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General Discussion / Steve Jobs Has Died at Age 56
« on: October 05, 2011, 07:46:42 PM »
Breaking news on ABC news right now...
Cause of Death: His battle with Pancreatic Cancer
Cause of Death: His battle with Pancreatic Cancer
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General Discussion / Any Video Converter
« on: September 30, 2011, 09:23:04 AM »
Has anyone else used this program? I need help with something. I usually use this program to compress edited Windows Live Movie Maker files into compressed .avi files because the files are outrageously large. ex: 80mb for a 2 minute video, 100+mb if I use the save as HD option. Anyway, what I need help on is what frame size option should I use in Any Video Converter so that when I upload it to Youtube it stretches out across the whole video player? You know where there's no letterboxing on the left and right side. I uploaded a test video I saved under the HD option in Windows Live Movie Maker w/o using Any Video Converter to compress it and the video is still letterboxed. Thanks in advance! 
EDIT: Also I tried the yt:crop=16:9 trick, it didn't work either.
EDIT: Also I tried the yt:crop=16:9 trick, it didn't work either.
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General Discussion / My Scripted Series
« on: September 03, 2011, 04:54:27 PM »
Ok, here goes my second attempt at this, hopefully the post button won't be a FAIL on me this time. 
A few times over the past couple of years, I shared a few of my scripts here of my scripted series I've been writing for the past 8 years since I was 10 called "Stuck On Stoop-id" in the Front Porch/Pot Belly Stove threads, but since several constant discussions take place there, I thought it might be better to place them in a separate thread. If any admins. feel differently, I'll go back to posting them there at seldom times of the year.
Since Labor Day is coming soon, I'm posting this episode since it begins on Labor Day. (It's only mentioned to be Labor Day in the slug lines of scenes in the first act.)
Episode Description/Season Three Episode 36 - Daniel’s Outrageous Birthday [CODE NUMBER - S3136]
It’s Labor Day, but it's also Daniel’s 32nd birthday and since he’s never been to Chuck E Cheese’s as a kid, the family plans to hatch that part of his lost childhood for his birthday. While there, Daniel receives a phone call from an old ex friend from high school whose opening his 4th theme park in the country in Kansas City. When he opened his 1st park, Daniel and he were partners that went their separate ways. Rick tells him that he still has an old stock from that park that’s worth millions of dollars now, but if he doesn’t get to Washington D.C in 1 day to claim ownership of it, Rick is planning to railroad Daniel by buying out his stock. Can Daniel get to DC in time to claim what's rightfully his?
There's an original and cleaner version (removed the mild/strong language) of this episode attached below.
Also back in November 2009, I posted a fan fiction episode of my series that revolved around The Weather Channel, due to the episode not being updated since then and there being 3 departures of OCMs I used in that script, I'll probably post an updated version here when I get around to it. Jim Cantore and Heather Tesch will remain in the script unchanged.
Alexandra Steele (Lines to be replaced by Crystal Egger or Julie Martin)
Kevin Robinson (Lines to be replaced by either Chris Warren or Eric Fisher)
Nicole Mitchell (Lines to be replaced by Maria LaRosa)
A few times over the past couple of years, I shared a few of my scripts here of my scripted series I've been writing for the past 8 years since I was 10 called "Stuck On Stoop-id" in the Front Porch/Pot Belly Stove threads, but since several constant discussions take place there, I thought it might be better to place them in a separate thread. If any admins. feel differently, I'll go back to posting them there at seldom times of the year.
Since Labor Day is coming soon, I'm posting this episode since it begins on Labor Day. (It's only mentioned to be Labor Day in the slug lines of scenes in the first act.)
Episode Description/Season Three Episode 36 - Daniel’s Outrageous Birthday [CODE NUMBER - S3136]
It’s Labor Day, but it's also Daniel’s 32nd birthday and since he’s never been to Chuck E Cheese’s as a kid, the family plans to hatch that part of his lost childhood for his birthday. While there, Daniel receives a phone call from an old ex friend from high school whose opening his 4th theme park in the country in Kansas City. When he opened his 1st park, Daniel and he were partners that went their separate ways. Rick tells him that he still has an old stock from that park that’s worth millions of dollars now, but if he doesn’t get to Washington D.C in 1 day to claim ownership of it, Rick is planning to railroad Daniel by buying out his stock. Can Daniel get to DC in time to claim what's rightfully his?
There's an original and cleaner version (removed the mild/strong language) of this episode attached below.
Also back in November 2009, I posted a fan fiction episode of my series that revolved around The Weather Channel, due to the episode not being updated since then and there being 3 departures of OCMs I used in that script, I'll probably post an updated version here when I get around to it. Jim Cantore and Heather Tesch will remain in the script unchanged.
Alexandra Steele (Lines to be replaced by Crystal Egger or Julie Martin)
Kevin Robinson (Lines to be replaced by either Chris Warren or Eric Fisher)
Nicole Mitchell (Lines to be replaced by Maria LaRosa)
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Hurricane Central / Should the Saffir-Simpson Scale Be Revised or Eliminated?
« on: August 28, 2011, 09:52:15 AM »
I'm curious to know what you all think of this. Hurricane Irene has proven that among Ike and Katrina, it doesn't matter what category a hurricane is, if you're dealing with a large hurricane that can be as intense as it was with a storm surge and pressure equaling a Category 2/3 which Dr. Rick Knabb alluded to numerous times before, during, and after Irene came in. So do you think the categories of hurricanes should be removed, or we should revise the categories to find a way to incorporate the amount of storm surge that's determined by the size/pressure of the hurricane?
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Hurricane Central / Tropical Storm Harvey
« on: August 18, 2011, 10:51:18 PM »
NHC is usually slow updating on the site, but it is official.
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Hurricane Central / Tropical Storm Cindy
« on: July 20, 2011, 04:51:48 PM »
Here's CINDY!
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032011
500 PM AST WED JUL 20 2011
...TROPICAL STORM CINDY FORMS IN THE OPEN CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...35.2N 53.8W
ABOUT 665 MI...1065 KM ENE OF BERMUDA
ABOUT 1495 MI...2405 KM W OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 50 DEGREES AT 24 MPH...39 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032011
500 PM AST WED JUL 20 2011
...TROPICAL STORM CINDY FORMS IN THE OPEN CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...35.2N 53.8W
ABOUT 665 MI...1065 KM ENE OF BERMUDA
ABOUT 1495 MI...2405 KM W OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 50 DEGREES AT 24 MPH...39 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES
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Everything Else Classic TWC / BTF Fonts
« on: June 15, 2011, 06:29:38 PM »
Anyone know what fonts were used for this segment? Mainly the ones used in the picture below.
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General Weather Chat / La Nina Bows Out
« on: June 10, 2011, 07:54:09 AM »
The La Nina pattern that is partually responsible for our chaotic weather pattern for 2011 from Blizzards to rampaging tornadoes, to record flooding is officially gone. We have shifted into a neutral weather pattern. It's still too early to say if El Nino will make a definitive comeback by late 2011/2012. Also as far as hurricane season, I think it will be more near average or slightly below.
Last La Nina Advisory from the CPC (Climate Prediction Center)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html
Last La Nina Advisory from the CPC (Climate Prediction Center)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html
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General Discussion / NWS Online Survey
« on: June 09, 2011, 01:39:24 PM »
I saw this on their website today...
If you're interested in taking it, the link is below.
https://svy.cfigroup.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=PRANK3
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The NWS is undertaking research, once again this year, on how satisfied you are with our products and services and would appreciate your feedback. The purpose of this research is to help the NWS improve its services. The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete and need not be finished all at once. We also encourage you to take a moment and complete one or more of the additional sections focused on Climate, Fire Weather, Hydrology, and Tsunamis.
If you're interested in taking it, the link is below.
https://svy.cfigroup.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=PRANK3
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OCMs & Personalities / Jen Carfagno
« on: May 15, 2011, 10:20:23 PM »
I went through all the pages here before creating this (kinda surprised she doesn't have a thread) and I was wondering if anyone remembers when Jen went on maternity leave and what month did she return? I know she was back by September 2009 because I have a clip of her w/ Scott Williams on First Outlook during the historic flooding that took place in GA that month. I also have this clip of her from June 3, 2009 doing the Weekly Planner where it's pretty obvious she's expecting VERY soon. Also in retrospect, I'm a little annoyed that they had her working from 4-7am on FO so close to her maternity leave, she should have been in bed! I think they should have briefly moved her to Day planner of PM Edition until she left on maternity leave instead of having her up so early in the morning. (Ok, end rant 
)
) | First Outlook - Weekly Planner 6/3/2009 (Pregnant Jen Carfagno) | |
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Hurricane Central / 2011 Hurricane Season to Get Off to An Early Start This Year?
« on: April 20, 2011, 06:11:00 PM »
You can watch Bryan Norcross's video discussing the potential of having Subtropical Storm Arlene over the next several days.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/watching-what-could-be-a-tropical-system-20378
National Hurricane Center's Forecast Discussion
http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/watching-what-could-be-a-tropical-system-20378
National Hurricane Center's Forecast Discussion
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A LOW PRESSURE AREA LOCATED ABOUT 460 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN
PUERTO RICO HAS DEVELOPED SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
NEAR ITS CENTER. IN ADDITION...SATELLITE DATA AND SHIP REPORTS
INDICATE GALE-FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING NORTH OF THE CENTER. SLOW
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE COUPLE OF DAYS AS
IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THERE IS A LOW
CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPING INTO A SUBTROPICAL
OR TROPICAL CYCLONE BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME LESS FAVORABLE IN
ABOUT 48 HOURS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LOW CAN BE FOUND IN
HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NHC/TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND
FORECAST BRANCH...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT2 AND WMO HEADER
FZNT02 KNHC. ANOTHER SPECIAL OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED ON THURSDAY...
OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.
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Everything Else Classic TWC / A WeatherStar4000 Meltdown At It's Best
« on: April 02, 2011, 07:39:47 PM »
I ran across this video today of the 4000 having several hiccups...
It kept relooping for at least almost 7 minutes in the video.
There's a catchy production music playing for about 2 1/2 minutes at the beginning, it also reloops the first time the 4000 reloops in the video.
At 1:08 mins in, the 4000 is terribly degraded.
The Travel Cities Forecast comes up frozen after the almanac and then starts moving from the forecast for Dallas onward.
Trammell Starks kicks in at around 3:08 mins in and plays for the rest of the video.
The Extended Travel Forecast pops up randomly twice briefly.
This video is from the evening of December 2, 1996
It kept relooping for at least almost 7 minutes in the video.
There's a catchy production music playing for about 2 1/2 minutes at the beginning, it also reloops the first time the 4000 reloops in the video.
At 1:08 mins in, the 4000 is terribly degraded.
The Travel Cities Forecast comes up frozen after the almanac and then starts moving from the forecast for Dallas onward.
Trammell Starks kicks in at around 3:08 mins in and plays for the rest of the video.
The Extended Travel Forecast pops up randomly twice briefly.
This video is from the evening of December 2, 1996
| Local Forecast Major Malfunction - December 2nd 1996 | |
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General Discussion / House Budget Proposal Could Devastate the NWS’s Watch/Warning Forecasts
« on: February 16, 2011, 03:57:20 PM »
Just something I thought would catch some of your attention. Sounds like were going a century back into the 20th century if this happens.... I highlighted some concerning key points in this article.
Link --> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/house-fiscal-11-budget-proposal-could-devastate-the-national-weather-services-life-saving-warnings-and-forecasts-116235429.html
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As hurricane and tornado seasons approach, funding for the NWS will be nearly 30 percent less than the first half of 2011, if the Continuing Resolution proposed by the House majority is enacted. Congress's move will necessitate work furloughs and force rolling closures of Weather Warning Offices across the country. The effects will be felt in every aspect of daily life, including emergency management, television weather, and information used by our nation's citizens for transportation, commerce and agriculture.
The National Hurricane Center, the Storm Prediction Center, the Aviation Weather Center, the Tsunami Warning Centers, River Forecast Centers and local Weather Forecast Offices located in communities across the nation are all victims of Congress's budget cut.
"When the budget blade drops on the NWS, it will be felt around the country," said NWSEO President Dan Sobien. "In the next hurricane, flood, tornado or wildfire, lives will be lost and people will ask what went wrong. Congress's cuts and the devastation to the wellbeing of our nation's citizens are dangerously wrong."
Reduced funding will mean upper air observations currently made twice a day might be reduced to every other day. Buoy and surface weather observations, the backbone of most of the weather and warning systems, may be temporarily or permanently discontinued. Delays in replacement satellites run the risk of losing key weather data that can be obtained no other way. "This information is vital for weather modeling and essential for accurate tornado watches and warnings," said Sobien.
The National Hurricane Center is not immune to these cuts as furloughs and staffing cuts will add strain to the program. The Hurricane Hunter Jet, which provides lifesaving data and helps determine a hurricane's path, could also be eliminated.
Recent advances in aviation weather forecasting have resulted in as much as a 50 percent reduction in weather related flight delays. Unfortunately, these improvements are also on the chopping block as the money to fund the programs will be discontinued.
"Decreased accuracy of forecasts is going to devastate every aspect of our daily lives. There will be a large scale economic impact on aviation, agriculture, and the cost shipping food and other products," warns Sobien. "Most importantly, Congress is going set back our ability to save lives by decades."
Link --> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/house-fiscal-11-budget-proposal-could-devastate-the-national-weather-services-life-saving-warnings-and-forecasts-116235429.html
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General Weather Chat / When Do You Expect the First Snowfall to Happen In Your Area?
« on: October 20, 2010, 08:21:52 PM »
I'm interested in knowing when you guys think you'll see the first flakes fall where you live. For my area I'm guessing around the Thanksgiving Holidays or shortly right after. Thanksgiving Week is the earliest I have ever seen the first snowflakes fall here which was back in 2006 two days before my birthday, that's a rare treat. 