[Vision2020] Speaking of great customer service

Thu Jul 29 12:11:39 PDT 2010

If anyone on the board snorkels or dives, I recommend U.S. Divers/Aqualung gear.
The strap on one of my two-year-old fins broke while preparing for a dip off the Florida Keys about a week and a half ago. I contacted the manufacturer and, despite the fin being out of warranty, they sent me a brand new replacement pair, even though I only needed one.
You can bet your dive booties that I will look at their gear first for any future purchases.

Soon to be former Moscow resident
Kai Eiselein

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> 1. July 28, 2010: NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on Record According
> to Scientists in 48 Countries (Ted Moffett)
> 2. A Word From the Mayor of Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville (Tom Hansen)
> 3. Re: Say What? (keely emerinemix)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:05:17 -0700
> From: Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] July 28, 2010: NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on
> Record According to Scientists in 48 Countries
> To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
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> http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100728_stateoftheclimate.html
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> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/
> 
> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/2009.php
> NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on Record According to Scientists in 48
> Countries Earth
> has been growing warmer for more than fifty years
> 
> July 28, 2010
> 
> The 2009 *State of the Climate* report released today draws on data for 10
> key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific
> evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than 300 scientists
> from 160 research groups in 48 countries contributed to the report, which
> confirms that the past decade was the warmest on record and that the Earth
> has been growing warmer over the last 50 years.
> 
> Based on comprehensive data from multiple sources, the report defines 10
> measurable planet-wide features used to gauge global temperature changes.
> The relative movement of each of these indicators proves consistent with a
> warming world. Seven indicators are rising: air temperature over land,
> sea-surface temperature, air temperature over oceans, sea level, ocean heat,
> humidity and tropospheric temperature in the ?active-weather? layer of the
> atmosphere closest to the Earth?s surface. Three indicators are declining:
> Arctic sea ice, glaciers and spring snow cover in the Northern hemisphere.
> 
> ?For the first time, and in a single compelling comparison, the analysis
> brings together multiple observational records from the top of the
> atmosphere to the depths of the ocean,? said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under
> secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. ?The
> records come from many institutions worldwide. They use data collected from
> diverse sources, including satellites, weather balloons, weather stations,
> ships, buoys and field surveys. These independently produced lines of
> evidence all point to the same conclusion: our planet is warming,?
> 
> The report emphasizes that human society has developed for thousands of
> years under one climatic state, and now a new set of climatic conditions are
> taking shape. These conditions are consistently warmer, and some areas are
> likely to see more extreme events like severe drought, torrential rain and
> violent storms.
> 
> ?Despite the variability caused by short-term changes, the analysis
> conducted for this report illustrates why we are so confident the world is
> warming,? said Peter Stott, Ph.D., contributor to the report and head of
> Climate Monitoring and Attribution of the United Kingdom Met Office Hadley
> Centre. ?When we look at air temperature and other indicators of climate, we
> see highs and lows in the data from year to year because of natural
> variability. Understanding climate change requires looking at the
> longer-term record. When we follow decade-to-decade trends using multiple
> data sets and independent analyses from around the world, we see clear and
> unmistakable signs of a warming world.?
> 
> While year-to-year changes in temperature often reflect natural climatic
> variations such as El Ni?o/La Ni?a events, changes in average temperature
> from decade-to-decade reveal long-term trends such as global warming. Each
> of the last three decades has been much warmer than the decade before. At
> the time, the 1980s was the hottest decade on record. In the 1990s, every
> year was warmer than the average of the previous decade. The 2000s were
> warmer still.
> 
> ?The temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit over the past 50 years
> may seem small, but it has already altered our planet,? said Deke Arndt,
> co-editor of the report and chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch of NOAA?s
> National Climatic Data Center. ?Glaciers and sea ice are melting, heavy
> rainfall is intensifying and heat waves are more common. And, as the new
> report tells us, there is now evidence that over 90 percent of warming over
> the past 50 years has gone into our ocean.?
> 
> More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in
> their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons,
> changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and
> extended ice-free seasons in our waters. People are searching for relevant
> and timely information about these changes to inform decision-making about
> virtually all aspects of their lives. To help keep citizens and businesses
> informed about climate, NOAA created the Climate Portal at *
> http://www.climate.gov* <http://www.climate.gov/>. The portal features a
> short video <http://www.climate.gov/#understandingClimate> that summarizes
> some of the highlights of the State of the Climate Report.
> 
> *State of the Climate* is published as a special supplement to the Bulletin
> of the American Meteorological Society and is edited by D.S. Arndt, M.O.
> Baringer, and M.R. Johnson. The full report and an online media packet with
> graphics is available online: *
> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate*<http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate>
> .
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:30:37 -0700
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] A Word From the Mayor of
> Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville
> To: "Idaho Vandals" <vandal at uidaho.edu>, "Moscow Vision 2020"
> <vision2020 at moscow.com>
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> Greetings Vandals and Visionaires -
> 
> 
> 
> On/About July 27, 2010 Bob Kustra, the President (and shining example of
> civility) of Boise State University stated for all to hear and quote . . .
> 
> 
> 
> "This is a great example of why my wife and I no longer travel to Moscow
> games. It's a culture that is nasty, inebriated and civilly doesn't give our
> fans the respect that any fan should expect when visiting an away team." 
> 
> 
> 
> On July 28, 2010, Nancy Chaney, the Mayor of Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville
> responded. Her response has been obtained and duly posted at:
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.MoscowCares.com/NastyandInebriated.htm
> 
> 
> 
> Scuttlebutt has it that Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville's city council is in the
> midst of preparing their own response, as well. Once their response is
> available, it, too, will be posted.
> 
> 
> 
> If Bob Kustra can be credited for one thing, it is that he has managed to
> accomplish what the three previous mayors and five previous city councils of
> Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville have failed to do . . . unite the people of
> Moscow, Idaho in common cause. Realizing that this accomplishment merely
> serves to fan the flames of rivalry, we can assume that Bob Kustra will
> simply justify his ignorance by quoting a popular Frank Sinatra song when
> referring to Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville's Mayhor Nancy Chaney . . .
> 
> 
> 
> "That's why the lady is a tramp."
> 
> 
> 
> Rock on, Moscow.
> 
> 
> 
> Seeya at the games, Vandals
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Hansen
> 
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> UI '96
> 
> 
> 
> Came a tribe from the north brave and bold . . .
> 
> 
> 
> "Here We Have Idaho"
> 
> <http://www.tomandrodna.com/HWHI.mp3> http://www.tomandrodna.com/HWHI.mp3
> 
> 
> 
> "I-D-A-H-O Idaho Idaho Go Go Go"
> 
> <http://www.tomandrodna.com/Vandals.mp3>
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Vandals.mp3
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:44:05 -0700
> From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
> To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
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> What a valuable service the Moscow-Pullman Daily News provides . . . 
> 
> Keely
> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
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> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:37:35 -0700
> > From: thansen at moscow.com
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?
> > 
> > "Anyway the other day I went in to Tri-State to buy a factory wound spool
> > for my Toro weed eater purchased there last year--which by the way fell
> > apart--and the clerk who asked if he could help me after looking at the
> > old one I brought in looked and little and said we don't carry that--I
> > spotted one on the top row of their display and he also had liquor on his
> > breath--a real turn off."
> > 
> > - 9754 [not his/her real name] posted to the online Opinion section of
> > today's (July 29, 2010) Moscow-Pullman Daily News
> > 
> > [online subscription required]
> > http://www.dnews.com/story/opinion/53840/
> > 
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> > 
> > Seeya round town, MOscow.
> > 
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> > 
> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> > 
> > - Unknown
> > 
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