable" NOAA Weather Radio map that will be part of the ever-expanding Southern Region home page (www.srh.noaa.gov). It will include all Southern Region NWR transmitter sites, their frequencies, call signs, power outputs and counties covered. NWSO El Paso forecaster, Tim Brice, a past Southern Region S.T.A.R. employee, has taken the lead on this project which may be near completion by the New Year.
ONE STOP SHOPPING. The Eastern, Southern, and Central regions' hydrologic services divisions have agreed to form an NWS team comprising six members (one RFC and one WFO representative from each region) to coordinate with users and recommend approaches for providing a clearinghouse location for hydrologic information. Southern Region's representatives are NWSFO Memphis service hydrologist, Buzz Merchlewitz, and Lower Mississippi RFC hydrologist, Ethan Jolly. This team was formed to satisfy customer service requests for a clearinghouse location to acquire river forecast information along the mainstem Mississippi River. It is envisioned that this central repository of information will be updated periodically to satisfy other customer requests for hydrologic information.
SR/FEMA MEETING. On November 24, SRH Deputy Chief Ben Weiger and Warning Coordination Meteorologist Gary Woodall from MSD met with Project IMPACT officials from the FEMA's Region VI office in Denton, Texas. This meeting was used as an opportunity to foster a stronger partnership between the Southern Region and Region VI of FEMA. Among the topics discussed were available preparedness and dissemination technologies that could help areas selected as Project IMPACT communities with their hazard mitigation strategies. FEMA's regional office conducts training sessions for community officials involved with Project IMPACT. We agreed to play a more significant role at the field and regional level to support Project IMPACT community activities. We also agreed to conduct SR/FEMA Region VI meetings on a routine basis to discuss items of mutual interest, and we hope to expand these efforts to include FEMA Region IV (located in Atlanta) in the near future. Further information about Project IMPACT is available on FEMA's home page at http://www.fema.gov/.
DAM CATALOG INFORMATION. The Office of Hydrology (OH) recently upgraded the PC version of the dam catalog with the 1994 Inventory of Dams data. The regions and OH are working together to make these catalogs available electronically so field offices can obtain the catalogs to support their operations. We will provide the procedures to acquire the updated dam catalogs shortly.
DAM EMERGENCY ACTIVATION PLANS. Southern Region HSD is coordinating with Corps of Engineers, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Association for State Dam Safety Officials to acquire point-of-contact information for federal and state dams located within the Southern Region's area of responsibility. In the near future, HSD will send all WFOs and RFCs copies of directories to assist offices in contacting individual dam owners to ensure that the dam emergency activation plans have an NWS point-of-contact for notification of potential or imminent dam failures. We will also distribute a FEMA document entitled "Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Emergency Action Planning for Dam Owners."
Heavy Rainfall across the Amarillo HSA. October rainfall totals averaged two to six inches above normal across the Amarillo HSA. Many rivers recorded significant rises but remained below their flood stages according to Lance Goehring, hydro focal point. Lance has been doing one-on-one WHFS training with the NWSO Amarillo forecast staff. He has trained about half of the staff on using Hydroview and Riverpro functions of the software.
Major Flooding in the Tulsa HSA. A couple of potent storm systems brought very heavy rainfall to the Tulsa HSA in early October. Rainfall totals exceeded six inches in 48 hours at several reporting locations in eastern Oklahoma. According to service hydrologist Al Hong, the town of Miami received the worst flooding with over 30 homes being damaged by water depths of one to three feet inside the dwellings. Several rivers in the HSA crested at least five feet above flood stage and many emergency rescues were also completed in response to the flash flooding that occurred.
Hurricane Georges Flooding Report Completed by NWSO Mobile. Keith Williams, hydro focal point at Mobile, put together an excellent report detailing the devastating flooding associated with hurricane Georges that took place in the Mobile HSA. In Okaloosa County in the Florida Panhandle, 54 homes were destroyed with 100 receiving major damage from river flooding. In Escambia County, Florida, 30 to 40 homes and businesses sustained major damage. Several co-op observers in south Alabama and the Florida Panhandle reported storm total rainfall measurements between 15 and 25 inches! Record crests were recorded on Big Escambia Creek and the Yellow and Shoal Rivers.
Florida Visitors. During the week of November 16, the Southeast RFC staff met separately with officials from the St. Johns Water Management District (SJWMD) and the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) to discuss ways to improve river forecast services in the state of Florida. St. Johns Water Management District is requesting assistance from the Southeast RFC in establishing new river forecast points within their service area. Discussions with the SWFWMD officials also focused on data coordination and exchange issues to support daily NWS hydrologic forecast operations and the operation of the SWFWMD structures that affect forecast operations at the Southeast RFC.
Weather Channel Training. The Southeast RFC provided hydrometeorologic training to The Weather Channel (TWC) on November 4 and 5. Each session was two hours in length and covered an overview of NWS operations and an introduction to the HAS function and hydrologic forecasting. Both on- and off-air meteorologists from TWC attended the training.
Record Flooding. Heavy rainfall in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas in late October and early November produced record flooding in the Arkansas-Red Basin RFC service area. Two and a half day storm total precipitation ranged from five to eleven inches. The rain fell on very moist soil and as a result, floods of record were established at eleven river forecast point locations.
For the eleven locations setting a flood of record, the average lead time between Arkansas-Red Basin RFC forecast issuance for above flood stage level and actual flood stage level was 18 hours. The average lead time for forecasting floods of record at these 11 locations was 16 hours. The value of using QPF in river forecasts was demonstrated very effectively in producing these lead times. Congratulations on a job well done!
Mississippi River Coordination Meeting. On November 4, The Lower Mississippi RFC hosted an NWS meeting to discuss hydrologic forecast and coordination activities on the mainstem Mississippi River. Attendees included hydrologists from the North Central RFC, Ohio RFC, Arkansas-Red Basin RFC, and Lower Mississippi RFC, and regional hydrologic service division staff from the NWS Southern and Eastern Regions. One of the main actions to come out of this meeting was the need to provide enhanced products and services to satisfy user requests for additional forecast point locations and longer duration forecasts for river forecast points along the mainstem Mississippi River. Other action items focused on mainstem Mississippi River forecast operations and coordination activities to support the generation and issuance of Lower Mississippi RFC river forecasts for the lower mainstem Mississippi River.
CIAMS SEMINAR. [The technical attachment associated with this item was inadvertently omitted from the November Topics, so we are repeating this introduction - and the attachment - this month.] David Wally, Eric Zappe and Tim Ericson from NWSO Lake Charles participated last October in Ron Przybylinski's (SOO, NWSFO St. Louis) seminar at Texas A&M/CIAMS on the subject of forecasting damaging wind events in the mid-Mississippi Valley. Included as a technical attachment this month is David's summary of the seminar. In addition to this summary, David also provided the Lake Charles staff with a copy of Ron's short paper on the same subject (noted as a reference in the tech attachment), and he is working on developing case studies to apply Ron's ideas closer to home. Too often, warnings for damaging winds are based on reflectivity signatures that indicate a strong downburst is already occurring (e.g., a LEWP or bow echo). Ron's work points out what might be a useful indicator prior to the onset of damaging winds.
CHANGE TO ETA MODEL ANALYSIS SCHEME. NCEP has recently made some corrections to the Eta model's three dimensional variational analysis scheme (3DVAR). The 3DVAR was erroneously excluding almost all surface data and even some near-surface observations. From this set of corrections to the 3DVAR, forecasters should expect to see improved Eta surface and low-level analyses which better reflect the observations. In terms of impact on forecasts, these will be generally minor. The impacts NCEP saw from tests, for example, were smaller in magnitude than the impact on the aviation model (AVN) going from a resolution of T170 back to T126 (all of which were good, by the way).
LOCAL TRAINING FOR WSR-88D BUILD 10. In mid-November, NWSFO Little Rock SOO, George Wilken, provided seminars on the WSR-88D Build 10 software changes for the NWSFO staff and representatives from the Little Rock Air Force Base weather unit. Including the USAF personnel in such sessions is a continuing outreach effort by the Little Rock NWS office, and in this case the topics covered were pertinent to weather applications for military aircraft operations. George incorporated into his seminar the teletraining graphics provided by the OSF Operations Training Branch, from their recent "train-the-trainer" teletraining effort on Build 10.
Also last month, NWSFO New Orleans Area SOO, Mike Koziara, provided a similar Build 10 seminar - using the teletraining "slides" - for the NWSFO forecasters and HMTs, and staff from the New Orleans Naval Air Station (dedicated PUP). Included were Build 9/10 algorithm comparisons, TVS/TDA performance statistics, and Build 9 versus Build 10 RPG, PUP Incompatibility issues, and Build 10 enhancements and bug fixes.
On the same subject, we have included as a technical attachment this month a brief summary prepared by John Distefano (NWSO Wilmington, Ohio) of the extensive Build 10 training documentation. John's intent was to highlight important elements in a few handy reference pages. We think he did a great job.
RAMSDIS TRAINING AT NWSO NASHVILLE. When NWSFO Atlanta received their AWIPS equipment they sent their RAMSDIS machine to NWSO Nashville. Carol Vaughn, a research associate who is part of the NOAA-CIRA Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology team, provided RAMSDIS training at the NWSO in mid-November. That was a great help for the NWSO staff to get up to speed quickly with the system.
HOUSTON...ERR, NCF, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. On Wednesday, November 25, data stopped flowing over the NOAAPORT Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) from 1535 UTC until approximately 1700 UTC. The SBN supplies most of the data to all AWIPS sites and, through the SRH NOAAPORT Receive System, it is also the source of satellite imagery provided to all non-AWIPS offices in our region. The AWIPS Network Control Facility (NCF) was alerted of the outage by NWSFO Fort Worth and SSD. Service was restored shortly after the NCF was notified. The cause of the outage is not known.
UPDATE ON AMS ON-LINE JOURNALS. Starting January 1, NWS field offices will have on-line access to Monthly Weather Review and Weather and Forecasting only, not all the AMS journals as we reported last month. Offices will continue to receive the hard copy versions of these journals. Access to the on-line journals will be available to authenticated NOAA/NWS users on the Web via the NOAA Seattle Regional Library Information Server (www.wrclib.noaa.gov) under Journal Literature Searching. NWS field offices may request copies of articles from other journals through the NOAA Central Library (www.lib.noaa.gov). SSD will also assist as needed in obtaining references.
NEW TECH MEMO. NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-199, Coastal Flooding Along the West-Central Coast of Florida, has been distributed. This study provides an excellent historic overview of past coastal flood events, and it will be a valuable resource in anticipating future flood problems in the area. It will be useful for forecasters, as well as community managers, emergency preparedness authorities, researchers, and the media. The authors are Kennard Kasper, Charlie Paxton (SOO), and forecasters Dan Sobien and Ron Morales from NWSO Tampa Bay Area. The lead author, Kennard, was a high school student and volunteer summer assistant at the NWS office.
COMET OUTREACH PROGRAM RFP. The request for proposals for COMET Outreach Cooperative grants is attached to this month's Topics. For more information contact Vickie Johnson at COMET.
Training for Forecasting Aviation Icing. COMET is delivering several Web-based and CD-ROM modules that provide training for forecasters on aircraft icing. All of these come under the "Forecasting Aviation Icing" PDF, or Professional Development Series (see www.meted.ucar.edu/icing/). The latest Web-based module is "Icing Assessment Using Soundings and Wind Profiles." This module makes use of a rich data set contained on a CD-ROM, "Forecasting Aviation Icing: The Icing Event of 6 March 1996," which was sent to all offices last month. An additional CD-ROM module, "GOES IR Imagery Including Winter and Icing Applications" should arrive at offices shortly. This module combines some existing satellite and remote sensing module content with new case materials. It was developed in part to meet USAF requirements for a more focused treatment of GOES Imager data. A technical attachment this month provides more details.
Case Studies and Data On-line. Everyone should be aware of the COMET case studies that are available on-line. The number of cases in the archive continues to increase, along with the users. SOOs, forecasters, university faculty and students, and others are finding these cases a valuable source for training and research. A quarterly report from COMET which describes this aspect of their program is included as a technical attachment this month.
COMET also initiated an archive in November 1996 from which data can be provided via anonymous FTP to SOOs in support of local training, research, and case study development. Requests should be sent to Dolores Kiessling or Liz Page at firstname.lastname@example.com. The archive contains model gridded data in grib format, NIDS NOWRAD data, GOES imagery, and surface, upper air and model grids in GEMPAK format. Most requests are usually filled within a day, depending on the size of the order.
CD Version of Meted Web Site. All offices should have received from COMET an August 1998, "MetEd Archive CD." This CD is a copy of the MetEd Web site (http://meted.ucar.edu). It includes online training from the Professional Development Series (PDS) "Forecasting Aviation Icing" and "Forecasting Severe Convection," in addition to topics covering hydrology, ASOS algorithms, and the GOES sounder. Although, unlike the Web version, the material on the CD is "frozen," it provides more rapid display and interaction, without having to cope with sometimes slow Internet access. COMET expects to release subsequent "snapshot" CDs at 6-9 month intervals. As with the Web site, the MetEd Archive requires a Web browser (Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer). Some minor modifications were made to the files on the CD to preserve the basic navigation features of the MetEd Web site, but note that without Internet access the links from HTML pages are inactive.
Distance-Learning Radar Courses Repeated. Starting next month and continuing until April, the OSF Operations Training Branch will again provide distance-learning versions of the WSR-88D Operations Course for interns, forecasters and hydrologists, and the HMT Radar Course. The two courses will be conducted simultaneously this time, and they will be compressed to just a few months. They will be similar to the previous versions, but will be modified for Build 10. Additional details and course descriptions are available at http://www.osf.noaa.gov/otb/otb.htm, which can also be found through the OSF link on the Southern Region home page.
All forecasters, hydrologists and interns involved in radar operations who have not yet completed the OSF/OTB training - either in-residence or by distance-learning - must enroll in the upcoming version. The HMT distance-learning course provides required training for all HMTs who were not enrolled in the initial version.
New On-Line Training Module. The OSF/OTB has released a Web training module based on the Hall/White County, Georgia, tornado case of March 20, 1998. The module resulted from coordination with the Southern Region service assessment team for that event, NWSH, NSSL, and a number of field forecasters. It is intended that this will be the first in a series of short on-line training tutorials for significant or difficult severe weather cases. The module is at: http://www.osf.noaa.gov/otb/tngmat/tutorials/mar20/intro.htm.
This is an excellent example of NWS personnel from the operations and the research applications sides of the house working closely together to enhance the capability and use of our newest technology. The module can also be linked to from the Training and Professional Development page of the SRH Web site (www.srh.noaa.gov). While there, explore all the other useful T&PD links that are also available.
PASSING OF TED FUJITA. Tetsuya Theodore (Ted) Fujita passed away on November 19. Through his research, Dr. Fujita literally changed the way we look at meteorology on the smallest scales. In fact, the very terminology associated with mesoscale meteorology is attributed to Ted's pioneering studies. His detailed investigations of tornadoes and meticulous analyses of their impact led to the "Fujita (F-) Scale" for ranking tornado intensity. He also discovered and documented the microburst. There is no doubt the results of his studies will remain a major part of the foundation of storm scale meteorology for years to come.
NOVEMBER 1998 EMAIL CONFERENCE. The November 1998 Email Conference held at NWSH was a success. After three intense days of demonstrations, reviews, and discussions, the group representing a broad spectrum of NWS came to a consensus. The recommendation is to go forward with a single solution offered by Netscape called SuiteSpot, and that NWS participate fully in a NOAA-wide messaging solution based on the Netscape SuiteSpot product, assuming certain conditions are met. Netscape SuiteSpot is based on open standards and provides an "all-inclusive" solution to the many diverse operating systems in use throughout NWS including UNIX. The single solution approach provides many benefits compared to a decentralized approach.
A draft "recommendation" document is being reviewed by the participants at the conference. An "executive summary" to brief upper management is being prepared by the Information Systems Section (W/MB33) of the NWSH Management and Budget Office.
REGIONAL AWIPS FOCAL POINT MEETING. Highlights of the meeting of the Regional AWIPS Focal Points at NWS Headquarters last month are summarized in an attachment to the Topics this month.
MIAMI TOPS IN LEVEL II DATA RECEIPT. We all know the WSR-88D Level II archive tapes are sent to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) for storage and safekeeping, as well as for copying and distribution to researchers. However, a little known fact is that NCDC also provides a site by site summary of Level II data receipt.
From November 1, 1997 thru September 30, 1998, NWSFO Miami was the top-ranked site in the country among all WSR-88D sites (NWS, DoD and FAA) with regard to data receipt at NCDC. Statistics indicate that 95.7% of all possible Level II data was received. Kudos to NWSFO Miami and their electronics staff for achieving this excellent result. Keep up the great work!
WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVING HANDBOOK No. 9. National Weather Service Headquarters has just issued Weather Service Observing Handbook No. 9, Doppler Weather Radar Observations. All NWS WSR-88D sites should receive their copy before the end of this month. If your office has not received a copy by the end of December, extra copies are available at SRH SOD by contacting Victor Murphy at 817-978-2655 ext. 130.
NEXRAD BUILD 10. In early November the OSF approved the national release of NEXRAD Software Build 10 for all WSR-88D sites. The software is being shipped to the electronics staff of each office for installation. Each office should make members of their Unit Radar Committee (URC) aware of this change, as well as review the highlights of the improvements in Build 10. See the SSD technical attachment this month on the same subject.
ASOS COMMISSIONINGS. On October 28 the following ASOS sites were commissioned in the Southern Region. The AFOS PILs are shown in parentheses.
In Arkansas:
Little Rock (LITMTRLIT)
Jonesboro (LITMTRJBR)
Blytheville (LITMTRBYH)
In Georgia:
Atlanta Fulton County Airport (ATLMTRFTY)
We anticipate the unstaffed ASOS sites at Guymon, Oklahoma (OKCMTRGUY) and Odessa, Texas (LBBMTRODO) to be commissioned early this month.
ASOS SOFTWARE VERSION 2.5 IMPLEMENTATION. On November 5, the official ICAO identifier for ice pellets in the United States changed from "PE" to "PL." SRH electronics technicians had to upgrade the ASOS software at 38 Service Level A and Service Level B sites in Southern Region on or before that date. There was no room for failure. We congratulate the ETs who responded in their usual fine manner, with 100 percent of all sites having the Version 2.5 software upgrade installed prior to November 5. Field offices now face the daunting task of educating users on this change.
ASOS SOFTWARE VERSION 2.6. HMT Mike Reid, NWSO Lake Charles, spent the week of November 16 at the NWSH Testing Facility in Sterling, Virginia. His mission? To participate in the ASOS software Version 2.6 systems acceptance testing. It is anticipated that the National Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) for this future software load will take place in the first quarter of the coming calendar year (1999), prior to a national implementation in the second and third quarter of FY 99.
NWSFO FORT WORTH. Roland Nunez gave a two hour school talk for 109 students and teachers at Worth Heights Elementary School in Fort Worth. Ninety-nine percent of the students were Hispanic.
Also, Krista Villarreal provided an office tour for five female students and two teachers from a home school in Arlington.
Jim Stefkovich gave an office tour to 11 students and five teachers from an Arlington Home Growth School. Nine of the students were females. Jim also gave a presentation on El Niño, La Niña, and climate to 250 people attending the International Mobile Air Conditioning Association (IMACA) conference in Fort Worth. Those in attendance were from all over the U.S. and from seven different countries. It is interesting to note that Jim learned the first automotive air conditioners were built in Fort Worth. And not a day too soon!
Also, MIC Skip Ely gave an office tour for a Christian Academy in Fort Worth. There were 35 students and eight teachers. Half of the students were minorities.
NWSO SHREVEPORT. Meteorologist Bill Parker gave an office tour to 15 Rita Folds Home school students. He also gave a talk to Summer Grove Elementary school with 60 gifted second and third graders in attendance. Operations of the NWS, safety precautions, and modernization were discussed. Bill also gave a career talk on excelling and being successful in reaching career goals to Lincoln Alternative School and to the Texas Women's Juvenile Boot Camp in Texarkana, Texas. A total of 40 students were in attendance, with 34 minorities.
Craig Ross, service hydrologist, Christian Stapleton, HMT, and Mary Keiser, SCEP, gave an office tour and described the functions of the NWS to two different groups of cub scouts from Shreveport, Louisiana.
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The Little Red Hen Entertains and Teaches Children – Theatre Coppell
Theatre Coppell will once again bring to life another classic children's tale, the story of the Little Red Hen. The show is part of the theatre's Children's Playhouse, which regularly presents live shows for younger kids, designed and performed by Story Time Theater.
The Little Red Hen not only entertains kids but also teaches lessons. Who will help the hen with her chores? "Not I," say all her friends. During the story, they learn a lot about friendship.
This show also includes a brief post-show workshop, and children are encouraged to stay afterward and meet the cast and take photos.
The show takes place on Wednesday, August 13, at 10:30 a.m., at the Center for the Arts, 157 S. Moore Road, in Coppell. Tickets for both adults and children are $7.00 each. Children two years old and under are admitted free with an accompanying parent. No reservations are required and tickets are sold at the theatre on the day of the show.
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Investors Still Flooding Bond Funds
In January, mutual fund investors sunk more than $31 billion into taxable and municipal bond funds, according to Morningstar. They pulled $2.75 billion out of U.S. stock funds, continuing a yearlong trend that's seen them pull out $103 billion.
The majority of that money went to just three fund companies: Vanguard, J.P. Morgan, and DoubleLine – the last of which has grown nearly 300% in the last year.
Over the last year, Vanguard has gathered nearly $50 billion in new assets, while other top fund companies like American Funds, Fidelity, Columbia and OppenheimerFunds have seen net outflows.
The contrarian in me wants to say that this makes it a good time to buy U.S. stocks and shun bonds. Studies have consistently shown that investors mistime their investments remarkably well.
But be wary. Commonly used yardsticks to measure stock market value are in conflict. The Standard & Poor's 500′s price/earnings ratio based on past year's earnings seems low at 15.5, while the ratio based on the past 10 years of earnings is high, at 22.3. All that's a long-winded way of saying that today's market signals, as always, can lead you to believe whatever you want to believe.


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Location: Soybean/maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics Research
Project Number: 5012-22000-021-09
Start Date: Jul 01, 2012
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Plant introductions (PIs) from the USDA-ARS Soybean Germplasm Collection in Urbana, IL will be planted in small, replicated field plots at the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) to test their resistance to the local population of Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the primary fungus that causes soybean rust. In seasons when the local rust epidemic is negligible, supplementary inoculations with spores collected from infected plants at the NFREC may be used to promote disease pressure in the experimental plots. Natural infections with pathogens causing foliar diseases like Cercospora blight and frogeye leaf spot, or soilborne diseases like Phytophthora root and stem rot will be used to identify germplasm with apparent resistance to those pathogens, and breeding populations segregating for disease symptoms. After resistance has been confirmed with assays conducted under controlled conditions, DNA markers will be used to map resistance genes in segregating populations and inbred lines segregating for differential resistance reactions will be developed as tools for studying genes and proteins involved in resistance to the pathogens.


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ATLANTA — David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs as the Boston Red Sox ended their 10-game losing streak, rallying from a five-run deficit to defeat the Atlanta Braves 8-6 Monday.
The defending World Series champions trailed 6-1 after the fourth inning of the interleague matchup, with starter Clay Buchholz walking a career-high eight in only three-plus innings.
But Ortiz tied it by hitting a three-run homer off Ervin Santana in the fifth. With Red Sox fans at Turner Field chanting "Papi! Papi!" the World Series MVP then gave Boston the lead with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off Ian Thomas (1-2) in the seventh.
National League
Cubs 8, Giants 4
At San Francisco, Jeff Samardzija struck out a season-high 10 for his first win since last August, snapping a 16-start winless streak for Chicago.
American League
Mariners 5, Angels 1
At Seattle, Chris Young pitched shutout ball until Albert Pujols homered in the seventh inning and Robinson Cano had three hits and two RBIs to raise his average to .332.
Athletics 10, Tigers 0
At Oakland, Calif., Kyle Blanks homered in his home debut at the Coliseum and Derek Norris capped Oakland's five-homer day with a grand slam and the Athletics snapped a season-long four-game losing streak with a win over Detroit.
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Rabbi Joshua Boettiger will lead a four-session class on the history of Jewish poetry beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at Temple Emek Shalom, 1800 E. Main St., Ashland. Classes run weekly through June 12.
The cost is $10 per session and child care will be available. Call 541-488-2909 for more information.
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The fourth annual Historic Harmar Dance will be held at the Lafayette Hotel, with the New Southwind Band performing. The dance will benefit the restoration and promotion of Marietta's Harmar area.
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According to Dr. Aileen L. MacKenzie, Health Commissioner, the combined three-in-one Sabin oral polio vaccine will be available at the city and county health department offices.
100 years ago
Seven-year-old Denver Spence lost a large part of his thumb and two fingers when he picked up a dynamite cap with a fuse attached that exploded. Spence was playing with a companion, Cecil Jenkins, behind the Harmar Congregational Church when the accident occurred.
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The average enterprise suffers 2.3 outages per year, each lasting 1 hour and requiring an additional 2 hours to restore services to 90% of normal operation. Each outage costs the business between $90,000 per hour in the media sector to about $6.48 million per hour for large online brokerages. In 74% of these cases, IT was unaware of these issues until users called the helpdesk.
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