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MC 00359 Guide to the Elizabeth A. McMahan Entomological Research Films and Manuscripts, 1983-2010
The films are stored on 400-foot reels. McMahan stated that these films used to be on 1200-foot reels and have since been divided. Therefore Films #1-2 and #1-3 belong together, Films #2-1, #2-2, and #2-3 belong together, Assassins of La Selva 400 Reel 1 and Reels 5-12 belong together, Assassins of La Selva #1-200 Reels 1-3 belong together, Assassins of La Selva #2-1200 Reels 1 and 3 belong together, and Assassins of La Selva #3-1200 Reels 1-3 belong together.The descriptions for the reels listed below are the descriptions McMahan wrote on the reel labels. They have been transcribed as accurately as possible.
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[Box 1] Films, 1986
Film #1-2
5th instar sits beside hole w/carcass at edge. Uses as baffle & as bait. Catches new W. Copy 1, Baiting, 5th instar
Film #1-3, 1986
5th instar angles for termites; film, very indistinct but bug catches 2 W's in sequence. La Selva, Costa, Rica, EA McMahanCopy 1, Baiting, 5th instar
Film #2-1
(from 1200 ft. reel) 3rd instar baiting indistinct. Catches 1 W & feeds. Returns to hole w/carcass & baits. No W's attach. 3rd instar Salvayata variegata catches termite works at nest repair site. Took it some distance to feed. Termites repairing hole in nest. Returns w/carcass to hole. Soldiers active. Reel ends before baiting successful. E McMahan #1 La Selva, Costa Rica 1986 Copy 1, Baiting, Bug 3rd instar.
Film #2-2
(from 1200 ft. reel) 3rd instar baits out 2 Ws in sequence. Beak insertion shown. Best angling at end. Bug pulling worker out of hole in termite mound. Inserts beak behind head. Feeding takes several minutes. Draws another worker out of hole. Film ended. S. variegata. E McMahan/John Stokes, photog. La Selva, Costa Rica. 1986. #2Copy 1, Baiting, 3rd instar
Film #2-3
3rd instar baits out another W. Best of sequence probably (but indistinct). Third reel of 1200 ft. sequence. #3 Salyavata variegata 3rd instar. Third reel in baiting sequence. Takes caught worker away from hole to feed. Termite workers at hole take in carcasses at rim of hole. Assassin bug brings carcass back to hole. Jerks. Worker takes hold of carcass. Bug seizes worker. Takes it off for feeding. EA McMahan/John Stokes, photog. La Selva, Costa Rica. 1986. Copy 1, Baiting, 3rd instar
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 1, May 1986
Two captures (by a 1st & a 4th? instar) but no baiting. Too dark (& out of focus in some cases).
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 5, May 1986
Futile attempts to get bugs to bait. Several were tried. All uncooperative. Fuzzy film. (plus or minus 3 ft. length of film at beginning)
Assassins of La Selva, Reel 6, May 1986
Uncooperative bugs. Camouflage w/whole spots.
[Box 2] Films, 1986
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 7, May 1986
Adult bug. Wouldn't feed. Several good dorsal views as it sat on nest. Focused & brighter.
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 8, May 1986
Adult bug. Uncooperative re termites but some good (inactive) dorsal shots.
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 9, May 1986
Uncoop. juvenile bug. EMcM shaving off layers of nest to find royal chamber. Roiling masses of termites (incl. Alates).
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 10, May 1986
EMcM demolishing nest. Plastic ground sheet w/termites & carton. Nursery area w/egg clots & larvae. Hard nest carton.
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 11, May 1986
EMcM continues to demolish nest. Bashes w/crow bar & saws with coping saw. Royal chamber found. No reproductives.
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 12, May 1986
Last reel of EMcM demolishing nest down to last crumbs. Used screw driver & Swiss army knife. Alates
Assassins of La Selva, #1-1200 Reel 1, May 1986
Assassin bug stands just below hole; termites repairing. Appears to be trying to catch first prey.
Assassins of La Selva, #1-1200 Reel 2, May 1986
Salyavata variegata. Bug baiting (view from directly above). Side view of bug baiting. Carcass of W on side of nest below.
[Box 3] Films, 1986
Assassins of La Selva, #1-1200 Reel 3, May 1986
Bug fishing in active termite hole. Workers refuse to try to draw it inside. Reel ends before baiting is successful.
Assassins of La Selva, #2-1200 Reel 1
2. Bug catches termite at repair site. 3. Takes termite back to hole. 1. Hole made in surface. Termites emerge. Bug ( Salyavata variegata) stands at hole in termite mound. Catches worker & pulls it out. Goes off to side to feed. Turns carcass about in feeding. Takes carcass to hole & shakes it but termite workers won't take it; maybe because fecal droplets have been deposited on it by other workers. A soldier is much interested. (La Selva Costa Rica)
Assassins of La Selva, #2-1200 Reel 3
Bug baits. Pulls out W. Carries it away.
Assassins of La Selva, #3-1200, Reel 1, May 1986
Soldier outpouring. 1 uncoop. bug in last few frames.
Assassins of La Selva, #3-1200, Reel 2, May 1986
Hole repair & uncooperative bugs. Out of focus mostly.
Assassins of La Selva, #3-1200, Reel 3, May 1986
Unsuccessful bugs (uncoop.) S's rushing from new breach. Alates & workers.
[Carton 5] Films
Assassins of La Selva, #2-1200, May 1986
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 3, May 1986
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 3, May 1986
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 2, May 1986
Assassins of La Selva, 400 Reel 4, May 1986
W1. STRI, Panama City bldgs, Flag, oropendalla nests. 1st instar bug avidly chasing S. Feeds. Good sequenceof nest repair: S, SW, LW. Panama city. Bridge of the Americas. 1st instar Salyavata nymph captures termite soldier. Jumps astride him and inserts beak. Another solider investigages. Bug very still. Soldier wals away. Workers repairing nest. (good sequence) Will Owens, photog., 1985
W2. Adult bug hunts at active hold snatches a W or two. Leans into hole. Leaves S's alone. Rubs fossae together cleans antennaw w/fossae. Good. Salyavata sp. Panama, Photog. Will Owens. Adult bug trying to catch his dinner at hole in a termite nest. Rubs tarsi together (has pads like velcro with which he seizes termite), 1985
W3. S's running over nest surface after initial surface breach. Mostly of blue-lined Petri dish w/1st instar bug (one caught and ate S) and a large no. of termites.
W4. Bug eggs on a stick. Adult bug catchings W's at hole (Waits for vulnerable W; avoids S's) 1st instar bug feeding on W. (its size) Beak visible.
W5. Many mangoes on a tree at Gamboa golf course. Good long sequence of breach repair in termite nest surface. Anal daubing, use of mandibles. LW's and SWs. S's guarding.
W6. Dead alates, W's and S's in Petri dish. Yang Ming ship in canal. Lagoons of Gatun Lake Beetle (huge Dynastid) Bird at hanging nest. EMcM at nest. Nests in situ. EMcM at Gamboa Apt nest.
W7. Juveniles and adult bugs by nest holes. No success in hungting. Barro Colorado visit. View on approach. Leaf cutter ants good.
W8. Barro Colorado: Canopy, monkeys. Boa (good). Adult bug hunts at active hole. Feeding sequence on W is good.
W9. Adult feeding. Chagras in the misty morning (Janana) Nest by boat house. Adult bugs 2 by hole. (One is shot by S, I think)
W10. Adult bug. In situ N. Corniger nests. Azteca ant nests. Gamboa Apts on Ridge Row. Dead LW, SW, S in Petri dish. Bugs insterested in nest breach, Little action. Juvenile bug feeding sequence. Termite types active.
W11. Adult bug snatching and feeding sequence. Uncoop. juvenile bug. Long uninteresting hole repair sequence.
This series contains illustrated, self-published manuscripts that Elizabeth McMahan wrote for her nieces and nephews. One is a children's book and the other four are autobiographical writings.
[Box 4, Folder 1] McMahan, Elizabeth A., "Mr. Piccalilly's Fantastic Machine"
[Box 4, Folder 2] McMahan, Elizabeth A., "Heart and Nerve and Sinew or Aunt Betty's Around-the-World Adventures", 1990
[Box 4, Folder 3] McMahan, Elizabeth A., "Warming Both Hands Before the Fires of Life," Vol. I, 2005
[Box 4, Folder 4] McMahan, Elizabeth A., "Warming Both Hands Before the Fires of Life," Vol. II, 2005
[Box 4, Folder 5] McMahan, Elizabeth A., "Warming Both Hands Before the Fires of Life," Vol. III, 2005
[Box 4, Folder 6] Sociobiology Journal, vol. 56, no. 1, 2010 edition to include chapter on Elizabeth Anne McMahan written by Christine A. Nalepa, 2010
[Half Box 6] Four Research Journals (la Selva 1983; La Selva 1986; Panama 1984; Panama 1985) (2013.0184)
McMahan, Elizabeth
4.26 Linear feet
General Physical Description note
5 archival boxes, and 1 carton
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Films received from Elizabeth A. McMahan, August 2003 (Accession no. 2003-0023). Additional films received 2010 (Accession no. 2010-0214). Manuscripts received from the NCSU Libraries Development Office, April 2007 (Accession nos. 2007-0127 and 2007-0161). Additional gift received in 2013 (Accession no. 2013.0184).
Processed by: Dawne E. Howard; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dawne E. Howard; updated by Judy Allen Dodson, 2010 November; updated by Gwynn Thayer, 2013 September.
2013, Additional films added to the collection by Kellie Strickland.
Scope and Content Note
The Elizabeth A. McMahan Entomological Research Films and Manuscripts collection consists of twenty-two reels of 8mm film documenting McMahan's research on the assassin bug ( Salyavata variegata) in La Selva, Costa Rica. These insects use dead termites as bait in order to catch other termites, a technique similar to fishing. The films depict various stages of this process, such as the assassin bug waiting outside a termite hole with his bait, the assassin bug catching termites with the bait, and the assassin bug returning to the hole to catch more termites. Some of the films show unsuccessful baiting attempts. Others show McMahan destroying a nest in order to find the royal chamber. This collection also includes four of her research journals.
McMahan indicated Reels #1-2, #2-1, #2-2, #2-3, Assassins of La Selva #2-1200 Reel 1, and Assassins of La Selva #2-1200 Reel 3 are the most important.
The collection also includes illustrated, self-published manuscripts, including a children's book as well as autobiographical writings and a bibliographical journal article on her life. Also included is the Sociobiology Journal, vol. 56, no. 1, 2010 edition to include chapter on Elizabeth Anne McMahan written by Christine A. Nalepa.
Biographical Note
Entomologist Elizabeth A. "Betty" McMahan, best known for her study of assassin bugs, was born in Pino, North Carolina. Intending to become a high school science teacher, McMahan attended Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., after leaving Pino. While at Appalachian State, a faculty advisor introduced McMahan to parapsychology, and she transferred to Duke University in order to work with J. B. Rhine. From 1943 to 1954, McMahan completed her B.A. and M.A. in psychology and published nine papers.
In 1954, McMahan decided to pursue a degree in entomology. She studied termites at the University of Hawaii, receiving her Ph.D. in 1960. She completed post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago and then took a teaching job at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she taught for 26 years.
McMahan's research took her all over the world, including Australia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Egypt, India, Panama, and Ecuador. While in Costa Rica in 1980, McMahan discovered that assassin bugs ( Salyavata variegata) used tools in order to catch food. She published articles about the insects in several scientific journals and videotaped the food-catching process for the BBC documentary "Alien Empire."
After retiring, McMahan became a professor emerita at UNC. She taught in Jamaica as a Peace Corps volunteer and also became a children's book author. A collection of her books is located at the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
In 2003, Dutch taxonomist Pieter van Doesburg named a newly classified species of the assassin bug after McMahan, Salyavata MacMahanae. In 2004, McMahan's friend and colleague Christine Nalepa established the Elizabeth A. McMahan Endowment at North Carolina State University. This endowment enhances the libraries' entomological collections.
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04 Feb 2014:
NASA Image of Alaska
Depicts Spring-like Temperatures and Thaw
As the continental U.S. faced frigid weather and major winter storms in January,
Alaska experienced record high temperatures.
A map based on NASA satellite data
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Alaska's warm January
shows that the last half of January was one of the warmest winter periods in Alaska's history, with temperatures as much as 40 degrees F (22 C) above normal on some days in the central and western portions of the state. A high pressure system off the state's western coast sent warm air and rain through Alaska instead of down into California, which is in the midst of a record drought. The warmest January temperature ever observed in Alaska was tied on January 27, when the thermometer hit 62 F (16.7 C) at Port Alsworth, in southern Alaska. Combined with rainstorms, the heatwave set off a host of spring-like effects, including avalanches and swollen rivers, which carried major sediment loads into the Gulf of Alaska. Inland, Arctic lakes are also seeing consequences of Alaska's long-term warming trend. A
new study
found that lakes in the region froze almost six days later and broke up about 18 days earlier in the winter of 2011 compared to the winter of 1950.
03 Feb 2014:
Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier
Is Moving at Record Speeds, Study Finds
Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier is flowing into the ocean at a record pace of more than 17 kilometers per year,
according to research
by U.S. and German scientists. The glacier, which drains 6 percent of the
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The calving front of Jakobshavn Glacier
massive Greenland ice sheet, moved at a rate of 46 meters per day in the summer of 2012 — four times the glacier's 1990s summer pace. The unprecedented speed appears to be the fastest ever recorded for any glacier or ice stream in Greenland or Antarctica, the researchers report in the journal
The Cryosphere
. Scientists estimate the glacier added about 1 millimeter to global sea levels from 2000 to 2010; its faster flow into the ocean means Jakobshavn will add even more water over the current decade. Widely thought to be the source of the iceberg that sunk the
in 1912, the researchers say Jakobshavn is flowing at record speeds because its front edge, called the calving front, now overlies a particularly deep spot on the ocean floor. "As the glacier's calving front retreats into deeper regions, it loses ... the ice in front that is holding back the flow, causing it to speed up," the lead researcher explained.
31 Jan 2014:
U.S. State Department Report
Boosts Prospects of Keystone XL Pipeline
In a long-awaited report, the U.S. State Department has concluded that the carbon-heavy oil from Alberta's tar sands will be extracted whether or not the Keystone XL pipeline is built,
improving the prospects
that the highly controversial project will be built. In an
environmental impact statement
that was six years in the making, the State Department concludes that the process of extracting and burning tar sands oil creates 17 percent more greenhouse gases than traditional oil, but that the heavily polluting oil will be brought to market with or without the pipeline. "It's unlikely for one pipeline to change the overall development of the oil sands," said a State Department official. If completed, the pipeline would carry 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to refineries on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. President Obama will make the final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline and he vowed last year that he would approve the pipeline only if it would not "significantly exacerbate" the problem of carbon emissions. Environmental activists such as Bill McKibben of 350.org have said it would be "game over" for the climate if Keystone XL is built.
30 Jan 2014:
NASA Animation Shows
Relentless Pace of Warming Since 1950
15-second NASA animation
shows the steady and rapid warming of the planet since the middle of the 20th century, with regions in the Arctic and Siberia warming as much as 2 to 4 degrees C (3.6 to 7. 2 degrees
View Animation
Temperatures show long-term increases.
F) above a long-term average. The animation begins in 1950, but the intensity of the yellow, orange, and red colors shows how much temperatures have increased compared to baseline temperature data collected from 1880 to the present. NASA said that nine of the planet's 10 warmest years have occurred since 2000, and worldwide surface temperatures
continued to rise in 2013
, according to satellite and meteorological data. Since 1880, when atmospheric concentrations of CO2 were 285 parts per million (ppm), the average global temperature has risen 1.4 degrees F; atmospheric CO2 concentrations crossed a milestone of 400 ppm last year. "Long-term trends in surface temperatures are unusual and 2013 adds to the evidence for ongoing climate change," NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt said.
24 Jan 2014:
Future Olympic Winter Games
At Risk as Climate Warms, Researchers Warn
As few as six of the world's previous 19 Olympic Winter Games sites will likely still be wintry enough to host snow sports at the end of the century,
according to a report
by Canadian and Austrian researchers. Iconic locales such as Squaw Valley, Utah, and Vancouver,
Vancouver, 2010 winter games host, is warming.
Canada, will likely be too warm by the middle of this century. Even under conservative climate change scenarios, only 11 of the 19 sites would remain climatically stable enough to reliably host the games,
the study found
. Olympic organizing committees consistently cite poor weather as a major challenge for the winter games, and it's likely to get more challenging: The average February daytime temperature of winter games locations has steadily increased — from 0.4 degrees C at games held in the 1920s to 1950s, to 3.1 degrees C in the 1960s to 1990s, to 7.8 degrees C so far in the 21st century. These sites will likely warm by an additional 2.7 to 4.4 degrees C by the end of the century, according to the report.
23 Jan 2014:
NASA Images Show Severity
Of California's Record-Setting Drought
A pair of NASA images, taken a year apart,
show the profound impacts
of California's current drought, which Gov. Jerry Brown said yesterday
poses a major threat to California's environment
and economy. A satellite image taken last Saturday shows virtually no snow cover
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California has almost no snowpack this January.
in the Coast Range and Cascade Mountains, and only a modest amount of snow in the Sierra Nevada. Officials say the snowpack is only 10 to 30 percent of normal levels. In addition, California's vital agricultural areas in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, which lie west of the Sierra Nevada, are a parched brown. By contrast, a satellite image taken in January 2013 shows significant snowpack in the mountains and a swath of green in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. Half of California's yearly precipitation falls between December and February, so January's record dry conditions threaten water supplies for the entire year.
20 Jan 2014:
Soil Microbes Can Alter DNA
In Response to Climate Change, Study Says
10-year study of soil ecosystems
has determined that microbes alter their genetic code in response to a warming climate so they can process excess carbon being absorbed by plants from the atmosphere, a team of U.S. researchers reports in
the journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
. A 2-degree Celsius temperature increase spurred microbes in soil ecosystems to, over many generations, tweak their DNA, amping up their respiratory systems and converting extra organic carbon in the soil to CO2. The soil contained extra carbon because the 2-degree temperature increase made plants grow faster and higher; when those plants began to die, the carbon in their leaves, stems, and roots was added to the soil and taken up by the microbial community. Understanding the "black box" of carbon's fate in soil ecosystems holds important clues for better forecasting an ecosystem's response to climate change, says Georgia Institute of Technology researcher Kostas Konstantinidis, an author of the study. "One reason that models of climate change have such big room for variation is because we don't understand the microbial activities that control carbon in the soil," he said.
Interview: Activist Kumi Naidoo
On Russia and the Climate Struggle
Kumi Naidoo, the international executive director of Greenpeace, is intimately familiar with the Prirazlomnaya drilling platform in the Russian Arctic. In 2012, he and five other Greenpeace activists were hosed down with frigid water and pelted with pieces of metal as they attempted to climb aboard the platform.
Kumi Naidoo
Greenpeace and Prirazlomnaya were back in the news recently when 28 Greenpeace members were arrested and held for several months for storming the rig before being released in December. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Naidoo talks about what's needed to get global climate talks off the ground and launch a green energy revolution, and the reason his activist organization has decided to take such a strong stand against oil drilling in the rapidly melting Arctic Ocean. "We went back [to Prirazlomnaya]," says Naidoo, "because we're trying to draw a line in the ice, because once this starts it will have breached another threshold of meeting our rapacious appetite for oil and gas in the most fragile of environments."
Read the interview.
13 Jan 2014:
Pine Island Glacier Has
Melted Beyond Tipping Point, Study Says
A major Antarctic ice mass, the Pine Island Glacier, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimeter to global sea level rise over the next 20 years alone, according to new research published in
Nature Climate Change
. Calculations show that the Pine Island Glacier's "grounding line" — where land-based ice meets a floating ice shelf that is an extension of the
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Pine Island Glacier ice flow velocities
glacier — has retreated roughly 10 kilometers in the past decade. Scientists say that the grounding line is in the process of a 40-kilometer retreat that could push it beyond an important tipping point. Pine Island Glacier is a
major contributor to global sea level rise
and has been losing massive amounts of ice for decades, accounting for
20 percent of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's total ice loss
. An international research team says that the Pine Island Glacier has been losing 20 billion tons of ice annually for the past two decades and could lose 100 billion tons annually over the next 20 years. The glacier "has started a phase of self-sustained retreat and will irreversibly continue its decline," says Gael Durand, a glaciologist with France's Grenoble Alps University.
10 Jan 2014:
Natural Gas Has Sharply
Reduced Emissions from Power Plants
The dramatic increase in using natural gas to produce electricity in the United States has led to an
equally dramatic decline
in the amount of pollutants and carbon dioxide emitted from the nation's power plants, according to a new study. The study, conducted by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, showed that the switch from coal-fired to natural gas-fired power plants has reduced CO2 emissions by 23 percent and emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide by 40 and 44 percent, respectively. Examining power plant emissions from 1997 to 2012, the scientists found that new combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plants — which use two heat engines in tandem to convert a higher fraction of heat into electrical energy — emit less than half the amount of CO2 as coal-fired power plants. The study, to be published in the journal
Earth's Future
, said that the fraction of electricity produced in the U.S. from coal fell from 83 percent in 1997 to 59 percent in 2012. Meanwhile, the fraction of electricity generated by combined-cycle natural gas plants rose from zero to 34 percent.
09 Jan 2014:
Faced With Sea Ice Loss,
Emperor Penguins Alter Breeding Tactics
Confronted with the loss of sea ice in some parts of Antarctica, four colonies of emperor penguins have come up with
an innovative breeding strategy
to adapt to their changing environment. Using satellite images,
an international team of scientists tracked the four colonies from 2008 to 2012. In the first three years, the emperor penguins hatched and incubated eggs in their customary fashion — atop the sea ice that freezes during the Antarctic winter and spring. But in 2011 and 2012, sea ice did not form until a month after the breeding season began. As a result, the emperor penguins, which are the largest penguin species on earth, did something never before witnessed by scientists: They climbed the nearly sheer walls of large, floating ice shelves — huge structures, often hundreds of square miles in extent, that flow from land-based glaciers into the sea. In the region of the four colonies, the ice shelf walls reach as high as 100 feet. The scientists say the altered breeding behavior could demonstrate how ice-dependent emperor penguins may adapt to a warming world.
08 Jan 2014:
China Approves Major
Increase in Huge Coal Mining Projects
In 2013, the Chinese government
approved 15 large coal mining projects
that will produce more than 100 million new tons of coal a year. The expansion will lead to a 2 to 3 percent growth in coal production over the next several years, even as the country
announced moves to reduce the severe air pollution
choking major cities such as Beijing. Chinese officials will increase coal production while reducing pollution in population centers by closing outdated coal plants and creating huge "coal bases" that will mine and burn coal in remote regions of northwestern China, such as Inner Mongolia. Those bases, which will cost $8.9 billion to build, will generate electricity that will be transferred over an improved electricity grid to cities in China's central and eastern regions. Deng Ping, an environmental campaigner with Greenpeace, said the scale of the new coal bases is unprecedented for China, adding, "Despite the climate change pressure, water resource scarcity, and other environmental problems, the coal industry is still expanding fast in northwest China."
07 Jan 2014:
Suburbs Offset Low Carbon
Footprints of Major U.S. Cities, Study Finds
City-dwellers in the U.S. have significantly smaller per-capita carbon footprints than their rural counterparts, according to
new research
from the University of California, Berkeley. But the carbon-intense suburbs surrounding major cities essentially cancel out the small carbon footprints of city residents,
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Carbon footprints in the NYC metro region.
the study found. Vehicle emissions accounted for the majority of carbon dioxide produced in the suburbs, reflecting suburbanites' longer commutes to work, school, and stores. The study looked at 37 factors — including weather, income, home size, and transportation data — to estimate household carbon footprints. The average carbon footprint of households living in the center of large, densely populated cities is about 50 percent below the national average, while households in distant suburbs have carbon footprints up to twice the national average, according to the study published in
Environmental Science & Technology
Interview: A Legal Call to Arms to
Fix Environmental and Climate Ills
University of Oregon law professor Mary Wood has an unsparing view of the state of environmental protection in the United States today: On a host of fronts — from climate change to the nationwide fracking boom —
Mary Wood
the federal and state governments are failing to protect ecosystems and resources vital to current and future generations. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Wood discusses why she believes the judiciary needs to step in to force the executive and legislative branches to protect natural resources that are part of the "public trust." She also explains why she supports ongoing litigation to reduce carbon emissions under a related doctrine to safeguard the "atmospheric trust." Says Wood, "The political branches of government are doing next to nothing to address this crisis ... Across the board, agencies are not using the statutes to protect nature — they're using statutes to permit damage to the environment."
Read the interview.
31 Dec 2013:
Atlantic Ocean Zooplankton
Are Now Reproducing in Arctic Waters
For the first time, scientists have discovered species of Atlantic Ocean zooplankton
reproducing in Arctic waters
. German researchers say the discovery indicates a possible shift in the Arctic zooplankton community as
The amphipod
Themisto compressa
the region warms, one that could be detrimental to Arctic birds, fish, and marine mammals. Studying traps that have been suspended for 13 years in the Fram Strait, scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute found that small species of crustaceans common to the Atlantic are increasingly moving into Arctic waters. The researchers found fertile females as well as individuals at all stages of development, showing that the Atlantic species is reproducing in the frigid waters. The one-centimeter amphipods are smaller than respective Arctic species, meaning that the spread of the Atlantic crustaceans northward could reduce the volume of food available to Arctic predators. The research was published in the journal
Marine Ecology Progress Series
26 Dec 2013:
Solar Activity Not a Major
Factor in Climate Change, Study Finds
Solar activity has had minimal impact on climate over the past millennium,
new research
from the United Kingdom indicates. The findings counter the long-held view that periodic fluctuations in the sun's energy output have led to lengthy periods of warm or cold weather in the past. Looking at climate records from the Northern Hemisphere over the past 1,000 years, the scientists found that greenhouse gases have been the primary drivers of climate change since about 1900. Volcanic activity, which adds particles to the atmosphere that block sunlight, dominated climate patterns until roughly 1800, the study found. "Until now, the influence of the sun on past climate has been poorly understood," said Andrew Schurer of the University of Edinburgh and lead author of the study, which was published in
Nature Geoscience
. "We hope that our new discoveries will help improve our understanding of how temperatures have changed over the past few centuries, and improve predictions for how they might develop in future."
19 Dec 2013:
Los Angeles Becomes First
Major U.S. City to Adopt Cool Roof Rule
The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to require "cool roofs" for all new and refurbished homes,
becoming the first major U.S. city to do so
. "Cool roofs" incorporate light- and heat-reflecting building materials, which can lower the surface temperature of the roof by up to 50 degrees F on a hot day, according to
Climate Resolve
, the local organization that pushed for the ordinance. Such roofs do not necessarily need to be white, the Global Cool Cities Alliance says; they can also be shades of gray, or even red. Research suggests that by mid-century temperatures in Los Angeles will increase by 3.7 to 5.4 degrees F, with the number of days above 95 degrees F tripling in the city's downtown. "The changes our region will face are significant, and we will have to adapt," said UCLA scientist Alex Hall, who led the research. The mandate will not cost homeowners additional money because of expanded incentives.
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Change Wrought by Global Warming
Peter Essick
For 25 years, photographer Peter Essick has traveled the world for
National Geographic
magazine, with many of his recent assignments focusing on the causes and consequences of climate change. In a
Yale Environment 360
photo essay, we present a gallery of images he took while on assignment in Antarctica, Greenland, and other far-flung locales affected by climate change.
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17 Dec 2013:
Australian Coal Projects
Threatened by Drop in Demand From China
Major Australian coal projects risk losing value due to falling demand from China, where leaders are increasingly concerned about growing public anger over severe air pollution, a
new analysis from Oxford University
has found. Future coal mining projects are vulnerable to being "stranded" by a range of policy changes from the Chinese government, including environmental regulation, carbon pricing, investment in renewable energy, and energy efficiency, the report said. One expert told
The Guardian
that global investors are already
questioning the prudence of financing new fossil fuel projects
. Backers of a handful of upcoming Australian coal projects "should seek clarity" on the associated costs, the Oxford analysis warns. It also cautions that Australian state governments could suffer if projects are mothballed or abandoned. Of particular concern are two mega-mines supported by Australia's
Prime Minister Tony Abbott
slated for development in Queensland. Once running at full capacity, the two projects combined would produce enough coal to emit more than 70 millions tons of CO2 a year.
Five Questions For Jerry Brown
On the West Coast Climate Pact
California Governor Jerry Brown was one of the moving forces behind a new agreement among three Western states and British Columbia to align their policies to combat climate change. Under the pact, signed on Oct.
28 by Brown and the governors of Oregon and Washington, the states and the province agreed to a series of actions, including putting a price on carbon and adopting a low-carbon fuels standard.
Yale Environment 360
spoke with Brown and asked him five questions about the pact and overall efforts to tackle climate change.
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04 Dec 2013:
New Paper Offers Sweeping
Plan to Decarbonize the Global Economy
Eighteen prominent international climate scientists and economists
have authored a paper
that seeks to answer the most vexing environmental question facing the planet: How to reverse soaring carbon dioxide emissions and prevent the world from experiencing destabilizing climate change. Their answer, presented in the journal
PLOS One,
boils down to this: Offer global leaders a detailed blueprint for decarbonization that involves setting a steadily rising price on carbon, the large-scale deployment of nuclear power and renewable energy, increased research into low-carbon energy technologies, and a reform of forestry and agricultural policies that leads to massive sequestration of CO2 — all while not spending more than 1 percent of global gross economic output. "In terms of economics, comparing a path to decarbonization versus a path of wrecking the planet are not even close," economist Jeffrey Sachs, a co-author of the paper and director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, said at a press briefing. "We haven't shown the path of decarbonzation clearly enough (and) what the real choices are."
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27 Nov 2013:
China Set to Open
World's Second Largest Carbon Market
China is in the midst of launching seven carbon markets, the largest of which
will open next month in Guangdong
, the country's most populous province. The carbon markets are a key element of China's plan to cut carbon emissions by up to 45 percent per unit of GDP by 2020. The Guangdong carbon permitting scheme will cap 2013 emissions at 350 tons for 202 companies in the heavily industrialized province. Twenty-nine million permits will be auctioned in the market this year and next, which will be the world's second largest carbon market after the European Union's, dwarfing carbon markets in Australia and California. In 2015 the number of permits auctioned will more than triple, officials said. Shanghai's carbon market launched yesterday and a similar market, about a quarter of the size of Guangdong's, is set to open in Beijing tomorrow. China's seven carbon markets together will regulate roughly 700 to 800 million tons of CO2 annually, roughly equal to the annual emissions of Germany.
25 Nov 2013:
Despite Discord, Climate Talks
in Warsaw End With Last-Minute Deals
After more than 36 hours of continuous negotiations, delegates at the U.N. climate talks in Warsaw agreed to two last-minute deals that kept alive hopes for staving off climate change. At talks that ended Saturday, delegates agreed to a proposed system for pledging cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. They also gave support to a new treaty mechanism for tackling the human cost of the effects of global warming, including floods, rising seas, and stronger storms,
The New York Times reports
. Parties also agreed that countries will have until early 2015 to lay out their plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Those plans are to be published in advance of a major U.N. climate meeting in Paris, set for late 2015, at which international leaders hope to reach an agreement to curb global emissions starting in 2020. Discord and acrimony characterized the talks, during which a vocal negotiating bloc emerged among developing countries, including India, China, and Saudi Arabia. This bloc forced the watering down of key aspects of the deal, according to the
21 Nov 2013:
U.K. Government Pledges
To Stop Backing Foreign Coal Power Plants
The United Kingdom
has joined the U.S. in pledging
to stop using government funds to finance coal-fired power plants in other countries. "The two governments are going to work together to secure the support of other countries ... and the multilateral development banks to adopt similar policies," Britain's energy secretary told journalists gathered in Warsaw at the U.N. climate talks. The U.S. made the same pledge last month in an attempt to slow CO2 emissions from the world's coal-fired power plants. The International Energy Agency reports that coal accounted for 44 percent of global carbon emissions in 2011, and the fossil fuel remains the world's largest source of electricity and heat. While many diplomats applaud the U.K.'s move, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and environmental groups are pushing for even stronger action, including more spending on renewable energy. "The rapid development of low-carbon infrastructure needs large injections of public capital," Ki-moon said.
20 Nov 2013:
Low-Income Solar Project
Is Recognized at U.N. Climate Talks
An Australia-based solar start-up company was recognized at the U.N. climate change talks in Warsaw for its work replacing highly polluting kerosene lamps with solar lighting in low-income regions of India. The company, Pollinate Energy, trains members of local communities to install household solar-powered lights in India's slums, where families often rely on kerosene for lighting. So far the project has installed solar-powered lighting systems for 10,000 people in 250 of Bangalore's slum communities, in turn saving 40,000 liters of kerosene and 100,000 kilograms of carbon emissions,
RenewEconomy reports
. The solar lighting systems are cheaper to operate than kerosene lamps and are less polluting and dangerous than kerosene, which can cause house fires and severe burns. The nonprofit project started in Bangalore — home to some of India's worst slums — as a way for children to do schoolwork after sunset. Pollinate Energy trains local installers to distribute and install the lighting systems as micro-entrepreneurs, which they call "pollinators."
18 Nov 2013:
U.N. Climate Chief Says
Many Coal Reserves Must Be Left in Ground
United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres said that coal power can be part of the solution to curbing global warming, but it would require shuttering older coal power plants, advancing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, and resolving to leave much of the planet's existing coal reserves in the ground. Her remarks, given at the International Coal and Climate Summit in Warsaw, are drawing criticism from environmentalists who oppose continued reliance on coal power. John Gummer, the chair of the U.K.'s climate advisers and former U.K. environment minister,
told the Guardian
that "calling coal a clean solution is like characterizing sex trafficking as marriage guidance." Figueres said that coal power holds promise as a means of helping poorer countries develop their economies and reduce poverty, but said that the industry "must change." Figueres
joins the growing list
of climate leaders who say that more than half of remaining fossil fuel reserves
must be left in the ground
in order to avoid massive carbon emissions that could destabilize the climate.
12 Nov 2013:
China's Renewable Power
Sector Set to Outpace Rest of World by 2035
China is on track to generate more electricity from renewable energy by 2035 than the U.S., the European Union, and Japan combined, the International Energy Agency (IEA)
said in a new report
. In its World Energy Outlook report, the IEA also said that by 2035 renewable energy sources — wind, solar, hydropower, and biomass — will make up more than 30 percent of the world's electricity supply, surpassing natural gas and rivaling coal as the leading energy source. Wind and solar photovoltaic power will see especially large gains, helping renewable energy account for nearly half the increase in global power generation over the next two decades, the IEA said. Carbon emissions related to energy generation will likely rise by 20 percent over that time, the report said, but policies and initiatives in the U.S., China, Europe, and Japan may help limit those emissions. "The right combination of policies and technologies is proving that the links between economic growth, energy demand and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions can be weakened," the IEA said.
11 Nov 2013:
Ozone Treaty From 1987
Has Also Slowed Global Warming
The 1987 Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by banning chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), has also slowed global warming since the mid-1990s,
a new analysis has found
. The ban has lowered global temperatures by about 0.2 degrees F since it was enacted, scientists report in the journal
Nature Geoscience
. Researchers say that's a significant decline considering the planet has warmed by an average of 1.6 degrees F since 1900. CFCs, a class of refrigerants banned because of their ozone-depleting qualities, are also powerful greenhouse gases, with warming potentials many thousands of times higher than CO2. A widely used replacement for CFCs — hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs — are less powerful greenhouse gases, but negotiations are underway to amend the Montreal Protocol to apply to HFCs as well. The study's lead author, Francisco Estrada of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told Climate Central that by "pure luck" the Montreal Protocol has effectively slowed global warming, even more so than the Kyoto Protocol, which was was directly aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Interview: Using Robots to Unlock
Mysteries of CO2 and the Oceans
As climate change accelerates, scientists are focusing on the key role the world's oceans play in absorbing half the planet's carbon dioxide. But the precise mechanisms
Liquid Robotics
Robotic Wave Glider
by which the oceans remove carbon from the atmosphere and the consequences for marine life remain poorly understood. That has led Tracy Villareal, a professor of marine science at the University of Texas at Austin, to devote his research to diatom phytoplankton. To better understand how these tiny organisms mitigate climate change, Villareal has become a pioneer in the use of a wave- and solar-powered ocean-going robot, known as the Wave Glider. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Villareal discusses why unlocking the secrets of diatoms is critical to understanding climate change and how deploying robots will revolutionize marine science. "There are all sorts of wild robotic systems under development," he says.
Read the interview.
08 Nov 2013:
Antarctic Researchers Discover
Strips of Rock That Slow Flow of Glaciers
Narrow ribs of dirt and rock beneath Antarctic glaciers help slow the glaciers' flow into the sea,
according to new research
from scientists at Princeton University and the British Antarctic Survey. Using satellite measurements of the Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites
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. Understanding the factors that control the glaciers' flow to the sea is important because their melting contributes significantly to sea level rise. The Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers are particularly important, as together they've contributed about 10 percent of the observed global sea level rise over the past 20 years.
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Brief Report for San Jacinto fault, Superstition Mountain section (Class A) No. 125g
Partial Report ||Complete Report
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
citation for this record: Treiman, J.A., and Lundberg, M.Matthew, compilers, 1999, Fault number 125g, San Jacinto fault, Superstition Mountain section, in Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey website, http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults, accessed 10/02/2014 10:27 AM.
|General: This is the most seismically active fault in southern California, with significant earthquakes (>M5.5), including surface rupturing earthquakes in 1968 (M6.6 Borrego Mountain earthquake) and 1987 (M6.6 Superstition Hills and M6.2 Elmore Ranch earthquakes), and numerous smaller shocks within each of its main sections. The fault zone in this compilation is divided from north to south into: San Bernardino section [125a], San Jacinto Valley section [125b], Anza section [125c], Coyote Creek section [125d], Borrego Mountain section [125e], Superstition Hills section [125f], and Superstition Mountain section [125g]. Slip rates in the northern half of the fault system are around 12 mm/yr but are only around 4 mm/yr for faults in the southern half where strands overlap or are sub-parallel.
Sections: This fault has 7 sections. Sections taken from segments defined by Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (1995 #4945) and by Petersen and others (1996 #4860); Sanders and Magistrale (1997 #6396) defined 18 segments based on inferred and observed historic ruptures and bends or steps in the continuity of the faults (these "segments" are listed under the seven sections described herein). Wesnousky (1986 #5305) divided the fault zone into nine segments, including the entire Claremont fault in the northern segment, including the Casa Loma fault with the Clark fault, and distinguishing the Hot Springs, Thomas Mountain and Buck Ridge faults as separate segments, in addition to the Coyote Creek, Borrego Mountain, Superstition Hills and Superstition Mountain sections as used by Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (1995 #4945).
|County(s) and State(s)
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|Average strike
|(for section) versus N58°W (for whole fault)
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|Dip Direction
|Historic earthquake
|Most recent prehistoric deformation
|Latest Quaternary (<15 ka)
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Many would assume that the Fillies branch of the Futurity was created so that the daintier gender didn't have to compete against the boys. One needs only to look through our history book to prove this was not the case. In fact, Fillies dominated many years of the Kentucky Futurity before their own race was created including the 2nd Kentucky Futurity, which was won for Ed Ayres' by the filly Beuzetta with Guss Macey at the reins.
A filly, Rose Croix won the 1896 edition as well for owner-driver Myron McHenry. Nelly Jay, a roan filly owned by George Woodlin of Boston won the 1902 edition of the Futurity in an astonishing FIVE heats and started a dominating streak of four straight Futurity victories for the supposedly weaker sex. Following her in order were the fillies Sadie Mac by Peter the Great in 1903, Grace Bond by The Bondsman in 1904 with a Futurity record of 2:00 ¼ and Miss Abdell by Abdell in 1905. Thus in the space of 13 years the famed Kentucky Futurity had been won eight times by fillies and this in a day when the race took anywhere from three to seven heats to decide.
In 2012, Win Missy B was able to capture the Kentucky Filly Futurity crown in straight heats. Here's how it all went down:
Win Missy B Captures Filly Futurity in World Record Miles
The Charlie Norris-trained Win Missy B won straight heats of the Kentucky Filly Futurity in 1:52 and 1:52.1, respectively.
In the first elimination, Win Missy B defeated Check Me Out in a 1:52 effort. Tetrick and Check Me Out were wide into the first turn and Win Missy B tracked her for cover. Check Me Out took over command passed the quarter in :27.4. Tracking, Win Missy B cleared the lead at the half in :55.3 (:27.4).
Into the far turn, Valdonna came first over and forced Check Me Out back to the outside to protect her position. Win Missy B was holding off the challenge of Check Me Out at three-quarters in 1:24.1 (:28.3). At the top of the stretch, Win Missy B was starting to extend her lead. Check Me Out was drifting in second and Personal Style was closing into third. Win Missy B was in front and going to win the first heat in 1:52 (:27.4). Check Me Out was second, Personal Style was third, Bluff was fourth and D'orsay held on for fifth.
Superstar Hanover was the leader into the first turn. Win Missy B got away second and D'orsay was caught first over in third. Win Missy B found room out of the pocket and came up to Gingras's wheel at the quarter in :28.3. Win Missy B cleared the lead at the three-eighths. D'orsay was trotting up to her wheel in second, Superstar Hanover was at the rail in third and Personal Style came onto the outside trying to pick up cover from D'orsay. Win Missy B took the field by the half in :56.2 (:27.4).
D'orsay was neck and neck with Win Missy B at three-quarters in 1:24.2 (:28). Personal Style came three wide and was surging up to rivals approaching the wire. D'orsay was holding onto second and Win Missy B still had command. Personal Style lunged a final time, but Win Missy B was already clear and crossed the wire in 1:52.1 (:27.4). Personal Style was second, D'orsay was third and Superstar Hanover finished fourth.
Win Missy B ($34.80 in the first heat, $4.20 in the second heat) is by Conway Hall, out of the mare Winning Missbrenda by American Winner. She is owned by Robert Key, trained by Charlie Norris and Ron Pierce was in the bike, guiding Win Missy B to a 3:44.1 two-heat world record performance in the 47th Kentucky Filly Futurity.


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The split-annuity strategy involves purchasing two types of annuity contracts: immediate and deferred. The immediate annuity would provide a current income stream during the early years of retirement, and the deferred annuity would have the potential to provide a future income stream.
An immediate fixed annuity earns a guaranteed rate of return and immediately pays a regular income for the duration specified in the contract. Meanwhile, the funds in a deferred fixed annuity accumulate tax deferred until they are needed. Once the immediate fixed annuity has been depleted, the deferred fixed annuity can be used to generate a regular income stream. Of course, any earnings withdrawn from the deferred annuity would be taxed as ordinary income.
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Ryan Fishbein is a fifteen year old junior from Huntington, New York. He attends Half Hollow Hills High School East on Long Island. Ryan's high school counselor had posted Spartan Race pictures on Facebook in 2012 and Ryan thought this was a cool sport for him to try. Ryan is a long distance track runner. He participates in winter and spring track with his school so his training already consisted of running long distances. Ryan signed up for the Spartan Sprint in Tuxedo, NY for 2013. Ryan watched previous race videos to learn and study the obstacles; he tried to mimic as many obstacles as he could in his training. Although Ryan made up many of his own training workouts he added in a few Spartan WODs here and there.
Tuxedo, NY in June 2013 was Ryan's first Spartan Race planned. However, on a last minute whim, a friend of his pulled him in to race at Citi field in NYC in April. Tuxedo ended up being Ryan's second race. But the Spartan Race bug had caught Ryan! Ryan went on to race the Valley Creek Super in New Jersey in early September. Why stop there? Vermont was just a few weeks away and that race would secure a trifecta for Ryan.
Killington, Vermont was no walk in the park for Ryan. He had to work hard for it and he struggled up every incline. Being a runner, Ryan found himself hiking much of the inclines. Ryan almost dropped out around mile seven, like many other racers, he didn't expect the cold water and cool air temperatures to overtake his body like they did. Ryan also sprained his knee, but he pushed through the misery and pain to earn not only the beastly medal, but also his first trifecta, becoming the youngest Spartan Race participant to complete this feat.
Ryan's favorite obstacles are the 6-7-8 foot walls. With his 150 pound frame he can leap right up and over. Ryan also enjoys most other obstacles that require some upper body strength. However being just a buck and a half, Ryan's weakness is the Hercules' Hoist. That huge block of cement seems to weigh about as much as him. The mile-long sandbag carry during the Beast was another of Ryan's nemesis, and not one he particularly enjoyed.
Although Ryan is the only of his peers to participate in Spartan Racing, his buddies are all supportive and quite impressed by what he does. Ryan isn't one to brag or talk much of his abilities so they simply don't discuss a whole lot. Ryan's family is also quite supportive. His dad travels to races with him cheering him on the entire time. Ryan's mom is equally supportive and wants him to enjoy himself, but is an active worrier always wanting Ryan to, "Be Careful!"
Besides the obstacles being a great addition to running, the community of Spartan Race really stands out in Ryan's memories. He said that there is a brotherhood like no other out there on course. He has made friends at every race. He says that there is "someone always there to help you out," and that is something pretty amazing. Ryan would love to see Spartan Sprints included in High School Sports. He thinks that it would be quite popular.
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A new Mexican restaurant opens in Alhambra — but is it Alberto's? Albert's? Or simply Albert?
Alberto's Mexican Food is one of my favorite Mexican restaurant chains. So when I saw a sign saying it was coming to Alhambra, I was thrilled. But upon closer inspection, I noticed that the sign actually was not for Alberto's but for Albert Mexican Food. That started me on a chase to figure out the difference between Albert and Alberto's. And then I learned there are actually a lot of -berto's, -bert's and even a few -'berts — which all appear to trace their roots back to one Mexican immigrant.
When I drove by the new Albert on the corner of Fremont Avenue and Main Street one day last October and saw the "Open" sign, I immediately pulled over. Situated in the building that once housed Popeyes Chicken, Albert guests were greeted by bright, green neon lights, a large picture-filled menu, and a "Welcome Home" sign. It looked just like any Alberto's.
Unfortunately, the restaurant owner was not in on that day, has not been on site during several subsequent visits to the restaurant, and has not returned any of my attempts to clarify this confusion. But a couple of weeks later, I retuned and spoke with one of the cashiers at Albert Mexican Food, who casually admitted that one difference between Albert and the more popular Alberto's is only a couple of letters. She also told me that the restaurants are owned by two acquaintances who have worked together in the past, yet operate independently of each other.
I knew this was not the only Alberto's look-alike lacking an "o". Last year while eating at a Mexican restaurant in Montebello, my family and I realized it was in fact an Albert's, not an Alberto's as we had always thought. It seems that we had been alternating between Albert's in Montebello and Alberto's in El Monte without realizing the difference. Remarkably similar in name, style, signage, and price, the relationship between these restaurants was unclear.
I found the reason why these restaurants look the same and sound the same in the pages of Gustavo Arellano's book Taco USA. Apparently, it lies in Roberto Robledo, who opened his first fast-food Mexican restaurant in 1968. Roberto's was the -berto that started it all, and as the potential for expansion became evident, Robledo invited family members and friends from Mexico to take part in the chain's success.
The first -berto offshoot emerged after Robledo and two of his cousins had a business disagreement, at which point the two renamed their restaurants Alberto's while leaving everything else unchanged. Such splits have continued to take place over the years with only minor changes in the businesses' names, logos, and menus, as new owners rely on their associations to other more established -berto's for their own success.
Arellano explains, "All told the number of -berto's across the United States is into the hundreds and represents millions of dollars in revenue." And, in the Los Angeles area, apparently there are some -berts and -bert's as well.
Yes, it's confusing. I spoke to other customers at Alhambra's Albert who also were unclear about the restaurant's connection to Albert's and Alberto's, yet enjoyed their meals nonetheless and planned on returning.Unlike Pepe's on Valley Boulevard and 5th Street (another personal favorite), Albert has in-door seating, which is a definite plus in these cooler winter months. While waiting in line I noticed a tray of fresh grilled peppers next to the salsa bar that I was informed are served every day, and which are definitely fresher than the canned jalapenos that one usually finds at similar restaurants.
My burrito was larger than expected and included beans, rice, pico de gallo sauce, and a decent serving of savory carnitas. Its taste and presentation were almost identical to burritos from both Albert's and Alberto's, and overall the ingredients seemed fresh and capable of filling me adequately for dinner. The $4.99 I paid was worth it, and as my mom pointed out, it's definitely cheaper than Chipotle.
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Great article! I, too, was confused and thought it was part of the chain. When I asked the cashier, they just shrugged their shoulders. Thanks for the clarification. I still enjoy their food on Main & Fremont. I'm glad they joined the neighborhood.
thanks for the history lesson. but the title was confusing. it sounds like you weren't going to give a good review. you don't know it until the end that you liked the food.
I was confused as well, but I thought it was pretty good still.
I have such fond memories of going to Roberto's on Miramar Rd. late at nights with friends...studying for midterms and finals can get you pretty hungry. The usual was an order of rolled tacos w/ guacamole, carne asada burrito, and a Pepsi.
Back then it was pretty big news when they opened their first Las Vegas location. And now there are more locations in Las Vegas than in California.


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A condition in which certain fungi infect the tissues. It most commonly affects the lungs, owing to inhalation of spores from moldy hay, and is then informally called farmer's lung.
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Blood On Your Rusty Claws: Sledgehammer 44 Lightning War #3!
- Written by Tim Midura on Thursday, January 30 2014 and posted in Reviews
Concluding the latest arc, Dark Horse Comics releases Sledgehammer 44 Lightning War #3 this week. Co-written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, with art by Laurence Campbell, the cover recaps the fight-heavy last issue with The Black Flame and Sledgehammer 44 fighting and falling through the sky.
The Allies are evacuating Major Elroy from the Nazis' clutches, while Sledgehammer 44 tries to block The Black Flame from interfering. Their battle takes them to the brink of death and back, until Sledgehammer 44 makes a noble sacrifice to save Major Elroy. The issue ends gracefully, leaving the series open for more issues, but with even closure to cap it nicely.
The majority of the issue involves fighting and when Mignola and Arcudi get a word in, it shines. The Black Flame feeds into Sledgehammer 44's insecurities and guilt as he says, "All I want is you, turtle, just you surrender, and they live." Describing his gravestone, Sledgehammer 44 says the classic line, "This chump trusted a skull-faced Nazi!" And, the best dialogue comes from The Black Flame's speech regarding warriors and men.
Laurence Campbell's character work is mostly vague and nondescript, while planes and Sledgehammer 44 are shown in greater detail. The panel transition of bones to metal armor is striking. Dave Stewart's colors throughout are generally dark as the issue takes place mainly against the night sky and in the mud, but the last few pages let Stewart run amok inside Private Redding's mind, as he blends bright colors with colder contrasts showcasing the stars in the night sky.
The trade doesn't come out until May, so to be able to see the valiant struggle of magic against technology via The Black Flame versus Sledgehammer 44, be sure to pick up this concluding issue!
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The success of biological control agents cannot be guaranteed.
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