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Monday, March 9, 2009
A New Weather Survey
Here is the link, but don't try it if you did the last survey...it will mess up the statistics!
We have all the responses we need right now...thanks for all your help...
PS: Several people have asked me whether Costco still has copies of my book. The answer is yes. Unfortunately (for me), they highly discount the book....about the same as Amazon.
PS: Weather is over until this weekend...
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- Madeleine said...
Please buy this wonderful book at our INDEPENDENT booksellers.
- March 9, 2009 at 6:30 PM
I need to go buy this book still! I heard Cliff on the radio and found this blog during my obsessive forecast watching during the Big Snow.
I am very happy to subscribe to the RSS of this blog, but the graphs often completely mystify me.
Still, I think I am finally understanding that dreaded convergence! ;-)
Thanks Cliff!
- March 9, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- Jessica said...
OK, I would looovvvve to understand the thinking behind those survey questions! And to have been a fly on the wall, while you tried to decide what the answers would imply...
So - we woke up to rain but then as the day progressed, and the temps warmed, we then turned to snow. That was the moisture driving the surface temp down, wasn't it? And creating possibilities of snow at lower levels, right?
- March 9, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Brian said...
I'm seeing more and more dark clouds creeping closer and closer to us on Union Hill in Redmond (600'). And a quick look at the radar, shows we might be having two bands of snow coming through. Yay. :)
- March 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- Dale said...
Got my book at Amazon. Looks like a dandy!
But it does not tell me whether I should re-cover my outside pipes near SeaTac airport. Had them covered but when I thought the weather was warming I removed the insulation.
Some reports say from 15 to 25 tonight. 25 my pipes can survive but don't know about 15.
- March 9, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- andycottle said...
Hey Cliff...you maybe you can give a little more info on what you said. "weather is over until this weekend".
Weather is never over! lol.
But I suppose no active weather till this weekend I guess is what your getting at?
- March 9, 2009 at 7:31 PM
- Cliff Mass Weather Blog said...
I take it back (that the weather is over)...that convergence band is like a vampire...it won't give up with a silver stake through its meteorological heart. But once this business clears, a ridge builds in. The only weather is mega cold for this time of the year.
Regarding books, I agree..it is better to buy from a local, independent bookseller...but the allure of a low price is there for amazon and costco.
- March 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM
- Brian said...
Whats going on with this new CZ? Why is it shifting more south then just going east? If it was going just east, where I live would of been hit. But instead, it decides to go South-East. Is there a chance it could slide just a bit back north?
- March 9, 2009 at 8:13 PM
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- March 9, 2009 at 9:25 PM
- andycottle said...
Oh hey Cliff, just as a bit of humor here and or worth while, and to lighten the frustration of the metro bus service/ coastal radar. We`ll ya know how they do bobble heads of the Seattle Mariner players for their fans.....
Well maybe they should have 'Cliff Mass' bobble heads for all the fans you have on here and through out Western Wa.
- March 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
- Attila said...
It would be nice if your survey didn't lock out us Mac Safari users.
- March 9, 2009 at 10:52 PM
- signalius said...
Cliff, I think it should be made clear that should it ever be necessary to kill a vampire, a silver stake would be a waste of valuable resources. Save the silver for an arsenal of warewolf bullets and use a good, sturdy oak stake for your slaying. It's really embarassing when the vampire laughs and hisses, "Don't bring a grape to a fruit fight, sucka!"
- March 10, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- Teresa said...
Yes, support independent booksellers. For me, however, keeping Costco alive is a good thing as well. They supply decent paying jobs with good working hours to the community.
Amazon, however, is a well-known sweat shop. My nephew's friend actually brought his Amazon pager to Thanksgiving dinner!
- March 10, 2009 at 8:17 AM
I am a mac user. I use both Safari and Firefox. Firefox was fine with the survey.
- March 10, 2009 at 8:53 AM
- luddite said...
Mr. Mass,
I am a big fan of your blog, and enjoyed your book thoroughly.
If you please, one complaint about your survey, as alas, not everyone owns a 17-inch wide computer: Apparently the window in which your survey was composed it so w-i-d-e that I must continually scroll left and right to read the questions; faced with the choice of helping you with your survey or not doing so and hence not making myself carsick, I opted for the latter.
- March 10, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- Paul said...
You're telling me there's going to be NO weather this week?
Do you mean the atmosphere is about to be sucked off into deep space, or what?
- March 10, 2009 at 9:13 AM
As for the survey Cliff, It looks like you are preparing us for the future of ensemble forecasting. Is this a lead in for forecasters to "provide ranges of scenarios" or "specific predictions" from an EPS? And will a coastal radar be a input for initializing?
- March 10, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- Audra said...
my biggest forecast issues are the extreme variations among the microclimates, and the lack of reporting on areas north of Seattle.
I live and work in Skagit and Whatcom counties, where there are so many differnet variables that anything forecasted is used as a general guide. It will be hot, cold, wet, sunny and such.
Life long resident, I plan my life and let the weather come as it may. Sometimes plan B is in place, but it is rare for weather to be a show stopper for me. I have run, cycled, skied, hiked, you name it in the rain, blazing heat, and sleet.
I love this blog because I am interested in weather, and appreciate your approach - very scientific - THANK YOU for all your hard work! I do use it to plan my wardrobe (layering)
Oh yeah and buy Local!
- March 10, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- HaleyandJoe said...
I have a question completely unrelated to this post...
I was really interested in your posting about how we're at our average rainfall, but have more rainless days. I've been looking around to find info about how much sun Seattle gets and found some stats. I really want to find out how many sunny or partly sunny days Seattle had THIS WINTER. I assume it will be different from the averages I found.
Can you tell me a source that I could look at to see that info for the past 6 months?
- March 10, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- ST said...
yes yes yes... purchase ALL books at your independent bookstore please!
- March 12, 2009 at 11:03 AM


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Abstract The premise of this study is that an understanding of catalysts and impacts of social and economic change in the Los Angeles Metro Green Line study corridor and an analysis of current planning policies can help identify how future planning policies may generate more ideal and positive outcomes for the study corridor. This study evaluated the conditions within the transit corridor with four selected station areas defined by a one-mile radius from each station. The stations that make up the transit corridor are along the Los Angeles Metro Green Line that runs east west between Redondo Beach and Norwalk. A mile radius buffer was chosen to fully capture the spacing between the stations linearly and use that to define the corridor's primary area of influence. This study evaluated the changes in demographic composition, housing affordability, transportation affordability and job accessibility within the Metro Green Line corridor between the year 2000 and 2010. Trends in the…
The Radiant University: Space, Urban Redevelopment, and the Public Good
July 17, 2013
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Abstract In 2003, Columbia University announced its plan to expand its Morningside Heights into a 17-acre area of West Harlem known as Manhattanville. The University's expansion plan called for the acquisition and demolition of all but three buildings in the project's footprint and the construction of a state of the art campus over a roughly 30-year period. This article examines the discourses, debates and politics surrounding the project and, in particular, the University's demand for exclusive control of the site and ultimate pursuit of eminent domain. To that end, university officials claimed that the expansion would bolster the city's knowledge based economy and, as a consequence, serve the "public good"— a requirement for the exercise of eminent domain. By contrast, critics of the project argued for a mixed-use redevelopment plan that would include affordable housing and other community-deined amenities.
A Station Area Typology of Economic Opportunity: A Guide to Better Connecting Transit, Jobs and Workforce Development in the Denver Region
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Introduction Most of the emphasis to date on TOD has been around residential development – building compact, mixed-use, mixed-income housing near transit, with shops and services nearby and a variety of transportation choices. Yet economic and workforce development are just as important to incorporate into transit-oriented communities. People who can take transit to work often spend less on transportation costs, saving them money to spend on other things. Employers also benefit by locating near transit in a variety of ways, from gaining access to a larger labor pool, saving money on things like parking and health care and greater convenience to clients and customers. Workforce training providers that locate near transit give potential workers greater access to their services and also lower the cost of taking such training courses in order to find a job. This is especially important for low- to middle-skill workers, who often need training beyond high school to get a good paying…
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Introduction Transit-oriented development (TOD) – typically defined as compact, mixed-use development within walking distance of a transit station – has emerged in recent years as a key strategy for fostering quality neighborhoods and reducing auto dependence. Despite the emphasis on TOD in many policy discussions, however, only limited information is available to help communities understand the likely development impacts of new transit investments. This report builds on a 2010 study by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns along Three Recently Constructed Rail Lines, to examine the opportunities and challenges involved in promoting TOD in different types of neighborhoods, and the strategies that may be appropriate to catalyze TOD depending on the neighborhood context. By examining development patterns and public investment strategies through the lens of "development context" or "neighborhood type," this report…
Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region: Efficient and Resilient Communities for the 21st Century
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Executive Summary Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region, 2000–2010 Mixed-use centers anchored by public transit are essential to the triple bottom line, or the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the Chicago Region. With the publication of GO TO 2040 in 2010, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) put forth a vision to grow the transit-oriented development (TOD) areas of the Region and make them communities of choice. In 2012 the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) built on this vision with the publication of Prospering In Place, which honored GO TO 2040 for its commitment to reconnect land use, transportation, and the economy, and recommended the locations in the Chicago Region that had the best prospects for growth—and hence warranted priority access to public and private resources. Prospering in Place was also a cautionary story of how a blueprint alone, without a place-based framework for development, will not reverse the…
Enhancing Economic Opportunity through Transit: Lessons Learned from Denver's Southeast Light Rail Line
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Introduction The Denver region is currently embarking on one of the most ambitious and extensive investments in new rail and bus service in the United States. In less than a decade, the $7.8 billion FasTracks transportation infrastructure project will connect much of the Denver Metro region with 122 miles of new commuter and light rail, 18 miles of bus rapid transit, 70 new transit stations and a variety of other expanded multimodal options.1 This investment has the potential to expand the reach of opportunity for many people, providing better connections between housing, jobs and other essential destinations. New transit service will provide more transportation options to major job centers and educational institutions that provide career ladders and workforce training for people of all incomes and skill levels. Other regions are watching closely to see how the network is built out and if transit can spur new development and redevelopment of existing assets in station areas, as well…


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Welcome David Bell, Industry Solutions Consultant, to the Manufacturing Industry Blog
A very warm welcome to David Bell, Industry Solutions Consultant Architect, to the Manufacturing Industry Blog!
David is a Cisco Consulting Solutions Architect, and has a wealth of experience with a number of industries: he works in a global consultancy role at Cisco working closely with customers to deliver innovative industrial networking solutions. David has extensive experience in Manufacturing, Utilities, Mining and Transportation industries.
He started his career as a network trouble-shooter for the Finance industry, working with legacy TDM and X.25 networks before moving into the IP world. David then progressed to managing teams of engineers responsible for the design and implementation of secure networks for financial environments. This culminated in a project management role responsible for the provision of a global IP network infrastructure to support the delivery of live broadcast audio and video.
Looking for a new challenge, David applied his technical skills to the sales world and joined Cisco in 2007 as a pre-sales engineer. He has worked with a variety of end customers in the Finance, Professional Services, Manufacturing and Utilities industries, helping support and realize their network transformation aspirations.
David now works in a global consultancy role working closely with customers to deliver innovative industrial networking solutions not only in the manufacturing (discrete) and utilities industries, but also the mining and process industries, together with the transportation sectors as mentioned earlier.
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Minimizing the potential for aflatoxins in almonds is an industrywide effort, beginning in the orchard by managing navel orangeworm, which is associated with the Aspergillus fungus and aflatoxin. This includes winter sanitation to remove mummy nuts, if necessary, in-season treatments for navel orangeworm, and prompt early harvest. Aflatoxins can also be reduced at the handler by sampling, testing, and reprocessing.
A third opportunity for preventing aflatoxin is in the stockpile, where recent studies supported by the Almond Board of California have shown that certain conditions can lead to the growth of the aflatoxin-producing molds Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus and the resulting aflatoxin production.
Stockpiling of in-hull almonds has become a more common occurrence alongside both orchards and huller/shellers as a result of increased crop sizes and the need to extend the processing season in order to maximize the use of processing facilities.
To investigate potential for aflatoxin production in stockpiles, UC researchers Bruce Lampinen and Themis Michailides began a research project in 2007 to examine temperature and moisture conditions in stockpiles, and from that information, develop recommendations for stockpiling that will minimize the potential for growth of Aspergillus and resulting aflatoxin contamination.
Almond stockpiles in Kern, San Joaquin and Glenn counties were selected for the trials and monitored in the fall for temperature and relative humidity at four different depths – top of the pile, upper mid-pile, lower mid-pile and at the bottom edge. Conditions were monitored at one to three minute intervals throughout the storage period, which ranged from 84 to 150 days, and recorded with a datalogger.
Samples of the stored in-hull almonds were taken from each pile at the beginning of the trial, during the trial, and at the end of storage, and analyzed for moisture content, mold growth and the presence of aflatoxin.
The researchers found that there are conditions in stockpiles under which Aspergillus can grow, and that the mold growth does result in aflatoxin contamination. The most significant factor for mold growth is the moisture content of in-hull almonds when they go into storage. Stockpiling of in-hull almonds with a total fruit (hull, shell, kernel) moisture content at or above 9 percent – 9.2 percent in this study – can lead to problems, particularly on the outer areas of the piles where significant condensation builds up under the tarps and moisture accumulates. However, mold growth and resulting aflatoxin development was not uniform throughout these high-moisture-content piles because the relative humidity within the piles came to a steady state equilibrium below the maximum recommended for storage, which is 65 percent to 70 percent.
In stockpiles where the initial moisture content of in-hull almonds was low – at or below 5.7 percent total fruit moisture content – there was minimal mold growth and no aflatoxin production.
The stockpile monitoring research project will continue this year with the hopes of refining stockpiling guidelines by answering these questions:
• At what moisture content is it appropriate to stockpile in-hull almonds, and how can this be quickly determined in the field before pick-up?
• What method can be used by growers and hullers to determine the moisture content of in-hull almonds, and what is the effect of different tarp types on moisture development?
• Once stockpiles are formed, what techniques can be used to determine the relative humidity of the surface and within the pile to determine moisture status?
• What are the visual cues that would indicate a problem – for example, amount of moisture or condensation, the extent of mold growth?
• If a stockpile has too much moisture, what can be done to reduce potential mold growth, such as removing tarps during the day and covering them at night, or using a stockpile aeration system?
Until stockpile management guidelines can be refined through ongoing research, current research results suggest:
To be on the safe side until more is known, don't stockpile in-hull almonds that have a total moisture content exceeding 6.5 percent to 7 percent. As a practical guide, kernels, shells and hulls that "snap" when bent between fingers are certainly safe.
If piles are stacked too wet, there will be condensation, pooling of water and mold growth at the outer portions (tops, sides and bottom) of the piles. Of particular concern are the "green molds," including Aspergillus. Under these circumstances, it is important to open up the piles in the daytime when relative humidity is lower, and close them at night when relative humidity is high. In the 2007 research, ambient relative humidity ranged from about 90 percent or more at night, down to 55 percent or less during daylight hours.


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Before we start plowing through the year-end minutia that will be inundating us for the next month and a half, here are some "newsy" items that have been dying to get squeezed into the column before they fall between the cracks.
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Gus & Call (former members of Bear Country) announcing that they will have a residency at Slowdown throughout the month of December was, by itself, a big deal. Add to that the band's announcement that the first night of its residency, Dec. 1, will also be a CD release show for Will Wait 'Til the Weather Breaks, their debut album recorded and mixed by AJ Mogis at ARC Studios in spring 2011. But if that wasn't enough, the band's residency will actually be a weekly concert series curated by Gus & Call, featuring some of the best bands in the area. Each night will have a different theme, which will influence Gus & Call's set. Here's the schedule:
Dec. 1: Gus & Call CD release show, featuring InDreama and Honeybee & Hers.
Dec. 8: Surf & Sand, featuring Gus & Call with Capgun Coup and Sun Settings.
Dec. 15: Carmina Novum, featuring Gus & Call, Dim Light, Laura Burhenn (of The Mynabirds) and Howard.
Dec. 22: Light it Up, featuring Gus & Call, Ladyfinger, UUVVWWZ and a comedy showcase.
Dec. 29: By the Hearth & Vocalise, featuring Gus & Call, Simon Joyner & The Parachutes and one more TBA band.
And if that still wasn't enough, world famous DJ Tyrone Storm will be on hand every evening to fill the void when the stage is empty.
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A couple weeks ago, the folks at MAHA announced on their Facebook page that they've booked Stinson Park at Aksarben Village for the 2012 MAHA Music Festival, scheduled for Aug. 11. In fact, MAHA organizer Tre Brashear said they've already started sorting through the bands they'd like to book for the festival.
"We've got a tentative list started (always subject to change)," Brashear said, adding that the promoter will begin contacting the bands' agents later this month. "(We're) going to tell them, 'Hey, we'd like to have you, so please let us know when you're ready to start lining up your summer schedule.' (We) want to get our interest established earlier than January, which is when we've started the last two years. Doesn't mean we'll be able to afford everyone on our wish list, but don't know pricing or availability until you ask."
Among the bands on their "wish list": Death Cab for Cutie, Feist, Regina Spektor and Wilco, who would be the ultimate get. There are a lot of Wilco fans 'round these parts, and competition to get the band is going to be fierce.
Brashear said using Stinson Park again in 2012 was an "easy decision" because fan response to the venue last summer was so overwhelmingly positive. Stinson Park is hands-down a better venue than Lewis & Clark Landing for a myriad of reasons, not the least of which are its central location and overall comfort -- I'd much rather sit in grass than sit on pavement.
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A sharp-eyed vinyl-loving Lazy-i reader wrote in to say that the next Capgun Coup album will be coming out on Org Records. What's Org? According to Org's Facebook page, "Org Music is signed to Warner Bros Records and distributed through WEA (Warner Elektra Atlantic) and ADA (Alternative Distribution Alliance). We are the official special projects label of the international Record Store Day campaign. We have a variety of marketing & sales, licensing & publishing, promotion & tour, manufacturing & distribution partners worldwide. We offer traditional multi format record deals with active artists, label services and distribution for artist related imprints as well as special project related joint ventures. We are also a catalog support label, having released the most important catalogs in modern music from label groups such as Warner Music Group, Sony Music, EMI, Beggars Banquet and the Universal Music Group."
Org's business includes vinyl reissues from bands such as Nirvana, The Replacements, Failure, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub and Beck, but they also do new releases from bands like 400 Blows (who are playing at The Brothers Nov. 16) and New York's Caveman.
Shortly after posting the above info at Lazy-i.com, Andrew Rossiter at Org Music confirmed the news. "It's absolutely true, and we couldn't be more excited to have them," Rossiter said. "Details about the new album release are still being confirmed, but it will definitely be out in 2012, and it's fantastic."
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Who else heard the snippet of Cursive's "The Radiator Hums" during this week's NBC's Sunday Night Football? The song came on as Al Michaels was going to commercial; I had to "rewind it" on my DVR a few times before I figured out what I was hearing. Something like that probably means nothing if it were to happen to a Bieber, Gaga or American Idol winner (loser), but for a band like Cursive and its fans, the five-second snippet is a very big deal indeed.
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Finally, the fine folks at The Slowdown are looking for bands that dig The Replacements as much as they do to perform after a screening of Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements, which is happening at Slowdown Nov. 30. The evening will start with a screening of the film followed by a brief Q&A with its director, Gorman Bechard. After that, a number of local bands will take The Slowdown's small stage to perform their favorite Replacements tunes.
The only things missing from this grand scheme are the actual bands.
You got a band? Do they love The Replacements? Then The Slowdown wants you. If interested in performing Nov. 30, send a quick email to firstname.lastname@example.com with your band's name and the two or three Replacements tunes that you want to play. The folks at The Slowdown will sort out the rest. What will you get for playing beyond the dying admiration of everyone in the audience? I'll leave that for you to negotiate with the club (though in true Replacements fashion, it'll probably involve free booze).
Bonus points for the band that plays "Die Within Your Reach."
Lazy-i is a weekly column by Reader senior contributing writer Tim McMahan focused on the Omaha music scene. Check out Tim's daily music news updates at his website, lazy-i.com, or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The gay-marriage backer's playbook
There's clearly a new playbook for senators just now coming out for gay marriage: quietly post something on Facebook, slip it into your Tumblr feed or release a statement to friendly media outlets.
What most lawmakers are not doing is talking for the cameras.
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In the past month, 11 senators have endorsed gay marriage, providing a nearly daily storyline of increased support for marriage equality. Lawmakers say they've "prayed," "evolved," discovered gay children to stand behind or had epiphanies following an illness.
( PHOTOS: Pols who evolved on gay marriage)
"It's sort of been like flower-of-the-month club," said LGBT activist David Mixner.
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) is the latest, sending a statement Thursday to the Tampa Bay Times.
"Simply put, if The Lord made homosexuals as well as heterosexuals, why should I discriminate against their civil marriage? I shouldn't, and I won't," Nelson said.
But for all the hoopla over their announcements, combined with media coverage of last month's Supreme Court arguments on the issue, these moments are scripted to be public — but not too public.
( PHOTOS: 25 gay-rights milestones)
There's little footage available for opponents to use in the next campaign or live interviews with reporters who might ask difficult or inconvenient questions. The fact that so many of these announcements are coming from lawmakers who are retiring or just reelected helps make it even safer for them to take a stand.
"It seems there is a determination for not doing this on camera, but in fairness, the TV media's appetite for the story of senators depends on an unusual angle — like Sen. [Rob] Portman's," said Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist and gay rights advocate.
"Also, this is an issue that appeals to the under 35 crowd," Rosen added. "And they mostly get their news from social media, not TV."
( WATCH: Rob Portman backs gay marriage)
Sticking with Facebook posts or issuing a simple statement can also help avoid freelancing on live television and going beyond the language they previously wrote or approved.
"I think almost everyone is posturing right now, where they're realizing big, sweeping societal change has occurred," said Rick Wilson, a Florida-based Republican strategist. "They're looking for language that's fairly anodyne, that doesn't lock them into any sweeping policy prescription."


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I'm trying to enable email notification for mentions (*not* the "Notification" notification), but when I click submit, that box goes back to unchecked.
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It's a plugin issue. I have to check with the developer and see if there's a fix coming. I wouldn't depend on it since it was just ported from 3.x to 3.2: https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2406866
"If it ain't broke don't fix it."
Thanks Lanik.
@barbaz You might want to try again.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it."
Thanks. I see the notification in the board's notifications. But when I tried to select the email notification for mentions, it went right back to de-selecting both options.
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An Iraqi in America: In the middle of nowhere
We are all stuck in the middle of nowhere. Millions in
Most of the Iraqis, including me, didn't expect to see
My country is cursed, and it seems predetermined for our people to live with a chain of endless sufferings. Iraq is a perplexing country. It has everything you could want. It has one of the oldest civilizations on earth with two rivers that connect all parts of the country and flow like the veins in a body. It has every reason to expect an affluent life—from agriculture to industry to precious commodities like oil and mercury—and yet the majority of its people live in misery and poverty.
I was thinking that by coming to America and by giving something to my parents to compensate them for what they've already missed in their lives, I would be able start a new chapter that had no connection to my distressed past, but it seems I was wrong. It's harder than I ever expected. Life has not been different.
The Iraqi refugees here in
The American government is helping some Iraqis—those who worked for American armed forces and other American organizations—to resettle in
There are a few organizations here in
I was enduring the situation when I was by myself, but now with my parents and my younger brother with me it has become unbearable. I'm the one who is taking care of everything: I have to work in a restaurant with a wage lower that the one I received in
My parents now think they are a burden to me since they know I'm responsible for most of their expenses now, including rent, bills, and daily purchases. My father is thinking about going back to
Many Iraqis I know talk about how Americans also suffer from unemployment. We sometimes lament our bad luck for coming to the States at this time. We even make jokes about us being a bad omen for this country.
There are too many stories to tell about the Iraqi refugees in America. Stories of old people, young people, and families. All came to the States looking for a better future but still can't believe how hard life is for them here. I have known many Iraqi friends in different cities of
I have to say that I haven't seen or heard any Iraqi complaints about cultural differences or any other issue related to our traditions or religion We all find that this country is truly the "land of freedom" in all its meanings. The American people are also very nice and polite and none of the Iraqis I know have ever complained about bad treatment.
The adjustment for old people and those who don't speak English is harder than it is for me. With this country's current high rate of unemployment, it is nearly impossible to find a job, especially for those Iraqis with no English or elevated qualifications. The irony of the whole thing is that a lot of the Iraqi refugees here in the States are working or wanting to work as security guards for a country that was unable over the last past six years to provide security to their own country!
As for me, with a bachelor's degree, at a good age, and having served the U.S Army in
We are not sure whom to blame or whom to hold responsible for the whole thing. Is it the American government? It seems to be morally obliged to resettle Iraqis in
Mudhafar al-Husseini worked at The New York Times in
Read al-Husseini's previous entry here. To read all his "Finding Refuge" entries, click here.


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Subject: Homeownership Counseling
Date: June 17, 2002
To: Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of National Banks and Federal Branches, Department and Division Heads, and Examining Personnel
Description: Notice of Statutory Requirement
As a result of amendments to the National Housing Act that became effective November 26, 2001, all creditors must provide notice of the availability of homeownership counseling to certain first-time mortgage loan applicants and to certain homeowners who are delinquent on their home loans. See 12 USC 1701x(c). The prior counseling requirement had expired on September 30, 2000.
For purposes of this provision, a creditor includes a person or entity that services a home loan on its own behalf or on behalf of another person or entity. Home loan means a loan secured by a mortgage or lien on "residential property." Residential property means a single family residence including a condominium, an interest in a cooperative housing project, or a manufactured home and the lot on which such home is situated. See 12 USC 1701x(c)(6)(Definitions).
Under the statute, a national bank acting as a creditor, as defined, must provide notice of homeownership counseling to:
The required notice must, at a minimum, provide the homeowner or mortgage applicant with information on the availability of any homeownership counseling offered by the creditor and either (1) the list of HUD-approved counseling agencies, available at HUD's Web site, (http://www.hudhcc.org/agencies/all.txt) or (2) the HUD toll-free telephone number (1-800-569-4287) through which the homeowner can obtain a list of HUD-approved nonprofit organizations that serve the homeowner's residential area. In addition, for eligible first-time mortgage loan applicants, the notice must state that completion of a counseling program is required for FHA-insured loans.
For further information, contact Compliance Policy (202) 649-5470.
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Thursday, 21 July 2011
"Prahaar" makes its first flight
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- Jey said...
gr8 work by drdo... fast development.. sleek... hopefully it will be an cost-effective one... I think it is mainly meant for high value targets... mass production required...
- 21 July 2011 at 22:59
Congrats to DRDO and all.
- 21 July 2011 at 23:05
Would be great if you can add your analysis about this missile in our inventory.
- 22 July 2011 at 06:19
Dear Ajay Sir,
Indeed Now I feel proud. Now Indian Army can develop a new war doctrine and area control based on:
1. Prahaar
2. C4 Net
The C130 can be easily used for rapid deployment and relocation of prahaar batteries at FOB areas and difficult terrain.
Now, let us see how much China & Pakis dare to bark at us.
After so many lows in India like corruption etc in civil society, Prahaar is a silver lining.
This is a very good missile, having very less Finess ratio, easily transportable alongwith erector.
- 22 July 2011 at 09:40


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To compare Teacher Education Certificate Schools, you might first narrow down the type of program you want to find. You can also refine your search for grad schools with teaching and teacher education programs by state. Then check with your state or regional board for more information about their requirements. This might help you identify teacher education certificate schools that could support your goals.
"I have a bachelors degree and wish to work towards teaching certification."
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The English were wrong. They didn't realize that the oats eaten by Scotsmen were excellent food rather than proof of their primitive nature."There are these great quotes about this being what makes the Scots so uncivilized -- the fact they eat oats," says Cynthia Harriman, director of food and nutrition strategies for the Bostonbased Whole Grains Council. "I think they (the English) were missing a bet." Beyond tasting good, oats are higher in protein and higher in healthy unsaturated fats than most grains and are lower in carbohydrates. And the carbs they do contain are good. The fiber in oats includes beta-glucans that can lower cholesterol, and oats contain antioxidants that can reduce the damage caused by LDL or "bad" cholesterol, especially when paired with a source of vitamin C. "Eating a bowl of oatmeal a day can decrease total cholesterol by 8 to 23 percent," Harriman says. What better time to eat oatmeal than a cold January morning? But oats are good at other times of the day, too. Most granola bars are oat-based and can be eaten at any time, and oatmeal cookies make a sweet afternoon or evening snack. Quaker has developed recipes ranging from oat pilaf with peppers, to oat-crusted chicken with salsa that's healthier than fried chicken, to mozzarella-stuffed turkey burgers that stay moist and juicy thanks to oats. Despite their many good qualities, oats rank a distant fourth behind wheat in the grains eaten by people in the U.S. Wheat accounts for 69 percent of those grains, corn for 17 percent, rice 11 percent, oats 2.4 percent and barley 0.4 percent. Only 5 percent of the oats grown worldwide are consumed by humans. The bran and the germ in oats seldom are removed in processing, so a product listing oats or oat flour on the label almost always contains the whole grain. "We refine grains mostly in the flour form, in order to achieve better shelf life (by removing healthy oils) and better baking capabilities," Harriman says. But the rolling/steaming process most oats undergo stabilizes their oils, and oats aren't used that often in baking bread. Unlike wheat, rye and barley, oats naturally don't contain the gluten proteins that bother some people, though they may be contaminated by growing near these grains or by being transported or processed where wheat is present. People who have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity should shop for oats that are certified as gluten-free, Harriman says. firstname.lastname@example.com (c)2013 The Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colo.) Visit The Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colo.) at www.chieftain.com Distributed by MCT Information Services


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What Form of Communication Do You Use Most? [POLL]
One of the biggest things I dread about coming in to work on Monday is the ringing phone. Not from my listeners, but from everyone else. It's like the phone rings non-stop. Do these people know how to use email? Shoot me a quick email and I can answer back and we're done in 20 seconds or less. That's so much easier than that awkward time spent trying to hang up. There are times I feel like I should say "no, you hang up first". You remember that back in the day when it took forever just to get off the phone with your boyfriend or girlfriend, right? All that aside, there are times I wonder if the phone is the only form of communication some people use. What about you?
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good chat on the phone but when I have a ton to do in very little time, then I don't want to waste my day trying to end a conversation that should have only been 15 seconds.
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It's time to update some of the stories written here and in the Las Vegas Sun over the past few months. Downtown is a whirlwind of activity; consider this a moment to take a breath and take stock.
The Sorceress
(Las Vegas Weekly, January 24)
Sarah Nisperos was nicknamed "The Sorceress" for her uncanny ability to tell people who they really are. Nisperos is co-owner of Coterie, a clothing store on Fremont Street in partnership with the Downtown Project, but she's not a psychic.
Nisperos chuckles while discussing the handful of people who have visited her since the column ran with the thought that she has some soothsaying abilities.
"I don't," she says.
She just has a finely honed sense of intuition, and people seem to open up to her, correctly sensing she is a "people person."
Nisperos also doesn't have a direct pipeline to Zappos CEO and Downtown Project partner Tony Hsieh, she adds. People who have ideas they think the Downtown Project might have interest in should contact the Project directly.
City of Las Vegas Four-Day Workweek
(Las Vegas Weekly, February 7)
A few weeks ago I wrote about some business people unhappy that, with so much going on Downtown, the city's four-day workweeks have become something of a bottleneck to the work flow. Work happens five days a week, but the city shuts down after four.
Not only that, but because it's almost innate human behavior to take it easy on Fridays, that's now happening on Thursdays. Translation: Downtowners say if they don't get together with city workers by Wednesday, they won't get approvals or other work done until the following week. (A caveat: The city has shifted many services to its website, negating the need for face-to-face interaction with city employees; staff can be available, too, if scheduled beforehand. By rule, however, government websites are notoriously difficult to navigate, and the city's is no exception.)
The column suggested that the city talk to developers, find out which staff are needed daily, then have some of those people work on Fridays. Via email, Bill Arent, Las Vegas economic and urban development director, said he would "put some thought into the demand for Friday meetings and where we could staff at a consistent location on Fridays."
He suggested that the Downtown Project's coworking spaces or the Fifth Street School could be potential locations.
Founders Anonymous
(Las Vegas Weekly, February 13)
A column about Matthias Galica stirred a lot of reaction in L.A., where he lives.
Galica was in Las Vegas visiting the haunts of his mentor and friend Jody Sherman, the co-founder of Ecomom who took his own life in January.
Galica talked about the pressures facing startup founders and how he wanted to create a group that would lend moral support and advice to those in a field where some 75 percent are expected to fail. Galica said founders feel pressured to put on a happy face all the time, despite the high failure rate.
Last week, Galica held a roundtable in L.A. to talk about those pressures and what can be done about it. In an email, he said that even before the roundtable, he had received dozens of messages from others in the L.A. area interested in forming a support group.
Room Taxes
(Las Vegas Sun, February 19)
Downtown reaction to a city plan to extend a hotel room tax another 25 years can be summed up in one word: anger.
The tax was imposed in the mid-1990s to pay off bonds to build the Fremont Street Experience. It has added 2 percent of a room's cost to the bill for hotels within the Fremont Street Experience and 1 percent for other hotels.
Set to expire in 2015, the tax raises about $1.4 million annually; the city wanted to extend it to 2040.
Why? That's the part that angered Downtown hotel owners. The Fremont Street Experience bill would be paid off, and the city outlined no specific purpose for extending the tax. Arent did talk generally about possible expenses, such as connecting the Experience to the growing Fremont East Entertainment District, building green space and other ideas.
This time, it seems the city listened to its critics. It dropped the tax from its redevelopment bill now going through the Legislature.


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Once the beer had fermented it soon became bottling day. I had originally intended to bottle the weekend before but couldn't manage to get a few hours of dedicated time to do it. But yesterday I had blocked out the entire afternoon to focus on getting my 1st batch of homebrew into the bottles. For many homebrewers, bottling day is filled with mixed feelings. You're either excited to finally get your beer into it's last stage before consuming or your dreading the time consuming process.
Preparation for bottling day actually started a while ago when it was bottle washing and label peeling day. The entire process to get enough bottles clean for a 5 gallon batch was very time consuming. Bottle preparation is actually a multi-step process as follows:
1) Every day rule: As soon as you finish a beer from a bottle that you intend to use later, you need to rinse it out thoroughly as soon after you're done drinking it.
2) You need to soak the bottles in very hot water for an hour or so to loosen the glue from the labels and then scrap them off. While the labels may come off easily, the glue sometimes does not.
3) Once the labels and glue are removed, you need to thoroughly wash the inside of your bottles with a bottle brush and or a high pressure rinse.
4) The day before or the morning of bottling day, you need to sanitize the bottles. I use a StarSan soak and hang the bottles upside down to drain. No rinsing is needed.
After you've done all that, your bottles are ready to go. But there are several other items to wash and sanitize as well. Anything that will come in contact with your beer will need to be sanitized: auto-siphon or racking cane, food-grade hose to transfer beer through, bottling bucket, bottling wand, stirring spoon, bottle caps and capper, and of course your hands too.
Once all your equipment is sanitized and ready to go, you'll need to prepare some priming sugar if you intend to bottle carbonate your beer. Those of you who keg your own beer are probably laughing right now, they don't need to bother with most of these steps.
It only took me about 15 minutes to get some priming sugar prepared. I followed the advice of several Twitter users and used a guide found in John Palmer's "How to Brew" book on preparing a primer. Since I didn't have any corn sugar handy, I ended up using regular table sugar. Using the Nomograph table on page 113 of Palmer's book, I calculated that I wanted to use about 3.2oz of cane sugar to give me roughly 2.3 Volumes of CO2 in my beer with a beer temperature of about 67 degrees F.
I boiled 16oz of water along with the sugar for about 10 minutes, then cooled off the liquid to room temperature and added it to my bottling bucket. Then I used my auto-siphon and transferred the beer from my Better Bottle secondary fermenter into the bottling bucket. The siphon process went fairly quickly. The only problem I had was getting the transfer hose to behave itself and stay in the bucket initially.
Once the beer was transferred over into the bottling bucket with the primer sugar I put the bucket up high on my workbench. I then got a nice big tub to use to do the bottling process in. Having a container to catch any spilled or overflow beer is essential to keep beer from getting all over your floor.
Turns out it was a good thing that I had a container as I ended up having a massive leaking problem with my bottling wand. I probably ended up wasting a couple of bottles of beer in the entire process due to that. It was my fault for not testing all of my equipment before bottling day as I would have caught that problem earlier and avoided the excess leakage of beer.
Once the actual bottling process began, it took a good hour or so to fill all of the bottles. I ended up getting 26 full bomber bottles of beer out of my 5 gallon batch. That's about 3 bottles shy of what I was hoping for. I did have a half a bottle left over at the end and I used that for tasting purposes.
Once the caps were all on the beer, I put all the beer bottles in my basement utility sink and gave them a good rinse off. The sides of the bottles had gotten sticky from overflowing and leaking beer, so keeping the bottles clean for storage was a must.
After the beer was put away, I still couldn't rest because now I had to wash all of my equipment that I had used that day. The fermenter, bottling bucket, hoses, wand and everything else had to get a good rinsing. While I didn't bother doing a thorough washing, I did ensure that all of the sticky beer was rinsed away. I'll have to ensure I wash everything again with PBW before using the equipment again however. But that can wait for my next batch.
Whew. What a long bottling day. The entire process probably took me 3.5 hours from start to finish. I know I made a few mistakes during this process, but then again it's been a long time since my last bottling day (10 years). I took a lot of notes and filled out the rest of my Brewer's Logbook with last minute details. That way, if something ends up going wrong when I end up drinking it, I can look back and figure out the steps I did and make corrections later.
I did manage to save a little uncarbonated beer for an initial tasting. The beer was room temperature but that's OK, I just wanted to see if this stuff resembled anything like a beer. To my surprise, it had a nice beer taste. It didn't taste like a porter, but then again I had deviated greatly from the initial recipe and used a much lighter base malt. So it looks more like an Amber than a Porter. Still, the roasted malt taste came through and you knew was more than just a Pale Ale or an Amber.
Once the remaining yeast get a chance to eat the priming sugar and carbonate it over the next 2 weeks, then I'll take a bottle or two and chill 'em down and do an official tasting. Looking forward to that day, which just happens to be Valentine's Day. More on the finished product in a couple of weeks.
Related articles:
- Bottle washing day.
- Homebrew batch transferred to secondary.
- Brewing the first batch of homebrew of the year.
- Putting together the home brewery.
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The trials and tribulations of bottling beer
Once the beer had fermented it soon became bottling day. I had originally intended to bottle the weekend before but couldn't manage to get a few hours of dedicated time to do it. But yesterday I had blocked out the entire afternoon to focus on getting my 1st batch of homebrew into the bottles. For many homebrewers, bottling day is filled with mixed feelings. You're either excited to finally get your beer into it's last stage before consuming or your dreading the time consuming process.