Weather prognostication turns into televised bravado
The essay critiques modern weather forecasting for overconfidence and spectacle. It cites mispredictions by Haifa and Sicuani forecasters, including a fatal flood after a wrong Haifa forecast. The piece laments loss of humility in meteorology and warns against promising precise outcomes. It ends with a jab at an opening for a TV meteorologist in Kuani.
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Greenwich
Bill
TV Weather
Buddy
BBC
London
England
Channel 2
Haifa
Israel
Sicuani
Peru
Francisco Arias Olivera
Francisco Olivera
Olivera
Kuani
To Spank or Not to Spank Opinion Piece
A Manitoba columnist weighs in on child discipline arguing parents deserve choice between spanking and talking. The piece notes media focus on child crime, stresses parental pressure, and asserts children need guidance, love, and education for independence.
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Baldur
CKLQ
Joan Durand
University of Manitoba
Maria
Independent Pre Teens in Fast Paced Society
The piece argues that modern families rely on both parents working and on babysitters or daycare for younger children. It notes children’s growing independence due to necessity and busy schedules, with after school periods left without immediate parental supervision.
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