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Bill Ayers has written an op-ed for the New York Times this weekend where he addresses his decision to stay silent throughout a presidential campaign in which he "felt at times like the enemy projected onto a large screen in the “Two Minutes Hate” scene from George Orwell’s 1984." Ayers admits regrets for some of his actions with the 1970s anti-war group the Weather Underground and takes "responsibility for the risks we posed to others," but overall defends them as "attacks on property, never on people, (that) were meant to respect human life and convey outrage and determination to end the Vietnam war." And as for all of his alleged "paling around" with now President-elect Obama, Ayers says, "I knew him as well as thousands of others did, and like millions of others, I wish I knew him better."

Now that Barack Obama has won the election, his terrorist pal William Ayers has agreed to accept the highly coveted post of Secretary of Flag Burning! Also too, Ayers was on Good Morning America today to plug a new edition of his book, Fugitive Days—and hey, who could blame the guy for cashing in on his renewed notoriety? Unlike his previous New York appearance, Ayers talked plenty his seditious relationship with Obama, while also defending his radical past:

"The content of the Vietnam protest is that there were despicable acts going on, but the despicable acts were being done by our government...I killed no one, and I harmed no one, and I didn't regret for a minute resisting the murderous assault on Vietnam with every ounce of my being.

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William Ayers, that "washed-up" terrorist pal of Socialist presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama, popped up in New York City yesterday for the first time since becoming an inflammatory McCain camp talking point. He was in town Sunday for a symposium on "educational justice" at the Stella Adler acting studio. Ayers is a professor at the University of Illinois but in the '60s was a founder of radical group the Weather Underground; in 1995 Ayers held a fund-raiser for Obama's State Senate campaign, and the two later served on the boards of Chicago philanthropies.

We were tempted this morning to throw up a pretty sky photo from the Gothamist Contribute pool and not write anything because there's not much weather to discuss. The week is starting out cool but will get warmer. By Thursday we should be seeing maximum temperatures in the upper-70s to around 80 degrees as the high pressure system that will dominate the weather this week moves further eastward. Skies are expected to stay mostly clear through the weekend and probably well into next week.

Two types of tropical weather will be the weather story to watch out for over the next several days. You may have noticed that this morning is much more humid than in the past few days. The humidity and warmer air are courtesy of the large high pressure system that has finally moved offshore. The southerly flow of air around the backside of that high pressure system will bring us a day or two of mid-summer weather. Expect today to be sunny and warm, with a high in the mid-80s. A few clouds may move in tomorrow, but it should remain warm and humid. Warm weather, humidity and a nearby front add up to a chance of showers, or a thunderstorm, beginning Saturday night and into Sunday.

Well, the wake of the Nor'easter, Weather Underground says that we're likely to have "light rain showers" tonight through tomorrow day, but the winds won't be as high as yesterday (north wind between 7 and 13 MPH, with gusts as high as 26 MPH). So this means: Make sure your umbrella is in good working order.

Sorry for the delay today, Gothamist has been enjoying the warm weather. It is currently 78 degrees in Central Park. The weather will half-repeat itself tomorrow. It will be sunny, but temperatures should only reach the low 70s. Still, that's pretty good for mid-October. Conditions will deteriorate starting late tomorrow night. Wednesday should be drizzly. Thursday may live up to its name and bring us a thunderstorm. Friday is looking rainy and chilly. According to the Weather Service, Friday's high will be in the upper-50s. The Weather Channel is calling for low-50s. And, judging from their graphic, AccuWeather believes a "Day After Tomorrow" scenario is in store for later in the week.

There's a Battle Royale going on in the atmosphere today and we've got ringside seats! Tropical Storm Ernesto is moving up from the south, bringing with it lots of rain and wind. At the same time the Andre the Giant of high pressure systems is moving southeastward from Quebec. Irresistable Ernesto wants to hug the coast as it moves northward, but when it hits immovable Andre, Ernesto is going to be shuffled off to Buffalo.

Earlier in the week Gothamist was despairing that the weather had grown too boring. Not any more! The uncertain weekend forecast of light snow this weekend rapidly changed into a more certain forecast of a substantial snowstorm. The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Watch for tomorrow afternoon into Sunday morning. Conditions are set for a classic nor'easter to form off the coast during the day tomorrow. The counter-clockwise circulatioin of the storm will help pull Arctic air into the region. By doing so, the warm, moist air of the storm will ride up over the frigid air. If all goes well the city will see snow, snow, snow! Six to twelve inches are expected over the city and much of Long Island starting late Saturday afternoon. It will be windy as well. Expect lots of blowing and drifting snow.

Do you like to get the weather forecast on your cell phone? Do you like your tax dollars paying for satellite loops? Do you enjoy the lovely graphs that Gothamist sometimes makes? All those things might disappear if Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) gets his way. Santorum has introduced legislation that would prevent the National Weather Service (NWS) from distributing any information other than severe weather alerts and possibly routine forecasts, that could be provided by the commercial weather industry. According to Santorum's statement introducing the bill, the intent is the "clarify the duties and responsibilities of the National Weather Service" especially with it's relationship to the commercial weather industry. Many people have noted that AccuWeather, which stands to be the big winner if the bill is passed, is based in Pennsylvania and that company's high executives are big contributors to Santorum's re-election campaign.

Another storm is headed our way tonight and tomorrow. Unlike the weekend blizzard, this one doesn't have much oomph to it. To quote AccuWeather"not big, but still a storm". The storm will be followed by a couple of days of cold. Gothamist is glad our weather won't be as cold as on top of Mount Washington, where it is currently ten below with winds of 65 miles per hour. After the upcoming cold spell look for gradually warming weather, with temperatures in the 40s by next week.

And, hey, what exactly is freezing fog, Weather Underground?

Chilly and windy tomorrow. It won't get too cold tonight in the city because of the wind, but don't expect tomorrow's high temperature to go much above 40. A good day for hot chocolate. Sunday is looking better, with a high in the mid-50s if you believe AccuWeather or weather.com, but slightly if you're a National Weather Service fan (the Weather Underground merely repackages NWS forecasts). All three forecast outlets raised their maximum forecasts by several degrees from the beginning of the week.

As the 35th annual ING NYC Marathon approaches on Sunday, runners (including Gothamist) are getting anxious for weather forecasts. A hot day like last year can mean tough times for runners as they deal with dehydration and heat exhaustion. Cold weather can mean rethinking race wear for warmth but also being able to shed that gear as the day gets warmer. Rain, sun, wind, every type of weather mother nature can throw at us can affect the runners and their race. Ultimately runners want a cool overcast day. Spectators, however, just want it to be sunny and warm enough to stand out on 4th Ave in Brooklyn, or 1st Ave in Manhattan and have a couple of beers and cheer people on.

It is being reported that the death toll in Haiti from Tropical Storm Jeanne is above 600 people. Jeanne is up to hurricane strength, but doesn't pose any immediate danger to land. She is going to be tossed around by the gigantic high pressure system over us today and the high pressure system that is approaching from our west. Hurricane Karl is up to category 4 strength but is moving rapidly northward in the middle of the Atlantic. Tropical Storm Lisa is slowly making her way across the Atlantic and probably won't amount to much. Stay tuned to the Weather Underground's tropical weather page for updates.

Finally... the sun is back out and we can enjoy the true last days of summer starting... now. This weekend is looking fantastic especially if you were one of those who elected to enjoy a quieter city last weekend and stay home. Gothamist always loved doing that.

Hurricane news seems to be all we have been talking about but with good reason. Florida is digging out again from its latest unwelcome visitor, Hurricane Frances. It wasn't quite as strong as Charlie, but its enormous mass covered pretty much the entire state and moved so slowly dumping an enormous amount of rain over 20 inches in some areas. The weakened tropical storm (now depression) Frances looks to be headed up towards western Pennsylvania over the next couple of days where it is expected to peter out and bring some clouds and showers to the area but nothing all that significant.

Today Gothamist Weather introduces a semi-regular (i.e. when we remember to do it) feature in which we compare the various forecasts for our area. Since we are easily confused we'll keep this simple and just look at one element of the forecast. In honor of our hot, humid weather here are today's predicted maximum temperatures:

With the nation's favorite BBQ day fast approaching, it's important to try and gear our plans for the upcoming grill fest. This week Gothamist will continue on this theme to try and help those planning on taking the grill up to the roof or our on the balcony (not recommended... definitely illegal and unsafe but we know many of you will choose to ignore this one...). First off, let's look at a couple of long term forecasts to see what we might be in for. Accuweather.com says Sunday will be a mixed bag with some rain possible in the morning, humid and mostly cloudy. Okay, doesn't look good for comfort or fireworks, but the grilling might be okay. Weather Underground is a little more optimistic with a partly cloudy forecast on Sunday with rain possible in the afternoon. Hmmm. Okay Weather.com give us some hope? Less commitment, but they say scattered storms are possible.

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Early showers, clearing up pretty quickly for a sunny day. High of 74.

Most weather sites give you easy options for adding weather to your site using some stock weather "stickers" they make available for you. Usually it's a pre-packaged piece of code they put together to simply cut and paste. You can choose the city and the type of information you want to show. It serves both parties pretty well as it adds content to your website while providing free advertising for them. Some sites that offer them include, Weather Underground (someone needs to hire them a designer, they are fugly!), the Weather Channel, and if you look hard enough you can find the offerings of Intellicast. There are plenty of others too so feel free to post them in the comments.

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