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A global compilation of in situ data is useful to evaluate the quality of ocean-colour satellite data records. Here we describe the data compiled for the validation of the ocean-colour products from the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). The data were acquired from several sources (including, inter alia, MOBY, BOUSSOLE, AERONET-OC, SeaBASS, NOMAD, MERMAID, AMT, ICES, HOT and GeP&CO) and span the period from 1997 to 2018. Observations of the following variables were compiled: spectral remote-sensing reflectances, concentrations of chlorophyll a, spectral inherent optical properties, spectral diffuse attenuation coefficients and total suspended matter. The data were from multi-project archives acquired via open internet services or from individual projects, acquired directly from data providers. Methodologies were implemented for homogenization, quality control and merging of all data. No changes were made to the original data, other than averaging of observations that were close in time and space, elimination of some points after quality control and conversion to a standard format. The final result is a merged table designed for validation of satellite-derived ocean-colour products and available in text format. Metadata of each in situ measurement (original source, cruise or experiment, principal investigator) was propagated throughout the work and made available in the final table. By making the metadata available, provenance is better documented, and it is also possible to analyse each set of data separately. This paper also describes the changes that were made to the compilation in relation to the previous version (Valente et al., 2016). The compiled data are available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.898188 (Valente et al., 2019).
Significant changes in satellite-detected net primary production (NPP, mgCm(-2)d(-1)) were observed in the Southern Ocean during 2011-2016: an increase in the Pacific sector and a decrease in the Atlantic sector. While no clear physical forcing was identified, we hypothesize that the changes in NPP were associated with changes in the phytoplankton community and reflected in the concomitant bio-optical properties. Satellite algorithms for chlorophyll a concentration (Chl a, mgm(-3)) use a combination of estimates of the remote sensing reflectance Rrs() that are statistically fitted to a global reference data set. In any particular region or point in space/time the estimate produced by the global mean algorithm can deviate from the true value. Reflectance anomaly (RA) is supposed to remove the first-order variability in Rrs() associated with Chl a and reveal bio-optical properties that are due to the composition of phytoplankton and associated materials. Time series of RA showed variability at multiple scales, including the life span of the sensor, multiyear and annual. Models of plankton functional types using estimated Chl a as input cannot be expected to correctly resolve regional and seasonal anomalies due to biases in the Chl a estimate that they are based on. While a statistical model using RA() time series can predict the times series of NPP with high accuracy (R-2=0.82) in both Pacific and Atlantic regions, the underlying mechanisms in terms of phytoplankton groups and the associated materials remain elusive.
Time series of environmental measurements are essential for detecting, measuring and understanding changes in the Earth system and its biological communities. Observational series have accumulated over the past 2-5 decades from measurements across the world's estuaries, bays, lagoons, inland seas and shelf waters influenced by runoff. We synthesize information contained in these time series to develop a global view of changes occurring in marine systems influenced by connectivity to land. Our review is organized around four themes: (i) human activities as drivers of change; (ii) variability of the climate system as a driver of change; (iii) successes, disappointments and challenges of managing change at the sea-land interface; and (iv) discoveries made from observations over time. Multidecadal time series reveal that many of the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems are in a continuing state of change, and the pace of change is faster than we could have imagined a decade ago. Some have been transformed into novel ecosystems with habitats, biogeochemistry and biological communities outside the natural range of variability. Change takes many forms including linear and nonlinear trends, abrupt state changes and oscillations. The challenge of managing change is daunting in the coastal zone where diverse human pressures are concentrated and intersect with different responses to climate variability over land and over ocean basins. The pace of change in estuarine-coastal ecosystems will likely accelerate as the human population and economies continue to grow and as global climate change accelerates. Wise stewardship of the resources upon which we depend is critically dependent upon a continuing flow of information from observations to measure, understand and anticipate future changes along the world's coastlines.
Standard ocean chlorophyll-a (Chla) products from currently operational satellite sensors Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua and Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) underestimate medium and high in situ Chla concentrations and have approximately 9% bias between each other in the California Current. By using the regional optimization approach of Kahru et al., we minimized the differences between satellite estimates and in situ match-ups as well as between estimates of the two satellite sensors and created improved empirical algorithms for both sensors. The regionally optimized Chla estimates from MODIS-Aqua and VIIRS have no bias between each other, have improved retrievals at medium to high in situ Chla, and can be merged to improve temporal frequency and spatial coverage and to extend the merged time series.
Building a multi-decadal time series of large-scale estimates of net primary production (NPP) requires merging data from multiple ocean color satellites. The primary product of ocean color sensors is spectral remote sensing reflectance (Rrs). We found significant differences (13-18% median absolute percent error) between Rrs estimates at 443 nm of different satellite sensors. These differences in Rrs are transferred to inherent optical properties and further on to estimates of NPP. We estimated NPP for the California Current region from three ocean color sensors (SeaWiFS, MODIS-Aqua and MERIS) using a regionally optimized absorption based primary production model (Aph-PP) of Lee et al. (2011). Optimization of the Aph-PP model was required for each individual satellite sensor in order to make NPP estimates from different sensors compatible with each other. While the concept of Aph-PP has advantages over traditional chlorophyll-based NPP models, in practical application even the optimized Aph-PP model explained less than 60% of the total variance in NPP which is similar to other NPP algorithms. Uncertainties in satellite Rrs estimates as well as uncertainties in parameters representing phytoplankton depth distribution and physiology are likely to be limiting our current capability to accurately estimate NPP from space. Introducing a generic vertical profile for phytoplankton improved slightly the skill of the Aph-PP model. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
A 26-year record of depth integrated primary productivity (PP) in the Southern California Current System (SCCS) is analyzed with the goal of improving satellite net primary productivity (PP) estimates. Modest improvements in PP model performance are achieved by tuning existing algorithms for the SCCS, particularly by parameterizing carbon fixation rate in the vertically generalized production model as a function of surface chlorophyll concentration and distance from shore. Much larger improvements are enabled by improving the accuracy of subsurface chlorophyll and light profiles. In a simple vertically resolved production model for the SCCS (VRPM-SC), substitution of in situ surface data for remote sensing estimates offers only marginal improvements in model r(2) (from 0.54 to 0.56) and total log(10) root mean squared difference (from 0.22 to 0.21), while inclusion of in situ chlorophyll and light profiles improves these metrics to 0.77 and 0.15, respectively. Autonomous underwater gliders, capable of measuring subsurface properties on long-term, long-range deployments, significantly improve PP model fidelity in the SCCS. We suggest their use (and that of other autonomous profilers such as Argo floats) in conjunction with satellites as a way forward for large-scale improvements in PP estimation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Retrievals of ocean surface chlorophyll-a concentration (Chla) by multiple ocean color satellite sensors (SeaWiFS, MODIS-Terra, MODIS-Aqua, MERIS, VIIRS) using standard algorithms were evaluated in the California Current using a large archive of in situ measurements. Over the full range of in situ Chla, all sensors produced a coefficient of determination (R-2) between 0.79 and 0.88 and a median absolute percent error (MdAPE) between 21% and 27%. However, at in situ Chla > 1 mg m(-3), only products from MERIS (both the ESA produced algal_1 and NASA produced chlor_a) maintained reasonable accuracy (R-2 from 0.74 to 0.52 and MdAPE from 23% to 31%, respectively), while the other sensors had R-2 below 0.5 and MdAPE higher than 36%. We show that the low accuracy at medium and high Chla is caused by the poor retrieval of remote sensing reflectance.
The climate-driven collapses of the Larsen A and B ice shelves have opened up new regions of the coastal Antarctic to the influence of sea ice resulting in increases in seasonal primary production. In this study, passive microwave remote sensing of sea ice concentration and satellite imagery of ocean color are employed to quantify the magnitude of and variability in open water area and net primary productivity (NPP) in the Larsen embayments between 1997 and 2011. Numerical model output provides context to analyze atmospheric forcing on the coastal ocean. Following ice shelf disintegration the embayments function as coastal, sensible heat polynyas. The Larsen A and B are as productive as other Antarctic shelf regions, with seasonally averaged daily NPP rates reaching 1232 and 1127 mg C m(-2) d(-1) and annual rates reaching 200 and 184 g C m(-2) yr(-1), respectively. A persistent cross-shelf gradient in NPP is present with higher productivity rates offshore, contrasting with patterns observed along the West Antarctic Peninsula. Embayment productivity is intimately tied to sea ice dynamics, with large interannual variability in NPP rates driven by open water area and the timing of embayment opening. Opening of the embayment is linked to periods of positive Southern Annular Mode and stronger westerlies, which lead to the vertical deflection of warm, maritime air over the peninsula and down the leeward side causing increases in surface air temperature and wind velocity. High productivity in these new polynyas is likely to have ramifications for organic matter export and marine ecosystem evolution. Key Points Primary production and sea ice dynamics after ice shelf disintegration Larsen embayments function as productive coastal sensible heat polynyas High sea ice interannual variability affects total production
Horizontal advection, vertical mixing, and mixed-layer entrainment all affect iron concentrations and biological productivity in the Ona Basin, near the Shackleton Transverse Ridge (STR) in southern Drake Passage. Trace metal sampling in the region indicates that dissolved iron concentrations are significantly higher on the continental shelf near the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands than they are in the deep waters away from the shelf. Comparisons between satellite-derived sea surface height (SSH) and Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) levels in the Ona Basin show > 95% correlation between Chl-a concentrations and horizontal advection of these iron-rich shelf waters during the months of November and December for the years 1997-2010. However, no significant correlations are found for January-April, while high Chl-a concentrations in the Ona Basin persist through March. Enhanced vertical (diapycnal) mixing and mixed-layer entrainment are considered as alternative mechanisms for delivering iron into the Ona Basin mixed layer and sustaining the high Chl-a concentrations. Estimates of iron flux based on in situ measurements of dissolved iron concentrations suggest that diapycnal mixing alone can supply iron to the base of the mixed layer at a rate of 64 +/- 2 nmol m(-2) day(-1) during the summer. In addition, the summer mixed layer in the Ona Basin deepens from January to April, allowing for iron-rich water to be steadily entrained from below. Estimates based on monthly mixed-layer climatologies produce average daily entrainment rates ranging from 5 to 25 nmol m(-2) day(-1). While neither diapycnal mixing nor entrainment alone is always sufficient to meet the estimated iron demand for the Ona Basin bloom, numerical simulation suggests that the combined effect of the two processes can consistently supply sufficient iron to sustain the bloom. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
In October 2008, we investigated pelagic community composition and biomass, from bacteria to fish, across a sharp frontal gradient overlying deep waters south of Point Conception, California. This northsouth gradient, which we called A-Front, was formed by the eastward flow of the California Current and separated cooler mesotrophic waters of coastal upwelling origin to the north, from warm oligotrophic waters of likely mixed subarcticsubtropical origin to the south. Plankton biomass and phytoplankton growth rates were two to three times greater on the northern side, and primary production rates were elevated 5-fold to the north. Compared with either of the adjacent waters, the frontal interface was strongly enriched and uniquely defined by a subsurface bloom of large diatoms, elevated concentrations of suspension-feeding zooplankton, high bioacoustical estimates of pelagic fish and enhanced bacterial production and phytoplankton biomass and photosynthetic potential. Such habitats, though small in areal extent, may contribute disproportionately and importantly to regional productivity, nutrient cycling, carbon fluxes and trophic ecology. As a general introduction to the A-Front study, we provide an overview of its design and implementation, a brief summary of major findings and a discussion of potential mechanisms of plankton enrichment at the front.
The statistics of sea-surface fronts detected with the automated histogram method were studied in the California Current using sea-surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-a concentration (Chl) images from various satellite sensors. Daily maps of fronts were averaged into monthly composites of front frequency (FF) spanning 29 years (19812009) for SST and 14 years (19972010) for Chl. The large-scale distributions of frontal frequency of both SST (FFsst) and of Chl (FFchl) had a 500700 km wide band of elevated values (47) along the coast that roughly coincided with the area of increased mesoscale eddy activity. FFsst and FFchl were positively correlated at monthly and seasonal frequencies, but the year-to-year variations were not significantly correlated. The long-period (1 year and longer) variability in FFsst is influenced by the large-scale SST gradient, while at shorter timescales the influence of the Coastal Upwelling Index is evident. In contrast with FFsst, FFchl variability is less related to the coherent large-scale forcing and has stronger sensitivity to local forcings in individual areas. Decadal-scale increasing trends in the frequency of both SST and Chl fronts were detected in the Ensenada Front area (general area of the A-Front study) and corresponded to, respectively, trends towards colder SST and increasing chlorophyll-a concentration.
Standard remote sensing reflectance products from four ocean color sensors (OCTS, SeaWiFS, MODISA, MERIS) and over 10,000 in situ measurements of surface chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration in the California Current were used to create empirical algorithms that are consistent with in situ data as well as between individual sensors. Using these algorithms, a merged multi-sensor time series of the surface Chl-a concentration in California Current region was created. The merged Oil-a time series (November 1996-December 2011) show a significant (P < 0.01) increasing trend off central California and significant (P < 0.01) decreasing trends in the central North Pacific gyre and off southern Baja California. Although this 15-year time series is too short to separate interannual and multidecadal cycles from climate trends, both of these trends are consistent with the predicted effects of global warming. The expected increase in vertical stratification of the water column and the resulting decreased vertical flux of nutrients would lead to lower Chl-a in the gyre but the increased upwelling-favorable winds leading to stronger upwelling off central California or the increased nitrate content of the upwelled water would lead to higher Chl-a in the upwelling region. The decreased Chl-a off southern Baja California resembles the effect of a decreased influence of strong El Nino events. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Hydrographic, nutrient and trace metal (iron, manganese, and aluminum) concentration data, collected as part of a 2-ship survey during austral summer 2004, were used to examine the influence of upwelling and horizontal mixing on phytoplankton biomass in the region of Elephant Island and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Temperature/salinity property analysis and changes in trace metal and nutrient concentrations show that horizontal mixing of shelf waters, not upwelling from depth, is correlated with phytoplankton biomass in the upper mixed layer (UML). The interaction between changing UML depth and nutrient and trace metal concentrations in the UML results in a unimodal distribution of phytoplankton biomass centered at intermediate surface salinities of similar to 34. Principal component (PC) analysis of hydrographic and chemical observations resolved 3 components that accounted for 99% of the variability in nutrient and trace metal concentrations. The first PC accounted for a conservative loss of nutrients through dilution across a latitudinal salinity gradient. The second and third PCs separated mixed layer depth and nutrient consumption. Although these 2 PCs accounted for just 20% of the variability in the data matrix, they accounted for 65% of the variability in mean phytoplankton biomass, and recreated the unimodal distribution of chlorophyll concentration when modeled across a salinity gradient. We propose that the distribution of phytoplankton biomass is structured by the horizontal mixing of nutrient rich waters, derived from Weddell Sea Shelf Waters, with Antarctic Surface Water that enhances stratification and shoaling of the UML.
Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentrations in surface waters were measured at 137 hydrographic stations occupied by four research vessels participating in the CCAMLR 2000 Survey and the values were compared to estimates from data acquired by the SeaWiFS satellite. The Chl-a concentrations measured on board ship ranged from 0.06 to 14.6 mg m(-3), a range that includes most surface Chl-a concentrations during mid-summer in the Southern Ocean. Owing to persistent cloud cover over much of the Southern Ocean, it was necessary to acquire multi-day composites of satellite data in order to obtain reliable estimates of Chl-a at each of the hydrographic stations. The correlation between the median value for the eight-day composites and the Chl-a concentrations measured on board ship had an R-2 value of 0.82, with the satellite data under-estimating the values obtained on board ship at high Chl-a concentrations and slightly overestimating the shipboard data at Chl-a concentrations of < 0.2 mg m(-3). For Chl-a concentrations of < 1.0 mg m(-3), the ratio of the satellite estimates divided by the shipboard values was 0.89 +/- 0.45 (n = 50). As the mean Chl-a concentration in most pelagic Antarctic waters is close to 0.5 mg m(-3), satellite estimates for Chl-a concentrations in surface waters are thus close to shipboard measurements, and offer the advantage of providing synoptic maps of Chl-a distribution over extensive areas of the Southern Ocean. Satellite Chl-a images for the months preceding (December 1999) and following (February 2000) the CCAMLR 2000 Survey cruises showed that the general pattern of Chl-a concentration in the Scotia Sea and adjoining waters was similar in all three months, but that the phytoplankton biomass was generally lowest in December, reached maximal values in January, and started to decline in February. in contrast, Chl-a concentrations in Drake Passage declined progressively from early December through February. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
In the 1980s and 1990s prior to 1995, massive blooms of the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena occurred in the Baltic Sea Proper but never extended into the central and eastern Gulf of Finland. The absence of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria blooms in parts of the Baltic Sea with a high N:P ratio (e.g. Gulf of Finland) has been explained by their reduced competitive advantage in conditions of P limitation. Starting with the summer of 1995, massive blooms of N. spumigena occurred in the central and eastern Gulf of Finland, as detected by both satellite sensors and in situ monitoring. We propose that the eastward expansion of N. spumigena blooms was triggered by the 1993 saltwater inflow into the Baltic. With the arrival of the saline and oxygen-depleted waters in the Gulf of Finland in 1995, stratification in the bottom layers increased, oxygen concentrations decreased, and increased amounts of phosphate were released from the sediments. The subsequent decrease in the N:P ratio may have caused the reoccurring N, spumigena blooms.
Measurements from the Southern Ocean show that particulate organic carbon (POC) concentration is welt correlated with the optical backscattering by particles suspended in seawater. This relation, in conjunction with retrieval of the backscattering coefficient from remote-sensing reflectance, provides an algorithm for estimating surface POC from Satellite data of ocean color. Satellite imagery from SeaWiFS reveals the seasonal progression of POC, with a zonal band of elevated POC concentrations in December coinciding with the Antarctic Polar Front Zone. At that time, the POC pool within the top 100 meters of the entire Southern Ocean south of 40 degrees S exceeded 0.8 gigatons.
Spectral reflectance and absorption of a massive Lingulodinium (Gonyaulax) polyedra red tide in March 1995 off southern California are compared to a "baseline" of biooptical measurements from the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations. The red tide was characterized by increased absorption and therefore reduced remote sensing reflectance (R(rs)) in the 340-400 nm spectral range. The increased ultraviolet absorption was probably caused by mycosporine-like amino acids in the particulate fraction as well as increased absorption by dissolved organic matter. The chlorophyll a (chl a) specific particulate absorption of the L. polyedra bloom in the visible spectral range remained relatively constant for the chi a range 1-150 mg m(-3) indicating accumulation of cells with similar optical characteristics. The difference in the R(rs) versus chl a relationship of the red tide and "normal" California Current phytoplankton diminished with increasing wavelength from 340 nm and disappeared at 412 nm. Ratios of R(rs) at 340 nm (or 380 nm) and 412 nm (or 443 nm) provided differentiation of the red tide starting at chi a concentration of 1-2 mg m(-3). The forthcoming Japanese Global Imager (GLI) satellite sensor has, among others, the 380 nm band. If the signal to noise ratio and atmospheric correction for the 380 nm band are sufficient to retrieve the dynamic range of the water leaving radiance, then it might be possible to differentiate red tides from other phytoplankton bloods with the algorithm described here.
Funding from NASA's Ocean Biogeochemistry Program and the Goddard Space Flight Center SeaWiFS Project was used to implement an ocean optics program as part of the routine cruises of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI). Since August 1993, data from more than 300 bio-optical stations have been acquired, merged with complementary data, and made available for developing remote sensing algorithms. The profiling instrument consisted of a Biospherical Instruments, Inc. MER-2040/2041 radiometer integrated with CTD probes, a transmissometer, and a fluorometer. A detailed calibration time series of the radiance and irradiance sensors has been maintained to ensure maximum accuracy. The data set has been used to develop empirical algorithms for Sea WiFS standard products including chlorophyll a (chl a), "CZCS pigments," and diffuse attenuation coefficient K-d(490). Algorithms using cubic regressions of remote sensing reflectance (R-rs) ratios provided the best estimation of chi a and pigments over the full range of chl a (0.05-22.3 mg m(-3)). Multiple linear regressions of multiple-band ratios proved to be less robust. Relationships between spectral K and chi a suggest that previous K algorithms may have errors due to estimates of pure-water absorption.
California Environment, Earth Through Space and Time, Global Change, Global Environmental Monitoring, Hazards, Ice and Climate, Modeling Theory and Computation
Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Plankton Ecology and Food-Web Interactions, Remote Sensing and Satellite Oceanography, Southern Ocean and High-Latitude Climate Studies
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Speakers typically spend the day at the Center and 1-on-1 meetings are arranged with faculty, postdocs, and students throughout the day. The speaker will be hosted by one of our members, and he/she will have lunch with the Center's postdocs and students.
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Use in Literature RefoldingHe lights a taper to seek among his belongings, and unwinds the coils of his comforter, and we see his emaciated shape, sculptured in black relief, folding and refolding it.ndash;Henri Barbusse in Under Fire.She gave these answers, with her attention apparently absorbed in folding and refolding the frilling on her nightgown.ndash;Wilkie Collins in The Moonstone. Nonfiction Usage Patent UsageChemokine compositions: Patented by Yuling Li, Mark Oelkuct and Reiner L. Gentz on December 8, 1998. Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the purification of proteins. More specifically, methods for solubilizing and purifying proteins expressed in an insoluble form using low concentrations of chaotropic agents, such as guanidine salts, are provided. Also provided are methods for refolding proteins solubilized according to the present invention.CONTINUOUS METHOD OF REFOLDING PROTEINS: Patented by Parrish M. Galliher on April 1, 1988. Abstract: A process is disclosed for continuously treating a solubilized protein solution containing a protein unfolded to some degree, in a small volume continuous flow reactor, to obtain the protein in a conformation exhibiting the protein's characteristic biological activity by continuously diluting out the solubilizing agent, while continuously withdrawing the refolded protein. The continuous process may be carried out using deionized water as a diluent, rather than buffer solutions.Expression and refolding of truncated recombinant major outer membrane protein antigen (R56) of orientia tsutsugamushi and its use in antibody based detection assays and vaccines: Patented by Wei-Me Ching, Daryl J. Kelly and Gregory A. Dasch on June 4, 2002. Abstract: A recombinant, refolded non-fusion polypeptide expressed from a truncated r56 gene of the causative agent of scrub typhus, Orientia tsutsugamushi. The invention is useful for detecting prior exposure to scrub typhus and as a component in vaccine formulations.Fabric Cleaning Article with Texturing And/or a Tackiness Agent: Patented by Rodney M. Wise and Steven B. Rogers on September 14, 1998. Abstract: Articles designed to clean/refresh soiled fabrics are improved by means of texturing at least one surface and/or by applying tackiness agents. In use, the articles rub against the fabrics, whereupon lint removed from the fabrics is trapped and retained by the tackiness agent. Refolding of the articles during use is substantially minimized by imparting texture to one or more of the article's surfaces.FOLDABLE MEASURING DEVICE: Patented by Joanne K. Leigh on March 1, 1989. Abstract: A measuring device constructed from cellulosic material such as heavy paper or paperboard, metal, or a polymeric material, the material of construction having a predetermined geometric shape with creases segmenting the shaped material to facilitate folding, unfolding and refolding the device, the device being calibrated and useful for measuring particulate materials.Fold-resistant Cleaning Sheet: Patented by Matthew E. Volpenhein and Arman Ebrahimpour on August 17, 2001. Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning sheets that resist folding, especially refolding upon themselves even after an initial fold has been formed in the sheet.Fusion Protein Containing Additional Cationic Amino Acids and Improvement of Bio-Operation by Using Same: Patented by Dae H. Kweon, Nam S. Han and Chan S. Rha on August 17, 2001. Abstract: A fusion protein having more than two consecutive cationic amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of lysine and arginine in addition to a desired protein is provided, by which the purification, immobilization and refolding efficiencies of the desired protein are enhanced.Groel Muteins with Improved Stability: Patented by Ashley M. Buckle and Alan Fersht on May 26, 2000. Abstract: A GroEL chaperone polypeptide, or homologue thereof, or fragment thereof having protein refolding activity, comprisin
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MEC Resources has received geochemical support for a potential exploration well offshore Australia within PEP11 in the Sydney Basin.
The new geochemical report reviewed the hydrocarbon analysis performed on sediment samples obtained within PEP11 during 2010. The 2010 geochemical investigation utilized a proprietary commercial hydrocarbon adsorption and laboratory analysis technique to assess the levels of naturally occurring hydrocarbons in the seabed sediment samples. A new report investigating a review of this analysis has just been received.
The report supports that the area surrounding the proposed drilling site on the Baleen Prospect appears best for hydrocarbon influence relative to background samples. Conclusions were that thegeochemical data acquired in 2010 supports the identification of reliable backgrounds and also primary hydrocarbon influence locations, despite active gas seeps which appear ubiquitous throughout the area of interest; and the Baleen Prospect appears to hold a higher probability of success than other prospects.
Importantly, a recent review of more than 850 wildcat wells – all drilled after geochemical surveys – finds that 79% of wells drilled in positive anomalies resulted in commercial oil and gas discoveries.
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What started as a domestic dispute resulted in deputies charging a 71-year-old Hemingway man with attempted murder, according to the Williamsburg County Sheriff's Office.
James Allen Selph Jr. was arrested following the April 26 incident. A warrant says he shot a 36-year-old Johnsonville woman in the legs after "following" her most of the night.
At some point, deputies said, Selph and the woman crossed paths on the sidewalk along Highway 51. There was a "disagreement," and then Selph shot the woman in both legs with a 12 gauge shotgun.
After shooting the woman, Selph helped her get to a house on Washington Street south of Hemingway. He then left the house, according to the Sheriff's Office, and fled the area. Deputies located him a short time later and he was taken into custody.
The woman was treated at an area hospital.
The incident report says deputies were dispatched to the house on Washington Street around 6:30 a.m. on April 26.
Selph is also charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime and presenting a weapon at a person.
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The end of August also marks three full months worth of DC Comics' line-wide relaunches. Naturally, the highest-profile of these are in the Superman titles, featuring a depowered and spiritually depantsed Man of Steel; and in the Bat-books, where a buff, mohawked James Gordon is the new Dark Knight. The two main Green Lantern books are also going through status quo upheavals, as Hal Jordan has gone off the reservation with a stolen power-ring prototype, while John Stewart, Guy Gardner and a handful of their colleagues have been hurled into parts unknown. (I'd say more, but it'd spoil the latest issue of Green Lantern: Lost Army.)
While I'm not exactly getting tired of these various plots, I am starting to wonder how long they can each be sustained. That, in turn, reminded me of similarly dramatic storylines that played out over much longer periods of time. I'll be discussing a lot of storylines today, from the Silver Age to the present, and I'm sure I haven't listed every possible one. (Spoilers: I won't have time to get to a "dead and revived" list.) Some of these arcs were planned with endpoints, and some reverted to "normal" thanks to external factors. However, each tested the limits of readers' tolerance for change.
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We might think of such storylines as part of the "event culture" that began in the '80s and dominated superhero comics in the early '90s, but they go back much further. When editor Julius Schwartz took over the Bat-books in 1964 (on Batman's 25th anniversary, in fact), his updates included killing off Alfred. It happened in the "New Look's" second month, in June 1964's Detective Comics #328, and lasted for more than two years, until October 1966's 'Tec #356 explained that Alfred hadn't died, but was instead transformed into the evil Outsider. In the comics a restorative ray returned Alfred to normal, but in reality the upcoming Batman TV show had prompted his revival. Alfred didn't remember his time as the Outsider, and nobody else was eager to either. Still, the show (and the comics) kept Dick Grayson's aunt Harriet Cooper, introduced in 'Tec #328 as Alfred's successor; and the comics kept the charitable Wayne Foundation, begun as the memorial "Alfred Foundation."
Alfred's death was relatively minor compared to the wholesale makeover given Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman #179 (November-December 1968). Mike Sekowsky and Denny O'Neil headed up the "Diana Prince" or "white-suit" era, in which the Amazons left this earthly plane to renew their energies (or something), and Wonder Woman remained behind, without powers or equipment. That meant no costume, no invisible jet and no bracelets or lasso -- just some martial-arts skills and a new supporting cast. That radical reinvention lasted just over four years, until Issue 204 (January-February 1973), and was reflected in crossovers with Brave and the Bold (twice), Superman and Lois Lane, and Justice League of America. With Wonder Woman pushing 75, those years are basically a footnote, although an easily identifiable one.
DC in the 1970s was full of updates, with some (like "Diana Prince") begun in the late '60s. Most were comparatively more subtle: Dick Grayson had left Wayne Manor to fight crime in college, the Justice League had upgraded its Secret Sanctuary to an orbiting space station, Clark Kent had moved from print to television, and Hal Jordan had become a truck driver. (That last one was all '70s.) For the most part, however, the decade was an attempt to graft "modern" sensibilities on the foundations of the Silver Age.
That's what made the murder of Iris Allen, in July 1979's Flash #275, so shocking. Iris had been Barry's life partner since The Flash's reintroduction, and was arguably more important to The Flash than, say, Alfred was to the Bat-books. Barry mourned and eventually moved on -- and then Iris' killer, Professor Zoom, went after Barry's second fianceé, Fiona Webb. Zoom's death in August 1983's Flash #324, apparently at The Flash's hands, led to the two-year "Trial of the Flash" storyline. It proved to be the series' swan song as well: Barry and Iris got their happy ending in Issue 350, but The Flash sacrificed himself in Crisis on Infinite Earths. The way had been cleared for Wally West to succeed his mentor, inspired by him but free of his baggage.
Around the time Barry Allen was trying to stay out of prison, Hal Jordan was wrestling with his loyalty to the Green Lantern Corps. Having previously been exiled from Earth for a year for defying the Guardians of the Universe (starting in April 1982's GL #151), upon his return Hal was once again torn between protecting Earth specifically and Sector 2814 generally. Most of this had to do with his love for Carol Ferris, so in October 1984's Issue 181, Hal chose Carol. Of course, that resulted in Hal's backup John Stewart becoming Sector 2814's primary Lantern, an office he held pretty much through February 1986's Issue 197. The events of Crisis on Infinite Earths facilitated Hal's return (although they were never told in Crisis proper), which happened in Issue 198. Regardless, for most of the next several years, Hal shared the spotlight with John, Guy, and a handful of fellow Lanterns, until 1994's "Emerald Twilight" got rid of the Corps itself.
Writer Marv Wolfman got Hal exiled in 1982, and by 1985 was planning to break apart his signature meal ticket, the New Teen Titans. That involved a lot of moving parts, so bear with me. Starting with November 1985's New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #14, Starfire, Nightwing and Jericho went to Tamaran for Starfire's royal wedding. That subplot ended with Starfire staying on Tamaran to fulfill her duties as its princess. Directionless without his true love beside him, an angry Nightwing returned to Earth, promptly got into a fight with Wonder Girl, and struck out on his own to look for Raven, who'd been missing since Issue 5. Meanwhile, with Changeling and Cyborg also gone, Wonder Girl assembled an even newer group of Titans, consisting mostly of the guys from the original Titans days (Aqualad, Wally-Flash, Hawk, Speedy) plus Jason "Robin" Todd.
That went south quickly, although Aqualad and The Flash stuck around for a few more issues, and Changeling and Cyborg returned. For his part, Dick found Raven working for the Church of Brother Blood, so soon enough he was too. Later, Donna's team was attached first by a bizarro Doom Patrol called The Hybrid, and then by the Brotherhood of Evil. The big push to the end started in Issue 28, when everybody except Nightwing and Raven stormed the big Church of Blood to rescue their colleagues and try to stop Brother Blood's "resurrection" (he'd been "killed" by the Titans a couple of years earlier). The final act took four issues, and the grand finale (May 1987's Issue 31) included cameos from Superman, Batman, a couple of Green Lanterns and representatives of the Doom Patrol and Infinity Inc. That's 18 monthly issues and an annual (revealing Blood's origin) spanning over a year and a half and wrapping up subplots which stretched back even further. There was a lot of closure in this storyline, but I can assure you that as it played out in the monthly books, it seemed to take the Titans further and further from any sort of cohesion. The "Titans Odyssey" (for lack of a better term) helped set the standard for what I would tolerate from my funnybooks; and if it hadn't stuck the landing so completely, I might not have been a Titans fan for much longer.
Two other significant storylines helped shape their respective "families" for years to come. "Superman in Exile" ran for just over six months, from January 1989's Adventures of Superman #450 and February's Superman #28 through July's Action Comics #643 (the latter relaunching Action after its own six-and-a-half month stint as a weekly anthology). Essentially, Superman decided to leave Earth to get his head on straight, because ever since executing three Phantom Zone criminals (in October 1988's Superman #22) he'd been borrowing a friend's heroic identity and "sleep-crimefighting" as Gangbuster. While in space, he was captured by Mongul and forced to fight in gladiatorial combat, but in the down time he met "the Cleric," a wandering clergyman who passed along a Kryptonian artifact. This was the Eradicator, an all-purpose plot device which restored Supes' costume and powers, gave him insight into ancient Krypton, and eventually built the Fortress of Solitude. It wasn't the only element from this storyline to bear fruit in the Superman titles, either: there were turning points for Morgan Edge, Cat Grant, and Supergirl, and the Kryptonian mythology figured heavily in "Reign of the Supermen."
Over in Batman, January 1989's #429 wrapped up the monolithic "Death in the Family" storyline with the results of that infamous phone-in vote. Issue 430's epilogue marked the end of Jim Starlin's run as writer, and the next several months featured two issues from writer James Owsley and three from writer John Byrne, as the Bat-brain trust tried to figure out where to go with the next Boy Wonder. New writer Marv Wolfman (him again!) introduced Tim Drake with the four-issue biweekly "Batman: Year Three" (issues 436-39), and expanded on his backstory in the five-issue New Titans crossover "A Lonely Place Of Dying" (co-plotted by George Pérez). By December 1989's Issue 442, Tim was Robin-in-waiting, but he'd spend the next calendar year (spanning 16 Batman issues) training in the Batcave. He finally donned the redesigned red-and-green at the end of December 1990's Issue 457, ending an almost two-year period without a regular Robin.
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I've gone into detail on those old storylines mostly to balance their duration against their narrative merits. It's not so much that the Bat-books were Robin-less for about two years -- which seems like a blip compared with the Diana Prince Era -- but that you could tell they were in a holding pattern to a certain extent. I mean, I liked the Owsley/Aparo issues and the Byrne/Aparo "Many Deaths of the Batman" pretty well, but with "Year Three" you could really see where the book was headed, and that was comforting. Ironically, once "Lonely Place" was over, and Tim started his open-ended training, I started wondering when he'd get into costume (especially after Issue 450 came and went).
No doubt super-comics publishers have feasted on reader uncertainty for decades, but it can be a delicate balancing act. Remember, I liked the 1985-87 18-issue New Teen Titans saga because it ended well, both emotionally and narratively. The "Titans Hunt" of 1990-92 spanned 15 issues (#70-84) and was designed to remake the team, instead of bring it back together as the earlier mega-arc had. I admit that sounds conservative and entitled, and I recognize that New Titans probably needed a creative jolt after 10 years, but it didn't help that "Titans Hunt" ended just as the wild-and-crazy '90s were beginning. The book was never the same, partly because it could never settle on a status quo. Jericho and Raven had been turned evil (Raven for the second time), new members like Pantha, Phantasm and Wildebeest weren't that compelling, and the plots started with Donna Troy's evil future son and became progressively more outlandish. That's when I did stop reading New Titans, and when I eventually picked up the back issues, I realized I hadn't missed much. Only near the end of the '90s, with Devin Grayson and Phil Jiminez's reverential JLA/Titans miniseries -- which basically ended with a group hug and a "power of love" moment -- did the group regain its appeal. It was corny, but it worked.
Again, though, it worked on me because it was targeted towards longtime Titans fans. The '90s also saw the rise of Hal's Emerald Action Team, or HEAT, the vocal group of Hal Jordan fans who thought Kyle Rayner's adventures were a traveshamockery of Green Lantern's potential. There was a case to be made that DC treated Hal a bit more shabbily than his bestie Barry Allen (and, consequently, that Kyle was more of a charity case than Wally West), but that got lost amongst the proverbial green-energy torches and pitchforks. There will always be fans who Demand Action, and a Return To Greatness, in the face of what they see as utterly wrongheaded creative choices. The rest of us -- and I am assuming that's most of us -- are, I hope, more open-minded, or at least more patient.
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Actually, "Emerald Twilight" was something of an outlier among DC's other death-and-replacement arcs of the '90s. "Knightfall" (spring 1993-summer 1994) and the "Death of Superman" cycle (fall 1992-summer 1993) replaced Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent with decidedly unsustainable takes on Batman and Superman. Diana got replaced twice as Wonder Woman during the '90s, first by Artemis (issues 93-100, January-August 1995) and then three years later by Hippolyta (issues 129-36, January-August 1998). Oliver Queen's son Connor Hawke became the new Green Arrow (October 1995's issue #101), Wally West was replaced by his grimmer-timeline counterpart Walter (Flash issues 152-59, September 1999-April 2000), and Kyle Rayner replaced himself with his then-girlfriend Jade while he tried to start a new Green Lantern Corps (okay, that was in 2001 or so, and just for an issue or two).
The Super-titles got event-happy following "Reign of the Supermen." After 1995's "Death of Clark Kent" (introducing Conduit, one of the whinier Super-foes), 1996's Final Night-induced power loss, and the Super-wedding -- jerked around on the schedule, by the way, by TV's Lois & Clark -- 1997-98 gave the world the Electric Superman. This is a good example of a change so radical it practically guarantees a push of the reset button. By contrast, the Bat-books spent all of 1999 in "No Man's Land," a storytelling setup focused on primal emotions and raw urban adventuring. You knew post-quake Gotham was going to be rebuilt, but thematically it wasn't far removed from the regular Batman environment. The same applied to the "Dick and Damian" status quo of 2009-10: Bruce Wayne was coming back, but the new Batman and Robin were a good blend of different and familiar. Electro-Supes was just different.
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At present, many of DC's A-listers are in the middle of all-new, mostly-different makeovers. "Truth" is perhaps as big a change for Superman as "Diana Prince" was for the Silver Age Wonder Woman. Jim Gordon's mecha-Batman is the latest in a slew of changes for the Bat-books stretching back to last spring's Batman Eternal and "Endgame." The two Green Lantern storylines also seem open-ended, as does Dick Grayson's employment with Spyral. Readers might reasonably expect any or all of these upheavals to be reversed at some point, because they've been trained to expect such reversions.
However, if a reversion is seen as necessary, it implies that the change was not -- or worse, that the change was somehow destructive to the character. Even a genre as conservative as superhero comics can do without that implication. What we might dismiss as "the illusion of change" is a pretty powerful tool for sustaining interest in these deathless characters. The tension at the core of their existence is between their market-friendly familiarity and their need for reader-involving forward motion. Whether you think DC "aged" or "updated" these characters too slowly or too quickly in the '70s, '80s or '90s; and whether you think it was right to give them mostly fresh starts with the New 52, are basically moot points. DC's history of, and reputation for, relaunches pretty much means it's stuck with the continuity it has right now.
That said, the past several months have shown that DC can do a lot within its current continuity. As The Beat reports, the rumor mill is rumbling that Dan DiDio and company don't have much confidence in "DC You," and will be returning to more conservative strategies in the months to come. It sounds like another turn of the direct market's self-fulfilling cycle: Publishers publish what they know will sell, and readers buy it because they're comfortable with it. In this model, books like the new-look Batgirl are the exceptions that are supposed to satisfy everyone's appetite for diversity, not harbingers of an ever-developing readership which publishers and retailers ignore at their peril. It may well be the case that DC tried too hard and spent too much on both an attempt to capture that readership (with the "DC You" books) and keep hold of its lifers (with Convergence and its tie-ins), and now it's literally paying the price.
Still, I can't imagine that the only lesson learned from the past several months is never to try. A good bit of the storylines discussed herein are no longer controlling (thanks to the New 52 relaunch) or, at worst, are best left forgotten. Some were born out of boredom ("let's just kill him"), office politics, and/or avarice. However, with the benefit of hindsight and the convenience of back issues, we might look back at some today and see genuine epics, or at least stories that come close. An extended storyline that really does put the characters through the wringer and advances their development without long-term damage can be a very satisfying read, both as it unfolds and after it's done. Marv Wolfman and Eduardo Baretto did it with their New Teen Titans saga, the Superman books did it with "Reign of the Supermen," and the Bat-handlers did it with "No Man's Land."
We've all got our favorites (and not-so-favorites). Maybe some of us have even been learning to appreciate the new takes on Black Canary, Doctor Fate, or even Prez. The professionals' freedom to try new things, and the readers' capacity to experience them, can embrace those kinds of changes as well. DC will likely be tempted to go back to the old ways of keeping readers interested, but it shouldn't dismiss the power of a new perspective.


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solo violin and chamber ensemble
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Commissioned by Miller Theatre at Columbia University and written for Ensemble Signal and Irvine Arditti, to whom the work is dedicated.
Musical performance has a lot to do with signs or signals, with señales, whether cues, indications from a
conductor, or the printed propositions of the score, to all of which a musician has to respond immediately
and purposefully. The product of musical performance – music – is itself loaded with signals, which we as
listeners are invited to construe. In doing so, we may well feel that many of the signals are not directed only
to us, but that we are witnessing the music's signalling to itself: calling ahead, answering back, opening a
new course or blocking it, making a demand or reviving a memory.
In the case of this piece, through twenty minutes of mostly fast music, we have a rush of such signals,
outward and inward – and onward – projected by and to the dashing solo violin, with alertness and virtuosity
just as vital right through the ensemble, which comprises three each of winds (flute, clarinet, and horn),
strings (viola, cello, and bass), and plucked or struck instruments (harp, cimbalom doubling vibraphone and
marimba, and percussion). Melodies or exuberant flourishes may involve quarter-tones; noise effects,
especially on the wind instruments, are also part of the ceaseless flow of gestures, of señales.
There is also a subtitle, "Homenaje a Jonathan Harvey," to whose Fourth Quartet there are oblique
references in two transitional passages. "But more than anything," Paredes has said, "I wanted to make a
small tribute to a composer whose honesty and highly spiritual music have been inspiring to me." At the
same time, another musician is being remembered, since much of the material derives from a solo violin
piece Paredes wrote in memory of Thomas Kakuska, long-time viola player of the Alban Berg Quartet.
The work sets out from a slow, also low introduction. Winds and strings begin by extending the notes of the
interplay between harp and cimbalom, but soon branch out, introducing ideas to be played out later –
notably, running bits of scale, in quarter tones, on strings, which come to take over the music and ring up the
curtain on the soloist. His entry, with a signal gesture that is soon repeated, speeds the music up and also
lifts it into a new register, though this is a register the others are reluctant to enter, which only adds to the
brilliance with which the violin stands out, in lively figuration alternating with developments of the quartertone
Loud dissonances from the strings with heavy bow pressure weigh the music down, but only briefly before
the violin takes off again, quietly at first, in streams of double stops based again on quarter-tone scales, and
then into wilder reaches. The ensemble, left almost speechless a while, crashes back and a slow section
ensues, initially dominated by the strings, subsequently featuring dialogue between the strings with harp
plus vibes and the wind, with "whistle tones" from the flute. Out of this comes a swirling dance into another
dialogue, between excited static harmonies on harp, marimba, and low strings on the one side and quartertone
double stops from the soloist on the other.
At roughly the halfway point, a brief recall of the slow section disappears off the top edge of the pitch
spectrum and gives way to a long fast passage developing the ideas further. There is just a short break, after
which the quarter-tone scales return. Then the soloist goes off into airy flights, prompted—signalled—by the
ensemble. The cadenza eventually has the cimbalom joining in, to convey the violin back among the other
instruments for the work's climax and aftermath. (Paul Griffiths)
- 22 Sep 2019 |
Mishkenot Shaananim Music Centre, Jerusalem|
Israel Contemporary Players
Zsolt Nagy – conductor
Irvine Arditti violin
Beáta Móri cimbalom
- 21 Sep 2019 | 8:00pm |
Israel Contemporary Players
Zsolt Nagy – conductor
Irvine Arditti violin
Beáta Móri cimbalom
- 22 Nov 2017 | 7:30pm |
St Paul's Church, Huddersfield|
Irvine Arditti violin, London Sinfonietta conducted by Martin Brabbins
- 8 Jun 2014 |
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, University of Buffalo|
Ensemble Signal with Irvine Arditti (solo violin), cond. Brad Lubman
- 12 May 2012 | 8:00pm |
Miller Theatre, Columbia University School of the Arts, USA|
Ensemble Signal with Irvine Arditti (violin) cond. Brad Lubman
- 22 Sep 2019 |


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For the most part, you and your colleagues get along fairly well. As a team, you're pretty much in sync, with each member pulling his or her weight. That is, with the exception of one team member, who does the least amount of work possible.
Ironically, you discovered the same colleague also makes the same amount of money as you. It's understandable to get upset, but if you truly want to fix the situation there's a right and wrong way to go about it.
Here's what to do when your colleague earns the same as you—and does less.
Remain Calm & Take Stock
While your first reaction might be to flip out, it's best to take a practical approach to the situation.
Are the two of you in the exact same job with matching job responsibilities? Do you have the same education level? Perhaps your coworker has a higher degree, extra certification, or more years of experience. These things matter and even though you might not want to hear it, could be the (very good) reason you're getting paid less.
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Way to go mama! Proud of your dedication and sacrifice! - Amanda
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Latch on with ya bad self, mama. Never let anyone make you feel uncomfortable for it- KJ
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Chin up princess, or the crown slips! You got this momma! - Jennifer, Atlanta International Airport
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What did the baby say to its mother after breastfeeding? Thanks for the mammaries! - Jamie, Amtrak-Chicago Union Station
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FRISCO – While his team moved north to practice at the Dallas Cowboys' facility, Texans owners Bob and Janice McNair have donated $1 million to the United Way of Houston to be used for victims of the widespread flooding that has devastated the city.
Charlotte Jones Anderson, the Cowboys' executive vice president and daughter of owner Jerry Jones, said the NFL Foundation is matching the Texans' $1 million donation. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft also pledged to match donations to the American Red Cross' Hurricane Harvey relief fund up to $1 million.
"That's great," McNair said Monday about the NFL Foundation's matching donation. "I'm so glad because so many people need help, and we're fortunate to be able to help a little.
"It's just distressing to see what's happening in our city and the surrounding area."
Like so many in the Houston area, McNair has been staying at home and following the flooding on television.
"I feel so much sympathy for everyone who's been forced to leave their homes," he said. "It's just terrible to see so many leaving with their children and pets."


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Tonkichi Takashimaya is one of the long-standing restaurants at Ngee Ann City. Located on the restaurant level 4 of Ngee Ann City, some of the others that have been there as long as I can remember are Crystal Jade and Angus Steak House. We thought it was time we paid them a visit and try some deep-fried pork tonkatsu.
Tonkichi Takashimaya has a light-wood decor that is typical of many Japanese restaurants. Neat and efficient are words that come to mind. The tables are a bit small and the place became somewhat congested when the crowds started arriving and it was full house with a waiting line on a Saturday afternoon.
Tonkichi Takashimaya menu
A specialty restaurant like Tonkichi is good for indecisive people because the choices are quite limited. Each main dish revolves around deep-fried food – pork, chicken and certain types of seafood. Order a set meal and you get a miso soup, small appetizer and free flow of rice and cabbage. A la carte orders are also possible. Here are pictures of some pages from the Tonkichi Takashimaya menu.
A pretty mortar and pestle set was made available for us to grind away the time and some sesame seeds while waiting for our food. The crushed seeds release a nice fragrance and can be added to sauce for the tonkatsu.
We tried a Hire Katsu Toji Set ($20.80). This is a 'wet' version of the usual tonkatsu. The deep-fried pork fillet was cooked in a claypot with eggs and some special soy sauce. It does not have the crunch of the pure fried pork but in return you get the extra taste of the sauce which is slightly sweet. A dish we recommend for those who find the plain tonkatsu a bit too dry.
Our other set meal was the Rosu Katsu Set ($19.80) – deep fried pork loin. We noticed the difference between the "Rosu" and "Hire" cuts of pork. The terms refer to pork loin and pork fillet respectively. The loin cut had fatty bits and would appeal to those who like their pork more moist and juicy. For us, we preferred the "Hire" version which was mainly lean meat. The Rosa Katsu set was the classic tonkatsu meal at Tonkichi. The meat was tender without any 'porky' smell and the batter was light and only very slightly oily.
Overall the tonkatsu quality at Tonkichi Takashimaya have been maintained since we were last there quite some time ago. Which explains the constant flow of customers.
Food: 3
Service: 3
Value: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Overall: 3 TOPs
Tonkichi Takashimaya
391 Orchard Road
Ngee Ann City #04-24
Singapore 238872
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