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TPP Talks Deadlocked; Still No Transparency
from the about-to-get-SOPA'd? dept
As Techdirt revealed a couple of days ago, one reason why the European Commission decided to refer ACTA to the European Court of Justice was a fear that another SOPA disaster was in the offing. It's a little too early to be sure, but we may be seeing the first signs that the equally problematic TPP agreement is also running into problems because of heightened sensitivity to key issues in the wake of the Net-based revolt against SOPA.
Here's a report by Sean Flynn, on the latest round of TPP negotiations, held recently in Australia:
Contrasting with apparent progress on some other chapters, which were declared "on track" by negotiators, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement's intellectual property chapter appears to have stalled in Melbourne. According to some sources, the 10 day negotiation yielded no meaningful progress on the intellectual property chapter. This is as some of the most controversial aspects of the U.S. proposal, including internet service liability and the "May 2007" access to medicines issues, came to the table.
The ISP liability issue is the familiar one of making intermediaries responsible for what their customers do. The result of bringing in laws to this effect would be to push ISPs to monitor their users and to block content in order to minimize the risk of being sued. TPP may not require surveillance and censorship, but those would be its inevitable consequences.
What's new, though, is the growing general concern about TPP's impact on access to medicines, particularly the low-cost generics that are important for many countries in the Pacific region. KEI's Krista Cox wrote about this in her summary of the Melbourne meeting:
The afternoon session [of the TPP Stakeholder Forum] began with eight representatives of the generic pharmaceutical industry giving strong statements in opposition to the US "access window" text, opposing in particular the provisions related to patent term extensions, patent linkage, and exclusive rights over test data. These representatives noted that the US proposal would hinder access to affordable generic medicines
Cox's report also makes clear that the TPP negotiators have still not heeded SOPA's -- and ACTA's -- lessons about the importance of real transparency:
The first question came in the form of request for greater transparency, including the release of the text, in order to permit the general public to be part of the process. The Australian chief negotiator stated that the stakeholder forum provides the primary way for stakeholders to participate and it is common practice not to release texts during negotiations of free trade agreements. He suggested that releasing the text would not be feasible because "nothing is agreed until it is agreed."
Of course, that's absurd: many members of the public are just as capable as reading a text with multiple, possibly conflicting, options as TPP negotiators are, and to pretend otherwise is insulting, to say the least. The continuing absence of any officially-released draft (we have some leaks) means that the TPP negotiation process is still less transparent than ACTA was -- and will remain that way even after the treaty is concluded.
The Australian chief negotiator may think it is "common practice not to release texts during negotiations of free trade agreements", but that was before SOPA. A decade ago, sharing drafts and soliciting feedback from the general public would have been difficult. Today, it's easy. After SOPA, it's unacceptable not to.
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Why did the Beatles cross the road in 1969? Because photographer Iain Macmillan asked them to on a late sunny morning in August. While a police officer held up London traffic, Macmillan quickly snapped photos of the Beatles crossing the famed Abbey Road that later graced the cover of their album of the same name. Abbey Road has since become one of the most parodied cover images of all time, imitated by artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers (The Abbey Road E.P.) and Kanye West (Late Orchestration: Live At Abbey Road Studios). But why?
The goal of an album designer is to please the band, says Los Angeles-based illustrator/graphic designer Janée Meadows, and her advice to new designers is to find out who their client's favorite bands are and then use their cover art as a starting point.
"Anytime you can get someone closer to their idol, it's a good thing," says Meadows, who sees artistic mimicking as a way to master different styles, and encourages young designers to practice the art of imitation. As a designer's imitating skills sharpen, they incorporate their own vision and make something unique.
Artists may use elements from several album covers to create a parody. Meadows created the cover artwork for the Donnas' 2007 album Bitchin', which features a close-up of a man's backside with a purple feather in his back pocket as a nod to the band's independent record label, Purple Feather Records. Donnas guitarist Allison Robertson sent Meadows the back cover image of Deep Purple's Mark I & II album, which features a woman's backside with a Deep Purple flyer sitting in her back pocket. The Donnas asked Meadows to use the Deep Purple cover as inspiration, but wanted Bitchin' to feature a male derriere in an "ultra-'80s airbrushed way."
Bitchin' can also be seen as a possible flip-side homage to Mötley Crüe's Too Fast For Love cover, the Crüe cover is a parody of another often-imitated cover — the Rolling Stone's Sticky Fingers, which caused a stir in 1971 with its provocative display.
Charles Grosvenor, the creator of AmIRight.com — a user-populated database of album cover parodies and other music trivia — calls the Clash's London Calling the "parody of parodies." A twist on Elvis Presley's 1956 self-titled debut album cover, which features a black-and-white photo of the King playing acoustic guitar and his name printed in neon-pink and neon-green, London Calling features a photo, taken by Pennie Smith, of the Clash's Paul Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass onstage at the now-defunct Palladium in New York.
Whether the purpose of a parody is to cash in on the popularity of seminal album or pay homage to an idol, or both, "parodies generally aim for the comedic jugular," says Grosvenor.
Grosvenor's interest in parodies began when a friend showed him Frank Zappa's 1968 We're Only In It For The Money cover, a parody of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Designed by British pop artist Peter Blake, the iconic Beatles album is being parodied again, only this time by the artist himself. In honor of his 80th birthday this year, Blake has redesigned Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to feature a slew of artists and public figures of personal significance. "I've chosen people I admire, great people and some who are dear friends," Blake told the Guardian. The celebratory cover features British artists such as Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello and the late Amy Winehouse, among others.
The Beatles have several albums covers that reign high in the often-parodied ranking, but none touch the popularity of the simple image of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr walking single file across Abbey Road. Abbey Road was even parodied by McCartney for his 1993 album Paul Is Live, designed to be a twist on the "Paul is dead" conspiracies.
Why has the Abbey Road image remained firmly entrenched in the pop culture zeitgeist more than 40 years later?
The answer may be difficult to pinpoint, but Abbey Road is a unique case in which even the smallest of details have become legendary. The Volkswagen Beetle captured on the left side of the cover was eventually housed in the official Volkswagen Auto Museum in Germany. Paul Cole, an American tourist seen watching the Fab Four from the right side of the street, was described in a 2008 obituary as simply the "man on [the] Beatles' Abbey Road cover." Today, the famous crossing has a live Web cam and is a destination for hordes of tourists and Beatles fans alike.
Could it be that album cover artwork is just as influential as the music encased in the album itself? To quote Rod Stewart, "Every picture tells a story, don't it?"
(Caroline Cooney is a New York-based freelance journalist and scriptwriter.)
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- Anonymous16 May 2013 at 16:13
It seems to be a disease/virus spreading across the world Julie and we have to stop it!!!ReplyDelete
At the Cheltenham Cemetery, here in South Australia, I've just spent approx $1000, from my meagre savings, to pay the back fees on my Great Grandmother's gravesite which also ensures that, for a few more years, she won't be dug up, shoved in a little box, put back, have a stranger dumped on top of her and her memorial/ headstone chucked away.
Despite all this money I can't do any repairs etc. to her gravesite because it still belongs to the "grantee" who is long dead. Despite being able to prove my relationship to Eliza Jane I need to get approval from the next "in line" to have it signed over to me. Who are they and how do I find them? ...
Here in Australia we are beginning to honour the "burial places" of our Indigenous people and bringing their bones back from Universities/ Museums across the world... as well we should!!! However, at the same time we're desecrating the "burial places" of our colonists/settlers.
Thanks for the post Julie. We do have to find a way to stop this!!!
Regards, Catherine.


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A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry.[1] The European Union (EU) Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water.[2] In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a river or lake, in which the water overtops or breaks levees, resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries,[3] or it may occur due to an accumulation of rainwater on saturated ground in an areal flood. While the size of a lake or other body of water will vary with seasonal changes in precipitation and snow melt, these changes in size are unlikely to be considered significant unless they flood property or drown domestic animals.
Floods can also occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine flood damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, people have traditionally lived and worked by rivers because the land is usually flat and fertile and because rivers provide easy travel and access to commerce and industry.
Some floods develop slowly, while others such as flash floods, can develop in just a few minutes and without visible signs of rain. Additionally, floods can be local, impacting a neighborhood or community, or very large, affecting entire river basins.
- Etymology 1
Principal types and causes 2
- Areal (rainfall related) 2.1
- Riverine 2.2
- Estuarine and coastal 2.3
- Urban flooding 2.4
- Catastrophic 2.5
Effects 3
- Primary effects 3.1
- Secondary and long-term effects 3.2
- Flood forecasting 4
- Control 5
- Benefits 6
- Computer modelling 7
- Deadliest floods 8
- In myth and religion 9
- See also 10
- References 11
- Bibliography 12
- External links 13
The word "flood" comes from the Old English flod, a word common to Germanic languages (compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float; also compare with Latin fluctus, flumen). Deluge myths are mythical stories of a great flood sent by a deity or deities to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution, and they are featured in the mythology of many cultures.
Principal types and causes
Floods can happen on flat or low-lying areas when the ground is saturated and water either cannot run off or cannot run off quickly enough to stop accumulating. This may be followed by a river flood as water moves away from the floodplain into local rivers and streams.
Floods can also occur if water falls on an impermeable surface, such as concrete, paving or frozen ground, and cannot rapidly dissipate into the ground.
Localized heavy rain from a series of storms moving over the same area can cause areal flash flooding when the rate of rainfall exceeds the drainage capacity of the area. When this occurs on tilled fields, it can result in a muddy flood where sediments are picked up by run off and carried as suspended matter or bed load.
River or rambla flows may rise to floods levels at different rates, from a few minutes to several weeks, depending on the type of river or rambla and the source of the increased flow.
Slow rising floods most commonly occur in large rivers with large catchment areas. The increase in flow may be the result of sustained rainfall, rapid snow melt, monsoons, or tropical cyclones. Localized flooding may be caused or exacerbated by drainage obstructions such as landslides, ice, or debris.
Rapid flooding events, including flash floods, more often occur on smaller rivers, rivers with steep valleys, rivers that flow for much of their length over impermeable terrain or ramblas. The cause may be localized convective precipitation (intense thunderstorms) or sudden release from an upstream impoundment created behind a dam, landslide, or glacier.
Dam-building beavers can flood low-lying urban and rural areas, occasionally causing some damage.
Estuarine and coastal
Flooding in estuaries is commonly caused by a combination of sea tidal surges caused by winds and low barometric pressure, and they may be exacerbated by high upstream river flow.
Coastal areas may be flooded by storm events at sea, resulting in waves over-topping defenses or in severe cases by tsunami or tropical cyclones. A storm surge, from either a tropical cyclone or an extratropical cyclone, falls within this category.
Urban flooding
Urban flooding is the inundation of land or property in a built environment, particularly in more densely populated areas, caused by rainfall overwhelming the capacity of drainage systems, such as storm sewers. Although sometimes triggered by events such as flash flooding or snowmelt, urban flooding is a condition, characterized by its repetitive and systemic impacts on communities, that can happen regardless of whether or not affected communities are located within formally designated floodplains or near any body of water.[4] There are several ways in which stormwater enters properties: backup through sewer pipes, toilets and sinks into buildings; seepage through building walls and floors; the accumulation of water on property and in public rights-of-way; and the overflow from water bodies such as rivers and lakes.
The flood flow in urbanized areas constitutes a hazard to both the population and infrastructure. Some recent catastrophes include the inundations of Nîmes (France) in 1998 and Vaison-la-Romaine (France) in 1992, the flooding of New Orleans (USA) in 2005, and the flooding in Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Brisbane during the 2010–2011 summer in Queensland (Australia). Flood flows in urban environments have been studied relatively recently despite many centuries of flood events.[5] Some researchers have mentioned the storage effect in urban areas. Several studies have looked into the flow patterns and redistribution in streets during storm events and the implication on flood modelling.[6] Some recent research has considered the criteria for safe evacuation of individuals in flooded areas.[7] However, some recent field measurements during the 2010–2011 Queensland floods showed that any criterion solely based upon the flow velocity, water depth or specific momentum cannot account for the hazards caused by velocity and water depth fluctuations.[5] These considerations ignore further the risks associated with large debris entrained by the flow motion.[7]
Catastrophic flooding is usually associated with major infrastructure failures such as the collapse of a dam, but they may also be caused by damage sustained in an earthquake or volcanic eruption. See outburst flood.
Primary effects
The primary effects of flooding include loss of life, damage to buildings and other structures, including bridges, sewerage systems, roadways, and canals.
Floods also frequently damage power transmission and sometimes power generation, which then has knock-on effects caused by the loss of power. This includes loss of drinking water treatment and water supply, which may result in loss of drinking water or severe water contamination. It may also cause the loss of sewage disposal facilities. Lack of clean water combined with human sewage in the flood waters raises the risk of waterborne diseases, which can include typhoid, giardia, cryptosporidium, cholera and many other diseases depending upon the location of the flood.
Damage to roads and transport infrastructure may make it difficult to mobilize aid to those affected or to provide emergency health treatment.
Flood waters typically inundate farm land, making the land unworkable and preventing crops from being planted or harvested, which can lead to shortages of food both for humans and farm animals. Entire harvests for a country can be lost in extreme flood circumstances. Some tree species may not survive prolonged flooding of their root systems [8]
Secondary and long-term effects
Economic hardship due to a temporary decline in tourism, rebuilding costs, or food shortages leading to price increases is a common after-effect of severe flooding. The impact on those affected may cause psychological damage to those affected, in particular where deaths, serious injuries and loss of property occur.
Urban flooding can lead to chronically wet houses, which are linked to an increase in respiratory problems and other illnesses.[9] Urban flooding also has significant economic implications for affected neighborhoods. In the United States, industry experts estimate that wet basements can lower property values by 10-25 percent and are cited among the top reasons for not purchasing a home.[10] According to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), almost 40 percent of small businesses never reopen their doors following a flooding disaster.[11]
Flood forecasting
Anticipating floods before they occur allows for precautions to be taken and people to be warned [12] so that they can be prepared in advance for flooding conditions. For example, farmers can remove animals from low-lying areas and utility services can put in place emergency provisions to re-route services if needed. Emergency services can also make provisions to have enough resources available ahead of time to respond to emergencies as they occur.
In order to make the most accurate flood forecasts for waterways, it is best to have a long time-series of historical data that relates stream flows to measured past rainfall events.[13] Coupling this historical information with real-time knowledge about volumetric capacity in catchment areas, such as spare capacity in reservoirs, ground-water levels, and the degree of saturation of area aquifers is also needed in order to make the most accurate flood forecasts.
Radar estimates of rainfall and general weather forecasting techniques are also important components of good flood forecasting. In areas where good quality data is available, the intensity and height of a flood can be predicted with fairly good accuracy and plenty of lead time. The output of a flood forecast is typically a maximum expected water level and the likely time of its arrival at key locations along a waterway,[14] and it also may allow for the computation of the likely statistical return period of a flood. In many developed countries, urban areas at risk of flooding are protected against a 100-year flood - that is a flood that has a probability of around 63% of occurring in any 100 year period of time.
According to the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) Northeast River Forecast Center (RFC) in Taunton, Massachusetts, a general rule-of-thumb for flood forecasting in urban areas is that it takes at least 1 inch (25 mm) of rainfall in around an hour's time in order to start significant ponding of water on impermeable surfaces. Many NWS RFCs routinely issue Flash Flood Guidance and Headwater Guidance, which indicate the general amount of rainfall that would need to fall in a short period of time in order to cause flash flooding or flooding on larger water basins.[15]
In many countries around the world, waterways prone to floods are often carefully managed. Defenses such as detention basins, levees,[16] bunds, reservoirs, and weirs are used to prevent waterways from overflowing their banks. When these defenses fail, emergency measures such as sandbags or portable inflatable tubes are often used to try and stem flooding. Coastal flooding has been addressed in portions of Europe and the Americas with coastal defenses, such as sea walls, beach nourishment, and barrier islands.
In the riparian zone near rivers and streams, erosion control measures can be taken to try and slow down or reverse the natural forces that cause many waterways to meander over long periods of time. Flood controls, such as dams, can be built and maintained over time to try and reduce the occurrence and severity of floods as well. In the USA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains a network of such flood control dams.
In areas prone to urban flooding, one solution is the repair and expansion of man-made sewer systems and stormwater infrastructure. Another strategy is to reduce impervious surfaces in streets, parking lots and buildings through natural drainage channels, porous paving, and wetlands (collectively known as green infrastructure or sustainable urban drainage systems [SUDS]). Areas identified as flood-prone can be converted into parks and playgrounds that can tolerate occasional flooding. Ordinances can be adopted to require developers to retain stormwater on site and require buildings to be elevated, protected by floodwalls and levees, or designed to withstand temporary inundation. Property owners can also invest in solutions themselves, such as re-landscaping their property to take the flow of water away from their building and installing rain barrels, sump pumps, and check valves.
Floods (in particular more frequent or smaller floods) can also bring many benefits, such as recharging ground water, making soil more fertile and increasing nutrients in some soils. Flood waters provide much needed water resources in arid and semi-arid regions where precipitation can be very unevenly distributed throughout the year and kills pests in the farming land . Freshwater floods particularly play an important role in maintaining ecosystems in river corridors and are a key factor in maintaining floodplain biodiversity.[17] Flooding can spread nutrients to lakes and rivers, which can lead to increased biomass and improved fisheries for a few years.
For some fish species, an inundated floodplain may form a highly suitable location for spawning with few predators and enhanced levels of nutrients or food.[18] Fish, such as the weather fish, make use of floods in order to reach new habitats. Bird populations may also profit from the boost in food production caused by flooding.[19]
Periodic flooding was essential to the well-being of ancient communities along the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers, the Nile River, the Indus River, the Ganges and the Yellow River among others. The viability of hydropower, a renewable source of energy, is also higher in flood prone regions.
Computer modelling
While flood computer modelling is a fairly recent practice, attempts to understand and manage the mechanisms at work in floodplains have been made for at least six millennia.[20] Recent developments in computational flood modelling have enabled engineers to step away from the tried and tested "hold or break" approach and its tendency to promote overly engineered structures. Various computational flood models have been developed in recent years; either 1D models (flood levels measured in the channel) or 2D models (variable flood depths measured across the extent of a floodplain). HEC-RAS,[21] the Hydraulic Engineering Centre model, is currently among the most popular computer models, if only because it is available free of charge. Other models such as TUFLOW[22] combine 1D and 2D components to derive flood depths across both river channels and the entire floodplain. To date, the focus of computer modelling has primarily been on mapping tidal and fluvial flood events, but the 2007 flood events in the UK have shifted the emphasis there onto the impact of surface water flooding.[23]
In the United States, an integrated approach to real-time hydrologic computer modelling utilizes observed data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),[24] various cooperative observing networks,[25] various automated weather sensors, the NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC),[26] various hydroelectric companies, etc. combined with quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPF) of expected rainfall and/or snow melt to generate daily or as-needed hydrologic forecasts.[27] The NWS also cooperates with Environment Canada on hydrologic forecasts that affect both the USA and Canada, like in the area of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Deadliest floodsBelow is a list of the deadliest floods worldwide, showing events with death tolls at or above 100,000 individuals.
|Death toll
|1931 China floods
|1887 Yellow River (Huang He) flood
|1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood
|Banqiao Dam failure, result of Typhoon Nina. Approximately 86,000 people died from flooding and another 145,000 died during subsequent disease.
|Indian Ocean tsunami
|1935 Yangtze river flood
|St. Felix's Flood, storm surge
|Hanoi and Red River Delta flood
|North Vietnam
|1911 Yangtze river flood
In myth and religion
Flood myths (great, civilization-destroying floods as divine retribution) are widespread in many cultures and religions. As a prime example, the Genesis flood narrative plays a prominent role in Judaism and Christianity.
See also
- Arroyo (creek), aka, rambla and wadi.
- Cold drop
- Drowning
- Disaster preparedness
- Flash flood
- Flood alert
- Flood control
- Flood pulse concept
- Flood Risk Assessment (FRA)
- Floods directive
- International Rescue Corps
- Lifesaving
- List of floods
- Mudslide
- Rescue
- Search and rescue
- SMS (hydrology software)
- Storm tide
- Washout
- Floods by land:
- ^ MSN Encarta Dictionary. Flood. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. Archived 2009-10-31.
- ^ Directive 2007/60/EC Chapter 1 Article2. eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved on 2012-06-12.
- ^ Glossary of Meteorology (June 2000). Flood. Retrieved on 2009-01-09.
- ^ Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago IL. "The Prevalence and Cost of Urban Flooding." May 2013
- ^ a b Brown, Richard;
- ^ Werner, MGF; Hunter, NM; Bates, PD (2006). "Identifiability of Distributed Floodplain Roughness Values in Flood Extent Estimation". Journal of Hydrology (314): 139–157.
- ^ a b
- ^ Stephen Bratkovich, Lisa Burban, et al., "Flooding and its Effects on Trees", USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, St. Paul, MN, September 1993, webpage: Na.fs.fed.us-flood-cover.
- ^ Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Scientific Findings Resource Bank (IAQ-SFRB), "Health Risks or Dampness or Mold in Houses"
- ^ Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago IL "The Prevalence and Cost of Urban Flooding." May 2013
- ^ "Protecting Your Businesses," last updated March, 2013, http://www.fema.gov/protecting-yourbusinesses
- ^ "Flood Warnings". Environment Agency. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ "Australia rainfall and river conditions". Bom.gov.au. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ "AHPS". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "FFG". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ Henry Petroski (2006). Levees and Other Raised Ground 94 (1). American Scientist. pp. 7–11.
- ^ WMO/GWP Associated Programme on Flood Management "Environmental Aspects of Integrated Flood Management." WMO, 2007
- ^ Extension of the Flood Pulse Concept. Kops.ub.uni-konstanz.de. Retrieved on 2012-06-12.
- ^ Birdlife soars above Botswana's floodplains. Africa.ipsterraviva.net (2010-10-15). Retrieved on 2012-06-12.
- ^ Dyhouse, G. "Flood modelling Using HEC-RAS (First Edition)." Haestad Press, Waterbury (USA), 2003.
- ^ United States Army Corps of Engineers. Davis, CA. Hydrologic Engineering Center
- ^ BMT WBM Pty Ltd., Brisbane, Queensland "TUFLOW Flood and Tide Simulation Software"
- ^ Cabinet Office, UK. "Pitt Review: Lessons learned from the 2007 floods." June 2008.
- ^ "WaterWatch". 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network". Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "NOHRSC". 2 May 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Advanced Hydrologic Prediction System". Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Worst Natural Disasters In History. Nbc10.com (2012-06-07). Retrieved on 2012-06-12.
- O'Connor, Jim E. and John E. Costa. (2004). The World's Largest Floods, Past and Present: Their Causes and Magnitudes [Circular 1254]. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
- Thompson, M.T. (1964). Historical Floods in New England [Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1779-M]. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office.
- Powell, W. Gabe. 2009. Identifying Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Using National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) Data as a Hydrologic Model Input for Local Flood Plain Management. Applied Research Project. Texas State University–San Marcos
External links
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Water – Flood Water Exposure, health risks, cleanup of flood waters, and links to flood resources
- Associated Programme on Flood Management from the World Meteorological Organization
- Flood Risk Management Research Consortium
- International Flood Initiative
- Social & Economic Benefits/Costs of Heavy Rain & Flooding, NOAA Economics and Social Sciences
- UN-CECAR, research and courses on flood disaster risk management and climate change adaptation


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By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) _ As good as Matt Moore has been, the Tampa Bay Rays believe he can be even better.
The 23-year-old lefty pitched six strong innings and beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 Tuesday night to remain undefeated and claim a share of the major league lead in victories.
"It's pretty incredible," manager Joe Maddon said after Moore (7-0) yielded a double to Dustin Pedroia and a three-run homer to David Ortiz in the first, then limited the struggling Red Sox to one hit over the next five innings.
Moore, who's in his second full season in the majors, walked two and struck out eight. He also tied Washington's Jordan Zimmerman for the major league lead in victories, became the first Tampa Bay starter to begin a season 7-0 and tied a club record by winning his eighth straight decision dating to September.
"The first inning wasn't as heartbreaking as you would think it would be just because of the way we've been swinging the bats," Moore said.
"It's one of those things where you have faith in our team and what our offense is going to do," he added, "and as long as I put up zeroes and leave their lead at three, we're going to make it interesting down the road."
The Rays overcame the early deficit with a five-run fourth off John Lackey (1-4). Jose Molina and Matt Joyce each drove in two runs in the inning, helping Tampa Bay extend its winning streak to a season-high six games.
Boston has lost six of seven, including three straight. The Red Sox dropped to 4-9 in May after going a major league-best 18-8 in April.
"We've seen the past couple years when we was in a funk, it's pretty much everybody," Ortiz said. "It's like when we're playing well, everybody is performing well at the same time. Kind of strange. If you look right now, it's pretty much everybody struggling. Hopefully we bounce back and good things happen."
Relievers Jake McGee, Josh Lueke and Joel Peralta got the Rays to the ninth, and closer Fernando Rodney struck out the side to finish the combined three-hitter and earn his seventh save.
Ortiz's homer was his fifth this season and 27th of his career at Tropicana Field, the most by any opposing player. The designated hitter's 67 RBIs at the Trop are second to Manny Ramirez's 72.
Moore settled after the home run to retire 12 in a row until Stephen Drew doubled off the right field wall with one out in the fifth for Boston's third hit.
"Matt's been wonderful, and again he's going to keep getting better. There's more within Moore," Maddon said. "We've talked a little bit about the command issue, but he doesn't give up a lot of hits. He might walk a couple of guys, but they're not beating him up with hits. So there's kind of a balance there."
Lackey breezed through the first two innings before working through a tight spot in third, when Tampa Bay loaded the bases with two outs but did not score. The Red Sox weren't as fortunate during a fourth inning in which the Rays turned five singles and Luke Scott's RBI double into five runs.
Molina's two-run single made it 3-3, and Boston first baseman Mike Napoli misjudged a Joyce's infield pop fly that dropped for a two-run single and gave Moore a 5-3 lead.
"That was an odd inning to say the least," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Check-swing double by Scott the other way and with two outs and the tie score, a pop up that looks at the time seemingly harmless, looked like Mike just over ran it a little bit, didn't get good read on it and the ball ends up staying fair for two runs and the difference in the game."
Lackey, making his 299th career start and 300th major league appearance overall, allowed five runs and nine hits in 4 1-3 innings. He walked one and struck out three in losing his third straight decision.
Despite not having a hit after the fifth inning, the Red Sox managed to put the potential tying runs on base in the seventh when Drew and Jacoby Ellsbury before Shane Victorino lined out to end the threat.
Notes: CF Desmond Jennings was back in Tampa Bay's lineup after sitting out three games with a sore groin. … Boston RHP Andrew Bailey (right biceps strain) threw 25 pitches off a bullpen mound and will face hitters on Thursday. Farrell said a decision on whether the reliever will go on a short minor league rehab assignment or be activated from the 15-day disabled list will be made after Thursday's outing. … Rays LHP David Price, who's been bothered by allergies since spring training, said part of the problem has been chemicals the team uses to wash laundry. In addition to having to deal with a rash on his neck and arms, his allergies have affected his vision at times. He was given some eye drops after undergoing a test for allergies on Tuesday. … Victorino (ribs) said he feels physically fine and was in the starting lineup two days after crashing into the right field wall at Fenway Park. … Boston C David Ross (concussion) will be re-examined in the next couple days.
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March 5, 2019, 11:28 pmChris Paul - G - Houston Rockets
Chris Paul missed nine of his 10 field goal attempts, providing five points, six rebounds, 10 assists, two steals and a block on Tuesday night vs. the Raptors.
Aside from the shooting, CP3 didn't disappoint. He's been hovering around top-12 value over the past month, so forget this 10 percent from the field and see what he can do Friday against the Sixers.
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June 18, 2019, 10:44 pmKevin Love - F/C - Cleveland Cavaliers
According to Brian Windhorst, Kevin Love has been in some trade talks and the chances that he's on the Cavs next season are 50/50.
Windhorst mentioned that it's hard to find the right deal for Love, who is set to start a 4-year $120 million contract this fall, but that's a much bigger chance of him leaving than had been recently reported. The Cavs likely have some summer deals to make, but as it sits now, the fantasy values of Larry Nance Jr. and Ante Zizic would be on the rise with a Love departure.
Source: Aaron Goldhammer on Twitter
June 18, 2019, 10:01 pmBobby Portis - F - Washington Wizards
Bobby Portis, who will likely become a restricted free agent after the Wizards extend a qualifying offer, is expected to be pursued by at least 5-10 teams once free agency begins.
Among the teams that are reportedly interested in Portis are the Lakers, Clippers, Jazz, Bucks, Magic and the Knicks among others. If the Wizards extend the $3.6 million qualifying offer to Portis, they will have the chance to match any contract offer Portis receives from another team.
Source: NBC Sports
June 18, 2019, 8:55 pmKyrie Irving - G - Boston Celtics
Marc Stein of The New York Times is reporting that the Nets believe they are the favorites to land Kyrie Irving in free agency.
Irving to the Nets has been on overdrive the past few weeks, and it's looking almost certain that Irving will be on the Nets, Lakers or Knicks come July 1st. D'Angelo Russell may be playing elsewhere next season if the Nets acquire Irving in free agency. Stay tuned.
Source: Marc Stein on Twitter
June 18, 2019, 8:20 pmRob Pelinka - Team - Los Angeles Lakers
Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Lakers are aggressively pursuing the purchase of second-round picks in Thursday's draft.
In addition to trying to unload additional bench players, the Lakers would like to acquire a few second-round picks to round out their roster with minimum salary players. If the Lakers can get any late picks, it will give the team even more breathing room in free agency. The Lakers' master plan after signing LeBron James last offseason is starting to shift into high gear.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
June 18, 2019, 8:13 pmAnthony Davis - F/C - Los Angeles Lakers
Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Lakers are trying to expand the Anthony Davis trade to open up a max salary slot on July 6, by offering up Mo Wagner, Jemerrio Jones and Isaac Bonga to additional teams.
The Lakers got their guy in AD, but they also want more wiggle room for another max guy and role players to fill out their roster. It seems that the team will do whatever it takes to get that third max player spot, aside from moving Kyle Kuzma. It seems very likely that another team will join in on the deal.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
June 18, 2019, 7:56 pmKyrie Irving - G - Boston Celtics
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, since the season ended, Kyrie Irving has been communicating forthrightly with Celtics' officials both privately and publicly signaling that he will leave the team in free agency.
It has been widely expected that Irving would leave the Celtics for a bit now, with the Nets being the team most analysts are pegging Irving end up with. With the news that Al Horford is going elsewhere, there is little reason to believe that Irving would stick around. We should have an official update on Irving's intentions soon enough.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
June 18, 2019, 7:35 pmAl Horford - F/C - Boston Celtics
Sources close to Al Horford have told Steve Bulpett of The Boston Herald that his camp is no longer discussing a new contract with the Celtics and he is expected to sign a 4-year deal elsewhere.
A few short months ago the Celtics were pegged as the favorites to land Anthony Davis, and forming a new big three of there own. Flash forward to now, and Davis is on the Lakers, and it looks like both Horford and Kyrie Irving are set to leave. The Celtics couldn't have foreseen a worse start to the offseason.
Source: Steve Bulpett on Twitter
June 18, 2019, 7:03 pmJames Jones - Team - Phoenix Suns
First-year GM James Jones said that there are more than six good players in the draft and that the Suns are comfortable staying put at number six.
Jones has a point, and if the team believes that they don't need to move up to get the difference-maker that they're targeting then staying put is the logical choice. If the Suns stand pat, they'll be looking at drafting one of Darius Garland, Coby White, De'Andre Hunter, Cam Reddish and Jarrett Culver. Garland or White would fill the most glaring team need at PG if they're still available.
Source: AZ Central
June 18, 2019, 6:52 pmDavid Griffin - Team - New Orleans Pelicans
The Pelicans are considering trading the 4th overall selection to acquire more picks.
One team that comes directly to mind is the Hawks, who have been rumored to be offering a trade package including the 8th and 10th selections to move up in the draft. The Hawks also have the 17th pick in the draft. Another team with multiple first rounders is the Celtics, who hold the 14th, 20th and 22nd picks. The Pelicans have also been rumored to be trying to move up to the 2nd pick in the Draft. We'll have to wait and see if there is any fire to all of this smoke.
Source: Yahoo! Sports
June 18, 2019, 6:39 pmTed Leonsis - Team - Washington Wizards
Wizards owner Ted Leonsis denied the team's reported interest in Raptors GM Masai Ujiri saying, "Any reports that we have interest in Masai Ujiri as a candidate are simply not true, and we have never planned in any way to ask for permission to speak to him during our process."
Ujiri is a former Executive of the year, and his Raptors just won the NBA Championship thanks in large part to the bold moves he executed in the past year. It is hard to believe that a team like the Wizards wouldn't want to make a pitch to the man who is at or near the top of his profession, but that is silly season for you. As for Ujiri, he'll have no shortage of pursuers should the Raptors grant teams permission to speak to him.
Source: Washington Post


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WAMBA had a great meeting with the Kalamunda Mountain Bike Collective (KMBC) on Wednesday night and despite the problems over the last week, we see a lot of positives that can come out of this situation as we move forward. The passion shown by the community over the past week and the clear desire to drive change has been incredible to see and in most cases, is a credit to our community.
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As much as our community does not like to see trails removed, DBCA is the land manager for much of the area where the trails are located. They have the responsibility to manage those lands and take out works as required. WAMBA has and will continue to lobby DBCA and others, so that existing trails remain and that new trails can be developed over time.
We also have to acknowledge, that based on the feedback shared on various forums, WAMBA is not doing enough to keep you all informed of what we do. As such, we are committed to providing more visibility on what we do for mountain biking. As a small group of volunteers we would appreciate any additional support that you, as an individual and as a community, are able to provide to help us do this.
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We are also pleased to advise that Parks and Wildlife have commenced preliminary works at Lane Pool in the Murray Valley. These are important precursor works for the trails planned for that area.
We also have our AGM on Tuesday 30 October 2018 and would love more volunteers to join the committee and help the Mountain Bike community get what we so desperately need - more trails. We all have a role to play in this.
Finally, on Friday WestCycle released a statement titled "The Future of Mountain Bike Trails in Western Australia" (https://westcycle.org.au/future-of-mountain-bike-trails/). It is targeted at government and points out that the political decision-makers have plans on their desks to approve for more than 200km of trails in the Perth Hills alone. Let's keep the pressure on our departments and ministers by writing letters, sending emails and demanding action on those approvals - not only for the Perth Hills, but across the state.
Break the Boundary is putting the call out for a couple of MTB mechanics who can donate basic components and spare a few hours each month to help maintain their adaptive bikes, so they can continue to meet their objectives and service the community.
The organisation has been successfully operating as the only community group that helps Australians with a disability live a healthier and happier life through adaptive off-road cycling. And from that success, the demand for more programs, events and clinics continues to increase and therefore they need to expand.
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Recently there has been a deal of social media comment about the effectiveness (or lack of) of WAMBA and of WestCycle. Much of this comment appears to be born from ignorance and we hope that this open letter will help the community understand WAMBA's role and focus:
WAMBA is recognised by the State Government as being the state sporting association for mountain biking and our constitution says that our mission is "to work collaboratively with key stakeholders to identify, develop and sustain mountain bike experiences in Western Australia".
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries currently provides funding to WAMBA to help us realise our objectives and to implement the State Mountain Biking Strategy. That funding supports WestCycle's Mountain Bike Development Manager – Peta Demidenko - whose sole purpose is support mountain-biking in WA. It also allows WestCycle to:
The achievements of WAMBA since this arrangement was implemented have been, frankly, outstanding and a credit to the tireless efforts of the volunteers who make up the committee and to the people within WestCycle who put in a massive effort on our behalf.
Click here to read the entire letter.
Yet again it's set to be another cracking year of racing with a jam packed 2018 season across all disciplines.
A massive THANK YOU to Dean Wright for once again coordinating the calendar on behalf of WAMBA and the WA mountain bike community - it's not an easy job, but a vital one.
Thank you to all the race organisers for their assistance, commitment to mountain biking in WA and patience in the preparation of the calendar.
And thank you to Bryan Stevenson for doing the graphics.
Head to the Event Calendar tab to find the Full Race Calendar and download a printable PDF version - http://www.wamba.org.au/index.php/events/full-calendar
The online Event Calendar will shortly be populated with all the details of these races and all the other MTB events happening next year. Check it out in early 2018.
The draft standard for Mountain Biking & Cycle Touring for the Australian Adventure Activity Standards (Australian AAS) has just been released for public comment. All members of the outdoors community can have their say about this activity standard by visiting yoursay.australianaas.org.au/mt-bike-cycle-touring/
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The long-brewing film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's revered novel "On the Road" has provided Kristen Stewart with a very different kind of book-to-screen experience than the one she experienced with the "Twilight" series.
Kerouac's 1957 tome defined the then-nascent Beat Generation, as filtered through the experiences of the road-tripping characters that were inspired by Kerouac's own inner circle of avant garde contemporaries. And even before Stewart came to portray Bella Swan in the vampiric romance novels that have obsessed her own generation, she was attached as a little-known young actress to portray Kerouac's key female character Marylou.
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At first I was just attracted to the spirit of it. I'm the type of person that really wants to – I need to be pushed really hard to be able to really let it all hang. I think Marylou is the type of person that you can't help but be yourself around because she's so unabashedly there, present all the time, like this bottomless pit of really generous empathy and it's a really rare quality to have. It makes you capable of living a really full, really rich life without it taking something from you. You couldn't take from her – I don't know she was always getting something back – so she was amazing.
On her feelings about living the beatnik lifestyle chronicled by Kerouac:
I think Luanne [Henderson, the real-life inspiration for Marylou] would have been ahead of her time now. Generally peoples' expectations for their lives in a personal way are not a whole lot different: It's a really fundamental thing to want to be a part of a group. We are pack animals. In a way she had very conventional ideals as well. She had this capacity to live many lives that didn't necessarily mess with the other. She was not above emotion. She was above jealousy but not above feeling hurt – but not slighted.
Maybe if this movie was made back in the day as opposed to now, people would be so shocked and awed by the sex and the drugs that they would actually miss what the movie's about. Whereas now we've just seen a little bit more of it so it's not so shocking to stomach. Sure, times have changed – but people don't change. That's why the book's never been irrelevant. There will always be people that want to push a little bit harder and there are repercussions. It's evident in the story as well. Even in that little glimpse, that moment in time. Knowing what happens to all the characters afterwards is interesting. She knew Neal Cassady [the real-life inspiration for Dean Moriarty] to the end of his life, and they always shared what they had. It never left their hearts even though their lives changed monumentally.
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In my last post I described one of my curatorial tasks here at the Museum: the re-housing of our extensive collections of hawkmoths, made up of around 289,000 specimens.
The re-housing of the Museum's extensive collection of hawkmoths will keep me busy for the next few months (did I hear someone say years?)
In this post I would like you to meet the actual stars of this project, the hawkmoths themselves. Hawkmoths belong to the Lepidoptera family called Sphingidae, a relatively small family if compared with other families in the order Lepidoptera; so far there are 208 genera and 1,492 species described. Hawkmoths are insects belonging to the family Sphingidae in the order Lepidoptera. 208 genera and 1492 species of hawkmoths have been described so far. Top row (L-R): Deilephila elpenor (Elephant hawkmoth), Agrius convolvuli (Convolvulus hawkmoth), Elibia dolichus. Middle row (L-R): Cechenena sp., Hayesiana triopus, Agrius convolvuli (Convolvulus hawkmoth). Bottom row (L-R): Mimas tiliae (Lime hawkmoth), Hyles sp., Hyles lineata (Striped hawkmoth), Akbesia davidi.
Species belonging to this family usually have falcate (curved and hooked) wings and their body is characteristically streamlined. The majority of species have a very swift and agile flight, and hover rapidly in front of flowers feeding on nectar with their tongue, which is often very long.
The long tongue of many species of hawkmoths is mainly used to feed on nectar from flowers or occasionally, as in the case of this Argentinean Xylophanes schreiteri, on sweet breakfast leftovers! This photo was kindly provided by Tony Pittaway. Check Tony's interesting websites, Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic and Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic, for more information and pictures of hawkmoths.
Hawkmoths caterpillars are large and have a curved horn on the rear end. When disturbed, they usually rear up with their anterior segments arched, in a manner reminiscent of the Egyptian sphinx. These two larval features explain why these moths are also known with the common names of hornworms and sphinx-moths, while the common name hawkmoth refers to the rapid flight and falcate wing shape of the adult.
Sphingid caterpillars have a horn of various shapes on the last abdominal segment. From top right clockwise: Cephonodes hylas, Dolbina inexacta, Eumorpha analis and Daphnis nerii (Oleander hawkmoth). All pictures by Tony Pittaway.
The beauty and elegance of hawkmoths have always been attractive to both scientists and the public; consequently these moths have become one of the most widely collected groups of insects.
The beauty and elegance of hawkmoths have always been attractive to both scientists and the public.
Hawkmoths are generally well represented in every insect collection, large or small, and they are frequently reared from caterpillars, which has helped in providing a great deal of information on their biology and life history. Most species are also readily attracted to artificial light sources and this helps in surveying them when conducting biodiversity inventories of an area, which in turn has provided us with considerable insights into their distributional patterns and ranges.
Many species of hawkmoths are attracted to artificial light sources.
The following pictures, taken from specimens in the Museum collections, show the ample variation that exists in size, shape, features and wing patterns among the different species in this family of moths.
The stunningly emerald green Euchloron maegera. This species is commonly distributed in all Sub-Saharan Africa.
Oryba kadeni is another wonderfully green hawkmoth. It's characterised by very large eyes and relatively short antennae. This species is found from Belize southward to Brazil.
Some sphingids like dressing in pink, such as this lovely elephant hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor). This species is relatively common and widely distributed. It occurs in all Europe (with the exception of northern Scandinavia, northern Scotland and parts of the Iberian Peninsula), eastward through temperate Russia to the Pacific coast, Korea & Japan. It is also found in China as far as the provinces of Sichuan and Guangdong. It is a common species in the UK.
Leucophlebia lineata is another pretty hawkmoth sporting a series of pink, yellow and white stripes on the forewings. This species is found from Pakistan through India and Sri Lanka, to eastern and southern China, down to South East Asia.
Neococytius cluentius is one of the largest hawkmoths with a wingspan that can reach 17cm, and a long tongue of up to 22cm. It occurs from Mexico to Argentina, and has also been recorded as a stray in north Illinois and south Michigan.
The record for the longest tongue belongs to Xanthopan morganii subsp. praedicta, a relatively large hawkmoth found in Madagascar famous for its long proboscis used for probing on flowers to feed on nectar. Thanks to its long proboscis, which can reach 25cm, this moth is well adapted for feeding from the flowers of star orchids, in which the nectar is kept at the bottom of a very long spur. While doing so the hawkmoth secures the pollination of the orchid.
On the other hand, the adult of the hawkmoths in the subfamily Smerinthini, such as this Laothoe populi (the poplar hawkmoth), have extremely reduced mouthparts and are unable to feed. This moth is well distributed across Europe, as far as southern Turkey and eastward through Russia, and as far east as Irkutsk. It's probably the most common hawkmoth in the UK where the adults fly between May and July.
Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades with its 2-3 cm wing span is the smallest hawkmoth. It occurs in some countries in South-East Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, Southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. It has also been recorded in parts of the Middle East.
The hawkmoth Euryglottis aper reminds me a bit of one of those soft toy puppets. It is a very hairy species as it flies at elevation of up to 2800m in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
The Museum collection contains representive specimens of 207 genera and around 1,300 species of hawkmoths; a global coverage of 85%. Of the 289,000 specimens of Sphingidae held in the Museum collections, 113,000 are dry pinned and a further 176,000 are unset and still in their original envelopes. The Museum's collection is certainly the largest and most complete collection of sphingid in the world.
In the next post I will be featuring more pictures and information on other species of hawkmoths and I will also give a little bit of history about the original hawkmoths collection of the Natural History Museum. I hope you'll be back then.
Thanks for reading and I take this opportunity to wish all the readers a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
A friendly convolvulus hawkmoth I met on a recent trip to Bulgaria. Isn't he cute?


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Awards and Recognition
International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) 2011 Public Information Program Award
The City Assessor's Office received the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) Public Information Program Award for excellence in their customer service and public access to assessments. The City Assessor, Gregory H. Daniels, CAE, accepted the award at the IAAO's annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona in September. "Our office does an amazing job. I'm very proud that our hard work has been recognized by an international community of our peers," said Daniels after receiving the award.
The award is given to assessment jurisdictions that have developed and implemented an effective system for the dissemination of information regarding the assessment process for the past two years to taxpayers. Lynchburg was recognized for open dialogues regarding property assessments with the community through various mediums including The News & Advance, WSET 13, WLNI 105.9 fm, and others.
The City's on-line GIS Parcel Viewer was the crowning achievement regarding public access to assessments and associated property data. One critical measurement for the award hinged on how the public access to information improved the quality of assessments. "With all that information available to the public, timeliness and accuracy are a must, and it's that timeliness and accuracy which goes a long way in helping the public understand their assessments," said Daniels.
The nomination package noted the improved accuracy and timeliness necessary when making information available for public scrutiny. The public can see building permits immediately. Real estate transfers are processed from the Circuit Court Clerk's Office within one to two business days.
Local real estate brokers, title companies, and attorneys supported the nomination with letters lauding the on-line GIS Parcel Viewer and the Assessor's Office superior customer service.
ProVal Users Group Award 2003 Outstanding ProVal User Jurisdiction
This award was presented to the City of Lynchburg by Manatron, Inc. at the ProVal Annual Users Conference in 2003. The City of Lynchburg Assessor's Office was selected from over 300 jurisdictions in the United States and Canada using ProVal. ProVal is a comprehensive mass appraisal program developed by Manatron, Inc. and used by the City Assessor's Office to provide equitable assessments to Lynchburg's land and improvements.
Manatron's comments:
The ProVal jurisdiction of the year is presented to the city or county who has made exceptional progress throughout the past year utilizing the many capabilities of ProVal appraisal software.
This year's honoree began using the ProVal CAMA system on April 12th, 2002. This particular customer chose to perform their own administrative as well as construction detail data conversion. Key personnel were trained on the conversion process and the staff converted, tested, and completed their entire data conversion.
By early August the data conversion was completed and four days of ProVal training began for the administrative and appraisal staff. There were a few follow-up telephone calls and e-mails and then things got... eerily quiet.
After July 1st, 2003 had come and gone, we were notified by the jurisdiction that they had generated values on approximately 50-percent of their parcels and had trended the remainder. Values were certified and a notice file was produced from the software. It is quite a feat to train for a conversion, convert the data, train the staff, analyze sales, build your neighborhood tables, build a land model, adjust cost tables, build trend models, and then put all of this into play to produce values in the span of 14 months.
Previous winners of this award have been:
- 2002 - Snohomish County, Washington, & Hancock County, Indiana
- 2001 - Medina County, Ohio
- 2000 - Lake County, Illinois
- 1999 - Jefferson County, Kentucky
The dedication and drive shown by this jurisdiction has set a standard for others to follow. For these reasons it is my pleasure to present the 2003 Outstanding Jurisdiction Award to the City of Lynchburg, Virginia. Congratulations!


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Friday, March 2, 2007
Not too long ago Imran gave the world FizzBuzz. FizzBuzz is an incredibly easy programming problem whose sole purpose is to screen software development job applicants who are so bad that they can't write code at all. It has no other purpose. It was literally designed so that it requires programming skill, but if you have any programming skill at all, you can solve it in seconds.
You might expect the blog world to respond, if it responded at all, with a re-evaluation of its hiring priorities, or a re-examination of the ways in which software developers are hired, or even some new ideas about how to hire. Alternatively, if you were absurdly cynical, you might expect programmers to start coding FizzBuzz in every language from Haskell to SQL, and even to start holding FizzBuzz coding contests.
The great thing about being cynical is, it's rarely disappointing. Anybody who makes a prediction that large numbers of humans are going to continue acting like idiots will always get to enjoy the satisfaction of seeing their prediction come to pass. Because this is what people in fact do.
Anyone hoping to stop the madness is facing the usual frustration experienced by those who attempt to get more than three people to use their common sense in the same place at the same time. There was recently a post about a FizzBuzz contest on the Ruby-Talk mailing list which actually linked to Raganwald's Don't Overthink FizzBuzz for a description of the problem. (The FizzBuzz golf contest site appears to be down, but here's the link anyway.)
There is probably nothing more useless than coding a solution to FizzBuzz. It is not a profitable problem; it is not a difficult problem. You will learn nothing, you will not make a cent. The sole purpose of this programming problem is to weed out coders so incompetent that they have no hope of ever learning to program anything. It is only useful to people who hire programmers. Yet programmers are coding it in droves, all over the Web. It's even being called the programmer's "Stairway to Heaven," except that's completely wrong, because playing "Stairway to Heaven" does require some practice and skill.
Obviously I'm just complaining about people being stupid, which is of course at least as unproductive as the actual stupidity itself. But the funny thing is, I think you can use FizzBuzz as a hiring screen in another way. Don't ever hire anybody who can't code FizzBuzz; and don't ever hire anybody who does code FizzBuzz. Because the question is, why has anybody ever coded a FizzBuzz implementation? You get no money, you learn nothing, you don't get laid, you don't get a cookie, you don't even get to wear a shiny paper hat. (Although I suppose nobody's stopping you.) What on earth is the point?
People code FizzBuzz because it's safe. Every programmer out there who has wasted a second of their time on a FizzBuzz implementation has had something better to do, some dream, some goal, some ambition that they passed up to write FizzBuzz instead -- just like everybody out there who's ever sat on the couch and watched Friends instead of doing something worthwhile with their lives. They read about it on the Internet, it involves some form of effort -- insofar as lifting your fingers and then dropping them on a keyboard must burn some fractional quantity of a calorie -- and it's a lot less frightening than taking that dream program you've always wanted to code and actually coding it. (Or worse yet, making a first pass at it, realizing it sucks, throwing it away, and starting again. Which is what you have to do if you want to get anywhere.)
The thing is, if you've got some person who really thinks that coding FizzBuzz is worth the time it takes out of their short life, the few inches it brings them closer to the grave, they're going to be that wasteful with your time too. Even after you've bought that time from them. Hiring somebody who spends the time to write a FizzBuzz means that the thing you hire them to write will turn into a FizzBuzz. Those FizzBuzzers will FizzBuzz it up, until it's so damn FizzBuzzed that nobody but an utter FizzBuzz would be willing to work on it in the first place.
Keep in mind, FizzBuzz is basically an idiot detector. Anybody who bothers to code FizzBuzz is saying, ooh, an idiot detector. I'd better aim this at my own head and see what happens. Then they manage to code FizzBuzz and they go, "yay! I'm not an idiot!"
At the risk of raining on their parades, if you aim an idiot detector at your own head, it really doesn't matter what the readout is.
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To the contrary, I have been enjoying the fizzbuzz movement. First of all, of course programmers are going to solve FizzBuzz. Hackers are problem solvers and it's hard to resist that urge. Since when does uselessness enter into it? Some guys at SAP just used scriptaculous and rails in order to create a web app with which they could modify backend data using a wiimote. Not much of a business case there, but I'd sure hire those guys on basis of the passion and skill required.ReplyDelete
More importantly though, I think that programmers are used to being idiots *somewhere*. Of course I can hack fizzbuzz in a minute in any language on my resume. But there are other languages. I found myself reading through implementations, looking at idiomatic solutions in languages where the idiot detector would go off when pointed at me. Like a rosetta stone, you know the message and seek the cipher.
Is Fizzbuzz the best rosetta stone out there? Better than some, worse than others. There's iteration, conditionals, string output. I'd say that puts it above hello world, and in the vicinity of fib(x) on the rosetta stone scale.
Anyway, I'll get back to work in a minute, hacking something much more useful to my client but still rather unimportant in the grand scheme of things. I guess I feel the same about coding as I do about my weekend pick-up sports matches: "We come to have fun, not to win."
It seems like everybody's been enjoying FizzBuzz more than I have. I just posted in my tumblelog a link to a programmer who solved FizzBuzz by writing a solution in Lisp, a Lisp interpreter in Lisp to run the solution, a Lisp interpreter in Prolog to run the Lisp that runs the Lisp that runs the solution, and a Prolog interpreter in Ruby to run the Prolog that runs the Lisp that runs the Lisp that runs the solution.ReplyDelete
I can see people are having fun with it, but it still seems kind of insane.
I can see people are having fun with it, but it still seems kind of insane.ReplyDelete
Perhaps there is the great divide.
I agree that it is inane, but dispute that it is insane.
But I am mystified as to how much attention it has gotten. When I posted a contrived solution, I did so to illustrate that it was not worth taking any more trouble to solve than necessary in an interview.
My injunction was not to over-think the darn thing, but somehow...
What is sad is how few people wrote to give their code for implementing fixed point combinators, bayesian classifiers, or lazy evaluation. What is it about Rod Stewart that fascinates while Roy Hargrove walks down the street unrecognized?
I just posted in my tumblelog a link to a programmer who solved FizzBuzz by writing a solution in Lisp, a Lisp interpreter in Lisp to run the solution, a Lisp interpreter in Prolog to run the Lisp that runs the Lisp that runs the solution, and a Prolog interpreter in Ruby to run the Prolog that runs the Lisp that runs the Lisp that runs the solution.ReplyDelete
Wow! That would be something worth looking at.
I agreed with your post here that while I could've coded FizzBuzz in short order in the language of my choice, it wasn't worth my time. It would've been the equivalent of writing "Hello World". Why would I bother writing something I could do in my sleep?
I put forward a challenge in C, on the same blog: convert an integer to a string--using no library functions. It uses the same functionality tested for in FizzBuzz. It would be trivial to write a solution to it in a dynamic language like Ruby (because there are different rules). No one responded to it. Maybe it seemed too trivial.
FizzBuzz definitely has hit the tipping point. I think it's probably more a sociology question than anything else.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 6, 2007 at 6:47:00 PM PST
I'm guessing that you probably also think codegolfing is insane, but I posted the FizzBuzz problem at golf.shinh.org because there's more to this than "can you write it?". Of *course* everybody can write it. But can you do it in less than 56 bytes of Ruby, or 91 bytes of Haskell, or 62 bytes of Postscript?ReplyDelete
Assuming one has the good judgement not to try put that kind of squeeze on normal code, I tHink golfing a simple problem can serve as a kind of code kata. Learning edge cases is part of really knowing a language, and a quest for minimum size sure does locates some edges.
Also, the golfing competition clearly drew many people who would otherwise have posted their damned solutions in blog comments, so *somebody* should be thanking me for that at least.
I was a little disappointed you didn't end your post with your own FizzBuzz attempt. ;-)ReplyDelete
I once worked with a guy who won an obfuscated Perl contest by writing an incredibly tiny Morse code interpreter, and then writing the rest of the program in Perl. Or possibly by writing a Morse code interpreter in Morse code in Perl. He was a smart guy and I was definitely glad to work with him. Code-golfing and obfuscation contests aren't necessarily a bad thing, but FizzBuzz really isn't worth that kind of attention. I'm just saying, have a sense of proportion.ReplyDelete
@jim -- maybe I'll code a FizzBuzz this weekend, which works by overriding Integer#to_s in Ruby, and then does 1..100.each {|i| p i}.ReplyDelete
Probably, though, I won't.
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Your opinions could also be applied to those who blog about FizzBuzz. What lofty goal did you put off writing this blog entry?ReplyDelete
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Coach Dean Kreps and his staff face one of the biggest rebuilding challenges in recent seasons as the Flying Dutchmen embark on an ambitious football journey.
The Flying Dutchmen graduated 24 seniors from their MIAA co-championship team. Many were in the starting lineup. The result is that the 2008 pre-season depth chart lists just two offensive and five defensive returning starters.
On top of that, Hope also has arguably one of the toughest pre-league schedules in Division III. Hope's four non-league opponents posted an impressive 31-11 cumulative record last fall.
The pre-season roster of 180 players includes 26 returning letterwinners, 10 on offense and 16 on defense. The roster includes 65 freshmen or players new to the team along with 64 sophomores, 35 juniors and 16 seniors.
Marking the 99th season of Hope football, the Flying Dutchmen will be bidding for a third consecutive MIAA championship. The 2007 team posted an overall 6-4 record, marking the 12th straight season that the Flying Dutchmen ended .500 or above, a school-record.
The offense will center around senior quarterback Jake Manning of Schoolcraft, Mich. (Schoolcraft HS). A two-year starter, Manning already ranks third all-time in passing yardage and sixth in total offense. Last season he threw 22 touchdown passes while completing 58% of his attempts covering nearly 2,500 yards.
The 2007 Flying Dutchmen averaged 34 points and 422 yards of total offense per game. Manning's challenge is the fact that the team's six leading receivers last fall have graduated. They accounted for all but 64 of the team 2,576 receiving yards and 22 of the 23 receiving touchdowns. Also gone are the team's two leading tailbacks who together gained nearly 1,500 yards and scored 19 of the team's 22 rushing touchdowns.
Two-time All-MIAA tackle Erik Ladomersky a senior from Grandville, Mich. (Grandville HS) is another returning standout. Ladomersky and Manning will be team co-captains.
The defensive secondary experienced with four returning starters - sophomore corner Chris Jackson of Keego Harbor, Mich. (Pontiac HS), sophomore safety Kevin VanDokkumburg of Holland, Mich. (Holland HS), senior safety Andy Johansen of Holland, Mich. (West Ottawa HS), and senior safety Kevin Mill of Romeo, Mich. (Romeo HS). Also returning in the defensive starting lineup is junior linebacker Chris Batterbee of Gladwin, Mich. (Gladwin HS).
The cupboard is not necessarily empty, however, as many of the Hope players on the two-deep chart last fall were underclassmen.
The 2008 schedule has three new non-league opponents. The Flying Dutchmen will be playing UW-Eau Claire for the first time and will be renewing rivalries with Illinois Wesleyan and Carthage. UW-Eau Claire advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III playoffs last fall. Hope's three other non-league foes (Wheaton, Illinois Wesleyan and Carthage) are all members of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Hope last played Carthage in 1985 and Illinois Wesleyan in 1999.
The MIAA schedule has a new look with the departure of Wisconsin Lutheran and the newly named Trine University, formerly Tri-State.
The 99th year of Hope football will begin with the traditional home Community Day game on Saturday, Sept. 6 against Illinois Wesleyan. The Flying Dutchmen will also play a home night game, hosting Wheaton under the lights of Holland Municipal Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 27. The 11-week/10-game season includes a bye on Saturday, Oct. 18.


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By Chris Kral
Texas A&M has recently revealed the newly renovated Kyle Field locker room which is part of a complete renovation of Kyle Field estimated to cost $450 million.
This isn't your average run-of-the-mill locker room – no, sir. We're in an age of bigger and better and Texas A&M went all out to make sure their football players were completely comfortable – you know, by offering all the creature comforts of home.
Here's 6 ridiculous features of Kyle Field's new locker room at Texas A&M:
1. A wall of TVs counting down to kickoff
Because who really knows what day it is anyway?
Take a look at the new football locker room on facebook tx.ag/14LRPA tx.ag/FBWHOSNEXT #12thMan http://t.co/Ny7C0k87cA—
Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) July 31, 2014
2. 8 TVs in the hydrotherapy pool area with ceiling-to-floor waterfalls.
Because how will they relax without an artificial waterfall?
Aggie Football has a new look going into the 2014 season tx.ag/FBWHOSNEXT #12thMan http://t.co/1ytYxwVKOf—
Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) July 31, 2014
3. TVs mounted inside the bathroom mirrors.
Because missing any second of tape would be detrimental, you guys.
Oh, and there are flatscreen TVs inside the bathroom mirrors of the Aggies new locker room, too. http://t.co/XrdpsTplJP—
Sam Khan Jr. (@skhanjr) July 31, 2014
4. Futuristic lockers.
So imposing.
Texas A&M locker room looks fresh, thanks to @populous for the great work tx.ag/FBWHOSNEXT #12thMan http://t.co/Lg5BUPliE9—
Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) July 31, 2014
5. Futuristic lockers with LED screens!
Game changer.
Video: Texas A&M's new locker room has 100 flat-screen TVs, a waterfall & barbershop! Watch > bit.ly/1s8W2U4 http://t.co/iYy9gaSkYK—
Athlete Locker (@AthleteLocker) August 01, 2014
6. Barbershop.
Keepin' 'em high and tight!
High and tight. Texas A&M's new locker room, complete with barber shop. http://t.co/pm4XSPHSjN—
The SEC Logo (@SEC_Logo) August 01, 2014
I think we all know who to thank for this…
Check out the new locker room in all its glory here:
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