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Published on August 07, 2014
Battle Creek, Mich. – Bronson Battle Creek recently introduced Interstim Therapy, an innovative new approach to help patients who struggle with bladder and bowel control. The procedure called sacral neuromodulation is minimally invasive and doctors at Bronson Center for Colon and Rectal Diseases are finding it to be highly effective in treating fecal incontinence. According to a National Institutes of Health-funded study, more than 18 million Americans suffer from bowel incontinence problems, and as a result they often struggle with everyday activities, such as traveling or spending time with friends and family. Fecal incontinence is more common in adults, predominately women, and it is not a normal part of aging. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including damage to the nerves or muscles in the rectum from trauma such as childbirth, or other pelvic health disorders.
Cheryl Rogers was one of those people who thought her age was the reason for her fecal incontinence. When she began experiencing unbearable pain, she learned of the new procedure at Bronson Battle Creek. Rogers says, "I was just elated. I can't believe how modern medicine has expanded." To make sure her body would respond to the treatment, Cheryl had the opportunity to wear a monitor during a trial evaluation period. With no side effects from the monitor, she was able to have surgery two weeks later. Read her whole story here.
The implantable InterStim system uses mild electrical stimulation of the sacral nerves to influence the behavior of the pelvic floor muscles and bowel. As a result, the therapy significantly reduces fecal incontinent episodes for many patients. InterStim Therapy is the only bowel control treatment option that allows patients and physicians to determine probable success of the therapy through a test stimulation procedure prior to committing to long-term therapy.
"Bowel control problems can significantly impair a patient's quality of life, and many patients are too embarrassed or uncomfortable to talk about the problem with their physician," said Mahesh Karamchandani, M.D., of Bronson Center for Colon and Rectal Diseases, one of the first to offer the new therapy in this area. "Until now, there have been limited treatment options for people with fecal incontinence who don't respond to conservative therapies. InterStim Therapy for Bowel Control gives these individuals hope for living a more normal life."
For more information, call Bronson Colon & Rectal Diseases – Battle Creek at (269) 441-1771.
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US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Conducts Ship-Based UAS Mission
~UAS Vision, May 20, 2013
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducted its first ship-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mission with AeroVironment's Puma UAS. <more>
Frelinghuysen Brings "Hurricane Hunter" to Nutley
~Belleville-Nutley Patch, April 29 2013
We're about one month before the start of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season.To let students know what's in store, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is bringing a verteral NOAA "Hurricane Hunter" to visit four schools in his Congressional District on Tuesday, April 30. <more>
In Effort to Drum Up Excitement for Math and Science, Wayne Kids Get a Visit From a Hurricane Hunter
~NorthJersey.com, April 30, 2013
Atmospheric pressure and warm air trigger hurricanes, but its science and mathematics that's needed to fuel a young person's mind in choosing a career path with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). <more>
Frelinghuysen Brings Hurricane Hunter to Verona School
~Verona-CedarGrove Patch, April 29, 2013
Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11th District) will have some expert company when he visits sevral local schools, including Forest Avenue School in Verona to talk to students about hurricane season. <more>
Air Extensions: Gulfstream IV - A Very Different Airborne Weather Station
~Meteorological Technology International, April 2013
Forecasters and researchers with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) depend on a variety of tools and platforms to gather real-time weather observations. <more>
NOAA Storm Chasers
~APRN-Anchorage (You Tube), March 1, 2013
Get a glimpse inside a NOAA storm chasing plane as they study weather patterns in the North Pacific. <more>
NOAA Crew Tracking North Pacific Storms
~Alaska Public Media, March 1, 2013
This month has been a busy one for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) winter storms reconnaissance project.<more>
NOAA Seeks More Life for Hurricane Hunters
~Aviation Week, February 19, 2013
Three P-3 Orion four-engine turboprops owned and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for hurricane hunting and atmospheric research are in need of a structural makeover. <more>
Coast Guard Academy teams up with NOAA
~The Day, January 17, 2013
New London - In the hallways of the Coast Guard Academy barrqacks Thursday, future leaders of the Coast Guard and NOAA yelled "teamwork" every time they did a push-up. <more>
Flying Through Severe Weather is Hurricane Hunter's Job
~6 NBC Miami, June 30, 2012
Not everyone gets to fly through some of the biggest storms threatening the Atlantic and Gulf coasts aboard Miss Piggy and Kermit. Then again, few people have Lieutenant Commander Cathy Martin's job: hurricane hunter. <more>
Researching Up a Storm
~University of South Florida News, June 4, 2012
USF is hosting a group of student hurricane researchers and will hold a Hurricane Research Symposium July 26 on the USF Tampa campus. <more>
NOAA Commanders Go Low and Slow to Measure Snow
~Flight Levels Update Online, Spring 2012 (for Owners and Operators of Twin Commander Aircraft)
It's late February, a bit northwest of Caribou, Maine, and a lone Commander 1000 JetProp, wearing the livery of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lopes along at 110 knots just 500 feet above the trees. <more>
"Hurricane Hunter" Dazzled Children in Costa Rica
~InsideCostaRica.com, March 16, 2012
As the hurricane season approaches, the Hurricane Hunter by the U.S. Air Force was in Costa Rica for almost 24-hours between Wednesday and Thursday, for education purposes, dazzling school children. <more>
UAVs: The New frontier for Weather Research and Prediction
~Weatherwise Magazine, March-April 2012
In mid-September 2005, just weeks after Hurricane Katrina wreaked destruction on New Orleans, Louisiana and other swaths of the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ophelia tracked erratically off the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States, ultimately driving toward the Outer Banks of North Carolina. <more>
Winter Storm Reconnaissance Program Conducts Research in Alaska Skies; NOAA looks for the next big storm
~KTVA-TV (CBS Anchorage)
The sun rose hazy over the Chugach Mountains Wednesday. Sitting on the tarmac at Ted Stevens International Airport, a G-IV Gulfstream, emblazoned with the U.S. Department of Commerce logo, idled in front of the Great Circle Flight Services hanger, heatwaves from its jet engines shimmers over the runway in the chilly morning air. <more>
Budget Ax may Fall on Hurricane Hunter Planes
~The Miami Herald, September 2, 2011
Hurricane Irene has put the spotlight on spending for forecasting, with budget cutters looking at Hurricane Hunter planes. With the cleanup from Hurricane Irene ongoing, and Hurricane Katia looming in the Atlantic Ocean, some lawmakers and top federal scientists are making the case for maintaining healthy research budgets that sharpen the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. <more>
Budget Ax may Fall on Hurricane Hunter Planes
~St. Petersburg Times, September 2, 2011
Washington - With the cleanup from Hurricane Irene ongoing, Tropical Storm Katia looming in the Atlantic Ocean and a tropical depression threatening the upper Gulf coast, some law3makers and top federal scientists are making the case for maintaining healthy research budgets that sharpen the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. <more>
NOAA Vigilance Could Limit Hurricane Research Flights
~NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, August 31, 2011
Video <more>
Hurricane Hunters Greet Irene in North Carolina
~My Fox Tampa Bay, August 29, 2011
As Hurricane Irene made landfall Saturday morning near Morehead City, North Carolina, there shouldn't have been many people left on the barrier islands to greet her. But that doesn't mean the storm came ashore alone. <more>
Chasing Hurricane Irene on a Wing and a Badge
~Huff Post IMPACT, August 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene has dominated the news on the US East coast for the past week, and I was among those trapped (though not harmed) by her passing in New York City. <more>
Tweeting From Inside Hurricane Irene
~My Fox Tampa Bay, August 29, 2011
TAMPA - Technology is continuing to transform the way that meteorologists predict hurricanes like Irene. Now, even Twitter is getting in on the action. <more>
Protect the Hurricane Hunters
~Herald Tribune, Sarasota FL, August 29, 2011
Hurricane Hunters are: A) Valuable public servants who fly aircraft on hazardous missions to collect information that enables weather forecasters to help Americans protect themselves and their property. <more>
NOAA Ship Pays a Visit During Irene
~My Fox Tampa Bay, August 29, 2011
NOAA team from Tampa ends long week of flights. As Hurricane Irene made landfall Saturday morning near Morehead City, North Carolina, there shouldn't have been many people left on the barrier islands to greet her. <more>
Hurricane Hunters Greet Irene in North Carolina: NOAA team from Tampa Ends Long Week of Flights
~MyFoxTampaBay.com, August 27, 2011
TAMPA - Technology is continuing to transform the way that meteorologists predict hurricanes like Irene. Now, even Twitter is getting in on the action. <more>
Flying Into the Teeth of Irene
~CBS News.com, August 26, 2011
A hurricane hunter flies into Irene everyday in order to get a picture of what the storm looks like and make more accurate predictions of her direction and intensity. CBS's Bigad Shaban went along for the bumpy ride. <video>
Inside Irene: What Hurricane Hunters are Finding
~ourAmazingplanet.com, August 26, 2011
Hurricane hunting aircraft have been flying Hurricane Irene for nearly a week, keeping close watch on the massive Category 2 storm that is barreling toward the U.S. coast, much of the Eastern Seaboard in its cross hairs. <more>
Hurricane Hunters Taking Off from MacDill AFB
~13 News, August 26, 2011
Tampa - Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base has been a launching pad for hurricane hunter planes heading to gather critical details about Hurricane Irene. <more>
A Hurricane Hunter's View of Irene
~90.9 WBUR Here & Now, August 26, 2011
Hurricane Irene focused her aim on the Eastern Seaboard Friday, threatening 65 million people from North Carolina to New England. <more>
Hurricane Hunters Fly into Uncertainty
~Tampa Bay Online.com, August 25, 2011
Tampa - When an ominous looking tropical wave morphed in a matter of hours into Tropical Storm Irene over the weekend, a team of pilots, scientists and technicians based at MacDill Air force Base readied for action. <more>
Funding for Hurricane Hunters Threatened
~Herald-Tribune, Associated Press, August 25, 2011
As early as Tuesday of this week, people in North Carolina knew chances were pretty high that they would face an intense hurricane this weekend, while Floridians could breathe easy. <more>
Hurricane Hunters Keep Close Eye on Irene
~Live Science, August 23, 2011
As Hurricane Irene has grown from nascent storm to full-blown hurricane - the first of the 2011 Atlantic season - the strengthening system has had plenty of human company in its swirling clouds. <more>
Bumpy ride: Flying into Hurricane IreneHunters Threatened
~Herald-Tribune, Associated Press, August 25, 2011
As early as Tuesday of this week, people in North Carolina knew chances were pretty high that they would face an intense hurricane this weekend, while Floridians could breathe easy. <more>
Meteorologist, Brent Watts shows us How Hurricane Hunters Keep Us Ready
~WDBJ7.com August 10, 2011
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Cuts Could Limit Hurricane Research Flights
~Miami Herald, July 27, 2011
Hurricane forecasters have steadily sharpened their accuracy over the last decade - thanks in no small part to research work done aboard three specialized planes based in Tampa. But the latest round of proposed federal spending cuts could clip the research wing of the famed "Hurricane Hunter" squadron. <more>
Congress Committee Wants to Cut 40% from Hurricane Research Planes
~Palm Beach Post, July 27, 2011
In 1999, as Hurricane Floyd threatened the U.S. east coast, sparking what was then the largest peacetime evacuation in American history, forecasters predicted it would get close to Florida, then turn. They based their confidence on readings gathered from flying their Gulfstream-IV jet "Gonzo" over the weather system they believed would steer Floyd away. They turned out to be right. Now the U.S. House Appropriations committee - as part of a struggle to make government leaner - has sliced about 40 percent out of the Tampa-based operation that often flies the sleek jet, along with three P3 Orion Planes. <more>
Trying to Reduce Ship-Whale Collisions in Santa Barbara Channel
~Los Angeles Times/Local, July 27, 2011
Reporting from the Channel Islands - Natalie Senyk and Ben Waltenberger peered out the bubble-shaped windows of the small research plane flying 1,000 feet over the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and scanned the ocean surface for signs of life. <more>
Aerial Survey of Santa Barbara Channel Underway as Researchers Investigate Whale Strikes by Cargo Ships
~KCLU, July 19, 2011
Researchers are tracking the movements of blue whales in the Santa Barbara Channel to try to come up with strategies to keep them from being hit by passing cargo ships. KCLU's Lance Orozco takes us along on an aerial survey flight over the Channel with the NOAA research team. <more>
Central Oregon Coast Holds a Day to Learn About NOAA
BeachConnection.net, June 3, 2011
As the central Oregon coast continues to get a bit giddy over the arrival of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new facility there, its neighbor and sort of brother in science there is holding a special event on June 11 call NOAA Day. <more>
NOAA Hurricane Outlook Indicates an Above-Normal Atlantic Season
NOAA News Release, May 19,2011
The Atlantic basin is expected to see an above-normal hurricane season this year, according to the seasonal outlook issued by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center - A division of the National Weather Service <more>
Begich Praises NOAA Sacrifices for Nation
The Cordova Times, May 15, 2011
Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska last night saluted the sacrifices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Commissioned Officer Corps and their families as comparable to those of many military families. <more>
NOAA Visits Cherry Point, Educates Local Community
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, May 13, 2011
Hurricane season begins June 1, which will bring the possibility of destructive and deadly storms to the East and Gulf coasts. <more>
Northrop Secretly Develops Spy Plane in San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 9, 2011
Northrop Grumman will today unveil a small new spy plane that it secretly developed in San Diego and the Mojave Desert to compete in the fast growing market for aircraft that can do everything from stalk terrorists to patrol borders to provide live video of natural disasters. <more>
Hurricane Hunter Stops at Cape Cod Base
Associated Press, May 9, 2011
An Orion P3, one of the many Hurricane Hunters in service for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stopped off at Otis Air Base on Cape Cod for tours this past week to raise hurricane awareness. <more>
Hurricane Hunter Plane Prepares for Season
Local 10.com, WPLG-Miami, May 8, 2011
Hurricane season is just one month away, and Hurricane trackers are already busy getting their gear ready. <more>
Hurricane Hunter Aircraft in South Florida on Awareness/Safety Tour
The Palm Beach Post, May 7, 2011
With hurricane season just weeks away, the 111-foot by 33-foot Lockheed four-engine plane was on display Friday for this year's Hurricane Awareness Tour. <more>
Hunting Hurricanes No Joy Ride
ENC Today.com, May 6, 2011
Flying into a hurricane is akin to riding on a roller coaster, according to the men and women who study the tropical cyclones up close each year. <more>
Tour a NOAA Hurricane Hunter Plane on Friday
Orlando Sentinel, May 6, 2011
If you'd like to see the inside of hurricane hunter aircraft, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's WP-3 Orion will be open for free public tours from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday at Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport. <more>
Inside Look at a Hurricane Hunter Plane
News Channel 5-WPTV.com, May 6, 2011
The National Hurricane Center showed off one of its biggest and most valuable tools Friday; a P-3D Orion "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft which is a vital part of hurricane forecasting. <more>
Chasing Storms with Hurricane Hunters
NBC Miami, May 6, 2011
The National Weather Service tested out the plane it uses to fly right into the eye of the storm and we were aboard. <video link>
Hurricane Hunter Plane Open for Tours
The Miami Herald, Staff, May 5, 2011
A hurricane hunter plane will be open for public tours in Fort Lauderdale on May 6. <more>
Hurricane Hunter Lands in Savannah
Savannah Morning News, May 5, 2011
When tropical weather kicks up and coastal communities evacuate inland, the crew of the NOAA plane nicknamed "Kermit" does just the opposite - steering its hurricane hunter aircraft right through the eyewall of the storm. <more>
Hurricane Hunters' Visit a Sign Storm Season Nears
WWAY News Channel 3-ABC, May 4, 2011
Eastern North Carolina welcomed a special guest through the air Wednesday as one of the National Hurricane Center's Hurricane Hunter aircraft flew in to Cherry Point. <more>
Storm Team 9 Tours Hurricane Hunter Aircraft
WINCT Staff, May 4, 2011
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.- We're less than a month away from the 20-11 hurricane season and it looks like it's going to be a busy one. <more>
Hurricane Hunter Comes to Town
WCTI (ABC) News Channel 12, May 4, 2011
Craven County - One of the most vital tools in tracking hurricanes makes a stop in Eastern North Carolina. <more>
Inside the "Hurricane Hunter" Plane
WWLP Cape Cod 22 News via You Tube, May 3, 2011
Video Only - Most pilots actually steer their planes outside of storms or around storms, but one plane actually gets steered into storms. That's because this plane is know as the "hurricane hunter.". <more>
Hurricane-Hunting Turboprop Touches Down for Tours on Cape
Cape Cod Times, May 3, 2011
Air Station Cape Cod - If the Eastern Seaboard has a guardian angel, it might well be the aircraft with a 100-foot wingspan and Doppler radar tail parked on the tarmac at Air Station Cape Cod on Monday. <more>
Inside the "Hurricane Hunter" Plane
22 News WWLP.com, May 3, 2011
Sandwich, Mass. (WWLP) - Most pilots actually steer their planes outside of storms or around storms, but one plane actually gets steered into storms. <more>
Hurricane Hunters Visit Pax River
The Baynet.com, May 3, 2011
Patuxent River Naval Station was the second stop of five this week for the East Coast Hurricane Hunter Tour. Students from area schools, public officials and the general public were able to tour one of the two P-3 Orion aircraft used to fly into the eyes of hurricanes to study, track and predict extreme weather events. <more>
Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Makes a Stop in NC, Offers Tours
WECT Wilmington 6 HD, May 3, 2011
"The 2010 hurricane season was one of the most active on record, yet no hurricanes made landfall in the U.S. That does not mean we will be as fortunate during the 2011 season," said Bill Read, director of NOAA's national Hurricane Center. "Be prepared for a hurricane now, before one threatens your area." <more>
A NOAA Aerial Photo Shows Damage Caused by Last Week's Tornado over Tuscaloosa
AlertNet, May 2, 2011
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) aerial photo, released to Reuters on May 1, 2011 and taken from a King Air 350CER aircraft at an altitude of 5,000 feet, shows damage caused by last week's tornado over Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Alabama was the worst-hit state in last week's storms, with 250 people killed. Another 101 people died in Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Virginia and Louisiana. About 1,700 people were injured in Alabama alone and others were missing after tornadoes crushed homes, flipped cars upside down and tore children from their parents' arms. The death toll from last week, which is still expected to rise, was the second-highest inflicted by tornadoes in U.S. history. <more>
"That's Professor Global Hawk"
Air & Space Magazine, May 1, 2011
A remote-piloted warrior starts flying for science. On an April morning last year beneath a bright desert sky, officials at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California unveiled their newest tool for studying the atmosphere: a Global Hawk...Originally developed to provide field commanders with high-resolution surveillance imagery and produced by Northrop Grumman, Global Hawks fly high and long. <more>
Disaster, Loss at Every Turn in Wake of Tornadoes
Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2011
The scope of devastation left by the second-deadliest tornado blast in U.S. history continued to emerge Saturday as stunned survivors combed the wreckage of homes churned into matchsticks and aid workers and volunteers struggled to get food, water and generators to thousands displaced across seven Southern states....The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration dispatched its infrared-sensing King Air 350CER surveillance plane to record the devastation between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. The weather agency posted images of a central Tuscaloosa neighborhood from before and after the tornadoes revealing shocking ruin in the once-serene corner of the university town of 83,000. The agency put the number of tornadoes to strike the South last week at 288 in a three-day period. <more>
NOAA Hurricane Team to Embark on East Coast Awareness Tour
NOAA, April 25, 2011
NOAA hurricane experts will visit five U.S. East Coast cities aboard a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft to raise awareness about storm threats and the danger of being caught without a personal hurricane plan. The five-day tour begins May 2nd. <more>
Terry Swails looks at flooding threat from Upper Mississippi
NOAA, March 2011
PART I. When it comes to gatherine and analyzing specialized data about floods in the Quad Cities region, the responsibility falls on the shoulders of the North Central River Forecast Center. <more>
PART II. <more>
Producer's Notes: Marine Sanctuary Patrol Flight
QUEST, KQED, June 17, 2010
Much of the ocean waters off the coast of California, from Bodega Head to Cambria, have been set aside as national marine sanctuaries. <more>
PODCAST: G-IV Jet Gives Storm Forecasts a Boost from Skies Above Pacific
NOAA.gov, February 22, 2011
In mid-January, NOAA dispatched one of its highly specialized aircraft to collect atmospheric data over the North Pacific Ocean to improve winter storm forecasts for the entire North American continent. <more>
Weather Talk: Survey Flights Help Forecast Future River Discharge Rates
Fargo Inforum, ND, February 16, 2011
Recently I was given the opportunity to fly with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on a survey flight to measure the water content of our snowpack. NOAA uses a modified Turbo Commander aircraft that is capable of measuring the naturally occurring gamma radiation that is emitted from the ground. <more>
Special Flight Helps Determine How Much Moisture is in the Snow
WDAY News 6 (ABC), Fargo, ND, February 7, 2011
It's the most important number that will determine the extent of our spring flood moisture content. Today, the first numbers from our region, from a special flight, in a special plane. WDAY-6 Stormtracker meteorologist Daryl Ritchison was the only person from our area on that flight today. <link>
NOAA's Weatherman in the Sky
Environmental News Network, January 14, 2011
Forecasting the weather can be a tricky business, especially in winter. When a winter storm approaches, forecasts can range widely across the board from light flurries to a blizzard. <more>
Maria Cantwell and the Storm-Tracker Jet
The Oregonian, January 14, 2011
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., put out a press release Thursday announcing that a "highly specialized research aircraft will be on patrol over the North Pacific Ocean to enhance winter storm forecasts for Washington." <more>
High-Tech NOAA Plane Dispatched to Improve Winter Storm Forecast Accuracy
The Examiner (Washington), January 14, 2011
This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that they have dispatched one of their most highly specialized aircrafts to collect data over the Northern Pacific Ocean to help improve winter storm forecast accuracy in the United States and Canada. <more>
Weather Jet Scopes out Storms Headed our Way
The Seattle Times, January 13, 2011
This weekend's weather forecast might be more accurate than usual, thanks to a high-tech jet dispatched over the northern Pacific Ocean by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). <more>
North American Winter Storm Forecasts to Get Boost from High-Tech NOAA Plane
NOAA News, January 13, 2011
NOAA dispatched one of its highly specialized aircraft to collect atmospheric data over the North Pacific Ocean to enhance forecasts of winter storms for the entire North American continent. <more>
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Research Plane to Spy on Northwest Winter Weather
Sunbreak, January 13, 2011
It's not every day that we get a news release datelined "Toppenish, WA" so you're going to hear about it." Very quickly in the story, though, we leave Toppenish for more exotic climes, as NOAA has tasked a high-altitude, twin-engine Gulfstream IV-SP jet to patrol the North Pacific Ocean this winter, and watch for winter storms developing there that will hit the continent (i.e., US) later on. <more>
Cantwell: U.S. Weather Plane Will Provide Washington with Earlier, More Accurate Winter Storm Warnings
Press Release of Senator Cantwell, January 13, 2011
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that a highly specialized research aircraft will be on patrol over the North Pacific Ocean to enhance winter storm forecasts for Washington. <more>
NOAA and Partners Assist Entangled Right Whale off East Coast of Florida
December 31, 2010
A team of state and federal biologists assisted a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale off the coast of Daytona, Fla., yesterday. The team successfully removed more than 150 feet of ropes wrapped around the whale's head and fins, and cut portions of entangling ropes that remain on the animal. <more>
NOAA OMAO Supports Deepwater Horizon Spill Response Effort
NOAA OMAO News Events 2010
The NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMA)) continues to support the BP Deepwater Horizon spill response effort. To learn more, click here.
NOAA Ship Crew Rescues Pilot
Miami Herald, Posted Monday, August 16, 2010
The crew of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel recently assigned to look for oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico turned into heroes Saturday night, rescuing a pilot whose plane crashed in the dark waters off Key West. <more>
NOAA Plane Probes Gulf for Answers (story and video)
Bradenton Herald, June 13, 2010
NOAA Deploys Additional High Powered Research Aircraft to Gulf to Help Monitor Air Quality
June 8, 2010
A second NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft was deployed to the Gulf today to build on current air quality monitoring efforts near the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The NOAA plane will conduct two flights over and around the spill site to detect pollutants and their reaction products released into the atmosphere by the oil, as well as the pollutants and smoke from controlled burns. The flights will enable researchers to better understand the spill's atmospheric effects. <more>
Viewing the Spill from Above - NOAA Pilot Eyes the Gulf Coast
June 2010
NOAA hurricane experts will visit five Gulf Coast cities aboard a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft to raise awareness about storm threats and the danger of being caught without a personal hurricane plan. The five-day tour begins April 26. <more>
Researchers get fly over look at Gulf Oil Spill (news story)
NOAA Looks at Spill (video)
The Tampa Tribune, News Channel 8
May 29, 2010
Hurricane Planes on Oil Spill Mission (story and video)
Tampa Bay Fox 13 News
NOAA Hurricane Team to Embark on Gulf Coast Awareness Tour
April 20, 2010
NOAA's Lt. Cmdr. Kristie Twining has seen her share of important missions. From high above in her Twin Otter airplane, she and teams of NOAA scientists have tracked the migration of northern right whales, surveyed marine sanctuaries and collected air quality data from the atmosphere. <more>
NOAA Dispatches High-Tech Research Plane to Improve Winter Storm Forecasts
January 12, 2010
NOAA's Gulfstream IV aircraft, known for investigating Atlantic hurricanes, will begin flying over the North Pacific Ocean to fill gaps in atmospheric observations, which will enhance forecasts of winter storms for the entire North American continent through improved computer modeling. <more>
NOAA gets boost from stimulus
Trade Only Today - August 19, 2009
The federal government plans to invest millions of dollars to support efficient marine navigation and create jobs as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. <more>
Bill Strengthens to Cat 4: NOAA Sends Hurricane Plane to Have a Look
Miami, FL (AHN)- Hurricane Bill strengthened to a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 135 miles per hour Wednesday morning, forcasters say they expect further strengthening over the next 24 hours.
A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft is headed toward the storm to investigate Bill, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. advisory. <more>
Reader's Digest, September 2009 Issue, "Into the Eye of a Hurricane"
It's August, storm season, and I'm with the storm watchers, flying high off the coast of the United States as a tropical tempest rages around us. As our plane breaks through the towering "eyewall," the dial on the digital wind-speed display drops to zero, the pelting of water on the wings comes to an eerie halt, the clouds fall away from the four huge engines, and suddenly it's as though we're floating peacefully in a snow globewithout the snow. I look up through a circular chimney of ashenclouds to blue sky. Below, though, in the Gulf of Mexico, huge waves are topped with white foam. <more>
HYDROPALOOZA - New Web Site
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are returning to Alaska´s Kachemak Bay in August to continue part two of a large-scale project called Hydropalooza to map Kachemak Bay´s seafloor and coastline. Teams will be working from ships, aircraft, and land, to bring Alaskans accurate data used to support safe maritime transportation, protect coastal communities, assess fisheries and critical marine habitats, and better understand the Bay.
Learn about the ocean and coastal operations taking place on the land, in the sea, and above the horizon and how mapping data can be used by so many people for so many different purposes.
NOAA Planes Get First-Hand Look at Felicia, Aircraft Fly as Close as 80-Miles from Storm's Eye (KITV-ABC Honolulu), August 8, 2009
Crews from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been circling Felicia, getting as close as 80 miles from the eye of the hurricane. It is the first storm tracking mission this year for a NOAA plane nicknamed "Gonzo," after its large beak. The Gulf Stream 4 departed the Honolulu International Airport just after 7 p.m. Friday to face off with Felicia.... <more>
NOAA Jet Aids In Felicia Forecast (KGMB-CBS Honolulu), August 7, 2009
A specially equip jet took off from Honolulu International Airport early Friday night headed for hurricane Felicia. Its eight hour mission is to collect the data on the storm's wind speed, wind direction, temperature, pressure and humidity...The jet is owned and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It flew from its base in Tampa, Florida specifically to help gather information on Felicia... <more>
Critical TV (3.0) Mention. Weather Channel Video Clip, August 14, 2008
... time to take a look at the tropics, and we have some activity to maybe not alert you too, but something you may want to keep watching. There are three different systems, all kind of following each other across the atlantic from east to west. We are in the time of the year when you have to watch these systems extremely close. Let's check the one that's closest to the Winward Islands and Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands right now. Actually a NOAA reconnaissance flight, research flight, is out in there right now.... <Go to Video Clip>
Hurricane Dolly Offers Silver Lining to Some Drought Stricken Texas Counties, July 25, 2008
The remnants of Hurricane Dolly have provided a mixed bag of damaging floods and welcome drought relief for residents of south Texas. <Read Full Story>
In the Eye of the Storm - Occupational Health & Safety, January 2008
St. Elmo's Fire, with its eerie emanations of iridescent hues, possesses a mystical quality for many. For centures, sailors either sought shelter or stood in awe of it. But for Greg Bast, the phenomenon is just another part of his job. <Read Full Story>
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Hunting a Hurricane . St. Petersburg Times, August 20, 2007 - Hurricane Hunter aircraft like this one take off from MacDill Air Force base in Tampa and fly straight into the most dangerous storms threatening the United States. <Read Full Story>
Kermit Braves the Cold ... Ocean Winds Winter Experiment
The Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) has been tasked to provide support for the 2007 Ocean Winds Winter Experiment. Ocean Winds is a continuing project who objective is to improve our understanding of satellite-based ocean wind retrievals in limiting environmental conditions. These include high winds and heavy precipitation. The experiment also seeks to determine how these wind retrievals change across sea surface temperature boundaries. NASA currently has a polar orbiting satellites aloft, QuikSCAT, doing surface wind retrievals, and AOC's WP-3D will be used in a cold weather environment to collect under-flight data with microwave scatterometers that will be used to validate the satellite measurements. The mission of AOC during this program will be to conduct airborne operations as required for the purpose of collecting data required to satisfy the objectives of Ocean Winds Winter. This AOC operations plan will deal with the manner in which it responds to these requirements and the methods used in performing the operation. In support of this program, the AOC will provide one WP-3D, N42RF (affectionately referred to as 'Kermit'), along with the necessary personnel to operate and maintain both the aircraft and the instrumentation used in the program. The aircraft will fly out of St. John's, Newfoundland Canada for approximately a 1-month period. <See Daily Updates>
NASA Peers Deep Inside Hurricanes - ScienceDaily, March 14, 2007
Determined to understand why some storms grow into hurricanes while others fizzle, NASA scientists recently looked deep into thunderstorms off the African coast using satellites and airplanes. <Read Full Story>
NASA Peers Deep Inside Hurricanes. Science Daily - Determined to understand why some storms grow into hurricanes while others fizzle, NASA scientists recently looked into thunderstorms off the African coast using satellites and airplanes. <Read Full Story>
NOAA Gulfstream IV-SP Hurricane Surveillance Jet Takes on Pacific Winter Storms to Improve Model Forecasts. Hawaii middle school teacher will be member of flight crew - in an effort to improve forecasts released 24-96 hours before a winter storm, NOAA deployed its high-altitude Gulfstream IV jet from a temporary base in Honolulu. The jet is acquiring atmospheric data from severe winter storms originating over the Pacific Ocean that will affect the continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska. <Read Full Story>
The Gulfstream IV-SP Flies for Winter Storms
The NOAA G-IV high-altitude jet will depart for Honolulu on January 16th to serve the scientific interests of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) over the course of the next two months. While conducting the Winter Storms Reconnaissance (WSR-07) project, the aircraft will fly extended patterns over the north Pacific, launching numerous dropwindsonde atmospheric profiling devices to more accurately characterize the environment of developing winter cyclones and snow storms. Data from these expendable instruments will be screened aboard the aircraft by AOC meteorologists, transmitted to NCEP by satellite communication and used to initialize NOAA's most sophisticated forecasting models, to improve warnings of severe weather events. The NOAA G-IV crew will also measure concentrations of ozone on each flight for the Chemical Sciences Division of the Earth System Research Laboratory. <See Daily Updates>
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King Aerospace to Build, Test Radar for NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft
NOAA announced that it is exercising a contract option with King Aerospace Inc. of Addison, Texas, for the construction, integration and system testing for a tail Doppler radar, or TDR, to be installed on the agency's Gulfstream-IV hurricane surveillance aircraft. The option is valued at $3.1 million. "By installing the tail Doppler radar on the G-IV jet, NOAA will be taking a first step toward improving intensity forecasts," said Rear Admiral Samuel P. De Bow Jr., director of the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps. "This ultimately will help forecasters save lives and property during hurricanes." With the TDR system, the G-IV will be able to acquire three-dimensional hurricane core wind field data. The raw radar data will be processed onboard the aircraft through quality-control software being developed by the NOAA Hurricane Research Division. <Read Full Story>
Hurricane Hunters, NOAA's Air Operations Center
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Air Operations Center at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa serves as home to the Hurricane Hunters. <Read Full Story >
Northern Flights - Aviation Week & Space Technology
Congress should increase the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) budget for unmanned aircraft and create a test bed in Alaska for integrating them into the national air space, argues the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). <Read Full Story >
NOAA - All About Snow Survey Flights
The purpose of a snow survey mission is to collect data that accurately measures the moisture content of soil or snow to aid in the timely forecasting and warning of spring snow melt flooding and the prediction of impacts to agriculture, water supply, and/or recreational activities. <Read Full Story on PAGE 8 >
NOAA Continues to Predict Above-Normal Hurricane Season
With the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season upon us, experts from NOAA are reiterating their prediction for an above-normal number of storms. NOAA scientists warn this year's relatively quiet start is not an indication of what the remainder of the season has in store. For the entire 2006 season NOAA is projecting a total of 12 to 15 named storms of which seven to nine will intensify to hurricanes, including three or four becoming major hurricanes-rated at Category 3 or higher. <Full Story Inside>
NOAA Concludes Successful Hurricane Awareness Tour
With the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season less than on month away, NOAA's 2006 Hurricane Awareness Tour came to a successful conclusion Friday in Tampa, Fla., delivering its message of the need for hurricane preparedness to thousands of visitors and media audiences. <Full Story Inside>
Relief Felt as Red River Flood Levels Begin to Decline
As the flood crest on the Red River of the North nears Pembina, N.D., and the Canadian border, emergency management officials, local governments and state and federal officials are breathing a collective sigh of relief as flood waters slowly decline in upstream areas. <Full Story Inside>
NOAA Flies to Alaska for Ocean Winds
On March 3rd, one of AOC's Lockheed WP-3D Orions, N42RF, returned from Anchorage, Alaska where it participated in the annual winter ocean winds experiment. <Full Story Inside>
The G-IV Tail Doppler Radar will Help to Support the National Weather Service Modeling Objectives
The G-IV tail Doppler radar will support the operational hurricane modeling objectives of the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Environmental Modeling Center and provide state of the art hurricane forecast guidance to the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Tropical Prediction Center. <Full Story Inside >
NOAA Unveils Hurricane Katrina Web Site Capturing the Storm's Power and Aftermath
On August 29, 2005, A year to the day after Hurricane Katrina became the most destructive hurricane ever to strike the United States, NOAA launched a new Web site detailing the development of the storm, its power and destruction. The site also highlights NOAA's multi-faceted response to the storm's aftermath, including floods, testing fisheries, clearing waterways, identifying and cleaning up oil spills. <Read Full Story >
Researchers Study Formation of Hurricanes
August 28, 2006 - Reasons how and why some easterly African waves develop into hurricanes and some do not is still largely unknown. This earliest stage of intensity change is just one aspect that hurricane researchers with the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Fla., are studying this summer as a part of the Intensity Forecast Experiment, or IFEX. <Read Full Story >
Scientists Discover Zooplankton Species Key to Ocean Food Chain Census of Marine Life
Census of Marine Life scientists trawled rarely explored tropical ocean depths between the southeast US coast and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to inventory and photograph the variety and abundance of zooplankton - small sea "bugs" that form a vital link in the ocean food chain - and other life forms.... <Read Full Story at Mongabay.com>
Into the Eye of the Storm
NOAA goes hurricane hunting
Army Air Forces Colonel Duckworth was not amused. As World
War II raged overseas, the flight instructor at Bryant
Field in Texas has the unenviable task of teaching cocky
British pilots how to fly on instruments.... <Read Full Story at Military Officer >
NOAA Hurricane Hunter Pilot Captures Katrina at her Meanest
Sept. 1, 2005 — NOAA hurricane hunter WP-3D Orion and Gulfstream IV aircraft conducted ten long flights into and around the eye of Hurricane Katrina. LT Mike Silah, a P-3 pilot, got to see Hurricane Katrina up close and personal, especially when she was an extremely dangerous Category Five storm in the Gulf of Mexico. <Full Story Inside >
NOAA Conducts Aerial Photography Missions over Regions Affected by Hurricane Wilma
Oct. 27, 2005 — NOAA posted online more than 1,500 aerial images of some of the regions that were affected by Hurricane Wilma. NOAA began aerial survey missions on Tuesday, which is the day after Hurricane Wilma made landfall as a major Category Three at approximately 6:30 a.m. EDT on Monday at Cape Romano 15 to 18 miles south-southeast of Naples, Fla., or about 20 miles west of Everglades City, Fla. <Full Story Inside >
NOAA Performs Aerial Survey of Regions Affected by Hurricane Rita
NOAA posted online more than 1,100 aerial images of the U.S. Gulf Coast areas in the path of Hurricane Rita. The images were taken by the NOAA Remote Sensing Division the day after the center of Rita made landfall at approximately 3:30 a.m. EDT on the extreme southwest coast of Louisiana between Sabine Pass, Texas, and Johnson's Bayou in Louisiana.<Full Story Inside >
NOAA Hurricane Katrina Support Activities; Aerial Photography Flights Yield Thousands of Images
The day after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast NOAA began aerial photography flights of the affected areas. For nine days the NOAA Cessna Citation aircraft flew two to three missions each day only stopping to re-fuel.<Full Story Inside >
NOAA G-IV Flies Day and Night Missions in Hurricane Katrina
The NOAA G-IV high-altitude surveillance jet flew six full-endurance missions to support the track and intensity forecasting efforts of the National Centers for Environmental prediction (NCEP) and the National Hurricane Center (NHC).<Full Story Inside >
NOAA G-IV Jet Begins SALEX Research
Early in August, the AOC began flying a new research project for the NOAA Hurricane Research Division (HRD) of OAR, using the Gulfstream G-IV high-altitude jet to conduct missions in support of the Saharan Air Layer Experiment (SALEX). <Full Story Inside >
The Gulfstream Will Enhance Winter Storm Forecasting Throughout the US
NOAA's Gulfstream IV-SP (G-IV) aircraft has been tasked by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) to provide support for the Winter Storm Reconnaissance 2004 (WSR-04) mission during the period January 17 through March 15, 2004. <more>
NOAA Announces New International Monsoon Research Program
NOAA and Mexico's weather service, the Servicio Meteorologico Nacional, have joined forces to develop improved monsoon season forecasts. <Full Story Inside >
The Gulfstream IVSP Sees Inside Fabian
The NOAA Gulfstream IV-SP (G-IV) flew into the eye of Hurricane Fabian, a Category 4 storm, on September 1st, 2003. The aircraft launched from St. Croix at 1251 EDT and landed back in St. Croix at 1607 EDT. <more>
Bow Echo and Meso-Scale Convective Vortices Experiment
Fresh out of a major maintenance overhaul and fully instrumented by AOC engineers and technicians for severe storm research, a NOAA P-3 called Kermit deployed from its home at MacDill AFB to Mid America airport in western Illinois, just each of St. Louis, MO, on May 19th to participate in the Bow Echo and Meso-Scale Convective Vortices Experiment, known by the acronym Bamex. <more>
NOAA Scientists Participate in Snow Study to Improve Water, Weather and Climate Forecasts
For a second year, NOAA will again join university students and scientists from five federal agencies in the Cold Land Processes Field Experiment in the Colorado Rockies to study snowpacks from the ground, air and space in an effort to better understand water, weather and climate in cold land<more>
Ms. Piggy Returns Home From Bolivia
AOC's Lockheed WP-3D Orion N43RF, affectionaly known as Ms. Piggy, returned to its home base in Tampa in early February after completing a field program that took the aircraft and its crew afar. <more>
Tampa Bay Day
What do you get when you place the three largest NOAA offices in Tampa Bay together for a day of orientation, information sharing, and an afternoon at the beach? The foundation of a stronger, more corporate NOAA identity; something far greater than the sum of its parts in the region.<more>
Atlantic Right Whale Photogrammetry
In the study of biological systems we learn most about plants and animals buy collecting specimens of various ages, measure them weight them, check their sex, get their age at maturity, feed them and measure growth rates etc. <more>
G-IV Winter Storms Reconnaissance Update
of February 9, 2003, the NOAA Gulfstream IV-SP (G-IV)
has conducted five missions supporting the National
Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Winter Storms
Reconnaissance (WSR-03) operational effort in 2003. <more>
Storm Reconnaissance Program
the short, 0 48 hour lead time range forecasts over
the Pacific coastal area are adversely affected by the
sparsity of in situ observations over the upstream northeast
Pacific basin. The relative disadvantage of the west
coast areas arising from their geographical location
can be ameliorated by enhancements in the observational
network over the northeast Pacific. <more>
Survey in the Last Frontier
Beginning in 2002, the
NWS embarked on a ground-breaking survey in this country's
49th state. Alaska became the newest addition to a long
list of states where snow is surveyed by an office of
the NWS called NOHRSC (National Operational Hydrologic
Remote Sensing Center). <more>
Mid Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Aerial Surveys
Along the eastern seaboard of the United States there
exists a coastal migratory stock or population of bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). This nomadic stock of
dolphins moves north and south along the coastline depending
on the season and water temperature. <more>
Hurricane Hunters Go Where Others Fear to Fly
Riding the storm out takes on a whole new meaning for a few admitted adrenaline junkies who take to the skies when a hurricane turns deadly and stare straight into the face of the danger... <more>
BRACE Study Launched to Determine Influence of Air Pollution on Water Quality in Tampa Bay
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that May 1 will begin a month-long series of intensive studies to determine the level of influence of nitrogen deposited into Tampa Bay from local and regional sources of air pollutants on water quality. <more>
On Board The Hurricane Hunter
Imagine eight computer work stations linked to some of
the world's most advanced climate-probing equipment, slicing
through the air at low altitudes hammered by hurricane-force
winds, buffeted by blinding rain and breakneck ... <Read Full Story at ECSC Living in South Carolina >
Experiment Aims to Improve Winter Storm Forecasts Along
West coast
High winds, heavy rain and extreme surf conditions have
already battered West Coast residents this winter, and
NOAA researchers hope a new experiment will give them
an edge over the storms. This week's experiment ... <Read Full Story at NOAA News >


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Public relations is often seen as the bastard step child in a variety of industries: real estate (where people spend millions and millions to build but only a few thousand to market), apparel (hundreds of thousands of tossed samples, but only $6-10K a month for PR), and apparently governments and wars. Media outlets regularly express concern about the U.S. government's lack of outreach to media outlets, and The Associated Press just ran this article with a subhead about "raising concern about propaganda." In today's world, there are many factors at play in a time of war, and governments must spend to influence the public once decisions are made.
I echo those who say money spent on media during war is necessary. I agree with Rep. Adam Smith, who chairs the Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee when he says, "We have got to be involved in getting our case out there, telling our side of the story, because believe me, Al-Qaeda and all of those folks… that's what they are doing on the Internet and everywhere else." If the other side is doing it, how can we not reply? As Rep. Smith said "Every time a bomb goes off, they have a story out almost before it explodes, saying that it killed 15 innocent civilians."
As I stated about a different war, but on a related topic, in another op-ed: countries need to invest in the PR battle as much as they do on the ground for military battle. Public Relations is a big business, and millions should be invested.
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- Dimitar says:
A very good point, of course. What is interesting, though, is that it calls for more investment in PR in a country for which it is thought that everyone is using PR services and especially the state and the army. At least this is the perception in my country (I am in PR business in Bulgaria). Maybe things are actually not as pink for the PR in the USA as we think they are?
- sara says:
I completely agree with you. It is imperative that money is spent during times of crisis such as war in this case. There is not enough money being spent on PR.
How can we convey the importance that PR and media play in situations such as this? Will anyone ever take the PR industry as serious as it is needs to be?
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I woke up, and all I saw was white screen of nothing.
Where am I? Am I dead? Did I go the spirit world? So many questions are running though my mind at this moment.
I then got up and looked around. I then got up and went to get a fresh pair of clothes, I put on my jeans and I then grabbed my shirt. I took of the dirty one and noticed something different about my appearance. I was somehow taller, more muscular, and I have a tattoo!? I twisted my arm around to get a better look at it, it was a dragon. Was this the very same dragon we killed? It certainly looked like the dragon we killed; it even had the injuries from the fight.
"I'm glad you're feeling better" I turned my head to see who it was talking.
"It seems that within 24 hours you got a set of abs" Ammo pointed out. "I'm sure the ladies will love it!"
"Yeah if they like a guy with a Sirius anxiety disorder" I blurted, I hated that about myself, but it's not like I can change that about myself, that easily.
"Anyways what do you think happened back there?" He asked
"I'm not sure, IL search it up" I responded, while putting my clean shirt on, and my glasses.
I walked down to the Ground City library, where I could potentially find out more about this dragon. I looked around and found a book about the history of dragons. I went to reach for it when I noticed these two girls looking in my direction, what were they looking at. I turned my head to see what they were looking at and all I saw was a blank wall. Where they looking at me? I guess being more muscular does help with getting girls. I sighed, this really isn't my body, well it is, and it's just that I didn't earn my abs. That bothers me so much. I grabbed the book I was looking at and sat down somewhere quiet.
I opened the book and started reading. Tiamat. The Babylonian story of creation, Enuma Elish, told of this serpent-like creature, the Mother of the gods. Her scales were tough, and could not be broken by weapons. She was slain by the man, Marduk. Many times she has been referred to the monster of air, relating to that element. That certainly isn't it. Hydra. The many headed dragon. Can either have wings, or be wingless. When one head is cut off, two more grow from the spurting blood. The most famous of the hydras was killed by Hercules by the burning of a magic flame. That's not It either. I the heard a bit of giggling in the background. I looked back and I saw a dark-skinned girl wink, and make a kissy face at me. Desperate much. I then noticed a blond haired blue eye girl, perhaps her friend. Looking at me, and gave me a look that could only mean apology. I got to focus, I went back to what I was reading, and began reading again.
The Guivre. A serpent dragon that's breath would generate plagues and disease. It was ashamed of nudity, so would flee in the presence of a nude person. That's certainly not it. Wait is this it?
The Legacy. A dragon that's abilities are that it is able to move any object within its location. Using its soul to grab and release the object whenever it pleases to. The dragon also has self defence ability. That when the dragon scratches the person its fighting, it infects them with a curse that when they kill the dragon the curse immediately comes into effect and infects its arm with a tattoo form of its very own soul. Giving its host special abilities, and enhancing their good and bad qualities. It also enhances their body to its full potential. The more the host brings out their bad qualities the more the curse will come into effect of taking over its body and turning it into the dragons original form .Killing the host, and the hosts soul in the process
Is this how it survived all these years? People taken over by this beast I felt horrible, how many people died to keep this dragon alive. Will the dragon take over me as well? That last sentence rung in my ears like it was imbedded in my head, repeating over and over again.
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As of December 2007, all U.S. companies have to use an updated version of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 to prove a new employee is in the country legally and eligible to work.
Along with other changes, the revised form can now be completed and stored electronically—and that's where the opportunity kicks in.
Since the beginning of 2008, at least eight vendors have begun selling Web-based paperless I-9 compliance services, which they maintain can help companies fill out and store the forms more accurately, efficiently and safely than they could by themselves.
In addition to helping with I-9 forms, some of the vendors can also submit information to the government on behalf of customers participating in E-Verify, a separate voluntary federal program that allows companies to instantly match new employees' documentation against databases at the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security to confirm they're cleared to work. Some states, notably Arizona, also have made the use of E-Verify mandatory for some employers.
In the short time Web-based I-9 compliance services have been out, vendors claim to have signed up companies of all sizes in all types of industries. An estimated 56,000 U.S. companies have signed up for E-Verify. Another 1,000 are joining each week, according to Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security,
Vendors that are marketing I-9 compliance software include established background checking and hiring management firms such as Kroll, Acxiom Information Security Services, Accurate Background and First Advantage. They also include a smattering of startups, including Form I-9 Compliance, I9Advantage, Verified Person and Verify I-9.
There's so much competition that vendors are reluctant to share details about customers they've signed or what they charge. However, industry sources say standard rates run $5 to $10 a form, though volume discounts are common.
Most I-9 compliance software is sold as a Web-based application, so a company doesn't install anything on its own computer servers, but just logs on to a Web site to fill out forms and access stored information. Vendors keep records on servers at their own data centers, using multiple layers of encryption and security technology so clients' data isn't hacked into or stolen.
Getting paperwork finished quickly and accurately and storing it safely are important because Citizenship and Immigration Services gives companies three days from an employee's hire date to complete an I-9 form and requires them to store records for three years after someone is hired or a year after they leave, whichever is longer.
Fines for companies that fail government employment eligibility audits are steep—up to $1,000 per form.
That's the main reason a company should use an outside party: If an issue comes up, someone else handles it, says Dave Dickerson, president of Accurate Background in Lake Forest, California. "In an extreme case, there could be 57 steps involved," including checking documents with the multiple federal agencies, Dickerson says. "The employer doesn't want to become an I-9 specialist. It's easier to outsource it."
Another selling point: Some software can be integrated into a company's HR software. To differentiate themselves from competitors, some vendors paired up with partner companies that Citizenship and Immigration Services has approved as E-Verify designated agents.
Kroll does both. The background check company's I-9 service can be integrated into a client's applicant tracking or HR IT systems. Kroll also partnered with Form I-9 Compliance, a Newport Beach, California-based startup and E-Verify designated agent, to offer E-Verify services. Barry Nadell, a senior vice president with Kroll's background screening division, won't disclose how many clients the company has signed, though they range in size from very small to several hundred thousand employees, he says.
More often than not, Kroll's contact is a client's HR manager, though at larger companies the general counsel's office gets involved too, Nadell says.
The service can help large companies that previously had to depend on branch office employees to get I-9 forms filled out for new hires, says Chas Patterson, a Form I-9 Compliance vice president. "You have people at a store whose job is retail, not HR," Patterson says. "This application makes it so you don't have to be an expert. It removes the worry."
Sales pitches aside, it is possible for even large companies to handle I-9 forms on their own, says Grace Hoppin, an immigration attorney with Jackson-Hertogs in San Francisco. In early April, Hoppin helped with an I-9 compliance training workshop at a client with more than 5,000 employees, "and they still do paper copies," she says.
Also, it might not make sense to invest in I-9 software if the federal government changes employment verification requirements again, a distinct possibility in light of pending immigration reform bills, Hoppin says.
Some of those bills call for electronic verification of all employees, not just new hires, and different forms of electronic verification have been proposed, Hoppin says.
In the end, a company's main concern should be doing everything possible to check out potential employees, especially if companies are in food service, construction, manufacturing or other industries that have had chronic issues with unauthorized workers, Hoppin says.
In those cases, companies need to have rigorous processes to show they're complying with the law. If that means using an outside service, "that could be a really convenient tool to show they're doing everything they can, that they're checking people out," she says.


text: Bookkeeper CA - SF Peninsula | Accounting/Finance Support | Bookeeper Apply View All Jobs Share This Job About Bon Appétit Management Company Bon Appétit Management Company is a diverse, growth-oriented organization. Our goal is to create an environment where all employees feel comfortable with fair and consistent treatment and equal opportunities. Bon Appétit is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veterans Job Description The Bookkeeper for Bon Appétit assists Site Controller with financial requirements as outlined in the Accounting Manual. Ensure that all time constraints are followed. Input accounting information into the system to include revenues, inventory and expenses. Be courteous and helpful to customers and team members. This position will be Hourly, M-F AM Shifts. Schedule TBD during interviews. We are looking for an analytical thinker and self-starter with excellent communication skills and complete mastering of general computer skills, including Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint. Restaurant accounting experience preferred but not necessary. This person will report directly to a District Manager and be overseen by a Regional Corporate Controller. POSITION OBJECTIVES: In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following: Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision. Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers. Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments. Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations. MAJOR DUTIES/FUNCTIONS/TASKS: • Complies and sorts documents, such as invoices and checks to substantiate business transactions; controls and disburses petty cash according to company policies. • Verifies and posts details of business transactions, such as funds received, disbursed, and deposited. Transfers totals to computer spreadsheets and into databases. . • Computes and records charges, refunds, cost of lost or damaged goods, rentals, and similar items; prepares vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other records and reviews for accuracy. • Monitors accounts payable and receivable to ensure that payments are up to date; codes and inputs data (e.g., inventories, cash collections) for forwarding to the corporate office and inclusion in the company's financial reports. • Input payables, CPMs, BAMCO adjustments, manual checks, commissary and other transfers into the system. • Run calculator tapes to balance all the expenses to the reports. • Calculate payroll and input to Unit Accounting System (UAS). • General office duties include filing, dispatching, mail distribution, correspondence; prepares and maintains payroll and personnel reports (e.g., commissions, vacation/sick accruals, union health and welfare). • Communicate accurately, honestly and in a timely manner with Clients, vendors and Bon Appétit accounting department. MINOR DUTIES: • Offer office phone support for the Site Controller, ensuring that all guests and staff are treated with care and respect. • Input and upload any personnel info for new hires or changes. Note: Job duties are subject to change as needed. Skills & Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Must have at minimum an Associate's degree in a business related field • Has a minimum of 2 years in account receivable and payable. • Must be proficient with 10-key. • Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. • Able to speak clearly and listen attentively to staff, peers, supervisors, guests and client. • Has a computer skill with a working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point. • Ability to interact with diverse and high volume customer base in a friendly and efficient manner. • Ability to use the STAFF time clock system properly, and record worked hours for processing. • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. 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Biolinguistics: acquisition and language evolution
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A major goal of current linguistic research is to understand the unique language ability of human beings. A central question is the nature of our genetic endowment for language, as reflected in its acquisition and its neurological and biological underpinnings. The key questions of language acquisition include the extent and role of innate knowledge of linguistic structure and the interaction of such knowledge with the ambient language input to which children are exposed.
Language evolution, similarly, questions the possible origin of a unique 'language faculty'. Hypotheses regarding both acquisition and evolution must confront the issue of the interaction of Universal Grammar with other human cognitive and perceptuomotor capacities. At the same time, cultural and historical perspectives on evolution are also needed, as are insights from interdisciplinary fields such as psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology, genetics and computational modelling. This conference would like to invite contributions for these or other disciplines which can address any or all of the three topics named in our title.


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Perera back on probation; felon loses appeal
Published: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 1:14 p.m.
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The 5th District Court of Appeal ruled this week that a Marion County judge can reverse his original decision to terminate the probation of convicted felon Christina Perera.
The ruling states that previous case law is clear: Circuit Judge Hale Stancil can "set aside" his original order since he did not give the State Attorney's Office and the Department of Corrections a chance to address Perera's request to terminate probation.
The state Department of Corrections can now follow through with its intention to charge Perera with violating the terms of her probation.
Perera, 47, has repeatedly run into legal hot water in Ocala. Now she and her business partners are defendants in a RICO lawsuit, accused of orchestrating a hostile takeover of a Christian school in Macon, Ga.
Probation officers said Perera, who has been convicted on four felony charges, was in Georgia under false pretenses, including running the Christian school and day care instead of working in property management, as she had indicated.
Florida probation officials ordered Perera back to Florida.
According to a violation of probation affidavit, state Probation Officer Marie Gonzalez states that Perera failed to meet with a probation officer on Oct. 23 at 9 a.m. as directed. Perera showed up at the probation office at 4 p.m.
The state also alleges that Perera failed to inform the state that she had changed jobs and was operating a Christian school.
Melanie Slaughter, Perera's attorney, hopes Stancil will revisit her request for early termination of probation before taking up the violation of probation charge.
However, Assistant State Attorney Bill Gladson said the early termination hearing is likely moot now that Perera is accused of violating her probation.
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Photo: Shahar Azran
Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival
May 4–10
The Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile present the fourth annual Harlem Jazz Shrines festival, a weeklong, Harlem-wide celebration of jazz. New and established artists (such as Arturo O'Farrill and Vijay Iyer) will play at the Apollo, Harlem Stage Gatehouse and the recently revived Minton's Playhouse, among other venues. Also of note, jazz vespers will be held at Abyssinian Baptist Church during the fest, and Columbia University has scheduled cultural programming for the occasion.


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Did you know that transportation is responsible for nearly 40% of California's greenhouse gas emissions? Mobile sources are also the number one greenhouse gas contributor in SLO County. The Air Pollution Control District is dedicated to expanding the use of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) and fueling infrastructure as well as reducing the public's reliance on petroleum. The APCD is a large contributor to the Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition (C5), which is a non-profit organization that is part of the larger U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities Program. The National Clean Cities Program was established as a way to direct federal energy funding into projects and programs that would create, maintain and increase AFV use throughout the United States. Most recently, the APCD and C5 were successful in securing $250,000 in grant funds for an electric vehicle readiness plan. The plan will cover the tri-county area (Santa Barbara, Ventura and SLO Counties) to identify electric vehicle station locations and to develop permit streamlining and sample policies to facilitate installation of infrastructure.
Another program that the APCD has developed is the SLO Car Free Program. This innovative program allows visitors pledging to travel to or around the San Luis Obispo area without their cars to receive discounts and incentives from participating hotels, restaurants, transportation services and the best attractions the county has to offer. The SLOCarFree.org website is a one-stop-shop for information and web-links on transportation, lodging, attractions and other visitor needs. The site makes it easy to plan an affordable, sustainable and environmentally friendly vacation.
The APCD also promotes their Food Miles Campaign. The campaign brings awareness of the amount of miles that most food in the US travels to get to the consumers plate, an average of 1,500 miles! By supporting local farmers, the Air District is working to promote preservation of agricultural lands and reducing the amount of fossil fuel needed for food distribution. Through Farmers' Markets across the county, the APCD distributes reusable tote bags, seasonal local produce recipe cards, and refrigerator magnets to increase awareness of the simple steps individuals can take to make a difference.


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Obama takes Argentina's side in Falklands dispute.
Ed Morrissey and Fausta are both not getting why the President is taking the side of Argentina (thus sharing a podium with that noted beacon of freedom, tolerance, and capitalism known as Venezuela) in its perennial attempts to get the United Kingdom to give up the Falkland Islands. It's not just that we're signed on to the OAS declaration demanding that the British negotiate on | Read More »


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Defiant England battle back
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England's bowlers produced a spirited performance on day two of the first Test against Pakistan as they looked to limit the damage caused by a below-par batting display.
After being dismissed for a meagre 192 yesterday, thanks chiefly to Saeed Ajmal's seven-wicket haul, Andrew Strauss' men today faced the difficult challenge of restricting their opponents, who resumed on 42 without loss, to a manageable total on a true surface.
Pakistan, for whom Mohammad Hafeez top-scored with 88, reached stumps on 288 for seven to retain a clear advantage in this first encounter of three.
However, by claiming wickets at regular intervals following Stuart Broad's double breakthrough in the morning session, England undoubtedly enhanced their hopes of gaining a positive result, and they deserve immense credit for their efforts on a day full of the attritional fare many expected to witness in this series.
Broad, operating with aggression and control, provided the initial spark for the tourists, bowling Taufeeq Umar for 58 to end an opening stand of 114 and also having Azhar Ali caught behind.
Hafeez, who had been dropped off Broad immediately prior to Taufeeq's departure and also survived a run-out chance on 44, continued to frustrate England into the afternoon, but he then fell leg before to Graeme Swann, before Jonathan Trott surprisingly accounted for Younus Khan.
After James Anderson had removed Asad Shafiq with the second new ball, England then received a significant double boost late in the day as Misbah-ul-Haq and Abdur Rehman departed in successive overs.
Misbah, who faced 154 balls in a typically gritty innings of 52, became a second victim for Swann, who successfully reviewed an lbw decision that had initially gone against him, and Rehman had no answer to a magnificent delivery from Anderson that swung in and thundered into off stump.
Wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal was unbeaten on 24 at the close and will be charged with shepherding Pakistan's tail to 300 and beyond on day three.
Although Broad provided encouragement in a probing opening spell, Pakistan's openers appeared firmly in control for much of the morning.
Their only major scare in the first hour came when Hafeez was almost run out by Ian Bell at square-leg. The right-hander was well short of his ground after being sent back by his partner, but Bell - with a single stump to aim at - missed his target by the narrowest of margins.
Taufeeq, strong through the off side and always keen to drive, was the first to reach 50, and did so in some style by thumping Chris Tremlett to the cover boundary.
The elegant Hafeez, who also appeared more confident on the front foot, then brought up a half-century of his own in Tremlett's next over, before Broad returned to give England a welcome shot in the arm.
Hafeez was dropped by a diving Tremlett at mid-on after being inconvenienced by a well-directed short ball, but Broad refused to be downhearted and produced a wonderful delivery to account for Taufeeq.
The batsman pushed forward defensively, but was beaten by one that held its line from around the wicket before taking the top of off stump.
Broad then made a second breakthrough prior to lunch when Azhar feathered an edge through to Matt Prior, having been beaten by a hint of seam movement off a good length.
England's seamers came out with renewed determination after the interval and were unfortunate not to gain further reward.
Younus survived a worthy lbw appeal from Tremlett and also saw an outside edge off Anderson fall just short of Strauss at first slip, and Hafeez was struck on the shoulder as he took his eye off another short-pitched delivery from the hostile Broad.
The lack of threat being posed by Swann, who was slog-swept over midwicket for six by Hafeez in an over costing 13, appeared to represent England's greatest concern.
Yet the off-spinner claimed a vital wicket when Hafeez, sweeping once again, missed a full delivery and was adjudged leg before by umpire Bruce Oxenford. A review failed to save the opener.
Hafeez's departure brought Misbah to the crease and Pakistan's skipper brought up 2,000 Test runs with a nonchalant four through midwicket off Swann.
By this stage, Younus had settled into his stride, typified by a glorious on-driven four off Broad. However, he was to be ousted by an unlikely source as Trott pinned him in front with a superb delivery that jagged back sharply off the seam.
The part-time medium-pacer also came close to winning an lbw verdict against Misbah, who edged Trott's next delivery through the vacant slip region.
A lull in proceedings followed after tea, with both teams seemingly waiting for the second new ball to become available.
When that moment arrived, Anderson took just six balls to further enhance England's hopes. Shafiq pushed at an outswinging delivery with an open face and Prior sprung to his right to pull off an impressive one-handed catch.
Misbah and Adnan, who grew in confidence after a shaky start against the moving ball that saw him offer Kevin Pietersen a tricky one-handed chance at cover off Tremlett, provided their side with fresh momentum, but there was to be another twist.
An England review led to Misbah's exit after he had failed to offer a genuine stroke to a flighted delivery from Swann that turned sharply.
Anderson then found a perfect length and brought one back through Rehman's defences, sparking ecstatic celebrations from a team boasting renewed belief.
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To Primary Or Not To Primary.
It should be apparent to even the mildest-mannered, laid-back conservative that things just aren't working the way they should if we had Congressional leadership. John Boehner at CPAC, February 10th, 2011. What do I mean? We have outstanding leadership, don't we? Well, we thought we did anyway. I've been wary of John Boehner since he was on the campaign trail. He made all the right | Read More »


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] [EXTERNAL] MPI_THREAD_SINGLE vs. MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED
From: Jai Dayal (dayalsoap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-23 14:10:32
The version of Open MPI I'm using is
mpiexec (OpenRTE) 1.6.5
It's what's offered on this smaller batch scheduling cluster at Oak Ridge
(Sith to be exact).
Running the ompi_info command, I get
Thread support: posix (MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE: no, progress: no)
FT Checkpoint support: no (checkpoint thread: no)
and in my MPI_Init_thread call, the provided flag is returned as
I was mainly concerned because we have a threaded middleware underneath to
communicate across MPI worlds that also uses the IB infrastructure and
verbs library, so I just wanted to get some clarity as to what exactly
MPI_THREAD_SINGLE meant.
Brian's answer seems to make perfect sense.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Jeff Hammond <jeff.science_at_[hidden]>wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Barrett, Brian W <bwbarre_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> > On 10/22/13 10:23 AM, "Jai Dayal" <dayalsoap_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> <snip>
> > I'm asking because I'm using an open_mpi build ontop of infiniband, and
> the
> > maximum thread mode is MPI_THREAD_SINGLE.
> >
> >
> > That doesn't seem right; which version of Open MPI are you using?
> The last time I looked at this, OpenMPI only supported
> MPI_THREAD_SINGLE by default and if you ask for any higher thread
> level, you get MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE, which requires a configure-time
> switch.
> Maybe something has changed dramatically more recently than I tested.
> Squyres told me some thread-oriented refactoring was going on. All of
> this was over a year ago so it is entirely reasonable for me to be
> wrong about all of this.
> Jeff
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Things to see and do - Saint-Pierre
Leaving for Martinique
District of the Centre :
Nearby tourist sites
District of the Centre
District of the Centre : Michelin's recommendations
To gain a better insight into the extent of the devastation caused in 1902, head for the Centre district and the Frank-Perret Volcanic Museum, which charts the eruption step by step. The deliberately conserved ruins dotted around the streets also paint a striking picture, occasionally revealing the beauty of the initial building, such as the ruins of the late-18C theatre (Rue Victor-Hugo). Nearby, the cell, which saved Louis Cyparis' life, one of the two sole survivors of the disaster, can be seen in the prison ruins.
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Dream finance is a wholly owned Ghanaian company, which commenced its operations in November 2008 to provide "booster shots" and financing that will enable small businesses to expand, providing employment and contributing to national development. Our focus is to be involved in providing the needed and the most important of all, training and support to ensure that these businesses succeed within the short to medium term to be able to service their facility.
The company attaches urgency with speed to make sure our cherished and prospective clients are satisfied and will be willing to come back and also recommend us.
On the quite, DFL, has championed the microfinance service industry with flexible, hassle free and easy processed facility to our cherished and prospective clients.
With a humble beginning of Six (6) staff strength, the company has grown to a current staff of about 370 as at the end of 2012, serving five (5) regions in Ghana with sixteen (16) branches and still counting.
The company in the near future, will be opening its business doors to nearly two(2) more regions, with four(4) branches and by close of 2013, we are going to cover eight (8) regions with four(4) branches more.
At Dream Finance, We Are Here to Listen, Serve and Inspire.
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