Friday, February 12, 2010

dallas snowfall


dallas snowfall


North Texas hasn’t seen a winter this white in 32 years.

The 11.2 inches of snow that had fallen by midnight Thursday at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport topped the previous record for snowfall in one day of 7.8 inches recorded in 1917 and 1964.

The 12.5 inches that had fallen by 4 a.m. Friday also broke the 24-hour record of 12.1 inches Jan. 15-16, 1964.

Thursday’s snow also catapulted seasonal accumulation to 15.7 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

That ranks as the second snowiest season ever.

Most snowiest was the 17.6 inches that fell in 1977-78.

That year, 13.5 inches fell in February alone, also a record.

The snow appeared to have finally stopped falling by 6 a.m. Friday

The ingredients for a snowy season are simple: multiple upper-level storm systems supported by temperatures low enough to turn moisture to snow.

Those two elements have collided more than once over North Texas this season.

"It's definitely one of those winters," said Bill Bunting, a meteorologist with the weather service. "You never really know when you’ll get one."

Staff writer Mitch Mitchell contributed to this report

The extreme snowfall of February 11-12, 2010 goes down as THE snowiest 24-hour period in the history DFW weather records, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

An amazing 12.5" was measured, 11.2" of which fell on the 11th.

This also sets the new one calendar day record.

The tally also pushes the winter of 2009-2010 into second place, just behind 1977-78 for all time snowiest, and second snowiest February (also behind 1978).

See list compiled by NWS below for complete numbers rundown:

DALLAS/FORT WORTH - SNOWIEST SEASONS

1 17.6 1977-78
2 15.7 2009-10*
3 15.3 1963-64
4 13.5 1923-24
5 10.4 1976-77
6 9.5 1909-10
7 9.2 1916-17
8 8.8 1947-48
9 8.1 1937-38
10 7.3 1965-66
7.3 1941-42

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DALLAS/FORT WORTH - MOST SNOW IN FEBRUARY

1 13.5 1978
2 12.5 2010*
3 7.5 1924

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DALLAS/FORT WORTH - GREATEST 24-HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS

1 12.5 FEBRUARY 11-12, 2010*
2 12.1 JANUARY 15-16, 1964
3 8.2 JANUARY 14-15, 1917
4 7.5 FEBRUARY 17, 1978
7.5 FEBRUARY 25, 1924
6 6.0 MARCH 13, 1924
7 5.5 DECEMBER 9, 1898
8 5.0 NOVEMBER 22, 1937
5.0 JANUARY 5, 1910
10 4.7 NOVEMBER 13, 1976

abraham lincoln birthday


abraham lincoln birthday.


Abraham Lincoln was born 201 years ago today.

Happy Birthday, Abe!

Although the 2010 Winter Olympics begin today, lets not let it overshadow the day meant to remember the birth of a great American President, Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 and grew up to become 16th President of the United States. He led this country through the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. He was assassinated in April of 1965.

Lincoln's Birthday is a legal holiday in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, and Indiana. It is celebrated on his birthday, or on a Monday closest to his February 12th birthday. Many other states that had formerly observed Lincoln's birthday have created a joint holiday to honor both Lincoln and George Washington, calling it "Presidents Day". It coincides with the Federal holiday officially designated "Washington's Birthday", observed on the third Monday of February. This year President's Day is February 15th

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.

--Abraham Lincoln

norwegian buhund


norwegian buhund



3 new breeds of dogs that will be displayed in the exhibition and Westminster
(philstar.com) occurred in February 12, 2010 05:48

NEW YORK (AFP) – The name Alchemy – Elegant Irish setter red and white, high-energy, but nice.

Next week, he will represent one of the three new strains of their debut at Westminster Kennel Club’s world-class dog show together with Standing Labrador Retriever – just named America’s top dog for the year in a row 19th.

Chemistry, and silky-coated dogs from New Jersey, and will also step outside Madison Square Garden on Tuesday to ring the closing bell at NASDAQ. That moment will be broadcast live on a giant screen Times Square.

The other two strains enter the annual exhibition for the first time dogs are grazing – Sponsor buhund Pyrenees and the Norwegian.

“It’s exciting for me to see beautiful dogs finally get recognized in this country around after hundreds of years in their countries,” said David Frey, a spokesman for the club who participated in the event will host a live television broadcast.

What is called Pyr shep, his home in the mountains of southern France, was guarding the sheep since the Middle Ages. And expressive, the eyes of the user on the intelligence and clear, strong body of work. Breed and come on two types – rough and smooth coated. Hundreds of them have lost their lives in World War I, and the search for wounded men or messengers or guard dogs.

Loyalty and love of fun buhund – either black or cream-colored, with a curly tail – as has existed for centuries, and sailing on the Viking ships and work in rural Norway.

“It’s a dog with pointed ears and a thick coat which appears to be ready to go to work in one of the farms and grazing livestock,” said Fry. “They have a great work ethic.”

Represented by 29 individual dogs in the show, the three strains had reached to 134 cases a year after officially recognized last year by the American Kennel Club, the governing body of the sport purebed dog in the United States. Offer is valid on Monday.

There are several factors required for AKC recognition: solid parent club, which oversees the registry, and this criterion accurate dog breed ideal, with a population of sufficient and distribution in the United States.

“They can not all be on some farms in Georgia,” joked Fry.

In all parts of the world, more than 400 species of dogs are recognized. Although the three new strains in this year’s show has long been accepted abroad, “it took this long for them to receive AKC recognition in this country,” said Fry.

Labrador Retriever was named the top dog in the United States on Wednesday from the American Kennel Club, followed by German Shepherd, and Yorkshire terrier and golden retriever. The ranking is based on the number of registrations to breed with the AKC in 2009; Laboratory is the most popular in Los Angeles.

Westminster and the 2010 rookie of breeds and was due to be presented officially on Friday in a news conference this morning at the Hotel Pennsylvania, across the street from the garden, where they are staying with their owners in rooms normally used by humans. This occasion was to be broadcast on local television stations across the country.

New arrivals bring the exhibition this year to 173 breeds and varieties, up from about 150 two decades ago, said Fry.

“This is the world’s largest dog show, with a cast of characters are different every year,” he said.

Anna Jones is to bring the 9-year-old chemistry together with another Irish setter red and white, 2-year-old candy bar, after a series of other presentations during the past year, who beat dogs enough points to be announced AKC champions, a requirement for Westminster, step on the green carpet.

The red and white setter – the oldest breed of well-known coated mahogany Irish setter – is a lean, elegant hunting dog with the mouth soft enough to retrieve the game without damaging them. Generate have become almost extinct in the early 20th, but was saved by the “fanciers,” said Fry.

Tuesday afternoon, will be Jones’ two of the authors and a group of Pyr sheps buhunds and can be moved away from Madison Square Garden in a pickup truck to ring Nasdaq closing bell. Exactly how the dog rings the bell will remain a mystery until then.

Amid a snowstorm this week, Lisa Donnelly (18 months) buhund old, Lola, was oblivious of the excitement leading up to the show. Each dog was known that she had gotten a bath and was not allowed to Connecticut out of the house to play.

“It’s usually a happy, outgoing and low maintenance,” said Donnelly. “But now, it’s a hissy fit in the basement, and groaning and crying out.”

Westminster is the nation’s second longest continuously held sporting event, after the Kentucky Derby, according to Fry.

Sponsor buhund Pyrenees and will compete Monday in the Norwegian part of the group grazing. Makers will compete in the next day in group sports

john mayer playboy interview text


john mayer playboy interview text



The singer John Mayer, @johncmayer on Twitter, put this 3-tweet post on his feed:

Re: using the ‘N word’ in an interview: I am sorry that I used the word. And it’s such a shame that I did because the point I was trying/ to make was in the exact opposite spirit of the word itself. It was arrogant of me to think I could intellectualize using it/ because I realize that there’s no intellectualizing a word that is so emotionally charged.

Mayer had the bad luck to have his interview in Playboy (warning: NSFW) reach a wide online audience during a snow day, when the Twitterati were generally housebound and looking for something to talk about. And talk folks did. Among the, uhm, bracingly frank statements he made, two are getting the most attention.

First, the “n-word.” From the interview:

I come on very strong…. That’s why black people love me….. Someone asked me the other day, “What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?” And by the way, it’s sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a nigger pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a hood pass if you really have a hood pass? But I said, “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’”

What caught my eye more was this one:

PLAYBOY: Do black women throw themselves at you?

MAYER: I don’t think I open myself to it. My dick is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a fuckin’ David Duke cock.

I’ve interviewed white supremacists, and the punchline to this joke falls… limp. I can roll with some pretty raw or adventurous humor, but this fratboyesque ahistorical cheap shot shows a profound misunderstanding of of white supremacy. Today’s white supremacists may decry “miscegenation,” but white supremacy resulted in an awful lot of race mixing — the forceable kind. Mayer’s father is Jewish and I wonder how much he knows or cares to about the violent history of white surpremacists towards Jews in the US and abroad.

But what I just said sounds too on-the-nose and preachy even for my own tastes. The reality is that it’s insulting to say black people love you and then profoundly misunderstand the difference between entitlement and humor. The entitlement goes beyond race to (again, boorish) comments about women by name and generally, and an obsession with generalizing his experiences at 32 as if every man shares the same perspective. (Note the phrase “that’s what you do….” If all men do, write in and let me know.):

….during sex, I’m just going to run a filmstrip. I’m still masturbating. That’s what you do when you’re 30, 31, 32. This is my problem now: Rather than meet somebody new, I would rather go home and replay the amazing experiences I’ve already had.

Hey, if that’s his thing, that’s his thing. But to overgeneralize it seems presumptuous and self-serving.

Using the “n-word” publicly often results in an apology, and this is no exception. I think his use of the word isn’t enlightened but it isn’t at all like, say, comedian Michael Richards’. But there’s a lot more going on in this interview around race and gender. I wondered, on Twitter, after doing my share of venting and listening, if we could redirect the conversation in a more positive direction. And the folks in my circle on Twitter really had some fabulous things to say. Among them:

From @bookofjames: The premise of your query doesn’t really get to the root of the problem. Racism cannot be effectively “treated” by triage.

I replied that was open to these random, Twitter-fied pop culture teachable moments, and gave my own two-tweet example:

I had an Asian-American friend who used a term about another Asian-American group. This was over 20 yrs ago in college./ I used term, and a white student schooled me that it was not okay to use. It was a learned moment. Stuck with me.

I hope the conversation was thought provoking for those of us sending in our short-form missives on Twitter. I also hope this entire experience has given Mayer some food for thought. I have compassion for the fact that celebrity makes every move of those who have it uber-public. Not one, but two of Mayer’s songs (including “My Stupid Mouth”) contain the line “I’m never speaking up again,” and now he may well feel like taking his own advice. But that would be a shame. Sometimes the only way to learn is by messing up, getting checked… and then learning to check yourself.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

dallas snow


dallas snow

A rare Dallas snow is blanketing the city, as well as other parts of Texas, in bizarre weather today, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.

Some of the snow is sticking, and the Dallas Morning News reports that one to three inches of snow is possible for Dallas today.

The snow has already closed some schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including Jesuit College Preparatory and Cistercian Prepartory School in Irving.

Here are some photos from the Associated Press of the strange scene of snow in downtown Dallas:


Dallas-area florists are facing a scary situation.

A lot of people want them to deliver Valentine flowers to their sweetheart's office on Friday. But the National Weather Service is predicting that today's slushy streets could be covered with a hard sheet of ice tomorrow morning

Bruce McShan, owner of McShan Florist in Dallas, encourages customers to ask for delivery today or wait for a home delivery on Saturday. Try to stay away from Friday, he advised.

"If the ice forecast comes to fruition, your sweetheart may not even get to the office on Friday," McShan said. "And if we have icy roads, we may not even be able to get to that office."

Snow, ice and deliveries just don't go together. And that includes things like pizza deliveries and document couriers – not just flowers.

Meanwhile, McShan and other florists are preparing the Valentine floral arrangements in their shops and casting a wary eye out the window to see what the next two days hold for the precarious business of delivering the product to customers

debra medina glenn beck


debra medina glenn beck

TV and radio commentator Glenn Beck dismissed the candidacy of Debra Medina when she left open the door to a conspiracy fringe group that believes the U.S. government might have been behind the 9-11 destruction of the World Trade Center.

Beck, a leading personality for conservatives, asked her point blank if she believed such a theory.

"I don't have all the evidence there, Glenn," Medina replied. "So I'm not in a place - I have not been out publicly questioning that. I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard. There's some very good arguments and I think the American people have not seen all the evidence there so I've not taken a position there."

He then asked if she would disavow people on her campaign team that held such a theory.

"I'm certainly not into mind control or thought policing people," Medina said. "I don't see us having a team of radical individuals, if you will."

When she signed off the program, Beck let out a long Oooh.

"I think I can write her off the list," he said. "Let me take another look at Kay Bailey Hutchison, if I have to. Rick, I think you I could French kiss right now."

Of Medina giving some countenance to such a conspiracy theory, Beck said, "Wow, the fastest way back to four percent."

UPDATE: Medina's response




"I was asked a question on the Glenn Beck show today regarding my thoughts on the so-called 9/11 truth movement. I have never been involved with the 9-11 truth movement, and there is no doubt in my mind that Muslim terrorists flew planes into those buildings on 9/11. I have not seen any evidence nor have I ever believed that our government was involved or directed those individuals in any way. No one can deny that the events on 9-11 were a tragedy for all Americans and especially those families who lost loved ones.

"The question surprised me because it's not relevant to this race or the issues facing Texans. This campaign has always been about private property rights and state sovereignty. It is focused on the issues facing Texans. It is not a vehicle for the 9-11 truth movement or any other group.

"The real underlying question here, though, is whether or not people have the right to question our government. I think the fact that people are even asking questions on this level gets to the incredible distrust career politicians have fostered by so clearly taking their direction from special interests instead of the people, whether it's Rick Perry and the his HPV mandate or Kay Hutchison and voting for the bank bailout. It is absolutely the right and duty of a free people to question their government. Texas does not need another politician who tells you what you want to hear, then violates your liberties and steals your property anyway. I fully expect to be questioned and to be held accountable as Governor, and that's the underlying issue here: should people be questioning their government. And the answer is yes, they should be

isabella blow


British fashion icon Alexander McQueen commits suicide days after death of his beloved mother
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead after taking his own life.

McQueen with his mother Joyce at the Givenchy fashion show in July 1997

The 40-year-old committed suicide just days after the death of his beloved mother, Joyce, last Tuesday.
His death also comes just three years after his close friend, Isabella Blow – who plucked him

from obscurity and helped him become a star – killed herself.
McQueen, who was christened Lee but used his middle name for his label, was found at his luxury flat in Mayfair, central London. It is believed he hanged himself.
One of his contemporary lines, McQ, was scheduled to be shown at New York Fashion Week on Thursday afternoon.
His design company said in a statement: ‘On behalf of Lee McQueen’s family, Alexander McQueen today announces the tragic news that Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand, has been found dead at his home.
‘At this stage it is inappropriate to comment on this tragic news beyond saying that we are devastated and are sharing a sense of shock and grief with Lee’s family.
‘Lee’s family has asked for privacy in order to come to terms with this terrible news and we hope the media will respect this.’
Two police officers were outside the entrance to his flat, which is in a six-storey red-brick building

Scotland Yard said police were called to the property by the London Ambulance Service at 10.20am after he was found dead.
A police statement said: ‘Next of kin have been informed, however we await formal identification. A post mortem will be scheduled in due course, an inquest will open and adjourn in due course. The death is being treated as non suspicious.’
Openly gay, McQueen once described himself as the ‘pink sheep of the family’.
He once said: ‘I was sure of myself and my sexuality and I’ve got nothing to hide. I went straight from my mother’s womb onto the gay parade.’
The designer married his partner, film-maker George Forsyth in 2000 on a yacht owned by the prince of Gambia in Ibiza. Close friend Kate Moss was a bridesmaid.
Alexander McQueen

Loss: British fashion icon Alexander McQueen has killed himself

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