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Date(s) - 06/26/2019
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Panera Bread - Main Street
On Wednesday mornings it has become a habit that many Unitarian Universalist from UUFN will gather at Panera on Main Street in Newark, Delaware to visit. It's a very informal group. Early birds generally arrive around 9:00 in the morning and stake out a spot, often in front of the fireplace. Late arrivals wander in anytime after, usually before 11:00AM. The gathering begins to break up around 11:30, but if you pop by at 11:30 or even noon they may still be there. You don't have to drink coffee. Panera has a variety of beverages as well as pastries and breakfast sandwiches.
There is no scheduled topic of conversation. Please drop in and drop out as your schedule permits. Feel free to bring a friend or two!
Many have found this group a fun way to get to know each other in a more relaxed setting. Sometimes it's difficult to have deep discussions standing in coffee hour after Sunday Service. This provides a fun, laid back atmosphere for conversation.
If you're considering attending on a consistent basis we recommend you join Panera's Loyalty Club. They will give you a card and a key fob and you can earn free drinks and other discounts. Don't worry, if you forget your card you can log in using the phone number you gave them when you set up the account!


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 155 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
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Photographer's Note
This woman reenacts the Gustavian period (18th century) and this photo was taken at a camp at Grävsnäs. I have already uploaded a picture of her here, but she was very active and performed many tasks. Here she was cooking onion soup for the whole regiment. In the background you can see some Caroleans (17th century) and in the WS, a picture this woman and a Carolean soldier.
We asked her what she does in "civilian" life and she told us that she works for Volvo AB, as a diagnostics engineer, whatever they do.
Critiques | Translate
serp2000 (47063) 2012-02-24 9:36
Hej, Gunnar,
Amazing reconstruction of the past. I'd like to back to these times for a few days too. An interesting story. Volvo is a part of Swedish history too.
Have a great weekend!
jlbrthnn (76041) 2012-02-24 9:43
Good evening Gunnar,
I think I enjoy myself too much to revive a little history. The picture is superb, very alive. The ws is very successful with many credible details. Light, color and clarity are excellent. Bravo.
Have a nice evening
PS: I am pleased to remind you of your travel memories and in Perigord in France with my photos.
Fis2 (140717) 2012-02-24 9:55
Witaj Gunnar!
A very interesting scene.
Good frame and colors.
Excellent work.
I like it.
Have a nice weekend
holmertz (82138) 2012-02-24 11:24
Hej Gunnar,
Yes I recognize this woman from your earlier photo. It was interesting to find out about her job. I would have expected her to be a professional cook. This was certainly a suitable day for green lawns and bright dresses. You put her nicely between two white canvasses with slightly curved diagonals pointing at her. The brightness and contrasts of this picture are very good.
tyro (28922) 2012-02-24 12:14
Hello Gunnar,
Yes, I remember the picture of this lady spinning very well indeed. And this picture is also endowed with the same bright colours and excellent composition. The soldiers in the background are an added bonus and I like your workshop picture of this lady again with a Carolean soldier and his tankard of ale.
Excellent composition, fine colours, perrect exposure and, as always, exquisite sharpness.
Kind Regards,
P.S. A diagnostics engineer with Volvo? I thought that Volvo cars were so very reliable - they should not need any form of diagnostics!
Budapestman (82620) 2012-02-24 12:27
Hi Gunnar,
a superb photo with lovely details and attractive composition, very nice colours and lights, an interesting impression from this historical period, Tfs! Have a nice weekend! Kellemes hétvégét kívánok!
Vasa (515) 2012-02-24 16:20
I read your note with attention. Thank you Gunnar for that witness. It is a nice presentation of popular tradition. I vote for that. Question of nostalgie. So glad to see you, friend.
batalay (41261) 2012-02-24 21:38
Hello Gunnar,
The past generation has seen a virtual explosion of re-enactors in the United States there are Union and Confederate Troops, in the UK the Vikings, and I am happy to see the Caroleans in Sweden. The steam from the cauldron appears to authenticate the atmosphere.
Warm regards,
bukitgolfb301 (53002) 2012-02-24 21:48
Hi my dear Gunnar
Sorry for my late reply, as I get a light pneumonia due to much fatigue, now getting well.
Your new sereis has already started, I have to catch up them as soon as your possible.
Another great shot as your own originality!
Much lights and color are so wonderful to see in the Saturday morning.
Perfect framework and so well considered composition! Thanks for your sharinig with finest work and have a good Saturday!
Best regrads,
Takero from still cold rainy Tokyo
Graal (103038) 2012-02-24 23:13
Hi Gunnar,
amazing historic scenery. I like the costumes and "actors". Nice couple in WS. Photos very well done.
Have a nice day.
emka (138504) 2012-02-24 23:35
Hi Gunnar,
I like such performances or just when guides have historical dresses. it was often in Norway, also in Philadelphia. Here I see also from Sweden. Onion soup fro all regime nt? This means that regiomant is not so big, perhaps just these two soldiers. have you tasted this soup? Atractive red west:)
Warm regrads
erhan1958 (15961) 2012-02-25 0:19
selam gunner
very nostalgic, we went back 100 years
nice story, have a nice weekend
Royaldevon (63187) 2012-02-25 0:39
Hello Gunnar,
In this country, there are many re-enactment societies whose members live history rather than only researching it. I think it's very entertaining and certainly engages with children's imaginations.
Your shot has great clarity, with the figures nicely positioned around the frame. Good, natural colours.
Have a lovely w/e,
Bev :-)
Nicou (186588) 2012-02-25 1:01
Fantastique vue et ocmpo superbe captage quel dame en train de cuire à l'ancienne au feu de bois cela a l'air apétissant très belle couleur et iamge fantastique.
Bravo et amitié
wolf38 (30) 2012-02-25 1:17
Hello Gunnar. Interesting photo and workshop. Here lives the past. Looking back, everything looks wonderful. We love the ritual of old customs, but want to live in the present. Anyway, where is cooked, the people come. Overall, a beautiful and worth seeing photo.
Rgds, Wolfgang.
Hi Gunnar,
interesting old dresses taken with good details, fine colors and light.
Silvio1953 (189189) 2012-02-25 5:31
Ciao Gunnar, daily life composition with fantastic oman in nice action, nice scene, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio
jplebrun (21208) 2012-02-25 8:58
Bonjour Gunnar
très belle photo de la vie, comme elle se déroulait à cette époque, les couleurs sont très belles.
TopGeo (38220) 2012-02-25 9:13
Hello Gunnar!
A very interesting scene.
Good frame and colors. Beautiful photo, very interesting from the foreground to the background, excellent composition and framing! Perfect light management, wonderful colours, great definition!
Beautiful, natural and scenery daily life scene of art.
Best regards
Buin (42580) 2012-02-25 9:43
Hallo Gunnar!
Das ist ja ein interessanter Bildinhalt - und ein ebenso interessanter Kommentar! Mit gefällt auch die Bildaufteilung sehr und außerdem ist die Bildqualität hervorragend. Schön auch, wie der Dampf über dem Kochkessel wiedergegeben ist. Ein sehens- und lesenswerter Beitrag!
Grüße aus einem südwestfälischen Rollstuhl (nur vorübergehend ;-)!
papagolf21 (143850) 2012-02-25 12:10
Bonsoir, cher Gunnar,
J'aime bien ces reconstitutions d'une époque, qui demandent aux participants un effort tout particulier (fabrication des costumes, retrouver des objets anciens, etc.).
L'ambiance est fort bien reproduite. Un bon moment très agréable à contempler.
jurek1951 (42198) 2012-02-25 13:13
Hi Gunnar,
Very well composed and captured photo. Great color, details and light.Very well done
vasilpro (41761) 2012-02-25 23:55
Hello Gunnar,
Beautiful and interesting scene from a period of 18th century, lovely light and colors, excellent POV, very good clarity and sharpness, very nice framework, TfS!
Have a nice Sunday, Vasilis.
eldancer1 (36343) 2012-02-26 8:04
Awesome capture of this woman in a period costume cooking the very old fashion way. We have a renaissance fair in Las Vegas but I missed it last year. Good lighting and good details. Wonderful colors. Well done, tfs.
mesutilgim (114584) 2012-02-27 10:08
Hello dear Gunnar,
Another nice and educative capture.
The photographic quality is perfect and interesting notes makes it more usefull.
TFS and best regards
lakshmip1949 (19081) 2012-02-27 10:11
hello Gunnar,
These reenactment scenes are always very educative and take us to the past. A well lit image with green grass a perfect place and day for cooking outdoors. Like the tripod burner and the other cooking equipments. The lady is dressed in bright colors . I like this cheerful atmosphere.
hi Gunnar,
Composition, sharpness, colors, light and details are excellent.
Vertical frame, great presentation, congratulations
larsy (28) 2012-02-28 10:44
Löksoppa låter gott. Undrar om det var fransk löksoppa, men det franska kom väl inte förrän på 17-00-talet.
Charo (51212) 2012-03-01 15:08
Hallo Gunnar,
En magnifik scen av händelsen med en storslagen natur och människor klädda i tid.
Stor fångst med suverän ljus och mycket dynamisk.
Kielia (24077) 2012-03-02 5:59
Dear Gunnar,
what a beautiful impression of this interesting event accompanied by a nice note. The photographers perspective is excellent. My compliments!
Warm regards
ChrisJ (150590) 2012-03-02 7:06
Good evening Gunnar,
Good catch at this historical park, of the traditional clothing and way of life, centuries ago. Excellent color, saturation & sharpness. The bg men resemble pirates! The lady in blue red & white tending her cooking pot, is eyecatching. Tfs!
danyy (0) 2012-03-02 7:23
Hello Gunnar,
retour deux ou trois siècles en arrière, plus d'épidémies mais moins de pollution. On y aurait gagné au change parait-il.
Un mode de vie qu'il doit être plaisant d'essayer un jour ou deux, si on fait abstraction du confort.
Une photo haute en couleurs et en lumières.
jhm (189769) 2012-03-03 1:21
Hello Günnar,
I like the old tradional clothings of the two men and woman.
Splendid summer cooking in the open nature.
Excellent perspective and depth picture.
You took this image excellent out of a distance point.
Nice composition, good presentation too. TFS.
Have a nice weekend,
La_Tulipe (2798) 2012-03-04 4:01
Bonsoir Gunnar,
Joli cadrage sur cette dame en costume d'époque occupée à répéter des gestes anciens. Les personnages à l'arrière plan apporte un plus à l'image
De belles lumières et une excellente harmonie des couleurs.
adramad (62022) 2012-03-07 7:36
Hello Gunnar.
Very nice image very well environmental lifestyle of epoche, the woman is seen with great ease, cooking in that pot.
Magnificent bright and colorful. Well done.
Best regards.
macjake (91729) 2012-03-07 11:32
Hi Gunnar
well, this is a far cry from working as an engineer for Volvo!
you have captured great lighting, sharpness, and an interesting subject.
when viewing it, its hard NOT to think back to those times and try to imagine life like this.
good photo.
enjoy your day
ktanska (35995) 2012-03-07 11:57
Hej Gunnar,
Kind of convincing looking moment although I guess everything was not that clean in 17th century. Cooking lady makes a good main subject while soldiers at the back support.
Edge of the tent just pointing at her head is one of those funny accidents that sometimes appear on everyones photos.
Sonata11 (34119) 2012-03-07 20:22
Hello Gunnar,
wonderful composition of daily life at old time with fantastic flawlessly execution. Perfectly well done. I like this beautiful place. Awesome !!!
All the best,
rbassin (27372) 2012-03-10 0:59
Hello Gunnar
Une image qui nous fait remonter dans le temps,
Les couleurs sont superbes.
Bon cadrage sur cette cuisine à l'ancienne.
Bon W-E
danos (110395) 2012-03-12 1:34
Hello Gunnar,
nice this colourful snapshot with the woman wearing her traditional costume,reenacting the Gustavian period,as cooking with this way in the festival.I like the vivid light of the image, as enhanshing the colours of the image.
Have a good day,Danos
anokutan (15097) 2012-03-12 9:10
Hello Gunnar,
İnteresting old dresses taken with good details, fine colors and light.
interesting capture with nice details
very wellcomposed to understand the subject
excellent chosen point of view with
very clear and natural colors
the brightness,lightness and
contrasts are almost perfect
elenimavrandoni (0) 2012-12-09 12:56
Hello Gunnar, great representation of the Gustavian period traditional event!It is so great to go back and honor the traditions and customs of your extraodrinary country!Thank you for sharing this unique picture!best regards, Eleni
pajaran (90624) 2013-04-17 23:23
Dobar dan.
Interesantan tekst o mestu i trenutku ...
Dobar trenutak snimka, kontrast, lepe boje.
Dobar rad i kompozicija, lepo pokazano mesto i trenutak.
Nadam se da je rucak bio dobar i ukusan.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje.
Good afternoon.
An interesting article about the place and time ...
A good time recording, contrast, beautiful colors.
Good work and composition, nice place and time indicated.
I hope the meal was good and tasty.
Have a great day, all the best.
ourania (51103) 2014-02-20 9:10
Hello Gunnar,
a very interesting scene, extremely vivid and natural, as if it's just come out of a time machine. I first came in contact with reenacting this year, during the celebration of the 70 years from the Battle of Leros. I'm not sure I have understood the fascination of this activity yet, I like it as a viewer (and photographer)and I'm amazed at the dedication of the actors. Your picture has marvelous depth and clarity, the light and the colours are pleasing. I feel like I'm actually there and the air if filled with the smell of the onion soup. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely evening,
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- Copyright: Gunnar Holmertz (saxo042) (38078)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2011-07-09
- Categories: Daily Life, Event, Decisive Moment
- Camera: Canon PowerShot G10
- Exposure: f/4, 1/800 seconds
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- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
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Monday, June 29, 2015
K8 results for selected Allentoft et al. genomes
Running the ancient genomes from Allentoft et al. in ADMIXTURE is proving a challenge. The reasons for this are covered in the paper; see section 6 in the supp info. Fortunately, I managed to obtain robust outcomes using my K8 model for ten samples representing almost all of the main archeological groups studied by the authors.
The spreadsheet with the new results is here. The full K8 spreadsheet is here. Below you can see a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) produced with the data. Click on the image to go to my drive, where you can download a high quality copy.
Some of the outcomes might look unusual, but as I say, they are solid. I double checked each one with an unsupervised ADMIXTURE test and genotype-based PCA. For instance, the genotype-based PCA featuring RISE247 and RISE479, respectively, look like this:
Allentoft et al., Bronze Age population dynamics, selection, and the formation of Eurasian genetic structure, Nature 522, 167–172 (11 June 2015) doi:10.1038/nature14507
See also...
Bell Beaker, Corded Ware, EHG and Yamnaya genomes in the fateful triangle
Sunday, June 28, 2015
R1b from Vučedol period Hungary
Via the Bell Beaker Blogger:
It is noteworthy that the R1b occurred first after the Middle Chalcolithic in Transdanubia. (Late Chalcolithic has not been not examined yet, and so a hiatus remains between the Middle Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age data.) The two R1b samples are dated to the Vučedol period (~2,870-2,580 cal BC) and to the Gáta/Wieslburg culture (~1,950- 1,760 cal BC). R1b is the most frequent haplogroup in today's Europe, with a frequency peak in Western Europe (Balaresque et al., 2010). From prehistoric context, this haplogroup is known from the Late Neolithic Central Germany (Bell Beaker culture, Lee et al., 2012). The theory that R1b reached Central Europe (and possibly the Carpathian Basin as well) with the Bell Beaker migration, starting from southwestern Europe (Brandt et al., 2014) seems to be collapsing, as R1b (M269) has recently been found in Yamnaya (3,300-2,700 cal BC) population on the Russian steppe as well (Haak et al., 2015).
The other Vučedol period sample belongs to I2a2. Also worth noting is the J2 from the Late Neolithic Sopot/Lengyel remains.
Source: Szecsenyi-Nagy, Anna (2015) Molecular genetic investigation of the Neolithic population history in the western Carpathian Basin, Dissertation
Friday, June 26, 2015
Genetic substructures among Late Neolithic/Bronze Age Scandinavians
I may have discovered an interesting pattern in the Allentoft et al. data. It seems that during the Late Neolithic/Bronze Age, Scandinavia was populated by two somewhat different populations; one characterized by Y-Chromosome haplogroup R1b and a genome-wide genetic structure typical of present-day Northwestern Europeans, and another by Y-Chromosome haplogroup R1a and a relatively more eastern genome-wide genetic profile.
Below are two Principal Component Analyses (PCA), both featuring ancient Swedish genomes classified as part of the Late Neolithic Battle-Axe archeological culture. However, the first sample clusters near present-day Norwegians and belongs to Y-haplogroup R1b-U106, which is nowadays typically known as a Germanic paternal marker. On the other hand, the second sample clusters among present-day Russians and Mordovians, from all the way near the Volga, and belongs to Y-haplogroup R1a-Z645, which very likely expanded from Eastern Europe during the Late Neolithic.
Here's another example of basically the same thing, but this time with two ancient genomes from Denmark. If you're having trouble finding the ancient samples, download the PDF files and type their IDs in the PDF search field.
Coincidence? Probably not, but we obviously need more samples to confirm these results and establish that there is indeed a pattern.
Allentoft et al., Bronze Age population dynamics, selection, and the formation of Eurasian genetic structure, Nature 522, 167–172 (11 June 2015) doi:10.1038/nature14507
Monday, June 22, 2015
First look at an ancient genome from Neolithic Anatolia
Felix at GGT is in the process of uploading the genomes from the recent Pinhasi et al. paper. The file for the early Neolithic sample from Barcin, Turkey, is basically ready. I analyzed it with my K8 model and got these results (click on the image to enlarge).
I was only able to use a couple hundred SNPs for the test, so the outcome can't be taken too seriously. But it does make sense. The lack of Ancient North Eurasian (ANE) ancestry isn't surprising, because it mirrors the results of early European farmers we've seen to date.
Moreover, the relatively high level of Western European Hunter-Gatherer (WHG) ancestry, or at least something very similar, is also in line with expectations, considering that the sample was dug up in far western Anatolia, almost on the European border.
I also ran an Identical-by-State (IBS) affinity test using the Human Origins dataset and around 1800 SNPs. The results broadly back up the K8 analysis, with southern Europeans topping the list.
Pinhasi R, Fernandes D, Sirak K, Novak M, Connell S, Alpaslan-Roodenberg S, et al. (2015) Optimal Ancient DNA Yields from the Inner Ear Part of the Human Petrous Bone. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0129102. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129102
See also...
The Near East ain't what it used to be
Oase 1: An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor
The Y-chromosome belongs to macrohaplogroup F and the mtDNA to macrohaplogroup N. For details see the supp info PDF here.
Abstract: Neanderthals are thought to have disappeared in Europe approximately 39,000–41,000 years ago but they have contributed 1–3% of the DNA of present-day people in Eurasia1. Here we analyse DNA from a 37,000–42,000-year-old2 modern human from Peştera cu Oase, Romania. Although the specimen contains small amounts of human DNA, we use an enrichment strategy to isolate sites that are informative about its relationship to Neanderthals and present-day humans. We find that on the order of 6–9% of the genome of the Oase individual is derived from Neanderthals, more than any other modern human sequenced to date. Three chromosomal segments of Neanderthal ancestry are over 50 centimorgans in size, indicating that this individual had a Neanderthal ancestor as recently as four to six generations back. However, the Oase individual does not share more alleles with later Europeans than with East Asians, suggesting that the Oase population did not contribute substantially to later humans in Europe.
Qiaomei Fu et al., An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor, Nature (2015) doi:10.1038/nature14558
Update 05/07/2015: This is how Oase 1 comes out in the Eurogenes K15. Forcing ancient genomes into modern variation like this isn't the ideal way to analyze them, but in this case the relatively low affinity of Oase 1 to present-day Europe and the Near East makes sense.
North_Sea 8.12
Atlantic 13.45
Baltic 9.65
Eastern_Euro 0
West_Med 4.51
West_Asian 0.4
East_Med 0
Red_Sea 0
South_Asian 26.1
Southeast_Asian 7.65
Siberian 0
Amerindian 0
Oceanian 9.36
Northeast_African 4.16
Sub-Saharan 16.6
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Paul Heggarty: desperate or clueless?
Over at Diversity Linguistics Comment, Paul Heggarty of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) puts his foot in his mouth with a long-winded and rather whiny comment piece about two recent ancient genomics papers, Haak et al. and Allentoft et al., and the PIE question.
I don't have the time or energy right now to pick apart in detail Heggarty's ramblings, so I'll only focus on a couple of points. Firstly, here's a modified figure from Haak et al. that Heggarty put up with his post, and below that a couple of quotes with his explanation.
These data imply that Uralic-speakers too would have been part of the Yamnaya > Corded Ware movement, which was thus not exclusively Indo-European in any case. And as well as the genetics, the geography, chronology and language contact evidence also all fit with a Yamnaya > Corded Ware movement including Uralic as well as Balto-Slavic.
Both papers fail to address properly the question of the Uralic languages. And this despite — or because? — the only Uralic speakers they report rank so high among modern populations with Yamnaya ancestry. Their linguistic ancestors also have a good claim to have been involved in the Corded Ware and Yamnaya cultures, and of course the other members of the Uralic family are scattered across European Russia up to the Urals.
These are exceedingly naive and stupid comments from someone representing the Max Planck Institute. Perhaps as an ardent supporter of the Anatolian hypothesis he's feeling more than a little desperate at this point and clutching at straws? That's because anyone with even a basic grasp of European linguistics and genetics should know that:
- present-day Hungarians and Estonians speak Uralic languages, but they are of course overwhelmingly of Indo-European origin, which is easily seen in their genome-wide and uniparental DNA
- other Uralic speakers, further to the north and east, in the forest zone away from Indo-European influence, are clearly distinct from the vast majority of Indo-European speaking Europeans, because they show significant levels of recent Siberian ancestry, which was missing among the Yamnaya and Corded Ware people, and appears to be an Uralic-specific genetic signature
- therefore, it's highly unlikely that Uralic-speakers were also part of the Yamnaya > Corded Ware movement; rather, early Uralics in all likelihood began to move west across the forest zone well after the Yamnaya and related expansions from the steppe.
Heggarty also can't get over the fact that not all Indo-European speaking Europeans harbor as much Yamnaya-related ancestry as Northern and Eastern Europeans.
Above all, the Yamnaya > Corded Ware impact is much less widespread in Europe than Indo-European languages are. Much of southern Europe has spoken Indo-European languages from our earliest records (Latin and its 'Italic' relatives, Greek, Albanian and various other Indo-European languages of the Balkans, now extinct).
Some (low) proportions of apparent 'Yamnaya', 'Corded Ware' and north European ancestry do appear in present-day populations of southern Europe (Haak et al. 2015 Figure 3b). But such north to south population admixture is in any case expected from the historical period. The collapse of the Roman Empire and the migrations of the early medieval period were defined by major invasions and settlements of Slavic and Germanic-speaking populations into southern Europe.
The levels of Yamnaya-related admixture among present-day Southern Europeans are significant and plenty enough to explain why most of them speak Indo-European languages. All of this Yamnaya-related admixture cannot be explained by Germanic and Slavic incursions into Southern Europe during the early medieval period, because:
- most Southern European populations show very little admixture from Northern and Eastern Europe dating to this time frame (see Ralph and Coop 2013)
- R1b-M269 is the most common Y-chromosome haplogroup across much of Southern Europe, and its subclade structure among Southern Europeans, as well as the ancient DNA data from Haak et al. and Allentoft et al., suggest that the vast majority of it arrived there from somewhere in the east before the historical period but after the Neolithic.
About the only worthwhile point that Heggarty makes is that we need more ancient DNA, especially from more southerly regions, to help solve the PIE riddle once and for all.
He probably thinks that the new data will back up the Anatolian hypothesis. It won't. If Heggarty could actually understand the data from Haak et al. and Allentoft et al., he'd already know that the jig was up for his pet theory.
See also...
The ancient DNA case against the Anatolian hypothesis
Population genomics of Early Bronze Age Europe in three simple graphs
Ancient genomes from NE Europe suggest the tandem spread of Siberian admixture and Uralic languages into the region >3,500 ya
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
101 ancient Eurasian genomes (Allentoft et al. 2015)
It'll take me a while to digest all of the information in this massive new Allentoft et al. paper. But I've already noticed that, just like in Haak et al. 2015, the Yamnaya samples are again from the eastern half of the Yamnaya horizon. This time, however, not all of the Yamnaya individuals carry Y-haplogroup R1b; one of the five samples belongs to Y-haplogroup I2a (see here).
So I'm wondering what more westerly Yamnaya sites will reveal in the future, considering the predominance of Y-haplogroup R1a among the Corded Ware individuals sampled to date, and the close genome-wide relationship between the Yamnaya and Corded Ware?
Abstract: The Bronze Age of Eurasia (around 3000–1000 BC) was a period of major cultural changes. However, there is debate about whether these changes resulted from the circulation of ideas or from human migrations, potentially also facilitating the spread of languages and certain phenotypic traits. We investigated this by using new, improved methods to sequence low-coverage genomes from 101 ancient humans from across Eurasia. We show that the Bronze Age was a highly dynamic period involving large-scale population migrations and replacements, responsible for shaping major parts of present-day demographic structure in both Europe and Asia. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesized spread of Indo-European languages during the Early Bronze Age. We also demonstrate that light skin pigmentation in Europeans was already present at high frequency in the Bronze Age, but not lactose tolerance, indicating a more recent onset of positive selection on lactose tolerance than previously thought.
Allentoft et al., Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia, Nature 522, 167–172 (11 June 2015) doi:10.1038/nature14507
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R1a-M417 from Eneolithic Ukraine!!!11
Sunday, June 7, 2015
101 ancient Eurasian genomes?
Update 10/06/2015: 101 ancient Eurasian genomes (Allentoft et al. 2015)
I'm hearing rumors that Nature is about to publish an important ancient DNA paper on the Late Neolithic to Bronze Age transition in West Eurasia. The paper is one of the main outcomes of The Rise, a Gothenburg University-based project focusing on the rise of Bronze Age societies in Northern Europe.
Below is a Google translation of a recent article from NovostiNK which is almost certainly about the imminent publication of this paper.
It's interesting to note the claim by one of the Armenian researchers that present-day Armenians are almost indistinguishable from the Bronze Age samples from what is now the Republic of Armenia.
This sounds very reasonable based on what we've learned to date from present-day Armenian variation (for instance, see here and here), but it's difficult to know what it means exactly without knowing what types of analyses were carried out and thresholds used. Hopefully we'll learn that in "a few days".
Today Armenians are descendants of people who lived in the territory of Armenia 5 thousand years ago, told reporters on Friday the head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biodiversity Institute of the National Academy of Sciences Levon Yepiskoposyan, referring to the international genetic study.
Genetic analysis of 101 DNA samples from different parts of Eurasia was made to clarify the genetic portrait of a man of the Bronze Age.
Eight DNA samples were taken from various archaeological sites throughout Armenia. They date back to the middle and late Bronze and Iron ages.
"The results of genetic studies have shown that DNA samples from the Bronze Age have been found on the territory of Armenia have a genetic portrait that is almost indistinguishable from the genetic portrait of people living today in our territory," said Yepiskoposyan.
He stressed that based on the results, we can conclude that modern people living in the territory of Armenia has enough deep roots.
"By participating in this study, we were able to solve not only the question of the genetic, historical and archaeological analysis, but also to some extent to respond to allegations that the Armenians living in the territory of Eastern Armenia only 200 years" said Yepiskoposyan.
He also noted that Armenia was the only country in the region that participated in the study. "Perhaps the reason is that we do not have the problems associated with our history and our neighbors apparently have such problems," said Yepiskoposyan.
"The study was conducted to study the genetic portrait of generations past and solve one of the most important questions - are we, modern people, direct descendants of the peoples living on the territory of a 5 thousand years ago," said Yepiskoposyan.
In turn, the director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences Pavel Avetisyan added that the results of this study, conducted at Copenhagen University, will be published a few days later in a scientific paper, authored by 44 experts from 13 countries.
"Armenia for the first time take part in this kind of program, and the results we got were quite interesting," said Avetisyan.
Source: Современные армяне являются потомками людей, населявших территорию Армении 5 тыс. лет назад
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Mitochondrial DNA from medieval Bulgaria
Human Biology has a new preprint on ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from three medieval Bulgar sites. It includes data for 13 samples belonging to 10 different haplogroups: H, H1, H5, H13, HV1, J, J1, T, T2 and U3.
Abstract: Ancient (proto-) Bulgarians have long been thought to as a Turkic population. However, evidence found in the past three decades show that this is not the case. Until now, this evidence does not include ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. In order to fill this void, we have collected human remains from the VIII-X century AD located in three necropolises in Bulgaria: Nojarevo (Silistra region) and Monastery of Mostich (Shumen region), both in Northeast Bulgaria and Tuhovishte (Satovcha region) in Southwest Bulgaria. The phylogenetic analysis of 13 ancient DNA samples (extracted from teeth) identified 12 independent haplotypes, which we further classified into mtDNA haplogroups found in present-day European and Western Eurasian populations. Our results suggest a Western Eurasian matrilineal origin for proto-Bulgarians as well as a genetic similarity between proto- and modern Bulgarians. Our future work will provide additional data which will further clarify proto-Bulgarian origins; thereby adding new clues to current understanding of European genetic evolution.
Nesheva, D V.; Karachanak-Yankova, S; Lari, M; Yordanov, Y; Galabov, A; Caramelli, David; and Toncheva, Draga, Mitochondrial DNA Suggests a Western Eurasian origin for Ancient (Proto-) Bulgarians (2015). Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints. Paper 69.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Ancient cattle DNA hints at early Neolithic trade contacts between Europe and the Near East
A new paper at BMC Genetics on the origins of European cattle argues that European and Near Eastern farmers maintained trade links during the early Neolithic. This is very interesting if true, because it suggests that there was also regular movement of people between Europe and the Near East at this time.
Evidence for gene-flow between cattle populations from Southwestern Asia and Europe during the earlier phases of the European Neolithic points towards intercontinental trade connections between Neolithic farmers.
According to our demographic modelling, migration between Anatolia/the Near East and Europe was greatly reduced, essentially to zero, in the period after 5,000 BCE.
The pattern of decreasing diversity in the direction of the Neolithic expansion and the correlation of genetic and geographical distances is considerably weaker in modern-day cattle breeds than in the Neolithic. It is not clear yet to which extent human migrations from the East as postulated for the Bronze Age [61] influenced the already existing cattle stock in Europe.
Scheu et al., The genetic prehistory of domesticated cattle from their origin to the spread across Europe, BMC Genetics (2015) 16:54 DOI 10.1186/s12863-015-0203-2
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SFS July Book Club: "Growing a Feast" by Kurt Timmermeister
Please join us for our July SFS Book Club! We are reading Growing a Feast by Kurt Timmermeister in anticipation of our farm visit to Kurtwood Farms.
We'll be meeting at 6:30pm on Thursday, July 10th, at the home of board member Leslie Seaton in the Bryant neighborhood. We'll enjoy the (fingers crossed) sunshine in the large backyard.
Our book club is free to attend, open to members and non-members, and low commitment! We're a welcoming, fun group and there will be some tasty food (and Kurtwood Farm cheese!) to enjoy.
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When it went on sale back in 1998, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was, for many, a defining moment. Released on Nintendo's two year old N64 platform, the game took the cartridge format to new heights, offering a vast adventure and compelling, coming-of-age narrative that few could resist.
To this day it is still the highest-rated game on Metacritic - the site that aggregates review scores from hundreds of different publications, including NZGamer.com - where it sits at a near perfect 99 per cent average review rating. It is, in other words, rather good.
Nintendo's new platform, the 3DS, is struggling. It sold well out of the blocks but ever since its sales profile has more closely matched the Bandai Wonderswan than it has the super-successful DS. Never heard of the Wonderswan? Exactly. If ever Nintendo needed a strong title to prop up fledgling hardware, that time is now. Enter The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Short of a remake, it's more like a tarted-up version of the original. Control mechanics and interface have been tweaked to take advantage of the new platform and the graphics have had a major overhaul, but otherwise it's exactly the same as the first edition.
But is that enough?
First, the basics. If you're not familiar with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, it's best described as an action adventure game, with light role playing mechanics. There's loads of hidden stuff to find, characters to talk to, and it's all tied together with a classic tale where the underdog battles impossible odds (surely that's not a spoiler) and grows up as he does so. Players must engage their brains - not only to defeat the game's dungeons, but in order to figure out how to proceed outside of them too. If you're looking for something to lead you by the nose, look elsewhere.
There's no character creation, no real chance to specialise in a particular style of fighting; 90 per cent of the time you'll need to use the right tool for the job in order to proceed.
Some of the more notable improvements to the controls, which are largely the same, are the addition of (sensible!) motion controlled moments. Aiming your slingshot, for example, lets you fine-tune your targeting by simply moving the 3DS - a method so natural it instantly becomes second nature.
It's still hard to look around corners, however, and you'll find yourself running blind during boss fights or other frantic encounters - a frustrating admission when the game in question was so much better in this regard than its competition at the time. It's no worse now than it was, it's just that we're used to further improvements being made - that haven't been added back into the mix here.
Visually? It's utterly gorgeous to behold. In 2D, the colours and texture detail still pop off the screen. Running around Hyrule Field in 3D? It's the stuff dreams are made of. It's just so damn beautiful. 3D is no gimmick: when used right, as it is here, it brings you into the world like nothing else can.
The verdict, then
Saria first handed the Ocarina to a child Link thirteen years ago; Link might not have grown up in between times, but games? They did. There have been loads of clever designers follow on in the footsteps of Shigeru Miyamoto, taking what he pioneered and then polishing and improving on the mechanics as they went - and gamers went with them. Ocarina of Time 3D, then, works best as an homage to the original - a chance to reminisce, to spend time with the masterpiece of your youth. It looks better than ever, and improvements to the inventory and map display (direct access via the second screen feels natural and right) are a perfect fit. But the game mechanics feel, in parts, clunky and awkward - an impression assisted in equal measure by the fact the 3DS isn't laid out like an N64 controller.
It's never so severe as to ruin the experience but it's also not going to endear itself immediately to players who are new to the title. Some of them, blasphemy I know, might even wonder what all the fuss is about.
The good stuff, though, is still so very, very good. It's a coming of age tour de force; the ultimate hero's journey. You don't play Link, you are Link. Zelda is worth saving and Ganondorf is a foe you will not rest until you bring to justice. The love lavished on the title is apparent throughout every moment of the game: the combination of gorgeous music and lush graphics, with the deft hand of Miyamoto's sweeping gameplay variety engender a whole that far surpasses the paltry sum one might get by mere addition of the parts. Without this magical X-factor (no, we're not talking about that TV show), the score would likely be somewhat south of nine.
However, that X-factor is abundantly present and, while it doesn't match the 10/10 I'd have given the original, that it's still so close is testament to just how truly remarkable the original game was.
This is the definitive Zelda game, don't just buy it - put it on display. Zelda transcends the quirks that time has revealed in her and shines just as bright in the light of a new millennium.
See gameplay footage here
Played on: Nintendo 3DS
Rating 5/5
When it went on sale back in 1998, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was, for many, a defining moment. Released on Nintendo's two year old N64 platform, the game took the cartridge format to new heights, offering a vast adventure and compelling, coming-of-age narrative that few could resist.
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Global school-based student health survey (GSHS)
The Global school-based student health survey (GSHS) is a collaborative surveillance project designed to help countries measure and assess the behavioural risk factors and protective factors in 10 key areas among young people aged 13 to 17 years. The GSHS is a relatively low-cost school-based survey which uses a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data on young people's health behaviour and protective factors related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults worldwide.
To access information on the GSHS, to read about where the survey has been implemented, or to review specific results from a country, please click on the appropriate links below and right.
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The key topics addressed by the survey are:
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I spent the nine and a half weeks leading up to this point waiting to get here. All I had to do was get him to rehab; the rest could sort itself out later. Just get him to rehab. Baby steps on the bus.
And then he left for rehab and that first day was like magic. I did it. I got him to rehab. I was quiet and calm and patient and as kind as I could be for nine and a half weeks and he went to rehab.
And then it was later. And then I had to sort the rest out.
I couldn't unclench my jaw for five, maybe six days. My face felt like I'd taken a sledgehammer to it. It took me 90 minutes to write a two-paragraph email for work. I washed the dishes every other day, and I called every single person I haven't been able to call in nine and a half weeks and I talkedandtalkedandtalkedandtalkedandtalked.
I don't think I was doing okay.
I didn't have insurance for the past year because he'd lost the job he's had as long as we've had children, and I don't even know why that happened, he still hasn't told me...but I can guess. When he took the new job, and an I-can't-even-talk-about-it-pay cut, covering all of us was just flat-out too expensive, so we just covered him and the kids. Thank god my vagina had decided to rip in half when it did, man.
So I've been off my anxiety meds for a little over a year now, which is ok, actually, eh 80% of the time. I have an awesome case of PTSD, but I don't have it all the time, you know? It comes, it goes. I manage it when it comes, and I celebrate when it goes.
Of course, my PTSD comes from child abuse and attachment exploitation, which is exactly why I ended up with an alcoholic even though neither of my parents ever drank. My husband allows me to perpetuate my at-risk dependency into my adult life - because that's exactly what I want to do, keep being a broken, bloodied six year old for the rest of my life.
But then I got this job, this really awesome amazing Joseph-and-the-Technocolor-Dream Job, and now? I'm not totally reliant on him anymore (later we'll talk about why that fact is in no way disconnected with current events.) Now, I can haz the insurance. Now, I can go to the doctor.
By the time I sat on the exam table, I was talking so fast, even I couldn't understand what I was saying. It's called Pressured Speech, and there is not one single thing I can do to make it stop. It's typically a bipolar thing or a schizophrenic thing but sometimes when people hit extreme anxiety, it happens to them. It happens to me whenever I max out. It hurts because you can't stop talking and you can't slow your talking and so you don't get quite enough air in your lungs and you kind of suffocate yourself a little. My doctor was like, WHOA, WOMAN and I was like yesiknowthishasbeengoingonforaweekbutitsworserightnowbecauseijustgotoffthephonewith
And help me, he did. He gave me a maintenance pill that will keep my anxiety levels down and help stop the physical pain that my kind of anxiety creates in my face and back, and then he gave me Xanax for emergencies. Xanax really is the epi-pen for anxiety, isn't it?
Everything. Just. Stopped.
I sat on my couch Friday night and listened. Listening is a really hard thing to do when you've lived your entire life trying to control a whole bunch of shit you have absolutely no control over. I listened to my kids play, I listened to their friends shriek, I listened to to popcorn pop and the birds chirp. Later that night I laid in my bed, staring at the ceiling fan, and I had that same feeling you have three minutes after you have the best sex of your en.tire.life. I tried to call a friend to talk, and I couldn't talk
Of course, it's all leveling out now. I don't have that zingy euphoria anymore, which I really think mostly came from the fact that my jaw could open entirely and I could breath allll the way in. Oxygen is totally underrated, yo.
Last night, I laid down on the couch at 7pm, just for a minute while the boys played their video games, and I woke up at 6am. I slept - for the first time in months. More importantly, I woke up for the first time in months unafraid of what I was waking up to.
All of that stuff that I put off sorting out until later? It's later. And I'm ready. Ish.


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Pearce to take control of England
Stuart Pearce will take charge of the England team for the friendly against Holland on February 29, Football Association chairman David Bernstein has confirmed.
Fabio Capello resigned as England manager on Wednesday following the decision by the FA to strip John Terry of the captaincy because of his pending racism trial in July. Terry denies a charge of racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand in October.
Pearce, who served as Capello's assistant, is the England Under-21 boss and will take charge of the Great Britain men's Olympic team this summer, will look after senior national team affairs in the short term at least. He had been due to be in charge of the under-21s against Belgium in Middlesbrough on February 29.
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To Keep Pace, Keep It Unified
A few weeks ago, I wrote about multivendor networks and why Cisco doesn't get more credit for our capabilities there. Again, we can and do support multivendor… but I ask you to consider what's truly best for the customer's business. If the customer's network is very basic or requires a specialty device that only one vendor supplies, a multivendor may be necessary. But, generally, a multivendor approach is a compromise that can hamper a customer's growth.
Often the multivendor decision is driven by a desire to cut costs. While this is a worthy goal, initial cost is only part of the equation. The least expensive device may, in fact, cost more in the long run. More to support. More to integrate. And more in lost opportunity due to technology that's just not up to the task.
One thing about technology—it never stands still. People and businesses continue to expect more from their network. And the best networks deliver. Unfortunately, a network is only as robust, secure, or capable as its weakest link. A network device that was cutting edge five years ago may now be hopelessly inadequate and unable to deliver today's necessary capabilities. Adding new devices from a new vendor to an existing network only maintains that status quo. You'll simply be putting a new shine on an old rock.
To provide a network that keeps pace with today's advances, you need to replace old devices that have become bottlenecks with new devices that can support evolving technology. Or better yet, new devices that support and prepare you for future technologies. Because a device that's only ready for today will be inadequate for tomorrow. Plan ahead.
So what about simply pulling the antiquated devices and deploying different devices from multiple vendors?
Sure, this would remove the weak link. And it would support a multivendor approach. But at a compromise. Generally, leading edge device vendors such as Cisco know their technology better than anyone else. They know what's under the hood and how to get the best performance. They don't need workarounds or customizations that can come back to hinder future upgrades. They simply work better together.
Take Cisco Energywise for example. Using this switching solution, you can control power to access ports for greater energy efficiency and significant cost savings. However, due to lack of management consistency, you wouldn't be able to the same with non-Cisco equipment.
Or Cisco CleanAir Technology. This technology can help mitigate RF interference. But, integrate it with the Cisco Mobility Services Engine and you'll be able to pinpoint and eliminate RF interference faster and with even greater accuracy . Why? Because CleanAir is able to use context delivered via Mobility Services Engine.
So, yes, a multivendor network will work. And it'll usually do an adequate job. But as the network evolves to become the ecosystem for conducting business, connecting people, and controlling operations, is adequate really good enough?
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Gary Smalley to speak at convocation
Liberty University will host Gary Smalley, one of the country's best-known authors and speakers on family relationships, at convocation service at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, in the Vines Center.
Smalley is also scheduled to speak at Thomas Road Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27.
Smalley is the author and co-author of 28 books, selling more than 6 million copies. He has also produced several films and videos. In the last 35 years he has spoken to more than 2 million people in live conferences across the country. He has been presenting his live two-day marriage seminars once a month for the last 20 years. Smalley has appeared on "Oprah Winfrey," "Larry King Live," "Extra," "NBC Today Show," and on numerous national radio programs.
Smalley is president and founder of the Smalley Relationship Center. He and his wife, Norma, have been married for 39 years and live in Branson, Mo. They have three married children and seven grandchildren.
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Riding down state line road (the border between Kansas and Missouri) I spied some lattice work and scrap lumner some nimrod had thrown out beside the road. Nothing was square to the world so it was hard to get the lines right. Apparently he like Missouri better than Kansas because he threw it on the Kansas side of the road.
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Who is the best fighter regardless of weight class? See ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings. Plus, check out our women's pound-for-pound rankings.
Note: Results through April 11, 2018.
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HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (265 pounds)
1. Stipe Miocic (18-2)
Doubt Miocic at your own risk. One of the most dominant heavyweights of all time went into his record-breaking third title defense in January as a betting underdog. When the dust settled, it was still Miocic on top.
Next: UFC 226 on July 7, vs. Daniel Cormier
2. Francis Ngannou (11-2)
Ngannou's bid for UFC gold came up short against Stipe Miocic in January, but only a fool would jump off this bandwagon. Ngannou lost to a versatile, experienced foe in Miocic -- who we are now calling the best heavyweight of all time. That's nothing to hang your head over. Ngannou's future remains bright.
Next: TBD
3. Alistair Overeem (43-16)
Overeem's KO loss to Francis Ngannou at UFC 218 will only show up on his record as a single loss, but it will be interesting to see how much weight it carries moving forward. Overeem is as experienced as they come, but even so, that kind of loss has the potential of a lasting effect.
Next: UFC 225 on June 9, vs. Curtis Blaydes
4. Alexander Volkov (30-6)
Volkov capitalized on a major opportunity in March, when he knocked out former UFC champion Fabricio Werdum in the fourth round. Volkov had already won five in a row going into that bout, but he needed a big name victory. Werdum is that big name.
Next: TBD
5. Fabricio Werdum (23-8-1)
Werdum's tried all of his usual tricks on Alexander Volkov in March, but it wasn't enough to top the Russian contender. There's no reason to worry too much about Werdum yet, but he is on the plus-side of 40 now.
Next: TBD
6. Cain Velasquez (14-2)
A healthy Velasquez is the best Velasquez. The former champion looked terrific in an absolute drubbing of Travis Browne in July. If he can stay healthy, he's a good bet to reclaim the UFC heavyweight title he has already won twice before.
Next: TBD
7. Junior dos Santos (18-5)
Sometimes you're the hammer, sometimes you're the nail. That's the heavyweight division. Dos Santos isn't done by any means, but he has had some rough nights in the Octagon. UFC 211 against Stipe Miocic was one of them.
Next: UFC Fight Night: Boise on July 14, vs. Blagov Ivanov
8. Vitaly Minakov (20-0)
The Russian heavyweight was stripped of his Bellator MMA title in 2016 due to inactivity. He has since found a home competing in his native Russia, recently defeating Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva there, and remains unbeaten now for seven years.
Next: TBD
9. Curtis Blaydes (9-1)
A former junior college wrestling champion, Blaydes has found his groove in the UFC. After suffering a TKO loss to Francis Ngannou in his UFC debut in 2016, Blaydes is 4-0, including a signature win over Mark Hunt in Australia. Momentum is currently on this Chicago native's side.
Next: UFC 225 on June 9, vs. Alistair Overeem
10. Derrick Lewis (19-5)
Lewis pulled out a late finish against Marcin Tybura, at a UFC Fight Night event in February. The man's victories aren't always pretty, but no one can doubt the knockout power. It's always there, even when our man looks completely gassed. We look forward to what's next.
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In a business-as-usual world, higher temperatures could ignite tropical forests and melt the Arctic tundra, releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gas that could raise global temperatures even more - a vicious cycle that could spiral out of control by the end of the century, said IPCC scientist Chris Field of Stanford University and the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Chris Field, PhD (Photo courtesyCarnegie Institution for Science)
Field presented his findings Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago during a symposium titled, "What Is New and Surprising Since the IPCC Fourth Assessment?"
The IPCC Fourth Assessment, for which Field was a coordinating author, was published in 2007.
"There is a real risk that human-caused climate change will accelerate the release of carbon dioxide from forest and tundra ecosystems, which have been storing a lot of carbon for thousands of years," said Field, a professor of biology and of environmental Earth system science at Stanford, and a senior fellow at Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment.
"We don't want to cross a critical threshold where this massive release of carbon starts to run on autopilot," he said.
This is a crucial year in the international effort to address climate change. Intergovernmental negotiations will be taking place all year, culminating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18. There, governments are expected to finalize a treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions that will take effect when the current Kyoto Protocol expires at the end of 2012.
In their negotiations, governments rely on the facts presented in the assessment reports published by the IPCC.
Established by the United Nations in 1988, the IPCC brings together thousands of experts from around the world to assess the science and policy implications of climate change.
The IPCC does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters. Its role is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the latest scientific, technical and socio-economic literature produced worldwide concerning the risk of human-induced climate change, its observed and projected impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
In 2007, the IPCC and Al Gore were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Field was among 25 IPCC scientists who attended the award ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
In September 2008, Field was elected co-chair of Working Group 2, which is charged with assessing the impacts of climate change on social, economic and natural systems. One of his major responsibilities is to oversee the writing and editing of the "Working Group 2 Report" for the IPCC fifth assessment, slated for publication in 2014.
The fifth assessment will incorporate the results of new studies that predict more severe changes than did previous assessments.
"The IPCC fourth assessment didn't consider either the tundra-thawing or tropical forest feedbacks in detail because they weren't yet well understood," he says. "But new studies are now available, so we should be able to assess a wider range of factors and possible climate outcomes."
"The data now show that greenhouse gas emissions are accelerating much faster than we thought," said Field. "Over the last decade developing countries such as China and India have increased their electric power generation by burning more coal. Economies in the developing world are becoming more, not less carbon-intensive. We are definitely in unexplored terrain with the trajectory of climate change, in the region with forcing, and very likely impacts, much worse than predicted in the fourth assessment."
Forest fire in Indonesia (Photo courtesy CIFOR/ICRAF)
New studies are revealing potentially dangerous feedbacks in the climate system that could convert current carbon sinks into carbon sources. Field points to tropical forests as a prime example.
Vast amounts of carbon are stored in the vegetation of moist tropical forests, which are resistant to wildfires because of their wetness. But warming temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns threaten to dry the forests, making them less fireproof.
Researchers estimate that loss of forests through wildfires and other causes during the next century could boost atmospheric concentration of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by up to 100 parts per million over the current 386 ppm, with possibly devastating consequences for global climate.
Warming in the Arctic is expected to speed up the decay of plant matter that has been in cold storage in permafrost for thousands of years.
"There is about 1,000 billion tons of carbon in these soils," says Field. "When you consider that the total amount of carbon released from fossil fuels since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution is around 350 billion tons, the implications for global climate are staggering."
"One thing that seems to be certain," he said, "is that as a society we are facing a climate crisis that is larger and harder to deal with than any of us thought. The sooner we take decisive action, the better our chances are of leaving a sustainable world to future generations."
Field is founding director of the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science, a private organization that conducts basic research for the benefit of humanity.
The author of more than 200 scientific publications, Field's research emphasizes impacts of climate change, from the molecular to the global scale. His work includes major field experiments on responses of California grassland to multi-factor global change, integrative studies on the global carbon cycle, and assessments of impacts of climate change on agriculture.
Late last year, Field was elected an AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The AAAS said Field was elected "for his central role in developing global ecology, with major contributions to the global carbon cycle, climate-change impacts, and feedbacks of ecosystems to climate change."
Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2009. All rights reserved.


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June 24, 2010
The Finer Things
And so, here are a few of the finer things I have enjoyed using while sewing lately :)
So Fine Thread &Topstitching Needles by Superior Threads -- The needles seem to stay sharp longer than other brands.
Famore Scissors - the tip is tiny, helps to get threads from the tiniest spaces.
Patchwork Pins - so tiny and fine, no visible holes left in the fabric after pinning.
Selvage Pin Cushion - it stays where I put it while pushing pins in as I sew.
The next thing I need to find is a cone holder/stand. I love the thread so much I went with a cone, and it's much to big for my machine - so far I've just set it on the table, and let it feed up, but I don't think that will last too long.
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30 comments:
- Terriaw said...
Great tips! I have those scissors and love them. I have to go look at the type of needles I have but I think they are by Superior cuz that label looks familiar. I usually just grab the type I need, without paying attention to the brand. I haven't tried a cone of thread cuz I don't think it would fit on my machine either. My favorite notions are my sewing caddy from AMH's first book, and my seam allowance ruler, which I use a lot to measure and draw shorter lines (since it's only 6 inches).
- June 24, 2010 at 6:27 AM
- Shelly said...
I'm with you on the So-Fine thread and the Famore scissors. I have multiples of both of those items (I'm embarrassed to say exactly how many multiples). I also love ThimblePads and the UnderThimbles for hand-stitching and hand quilting. Can't live without them. My favorite pins are Suisse Iris 1 1/4" pins, fine, long and a head like a regular old pin. And the tin they come in is cute! I also like the Clover ball-point marking pen that marks in white and then irons out -- it's great for marking on dark fabrics.
- June 24, 2010 at 6:32 AM
My absolute favorite notion is the "grim reaper seam ripper" (my nickname, it's made by Famore) that I got at I Have A Notion.
That thing rocks!
I also like my thread nippers. I keep them on a lanyard and hang them from my neck. That way they're with me when I sew.
When I purchased my new machine, The store left a spool of good thread in it (Mettler polyester). I love that thread! They told me that good thread makes all the difference.
- June 24, 2010 at 6:32 AM
- Clothed in Scarlet said...
I am very new to quilting...hehe like I have not complete a quilted project yet. I'm in the process of piecing blocks at the moment, but I'm determined that I will get it quilted. That being said, thanks for sharing your likes about products you've used. All information is appreciated:0) Sarah
- June 24, 2010 at 6:35 AM
- Linda said...
I like the Superior Thread too. It doesn't leave lint. Though, I used it once when sewing a rag quilt . . . big mistake. It's not strong enough when the kids get under that quilt and tug on it, I can hear the threads snapping. But I love it for piecing.
My current favorite notion is a little pair of scissors made by Westcott, you can find them at Walmart for $5. They are tiny, light weight, and the ends are curved. The blades are made of titanium and the handles are gray and yellow. I may never go back to a traditional seam ripper.
- June 24, 2010 at 7:11 AM
- Needled Mom said...
All wonderful items!! Thread makes such a difference, doesn't it?
I got my cone holder at Clotilde.com. It is metal and stays where it is suppose to. The plastic ones tend to move around.
- June 24, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Christi said...
my favorite notions are a cup of coffee and chocolate!! everything else falls into place!! hehe.
christi S
- June 24, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- Mrs Moen said...
I used a Deelybob cone holder and it worked very well with an upright spool holder. My new machine does not have that, so I have placed a large (and heavy) glass pitcher on the back of the machine and it works perfectly for my big cones. The thread goes through the spout and into the machine as usual.
- June 24, 2010 at 7:38 AM
- Esch House Quilts said...
Thanks for the info - esp about the thread.
My favorite notion is my Roxanne thimble. I don't do as much handwork as I used to, but I love that thimble!
- June 24, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Nancy said...
wow.. i was going to suggest putting the thread into a large heavy jar, but the glass pitcher with a spout is a wonderful idea...
my favorite notion is my garage sale iron..no steam, just heat, small, no vent holes and it was only $3..
- June 24, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Katie B. said...
I finally got around to following your instructions for cleaning my sewing machine this week. Oh, goodness. It was not pretty in there! My sewing machine seems much happier though. Thanks for the tips!
- June 24, 2010 at 7:57 AM
- Just JaiCi's Crafts said...
I might have to try this! My bobbin loves to skip a stitch right at CRUCIAL moments...maybe it's lint buildup....who knows.....
- June 24, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Cheryl Arkison said...
Two tips:
If you have a cone, but no cone holder, tape a saftey pin to the top of your machine where the thread comes up from the table. Feed the thread through that before threading your machine. Keeps the tension as it should be.
And for lint and regular (as in eery time you change your bobbin) I cannot recommend this little tool enough:
- June 24, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- syocom said...
Thanks for the tips. I noticed you have a Kenmore machine. ( I could tell form the power switch in the picture) I have one too. I was wondering do you like yours. And has it ever given you major problem?
- June 24, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- Allie said...
You can get cone holders at Joann's - I have a black one. But my favorite is the thread rack that came with my machine, it holds a lot of spools. I've also put my cone in a coffee cup, behind my machine, in a pinch.
- June 24, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Natalia from Piece N Quilt said...
YAY for Sew Fine! I'm glad you're liking it! :)
- June 24, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- Eileen said...
ruefully, the super sharp seam ripper that came with my brother machine! :) pink soft handled scissors from tonic. lots of extra bobbins filled with bobbin thread but also lots filled with embroidery thread for just the right color for that little seam embellishment i often like to do. but mostly the adorable little pin cushions my daughter and granddaughter have made me!!
- June 24, 2010 at 1:32 PM
- amy smart said...
I've seen mason jars used as cone holders as well. Love the idea of a safety pin taped to the machine to keep the tension right.
- June 24, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- call me crazy said...
My favorite notion is a little pair of thread nippers. I use them alll the time! ;-)
- June 24, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- live a colorful life said...
Thanks for including the pincushion! Totally made my day.
I use Masterpiece thread by Superior and my machine seems really happy with it.
- June 24, 2010 at 3:38 PM
- Susan Entwistle said...
I love those pins too, but for another (very bad) reason. I sew over them. I haven't broken a needle yet (knock wood), but I go slow, and they are so thin that the just seem to roll out of the way if they contact the needle.
- June 24, 2010 at 3:44 PM
- Sarah Craig said...
This is kind of weird, but my favorite "notion" is a double-sided pencil box that I use to hold my small scissors, a few pins, some needles, some bobbins, a seam ripper, and my tape measure - it's very handy when I want to take some hand-work upstairs with me when we watch tv at night! Oh, and I can never have enough bobbins - it's so wonderful not to have to empty one so you can add the right color!
- June 24, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- Sew Lovins said...
I am a big fan of my little red pipe cleaner that collects lint like a magnet. I swipe all the visible lint and open my throat plate and main compartment to my machine after a big project. It collects all the lint from all the nooks and crannies very well! I also LOVE my mason jar that is my living room companion when handquilting/sewing on bindings by hand. It keeps my thimble, seam ripper, thread and needles nice and safe and not lost (not to mention safe from my lil one!)!! Also I cant remember what website I got the idea from but I love my little film canister that I velcro to my machine to keep my lil snips and seam ripper handy.
- June 24, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- WendyLou said...
This isn't exactly a 'notion,' but I did follow this tutorial for making a custom quilting table. I can NOT believe the difference it made for me!! I think my total cost was around $20. Here's the link:
- June 24, 2010 at 9:18 PM
- Sooz said...
I'm tempted by the thread, but, tell me, is it "silky"? As in slippery? I like threads with a bit of grip, which is probably why I get lint, but then I just clean it. Cleaning the lint from my machine soothes my OCD...
I have one of those pincusions! I won it from Sewing on the Edge and it's made with Laurie's Tufted Tweets selvages! I love it!
I also love my grippy gloves, to use when I am quilting. Does that count as a notion?
- June 24, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...
Wooo hooo....I'm so glad you have found those great things. The pins are my absolute favorite ever. I really like the Superior Machine Needles too. Well, you already know how I feel about Famore Scissors.....I can't even think about them without a grin :)
I'm not sure what my exact favorite notions is....I have to say no matter which one I'm using, I really like them to work like they are supposed to work each and every time. I hate fiddeling with things to get them to work...what a pain.
- June 25, 2010 at 7:53 PM
- Ivory Spring said...
I love those pins! Use them all the time.
- June 26, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Meghan said...
Oh, lint. I somehow got out of the habit of brushing the lint out of my machine each time I change the bobbin, and it was awful when I realized it. I think the lint bunnies were planning a hostile takeover!
My favorite notion is the Kwik Klip. It really saves my fingers when basting.
- June 26, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Kathy said...
I have a metal coneflower thread holder and I love it! I bought it from a metal worker who sells thru the net. Everytime I look at it, I smile...
- June 27, 2010 at 6:21 AM
Thanks for the tips - I have just ordered some thread and needles to see if I can get any boost in my eternal war against lint and blunt needles!
- June 27, 2010 at 4:02 PM


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ST. LOUIS - The Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with plans to reduce flow from an upper Missouri River reservoir despite concerns that it will worsen low-water problems on the Mississippi River.
The corps expects to cut the flow from a South Dakota dam by about 40 percent starting around Nov. 23. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and a barge industry trade group implored the corps to rethink the plan. Less water from the Missouri would lower the pool of the middle Mississippi, potentially halting barge traffic.
Corps officials told The Associated Press Tuesday that efforts such as dredging and rock removal aim to keep the Mississippi open for as long as possible. But spokeswoman Monique Farmer says the agency is obligated to act in the best interest of the Missouri River basin.


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TOPEKA — It's a warm summer day, and you're at the beach with your kids. Your cell phone rings, and you answer it, shifting your focus from your kids to the conversation. Good idea? Not at all, according to Safe Kids Kansas, a coalition of more than 70 statewide and regional organizations and businesses dedicated to preventing unintentional injuries to Kansas children. In fact, taking your eyes off a child near water, however briefly, could be deadly. Children can get into trouble in a matter of seconds around water, so Safe Kids Kansas recommends that parents keep their eyes on their kids at all times when they are in or near the water.
Drowning is the second highest cause of unintentional death for children ages one to four and 10 to 14 in the U.S. And when it comes to water, "the safety of home" is an axiom that does not apply. In fact, most pool submersion deaths and injuries occur at a home pool.
In the U.S., approximately 830 children ages 14 and younger die each year due to unintentional drowning, and there are an estimated 3,600 injuries to children after near-drowning incidents each year. From 2000-2008 there were 129 unintentional injuries from near-drowning related incidents among Kansas kids age 14 and younger. From 2000-2009, there were 73 unintentional drowning-related deaths in Kansans age 14 years and younger. Three-quarters of these deaths were children age three and younger.
"Kids drown quickly and quietly," says Cherie Sage, state director for Safe Kids Kansas. "A drowning child cannot cry or shout for help. The most important precaution for parents is active supervision. Simply being near your child is not necessarily supervising."
To help keep kids safe near water, Safe Kids Kansas recommends the following precautions:
- actively supervise children in and around water. Don't leave, even for a moment. Stay where you can see, hear, and reach kids in water. Avoid talking on the phone, preparing a meal, reading, and other distractions;
- enroll kids in swimming lessons about age four, but don't assume swimming lessons make your child immune to drowning. There is no substitute for active supervision;
- don't rely on inflatable swimming toys such as "water wings" and noodles. If a child can't swim, keep him within arm's reach;
- learn infant and child CPR. In less than two hours, parents can learn effective interventions that can give a fighting chance to a child whose breathing and heartbeat have stopped. Contact a local hospital, fire department, recreation department, or Red Cross office for information about local CPR classes; and
- keep rescue equipment, a phone, and emergency numbers by the pool.
Even a near-drowning incident can have lifelong consequences. Kids who survive a near-drowning may have brain damage, and after four to six minutes under water, the damage is usually irreversible. Although 90 percent of parents say they supervise their children while swimming, many acknowledge that they engage in other distracting activities at the same time — talking, eating, reading, or taking care of another child.
For more information about drowning and water safety, call Safe Kids Kansas at 785-296-0351 or visit www.safekids.org.
And don't forget boating safety. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks reminds boaters that all youngsters 12 and younger must wear personal flotation devices when onboard. For more information on boating safety, visit the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us, and click "Boating."


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Complete requirements 1 or 2 and two additional subcategories, OR complete requirements 3 and 4.
- Requirement 1. Research two classes or categories of prohibited substances in Olympic sport, as possibly listed on the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Web site. Develop a paper (minimum 1,000 words) or a presentation that thoroughly addresses the following questions:
- What legitimate medical purposes is the substance used for?
- What health risks are associated with using and/or abusing the substance?
- How are other people and competition affected if an athlete cheats by using a prohibited substance?
- What consequences does an athlete in the sport you identified face when they have been found cheating?
- What is the best training program for an athlete who wants to excel at the sport you chose (e.g., nutrition, workouts, etc.)?
- Requirement 2.
- a. Attend a health class that is at least 15 hours long that focuses on drug-free sport and making decisions about not using drugs in sport. This course could be conducted through your local school, community education system, college/university, sports or athletics, or an on-line course. Then develop your own multi- session drug-free sport health curriculum that you could teach to a youth group.
- b. In consultation with your Advisor, do two of the following subcategories:
- 1. Develop a "fair play," drug-free sports campaign poster with a slogan and image. Identify at least one facility (sport group, school, church, or community place) at which to post your pro- motional work. Near the poster, include a box to hold a smaller version (handout) that people can take with them.
- 2. Using a decision-making model, help a group of youth learn how to make a good decision about not using drugs. This should include having them identify a number of issues involved, including health risks and ethics.
- 3. Develop an ethical controversy related to drug use in sport. Lead/facilitate an ethics forum with your crew based upon the ethical controversy you have developed.
- 4. Contact a professional in anti-doping and gather educational information about drug-free sport. Summarize and share the information and resources you gathered.
- 5. Research the history of doping or use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Create a timeline summarizing when certain drugs were used, what the drugs were, what the perceived benefit was, and what risks athletes put themselves in by using those drugs.
- 6. Using resources from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency or another credible current anti-doping source, list all prohibited classes or categories of substances and prohibited methods of doping in Olympic sport (see the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Web site). Briefly identify what the drugs do to the body for each substance class or category. In 500 words, write about why doping is prohibited in sport.
- OR do both of the following:
- Requirement 3.
- a. With a properly trained crew Advisor, coach, or teacher, attend and complete a national or statewide-recognized course, such as Character Counts-Pursuing Victory With Honor, or ATLAS (Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids). For details on these two programs, please refer to the Web sites listed below and to the Venturing Leader Manual.
- United States Anti-Doping Agency Web site.
- Sportsmanship - Pursuing Victory With Honor Good Resources on the CHARACTER COUNTS! Web site.
- Playclean.org Web site.
- ATLAS - Athletes Training & Learning to Avoid Steroids on the Oregon Health & Science University, Center for Health Promotion Research Web site.
- http://www.healthycompetition.org
- a. With a properly trained crew Advisor, coach, or teacher, attend and complete a national or statewide-recognized course, such as Character Counts-Pursuing Victory With Honor, or ATLAS (Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids). For details on these two programs, please refer to the Web sites listed below and to the Venturing Leader Manual.
- b. Develop and deliver a presentation on drug-free sports to a youth school or sport group. Design a pamphlet or handout that supports the presentation. You can also use materials available from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
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