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TIVERTON — With the approach of the town's annual cleanup, the Tiverton Litter Committee announces its new 'Let's Talk Trash' website — http://letstalktrash.moonfruit.com/
A link to the Litter Committee website can be also be found on the new Tiverton town website http://www.tiverton.ri.gov/.
The Tiverton Litter Committee has existed since the 1990s to help support and advocate for a clean Tiverton. It is a subcommittee of the Tiverton Conservation Commission.
The website was created by Tiverton High School sophomore, Maya Umehara, who continues to maintain it. Maya is a member of the Tiverton Litter Committee and also participates in the Adopt an Area program. She plans to apply these volunteer hours toward her community service requirement for high school graduation.
The website is meant to be helpful to anyone who is interested in the mission of keeping a clean Tiverton through activities like adopting a spot or helping at a community Litter Committee event. One such event is Tiverton's annual Cleanup Week which is spearheaded by the Tiverton Garden Club. It will be held this year from May 3-10, with a kickoff event on May 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Grinnell's Beach. Look for more details about the event on the Tiverton Litter Committee website.
The website also includes information including the minutes of meetings, tips for picking up litter and contact information for the committee. A new section, "Legends of Litter" was recently added to the website and highlights people who have made great strides in keeping Tiverton clean.
The first person to be interviewed is Patricia Sullivan who retired from the Litter Committee last year after being involved with the Litter Committee since its inception. While retired from the committee, she remains active in promoting a clean Tiverton.
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Primark's and Marks & Spencer's announcements of their financial results on the same day neatly provides us with two tales of the high street. In one, the cheap thrills of Primark robustly stride ahead as the face of fast fashion – sales were up 22% in figures from 14 September. In the other, Marks & Spencer – the old, reliable provider of undies and sold-out pink coats – is floundering once again. Pre-tax profits dropped 8.9% over the past six months.
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Understand the counter-intuitive seasonal variations of upper atmospheric temperature and wind, and the associated long-term temperature changes over Fort Collins, CO (41N, 105W).
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Understand the counter-intuitive seasonal variations of upper atmospheric temperature and wind, and the associated long-term temperature changes over Fort Collins, CO (41N, 105W)
You undoubtedly know that the weather system (or wind) in the troposphere where we live always moves from West to East, and that winter is always colder than summer. Then, you may be surprised if I tell you that in the mesopause region (80 – 100 km), the summer is colder than winter, and the wind blows towards East in summer and switches from Eastward to Westward at ~ 95 km in winter. Two questions could immediately arise: Are these counter-intuitive upper atmospheric behaviors true (experimentally verifiable)? Can we understand them?
In this talk, I hope to achieve four objectives: (1) to explain these bizarre behaviors from simple (freshman) physics, (2) to verify these behaviors by the unique lidar observations (using laser induced fluorescence from naturally occurring atmospheric Na atoms) over Fort Collins, CO, (3) to compare the observed results with the leading atmospheric models, thereby demonstrating the difficulties the modelers face, and (4) based on 17 years regular observations of nocturnal mesopause region temperature, we deduce and attempt to understand the long-term temperature changes (global warming in the troposphere and global cooling in the upper atmosphere).
- Four years full-diurnal-cycle TUV observations
- Seventeen years nocturnal temperatures
Observing atmospheric layers with active probes
Radar Gap:
25 – 60 km
Laser induced fluorescence to measure temperature & windT (2-freq) or T-W (3-freq) measurement
1nm = 35 cm-1; 1 cm-1 = 30 GHz
1MHz = 0.6m/s; 2MHz ~ 0.3K
2-f and 3-f methods
R2-f = Ic / Ia
RT = (I+ + I- ) / 2Ia; RW = (I+ - I- ) / Ia
Altitude (km)
Climatology – Two-level Mesopause
Eight-year Fort Collins climatology of 3.7 km and
1 month smoothed nocturnal temperature (left) and
Na density (right) – She et al. GRL 2000
Can we understand this zonal wind structure simply? Yes and may be!
How do we understand wind and its structure
┴ to press.
Motion viewed from turntable in dt,
as if acc. by due to a pseudo
(Coriolis) force ┴ v to the right: right (left) turn in NH (SH)
Why wind blow along isobars?
Coriolis "force" make flow right
turn on NH, and left turn on SH
At rest
Rotate c.c.w
North pole out ; South pole in
Solar heating and general circulation
Forcing: Coriolis "force" and absorption by ground and O3 layer produces zonal winds in troposphere, stratosphere and lower mesosphere:
Midlatitude Westly in troposphere: Equator warmer than Poles (summer and winter) → wind towards East
Midlatitude Westly in winter stratosphere: Equator warmer than Poles; Ozone → wind towards East
Midlatitude Eastly in summer stratosphere: Equator cooler than Poles → wind towards West
Big question: Why zonal wind change direction in the MLT, while there is no major heating source in that region?
Gravity wave (GW or buoyancy wave) propagation: filtering and breaking
Body force:
Winter, West
Body force:
Summer, East
If moving in the same
direction, and 0<cW < u,
propagation forbidden
Adapted from Fig. 3 of Lindzen, JGR (1981).
East in, West out; Red BF, Green CF
No wave can propagate (in medium at rest) outside the shock cone. Wave cannot propagate to the right because
0 < Vw < Vs or 0<cw<us.
What if the medium moves with a speed
u = us? The source will look stationary on,
earth frame, like in this real example
Earth frame
In the frame of wind, u > 0, the situation may be
depicted as:
Moving with u
NASA satellite image. Amsterdam Island in
the Indian Ocean. December 19, 2005.
Gravity Waves also called buoyancy waves, are waves in the atmosphere propagating against a stratified background state. The restoring force for gravity wave oscillations is the buoyancy force resulting from the displacements of these air parcels from equilibrium.
Gravity wave generation
by discontinuities:
Topography (above example)
Wind shear
Gravity wave observed with Yucca Ridge all sky imager 5/11/2004. Yue et al.
NEXRAD echo top height chart, at 0305 UT
Full-diurnal-cycle data set
used in this study (10 sets
each month on the average)
The observed results are in qualitative agreement with our current understanding of
the mesopause region thermal and dynamical structure, with two-level mesopause
and sharp winter-summer transition, zonal wind switching directions in both summer
and winter, as well as "residual" meridional flow from summer pole to winter pole.
The tuning of gravity wave spectra giving rise to different wind filtering could lead
to a difference between the different simulations in WACCM3 as large as that between
different models. The difference between observation and one model is smaller
than those between different models suggests the value of this type of observation.
Temperature Trend: Observed cooling trends from different locations
in the mesopause region ranging from 0 to ~10 K/decade. After two
decades, the observed trend remains inconclusive.
Long-term variation of nocturnal temperatures
Time series at the two-level mesopause (86 km; 99 km)
What variations contain in our data?
Annual and semiannual variations, z-dependent
Long-term variations: Trend, SC, and episodic response?
Pinatubo Response: P(t) = 2/{exp(t0-t)/t1 + exp(t - t0)/t2} with
the response amplitude g(z). [She et. al., 1998]
Solar response: d(z), in K/SFU [0.05 K/SFU ~ 8 K/SC (11 Y)]
with Q(t) being the 81-day smoothed F10.7 solar flux
Linear temperature trend, b(z), in K/years
Three different analyses with the same data set (1990-2007):
7 P, 11P, and 7PR: Pinatubo response ignored, included and removed.
The solar cycle response in K/SFU (a), and temperature trends in K/decade (b), between 85 and 105km for data sets in different periods: 1990–2001 (open black circles), 1990–2007 (red open/solid squares), 1997–2007 (open blue diamonds), and 1998–2007 (solid blue diamonds).
Same nocturnal mean temperature data (1990 – 1997) used. Comparison between the analyses with "Pinatubo effect" removed (Red) and ignored (Black).
The temperature trend using lidar data (1990 – 2007) and ignore the volcanic response yields cooling trend of as much as 6.8 K/decade.
With a Pinatubo term included, the observed negative linear trend between 85 and 100 km peaks at 91 km with a value of ~1.5 K/decade, and it turns positive at ~ 102 km.
We observed an insignificant cooling trend of 0.28 K/decade at 87 km.
This trend result compares favorably with the SMLTM and HAMMONIA model predictions.
Lidar Trend compares
with model predictions
F-11P and F-7PR in agreement
with different error bars
Response to Mt. Pinatubo Eruption:
mesopause vs. global-mean surface temperatures
Can we believe
the Pinatubo
response that
delayed 1.5 Y and lingered
7 years?
A recent analysis of long-term climate variability of global-mean surfacetemperatures by Thompson et al. (J. Climatr, 2009), revealed an episodic cooling after Mt. Pinatubo eruption also with ~1.5 year delayed peak response, which is deduced to have a recovery time of ~7 years (blure dots, *-50)
Krueger and She (2009): Seasonal variation of T, trend, solar:
Based on1990-2007 "Pinatubo removed" nocturnal temperatures
First 80 hours of continuous observation; She et al. (GRL, 2003)
Comparison between means with night- and day-only data, all 80 hours, and harmonic fit reveal the aliasing in the determination of mean-state from data less than 24-hour long and with data gap.


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Israeli Escalation Imperils Gaza Truce Talks
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Tomorrow's Cairo ceasefire talks may well be the best chance at peace the Gaza Strip has seen since Israel began its attacks 12 days ago. But as this afternoon's brief humanitarian lull gave way to not just renewed, but escalated attacks, the prospects of those talks look weakened.
As Israel ratcheted up their attacks in southern Gaza, they forced thousands of additional Gaza civilians from their homes. And as shells continue to rain down on the tiny enclave, the toll continues to soar. Over 700 have now been killed in the attacks, and at least 220 of those are children. Israel's attempts to defend their actions in the killing of 46 civilians in an attack on a school yesterday fell flat when they finally admitted their official story had no basis.
So where does the truce stand? Hamas seems hopeful. But the quick return to killings has certainly put a damper on things, as has the apparent split in the Israeli government over an exit strategy. Meanwhile many Israelis continue to cheer on the war, and feel the prospect of ending the military's killings in the Gaza Strip poses, as so many things seem to, an existential threat to Israel itself.
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Speakers announced for Slow Food national event
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"Ms Jonas has been behind a national campaign to support small-scale farmers especially around regulations that disadvantage small-scale meat production," Ms Bogenhuber said. "Regulations are disadvantaging the small growers, we hear it all the time. The work that AFSA is doing is so important. I hope that some of our local small-scale producers get to meet Ms Jonas and build that network so they feel more supported."
Terra Madre will start at Jaycee Park with a market in partnership with Sunraysia Farmers Market, and move to the Lawn Tennis Club from 1 pm for the speakers panel. Attendance at the market is free with a suggested $10 donation to attend the speakers panel.
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Takuma Sato comes to Sao Paulo as one of Indy's favorite pilots after winning at the Long Beach street circuit.
Japan's Takuma Sato took his first victory in the IndyCar Series at Long Beach in California, and will now be in the fight for the first position in the Sao Paulo Indy 300, which will be held this weekend.
Last year, the new pilot for A.J Foyt Racing this year ended third on the streets of Sao Paulo. "That was one of the most fantastic days (I had) in my career", the competitor said about his podium last year.
Those who watched the 2012 Sao Paulo race on the street circuit will certainly remember that the 36 years old race driver ended up in at the finish line in third place after being in the 26th position and making the race a historical one for himself.
He now comes to Brazil as one of IndyCar's favorite pilots.
But we never know what might happen in Sao Paulo, which has been the scenario for incredible and unpredictable races. Will Helio Castroneves keep his leadership by winning the race?
Castroneves' team colleague, Will Power, has won the Sao Paulo Indy 300 race three times but this year the Brazilian is off to a good start with the early points lead. While it is the home race for Castroneves, Sato could be the 2013 winner on the Sao Paulo street circuit
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Manny Malhotra out for Game 1
|06.01.11 at 8:01 pm ET
VANCOUVER — Canucks forward Manny Malhotra did not take the ice for warmups and is officially out for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. Malhotra, who has not played since getting hit in the eye with a puck against the Avalanche on March 16, did not practice on Tuesday with the team due to an eye appointment. He had skated in previous days after being cleared for contact on Saturday.
The third-line center had 11 goals and 19 assists for 30 points in the regular season.
Bruins-Canucks live blog: Scoreless in third
|06.01.11 at 7:21 pm ET
VANCOUVER — Join DJ Bean and others live from Vancouver for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Bruins are in the finals since the first time since 1990, when they were defeated by the Oilers in five games.
Stage is set for Stanley Cup finals
|06.01.11 at 6:50 pm ET
VANCOUVER — We're just a little over an hour away from Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals between the Bruins and Canucks here at Rogers Arena, and the building is all ready. Each of the 18,860 seats has been draped with a white Canucks towel. Here are a few pictures and further proof that there is something worse than my writing.
With environmental hero in the stands and Stanley Cup at stake, Vancouver best of both worlds for Andrew Ference
|06.01.11 at 5:09 pm ET
VANCOUVER — When players are on the ice, they have to focus on nothing but what's on the ice. Yet for Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference, he'll have a pretty big name in the stands Wednesday watching him in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals.
"My best friend lives in Vancouver. My parents will be at the games. Dr. Suzuki is coming tonight with my parents," Ference said when listing who will be at the game. "My sister is flying out, it's close for them, and we have people coming down to Boston as well. I think it's a lot more fun to cheer for the Bruins down there than it is here."
That Dr. Suzuki he mentioned is Dr. David Suzuki, who is a well-known Canadian environmentalist and hails from Vancouver. Years ago in an interview, Ference said that if he could meet one person, it would be Suzuki. Since then, the two have teamed to create the NHL's carbon-neutral program and have remained friends.
So it must be pretty cool for Ference, known just as well for his environmental interests as he is for a certain on-ice gesture this postseason, to have Suzuki sitting with his parents as he tries to win the Stanley Cup.
"He's been to a couple [of my games], and he's excited. He loves hockey," Ference said Wednesday. "But I told him not to cheer for us, because he would probably get notched down a couple places in Canadien folklore. I said it's alright if he cheers for the Canucks, but he might be a neutral party tonight."
While playing in Vancouver is neat for someone from western Canada, the 32-year-old just considers himself lucky to be playing for the Cup at all. The last time he played in the finals was in 2004, when his Flames fell to the Lightning in seven games.
"I feel really fortunate. It's my second going to the finals, and both times with the Canadian content. It's a special thing, and for a Canadian team to be matched up with an Original 6, that's a really cool opportunity as a player," he said. "For two great cities with good hockey history to be involved is awesome. The finals is special no matter what, but there's a couple of little extra sprinkles on top with this matchup."
Stanley Cup finals predictions
|06.01.11 at 5:03 pm ET
It's no secret that the Bruins enter the Stanley Cup finals as slight underdogs. Predictions from members of both local and national media back that up. WEEI's John Dennis and Gerry Callahan, three of five ESPN Boston staff members, and three of six Boston Globe staff members are picking Vancouver to take home the cup. Staff at ESPN, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Yahoo also selected the Canucks to go the distance. To the surprise of no one, only one of 13 Vancouver Sun employees has Boston winning. And now even machines are picking Boston to come up short.
Here is a full list of Stanley Cup finals predictions:
Boston media:
WEEI's Dennis & Callahan Show: Callahan (5) and Dennis (6) went with the Canucks.
Boston Globe staff: Kevin Paul Dupont (6), Chris Gasper (6) and Fluto Shinzawa (7) picked the Bruins, while Jim Hoban (5), Dan Shaughnessy (5) and Bob Ryan (7) went with the Canucks.
What they're saying: "Spike in babies named Zdeno [Chara] in Children's hospital next March." — Fluto Shinzawa
ESPN Boston staff: James Murphy (6) and Joe McDonald (7) picked the Bruins, while Andrew Brooks (5), Brendan Hall (6) and Adam Jones (5) went with the Canucks.
What they're saying: "This is probably one of the best possible matchups hockey fans could have asked for in the Stanley Cup finals. Both the Bruins and Canucks bring a little bit of everything: grit, physicality, speed, size, skill, defense and of course goaltending. That's why I see this series going at least six games, but I believe the Bruins will prevent the series from going back to Vancouver and hoist their first Stanley Cup since 1972 on TD Garden ice." — James Murphy
Vancouver media:
Vancouver Sun staff (1/12): Yvonne Zacharias (7) picked the Bruins, while Mike Beamish (4), Matthew Black (5), Scott Brown (5), Cam Cole (6), Bruce Constantineau (6), Iain MacIntyre (5), Harrison Mooney (6), Elliott Pap (7), Daniel Wagner (6), Bev Wake (6), Ian Walker (5) and Brad Ziemer (5).
What they're saying: "The Canucks needed seven games to de-claw Blackhawks, put the treads to Preds in six, harpooned the Sharks in five. We see a trend developing. Boston might a have chance if the B's were still playing on the small ice pad of Boston Garden. Unfortunately, they blew up the Gah-den real good some time ago. [Roberto] Luongo, [Ryan] Kesler, [Henrik and Daniel] Sedin, Conn Smythe Trophy winner [Kevin] Bieksa and the potential emotional return of [Manny] Malhotra will turn the Beantowners into bean paste. Broom time, Boston. Canucks in four." –Mike Beamish
Canadian National media:
The Canadian Press: Chris Johnston (7) picked the Bruins, while Bill Beacon (6) went with the Canucks.
What they're saying: "Goaltending is a saw-off between two veterans who can be either airtight or leaky from one game to the next. Both have good, gritty third and fourth lines. But the Canucks also have home ice advantage. Boston is better than some give them credit for, but not enough to stop Vancouver from becoming the first Canadian team to win since 1993." — Bill Beacon
American National media:
ESPN staff: Scott Burnside (6) and Steve Levy (6) picked the Bruins, while John Buccigross (7), Linda Cohn (6), Pierre LeBrun (7), and Barry Melrose (6) went with the Canucks.
The Hockey News: THN went with the Canucks in six games.
What they're saying: "When we were forecasting our Cup winner while doing our annual THN Yearbook last summer, we chose the Canucks, then changed our minds to the Bruins the next day, then went back to the Canucks the day after that. Indecisive? Yes. Geniuses? Yes again. Vancouver in six." — THN staff
Sports Illustrated: Darren Eliot went with the Canucks in six games.
What they're saying: "Outside of Kesler, Bieksa has been the next most vital player for Vancouver. He is a physical blueline presence who has come up with his best when his team has needed it most. Bieksa is a gamer and I say that with the utmost admiration. His big goals, big hits and leadership air that have stood out thus far all have to be in place against the Bruins. If Bieksa continues with his fine postseason, the Canucks have a better than even chance of winning the first Stanley Cup in franchise history." — Darren Eliot
USA Today: Kevin Allen went with the Canucks in seven games.
What they're saying: "Unless the Bruins can magically transform their power play into a scoring machine, it will be the Canucks in six games." — Kevin Allen
Yahoo sports: Ross McKeon (6) picked the Bruins, while Nicholas J. Cotsonika (6), Puck Daddy (6), Sam McCaig (5), Matt Romig (6) and Greg Wyshynski (6) went with the Canucks.
What they're saying: "The Bruins will play them tight, but the Canucks' depth, special teams and, let's face it, hockey voodoo will prevail – sending the Bruins to their sixth loss in the Finals since the 1972 Cup; winning the first Cup in Vancouver's franchise history; and the first for Canada since 1993." — Greg Wyshynski
Marc Crawford (Via The Province): The former Vancouver coach picked the Canucks.
Brian Leetch (via SI): The longtime Rangers captain picked the Canucks in six games.
Anonymous Scouts (Via The Province): One scout picked the Bruins in seven games while the other two picked the Canucks, both in seven games.
Claude Julien says Bruins' 'homework is done' for Stanley Cup finals
|06.01.11 at 4:34 pm ET
VANCOUVER — Speaking at the team's hotel Wednesday, Bruins coach Claude Julien said his team has done all the preparation necessary for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals vs. the Canucks.
The Bruins blanked the Lightning, 1-0, in a Game 7 victory last Friday that figures to be memorable for the team's nearly flawless and disciplined execution. Julien hopes the B's can play the same way against Vancouver.
"We talked about it after we won that game. Those are the types of games you have to play in order to win the Stanley Cup," Julien said. "We've obviously proven that we can. Now it's up to us and do it on a game after game basis. We understand the challenge. We understand what's at stake. We understand who we're playing.
"Basically our homework is done. Right now, it's up to us to go out there and show that we can and believe that we can."
Video game simulator picks Canucks
|06.01.11 at 2:21 pm ET
Later Wednesday afternoon, a list of Stanley Cup finals predictions from members of the media in Boston, Vancouver and the rest of the United States and Canada will be posted. However, the most telling pick may come from a machine.
The EA Sports NHL '11 simulation engine has correctly predicted 13 of the 14 series this postseason. However, those picks were not the engine's first. It did not pick just a Vancouver-Boston Stanley Cup finals matchup in April. In fact, it picked it before either of these teams even touched the ice for the 2010-11 campaign. This matchup was predicted all the way back in October.
In that simulation, the Canucks took the cup in seven games. Now, EA Sports has predicted results for each game in the series. The Bruins will win Game 3, Game 4 and Game 6 in overtime to send the series back to Vancouver for the decisive finale. Unfortunately for B's fans, the Canucks are predicted to take Game 7 in 3-1 fashion.
Here is the full Stanley Cup finals prediction:
Game 1: Canucks 2, Bruins 1 (OT)
Game 2: Canucks 4, Bruins 2
Game 3: Bruins 1, Canucks 0
Game 4: Bruins 3, Canucks 2
Game 5: Canucks 4, Bruins 2
Game 6: Bruins 3, Canucks 2 (OT)
Game 7: Canucks 3, Bruins 1
If the simulator continues to see such dramatic success, maybe EA Sports will decide to switch from the video game industry to the gambling industry.


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