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Policy Working Groups
The focus of the Policy Working Groups will be to develop the priority policy proposals and plans from the Obama Campaign for action during the Obama-Biden Administration. The Policy Working Groups will focus on the following areas: Economy, Education, Energy & Environment, Health Care, Immigration, National Security, and Technology, Innovation & Government Reform
The Economic Policy Working Group is developing policy options and initiatives to enable the President-elect to tackle both the immediate economic crisis and the long term economic goals he set during the campaign. In addition, the President-elect has directed the Transition's Economic Policy Working Group to develop a two-year economic recovery plan that will create or save 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools, investing in alternative energy, and providing immediate relief to middle class families.
Daniel K. Tarullo is Professor of Law at Georgetown University. He teaches and writes in the areas of banking law, international economic regulation, and economic policymaking. From 1993 to 1998 he was, successively, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy. From 1995 to 1998 he was also President Clinton's personal representative to the G7/G8 group of industrialized nations. Prior to joining the Administration, he practiced law, served on the staff of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and taught at Harvard Law School.
Group Members: Sara Aronchick, Sara Aviel, Lael Brainard, Brian Deese, Jason Furman, Austan Goolsbee, Madhuri Kommareddi, Lee Sachs, Ian Solomon, Josh Steiner
The Education Policy Working Group is making the necessary preparations to implement President-elect Obama's promise to provide every child a world-class education. The group consists of some of the nation's leading education experts who are advising the President-elect on fulfilling his commitment to invest in early childhood education; recruit, train, retain, and reward an army of new teachers; create school designs for the 21st century; and make higher education affordable for all, among other important education initiatives.
Linda Darling-Hammond is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University where she has launched the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and the School Redesign Network. Her research, teaching, and policy work focus on issues of school reform, teaching quality and educational equity. She is a former president of the American Educational Research Association and member of the executive board of the National Academy of Education. She has been a leader in the standards movement, chairing both the New York State Curriculum and Assessment Council as it adopted new standards and assessments for students and the Interstate New Teachers Support and Assessment Council (INTASC) as it developed new standards for teachers. From 1994-2001, she served as executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, a blue-ribbon panel whose 1996 report, What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future, was named in 2006 as one of the most influential affecting U.S. education, and Darling-Hammond was named one of the nation's ten most influential people affecting educational policy. She received her BA from Yale University, magna cum laude, in 1973 and her Doctorate in Urban Education from Temple University in 1978. She began her career as a public school teacher.
Group Members: Ian Bassin, Jeanne Century, Robert Gordon, Kris Gutiérrez, John Jackson, David Kirp, Goodwin Liu, Ray Mabus, Geri Palast, Steve Robinson, Bob Shireman, Jon Vaupel
The Energy and Environment Policy Working Group crafts the approaches and initiatives that will be the foundation of President-elect Obama's policies in these areas. Specifically, the group focuses on issues surrounding the transformation to a clean energy economy such as creating jobs, stimulating the economy, mitigating climate change, and eliminating our dependence on oil. The group also identifies new opportunities to restore protections for air, water, public lands and wildlife habitat.
Carol M. Browner is the longest serving Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency serving from 1993 to 2001. Prior to that, she served as Florida Secretary of the Environment. Browner is a founder and principal of The Albright Group LLC, a global strategy firm and of Albright Capital Management, an investment advisory firm that focuses on emerging markets. Browner serves as the chair of the National Audubon Society Board of Directors, and sits on the Board of Directors of APX, the Alliance for Climate Protection, the Center for American Progress and the League of Conservation Voters.
Group Members: Joe Aldy, Shouvik Banerjee, Jason Grumet, Lukas McGowan, Dan Reicher, David Sandalow, Todd Stern, Meridith Webster, Heather Zichal
The Health Care Policy Working Group will help prepare the incoming administration to address the urgent and long-run challenges in the health system. It will identify options and opportunities to fulfill the President-elect's commitment to make health care affordable, accessible, and high quality for all Americans.
Senator Tom Daschle is an advisor to the law firm of Alston and Bird, where he provides strategic advice on public policy issues such as climate change, energy, health care, trade, financial services, and telecommunications. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University and a public speaker. In 2007, he joined with former Majority Leaders George Mitchell, Bob Dole, and Howard Baker to create the Bipartisan Policy Center, an organization dedicated to finding common ground on some of the pressing public policy challenges of our time. He is also Co-Chair of the ONE Vote '08 Campaign, along with former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, to address health and poverty in the developing world in a more aggressive and successful way.
Daschle was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, serving eight years. In 1986, Daschle was elected to the U.S. Senate. Two years later he became the first Co-Chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee and the first South Dakotan to be elected to a leadership position in the U.S. Congress. In 1994, Daschle was elected by his colleagues as their Democratic Leader. Daschle is one of the longest-serving Senate Democratic Leaders in history and the only one to serve twice as both Majority and Minority Leader
Group Members: Lauren Aronson, Jenny Backus, Jonathan Blum, Jennifer Cannistra, Mark Childress, David Cutler, Elizabeth Engel, Dora Hughes, Jeanne Lambrew, Terrell McSweeny, Rahul Rajkumar
Our nation's immigrant heritage and its commitment to the rule of law are among its greatest strengths. But in recent years, a broken immigration system has burdened our economy and challenged our values. The Immigration Policy Working Group is working on a plan to implement the President-elect's commitments to fix the immigration system through legislative and executive actions that promote prosperity, enhance our security, strengthen families, and advance the rule of law.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff has been Dean of the Georgetown University Law Center and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University since July 2004. He has been a member of the Georgetown faculty since 1997. Dean Aleinikoff served as General Counsel and Executive Associate Commissioner for Programs at the Immigration and Naturalization Service for several years during the Clinton Administration. From 1997 to 2004 he was a Senior Associate at the Migration Policy Institute, where he now serves on the Board of Trustees. He has written widely on immigration, refugee and citizenship law and constitutional law. Dean Aleinikoff is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Yale Law School.
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar Cuéllar is Professor and Deane F. Johnson Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School. His work focuses on how organizations manage complex regulatory, migration, international security, and criminal justice problems. During the Clinton Administration he served at Treasury as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Enforcement, where he worked on countering domestic and international financial crime, improving border coordination, and enhancing anti-corruption measures. He has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including Asylum Access and the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation. He has testified before Congress on immigration policy and separation of powers, and was appointed to the Silicon Valley Blue Ribbon Task Force on Aviation Security. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute.
Group Members: Preeta Bansal, Dennis Burke, Maria Echaveste, Tara Magner, David Martin, Esther Olavarria, Shilpa Phadke, Mark Rosenblum
The National Security Policy Working Group works closely with key experts and our agency review teams to help prepare the President-elect, Vice President-elect and senior national security appointees as they are named to make early decisions on critical national security issues.
James B. Steinberg is dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs (2006-present) and is a former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Clinton (1996-2000). His previous positions include vice president and director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution (2001-2005), director of the Policy Planning Staff (1994-1996) and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Analysis in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1993-1994) at the U.S. Department of State. He is the author of and contributor to many books on foreign policy and national security topics, including, most recently, with Kurt Campbell, Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Power.
Dr. Susan E. Rice served most recently as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Obama for America campaign while on leave from the Brookings Institution where she is a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development Programs. Rice currently serves on the Obama-Biden Transition Project Advisory Board. From 1997-2001, she was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Prior to that, Rice served in the White House at the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs and as Director for International Organizations and Peacekeeping. Rice was previously a management consultant at McKinsey and Company. She received her B.A. in History with Honors from Stanford University and her M.Phil. and D.Phil. (Ph.D.) degrees in International Relations from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Group Members: Jeffrey Bader, Jeremy Bash, Antony Blinken, Gregory Craig, Ivo Daalder, Richard Danzig, Mary De Rosa, Michele Flournoy, Stephen Flynn, Michelle Gavin, Philip Gordon, Scott Gration, Frank Jannuzi,Colin Kahl, Elizabeth King, Paul Kurtz, Daniel Kurtzer, Ellen Laipson, Mark Lippert, Denis McDonough, Michael McFaul, Carlos Monje, Erin O'Connor, Peter Ogden, Joseph Paulsen, Daniel Restrepo, Bruce Riedel, Dennis Ross, Mara Rudman, Whitney Schneidman, Eric Schwartz, Sarah Sewall, Daniel Shapiro, Steven Simon, Peter Singer, Gayle Smith, Mona Sutphen, Jennifer Urizar, Toni Verstandig, Jeremy Weinstein, Matt Spence
The Technology, Innovation & Government Reform Policy Working Group will help prepare the incoming Administration to implement the Innovation Agenda, which includes a range of proposals to create a 21st century government that is more open and effective; leverages technology to grow the economy, create jobs, and solve our country's most pressing problems; respects the integrity of and renews our commitment to science; and catalyzes active citizenship and partnerships in shared governance with civil society institutions. The Working Group is organized into four sub-teams: (1) Innovation and Government, (2) Innovation and National Priorities, (3) Innovation and Science, and (4) Innovation and Civil Society.
Blair Levin is a Managing Director of Stifel Nicolaus and serves as the firm's principal telecom, media and tech regulatory and strategy analyst. Prior to his work as an analyst, Mr. Levin served as Chief of Staff to Chairman Reed Hundt at the Federal Communications Commission from 1993 through 1997. Before joining the FCC, Levin was a partner in the North Carolina law firm of Parker Poe, Poe, Adams and Bernstein.
Sonal Shah heads Google.org's global development efforts. Prior to joining Google, she was Vice President at Goldman, Sachs and Co. developing and implementing the firm's environmental policy. She is also the co-founder of Indicorps, a U.S.-based non-profit organization offering one-year fellowships Indian-Americans to work on development projects in India. Sonal also worked at the Center for American Progress on trade, outsourcing and post conflict issues and the Center for Global Development on development policy issues. Sonal worked at the Department of Treasury from 1995-2002 on various economic issues and regions of the world, including Bosnia, Kosovo, the Asian crisis and sub-Saharan Africa. During that time she also worked at the National Security Council from 1998-1999. Sonal received her BA in economics from the University of Chicago and her MA in economics from Duke University. She is on the Obama-Biden Transition Project Advisory Board.
Julius Genachowski is co-founder of Rock Creek Ventures and LaunchBox Digital, a special advisor at General Atlantic, and a member of various boards of directors and advisors. From 1997 to 2005, he was a senior executive at IAC/InterActiveCorp, where his roles included Chief of Business Operations, General Counsel, and a member of the Office of the Chairman. Genachowski served at the Federal Communications Commission from 1994 to 1997, including as Chief Counsel to the Chairman. From 1991 to 1994 he served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (ret.), and to Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He worked in Congress from 1985 to 1988, for Sen. Charles E. Schumer (then a U.S. Representative), and for the joint select committe on the Iran-Contra Affair. He is a on the Obama-Biden Transition Project Advisory Board.
Group Members: Howard W Buffett, David Burd, Dan Chenok, Aneesh Chopra, Jack Chorowsky, Cheryl Dorsey, Joshua Dubois, Judy Estrin, Tom Freedman, Jim Halpert, Mark Johnson, Michele Jolin, Tom Kalil, Kei Koizumi, Vivek Kundra, Don Lamb, John Leibovitz, Bruce McConnell, Andrew McLaughlin, Parry Norling, Beth Noveck, Spencer Overton, Lori Perine, Kartik Raghavan, Alec Ross, Paul Schmitz, Clifford Sloan, Steve Spinner, Marta Urquilla, Chris Warren, Daniel Weitzner, Irving Wladawsky-Berger


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The city of Hannibal has agreed in principle to participate in a sales tax rebate agreement that was presented to the City Council Tuesday night by SZC Hotels & Development, which plans to build a "middle/upper scale hotel" west of Fiddlestiks restaurant in western Hannibal.
The city of Hannibal has agreed in principle to participate in a sales tax rebate agreement that was presented to the City Council Tuesday night by SZC Hotels & Development, which plans to build a "middle/upper scale hotel" west of Fiddlestiks restaurant in western Hannibal.
In addition to the 34,000 square foot Sleep-In Hotel, developers also plan to build a 450-foot segment of an access road that will ultimately connect with the city's industrial park.
According to a memo to the Council, construction and infrastructure costs will amount to $346,000. The cost of the access road is estimated at $351,000.
To help developers recoup their hotel infrastructure costs, a request was made to establish a community improvement district (CID) that would include only the new hotel. The CID would feature a special 1 percent sales tax, plus a 50-cent tax per room. It is estimated the total CID tax would generate $348,500 in revenue over 15 years.
The city has been asked to rebate 1.5 percent of its 2.25 percent sales tax that applies in that area.
Combined, the total cost of the hotel and access road - $697,000 – would be covered in 15 years. However, developers pledged that if $697,000 is reached earlier than 15 years, the special "economic tools" would end.
A CID is created by filing a petition with the city. Once the petition is filed, the city will be required to hold a public hearing. The creation of the CID would then require the passage of an ordinance by the City Council.
The only concerns raised during discussion of the matter came from Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Knickerbocker, who noted he thought the concept is "a good idea." Knickerbocker's reservations centered on the possibility the city could take a massive financial hit in September if the Missouri Legislature overrides a handful of Gov. Jay Nixon vetoes made to bills giving special sales tax breaks.
"One concern I have is the potential huge hit in revenue of $850,000 in a few weeks," he said. "It's an unknown at this point."
Gary Zimmer, speaking in behalf of SZC, noted that without the hotel the city would see "zero income" from sales tax and property tax revenue that the development would generate.
Mayor Roy Hark noted that the proposed road would benefit the business park and the hotel's 67 rooms would be an asset.
Gail Bryant, director of the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau, told the Council she is excited about the prospect of another hotel being built in the city, noting that tourism numbers in Hannibal are up.
When the measure came up for a vote it was approved by the six members of the Council in attendance, including Knickerbocker.
Zimmer said it is hoped the new hotel will be open for business in April of 2015.

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"Welcome to the home page of the finstall project, accepted for Google's Summer of Code 2007. This project aims to create a user-friendly graphical installer for FreeBSD & FreeBSD-derived systems. The project should yield something usable for 7.0-RELEASE, but the intention is to keep it as a "second" installer system during 7.x, alongside sysinstall. In any case, sysinstall will be kept for architectures not supported by finstall (e.g. all except i386 and amd64)." A first version has been released.
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This is an online lesson associated with activities during Solar Week, a twice-yearly event in March and October during which classrooms are able to interact with scientists studying the Sun. This activity is scheduled to occur during Monday of... (View More) Solar Week. The lesson introduces the concept of astronomical filters and their connections to imaging different objects in space. Learners will explore perceptions of images as seen using different colors of light, construct a filter wheel, and practice investigating various astronomical images using the filter wheel. This material was designed to highlight how filters are useful to astronomers and show how a real astronomical telescope uses filters to image the Sun. Outside of Solar Week, information, activities, and resources are archived and available online at any time. (View Less)
This is an activity about electromagnetism and the Sun. First, learners will do a KWL activity using six vocabulary words. Next, they will build an electromagnet and investigate how it works. Finally, learners will relate the workings of their... (View More) electromagnet to a Solar Dynamics Observatory magnetogram image of the Sun. Per group of learners, this activity requires materials such as a length of insulated wire, alligator clips, a 2-D-battery holder, two D-batteries, and a nail. (View Less)
This is an activity about magnetism. Learners will experiment using horseshoe and bar magnets along with various materials in order to identify the effects of magnets on each other and on other materials. This is the third activity as part of the... (View More) iMAGiNETICspace: Where Imagination, Magnetism, and Space Collide educator's guide. Instructions for downloading the iBook educator's guide and the associated Transmedia book student guide are available at the resource link. (View Less)
Intended for use after viewing the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls," this lesson deepens student's understanding of global precipitation measurement. Students will explore NASA satellite data gathered during Hurricane Sandy to learn how that... (View More) data was essential in helping scientists forecast its path and precipitation amounts. All background information, student worksheets and images/photographs/data are included in these downloadable sections: Teacher's Guide, Student Capture Sheet, Assessment and PowerPoint Presentation. (View Less)
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This is an activity about magnetic fields. Learners will use various magnets, magnetic film, and a compass to see and illustrate what magnetic fields look like. This is the fourth activity as part of the iMAGiNETICspace: Where Imagination,... (View More) Magnetism, and Space Collide educator's guide. Instructions for downloading the iBook educator's guide and the associated Transmedia book student guide are available at the resource link. (View Less)
Participants will use scientific practices to investigate answers to questions involving the color of the sky, sunsets, the Sun, and oceans. This activity requires use of a clear acrylic or glass container to hold water, a strong flashlight,... (View More) batteries for the flashlight, and powdered creamer or milk. (View Less)
Learners will explore different ways of displaying visual spectra, including colored "barcode" spectra, like those produced by a diffraction grating, and line plots displaying intensity versus color, or wavelength. Students learn that a diffraction... (View More) grating acts like a prism, bending light into its component colors. The activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System. (View Less)
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I always had a crush on Spock as a kid, and my favorite Star Trek films were the ones that revolved around him - The Wrath of Khan and The Search For Spock. It pains me to report that my crush on Spock has gotten even worse:
There's simply no hope for me now. I rarely get blown away by films but this one completely silenced my (loud) inner critic and just knocked my socks off. I wouldn't say I'm an ultra-nerdy Trekkie but I love good sci-fi and obsessively watched the old and new series (and almost all the movies). To me, this movie celebrates everything that was good and funny and exciting about Star Trek, and (is it possible?) made it even better.
I have a feeling I'm going to watch this movie at least 5 more times this year. And, isn't the internet a wonderful thing? It's how I know I'm not alone in crushing on Spock.


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Interview with Creator of Atari's and Krome Studios Blade Kitten
Blade Kitten is an upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade game based off of a comic-book of the same name by Krome Studios Co-Founder and million-selling game creator, Steve Stamatiadis. Within the game you play as Kit Ballard, a bounty hunter and one of the best in the business. Together with her alien sidekick Skiffy and her sword, the Darque Blade, she hunts down rogue mechs and soft targets. Kit becomes the nexus of a tumultuous series of events on the strange planetoid known as HOLLOW WISH.
Xboxic has interviewed Krome Studios, Steve Stamatiadis on all things 'Blade Kitten' and what we can expect when the game launches this Fall.
1: What inspired the creation of Blade Kitten, how was the idea for such a game born?
Blade Kitten is pulled from a stack of different ideas from unfinished projects and I put together the universe of Blade Kitten out of all my favorite things. Some of the ideas go back 15 years and at the time I never thought I was building this grand universe but when I channelled it all into Blade Kitten it just all fit together like this massive jigsaw puzzle that I could finally see the big picture for. From then on I knew I had to make a game or ten in this universe one day.
2: Were there any development frustrations or difficult situations hard to overcome?
The most difficult challenge was getting the game's 3D physics system to play nicely with the 2D aspects of the game. Objects in 3D tend to want to stay in 3D and as a result tend to not go where you want them to go when you try to blow them up. In the end the programming and level design teams worked out a happy medium that makes the game work AND look cool.
3: The selling point - what is it that makes Blade Kitten special compared to other Xbox LIVE Arcade titles?
There is no platform game on XBLA like Blade Kitten. With its modern take on classic arcade gameplay, HD anime-styled graphics and high production values, it's way beyond most of the standard XBLA games. It's also a hell of a lot of fun to play.
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4: Although it has been confirmed as a two-part mini series, will each release feature any separate DLC content?
We are hoping to have some news on DLC in the coming weeks.
5: How long do you think it would take an average gamer to complete Blade Kitten and after the main story is there anything to offer any replay value?
It will take a good few hours to get through the first episode but there's another couple of hours needed to get 100% by finding all the bonus collectibles and unlocking all the costumes.
6: If the game becomes an Xbox LIVE Arcade success would you consider extending the series to more than 2 games or are you currently in the planning stages of other Xbox LIVE Arcade games yet unannounced?
There are plans for more potential game projects from expansion packs to spin off games with other characters set in the same universe.
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7: Does the game include any Avatar Awards and/or have challenging Achievements that require high levels of determination?
There aren't any avatar awards but there are a few achievements that will require some persistence and determination.
8: As a game developer, have you been tempted by Microsoft's Kinect device and how you could use it to create something unique and entertaining?
Sure, but I can't talk about it yet, it's too cool.
Xboxic would like to thank Krome Studios, Steve Stamatiadis for taking time out to answer our questions.
If you're heading to PAX 2010 in Seattle, you can be one of the first people to experience this all-new action adventure title which will be on display September 3rd - 5th, 2010 - or alternatively you can keep up to date with all 'Blade Kitten' updates on the official Blade Kitten website.
A confirmed release date has not yet been announced, but Xboxic will keep you updated in due course.


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PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. (AP) – The panicked voice came into Ambition's air traffic control room _ one of the aircraft carrier's young pilots was in trouble.
"Dude, my nose is down," the pilot shouted as he struggled to regain control over his X12 experimental Triad aircraft.
There was no real danger, however: The planes are imaginary and Ambition is a simulated aircraft carrier, the centerpiece of the new, $33 million National Flight Academy that supporters are calling space camp taken to the next level.
It officially opens Friday at Pensacola Naval Air Station with scheduled appearances by former shuttle astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan _ the first and the last men to walk on the moon.
Campers from seventh to 12th grade will experience five days onboard Ambition at the National Flight Academy, surrounded by sights and sounds that recreate the feeling of being at sea and conducting noncombat missions.
Organizers say it's not just for teens who might be interested in becoming a Navy pilot, but also for those who might have an unrealized aptitude for science or math.
"Unless kids get a spark somewhere and they get excited about math or science, they are not going to do it and that is what this is about. They may not find that they want to be an aviator, but they may be really good at meteorology or geometry and that helps them make decisions about a career," said Pam Northrup, dean of the college of professional studies at the University of West Florida and consultant on the Flight Academy project since it was conceived 15 years ago.
It costs $1,250 to attend, but directors said scholarships are available, with sessions running each week from June through August.
Ambition, operated by a nonprofit with funding from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and other aviation and defense industry leaders, was created with help from designers who have worked for Disney and Universal Studios theme parks. It has 30 networked aircraft simulators, the most in any non-Defense Department facility, and a high-tech control room. When planes take off, loud jet noises are piped into the building and rooms vibrate. The simulated hangar bays are dimly lit, just like in real life. Bells ring dignitaries aboard and crew members are alerted by an intercom system. When the mission gets under way, the windows are covered with pictures of ocean scenes and the campers sleep in berths and eat in a mess hall.
But the academy's directors, who include former top Navy aviators with decades of experience commanding and flying from aircraft carriers, stress that the project is not sponsored or endorsed by the Navy and that all of its simulated missions are noncombat.
"The Navy hasn't put a dime into this building _ the Navy authorizes this building to be here (on Pensacola Naval Air Station) but does not endorse or support it," said retired Navy Capt. Kevin Miller, a former F-18 pilot and vice president of the National Flight Academy.
New campers are assigned to squadrons and then taken to a briefing room where they are given a mission such as providing post-earthquake relief to a hard-hit country. Instructors dressed in flight suits direct each pilot and co-pilot to a simulator and hand them a clipboard with a checklist of instructions.
The squadrons then compete against each other in their flight and communication skills and how effectively they use their resources to provide the relief in the limited time given. They have to calculate their fuel supply, weight of relief supplies, weather forecasts, aircraft abilities and other factors.
"And then we throw in something unexpected like survivors in the water, so that they have to deviate from their plan. They have to use geometry, geography, trigonometry _ things pilots use all the time," Miller said.
Recently, 30 teenagers put the Ambition through a two-day test run, competing in a simulated air race that took them over MacDill Air Force Base and Tampa Bay.
The instructors _ many of them Navy and Air Force veterans _ sometimes laughed at the furious flurry of communications as a co-pilot yelled at a pilot for causing the plane to spiral toward the ground or a team discovered they had miscalculated the fuel and didn't have enough to return to the aircraft carrier.
"Hey, make sure we are going to the right airport," one pilot said to his co-pilot.
One deck above the pilots, Will Griffin, 13, sat with his right hand clasped tightly over an earpiece and his eyes focused on a radar display. Griffin communicated with his Triad squadron members from the ship's joint operation center. "All squadrons return to Ambition," Griffin radioed from his front-row seat in a filled with rows of computers, maps and instructors in fight suits.
"I've flown simulators before but these are really cool," Griffin said. "They have like six screens with all the graphics and having your own co-pilots and all of the other people flying the missions with you. I love this place."
It is good fun, but also serious learning, said retired vice Adm. Gerald L. Hoewing, the Ambition's commander and President of the National Flight Academy. He is a former Naval aviator who once commanded the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy and the fleet that included the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.
"This is an opportunity to give back in an area that is important. High-tech and engineering are what have made this country different, and we need to regenerate that enthusiasm if we are going to lead the world like we have done for so many years," he said.
The three-star admiral was more than a figurehead throughout Ambition's trial cruise, sitting with the young aviators and monitoring the communications from the hangar bay as they flew their missions. Hoewing said he wanted to ensure that all the kinks are worked out before Friday's commissioning ceremony.
A previous trial revealed that the simulators' flight-control settings were a little too difficult for many of the young pilots, he said. Technicians had to change the settings to ensure the simulators were set at basic level.
"We have brought the ship to life in the same way the U.S. Navy would bring a ship on the line to life. We had our sea trials to see if all the equipment works," he said.
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Skip to comments.Critical cleric arrested in Iran - reports (Boroujerdi arrested)
Posted on 10/08/2006 10:56:58 AM PDT by oldleft
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"The Iranian authorities are wary of any challenge, particularly from top clerics, to the system of clerical rule that was established after the 1979 Islamic revolution by revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini."
Okay, lunatics, be afraid. Be VERY afraid!
Just like the "other woman" who won the man, always being afraid he'll stray.
The people have risen up before, why can't they do it again.
Good for them, I hope they get their country back.
Praying for God's will...may he use this to His glory!
If you want on/off my prayer ping list, please let me know. All requests happily honored.
We should have our own people over ther to help make it happen.
New thread.......Critical cleric arrested in Iran - reports (Boroujerdi arrested)
Amen to that!
I wonder. Is he by any chance a Sufi?
I hope we do.
The millionaire mullahs don't want to give up their money and terrorism funding machine.
You read my mind. I'm also hoping this will be the spark which lights the flame of freedom for Iran.
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29 September 2006
IRAN : Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi and at least 40 people, aged 23 - 60
Arbitrary arrest/fear for safety/possible prisoners of conscience
29 September 2006
At least 41 followers of Shia cleric Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi were reportedly arrested in the courtyard of his house in Tehran during the morning of 28 September. They are thought to have been taken to Section 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran, which is run by the Ministry of Intelligence. One was reportedly later released. There are fears that the Ayatollah may be at risk of imminent arrest.
On 30 June 2006 the Ayatollah conducted a large religious ceremony at the Shahid Keshvari stadium in Tehran. On 30 July, the security forces reportedly arrested several of his family and followers at their homes. The security forces also reportedly tried to arrest the Ayatollah himself, but were prevented from doing so by his followers.
Those arrested were taken to Section 209 of Evin Prison where they were held for about three weeks. Some may have been tortured, including Nader Khodadad, who is said to have suffered a heart attack possibly as a result and was transferred to the Taleqani hospital in Tehran. One of those detained told Amnesty International, "I was arrested at home by armed men who broke down my door. I was taken to Section 209, where I was held in solitary confinement for 22 days. I was not even allowed to telephone my family to let them know where I was. I was threatened although I was not physically harmed. I was not even allowed to have any reading glasses, so I could not read. I was accused of being a spy for European countries. I was eventually released after being taken to the Special Court for the Clergy. I did not have a lawyer, it was just a judge, the Etelaat (Ministry of Intelligence) and me. They summoned someone to come for me, and after paying a large bail sum, I was released".
On 3 August, the security forces reportedly tried to arrest the Ayatollah but were again repelled by his followers. They reportedly took up positions outside the house, where they have remained since. On 7 September, representatives of the Special Court for the Clergy visited the Ayatollah in his house and told him to appear before the Prosecutor for the Special Court for the Clergy, which he refused to do. Between 18 and 21 September, the Ayatollah sent appeals to Council of Europe Secretary General Javier Solana (which can be read in Persian at http://www.irancpi.net/pdf/kazemeiniBroujerdi-naderzahedi.pdf), the Pope and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. In his letter to Javier Solana, the Ayatollah described his history of persecution and the recent events and said he feared he would be killed if he went to the Special Court for the Clergy as instructed. Around the same time, another of his followers, Ms Nourbaksh, was reportedly arrested and taken to an unknown place of detention, possibly Section 209 of Evin Prison.
Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi reportedly advocates the separation of religion from the political basis of the state. Since 1994 he says he has been summoned repeatedly before the Special Court for the Clergy and has been detained in Towhid and Evin Prisons. He has reportedly developed heart and kidney problems as a result of torture. His father was a prominent cleric who refused to accept the principle of velayat-e faqih (rule of the [Islamic] jurisconsult, or of those who know Islamic law), on which the Islamic Republic of Iran is based. He died in 2002 and his grave in the Masjed-e Nour mosque in Tehran has reportedly been desecrated and the mosque taken over by the state.
The Special Court for the Clergy, which operates outside the framework of the judiciary, was established in 1987 by Ayatollah Khomeini to try members of the Shia religious establishment in Iran. Its procedures fall short of international standards for fair trial : among other things, defendants can only be represented by clergymen nominated by the court, who are not required to be legally qualified, and defendants may not have a full right of appeal. The court can hand down sentences including flogging and the death penalty.
22 February 2006
IRAN : At least 173 members of the Nematollahi Sufi community
Incommunicado detention/ fear of torture
22 February 2006
At least 173 members of the Nematollahi Sufi Muslim community are detained incommunicado, reportedly at Fajr prison in the city of Qom, where it is feared that they are being tortured, possibly in order to extract confessions.
The Nematollahi Sufi are Shia Muslims. Those detained were among 1,200 Nematollahi Sufis arrested on 13 February, when an apparently peaceful demonstration against an order by the security forces to evacuate the communitys place of worship- known as a Hosseiniye- by 11 February was violently suppressed by security forces and members of the Hojatieh and Fatemiyon groups (organized pro-government groups).
According to reports, those detained are being interrogated at Fajr prison in Qom, and are allegedly being tortured in order to force them to sign pre-prepared false confessions claiming that the protest held by the Sufi group had political motivations and links to anti-government groups. It is alleged that they will read these false confessions on national television. Families of those detained have reportedly been unable to obtain official information about their whereabouts, legal status or health, and they have not had access to lawyers. Lawyer Bahman Nazari, himself a Sufi Muslim, had reportedly travelled from the city of Tabriz in northwest Iran to Qom in order to try and represent the detainees. He was arrested as soon as he approached officials and presented his practice licence.
The protest began on 9 February, with some members of the Nematollahi Sufi community inside their place of worship, and others stationed outside. The number of protesters swelled as hundreds of Nematollahi Sufis, including many women and children, travelled from other parts of the country to attend. Security forces, including anti-riot police, took up positions around the Hosseiniye. At around 3pm on 13 February they set a deadline for the Sufis to evacuate it. Members of the Fatemiyon and Hojatieh groups also reportedly surrounded the place of worship, shouting slogans such as "Death to Sufis" and "Sufi-ism is a British plot", and distributed leaflets alleging that Sufis are enemies of Islam. In response, some of the Sufis held up photographs of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of Irans Islamic Republic, and photographs of relatives who were killed fighting for their country in the Iran-Iraq war, to show that they were not opposing the government and to emphasise that they are an integral part of Iranian society.
The security forces then moved in at around 4pm, supported by the Hojatieh and Fatemiyon groups. They attacked the protesters outside the Hosseiniye and stormed the building, using tear gas and explosives. They allegedly beat many protesters, and, according to some reports, set light to the centre. The next day the Hosseiniye and neighbouring houses were demolished using bulldozers. Around 1,200 protesters were arrested and taken away on buses to unknown locations. Some, including people with serious injuries, were reported to have been transported to a sports stadium for interrogation. The detainees were interrogated, and many were allegedly tortured or ill-treated. Most of the Nematollahi Sufis have now been released, but 173 are still being held. Those released are said to have been required to sign papers as a condition of their release agreeing that that they will not attend any Sufi gatherings in Qom and that they will present themselves to the Intelligence Office in their home towns. Some have reportedly been required to sign documents renouncing Sufism.
Arrest warrants have reportedly been issued for the principal Sufi preacher of Qom, Seyed Ahmadi Shariati, and the four lawyers who had previously been acting on behalf of the group- Amir Eslami, Omid Behrouzi, Gholamreza Harsimi and Farshid Yadollahi.
Brother dear, do you know someone who can translate this?
Thanks for that link ... and videos.
Is he by any chance a Sufi?
no. he'd be yrs ago if he were.
I don't pray only for people who share my vision of religion. I pray for believer and non-believers alike.
letter from Ayatollah Borojerdi to the Pope where he describes the tortuous conditions under the mullacracy and asks for support!
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CHARLESTON, SC (Feb. 12, 2001) - Chris Forman scored 15 points, and Racquel Ellis added 14 as East Tennessee State defeated College of Charleston 65-60 Monday in Southern Conference action at the John Kresse Arena.
With the win, the Lady Bucs improve to 6-18 overall and 6-9 in conference action, while CofC falls to 11-13 overall and 7-8 in SoCon play.
The Cougars led at halftime, 28-25, but after Brittney Scarberry hit a jumper 12 seconds into the second half, the Lady Bucs went on a 14-0 run to grab the lead for good. ETSU was ahead by as many as 12 points, and the closest the Cougars ever got was within three at 58-55 with 1:55 left.
Besides Forman and Ellis, Jessica Lonon added 11 points for ETSU. Megan Jackson led the Lady Bucs in rebounds with six.
Scarberry scored 20 points to lead both teams, and Wilma Simpson notched a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
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One line review: Airplane goes with the shotgun approach to comedy and gets quite a few hits.
Movie Title: Airplane!
Actors: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays, Leslie Nielsen, Lorna Patterson, Robert Stack, Stephen Stucker
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Year: 1980
Genre: Comedy
Method of Viewing: DVD
Location of Viewing: Home
Viewing with: No One
Rotten Tomatoes: 98% – Though unabashedly juvenile and silly, Airplane! is nevertheless an uproarious spoof comedy full of quotable lines and slapstick gags that endure to this day.
My rating: ****
My assessment (the first 101 words at least): I'm surprised how much I enjoyed Airplane! Normally the shotgun approach to comedy turns me off as one joke after another falls flat. Not only did I enjoy the majority of the jokes that we're performed but even when a joke fell flat it didn't ruin the fun. I believe what sets this apart from most "shotgun" comedies are the running gags which keep building on one another until you have to laugh. This is the kind of movie that you could probably pick up at any point in the film and start laughing in a few minutes. Damn good movie.


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Someone who rushes into the bathroom to take a crap right after another person was in there doing the same thing just before. May be interested in Man heat.
Matt practically ran me over trying to catch the lingering man heat when he was acting like a warm seat warrior in the bathroom.
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Riddle calls out Dan Hardy, begs Joe Silva
Matt Riddle has issued another call-out to England's Dan Hardy, and he begged UFC matchmaker Joe Silva to give him the fight after his win over John Maguire at UFC 154.
Riddle claimed a decision over Maguire in a close fight, and then instantly went after Hardy, whom he also called out after his previous win.
The welterweight has nothing against Hardy, he merely wants to take on one of the welterweight division's big names in order to propel himself up the pay scale.
"I want to fight Dan Hardy. I bumped shoulders with you earlier in the hotel, you're a nice guy, I'm a nice guy, I still want to fight," Riddle told MMA Fighting.
"It's nothing personal, you're a big name, you've got a red Mohawk, I want what you've got. I'm coming after you - Joe Silva give me the fight.
"I don't care when or where. If you want me to beat someone else up beforehand, fine, whatever. I want that fight with Dan Hardy. Please! Don't make me beg, don't make me run my mouth, I'll ask you nicely: Please give me the fight with Dan Hardy."
Riddle also recounted a brief meeting between he and Hardy at the fighters' hotel in Montreal this week.
"[Hardy] said, 'I knew I'd bump into you', and then he started dropping some names, saying he's training with Georges St-Pierre and Rory MacDonald," Riddle recalled. "But I'd sign that paper right now."


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I never stop visiting the Sepulveda Garden Center since each time I visit I learn something new.
The center is located on both sides of Magnolia Boulevard, just east of Hayvenhurst Avenue, in Encino. Anyone can lease a little piece of land here, but you will have to sign up on a waiting list first. When you are eventually rewarded with a garden plot, your rent will be $120 per year.
Most recently, while strolling between the gardens, I witnessed, for the first time, some healthy white eggplant fruit that appeared to be in an almost fully ripened stage of development. Yes, eggplant is a fruit, just like a tomato and a cucumber are fruits botanically speaking.
If you have never seen a white eggplant fruit, you need only know that it has the appearance of a significantly oversized chicken egg or, perhaps, a somewhat undersized ostrich egg. Its flavor is more delicate than that of a regular purple eggplant, although a white eggplants skin is tougher. Thus, some people peel away and discard a white eggplants skin prior to cooking.
One area of the Sepulveda Garden Center is devoted to plants that attract butterflies. A charming sign, Butterfly Crossing, informs you that you have reached this corner of lepidopteran paradise. No butterfly garden would be complete without a milkweed, and a yellow cultivar that I had never seen before stands out among more commonly seen butterfly attractors, such as trailing purple lantana (Lantana montevidensis).
Although I cannot say for certain, the milkweed cultivar does resemble photos of butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa Hello Yellow), but it could just as easily be a yellow cultivar of the so-called blood weed (Asclepias curassavica Silky Gold).
Toward the back of the Sepulveda Garden Center, close to the freeway, there is a wonderful dragon tree specimen. Dragon tree (Dracaena draco) gets its name from its drought tolerance, as do all the members of this genus. The idea is that dragons, since they breathe fire, are not too concerned about their intake of water, which could put a damper on their ability to make flames.
Native to the Canary Islands, dragon tree is famous for its longevity. One well-known individual, which died in 1858, was estimated to have lived for 6,000 years. At the time of its demise, its trunk circumference was 45 feet.
Dragon trees are sometimes called dragons blood due to their red sap, which has been used as a finish for expensive furniture, wood sculptures and Stradivarius violins.
The dragon tree is extremely slow-growing but supplemental watering, although it would probably accelerate growth, could have deleterious affects, too. Never allow water, whether from sprinklers or a hose, to touch its trunk. I have seen too many beautiful dragon trees, over the years, with trunks that were rotting away due to being continually pelted with sprinkler spray.
Fall flowers
One of the best and longest-blooming fall perennials, known as Frikarts daisy, is flowering now. No gardener should be without a Frikart daisy or two. Regardless of when they stop blooming, delay cutting them back until next spring.
Felicia amelloides, the blue marguerite, a low-mounding, spreading daisy, also shows off blue flowers while Brachycome multifida, the Swan River daisy, possesses delicate, intricately patterned leaves and miniature lavender-purple daisies to match.
Plants that possess blue or lavender-blue flowers are highly prized since they are rare compared to plants with yellow, orange, red, pink or purple blooms. Many plant types, from impatiens to roses to zinnias, show off flowers in every color of the rainbow except blue.
Star clusters (Pentas lanceolata) is another stellar performer in the fall and winter garden. Just the other day, I saw a 3-foot globe of star clusters on the north side of Chandler Boulevard between Fulton and Ethel avenues in Valley Village. There it was, without a care in the world, luxuriating in the morning sun.
Mayten trees revisted
I received the following email in response to my praise of mayten trees (Mayenus boaria), which I recommended on account of their weeping growth habit and moderate size:
Q I just read your column where you suggested planting Mayten trees. No, no, no! I cant say it enough times! When my landscaper showed them to me, I loved them. They were exactly what I wanted lacy, delicate, not huge. I had 11 of them planted around my beach lot all sides except south about 20 years ago. The first few years, pure bliss. Then the sprigs started becoming a nightmare.
All these little saplings kept sprouting up. Every day I would go out and pull them, and the next day there were more. They were unsightly. They were worse in the spring, but they are bad all times of the year.
I researched them and found out that the sprouts are not the result of seeds falling, as I had thought. Rather they come from the roots. I bought a product especially designed for this sort of thing, which had absolutely no effect. I have finally resorted to Round-Up, which I hate to use but have been forced to.
Also, they grow very quickly. I have to have mine trimmed about every nine months. That gets expensive. As lovely as they can be, I would never recommend them to anyone.
Lyn Fisher, Manhattan Beach
A I have seen a number of glorious mayten specimens over the years and, while aware of their suckering proclivites, had no idea they could create so many headaches.
To learn more about local plants and gardens, visit Joshua Siskins website at www.thesmartergardener.com. Send gardening questions, comments, and experiences to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Where to begin?
Well, heading into this weekend we were coming off of a huge high. The previous weekend we played in Waco, Texas in Baylor's tournament, and did pretty good. We went 4-1 and beat the Baylor Bears who were No. 14 at the time. As a team we played incredibly well and with a lot of intensity, so we were excited to get back on the road and play in the Blue's City Classic hosted by the University of Memphis.
All week leading up to our games we kept saying, "we're just getting started" and "they ain't seen nothing yet", and that was our mentality and still is. Last week we found out we were ranked No. 28 which is the highest in our softball program's history, and we genuinely feel like we haven't peaked yet.
The weekend started off on a great note. Our bats were alive and we came out of the gate hitting against Appalachian State. The hits continued all weekend with big wins over Evansville and SEMO. All of those games were games we believed we should win, and that we should win big. I'm not saying that we weren't playing quality teams, but we have very high expectations for our team and expect a lot from each other.
Sunday was a little different atmosphere. We have been going hard and are all exhausted (that's how it gets when you play five games in a weekend). Missouri State, a good team, came out ready to play. We may have been a little flat, but it happens sometimes and as a team we were not discouraged at all by the loss. In fact it fired us up because we know what we are capable of. We finished the weekend with a 7-2 win over Murray State.
I know we are excited to start conference play this coming weekend at North Florida after we play Belmont on Wednesday.
This year is unlike any other year I have played for the Bisons. As a team, we are a complete team. There are no weak links and we are a cohesive unit on and off the field.
We go into games expecting to win. We have confidence in each other, and if one person has an off day there is always someone else to pick them up.
That is what I love about team sports and that is what makes us so strong and dangerous this year. God has completely blessed each of the girls on this team and we want to give Him the glory in everything that we do, win or lose.
Get ready because the Lady Bisons have not peaked yet. We're just getting started.


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It's really, really sad when people don't have hair, said 3-year-old Emily. That's why she decided to give hers away.
During Lent, it becomes very easy to focus inwardly on ourselves to the point of exclusivity. Granted, looking at our own sins and the ways that we need to grow personally is very important and a vital part of the season. However, Lent is also a time to reach out, to stretch and give more of ourselves (that whole almsgiving thing). What are ways that we can give sacrificially? Maybe it's our hair, or maybe it's something else.
Watch this video, and be inspired.
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For more information on Santini, you can visit their UK website or their wikipedia page for a more in-depth guide to their rich history in cycling.
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Amazon famously started off as a book shop operated from a garage in Bellevue, Washington. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1995, the company rapidly expanded it's product ranges, from books to CDs and DVDs to eventually include pretty much everything under the sun. This is highlighted in the recognisable logo, where the orange arrow points from "A" to "Z". The low pricing and fast delivery (if you use their popular Prime membership) results in Amazon being a popular retailer for cycling products, both from Amazon directly and the 3rd party sellers as well.
So what does this mean for me as a bargain hunting cyclist?! The good news is that Amazon regularly have ridiculous discounts on individual items. Whereas most retailers will discount a product equally in all sizes and colours, Amazon have the unusual trait of reducing a single size at 70-80% off, whereas the rest of the sizes will be at full retail price. If you're prepared to hunt for deals, then you can grab some amazing bargains - I've bought £160 cycling jackets for £25 - and once the item has been purchased, the price has immediately returned to the original RRP again. There doesn't seem to be a great deal of logic to what is reduced, it's not just certain sizes or ugly colours, but if you're prepared to put a bit of work in, you can save hundreds.
Please note: With designer or expensive goods, it is worth only buying products directly from Amazon or third party sellers with excellent feedback, to ensure that they are genuine models and not cheap copies.


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Technical Implementation Notice 13-13, Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
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Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From: Timothy McClung
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Subject: Amended Hurricane Weather and Research Forecast
(HWRF) Model Changes: Effective July 25, 2013
Amended to reschedule the effective date from July 30 to
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Effective on or about Thursday, July 25, 2013, beginning with the
1200 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) run, the National Centers
for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) will upgrade the HWRF
Princeton Ocean Model (POM) coupled system.
The FY2013 HWRF model will be implemented on NCEP's new Weather
and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS), scheduled
to become the operational machine on or about July 25, 2013. A
separate TIN will be issued announcing the operational switch to
the WCOSS system. In the event that switch date is changed, this
TIN will be modified to reflect that change in implementation
Forecasts from the upgraded FY2013 HWRF model will be made
available through a parallel feed from WCOSS starting June 15,
2013. The HWRF GRIB products from WCOSS are disseminated via the
NCEP Parallel FTP server:
and the products will be displayed through NCEP's parallel Model
Analysis and Guidance (MAG) website:
The 2012 version of operational HWRF model will continue
providing forecasts through NCEP Central Computing System (CCS)
until the WCOSS machine goes live on July 25, 2013. The HWRF
GRIB products are not available on NOAAPORT or AWIPS but they are
disseminated via the NCEP production FTP server:
The scientific enhancements include the following:
-- Implement HWRF GSI V3.7 one-way hybrid EnKF-3DVAR data
assimilation with GDAS forecasts as first guess and 80-member GFS
EnKF forecasts for ensemble covariances, assimilation of all
conventional data and provision to assimilate real-time inner-
core TDR/FL/SFMR/Dropsonde recon datasets
-- Improve storm size correction in the vortex initialization,
modified filter domain and use GFS vortex when the storm is
weaker than 16 m/s
-- Upgrade the nest movement algorithm using 9 parameters based
on NCEP tracker
-- Redesign nest-parent interpolations for improved treatment of
nest boundaries
-- Increase frequency of physics calls from 180 sec. to 30 sec.
and increase size of the third domain from 5-deg x 5.5-deg to
6-deg x 6.5-deg
-- Modify GFS PBL to include variable critical Richardson number
-- Fix bug for GFDL radiation
-- Remove flux truncation from HWRF to POM
-- Improve HWRF Unified Post Processor to reduce domain
discontinuities in the simulated satellite imagery products
The model has been extensively tested with a combination of all
the upgrades listed above for a 3-year sample of cases. The
results showed impressive and remarkable results. For Atlantic
basin track, the HWRF is improved by ~5-15% and now appears
competitive with the GFS. For intensity, the model reduces errors
by ~15%, has demonstrated skill greater than that of the NHC
official forecast and greater than that of the statistical
models. Similar improvements are noted for the Eastern North
Pacific basin as well.
There are no changes to existing products or their contents.
There will be an increase of roughly 1GB in product size due to
expanded size of the third domain. The grid is not changing, but
additional points will now have non-missing values.
More details about the HWRF-POM are available at:
NCEP encourages users to ensure their decoders are flexible and
are able to adequately handle changes in content order, changes
in the scaling factor component within the product definition
section (PDS) of the GRIB files, and any volume changes which
may be forthcoming. These elements may change with future NCEP
model implementations. NCEP will make every attempt to alert
users to these changes prior to any implementations.
For questions regarding these model changes, please contact:
Dr. Vijay Tallapragada
NOAA/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center
Hurricane Forecast Project
National Centers for Weather and Climate Prediction
College Park, Maryland, 20740.
NWS National Technical Implementation Notices are online at: