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Liberty University's co-founder and Dean of the School of Religion Dr. Elmer Towns opened the first convocation of the semester with a message to students on finding a personal dream and vision. "Some of the greatest spiritual leaders have been motivated by a great vision," he said.
Citing Proverbs 29:18, Towns told students that a vision is not only necessary for life but is something that comes from God and is available to everyone.
After showing clips of the historic Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech and the late Dr. Jerry Falwell's "Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG)" sermon, Towns asked the crowd, "What could God use you to do? What's your dream of doing something for God?"
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Towns told students that vision comes to the spiritually alert. He said as they continue to communicate with God, the vision will grow stronger and soon it becomes the person.
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This hasn't been the best week for Major League Soccer.
The league opened its regular season on Saturday already embroiled in a labor struggle, having to use replacement referees because of a lockout. MLS and the Professional Referee Organization remain far apart in negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement, and the league will soon have to enter talks for a new CBA with the players union as well. These kinds of disputes are to be expected for a league still in its infancy; established just 19 years ago, MLS has seen major promise in the past decade, as steady expansion has lured investors willing to fork over big bucks for big-name stars.
But while attendance and ratings show positive signs of growth, the league is still mired by financial uncertainty. MLS was recently forced to purchase Chivas USA from Mexican owner Jorge Vargaras, a failed experiment in cross-border sports branding. The team struggled to compete with the other club in southern California, the Los Angeles Galaxy, which built its popularity on David Beckham's back. Commissioner Don Garber has also raised concerns about his members' bottom lines: 'Not nearly enough of our clubs are profitable today,' he told ESPN in December. Which is why Wednesday's announcement by nutrition company Herbalife should have MLS executives scrambling to do damage control.
Herbalife revealed that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether it is a pyramid scheme. Within hours of the announcement, shares had sunk as much as 15 percent before rebounding a bit, closing down 7.4 percent at $60.57. While this is certainly good news for Bill Ackman - the hedge fund manager who first accused Herbalife of being a pyramid scheme and shorted the company to the tune of $1 billion – the picture is not so rosy (or green) over in LA. Herbalife has been a major sponsor of the Galaxy for years - the two are in the middle of a 10-year, $44 million extension that runs through 2022 and represents the longest and most lucrative sponsorship deal in MLS history.
This isn't just any soccer club caught up in a potential fiscal fiasco – this is the face of the league. The Galaxy's success has been a primary booster for the national and global MLS brand; as the team wrote in its 2012 press release announcing the sponsorship extension: 'The Galaxy have emerged as a truly international brand with worldwide recognition. The club continues to be the benchmark by which all others are measured in Major League Soccer.'
Herbalife is the official jersey sponsor of the Galaxy, who have several players on the list of the top-selling MLS jerseys. The partnership had only grown stronger in recent months, highlighted by the October launch of the 'Be a Pro' Web series, a dual effort to enter the arena of branded content. In perhaps the most stark demonstration of the strength and tenure of the collaboration, Herbalife executive Des Walsh touted 'our successful relationship with the L.A. Galaxy soccer team' as a key marker of the company's brand-building prowess during an earnings call in 2008.
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Martin Finio AR'88 Receives American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture
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Martin Finio AR'88 and Taryn Christoff, co-founders of Christoff:Finio, have received a 2014 Arts and Letters Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award recognizes, "American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction."
Billie Tsien, a member of the selection committee and co-founder of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, described the work of Christoff:Finio as having, "a quiet intelligence that manifests itself in spaces that are both beautiful and humane. There is a balance between the exquisite control of their finely tuned details and the whoop of joy that comes when one discovers their subtle inventions. It is like watching a prima ballerina—all is in equilibrium and then she leaps."
The Arts and Letters selection committed took special note projects by Christoff:Finio including the Donghia Materials Study Center at Parsons New School for Design, New York City, 2003; the "Museum as Hub" initiative at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, 2006; the Heckscher Foundation for Children, New York City, 2009; the Carriage House, New York City, 2009; Sagaponack Barns, NY, 2012; and Venice Architectural Biennial, 2012. Their work has received numerous Honor Awards from The American Institute of Architects.
This year's selection committee included Henry Cobb, Elizabeth Diller AR'79, Michael Graves, Hugh Hardy, Steven Holl, Richard Meier (chairman) Cesar Pelli, James Polshek, Robert A.M. Stern, Billie Tsien and Tod Williams.


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Temperatures tumbled Monday morning across the Charlotte region, ushering in a week of wild weather for the area.
It means an end to the beautiful conditions we enjoyed over the weekend, but don't complain. We're getting off easy.
Another in a seemingly endless series of powerful winter storms is predicted to form over the Southwest, then move east-northeast across the country and pummel most of the nation's major cities with some type of nasty winter weather.
Believe it or not, 28 states have winter storm watches or warnings in advance of the storm. If that's not bad enough, the storm system could trigger severe thunderstorms over the Deep South.
And following the storm is a surge of very cold air, producing the coldest temperatures in decades for some areas.
First, let's look at our upcoming week of strange weather.
A cold front slipped southward overnight, dropping temperatures from 51 degrees at midnight (that will be our high for the day) to 39 at 7 a.m. It might not get much warmer today, as cold air flows off the Atlantic from a high pressure system over New England.
That means temperatures today will be about 30 degrees colder than Sunday's high of 71 in Charlotte -- which was the warmest reading since Nov. 23, when it reached 73.
We'll be locked in a cold air damming situation, with damp and chilly air coming off the Atlantic and dammed against the mountains. By midday Tuesday, the big storm system will have formed to our west and will be moving eastward. It will erode the cold air damming later in the day, and rain will arrive by nightfall.
Wednesday could be a strange day. Rain will end in the morning, followed by sunshine, much warmer temperatures, and the possibility of very windy conditions. Highs will shoot back up into the middle 60s Wednesday afternoon, and we'll have to watch for the chance of strong wind gusts.
Then cold air will pour back into the area Wednesday night, and our highs Thursday will plummet back into the upper 40s.
If all that isn't enough, a low pressure system is predicted to track along the Gulf Coast late Thursday or early Friday. National Weather Service forecasters say some light sleet, snow or freezing rain could spread into northern South Carolina and possibly as far north as the Charlotte area -- but no accumulations are expected.
The big storm this week, however, will be elsewhere in the nation. If you're traveling this week or have family elsewhere in the country, here's a look at what is predicted for some of the major metropolitan areas:
Dallas: Not a good situation for people gathering in advance of the Super Bowl. Cold air pours into the region late Tuesday, and temperatures are not expected to get above freezing -- above freezing!! -- from late Tuesday until sometime Friday. To make matters worse, there's a chance of sleet and freezing rain Wednesday. This week's temperatures will be the coldest in about 20 years for Dallas.
St. Louis: Heavy snow and enough ice to cause problems.
Chicago and Milwaukee: A blizzard watch has been posted, with up to 2 feet of snow in the downtown area from late Tuesday through Wednesday.
Detroit: About a foot of snow from late Tuesday into Wednesday.
Cleveland: Several inches of snow tonight, caused by a warm front forming ahead of the storm. Then several more inches late Tuesday and Wednesday, with damaging ice accumulations, too.
Cincinnati: On the edge of an ice storm. The city might be far enough south to miss the worst of it.
Pittsburgh: An ice storm looms for Wednesday.
Buffalo: About 1 1/2 feet of snow Wednesday.
Philadelphia: Some ice accumulations, but it's too early to tell if it will be enough to cause power outages.
New York City: Heavy snow and ice Wednesday.
Boston: From 6 to 12 inches of snow late Wednesday, and possible ice problems.
Baltimore and Washington: A major ice storm is possible for Baltimore, but Washington might escape with non-damaging amounts of ice. Farther inland in Maryland, near Frederick, there could be very heavy ice accumulations.
Escaping the worst of it: Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Atlanta, Charlotte and points south. Also, cities farther to the north, such as Minneapolis, will not be affected.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Big storm coming, but we're mostly spectators
Temperatures tumbled Monday morning across the Charlotte region, ushering in a week of wild weather for the area.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Enjoy the quiet weekend
Weather won't make headlines this weekend in the Carolinas and elsewhere in the South.
After weeks and weeks of snow, sleet and relentless below-average temperatures, we're moving into a four-day period of really pleasant weather, considering it's still January.
Enjoy it. We've earned the fair weather and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s.
Next week looks like a different story.
All the computer models predict a strong storm system will form over the Southwest early next week and then move eastward and curve northeast. Initially, the storm was predicted to follow a southerly track, putting the western Carolinas on the cold side of the precipitation.
But the models have shifted the storm track, and nearly all meteorologists now expect the storm's center to pass well west of the Carolinas on Tuesday and Wednesday. That will put us on the east-southeast, or "warm," side of the storm.
We need the precipitation, as Charlotte is about 6 inches below average since the beginning of October. We don't need severe weather, though, and that's always a problem for areas on the southeast side of strong low pressure systems. We'll keep an eye on that possibility early next week.
And as the storm system swings northeast, heading up into the Great Lakes and then into Canada, it is forecast to drag very cold air into the United States later next week. For now, the computer models predict the worst of the cold air will filter southward from the upper Midwest into Oklahoma and Arkansas, possibly reaching the northern half of Texas.
Some moderation in the arctic blast is forecast for the Southeast.
What does all this mean, in daily forecast terms?
Through Monday ... Very nice conditions, with sunny to partly cloudy skies, and temperatures at or above average for this time of year.
Tuesday and Wednesday ... A rainy period, with the chance of thunderstorms somewhere in the Carolinas.
Thursday into next weekend ... A return to colder weather, but we don't know exactly how cold yet.
In the meantime, enjoy the break!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Winter's not over, but ...
We're about to enjoy our first stretch of tolerable weather since Thanksgiving, and that's a good time to note we've reached a major landmark in what has been a nasty winter.
It's a small landmark, with mostly symbolic meaning, but we'll take anything we can get this winter.
On Monday, the average high temperature for Charlotte was 52 degrees. That's notable because it was an increase of 1 degree from the previous day.
Monday marked the day when -- based on climate history in Charlotte -- the weather begins to warm. The path to summer begins slowly, but it's a start. Next Monday, our average high climbs to 53 degrees. By the end of February, it's 58.
Some people assume the temperature turnaround begins Dec. 21, the first official day of winter. But the atmosphere has a built-in delay process, and our coldest weather usually comes about a month after winter starts. It's the same for summer, with the hottest temperatures, on average, in mid-July.
You also should be noticing a change in the amount of daylight. It should be especially noticeable over the next few days, when we have sunny conditions in Charlotte.
Sunset is about 40 minutes later now than in mid-December, and the total amount of daylight at the end of January is 37 minutes longer than at the start of the month. We add nearly another hour of daylight in February.
This certainly doesn't mean winter is over, even though we'll be enjoying temperatures near 60 degrees this weekend. Some meteorologists and weather geeks were writing on weather bulletin boards last week about a possible monster storm arriving this weekend, but that didn't develop. Instead, we might experience our first stretch of three consecutive days with above-average high temperatures this winter.
Looking down the road ... an arctic air mass is predicted to move into the Midwest and reach as far south as Texas next Tuesday, and at least some of that cold air will spread eastward later in the week.
But that seems far away right now.
The sun is out, average temperatures are climbing, the amount of daylight is growing, and for at least a few days, we can forget about the worst of winter (provided we're not trying to catch a flight to the snow-beleaguered East Coast).
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Oops! Snowstorm looks more like rain
Welcome to Southern Meteorology 101.
Today's lesson ... how a predicted snowstorm can turn into a rainstorm, in just 12 hours.
That's what happened Saturday, as the computer models began moving slightly toward something resembling consensus about a storm system expected to affect the Charlotte region late Tuesday and Wednesday.
A few days ago, the computers were predicting a heavy snowfall Monday. Now, the arrival of precipitation has been pushed back to later Tuesday, and at least some meteorologists are thinking the storm might bring nothing worse than a cold rain to the immediate Charlotte area.
Bryan McAvoy, of the National Weather Service office in Greer, S.C., said Saturday afternoon that it's still too early to predict where the rain-snow line will be. But he says it appears as if the mountains and adjacent foothills could get heavy snow, with a few inches falling in a corridor from Greenville, S.C., to Statesville. That would include places like Shelby and Hickory.
He also says "the idea of a rain-snow event looks better than ever."
Translated: We won't have to worry about sleet or freezing rain this time. A glaze of ice turned the Jan. 10 snow in Charlotte into a dangerous mess.
Earlier Saturday, forecasters said the computer models were indicating Tuesday's storm could be much like the Christmas day event, in which precipitation started as rain in Charlotte but changed to snow, leaving a couple inches on the ground -- with heavier amounts along the Interstate 40 corridor.
But it looks increasingly as if warmer air will be a part of the storm system -- and, hence, the idea that rain, not snow, will fall in Charlotte.
Forecasters caution that Southern Meteorology means the prediction could change again.
McAvoy noted one computer model, the European, that predicts colder air will accompany the storm. If that happens, he said, "The heavy snow would fall further east."
Winter attacks from every side
Anyone in the Charlotte region who dislikes winter weather must feel besieged today, with snow and cold weather seemingly attacking from all directions.
After all, snow is expected to fall this afternoon in Charleston, and bitterly cold arctic air is pouring into the region from the northwest.
The big news for the area continues to be the possibility of a snowstorm Tuesday into early Wednesday, but there is more on the plate this next-to-last Saturday in January.
We still don't have a firm grasp on exactly what will unfold with the next winter storm expected for the Carolinas. The general thinking hasn't changed ... low pressure will form in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and then move across the Southeast.
That low pressure will intensify and take a run up the East Coast, bringing absolutely awful weather to the big metropolitan areas that already have been clobbered several times this season.
But what about the Charlotte area?
Blair Holloway, of the National Weather Service office in Greer, S.C., said Saturday morning the current guess is Charlotte will get rain to start Tuesday, but precipitation will change over to snow. Areas to the north and west of Charlotte would get mostly snow.
This might sound familiar, Holloway notes. "This would be similar to the Christmas day storm," he says.
Meanwhile, Accu-Weather is predicting some rain and some freezing rain for Charlotte, with heavier snow reserved for the foothills and mountains. One of the key computer models for weather forecasting, the GFS (Global), predicted Saturday morning that the storm would take a rather northerly track, bringing more warm air into the Charlotte region.
The other models have colder predictions ... and, hence, more snow.
Here's something else to ponder. Some of the models are hinting at a major storm next weekend. I haven't been paying very close attention to that, but my brother Michael -- who is very weather-savvy -- mentioned to me this morning that some weather professionals have been comparing overall conditions next weekend to March 1993 (the Superstorm).
In the meantime, let's look at the two current pieces of the winter picture:
Snow in Charleston? Low pressure formed off the Florida coast Saturday morning, spreading frozen precipitation onto parts of the coast. Light sleet and snow fell near Charleston, but more significant snow fell Saturday afternoon near Wilmington.
Up to an inch could accumulate in such unlikely places as Ocean Isle Beach and Wrightsville Beach this afternoon, before the storm system moves out to sea.
Cold air. Actually, the Carolinas were spared the worst of the nasty cold blast the past few days. Low temperatures Saturday morning in the mountains were in the mid teens, but the coldest air remained north of the region.
Readings were as cold as 11 degrees below zero in Zanesville, Ohio, not far from Columbus, and the thermometer fell to 1 degree at Lexington, Ky.
High pressure responsible for those cold temperatures will move over New England early in the week and pump chilly air into the Carolinas. That will set the stage for our winter storm Tuesday.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Next week's storm could be a big mess
The emerging trends about the winter storm expected to impact the Charlotte region next week are that it will be big, and that it will produce a mix of precipitation.
As is typically the case, if you check with five meteorologists, you'll get five different forecasts. I'll try to touch on all those possibilities here.
We know the storm will form along the southern jet stream, over the Southwest or in the Gulf of Mexico, and move toward the Southeast. Another weaker storm system will dive southward from the Midwest along a northern jet stream, and the two will phase somewhere in the Southeast.
The result will be a pretty strong storm, which is expected to move up the East Coast and bring more misery to places like Philadelphia, New York City and Boston -- where this winter already has been plenty miserable.
Then again, our winter has been miserable in its own right. Next week's storm will add to that.
Brad Panovich, the chief meteorologist at our news partner WCNC-TV in Charlotte, mentioned that the storm could dump heavy snow somewhere in the western Carolinas. And with strong winds expected with the storm, conditions could seem almost like a blizzard.
Frank Strait, a meteorologist with Pennsylvania-based Accu-Weather, said early Friday morning that the computer models he examined pointed to more of a wet event for Charlotte -- rather than frozen precipitation. He doesn't expect the storm to reach maturation until after it passes the Piedmont area and begins moving up the coast.
"In the Piedmont ... it would start as snow, then go to ice, and to rain," said Strait, who, incidentally, is from Rock Hill and plans to drive down here Wednesday -- if the roads are passable.
As Strait noted, if the storm's center tracks a bit farther east than the models predicted, then slightly colder air could filter into the Charlotte area, and more of the precipitation would be snow, rather than rain.
Another meteorologist, Mike Dross, says the models indicate precipitation starting as snow, then changing to sleet or freezing rain east of Interstate 85. Dross, now based in Houston but formerly of Charlotte, says the storm could be "a blockbuster."
We'll keep watching the evolution of this storm system over the weekend.
Still expecting a winter storm next week
The chances of a winter storm across the Carolinas early next week remain strong, and, in fact, they grew stronger overnight.
The computer models all seem to be coming aboard with the idea of a low pressure system forming in the Gulf of Mexico and phasing with some upper-level energy spinning southward across Tennessee.
Some of the models predict this will become a strong storm, although the consensus seems to be that the heaviest wintry precipitation would fall farther up the East Coast -- from, say, Virginia northward.
That's because the storm wouldn't have organized fully when it is affecting the Carolinas.
All of that is subject to change, of course.
One thing already has changed -- the timing.
Yesterday, we were talking about a Monday arrival. Now it looks as if the precipitation won't start until sometime Tuesday, and it might last into early Wednesday.
And the best thinking from meteorologists now is that the Charlotte area would get snow at the start, changing to sleet, then to freezing rain, and finally to rain. Of course, we don't know yet whether it'll be mostly snow, or mixed precipitation, or rain. But the advance forecast is for temperatures to climb above freezing in the immediate Charlotte region during the storm.
This is a quick post, and I'll write something more detailed later today.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Another round of winter weather
The last of the Jan. 10 snow and ice has melted finally, and now the weather computer models are predicting another bout of frozen precipitation early next week.
The various computer-generated forecasts used by meteorologists to predict the weather were pretty much in agreement leading up to the Jan. 10 storm, but that's not the case this time.
The next system falls pretty much in line with the typical Southern winter storm -- difficult to predict in advance.
The system is expected to form in the Gulf of Mexico this weekend and cross the Southeast, in some fashion, either Monday or Tuesday. Meanwhile, high pressure will build over New England, pumping cold air into the Carolinas.
And as all of you who have spent one or more winters in the Carolinas know, a Gulf storm and a New England high are the ingredients for problems.
But get a load of these varying predictions for the system:
GFS (Global) model ... It calls for a quick-hitting storm, with precipitation arriving Monday afternoon and leaving by early Tuesday morning. That would mean not a lot of precipitation, but the Global model sees most of it falling as snow, sleet and freezing rain.
ECMWF (European) model ... This forecast keeps the storm system pretty far off the Carolinas coast and predicts the New England high won't be quite as strong as some other forecasts. That means much of the precipitation would remain south and east of Charlotte, and temperatures might warm enough for rain to be a part of the mix.
GEM (Canadian) model ... This model predicts a longer-lasting storm, with precipitation falling into Tuesday, and with plenty of cold air.
All three models show some amount of snow, sleet or freezing rain for the Charlotte area, but there are big differences in how much falls, and when.
The major private meteorological companies are hedging their bets, understandably. Accu-Weather predicts rain and snow. The Weather Channel forecasts a light wintry mix Monday, changing to rain Tuesday.
Scott Krentz, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Greer, S.C., said it's not a case of picking one model and going with it every time.
"You weigh how the model has done recently, but you also have to factor in climatology and other issues," Krentz said. "There's a lot that goes into it."
Krentz didn't even want to hazard a guess as to what will happen next week. He says he's waiting for the models to reach some sort of consensus.
It could be the weekend, perhaps late in the weekend, before that happens.
That gives us lots of time to replenish the supplies of ice-melting compound, bread and milk.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Want snow? Wear pajamas inside out
A friend of mine advised me on Sunday that we'll be getting more snow, in about 10 days.
Penny doesn't pay attention to the computer models or any other long-range forecasting tool. She based her forecast on folk legend.
I've learned there's no shortage of folk legends, especially when it comes to snow in the South.
Penny's forecast of snow later next week is based on the weather proverb that says, "If it rains with snow on the ground, more snow is coming." We still had plenty of patches of snow and ice on the ground Monday night when the rain started falling. So I guess that means we'll have another round of wintry precipitation in about 10 days.
Maybe the strangest proverbs I've heard came from a student in the Sunday school class I teach. My daughter and I have a group of 18 extremely bright eighth-graders, and after class on the night of Jan. 9 (a week ago Sunday), I started talking to a seventh-grader from another class.
Cassie Rowell informed me that students believe they'll get a snow day if they wear their pajamas inside out at night, or if they leave a spoon under their pillows. She planned to do both that night.
There are many others, of course.
Probably the most famous is Groundhog Day. If the groundhog sees its shadow on Feb. 2, it means six more weeks of winter. We'll examine that issue on Groundhog Day, but suffice to say the theory doesn't hold up very well under scientific study.
When I moved to the South more than three decades ago, I was told that thunder in winter was followed by snow, 10 days later. There's a bit of support for that, since thunder in the winter usually accompanies strong cold fronts, and if really cold air is pouring in, it sets the stage for a winter storm. But I looked at four cases in recent years, and none of them panned out.
Another one ... the number of August fogs equals the number of snowfalls in winter. National Weather Service records show one significant fog event in August for Charlotte, and snow already has fallen twice (three times, if you count the snow-sleet event of Dec. 16). so forget that one.
An interesting tale I heard recently was that thunder in February means frost in April -- on the same date. In other words, if there's a thunderstorm on Feb. 10, there'll be frost on April 10. I'll have to watch for that.
One saying that makes plenty of sense is "A year of snow, a year of plenty." A lot of snow in the winter means groundwater supplies will be replenished when the snow melts. And that puts the soil in good shape for spring planting.
Personally, I'll stick with the Global, European and Canadian computer models. I've got nothing against the wisdom of those who came before me, but science seems a bit better-grounded.
Then again, Cassie Rowell's inside-out-pajamas and spoon-under-the-pillow trick worked. We got 4 inches of snow on Jan. 10, and she was out of school for several days.
Monday, January 17, 2011
A near-miss for us this time
After getting clobbered with arctic air masses and winter storms the past month, the Charlotte region will miss the worst of what's coming in the next five to seven days -- apparently.
A storm system is tracking eastward today, delivering a belt of snow and freezing rain.
Since mid-December, the storm track frequently has been across the Southeast, with the Charlotte area on the north (cold) side of the system. The result: sleet on Dec. 17; snow on Dec. 25 and 26; and then snow, sleet and freezing rain last Monday.
This time, the storm's path is north of our area. That puts us on the milder side of the system, and it means any precipitation that falls today and Tuesday will be in the form of rain -- except perhaps in the higher mountain altitudes.
Instead, it looks like freezing rain could be a problem in places like Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and maybe the New York City area.
Then there's the matter of the next arctic blast, headed for the continental United States this weekend.
Originally, the computer models indicated the very cold air would push well into Georgia and South Carolina, much like the air masses have done in recent weeks. That would mean another round of far-below-average temperatures from Saturday into the early part of next week.
But now it looks as if the cold air will sweep over the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast. In the Carolinas, we'll be at the edge of the cold air mass. Our temperatures will turn chillier again this weekend, with highs in the low 40s. But we won't be looking at a string of days with 35-degree highs --hopefully.
Some of the advance forecasts show a trend of near-average temperatures for the next 10 days or so.
Given the history of this winter, I doubt that. There's still too much cold air in place over Alaska and Canada. But we'll take every day of "average" we can get.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Stick a fork in that La Nina forecast
I spent more than a few sentences in late autumn describing what a mild and dry winter we would have in the Carolinas.
Talk about making a mistake!
Most long-range meteorologists predicted the Southeast would slide through winter with few if any problems. Those forecasts were based on the emergence of La Nina, the Pacific Ocean condition that tends to keep the South mild in winter while sending the nasty weather into the Northwest.
I remember seeing a comment posted under one of my blog entries from someone who took exception with the forecast, saying there are other conditions at work, including the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). That guy, whomever he was, hit the nail on the head.
I noticed an article last week on Accu-Weather's website on this topic. The point of their article: this will be a bitterly cold month in much of the United States, and their long-range specialist, Joe Bastardi, had reversed his earlier forecast of mild conditions in January and February. Their article noted that making long-range weather predictions is still tricky business, because meteorologists are still learning how all the different variables work together.
So far, this winter has been brutal in the Carolinas. December 2010 was the second-coldest in Charlotte history, and while January so far isn't among the coldest, it's well below average -- about 5 degrees below average so far.
The reason for all this cold weather is the negative NAO. Basically, that means high pressure over Greenland has created a ripple in the atmosphere that sends arctic or polar air masses racing southward into the eastern United States. On the other side of the high, the same thing is happening in Europe.
There are signs of another big blast of arctic air moving south, toward the end of next week. We'll deal with this in our next post, but it appears as if very cold air will sweep into the eastern U.S. sometime around Jan. 22 or 23. It's possible the Carolinas will miss the worst of that, but it's a sign that the negative NAO remains locked in place, at least for now.
So I'm ready to stick a fork in the forecast for a mild winter in the Southeast, because it doesn't appear as if a trend back toward less-harsh conditions will take place anytime before the beginning of February ... if it happens then.
For the record, this will be our second straight cold winter -- and the third consecutive winter with significant snowfall.
Remember that when we have three or four straight winters with no snow.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Storm's headaches: School closings, travel woes
The likelihood of heavy snow Monday in the Carolinas is grabbing the headlines, but this storm will be a headache for a number of other reasons.
Three potential problems I see arising:
1. An ice storm across parts of the South, possibly causing thousands (or tens of thousands) of power outages.
2. Travel problems, including air travel.
3. School closing decisions, due to the timing of the snow's arrival in Charlotte.
Ice storm warnings are posted this morning for central and parts of southern Mississippi, and you can expect those warnings to be expanded eastward later today.
It looks as if southern Alabama (although not on the Gulf coast), south-central Georgia and parts of South Carolina's Midlands are most likely to see enough freezing rain to bring down tree limbs and power lines.
In the Charlotte region, the heaviest ice accumulations are forecast, naturally, to the south. Chester County is expected to get a little less than 1/10 of an inch of ice. Typically, anything less than 1/10 of an inch does not cause power outage problems. Normally, it takes 1/4 inch or more for tree and power line troubles.
I've seen forecasts for up to 1/2 inch of ice accumulating in parts of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
We can be happy that problem is expected to remain to our south and southwest.
Obviously, highway travel will be a precarious matter through Tuesday in the South and Southeast. This storm will affect these interstate highways: 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 40, 55, 75, 77, and 85.
But there probably will be air travel problems, too. Some major airports, including hubs such as Atlanta, Memphis and Charlotte, figure to have delays and cancellations, especially on Monday. Some of the smaller airports also will be affected -- Little Rock, Birmingham, Jackson, Columbia, Greenville-Spartanburg.
By Monday, these cancellations could have a ripple effect that causes problems across the eastern United States, even in cities not directly impacted by the storm.
If you're planning to fly later today or Monday, have a backup plan.
Pity the school superintendents who probably will have to decide on canceling classes early Monday -- before the snow ever arrives.
If the storm system continues to behave the way it's predicted to do, the decision on whether or not to close school Monday should be easy. Having 3 to 5 inches of snow fall on highways in the Carolinas means there's no school. But it's a lot easier to make that call when the snow already has arrived.
Incidentally, should this storm produce the snow and sleet that is predicted, there probably will be a lot of school closings Tuesday, too. And the delayed openings could extend into Wednesday.
Temperatures will only reach 32 to 35 degrees Tuesday, so little melting will take place. And with lows in the mid 20s Wednesday morning, the slush would re-freeze.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
We might "escape" with heavy snow
Many people might look at the forecast of 4 to 6 inches of snow Monday in Charlotte as a big problem, and it will be.
But we might be getting off easy from the storm system expected to move across the South on Sunday and Monday.
A corridor farther to our south stands to get hammered by an ice storm that could knock out power to tens of thousands of customers. That area will stretch from northern Louisiana, across central Mississippi, central and southern Alabama, and southern Georgia.
Heavy snow could fall from northern Mississippi, across northern Alabama, northern Georgia and the western Carolinas.
We'll watch the development of this storm over the next few days, but it looks now (Saturday morning) as if the cities that could get the worst of the freezing rain and power outages would include Shreveport, La.; Jackson, Miss.; Montgomery, Ala.; Macon, Ga.; and possibly Columbia. Other big cities in the South -- Birmingham, Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh -- are more in the zone of heavy snow, rather than ice.
All this can change. Stay tuned.
Friday, January 7, 2011
8 inches, or 2 inches plus ice?
The computer models and meteorologists are in rare agreement that a storm system will turn the start of the work week Monday into a first-class mess in the Carolinas.
If you're of the belief that a 100 percent lock-sure forecast of snow or ice means it won't happen, suit yourself.
The rest of you might want to plan ahead for a messy Monday.
All of the computer models -- the GFS, European, and so on -- predict a low pressure system developing this weekend in the western Gulf of Mexico. That system is expected to track across the northern Gulf and then either head off the Carolinas coast and curve up the coast.
Either way, the Carolinas, especially the Piedmont, figure to be in the crosshair of the frozen precipitation. And once it falls, the frozen stuff might not disappear for a while (we'll deal with that issue later).
First, the customary caution ... the storm system responsible for this mess hasn't actually formed yet. So forecasts can change dramatically over the next few days. But the current thinking is that precipitation will move into the Charlotte area sometime shortly after midnight Sunday, probably in the form of snow.
And it will be around Monday evening or maybe early Tuesday before it ends.
Anthony Sturey, of the National Weather Service office in Greer, S.C., has produced a graphic that shows the heaviest snow and sleet accumulations in a band from Gaffney, S.C., over to western Union County. It includes the Charlotte area, and we're talking about 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 inches.
Relax! Sturey says that Armageddon-like forecast is preliminary. "these are very preliminary snow estimates," he says.
I've seen other forecasts from private meteorologists of 2 to 4 inches, with quite a bit of sleet and freezing rain on top. They think the precipitation will start as snow, then change to sleet and freezing rain by Monday afternoon.
It probably will be Sunday morning before we have a really good idea on the timing and the totals. But it's also important to mention that this storm will precede another blast of very cold air later next week.
We could be looking at single-digit morning temperatures next Friday and Saturday in the Charlotte region, with daytime highs not climbing above the mid 30s. The cold air next week will delay the melting of whatever falls Monday and will present black ice and re-freezing problems Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
More to come ...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Winter storm could strike area Monday
There might not be anything pretty about the winter storm system predicted to affect the Charlotte area at the beginning of next week.
In fact, we might be dealing with the much-dreaded mixed bag of precipitation that includes ice on Monday.
A huge dome of polar air that dropped temperatures to near minus-80 degrees Fahrenheit last week in Siberia is expected to send a piece of that system crashing into Canada and the United States over the next few days.
Over the next two weeks, additional pieces of that incredibly cold air are forecast to move into the United States.
With cold air in place early next week, a low pressure system is predicted to form in the western Gulf of Mexico, move along the Gulf Coast, and then swing up the East Coast early next week. The Charlotte area would be on the cold side of that system, which means wintry precipitation.
The last time, temperatures in Charlotte were above freezing when the storm arrived, so the precipitation fell as rain for a few hours on Christmas Day, until the atmosphere cooled sufficiently and the rain changed to snow.
It's still four days from the arrival of the storm system, but meteorologists say the computer models are indicating layers of air that are above and below freezing. Specifically, some of the models (including the 6Z GFS) show a layer of warm air above a layer of freezing temperatures near the ground. That would support sleet or freezing rain.
People disagree about snow. Some folks like it, some don't.
There's no disagreement about sleet and freezing rain. Everyone hates it. Sleet turns roads into ice rinks. Freezing rain knocks out power.
Mike Dross, a meteorologist who used to work for Duke Energy and now puts his forecasting skills to use with the energy industry in Houston, says he sees a scenario where some parts of the Charlotte area receive 1/4 inch of ice. That's enough for power outages.
"This will probably change with future (computer model) runs," Dross says, but he adds that the freezing rain-sleet forecast is what the computers are projecting now.
And this might be just the start of a stretch of bad weather. Temperatures seem likely to remain below average for a week or more, so if any other low pressure systems develop in the Gulf, they could bring more trouble to the Charlotte area.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The big news of 2010
We've got the coldest air in possibly two decades headed our way next week, so let me get some unfinished business out of the way -- and then we'll start thinking about the frigid air mass headed our way.
First, let's put a wrap on 2010, and the big weather stories in the Charlotte region:
1. A non-story ... the lack of hurricanes.
The National Hurricane Center and just about every other long-range meteorologist predicted a busy year for tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic basin, and they were correct. There were 19 named storms this year, compared to an average of 11.
But nearly all the storms veered away from the U.S. mainland. A few of the meteorologists who make hurricane season predictions had forecast landfall of a major storm on the Southeast coast, but a powerful high pressure system sat over our part of the country through much of July, August and September.
That kept storms from the U.S. coast. It was good news for vacationers, those who own beachfront property, and all of us who didn't have to pay $6 a gallon for gasoline (no storms affected the petroleum industry).
2. The summer heat.
There were only two days above 100 degrees, both in July, and that's not terribly out of the ordinary. But Charlotte came within an eyelash of breaking the record for 90-degree days.
There were 87 days of 90 degrees or hotter in Charlotte, barely falling short of the record of 88, set in the miserably hot summer of 1954. Summer got off to a hot start, with 18 straight 90-degree days in June, and the heat kept going through Sept. 25, when it hit 95 degrees.
On Sept. 26, the high was only 75, and that marked an end to a very hot summer.
3. Christmas snow (or Dec. 26 snow).
Whether 2010 produced a white Christmas or not is something meteorologists can argue about. The National Weather Service says official snowfall measurements are taken at 7 a.m., but there was accumulated snow in Charlotte before midnight on Christmas. So for most of us, it was a white Christmas.
While the snowfall -- and all the speculation leading up to the snow -- was something of a curiosity piece for the Charlotte area, the storm system was a serious problem farther up the East Coast, where it turned into a raging blizzard. The storm wrecked the airline flight schedule for several days and turned the Christmas holiday into a first-class mess for many travelers.
4. October 26 tornadoes.
A half-dozen tornadoes touched down in Cleveland, Catawba and Iredell counties, as a powerful low pressure system moving along a stalled cold front spread stormy weather across much of the western Carolinas.
The next day, additional severe thunderstorm activity broke out across the area, before the cold front finally sagged into South Carolina.
5. March 28 tornadoes.
A low pressure system moving across the Carolinas set off severe weather on a Sunday evening, including a tornado in Belmont and thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts in western Mecklenburg County. The same system also triggered a tornado in the northern Rowan County town of Spencer. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries.


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MIAMI – May 23, 2017 –Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announces a new curatorial fellowship thanks to the generous support of the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation Curatorial Fellowship at PAMM is offered to students of underrepresented ethnic backgrounds who have completed their studies at the undergraduate level and is designed to help individuals interested in embarking on a curatorial career. Over the course of 24 months the Curatorial Fellow will conduct extended research and help organize annual exhibitions of the museum's permanent collection.
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The Piano Man is answering back to the Rocket Man.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Billy Joel replied about Elton John's recent comments in Rolling Stone magazine pertaining to him.
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In the Rolling Stone story, John commented about Joel not penning new tunes and his time in rehab. "At the end of the day, he's coasting," said the Rocket Man of Joel, who has not released a new studio album since 1993's "River of Dreams." "I always say, 'Billy, can't you write another song?' It's either fear or laziness. It upsets me. We've had so many canceled tours because of illnesses and various other things, alcoholism."
John continued: "He's going to hate me for this, but every time he goes to rehab they've been light. When I went to rehab, I had to clean the floors. He goes to rehab where they have TVs. I love you, Billy, and this is tough love. Billy, you have your demons and you're not going to get rid of them at rehab light. You've got to be serious. People adore you, they love you and respect you. You should be able to do something better than what you're doing now."
The two superstars have previously toured together for over a decade. According to Rolling Stone, Joel had double-hip replacement surgery.
This year's marks Joel's 40th anniversary as a recording artist. On March 8, Joel's "Live at Shea Stadium," recorded from a 2008 concert, will be out on CD and DVD.
John is nominated for a Best Pop Collaboration Vocal Grammy with Leon Russell for "If It Wasn't For Bad," from their album "The Union."
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REDWOOD CITY (AP) — Three family members were killed when their stranded Lexus was struck from behind by another vehicle on a California freeway, authorities said.
The family was headed to the San Francisco airport on Friday on their way to visit relatives in Dallas for the holidays when the Lexus got a flat tire on a stretch of Interstate 280 in Redwood City.
The car pulled onto the median before it was slammed by a Volkswagen SUV, authorities said.
The California Highway Patrol identified the victims as Manjit Kaur, 48, her son, Manpreet Singh, 28, and her daughter, Jasdeep Kaur, 21, all of Santa Clara. Manjit Kaur's husband, Amarjit Singh Multani, 56, survived the crash.
"Half my family is dead. I'm barely holding myself together," Jarnail Singh, 26, the only family member not in the car, told the San Jose Mercury News on Sunday.
The driver of the Volkswagen has been identified as G.A. Smith, 82, of San Jose, CHP Officer Art Montiel told The Associated Press on Monday. Smith is hospitalized after undergoing surgery for numerous injuries including broken ribs, Montiel said. His condition was not immediately available.
A phone listing for a G.A. Smith could not be found.
Smith was "driving at a high rate of speed" when the accident occurred, and it does not appear that alcohol was a factor in the incident, Montiel added.
"No arrests have been made at this time," Montiel said. "The accident remains under investigation."
Manpreet Singh took a break Friday from his job as a manager at a San Jose fitness center to take his sister, mother and father to San Francisco International Airport for their flight to Dallas.
He planned to drop them off then head back to work. But his sister's 1997 Lexus got the flat tire and they pulled to the center divider moments before the fatal accident.
On Sunday, Jarnail Singh reflected sadly on his family who came to the United States from Amritsar, India, in 2001.
He spoke gently of his brother, whose humor and smile he said would be missed by his friends. He said his brother dreamed of opening his own gym, his mother was a woman who would always help others in need, and his sister was looking forward to finishing her business degree and starting her own company.
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Little Luxuries for the Lovelies in Your Life
Sometimes the prettiest things come in small packages. These fancies are perfect for stuffing the stockings of all the well-deserving girls in your life, and they won't break the bank! 1. Kate Spade Color Sparkle Lipstick Crayons ($38) – I don't know if it's the poppy striped box or the party-perfect hues, but I want these bad! 2. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Nail Polish in Black Pearl ($18) – Move over vampy manis, Bobbi's limited-edition lacquer is the epitome of tough luxe. 3. Eve Lom Kiss Mix ($22) – The minty, glossy balm from British import Eve Lom currently holds court on my nightstand. 4. Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir Bath Soap ($15) – There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to bathe in Jo Malone on a daily basis, especially when it's this lush, peppery signature scent. 5. Kiehl's Original Musk Shower Gel ($16) – Unisex and utterly classic, this cleanser lathers up nicely and leaves just enough of its soft, spicy scent behind. 6. MOR Essentials Scented Candle ($18) – My latest candle discovery. Gorgeous, giftable tins filled with 35 hours of clean burning soy wax in beautifully exotic fragrances. Hello hostess gifts! 7. Jouer Mini Luminizing Moisture Tint ($20) – A travel-friendly way to sample Jouer's best-selling, lightweight yet dewifying tinted moisturizer. 8. Marvis Toothpaste ($10.50) – There's something about this minty, Italian apothecary paste that makes brushing one's teeth a supremely chic ritual. Leave out a tube for your house guests!


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Women uniquely armed for management jobs
Nina loved her job as a sales rep for a pharmaceutical firm. She was at ease meeting new people, traveling and selling her product; all of this came naturally to her.
Because of her incredible sales numbers, Nina was promoted to regional sales manager. At first, she was thrilled to have been selected and, because she had such great interpersonal skills, assumed that managing the sales force would be a slam dunk.
Once in the new job, however, Nina felt as though she were up a creek without a paddle. Initially, she treated her employees like friends, assuming that they'd respect her position of authority and do their jobs.
Unfortunately, her subordinates quickly took advantage of Nina's good nature. They tested her limits until she lost her temper in a way that she knew was ineffective and unprofessional.
Her next tactic was to model the management style of her predecessor, Alec. As regional sales manager, Alec was a no-nonsense kind of boss who was at times both heartless and harsh.
Even though no one liked the means he used to achieve his ends, Alec always surpassed his quarterly goals. This was not her style, but, in the absence of other ideas, Nina decided to become the female version of Alec.
But shortly after deploying that tactic, Nina was called on the carpet by the vice president of sales.
He had received many complaints from her employees who accused her of being aggressive, power-hungry and emotional. At her wit's end, Nina sought my help. She had no idea how she'd gone, overnight, from model employee to manager from hell.
Female managers are still a relatively new phenomenon in the workplace. Since the '60s, most female bosses have been operating in uncharted waters; they haven't known what to do and their employees haven't known what to expect.
Like many other women, Nina had to learn the hard way that she could neither be her employees' friend nor manage them like a man would.
I was delighted to share with Nina -- as I have with countless women over the years -- that she already has what she needs to manage workers effectively. Due to variations in the male and female brain structure, women bring different strengths to leadership positions than men. Societal norms and traditional female roles actually encourage the development of leadership skills. Here are some points to consider:
Generally, women communicate better than men, allowing for the easy flow of ideas, which can lead to team-building and consensus in the workplace.
Women tend to read facial expressions as well as the emotions of their employees more readily than do their male counterparts. Access to these cues allows female bosses to understand and therefore influence their employees in a unique and effective way.
Differences in the brain's limbic system allow women to be more in touch with -- and better able to express -- their emotions, leading to stronger interpersonal relationships and a unique ability to influence others.
As managers on the home front, women learn to delegate -- a skill that is invaluable in developing their employees and allowing them to feel both competent and confident.
Limit-setting is essential in bringing up happy and well-adjusted kids. Similarly, establishing guidelines and deadlines at the workplace -- and sticking to them -- is key to reaching team and organizational goals.
There's one area where I believe we women need education and support, however. Most of us aren't taught how to be assertive, and therefore vacillate between the extremes of passivity and aggression when dealing with subordinates and co-workers.
Speaking with a business coach (some organizations actually fund coaching for managers), or a solution-focused psychotherapist, can save you headaches and heartache.
As a woman your innate leadership abilities are exceptional -- if different -- from those of your male counterparts.
Now head to the office and knock 'em dead!
Maud Purcell is a psychotherapist, corporate consultant and director of the Life Solution Center of Darien. Contact her at email@example.com.


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For stylish hotel accommodation in the very heart of Brisbane, look no further than The Sebel Brisbane. Located on the corner of Charlotte and Albert Streets in Brisbane's central business district and only steps from the Queen Street Mall's shopping and entertainment precinct, The Sebel Brisbane offers guests 134 newly refurbished studio and one and two bedroom apartments with spectacular views over Brisbane's glittering skyline. Each apartment is stylishly decorated with a spacious lounge room, fully equipped kitchen, laundry facilities, large private balconies and in-house movies - perfect for the corporate traveller, a couple's weekend away or family vacation.
Located on the ground floor of this inner-city hotel, is a vibrant on-site restaurant and bar where guests can enjoy an array of delicious menu items complemented by a selection of Australian and imported beers and wines.
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Well appointed Studio guestrooms features contemporary decor and facilities, mini-bar, direct high speed internet access, in-house movies, Foxtel package, tea and coffee making facilities and individually controlled air-conditioning.
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Sunday School – 10:00 am
Worship Service – 11:00 am
Bible Study – 12:15 pm
Wednesday Bible Study - 6:30 pm
12859 Martin Road Spur
Northport, AL 35473
As our meeting draws to a close, Brother Lewis gives us great encouragement by pointing to a time when God will be glorified by all. This is a time when our own personal sin which often hinders us will be gone. We will be able to serve God with a full heart. We pray this meeting has been a great encouragement to you.


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Date(s) - 11/27/2018
11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Our senior guests (55 years young+) enjoy the unlimited buffet and drink for just $4.50 plus tax, all day on Tuesday! It's a great time to get some friends together for cards, dominoes or board games. Bring them in for some good times, and great food!


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In politics we're familiar with the non-apology apology (well described in Wikipedia as "a statement that has the form of an apology but does not express the expected contrition"). Here's the scientific equivalent: the non-retraction retraction.
Sanjay Srivastava points to an amusing yet barfable story of a pair of researchers who (inadvertently, I assume) made a data coding error and were eventually moved to issue a correction notice, but even then refused to fully admit their error. As Srivastava puts it, the story "ended up with Lew [Goldberg] and colleagues [Kibeom Lee and Michael Ashton] publishing a comment on an erratum – the only time I've ever heard of that happening in a scientific journal."
From the comment on the erratum:
In their "erratum and addendum," Anderson and Ones (this issue) explained that we had brought their attention to the "potential" of a "possible" misalignment and described the results computed from re-aligned data as being based on a "post-hoc" analysis of a "proposed" data shift. That is, Anderson and Ones did not plainly describe the mismatch problem as an error; instead they presented the new results merely as an alternative, supplementary reanalysis.
And here's the unusual rejoinder to the comment on the correction. It's pretty annoying that, even to the end, they refuse to admit their mistake, instead referring to "clerical errors as those alleged by Goldberg et al." and concluding:
When any call is made for the retraction of two peer-reviewed and published articles, the onus of proof is on the claimant and the duty of scientific care and caution is manifestly high. Yet, Goldberg et al. (2008) have offered only circumstantial and superficial explanations . . . As detailed above, Goldberg et al. do not and cannot provide irrefutable proof of the alleged clerical errors. To call for the retraction of peer-reviewed, published papers on the basis of alleged clerical errors in data handling is sanctimoniously misguided. We continue to stand by the analyses, findings and conclusions reported in our earlier publications.
That's the best they can do: "no irrefutable proof"?? That's like something the killer says in the last act of a Columbo episode, right before the detective tricks him into giving himself away. Once you say "no irrefutable proof," you've already effectively admitted that you did it. And in science, that should be enough.
By the way, here's the "sanctimonious" graph from Goldberg et al. featuring the "no irrefutable proof":
It's unscientific behavior not to admit error.


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Were they UFOs? Residents in the Hawaiian islands were alarmed when strange lights appeared in the sky Tuesday night, Hawaii News Now reports.
But Department of Defense officials quickly set the record straight: It was a missile launch from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands on Kauai.
"During the test, a simulated ballistic missile target was acquired, tracked, and engaged by the Aegis Weapon System," a DOD official said. "Several fire control and engagement functions were exercised during the test."
The Aegis Weapon System is intended to be a naval surface defense system, allowing ships to track and attack designated targets, according to its producer, Lockheed Martin. The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, used in conjunction with the SPY-1 radar, allows fast-moving ships to intercept short and medium-range ballistic missiles.
Officials say the test was a success.
But these mysterious lights were never identified. Can you figure out what these "glowing orbs" are?


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Heavy lifting: The case of the purloined Sheraton
When Dot Daniels sold the cottage on East Rio Road she'd lived in for 53 years and needed to downsize, she asked Emily Rhinelander to help her with an estate sale.
Rhinelander had a few items she wanted to sell, too, including an 18th-century Sheraton chest that had been appraised at $7,000.
The February 1-2 sale was a big success, and even though Rhinelander didn't sell the chest– which she'd priced at $4,200– she thought the exposure to other dealers would be good.
On February 3, the Monday after the sale, Rhinelander was back at the red cottage to figure out what to do with the items that were left. That's when she noticed her Sheraton was missing.
"I thought maybe somebody had moved it," says Rhinelander, because items were constantly being sold and moved around during the sale. She checked with others who'd been there, and discovered with a sinking feeling that no one had seen it. That's when she called the police and noticed that a window in the house was broken.
"On Friday and Saturday nights, we'd had someone stay in the house," says Rhinelander. "We had a person stationed in each room during the sale to supervise, so no one walked off with anything."
But no one was there Sunday night, when at least two people broke in and took the chest that Rhinelander says was too big for one person to move.
Her husband, Charles, thinks the estate sale that 500 people attended was a great set-up for those inclined to larceny. "It was busy at times. There was a chance to go through, find the item you want, and find a good window," he says.
"This is the perfect crime because on the second day, nobody really knows what's missing," he adds.
Pat Powell of Harlowe-Powell Auction does a lot of estate sales, and he calls the theft a shock. "A Sheraton chest is a fairly large object," he says.
"It sounds like an audacious thing, and you'd need two people," says Norman Dill, who frequents a lot of estate sales to find merchandise for his store, the Consignment House.
Neither had ever heard of such a substantial piece of furniture being heisted from an estate sale. More typical, says Powell, is someone lifting a small item. "That's why we try to have people stationed around," he says.
And the Sheraton chest was not the only unlikely item taken. Dot Daniels had four heavy concrete flowerpots that she estimates would be worth about $150 each outside the house. Her granddaughter was taking them but hadn't picked them up yet. "They just dumped the dirt," before spiriting them away, she complains of the thieves.
"I lived here for 53 years, 19 by myself, and nobody ever bothered me," she says. She's amazed that outside lights and her house's busy Rio Road location didn't deter the thieves.
Emily Rhinelander intends to check with local antique dealers to see if her hot Sheraton turns up. "That's what's bizarre to us," she says. "It's not going to be an easy thing to sell. It's not that portable. Maybe an antique lover took it."
While the Rhinelanders are shaken by the theft, their insurance should provide some consolation. "The ironic thing is," says Charles, "although it was valued at $7,000, we could never sell it for $7,000. We never sold it at $4,800, at $4,200, or at $3,800."


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In 1990, Reverend Greg and Terri Nies were called by God to form New Beginnings Fellowship. They started this mission on the foundation of the Word and the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Acts 26:17-18 (NIV) "I am sending you to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light…"
The Foundation…
Greg attended Oral Roberts University, where he took bible studies. The earlier years of Greg's walk with God were very active as God had him moving in the Holy Spirit.
In 1982, Greg received a word of knowledge from a friend, Ralph Nault, to go check out the 700 Club. After talking with the 700 Club, Greg became a phone counselor and recruiter, where he met his future wife, Terri. Terri and Greg were married on April 23, 1983.
In the mid 1980's, Greg and Terri started Cutting Edge Ministries, through which they did prison seminars (starting with the help of Dallas and Linda Strom) and prison marriage seminars.
In April 1990, they had their son, Daniel, who went home to be with the Lord on July 16, 1990. At 2 ½ months old, Daniel died of SIDS.
During this time, by the grace of God, the Holy Spirit brought Greg and Terri closer together in a special way. Their prayer and fellowship with Jesus Christ held them together and eventually was the basis of their future ministry to couples in prison and to couples who had lost a child to death. The Lord Jesus opened up the ministry of healing hearts to Greg and Terri after Daniel's death.
In 1990, Greg was ordained as a pastor after working in several churches with Terri. Soon after, Pastors Greg and Terri started New Beginnings Fellowship.
By 2006, Greg and Terri have ministered through marriage seminars, prison seminars, community outreaches, bible studies, Holy Spirit seminars, discipleship, inner healing classes, planting churches in India and Africa, prayer and power evangelism. Greg and Terri recently received their Doctoral of Theology from Grace Theological College and Seminary. They are Founders of Cutting Edge Ministries, Senior Pastors of New Beginnings Fellowship, and spiritual parents to many.