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|Principles of Public Health Practice
|This course will introduce and analyze the ten essential services of public health. The essential services include monitoring the health status of a community, diagnosing and investigating health problems and hazards, health education, community partnerships and bridge-building, health planning and policy, health and safety regulations and laws, health services particularly for the underserved, workforce training and regulation, health services evaluation, and health research. Students will also become familiar with the eight core competencies of public health practice through application and case studies. The course will be a combination of seminar, lecture and discussion. A final project will be required as well as a written paper and oral presentation. Students who have had full time employment as a public health professional for a minimum of three years and/or successfully passed the Environmental Health Scientist Certification Examination may appeal to have MPH 500 waived.
|Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health
|The focus of this course is to study the relationship between cultural, social and behavioral factors and its role in both individual and population health. A general overview of social and behavioral sciences relevant to public health will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on the complex interactions between health at the level of individuals and groups and how they are affected by cultural and social determinants. Extensive readings and case studies will reinforce the concepts introduced in class. The course will be a mix of in-class discussion and lectures.
|Environmental Health
|This course is an overview of environmental factors, including physical, biological and chemical factors, and their impact on health at a population-level. Theories and concepts in environmental health will be introduced and reinforced with real-life case studies, particularly those from the state of Utah. Students will be required to participate in discussions and write and present a project paper during the course.
|Principles of Epidemiology
|The course will be an overview of the epidemiologic tools necessary to understand the complex interactions between health outcomes and human populations. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to apply these tools to public health practice, critical evaluation of health research, analysis of data, and proper application of epidemiology in conducting health research. Topics covered include measures of disease frequency and risk, study design, screening, and understanding and controlling for confounding and bias in epidemiology. Concepts will be reinforced with historical and contemporary examples and case studies. The course will be a combination of lecture and discussion. Students will have successfully completed a college algebra course with a C or higher.
|Healthcare Management
|The focus of this course is to provide students the opportunity to understand various approaches to administration and management as they apply to administering public health programs. The text approaches healthcare management from a population-based management perspective. The class will examine the underlying elements of healthcare management, the administrative processes and issues in carrying out these elements, and then explore the strategies for managing population health across selected functional areas and organizational boundaries. Lectures will also explore leadership principles using preparedness as a theme. The class format will be lectures, quizzes, discussions, some written assignments and class presentations.
|Global Health
|The focus of this course is an overview of public health on a global scale. Students in this course will immerse themselves with a global outlook of public health, and understand how disease and illness ignore national borders. The course will begin with a broad overview of the global health situation, comparing the different regions of the world. Students will then be exposed to specific topics in global health, including infectious diseases, chronic diseases, women and children's health, nutrition, occupational and environmental diseases, mental health, culture/religion and health, traditional and indigenous health, and health care systems. The course will be a blend of lectures and discussion, along with guest lectures and multimedia presentations. The capstone for the course will be a presentation and final paper on a topic of the student's choice.
|Principles of Health Policy and Management
|This course will review health policy and management at the local, state and federal levels, and their overall effect on individual and public health. Students will become familiar with government policies and economic characteristics affecting the U.S. health care system, such as Medicaid/Medicare, the rise of HMOs, malpractice and tort reform, the FDA, and universal health care. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of local, state and federal government policy versus private industry. The course will reinforce concepts with reviews and critiques of contemporary heath care policy initiatives aimed at moderating health care costs and assuring universal access to health care services. The class will consist of lectures, discussions, case studies, and a final paper and presentation.
|Introduction to SAS Programming
|The focus of this course is to learn to program in SAS. SAS is a powerful data management and statistical analysis software package, used extensively in health and medical research, in academic, government and private sectors. It is available on mainframe computers, as well as on microcomputers under the UNIX, Apple, LINUX and Windows operating systems. This introductory course will introduce the SAS programming software to students interested in conducting research in the health and medical fields. Students will learn how to create SAS databases from a variety of sources, manipulate and manage the data, conduct elementary statistical analysis, and output and present the data. This is an introductory course, designed for those who have little or no programming experience in SAS or any other programming language. However, even those who have some SAS programming experience can benefit from this course.
|Public Health Ethics and Leadership
|The purpose of the course is to teach students the principles of leadership and ethical professional practice. The course also presents leadership and ethical challenges relative to public health practice. Content areas will include leadership and ethical theory, personal leadership, leadership in organizations, leadership in communities and leadership in research. Emphasis will be placed on the application of these concepts to real life public health problems and issues. This course will prepare students to make reasoned ethical decisions when engaged in public health practice or public health research. Students will be required to read articles, case studies and be prepared to discuss and dissect them in class. Students will also be required to research and present a case study in bioethics to the class, and lead to a discussion on issues raised by this case study.
|Practicum I
|The practicum experience is meant to give students direct, hands-on experience comparable to a career position suitable for someone with an advanced public health degree. This will not only supplement the student's coursework and enrich their academic experience, but also prepare the student for employment after completion of their degree. A minimum of 90 contact hours is required for the three credit hours. Prerequisites: MPH 510, 530, 540, 630.
|Practicum II
|The practicum experience is meant to give students direct, hands-on experience comparable to a career position suitable for someone with an advanced public health degree. This will not only supplement the student's coursework and enrich their academic experience, but also prepare the student for employment after completion of their degree. A minimum of 90 contact hours is required for the three credit hours. Prerequisites: MPH 510, 530, 540, 630.
|Statistical Methods for Public Health
This course is a graduate-level biostatistics course designed for the public health practitioner. It will cover the biostatistical tools necessary to critically analyze health data and conduct quantitative health research. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to apply these tools to public health practice, critical evaluation of health research, analysis of data, and proper application of biostatistics in conducting health research. Topics covered include concepts in probability, basic statistical theory, distributions, basic statistical measures of location, spread and shape, hypothesis testing, univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis of continuous and categorical data, and strategies in selecting the proper statistical analysis method for a given data set. Concepts will be reinforced with historical and contemporary examples and case studies. Commercially available statistical packages will be used for data analysis. The course will be a combination of lecture and discussion. Students will have successfully completed a college algebra course with a C or higher.
|Advanced Epidemiology and Biostatistics in Public Health
The focus of this course is to advance and apply the epidemiologic and biostatistical knowledge from what is learned from Principles of Epidemiology and Statistical Methods for Public Health. The following concepts will be covered: measures of disease frequency and issues pertaining to screening, misclassification, effect modification and confounding, advanced study design, multivariate modeling, cluster analysis, meta-analysis, limitations of epidemiology, and strategies in choosing the proper study design. By the end of the course students will be expected to conduct epidemiologic research as well as understand and evaluate epidemiologic research by applying epidemiologic principles in public health practice and policy.
|Program Planning and Evaluation
This course presents methods for the identification of population-based needs for public health intervention, development of programs to meet those needs, and evaluation of the effectiveness of these public health interventions. The course integrates several knowledge and skill areas including: research methods, proposal writing, budget planning, project management, and program evaluation. Students will learn the process of public health programming including research methods, proposal writing, budget planning, assessment, design, planning, implementations, project management, and evaluation.
|Special Topics
|A changing topics course.
|Infectious Disease Epidemiology
|Infectious Disease Epidemiology provides an overview of the foundations and methods used in assessing the phenomena of infectious disease from a public health perspective. The cause and treatment of common infectious diseases are explored as a foundation for the learning objectives.
|Directed Studies
|Independent pursuit of topics/areas not covered by core or elective courses. Prerequisites: consent of instructor, director, and school dean.
|Capstone Research Project
|This capstone course for the Master of Public Health degree provides students an opportunity to synthesize all previous course work and practical experience to generate an evidence-based public health research project. Students will, with the guidance of a faculty mentor, choose a research topic, and by attending workshops and lectures and by submitting intermediate assignments during the duration of the research project, generate a submission-quality research paper and present the results in a seminar. Faculty mentors will provide guidance along each step, and lectures and workshops will provide information on topics such as hypothesis generation, conducting literature searches, choosing the proper study design, determining statistical power, preparing an Institutional Review Board application, preparing a formal study proposal, study management, data management and analysis, writing a submission-quality paper, the submission process, and presentation skills. The course will culminate in a presentation of the research project by the student at a seminar, and submission of a publication-quality research paper. Prerequisites: MPH 510, 520, 530, 540, 630.


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Fort Worth, Texas
September 1, 1999
IMPORTANCE OF AVIATION WEATHER FORECASTS. Aviation and the National Weather Service have been linked from the moment Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane in 1903. In fact, the brothers used the Weather Bureau telegraph network from Kitty Hawk to cable home the historic news, and their request, "inform press." Since that historic moment over 96 years ago, we have shared history with our customers and partners of the aviation community. The Air Commerce Act in 1926 was passed by Congress and signed by the President to enhance aviation services and improve operations of the Weather Bureau. This critical piece of critical legislation established the framework for hourly aviation weather reporting stations across the nation, and made the Weather Bureau responsible for weather services to civilian aviation. In 1940, the Weather Bureau was transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce because of the importance of aviation weather forecasts, that is, the impact of weather forecasts on commerce of the nation.
As we prepare to begin a new millennium, the aviation community remains dependent on timely and accurate weather forecasts. One-quarter to one-half of all aircraft accidents, including those involving fatalities, are weather-related. An average of 440 lives are lost annually as a result of these accidents.
Accidents aside, recent media stories have brought to light growing public frustrations over the increasing number of flight delays in the commercial aviation business. The economic loss resulting from these delays is estimated at more than $1 billion a year. Adverse weather is a causal factor in many of these slowdowns. While we in the NWS have no control over the weather, improved aviation forecasts and services can greatly benefit our aviation partners, including general, business, and commercial aviation. In particular, accurate aviation forecasts contribute to reducing delays by helping traffic planners, controllers, dispatchers and pilots make maximum use of the National Airspace System (NAS).
At last count, it costs an airline, on average, $85-95 per minute in fuel expenditures to operate a commercial aircraft. Although the amount is less for business and general aircraft, the financial impact is still significant. Once airborne, a flight crew has few options when confronted with adverse weather en route to their intended destination. They can deviate from the intended route to skirt areas of hazardous weather; hold in the vicinity of the destination airport, waiting for weather to improve; divert to an alternate airport, should the weather persist; or, by default, fall victim to an uncontrolled forced landing (not a good option for anyone involved).
Our forecasts are important to the aviation community. Accurate aviation forecasts result in major financial savings for pilots, not to mention personal safety. We in the Southern Region take this responsibility seriously. The NWS Strategic Plan highlights areas of commitment for the agency toward improving aviation forecasts, and we will work hard to achieve those goals. We want to work more closely with our aviation partners and customers to better understand their needs, both now and into the future. We already have an extensive amount of information through the Center Weather Service Units (CWSUs) and will build on that connection with the FAA. We will tap the CWSU expertise to develop aviation training for our forecasters. We also will work closely with NCEP, especially the Aviation Weather Center, to improve guidance for issuing aviation forecasts from the WFOs and CWSUs.
We are in the process of establishing a regional team, consisting of both WFO and CWSU personnel, to examine every aspect of the aviation program, including forecast verification, coordination, product generation and dissemination, and training. This team will serve as the nucleus for enhancing the aviation weather program in the Southern Region. I ask that all Southern Region employees cooperate with the work of this team and help launch a new era of enhanced aviation weather services.
Experts estimate that improvements to aviation forecasts will, over the next 10-15 years, produce potential benefits of approximately $22 billion to the aviation industry and the flying public. When safety is considered, the benefits become incalculable. With your help, we will be part of this important process.
NEW ADMIN CHIEF. It is a pleasure for me to announce the selection of Glen Heaton as the new Chief of the SRH Administrative Management Division. Glen reported for duty this week and brings with him a wealth of experience in the area of budget development and execution. For the past 12 years he has been the Regional Budget Officer at Western Region Headquarters. He designed and implemented a computerized financial management system which is being used by the NWS regions. At SRH, Glen will supervise a group of highly motivated employees who are responsible for accomplishing the many administrative functions of the region. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the ADMIN staff for their hard work and commitment during the several months a permanent chief was not onboard. In particular, Ted Ferguson provided outstanding leadership as Acting Chief of the division. I appreciate their efforts. Welcome aboard, Glen.
AWIPS UPGRADES. AWIPS build 4.2.2 was installed in 19 Southern Region offices as of the end of August. The installation schedule has been slowed by poor system performance at some sites; hardware upgrades are being bought to alleviate this poor system performance. Sites which have a single D370 processor in their data servers will be upgraded to dual D380 processors. All sites will have their workstation memory doubled from 256 to 512 megabytes. The 4.2.2 install schedule will resume after the upgrades, which are expected in October.
AWIPS build 4.2.3 will be shipped to all offices this month, and can be installed after build 4.2.2 is loaded. This load fixes problems with interfacing AWIPS to external machines, such as PCs and upper air computers. After this build sites will begin shifting all their computers from AFOS to AWIPS.
Once the computers are shifted over to AWIPS, sites will begin testing for commissioning. The first step in being ready to test is to make sure every text product an office could issue is listed in the file /awips/fxa/data/afos2awips.txt. Missing entries should be reported to Matt Strahan (SOD) and the Site Support Team. This includes METAR sites and upper air sites that may use their office as a backup dial-in site.
NEW AWIPS SYSTEM MANAGER COURSE. The NWS Training Center will offer a new course in FY2000, specifically designed for the WFO ESAs and ETs at the RFCs. The objective of the course is to provide students with a deeper understanding of AWIPS hardware, communications, software components and dataflow, than what was gained in prior AWIPS CUT training. More information about the course can be found on the NWSTC Web site at http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov/d.EED/ec_awipssm.html#START.
SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS IN A FLASH. The NWS Southern Region will be a partner in a new state mitigation project in Florida. Project FLASH (Florida Alliance for Safe Homes) is a group of individuals from both private and public sectors. The mission is to reduce deaths, injuries, property damage, economic losses and human suffering caused by hurricanes and natural disasters. Steven Cooper, Acting Chief MSD, represented the NWS and the Southern Region in recent meetings. Great opportunities exist to expand NWS preparedness activities and assist in the recognition of the NOAA Weather Radio as an essential part of making one's home safe. He will work with other FLASH participants such as Habitat for Humanity and several of the nation's largest insurance companies in these efforts. This includes providing links to NWS information on their Web sites.
For example, the Habitat for Humanity builds homes to an area's building codes or higher. They include fire and smoke alarms in their homes and even provide the new homeowner with a fire extinguisher. They are intrigued with the idea of including an NWR in the new homes. They build about 12,500 homes per year throughout the nation. State Farm Insurance has a "Good Neighbor House" in Deerfield Beach, Florida which showcases what individuals can do to reduce costly repairs. Steven suggested, and the representatives were very receptive to the idea, of including an NWR receiver in this home. Steven will also work with the FLASH Executive Director by providing preparedness and other informational materials for reproduction and distribution. A tremendous opportunity for the NWS and for working toward our strategic goals.
SUSTAINABLE SEAS EXPEDITIONS. NOAA is a partner in the Sustainable Seas Expedition project, a $6 million, five-year initiative to explore, document and provide critical scientific data on America's coastal waters. The goal is to develop a strategy for the restoration and conservation of the nation's marine resources. The expedition was near Key West last month and plans were to begin studies off the Texas/Louisiana coasts this month. The National Geographic Society is another partner, and considerable media attention is expected as a result. Southern Region offices are poised to provide assistance as necessary. More information can be found at the following sites:
http://sseplanning.nos.noaa.gov and http://sustainableseas.noaa.gov.
WARNING IMPROVEMENT. The NWS Strategic Plan outlines goals for the coming years, and improvements in warning verification statistics are high on the list of things we will be working on as part of that plan. We have begun the Warning Improvement Project (WIP) to find ways to make our warnings more accurate, reliable and effective. The Senior Forecaster Symposium was the first step in that project. In the next few months we will be soliciting information from Southern Region offices concerning all aspects of the severe weather program, including training, verification, operations, etc. This information will provide a basis for working with all offices toward improving the way we warn the public about severe weather.
More information about the WIP can be found at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ftproot/msd/html/wip.htm. That site includes most of the presentations from the Senior Forecaster Symposium, WarnGen guidance material, a library of call-to-action statements, and more. Refer to the site often, as new material will be added. Feedback from Southern Region offices is extremely important and helpful, so let MSD know what you think.
PRODUCT TIPS OF THE MONTH. Here are a few tips which we hope will correct or improve some problems we've noticed in our products.
Remember "affect" is a verb, "effect" is a noun, and use them accordingly.
Denoting time - be specific :
Bad: THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR...
Good: THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE METRO AREA BETWEEN 110 PM AND 125 PM.
Reference to location - be specific:
Bad: SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM.
Good: SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN MARION AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...
Denoting time - remember guidelines and avoid redundancy:
Bad: 6:30 PM THIS EVENING (Colons not allowed; "PM" and "this evening" are redundant.)
Good: 630 PM (or 630 THIS EVENING)
Avoid unnecessary words:
Bad: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...
Good: THUNDERSTORMS...
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. September marks the peak in the hurricane season. In anticipation, our coastal offices have continued their preparedness and coordination efforts.
When a tropical cyclone threatens landfall, the TPC/NHC assembles a Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT) at the National Hurricane Center. Last month, Southern Region meteorologists played a major role during Bret and Dennis. Ron Block (NWSO Tallahassee), Scott Spratt (NWSO Melbourne), Perry Martin (NWSO Midland), and WCM Roger Erickson (NWSO Lake Charles) provided support to the HLT. Their duties included providing briefings during FEMA conference calls and interpreting meteorological data for the emergency managers on the HLT.
In addition to the Southern Region personnel noted above who were involved with service support as part of the Hurricane Liaison Team during Bret and Dennis, NWSO Jacksonville MIC Steve Letro recently pulled temporary duty at the NHC. He provided relief for NHC Director Jerry Jarrell and his staff by handling media interviews.
NWSFO New Orleans/Baton Rouge MIC Paul Trotter participated in the St. Tammany Parish hurricane preparedness conference in Covington, Louisiana. Over 60 parish officials attended the conference, which featured presentations by parish emergency directors, National Guard, American Red Cross, state police, and social service representatives. Paul's presentation described hurricane climatology, NWS modernization, and hurricane-related products and services.
NWSO Corpus Christi WCM Terry Huber participated in a tabletop hurricane exercise in Victoria, Texas. The drill was hosted by the American Red Cross and included over 100 participants from a three-county area around Victoria. Representatives from numerous city and county agencies and several major industries attended the exercise. All participants brought their hurricane plans for comparison with each other and with the products which would be prepared by the NHC and the NWSO.
NWSO New Orleans/Baton Rouge WCM Frank Revitte provided training in HURREVAC and SLOSH software display programs to representatives from seven southeastern Louisiana emergency management offices. The HURREVAC program has recently undergone major revisions, and Frank's program was at the request of these agencies. In addition, the Lake Pontchartrain SLOSH basin has been updated, along with the display software. Frank's presentation also addressed the updates to this program.
NWSFO Miami WCM Jim Lushine was the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony for 200 Broward County Community Emergency Response members. The two-hour program included speeches by local politicians, heads of local law enforcement, and emergency management coordinators. Jim's presentation, which lasted almost one hour, focused on hurricane preparedness and response issues.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/SPOTTER SUPPORT. Following are a few highlights from across the Region.
NWSO Morristown conducted a series of workshops in cooperation with the East Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. The goal of the workshops was to make the office's customers more familiar with the programs, products and services provided. MIC Jerry McDuffie, WCM Howard Waldron, SOO Stephen Parker, and service hydrologist Bryan Boyd discussed warnings, verification, and the transfer of information to and from the NWSO. The emergency managers and the NWS staff have found this a beneficial means of getting to know each other's programs and requirements.
NWSFO Austin/San Antonio WCM Larry Eblen provided an orientation program for 55 new Texas emergency managers. Larry's presentation was part of the Texas Division of Emergency Management's three-day workshop. Larry provided the attendees with information on NWS offices and their service areas, how to contact local WCMs, and safety information on floods, lightning, and tornadoes.
NWSO Midland WCM George Mathews and MIC Ray Fagen, along with NWSO El Paso MIC Max Blood gave a two-hour weather presentation to 60 park rangers from Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks. The program described basic weather spotter training, flash flood safety, lightning safety, and an overview of NWS products and services.
NWSFO Little Rock WCM John Robinson teamed up with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management to promote safe rooms in homes as described by FEMA. The promotion took place in Conway, Arkansas, and included a pop-up display with several photos of the safe room which survived the May 3 tornado in Midwest City, Oklahoma. The display also featured severe weather brochures, booklets describing safe rooms, and coloring books. John reported a strong turnout with a surprising number of people already familiar with the safe room concept.
MEDIA/PUBLIC OUTREACH. Significant contacts and some other noteworthy projects:
NWSFO Austin/San Antonio WCM Larry Eblen and NWSFO Fort Worth/Dallas WCM Jim Stefkovich each conducted weather safety classes for the National Transportation Safety Institute. Attendees were driver education instructors from across Texas. The program included an overview of severe weather climatology, storm models and their life cycles, and classification of tornadoes. The main portion of the program was a discussion of flood safety and the dangers posed by flooding to vehicles.
NWSFO Atlanta hosted the monthly meeting of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. MIC Carlos Garza provided some opening comments, then opened the meeting for questions and answers. WCM Barry Gooden, DAPM Frank Taylor, and ESA Brian Burgess were also available to answer questions and assist with the office tour which followed. The engineers were impressed with the office and had some suggestions and input regarding CRS and its relation to EAS.
NWSO Nashville WCM Jerry Orchanian reported the NWSO will partner with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the Tennessee Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters to teach a series of four safety classes. Severe weather safety will be a significant theme in the classes, which will be conducted in the Nashville/Clarksville areas. As an incentive, trainees who attend all four classes will receive a NOAA Weather Radio. If the Nashville/Clarksville pilot project is successful, the program will be expanded to other areas in the state.
NWSFO Fort Worth/Dallas WCM Jim Stefkovich has met with officials of the Dallas and the Fort Worth Independent School Districts. The purpose of these visits was to encourage regular tornado safety drills in the schools. Jim used the "Drill Today, Survive Tomorrow" video distributed by NWSFO Birmingham. The meetings have been successful: This past spring, the Dallas School District conducted approximately 200 drills involving 140,000 students. Over 100 schools purchased tone-alert NOAA Weather Radios. The Fort Worth School District reports that most of their schools already have NWR receivers, and they will encourage the development of regular severe weather safety drills.
HYDROLOGIC EVENT REPORTING HOTLINE. HSD now assists MSD in the preparation of the For-the-Record (FTR) memos for weather events. A hotline for flood and flash flood events is now operational. When a field office calls the hotline to report an event, they are asked to transfer to the hydro hotline if the event is hydrologic in nature. The HSD staff then prepares the appropriate FTR memos. These record memos provide important documentation for significant events and are frequently used for subsequent follow-up activities.
OFFICE OF HYDROLOGY DOCUMENTATION ON THE WEB. The Office of Hydrology posts extensive documentation on their home page which can provide field offices with information to support local operations. The URL for the OH home page is http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh. Some of the information on the home page and the associated URLs include the following:
1. Current national hydrologic conditions including river/streamflow information, drought information, flood summary, and historical flood fatality and damage information.
2. Information about Probable Maximum Precipitation and precipitation frequency definitions, reports, and ongoing projects.
3. WFO Hydrologic Forecast System (WHFS), including:
You can also submit a request for change (for example a WHFS enhancement or improvement) to one of the WHFS support team staff via this URL.
5. Documentation about the methodologies used to compute modernized flash flood guidance.
The OH home page also has links to other information such as documentation for the Hydrometeorological Automated Data System, scientific publications and research papers, hydrologic service assessments, and low water crossing information. We recommend that you continually peruse the Web site for new and updated information about the NWS hydrology program.
HYDROLOGIC DATA FROM OCTOBER 1998 TEXAS FLOODS. The U.S. Geological Survey district office in San Antonio has compiled a tabular summary (see http://tx.usgs.gov/alert/oct_floods_98.html) of the estimated peak discharge and gauge height values observed during the south Texas floods of October 1998. Of note, water surface elevations and streamflow discharges at about 18 stream gauging stations peaked at record or near record levels in the major streams and tributaries of the San Jacinto, San Benard, Lower Colorado, Lavaca, Guadalupe, and San Antonio basins.
The district office is also finalizing a fact sheet on this event which will be available for distribution in the fall. The fact sheet will focus on the hydrometeorology of the event in both the San Antonio and Guadalupe river basins. NWSFO Austin/San Antonio provided input for the fact sheet. The information contained in the attachment will become official after the district office publishes the fact sheet and the 1998 Annual Water Data Report for Texas.
WHFS TRAINING WORKSHOP. Southern Region HSD recently sponsored a WFO Hydrologic Forecast System training workshop hosted by NWSFO Austin/San Antonio. Participants included primarily service hydrologists and hydro focal points from most Texas WFOs. Ernie Cathey, service hydrologist NWSFO Fort Worth, Dave Schwertz, senior service hydrologist NWSO Houston, and Ben Weiger, deputy chief, SR HSD, made presentations at the workshop. Ernie focused his presentation on editing river product formatter templates. Dave gave a presentation on how to construct a daily river summary product using the river product formatter, and Ben gave a presentation on using INFORMIX to extract hydrologic information from the WFO hydrologic database and generating reports using the PERL application in AWIPS.
The workshop provided supplemental training to assist HSA offices in Texas in formatting the content of their hydrologic products. Special thanks to MIC Al Dreumont and service hydrologist John Patton for hosting the workshop.
HPC VISITORS AT THE RFCS. Forecasters from the NCEP Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC) plan to visit Southern Region RFCs this month and next. Their goals are to (1) familiarize HPC forecasters with RFC forecast operations, with emphasis on the QPF generation process, (2) provide HPC forecasters with a better understanding of RFC requirements for QPF, based on the Modernized End-To-End Forecast Process for Quantitative Precipitation Information Plan dated January 1999, and (3) familiarize RFC personnel with HPC forecast operations.
Planned New Hydrologic Forecast Services. The Southeast RFC recently conducted a conference call with representatives from NWSOs Melbourne and Tampa Bay Area, and the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) to discuss plans to initially implement experimental river forecast services in the St. Johns River Basin. Three new forecast points will be located in the NWSO Melbourne HSA, on the St. Johns River above Lake Harney, near Sanford and near Deland.
Working with SJRWMD the Southeast RFC will develop the hydrologic model procedures and perform the necessary hydrologic model calibration to prepare and generate experimental forecasts at these new locations. The is to do so by March, 2000. The RFC and SJRWMD will evaluate the experimental model forecasts for several months and implement the new river forecast services sometime in the fall next year.
Technology Transfer Project With Mexico. The West Gulf RFC, in coordination with the Office of Hydrology's Technology Transfer Center, provided the Mexican weather service with precipitation and runoff forecasts during the recent flood on the Rio Grande. Such coordination will continue to increase in the coming years. In collaboration with the Mexican Comision Nacional del Agua, and a private sector firm called Riverside Technologies, Inc (RTI), OH plans to spin up several Mexican River Forecast Centers within the next few years. The NWS River Forecast System technology will be transferred to these centers so they can issue river forecasts for river basins in Mexico. Personnel from the West Gulf RFC plan to meet with Mexican engineers to assist in training and to provide them with assistance in setting up their center operations. In the last few weeks, 41 of 44 Mexican satellite data collection platforms began transmitting hydrometeorological data which will be used by the West Gulf RFC and the Mexican River Forecast Centers to support forecast operations in both countries.
PC-GRIDDS MODEL OUTPUT FOR IMETS. Fire behavior analysts frequently ask our Incident Meteorologists (IMETs) deployed on wildfires to provide forecasts beyond 48 hours. At remote sites, particularly in the NWS Western Region, the IMETs do not have Internet access. To meet the needs of these IMETS, Southern Region SSD, at the request of Western Region, now provides PC-GRIDDS MRF model output for Days One through Five. The files are sent to Western Region for transmission to the remote IMETs via packet radio and are also available to IMETS on the Southern Region Web server.
WEEKLY THREATS ASSESSMENT. NCEP will be making a nationally coordinated Threats Assessment product -- developed in response to the 1997 El Niño outlook -- operational as soon as possible. The basic idea behind the Threats Assessment is to create an easily accessible, seamless suite of NWS forecasts. Bernard Meisner (SSD) is the Southern Region focal point for this activity.
Each Monday HPC/CPC will post their preliminary products for the weekly Threats Assessment on a password protected Web page. "Threats" are defined as predicted strong events, ranging from seasonal anomalies, through significant 6-10 day or Week Two averages, to extreme weather events, predicted as little as three days ahead. The Assessment does not deal with Days One or Two. Field offices are invited to review the material for possible inclusion in their extended forecasts and to provide comments/suggestions to NCEP via e-mail by Tuesday morning. The Threats Assessment Web page will then be made available to the public each Tuesday at noon. NCEP then conducts a weekly conference call with our external customers (FEMA, Red Cross, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, etc.) on Wednesday morning.
DROUGHT LINKS. SSD has added a hot link to the Southern Region Web page (http://www.srh.noaa.gov) which provides quick and easy access to the NOAA Drought Information page, the NWS Climate Prediction Center (CPC) U.S. Threats Assessment page, and the USDA/NOAA Drought Monitor Page, all of which were mentioned during the White House press conference on August 11. An NWS Public Information Statement was also issued last month to heighten awareness of what will be an on-going Threats Assessment service from CPC. Offices should encourage those with questions to investigate the drought/heat wave links via the convenient SRH Web site.
HELP FOR THE NAVY. NWSO Melbourne will be assisting the U.S. Navy by providing copies of WSR-88D Level II (base data) tapes. The USS O'Kane (DDG77) will transit the East Coast on the way to its new home port in Hawaii, collecting data during the cruise in order to support development of advanced weather algorithms on an at-sea phased array radar. Timeliness is important to adjust the algorithms while the ship is underway. The plan is to accommodate the Navy's twice-only request by providing them with tapes on two days when O'Kane will be just offshore.
The Melbourne office is well equipped to assist with this project, having acquired the capability a couple of years ago to duplicate the archive tapes in support of NASA's TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission) project.
STATEMENT ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. Last July the American Meteorological Society Executive Committee adopted a statement on the "Public/Private Partnership in the Provision of Weather and Climate Services." This policy statement can be found on the AMS Web site at http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/policy/pubprivpartner.html. The AMS recognizes the important roles played by both the public (NOAA/NWS) and private sectors, and the importance to the nation of effective partnership between the two. We encourage everyone to review the AMS statement.
BRAVO PROFILERS IN TEXAS. NOAA's Environmental Technology Lab (ETL) is working with the Environmental Protection Agency and National Park Service to determine sources of air pollution in West and Southwest Texas, originating from both the U.S. and Mexico. This initiative, known as BRAVO (Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observational Study) is in response to complaints about worsening air pollution in recent years from residents of the Texas Trans-Pecos area and staff of Big Bend National Park. ETL is gathering data from four mobile weather units consisting of a 915 MHz wind profiler, a Radio Acoustic Sounding System (for vertical temperature and moisture profiles), and complete surface weather observations. Data from the portable units are available on the Web in near real time (http://www7.etl.noaa.gov/data/). The BRAVO units are located at Eagle Pass, along the Rio Grande, at Llano in the Texas Hill Country, at the Big Bend National Park, and at NWSO Brownsville.
Brownsville forecasters have found the data very useful in tracking easterly waves and verifying model guidance. The BRAVO project began last July 1 and will continue through October. One ETL staffer is working on an algorithm to minimize bird flight contamination in radar wind data. He will travel to Brownsville during the fall bird migration to collect additional data, capitalizing on the office's location along the major bird flyway, as well as being a site equipped with both the WSR-88D and upper air.
50 YEARS OF TORNADO FORECASTING. The latest (August) special issue of the AMS journal Weather and Forecasting commemorates the pioneering work of Miller and Fawbush who issued the first tornado forecast in 1948. It contains papers which describe the origin of official tornado forecasts, the birth and early years of the NWS (Weather Bureau) storm prediction center, and trends in forecast accuracy. Congratulations to Alan Moller (FIC, NWSFO Fort Worth), who co-authored one of the papers, "Storm Spotting and Public Awareness since the First Tornado Forecasts of 1948." As we work toward and anticipate increased accuracy in our warnings, it's useful to look back at where we've come from.
COMAP. The ninth two-month COMAP course for SOOs is currently underway and is progressing smoothly. Steve Koch (NC State University) and Phil Schumacher (SOO, NWSO Sioux Falls) are leading the course. Two Southern Region SOOs are among the 15 students.
Aviation Training. Work continues on developing the Professional Development Series (PDS) for "Forecasting Low-altitude Clouds and Fog for Aviation Operations," focusing on physical processes. A Web module, "The Role of Radiative Processes in the Evolution of Radiation Fog," is under development, and completion is tentatively expected this month. Planning is commencing for the second module on coastal/advection fog with completion targeted for next spring.
Outreach. A survey was sent to all SOOs asking for their input on the Training Resource Center (http://meted.ucar.edu/resource/soo/index.htm), developed by Vickie Johnson. Preliminary analysis indicates the SOOs like what they see, even if they haven't had time to take full advantage of what is available. Several have suggested they will be better able to use the TRC once the AWIPS installations are completed. The responses will be more thoroughly analyzed and Vickie will provide recommendations for the future of the TRC.
AWIPS VALIDATION EFFORT AT COMET. The Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET) has begun to document and validate AWIPS algorithms. The goal is to provide a resource for reports on AWIPS validation, documentation of selected algorithms, an updated list of links to current validation issues of interest, and a means to report problems and provide comments. The Web site is: http://www.meted.ucar.edu/awips/validate
This site currently provides a link to the Phase 1 report on the AWIPS basic fields found in the model browser. This page will be updated frequently with hot topics, additional documentation and other useful information. COMET is currently working on the AWIPS derived thermodynamic variables, such as dew point, equivalent potential temperature, lifted index, etc. They have noted some discrepancies between the equivalent potential temperature fields plotted using AWIPS and GEMPAK, and one bug in the AWIPS sounding parameter calculation which has been noted and fixed.
The slide packages for the AWIPS Build 4.2 TDL Applications teletraining are available at http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov/d.HMD/HMD_ATT.HTML for download from the NWSTC teletraining page. The Optel Telewriter 2000 software will be used for these presentations. Subject matter experts from the Techniques Development Lab at NWSH will also participate in most of the sessions.
Updated WHFS lesson plans for on-station training of HydroView and RiverPro are available at http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov/d.HMD/HMD_HYD.HTML for download on the NWSTC Hydrology page. These updates integrate the changes that occurred with WHFS, Build 4.2, into the training material.
A clearinghouse for non-NWS IT (Information Technology) training sources is now accessible from the NWSTC home page (http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov/). It allows the entry and search/retrieval of information on a variety of IT training subjects, provided by many different vendors. The NWSTC would appreciate hearing about other sources which they might add to the list.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS. Recent DOC press releases called attention to the following, both of which will be of interest to forecasters.
Three-dimensional satellite images of hurricanes and tropical storms are now available on-line through a new service provided by the NOAA/NESDIS Visualization Lab. The images are updated regularly to show timely images of tropical storms and depressions. The Web address is http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov.
CoastWatch is a NOAA program providing remotely sensed, environmental data (including sea-surface temperatures - SST) to governmental and scientific communities. There are several Regional Nodes located throughout the United States enabling the processing and distribution of CoastWatch data. The Caribbean Regional Node, including the Gulf of Mexico, is located at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab (AOML) in Miami. Though still under construction, products are available at http://cwcaribbean.aoml.noaa.gov/. When you access that site you will be asked to register. Follow the instructions to obtain a user ID and password.
Of related interest to the above is this site: http://www.iaslinks.org/. It endeavors to foster oceanographic research in the Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea (the Intra-Americas Sea) system. The goal is to develop an interest in regional scale coordinated studies, by helping to disseminate information on ongoing research programs, existing data sources, and regional institutions, scientists, and organizations. It links to CoastWatch, but also provides a variety of other related links. It also features a nice tour of the Caribbean (click on the flags).
WEB SITE KUDOS. In the words of NWSO Jacksonville MIC Steve Letro, this is the kind of customer feedback which makes our day. Pat Welsh (SOO) received the following message recently:
Dr. Welsh,
I have been using your site for weather information for many months and
I want to say that you and your people are #1 with me. It's good to have people
who are so knowledgeable and can keep me up-to-date with accurate forecasts.
Living in a mobile home here in Gilchrist County we have to be always on the
alert for bad weather. A few years ago we had a tornado take off half our roof.
After that is when I found your site and use it almost on a daily basis. During
this hurricane season I have stayed with you through the tracking of Dennis and
I never cease to be amazed how accurate you are with your predictions. I've
learned a lot about weather since the tornado hit, mostly because I found that by
learning and understanding why things happen as they do, I feel a little more at
ease. So please extend our thanks to everyone there for the great job they are
doing. It is always appreciate. Service like that is a team effort. Good work, Jacksonville.
CLIMATE DATA AVAILABLE ON-LINE. Climate data dating back to the late 1800s are now available on-line through the NCDC in Asheville. These data were previously available only via telephone or written request. The new Climatic Data On-line system provides full period-of-record digital data for: U.S. daily surface data, U.S. monthly surface data, U.S. hourly precipitation data, U.S. 15-minute precipitation data, and global monthly surface data. Other data will be added to the system this year and next, including hourly surface data. The user can select data by region, country, state, climate division, county, and station, and by time period, such as year, month, or day. Data are currently provided at no charge to educational institutions, with charges by credit card for others. Charges are significantly reduced compared with off-line orders. The Web address is:
GOES-8/10 ECLIPSE SEASON HAS BEGUN. Beginning August 15 and extending through October 30, GOES spacecraft imaging and sounding operations will be interrupted at and around spacecraft midnight for instrument sun avoidance and eclipse operations. During GOES satellite outages, the other satellite will provide full disk imaging to provide continuing operational support. During the GOES eclipse season the frequency of GOES single chord operations, made necessary by lunar and solar intrusions at the edge of the Earth disk, also increases. Links to the GOES eclipse and single chord data outage schedules are available on the SSD Satellite Information Web page:
NOAA NIC SERVER TO BE SHUT DOWN. The NOAA National Information Center (NIC) ftp server, a source of model output, will be shut down permanently at the end of this month. Most of the data and model output files are now available on the NCEP ftp server (ftp.ncep.noaa.gov) or on the NWS Gateway File Server - for more information, see:
CAFTI MEETING SUMMARY. At its August 18 meeting the Committee on Applied Forecasting Techniques and Implementation (CAFTI) recommended that the current operational East Coast and Gulf of Mexico (ECGM) regional wave model be replaced by the Western North Atlantic (WNA) regional wave model. The WNA is based on the NOAA Wavewatch III global wave model which was implemented internally in November 1998. The grid domain of the WNA is larger than the ECGM to accommodate the needs of the National Hurricane Center. The Marine Prediction Center has been using the WNA model output and are extremely pleased with the product. Training will be provided before the model becomes operational. A draft Technical Procedures Bulletin is available at: http://polar.wwb.noaa.gov/omb/tpbs/wnatpb/wnatpb.html
The Techniques Development Laboratory (TDL) reported on the transition from NGM MOS to a new set of MOS equations based on the AVN model. TDL has been gratified by the preliminary results of the AVN MOS. While there are some regional differences in the verification statistics, the aggregate results for the CONUS and Alaska show the AVN MOS outperforms the NGM MOS. Much of the improvement is due to the superior performance of the AVN over the NGM. TDL expects to have a full package of AVN-based MOS equations completed by April 2000, but believe snowfall will be the most difficult parameter to predict. CAFTI reaffirmed the plan to run the NGM MOS and AVN MOS in parallel for at least one year. Preliminary verification results are available at: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tdl/synop/index.htm. Select "Test Results" at the bottom of the page for verification results plus their explanation.
WORDPERFECT OFFICE 2000. A NOAA wide license for Corel's WordPerfect Office 2000 has been purchased and additional information on what the license covers and how to obtain the media will be provided to each office. As a quick summary, the media CD is only $12 and is available from GTSI at 1-800-999-4874. The license covers the basic WordPerfect Office 2000 Standard version and includes backward licensing for earlier versions. In addition NOAA has obtained a very aggressive upgrade price for the Professional Suite for those needing the extra features.
In tests at Southern Region Headquarters, it was demonstrated WordPerfect 9, which is what is included in the Office 2000 Suite, is able to create documents which are compatible with WordPerfect 8 as well as the cc:Mail viewers. When installed, it is placed in a new folder called WordPerfect Office 2000 and therefore is separate from earlier installations of WordPerfect which can be uninstalled to save room on the hard drive. Service Pack 1 is already available for WordPerfect 9 and is accessible on the SRH Web/FTP server.
FTS2001 TRANSITION NEWS. All recent federal calling card orders are being processed through MCI Worldcom (the new FTS2001 vendor). FEDCARDs for people at field offices who have recently had their names submitted to receive calling cards will be receiving the MCI Worldcom federal calling cards soon. Actions are also in progress to begin conversion of existing FTS2000 FEDCARDS and Virtual-on-Net service to MCI Worldcom (MCIW) in a phased changeover. Stay tuned for more information on the FTS2001 transition as the plan unfolds.
In order to facilitate this conversion, all offices must complete their communications services inventory as soon as possible. The information needed and format will be distributed to your offices on or before September 1
FACILITIES COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The purchase and configuration of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) in Southern Region is proceeding nicely. The hardware is under contract and the orders for both the CMMS software and Oracle database software are being finalized. Once the implementation methodology has been established, representatives from other regions and NWS Headquarters will be invited to SRH to participate in the initial program assessment. Deployment of the system is expected to take place by the second quarter.
DRINKING WATER TESTING COMPLETED FOR NWS OFFICES. Drinking water quality testing has been completed at selected NWS offices. Testing was directed for specific Eastern, Western and Southern Region offices in response to a grievance filed by NWSEO concerning the purchase of bottled water for these offices. Tests for coliform bacteria, copper, lead and iron were performed by analytical laboratories on samples taken from lavatories, water coolers and icemakers. A test for total trihalomethanes, byproducts of chlorination, were also performed for each site. Test results have been forwarded to NWS Headquarters for review. Corrective measures were initiated by SRH Systems Operations Division on the significant findings of these tests results.
DIVERSITY. An NWS Web page for Managing Workforce Diversity is on-line at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tdl/scan/nwsdiversity.htm. The page is a resource for all NWS employees, and it will be updated frequently with new information on NWS diversity activities. The NWS Diversity Coordinator is Steve Smith at NWS Headquarters. Feel free to contact him about the contents of this page or on any diversity-related issues. Steve can be reached at (301) 713-1774 x180 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
FEW CONFERENCE.Albertha Mosley, HMT at NWSFO Miami and newly appointed Federal Women's Employment program manager, attended the Federally Employed Women's (FEW) National Training Program (NTP) in Phoenix, Arizona, July 19-23. This training is held in conjunction with the annual Board of Directors meeting of FEW. The theme this year was "Treasure in the Desert." NTP offered training in management and leadership skills, communication skills, technology and technical skills, career enhancement, personal effectiveness, personnel policies and procedures, and EEO workshops. The program also offered topics directly related to FEW, women's issues and FEW's legislative goals. The keynote speakers were Virginia Dunstone, President of Life Enhancement Institute, and Anita Hill, Esq., Attorney at Law.
AISES.Billy Beams, HMT NWSO Amarillo, attended the American Indian Science and Engineering Society's (AISES) Government Relations Board meeting in July in Albuquerque. The purpose of the meeting was to update the board on the recent decisions undertaken by AISES and to formally introduce the new Executive Director, Ms. Sandra Begay Campbell. Other topics included reports on strategic initiatives, overview of finances, and five year development goals.
CONGRATULATIONS, AMANDA!Amanda Graham is a summer aide working at NWSFO Lubbock. She has started her first year of college this fall. Amanda is very interested in meteorology and began working at the NWSFO several years ago as a student volunteer, driving an 80 mile round trip from Plainview to do so. Recently, she submitted to the Amarillo Colony Regents a 1000+ word essay on the Mayflower Compact and its impact on America today. The competition was open to all high school seniors in the Texas Panhandle. Her essay placed first, winning for Amanda a $1000 scholarship, and she was selected to compete at the state level.
Amanda should certainly know her subject; she is a direct descendent of the first baby born on the Mayflower. Congratulations, Amanda, and good luck this fall.
NWSO MIDLAND.The Midland staff has been working with a student volunteer, Ryan Brashear, for the past several months. Ryan currently attends Midland College and plans to transfer to the University of Oklahoma with a major in meteorology after the completion of this next school year.
MIC Ray Fagen was the instructor for four classes of Boy Scouts working to fulfill their requirements for the Boy Scout weather merit badge. This was part of Merit Badge Midway, an annual Boy Scout event which puts together a week long, campus-type gathering involving various subject matter experts from throughout the community to work with the scouts on their merit badge requirements.
|Southern Region Losses
|From (Office)
|From Title/Grade
|Christopher Mello
|Reas to WR
|Met Intern, GS-7
|Mark Deutschendorf
|Reas to WR
|Forecaster, GS-12
|Julie Jones
|Reas to ER
|Senior Hydrologist, GS-13
|Richard Naden
|Prom to SPC
|Forecaster, GS-9
|John Goff
|New Hire
|Met Intern, GS-7
|Loren Marz
|Reas to CR
|Forecaster, GS-12
|Warren Hadley
|Met Tech, GS-11
|John Carballa
|Matthew Burkett
|Met Intern, GS-7
|Southern Region Gains
|To (Office)
|To Title/Grade
|Harry Petaisto
|Prom from WR
|Forecaster, GS-13
|W. Edward Bracken
|Reas from AOML
|Forecaster, GS-9
|Deborah Connell
|New Hire
|Roger Hess
|Reas from CR
|El Tech, GS-10
|Scott Cordero
|Prom from WR
|Lead Forecaster, GS-13
|Joseph Camp
|New Hire
|Met Intern, GS-7
|Eric Martello
|Prom from WR
|Lead Forecaster, GS-13`
|William McIntosh
|New Hire
|El Tech, GS-10
|Cody Lindsey
|New Hire
|Met Intern, GS-7
|Stephen Carboni
|New Hire
|Met Intern, GS-7
|Edward McNeely
|Reas from CR
|El Tech, GS-11
|Within Region Transfers/Actions
|To (Office)
|To Title/Grade
|John Wolters
|Reas from TAE
|Met Intern, GS-7
|Steven Drillette
|Reas from MAF
|Jonathan Atwell
|Prom from ATR
|Senior Hydrologist, GS-13
|Ethan Jolly
|Prom from SIL
|Senior Hydrologist, GS-13
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CulinaryKlewen steak from the grill, homemade cheese cake, soups, extensive salad buffet and vegetable dishes. Available for groups in the evening by arrangement: Our Tatarenhut speciality and barbecued meat.
DetailsRustic mountain restaurant with sun terrace in a peaceful and restful setting.
Altitude: 1,525 metres
Accessibility: Cable railway, mountain railway/ski lift, winter hiking trail, snowshoe trail, toboggan run, ski slope and ski tour
Built: 1976
Last renovations: 2002
No. of seats: Over 100 seats on the terrace and 30 - 100 in the restaurant
No. of deck chairs: 10, incl. covers
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on October 31, 2012 - 6:23 PM
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The 16-week-old Jack Russell Terrier puppy that was left nearly burned to death Monday night on Herman Street has been named "Phoenix" by the staff at the Buffalo Small Animal Hospital, with the approval of police officers and firefighters who rushed the stricken animal for treatment.
The male puppy still has a long road ahead as far as recovery goes, because he suffered burns over almost 100 percent of his body, according to his veterinary caretakers.
Buffalo police continue to investigate whether foul play was involved in the burning incident. Anyone with information is asked to call or text the police confidential tipline at 847-2255 or email www.bpdny.org.


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Twinkling Paper Lanterns – Todd Oldham's craft ideas for homemade giftsTodd Oldham
Isamu Noguchi was a master of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. Fold your own origami paper cubes that glow over twinkle lights.
- Parchment paper
- Roll of paper
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Small string of white twinkle lights
Cut parchment paper into 10 inch squares and fold diagonally corner to corner and crease.
Unfold and crease corner to corner again and unfold.
Fold the paper in half and crease. Gently push the folded corners down and in, forming a triangle shape.
Fold the outside points of the triangle upward and crease:
:And repeat on all sides.
Fold the outside points inward as shown.
Tuck the triangular points at the top and bottom of the diamond into the openings of the side triangles and crease. Repeat on the other 3 points.
Make as many lanterns to match the number of lightbulbs.
Find the hole at the center and blow lightly into it, like blowing up a square balloon.
Ask an adult to slip the lightbulb into the opening at the center of each lantern and push it in until the lantern stays on the cord. For safety, make sure the lightbulb is not touching the lantern directly.
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on December 19, 2012 - 5:25 PM
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PHILADELPHIA — You can call it the statement win of the Jim Baron era at Canisius.
With solid rebounding and impressive three-point shooting, the Golden Griffins upset Temple, 72-62, at the Liacouras Center on Wednesday night.
"This is a quality win for our program," said Baron, the Canisius coach.
Canisius improved to 8-2 overall and handed Temple (8-2) its first loss at home this season and snapped its 11-game winning streak at the Liacouras Center. The Owls had won 36 of their last 37 games on campus coming into Wednesday's game. Its only loss this season had been to Duke.
Griffs played a great second half, outscoring the Owls, 44-26. The Owls were held nine points below their average.
"We came in here to play and win this game," Baron said. "Temple is a good team. They're going to win a lot of games but we kept being aggressive on defense, especially in the second half.
"I think on offense we did a really good job of making the extra pass and again we hit our threes."
Temple had used a 7-0 run to take a 58-57 lead with 5:59 to play.
But then the Griffs went on their own 7-0 run, featuring five straight points from Billy Baron and two free throws from Chris Manhertz.
That gave Canisius a 64-58 lead with 2:18 to play. The Griffs played solid defense and hit free throws to close out the win.
In the second half, the Griffs hit 7 of 12 from three-point range, keyed by Issac Sosa and Reggie Groves. Sosa, who finished with 13 points, went 3 of 10 from three-point range while Groves scored all 12 of his points from beyond the arc.
Baron led the Griffs with 19 points, hitting 6 of 12 from the field and going 6 for 6 from the free throw line.
The Griffs held a 41-35 rebounding advantage, with Manhertz grabbing 13 and Josiah Heath 11.


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The National Basketball Association is quickly headed for a work stoppage caused by an owner lockout of the players. The lockout will come at the end of this season, when the Collective Bargaining Agreement expires because of the inability to get a new one ratified.
One of the biggest reasons for the looming lockout is that the league's owners are losing money. One reason that owners are losing money is the presence overpaid and/or underperforming players. Many owners have players like these that they'd love to be rid of.
Of course, being overpaid or underperforming aren't the only reasons a team would want to trade a player. Sometimes, players have behavioral issues, upset team chemistry or simply don't mesh with the coach's system.
Every team has one or more of these players. This is a list of the one player that each team would most like to move this summer.


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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs that regulate gene expression predominantly by inhibiting translation or promoting degradation of the target RNAs.
Many dysregulated miRNAs are implicated in pathogenesis of various diseases. Such miRNAs have become a new hot topic in drug discovery and diagnostics. Several specific characteristics of miRNAs in combination with compelling therapeutic efficacy data have triggered the exploration of miRNAs as therapeutic entities.
CHI's "MicroRNA as Biomarkers and Diagnostics," a conference scheduled to take place next month in Boston, will cover the latest developments in the use of miRNAs in the early detection and monitoring of disease progression, as well as the potential for personalized medicine based on miRNA profiles. Selected presentations from the conference will highlight the translation of miRNA bench discoveries to therapeutically useful modalities.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is believed to reach a relatively advanced stage by the time it is clinically diagnosed. By then, more than half of patient's dopaminergic neurons may be lost because of neurodegeneration. Despite unification and standardization of clinical assessments, the accuracy of diagnosis is still subjective.
"Unlike cancer, PD does not afford an opportunity for tissue biopsy. Our best hope is to find presymptomatic, sensitive, and quantifiable biomarkers in body fluids," says Sok Kean Khoo, Ph.D., distinguished associate professor of molecular genomics at Grand Valley State University. "Such biomarkers would undoubtedly help with early disease diagnosis and potentially stop or slow down disease progression." A number of blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers have been studied, but none has yielded a biomarker possessing the ideal features.
Dr. Khoo's team focuses on the modulating role miRNAs may play in PD. In one investigation, the team used microarrays to perform global miRNA expression profiling on blood samples of 32 PD patients with matching controls from Mercy Health Saint Mary's.
The data was analyzed by integrating two statistical algorithms. One of the algorithms identified 13 miRNAs predominantly overexpressed in PD. Another algorithm identified nine miRNA pairs calculated by statistical probabilities of each miRNA in a pair being present or absent in PD. Each miRNA pair becomes an independent predictor of PD; several such pairs constitute a PD signature.
The miRNAs were further validated using quantitative RT-PCR, narrowing it down to just three individual miRNAs and five miRNA pairs. "We were able to access a validation sample set from Umea University Hospital in Sweden," recalls Dr. Khoo. "This set contained 30 patients with treated or untreated PD, but also has samples from patients with multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy, as well as healthy controls. Initially one miRNA was undetectable, but with a nonbias amplification method, we are now able to replicate all our findings."
Encouraged by these results, Dr. Khoo together with the Michael J. Fox Foundation will use the miR panel to follow the PD progression. The miRNA signatures may help researchers understand the differences between PD fast and slow progressors. At the same time, Dr. Khoo continues to dive deeper into the biology of the miRNA biomarkers. "We have yet to understand the biological functions of some of the strongest PD predictors in our signature set," remarks Dr. Khoo.
One of the reasons for failure to treat advanced colorectal cancer is due to development of resistance to standard fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy," says Jingfang Ju, Ph.D., co-director of the translational research laboratory at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. "Our long-term goal is to understand the contribution of miRNAs to development of resistance and to improve patient care."
About eight years ago, Dr. Ju's lab demonstrated high stability of miRNAs in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues, triggering an explosion of miRNA-based biomarker discovery projects that burst through hospital repositories of archival FFPE tissues. At present, Dr. Ju pursues both prognostic and therapeutic explorations of miRNA's role in colorectal cancer.
A significant percentage of stage II colorectal cancer patients can be cured by surgery alone without adjuvant therapy. Toxicity of chemotherapy, combined with the almost inevitable onset of resistance, is only detrimental for those patients who could be cured by surgery alone.
His team compared expression profiles of miRNAs from paired samples of colon tumors and normal specimens and pointed to a potential role of miRNA-215 (miR-215) in controlling cell cycle and proliferation through a complicated regulatory cascade mechanism. A recent study confirmed that miR-215 is clinically relevant as a prognostic biomarker in stage II and III colorectal cancer. Patients with low miR-215 expression had a more chemosensitive phenotype, and responded well to fluoropurimidine treatment with survival benefit.
Stony Brook University licensed the patent covering miR-215 cancer diagnostics to Progen LifeSciences. The company is currently preparing for prospective large cohort independent validation studies in support of the commercialization of personalized miRNA-based diagnostics.
Dr. Ju emphasized that in case of colorectal cancer, tissue specimens from affected areas are readily available as a result of routine colonoscopies or needle biopsies. Diagnostics based on tissue samples directly correlates the biomarker and the affected tissues.
"Our therapeutic direction focuses on miR-129 as a mediator of intrinsic apoptosis in cancer cells," explains Dr. Ju. Downregulation of miR-129 allows cancer cells to escape DNA damage-induced apoptosis, which is the primary mechanism of action of fluoropurimidine. Conversely, exogenously added synthetic miR-129 restored chemosensitivity of colorectal cancer cells and acted synergistically with the chemotherapy agent.
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After being arrested following a bar fight in Scottsdale, Ariz., over the weekend, Jason London insists the incident isn't what it seems.
"The details of the events leading up to the incident are still being worked out with the help of many eyewitness testimonies; people who were there with Jason for the duration of the evening and with the recollection Jason does have. We will undoubtedly get to the bottom of the specifics. Neither Jason nor any of the witnesses we have spoken to have any recollection of anything even feeling like it was going south," according to a statement released by London's rep.
The statement claims that "excessive force" was used by the four bouncers during the altercation at the Martini Ranch.
The statement continues: "Bars are institutions where there are drunk people who are sometimes inappropriate and even violent. It is the bouncers' job to remove the problem and if it is necessary, to use force in order to secure the safety of the establishment and patrons. It is not acceptable to retaliate with brutality once that has been accomplished."
London's injuries include "a right orbital fracture, a right maxillary sinus fracture, multiple contusions, multiple hematomas and concussion."
But the cause of the scuffle remains unclear: "In the midst of having a good time, Jason does remember one of the guys saying something about Jason looking at his friend's girl wrong and grabbing and dragging him. The next thing Jason remembers was coming to with the cops arresting him," the statement reads.
Following his arrest, the actor – who is best known for his role in Dazed and Confused – allegedly intentionally defecated in the backseat of a patrol car, the police report claims.
The report also states that the twin brother of Jeremy London continually cursed at the officer, dropping a homophobic slur and telling the officer to "look me up" because "I'm rich" and "a famous actor."
Managers for the Martini Ranch weren't immediately available for comment.
Jason London Suffered 'Brutal Attack' While Being Arrested: Rep
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Report: Traffic congestion in Dallas-Fort Worth is bad, but it's not the worst
Traffic in Dallas-Fort Worth is a mess — among the most congested in the nation — and it's costing North Texas motorists hours of free time, hundreds of dollars and untold amounts of stress.
But even as the Texas A&M Transportation Institute's annual Urban Mobility Report shows that the region's congestion problems aren't exactly improving, there's a sliver of good news: driving here today is still better than the traffic-choked days of the mid-2000s.
North Texas commuters wasted an average 45 hours in traffic in 2011, ranking the region 13th behind places like D.C., Atlanta and Houston. That was just more than the 44 hours delayed in 2010, but a whole lot better than the 52 hours that went up in fumes in 2006.
Traffic delays cost North Texas drivers an average $957 in 2011, ranking 15th behind places like Los Angeles, New York City and Houston. That's again slightly worse than the $938 wasted per commuter in 2010, but much better than the $1,414 total in 2006.
And Dallas-Fort Worth's Travel Time Index rating was 1.26 in 2011, meaning that a 20-minute trip in light traffic took 25.2 minutes during peak times. The rating — about the same as Houston's – was close to the 1.25 in 2010, but a big improvement over the 1.32 rating in 2006.
The report, which used 30 years of traffic data, found that the total cost of congestion last year in the United States was $1.2 billion dollars. Other impacts of congestion also were 2.9 billion gallons of fuel wasted and 56 billion pounds of extra carbon dioxide emissions.
And while it's likely little of solace to Dallas-Fort Worth motorists stuck in traffic this morning, the report seems fairly consistent on one point: driving in North Texas isn't quite as bad as the experience in Houston.
To read the full report, click here. And to look at how Dallas-Fort Worth has performed over the years, click here.


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Dr. Phil asked two staff members to tell a story about the work they did on the show. One of them lied, and one told the truth. Can you spot the liar?
Dr. Phil suggests keeping the following points in mind when you're talking to someone who you think might be stretching the truth.
1) Too much or too little eye contact. Liars tend to avoid looking people in the eye, but if they are staring you down, they may be working hard at lying.
2) Over-emphasizes details. When people are trying to avoid telling the truth, they often pick some obscure point and talk about it a lot instead of focusing on the key issue.
3) Fidgeting. Is the person you're talking to very fidgety? You often see kids do this when they're telling a tale. That's a sign that someone may be lying.
4) Touching nose. Research shows that when people lie, they tend to touch the base of their nose a lot. "That's a dead giveaway," says Dr. Phil.
5) Mouth pursed. When people tell a lie, they can't get enough oxygen, so they tend to breathe through their mouth instead of through their nose.
6) Speech hesitations. Pausing, throat clearing, or other stalling techniques may indicate that a person is embellishing the truth.
7) Looking up or down. They may be stalling for time.
8) Answers questions not asked. Without even asking them a question, liars will defend themselves.
9) Other body language to check for to spot a potential liar include: excessive blinking, dilated pupils, pitch changes, less smiling, and shrugging shoulders.


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WINNER Update: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to everyone that entered and checked out How Fast They Grow! The random winner was chosen, and I love it when stuff like this happens because it proves that the results really are RANDOM. The # drawn was "1"! So Mirielle – our very first entrant in the giveaway – is also the lucky winner. Congrats, Mirielle! To everyone else… more giveaways coming up soon!
This week's Surprise Giveaway is especially near & dear to me… because it comes from How Fast They Grow – an innovative, digital scrapbooking company that includes a Hostess with the Mostess™ collection in their series of available templates!
I had so much fun designing these page templates last year (81 designs total), but it's been even more exciting to see the pages come to life with the favorite photos & memories of real people!
If you're not yet familiar with How Fast They Grow, their technology enables users to "drag and drop" digital photos into 12×12 page templates and create magazine-quality scrapbook pages in about seven minutes. There is no software to download or purchase, and you can also customize titles, fonts, and journaling on each page!
This week, How Fast They Grow is offering up a $150 Gift Certificate to a lucky HWTM reader! Pages are $5.50 each, so $150 is going to go a long ways in creating memory books for yourself or gift books for loved ones (think Mother's Day, graduation, milestone birthdays, etc.).
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Traditionally, most people think of memory books as something geared towards baby pictures, but I tried to keep most of the HWTM designs applicable for all ages… and am happy to see some of the pages also being used for things like graduations and football outings! (See more examples of HWTM templates in action.)
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Nobody could blame interim coach Tom Bradley for the Nittany Lions' 17-14 loss to Nebraska in the first game of the post-Paterno Era Saturday.
In fact, Bradley could go winless for the remainder of the season, and no one could blame him.
Under these conditions, Bradley is simply being asked to mind the store, inspire competitiveness and keep what's left of the roof on the building.
He did that Saturday as the Lions overcame a 17-0 deficit, staged a rally and came within a first down of having a chance to tie the game in the last minute.
Bradley was asked about whether he'll be a candidate to succeed Joe Paterno, but he has more than enough on his plate to think beyond today.
"I haven't thought about it," he said. "All I've thought about is doing the best job I can for these student-athletes."
Bradley received an endorsement from offensive coordinator Galen Hall "hopefully it works out where Tom gets it" but the reality is the next head coach will be from outside the staff.
Penn State president Rodney Erickson said, "there is no timetable established" for the search, but from what we've seen of the Board of Trustees, which fired Paterno and school president Graham Spanier both Wednesday, this is not exactly a group that takes its time.
The Washington Post reported Friday that board representative Steve Garban contacted Virginia coach Mike London even before informing Paterno he was finished.
Erickson disputed that, saying, "we've not reached out to any candidate."
While it's important to hurry but not rush, hiring the second-year coach from Virginia would not exactly sell out the STEP program. Previously the head coach at Richmond, London is 11-11 in two seasons with Virginia, including 7-3 this year.
And, get this, according to the report, he declined interest in PSU.
But let's take Erickson at his word and, given the events of the last week, it's a pretty good idea not to lie.
The question, though, is with Spanier, whose firing was a virtual footnote to Paterno's dismissal, and Tim Curley out, who will lead the most important sports decision in school history?
Given the traumatic state of the order, this really needs to be thought out thoroughly and by the best possible football minds Penn State can muster.
Nothing against Garban, but can he really be the front man?
My suggestion would be to quickly assemble a high-powered search committee that could lead and perhaps sell the best candidate available.
Matt Millen and Todd Blackledge, two of the most decorated PSU football alumni, would be ideal co-chairmen.
They are charismatic, involved with the game through broadcasting, have connections at the collegiate and NFL levels and, judging from their interviews, still have a love for Penn State.
Urban Meyer has been the name most have talked about. He was scheduled to broadcast Saturday's game, but that changed with the death of his father.
He would be the one guy worth rushing toward. He would be able to stabilize recruiting the Lions have already lost one commitment while attracting five-star recruits.
But who knows how much the Jerry Sandusky allegations and all the shrapnel that followed will scare off a marquee candidate like Meyer?
If Penn State has its eye on London, maybe Meyer has already said no. If so, you'd think a tag team of Millen and Blackledge would have a better chance to lure a Tony Dungy than would Steve Garban.
Hall, who succeeded Charley Pell during the middle of the 1984 season at Florida and then was fired himself at midseason five years later, believes Penn State will survive this turbulent time.
"Whoever gets this job will be very successful," Hall, who remained open to staying on as an assistant, said. "This is a great university, a great academic university, a great football program. It's going to be a very, very good job for someone."
And it may take more than the current board to land that special someone.
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VIDEO: Iconic Chanel handbag strap inspires new Prestige eyewear Fall 2011 collection
Remember how you love Chanel handbags so much you'd kill for just the strap? Well, that instantly recognisable interlocking gold and leather chain lends its iconic status to Chanel's latest Prestige eyewear collection.
Of course, the frame isn't made of leather, although that would have been really cool because the sunglasses would technically be lady goggles. But no, Chanel's eyewear line for Fall/Winter 2011 gets ornamented temples that have been designed to mimic the maison's handbag straps, which have been used as full-fledged accessories of their own, from belts to necklaces to headpieces.
Watch Karl Lagerfeld channel his creative inspiration into some of Fall's most exciting accessories in this how-it's-made video, courtesy of Chanel.
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Serves 7 |
Prep Time 15 minutes |
Cook Time 35 minutes
2 tsp Eden Sesame Oil
4 cups onions, sliced thin
8 Eden Whole Shiitake Mushrooms, soaked 10 minutes in hot water to cover
1 piece Eden Kombu, 2 inches long
5 cups water
3 Tbsp Eden Bonito Flakes, crumbled, optional
2 1/2 Tbsp Eden Genmai Miso, or to taste
3 slices whole wheat bread, cubed
2 Tbsp scallions, finely chopped
Heat the oil in a pot. Sauté onions for 5 minutes, until translucent. Remove stems from the shiitake, discard stems, reserve soaking water and slice caps thin. Add shiitake, shiitake soaking water, kombu, water and bonito flakes to the pot. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer for 25 minutes. Reduce the flame to low, add the miso and simmer, with out boiling, for another 2 minutes.
While the soup is cooking, dry roast the bread cubes in a skillet until golden. Garnish the soup with croutons and scallions.
Eastern, Gluten-Free, Good/High Fiber, Japanese Food, Low Fat, Macrobiotic, No Sweetener Added, Oils, Sea Vegetables, Soup, Chili & Stews, Vegan, Wheat-Free


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When one accidently drops food, not held in a container or wrapper, on the ground. The rule states that if you pick it up within 5 seconds, it won't be contaminated. There is also a '10 second rule' variation. Unfortunately, both rules are urban legends -- The speed with which you can pick the food article back up has no bearing on whether it may receive germs.
Person A: "Crap, dropped a cookie."
Person B: "5 second rule!!"
Person A scrambles to pick up food article
Person B: "5 second rule!!"
Person A scrambles to pick up food article
Ryan Thompson tarafından 9 Temmuz 2004, Cuma
the 5 second rule is for Chairs, so if you get up another person has 5 second to take your chair
Bill: drinks anyone
ben: Beer please
Gail: tea
Ron: Coffee
Rob: Lemonade
Bill: okies
Rob: 5..4...3...2...1..0 JAcked
Bill: wat you going in my chair
Rob: 5 Second rule mate
ben: Beer please
Gail: tea
Ron: Coffee
Rob: Lemonade
Bill: okies
Rob: 5..4...3...2...1..0 JAcked
Bill: wat you going in my chair
Rob: 5 Second rule mate
Checken tarafından 15 Nisan 2008, Salı
The rule that states if any edible object should touch the ground it may still be eaten if picked up within 5 seconds. (No matter how nasty the ground or surface may be.)
Tanisha dropped an M&M on the wet and dirty bathroom floor but ate it anyway claiming it was safe due to the 5 second rule.
Anthony tarafından 10 Temmuz 2004, Cumartesi
when food falls to the ground from your mouth/hand/counter/etc if its down for less than 5 seconds its still okay to eat any longer and it is trash
I was eating my cookie,tripped,dropped it on the floor,but it was down for a second,and was still eatable.
Iceey Baby tarafından 10 Temmuz 2004, Cumartesi
applies to how long a food that has been dropped on the ground is edible.
don't touch it, mario dropped that a minute ago! hey, dude, 5 second rule.
Erin tarafından 10 Temmuz 2004, Cumartesi
Any food that has fallen on the ground is allowed a maximum of 5 seconds before it is left as trash.
Well...I picked up this banana before it was on the ground for longer than 5 seconds. That's the 5 second rule.
Joel tarafından 9 Temmuz 2004, Cuma
The rule that applies to lost or fallen objects, typically food, that hits the floor. The rule applies to general areas, and does not apply to anything in a bathroom. Using this rule makes it OK to pick up said object in under 5 seconds, under the presumption that no germs attached themselves in such a short period of time.
If your gum just dropped on the floor, pick it up and say "5 Second Rule", then place it back in your mouth.
Mac the Movieguy tarafından 10 Temmuz 2004, Cumartesi


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NASA made officially announced the name of its moon vehicle
yesterday -- a week ahead of schedule. The reason for the early reveal was
because an American astronaut on the international space station let the name slip over an
open radio channel. "We've been calling it the crew exploration
vehicle for several years, but today it has a name... Orion," said
astronaut Jeffrey Williams. NASA officials denied the Orion name shortly after
the leak, but
later confirmed the name.
It should be noted that the name "Orion" will be
the official project name for NASA's missions to the international space
station and to the moon. Orion will also be the name of the four-man crew
exploration vehicle (reminiscent of the old Apollo capsule). The Orion capsule
is 16.5 feet
in diameter and has a mass of 25 tons. It also has 2.5 the internal volume of
the old Apollo capsules.
"Many of its stars have been used for navigation and
guided explorers to new worlds for centuries. Our team, and all of NASA - and,
I believe, our country - grows more excited with every step forward this
program takes. The future for space exploration is coming quickly," said
Orion Project Manager Skip Hatfield.
Orion will succeed the space shuttle as NASA's primary
astronaut ferry and its first flight will take place before 2014. Orion's first
trip to the moon should take place no later than 2020. If Orion does touchdown on
the moon by 2020, it would represent a 50 year spread since the first time an
American stepped foot on our nearest neighbor in space.
quote: TextYes it is a public opinion job, they are spending 3x more to go to the moon again. 3x the budget one would think they would make a purpose out of it than to say "yeah, we did it again".
quote: Space exploration is expensive (because we dont do it a lot ironically) and its not cost effective to pursue it
quote: For one I'm 100% sure the breakthrough that is the Communications satellite wasn't invented by NASA
quote: and transistors were invented directly under a NASA contract
quote: Satellites ARE the space program (or did you think we used a big rubberband to get them up there)? :)
quote: You are talking about products as if they were INVENTED by NASA
quote: All I'm saying is clarify your point...NASA/The Space Program is NOT the reason these products were invented
quote: The Comm Sat was invented by Arthur C. Clarke
quote: As for Teflon that you again bend words in saying it was invented for the space program. It was first discovered in 1938 by Dr. Roy Plunkett at the DuPont research laboratories (Jackson Laboratory in New Jersey). Its scientific name, PTFE or polytetrafluoroethylene, it wasn't until 1945 that it was first marketed under the Dupont trademark of Teflon
quote: No, the Comm Sat was CONCEIVED by Dr. Clarke...just as the helicopter was conceived by Leonardo Da Vinci. I don't think we can credit either one of them (no matter how brilliant their concepts were) with the creation of the actual product.
quote: It was the contracts for NASA that produced them, just as any major corporation that hires an R&D team for a project is responsible for the development of that discovery...
quote: Btw you are dead wrong on the transistors too


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Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (04) Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8
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This module covers new storage concepts for Windows Phone 8. The concepts covered in this module include accessing the Installation folder or the Local folder using the Windows Phone Runtime Windows.Storage APIs. Additionally, Andy and Rob focus on background file transfers, Special Folders (Shared/Media, Shared/ShellContent, Shared/Transfers), and exploring the local folder with ISET Using Removable SD cards.
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I have a question regarding the usage of WinRT functions for file access. You show us at 13:53 a method to load aynchronous a string from a file. If I try to use this code, Visual Studio says that the return type of this method must be void, Task or Task<T>. This would mean that I cannot get that easily information out of async marked methods.
And another question: For me it seems easier to use the above mentioned method to access files with WinRT. Is there any good reason to use the other version using ms-appdata:// or ms-appx:// instead? It seems more uncomfortable and insecure, if there is no included check for file existance.
Great videos! Thank you.
@rudelm: Check out the sample code at http://aka.ms/eyoq3p - that includes that particular demo.
Hi Andy,
as per reports emerging, there is a folder named "OTHER" in the windows 8 phone which takes up a huge amount of data in terms of GB's and cannot be cleared nor opened nor deleted.
all apps, games, photos etc when stored or installed leads to exponential increase in this folder and on deletion not much change to the previous values.
kindly look into the matter
There is a file / folder named "Other" in WP8 that takes up a lot of storage space(mine is currently at 2.9 while the OS is 2.2. Could you look into that please?
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