Articles by Dan Schreiber
Why do we analyse weather fronts? Today, at the 21st Cyclone Workshop, we had a great discussion about the value of conceptual models in atmospheric science. I introduced a question a student once… | Helen Dacre | 15 comments
Why do we analyse weather fronts? Today, at the 21st Cyclone Workshop, we had a great discussion about the value of conceptual models in atmospheric science. I introduced a question a student once asked me: “Why do we actually need fronts? Why can’t I just look at forecasts of rain, wind and temperature?” It’s a good question. A useful analogy* is to think of fronts as characters in the weather story. A well-written character is more than just a name.
Things I hear almost daily: - El Niño will soon arrive in California - El Niños and its impacts are the same - El Niño and La Niña are storms - El Niño equates to a rainy winter in California and… | Jan Null
Personally, I am sick of hearing about El Nino and how bad the weather will be. Just get on with it for God sake. Make your forecasts and stop with the REPETITIVE EL NINO, Just forecast it in the beginning and that is adequate. HELLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Impossible Things by Dan Schreiber
Answers to the BIG and BANANAS questions that your parents don't know! Did dinosaurs land on the moon 66 million years before us? Is the Loch Ness monster really a ghost? Should cats be in charge of protecting countries from Earthquakes? Are imaginary friends mysteriously turning into real people? Investigate the weird, the wacky and the downright bizarre questions you've always wanted to know the answers to (and some you hadn't even thought of!) with podcaster and fact-detective Dan Schreiber.
Check It Out! Book reviews from Ruth Enlow Library
OAKLAND — The Ruth Enlow Library, Garrett County’s public library system, offers reviews each month of books that are currently available for lending. The following includes the book reviews from June: Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions By Temple Grandin Published by Riverhead Books Reviewed by Clinton Bradley April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a label describing this condition.
Co-ordination across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers cover work on understanding aid flows, strengthening aid delivery and improving development policy.
A fake Tibetan monk and the charlatan who nearly saved the world
Excerpted from The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber. Copyright © 2022 by Dan Schreiber. Reprinted courtesy of William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Charlatans fascinate me. Though mostly incredibly dangerous characters, the unintended consequences of their actions sometimes lead to great things, for which they are often never given credit.
The Theory of Everything Else
A Voyage Into the World of the Weird A Voyage Into the World of the Weird $29.99 Now: $23.99 Spend $49 on print products and get FREE shipping at HC.com about Product Details reviews "Absorbing. ... As thoughtfully written as it is nuts." —Chicago Tribune A collection of the world’s most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories by the co-host of the hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, Dan Schreiber. Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time?
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Barney Norris - Undercurrent
When: 17th November 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm 2022-11-17T19:30:00+00:00 2022-11-17T21:15:00+00:00 Where: The Bookseller Crow on the Hill 50 Westow St London SE19 3AF UK With great anticipation we welcome the brilliant playwright and author Barney Norris to read from and discuss his new novel, Undercurrant.
Ask a Historian
Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths? Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through history from the Stone Age to the Swinging Sixties, revealing the best and most surprising stories, facts and historical characters from the past.
GUEST COLUMNIST - Godly living and politics
In the Wednesday edition (Sept. 9, 2020) of the Del Rio News-Herald I read a very well-written article by staff writer Brian Argabright titled “God does not really care who you vote for.” It was very insightful, especially from someone who identifies as “not a religious person.” In fact, as a religious person myself who has spent a long time examining and discerning politics worldwide, I agree with a lot of what he wrote.
GUEST COLUMNIST - Del Rio - What is happening to our town?
I got a phone call recently from a young professional looking to relocate to Del Rio for work. He found my website, and was intrigued about how highly I spoke of Del Rio. He told me that many of his colleagues had cautioned him about transferring to Del Rio, but that I had convinced him otherwise. I was honest with him about the good, bad, and ugly about Del Rio, and in the end, he took the job. Del Rio is a great little town.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — June 25, 1920 Salvation Army Ready To Open Local Corps Secures Quarters on Front Street Capt. and Mrs. Stack Will Be In Charge — First Meeting to Be Held Saturday Night The opening of the local corps of the Salvation Army which was to have taken place several weeks ago but was postponed, will now take place this weekend, the opening meeting being set for 8 o’clock Saturday night.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — June 24, 1920 No Convictions In Eastside Case Blame Is Placed On Ryan And Griffin Boys Former Could Not Be Found and Latter Alleged to be Not Entirely Responsible The trial of the three Eastside boys who were arrested and brought before the juvenile court was held by Judge Wade yesterday afternoon. It was alleged that the boys had demolished a wagon belonging to an Eastside lady.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — June 22, 1920 County Nurse Is To Be Promoted Miss Schreyer Will Leave This Locality Is to Be Succeeded by Miss Elizabeth Campbell — Has Done Splendid Work Here At the request of Miss Jane C.
GUEST COLUMNIST - The real problem is men
It seems very timely that the unrest in our nation falls during the Father’s Day timeframe. While our nation is divided into many social groups pointing fingers at other demographics for discrimination, distress, disadvantage, and beyond, I propose that the most responsible demographic for all of the disunity in this county (and likely the world) is the male gender. No – not the police, nor any particular race. Not Republicans or Democrats. Not based on income inequality, nor education inequality.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — June 19, 1920 Cut In Retail Lumber Made Offered At Lower Figure In Local Market Quite a drop in retail lumber prices is advertised today by the North Bend Mill and Lumber Company. There has been a general drop in the market and the company is meeting this in retail sales.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — June 8, 1920 Alley Question Settled by Court Old Alley Question City Is Granted a Right of Way At Cold Storage Is Oddly Shaped and Compromise Offered Which Will Give a Straight Alley Thoroughfare Judge John S. Coke has decided the suit of the Coos Bay Ice and Cold Storage Company against the city of Marshfield which settles the matter of a right of way for an alley extending from Broadway to Front street extending just west from cold storage plant.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — June 5, 1920 Engineers Have Sent Their Report Will Be Opened At Meeting Of The Port Tonight Recommendations As to Site For Terminal Dock Will Not Be Known Until Then The Port of Coos Bay commission has received a report from the engineers at Portland who came here to decide upon which was the most available site for the port terminal dock. The report will be opened this evening when a special meeting of the commission will be held at the office of the secretary, Henry Sengstacken.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — June 2, 1920 Will Increase Lumber Cut Both Sides of Eastside Mill to be Operated Will Give Work to Twenty More Men — Logs Coming from Camps in Good Shape It was announced at the C.A. Smith mill this afternoon that logs were coming in from the Smith-Powers camp now in good shape and in a few days both sides of the Eastside mill will be operated. Only one side has been running but the other side will be started which will give employment to about twenty more men.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — May 27, 1920 Damage Suit On Creamery Fire L.A. Blanc Files Action Against Rogers Boat Claims Over $19,000 Damages for Loss Sustained in Conflagration Last Year Sheriff W. W. Gage was here today to serve notice of a suit for about $19,000 damages which L.A. Blanc claims from S.C. Rogers, Herbert Rogers and the Coos River Transportation Co. for losses he alleges he sustained in the burning of the Coos River Creamery.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — May 20, 1920 Case At Powers Causes A Stir Charges Against J.H. Windon Cause His Arrest Alleged That He Took Infant Child From Mother — Angered Because Baby Is a Girl Justice of the Peace Zimmerman, of Powers, yesterday brought to the attention of District Attorney Hall a case at Powers which stirred up a good deal of indignation in the locality.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — May 19, 1920 Condemns Action of State Agent District Attorney Hall Does Not Approve of Methods Representative of State Board of Pharmacy, Manages to Get a Conviction of Bandon Man District Attorney Hall condemns the action of a state agent of the Oregon Board of Pharmacy who managed to bring about a prosecution in Bandon by playing a trick which Mr. Hall says he regards as very small to say the least, and not along the standards of real law enforcement. The agent was at Bandon.
On This Day in Coos County History
100 YEARS — May 8, 1920 Begin June 1 on Coquille River Work Of Dredging that Waterway Will Start Soon Dredge Oregon Is to Be Taken from Coos Bay to Deepen the Channel During the Summer Regarding the government work on the Coquille river a Portland paper has the following to say" Dredging operation on the bar at the mouth of the Coquille river will begin June 1.
OP-ED - Weather notifications, a meteorologist's perspective
Every year, especially during the springtime, the Del Rio area gets at least a handful of dangerous storms. Fortunately, most of those storms occur in more unpopulated areas and have little to no impact on the wide majority of local residents. As we’ve seen this year, in contrast, two significant storms – only a few weeks apart – have taken direct aim at the city limits.
Rethinking proposed runway expansion at DRT
There has been a lot of discussion lately within the City of Del Rio about the expansion of the runway at Del Rio airport and additional 2,500 feet. Let’s be clear – this is at the request of Laughlin AFB. Certainly, a longer runway has its perks economically for any city – longer (and wider) runways allow for bigger airplanes, especially during the heat of the summer when longer runways are needed due to the low density of air reducing lift capabilities for airplanes.
Economic prosperity
Recently, the City of Del Rio Economic Development office announced a survey asking for the public’s input about making the city more prosperous. I hear over and over about how Academy Sports, Olive Garden, and Target should be in Del Rio. While these businesses may add a small portion to quality of life, they don’t solve the over-arching need for economic prosperity. These businesses will come if Del Rio is prosperous, no doubt. It would financially beneficial. Not the other way around.
For the past 150 years, The Examiner has recorded life in The City | 150th Anniversary | San Francisco | San Francisco Examiner
It started as a small paper under a different name — born of Civil War controversy, it was torched by a mob after Abraham Lincoln's assassination. It was later taken over by a Harvard dropout who declared it a "miserable little sheet." Legend has it that the paper was obtained by his father in 1880 as partial payment for a poker debt — and by all standards of logic, no one should have expected people to still be reading it today, 150 years after it began publishing as The Daily Examiner.
San Francisco housing market booms bigger than ever
Plummeting inventory of homes for sale accompanied by a new wave of tech workers have San Francisco’s rental and real estate markets continuing to boom. The average monthly price of an apartment lease has risen to $2,734 — up 12.9 percent since 2011 — according to data compiled by the rental data firm Real Facts. The spike in San Francisco rents seems to be spilling over to cheaper markets like Oakland, where the average rent is now $1,835 — up 14.4 percent since last year.
Behold, the book of Ed Lee hits San Francisco doorsteps
Most mayors serve at least a full term in office before someone pens their biography, but the fervent supporters of Ed Lee apparently couldn’t wait. Click on the photo at right to see the cover of the Ed Lee book. “The Ed Lee Story: An Unexpected Mayor” — a 132-page paperback written by a political consultant — is being distributed around The City by an independent expenditure committee dedicated to keeping the interim mayor in office for a full four-year term.
City left in ruins
Perhaps no single event has been more important to the San Francisco we know today than the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906. The massive temblor struck at 5:12 a.m. April 18. Despite the fact that it was a major quake — it preceded the Richter scale by decades, but estimates peg it at 7.8 magnitude — the fires that broke out afterward did the most damage. Thousands died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless.
For the past 150 years, The Examiner has recorded life in The City
It started as a small paper under a different name — born of Civil War controversy, it was torched by a mob after Abraham Lincoln's assassination. It was later taken over by a Harvard dropout who declared it a "miserable little sheet." Legend has it that the paper was obtained by his father in 1880 as partial payment for a poker debt — and by all standards of logic, no one should have expected people to still be reading it today, 150 years after it began publishing as The Daily Examiner.
Who's that Jack?
The venerable author of such classics as “Call of the Wild” and “Martin Eden” fell victim to every journalist’s worst nightmare: misspelling a name. And it happened to be his debut work. Perhaps an Examiner typesetter had a bit too much tipple on Christmas Eve, but on Dec. 25, 1895 the world met Jack London, the boy socialist of Oakland. Nineteen at the time, London had recently returned to California after traveling the world as a stowaway.
Joe Cocker dies at 70
His London-based agent, Barrie Marshall, said Cocker died early Monday of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades. Cocker was known for a memorable Woodstock performance and cover of the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends." The ballad "You Are So Beautiful," with Cocker's voice cracking on the final emotional note, was a Top Ten hit in 1975.
Mayor Lee, Green Bay mayor enter bet over 49ers-Packers game
Mayor Ed Lee has entered a friendly wager with Mayor James J. Schmitt of Green Bay, Wis., on the outcome of Sunday’s 49ers-Packers NFC wild-card playoff game at Lambeau Field. Under the agreement, the losing mayor will visit a school in his city, wearing the cap of the winning team, to read to schoolchildren and teach them a lesson about sportsmanship. In addition, the losing mayor will send a care package of local chocolates and desserts to the winning city.
San Francisco at 1 million: Can city’s housing supply keep up with demand?
The signs have been there for a couple of years, and there’s no mistaking it now: We are living in Dot-Com Boom 2.0. That’s given rise to a fully formed rent war that’s creating eye-popping rates for even small apartments while forcing many San Franciscans to skip town for good. Among each of the skirmish’s regiments — developers, city planners, landlords and renters themselves — there is plenty of prognostication and blame, but few solutions.
San Francisco at 1 million: Focus turns to Muni reliability and funding as population swells
Justified or not, complaining about Muni is a time-honored San Francisco pastime. Commentary — whether on social media, in a bar or on Muni itself — generally focuses on three major themes: arrival times, speed and odor.
San Francisco at 1 million: Population boom has cops and fire looking to hire
With San Francisco’s population set to ignite, the days of police and fire hiring freezes are over. The City’s population is projected to rise by 35 percent between 2010 and 2040, meaning 300 to 500 more cops need to be hired, along with up to 600 more firefighters.
San Francisco at 1 million: Can utilities handle population boom?
Every major aspect of San Francisco is set to feel daunting strain due to a sustained population surge, but here’s some relief: The City’s utility infrastructure is ostensibly prepared to shoulder the burden, officials say.
San Francisco at 1 million: City's population is booming once again
Most U.S. cities have only just begun to crawl out of the trenches of the Great Recession, but San Francisco has been charging back to the front lines. Reverberations from the 2008 housing market collapse put a four-year hold on most local projects, creating a colossal backlog of stalled buildings and renovations. But looking at The City these days, signs of a sustained boom are on the horizon -- quite literally.
The trickle-down technology of the America's Cup
Oracle Corp. software titan Larry Ellison's decision to race the 34th America's Cup on high-speed 72-foot catamarans, which are harder to build and sail than keelboats, has been criticized for pushing the competition too far beyond traditional sailing and pricing out nonbillionaires.
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