| A Bit About Michael: |
| I'm Michael
Battalio, a Meteorology graduate
student attending Mississippi State University (Professional
Bio) with majors in physics and meteorology (communication, math and music minors).
I invite you to find out more about me in my Biography,
read some of my philosophy in my Blog,
view what I find interesting on my Tumblr,
or keep track of my daily activities by following me on Twitter.
Please contact me with questions on research, employment,
booking or just to chat at michael[at]battalio.com. |
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Battalio Weather I've created Battalio Weather, a new Weather Website whose main function is to serve as an easy way to catch up on what is meteorologically happening across the country. Along with this I've been tinkering with programming in Mac OS X. By copying some code and coming up with some of my own I've made MBWeather, a desktop client to access Battalio Weather. MBWeather is freeware. |
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I try to spend some time every day articulating what is on my mind. Here are two essays: This I Believe, which is just that - a description of what I believe, and Serious Conversations. Serious conversations relates correspondence between myself and a good friend focusing on several topics. Both of these essays are also transcribed in my blog. |
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I'm very excited this summer to have the chance to have a productive vegetable garden. In the past, my efforts were thwarted by less than ideal placement of the garden. The garden was surrounded by trees and simply too shady for the plants to mature. This year though a neighbor has cut down most of the trees, so the garden should get plenty of sunlight. I'm documenting the progress of the garden on my garden blog. Also I have posted pictures from the rest of my garden. I'm happy to announce that one of my daylily hybrids has been accepted by the American Hermocalis Society. Its picture is at right; the daylily's name is "Stormy Sunset." Here is the official AHS page. |
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Art My project for the summer is to get back into oil painting and pencil drawing. At one point, I was rather decent at both, but I have let my ability slide in the last several years. My goal is that I develop the ability to paint portraits, something I have never been able to do with any reliability. At the least I want to be able to have a stranger walk up to one of my portraits and recognize the person in it. If I succeed, I'll post the results here. |
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Recordings: I've finally gotten around to recording the Aria in G Major by Handel HWV 441 that I learned last semester and Invention in C BWV 722 from Fall of 2008 Instrumentation: I've finished the third movement to the Moonlight Sonata. I'm now working on recording several pieces including the Moonlight Sonata. I'm reviewing the Rhapsody in G minor by Brahms. The new piece I am working on is Rachmaninoff's Prelude in c sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2. Otherwise on the cello, I've started on learning all of the arpeggios for all keys, and I'm learning the famous Bach cello Suite in G. I am now also a member of the Mississippi State Symphony Orchestra as first cellist. I'm also learning mandolin and guitar chords. |
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I have finally graduated with majors in physics and meteorology and minors in math, music and communications. I will start on my Master in Geosciences (Meteorology) from MSU in the fall. I was fortunate enough to be given a Fellowship from the American Metrological Society, allowing me to investigate any topics that interest me. I will be researching several topics including 3-D visualization and ensemble modeling. I'm also interested in non-Earth Atmospheres. (See my Professional Bio.) Here are my three classes for the next semester: Tropical Meteorology, Intro to Probability, and Research Methods. |
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Chess Another hobby I'm trying to return to is chess. I know this must be shocking based off the rest of the content on this site, but I was captain of the chess team in high school. I could beat the faculty member sponsoring the team even. However, I've really let my skill decline in the last six years; I'm trying to return my original level. To that end, I've begun studying chess tactics and strategy, specifically studying different openings (of which there are hundreds). I'd like to get to the point where I can beat my computer, though this is doubtful. |
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I'm beginning to look into new investments including several mutual funds, but as of late my portfolio remains unchanged: Apple (AAPL), Consolidated Edison (ED), US Bank (USB), Disney (DIS), Merek and Co. (MRK), Boeing (BA), Energy Transfer Partners (ETP). |
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Stormy Sunset
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Last updated: July 14, 2010
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