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Our very own Jason Cotterrell was invited to speak about the potential of the OOH advertising industry on CNBC's European Closing Bell television show last week.
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"We're seeing ad spend back to, and actually beyond before 2007...and I'd expect to see that growth continue"
During the interview, Jason comments on the 'buoyancy' of the advertising market, the growth of DOOH and how it works alongside social media, and how big brands are supplementing TV campaigns with OOH to maximise effectiveness. He references positive industry statistics, such as WPP's prediction that the OOH industry will grow by over 3% in 2015.
Watch the full interview on the CNBC website here.
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Home of 817 C#, Visual Basic, F#, Swift, Kotlin and javascript extension methods
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AddCssClassAdds a css class to the webcontrol. Instead of having to pass one string to the CssClass property, you can add them one by one with the AddCssClass extension method. This can come in handy when a webcontrol has a default class (from the ASP.NET markup) and then needs additional classes based on a condition (like whether or not a user is logged in).
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The Senior Island Team train on Friday nights at the National Sports Centre between 7 and 9pm. Trials for the squad are held each year in September and are open to anyone based on the Island. The Isle of Man senior team compete in a National league and travel to the UK to play most fixtures throughout the winter season. Players can also be selected to represent the Isle of Man at the Natwest Island Games (usually 5 men and 5 women) which takes place every 2 years.
For the IOMBA's squad selection criteria Please click here
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by Adrian Johnson
Millennials as a generation are beginning to come into their own. Although they may be viewed as self-absorbed and addicted to technology, the landscape of America is changing and it is the responsibility of the current leadership to reach out to this generation and give them a voice. This is especially true when it comes to reforming our state park system.
This huge generation is increasingly powerful--estimated to be at 75 million in 2015, of which just under 50 million are eligible voters. That number accounts for 1 in 5 eligible voters. Millennials are also the most diverse generation in American history with at least one in every five having at least one immigrant parent.
But the experience of millennials is also crucial to understanding them. As this generation gains consciousness, it has become increasingly aware of the stark disparities between socioeconomic and ethnic and racial communities in our country, including when it comes to park access.
Those charged with planning for the future of our parks who want this new generation to appreciate and support our natural resources need to take these factors into account.
The millennial vote is certainly substantial and within reach if the generation is approached in the right way. The generation collectively has the power to take America in whichever direction they see fit, including with parks.
Parks are a nonpartisan issue that undoubtedly directly affects a large portion of the millions of millennials. If they can be tuned into the issues, they certainly have the power to change course and bring our parks system into the 21st Century.


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The simplest and fastest way to perfectly zero gap the Andis Styliner II blade on the market. Takes only 10 seconds for a perfect adjustment, so that you get sharp lines and close shaves without the problem of blaes biting or cutting skin.
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Distractions and amusements, with a sandwich and coffee.
Shown here is a globe visualization of world-wide Google searches, categorized by one of 21 languages. The visualization is created with WebGL toolkit and bundled data from Chrome Experiments.
I have annotated the data with geographical information from MaxMind, to include city, region, and country for each search location. The closest city was determined by finding the entry in the MaxMind data set (2.8M cities) with the smallest haversine distance to the coordinates of the search term. Note that latitude and longitude were provided to 3 decimal places in the original data file but are available to 7 decimal places in the MaxMind set.
The annotated data file includes new fields
rank (1-indexed rank of magnitude of search data point)
cumulative_value (fractional total of all search terms with equal or smaller magnitude)
language_name (name of the search language)
city (closest city to latitude/longitude of search data point)
region (region of closest city)
country (country of closest city)
city_latitude, city_longitude (coordinates of closest city)
Thanks to Evan Applegate from UC Davis for requesting an explanation of the additional fields. They were not obvious.
View all languages or individual data for the following languages: Arabic Belgian Chinese Dutch English Finnish French German Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish
View top 5%, 10%, 15% of data.
View top 10 20 50 100 search locations.
View search density.
Showing volume of searches in Turkish.
The color legend was created based on the color scheme used in the original webgl-globe code.
There are 11 locations in the US with searches in Spanish: Dillard, Douglas, Flint Hill, Floyds Knobs, Great Falls, Orrs Island, Redwood Estates, Simpsonville, Spanish Fork, Spanish Fort, and Washington. Conspicuously, Los Angeles is missing.
The northern-most town in Mexico with a Spanish search is Mexicali (Baja Californa, lat 32.65 long -115.47).
The Chinese takeover has been largely overestimated. Only two towns in the US participate in Chinese language searches: Williamsport and Evensville.
With the exception of Albouystown (Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana) and Paramaribo (Suriname), South America shows no English searches.
Asia shows interesting patterns. Namely, no English searches are seen from China. No doubt, political firewalls are the cause. By country, India leads with 82 searches, followed by Malaysia (64) and Pakistan (11). The full list is India (82), Malaysia (64), Pakistan (11), United (5), Bangladesh (4), Sri (3), Philippines (3), Nepal (3), Korea (3), Japan (2), Iran (2), Singapore (1), Papua (1), Myanmar (1), Maldives (1), Cambodia (1), Brunei (1), Bhutan (1), Afghanistan (1).
There are 25 locations with English language searches at latitude ≥ 60°. There are 15 cities in Alaska with searches (Anchorage, Barrow, Bethel, Cordova, Delta Junction, Eagle River, Fairbanks, Kenai, Nome, North Pole, Palmer, Seward, Soldotna, Valdez, Wasilla), of which Barrow is furthest north (lat 71.29°). The other 10 cities are mostly in Canada: Lerwick (Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, lat 60.160°), Whitehorse (Yukon Territory, Canada, lat 60.720°), Jarstad (Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, lat 61.360°), Fort Providence (Northwest Territories, Canada, lat 61.380°), Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada, lat 62.450°), Frobisher Bay (Nunavut, Canada, lat 63.750°), Keflavík Gullbringusysla Iceland lat 64.010°), Inuvik (Northwest Territories, Canada, lat 68.340°), Gjoa Haven (Nunavut, Canada, lat 68.630°), Igloolik (Nunavut, Canada, lat 69.380°).
New Zealand and Australia dominate search loations in the far south. The southermost English search is from Invercargill (Southland, New Zealand, lat -46.4° — compare this to the northmost search from Barrow in Alaska at lat 71.29°). In Australia, the southermost search is from Davenport (Tasmania, Australia, lat -41.17°). In South Africa, the southermost search is from Hermanus (Western Cape, South Africa, lat -34.42°).
What is the most remote search location? Here, I define distance between locations by the haversine distance.
I tabulate three types of remote locations, by language, by finding
Cities, by language, most distant from their closest city.
The most remote search location of alll is Papeete, whose closest search data point is 2,287 km away — Fusi in American Samoa. Also interesting is the Belgian-speakinng Westerschelling in the Netherlands, which has the smallest maximum distance to its nearest city, by language. It is 25 km from Harlingen, Netherlands.
Cities, by language, most distant from their closest city, in which people speak (i.e. search) in the same language.
English searches are the most spread out on the globe. Of all search languuages, Mahe in Seychelles is furthest from its same-language nearest loccation of all other languages. It is 1,347 from Hamar in Somalia, in which English searches are found.
Cities, by language, most distant from their closest city, which is foreign (i.e. searching in a different language).
About 10% of all searches come from the top 10 locations.
I am surprised to see Miami here (bored retirees?) as well as Istanbul — I don't have a theory for that one.
38% of all searches come from the top 100 locations (out of 22,826), with English dominating (33/100) followed by Spanish (11/100).
The full breakdown for the top 100 locations by language is English (33), Spanish (11), German (8), Japanese (6), Dutch (6), Portuguese (5), French (5), Turkish (4), Italian (4), Chinese (4), Russian (3), Arabic (3), Polish (2), Thai (1), Swedish (1), Romanian (1), Korean (1), Indonesian (1), Finnish (1).
By country, the top 100 locations fall in United States (11), Germany (6), India (6), Japan (6), Brazil (5), United Kingdom (5), Italy (4), Turkey (4), Australia (3), France (3), Mexico (3), Russian Federation (3), Canada (2), China (2), Colombia (2), Poland (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (2), Vietnam (2), Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Chile (1), Egypt (1), Finland (1), Greece (1), Hong Kong (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Ireland (1), Israel (1), Korea (1), Malaysia (1), Peru (1), Philippines (1), Romania (1), Serbia (1), Singapore (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Taiwan (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), United Arab Emirates (1), Venezuela (1)
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My cover design for Hola Mundo by Hannah Fry. Published by Blackie Books.
Curious how the design was created? Read the full details.
You can look back there to explain things,
but the explanation disappears.
You'll never find it there.
Things are not explained by the past.
They're explained by what happens now.
—Alan Watts
A Markov chain is a probabilistic model that is used to model how a system changes over time as a series of transitions between states. Each transition is assigned a probability that defines the chance of the system changing from one state to another.
Together with the states, these transitions probabilities define a stochastic model with the Markov property: transition probabilities only depend on the current state—the future is independent of the past if the present is known.
Once the transition probabilities are defined in matrix form, it is easy to predict the distribution of future states of the system. We cover concepts of aperiodicity, irreducibility, limiting and stationary distributions and absorption.
This column is the first part of a series and pairs particularly well with Alan Watts and Blond:ish.
Grewal, J., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2019) Points of significance: Markov Chains. Nature Methods 16:663–664.
Places to go and nobody to see.
Exquisitely detailed maps of places on the Moon, comets and asteroids in the Solar System and stars, deep-sky objects and exoplanets in the northern and southern sky. All maps are zoomable.
Quantile regression explores the effect of one or more predictors on quantiles of the response. It can answer questions such as "What is the weight of 90% of individuals of a given height?"
Unlike in traditional mean regression methods, no assumptions about the distribution of the response are required, which makes it practical, robust and amenable to skewed distributions.
Quantile regression is also very useful when extremes are interesting or when the response variance varies with the predictors.
Das, K., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2019) Points of significance: Quantile regression. Nature Methods 16:451–452.
Altman, N. & Krzywinski, M. (2015) Points of significance: Simple linear regression. Nature Methods 12:999–1000.


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The Terra-Lock™ System is provided in ready-to-use kits with combinations of Terra-Lock™ Anchors, Terra-Lock™ terminations and wire lengths specific to the project requirements and geotechnical conditions.
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(New Jersey, Fairfield County [CT], and New York City/Long Island [NY])
Council Officers Include:
Upcoming Meetings:
September 22, 2017: Join us at the Oyster Point Hotel for our next meeting.
Past Meetings:
June 16, 2017: The meeting was held at the Fornos of Spain where Mike Neill spoke about Member Experience and shared some of the most important actions that leaders should take to create a great Member Experience.
February 3, 2017: The meeting was held at Seasons 52. An educational session was led by Mark Solano of Velocity Solutions.
November 18, 2016: The meeting was held in Bridgewater, NJ at Maggiano's Little Italy. Richard Lafferty from MasterCard led a session on digital commerce.
September 23, 2016 : The meeting was held at the Federal Home Loan Bank in New York. Tom Settino and Angel Santos discussed balance sheet considerations, liquidity planning and industry trends.
April 29, 2016: The meeting was held at The Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank. The guest speaker, John Jankowski helped us understand the advantages and disadvantages of considering alternatives to a small group insurance benefit program.
February 5, 2016: This meeting was held at Maggiano's Little Italy. Our speaker, Julie Ann Wessinger, presented: Behavior Styles: Tools to Improve Communication and Productivity.
November 20, 2015: This meeting was held at the Forsgate Country Club. Speaker, David Steel presented "BE HEARD!" Identifying and Micro-Targeting Prospects Online and Converting them into Customers.
September 25, 2015: This meeting was held at Bridgewater Marriott, Bridgewater NJ. Speaker, Mike Bartoo presented Five Things Credit Unions Should Always be Doing.
May 29, 2015: This meeting was held at Piero's Italian Restaurant, Union Beach, NJ. Speaker, Carlos Molina, presented on the topic Risk Management and Oversight.
April 10, 2015: The meeting was held at Biagio's Restaurant Wine Room in Paramus, NJ. Speaker, Rosemary S. Gousman, regional managing partner of Fisher & Phillips, LLP presented What is Riskier? Hiring a Criminal or Conducting Background Checks? Can you Require Employees to Come to Work? and Bring Your Own Devices - Just Don't Bring Me a Lawsuit.
October 10, 2014: The meeting was held at the Lucianos Ristorante, Venetian Room in Rahway, NJ. Speaker, Kirk Drake, Founder/CEO of Ongoing Operations LLC, presented "Six Key Considerations for Your Credit Union Technology Plan."
May 2, 2014: The meeting was held at the Lucianos Ristorante, Venetian Room in Rahway, NJ. The topic of the meeting was Mobile Payments and the Impact on Credit Unions.
October 25, 2013: The meeting was held at the Galloping Hills Caterers Union, NJ, .Tansley Stearns from the Filene Institute, will present Social Media: Driving Business Results Through Engagement.
June 14, 2013: The meeting was held at the Galloping Hills Caterers Union, NJ, . Buddy Gill, CAE, Senior Strategic Communications and External Relations Advisor to Chairman Debbie Matz at the National Credit Union Administration, will be presenting an NCUA Regulatory and Legislative.
April 19, 2013: John A. Levy, Co-Found and Executive Vice President of IMM, presented: Like it, Love it, Gotta Have It...Credit Unions-Cloud-based Signatures and more, at the Bridgewater Marriott.
February 15, 2013: Dr. James W. Hughes discussed the state of our regional economy at the Bridgewater Marriott.
September 21, 2012: The meeting was held at the Bridgewater Marriott. Steve Heusuk, Senior Manager, Strategy & Business Development for CUNA Mutual Group, presented on Fee Income Strategic Issues.
June 8, 2012: The meeting was held at the Bridgewater Marriott. The topic was Building Toward A World Beyond Plastic. Guest speaker, Nat Rosenberg (the Senior Vice President, Independent Banks and Credit Union Market Team Lead, for New Business Development, MasterCard) discussed the next generation of payments coming to the United States.
March 30, 2012: The meeting was held at the Bridgewater Marriott. Michael Bartoo of Marquis gave a presentation entitled, Know Your Member - Turning Information into Actionable Knowledge.


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A few years ago, my favorite couple in the world decided to break up. They decided to have a ceremony about it and asked me to officiate. This is a story about their "unwedding." I produced it with Rachel James.
First...whenever Sharon needed a model for the perfect couple, she looked to her friends Claire and Finbloom. They seemed to be destined to live a happy life together, and Sharon was already slated to officiate their wedding. Then came the shocking news that Claire and Finbloom had actually broken up! But unlike most breakups that go down in a cloud of hostility and depression, Claire and Finboom devised a breakup ceremony...an "unwedding." Sharon would officiate that instead. A small group of friends met in a park and hummed and hugged, burned text messages, and thought of their own past breakups.


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About THE/ BLOG - PURPOSE
Purpose isn't singular. You may have a dominant purpose you feel called to, but we all have the opportunity to live purposefully in everything we do. Living purposefully also requires that we're aware of who we are (our identity) and where we've been (our story). It requires those things because we all have unique positives and unique negatives in our lives. If we don't learn to wrestle both of those categories to the ground, we believe that we'll have difficulty walking in positive purpose with everything we do. What does it mean to live with purpose? Why does this question deserve our attention? How does purpose relate to our story? What is positive purpose? These are some of the questions we're going to tackle, and we invite you to join the conversation!


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My Background
Katherine Mattox, RDN
My name is Katherine Mattox and I am a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). I graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition in 2005. I completed my dietetic internship at Cincinnati's Good Samaritan Hospital in 2006.
I have worked as a functional medicine dietitian since graduating from my dietetic internship. Functional dietetics is the practice of providing patients with dietary recommendations to prevent or amend disease and achieve optimal health and wellness. I trained while working at LaValle Metabolic Institute, an integrative healthcare practice founded by Jim LaValle, R.Ph, a nationally recognized clinical pharmacist, author and developer of the Metabolic Code protocol taught to physicians around the world.
In 2015, I started my own practice Diet Improved: Katherine Mattox Nutrition. I offer individual and corporate nutrition programs to help patients/employees achieve their health goals and ideal weight through identifying food sensitivities and dietary triggers of inflammation. See the popular client health concerns I target here. I have also worked at Mount Lookout Chiropractic & Sports Injury Center. I pride myself on having a sensible attitude about the importance of dietary choices for optimal health and providing patients with the education, personalization and support I would give a family member or close friend.
I belong to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and their Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine practice group. I love the public library and can't consume enough nutrition information. I listen to webinars, podcasts, attend healthcare and dietetic conferences and read popular diet books and blogs. I enjoy being an active mother, spending time outdoors, traveling, red wine, dark chocolate, good friends and cooking delicious meals.


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The 2015 Course Championship has been completed and now it's time to round out the San Diego team that will be competing in the Southwestern Team Disc Golf Invitational. To fill the available spots on the team there will be grinders for qualified players. See the list below for the date and players who are eligible.
Open Division - Nov. 14th, 9AM
- Chris Dilloway
- Jonathon Maki
- Mike Ballestas
- Mike Lust
- Jason Perdue
- Switch
- Jet
- Luke Christensen
Masters Division - Nov. 15th, 9AM
- Dave Devine
- Mike Westerman
- Shane Dehner
- Mike Slonim
- Ed Speakman
- Dan Shorkey
- Kevin Gomez
Grand Masters Division - Nov. 21st, 9AM
- Jeff Nichols
- Dan Shorkey
- Mike Slonim
- Fred A
- Dave Butcher
Players who have already secured spots on the team
- Micah Dorius
- Max Nichols
- Carlos Caballero
- Mike Tyberg


text: The driving force behind the Ondule collection was simplicity – not only in ease of transport, but also in the intuitive construction of the tables and easy-to-assemble components. To be done by anyone and entirely without tools. The individual parts will fit together as seamlessly as the finished piece will fit to your life. Guaranteed to be the crowning jewel and essence of any room. Whatever you need it to be, a coffee table, a night table, a side table. It will fulfill exactly the function you are going to wish.


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NEWwoodworks can bring even the most challenging vision to life using reclaimed, antique, or sustainably harvested fresh wood. Not only do you have a choice of the industry's widest variety of eclectic species, our craftsmen specialize in extraordinary, complex designs. From plank and edge style countertops to uniquely patterned end cut tops, to elegant curves, to live edges, to slate, stone, metal, and more — if you can design it, they can create it.
Powder room vanity topped with a large slab of reclaimed elm sitting on "toasted" reclaimed oak base.
Plank Walnut surround counter top
End grain butcher block counter
Crafted of reclaimed oak, this countertop includes a built in stove and joins an additional work space of natural slate.
A wooden chop block counter flows to natural Sheldon Slate in a Portland OR kitchen.
Oak end cuts with the end grain up create a custom chop block counter space.
Photo © Rob Stanton
Custom chop block island countertop.
Natural slate from Sheldon Slate is joined to create the double sink bath vanity topping custom walnut cabinetry.
An old bowling alley salvaged by Pioneer Millworks finds new life as the island top for a family kitchen in upstate NY.
This top was crafted of reclaimed Chestnut and includes a sink and cut-out "window" into the mini fridge.
Multiple wood species come together as narrow strips to form this office desk countertop complete with a peeled log base.
A limestone counter with inset sink tops a custom walnut vanity.
Granite tops bring additional color and character to a custom walnut kitchen.
A hand-hammered copper top and sink are the perfect touch to this game room wet bar.
Heart pine reception desk counter top, half round/curved edge in Bristol Harbour Resort, Canandaigua NY.
Reclaimed Jarrah top
Live edge cherry sleeper board top.
Sample of mixed hardwoods counter top with live edge.
Custom maple cabinetry is topped with maple and cherry striped wood top.
As the maple and cherry wood of this countertop mature the contrasting species' colors will become deeper and more obvious.
Mission style, custom wood kitchen island features a wood top with built-in sink.
Sample hardwood countertop with half round/curved edge.
When Mary remodeled her kitchen in Buffalo NY she contacted us for a custom crafted live edge reclaimed Elm top to go with new-to-her reclaimed flooring and paneling.
Reclaimed hardwood island counter on walnut cabinetry.
This walnut bar/game room cabinetry features live edge stiles and a natural slate top.
Several inches thick, this wood countertop curves to allow room for more seating and easier access to cabinets.
This live edge Walnut top feautres Butternut butterfly joints and tops custom Butternut cabinetry for a kitchen in Mendon, NY.
The combination of reclaimed Jarrah and Sheldon Slate offer durability and beauty in a Keuka Lake kitchen.
As we like to say "keep wood under the elbows" when crafting a kitchen.
Old French white oak and domestic barrel/vat stave were repurposed into a dining table for Mathew's family meals.
Custom counter top and walnut cabinetry.


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Well, what the heck else is this guy gonna do at this time of the year?! Of course Brock Lesnar, former UFC Heavyweight Champion of the World, hunts and kills what he eats. We're surprised there weren't pictures of him dressing his kill right there in the bush. 'Cause you know he's gonna hang that deer out in the backyard, like a true woodsman does.
Maybe the venison diet will help in training for his next fight.


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We planned to move a few miles along the coast to Okala Bay, which seemed like it may offer a little bit more protection behind a couple of giant rocks protecting the little indentation. It was only five miles away and we could see it from the anchorage at Wailau Valley.
There wasn't enough time to even shut down the engines between anchorages, so we unrolled the jib to help with our speed and fuel economy as we motored, leaving a reef in for gusts. We hugged the bottom of the world's largest sea cliffs (about 4,000', 1,600m). Overhead, several helicopters flew by, darting in and out of valleys that looked like where they filmed the opening scene for Jurassic Park III. Wait a minute; this is where they filmed the opening scene from Jurassic Park III! Well, that's just super cool!
Enjoying the stunning views of the worlds tallest sea cliffs and this beautiful, wild, coastline.
Along the way, Maryanne got a signal on her phone for the first time since leaving Maui, and was able do download her email. We got half a message from Fountaine Pajot. Our rudders were finished and ready to be shipped, but it was unclear whether they actually had been or not. We got a tracking number from DHL, but the message also said the charge didn't go through and they were holding the rudders for shipment.
Ugh! Our credit card company is always trying to protect us when some suspicious charge comes up from some weirdo location. The thing is, that's the only kind of charging we ever do. Apparently other people don't buy groceries a thousand dollars at a time, or place charges from multiple states and even countries on the same day. The card companies have been pretty good lately. They seem to have finally figured out we're in Hawai'i, but now somebody has tried to buy a jet ski or something from some boat company in France, so they put a stop to that. They actually have an automated system that calls us within a few seconds and asks if the charge is legit but, of course, we had no signal to receive the call.
All of this meant our nice downwind sightseeing tour was put on hold as we rolled up the jib and turned upwind into the waves trying to maintain our elusive cell phone signal. We both did a lot of standing on tippy-toes on the cabin top waving our phones way over our heads with no effect.
We tried for a while and then gave up and headed back downwind to Okala. We figured we might be able to get a message out on our ham radio later to at least keep the rudders headed this way.
The anchorage was gorgeous, with a big valley curving up and away behind the beach and several towering rocks to seaward. We stopped and hovered for a bit. There was a lot of swell here, too. The anchorage was smaller and the bottom looked like it had only patches of sand here and there. We wanted to stay, but decided it would be more prudent to skip this one and head to the next one at Kaluapapa, which lay on the west side of a two-mile long peninsula that would be sure to protect us from the swell.
We were not allowed to land at Kaluapapa, so we continued on and tucked ourselves as far as we could into a deserted sandy beach just beyond. We found flat seas, plenty of sun and wind and long views of Moloka'i's northern cliffs as well as the village of Kaluapapa.
Landing at Kaluapapa is restricted because it still houses a number of patients with Hansen's disease, formerly called Leprosy. The town used to be a colony. Now the Park Service runs it and even today is only accessible by aircraft or a very steep mule trail that switchbacks up the cliffs behind and then only with a permit.
As I tidied up after our sail, Maryanne found a weak phone signal and was able to sort out our rudder problem. It appears they had been sent even though the charge had not gone through. That was very good of them to do. The same thing happened when we gave them the initial deposit for the order, so I'm sure they think it will be sorted out quickly like the last time.
Sitting in the cockpit afterwards, we spotted a line of horses and donkeys walking along the beach carrying what appeared to be guides and a few tourists. They were starting the journey back up the hill toward the road that runs along the ridge. Way at the top, I could see through the binoculars where it emerged at a scenic pullout, where people were standing on the edge snapping photos. I may have to try to figure out how to get up there…
Visitors leave the settlement on foot, or in this case on donkey/horse to climb back up the mountain. All were gone by Sunset.


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Towson Gardens Day will be held Thursday, May 3, centered on the Courthouse Fountain Square area from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Highlights of the day, which is hosted by the Towson Chamber of Commerce and the Towson Gardens Day Committee, include:
• A free tour of the historic Courthouse Gardens, led by landscape architect Avery Harden and landscape designer Carol Oppenheimer, at 11 a.m.
• A performance by students of the Anna Apicella School of Dance, at 11:30 a.m.
• Music by the Towson High School Jazz Band, at 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
• Greetings from Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, at noon.
• At 12:15 p.m., the Great Azalea Trial will take place, with County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger defending the azalea's place as Towson official flower, and County Executive Kevin Kamenetz serving as chief prosecutor advocating a replacement, the Knock Out Rose. The azalea is being, "charged with being a shrub instead of a flower." Circuit Court Judge Justin King will preside over the trial.
• An awards ceremony at 12:15 p.m. will recognize gardening efforts in Towson's neighborhoods and announce the recipients of the 2012 Towson Azalea House plaque.
• Songs by the Trinity Episcopal Children's Center Chorus, at 12:45 p.m.
• Lectures will be offered by the District III Federated Garden Clubs in their on-site "Potting Shed," including "Knock 'em Out With Knockout Roses," with Scott Robinson of L&R Landscaping (10:30 a.m.); "Veggie M.D.," with master gardener Norman Cohen (1 p.m.); and "Five Beautiful Native Plants for Touch Spots," with Vincent Vizachero of Blue Water Baltimore (2 p.m.).
• After Gardens Day ends at 3 p.m., a free concert by the group, Beach Bumz, will take place 5 to 7 p.m. in the Courthouse Gardens.


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Every February 14, across the World, around the Globe candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, For the world has just One Real Global Festival Celebrated by all and sundry in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint, and where did these traditions come from.
The History of VALENTINE'S DAY
The history and the story of its patron saint–is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite?
Flowers, candy, red hearts and romance. That's what Valentine's day is all about, right? Well, maybe not.
The origin of this holiday for the expression of love really isn't romantic at all — at least not in the traditional sense. Father Frank O'Gara of Whitefriars Street Church in Dublin, Ireland, tells the real story of the man behind the holiday — St. Valentine.
The story of Valentine's Day begins in the third century with an oppressive Roman emperor and a humble Christian Martyr. The emperor was Claudius II. The Christian was Valentinus.
"He was a Roman Priest at a time when there was an emperor called Claudias who persecuted the church at that particular time," Father O'Gara explains. " He also had an edict that prohibited the marriage of young people.
On February 14 is was said that the young boys and girls of the villages would write down the names of every girl and place these names in a jar of which each young man would have to draw a name of a girl and this particular maiden would be their partner for the duration of the festival. Sometimes these parings would last a year and end up in marriages.
These rituals under the laws of Claudius were banned. This was based on the hypothesis that unmarried soldiers fought better than married soldiers because married soldiers might be afraid of what might happen to them or their wives or families if they died."
"I think we must bear in mind that it was a very permissive society in which Valentine lived," says Father O'Gara. "Polygamy would have been much more popular than just one woman and one man living together. And yet some of them seemed to be attracted to Christian faith. But obviously the church thought that marriage was very sacred between one man and one woman for their life and that it was to be encouraged. And so it immediately presented the problem to the Christian church of what to do about this."
"The idea of encouraging them to marry within the Christian church was what Valentine was about. And he secretly married them because of the edict."
As a result of the order of the Roman Empire all marriages and engagements were canceled. Saint Valentine a Roman priest finding it against the laws of the Christ, Determined to stand against it and was said to have married these couples in secret and for this he was executed on the 14th day of February.Valentine was eventually caught, imprisoned and tortured for performing marriage ceremonies against command of Emperor Claudius the second. There are legends surrounding Valentine's actions while in prison.
One of the men who was to judge him in line with the Roman law at the time was a man called Asterius, who's daughter was blind. He was supposed to have prayed with and healed the young girl with such astonishing effect that Asterius himself became Christian as a result."
In the year 269 AD, Valentine was sentenced to a three part execution of a beating, stoning, and finally decapitation all because of his stand for Christian marriage. The story goes that the last words he wrote were in a note to Asterius' daughter. He inspired today's romantic missives by signing it, "from your Valentine."
Valentine's martyrdom has not gone unnoticed by the general public.
St Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 of each year; the reason why it is celebrated on this day is because this was the day that the Patron Saint of Lovers "St Valentine" was supposedly executed on. also it is said that during the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France and England that February was the beginning of birds' mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of the month February 14, Valentine's Day should be a day for romance.
however, that the day became definitively associated with love.On this day lovers all around the world mark this occasion as a day for sending poems, cards, flowers or candy, etc. They might also be a social gathering or ball to mark the occasion.
Valentine has come to be known as the patron saint of lovers. Before you enter into a Christian marriage you want some sense of God in your life — some great need of God in your life. And we know, particularly in the modern world, many people are meeting God through his Son, Jesus Christ."
"If Valentine were here today, he would say to married couples that there comes a time where you're going to have to suffer. It's not going to be easy to maintain your commitment and your vows in marriage. Don't be surprised if the 'gushing' love that you have for someone changes to something less "gushing" but maybe much more mature. And the question is, is that young person ready for that?"
Valentine's Day Greetings
Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages, though written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400. The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. (The greeting is now part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London, England.) Several years later, it is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a valentine note to Catherine of Valois.
In addition to the European continents Valentine's Day is celebrated in United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Australia. In later parts of 20th Century it spread to Eastern parts of the world especially Japan, Indian Subcontinents, Hong Kong and today its totally global.
In Great Britain, Valentine's Day began to be popularly celebrated around the 17th century. By the middle of the 18th, it was common for friends and lovers of all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes, and by 1900 printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one's feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage rates also contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine's Day greetings.
Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began selling the first mass-produced valentines in America. Howland, known as the "Mother of the Valentine," made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as "scrap." Today, according to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.) Women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.(data by History Channel)
History of St.Valentine
Distinguishing fact from fiction in the case of St Valentine is not easy, as there were at least 3 saints of the name, all of whom died as martyrs.
In fact, Whitefriars Street Church is one of three churches that claim to house the remains of Valentine. Today, many people make the pilgrimage to the church to honor the courage and memory of this Christian saint.
Now there is another a story of how the remains of St. Valentine reached Ireland–
We, Charles, by the divine mercy, Bishop of Sabina of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Odescalchi Arch Priest of the Sacred Liberian Basilica, Vicar General of our most Holy Father the Pope and Judge in Ordinary of the Roman Curia and of its Districts, etc, etc. To all and everyone who shall inspect these our present letters, we certify and attest, that for the greater glory of the omnipotent God and veneration of his saints, we have freely given to the Very Reverend Father Spratt, Master of Sacred Theology of the Order of Calced Carmelites of the convent of that Order at Dublin, in Ireland, the blessed body of St Valentine, martyr, which we ourselves by the command of the most Holy Father Pope Gregory XVI on the 27th day of December 1835, have taken out of the cemetery of St Hippolytus in the Tiburtine Way, together with a small vessel tinged with his blood and have deposited them in a wooden case covered with painted paper, well closed, tied with a red silk ribbon and sealed with our seals and we have so delivered and consigned to him, and we have granted unto him power in the Lord, to the end that he may retain to himself, give to others, transmit beyond the city (Rome) and in any church, oratory or chapel, to expose and place the said blessed holy body for the public veneration of the faithful without, however, an Office and Mass, conformably to the decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, promulgated on the 11th day of August 1691. In testimony whereof, these letters, testimonial subscribed with our hand, and sealed with our seal, we have directed to be expedited by the undersigned keeper of sacred relics.
Rome, from our Palace, the 29th day of the month of January 1836. C.Cardinal Vicar Regd. Tom 3. Page 291 Philip Ludovici Pro-Custos
Now for those wishing to visit St Valentine's Shrine in Dublin, Whitefriar Street Church is located between Aungier Street and Wexford Street, and is just a few minutes' walk west of St Stephen's Green. Within the Whitefriar Street Church building there is a shop where one can purchase various souvenirs, such as cards, keyrings and other material bearing Valentine's image. Unlike most other surviving inner city churches in Dublin, Whitefriar Street always seems to be busy, and as well as the shrine to St Valentine, there are shrines to the Black Madonna and St Albert.
The Whitefriar Street Fathers today emphasise St Valentine's association 'with young people and their needs as they grow into maturity and adult life'. To express it more romantically, the Whitefriar Street Shrine to St Valentine has been and continues to be a place of pilgrimage for those celebrating love – as well as for those who have lost it or have yet to find it!
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Let us cast our minds back to imagine we are in the midst of the First World War. Fighting is worldwide on the Western Front, in East Africa, Mesopotamia and Gallipoli (now modern-day Syria and Iraq). Of the 75 million men who are fighting in the war, over 1.5million of these were from Indian Army. More than 74,000 sacrificed their lives.
In 1914 when Britain declared war on Germany, it's Empire spanned the globe and included dominions such as Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and India. When the call to war came all of these countries and continents answered the call sending men and animals to the front lines.
The British Council recently conducted a survey in Egypt, France, Germany, India, Russia Turkey and the UK, and they state on their website that it "shows, the UK public has only a limited understanding of the extent and significance of the role of commonwealth countries in the First World War." This includes the over 1.5million Indians who volunteered to fight for the empire.
In British history there can be a tendency to assume that the first world war was European, fought by European troops and that it was European troops who lost their lives, but the reality is that a vast number of men who made up the allied army came from across the empire and the world. The Indian Army consisted of men of a number of different faiths and nationalities and overall over 13,000 medals and 12 Victoria Crosses were won by their troops during and immediately after the war.
The website ww1muslimsoldiers.org.uk tells the story of the over 400,000 Muslim men who fought in the British Indian Army. Their website states that "in total, the Indian Army sent around 1.5 million men and 173,000 animals from Indian ports to nearly all theatres of war across Europe, Africa and Asia. One in every six soldiers of the British Empire was from the Indian subcontinent."
The Sikh troops made up around 22% of the number of men that the Indian Army sent to the front line at the beginning of the war, despite only 2% of the population of India being Sikh. Often referred to as the Black Lions during the war and since dubbed the Lions of the Great War, they were allowed to use traditional Sikh weapons such as chakrams and talwar swords and took their duties as soldiers as a likening to martyrdom. By the end of the war 100,000 Sikhs had volunteered for the army.
BUT, why does this matter? Shantha Roe who is the artistic director of Annapurna Dance has developed a performance to tell this war story in this the final centenary year of WW1. She explains the importance of the project:
'It is because of the sacrifice made by these volunteer soldiers I am here now in Britain. The picture of multicultural Britain and why and how it has evolved into becoming one -becomes very clear if one knows this precious shared history. The project has evolved since then I have changed the title to "Soldiers of the Empire". I am very much looking forward to bringing it to Settle Stories in July.
Here at Settle Stories, we believe storytelling can be the best form of history lesson. We believe that the story of the 74,000 Muslims, Sikhs & Gurkhas who sacrificed their lives is a story that needs to be told and shared. This is why on Saturday the 14th July we're inviting Shantha and Annapurna Indian Dance to present 'Soldiers of the Empire', in this the final centenary year of WW1.
Annapurna Indian Dance pays homage to the forgotten soldiers from undivided India, who fought for Britain during WW1. Their vision is to achieve harmony and understanding between people of different cultures through Indian Dance. They are storytellers, musicians, puppeteers, percussionists, composers and choreographers who come together to create vibrant dance projects which engage all ages.
This spellbinding performance for Settle Stories on 14th July, told through storytelling, music and dance is a shared history which stretches from Europe to the Indian sub-continent and which touches upon race, religion, empire and culture, with strong bearings on the present.
Discover the legacy of their contribution as their story is brought to life.
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Ok – here it is … I hate to cast-on. I am bad at it. I really hated it until I found the crochet cast-on method in Victorian Lace Today. I still don't do it well, so it is still very stressful for me. My project always starts out WAY TOO LOOSE! So, I'm going to do some experimenting to figure out this problem I have. I'm going to start out with cast-ons in Nancie Wiseman's Finishing Techniques book and trying different needles and such.
In other fiber-y things –
Here are the green cable socks, finished.
the particulars:
Yarn: Happy Feet, Plymouth Yarn, 2 skeins (used 62g with 40g left)
Color: is a number, looks like green camo
Size: fits W size 8-9
Needles: Knit picks US 2
Pattern: made it up
I'm working on another pair for DH because those turned out too small – see the previous post if you must know how that sort of thing happens
The pattern started out as the Blueberry Waffle sock, which Megan of Stitch It loves, but I got the rows mixed up. It still looks fine.
The Bug is growing up so fast. She moved to the 3 year old room last week. This means she gets to play on the "big" playground!


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In 2010, the United Nations declared its recognition of "the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life." While significant progress has been made, around the world more than:
are without access to clean, safe drinking water
are without access to improved sanitation facilities
Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia continue to be disproportionately burdened with this lack of capacity. Lack of clean water and adequate sanitation is responsible for high rates of water-borne disease, for nearly 1 000 children die each day from preventable water and sanitation related diseases.
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Fresh out of school and looking for an internship in a magazine? Here's a cover letter for an intern:
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Your new marketing assistant, Purita Jones, mentioned that you might be looking for interns this summer. I am prepared to bring an unusual level of energy, dedication, and hard work to such internship.
I have worked as a wedding planner's assistant during school breaks for the past four years, successfully juggling customer service, events and administrative functions.
This work background is an excellent complement to my solid liberal arts education. As a fast learner with internet and computer skills, I have a keen desire to serve your clients, this is in line with my general interest in the fashion industry.
Can we pursue this possibility further? I will call within two weeks to verify that you received my resume, answer any preliminary questions you may have, and arrange an appointment to talk about internship. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss how I can serve Fashionista Magazine this summer.
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SMA Candle Lighting, Saturday August 13th at dusk.
SMA Candle Lighting will be Saturday, August 13th at 7:00pm. Join with families and SMA organizations around the country by lighting a candle at sunset to remember those SMA Angels who have lost their battle with SMA and to honor those who are still here fighting everyday! SMA has taken a lot from us but it will never take our hope or our fight.
We would love to see you share your photos of your SMA Candle Lighting tonight! Please post your photos on our Facebook page.


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UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Charles G. Summers
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Charles G. Summers, Ph.D. - Entomologist
- Education:
- B.S. Entomology Utah State University
- M.S. Entomology, Utah State University
- Ph.D. Entomology, Cornell University
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- Economic entomology and pest management: biology and ecology of insects attacking field and vegetable crops; pest management of field and vegetable crop insects and the interaction of multiple pest complexes; development of economic injury levels and economic thresholds; insect/plant-virus relationships with emphasis on aphid-bourne viruses.
Selected Publications:
- Mueller, S. C., C. G. Summers, and P. B. Goodell. 2005. Strip cutting alfalfa for lygus management: Forage quality implications Crop Management doi: 10.1094/CM-2005-0506-01-RS.
- Summers, C. G., A. S. Newton, and D. C. Opgenorth.. 2004. Overwintering of Corn Leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), and Spiroplasma kunkelii (Mycoplasmatales: Spiroplasmataceae) in California's San Joaquin Valley Environmental Entomology 33: 1644-1651.
- Summers, C. G., J. P. Mitchell, and J. J. Stapleton. 2004. Management of aphid-borne viruses and Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae in zucchini squash by using UV reflective plastic and wheat straw mulches. Environmental Entomology 33: 1447-1457.
- Summers, C. G., J. P. Mitchell, and J. J. Stapleton. 2004. Silverleaf whitefly management using reflective plastic and wheat straw mulch. Encyclopedia of Pest Management.
- Summers, C. G., Mitchell, J. P., and Stapleton, J. J. 2004. Non-chemical insect and disease management in cucurbit production systems. Acta Hort 638: 119-125.
- Summers, Charles G.. 1998. Integrated pest management in forage alfalfa. Integrated Pest Management Reviews 3:127-154
- Summers, Charles G.. 1997. Phototactic behavior of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) crawlers. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 90(3):372-379.
- Godfrey, Larry, Charlie Summers and Peter Goodell. 1996. Silverleaf whitefly in the San Joaquin Valley - Year 4. 1996 Proceedings, Beltwide cotton Conferences 1023-1026.
- Summers, Charles G., Albert S. Newton, Jr., and Debbie Estrada. 1996. Intraplant and interplant movement of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) crawlers. Environmental Entomology 25(6):1360-1364.
- Allen, J. C., C. C. Brewster, J. F. Paris, D. G. Riley and C. G. Summers. 1996. Spatiotemporal modeling of whitefly dynamics in a regional cropping system using satellite data Bemisia 1995: Taxonomy, Biology, Damage Control and Management. Intercept Ltd., Andover, Hants, United Kingdom. 111-124.


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Trivial Pursuit Master Edition Review
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When Trivial Pursuit was first released for the iPhone, it garnered excellent reviews and for good reason: it's a great conversion of the classic trivia game. iPad owners have waited long enough for their own native version. Fortunately, they've been richly rewarded with Trivial Pursuit Master Edition, a compelling game for any fans of trivia.
The multitude of different modes goes some way to making the $4.99 asking price an easy decision. Comprehensive single player and multiplayer options are available.
For the lone gamer, two great and different ways of playing are possible. There's the classic Trivial Pursuit, we all know and love. The player works their way around the board collecting up wedges of different colors before their opponent. Plenty of customization options are available with the ability to adjust the number of wedges needed to win and whether wedges can be won on all tiles, or just the traditional means of answering correctly on a Headquarters space. Different AI options are available too with easy being extremely simple to beat and hard requiring some impressive efforts in order to beat them.
Also available is my favorite mode of the iPhone edition: Pursuit mode. This one involves a race to the final square in a linear fashion. It's a much more fast paced way of playing and ideal to play in short bursts. Questions, much like the rest of the game, are still focused on the six different genres of questions.
Multiplayer includes a Wi-Fi mode so that players can play with others across their local network. More interestingly is that of the Table Top mode so players can pass the device back and forth. It doesn't work quite as well as playing the game as there's not much reason to chat. Questions are all multiple choice so there's no need for anyone to read out questions or answers. It's not quite as fun as just playing the real thing but it does require less space which is a bonus.
Once the initial batch of questions have been exhausted, plenty of in-app purchases are available to bolster the question supply. These range from a TV pack, Sports, General Knowledge, Encyclopedia and Movies. There's also the intimidating sounding Master Edition pack for the trivia experts.
While I don't think the multiplayer features will be used as much as the real thing (unless space is a big issue), the single player options are very enjoyable. In particular, Pursuit is a satisfying experience that's bound to hook both new and old fans of the game.


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Orwick's Fighting Sioux Hockey
About Us
We are a diehard Fighting Sioux family. This page is designed to
let you get to know who the Orwicks are.
Dee and I have been season hockey tickets holders since 1990. We
began taking our children, Aaron, Kyle, Nathan and Aletha to hockey games in the eighties as they were
born. You can never be to young to become a Sioux hockey fan!
We are members of the Fighting Sioux Club and recommend that if you are
not a current member you consider joining the team behind the teams. You will find a link to their website on our home
Although we live 50 miles from Grand Forks, we can proudly say that we
have never missed a game as a result of bad weather. Some call that insane, we call it dedication! We have traveled
to every WCHA arena, expect Alaska Anchorage, to watch the Fighting Sioux represent UND and all of North Dakota. They
have always made up proud.
Aaron is a graduate of UND and also received his MBA there in December
2005 our daughter-in law Lisa is a 2006 graduate of UND and both work in the Twin Cities, Kyle is a 2008 graduate of
UND and our daughter-in-law Vanessa graduated from UND in 2008 and received her Masters their in 2009, Nate and Aletha are
current students at UND bringing the total of four Orwick children and two great daughter-in-laws who have been
educated at this the home of the Fighting Sioux.
It does not get any better than this!
When the puck drops you will find us in Section 107, Row
A, Seats 20 & 21.
top ten all time favorite Fighting Sioux hockey players:
These players wore the Fighting Sioux jersey with pride,
carrying on the great Fighting Sioux hockey tradition. Their skills on the ice brought success and/or National Championships
to the University of North Dakota.
Please leave any comments regarding this list
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Cary Eades
James Patrick
Tony Hrkac
1984-85, 1986-87
21, 7
Ed Belfour
Jason Blake
Mike Commodore
Jeff Panzer
Karl Goehring
Ryan Duncan
family's most memorable Fighting Sioux hockey moments:
Allen - Watching on TV as the Cary Eades, Jim
Archibald and the boys went into the Badger's bench and stands to settle the score with the Wisconsin players and
fans in the famous "Water Bottle Game" on January 30, 1982, in Dane County Coliseum. I have since received a DVD of
that game from Cary Eades and it is awesome to relive the "Glory Days:!
Dee - Our first road trip which was to Colorado
Springs. We left in a North Dakota blizzard and traveled to CC with the Narums, our good friends and NDSU Bison
fans. We met up with my Colorado cousins, Karen and Kari to cheer on the Fighting Sioux. Although the Sioux
were swept by CC, the after game festivities could not have been topped by any victorious Tiger fans!
Aaron - Watching UND winning the Championship
in '87 since I have watched that game about 100 times.
Lisa - During the 2007-08 season we were at the
Minnesota game in Minneapolis and on Saturday night in the standing room only section. Aletha and I spotted some seats
down below and worked our way down close to ice level. As the game ended a fight broke out right in front of us, carrying
into the postgame handshake.
Kyle - As a little kid sitting in the "Old Ralph"
among the Gopher faithful. The Gophers were kicking the Sioux and the Minnesota fans were giving my older brother, Aaron
and me, the business. The Sioux rallied and beat the dreaded Gophs in the third period. It was really sweet
to give dish out what we had been taking all night!
Vanessa -
Nathan - Celebrating "To the cup!" after the Sioux
won the MacNaughton Cup in 2004 with Mom, Dad, Aletha, Jerry, Jeff, Lisa and Lindsay at Lola's.
Aletha - Watching the Sioux play hockey with screaming
cousin Lindsay and my "vocal" Aunt Lisa.
"May the logo and
the Fighting Sioux name live on forever!"
Ralph Engelstad - October 5, 2001
is great sadness that this statement will not hold true!
family will ALWAYS BE FIGHTING SIOUX!!
"You can take away the name but
you can't take away the spirit"
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Millennials want more out of a job than just a paycheck. They are driven by a unique combination of personal mission, ambition for career progression, and desire for continuous learning and personal development.
Studies show that most new hires decide within the first three weeks on the job whether they feel at home with their new organization.
Does your onboarding program deliver what Millennials want and need to know to reinforce their decision, improve their engagement and help ensure their retention with the company?
An effective onboarding program will focus on ensuring new Millennial hires understand the organization's commitment to them in terms of:
- Values and mission
- Career advancement and personal development
- Coaching and mentorship opportunities
The formula for successfully onboarding Millennials is simple. Address Millennials basic motivations for choosing the work they do and who they do it for. Show them how your organization aligns with these motivations. Create alignment between their motivations and the experience of working with your organization. Do that, and you'll make major progress towards turning new Millennial hires into engaged, loyal employees.
Values & Mission
Today's Millennial workforce lives by a strong mission and value system and is seeking to align their career with a higher purpose.
According to a survey by Microsoft, 88% of respondents said that are drawn to companies that display a clearly defined set of values and a strong mission.
This is reinforced by Deloitte, which found that six in ten Millennials say "a sense of purpose" is part of the reason they chose a new employer. Among "super-connected Millennials", those who are heavy users of social networking tools, there is an even greater focus on business purpose with 77% of this group reporting their company's purpose was a major reason why they chose to work there.
Deloitte also found a strong sense of purpose was closely linked to positive organizational performance. Among businesses where Millennials say there is a strong sense of purpose, there is significantly higher reporting of financial success, employee satisfaction and growth in recruitment.
Since this generation leans towards employers and jobs where they feel they can serve a purpose, onboardingshould focus on ensuring that the new hire understands the company's broader social mission and impact, internalizes that mission and aligns it with their own core values, and how both the employee and organization can work together contribute to society as a whole.
How important is stressing the organization's mission in onboarding and retention?
Deloitte reports that company values that are shared with and believed by Millennials also promote loyalty – especially when employers demonstrate a strong sense of purpose beyond financials. Millennials who say that they plan to stay with their current company for at least the next five years also are far more likely to report a strong sense of purpose than those who think they will leave in the next two years.
Career Advancement & Personal Development
Moving up the ladder is important to Millennial employees. Making sure they understand opportunities to do it within your organization must be a key objective of your onboarding program.
In a survey of how Millennial college graduates evaluate employers and job opportunities, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) found:
- Career progression is a top priority for Millennials with 52% saying this was the main attraction of an employer, coming ahead of competitive salaries at 44%. Excellent training and development programs followed at 35%.
- Some 65% who had recently accepted a job said the opportunity for personal development was the factor that most influenced their decision. It was the number one factor and far ahead of the starting salary at 21%.
- When asked which benefits they would most value from an employer, training and development topped the list at 22%, ahead of financial benefits.
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The Adventures of Chloe #4: "Ask The Chloe!"/
That's right, in this episode, I ask Chloe a couple of questions that I got from some folks on Twitter! Thanks go to @drquest and @docxen for submitting questions! First, however, we talk about Thanksgiving and a couple of other things that we have been up to. By the way, Chloe loves answering questions! Send us your questions to email@example.com or on twitter to @AskTheChloe! Most likely, your questions will end up on a future episode!


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Juicy J – Ice (Ft Future & A$AP Ferg)
Juicy J links up with Future and A$AP Ferg for this new song called "Ice" produced by Mike Will Made It. A video is also on the way which Juicy J previewed in a behind the scenes clip below.
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General News · 11th August 2015
Septic Smart Workshop on Cortes!
Friends of Cortes Island Helen
Learn how to properly care for your residential septic system!
Wednesday, August 19th
Manson's Hall
Topics include:
Septic systems and how they work
Proper septic system maintenance
Tips to make your system last longer
Proper maintenance has a significant impact on how well your septic system works and how long it lasts. Attend this workshop and learn how to preserve our watersheds, protect our community's health, and save money!
The workshop will be instructed by David Coombe.
David is a retired Environmental Health Officer with 40 years of experience. Much of his career has involved the approval and inspection of on-site sewage disposal systems. He has worked with the RDN SepticSmart program for the past eight years and currently resides in Nanaimo.
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Me After You goes on a blog tour TOMORROW! Not familiar with blog tours? You'll get reviews and interviews and Me After You inspired playlists and dream casts and blurbs and favorite quotes and a giveaway! Oh My! Oh, and did I mention there's going to be a GIVEAWAY? Yeah. Get excited. I am.I'm posting the tour schedule here, so that you can follow along if you'd like to. Right now I've just linked it to the fabulous blogs that are participating, but as the posts go live I will link it to the tour posts. :) YAY!
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Like all other Shieldtails species level identification of Elliot's Shieldtail is not easy specially in Western Ghats and South India because of presence of many other spcis of same genus. However in many other parts of its range (Central India and Eastern Ghats) it is the only Uropeltid species.
Average length- 18cm.
Maximum length- 25cm.
Dorsal -
Body small, slender and covered with glossy smooth scales. Dorsal color ranges from brown to dark chocolate brown with more of less yellow dots. These dots become larger on side and underside.
Ventral -
Belly color not distinct from dorsal but it bears larger yellow patches. Two yellow lines run along the side of the neck, visible from side. A thick band or line exist over the anal which joins with two yellow longitudinal lines reaching toward the tail.
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Head small, not broader than neck, with pointed snout and covered with large shields. Eyes small in the form of dot and covered by a large ocular shield. Color similat to dorsal with no specific markings.
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Very short, appears sloppy and bears two spines lying side by side on end.


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If you've been reading this blog longer than a few months, you can probably tell that my rants about "how much I hate academia and why I'm leaving" are falling off somewhat. It's true.
Now don't get me wrong - I still hate academia and I'm still leaving. :) I'm just feeling less angry about the whole thing, and more focused on what comes next and how to help the rest of you cope with the process of leaving.
And shoot, I'm just so happy to be not an academic anymore that I haven't been as motivated to write up long ranty posts against academia. Which is good. I need to look forward, not back.
That being said, I know that new readers show up here every few days through searches about hating academia ... and they may be at the stage where they could use some ranting that corresponds to how they're feeling. I may not be able to come up with fresh rants on a regular basis anymore, but I do have some pretty good anti-academia rants saved up from some old writing. Specifically, I have a series of "reasons that I hate academia," which my therapist encouraged me to write when I was first making the decision to leave and was struggling with my emotions. He suggested that I might find it helpful to do some writing about academia that was "just for me" in order to process not only my thoughts about what to do next - but my true, uncensored thoughts about what I was leaving behind - namely, academia.
So, I have these Word documents on my computer - a journal of sorts, which I used to help me sort through my anger toward academia. And they were tremendously helpful to write at the time. Immensely helpful. It felt so great to get everything out of my system, and to vent about how angry I was and how frustrated I was with all of the aspects of academia that I hated or found ridiculous.
So last week, I ran across the journal once again, and it occurred to me that some of the entries might be useful/amusing for people here to read. And since I'm going to be in and out of town quite a bit over the next couple of months (and then job-hunting again after the new year), I think that I might need some filler entries to post to keep this blog going until I find a new job.
So, I think that what I'll do every now and then over the next few months, when I'm too busy or unmotivated to post, is to copy and paste some of those postacademic rants here. I think some of you might find them amusing or even helpful in processing your emotions (if you're still feeling the anger yourself). I'm currently out of town until the middle of next week, but I wanted to put up a new post for you to chew on. So I'll post the first one tomorrow ... and perhaps some more the next time I'm traveling or unmotivated to write a new post.
Importantly, though ... I want to stress that I'm not still feeling this negative and angry. I'm definitely not still stewing away at academia like I was at the beginning. I have my moments, sure - it's hard not to when things like this or this happen - but they're few and far between these days.
However, I know a lot of you might be still feeling the anger. So these rants are for you. I'll set the first one to post tomorrow (since I'm heading out of town today until the middle of next week), and I'll post others over the next few months during times when I don't have time or motivation to write anything more succinct. Hopefully they will make you laugh or help you realize that you aren't alone.
Now, a big disclaimer before the first one posts - I did not censor myself in writing for my therapist, so the language is cruder and there is a lot of cursing. I'm not going to edit them, since I'd like to preserve the raw emotion, so the cursing will remain. I'll put the bulk of the posts behind page jumps, though, so that you can make sure your browser won't be covered with F-bombs in case your boss or advisor happens to walk by just as you're loading my blog. :)
So, this will be a new, if infrequent, series. The first one will post tomorrow. Have a great weekend!


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Don E. Charbula, P.E., Vice President
Responsibilities include providing a wide variety of petroleum engineering, underground storage engineering and mining engineering consulting services to oil and gas companies, gas transmission companies, natural gas and liquids storage companies, banks, trusts and institutional investors.
University of Texas at Austin (USA) 1980
Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering
Previous Positions
Texas American Resources Company and Texas American Resources Asia
Austin, Texas USA
[1999 to April 2008]
Senior Vice President, Engineering and Consulting Petroleum Engineer Provided reservoir engineering support for the domestic and international company. Calculated Reserve and resource volumes utilizing deterministic, probabilistic, material balance, decline curve, and analog methodologies. Supervised and coordinated the activities of two engineers and a technical assistant Prepare technical reports, information memoranda, and presentations for potential equity investors, senior lenders, and prospective partners. Prepared Reserve reports and annual budget for the company. Negotiated with engineering consultants and bank representatives to maximize the value of company assets. Evaluated acquisition and divestiture candidates. Provided expert testimony before the Texas Railroad Commission. Serve as an officer of company.
Tri-Union Development Corporation
Houston, Texas USA
[1998 to 1999]
Manager, Reservoir Engineering Directed the group that provided reservoir engineering services for the company. Areas of responsibility included the Gulf of Mexico, onshore Texas, and California's Sacramento Basin. Calculated reserves utilizing volumetric, material balance, decline curve and analog methods. Maintained company's Reserve system and documentation. Prepared reports as required by senior lenders. Evaluated potential acquisition and divestiture candidates.
Rutherford-Moran Oil Corporation
Houston, Texas USA
[1996 to 1998]
Manager, Reservoir Engineering Established an engineering department by setting technical standards, organizing and recording technical data in a database. Initiated a methodology and means for forecasting and tracking production, Reserves, operating expenses and cash flows. Provided all reservoir and production engineering support for company's leasehold in the Gulf of Thailand. Determined net proved reserves of 358 Bcfe (878 Bcfe gross) in the multi-reservoir Tantawan, Benchamas and Maliwan fields. Established criteria for well completions and recommended revised drilling procedures resulting in a 35% cost savings. Prepared reports and presentations for the company's board of directors, banks, bond rating agencies, equity investors, equity analysts, and other outside constituents. Actively participated in the company's successful initial public offering on the NASDAQ. Prepared various public filings, including prospectuses, bank agreements, Form 10-K filings, annual reports and press releases.
Columbia Gas Development Corporation
Houston, Texas USA
[1992 to 1995]
Staff Engineer/Reserves Coordinator Provided reservoir engineering support for the multi-disciplined offshore asset management team. Group was responsible for operated and non-operated properties with a net value of $106 MM – roughly 56% of the total company value. Implemented material balance techniques, volumetric estimates, and decline curve analyses to increase net proved reserves by 41.5 Bcf and 794 MBbls over a 12-month period. Administered an ORACLE-based Reserve management system.Coordinated reserve reporting activities of engineers from four asset management teams. Acted as liaison with internal and external auditors. Worked closely with earth scientists to generate and evaluate proposals to drill development and exploratory wells. Prepared field studies integrating reservoir performance with geological and geophysical data. Analyzed potential acquisitions and presented results to executive management.
Maxus Energy (Diamond Shamrock)
Dallas, Texas USA
[1989 to 1991]
Senior Operations Engineer Responsible for engineering aspects of operated properties in Texas and Louisiana state waters. Total rate from these areas represented 80% of the division's total rate from operated wells. Designed, recommended and implemented a workover program that increased production from Grand Isle 24 from 1.6 MMcf to 10 MMcf per day. Program added approximately 12 Bcf in proven Reserves. Prepared, recommended and executed plan to drill division's first horizontal well. Project was located in the Olmos "B" Unit in Frio County, Texas.
Maxus Energy (Diamond Shamrock)
Dallas, Texas USA
Hydrocarbon Marketing Representative Negotiated spot and term sales of natural gas to marketing companies and end users. Avoided curtailments that would have resulted in the loss of as much as $1.2 million per month through negotiations with gas transmission company.
Maxus Energy (Diamond Shamrock)
Houston, Texas USA
[1982 to 1988]
Petroleum Engineer Provided Reserve estimates for new properties and potential acquisitions. Maintained Reserve documentation for assets in areas of responsibility. Prepared detailed Reserve studies with recommendations to exploit un-drained Reserves through workovers and/or drilling.
Maxus Energy (Diamond Shamrock)
Pampa, Texas USA
Production Engineer Provided field engineering support for several mid-continent area fields. Designed and assisted in the supervision of remedial workover and stimulation procedures.
Professional Societies
Registered Professional Engineer (Texas No. 73435)
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers
Solution Mining Research Institute


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>I think Kent is arguing that from an implementor's point >of view, requiring minimal canonicalization is a real pain >not because minimal canonicalization is hard to implement, >... The issue is not whether one scheme or the other is hard to implement but that the placement of the signature checking module needs to be different for the two schemes. If one places the signature checker after having reduced the text to an XML parse tree then one can only support fully c14n messages. That is undesirable from a security point of view since c14n is a substantially more complex transformation than cryptography people are generally happy with. Without a comprehensive formal analysis of the potential substitution attacks it would take a very long time to gain confidence in the spec. It is however quite possible to resolve the conflicting constraints, it is difficult to explain how to do this in ASCII however. Briefly, one needs to code the XML parser with separate FSR and parse tree building modules (a good idea in any case). The initial FSR module needs to have a switch to divert code through a hash algorithm when required. The switch needs to be activated by the signature verifier at the appropriate point. It is quite easy to write an integrated parsing / signature verification module in C on this structure without the use of any global variables. XML was designed to be very easy to write parse tools for. Alternatively if one is perfoming DOM style all in one go parsing then one can reasonably expect to have the entire input text available when performing the parse, supporting verification is then a simple matter of making an index of the position of the current lexeme within the input text avaliable to the parser. PhillReceived on Thursday, 23 March 2000 09:57:05 UTC
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1. Mary and Max (Lovely music, Toni Collette's voice is soothing, and the story, wow)
2. The Boys are Back (How about a sad Clive Owen?)
3. Monsieur Batignole (Gérard Jugnot is great in a half-grumpy, half-nice man)
4. The Ghost Writer (Definitely didn't see the end coming)
5. The Blind Side (Yes, I cried, a lot. So much empathy is moving)
6. Up in the Air (Changing one's life isn't that easy)
7. Bright Star (For someone crazy about needlework like me, it was a real treat)
8. Broken Embraces (Falling in love, pretending to love)
9. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Some children really have a pure heart)
10. Welcome (Help, even when it's illegal)
11. Adam (Love and being loved when you suffer from Asperger's Syndrome)
12. Easy Virtue (Naughty prude and hypocrite in-laws)
13. Les grandes chaleurs (Older woman, (really) younger man)
Friday, April 16, 2010
13 Good Movies I've Seen Since the Beginning of 2010
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Berta, a Teacher from Amsterdam
Oh Berta, Berta, Berta... Can't stop looking at your wonderful photos, especially your 500 x 500 set on flickr. Aren't those pictures to die for?
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Corner View: Spring
I know, I know, I am like three weeks late, but I like CV so much I can't just no do it...
Spring arrived a little earlier in Québec this year but I don't seem to be ready to take pictures of all the cute little bursting buds. I guess I still feel a little wintery somewhere inside of me.
Nevertheless, two days ago, I told myself that we make our own spring the way we want to. So here's my spring at the moment...
Nevertheless, two days ago, I told myself that we make our own spring the way we want to. So here's my spring at the moment...
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Tips for Creating a Character – the Acting Part of Voice Acting
One of the things you need to know before you start auditioning is the importance of creating a strong character. We've noticed that the people who really succeed in this business are generally good actors first, good voice-over actors second. Strangely enough, when juggling all the balls of voice-over, one of the easiest to drop is the acting. Acting is where the most fun is, so who wants to drop that ball?
So, how do you start creating a character? Make clear character choices: The Importance of the W's: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and hoW
Sure, these questions are important for reporters, but they're also important for you (assuming you're not already a reporter). They're the questions that help you make clear character choices. Luckily, in most cases you'll have a script to draw from, and it'll be chock full of answers to these six questions.
In some ways, acting is like being a detective. If you can find enough clues and put them together, things begin to make sense, and you don't have to do anything special. Thinking about reasons why your character says or does something (as indicated in the script) can often help you make creative choices that will help your work stand out and bring your character to life.
1. Who are you: what kind of a person/creature/thing are you? What is important to you? Who is the character you are you talking to, what is your relationship to him/her/it?
2. What are you doing, what have you done, what do you plan to do, and what's going on?
3. Where are you physically, where are you usually, where would you like to be, and just where are you in the telling of the story?
4. When is this scene/story/moment taking place and how much time do you have to do whatever it is you're doing?
5. Why are you doing/saying what you are doing/saying anyway? Why aren't you saying/doing something else?
6. And finally, how does your character choose to do what he/she/it is doing, and how is that different from how you, yourself, in real life might do it?
Often, pondering the differences between how you might do or say something and how the character does or says it will teach you something important about the character.
Between your imagination and the script, you should have more than enough information to flesh out a unique and real character. Actors often try to make choices because they feel an idea will be interesting or cool – regardless of the information they've been given. Try, instead, using your yes, and powers to see what makes sense in terms of the story that the writer has given you. Would that Martian speak with a German accent just because it would be kooky and fun for you to do, or because the script indicates that the only interaction Martians have had with Earth has been through German soap opera broadcasts?
And don't get caught up in thinking, Well, I've never been to Mars. How am I supposed to know what a Martian sounds like? Or something closer to home, like, Well, I don't have a brother, so how am I supposed to know how that feels?
Odds are, if you're interested in an acting career, you probably have a pretty active imagination. Use it. It's fun. Your imagination is like your voice or a fingerprint – unique. Using it will automatically make your take on a character different from anyone else's.
Even when you're dealing with sterile commercial copy, something as simple as, Come in today for a great deal! it can be easy to just say the words without even thinking about it (which isn't always bad). But try taking a second to get specific about what you're saying. Think of a person you know, and deliver the line as if it's just for that person. Imagine the circumstances under which you could be telling this line to someone. For example, what if you're telling your little sister who never listens; or what if it's a secret that you don't want to be overheard; or what if you're in a hurry to get the info out because the deal ends in fifteen minutes? Suddenly, this simple, throwaway sentence has taken on a whole life of its own, just in the time it took to ask and answer the W's.
Specific choices and clear ideas on how you feel about what you're saying take your work to the next level. Sometimes things aren't clearly laid out on the page, and you can't ask the writer what he or she meant. This is where you get to make up some things, get your creative juices flowing, and harness that wild imagination of yours. This is where things really get fun.
Let's say the scene is between two brothers, and the only lines are the older brother saying, I'm taking you to the zoo, and the younger brother saying, Okay. The writer hasn't given you much to go on here, but nobody's keeping you from filling in the blanks on your own. Maybe the last time the younger brother went to the zoo he was attacked by monkeys, and he was left traumatized by the event. You'd better believe that's going to color how he says, Okay.
Or maybe the older brother's never done anything nice for his little brother before, so the little brother's Okay is a suspicious one. In life, we're rarely indifferent about things. We almost always have an opinion or feeling towards almost everything we encounter, so why wouldn't our characters have their own opinions and feelings? Humor and drama come directly from our relationship to the things in our environment and from how we react to those things.
Check out our VoiceOverVoiceActor website for more tips and exercises. We post daily VO tips on Facebook and Twitter, and our book, Voice Over Voice Actor: What it's like behind the mic includes a wealth of exercises to build your voice and keep it ready for a successful voice over career!


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Fostering collaborative, interdisciplinary research on Arctic air pollution and its interactions with the Earth system and human societies
PACES is an IGAC-sponsored initiative, which aims to review existing knowledge and foster new research on the sources and fate of Arctic air pollution, its impacts on climate, health, and ecosystems, on the feedbacks between pollution and natural sources, on climate responses, and on societal perspectives, including sustainability, adaptation and economic feedbacks. PACES coordinates international research efforts on these topics in collaboration with existing and planned initiatives such as HTAP, AMAP, PEEX, YOPP, IASOA, MOSAiC and ArcticStar and motivates trans-disciplinary research related to Arctic air quality.
PACES is managed by three co-chairs and a scientific steering committee (SSC). There are two formal PACES working groups at this time.
WG1 is tasked with developing approaches to reduce model uncertainties regarding the processing and impacts of remote and local Arctic pollution sources. One approach currently under development is a targeted campaign using airborne and ground-based measurements to evaluate treatment of processes controlling evolution and loss of Arctic air pollution in models of climate and atmospheric composition, such as wet deposition.
WG2 focuses on the interaction between Arctic air pollution and societies. Approaches under consideration are observational studies guided by community concerns, investigation of local air quality in Arctic communities, and feedbacks between economic development, air pollution and environmental change in the Arctic.
Please visit pacesproject.org for more information.
Alaskan Layered Pollution And Chemical Analysis (ALPACA) White Paper (2018). Lead Authors: W. Simpson, K. Law, J. Schmale, K. Pratt, S. Arnold, and J. Mao, https://alpaca.community.uaf.edu/files/2018/11/ALPACA-whitepaper-30Nov2018.pdf.
The ALPACA study has been developed under the umbrella of PACES Working Group Two (WG2), which focuses on the interactions between Arctic air pollution and Arctic societies, and local sources of Arctic air pollution. The aim of ALPACA is to investigate emissions and chemical and meteorological influences on air pollution in Fairbanks, AK, USA. This study will shed light on the wintertime air pollution in many urban areas and areas affected by industrial activities in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.
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Arctic air pollution: Challenges and opportunities for the next decade. (2016). Arnold S, Law K, Brock C, Thomas J, Starkweather S, et al.Elementa Science for the Anthropocene, doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000104.