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WITH THE DeSoto Hotel transitioning from the Hilton to an independent luxury boutique, The DeSoto by Sotherly, it seems fitting that the spaces inside would undergo a transformation of their own.
In early August, Savannah welcomed Edgar's Proof & Provision, a whiskey-bent Southern hub for sips and grub.
Then, in late September, The DeSoto unveiled Savannah's most distinctive show kitchen restaurant 1540 Room, helmed by the one and only Chef Kyle Jacovino.
After making his name with heavyweight The Florence, Chef Jacovino is returning to his Italian roots and adding some Latin flair with a southern twist.
1540 Room, named after the year Hernando de Soto explored Georgia, prides itself in being a chef-driven restaurant that operates independently from the hotel.
"A growing movement in hotels is to have the creativity run as wild and ramped as possible. We told Kyle, 'This is your restaurant.' You hire an expert so that he can do what he does best. By the end of the day, he makes the choices," explains Managing Director Jeff Kmiec.
Chef Jacovino did just that. After one look at the blueprints, Jacovino redesigned the space to accommodate a working kitchen, a kitchen that he could call his own. Yet, he did not stop there.
He also took the liberty of hiring his own team and brought the heart of the Florence with him. "The good thing about growing a team is that you trained the staff. It becomes natural. I promote from within and they work up through the ranks," Jacovino expounds.
After spending over three years working together, Jacovino paid it forward by bringing his Florence team with him to 1540. As a mentor, Jacovino believes that "when you have a team that works hard, you have to help them grow."
"My job is to teach them and prepare them to be chefs. I don't want them to be with me forever, but to take the torch and move on."
Jacovino is no stranger to mentorship, as he as served under Ryan Smith, chef of the great Staplehouse in Atlanta and of course, Hugh Acheson, celebrity chef from Top Chef.
From his culinary apprenticeship in high school to his experiences with Smith and Acheson in Atlanta, Jacovino developed the skills needed to run his own kitchen.
With a desire cook Italian cuisine, Jacovino found fresh culinary inspiration in Italy. While there, he cultivated a passion for pasta making, an art that has carried over into his 1540 menu.
After his stint in Italy, Acheson and Jacovino brainstormed The Florence's concept, ultimately choosing Savannah as its location given the emerging food scene. While the Florence's era may have ceased in June, Jacovino's heart and soul remained in Savannah.
"Savannah wants and deserves good food...Savannah is my home now; I want to put it on the map. I want to preach that we have better food than Charleston. Savannah gets overlooked far too often."
Now, at 1540 Room, Chef Jacovino stays true to his Italian heritage, while expanding into Mediterranean fare with Southern influences. Jacovino's menu supersedes fine dining with offerings that are humbly communal with an elevated sophistication. Each dish utilizes familiar locally sourced ingredients that deliver unexpected and well-developed flavor profiles.
When asked how he would describe his style of cooking at 1540, Jacovino confidently states, "It's my cooking. It is basically heavily Italian influenced and inspired, but also incorporates all the food I love to eat and cook."
"At the end of the day, if you are not in love with what you are cooking, you are going to fall short. A lot of chefs are cooking food for the wrong reasons...I believe in supporting the community and sourcing any time you can."
With that, the whole menu incorporates local ingredients from farms like Canewater, Grassroots and Root Baking, permeating southern influences into each dish.
Chef Jacovino's passion for cooking can be seen from any table at 1540. It is one of the only restaurants in Savannah that offers an open-concept show kitchen, sharing the same space as the dining area.
The kitchen, with its opulent marble countertop and garland of copper pots, was intended to be the focal point, the proverbial star of the show.
Like a well-rehearsed orchestra playing a harmonious symphony, Chef Jacovino and his crew put on an awe-inspiring performance each and every night. With essentially front row seats, diners are invited to watch the ebb and flow of the impeccable kitchen, as their food is prepared effortlessly before their eyes.
Dinner service was so smooth and symphonic in just a few short weeks of opening, a true testament to the leadership skills and training of both Jacovino and general manager Melissa Young.
Chef can be seen meticulously composing a dish, using chopsticks to manipulate each ingredient. While doing so, the sous chef and line cooks lean over the counter, intently watching, learning.
This act creates a special bond between chef and diner that many may not realize is missing. It's that feeling you get when eating a home cooked meal. It's made with love. When Chef Jacovino delivers each dish to the table, you will feel like a guest in his home.
Given Chef Jacovino's adoration with Spanish fare, hand-crafted empanadas are offered on the small plates menu. His inspiration for these hand pies came from a trip to a Venezuelan bakery in Miami.
To incorporate Southern flavors, Jacovino used local corn flour for the dough and filled each with braised short rib, mozzarella and cow peas. As they are labor intensive and made in small batches. At $7 a piece, I'd say get there early and order liberally.
If food could tell a story, the fall Sweet Potato Angnolotti (ah-nyuh-LAHT-tee) dish would sum up Jacovino's entire career in nutshell. The pasta in the dish represents everything he learned in Atlanta and fell in love with in Italy.
"Acid, sweetness, texture and wow factor. A dish that's Italian inspired, but in Italy, they would throw it out of the window."
The agnolotti is stuffed with rich candy-like sweet potato filling. Pickled mustard seeds provide an exhilarating punch of acid and the crème fraiche sauce adds a velvety smoothness. Fresh shaved prosciutto lends a mellow saltiness and crispy fried Brussel sprout leaves provide texture.
"You're not getting bored with all those different textures and feelings."
When speaking of wow-factor, the family-style paella served in an oversized cast iron skillet takes the cake. This is another Spanish-inspired dish that Jacovino experienced while traveling.
After some research, he realized that while we have the best rice in our area and the most incredible seafood off the coast, he could find literally no one in Savannah serving paella.
So 1540 broke the mold, offering this traditional dish brimming with baby squid, mussels, clams, shrimp and sausage, served over a bed of smoky Anson Mills rice and a mess of Latin sofrito.
Make sure you save room for after dinner confections made by former Florence pastry chef, Gerson Reyes. Each stunning dessert ranges from $5-$7 and appeals to all senses. Visually, the sweets appear on the plate like an artistic design.
Take the Chocolate Pavola, which is a shattered cocoa meringue encasing a smear of salted dark chocolate cream with a dusting of candied walnuts and house made banana truffle.
The Carolina Gold Rice Beignets, dredged in cinnamon and sugar, were crunchy with a sumptuous center that disintegrated in my mouth. It was paired with a stroke of warm Mexican chocolate spiced with cinnamon and cayenne pepper. To cut through the richness, Reyes imbued blueberry preserves with a whisper of basil.
The end of the Florence's era marks the beginning of something new for Chef Kyle Jacovino and his crew. With locally sourced ingredients, an ostentatious show kitchen as well as Southern-infused Italian and Latin cuisine, 1540 Room has become a force to be reckoned with.


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Florida Senate President Endorses Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera For U.S. Senate
By Kevin Derby, Sunshine State News // April 12, 2016
(SunshineStateNews) – Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, announced on Tuesday morning that he was backing Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera to take U.S Sen. Marco Rubio's, R-Fla., place in the Senate. Rubio is not running for a second term.
Gardiner joins state Attorney General Pam Bondi, Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, and more than half of Republicans sitting in the Florida Legislature in endorsing Lopez-Cantera who served as state House majority leader in 2011 and 2012.
On Tuesday, Gardiner pointed to Lopez-Cantera's record in Tallahassee as why he was supporting him.
"In Florida, Carlos has been a leader in limiting government's influence into the lives of everyday Floridians and the result has created less taxes, less regulation, and more freedom for citizens to achieve economic independence," Gardiner said.
"Carlos has a record of conservative leadership focused on delivering results, which contrasts with the empty Washington rhetoric we have become accustomed to. I am proud to support Carlos, and I look forward to working to ensure he is our next U.S. senator from Florida."
"I am honored and humbled to receive the support of Senate President Andy Gardiner," Lopez-Cantera said.
"I've worked with Andy for a number of years, and his commitment to Florida's success and economic freedom is going to be an incredible asset as he joins the team. As Andy and I continue to work together on this campaign, I appreciate his efforts as we send the message to Washington that it is time for a Florida Republican in the U.S. Senate."
Lopez-Cantera faces a crowded primary field for the Republican nomination.
Florida Republican U.S. Reps. Ron DeSantis and David Jolly are also running, along with Manatee County businessman Carlos Beruff. Also in the mix is businessman and Army veteran Todd Wilcox.

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By Calvin Li
No one's first game experience could ever top the one that I had last Wednesday, where the Seattle Mariners took on the Texas Losers, AKA the Texas Rangers.
This trip to the Mariners' Game couldn't have been more authentic. Gregor – my American co-worker – and I left SCC an hour early for Safeco Field in Downtown Seattle. Despite the light traffic, we were still 40 minutes late because of the parking.
Yeah, fuck the parking.
People were legitimately charging 60 bucks for parking, and street parking in downtown wasn't even an option as all the spots were occupied. We ended up parking at Uwajimaya and paid over 20 bucks for 4-hour parking.
Be smart people, take the bus.
Parking aside, I'm so glad that I had Gregor as company since he showed me exactly how to watch an American game the American way. He made sure I got the whole experience by getting himself a beer right after we stepped foot into the Stadium. "That's what baseball is," he said. "A drinking game." Now those are some words of wisdom. Lesson learnt. Thanks Gregor!
As for the game itself? It lasted all the way to the tenth inning. Steve Cishek, the pitcher, was on fire and striking people out and hitter Nelson Cruz was on first base. Then all of a sudden, a few Asians sitting in the next section jumped up and started screaming. The video board asked us to sing "Dae-Ho," and it turned out to be the name of a Korean player, Dae Ho Lee, who was recently signed by the Mariners.
The next thing I knew he hit a home-run, sending the Rangers home, and the entire stadium went crazy, literally crazy.


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South Texas We Are CHANGE meets Admiral Bobby R. Inman
On Monday, April 1, 2008 Admiral Bobby R. Inman spoke at the University of Texas-Pan American on issues related to cyber security.
During and after the Q&A session, South Texas We Are CHANGE members Eloy Gonzalez II and Leo Krayola confronted Admiral Inman on a a number of pressing and current political issues such as the congressional bill H.R. 1955 as its relation to terrorism, 9/11 truth activism, and freedom of speech.
Other important topics, such as the Federal Reserve, the admiral declined to discuss.
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By Cheri Roberts-Piper MTR News
On Thursday March 13th authorities announced that an Officer involved in the investigation of the Las Vegas Ricin incident tested positive for small amounts of Ricinine or Ricidine found in his system. Ricinine is an alkaloid (3-cyano-4-methoxy-N-methyl-2-pyridone) that shares a common plant source with Ricin, and its presence in the system infers Ricin exposure. However, the alkaloid substance is extracted from the seeds of the castor plant and does not derive directly from Ricin.
KTNV News in Nevada reportedly identified the Officer as Jim Mitchell and he is said to have no symptoms of Ricin poisoning. The Officer was one that arrived on the scene to search a Las Vegas hotel room on Feb. 26th - weeks after it's occupant - who is believed to be suffering from Ricin exposure, called 911 on Valentines Day. Bergendorff had been transported to a local hospital for respiratory distress. He was reported to have fallen into a coma after arrival and remained so for many weeks although family members have reported differently and have said Bergendorff was merely heavily sedated.
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Waxman Truth Squad on 1-11-08 "KPFK Evening News" with Senior Producer, Christine Blosdale
KPFK Senior Producer, Christine Blosdale, prepared a segment for the January 11, 2008 "KPFK Evening News" on what she called a "great gotcha moment in history," namely the recent truth-squading of Representative Henry Waxman. Interspersed with her own take on it were a few powerful moments from the encounter pulled from the We Are Change LA video of the event.
You can download the entire news show here- http://reader.feedshow.com/show_items-feed=ef181e40d78292013740efca4c3774fa
The segment starts right before the 21:30 mark.
Here's a link to just the 6-some minute segment: Click here to watch '-gotcha-Henry-Waxman--on-KPFK-1-11-08' or
We Are Change LA Talks to Jane Harman's Office about HR1955, Architects and Engineers for 9-11 Truth and False-flag Terrorism
The earlier part of our Eleventh Day of Action last month was spent demonstrating outside of Congresswoman Jane Harman's office in El Segundo, CA. We took the opportunity to go inside and speak with her aid about our concerns surrounding HR 1955, Mark Weitzman's powerpoint presentation identifying www.ae911truth.org as "Disinformation" and appealing to terrorists, and Congress's continuing silent complicity in the 9-11 cover-up. Her aid would not allow us to film the conversation so we attempted to describe the conversation as best we could. We left behind some information about 9-11, including an ae911truth.org card about the destruction of the Twin Towers and a DVD with "9-11 Mysteries" and Richard Gage AIA's "Blueprint for Destruction," among others. Here's the video:
HR 1955: A False Flag attack on Democracy and Free Speech
Received a response from Ron Wyden concerning HR 1955. My reply to Ron Wyden:
"I received your letter in response to my opposition to S. 1959/HR 1955. The bill is full of vague language and mere lip service to constitutional safeguards and protection of civil liberties. The bill was falsely portrayed in the House as a routine matter requiring no debate. That is why it passed by such a wide margin.
The bill is a false flag attack on democracy and free speech. Many of your constituents are now aware of this."
United States Senate
WASHINGTON. DC 20510 3703 December 7, 2007
Dear Mr.
Thank you for contacting me to share your concerns about the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
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Lobby your Representatives! Tampa 9/11 Truth did!
Yes, I felt so incredibly free after walking out of Bill Nelsons' office! This was a truly rewarding experience and I propose that EVERY 9/11 Truther make sure that their local representatives are lobbied and made aware of the growing concerns of their constituents! If you do not report treason it is a CRIME!
My account:
I woke up early, trimmed my beard, and put on a dress shirt and a tie. I wanted to look professional and presentable. I may be a college student, but I know how to be taken seriously!
We all converged at the federal courthouse and had a bit of trouble getting in because of the tight security. No cell phones, cameras, or anything!
We had briefly gone over the packet prepared by 911truth.org on the way to the senators office. I felt unprepared, but Mia assured us that the presentation was very simple and that all the work was done for us already. We had the simple outline, the supplemental material to leave with the senator, and Dr. Griffin's list of 115 Ommisions and Distortions of the 9/11 Commision Report.
Ron Paul Condemns HR 1955
Remarks on Violent Radicalization & Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, HR 1955
by Ron Paul
Before the House of Representatives, December 5, 2007
Mr. Speaker, I regret that I was unavoidably out of town on October 23, 2007, when a vote was taken on HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization & Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted against this misguided and dangerous piece of legislation. This legislation focuses the weight of the US government inward toward its own citizens under the guise of protecting us against "violent radicalization."
I would like to note that this legislation was brought to the floor for a vote under suspension of regular order. These so-called "suspension" bills are meant to be non-controversial, thereby negating the need for the more complete and open debate allowed under regular order. It is difficult for me to believe that none of my colleagues in Congress view HR 1955, with its troubling civil liberties implications, as "non-controversial."
HR 1955: PDA will email your Senators
(It is more effective to call your Senators, but it helps to send this email as well. I've done both).
Stop the Police State Bill
If you believe that America is a democracy and should not be turned into a police state like Burma, Pakistan, and China, then join with us to STOP The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, S. 1959.
This flawed and dangerous bill , introduced by Rep. Jane Harman, could be the final triumph of fear over reason as the Federal government makes thought a crime under the guise of preemptive National Security, if we allow the Senate to pass it.
Please email your Senators now, and tell them to vote NO on the The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. We encourage you to edit the title and text using your own words.
This is what I sent via PDA:
Libelous presentations by the Simon Wiesenthal Center at the House hearings have made the intent of this law clear.
(WEAK) ACLU Statement on the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
ACLU contact form: http://www.aclu.org/contact/general/index.html
We can contact MoveOn at: http://pol.moveon.org/feedback/fb/form.html?tp=suggest
CONTACT: (202) 675-2312 or email@example.com
Washington, D.C. – The ACLU continues to have serious concerns regarding the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (H.R. 1955). Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the ACLU said, "Law enforcement should focus on action, not thought. We need to worry about the people who are committing crimes rather than those who harbor beliefs that the government may consider to be extreme."
A Police Provocateur's Dream, HR 1955
author: Ross Stone
"The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act"
Rep. Jane Harman's "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act" is not written exactly like the Nazi 1933 Discriminatory Decrees that suspended the Reich Constitution, but it can bring America to the same place by trashing America's civil liberties. Harman's bill has the potential of driving lawful political and other activists underground into American cell groups. Perhaps expectantly creating the domestic terrorists the Bush Administration has said we need to be protected from.
Law Organizations Oppose Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act
On October 23, 2007, the House of Representatives passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 by a vote of 404-6. The bill will be referred out of committee this week and will then go to the Senate floor. The National Lawyers Guild and the Society of American Law Teachers strongly oppose this legislation because it will likely lead to the criminalization of beliefs, dissent and protest, and invite more draconian surveillance of Internet communications.
This bill would establish a Commission to study and report on "facts and causes" of "violent radicalism" and "extremist belief systems." It defines "violent radicalism" as "adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change." The term "extremist belief system" is not defined; it could refer to liberalism, nationalism, socialism, anarchism, communism, etc.
YouTube and Screen Shots of Weitzman's Presentation to Homeland Security Subcommittee
Managed to take a few screen shots from:
Simon Wiesenthal Center presents 9/11 sites alongside radical Jihadist sites to House Hearing on "Terrorism and the Internet"
EDIT: Revised title and inserted video. -rep.
Writers Wanted: Gilmore Commission at Rand wrote Terror Legislation
The following speech was made by Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS], chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
Bennie Thompson refers to the Gilmore Commission, whose last report was issued in 2003. Don't know where he came up with the 1993-98 timespan. The Gilmore Commission information is located at the RAND website.
THIS MEANS HR 1955 WAS WRITTEN BY THE RAND CORPORATION AS WELL AS ALL OTHER TERROR LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN ENACTED IN THE UNITED STATES. I do not have the time or writing skills to do this issue justice. i hope someone can pick up this ball and run with it.
Bennie Thompson's speech:
"Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1955, the Violent Radicalization of Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.
Urgent Call to Action: S 1959/HR 1955 About to Pass
This bill can make all who participate in non-violent, civil disobedience labeled a potential terrorist. Your words could be considered "promoting an extremist belief system", and YOU ARE THE TERRORIST (WHICH MEANS THEY CAN STRIP YOUR CITIZENSHIP, AND HAVE YOU TORTURED AND EXECUTED).
Tina Richards http://www.grassrootsamerica4us.org
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:02:36 -0500 (EST)
Grassroots America, A Non Profit
As my daughter threw herself onto Independence Ave last month in her passionate plea to stop the second deployment of her brother and respect the earth at the "No War, No Warming" protest, she did not know about this upcoming senate bill. This bill that passed 404-6 in the house is poised to pass in our Senate. This bill looks to make myself, my daughter and all others who participate in non-violent, civil disobedience a potential terrorist.
Please call your senator and oppose S 1959.
(You can post responses here. The guy at Republican Senator Smith's office was warm when I mentioned S. 1959, until I told him why I opposed it. The lady at Democrat Senator Wyden's office was very receptive.)
Thank you again for all your support.
Tina Richards


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Card Tuesday - Sketched Birthday
I know today is Wednesday, but yesterday just turned into one of "those"days. So to make up for it I have a set of 6 notecards to share with you. I made this set using the brand new Sketched Birthday set and the new In Colours. I also made a matching box (which I forgot to take a photo of!) to hold all the cards as they were a gift for my lovely friend Elice for helping me with my launch party. I love the simplicity of these cards, and are a great idea to create a whole bunch in one sitting.
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When going up against a boys basketball team full of giants, there's really only one thing you can do.
Box out.
But to go out and actually execute that concept, that's another thing. The Pitman Pride accepted this challenge and ended Tuesday night with a 44-40 win over visiting Sonora High in nonconference action. The Wildcats had five players listed over 6-foot-4, but they all fell to a quick Pitman team with 12 juniors.
"Sonora was tall," said Pitman senior center David Gianesin, who, at 6-foot-4, managed to have a giant game with a game-high 13 points. "They were really tall. Obviously, I'm not taller than them so I had to use what I had against them, and that was my quickness. They were tall trees and I had to go around the trees."
To start the third quarter, Gianesin was a one-man show. He scored six of his team's first nine points during that rush, one that helped the Pride to a 30-22 lead after a back-and-forth first half. Sonora managed a late-game run, cutting the deficit to four points with 2 minutes left, but the Pride didn't panic and improved to a 2-3 overall record.
Next up for Pitman is the Frank Godinez Tournament at Turlock High, where the Pride will face Davis High of Modesto in the first round game on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Pride coach Harvey Marable believes his team is gradually getting better, even though his squad is made up of underclassmen and three seniors.
"Our record doesn't indicate how hard our guys play and how they've learned since they first started," Marable said. "We're talking about 12 juniors out here stepping into varsity and playing against the competition that we're playing. They've come a long way."
Besides a stingy defense that held the Wildcats to just three points in the third quarter, the Pride had plenty of offensive help. Alex Madden knocked in three 3-pointers, and Sklyer Sexton came off the bench to contribute 11 points.
Sonora's big three of Tayler Thompson, Mark Relei and Alex Kiriluk, who are stood above 6-foot-4, combined for 25 of their team's 40 points, though a good chunk of the scoring came late in the game during a mad rush to escape with a win. Pitman wouldn't let that happen, even with a younger, smaller group.
"We felt very in control," Gianesin said. "Toward the fourth quarter we took our time. They were trying to press us. They were trying to get us all flustered. But we were in control. We finished the game."
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Author Archives: Ashley Miznazi
Ashley Miznazi is a Report for America corps member covering the Haitian community in the South Florida/Miami area for The Haitian Times. Her work will heavily feature photography, video and other multimedia storytelling. Previously, Ashley was a multimedia fellow at The Texas Tribune, where she reported on DACA, Afghan resettlement and the foster care system.


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A Q&A with the Stars of How to Surprise a Dad
Hi, Brother! Hi, Sister! This is the first time I've interviewed fictional characters. Thanks for agreeing to this interview. I know you have a million other things you could be doing right now.
You two are the masters of planning surprises. Please tell us about three of the surprises you planned for your dad.
You two are the masters of planning surprises. Please tell us about three of the surprises you planned for your dad.
Brother: First of all, "Thank you, Mr. Schu!" We've never been interviewed before. It's always, always Jean-the-author who gets interviewed.
Sister: Yep, ditto to the thank you! Okay, so my favorite surprise isn't in the book. One fall, we secretly planted crocus bulbs. Dad had no idea until spring came, and the flowers peeked through the snow.
B: I loved hiding hearts everywhere because weeks and weeks later he'd still find a random, forgotten heart.
S: Another favorite was when we made a secret treasure map of our yard for his birthday surprise. It was fun to plan, and it was hilarious to watch him follow the clues.
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The cake you made for your dad is really something. How could someone recreate it?
B: It's tricky, but with icing—lots of icing—it's easy. First, make the shape of your dad's head by piling up a bunch of cupcakes or by stacking different-sized cake layers. Cover the pile with lots of icing. Use candy, nuts, and fruit bits to add his face, plus glasses, beard, mustache, hair, and ears. Go wild! That's what our illustrator, Lee Wildish, did.
S: Or keep it simple. Use just one layer of cake. With a little icing, make your dad's face on the top, flat part. Kinda like decorating a pancake. So much easier.
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What five words best describe your dad?
S: Outdoorsy.
B: Ticklish.
S: Good-listener.
B: Super-reader.
Please finish these sentence starters:
Picture books are where we come alive! It's the only place we come alive!
Reading is exciting—alone or with others!
It's exciting for me now, but I had a really hard time learning to read. (So did Jean-the-author when she was a kid.) I worked hard, and it seemed like everyone around me caught on easily. I kept working hard and still I had trouble. It didn't seem fair.
B: Yeah, it wasn't fair, because she did work hard. And boy, did she get frustrated.
S: Our author got frustrated too. But then finally, I learned to read. So if you're struggling, hang in there. Keep trying and you will eventually learn to read. And like me, I bet you'll LOVE reading!
Jean Reagan and Lee Wildish...
S: . . . are a great team. Jean sometimes gets a little too sappy or serious. Lee ups the silliness. In fact, I think he sometimes steals the show with his illustrations!
B: Did you know these two have never met? They haven't even emailed each other directly. They communicate only through their editors and art directors. Surprising, isn't it?
|Illustration Credit: Lee Wildish
Mr. Schu, you should have asked us...
B: ...if we're going to star in another book. Well, we're not in their next book which is about Santa. But, I'm hoping we'll be in the book after that. Mr. Schu, you'll like that one—it's about teachers, including a librarian, of course.
S: I want to be in the recess illustration, because I know some cool tricks on the monkey bars.
B: I hear the classroom pet is an iguana, so I hope to be in charge of feeding and exercising it.
B & S: Thanks, Mr. Schu. Maybe you can interview us again when we're in another book. Happy reading!
Thank you, Brother, Sister, and Jean Reagan!
Thank you, Brother, Sister, and Jean Reagan!
Borrow How to Surprise a Dad from your school or public library. Whenever possible, please support independent bookshops.


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South Korean coronavirus patients vote as general election kicks off
Early voting in South Korea's parliamentary election began on Friday with coronavirus patients casting ballots at disinfected polling stations and candidates bumping fists instead of pressing the flesh as they appeal for support.
The election could decide the control of parliament and shape President Moon Jae-in's ability to implement his agenda in the final two years of his administration, including looser fiscal policy aimed at creating jobs, raising the minimum wage, and continued re-engagement with North Korea.
The National Election Commission set up eight polling stations for more than 3,000 coronavirus patients receiving treatment as well as 900 medical staff at treatment centers in hard-hit areas, including the capital, Seoul, and Daegu city.
The election is on April 15 but officials are hoping that people will take advantage of early voting to reduce the numbers crowding polling locations that day.
Polling stations were disinfected on Thursday and all voters were required to wear a mask, use sanitizers and wear plastic gloves.
Officials checked temperatures and anyone higher than 37.5 Celsius (99.5 Fahrenheit) was directed to special booths.
Despite the coronavirus precautions, voters were enthusiastic.
"It was a little uncomfortable since I had to put on plastic," said Kim Ju-Yeon, 22, who voted at a polling station at Seoul Station, referring to the gloves she had to wear.
"But because voting is a must, the experience was reassuring."
There are 3,500 stations for voters to cast their ballots during two days of early voting starting on Friday.
Moon cast his ballot at a polling station near the presidential office, known as the Blue House.
"There might be a long line of voters on election day. I hope the early voting distributes that number," Moon said after voting.
The government is also considering how some 46,500 people who have not tested positive but are in self-quarantine - most of them returnees from abroad - can cast their ballots.
"We are in consultation with related ministries on how to ensure the right to vote for those in self-quarantine on April 15," Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip told reporters on Friday.
Kim said the people in self-isolation could not take part in the early voting because of the risk they might be infected.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 27 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the national tally to 10,450. The national death toll rose by four to 208.
Candidates who began campaigning early this month have been wearing masks and exchanging fist bumps with voters in small meetings, shunning handshakes and big rallies.
"We're refraining from large rallies as much as possible and also limiting personal contact," said Lee Nak-yon, a former prime minister running for the parliament.
The head of the main opposition United Future Party, Hwang Kyo-Ahn, was spotted disinfecting residential areas.
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Sonallah Ibrahim's 'Provocative Masterpiece' Warda Coming June 2021
Translator-scholar Hosam Aboul-Ela announced that his translation of Sonallah Ibrahim's Warda would be forthcoming from Yale University Press in June 2021:
Aboul-Ela, who is also the translator of Ibrahim's masterful coming-of-age novel Stealth, said bringing this book into English was perhaps the most challenging thing in his career thus far:
Several of Ibrahim's novels are available in translation, including his seminal That Smell (in two different translations, by both Robyn Creswell and Denys Johnson-Davies) and The Committee (translated by Charlene Constable and Mary St. Germain). His recent novel Ice was published last year in Margaret Litvin's translation, and his 1984 novel Beirut Beirut was translated by Chip Rossetti and published in 2017. His novel Zaat (adapted into an acclaimed TV series) was translated by Anthony Calderbank and published by AUC Press, but is now unfortunately out of print.
However, others of Ibrahim's key novels have not been translated, including Honor, Amrikanli, and Warda, a novel set in published in 2000 and set in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s Cairo, Beirut, and Muscat.
From its English publisher, Yale University Press:
At a leftist meeting, idealistic journalist Rushdy encounters the enchanting Warda, along with her older brother Yaarib. Years later, after Warda goes mysteriously missing, Rushdy immerses himself in her diaries in a quest to uncover her whereabouts. The quest takes him to the bucolic, remote region of Dhofar, Oman, where he discovers Warda's guerrilla role in a regional revolt and secret involvement in revolutions with echoes around the globe, from the march against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C., to the trial of Angela Davis and the actions of George H. W. Bush. Piece by revelatory piece, Rushdy uncovers the truth about Warda—and the fiery commitment that drove her to choose the life she lived.
Warda was initially published in 2000, and Amir Bibawy wrote at the time: "Sonallah Ibrahim's latest novel, Warda, comes at a time when the literary output of Egypt is at an all-time low. Controversial works of fiction that have been banned in Egypt have led to an alarming decline in the number of books published in the country."
In classic Sonallahesque style, pioneered in his Honor and Zaat, Bibawy writes, "Excerpts from books, newspapers, and speeches by political leaders such as Gamal Abdel Nasser and Fidel Castro are part of Warda's diaries[.]"
Bibawy added: "Oman, which is not often in the media spotlight, appears to the reader of Warda not only as a country with a rich tradition and heritage, but also the scene of a violent power struggle between its different political factions."
More about the translation at Yale University Press.


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Privacy concerns of new Timeline convinces Calgary writer to clean slate
My public-opinion courtroom will soon be in session, and I will present my case as a job candidate.
As I prepare to look for work, human resources people Googling my name will serve as my career judges, juries and executioners.
The onus is on me to make a strong case that I am the one worthy of the position. If I do, I'll be able to get that interview and go from there.
But incriminating cyber-evidence against me may have been found that I had completely forgotten about.
Exhibit A: My 2008 Facebook status update about waking up hung-over, mysteriously covered in pancake mix after a Halloween party.
Not the smartest thing to share in retrospect but I was a social media newbie who didn't consider the seriousness of a communication staying there forever back then like I do now. Besides, those kinds of things were meant only for friends to see.
I question if I'm receiving a fair trial.
A colleague may have been right when she described my act as being "hyper-conscious," but this is the sort of hypothetical scenario I don't want to find myself in as I prepare for the professional workforce.
I bet I'm not the only soon-to-be university graduate who has such concerns; ones that may only grow larger with Facebook's latest makeover.
Why Facebook Timeline bothers me
When Timeline was announced in the fall, Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook founder and CEO – described the new profile as "the story of your life."
My issue with that is that there may be pages in our books that serve no purpose anymore and are better off torn out. People should be judged for who they are, not who they were.
Are our stream-of-consciousness musings and drunken photos that are several years old fair evidence for H.R. departments to use against you when reviewing job applications? It's one debate in this modern era of living in digital glass houses.
What concerns me about Facebook Timeline is that the new interface spills out years-old contents of your attic — stuff you may not even remember having — onto your front lawn for everyone to see if you're not careful with your privacy settings.
It seems almost every single keystroke and mouse click you have ever logged since you first got on Facebook is readily available to others to see by month and year.
Before Timeline, past activities would be well-buried enough that only people who would have some sort of unhealthy, stalker-like obsession with you would take the time to uncover.
We have no choice but to use Timeline eventually. Maybe some of us who would rather not have certain things in our online pasts uncovered may want to do some prep work.
I decided that I needed to prepare my account for Timeline by wiping a fair bit of it clean.
Exfoliating the evidence
It's not that I'm covering up something awful that I've done; I'd just rather not risk limiting my career by leaving old status updates with the F-word in it or old unsafe-for-work jokes intended for only my friends to read.
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Two things I'm guilty of doing are being on Facebook drunk and being a bit impulsive with it when I first started — having fun with people I haven't seen in a long time. This was back in the days when I didn't think of Friending colleagues for networking reasons.
Once you decide – or are forced to – make the switch to Timeline, you have a seven-day grace period to customize how you want it to look. In this period you can also go back into your history and decide if old Wall posts and the like should be viewable to the world, friends, only you or if those pesky posts should go altogether.
This process would take a very long time to do, so I looked elsewhere.
The free Android app I used, Exfoliate, is advertised to wipe information clean: posts, Likes, photos, you name it, in a fell swoop. Users can customize which sorts of activities they want to wipe out.
The app eats up a lot of data so be sure to have it connected on your home Wi-Fi network. Leave the phone plugged in too, as it can take up to several days to clean up.
User ratings suggest that the app does not work if Timeline has already been implemented, so you may want to act fast.
For most part, the app worked fine but I still had to wipe out some stuff from 2007 and 2008 manually.
Either way, I said so long to exhibit A, which might have come back to haunt me later in life.
Online reputations: Watch yours closely
My own actions are only a part of the larger issue of often needing to manage online reputations. We may have to work harder at it with the increased transparency that Facebook Timeline brings to the world. How many people consider it?
Earlier this year, Microsoft published research conducted across North America and Europe. Data suggests that while most adults surveyed have done something online to clean up online reputations, less than half of adults often think of long-term implications of what they say.
It also indicates that respondents underestimate how much photos can impact reputation as well. Six per cent of adults surveyed said they think photos are not a huge contributor to online profiles.
Good thing I erased exhibit B: A close-up of me looking half-asleep at a friend's wedding reception.
I now think more long-term before I post, now that my amateur social media years are behind me and mostly wiped out.
Still, even with personal and professional lives intertwining in our connected knowledge economy, people should have a safe(r) place online where they can be themselves outside of work without (as) much fear of job retribution.
I don't want to post like I'm some soulless stiff out of fear that an employer might read something in my personal, semi-public web space, getting some wrong idea about me.
It's worrying that the choice some make to keep their accounts private (like me) may not matter as much. While Toronto-based labour lawyer Paul Cavaluzzo told The Canadian Press we don't have to worry as much here in Canada, some employers now ask applicants for access to their private accounts.
I don't like Timeline but I have to live with it. I could have just quit Facebook completely but I'm still not ready to abandon the platform.
For myself, it was a pain but I think cleaning up my account was a good measure, justin case. I'm accountable for my professional words (like articles and tweets), regardless of their age, but I think it's fair to say that old personal mistakes online may be better off gone.
"2012 Shane" is a different person than "2007 Shane" and the former is the man I want to best represent my case in the courtroom of the workforce that I'm the right man for the job.
With fewer traces of "2007 Shane" out there, "2012 Shane" awaits the banging of the gavel with more peace of mind.


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Sensational Dining Room Transformation: Easy Ideas for Everyone
A lot of homeowners want to make the most of the space they have and do so by creating open living areas. Open living spaces are becoming quite popular to give the illusion of more space. However, people often are unsure of how to decorate these spaces and there are often forgotten corners that aren't utilised. If you aren't an interior designer you may find home decor fun to do but often challenging. However if done right you can optimise on the forgotten space in your living area, kitchen and lounge area and put them to use.
Knock Down Walls
Open living spaces are the ultimate family environment. Combining the kitchen, lounge and dining area in one open living space creates a great family area for fun and games. You can treat this area as the practical social hub within the house. By having the kitchen right next to the lounge area you are able to communicate whilst doing different tasks.
Extra Seating
Additional seating is always great in communal areas. A dining table and dining chairs are a necessity in the dining room. Depending on your style they can bring a touch of style and ambiance to the room. They also bring the family together for daily meals and conversation. One of the easiest ways to transform an open living area is with practicality. Additional seating can be great for when unexpected guests turn up and for family gatherings. A cosy ottoman and foot rest is also a great statement piece to bring some colour and style to the room.
Storage Display
Open shelving is a great way to display attractive decor pieces. It is also a smart storage space saver. Keep in mind that the larger the cabinet the smaller it will make the room seem. Floating wall mounted shelving is another chic and modern way to optimise on storage. They are a great way to display your favourite decor with elegance.
A Fireplace
A fireplace is a classic statement that makes you feel right at home. During winter this will be a hit. Everyone will love gathering around the fire for a coffee and a game of cards. A fireplace mantel in the living area is another cosy idea that serves as another surface to display your decor. If you are not interested in a traditional fireplace there are a lot of modern options to choose from.
A Work Space
If you would prefer to work in an open area, why not create a space to work in? If you work from home, bring work home or need a place to sort mail and bills you can turn that boring corner into a workspace. They are also great to monitor the little ones whilst they're working on the computer. Turn it into a space that can be utilised by the whole family. All you need is a simple desk and comfortable, ergonomic chair to work on. You can also utilise floating shelving to store office supplies, from books, pens, stapler and other necessities. It's also a good idea to set up your wireless connection in the hub of the home for access in the main area of your home.
Open areas are great for creating the illusion of more space. There is not always going to be a necessity for additional items however, when placed strategically they can turn a house into a home. Create a living space that is convenient and accessible for the whole family and everyone will enjoy spending their time there.
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The Antarctic Oscillation Structure in an AOGCM with Interactive Stratospheric Ozone
Based on 150-year equilibrium simulations using the atmosphere-ocean-sea ice general circulation model (AOGCM) ECHO-GiSP, the southern hemisphere winter circulation is examined focusing on tropo-stratosphere coupling and wave dynamics. The model covers the troposphere and strato-mesosphere up to 80 km height and includes an interactive stratospheric chemistry. Compared to the reference simulation without interactive chemistry, the interactive simulation shows a weaker polar vortex in the middle atmosphere and is shifted towards the negative phase of the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) in the troposphere. Differing from the northern hemisphere winter situation, the tropospheric planetary wave activity is weakened. A detailed analysis shows, that the modelled AAO zonal mean signal behaves antisymmetrically between troposphere and strato-mesosphere. This conclusion is supported by reanalysis data and a discussion of planetary wave dynamics in terms of Eliassen-Palm fluxes. Thereby, the tropospheric planetary wave activity appears to be controlled from the middle atmosphere.
1. Introduction
Large-scale atmospheric variability modes as Arctic Oscillation/Northern Annular Mode (AO/NAM) for the northern hemisphere (NH) and Antarctic Oscillation/Southern Annular Mode (AAO/SAM) for the southern hemisphere (SH) are widely accepted to play an important role in the extratropical circulation (see, e.g., Thompson and Wallace [1]). However, when discussing these variability modes associated with tropo-stratospheric dynamical coupling and atmospheric wave phenomena, it is often focused on one hemisphere. Physical or chemical mechanisms are presumed to be similar for both hemispheres, and differences of circulation and processes are directly attributed to different lateral and lower boundary conditions due to land-sea distribution and topography. Although this attribution is undoubted, there can be important internal shifts within the climate system. For example, considering that the strato-mesospheric polar vortex is much stronger for the SH than for the NH winter, the tropo-stratosphere coupling by gravity waves (see Holton [2]) and planetary waves (see Charney and Drazin [3]) can be substantially effected. Thus, under differing atmospheric conditions, the relative importance of interacting process chains within the climate system might significantly change.
Model intercomparisons, as done, for example, by Miller et al. [4] using 21st century projections of the Fourth Assessment Report IPCC models, show a wide spread of the results not only between the models, but also in particular between the NH and SH. Although generally, especially for the SH mainly as a consequence of greenhouse gas increase and stratospheric ozone depletion (see Shindell and Schmidt [5]), an increase of the NAM/SAM index is projected, this trend might even reverse in the SH summer due to stratospheric ozone recovery (see Perlwitz et al. [6] and Son et al. [7]). Furthermore, for example, Scaife et al. [8] demonstrated that the positive trend of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index in the NH tropospheric circulation, associated to a trend of the AO, is typically modelled too weakly and can only be fully simulated by imposing observed trends in the lower stratosphere. Thus, at least some of the intermodel discrepancies within the IPCC projections are likely to be a result of unrealistic stratospheric model representations with prescribed ozone forcing in some models.
A global model setup as the AOGCM ECHO-GiSP with fully interactive stratospheric chemistry (see the following section) can help to address such issues. Ozone chemistry is most important in the stratosphere but also plays a major role regarding the impact of atmospheric chemistry on radiation and thus on atmospheric dynamics in general. This already implies the need for a model version, which covers not only the troposphere, but also the stratosphere. Additionally, one has to be aware that a low model top could lead to problems with the downward control mechanism (see Haynes et al. [9]) at polar latitudes.
Furthermore, global simulations enable the evaluation and comparison of the data for both hemispheres. For the NH winter, key results of a reference simulation (REF) and a simulation with enabled interactive chemistry-dynamics coupling (COUP) are shown in Brand et al. [10]. Comparable results for the SH winter, including zonal means and a discrete Fourier analysis, extended by an analysis of Eliassen-Palm fluxes, are presented here.
2. Technical Remarks
2.1. Model
ECHO-GiSP ("ECHO-G with integrated stratospheric chemistry by AWI Research Unit Potsdam") is an extension of the coupled AOGCM ECHO-G ("ECHAM and HOPE-G" see Legutke and Voss [11]). A chemistry part based on the MECCA chemistry module ("Module Efficiently Calculating the Chemistry of the Atmosphere" see Sander et al. [12]) was implemented. The model includes the 39-level middle atmosphere version (see Manzini et al. [13] and Manzini and McFarlane [14]) of the atmosphere model ECHAM4 (see Roeckner et al. [15]) with a model top at 1 Pa (80 km). It was applied at a spectral resolution of T30, which relates to a rather coarse grid but is enough to capture dynamic effects due to the introduced stratospheric chemistry.
As ocean component, the ocean-sea ice model HOPE-G (see Wolff et al. [16]) using a horizontal resolution of T42 with a refinement towards the equator and a vertical resolution of 21 levels is included in ECHO-G. Thereby, a flux correction is applied for heat and freshwater exchange between atmosphere and ocean.
The chemistry scheme, which was integrated into the ECHAM part of ECHO-GiSP, allows gas-phase reactions, photolysis reactions, and heterogeneous reactions on polar stratospheric clouds. We used a configuration of the stratospheric chemistry with 116 chemical reactions (81 gas-phase, 25 photolysis and 10 heterogeneous reactions) and 39 chemical species to perform the model simulations discussed in this paper. Beside the main members of the Ox, NOx, ClOx, HOx, and BrOx chemical families, species as CO, CO2, CH4, N2, H2, and H2O are included. All species are transported via the semi-Lagrangian transport scheme of Rasch and Williamson [17].
The interactive feedback between chemistry and dynamics can be enabled by using the simulated trace gas concentration of ozone/O3 (Figure 1(a)) within the ECHO-G radiation scheme (see Morcrette [18]) instead of the predefined climatological ozone parameterisation (Figure 1(b)). If the interactive chemistry-dynamics mode is disabled, ECHO-GiSP is dynamically equivalent to the EGMAM model of the institute for meteorology of Freie Universität Berlin (IfM-FUB), which is validated, for example, in Huebener et al. [19].
Water is present in the chemistry scheme but can even in the interactive model version not feed back to the radiation scheme. This means that the information about the H2O mixing ratio from ECHO-G is taken into account within MECCA but is not recalculated and given back to the atmosphere model. Thus, the differences in the ozone fields used within the radiation scheme of the atmosphere model (Figure 1(c)) are the only reason for differing results when running the model with or without interactive stratospheric chemistry. Particularly, the simulations performed for this study use present day forcing conditions, and there are no external trends of the solar constant or trace gas concentrations.
Since our main focus was on impacts of stratospheric chemistry, data from the KASIMA chemistry transport model ("Karlsruhe simulation model of the middle atmosphere" see Kouker et al. [20]) have been used to provide boundary conditions for the chemical fields in the troposphere and the initial conditions on the entire grid. The use of this model setup allows interactive chemistry and dynamical feedbacks in the stratosphere, while keeping prescribed chemistry in the troposphere, avoiding a too complex chemistry scheme. There is no explicit prescription of surface sources and sinks for the chemical species used, which would introduce additional uncertainties. However, the modelled ozone concentration with enabled interactive stratospheric chemistry shows a good agreement with ozone measurements from satellite data (Figure 1(d)).
2.2. Simulations
An important advantage of the simplified stratospheric chemistry within ECHO-GiSP is that this enabled us to perform two fully coupled atmosphere-ocean long-term simulations of 150 simulation years each. Both of them are time-slice experiments ran under fixed present-day conditions, starting from the same initial state and differing only in the trace gas concentrations used in the ECHO-G radiation scheme.
For the reference run, hereafter denoted as REF, the climatological trace gas fields were used. The dynamical variables were not influenced by the modelled chemical constituents, causing the equivalence with the results from the EGMAM model of IfM-FUB. The validation for this model by Huebener et al. [19] concluded that the present-day climate is realistically simulated.
On the other hand, the so-called coupled run (COUP) was performed with the interactive chemistry-dynamics coupling switched on, that is, the radiation scheme was driven by the simulated ozone field in the stratosphere. Figure 2 shows the zonal mean temperature and zonal mean zonal wind for both winter periods (JJA at SH, DJF at NH) in this simulation, which appear reasonable.
For both of our simulations (COUP and REF), we chose a spin-up time of 30 years. Thereby, the relatively long equilibration period of 30 years was chosen due to the coupling with an interactive ocean. This generally requires a longer adjustment phase than only for the atmosphere-chemistry system.
2.3. Methods
As a convention, the geopotential height field of the hPa pressure surface is denoted as . For z500, a principal component analysis (PCA) was performed, using the 120-year data sets (without spin-up period) for the SH and NH winter. The leading modes of variability (PC1) were interpreted as the modelled time series of AAO and AO, and 8-year periods representing the respective oscillation phases were selected in COUP (Figures 3(a) and 3(b)) and REF (Figures 3(c) and 3(d)). A choice of high and low phases of the same length (8 years) from the reanalysed period 1958–1999 (Figures 3(e) and 3(f)), also based on a PCA at z500, allows a reasonable comparison of ERA-40 data with the model results.
In addition, time filters were applied at each horizontal grid point in order to distinguish the long-term behaviour of the z500 field (low-pass filter) from superimposed short term fluctuations (band-pass filter). The band width of the low-pass filter (LP) was 10 to 90 days, and the band width of the band-pass filter (BP, Blackmon filter) was 2 to 6 days.
Using the filtered z500 data, discrete Fourier transformations (DFTs) for the SH winter were performed on each latitude slice. Based on this, the planetary-scale wavenumbers (WVNs) 1 to 3 from the LP-filtered field and the synoptic scale WVNs 4 to 10 from the BP-filtered field were compared between COUP and REF (Figure 4(b)). The squared wave amplitudes from the DFT are proportional to the respective wave energy at this WVN, while the logarithm of the wave energy (power) normalizes the spread of energy contents for different WVNs. The mean power of planetary and synoptic waves can thus be used as a measure of wave activity within COUP and REF.
For the discussion of wave dynamics, Eliassen-Palm fluxes (EP fluxes) were calculated for both AAO phases in the SH winter (JJA). In particular, the stationary component of the vertical EP flux is directly connected with planetary waves. Its divergence hints on the direction of the energy and momentum transfer between waves and tropospheric zonal mean flow, respectively, waves and strato-mesospheric polar vortex, but also on the direction of the meridional residual circulation (MRC). A negative sign of the EP flux divergence implies a tendency towards weakening of the mean flow, with improved conditions for wave propagation and/or a poleward MRC.
Significance tests for the results shown were based on monthly mean data. Using the hypothesis of unequal samples, a two-sided Student's t-test was applied. Within the figures, confidence areas are marked by white contour lines. An exception is Figure 4(b), where the 1σ uncertainty intervals are given shaded.
3. Results
In order to discuss the SH winter (JJA) circulation within the two model runs, the first steps are the evaluation of zonal means and a discrete Fourier transformation (DFT) at z500. This level in the middle troposphere is most suitable for the analysis of tropospheric wave activity.
Figure 4(a) shows the zonal mean u difference pattern between COUP and REF due to the interactive chemistry-dynamics feedback. Since the first 30 years of each run were regarded as spin-up time, the results were averaged for the 120 model winters (DJF) 31 to 150.
In mid- to high latitudes, the pattern shows a significant shift of COUP towards decreased strato-mesospheric zonal winds. It also hints on a weakened tropospheric zonal mean flow, while the subtropical jet within the troposphere is enhanced. In terms of the AAO atmospheric variability mode, this indicates a tendency towards AAO− for COUP compared to REF. Such a tropospheric weakening of the zonal mean flow and strengthening of the subtropical jet (i.e., anticorrelation of tropospheric zonal mean flow and subtropical jet) is for AAO− (SH) and, more pronounced, AO− (NH) also supported by ERA-40 reanalysis data (Figures 7(c) and 7(d)). Nevertheless, the modelled tropospheric effect is rather small and statistically not significant on a 95% confidence level (Figure 4(a)), while the weakening of the strato-mesospheric polar vortex with 10 to 15 m/s shows a much stronger, significant signal.
Since the differences for the zonal mean winds between COUP and REF show an AAO signature, also associated changes in the planetary- and synoptic-scale wave activity can be expected. Thus, a DFT of the filtered z500 data was performed (see Section 2.3). The result is given in Figure 4(b). For the synoptic-scale waves, there is particularly in mid- to high latitudes no significant signal, while for the planetary-scale waves, a distinct and significant minimum in COUP relative to REF between around 55°S and 80°S can be noticed. So, overall COUP appears with reduced tropospheric planetary wave activity relative to REF, which seems to be in contradiction to the mean flow signal.
A weakened tropospheric mean flow in COUP should rather be connected with enhanced tropospheric wave activity, as energy of the mean flow can be redirected and cause additional wave formation. Finding the opposite result for the SH winter appears even more surprising, as for the same data sets (COUP compared to REF), the NH winter shows the expected dependency, that is, enhanced planetary waves in COUP (see Brand et al. [10]). Thus, a detailed analysis of the AAO (and AO) within the model simulations and a comparison with observations/reanalysis data (ERA-40) are needed.
Based on a PCA of the z500 fields in REF and COUP, pronounced positive/negative AAO phases (JJA at SH) and AO phases (DJF at NH) were chosen in order to assess the variability due to Annular Modes within the simulations (see Section 2.3). Figure 5 shows the zonal mean differences of temperature T and zonal wind u between the positive and negative oscillation phases for COUP. Figure 6 shows the same for REF. In addition, comparable means from ERA-40 reanalysis data are presented in Figure 7 (see Section 2.3).
Comparing COUP (Figure 5) and REF (Figure 6), the most obvious finding is the different variability within the two simulations. With focus on mid- to high latitudes, the temperatures fluctuate between roughly −2 K to +2 K (AAO, Figure 5(a)) and −2 K to +3 K (AO, Figure 5(b)) in COUP, but −4 K to +5 K (AAO, Figure 6(a)) and −5 K to +6 K (AO, Figure 6(b)) in REF. For the zonal wind, it is −3 m/s to +3 m/s (AAO, Figure 5(c)) and −2 m/s to +4 m/s (AO, Figure 5(d)) in COUP, but –8 m/s to +5 m/s (AAO, Figure 6(c)) and 0 m/s to +15 m/s (AO, Figure 6(d)) in REF. This conforms to a factor of about 2 in all the above cases, where COUP yields the lower variability. At the same time, the AO variability is only slightly higher than the AAO variability, if concentrating on one of the simulations. Nevertheless, this is the absolute variability, while the relative variability (compared to the climatological values, see Figure 2) is clearly lower for the AAO due to the much stronger polar vortex in the SH winter.
As a result of the lower Annular Mode variability in COUP, also the significances of the signals go substantially down. Where REF shows significances on the 90 to 95% confidence levels for the main signals (Figure 6), the 75% confidence level is hardly exceeded in COUP (Figure 5). Thus, it is not possible to discuss the variability within the interactive simulation standing alone. Only the comparison with the more reliable signals in REF as well as the variability patterns from ERA-40 (Figure 7) provides the chance to make use of these results from COUP. Consequently, we will argue some main aspects of the REF data first, before returning to COUP and examining similarities and differences within the two simulations.
For the tropospheric temperatures in REF (Figures 6(a) and 6(b)), there is a high latitudinal cooling within the positive phase of the oscillations in the respective winter hemisphere. This complies with the strengthening of the tropospheric midlatitudinal zonal mean flow (Figures 6(c) and 6(d)) and thus weakened meridional air mass exchange in this phase. Both effects are comparable to reanalysis data (ERA-40, Figure 7), but rather small, while the strato-mesospheric signals are considerably stronger. The vertical structure of the zonal wind differences shows a barotropic appearance throughout the troposphere, stratosphere, and lower mesosphere for the NH winter (Figure 6(d)), but yields an antisymmetric appearance between the troposphere/lower stratosphere and the upper stratosphere/mesosphere for the SH winter (Figure 6(c)).
The main signal in the SH winter midlatitudes in Figure 6(c) is the weakening of the strato-mesospheric polar vortex for AAO+, simultaneously to the strengthening of the zonal mean flow in the troposphere. A rather baroclinic vertical structure for the SH winter AAO, contrary to a barotropic NH winter AO signal, is hinted also in ERA-40 (Figures 7(c) and 7(d)), although this data set ends at 1 hPa, and numerical edge effects might be important at the upper levels. However, within the model results, the SH winter antisymmetric AAO structure (Figure 6(c)) is significant on a confidence level of 90%, as well as the opposing barotropic AO structure in the NH winter (Figure 6(d)). The same holds for the related strato-mesospheric T differences (Figures 6(a) and 6(b)), having the same pattern and magnitude, but opposite signs of the temperature variations. In particular within the polar vortex, there is a stratospheric cooling under AO+ conditions in the NH winter (Figure 6(b)), while the SH winter shows a warming for AAO+ (Figure 6(a)).
Within COUP, apart from the lower Annular Mode variability and significance of the signals (see above), the u and T zonal mean patterns look strikingly similar to the ones from REF for the SH winter (Figures 5(a), 5(c), 6(a) and 6(c)), while some differences appear for the NH winter (Figures 5(b), 5(d), 6(b), and 6(d)). Especially south of about 60°N and above 10 hPa, the AO signal seems conversed, but without high significances (>90%) in both simulations. Thus, taking into account the focus of this paper onto the SH winter circulation, this feature seems not to be relevant for the further discussion here. Below 10 hPa, as well as north of 60°N, the zonal mean NH winter patterns from COUP and REF are rather similar to each other (Figures 5(b), 5(d), 6(b), and 6(d)), and the change of the planetary wave activity between the simulations hints on enhanced planetary waves in COUP (cp. above and see Brand et al. [10]).
For both simulations, the antisymmetric vertical structure of the modelled AAO, with strengthening/weakening of the tropospheric zonal mean flow and weakening/strengthening of the strato-mesospheric polar vortex for AAO+/AAO−, appears specific for the SH (Figures 5(c) and 6(c)). At the same time, the SH winter COUP-REF pattern in Figure 4(a) is broadly barotropic, similar to the NH winter COUP-REF pattern (not shown here) and the modelled AO in Figures 5(d) and 6(d). Thus, although the SH winter zonal mean signal between the simulations (Figure 4(a)) is AAO− like within the troposphere, it appears AAO+ like within the strato-mesosphere, if compared to the AAO zonal mean signal in Figures 5(c) and 6(c).
Aiming to further analyse the planetary wave activity, an evaluation of Eliassen-Palm (EP) fluxes was done for the SH winter z500 data (see Section 2.3). The divergence of the vertical stationary EP fluxes is given in Figure 8 for COUP (Figures 8(a) and 8(b)) and REF (Figures 8(c) and 8(d)). Thereby, the divergence illustrates energy and momentum transfer between waves and mean flow (e.g., tropospheric mean flow or stratospheric polar vortex) as well as changes of meridional air mass transport (e.g., meridional residual circulation, MRC) induced by fluctuations of the mean flow. The stationary flux component was chosen here, since it is connected with planetary waves.
Generally, there are three main features in Figures 8(a)–8(d): a region with negative values within the troposphere around 60°S (R1), a region with positive values within the strato-mesosphere inside the polar vortex (south of 60°S and with varying heights, R2), and another region with negative values within the strato-mesosphere outside the polar vortex (north of 60°S and above 1 hPa, R3).
The tropospheric signal R1 indicates a weakening tendency of the tropospheric zonal mean flow, which is connected with planetary wave formation. Since the AAO− phase of the Annular Mode is defined by a reduced tropospheric zonal mean flow compared to AAO+, it is natural to see a stronger R1 signal in this phase within both simulations (Figures 8(b) and 8(d)), that is, improved conditions for wave stimulation due to energy released from the mean flow. Regarding the two strato-mesospheric signals, R2 marks the dissipation of the ascending planetary waves at the strato-mesospheric polar vortex, while R3 denotes the poleward MRC above and around the upper part of the polar vortex.
Between COUP and REF, apparently the zonal mean patterns of the EP flux divergence are switched. AAO+ within COUP corresponds rather to AAO− within REF (Figures 8(a) and 8(d)), and AAO− within COUP to AAO+ within REF (Figures 8(b) and 8(c)). In addition, the strength of the R3 signal varies clearly for the reference simulation (Figures 8(c) and 8(d)), but only slightly for the interactive simulation (Figures 8(a) and 8(b)). Thus, the introduction of the interactive ozone chemistry in COUP shows a major effect here and alters the modelled planetary wave dynamics fundamentally. Thereby, the situation within COUP appears more reasonable: First, the AAO signal is relatively small compared to the strength of the strato-mesospheric polar vortex, and thus there should not be a strong impact on the MRC. Second, the R2 signal behaves in better accordance with the antisymmetric AAO zonal wind structure (Figures 5(c), 6(c) and 7(c)). Due to this, the strato-mesospheric polar vortex is weakened for AAO+, contrary to AAO− enabling the dissipation of upward propagating planetary waves also in the zonal wind maximum for this phase (Figures 8(a) and 8(b), cp. Figure 2(c)).
However, with respect to the reduced tropospheric planetary wave activity in COUP relative to REF (Figure 4(b)), the tropospheric situation is crucial. As discussed above, it hints on enhanced planetary wave activity for AAO− and thus declined activity for AAO+. Consequently, the wave formation within COUP also shows a more AAO+ like signature compared to REF. Since the zonal mean SH winter signal between the simulations (Figure 4(a)) is AAO+ like only within the strato-mesosphere, but AAO− like within the troposphere (see above), this suggests a mainly strato-mesospheric control of the planetary wave dynamics.
4. Summary and Conclusions
Assuming a substantial impact of a more realistic stratospheric representation on the atmospheric circulation, as for the NH suggested by Shindell et al. [21] and underlined, for example, by the findings of Sigmond et al. [22] who analysed the tropospheric AO response to doubled CO2, interactive stratospheric chemistry effects might be even more crucial for the SH circulation. Thus, tropo- and strato-mesospheric signals within ECHO-GiSP results for the SH winter have been analysed. In the troposphere, the weakening of the midlatitudinal zonal mean flow between COUP and REF indicates a tendency of the coupled simulation towards a negative AAO. While this is comparable with the NH winter, the associated planetary wave activity, evaluated by a DFT of the z500 data, behaves as opposed. Instead of being enhanced for COUP (enhanced planetary wave disturbances for weaker zonal mean flow), it significantly weakens.
Zonal mean temperature and zonal wind differences between AAO+ and AAO− also demonstrate an opposing behaviour compared with the respective NH winter signal, mainly within the strato-mesosphere. There is an anticorrelation between the tropospheric and strato-mesospheric AAO signature, connecting a weak tropospheric flow with a strong polar vortex and vice versa. This antisymmetric pattern might be part of a negative feedback loop for the SH circulation: due to the vertical antisymmetry, a weakening of the strato-mesospheric polar vortex induces a strengthening of the tropospheric midlatitudinal zonal mean flow and a tendency towards reduced wave formation in the troposphere, leading to a weaker tropo-stratosphere coupling and thus stabilizing the polar vortex.
In a modelling context, it is an important question, to what extent it is necessary to resolve the strato-mesosphere as a whole, or whether it might also be sufficient only to have a high vertical model resolution in the lower stratosphere (see Gillett et al. [23]). The analysis of Eliassen-Palm fluxes for the SH winter planetary wave dynamics suggests the former, since the introduction of an interactive stratospheric ozone chemistry even converses the AAO signal in the zonal mean field of the EP flux divergence within our model simulations. Thereby, the situation in COUP appears to be more reasonable.
Given that the zonal wind difference between COUP and REF due to interactive stratospheric chemistry effects is rather barotropic, the middle atmospheric AAO response is not AAO− like as in the troposphere but shows an AAO+ tendency for COUP. Thus, it is possible to distinguish the direction of the mechanism controlling the planetary wave dynamics, depending on which AAO phase reveals a weakening of the tropospheric planetary wave activity. Because this holds for the AAO+ phase, the control comes from the middle atmosphere. For both hemispheres, for example, Haynes et al. [9] also suggested a stratospheric downward control mechanism in winter due to the adjustment of the meridional residual circulation to planetary wave forcing.
To sum up, our model results show a strato-mesospheric control for the planetary wave dynamics in the SH, and an overall zonal mean antisymmetric AAO signal between troposphere and strato-mesosphere. In comparison with the NH winter circulation, where the AO signal is rather barotropic throughout the tropo- and stratosphere, the baroclinic structure seems to be a specific SH feature and eventually contributed to large natural AAO variations and trends around 1960 and afterwards, as found in reconstructions for the 20th century SH summer by Jones and Widmann [24].
A potential explanation of the SH vertical asymmetry might be the different transmission of atmospheric waves through the stratospheric jets in the NH and SH, which was (for gravity waves) mentioned by Kanzawa [25] while discussing observational results showing much warmer upper stratospheric temperatures in the Antarctic winter compared to the Arctic winter. Sensitivity experiments to evaluate the specific role of gravity waves for the SH circulation can potentially help to clarify this. However, it appears interesting that a baroclinic, antisymmetric AAO vertical structure as found here in a model context can also be detected within observational data. Unfortunately, although there are, for example, NCEP (up to 10 hPa), ERA-40, or UKMO reanalysis data sets, the sparse data availability within the SH strato-mesosphere, especially in winter, still introduces substantial uncertainties.
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The one thing that all cancers have in common is that they involve unregulated cell growth. This is why it usually doesn't make much sense when someone says they want to find a "cure for cancer" because the growth can be caused in different ways, and the different cells involved require different treatments as well.
I actually read a science fiction book once where the author speculated that they found a cure for cancer which eventually made it so that the whole population didn't live for longer than a handful of decades, because of course, if you interfere with cell division processes in the human body, you could end up with terrible, unintended consequences.
That's why they have to be so careful. All the normal cells around the cancer still need to function or the person will die anyway. Targeting cancer cells that are dividing out of control (when, often they hardly look any different from the cells around them) is the difficult task.
@Iluviaporos - Actually, that estimate is something of a myth. Most cells in your body which are replaced are being replaced constantly. The only one I know of which usually has a seven year cycle is hair, but it can be anything from two to seven years. Most of them are much shorter, like days, weeks or months. I believe ed blood cells live for around four months before being replaced.
And as you say, certain brain cells don't usually get replaced (although they have found that in some instances they can replicate).
Plus, think about things like tooth enamel. If it was being constantly replaced every seven years we'd all have fewer cavities. Not to mention things like smokers' lungs and so forth.
It's a simple way to interpret the fact that our bodies are constantly renewing themselves. But it is a bit too simple for a real understanding of the body, and unfortunately, it invites misinterpretation.
I've heard that every seven years approximately, you become a whole new person because of cell division.
It doesn't happen just like that, of course, it happens gradually over the course of the seven years, with new cells replacing old cells in almost all parts of your body.
But if you were to take a person from seven years ago and a their current body, there would be almost no cells in common.
The only exception is the brain I think. Those cells pretty much stay with you all your life and don't replicate.