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FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA

57 AM PDT WED OCT 4 2006

...FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT...

.A COLD...WINTER-LIKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC ISFORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAYBRINGING THE THREAT OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE SIERRA.AREAS FROM NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITE WILL HAVE THEGREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENINGAND CONTINUING AS SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY ATELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

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FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA LATER THIS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA846 PM PDT MON OCT 2 2006

...FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA LATER THISWEEK...

.A COLD...WINTER-LIKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC ISFORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGHTHURSDAY BRINGING THE THREAT OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THESIERRA MOUNTAINS. AREAS FROM NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITEWILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNINGWEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING AS SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OFTHURSDAY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

CAZ096-031200-/O.CON.KHNX.WS.A.0015.061005T0200Z-061006T0200Z/SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-846 PM PDT MON OCT 2 2006

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA513 AM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

...FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA LATER THISWEEK...

.A COLD...WINTER-LIKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC ISFORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGHTHURSDAY BRINGING THE THREAT OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THESIERRA MOUNTAINS. AREAS FROM NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITEWILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNINGWEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING AS SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OFTHURSDAY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

CAZ096-031800-/O.CON.KHNX.WS.A.0015.061005T0200Z-061006T0200Z/SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-513 AM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA445 PM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

...FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA LATER THISWEEK...

.A COLD...WINTER-LIKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC ISFORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGHTHURSDAY BRINGING THE THREAT OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THESIERRA. AREAS FROM NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITE WILL HAVETHE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAYEVENING AND CONTINUING AS SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAYAT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

CAZ096-041100-/O.CON.KHNX.WS.A.0015.061005T0200Z-061006T0200Z/SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-445 PM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA1046 AM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

...FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA LATER THISWEEK...

.A COLD...WINTER-LIKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC ISFORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGHTHURSDAY BRINGING THE THREAT OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THESIERRA. AREAS FROM NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITE WILL HAVETHE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAYEVENING AND CONTINUING AS SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY ATELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

CAZ096-040000-/O.CON.KHNX.WS.A.0015.061005T0200Z-061006T0200Z/SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-1046 AM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

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FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA944 AM PDT WED OCT 4 2006

...FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT...

.A COLD...WINTER-LIKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC ISFORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAYBRINGING THE THREAT OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE SIERRA.AREAS FROM NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITE WILL HAVE THEGREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING ANDCONTINUING AS SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY AT ELEVATIONSABOVE 6000 FEET.

CAZ096-050045-/O.CON.KHNX.SN.Y.0011.061005T0200Z-061006T0200Z/SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-944 AM PDT WED OCT 4 2006

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FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA158 PM PDT WED OCT 4 2006

...FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT...

.A COLD...WINTER-LIKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC ISFORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAYBRINGING THE THREAT OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE SIERRA.AREAS FROM NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITE WILL HAVE THEGREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING LATER THIS EVENINGAND CONTINUING AS SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY ATELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET.

CAZ096-050500-/O.EXT.KHNX.SN.Y.0011.061005T0700Z-061006T0100Z/SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-158 PM PDT WED OCT 4 2006

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FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA LATER THIS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA233 PM PDT MON OCT 2 2006

...FIRST WINTER-LIKE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA LATER THISWEEK...

.A COLDER, WINTER-LIKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC ISFORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGHTHURSDAY BRINGING THE THREAT OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THESIERRA. AREAS FROM NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITE WILL HAVE THEGREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENINGAND CONTINUING AS SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY ATELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

CAZ096-030400-/O.NEW.KHNX.WS.A.0015.061005T0200Z-061006T0200Z/SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-233 PM PDT MON OCT 2 2006

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COMMUNITY WARNING SYSTEM MESSAGE

From: Contra Costa County Health Services

Today at 11:00 AM the Contra Costa County Community Warning System will conductits monthly siren test as conducted every first Wednesday of the month. Thesirens will sound for 90 seconds for testing purposes only. In case of an actualemergency, the sirens will sound for 3 minutes. For your information. (HORMAN)ABNNNN

For more information contact:Contra Costa Health Services Tel: (925) 260-6262

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EARLY SEASON WINTER-LIKE STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

50 AM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

...EARLY SEASON WINTER-LIKE STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERNSIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS THIS WEEK...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERNCALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE THE TREND TOWARD COOLER AND MOREUNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AFEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVERA BETTER CHANCE OF MORE ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION WILL OCCURWEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT EXTENDING INTO THURSDAY AS THE LOWPRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS AND MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. WHILETHE EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...IT APPEARS THATTHERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AT THE HIGHERELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA SOMETIME DURING THE MID-WEEKPERIOD.

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I'm test driving the Google AdSense system here at Universal Rule, to see how the technology works. There is no way enough traffic to make any kind of income from the ads, but it is interesting to have a look at the AdSense system. How it works and what kind of information it provides.
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EARLY SEASON WINTER-LIKE STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN ...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA410 PM PDT MON OCT 2 2006

...EARLY SEASON WINTER-LIKE STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS THIS WEEK...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERNCALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE THE TREND TOWARD COOLER AND MOREUNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS TUESDAY...HOWEVER ABETTER CHANCE OF MORE ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR TUESDAYNIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ANDMOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM ISSTILL UNCERTAIN...IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE FORACCUMULATING SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRASOMETIME DURING THE MID-WEEK PERIOD.

ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS THIS WEEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR COLD AND SHOWERY WEATHER. ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME AS THE WET ROADS WILL BE SLICK...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW NEAR THE PASS LEVELS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

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EARLY SEASON WINTER-LIKE STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE SIERRA NE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA110 PM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

...EARLY SEASON WINTER-LIKE STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE SIERRA NEVADAMOUNTAINS...

.THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERNCALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO DIG SOUTHWARD AND ITS MOVEMENT ONSHORE HASBEEN DELAYED. THIS HAS AFFECTED THE TIMING...LOCATION...AND THEPOSSIBLE EXTENT OF THE STORM IMPACT. WITH THE STORM CENTER SHIFTINGSOUTHWARD...THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINSHAVE BEEN DROPPED FROM THE WATCH AREA AND THE STORM SHOULD NOTBEGIN TO EFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE UNTILWEDNESDAY.

WHILE THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...ITAPPEARS THAT THERE REMAINS A GOOD CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ATTHE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF THE LAKE TAHOE AREA LATE WEDNESDAYTHROUGH THURSDAY.

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FIRST MEASURABLE RAIN EVENT OF THE SEASON EXPECTED LATE T...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA200 PM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

CAZ006-505>518-040700-BIG SUR COAST-SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/ARROYO SECO AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO COUNTY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTYINCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-SAN FRANCISCO-COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY INCLUDING SAN JOSE-MONTEREY BAY/NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/HOLLISTER VALLEY AND CARMELVALLEY-200 PM PDT TUE OCT 3 2006

...FIRST MEASURABLE RAIN EVENT OF THE SEASON EXPECTED LATE TONIGHTTHROUGH THURSDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ALONG 130W WILL DEVELOP A CUT OFF LOWOFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRINGUNSEASONABLY COOL AND WET WEATHER TO THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREYBAY AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN LATETONIGHT OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...AND WILL INCREASE AND SPREADSOUTHWARD ON WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE COAST. THE BESTCHANCE OF RAIN IS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAYNIGHT. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY INTOTHURSDAY EVENING AS WELL. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM ALSO HAS THE POTENTIALOF PRODUCING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION...PARTICULARLYON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

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The ability to install an iPod in a BMW has been around for a few months now and I hadn't given it much attention or thought until now.  Mainly because I now have a car that the technology supports.  So here's a mini review...

Installation: No idea if it's hard or easy, but it didn't take long for the dealer to do the work.  When it's complete there's a normal looking iPod cable in the glove box that disappears deep inside the car.  Other than that there's no indication that it's been installed. Once connected the iPod also gets charged, so after driving for a while you can take your iPod out fully charged.

The system is limited to playing five playlists on the iPod with a sixth option of playing everything.  You need to setup the playlists ahead of time and give them names that start with BMW1, BMW2 etc...  Easy enough to do, I created smart playlists to find all content that matched a certain genre, artist or was created in the last 60 days.  With those set up all I had to do to get everything to work was plug in the iPod.  The car believes the iPod is a CD changer and so changing to the right mode on the stereo starts the iPod playing.

Control: The iPod is controlled from the stereo controls in just the same way as that the radio and CD player work.  The preset buttons move between the playlists with just a brief pause for the iPod to find the right playlist.  Once it's playing it can be fully controlled from the controls on the steering wheel.

There are some limitations though.   Being limited to playlists is not a major problem, but if you want to listen to a specific album or song it could be difficult to get to it.  None of the details of the song are displayed either on the iPod or on the stereo when it's playing which may be a problem for some people.  For me, I almost never look at my iPod when it's playing anyway, so not being able to see the track info isn't a problem - it's a nice to have feature, but not a deal breaker.  A limitation introduced by BMW is that shuffle or random mode isn't remembered when changing playlists or when changing modes.  This appears to be a 'feature' of the stereo system as a whole and isn't unique to the iPod.  Lastly I've noticed a slight background hiss, but I've yet to determine if that's from the files on the iPod itself (192kbs transcoded from lossless WMA9) or part of the system.  I can only hear it when changing tracks or during quiet parts of a track, but it needs more investigation before I know where the problem is.

Ultimately though, I really like it.  Having all my music available in the car is great compared to the six CDs I was used to that I rarely changed around.

'Essentially we partnered with GNi because as BitTorrent becomes a key player in the online video distribution space, it is imperative that we have reliable IP support,' said Lily Lin, director of communications for BitTorrent. 'With a secure,
scalable and fast network solution in place, BitTorrent can focus on delivering the best user experience.'

When the Bittorrent distribution deal was announced a little over a month ago, I was sceptical about the benefits for wither company involved. But details in this PC Magazine story shed a whole different light on what may be going on here.

'It's a higher performance content delivery system,' Wise said. 'A lot of times when someone is downloading, it's smaller or the real time is not important because it's about the end result. Because this is a real-time streaming issue, it requires higher IP support. BitTorrent were more interested in finding a high-performance solution for bandwidth and that's what we do.'

Interoperability and DRM Are Mutually Exclusive: The music industry’s insistence upon DRM iswhat put the ITMS in the position that Apple now enjoys; the recordindustry is decrying a lock-in advantage that they themselves handedto Apple. (Via Daring Fireball.)

This article is a good start, but it gives too much credit to the music industry. They are not just misguided about the impossibility of interoperable DRM. Anyone with a clue has understood this since the original interoperable DRM efforts collapsed circa 2000. Some music industry executives may still lack a clue, but they do not have much incentive to learn because the central issue for them is not interoperability, but control. Attacking Apple here (like the publishers attacking Google, or the telecoms attacking net neutrality) is misdirection covering up that issue. The major labels don't really care that one DRM system dominates the market, they only care that the system is not theirs to do as they please, for example in introducing variable per-track pricing (shades of the telecoms and net neutrality).

I rarely buy from iTMS because I dislike its tying down to particular machines and lower quality than what I get by buying CDs and ripping them at a custom AAC rate. Not to mention the pleasure of walking down to my locally-owned record store and browsing their well-chosen new arrivals (last month's purchases):

• Trio Beyond (Jack de Johnette, Larry Goldings, John Scofield): Saudades
• John Coltrane: Soultrane
• Marc Johnson: Shades of Jade
• Louis Mhlanga: World Traveler
• Boards of Canada: Trans Canada Highway
• Thelonious Monk: The Classic Quartet
• Vijay Iyer and Rudesh Mahanthappa: Raw Materials
• Andrey Dergatchev: The Return (soundtrack of the intense, beautiful movie by Andrey Zvyagintsev)
• Christian McBride: Live at Tonic