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So Rupert Murdoch has hinted on Twitter that he may be rethinking his 40 year mission to deliver a daily couple of nipples to the breakfast tables of the nation.
In a reaction on Comment is Free, Rhiannon Lucy Cossett argued that nudity is not the principal problem with Page 3. "The presence of a few designer labels in the crucial areas makes little difference if the poisonous attitude remains the same," she wrote. I broadly agree. My general take on the issue is that The Sun is a paper which peddles the exploitation, vilification and undisguised hatred of, well, just about everyone. The focus on Page 3 seems to me to miss the broader point, but more precisely, my problem with the tradition is not the nudity, but the way that it uses women as decoration, implying that a woman's most significant role in the news media is to provide eye candy for a predominantly male market. Related to that, my main problem with the campaign against Page 3 is that by focusing on the nakedness, it veers rather close to an anti-nudity, even anti-sexuality narrative. It seems to say that exploitation is just fine, so long as you keep the boobs covered up.
While I generally agreed with Rhiannon's main point, there was one paragraph in the article that betrays a profoundly mistaken view of what Page 3 is and does, and how it is viewed by men. It's an extreme example of an argument that is often made by feminists within this debate.
I remember, as a teenager, how awful it was to be sitting next to a man on the bus leering at Page 3. I remember the embarrassment, the discomfort, at the lascivious drool coming from his chops, and the physical revulsion at his presumed erection from looking at a girl pretty much the same as me
…it's about the sense of entitlement, the presupposition that an entire page of a national newspaper should be given over to the sexual gratification of men
Of course one can never underestimate the diversity of human personality and sexual behaviour, and I need no convincing that women experience the most rank sexual harassment and intimidation on public transport. I will take it on trust that at some point(s) in her life Rhiannon really did find herself sitting next to some freak who was "leering at Page 3" with "lascivious drool coming from his chops" in such a way that she presumed he had an erection from all the "sexual gratification" on display. I do, however, strongly reject the implication that this is how men typically view Page 3.
Straight men generally find pretty young women attractive. They are drawn towards them. Pretty young women with clothes on are attractive, and pretty young women with fewer clothes on are even more attractive. Boobs are nice to look at. I don't think I'm sticking my neck out too far in making that assertion.
Murdoch started putting semi-naked women in his newspapers back in 1970 to attract buyers, in exactly the same way that car show exhibitors drape models over the bonnets of their cars. He figured that if men are attracted to women with their tops on, they would be even more attracted to women with their tops off. And he was probably largely correct about that.
However attraction is not the same thing as sexual arousal. If images in The Sun or any other paper were genuinely sexually arousing they would actually lose readers. Murdoch has always wanted The Sun to be something that families could have lying around the breakfast table. That's why the classic Page 3 look has always been strangely sexless and innocent, all happy cheerful smiles rather than the sultry, seductive pouts of pornography, even softcore porn.
Here is a fundamental truth about men: we hate getting erections at inappropriate moments. It is embarrassing and (literally) uncomfortable. The greatest horror is to get an erection at work or when surrounded by your mates. Men (and teenage boys in particular) develop all kinds of squirming techniques and tactics to try to disguise them. If we thought reading the Sun was likely to produce spontaneous erections at inopportune moments, we wouldn't buy it, or we would but would keep it hidden under the mattress with the porn mags.
I suspect one of the reasons why Murdoch is now considering covering up the nipples on Page 3 is because he realises that they're not actually that important a part of the equation. He started using them 40 years ago because he thought he could get away with it and it might add to sales. He now knows he could take them away and it wouldn't really make any difference, because the nipples really aren't what it is all about. The likelihood is that Murdoch can grant campaigners their victory, get some good PR, and continue to use women in the same exploitative, sexist, decorative way he always has.
There is a tendency among some feminists to assume the worst of male sexuality. I understand where that has come from, but it can lead debates on topics such as sexualisation, porn and objectification to be conducted rather at cross purposes, and to generate a lot more heat than light. I don't doubt for a moment that when a woman (especially a very young women) sees a man looking at The Sun, and specifically Page 3, she might be made genuinely uncomfortable by it. She may genuinely believe that the man is awash with lust, drooling with sexual gratification and sheltering a raging boner underneath his newspaper. I would suggest that unless the man has just escaped from decades in a monastery or is about 12 years old, this is almost certainly not the case. Much more probably he is thinking something like "she's cute, nice tits, what a ridiculous speech bubble they've given her. Wonder if United will win tonight."
Perhaps there was a time when Page 3 was still sufficiently new, daring and shocking to produce a frisson of genuine sexual excitement, but those days had passed long before even I hit puberty – a long, long time ago. When I was 13, round about 1980, we boys were on a perpetual hunt for sexual stimulation of any kind. Copies of Mayfair and Penthouse would be dealt and shared like valuable contraband. Even then Page 3 would barely register. It was what you might wank to if you couldn't get hold of your mum's Kay's Catalogue lingerie section.
This wouldn't matter too much were it not for one nagging concern. I can't help thinking that the reason many women suppose that Page 3 is the salient tip of a huge iceberg of slavering male sexual desire is because so many other women have told them that Page 3 is the salient tip of a huge iceberg of slavering male sexual desire. Perhaps it is time to turn the page on that particular myth.
I have no wish to undermine or resist feminist campaigns against Page 3, on the contrary I think it we'd have a slightly better society without it. On the other hand, I'd prefer if we could have that debate and that campaign without the need to further demonize male sexuality. Whatever Page 3 might be about, it is really not about sex.


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Abdella Ahmad Tounisi's appearance Tuesday follows his arrest at O'Hare International Airport as he prepared to board a plane.
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The Russian business daily reported at length on February 15 that Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan was visiting Moscow and would meet with President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
The Russian media regularly portrays the S-300s as virtually already delivered, but as we have pointed out, there are issues of manufacture and payment, even though Iran has reportedly withdrawn its suit against Russia for non-delivery of the S-300s while it was adhering to the UN-imposed embargo. cited sources that told them Iran had already made an advance toward the nearly $1 billion payment for the S-300s, and would receive the first division "within a few months."
That would mean that statements from Vice Premier Dmitry Rogozin that they were "already" delivered were premature. The sources said the contract "plans to be fulfilled by the end of 2016/early 2017."
The conservative Fox News was more blunt about Iran's "shopping trip" in a story headlined "Defiant Iran Ignores UN Ban, Hits up Putin for High-tech Tanks, Fighter Jets"; Fox also mentioned Iran's recent test of missiles capable of bearing nuclear warheads, for which 11 entities and individuals were sanctioned.
Kommersant went further than AP and even Free Beacon to point out two restraining factors on Tehran's shopping, one of which Fox had noted:
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Table 7. Academic resilience scaleitem mean scores by vignette group .
Figure 2 shows that while the difference in mean academic resilience scores between the personal and vicarious vignette groups was significant [ t (430) = 9.908, p < 0.001], with a large effect size ( d = 0.96), there was no significant difference in ASE scores [ t (432) = 0.356, p > 0.05].
Figure 2. Mean academic resilience by vignette group .
Gender and year of study analysis did not reveal any significant differences in academic resilience ( p > 0.05). Correlational analysis did not reveal any significant association between age and academic resilience ( p > 0.05), although a small significant correlation between age and ASE [ r (429) = 1.58, p < 0.001] was reported.
Overall results support the hypothesis that ASE is associated with, and a predictor of, academic resilience. Significant positive correlations between ASE and academic resilience were reported for both the personal and vicarious vignettes, although effect size was large for the personal vignette group and small for the vicarious vignette group. Analysis of ASE as a predictor of academic resilience also led to significant results for each of the vignette groups, with the greatest variance in academic resilience (26.2%) accounted for in the personal vignette group compared to only 4.6% in the vicarious group. Although previous studies have reported self-efficacy as an important contributory factor for resilience (
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Brent Crude Oil (May '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 04/03/13 @ 109.37. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 04/03/13 @ 109.37. Downside Targets = 105.41 – 103.38.
- New lows made on the current move Friday @ 103.62.
- May Brent Crude generated a bearish DOUBLE OVB formation this past week on its way to new 2013 and eight-month spot lows.
- The price action this past week was technically detrimental as it not only closed below the weekly support Bollinger Band but also reversed the IT trend to bearish, diminishing hopes of $120+ prices for the remainder of the year as it looks to work its way lower toward a projected ANNUAL low between $92.00 - $85.21.
- Projected Daily Range: 2.07
- Projected Weekly Range: 4.80
- Projected Monthly Range: 6.72
WTI Crude Oil (May '13):
- Short Term Trends are bearish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 04/03/13 @ 95.91. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 04/03/13 @ 94.45. Downside Targets = 92.11 – 90.98.
- May WTI Crude Oil dropped sharply lower during this past week after four weeks of strong bullish price action met a headwind of sellers and the market had its most volatile week of trading since late October of last year.
- Given that the market was extremely oversold heading into the close of last week, look for some backing and filling price action early in this week's trading before falling back lower and breaking the Q1 lows on its way to a significant drop lower near the $80 mark.
- Projected Daily Range: 1.83
- Projected Weekly Range: 4.08
- Projected Monthly Range: 7.11
Natural Gas (May '13):
- Short Term trend is bullish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 04/05/13 @ 3.986. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 04/05/13 @ 4.045. Upside Targets = 4.193 – 4.238.
- May Natural Gas reversed course from strong declines in early week trading on Friday for its largest single day gain of the year and biggest in five months as it made new 2013 highs following a bullish OVB quarter in Q1.
- This price action should most likely lead to new highs being made on Monday but the sustainability of these highs will be questioned based on current cash pricing and warm weather moving into the NE.
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@Kestrelon they are. Pets during Lift-Off or Proto-Strike can be reached by opponent performing the same. Of course a pet suspended in the skies won't reach the one hidden underground and the other way around. (Forgive a cheap rhyme!)
Even if you don't battle a lot, for the unique numbers themselves you'd keep an H/P one. Leave the H/H stats to Scooter the Snail.
These little guys are absolute killers for elementals with only elemental attacks
Just takes patience on this one! Got mine around 44.0 , 19.0 after about 3-4 hours of pet battling up and down the Darkshore coast. I came across a level 3 rare blue finally.
Found lvl 3 B/B rare at 38, 33 after reading comments and logging out and logging back in after spending hours doing sweeps top to bottom. I think this middle area is key.
Very interesting occurence I thought I'd share, discovered while I was looking to tame one of these; if two opposing pets have an underground avoid and use it at the same time (ie, the Water Snake's "Burrow"...and the Shimmershell's "Dive"), the combat round will continue as if nothing happened!
My snake burrowed, the snail dove, and the snake moved in for a normal attack! Could come in handy...and it makes me wonder if the airborne versions are the same!
Best breed of H and P:
(Let's be honest, no one gives a f*** about a snail's S)
•Alongside Scooter, this snail has the best of both snail worlds that really matter. Even when it comes to P, a snail will not be a big hitter. It's all about their H, and at 1969, its among the top 10 of most healthful pets. Coupled with Shell Shield and Dive, its longevity during battled is significantly increased.
@ Gawd: Only the H/H breed has that much health, and based on the info you gave, you have the H/P variant.
Fortunately, you're probably better off with that anyway. H/P has less health, but its Absorb will heal for more, its Shell Shield will stop more damage, and, of course, it'll hit harder overall.
Having the H/P breed probably makes this guy better than the Rapana Whelk, albeit requiring more of a time investment.
Got a level 6 rare on first try at 36.4, 35.5 :)
Only snail with a P breed of any kind, and its HP to be exact. This will be good against the whispering spirit.
Caught a level 4 rare by itself at 38.08, 48.48
H/H does exist. JUst got it "rare" quality after several days of trying directly with snails and as a secondary to Darkshore Cub. Have failth.
At lvl 25 my rare blue is only 1790...Not the 1900. Any ideas how they get that high?
After a few battles, I found a rare as a secondary to another shimmershell snail. It was a level 6, so looks like that is the lucky number. I found it along the shore next to Remtravel's Excavation site. =D
At level 10, my shimmershell snail matches up with the 6,16 breed. I'll update once I get it to level 25 to see if it has 1969 health.
Has anyone here got the max health (6,16) breed?
I've fought over 50 of them so far and haven't see it once... starting to wonder if this is a mistake.
I found mine at the uppermost northern part of Mists Edge on the shore. The first one a level 3 rare. I was so happy never had that happen to me. I normally have to spend a good part of the day doing pet battles to find a rare. I saw several along the coast dont know if it was the time of day. It was on a Sunday 4:50 Central Time.
Breed 7 (H/P) of this one is the best snail you can get in game, and as snails in general are extremely useful, you want to have it :)
Thank you to Devlan on the advice to battle the Darkshore Cubs for the chance to get a rare as a secondary. I had flown the entire shore and only seen a few snails and neither of them were any good. After only challenging 3 bears, one of them brought his rare snail friend along!
A good way to find these little buggers is to battle level 5+ Darkshore Cubs. The Snails are often included as secondaries in these battles.
I found a dozen or so, scattered along the sandy strip along the coast, from end to end of Darkshore. No rare yet, but I'll be back - I want a trio of snails.


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Wynne slams Trump and Sanders' tough trade talk
Premier Kathleen Wynne is not 'feeling the Bern' or buying into Donald Trump's 'Make America Great Again' rhetoric.
It would seem that way after comments she made slamming Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump, for their "protectionist" rhetoric during the U.S. Election. Wynne singled out both men for their anti-free trade talk during the campaign at a Wednesday morning forum at the Toronto Region Board of Trade.
"When I was in the States and I was asked about what the protectionist discussion that was going on because of what Trump has said, but quite frankly also because some of the stuff Bernie Sanders was talking about, I think it's very dangerous," Wynne said. "I don't think it's good for Ontario. I don't think it's good for the United States and I don't think it's good for the world."
Asked about the remarks after the event, Wynne said she wasn't going to predict what either Trump or Hillary Clinton would do on the trade file after the November election. But she again stressed that "building walls" around the U.S. economy is a bad idea.
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Who doesn't like the sweet taste and smooth texture of chocolate? But many of us feel guilty when we indulge in chocolate as a topping, a candy, or a beverage. Is it really a "forbidden" food?
The fruit of the cacao tree is a football-shaped pod that contains about 25-75 cocoa beans. Ancient civilizations in Mexico and Central America regarded chocolate, made from the cocoa beans, as magical. It was used as a beverage, as a medicine for gastrointestinal problems, as a treatment for fatigue, and as an offering in religious events. In the 1500s, after cocoa beans were brought to Spain from Mexico, chocolate became popular across Europe, where it was viewed as a healthy food. "Hot chocolate", a sweetened version of the beverage, became a preferred drink for royal families. Because of the high prices of imported cocoa beans and sugar, chocolate was not readily available in the United States until the mid-1800s. Chocolate's popularity with Americans heightened during World War I, when U.S. chocolate manufacturers shipped it to our soldiers throughout Europe.
Chocolate today is processed and contains varying amounts of cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, sugar, and milk. Although chocolate is relatively high in calories and fat (about 150 calories and 8.5 grams of fat per ounce), it contains monounsaturated fat and a type of saturated fat that are not associated with increasing blood cholesterol levels. In fact, research studies have shown that chocolate does not raise and may even improve blood cholesterol levels.
Chocolate contains a variety of minerals that are needed for cardiovascular health, such as calcium, magnesium, copper, and potassium. It also contains flavonoids, which are substances that act as antioxidants, protecting the body from "free radicals" (oxidized compounds that are associated with the development of heart disease). Dark chocolate contains greater amounts of minerals and flavonoids than lighter chocolates. Recent studies are investigating other positive effects of chocolate, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-platelet, and vasodilatory effects.
Based on current scientific evidence, we should include a variety of flavonoid-rich foods in our diets, such as apples, purple grapes, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, red wine, green and black tea, and chocolate. But remember that all foods should be eaten in moderation. So a heart-healthy diet combined with an active lifestyle can include chocolate ... in small amounts. Savor those delicious treats, such as strawberries dipped in chocolate or chocolate brownies with added nuts and dried cranberries, occasionally and leave the guilt behind!
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1. To warrant withdrawal of a plea after sentencing, a criminal defendant must show that relief is necessary to correct a manifest injustice. To establish "manifest injustice," the defendant must demonstrate facts showing that it would be obviously unfair or shocking to the conscience not to permit withdrawal of the plea. On appeal, the defendant must demonstrate that the district court abused its discretion in denying the motion. To do so, the defendant must show that the district court failed to properly evaluate (1) whether the defendant was represented by competent counsel; (2) whether the defendant was misled, coerced, mistreated, or unfairly taken advantage of; and (3) whether the plea was fairly and understandingly made.
2. Recital of a list of grievances is not argument. An issue which is raised but not adequately argued is deemed abandoned.
3. When asserting an ineffective assistance of counsel claim as a basis for withdrawing a plea, the defendant must show prejudice. That is, the evidence must establish that the defendant would not have entered the plea absent counsel's deficient conduct.
4. K.S.A. 22-2301(2) applies in the unusual situation in which a judge orders the prosecutor to institute criminal proceedings against a defendant. Such a judge may not preside over the resulting case.
5. A judge should not participate in the negotiation of the terms of a plea agreement, nor should the judge encourage the defendant to accept or reject any of the proposed terms.
Appeal from Nemaha District Court; JAMES A. PATTON, judge. Opinion filed July 11, 2008. Affirmed.
B. Joyce Yeager, of Yeager Law Firm, L.L.C., of Overland Park, and Gerald E. Wells, of Lawrence, for appellant.
Brad M. Lippert, county attorney, and Paul J. Morrison, attorney general, for appellee.
Before McANANY, P.J., GREEN and CAPLINGER, JJ.
McANANY, J.: Brad Oliver, who pled no contest to possession of marijuana with the intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school, appeals the district court's denial of his motion to withdraw his plea. He also claims misconduct by the district magistrate judge and district judge who were involved in his case. Our review discloses that Oliver has failed to demonstrate any error by the district court in denying his motion. Accordingly, we affirm.
Oliver supplied marijuana to several friends, including Paul Egner, while on a fishing outing. Egner was on probation at the time. While there, Oliver sold a bag of marijuana to Christine Kaler. The next day, Oliver was again at the lake with Brandon Schober, who was also on probation. Schober's probation officer, Kenneth Ray Blevins, took a urine sample from Schober that day to test for the presence of drugs. Blevins and Steve Linden, an investigator for the Nemaha County Sheriff's Department, also contacted Egner about a drug test. Egner stated that he would not pass because he had used drugs supplied by Oliver the previous day.
A confidential source informed Linden that Oliver had sold marijuana in the past and that he stored it in the upstairs bedroom of his home. Based upon this information and the events of the preceding days, Linden prepared an affidavit for a warrant to search Oliver's residence. District Magistrate Judge James B. O'Connor issued the search warrant. The search that followed uncovered marijuana, various items of paraphernalia used for consumption and sale of the drug, and $260 in cash. Oliver returned to the house during the search and was arrested.
The State charged Oliver with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, felony possession of drug paraphernalia, and failure to affix drug tax stamps. Oliver waived a preliminary hearing and eventually entered into a plea agreement with the State, pursuant to which he agreed to plead no contest to possession of marijuana with the intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school. In return the State agreed, among other things, to dismiss the remaining counts and to recommend a downward departure sentence of 48 months with probation. Apparently the 48 months agreed upon was comparable to a 56-month sentence after credit for time served. Accordingly, the agreement provided that if the court imposed a sentence of more than 56 months, the State would not oppose Oliver's motion to withdraw his plea. The district court accepted Oliver's plea and imposed a sentence of 56 months but with 36 months' probation.
Five months later, the State moved to revoke Oliver's probation. The district court sustained the motion and ordered Oliver to serve his underlying prison sentence. Oliver appealed the probation revocation, and the Kansas Supreme Court affirmed. State v. Oliver, No. 95,331, unpublished opinion filed June 8, 2007. While his appeal was pending, Oliver moved to withdraw his plea. Following a 2-day hearing, the district court found no manifest injustice and denied the motion.
Denial of the Motion to Withdraw
As noted earlier, Oliver claims not only abuse of discretion in denying the motion to withdraw his plea, but also judicial misconduct in the handling of his case. However, since a valid plea waives all nonjurisdictional defects in the criminal proceedings, the claims of judicial misconduct are relevant only to the extent that they undermine the validity of Oliver's plea. See State v. Edwards, 281 Kan. 1334, 1340-41, 135 P.3d 1251 (2006) (citing United States v. Broce, 488 U.S. 563, 569, 102 L. Ed. 2d 927, 109 S. Ct. 757 [1989]).
We will discuss the claims of judicial misconduct in a moment. First, we must address Oliver's underlying claim that the court erred in denying his motion. He begins his argument by stating the legal standards the district court must apply in considering his motion. The remainder of his argument consists of the following:
"Defendant established that counsel was ineffective in the manner in which he negotiated the plea. Defendant has demonstrated that he should be allowed to withdraw his plea because the pattern of conduct which is demonstrated clearly establishes that there was a plan to obtain a plea agreement: 1) counsel did not or would not attack the warrants; 2) there was inadequate information provided about the drug use, veracity, and intimidation of the informants; 3) evidence could have been suppressed if an attempt had been made to do so; 4) counsel developed no pre-trial strategy and did not interview witnesses; 5) witnesses were treated unfairly; 6) prejudice was demonstrated by the fact that Defendant was subjected to more stringent standards for probation revocation; 6) [sic] the preliminary hearing was delayed until after a new judge was assigned; 7) Judge O'Connor displayed prejudice at several points in the proceedings; 8) the factual record at sentencing was in error in several respects; 9) Defendant could not convince the attorney who was appointed for post-conviction proceedings to proceed with motions pertaining to these issues on appeal; and 10) the new evidence Defendant provided after the factual record for appeal was complete confirms Defendant's contentions. Defendant established that his plea was not knowingly entered because the extent of defense counsel's efforts left him no option but to proceed in the manner counsel suggested."
This is not argument. This is nothing more than a list of allegations taken from Oliver's previous motions. To warrant the withdrawal of his plea after sentencing, Oliver was required to show the district court that relief was necessary to correct a manifest injustice. K.S.A. 22-3210(d). To establish "manifest injustice," Oliver had to demonstrate to the district court facts showing that it would be obviously unfair or shocking to the conscience not to permit him to withdraw his plea. State v. Barahona, 35 Kan. App. 2d 605, 608-09, 132 P.3d 959, rev. denied 282 Kan. 791 (2006). On appeal, his task is to demonstrate that the district court abused its discretion in denying his motion. To do so, Oliver is required to show us that the district court failed to properly evaluate whether he was represented by competent counsel; whether he was misled, coerced, mistreated, or unfairly taken advantage of; and whether his plea was fairly and understandingly made. See State v. Adams, 284 Kan. 109, 114, 158 P.3d 977 (2007). In his appellate brief Oliver argues that he was misled, coerced, mistreated, or unfairly taken advantage of by simply restating that he was misled, coerced, mistreated, or unfairly taken advantage of. Recital of a list of grievances is not argument. An issue which is raised but not adequately argued is deemed abandoned. See Cooke v. Gillespie, 285 Kan. 748, 758, 176 P.3d 144 (2008). Such is the case here. This leaves us with the claims of judicial misconduct by District Magistrate Judge O'Connor and District Judge Patton. We turn to those claims.
Judicial Misconduct of Judge O'Connor
Oliver claims Judge O'Connor failed to recuse himself from presiding over Oliver's preliminary hearing, which he should have done because he issued the search warrants in the case. Our review of this issue is unlimited. State v. Gaither, 283 Kan. 671, 681-82, 156 P.3d 602 (2007). Since Oliver failed to request O'Connor's recusal, he has not properly preserved the issue for review. State v. Alderson, 260 Kan. 445, 453, 922 P.2d 435 (1996). However, Oliver counters that his lawyer was ineffective for not seeking Judge O'Connor's recusal. The standards for assessing counsel's conduct are well known to the parties and can be found in Bledsoe v. State, 283 Kan. 81, 90, 150 P.3d 868 (2007) (ineffective assistance of counsel standard), and Barahona, 35 Kan. App. 2d at 610 (application of the standard to withdrawal of a plea). In this context, prejudice is established only if Oliver shows that he would not have entered his plea absent his counsel's deficient conduct.
Oliver claims K.S.A. 22-2301(2) prohibited Judge O'Connor's participation in the preliminary hearing. We disagree. K.S.A. 22-2301(2) applies in the unusual situation in which a judge orders the prosecutor to institute criminal proceedings against a defendant. Such a judge may not preside over the resulting case. Judge O'Connor did not order that Oliver be prosecuted, he merely issued the search warrant based upon the affidavit submitted to him. Besides, Oliver's preliminary hearing was to determine whether there was probable cause to proceed with the prosecution. The propriety of the search warrant and the admissibility of the evidence collected in the search would be dealt with later in a motion to suppress, which would have been heard by a district judge, not the magistrate. See K.S.A. 20-302b(a).
Further, Oliver fails to establish prejudice. He fails to demonstrate how his decision to waive a preliminary hearing presided over by Judge O'Connor affected his decision to enter a plea before Judge James A. Patton. His waiver of a preliminary hearing did not affect his right to challenge the search warrant through a motion to suppress before the district judge. Rather than challenge the State's evidence through such a motion, Oliver chose to negotiate a plea. He fails to show any causal connection between his plea and his waiver of a preliminary hearing.
Oliver also contends that Judge O'Connor exhibited bias by an abusive remark at his first appearance. We have no transcript of those proceedings or of the judge's claimed remark. We only have Oliver's recounting of what he claimed the judge said. In any event, when asked whether the judge's remark "would . . . have made a difference as to your plea, your sentence or the ultimate revocation of your probation," Oliver conceded that "it wouldn't have made a difference." Oliver fails to demonstrate prejudice.
Judicial Misconduct of Judge Patton
Finally, Oliver contends that Judge Patton, who accepted Oliver's plea, improperly participated in plea negotiations. In this regard, we suffer from either an inadequate record on this topic or Oliver's failure to direct us to the relevant portions of the record. We are not required to scour the record to uncover support for factual assertions in an appellate brief for which no meaningful citation to the record is provided. Supreme Court Rule 6.02(d) (2007 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 37); State v. Paul, 285 Kan. 658, 670, 175 P.3d 840 (2008). Nevertheless, it appears that the parties sought the advice of Judge Patton in advance of the plea hearing on whether the terms a proposed plea agreement they had already negotiated would be acceptable to the court. In his appellate brief Oliver refers to this as seeking the judge's "assent to the negotiated plea agreement."
Oliver relies on State v. Byrd, 203 Kan. 45, 50, 453 P.2d 22 (1969), in which the court discusses the plea bargaining process and states:
"[The] standards [recommended by the Advisory Committee on the Criminal Trial to the American Bar Association Project on Minimum Standards for Criminal Justice in February 1967] distinguish between the role of the trial judge and that of the prosecutor. The trial judge should not participate in plea discussions. Such discussions between the trial judge and the defendant give the appearance of improper bargaining between a malefactor and Justice."
There was no claim in Byrd that the trial judge participated in the plea negotiations, and the court gave no guidance on what constitutes judicial participation. Oliver cites no other Kansas authority for support or guidance. Hence, we must look to the experiences of other courts.
In Oliver's case, the parties approached the court with a proposed agreement in advance of Oliver's plea and sentencing. This contrasts with the circumstances found in Matter of Cox, 553 A.2d 1255 (Me. 1989), a judicial disciplinary proceeding. In Cox, the defendant in the underlying criminal case was charged with assault. On the morning of trial, the trial judge initiated a detailed discussion of plea alternatives and proposed a sentence he would impose if the defendant would forego a trial and plead guilty. The proposed sentence was significantly less severe than the sentence he would impose if the defendant proceeded to trial and was found guilty. After further discussions, the State agreed to the judge's proposal, but the defendant did not. Following the ensuing bench trial the defendant was found guilty. He was sentenced to 9 months in jail. The Maine Supreme Court observed:
"When a judge participates in the specifics of a plea negotiation, that behavior runs afoul of the fundamental values set forth in these Canons. It also transgresses the explicit provision of Rule 11(e) of the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure that 'the court shall not participate in the negotiations of the specific terms of the plea agreement'; and ignores case law that clearly limits the judge's role in plea negotiations. [Citation omitted]." 553 A.2d at 1257.
In United States v. Bruce, 976 F.2d 552, 555 (9th Cir. 1992), the court considered Fed R. Crim. P. 11(e)(1) which provides that "'[t]he court shall not participate in any such discussions.'" This is similar to the standard adopted by the Kansas Supreme Court in Byrd. In Bruce, the district judge asked the prosecutor to outline on the record the government's proposed plea agreement. There followed a series of questions and comments in which the judge indicated support for the proposed agreement and opined that it would be in the defendant's best interest to accept it. The judge urged the defendant to think seriously about it. The following day the defendant accepted the agreement. On appeal of the denial of the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea, the court interpreted Rule 11(e)(1) to create an absolute prohibition against a judge's participation in the plea process until the parties concluded a final agreement and disclosed that agreement in open court. "Rule 11(e)(1) simply commands that the judge not participate in, and remove him or herself from, any discussion of a plea agreement that has not yet been agreed to by the parties in open court." 976 F.2d at 556. Accordingly, the court found plain error that entitled the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea.
The holding in Bruce was later discussed in United States v. Frank, 36 F.3d 898, 902-03 (9th Cir. 1994), in which the court observed that "Bruce is good law. . . . The problem with appellant's use of it is that his attorney would have us read it as quotations in the air, instead of as a case." Frank, 36 F.3d at 902. The court noted:
"The purposes of Rule 11(e)(1) are to keep the judge from shaping the plea bargain or persuading the defendant to accept particular terms, and to preserve judicial impartiality. See Bruce, 976 F.2d at 556-57; Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 Advisory Committee Note on 1974 Amendment. The judge in the case at bar, unlike the judge in Bruce, was not trying to shape the agreement or persuade either side to accept it. The colloquy took place after, not before, the parties had concluded their agreement, and the prosecutor had laid it out in open court. True, the agreement was not yet formal and binding. It was not yet in writing and the defendant had not yet said 'guilty' in response to the question 'what is your plea.' That question and answer take place at the end of the Rule 11 colloquy, and many plea agreements are oral. The rule against judicial participation in plea bargaining protects the parties against implicit or explicit pressure to settle criminal cases on terms favored by the judge." Frank, 36 F.3d at 902-03.
In Frank, the parties advised the district judge in the third day of a jury trial that they had reached a plea agreement. The judge kept the jury sequestered while counsel informed him of the deal. The parties then placed their agreement on the record, the jury was discharged for the day, and the following day the parties signed the plea agreement and the defendant entered his plea. This stands in contrast to Bruce. "In Bruce, the defendants had not agreed to the deal worked out between the lawyers. The judge was trying to talk them into it." Frank, 36 F.3d at 902.
The judicial conduct approved in Frank has been formally recognized by rule in Connecticut. State v. Fullwood, 194 Conn. 573, 580, 484 A.2d 435 (1984), states: "[O]ur rules of practice expressly authorize the trial judge to do no more than to indicate whether a proposed agreed disposition may be accepted or rejected."
These cases provide a clear, fair, and workable standard for trial judges. Judges should not participate in the negotiation of the proposed terms of a plea agreement, nor should they encourage the defendant to accept or reject any of the proposed terms.
The problem for Oliver is that he cites nothing in the record that establishes that Judge Patton engaged in either of these activities. He does not demonstrate that the trial judge actively participated in plea negotiations or that the judge urged him to accept the agreement. As Oliver testified at the hearing on his motion to withdraw his plea:
"Q. The reason for this conference is because you wanted to be reasonably assured that the court would be amenable to your plea agreement; is that correct?
"A. I wanted a guarantee. If I didn't have that guarantee we would have went to trial.
"Q. And that was the reason for that conference, correct?
"A. Exactly. I wanted a guarantee I'd walk out of court that day and you granted it and I walked out."
The deal had been struck. Oliver knew what he wanted. He got it. Under the circumstances presented, Judge Patton's conduct was not improper.
Oliver fails to demonstrate that the district court abused its discretion in denying his motion to set aside his plea.


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The February meeting of the Mary P. Myton Literary Society was held in the home of Caroline D'Antonio. President Sharyn Vetter welcomed the members and guests. The Pledge of Allegiance was said followed by the reading of a poem by Emily Dickinson. The treasurer then gave her report.
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STURBRIDGE - A 24-year-old Southbridge man was arrested last night and charged with child endangerment after police found him driving near Wendy's with an open container of Four Loco malt beverage and a 4-year-old boy inside his Plymouth Voyager van just after 10:30 p.m.
Mitchell S. Spenard had a blood alcohol level of .14, police said. His mother came to the restaurant and took the child.
Police were alerted to Mr. Spenard by a caller and found his red van near Wendy's. Police said there was another adult in the vehicle who was not charged.
Mr. Spenard was expected to be arraigned today in Dudley District Court on the child endangerment charge along with charges of drunken driving and having an open container of alcohol.
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Justin Angel, Principal Engineer for Windows Phone experience at Nokia, has released a new Bluetooth SDK for Windows Phone 8 that enables developers to take advantage of connectivity with MindWave portable EEG headsets. Said devices can pair with a Windows Phone to display readings in both data and chart form for users to look through.
Taking advantage of the possibilities in Microsoft's latest version of Windows Phone, Angel is able to provide a demo to show just what's possible for developers with platform development. Creativity really is the limit. Titled MetroEEG, Angel's kit will connect with a Mindwave Mobile Mini-EEG reader to display readings from the wearer's brain.
As one can see in the above video demonstration, attention and meditation gauges are also viewable, providing an interesting way for a Windows Phone to be utilised. The open source project is available over at CodeDuplex.
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Wind is the ultimate renewable resource. Wind is caused by differences in temperature and air pressure (due to the sun's heating of the Earth's surface). Air tends to flow from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure... hence, generating wind. Wind started off, however, as a pipe dream, a solution for remote communities (i.e., off-the-grid), with expensive electricity costs. However, wind technology has evolved over the past thirty years, most notably increasing in scale (and rotor blade size) and enabling the construction of large-scale wind farms capable of truly competing with commercial power plants; because of this, the global wind market has grown at such a rate that it was worth $51.4 billion in 2008.[1]
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Wind Capacity Installed[2]
As of 2007 installed wind capacity amounted to less than 0.1% of total potential wind capacity around the world, however there has been steady growth in 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 in countries such as the U.S..[3] In 2008 the U.S. market for small wind turbines (turbines with capacity of 100 kilowatts or less) grew by 78%. Installed capacity grew by 17.3 MW, while worldwide 38.7 MW was installed. U.S. market for small wind turbines was $77 million of the $156 million global market and U.S. manufacturers sold about half of all small turbines installed worldwide in 2008.[4] Growth in the U.S. was attributed to a 30% tax credit passed by Congress in the beginning of 2008.[5]
Also, in 2008 over 8,500 MW of wind capacity was installed in the U.S., which increased the country's capacity by 50% to 25,300 MW. This was enough to pass Germany for the country with the most installed wind capacity. Estimates of the benefits of this capacity are that it will avoid 44 million tons of carbon emissions and generate enough electricity to power over 7 million homes. Wind projects installed by the end of the year generated over 1.25% of the nations energy in 2008.[5]
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In 2009 U.S. installed wind capacity grew by by 9,922 MW, which brought the total to over 35,000MW. It generates enough to power 9.7 million homes. In the beginning of 2010 there were three GW of new wind projects under construction.[7] In 2008 global wind capacity was 94.2GW.[6]
Turbines are the generators that turn wind energy into electricity. Just five manufacturers hold 80% of the market for turbines, and recent demand for new windmills has led to price spikes and shortages on the market,[8] benefiting Vestas, GE, Enercon (unlisted), Gamesa, and Suzlon Energy Limited. The story of Suzlon is particularly interesting, as the India-based company has risen from out of nowhere to become one of the world's largest turbine manufacturers, competing effectively against the likes of General Electric.
FPL Group (FPL) and Xcel Energy (XEL) are two of the largest operators of wind power plants in the U.S., and should see increased demand for services as the wind industry grows.
Siemens AG (SI), owner of one of the largest gearbox manufacturing concerns, Winergy, represents another interesting play. Gearbox manufacturers are the closest wind energy analogies to the exploration and production companies in the oil & gas industries. With limited supply of their services and skills and very high demand, gearbox manufacturers control a valuable resource.
Trinity Industries (TRN) makes towers used for windmills. The company has specialized trucks to transport and install the massive structures. They are also based in Texas, the leading US state in wind power development and home of T. Boone Pickens, a wealthy and vocal proponent of renewable energies such as wind power.
Zoltek Companies (ZOLT) produces carbon fiber a variety of applications, but is biggest growth area is for the blades that drive wind turbines. Its customers include companies such as Gamesa and Vestas, the latter which contributed 33% of Zoltek's revenues in FY2007.
In July of 2009 a large boost was given to companies in China when the country announced that it would bring its total wind capacity up to 100 GW by 2020. It is part of an effort to generate 3% of the country's total electricity from non-hydro renewable sources. On August 8, 2009 the country began construction of its first 10GW wind farm in Jiuquan. The National Energy Administration (NEA) has planned six additional 10GW wind farms in areas such as: Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Hebei and Jiangsu. Huaneng Power International, Datang Interntional Power and six additional foreign firms are among the current developers.[9]
Nuclear generators, such as Exelon (EXC), would stand to lose out to wind in some cases, as the nearest competitor for relatively clean energy with high installation costs and few fans among local residents who have to suffer through giant plants nearby (sky-high turbines can seem nearly as bad as a nuclear dome). Wind turbines can negatively impact surrounding land values. Turbines are very tall and obstruct views, which drives down property values and any potential tourism. In addition to the requirement of large amounts of land, turbines are susceptible to lightning strikes and the constant noise of turbines can be damaging for humans and animals.
Ironically, small-scale wind companies are losing out from the rise of wind energy, as they have seen a rising cost of raw materials and engineered parts. This has been a problem for Vestas in particular, which originally pioneered the small-scale wind industry, but has moved to larger turbines and scuppered its beloved smaller turbines in order to service the commercial wind farm market.
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No one can forecast what the Colonial Athletic Association will look like moving forward, but commissioner Tom Yeager came away from the spring meetings far happier than a year ago.
"From the outset, there was just a much better vibe," Yeager said last week as he returned from the meetings in Hilton Head, S.C. "I think everybody was much more positive and focused. It was pretty refreshing, in light of the gloom and doom and disaster we'd been hearing for so long."
This time last year, the CAA dealt with VCU bolting and the impending departures of Old Dominion and Georgia State. ODU and Georgia State officials attended the spring meetings, where they were told that their teams would be ineligible to compete for conference titles on their way out the door, creating some hard feelings within the normally collegial body.
Those departures, along with poor academic performances within the UNC Wilmington and Towson basketball programs, meant that the league's signature event, the men's basketball tournament, would be relegated to a seven-team affair.
Discussions about moving the tournament from its longtime home in Richmond produced some anxiety about the unknown, as well.
CAA football was in precarious position, with an increasingly isolated and dwindling northern tier.
One year later, membership is stabilized, with the College of Charleston joining next season and Elon coming on board as a full member in 2014. The men's basketball tournament will be held in Baltimore for the next three years, and there is attendant buzz about a new locale.
The additions of Stony Brook and Albany for football only buttressed the northern tier, along with Rhode Island's about-face from the Northeast Conference.
Granted, College of Charleston and Elon don't provide equal value for the losses of VCU, Old Dominion and George Mason, in terms of recent track records, tradition and established rivalries. But as a mid-level league that administers FCS-level football, the CAA is forced to be more reactive than proactive.
Talk of the CAA's demise has quieted. Yeager said that realignment, membership and expansion were discussed, but not as urgently as before.
"For us, it's always been about the right mix of institutions, rather than a specific number," he said. "There doesn't need to be a buyer's mentality. We don't feel like we need to do anything dramatic to change the perception that people are bailing out."
Football was the primary topic the first couple of days in Hilton Head, as coaches, athletic directors and league officials addressed concerns and rule changes. Once football was complete and the agenda turned to the conference's all-sports members, Yeager said that the level of enthusiasm ratcheted up a couple of notches.
"Big kudos to the men's basketball coaches," Yeager said.
Instead of the standard, operational presentation for athletic directors and league officials, Yeager said, "They delivered a great report that kind of set the tone for the rest of the meetings. They said, we want to reposition and recommit to achieve the kind of success the league has had. They said, we believe that everything we've accomplished in men's basketball isn't just a function of two or three programs."
William and Mary basketball coach Tony Shaver said the presentation began as fairly standard, "but then we just kind of got to the meat of the matter."
"It was a very positive, upbeat feeling and meeting," Shaver said. "It's a group of coaches who are very confident about the future of our league, and the recognition that it's a new league. There's a great determination to get back to where it has been."
After landing three teams in the NCAA tournament in 2011, which featured VCU's Final Four run, the league had just one team in the field each of the past two years. Last season, the conference Ratings Percentage Index was its lowest in years.
"I don't think there was any one person who was a gang leader of the feeling," Shaver said. "I think we were a little bit tired of hearing about people that are not in our league. Let's take care of what we've got. We've got a good bunch of people and a good bunch of athletes and a strong determination to make it really good."
The formula is in place, Shaver said, for conference programs to excel. It requires administrative and financial commitment, wisely ambitious scheduling, ramped up recruiting, and finally, winning games.
"Our league's changed," Shaver said. "We as coaches talked about every year we lose two or three good seniors and you've got to find a way to win with your current team. I think our league feels that way. We've had some seniors move on, and we feel like with Charleston and eventually Elon coming in, we've got a very good league and we've got to prove it."
Shaver believes that the CAA can be a multi-bid league again.
"I don't think it's going to happen overnight," he said. "Some of the (departed) schools … made serious commitments to basketball and it paid some dividends for them. I think some other schools will do the same thing. Who it will be, and who will separate themselves from the group, I don't know. Time will tell on that. But it's a major commitment in a lot of ways."
Shaver wasn't at William and Mary at the time of the CAA's last major reset, in 2000 after the departures of Richmond, East Carolina and American. But he was an interested observer, as head coach at Hampden-Sydney at the time.
"There was a lot of talk that the CAA was going to die, and this and that," he said. "But it's been a pretty damn good league for the last six or seven years. We've got to recommit and make it happen again."
Yeager has been at the helm for the CAA's entire history, good and bad.
"I'm very energized about the future," he said. "Sure, there are challenges ahead, but we'll do what we've always done and rise to those challenges."
Even with exit and entry fees and NCAA tournament money left on the table by VCU, Old Dominion and Mason, Yeager said that won't create windfalls for remaining members. The revenue distribution formula remains the same, and the league has set aside large sums for various projects and platforms that will increase exposure to all members.
"We're not going to use it to balance the budget or something like that," Yeager said. "We want to use it to reposition ourselves so that we're talking about a third Final Four run — which wouldn't be any more surprising than the first two."


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The night of May 4, 2007 won't fade soon from the memory of people in Greensburg, Kansas. An extremely powerful tornado took only a few minutes to flatten almost every above-ground structure in this southwest Kansas town, claiming 10 lives. Catastrophic as it was, the loss would have been worse but for a very strongly worded warning from the National Weather Service office in Dodge City, about a half-hour in advance of the funnel's arrival, that residents credit with allowing most people to find safe shelter.
What if the warning had come a half-day in advance? Thunderstorms are difficult to predict, and "supercells," the high-energy vortex systems that spin-off tornados, are notoriously difficult. Nevertheless, if it were possible six or eight hours or more in advance to say when, where and with how much force a severe storm would strike, millions of dollars annually — if not billions — and countless lives would be saved.
Ming Xue, director of CAPS, Steven Weiss, science and operations officer of the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman
Scientists at the Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) at the University of Oklahoma, Norman know that it is possible to dramatically improve severe-storm forecasting, and their ground-breaking work over the past 15 years — often in partnership with PSC — has convinced many skeptics. They took a further large step this spring, collaborating with NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), PSC and others in an unprecedented experiment.
Running from April 15 to June 8, the 2007 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) Spring Experiment had the ambitious goal of testing "ensemble" forecasting — multiple runs of a forecast model that make it possible to specify the amount of uncertainty involved in the overall forecast. CAPS relied on PSC resources to run a 10-member ensemble, 10 runs each day of a high-resolution model (four-kilometer grid spacing) that extended from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast, two-thirds of the continental USA. In addition, CAPS and PSC ran a single higher resolution run (two-kilometer spacing) over the same domain. The HWT experiment marked the first time ensembles were used at the storm scale, and it also marked their first use in real time in a simulated operational forecast environment.
To make this happen, PSC brought to bear BigBen, its Cray XT3 — a lead system of the TeraGrid — and helped to bring about a dedicated Pittsburgh to Oklahoma high-bandwidth link, contributed by Cisco Systems, Inc. Most critically, PSC staff pitched-in with know-how. They optimized performance of the forecast model, automated the daily forecast runs, coordinated the high-bandwidth link and — meeting the challenge of an enormous amount of computing and data-handling — produced forecasts each day for the eight weeks of the experiment with no serious problem.
"The experiment," says Ming Xue, director of CAPS, "was enormously successful. Scientists who took part were extremely impressed by what PSC was able to pull off. Most other places would struggle to do a single forecast run per day, and we did 10 ensemble runs plus a high-resolution run."
"Ensembles have been used extensively in larger-scale models," says Steven Weiss, science and operations officer of the NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman. "But they have never before been used at the scale of storms. This was unique — both in terms of the forecast methodology and the enormous amount of computing. The technological logistics to make this happen were nothing short of amazing."
Scientific Collaborators in Storm Forecasting
Kelvin Droegemeier, director of LEAD and former director of CAPS. "We've been doing this with Pittsburgh since the mid-90s, and there's no question that had we not been developing this relationship over time, we wouldn't be where we're at today.
"PSC staff have been scientific collaborators in the deepest sense. They work hand-in-hand, not just to get our codes to run, but with networking and data-transfer, how the code is structured on the machine. You have to build-up trust, and people at Pittsburgh from Wendy Huntoon [director of networking], David O'Neal [PSC scientist], Ralph and Michael [PSC directors] — they all get a kick out of doing this work with weather."
In 1989, when CAPS started its work, the prevailing view about storm-scale weather forecasting was skepticism; thunderstorms were thought to be inherently chaotic and unpredictable. Much has changed. CAPS developed innovative techniques to gather atmospheric data from Doppler radar, and they developed a forecast model to use this data at the scale of thunderstorms. In the mid-90s, via a series of spring collaborations with PSC, CAPS proved the feasibility of forecasting thunderstorms.
In 2005, in a large-scale collaborative experiment with NOAA, again with major support from PSC, CAPS took another leap forward by showing that it was possible, in some circumstances, to predict the details of a thunderstorm as much as a full day in advance. "We provided dramatic new evidence that the predictability of organized deep convection is, in some cases, an order of magnitude longer — up to 24 hours — than suggested by prevailing theories of atmospheric predictability," says former CAPS director Kelvin Droegemeier.
An opportunity to build on this prior work, the 2007 HWT Experiment involved more than 60 researchers and forecasters from government agencies, universities and the private sector. Along with PSC, CAPS and SPC, other collaborators were the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman; the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center; the National Center for Atmospheric Research; LEAD (Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery), an NSF Large Information Technology Research grant program and TeraGrid Science Gateway; and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in Illinois, a lead TeraGrid resource provider.
To implement the CAPS daily forecast runs using the WRF (Weather Research and Forecast) model on the XT3, PSC provided technological and staff assistance at several levels:
The daily runs of the 10-member WRF ensemble each used 66 processors of PSC's Cray XT3 for 6.5 to 9.5 hours each day. The single high-resolution WRF forecast used 600 XT3 processors for about nine hours daily, including data dumps at five-minute intervals via the dedicated network to a system in Norman, where CAPS post-processed the data for visualization and analysis.
This plot [left] from the forecast for noon central standard time (18 universal time) on May 24, 2007 (from a model run on May 23) shows probability of radar reflectivity (proportional to intensity of precipitation) derived from the 10-member ensemble forecast 21 hours in advance compared to actual observed radar reflectivity on May 24 at noon CST [right].
The "spaghetti plot" [top] for May 24 at noon CST represents the distribution of the radar-reflectivity forecast among the 10 ensemble runs, each represented by a different color. The corresponding "postage stamp" display shows each of the 10 ensemble forecasts. Differences among them comprise a quantifiable range of the uncertainty associated with model errors and limitations on storm-scale predictability, as opposed to the traditional single-member (deterministic) forecast that produces only one prediction, good or bad.
It was an unprecedented marshaling of computing and network capability. "To do this amount of processing with the ability to transfer these huge volumes of data from Pittsburgh to Norman on a reliable, daily, timely basis was a technological success that we're still appreciating," says Weiss. "It hasn't been done before. There were people who thought 'How are they going to do that?'"
Over its eight weeks, the HWT experiment produced massive amounts of data, and the analysis is ongoing. "Preliminary findings," says Xue, "show successful predictions of the overall pattern and evolution of many of the convective-scale features, sometimes out to the second day. The ensemble shows good ability in capturing storm-scale uncertainties."
David O'Neal, PSC scientist. A paper by Xue, Droegemeier, Weiss and others reporting preliminary findings of the HWT experiment acknowledged that O'Neal "provided ever present technical and logistic support that was essential to the success of the forecast experiment."
The case of a large-scale north-south storm-front that developed on May 23 and continued for several days across the Great Plains exemplifies the ability of the storm-scale runs to produce a forecast that holds up for the storm system as a whole as much as 33 hours in advance. "The rather successful prediction of the overall pattern and evolution of this squall-line case," says Xue, "is very encouraging, especially considering that we are examining convective-scale predictions for up to 33 hours."
The HWT experiment also used capabilities developed by LEAD (Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery), a TeraGrid Science Gateway, to test "on-demand" forecasts. Triggered automatically from daily SPC forecasts indicating regions within the overall HWT domain where storms were likely to develop, these forecasts used NCSA's Ensemble Broker software and its 16-teraflop Tungsten system to run at two-kilometer resolution within the regions of high storm likelihood. More than 1,000 of these on-demand forecasts ran successfully.
"This experiment was an enormous leap forward," says Droegemeier, who directs LEAD and as former CAPS director has led several other storm-forecast experiments over the past decade.


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In a move that is sure to delight English teachers everywhere (not to mention quite a few parents), McDonald's is trading in toys for books in their Happy Meals—in the UK, at least.
Plus: 5 Ways to Make Reading Fun
After a successful pilot program gave away nine million books last year, McDonald's is expanding the promotion. The plan, called "Happy Readers," is to distribute 15 million books in England over the next two years with the backing of Britain's National Literacy Trust.
The books – a series of non-fiction books from DK Books's Amazing World series, including Stars and Planets, Big Cats and Oceans – will be given out with Happy Meals and customers can also redeem books at book-retailer WH Smith, according to McDonald's.
Plus: Mother Finds Nose Ring in Daughter's McDonalds Breakfast
"Our research tells us that there is a very clear link between book ownership and children's future success in life, so it is very concerning that one in three children in the UK doesn't own a book, and half of kids don't really enjoy reading," the director of the National Literacy Trust told the Telegraph.
How would your kids react if they got a book in their Happy Meal? Leave a comment and let us know.


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In Reply to: Re: Personal Story of Hope posted by The golden oldy on September 07, 2000 at 01:09:28:
: : : I want to share some wonderful moments I am experiencing lately. For those who don't know my history, I am a 47 yr old woman with PD (since I was 31). My worst symptoms were tremors on the right side, and my medication protocal was starting to cause more problems than benefits. I had STN Brain surgery in May of '99 on both sides (two electrode implants were placed in the subthalamic nucleus). I was also having problems with rigidity, slowness, balance and dystonia. Still, the tremor was the most bothersome and if I tried to take more meds to control it, I just got worse with dyskinesias (I was a manic, lip licking, spazzy crazy woman!) I had a malfunction in one of the implants, and had a second surgery in March of 2000 to replace one of the "computers" in my chest. Since that time, after several adjustments of my meds and stimulators, my life has just blossomed. I quit my stressful teaching job 5 years ago, but was working too hard helping my husband at his business. We've decided that I do best out of the stress as much as possible. I am at home most of the time now, have taken up walking my dog (and swinging my arms!!), and rejoined a health club so I can take gentle yoga and Tai Chi and do some weight lifting again. The amazing thing (to myself) is that I just finished is painting trim work with a hand that couldn't hold a cup not too many months ago. I'm standing back, admiring my stress-free environment (most of the times) and decided I should share with you all on the boards. If you have a chance to go for this surgery at some time, then find the funds, the courage, whatever it takes, and GO FOR IT!! Life is better now, even though I still have PD. This disease has enabled me to expand my life into areas I never got to try before. Sure, some venues have been closed, but for every one closed, another door has opened. I am sincere in that, not just repeating platitudes. Take heart, any who are sad or not accepting their diagnosis. I believe there is help available, and you must find within yourself new strengths, new talents, new awareness of what IS possible. Courage to you all, you princes and princesses of PD, you Kings and Queens of the World (a little "borrowed pap" there!!): : : Carole
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: : Well said.: : : : Blessings,
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: Carole, glad to see you are doing well. I am ready for the surgery, but received another later estimate of the date of the surgery. Dr. Hubble had a walker demo in her office that was more suitable for a pd pt. It was sophisticated, expensive but fast. I might be able to "lay" a little rubber speeding down the road. Bruce
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says House Republicans are trying to pass the most extreme and unworkable version of an immigration bill even though they know the bill isn't going anywhere.
Republicans are pushing legislation that could clear the way for eventual deportation of more than 500,000 immigrants brought here illegally as kids and address the surge of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Obama says Republicans know that legislation won't succeed in the Senate. He says Republicans aren't even trying to solve the problem. He says they're just trying check a box before leaving town for the annual August recess.
Obama says he will have to act alone to address the crisis because the government is running out of money to deal with it.


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My favorite part of the story is the end because I found out what the secret was. My favorite character is Flat Stanley because he travels on an adventure to Mexico. This story relates to my life because it was like when I traveled to Nashville and everything was so different. I felt like I was on an adventure like Flat Stanley. The pictures helped by showing me what the characters were doing.
I think others should read this story because it is a very exciting story. It is also interesting and amazing.


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NOTICE is hereby given that there will be a public hearing by and before the Town Council of the Town of Jamestown on November 2, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Jamestown Town Hall, 93 Narragansett Avenue, Jamestown, RI pursuant to 5-24-1 of the General Laws of Rhode Island, 1956, and as amended, upon the following applications:
EXTENDED HOURS: Hina Enterprises, Inc.
dba: Jamestown Mobil 35 Narragansett Avenue
Plat 9 Lot 246
APPLICATION OF HINA ENTERPRISES, INC., dba: Jamestown Mobil, for additional operational hours between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM for said establishment, holder of a Victualing License issued by the Town of Jamestown. If granted, this will allow this establishment to continue to be open from 5:00 AM to 2:00 AM daily (RIGL 5-24-1 allows this establishment to be open until 2:00 AM).
Cumberland Farms, Inc.
dba: Cumberland Farms Store #1108
41 North Main Road
Plat 8 Lot 626
APPLICATION OF CUMBERLAND FARMS, INC., dba: Cumberland Farms Store #1108, for renewal of additional operational hours between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM for said establishment, holder of a Victualing License issued by the Town of Jamestown. If granted, this will allow this establishment to continue to be open from 5:00 AM to 2:00 AM daily (RIGL 5-24- 1 allows this establishment to be open until 2:00 AM).
All interested persons are notified to be present at said hearing to be heard for or against the granting of said applications. All interested persons at said hearing shall be given an opportunity to be heard on said application.
The above applications will be in order for hearing at a meeting of the Town Council on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 at 7:00 pm. at the Jamestown Town Hall, 93 Narragansett Avenue, in said Jamestown, at which time and place all remonstrates may make their objections against granting these licenses.
By Order of the Town Council Arlene D. Petit
Town Clerk
This meeting location is accessible to the physically challenged. Hearing or speech impaired individuals requiring the services of an interpreter should call 401-423- 1212 not less than 3 business days prior to the meeting.
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October 15, 2009
6:30 p.m. Executive Session:
RIGL 42-46-5: Exception 2,
Litigation re Appeal of Regents'
7:00 p.m. Business Meeting
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Pledge of Allegiance
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Roll Call
Public Forum
Consent Agenda
2.1 Minutes of the Meeting of
September 17
2.2 Payment of Bills of
September 14, 30
2.3 Personnel
3.0 Correspondence
4.0 Old Business: For
Discussion and Possible Action
4.1 Food Service Update
4.2 Family Medical Leave
Act Policy
4.3 Update on Bus Parking
4.4 FY10 Budget
5.0 New Business: For
Discussion and Possible Action
5.1 Acceptance of Gift to
School Department
6.0 Information and Proposals
6.1 Superintendent's Report
6.2 Principals' Report
7.0 Committee Reports
7.3 Facilities
7.4 N.K. High School
7.6 Legislative
7.7 Policy
7.8 Wellness
7.9 Teacher Evaluation
7.10 High School Review
8.0 Public Forum
9.0 Adjournment
Upcoming Meetings:
November 5 and 19, 2009
@ 7PM in Lawn Library
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the meeting. Individuals requesting
interpreter services for the hearing
impaired must call 423-7020 fortyeight
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The privileges granted by section 888 of this title are extended (subject to the provisos, limitations, and restrictions thereof) to all persons entitled to the right of homestead or preemption under the laws of the United States, who have resided upon and improved for five years lands granted to any railroad company, but whose entries or filings have not for any cause been admitted to record.
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