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If anyone on the board snorkels or dives, I recommend U.S. Divers/Aqualung gear.<BR>
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.<BR>
You can bet your dive booties that I will look at their gear first for any future purchases.<BR>
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Soon to be former Moscow resident<BR>
Kai Eiselein<BR>
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> From: vision2020-request@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Vision2020 Digest, Vol 49, Issue 109<BR>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:44:06 -0700<BR>> <BR>> Send Vision2020 mailing list submissions to<BR>> vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020<BR>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> vision2020-request@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> vision2020-owner@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> than "Re: Contents of Vision2020 digest..."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Today's Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. July 28, 2010: NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on Record According<BR>> to Scientists in 48 Countries (Ted Moffett)<BR>> 2. A Word From the Mayor of Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville (Tom Hansen)<BR>> 3. Re: Say What? (keely emerinemix)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:05:17 -0700<BR>> From: Ted Moffett <starbliss@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] July 28, 2010: NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on<BR>> Record According to Scientists in 48 Countries<BR>> To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <AANLkTi=+tjyLuGHxf1dtJscpSvjKkH6RvfmuY-uHuz9h@mail.gmail.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> <BR>> http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100728_stateoftheclimate.html<BR>> <BR>> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/<BR>> <BR>> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/2009.php<BR>> NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on Record According to Scientists in 48<BR>> Countries Earth<BR>> has been growing warmer for more than fifty years<BR>> <BR>> July 28, 2010<BR>> <BR>> The 2009 *State of the Climate* report released today draws on data for 10<BR>> key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific<BR>> evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than 300 scientists<BR>> from 160 research groups in 48 countries contributed to the report, which<BR>> confirms that the past decade was the warmest on record and that the Earth<BR>> has been growing warmer over the last 50 years.<BR>> <BR>> Based on comprehensive data from multiple sources, the report defines 10<BR>> measurable planet-wide features used to gauge global temperature changes.<BR>> The relative movement of each of these indicators proves consistent with a<BR>> warming world. Seven indicators are rising: air temperature over land,<BR>> sea-surface temperature, air temperature over oceans, sea level, ocean heat,<BR>> humidity and tropospheric temperature in the ?active-weather? layer of the<BR>> atmosphere closest to the Earth?s surface. Three indicators are declining:<BR>> Arctic sea ice, glaciers and spring snow cover in the Northern hemisphere.<BR>> <BR>> ?For the first time, and in a single compelling comparison, the analysis<BR>> brings together multiple observational records from the top of the<BR>> atmosphere to the depths of the ocean,? said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under<BR>> secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. ?The<BR>> records come from many institutions worldwide. They use data collected from<BR>> diverse sources, including satellites, weather balloons, weather stations,<BR>> ships, buoys and field surveys. These independently produced lines of<BR>> evidence all point to the same conclusion: our planet is warming,?<BR>> <BR>> The report emphasizes that human society has developed for thousands of<BR>> years under one climatic state, and now a new set of climatic conditions are<BR>> taking shape. These conditions are consistently warmer, and some areas are<BR>> likely to see more extreme events like severe drought, torrential rain and<BR>> violent storms.<BR>> <BR>> ?Despite the variability caused by short-term changes, the analysis<BR>> conducted for this report illustrates why we are so confident the world is<BR>> warming,? said Peter Stott, Ph.D., contributor to the report and head of<BR>> Climate Monitoring and Attribution of the United Kingdom Met Office Hadley<BR>> Centre. ?When we look at air temperature and other indicators of climate, we<BR>> see highs and lows in the data from year to year because of natural<BR>> variability. Understanding climate change requires looking at the<BR>> longer-term record. When we follow decade-to-decade trends using multiple<BR>> data sets and independent analyses from around the world, we see clear and<BR>> unmistakable signs of a warming world.?<BR>> <BR>> While year-to-year changes in temperature often reflect natural climatic<BR>> variations such as El Ni?o/La Ni?a events, changes in average temperature<BR>> from decade-to-decade reveal long-term trends such as global warming. Each<BR>> of the last three decades has been much warmer than the decade before. At<BR>> the time, the 1980s was the hottest decade on record. In the 1990s, every<BR>> year was warmer than the average of the previous decade. The 2000s were<BR>> warmer still.<BR>> <BR>> ?The temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit over the past 50 years<BR>> may seem small, but it has already altered our planet,? said Deke Arndt,<BR>> co-editor of the report and chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch of NOAA?s<BR>> National Climatic Data Center. ?Glaciers and sea ice are melting, heavy<BR>> rainfall is intensifying and heat waves are more common. And, as the new<BR>> report tells us, there is now evidence that over 90 percent of warming over<BR>> the past 50 years has gone into our ocean.?<BR>> <BR>> More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in<BR>> their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons,<BR>> changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and<BR>> extended ice-free seasons in our waters. People are searching for relevant<BR>> and timely information about these changes to inform decision-making about<BR>> virtually all aspects of their lives. To help keep citizens and businesses<BR>> informed about climate, NOAA created the Climate Portal at *<BR>> http://www.climate.gov* <http://www.climate.gov/>. The portal features a<BR>> short video <http://www.climate.gov/#understandingClimate> that summarizes<BR>> some of the highlights of the State of the Climate Report.<BR>> <BR>> *State of the Climate* is published as a special supplement to the Bulletin<BR>> of the American Meteorological Society and is edited by D.S. Arndt, M.O.<BR>> Baringer, and M.R. Johnson. The full report and an online media packet with<BR>> graphics is available online: *<BR>> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate*<http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate><BR>> .<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20100729/08436730/attachment-0001.html <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 2<BR>> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:30:37 -0700<BR>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] A Word From the Mayor of<BR>> Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville<BR>> To: "Idaho Vandals" <vandal@uidaho.edu>, "Moscow Vision 2020"<BR>> <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID: <004c01cb2f4c$24807750$6d8165f0$@com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR>> <BR>> Greetings Vandals and Visionaires -<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On/About July 27, 2010 Bob Kustra, the President (and shining example of<BR>> civility) of Boise State University stated for all to hear and quote . . .<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "This is a great example of why my wife and I no longer travel to Moscow<BR>> games. It's a culture that is nasty, inebriated and civilly doesn't give our<BR>> fans the respect that any fan should expect when visiting an away team." <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On July 28, 2010, Nancy Chaney, the Mayor of Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville<BR>> responded. Her response has been obtained and duly posted at:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com/NastyandInebriated.htm<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Scuttlebutt has it that Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville's city council is in the<BR>> midst of preparing their own response, as well. Once their response is<BR>> available, it, too, will be posted.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> If Bob Kustra can be credited for one thing, it is that he has managed to<BR>> accomplish what the three previous mayors and five previous city councils of<BR>> Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville have failed to do . . . unite the people of<BR>> Moscow, Idaho in common cause. Realizing that this accomplishment merely<BR>> serves to fan the flames of rivalry, we can assume that Bob Kustra will<BR>> simply justify his ignorance by quoting a popular Frank Sinatra song when<BR>> referring to Nasty-and-Inebriated-Ville's Mayhor Nancy Chaney . . .<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "That's why the lady is a tramp."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Rock on, Moscow.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Seeya at the games, Vandals<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> <BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> UI '96<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Came a tribe from the north brave and bold . . .<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "Here We Have Idaho"<BR>> <BR>> <http://www.tomandrodna.com/HWHI.mp3> http://www.tomandrodna.com/HWHI.mp3<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "I-D-A-H-O Idaho Idaho Go Go Go"<BR>> <BR>> <http://www.tomandrodna.com/Vandals.mp3><BR>> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Vandals.mp3<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20100729/4e4cbd98/attachment-0001.html <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 3<BR>> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:44:05 -0700<BR>> From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1@msn.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?<BR>> To: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID: <COL105-W44CDB595F92C93685BB66582A90@phx.gbl><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> What a valuable service the Moscow-Pullman Daily News provides . . . <BR>> <BR>> Keely<BR>> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:37:35 -0700<BR>> > From: thansen@moscow.com<BR>> > To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?<BR>> > <BR>> > "Anyway the other day I went in to Tri-State to buy a factory wound spool<BR>> > for my Toro weed eater purchased there last year--which by the way fell<BR>> > apart--and the clerk who asked if he could help me after looking at the<BR>> > old one I brought in looked and little and said we don't carry that--I<BR>> > spotted one on the top row of their display and he also had liquor on his<BR>> > breath--a real turn off."<BR>> > <BR>> > - 9754 [not his/her real name] posted to the online Opinion section of<BR>> > today's (July 29, 2010) Moscow-Pullman Daily News<BR>> > <BR>> > [online subscription required]<BR>> > http://www.dnews.com/story/opinion/53840/<BR>> > <BR>> > -----------------------------------------------<BR>> > <BR>> > Seeya round town, MOscow.<BR>> > <BR>> > Tom Hansen<BR>> > Moscow, Idaho<BR>> > <BR>> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>> > <BR>> > - Unknown<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> > List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> > http://www.fsr.net <BR>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> <BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20100729/edfef3e5/attachment.html <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> http://www.fsr.net <BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> =======================================================<BR>> <BR>> End of Vision2020 Digest, Vol 49, Issue 109<BR>> *******************************************<BR> </body>
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