Southern Tide

 Southern Tide

While I do not give tours of my closet, most of my friends and coworkers know that I am a big Polo fan. There is something about the style, fit and quality that keeps me coming back for more… and more… and more. Now most guys will not say much about their clothes but we all have a good amount of money invested in that “pony” brand. The reason I profess my love for Polo is to set the stage for my new find. Southern Tide is a semi-local company out of Greenville, SC that makes clothing tailored to the college/frat/prep guy with an emphasis on a sport fishing theme. It reminds me of Vineyard Vines. Their main focus is polo shirts right now. However, they do offer ties and hats, with plans to rollout an online store with many more new items in September. Oh, did I mention the coolest part… the founder/owner is in his mid-twenties! A former student at USC that left before his senior year was finished. Crazy I know. I started with an orange polo and quickly added two more polos. I am looking forward to some shorts, khakis, oxfords and dress shirts. 

 Southern Tide

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Southern Tide

10 Day Forecast

 10 Day Forecast

In the eastern half of the nation, temperatures this morning were closer to those of July norms. At 10am, much of southern New England was already in the 70's, with 80's showing up in Virginia, Delmarva, and southern New Jersey. The other feature that can be seen on the temperature maps this morning is a gradient present across the central plains and extending across the Great Lakes regions into New England. This is associated with a vast frontal boundary that has been the trigger for consecutive days of severe thunderstorms in the Midwest. The gradient in the northeast is a result of a backdoor frontal boundary that is being pushed south by high pressure in southeast Canada. This is despite a continually strengthening mid level ridge over the east that will reach 582dm this afternoon. The cold air is shallow enough however that it can slide south relatively unimpeeded. As the front moves through, we will see an increase in clouds, however the day should remain dry.

 10 Day Forecast

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Strange Clouds

 Strange Clouds

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for designers to look at things differently.
We all know that a tree doesn’t always have green leaves, water is not blue and clouds are certainly not always white and puffy. As designers, we need to know to look beyond the obvious when looking at things.
Cloud formations such as mammatusmammatus or
lenticularlenticular among others,
are perfect examples of how intricate and different nature can be. There are even so called ‘ufo clouds’, which truly resemble the shape of a UFO.
In this post, we take a look at some amazing photographs of the weirdest cloud formations that you’ll ever see, that are destined to inspire your design work and surely blow your mind.
To read more information about any of the photos, just click on any of the images below to be taken to its source. And don’t forget the next time you go out, to look up…

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Strange Clouds

Deadliest Warrior

 Deadliest Warrior

Deadliest Warrior is a show found over on the Spike network, and well, they’re really switching things up this season. The show is about which warriors are the deadliest (obviously) and what they do is take information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons, then they use the info to determine which of them is the “deadliest” based upon tests performed during each episode. Usually the show sticks to real historical figures, but this summer they’re delving into the world of fiction and doing episode were they test who is deadliest – vampires or zombies.“Vampires! Zombies! From Dracula to Romero and everyone in between, these two creatures have terrorized and tantalized pop culture for decades. Finally, Spike TV will answer what we’ve all been wondering: who would win in a fight? Find out by watching the new season of the hit series, Deadliest Warrior, coming Summer 2011!
The third season of Deadliest Warrior will step outside the confines of history in a special fantasy episode featuring two icons of horror: vampires and zombies.

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Deadliest Warrior

Lows

 Lows

Small cyclones forming over open sea during the cold season within polar or arctic air masses are called "polar lows." Typically several hundred kilometers in diameter, and often possessing strong winds, polar lows tend to form beneath cold upper-level troughs or lows when frigid arctic air flows southward over a warm body of water. Polar lows last on average only a day or two. They can develop rapidly, reaching maximum strength within 12 to 24 hours of the time of formation. They often dissipate just as quickly, especially upon making landfall. In some instances several may exist in a region at the same time or develop in rapid succession. In satellite imagery polar lows show characteristic spiral or comma shaped patterns of deep clouds, sometimes with an inner "eye" similar to those seen in tropical cyclones. Convective cloud bands occupy the surroundings (see figure below). Analysis of aircraft and radiosonde data collected during field experiments reveals that polar lows may possess warm cores. This finding, coupled with their appearance in satellite imagery, has prompted some investigators to refer to polar lows as "arctic hurricanes," although they seldom, if ever, possess hurricane strength winds.

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