What is the abbreviation of "SELECT"? We are developing some radios, we use "MAX" to replace "maximum", in this way, which word can be used to replace " select"?

What does a Weather Band Radio look like? Does it necessarily have a band? I have been looking for some pictures of Weather Band Radio, but not sure what it should be like? Does it necessarily have a band or just the same way a radio look like?

2012-04-17 私の日本語 昨日、私は日本語勉強した。 私は女です。私はせが低いです。私は若いです。 彼はせが高いです。 彼女は年をとっています。 この男の子は背が低いです。 あの女の子は背が低くではありません。

April 2nd,2012 Yesterday,I asked my uncle on my mother's part to talk us ( my grandma +uncle+aunt+cousin+my boyfriend+me) to seaside. We had a great time there even sometimes it had be very dangerous and we were totally exhausted after that. We started at about 10 o'clock and it's the Chinese Qingming Festival, so along the road, we have to suffer bad traffic every now and then. About 2 hours later, thank god, finally, we arrived. The beach has a very lovely name, Xiaomeisha, I was told we should pay some entrance fee, but luckily, we didn't have to pay for that yesterday. I still don't know why. But that to some extent, made that day and that place much more adorable. After a long beach, we come across to some high cliffs, things turned hard. My grandma didn't want to go on for she was so afraid that she might fall from those rock cliffs and get into the sea. But we are so ready to take that adventure so my uncle cheated her by telling her that we had no choice that we should go on. The tide is so high now, the shallow cliffs had be in water now. So, we got this chance to take the adventure. There were some myserable time during the climbing. We should take care every minute of ourselves and then, help my gradma, who is 64, and my cousin, only 5 years old. My gradma, that lovely lady, who would volunteered to go with thoes young people, keeped telling us how regreat she was to come here with us. Of course, we can take it easy. For she would be ready to come out with us everytime and then, end up by saying how she "RREGREAT" she was. But the next time,she will just do things exactly the same as she did last time. Then, I told her my suggestion “ Focused on your trip and regreat after we are back homw". Aout 4 hours later, we went to a seaside, and finished our cliff-climbing. I fell asleep in the car when we rided home. So I have no idea what happend during the going-back-home-trip. But,for me, yesterday would be a goregouse memory I will never gorget.

how do you say March 31st,2012 in Japanese I know the一年（いちねん）二月（にがつ）三日（みっか） thing,but i don't know how to say a complete year-month-year thing...really confussed..someone kind to help me...