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Theoretical framework and methodological development of common subjective health outcome measures in osteoarthritis: A critical review
Beth Sarah Pollard, Marie Johnston, Diane Dixon
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Subjective measures involving clinician ratings or patient self-assessments have become recognised as an important tool for the assessment of health outcome. The value of a health outcome measure is usually assessed by a psychometric evaluation of its reliability, validity and responsiveness. However, psychometric testing involves an accumulation of evidence and has recognised limitations. It has been suggested that an evaluation of how well a measure has been developed would be a useful additional criteria in assessing the value of a measure. This paper explored the theoretical background and methodological development of subjective health status measures commonly used in osteoarthritis research. Fourteen subjective health outcome measures commonly used in osteoarthritis research were examined. Each measure was explored on the basis of their i) theoretical framework (was there a definition of what was being assessed and was it part of a theoretical model?) and ii) methodological development (what was the scaling strategy, how were the items generated and reduced, what was the response format and what was the scoring method?). Only the AIMS, SF-36 and WHOQOL defined what they were assessing (i.e. the construct of interest) and no measure assessed was part of a theoretical model. None of the clinician report measures appeared to have implemented a scaling procedure or described the
rationale for the items selected or scoring system. Of the patient self-report measures, the AIMS, MPQ, OXFORD, SF-36, WHOQOL and WOMAC appeared to follow a standard psychometric scaling method. The DRP and EuroQol used alternative scaling methods. The review highlighted the general lack of theoretical framework for both clinician report and patient self-report measures. This review also drew attention to the wide variation in the methodological development of commonly used measures in OA. While, in general the patient self-report measures had good methodological development, the clinician report measures appeared less well developed. It would be of value if new measures defined the construct of interest and, that the construct, be part of theoretical model. By ensuring measures are both theoretically and empirically valid then improvements in subjective health outcome measures should be possible.
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-14
patient-perceived handicap
McGill Pain Questionnaire
impact measurement scales
life assessment WHOQOL
rheumatoid-arthritis
construct-validity
survey SF-36
Pollard, B. S., Johnston, M., & Dixon, D. (2007). Theoretical framework and methodological development of common subjective health outcome measures in osteoarthritis: A critical review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5, [14]. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-14
Theoretical framework and methodological development of common subjective health outcome measures in osteoarthritis : A critical review. / Pollard, Beth Sarah; Johnston, Marie; Dixon, Diane.
In: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol. 5, 14, 07.03.2007.
Pollard, BS, Johnston, M & Dixon, D 2007, 'Theoretical framework and methodological development of common subjective health outcome measures in osteoarthritis: A critical review', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, vol. 5, 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-14
Pollard BS, Johnston M, Dixon D. Theoretical framework and methodological development of common subjective health outcome measures in osteoarthritis: A critical review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2007 Mar 7;5. 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-14
Pollard, Beth Sarah ; Johnston, Marie ; Dixon, Diane. / Theoretical framework and methodological development of common subjective health outcome measures in osteoarthritis : A critical review. In: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2007 ; Vol. 5.
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Skrtel passes medical as Momo welcomes Juve approach
Tuesday's News Round-up
Slovakian international defender Martin Skrtel is set to put pen to paper on a contract at Liverpool that will see him move from Zenit St Petersburg to Anfield for £6million.
The tall 23 year old has been capped by his country 15 times and was at Melwood today to pass his medical prior to signing.
The deal should go through in time for Slrtel to be eligible to play in the Reds' Premier League trip to Middlesbrough on Saturday.
More transfer speculation, rumours and discussion can be found here.
Liverpool's FA Cup third round replay at home to League One strugglers Luton Town will be shown live on Sky Sports. The match takes place next Tuesday, January 15th with an 8pm kick-off time. The winner faces a home fourth round tie against either Havant and Waterlooville or Swansea City.
Reports in the papers and circulating on the internet since suggest Jamie Carragher was involved in an ugly incident at the end of Liverpool's 1-1 draw at Luton Town's Kenilworth Road on Sunday.
After completing his warm down after the disappointing result, it is reported that Carragher was given abuse including being spat at and having beer thrown at him.
A Liverpool club spokesman said, "At the end of the warm-down, Jamie went back to sign autographs for youngsters in the executive boxes. Unfortunately, he was subjected to a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse and also had beer thrown at him."
It is believed Carragher acted angrily, but not aggressively, to taunts about Scousers and his family.
And Momo Sissoko has spoken to a French radio station today about his desire to seal a January transfer to Italian giants Juventus.
Unable to pin down a first team place at Liverpool, the Mali international who is now on his way to play for his country in the African Nations Cup, could well have played his last game for the club.
Juventus are thought to be leading the race to capture the £11million midfielder, and Sissoko says he is ready for a new challenge.
"I hope they can find an agreement," he told a French radio station
"I am really happy that a club like Juventus want me. Right now, I want a new challenge.
"The last few months with Liverpool have not gone as I wanted. But this is the nature of football and I now have the chance to go somewhere else and show what I can do."
Discuss today's news with other fans in the This Is Anfield forums.

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Of course, this was a massive enterprise integration project for a massive company. That guaranteed a few problems that were unavoidable. First, there were little teams within business units who weren't using the documented processes in the first place, but had their own home-grown process, usually implemented in an Excel file on a network drive, to do their work. Tracking these down, prying the Excel sheet out of their hands, and then dealing with the fallout of "corporate coming in and changing our processes for no reason" extended the project timeline.
Well, it extended how much time the project actually needed, which brings us to the second guaranteed problem: the timeline was set based on what management wanted to have happen, not based on what was actually possible or practical. No one on the technical side of things was consulted to give an estimate about required effort. A go-live date of October 8th was set, and everything was going to happen on October 8th- or else.
The project was, against all odds, on track to hit the ridiculous target. Until it went into UAT- and that's when Michael started catching issues from users. Dates were shifting. In the source system, the date might be November 21st, but in SAP it was November 20th. The 23rd turned into the 24th. The 25th also turned into the 24th.
Michael was under a time crunch, and trapped between a rock (the obtuse legacy system), a hard place (SAP), and a hydraulic press (the third-party data import module). There was a pattern to the errors, though, and that pattern pointed to a rounding error.
"Wait, a rounding error?" Michael wondered aloud. Now, they did use numbers to represent dates. The "Japanese" notation, which allowed them to store "November 21st, 2018" as 20181121. That's a super common approach to encoding a date as a 32-bit integer. As integers, of course, there was no rounding. They were integers on the legacy side, they were integers on the SAP side- but what about in the middle? What was the third party import module doing?
Of course. This is a standard feature of IEEE floating point arithmetic. This hadn't been happening in early testing because they safely avoided date/numbers "large" enough. It was only when they moved into UAT and started using real data that the bug became apparent. For some reason, the data import module was passing integer data straight through floats, probably out of a misguided attempt to be "generic".
Michael raised the issue with the vendor, suggested that the vendor should check for casts to float, and pointed out that he was under an extreme time crunch. The vendor, to their credit, tracked down the bug and had a patched version to Michael within two days.
Working in the enterprise space, Michael has seen too many applications which store currency values as floats, leading to all sorts of accounting-related messes. This, however, is the only time he's seen that happen with dates.


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Morar fou un antic campament militar britànic (cantonment) a l'Índia central, avui part de Gwalior (ciutat). Morar fou el quarter general de la Divisió de Gwalior de l'Exèrcit de Bengala. El 1881 tenia una població de 24.022 habitants. Va quedar en poder dels britànics el 1858 després de la supressió del motí. El març de 1886 la fortalesa de Gwalior i el campament militar de Morar foren restaurats al maharajà Sindhia, i les tropes britàniques foren traslladades a Jhansi. El campament estava situat a la riba est del riu Morar i fou també quarter general de l'agent britànic a Gwalior dependent de l'agent de l'Índia Central (amb seu a Indore). Les forces militars el 1881-1882 consistien en 352 membres de la cavalleria nativa, 3 bateries d'artilleria amb 318 homes, 964 infants europeus, i 1135 infants natius.

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95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
Author Addendum
Student Conference Poster Session
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner
Sunday, 4 January 2015: 5:45 PM-7:15 PM
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Investigating GAIM's Capability to Ingest Data of Ionospheric Irregularities via Walker Satellite Constellations
Brandon T. McClung, AFIT - Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, Ohio; and W. F. Bailey
Automated Sunspot Detection & Classi cation Using SOHO MDI Imagery
Samantha R. Howard, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH; and W. F. Bailey, K. S. Bartlett, and R. D. Loper
A Solar Forecasting Model Based on The National Digital Forecast Database
Andrew Polasky, Carleton College, Northfield, MN; and R. Ellingson
Correlation of solar X-ray flux and SID modified signal strength
Shannon N. Kranich, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and W. F. Bailey, R. D. Loper, and K. S. Balasubramaniam
Remote sensing of CO2, CH4, CO, and H2O from geostationary orbit
Xi Xi, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and V. Natraj, M. Luo, Q. Zhang, R. L. Shia, S. P. Sander, and Y. Yung
Off Shore Monitoring with the GOES-R Fog and Low Status Prediction Product
Kelcey Smith, United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
A Shallow Convection Latent Heating Algorithm for CloudSat
Ethan L. Nelson, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer
Verification of Satellite Derived Precipitation Estimates Over Complex Terrain: A Ground Truth Analysis for Nepal
Ashley Taylor Athey, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; and A. W. Ellis
Detection of Land Cover Change and Drought Trend Using Brightness Temperature and Microwave Emission
Yanna Chen, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and H. Norouzi, A. AghaKouchak, M. Bhambri, and D. R. Blake
Use of NDVI Satellite Data to Identify and Document Destructive Hail Swaths
Ryan J. Connelly, NOAA, Valparaiso, IN; and P. N. Schumacher and K. Gallo
Comparison of NOAA-CREST Soil Moisture Measurements with AMSR-2
Akiema Forbes, NOAA, Brooklyn, NY; and H. Norouzi, D. R. Blake, and M. Temimi
Comparison of Two Differents Type of Ceilometers
Francois Junior Mertil, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY
Handout (569.9 kB)
A Trend Analysis of Global and Regional CALIOP-Based Aerosol Vertical Distribution
Travis D. Toth, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and J. Zhang, J. R. Campbell, J. S. Reid, and M. A. Vaughan
Gliding Unmanned Meteorological Platform (GUMP)
Brett F. Dean, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Bunnell, FL
Atmospheric Data and the Prediction of Launch Points for Large Scientific Balloons
Lizxandra Flores Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, PR; and E. H. Teets Jr.
Measurements of a Mid-Atlantic Low-Level Jet Offshore Using a Pulsed Doppler LIDAR from a Moving Platform
Edward J. Strobach, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and L. C. Sparling
Manuscript (34.4 kB)
Comparison of RAP Forecast Wind Data with LIDAR Measurements in the Maryland Wind Energy Area
Daniel Wesloh, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and S. Rabenhorst and R. Delgado
Skill of the WRF Model's Wind Speed, Direction, and Shear Forecasts for an Iowa Wind Farm
Meghan J. Mitchell, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. S. Takle and R. A. Walton
An Analysis of Regional and Seasonal Wind Characteristics and Energy Output
Rachael N. Isphording, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and C. Herbster
Characterization of Ambient Offshore Turbulence Intensity from Analysis of Nine Offshore Meteorological Masts in Northern Europe
Daniel A. Pollak, Technical University of Denmark (European Wind Energy Masters Program), Langhorne, PA; and N. G. Nygaard, M. M. Jim�mez, A. Sathe, and R. Wagner
The Effects of the Bishop Hill Illinois Wind Farm on Near-Surface Wind Patterns
Nicholas P. Stewart, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL; and S. T. Cohan and R. L. Herman
Summertime Wind Speed Trends in Southern California
Esha Rahman, NOAA, BROOKLYN, NY
Wind Chill Temperatures of North America: Decadal and Regional Trends
Macy E. Howarth, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. F. Laird
Seasonal and Diurnal Variation of Wind Chill Temperatures
Michael Brackett, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; and M. E. Howarth and N. F. Laird
An Analysis of Optimal Meteorological Conditions at Selected NASCAR Facilities
Carolyn Kiss, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and D. R. Barry and D. C. Herbster
VCHILL 2: An Improved Implementation of Semantic Radar Data Distribution
Meteorological Displays for a Cloud and Visibility Observatory
Megan Murat, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Harte, D. Bosworth, B. Sullivan, S. Vaxter, E. Lewis, C. Rindfuss, D. Conlee, and S. L. Nasiri
A Raspberry Pi Interface for Ceilometers
James J. Coy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. McKeown and D. Conlee
Cloud Camera Technology for Meteorology Education
Lauren E. Replogle, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. Bosworth and D. Conlee
Radar Observations of Storms for Education
Megan Amanatides, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Berry, N. A. Corbin, J. Endries, M. A. Miller, and S. E. Yuter
Handout (1.5 MB)
Benefits of establishing a student operated forecast office and active learning environment for undergraduates
Adam Abernathy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Perry and J. Fitzgerald
Is This Thing On? The Role of Broadcast Meteorologists as Risk Communicators of Severe Weather Preparedness: 10 Years after Hurricane Katrina
Tyra L. Brown, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Through the Eyes of the Experts: The Perception of the Probability of Precipitation
Castle Adam Williams, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and M. D. Phan, A. E. Stewart, and A. Horst
Availability of Weather Warning Communication Technologies
Aisha C. Reed Haynes, NOAA Graduate Sciences Program Scholar, Silver Spring, MD
The California King Fire through Social Media
Kayla R. Novak, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and B. A. Davis
Weather, Climate, and Influenza in the United States: An Exploration of the Flu Season
Erin Marie Markovich, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; and E. R. Snodgrass
The role of climate and socioeconomic factors on the spatiotemporal variability of cholera in Nigeria
Auwal F. Abdussalam, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and J. Thornes and G. Leckebusch
A Global Investigation of the Impacts of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones on Societies
Denise L. Balukas, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie and K. M. Wood
Reducing Flooding Vulnerability of Chicago Critical Facilities
Mary E. Woloszyn, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and A. Carne
Rebuilding Decisions in Central Oklahoma - Student Conference
Nadajalah L. Bennett, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Arlington, TX; and A. Krautmann and M. A. Shafer
"2011 Tornado Outbreaks: Comparing Fatality Demographics in the United States"
Shadya J. Sanders, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and T. Adams-Fuller and E. Joseph
Diagnosing the Conditions for Tornadic Outbreaks and Their Effects on Human Population Centers
Omar C. Gates, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
The Advantages of a High Density Observation Network during Synoptic and Mesoscale Weather Phenomena
Taylor McCorkle, Oklahoma Mesonet, Norman, OK
Enhancing the Rainfall Archive of the Oklahoma Mesonet by Installing Dual Gauges
Jonathan King, Oklahoma Mesonet, Norman, OK; and C. Fiebrich
Using A GIS to Analyze OKC Flash Flooding on June 14, 2010
Darrian M. Noyes, Oklahoma Mesonet, Norman, OK; and A. N. Sebree
Operating a Surface Mesonet during Extreme Weather Events
Jessica M. Tomaszewski, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Fiebrich
Definition of Dry Thunderstorms for Use in Verifying SPC Fire Weather Products
Paul X. Flanagan, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and C. J. Melick, J. W. Rogers, I. L. Jirak, A. R. Dean, and S. J. Weiss
Manuscript (1.6 MB)
Environmental Comparison of Supercell and Squall Line Verified Tornado Warnings and False Alarms
Jessica M. Tomaszewski, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Deitsch and T. Funk
Climatology of Convective Mode of Tornadoes in the OAX CWA
Andrew Kalin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and D. Nietfeld
Thermodynamic Conditions Associated with Significant Tornadoes in the High Plains Region
Tyler Keith Croan, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Highlands Ranch, CO
An Examination of Outliers from Self-Organizing Maps of Severe Storm Environments
SENSITIVITY OF SIMULATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS TO HORIZONTAL GRID RESOLUTION
Montgomery L. Flora, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; and C. K. Potvin
Analysis of Polarimetric Tornado Debris Signatures Observed by WSR-88D Associated with Significant Tornadoes
Steven E. Nelson, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Peachtree City, GA; and J. R. Banghoff
Determining the Likelihood of Observing the Tornado Debris Signature at Different Geographic Locations throughout the United States
Examining Polarimetric Characteristics of Electronic Interference In Weather Radar Data
Thong N. Phan, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, McAlester, OK; and V. Lakshmanan and J. Krause
Organization of Side Lobe Structures from Doppler on Wheels 6
Jonathan A. Adams, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and J. Cundiff and R. L. Herman
Analysis of Radar-Derived Cloud Reflectivity from a Low Pressure System in June over Boulder, Colorado
William Ray Evonosky, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and J. Layne and R. V. Martes
Storm Height Approximations Based on RADAR and Skew T Data
James Jacob Huff, NCAR, Medaryville, IN; and A. M. Downs, D. Gates, and C. Jones
The interaction between atmospheric boundary layer structures and a thunderstorm outflow using unmanned aircraft system in situ observations
Alex Schueth, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and A. Houston
Assessing the Skill of Next Day Convection-Allowing WRF Forecasts of Convection Initiating on Outflow Boundaries
Robert M. Hepper, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and T. J. Wagner
Influences of the Palmer Divide on Convective Storm Initiation
Andrew J. Schwartz, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO; and R. Hansen, D. Blanche, B. Thorne, J. Hansen, D. Carcagno, K. Steinmann, A. Trellinger, T. Croan, K. Schuenemann, S. Landolt, and S. Ng
A Preliminary Investigation into the Practical Predictability of Convection Initiation during the Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX)
Spatial Correlations: examining the relative agreement between temporally correlated flashes from three different lightning detection systems
Timothy Marc DesRoches, United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO; and M. L. Gauthier and D. R. Vollmer
Numerical Investigation of the Relationship Between Topography and Tornado Occurrence in the Mid-Mississippi Valley
Brendan C. Wallace, Western Illinois University, Lockport, IL; and M. L. Buker
Influence of Topography on Supercell Thunderstorms
Samuel Thomas Waldusky, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and L. P. Van Roekel
�Numerical Simulations of Vorticity Generation Along an Idealized Rear-Flanking Downdraft�
Jacob T. Vancil, Western Illinois Univ., Bushnell, IL; and M. L. Buker
Observations of Wall Cloud Evolution and Structure in Supercell Thunderstorms during VORTEX2
Ben Adkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and K. St. Germain and N. T. Atkins
Using the Mesoscale Model Evaluation Testbed (MMET) to test physic options in the Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF) model
Anthony D. Torres, University of Michigan/SOARS (UCAR), Ypsilanti, MI; and J. K. Wolff, M. Harrold, C. L. Phillips, and D. J. Posselt
Evaluation in the Bias of Temperature Measurements Based on Siting Criteria Used for Climate Observing Systems
Jordan McCormick, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Mechanicsburg, PA; and B. B. Baker and J. Kochendorfer
Defining the Spatial and Average Intensity of the Louisville Urban Heat Island
Joshua Matthew Clark, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and C. J. Shellito
Assessing the Urban Heat Island of Big Rapids, MI
Cameron J. Shoemaker, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI; and J. J. Johnson
Landsat Retrieved Surface Properties Effects on the Day Time Temperature Pattern in New York City
Awolou Silvere Sossa, NOAA CREST REU/ City College of New York, bronx, NY; and B. Vant-Hull, R. Nazari, and M. Karimi
A Seasonal Investigation of Heat Fluxes in the New York City Region
Selma Skoko-Dobryansky, NSF, New York, NY; and S. Didari, H. Norouzi, and D. R. Blake
Surface Energy Budget Closure in Sagebrush Landscape
Raleigh Grysko, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
The Diurnal cycle of the convective boundary layer over land from ACARS data
Amanda Arlene Mercer, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and R. Y. W. Chang and I. A. Folkins
Determining Planetary Boundary Layer Heights with Ground-Based Lidar and Wind Profiler on Short Spatial and Temporal Scales
Farrah Daham, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and R. Delgado, B. B. Demoz, and S. Rabenhorst
Multi instrument classification of atmospheric boundary layer stability
Raymond Bishir, City College of New York, New York, NY; and S. Neufeld, I. Valerio, D. M. Vazquez, J. Gonzalez, and M. Arend
Influence of Lake Superior Surface Temperature on Thunderstorms
Kevin M. Haas, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and L. P. Van Roekel
Forecast Sensitivity of Lake-effect Snow to Choice of Boundary Layer Parameterization Scheme
Robert Conrick, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Norman, OK; and H. D. Reeves
The Impact of a Short-Wave Trough on Boundary-Layer Evolution during a Lake-Effect Snow Event
Elliott P. Morrill, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and S. A. Callahan and N. D. Metz
The Impacts of the Passage of Three Distinct Short-Wave Troughs on a Prolonged Lake-Effect Snow Event
Shay A. Callahan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and E. P. Morrill and N. D. Metz
Climatological Characteristics and Orographic Enhancement of Lake-Effect Precipitation east of Lake Ontario and over the Tug Hill Plateau
Peter Gregory Veals, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh
Climatology of Lake Ontario Lake-Effect Shoreline Bands: Lake-to-Lake versus None
Lauriana C. Gaudet, Lyndon State College, Falmouth, ME; and C. D. Grasmick and N. F. Laird
Climatology of Great Lakes Lake-Effect: Relation to Climate Patterns
Coltin D. Grasmick, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and L. C. Gaudet and N. F. Laird
Predecessor Snow Events associated with Extratropical Cyclones
Matthew C. Sanders, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz
Radar-Based Surface Snowfall Partitioning Near Marquette, Michigan During the 2012-2013 Winter Season
Mitch Ziesemer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie and T. L'Ecuyer
Forecast Analysis and Comparison of the Operational GFS and GFS Parallel for a Winter Storm Case
Brooke A. Hagenhoff, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and D. L. Carlis
Simulating the February 2014 North Carolina Snow Event
Warren E. Pettee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and B. I. Magi and M. D. Eastin
Synoptic and Polarimetric Radar Analysis of the 2 March 2014 Winter Storm in the South-central United States
Jacob Petr, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and M. S. Van Den Broeke
Thermodynamic Changes Associated with Climate Change Applied to the 2010 Boxing Day Blizzard
Colleen E. McHugh, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and S. G. Decker
Weather Patterns for Significant Snowfall Events in Prince William Sound, AK, Part 2
Kristy C. Carter, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and J. A. Nelson Jr. and T. C. Chen
Historic Analysis of the Snow to Total Precipitation Ratio for Virginia
Southern Appalachian Cold Air Damming (CAD): A Climatology and Simulation of Case Studies
Jared Rackley, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox
A Climatology of Cold Surges along the African Highlands
Caitlin Crossett, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz
Understanding of extreme snow melt runoff events: a case study of the Chesapeake Basin
Kricket M'Shel Masters, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and G. R. Henderson, D. J. Leathers, D. A. Robinson, and T. Mote
Flood Prediction Based on Multidimensional Analysis of Precipitation and Inundation in the Mekong River Delta
Andrew Fitzgerald, NOAA, New York, NY
Extreme flooding of the Oneida River Basin in Upstate New York on 28 June 2013: a case study
Geospatial Modelling of the Harlem River Pollution
MODOU sene Jr., EMC, New York, NY
Creating Water Body Maps for the Pacaya Samiria, the Everglades, and the US Gulf Coast using NASA UAVSAR Imaging Radar Data
Stivaly Paulino, NSF, New York, NY; and K. McDonald and K. Jensen
Lake Superior Submesoscale Eddies
Brandon Michael Boswell, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and L. P. Van Roekel
Comparison of Satellite-Based Passive Microwave Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimates Using AMSU-A, SSMI/S, and ATMS
David C. Moreno, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and R. S. Wacker
Holistic Investigation of water pollution in the Harlem River
Identification of phreatophytic ecosystems depending on groundwater in Texas based on NVDI data
Observations of Wind Asymmetries in Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Erin Mary Dougherty, University of Virginia & SOARS, Charlottesville, VA; and C. A. Davis and R. E. Davis
A Statistical Take on the Hurricane's Structure and Its Spatial Extent
Robert G. Nystrom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and A. Askoy
Evaluating forecast accuracy of tropical cyclones undergoing rapid size changes in the North Atlantic
Ethan K. Smith, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie and K. M. Wood
An Extreme Event in the Eyewall of Hurricane Felix
Kelly Marie Nunez Ocasio, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag�ez,, PR; and S. D. Aberson and J. Zhang
Sensitivity of rapid intensification in NCEP'S hurricane weather and research (HWRF) model
Lauren Carter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and V. Tallapragada and C. Kieu
3-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of a Vortex Embedded within a Background Vorticity Gradient: Comparison with Theory
Alexander J. Adams, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and J. T. Vancil and M. L. Buker
Effects of Atmospheric Aerosols on Tropical Cyclones using a High Resolution Global Climate Model
Benjamin David Dillahunt, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and M. G. Flanner and C. M. Zarzycki
Exploratory Usage of Global WRF for Ensemble Tropical Storm Simulations
Renee Richardson, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
Investigating the Role of Tropospheric Water Vapor on Tropical Cyclone Development: Water Vapor and Angular Momentum Budgets
Rosimar Rios-Berrios, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. D. Berman and J. J. Alland
The effects of Mesoscale SST gradients on Tropical Cyclone Development
Russell Henderson Glazer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. E. Hart and M. Bourassa
The impacts of surface drag coefficient on the intensification and energetics of Typhoon Megi (2010)
Rochelle Cayanan Coronel, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; and M. Sawada and T. Iwasaki
Contrasting a non-developing African mesoscale convective system with the precursor to Hurricane Helene (2006)
Glorianne M. Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag�ez Campus, Mayag�ez, PR; and H. L. Hamilton, J. L. Evans, and J. D. Fuentes
Intraseasonal Variability of Tropical Cyclogenesis over the East Atlantic
Robert G. Nystrom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and Z. Wang
The Caribbean Metocean Network: A simpler way to keep on track
Jos� Gabriel Lebr�n, UPR-RUM Physics Department, San Juan, PR; and J. Capella
Evaluating the Effects of Clouds on Solar and Longwave Radiation From Moored Buoys in the North Pacific
Kelly A. Balmes, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. F. Cronin
Growth of Tropical Cumulus Congestus Clouds
Katherine L. Towey, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and M. P. Jensen
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Tropical Rain Rates over Kwajalein Atoll
Kaitlin Ann Rutt, Millersville University, Lewisberry, PA; and C. Schumacher and F. Ahmed
The Tropical Impedance of Interhemispheric Transport
Xiaokang Wu, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. Waugh
How do meridional modes structure and growth depend on mean state asymmetry
Cristian Martinez-Villalobos, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. J. Vimont
Breakdown of ITCZ-like PV Patterns
Ajay Raghavendra, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and T. A. Guinn
Diagnosing Sting Jet Formation in European Windstorms Using the Sawyer-Eliassen Circulation Equation
Zachary B. Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin
North Atlantic Atmospheric Blocking and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation within CESM1 Large Ensemble Simulations
Carlos Javier Martinez, NCAR/Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Y. O. Kwon, H. Seo, and R. J. Small
Verifying the Patterns of the Antarctic Dipole Using Reanalysis Data
Amanda M. Walker, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
The Influence of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation on Wintertime Weather in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys
Allison M. Young, Valparaiso University and NOAA, Berwyn, IL; and T. Reaugh and T. Funk
Washington Windstorms: Seasonality and Relationship to ENSO
Alexandra L. Caruthers, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and K. A. Bumbaco and N. A. Bond
An Investigation of the Limitations of Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts
Barrett Goudeau, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA; and M. A. Herrera and I. Szunyogh
Using the Data Assimilation Research Testbed to Assess Predictability in the Great Lakes
James Kessler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Forecast accuracy associated with high impact weather events over the western United States downstream of extratropically transitioning tropical cyclones
Reid Strickler, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie and K. M. Wood
Hurricane Sandy-Like Tropical Cyclones in the Historical Record
Reginald Johnson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Climatological Anaylsis of Synoptic Patterns Conducive to Anomalously High Precipitable Water Along the Colorado Front Range During the North American Monsoon
Benjamin A. Toms, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Tomaszewski and J. B. Basara
Understanding the 2013 Boulder Flood: Assessing Extreme Precipitation Events and Future Climates in the Community Earth System Model (CESM)
Ryan E. Adams, California University of Pennsylvania/SOARS, California, PA; and R. Neale
Quantification of Uncertainty in Return Values for Extreme Precipitation Events in the Western US
Margaret Duffy, Haverford College, Haverford, PA; and P. Pall, M. F. Wehner, D. Stone, and C. Paciorek
The Effects of Extreme Precipitation Events on Climatology
Pamela Eck, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz
A Climatology of Precipitation Efficiency for the Central Appalachian Mountains Region
James J. Morrow, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; and N. Luchetti and A. W. Ellis
Heat Event Climatology in New Jersey
John C. McCarty, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and D. A. Robinson and M. R. Gerbush
A Climatological Study of Linear Convective Systems in Northern New England
Erin L. Rinehart, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
Precipitation Intensity Spectrum Analysis for Regional Climate Model Simulations over the Central United States
Climate Change Effects on Fire Risk in the Northeast U.S
Gaige Hunter Kerr, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano
Spatial variability of ambient ozone concentrations during 3 heat waves in the Northeast Megaregion of the United States
Brittiny Dhital, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY; and B. Rosenzweig and C. Vorosmarty
Agricultural Yield Impacts from ENSO through Observation and Modelling
Lauraleigh Heffner, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL; and A. Jain and Y. Song
A Climatological Response of Weekly Surface Weather Observations in Nebraska After Drought Phase Transition
Matt Salerno, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and J. M. Schrage, T. J. Wagner, and B. E. Mayes
Modeling and Satellite Remote Sensing of the Meteorological Effects of Irrigation during the 2012 Central Plains Drought
Clint Aegerter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and J. Wang, C. Ge, A. L. Kessner, A. Sharma, L. Judd, B. Wardlow, J. You, M. D. Shulski, S. Irmak, and A. Kilic
Anomalous Early Onset of Spring Across North America
Zachary Michael Labe, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and T. Ault
Analysis of Temperature Change Signatures for a Transect Along Eastern North America
Aidan R. Kuroski, Brockport, NY; and R. Chase and K. Oliver
The Influence of the Madden Julian Oscillation on Severe Convective Storm Likelihood
Hank A. Leslie, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and B. S. Barrett
Intraseasonal variability of Northern Hemisphere snow by the Madden Julian Oscillation
Joshua S. Werling, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and G. R. Henderson and B. S. Barrett
CMIP5 GCM Alaskan Extreme Precipitation Events and Their Physical Processes Analyzed Using Self-Organizing Maps
Kevin Smalley, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX; and W. Gutowski and J. M. Glisan
Extreme Weather Events on the Last Frontier: Meteorological Analyses and Societal Impacts
Lauren Zuromski, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. E. Walsh and R. Thoman
The influence of NAO on the near-surface meteorology at Summit, Greenland
Brooke K. Adams, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and V. Walden
A Study Examining the Relationship Between Arctic Amplification and Cloud Cover Over Greenland
Kathryn Steinmann, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
Seasonal Antarctic station-based pressure reconstruction evaluation during the 20th century
Chad Goergens, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Fogt
Historical Antarctic station-based pressure changes in austral summer during the 20th century
Grant A. Witte, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Fogt
An Evaluation of Applying Ensemble Data Assimilation to an Antarctic Mesoscale Model
Lori Jean Wachowicz, NWC REU, Norman, OK; and S. Cavallo and D. Parsons
Atmospheric Variability along the Antarctic Coast
Matthew Bessasparis, Millersville University, Carlisle, PA
Evaluating Surface Heat Fluxes in the Antarctica Ross Sea
Austin D. Vacek, Millersville University, Hanover, PA
Dissecting the Sea Level Rise Signal in the Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay Area
Maximilian Andrew Vido, NSF, State College, PA
Characterizing Arctic Land Surfaces Using a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Camera
Berenice Oseguera, NOAA-CREST, Mount Vernon, NY; and N. C. Steiner and K. McDonald
What can Pliocene tell us about Global Warming?
Michelle Elizabeth Frazer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and Y. Ming
New Catalog of Resources Enables Paleoclimate Research on Weather, Water, and Climate Change
Ryan Lingo, California University of Pennsylvania, California , PA; and K. A. Horlick and D. M. Anderson
Investigating climate responses to large volcanic eruptions in an ensemble of climate model simulations
Arianna Varuolo-Clarke, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and B. Medeiros
Analysis of Effects of Volcano Locations on Climate
Alexa Brotzman, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
Automatic Volcanic Ash Detection within MODIS Observations using a Back-Propagation Neural Network
Tami M. Gray, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; and R. Bennartz and J. Rausch
Identifying Soufri�re Hills volcanic ash particles and Saharan dust using Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) sun photometer, satellite imagery and trajectory models
Fernanda Ramos-Garc�s, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR; and Y. Detr�s and R. A. Armstrong
Dust Plume Properties in the Vicinity of the Bodele Depression
Ty Luna Limpasuvan, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC; and D. L. Wu
Meteorological Variability and the Observed Aerosol First Indirect Effect over the Southern Great Plains
Sam Pennypacker, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and A. Steiner
Remote Sensing and In-Situ Investigation over Western Puerto Rico during Saharan Dust Season
Jose Algarin, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR; and H. Parsiani and N. Hosannah
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILING DURING THE HYGRA-CD CAMPAIGN IN THE ATHENS BASIN: AN OVERVIEW
Detailed measurements of cloud drop activation and hygroscopicity in the desert Southwest of the United States
Brian P. Balch, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. Crosbie, T. Shingler, and A. Sorooshian
EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS ON CLOUD FORMATION POTENTIAL OF AMINIUM CARBOXYLATE AEROSOLS
Megan A. McKeown, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. E. Gomez, D. R. Collins, A. Lavi, Y. Rudich, and R. Zhang
the effect of molecular structure on phase transitions of atmospheric aerosol particles
Jessica Munyan, Rider University, Lawrence Township, NJ; and M. A. Freedman and M. Altaf
Physiology and Isoprene Emissions of Drought-Stressed and Ozone Exposed Plants in a Laboratory Chamber
Amanda S. Harte, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and G. L. Haas and G. W. Schade
The Design and Characterization of a Chamber to Investigate the Impacts of Titanium Dioxide Under Ambient Conditions as an Air Quality Mitigation Strategy
Rebecca McLean, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and T. Jobson and C. Toro
The Effects of Independence Day Fireworks on Observed PM2.5 Concentrations
Impacts of upstream wildfire emissions on CO, CO2, and PM2.5 concentrations in Salt Lake City, Utah
Derek V. Mallia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Lin and S. Urbanski
Fusing Spatial Kriging with Satellite Estimates to Obtain a Regional Estimation of PM2.5
Daniel Vidal, City College of New York, New York, NY; and B. Gross, N. Malakar, and L. Cordero
Developing an Updated Statistical Ozone Model for Operational Air Quality Forecasting in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
Alexandria J. Herdt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and W. F. Ryan and A. K. Huff
Identifying Long-range Sources of Ozone Utilizing an Adjoint Method
Alicia C. Camacho, NCAR, Elgin, IL; and D. Henze, K. Lapina, and Y. Davila
Considering Air-sea Coupling Improves the Simulation of the Tropospheric Ozone in a Chemical Transport Model
Jieun Wie, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea; and B. K. Moon
Ozone in the Free Troposphere: The Impact of Synoptic Meteorology on Ozone Transport to Southern California
Abby L. Kenyon, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana; and S. R. Schill and T. Bertram
Classifying low elevation parcels of high ozone above the surface layer : Residual, Stratospheric, or Long range transport?
Dillon Scott Dodson, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Downward transport of ozone due to convection near Manaus, Brazil
Randy J. Chase, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and J. D. Fuentes and T. Gerken
Impact of Tropopause Structure on Supercell Transport
Emily M. Maddox, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and G. L. Mullendore
Investigation of a Multi-day PyroCumulonimbus Outbreak on the California-Oregon Border in 2014
Britta F. Gjermo, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Bachmeier and B. Baum
Wildfire Pollution and its Effects on the Microphysical and Electrical Properties of Pyrocumulus
Renee Duff, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and L. D. Grant and S. C. van den Heever
Electrification and Lightning within Pyrocumulus Clouds
Kendell LaRoche, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and T. J. Lang
Utilizing Four Dimensional Lightning Data and Dual-Polarization Radar to Develop Lightning Forecast Guidance
Andrew J. Travis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and K. S. Bartlett and R. S. Wacker
A Lightning Climatology of Pennsylvania, with Urban Heat Island Applications:
Justin William Whitaker, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC; and J. Nese
Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Estimates Derived From DMSP SSMI Remote Sensing and NLDN
Thomas Winesett, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and B. I. Magi and D. J. Cecil
Observational Capabilities of the FRONT Network: 21 May 2014
Julie I. Barnum, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO; and S. Y. Murphy, P. Kennedy, and C. V. Chandra
Radar-Detected Precursors To the Onset of Lightning in Convective Storms
The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rain Microphysics through Comparison of Radar and Disdrometers
Katie E. Voitik, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. Hardin and V. Chandrasekar
Sensitivity of a Simulated Squall Line to the Microphysical Representation of Graupel
Steven Michael Naegele, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, Urbana, IL; and S. A. Tessendorf, G. Thompson, and T. Eidhammer
Atmospheric Conditions and Processes Associated With Different Degrees of Snowflake Riming
Spencer Ross Rhodes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and J. Endries
Ice Crystal Parameterizations in Arctic Cirrus � Towards a Better Representation in Global Climate Models and Aircraft Icing Potential Studies
Victoria A. Walker, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, IA; and D. Ivanova
In-flight Icing Study
Jeffrey Herrera, USAFA, USAF Academy, CO
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Statewide subcommittee formed by NY DAs to combat animal cruelty
By Nick Lippa • Feb 7, 2019
A few weeks ago, a dog now known as Charlie was found inside a frigid garbage tote. Crimes like that across the state will see increased attention moving forward. The District Attorney's Association of New York is setting up a subcommittee in hopes to prevent and prosecute crimes against animals.
WBFO's Nick Lippa reports
Credit daasny.com
Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said there are various subcommittees in the DA's association like sex offense to help combat issues statewide.
"We decided that it was important to create an animal cruelty subdivision to kind of collaborate among ourselves statewide and be able to investigate and prosecute animal abuse cases," said Flynn.
SPCA Chief Communications Officer Gina Browning says it's great seeing the community come together to address this issue, just like they did with Charlie.
"The only reason the SPCA was able to give this dog a second chance is because some Buffalo sanitation workers found in a garbage tote and did something about it," Browning said. "They didn't see an animal who was barely alive and ignore it. They didn't turn their heads. They took responsibility and did something for this dog."
The city recently passed legislation that can punish pet owners who leave their dogs out in extreme temperatures. Something Flynn says is already being enforced in many parts of the state.
"We as a society now are recognizing that animals deserve this focus," Flynn said. "They deserve the attention that law enforcement can give them properly. That is why the 62 DA's across the state voted unanimously to set up a subcommittee."
Erie County Assistant District Attorney Erin Hart has been appointed to the subcommittee. She's been overlooking all crimes committed against animals in Erie County and now will contribute to the statewide effort.
"We have worked very closely with Erin prosecuting some of the cases that the SPCA has furthered," Browning said. "It's excellent news to know that she's going to be taking that work further. It's also excellent to read that our own DA voted in favor of forming this animal crime subcommittee. It's encouraging. It's definitively a step in the right direction."
Browning said the next step is to educate the public on the different types of animal cruelty.
"There's your violent animal cruelty and there's the type of action that New York State calls animal cruelty which could be, for instance, a hording situation. We can't treat an animal hoarder the way that we treat, I'm going to use the term monster, who perpetuates or is involved in any way in dogfighting. You can't look at those situations and make a sweeping generalization of animal cruelty," she said.
Browning believes a lot of animal cruelty situations come down to individuals coming forward when they see animals are being abused. She hopes this subcommittee will encourage more people to just that.
Flynn said animals are among the most vulnerable victims because they cannot speak for themselves.
"The more and more that I see animal cruelty, as an owner of two dogs, the more and more that concerns me. And the more and more that I feel this is a crime that needs to be taken seriously. They need to be investigated and they need to be prosecuted," Flynn said.
Erie County SPCA
Erie County DA John Flynn
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Carrie Baird works in the kitchen of Bar Dough, the restaurant she co-owns and is the executive chef for.
Thanksgiving is nigh and nerves are starting to set in for home chefs.
Denver chef Carrie Baird knows something about successful cooking when the stakes are high. The co-owner and executive chef of Bar Dough finished in the top four on last season's Top Chef. For one challenge, she even baked upside-down cakes in a hole in the ground in the mountains.
Baird talked to Colorado Matters about her Thanksgiving traditions and how her restaurant's staff host an "orphan's Thanksgiving." She also answered questions from listeners—from the best way to cook cranberries to her favorite leftovers recipe—and will respond to more questions on Facebook and Instagram.
Need last minute Thanksgiving cooking advice? Take it from Bar Dough Executive Chef and co-owner Carrie Baird -- who last season won a challenge on Top Chef by digging a hole in the ground in the Rocky mountains and baking a cake in it.


Adjusting to college life often means dealing with many things for the first time — all at the same time: learning to live with roommates, handling finances, taking care of household chores, interacting with people from other cultures with other beliefs, trying out romantic partnerships. This, in addition to new academic demands, learning how to study effectively, getting work done on time, and navigating the bureaucracy of a big institution.
Through these tasks, college students learn how they respond to life's daily challenges and find the social and emotional support they need from the campus community, friends, and you — their family — to make their way.
Most students' initial concerns are about forming friendships. When new students look around, it may seem that everyone else is self-confident and socially successful, when in reality, everyone has similar concerns.
Your child should find that within just a couple of weeks, some regular patterns — walking the same route to classes, eating at the same time with certain people — start to set in, making connections easier.
Still, sometimes those first friendships don't happen as quickly as your child would like. Assure them that meaningful, new relationships do not develop overnight. Discuss ideas for connecting, such as leaving the dorm room door open when "hanging out," inviting people to join them for a meal, or getting involved in campus activities. Help them understand that all freshmen are new to campus life; people they reach out to will most likely be relieved to have someone talk to them. While they're sorting it out, don't underestimate the restorative qualities of a care package from home, including notes and pictures from siblings, home-baked treats and popcorn they can share with dorm mates.


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Pyramid Entertainment offers Indian home video rights for international animated content
Chennai based Pyramid Entertainment Exports is offering the Indian home video rights to distributors for some of its animated content sourced internationally.
The company has been engaged in the production of Feature Films, Tele-Films, Animations, Serials & Documentary Programmes for over two decades supplies progammes (all Indian languages, English, Chinese and Malay) to major TV Channels world-wide.
It is also the distributor for English, French, Spanish, Malay, Singhala and Chinese Programmes (Feature Films, Tele-films, Serials, Documentary, Educational Programmes, Sports, Animations, Live Action, etc.) in the Indian market.
Stating the company's modus operandi, Pyramid Entertainment Exports CEO V Naagarajan, said "We usually take part in International exhibitions such as MIPCOM, ATF, FILMART Hong Kong, Beijing International TV Week, etc., through which we have excellent rapport with various multi-national as well as leading television channels"
The following are the details of the content on offer for home video rights : –
FIRST SNOW OF WINTER, THE
DURATION : 1 X 30 MINUTES
GENRE: ANIMATION SPECIAL
This animated special deals with the story of a little duck with a big problem. Due to a mishap with a jet aircraft Sean misses the annual migration South and has to face winter alone. However, he is befriended by a water vole, and with Vole's help, Sean learns the lessons of survival, and most importantly, the value of friendship.
TITLE: FORGOTTEN TOYS, THEDURATION : 1 x 30 minutes special (1995) and 52 Episodes x 5 minutes
GENRE : ANIMATION SPECIAL
Based on the book by James Stevenson, �The Forgotten Toys� follows the adventures of an abandoned rag doll and teddy bear as they try to find new children to love them after being thrown out in favor of new hi-tech Christmas presents.
Annie, voiced by Joanna Lumley, is a refined but somewhat scruffy rag doll. She is kindly and helpful and a contrast to her friend Teddy. Voiced by Bob Hoskins, Teddy is a rough and ready, gruff little teddy bear. He does, however, have a soft center, which he tries desperately hard to disguise. The two care for each other like brother and sister with the occasional bickering.
Their first appearance on screen, in a half hour special broadcast in Christmas 1995, sees them overcome adversity and find new children to love. However, the first episode of the series find them lost yet again as they are stranded on an airport carrousel �en route' to a family holiday. Will they ever be reunited with their children again?
FRIENDLY MONSTERS (1994)DURATION : 3 X HALF HOURS
GENRE : ANIMATION SPECIALS
Three charming animated specials featuring an extraordinary little boy called Tom and his magical monster friends.
1. A Monster Christmas follows the adventures of Tom and his Monster friends on Christmas Eve when Santa is accidentally knocked off his sleigh and arrives un-expectedly in Tom's fireplace.
Dizzy and confused, Santa is unable to deliver any presents so Tom and his Monster pals step in to help…
2. A Monster Easter follows more exciting adventures with Tom and his Monster friends as they uncover a sinister plot to hijack the Easter Bunny and steal all the Easter Eggs.
Locating the Easter Bunny and returning all the Easter Eggs to their rightful owners is not quite as simple as Tom and his Monster pals thought…
3. A Monster Holiday – in his latest adventure, Tom sneaks his Monster friends into his suitcase and takes them on their first holiday. Meanwhile, Maggie McNab, the famous cat burglar, has made off with "The Moping Marjorie", a famous painting held at a secret hideaway.
Can Tom and the Monsters solve the crime and return the painting to its rightful owners?
HAMILTON MATTRESSDURATION : 1 X 30 MINUTES
GENRE : ANIMATED SPECIAL
A loveable character who will touch a large audience, Hamilton Mattress is the story of an aardvark who marches to his own beat.
Produced by Christopher Moll whose credits include the Oscar® winning Wallace and Gromit adventure The Wrong Trousers, Hamilton Mattress is a prestigious half hour animated special for the whole family.
This delightful stop – frame comedy adventure introduces us to Sludger, an unloved aardvark whose awkwardness cannot hide his amazing rhythmical ability, developed over years of pawing the dusty ground for ants.
Together with his canny caterpillar companion Feldwick , he embarks on an adventure to the glamourous and exotic Beak City that will see friendship and talent finally triumph over greed and prejudice as Sludger is transformed into Hamilton Mattress, drummer extraordinaire, who brings music, colour and joy back to his tribe.
A modern fable packed full of sparkling humour and infectious toe-tapping dance rhythms, Hamilton Mattress features a cast of characters created by the legendary John Webster, one of the defining creative imaginations of world advertising. It is directed by Oscar® and BAFTA® nominee Barry Purve.
TITLE: LITTLEST ANGEL, THE (2000)DURATION : 2 X HALF HOURS
Based on the best selling children's book by Charles Tazewell, these two delightful half hour specials follow the angelic adventures of a little angel.
1. THE LITTLEST ANGEL
The first adventure sees a little boy enter heaven where he finds an exciting world of magic and wonder but a place where angels have forgotten to have fun. The mischievous angel turns heaven upside down and things are thrown into further chaos when the chief archangel makes a startling announcement, God is to have a son.
All the angels rush to find the perfect gift and the Littlest Angel with his tilted halo and untested wings has no idea what to do, until he realises that the most valuable gift always comes from the heart.
2. Littlest Angel's Easter
In his second adventure the littlest angel is sent on his first earthly assignment to help out a young boy, Ryan who has moved with his family to a small town and struggles to make new friends.
The Littlest Angel has almost as much to learn as Ryan on his first mission, but together and with a little bit of faith, hope and understanding, and a lovable dog named Sonny they discover that miracles can happen and when you least expect it, things can change for the better! That's what Easter's all about, New beginnings
SECOND STAR TO THE LEFTDURATION : 1 X 30 MINUTES
GENRE : ANIMATED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
One Christmas Eve a parcel falls from Santa's sleigh and lands in a small garden shed inhabited by three pets. From this moment the lives of Archie the rabbit, Duke the guinea pig, and Babs the hamster are changed forever.
The story tells the tale of the quest of three animals, whose normal but boring lives are disrupted by discovering this mislaid parcel. Determined to deliver the lost present by daybreak to the little girl in the village, they embark on an exciting new adventure.
The film features the voices of established stars Hugh Laurie, Barbara Windsor and Mark Williams, and a beautiful new soundtrack from the highly acclaimed young singer Becky Taylor. Becky, EMI Classics newest signing is destined for success after securing a major worldwide recording deal. The music from the film will be released on EMI Classics this Christmas as part of a brand new album from Becky.
TANGERINE BEAR (2000)DURATION : 1 x 30 minutes, 1 x 48 minutes, 1 x 60 minutes
GENRE : ANIMATED FEATURES
A Bear whose smile was accidentally sewn on upside down, dreams of going home with a caring family at Christmas. When the Christmas season ends and he is the only teddy bear left, he is shipped to Winkle's – a small, second hand store, full of unique toys like him.
Bear spends so much time in the window at Winkle's that his brown fur turns into a curious shade of Tangerine, and that is why his friends nickname him 'Tangie'.
As the days pass, Tangie thinks he'll never find a home until one day he realises that being different is also what makes him special and that Mr. Winkle and his unique toy friends are his family.
Tangerine Bear includes the voice talent of a host of TV stars such as David Hyde Pierce (Frasier), Tom Bosley (Happy Days, Charlie's Angels) and Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Home Improvement, The Lion King). Trisha Yearwood provides the narration and the original music score. Tangerine Bear also has links with the Starlight Children's Foundation, which has ouched the lives of thousands of seriously ill children and their families.
POSTMAN PAT (2003)DURATION : Read Along with Postman Pat: 1 x 45 Minutes,
Postman Pat's ABC: 1 x 30 Minutes,
Postman Pat's 123 Stories: 1 x 30 Minutes
GENRE : ANIMATED FILMS
These three animated films have been specially developed to make learning fun for beginning readers. Each story features Pat and his trusty companion Jess, helping their friends in Greendale to remember the alphabet and numbers using illustrated words and numbers on screen in easy to read fonts. Postman Pat encourages pre-school children to read and count whilst having fun joining in Pat's adventures.
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Keith Rivers re-signs with Giants on one-year deal
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The Giants traded for Keith Rivers last April and have now brought him back on a one-year deal.
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The Giants will re-sign linebacker Keith Rivers to a one-year deal, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement between the sides. That person requested anonymity because the Giants have not yet announced the signing.
Rivers, 26, was traded to the Giants for a fifth-round pick last April after an injury-punctuated start to his NFL career. He battled some minor injuries with the Giants last season but played 11 games, starting six. When healthy, his speed was an asset from the weak-side and sub linebacker positions.
The former first-round draft pick by the Bengals fits into the Giants' free agency plan: Make smaller, budget-friendly moves to supplement their roster. Bringing back Rivers adds to a linebacker corps that was thinned, with Chase Blackburn also a free agent and Michael Boley cut in a cap-clearing move last month.
Blackburn is testing the market, so the Giants have a need at the middle linebacker spot, but Rivers has been an outside linebacker. He could be used at Boley's spot or on the strong side if Mathias Kiwanuka continues to be used more as a defensive end.
The Giants have also explored other options at the position, bringing in former Vikings middle linebacker Jasper Brinkley for a visit yesterday and also showing interest in Rey Maualuga (Bengals) and Justin Durant (Lions).


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Maine State Police say a man is being questioned in connection with an early-morning shooting death of another man in Wilton, Maine.
The shooting happened Wednesday around 1 a.m. outside a mobile home at 251 Weld Road.
State Police have identified the victim as 24-year-old Michael Reis of New Sharon.
Detectives say they've identified the shooter, who is cooperating with police; his name is not being released at this time.
Investigators add there were several people inside the mobile home at the time of the shooting, and they will be interviewed.


White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, 29, is leaving her position in Washington, officials said Wednesday.
Hicks was the fourth communications director for Donald Trump and was also the longest serving, following the tenures of Sean Spicer, Michael Dubke and Anthony Scaramucci. She was a former model and joined the Trump administration without any prior experience in politics.
The announcement comes just one day after Hicks declined to answer questions from the House committee investigating if the Trump campaign colluded with Russian agents to win the 2016 presidential election. During the eight hour testimony, Hicks admitted that she had occasionally been required to tell white lies on behalf of the president, but swore that she had never lied about anything in connection with the Russia investigation.
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Vladimir Putin: NATO should be obsolete
Putin: "There is no longer an Eastern Bloc, no more Soviet Union. Therefore, why does NATO keep existing? My impression is that in order to justify its existence, NATO has a need of an external foe, there is a constant search for the foe, or some acts of provocation to name someone as an adversary."
Vladimir Putin has recently cut NATO to pieces again by saying that the entire organization is no longer needed. It just can't get any better, as you know that Putin doesn't usually mince words:
"There is no longer an Eastern Bloc, no more Soviet Union. Therefore, why does NATO keep existing? My impression is that in order to justify its existence, NATO has a need of an external foe, there is a constant search for the foe, or some acts of provocation to name someone as an adversary."[1]
Would anyone seriously disagree with that statement? NATO has been forging monsters to kill in order to define, refine or redefine its existence since the beginning of time. For example, under the code name "Operation Allied Force," NATO did the unthinkable in Kosovo:
"For 78 days in 1999, NATO forces led by the United States bombed Yugoslavia, killing hundreds of its civilians and devastating its infrastructure. NATO spokesmen justified the bombardment as "humanitarian intervention" aimed at halting President Slobodan Milosevic's` `ethnic cleansing' of non-Serbs in Yugoslavia."[2]
As it was reported later, "NATO demonstrated in 1999 that it can do whatever it wants under the guise of 'humanitarian intervention,' 'war on terror,' or 'preventive war' – something that everyone has witnessed in subsequent years in different parts of the globe."[3]
The intervention in Kosovo was a complete mess:
"Over 2,000 civilians were killed, including 88 children, and thousands more were injured. Over 200,000 ethnic Serbs were forced to leave their homeland in Kosovo In what the alliance described as 'collateral damage,' its airstrikes destroyed more than 300 schools, libraries, and over 20 hospitals.
"At least 40,000 homes were either completely eliminated or damaged and about 90 historic and architectural monuments were ruined. That is not to mention the long-term harm caused to the region's ecology and, therefore, people's health, as well as the billion-dollar economic damage."[4]
NATO, as you can recall, said virtually nothing about the debacle in Iraq. Sure, there were tensions among NATO member countries before the debacle, but eventually no one could resist the "good war." But what were some of the results?
By the spring of 2012, suicide rates among Air Force personnel were up by 40 percent, a figure which caused concern.[5] Chief Master Sgt. James Roy told the Air Force Times that "more Air Force personnel have died by suicide this year than the combined total of personnel who have died by accident or through combat."[6]
Similarly, suicide rates in the Army rose by 80 percent since the war in Iraq.[7] In addition, more than 110,000 active-duty Army troops were prescribed antidepressants in 2011.[8] A number of lawyers have declared that a large part of the chaos that is going on in the military is caused by the drugs the soldiers are taking.[9]
Bart Bilings, a former military psychologist, declared, "We have never medicated our troops to the extent we are doing now…And I don't believe the current increase in suicides and homicides in the military is a coincidence."[10] Noted psychiatrist Peter Breggin writes,
"Prior to the Iraq war, soldiers could not go into combat on psychiatric drugs, period. Not very long ago, going back maybe 10 or 12 years, you couldn't even go into the armed services if you used any of these drugs, in particular stimulants.
"But they've changed that…I'm getting a new kind of call right now, and that's people saying the psychiatrist won't approve their deployment unless they take psychiatric drugs."[11]
On top of that, the Pentagon told the American people in 2005 that the U.S. lost track of at least $9 billion that was supposed to go to Iraq.[12] After years of "investigation," the U.S. still "didn't know" where all that money went.[13]
They supposedly shipped the $9 billion in cash to Iraq and now it is lost. Moreover, hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in countries like Pakistan for programs which supposedly teach children that America is not the great Satan they thought it was, but those millions have been wasted.[14]
As Scott Baldauf pointed out, you cannot broadcast programs like that when you are dropping drones in civilian populated areas and expect people to believe you.[15] The U.S. military feared reprisals, for good reason of course, after all of these killings, particularly the massacre in Kandahar.[16] After pouring some $2.6 million in Pakistan, there is little evidence that anti-Americanism has decreased in the region.[17]
In May 2012, many Iraq War veterans decided to return the medals they had received. In a statement, they declared with one voice,
"We, Afghanistan and Iraq veterans from around the country, will converge in Chicago on May 20 to ceremoniously return our medals to NATO generals. We were awarded these medals for serving in the Global War on Terror, a war based on lies and failed policies. This endless war has killed hundreds of thousands, stripped the humanity of all involved, and drained our communities of trillions of dollars, diverting funds from schools, clinics, libraries, and other public goods."[18]
One veteran in particular felt that it was his way to apologize to the Afghan and Iraqi people for what the U.S. has done to them. As an organization, NATO should help other political bodies to put an end to perpetual wars, but they are marshalling their armies virtually all over the world. So, should they be obsolete? Well, you be the judge.
[1] "Putin on War With US: 'No One Would Survive,'" Sputnik News, June 7, 2017.
[2] Majorie Cohn, "Nato Bombing of Kosovo: Humanitarian Intervention or Crime against Humanity?," International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, March 2002, Vol. 15, Issue 1: 79-106.
[3] "15 years on: Looking back at NATO's 'humanitarian' bombing of Yugoslavia," Russia Today, March 24, 2014.
[4] Iibd.
[5] Markeshia Ricks, "Chief Roy: Suicide Rate in 2012 is Worrisome," Air Force Times, April 5, 2012.
[7] John Glaser, "Army Suicides up 80 Percent Since Invasion of Iraq," Antiwar.com, March 8, 2012.
[8] Kim Murphy, "A Fog of Drugs and War," LA Times, April 7, 2012.
[12] "Audit: U.S. Lost Track of $9 Billion in Iraq Funds," CNN, January 31, 2005; Tarek El-Tablawy, "Pentagon Can't Account for $8.7 Billion in Iraqi Reconstruction Money, Audit Finds," Huffington Post, July 27, 2010; "Audit: U.S. Can't Account for $8.7 Billion in Iraqi Cash," MSNBC, July 27, 2010.
[13] Paul Richter, "Missing Iraqi Money May Have Been Stolen, Auditors Say," LA Times, June 13, 2011.
[14] Jacob Heilbrunn, "The Perils of Nation Rebuilding: Sesame Street and the Corruption of Pakistan," National Interest, June 6, 2012.
[15] Scott Baldauf, "U.S. AID Cuts Funding for Elmo on Pakistan TV," Christian Science Monitor, June 6, 2012.
[16] "U.S. Fears Reprisals After Afghan massacre in Kandahar," BBC, March 12, 2012.
[17] Taha Siddiqui, "Aid to Pakistan: $2.6 Billion Spent, Little Ability to Show It," Christian Science Monitor, April 25, 2012.
[18] Melanie Eversley, "Iraq, Afghanistan Vets to Hand Back Medals at NATO Summit," USA Today, May 16, 2012.
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Tags: Bebo, FaceBook, Flickr, Friends Reunited, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Myspace, Picasa, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, Tumblr, Twitter
Not being a great user of social media personally, I find it mildly offensive when people bump into me in the street because they're too intent on reading their screens.
However when I was their age, I used to bump into people as I hurried down the street with my nose buried in a book — so where's the difference?
The difference is that the boors who bump into me today are communicating with their own user-defined communities, which definitely does not include portly old gentlemen meandering down the street.
But as the great New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner pointed out, 'On the Internet, nobody knows you'e a dog.' So I don't know if these hurrying, bustling, busy people might be picture editors, photographers, or any other members of a community which could be interested in fotoLibra, in the wonderful variety of images we hold, and in the great opportunities for reaching picture buyers around the world.
Shortly after we started up fotoLibra we approached what we recognised as social media blithely and without fear. We set up this fotoLibra Pro Blog, we set up Facebook and LinkedIn identities, we fed them with content and … not a lot happened. So we asked around, and people told us "Oh, you should be on
and so on and so on and so on.
Keeping a visible profile on a dozen or or so social media sites (all American, of course) is hard maintenance for a small English-speaking (as opposed to American-speaking) business. In fact it's almost a full-time job.
But it's not impossible. So I started checking them out. The first one I looked at was Picasa.They closed it down today, Tuesday 15th March, after 13 years.
That would have been annoying, pumping thought and effort into something which has the cord yanked just as you get it up and running.
All these SocMed sites seem to follow the same pattern — smart young entrepreneurs start them up, they achieve quick success, a larger corporation buys them out, it doesn't have the same drive and vision as the founders, the division lurches from new initiative to desperate new initiative until the enterprise is quietly remaindered. Whatever happened to Bebo? Myspace? They still exist, albeit as husks of their former selves. Friends Reunited? It was closed down 18 days ago.
When Facebook went public, 18% of the listed value of the company would buy you Belgravia. At the time, I commented I'd rather have Belgravia. Now more teenagers are signing up to Snapchat than Facebook, and who knows what they'll be joining in 25 years time? Whereas Belgravia will still be there.
All this was partly prompted by coming across a New York photographer who started taking photos in 2008, now has 400,000 followers on Facebook and no, she doesn't post naked selfies. I am lost in envy and admiration. My NYC chums have never heard of her. fotoLibra rather fewer followers on Facebook. Our challenge is to multiply ours a thousandfold.
Whether the SocMeds are on the rise, or in graceful decline, the more people who are aware of what fotoLibra offers, the better it will be for contributors, picture buyers and of course us.
We're asking around again. Naturally, all advice will be gratefully received!
West Sea Bubble
Tags: $3.6 billion, Belgravia, Duke of Westminster, Eddie Fisher, FaceBook, fotoLibra, hula hoops, Pinterest, Snapchat, South Sea Bubble, Tumblr, yo-yos
I'm not that old — God is old — but I clearly remember the South Sea Bubble, when credulous investors pumped hundreds of pounds into shadowy companies which made extravagant promises of riches beyond the dreams of aviaries, most notoriously one which was incorporated for "carrying on an undertaking of Great Advantage, but no one to know what it is".
The tables have turned. Today's must-invest-in companies make no profits and no promises at all, yet they have to fight investors off with sticks.
Snapchat is in talks for funding that values it at $3.6 billion, even though it doesn't appear to have figured out how to monetise its service yet. When we launched fotoLibra we wrote up very detailed plans on how it was going to make money, plans that we have carried out with some small degree of success, despite the appalling financial climate and the plummeting value of images. Nevertheless investors stayed away in droves.
It doesn't seem to matter that a company has no idea how to make money. Today you make money by selling your concept to investors. Snapchat points to 9% of American youth having used its service. But 9% of American youth used to buy Eddie Fisher records. They don't any more.
These companies are new and exciting, like hula hoops and yo-yos. I wonder how long their shelf life will be. Snapchat's unique selling point is that it allows people to exchange photographs which then disappear. So it really is selling smoke.
When Facebook made its public offering I commented that if the Duke of Westminster decided to sell the freehold of the whole of Belgravia he'd be able to buy 18% of Facebook. I advised him not to, and I'm glad to say he appears to have heeded my advice. I believe Belgravia will be substantially more valuable in 50 years' time than whatever the rump of Facebook will be. As for enterprises like Snapchat, Pinterest and Tumblr, I think they will be footnotes in internet bubble history.
fotoLibra, on the other hand, should be on course for world domination.


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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered Announced For PS4, XBOX ONE, SWITCH and PC – Mass Hysteria!
Mad Dog Games and developer Saber Interactive have announced Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via the Epic Games Store. It is due to launch in 2019.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered delivers a unique story from franchise creators Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Billed as the spiritual sequel to Ghostbusters 2, Ghostbusters: The Video Game captures the comedic fun and fright the franchise is beloved for. This remastered release coincides with the 35th anniversary of Ghostbusters this year.
You play a new rookie on the Ghostbusters team, teaming up with characters from the films, which reunites the voices of Aykroyd, Ramis, Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson as Stantz, Spengler, Venkman and Zeddemore. Alongside them are Annie Potts (Janine Melnitz), Brian Doyle-Murray (Psychiatrist in GB 2), William Atherton (Walter Peck), and Max von Sydow as the voice of Vigo the Carpathian.
With Manhattan being overrun once more by ghosts, demons, and other paranormal creatures unleashed by a mysterious force, the Ghostbusters must save the day. Only they can drive this evil back to whence it came.
The third-person viewpoint makes for hunting, zapping and trapping a variety of new and familiar ghouls and phantasms. Cool tools such as the Paragoggles and P.K.E Meter are also on hand to can and analyse spooks and demons. Then its time to strap on the Proton Pack to capture your foes in the Proton beam, ready for trapping. Enemies push and pull for freedom within the entrapment of the Proton Beam, and it is your job to force them into submission and into the Ghost Traps.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game was originally a multi-format release 10 years ago. The Xbox 360/PS3 version is the one remastered here, with life-like animated visuals of Peter Venkman and company, and a great script too. If sources are to be believed, Bill Murray was championed with ensuring that all the cast members got an equal share of screen time.
After just a few minutes in, it is apparent that Ghostbusters: The Video Game is a heartfelt piece of Ghostbusters canon straight from the creators. This very welcome remaster will serve as an excellent addition to the catalogues of the current console generation.
Author Agent PrincePosted on May 30, 2019 May 31, 2019 Categories News, Video GamesTags ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Nintendo Switch, PS3, ps4, xbox one, xbox360Leave a comment on Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered Announced For PS4, XBOX ONE, SWITCH and PC – Mass Hysteria!
A Short History of Ghostbusters Video Games
Note: This post was originally written back in November 2011, but with the recent passing of Harold Ramis, I want you all to remember the best of the games his characters have taken part in – Kev
Ghostbusters is one of my most, if not themost, favourite franchises of my life. Beginning with the first movie in 1984, it went onto spawn The Real Ghostbusters, a massively popular cartoon series that continued the timeline, and the successful movie sequel Ghostbusters II. With forums currently rife with speculation and rumours surrounding an allegedly confirmed third movie, and with the release of a re-mastered original Ghostbusters movie for Halloween, has the video game industry done this fantastic license justice over the years?
Ghostbusters (Amstrad, Commodore 64, Spectrum, others)
Fondly remembered for me as one of the first video games I ever laid eyes on, this movie tie-in was actually originally developed at the same time as the original box-office hit, albeit as a different title to begin with, named 'Car Wars'. The version I had was for the Sinclair Spectrum, which is unfortunately inferior to the Commodore version, in particular the graphics, colours and sound. But still a fine game, for 1984.
The plot was the same as the movie, but a large majority of the game took place driving from job to job with a close top-down view, sucking up any ghosts that came across the screen. From what I remember, control responses were capable but not great, and the sections were mostly very long and quite tedious. Nonetheless, these sections were also engaging and necessary to raise cash for more equipment. It did somewhat improve with the 'busting' portions of the game which followed.
Upon reaching your destination you'd control two Ghostbusters attempting to catch the little bugger with your proton streams and then trap it. So it was a case of tactically placing the heroes in order to make the shots count. This was by far the most fun section of the game; quite challenging and the controls were intuitive, too. If the ghost got away, or a trap attempt was missed, the ghost would then proceed to knock over one of your heroes, which in turn triggered the soundbyte 'He slimed me', direct from the movie.
On the Spectrum it sounded more like someone throwing up, but hey, this was 1984, remember? Touches like this are great for fans, as was the whole game. For the faithfulness alone, this should definitely be considered a classic.
Ghostbusters II (Gameboy)
Following on from the massive success of the original movie and the cartoon and merchandise that came with it, a sequel was inevitable. As is almost obligatory, particularly these days, a licensed video game was released to coincide with the movie.
I tackled the GameBoy version myself, which was a very fun, although simple and short game, and a welcome addition to a somewhat short list of decent movie-licensed video game releases. Our four heroes were represented as tiny, miniaturised versions of their movie counterparts.
After choosing your character, you then chose a second. However this was an NPC character who followed wherever you went, and this formed the simple but intuitive system for capturing ghosts. Your chosen character performed the proton blasts to hold the ghosts while the NPC held the ghost trap, and activated it on command by the player in order to trap ghosts and progress.
Ghostbusters fit the mould of the perfect Gameboy game with intuitive controls that suited the D-pad and buttons perfectly. With a Zelda-esque view incorporated and its dungeon-inspired levels, you couldn't go wrong. Great fun.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Xbox, PS3)
I love this game. Yes, this will be a very biased view of what is critically considered a decent, but far from perfect video game, but I don't care. I love it. I even got a copy from the US due to the publishing nightmare it endured on the Xbox 360 in the UK, as they kindly left it region-free. For a Ghostbusters fan, this game is the ultimate experience. You play the new recruit to the original team, who are voiced by the entire original movie cast also (fandom EXPLOSION!), as they teach you the "tools and the talent" to be a Ghostbuster. It doesn't disappoint.
Using the ever-popular third person view that makes Dead Space and the latter Resident Evil games so great, you make your way through streets, buildings and spooky cemeteries, flushing out ghosts with the PKE meter. You spend your time zapping then trapping them, using the wonderfully presented Ghostbuster equipment that we all know and love. There are some excellent variations on the norm too. The slime tether is used to pull heavy objects. The stasis stream freezes ghosts in their tracks for a limited time. The zapping and trapping system is everything you could want from a Ghostbusters game; proton beams weaken the enemy enough that they are then dragged to the trap and sucked inside. This looks almost exactly like the movies and cartoon series and you also get a real sense of pulling the ghost around, whether it's to keep them in check, or guide them to a ghost trap.
This certainly was the game created with the fans in mind the most. As mentioned above, the original movie cast have reunited to provide the voices of their respective characters. The soundtrack is taken from the original movie, which is hardly original, but it's still excellent to this day and fits in with the game very well. Even the achievements/trophies are named with quotes from the movies.
Unlike some movie franchises, Ghostbusters has been treated pretty well over the years. Only the most recent Sanctum of Slime seemed awful, so much so I couldn't even bring myself to upgrade from the trial version. For anyone who thinks that all the Ghostbusters games were sub-standard, the 2009 video game is the exception to the general movie licensed video game mediocrity, and an excellent game in its own right. At £14.99 from Microsoft's Games on Demand, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is also now a bargain.
Author Agent PrincePosted on March 7, 2014 March 7, 2014 Categories UncategorizedTags cartoon series, ghostbusters, Ghostbusters movie, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, nostalgia, Sinclair Spectrum, The Real Ghostbusters, video game, videogames, xbox360Leave a comment on A Short History of Ghostbusters Video Games
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