The documentary film Rize(currently playing in limited release) tells the entertaining and at times heart breaking story of young African Americans trying to break out of their difficult lives on the streets of South Central Los Angeles. Using dance as a means of expression and as a way to flee the omnipresent street gangs, the ...
El Nino. La Nina. Southern Oscillation. Arctic Oscillation. Northern Oscillation. What do these terms mean for us weather-wise and how will the 2012-2013 winter season proceed? Let’s just say that as I type, it’s sleeting like crazy and it’s 38 F in Northern Arizona. The terms, enumerated above, are names given to semi-regular climactic variations ...
Most people, even those who do not know Spanish, are familiar with the terms El Nino and La Nina. The first, of course, means boy or the boy child. The later means girl. Over the past twenty years or so, they both have become more commonly associated with weather phenomenon. Most people are quit familiar ...
The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season has yet to begin, but forecasters around the country are weighing in with predictions for the upcoming storm season. While an average Atlantic Hurricane season typically spawns around 11 named storms, only six usually become hurricanes, including two major hurricanes. However, as technology advances, academic researchers combined with a new ...