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Ski areas forced to close due to record-low temperatures
MISSOULA, Mont. - Four ski areas in western Montana have unexpectedly closed due to extreme cold and wind.
Snowbowl outside of Missoula, Discovery Ski Area near Philipsburg and Blacktail Mountain near Lakeside all closed Monday due to weather. All three areas were also closed Tuesday.
Great Divide near Helena also was closed Monday. It is closed on Tuesdays and officials said the extreme cold could impact skiing later in the week.
The National Weather Service's monitoring station near Snowbowl was recording temperatures around minus 10 degrees Monday, with winds in the 30 mph range. Some gusts of wind on Monday were recorded as being up to 56 mph, dropping wind chill to minus 43 degrees.
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/mont...lose-due-to-record-low-temperatures/245625280
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WARMING!
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NASA's Chief Scientist Departs Space Agency
WASHINGTON — NASA's chief scientist is leaving the agency after more than three years on the job, as NASA refreshes the leadership of its science programs.
Ellen Stofan left NASA this month after serving as chief scientist since August 2013. Agency spokesman Dwayne Brown was not immediately able to provide an exact departure date, or plans to select a new chief scientist.
Institutionally, she said one of the achievements she was most proud of as chief scientist was getting the agency to voluntarily request demographic information in grant proposals submitted by scientists. That information, she said, is important to understanding any biases in how the agency awards those grants.
"Implicit or unconscious bias is all around us; we may act on deep-seated biases that we don't even know we have," she said. "The first step in dealing with bias is seeing if you have a problem, and that is what the data collection will tell us."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ellen-stofan-nasas-chief-scientist-211100216.html
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There goes that Muslims in Space directive!
MISSOULA, Mont. - Four ski areas in western Montana have unexpectedly closed due to extreme cold and wind.
Snowbowl outside of Missoula, Discovery Ski Area near Philipsburg and Blacktail Mountain near Lakeside all closed Monday due to weather. All three areas were also closed Tuesday.
Great Divide near Helena also was closed Monday. It is closed on Tuesdays and officials said the extreme cold could impact skiing later in the week.
The National Weather Service's monitoring station near Snowbowl was recording temperatures around minus 10 degrees Monday, with winds in the 30 mph range. Some gusts of wind on Monday were recorded as being up to 56 mph, dropping wind chill to minus 43 degrees.
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/mont...lose-due-to-record-low-temperatures/245625280
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b b but
WARMING!
in related news - Drain the Swamp!
NASA's Chief Scientist Departs Space Agency
WASHINGTON — NASA's chief scientist is leaving the agency after more than three years on the job, as NASA refreshes the leadership of its science programs.
Ellen Stofan left NASA this month after serving as chief scientist since August 2013. Agency spokesman Dwayne Brown was not immediately able to provide an exact departure date, or plans to select a new chief scientist.
Institutionally, she said one of the achievements she was most proud of as chief scientist was getting the agency to voluntarily request demographic information in grant proposals submitted by scientists. That information, she said, is important to understanding any biases in how the agency awards those grants.
"Implicit or unconscious bias is all around us; we may act on deep-seated biases that we don't even know we have," she said. "The first step in dealing with bias is seeing if you have a problem, and that is what the data collection will tell us."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ellen-stofan-nasas-chief-scientist-211100216.html
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There goes that Muslims in Space directive!
