Scoring laws floor Comaneci as pair duels for fame and fortune Aug 8, 2008
Next is team baby, 17-year-old Lauren Mitchell, a graduate of the successful WAIS program, and fifth on beam at last year's worlds. WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Whats Really Up With North Pole Sea Ice? Jun 29, 2008
The 900 pound gorilla in the room is WAIS. A little more sea level rise, a slight increase in temperature, and. Well, nobody knows, but a substantial portion might well melt rather quickly; WAIS is not stable. (New York Times)
Pinole Point Business Park sold for $54.2M May 9, 2008
Pinole Point Business Park went up for sale after the patriarch of the Wais family that owned it passed away and his widow chose not to complete the development, Birdwell said. Pages: 1. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Obituaries for Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Apr 22, 2008
Bill (Shirley) of Onalaska and Edward of Barre Mills; daughter, Debra (Mike) Wais of West Salem, Wis. six sisters, Florence Seamans of Reedsburg, Josephine Greenwood of Reedsburg, Lola Greenwood of Portage, Wis. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Antarctic Glaciers Melting 20 Times Faster Now Mar 1, 2008
29, 2008) Boulders the size footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise according to new research ... Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Durham University and Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) collected boulders deposited by three glaciers in the Amundsen Sea Embayment -- a region currently the focus of intense international scientific attention because it is changing faster than... (Science Daily)
Future of worlds climate sought in frozen record Feb 22, 2008
A team of scientists completed the first drilling session of the National Science Foundation's West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) Ice Core Project last month ... Kendrick Taylor, chief scientist of the project, said studying the time lags between temperature and carbon dioxide requires an ice core with distinguishable layers, like the WAIS Divide core ... While other ice cores extending as much as 650,000 years back in time have been extracted before, the WAIS Divide ice core is... (The New Hampshire, NH)
New Antarctic Ice Core To Provide Clearest Climate Record Yet Jan 29, 2008
Working as part of the National Science Foundation's West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) Ice Core Project, a team of scientists, engineers, technicians, and students from multiple U.S. institutions have recovered a 580-meter (1,900-foot) ice core -- the first section of what is hoped to be a 3,465-meter (11,360-foot) column of ice detailing 100,000 years of Earth's climate history, including a precise year-by-year record of the last 40,000 years ... DRI, along with the University of... (Science Daily)
Active volcano under ice Jan 22, 2008
Glaciologists Hugh Corr and David Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge claim the discovery of the first known subglacial volcanic eruption promises to improve predictions of future sea-level rise caused by the melting of the WAIS.. "We believe this was the biggest eruption in Antarctica during the last 10,000 years," Dr Corr said. (The Australian)
School crossing safety at issue in Wyoming Oct 19, 2007
I m getting tired of the speed bumps, they make a lot of noise, said Johnston, whose home on Sixth Street wais next to one of the speed bumps. I can hear cars hitting them all night long.. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)
Next stop, Wonderland Jun 30, 2007
The two oldest sons, Wais and Walid, were prime targets of the military recruiters, who were increasingly desperate for cannon fodder as the guerrilla war dragged on ... But it's the arbitrary everydayness of the threat, the future-destroying nature of civil war, that seems chilling so many years later when I catch up with Wais Soroor in his hard-won suburban peace ... As a medical student who might prove useful down the line, Wais managed to escape the military press gangs. (Globe and Mail)
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Meeting Jun 21, 2007
Federal Register: June 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 114)] [Notices] [Page 32920] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais. access. (NASA Watch)
A world away no more: Son separated from mother in Afghanistan is reunited May 13, 2007
Wais Hakimi and his mother, Zarghana Aram, embrace at his home after being reunited after 35 years ... Wais Hakimi circled a terminal at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday night to pick up his mother but he didn't know what she looked like. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Strong quake hits Afghan mountains Apr 3, 2007
"It lasted for more than a minute," said Mohammed Wais, an official at the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development in Faizabad. He added: "We don't see at the moment any damage in the area.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
