Show A12 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday August id 2002 iBki Looklonlinejorrweatheriinfojinks Forecast for Sunday ACCuWeathefcom torecl fcx davfana condition National temperatures Cache Valley outleok Utah outlook hiohtow tompeftoure (MHO i I ir57JN 1 ' TODAY rrovo so y"fl Moab'trsyi ft1 r r ' I f stGoorgo t coux quite warm over the south Moisture wi begin to increai across the area by mid-weas the flow becomes SW - ek From the nows wire 1 'iOSWL' L : By Local temperatures Almanac Up above Sun: Sunrise: 6:36 Sunset: 8:27 Humidity: 14 percent The following are definitions for meteoric material: Meteoroids are still out in space whereaa meteors are objects seen falling through Earth's atmosphere meteoritee are only found on Earth's surface There are no meteorites hi space UV Index: 8 (High) VMMIty: 10 mUes Moot Ful moon begins Aug 22 Lewn Wstsr uee: 5 days between watering water with 1 inch I BetronomyCrocketmaltcom Storms began forming in late morning along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Texas across southern sections of Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama and along the length of Florida During the afternoon lines of scattered showers and thunderstorms developed from Louisiana and Mississippi across Tennessee and Kentucky into Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland Delaware New Jersey and New York state The National Weather Service posted a severe thunderstorm warning for Buffalo N Y: Scattered storms also spread across parts of Georgia the Carolines and Florida’s Atlantic coast The weather service issued severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of the Carolinas and Florida Earlier in the day stormy weather formed along a cold front from northern Michigan through Wisconsin northern Illinois southeastern Minnesota Iowa Mis-souri Kansas and Oklahoma 95 77 05 cdy cdy dr dr 107 44 m dr cdy dr cdy cdy cdy cdy Regional Temperatures 66 89 BrighamCity 55 94 Cedar City 91 63 Layton 91 64 Ogden Indianapolis 88 71 Al cdy 91 54 Provo Kansas City 77 69 14 cdy 68 92 Lake Salt City 89 77 04 cdy Key West 82 106 St George Las Vegas 109 84 dr 66 Los Angel as 78 64 99 Wendover cdy The AccuWeathercom forecast for noon Sunday Aug 18 r Lcsuca'jyrei 10 I0e Mi MM Me Me 100 MM TO ' hu-e- ' 40 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 110 Banctoaipartf high tompatfwzonM for tadty cTo mm cold ir Inc ESI EH E2 E3 E3 E3 O CacheValleV forecast Provided bV NationalWeatherServiceE:ffUp Abovefeature" provided by Astro Data Thorne Continued from A10 something of an obsession Kip spent a great deal of time that during the later years of die Cold War working with Russian physicists to apply i Einstein's theory of relativity to understand the universe 7 spent six weeks there every other year" he said the twinkle apparent in his eyes “I had this wonderful opportunity to see Russia from the inside every two yean always shopping at the same stores becoming familiar with the same neighborhoods and watching how things devel- “The claims that are made in the United States that Ronald Reagan policies of heavy military spending forced them (Soviets) into heavy military spending (causing the collapse) are absolute bullsh — They bear no resemblance to the reality of what was going on” he emphasized nothing” he emphasized “When I look out into the beauty of the universe I see how it all works I see nothing there that makes me in any way believe that there is a creator” But that doesn’t mean he’s right he added “I have colleagues who see it differently” he said “I can’t claim that die direction I’ve moved in is thd right direction by any means but that’s just Black holes and believing Back in the United States advenfrom his globe-trottitures Kip went to work on what he calls “Einstein’s outrageous legacy” That work recently became the subject of the way I see it” Kip won’t impose his beliefs on anyone and he-’- s mostly humble about his views The only time he sounds cocky is when he tells you how many bets he’s won against Stephen Hawking “I have him down 2-he laughed adding quickly “but that’s just luck” Not surprising then that he won’t talk much about the prospect of a Nobel ng a best-selli-ng book which chronicled the landmark discoveries that' attempted to make sense of Einstein's theooped” ry of relativity It was a bizarre journey of discovery The Cold War for Kip and others involved Talk to Kip about the fall of “The predictions that we communism and he’s' likely to dug out from Einstein’s laws of relativity were very strange get on a soapbox about the — so strange that the people inefficiency of a centrally who nude the discoveries planned economy1110 were often unwilling to thing that broke the back of the Soviet Union was believe what they were seeing I think in large measure the in the mathematics for some growing inability of the gov- - ( years or decades in some eminent to control informa- cases” he' said tion" he suggested Belief therefore is not an' As the computer revolution alien concept to him Howevtook the world by storm the er religion is another matter Soviet Union was forced to altogether “I grew up in the Mormon open up the information ' church and had a wonderful floodgates Kip will tell you with passion in his voice upbringing in the culture here “In order to have any hope in Logan but as I grew older at all of having a modern religion of ail sorts including the Mormon religion came tq economy they (the Soviet administration) had to let the appear to me to be more and use of computers spread" he more irrelevant” Kip explained “By the early tp explained mid-198because of tiiis For the mind that seeks ver- ifiable answers religion fails people in the Soviet Union — middle-lev- el to offer much he said managers colstudents and so forth “In understanding the ere- - ' lege becamewell aware of the ation of the universe the huge difference between the physical world around us reliwest and the east They forced gion has nothing useful to say the revolution that basically whatsoever as far as I’ve ever overthrew communism” been able to see Absolutely 0s : The Associated Press Lines of thunderstorms rolled across the eastern third of the nation Saturday stretching from the Gulf Coast to the lower Great Lakes MU 0 2002 AocuWMtar Inc upper 80s and evening lows around 45 Synopeis: A dry westerly flow aloft wi remain aver the forecast area through the weekend The air mass wi sta V 1 cdf aty iQysr 1 Partly doudy with highs In the mid 40e r wdirwdM"r EXTENDED Mostly sunny with highs in the lower SOsand evening lows in the lower SritUtoCNy SVffr NEV MONDAY 81 89 84 68 Pittsburgh' 98 59 Ratio 96 74 Richmond Sacramento 86 58 77 56 Seattle 101 76 Tucson 91 77 Tulsa 79 WasNrvfaaDC96 i I Ogdon 77 Philadelphia Phoenix wva "LogwVsrMr 91 New York City 92 New Orleans Temperatures indicate Saturday’s high and overnight low to 8 pm Eastern Time Hi Lo Pre Otk 0” ' The Nobel Prize “What about the Nobel Prize?” Kip asked smiling No interview with Kip Thome would be complete without asking this question He is widely rumored to be in the running for the highest recognition but you won’t get him to admitiL The prize will almost certainly be awarded for the discovery of gravitational waves and Kip will acknowledge that he has been the theorist who “has motivat- ed the project more than anyone” but he will tell you that credit should be given elsewhere “Oh I know (what you want to hear) I do not expect to get the Nobel Prize" he said “I have not done the hands-o- n experimental work and that's where thp real achievement is But then Kip is the modest ' Image Continued from A 1 The gaps identified by the image research are what USU officials have to mitigate in order to move forward and reach the lofty goals set at Utah State Payne said One message to impart is that USU students will experience hantk-b- n learning in a caring atmosphere do undergraduate research and hit the ground running when they graduate she said “Utah Statelacks prestige There’s a low awareness of research outcomes at Utah ' State The overall impression is mediocrity — they really didn’t see much unique about us at all” Payne said “USU Sunday Continued fromAl To members of the IDS Church the predominant faith in Cache Valley permitted activities on Sundays arc limited to peaceful and reverent endeavors Any hint of a reli- gious bias in the' policy is a mistake Jensen said “tye had a huge policy and we tried to condense it down into something that would be more easily administered” Jensen said At Tuesday’s meeting of the Logan City Board of Education Superintendent Richard Jensen urged members of the Board of Education to review the policy which also excludes use of the buildings fra meetings on Sundaychurch groups community groups and individuals “I'm wondering if we could convene s committee to amine the language in the pol is providing a unique and important role in both higher education and business development They need to see the economic impact in the state They need to see our research It’s the crowd and we need to tell that stray” ' Hall said the image study although not a glowing report about Utah State is a welcome set of data in order for the institution to work more effectively with the community arid to develop and implement a full marketing plan “I think this presentation is very very good to get atten-tio-n because die one message that comes through very clearly is that we have the benefit of not being n therefore we don’t have a bad reputation” Hall said Survey sample In a question to Utah' State alumni that asked which university in the state does the moaf meaningful and important research thal benefits society 57 percent cited University of Utah 15 percent BYU and 6 percent USU A total of 83 percent of Utah State alumni surveyed said USU definitely does ptay a unique and important role in hUier education in Utah 42 percent of community business and Industry toadore surveyed said that Utah State educational quality was somewhat superior to other higher education options in the stats 37 percent of community business arid industry leaders surveyed said Utah State career opportunities for graduates were somewhat superior to other higher education options' in the stats C icy to talk about how to make that more with the discussion we' ve had about diversity and being sensitive to the needs of the community as they relate to Sunday activities and the use of the buildings and grounds as well” Paul Jensen said the Hispanic soccer league has historically been a responsible group thaT draws a large crowd of spectators Part of the group’s weekly ritual is to dean up die grounds at the end of an afternoon of play he said “We want them there They’re one of the best groups we have They dean up They bring us insurance They were even going to bringporta-pot-tie- s in there They do it all right so it was hard for us to say no” Jensen said “Some groups we really have to clean up after but it’s not them Many groups show up unannounced turn the sprinklers off and leave it a mess fra die custodians on Monday morning It’s those that we’re in-li- ne Jensen said School board member Lynn ' Hobbs said rate of the top pri- orities of the district is to nurture a school culture which accepts difference celebrates diversity and strives to inte-grate all students into the' school community “I can’t reiterate and emphasize enough the fact that it is not the intent of this school hoard to discriminate based on religion ethriicity culture or any of the other things” Superintendent Jensen said “I would strongly encourage us to reconverie that commit-tee and reexamine that kind of language to make sure that we’re sensitive to the needs of all of the people in the com: munity” : - trying to get at” ' When foe policy language is changed Paul Jensen said the district will welcome the soccer dub back' to their grounds on Sundays “Wfc want to encourage use not discourage it" he said I "rX I instate ( YbuVa in good hands : Jane Rob: i Or ' j Eric 9971 WVMHUSl i 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