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Last night, former U.S. senator Sam Nunn of Georgia issued a brief statement on the defeat of U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind.
This morning, my AJC colleague Daniel Malloy talked with Nunn, and sends this:
Nunn had always assumed his old friend and cross-aisle working partner would survive a close primary election. But about a week ago, the former Georgia senator began to hear, from those studying the polls, that Lugar was headed for defeat at the hands of state treasurer Richard Mourdock.
Last night, that view was confirmed with a 20-point shellacking.
"I think the Senate will be diminished by his absence and I think the country has lost one of the very positive forces in terms of U.S. leadership in the world and sensible policy here at home," Nunn said. "So I think it's disappointing."
Nunn retired in 1996 after four terms and continues the work he started with Lugar at the Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative. Unlike Nunn, Lugar won't be leaving voluntarily. He's been driven out by a right wing that did not like his cooperation with Democratic senators — including one named Barack Obama — on several issues, but especially national security.
Polarization is a fact of life in the modern Senate. Nunn said hyper-partisanship has been a feature of both parties over the decades, but pointed to the tea party and anti-tax groups such as the Club For Growth – which spent $2 million into ensure Lugar's defeat – as the current, dominant force now requiring Republicans to tack right or lose their jobs.
"From time to time both parties take a view that they don't want anybody willing to talk to folks on the other side of the aisle," Nunn said. "I think that's extremely negative for the country and I think the middle of America – the broad spectrum from right-of-center to left-of-center, minus the extremes of left and right — they're going to have to be heard from. If it continues like this, we're going to become less and less functional."
The problem has manifested itself in troubling paralysis over the national debt, Nunn said. He praised U.S. Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. – the latter can perhaps see dark omens in Lugar's race for his own chances in 2014 – for their "Gang of Six" advocacy of a middle way of spending cuts, entitlement reforms and revenue increases. But given the current make-up of Congress, Nunn said a solution will have to come from the outside.
"The people who I call the common-sense middle are largely absent in the active role of the political – whether it's fundraising or get-out-the-vote — and that's a big part of the problem," he said. "People on the extremes have every right to exercise their voice and pocketbook, but the people in the middle should as well."
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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May 9th, 2012
11:46 am
Maybe Sam Nunn could endorse some of his fellow GA Democrats during the election cycle and NOT at the last minutes where it really doesn't do any good. It would help
May 9th, 2012
11:48 am
It's tough to make some noise when we, the apolitical moderates, are going up against SuperPAC, Incorporated.
May 9th, 2012
11:54 am
agree with both cmments here; now sen luger is out of the senate and very few of his mindset left in congress. superpacs will be the death of congress as we know it; or rather more of the same as it has been for past few years. disgraceful i would say…..
May 9th, 2012
11:56 am
Senator Nunn is correct, of course…but the problem is, both political parties have drifted so far in either direction. There really IS no political middle anymore, yet both the nutcake conservatives and the giggle-sissy liberals believe that THEY'RE middle of the road.
May 9th, 2012
11:57 am
Agnes, di you not even bother to read Mr. Nunn's comments. It's NOT supposed to be about PARTY, but about the person and their ability to moderate their POSITIONS for the benefit of the public, insteaad of their party.
May 9th, 2012
12:14 pm
With the exit of Sen. Lugar, Congress has officially become a Playpen with Toddlers tugging at each others toys, stomping their feet, screaming w/ head-to-floor banging Tantrums, and loading up the foulest diapers you've ever smelled, soiling the entire nation and Constitution.
May 9th, 2012
12:16 pm
Obama's opponent in the West Virginia primary got 39% of the votes even though he is in jail in TX. There is a joke in there somewhere.
May 9th, 2012
12:21 pm
Here's a comment from Richard Mourdock: "I certainly think bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view."
Did the people not learn anything from 2010?
May 9th, 2012
12:23 pm
Obama ran for office in West Virginia?
May 9th, 2012
12:28 pm
Al Gore "Invented the Internet."
Mitt Romney "Saved GM."
May 9th, 2012
12:30 pm
Sound and fury signifying nothing. The difference in the Republicrats and the Demopublicans is the difference in Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Both are merely wings of the same Establishment Party, intent on stealing as much as possible while in power.
May 9th, 2012
12:33 pm
Richard Lugar drifted left trying to be moderate in dealing with radically liberal Democrats who have a history of reneging on spending cuts they reluctantly agree upon. The Tea party Republicans simply got tired of the Richard Lugar/ Charlie Brown falling for Democrat Lucy pulling away the football every time. Saxby Chambliss could have the same problem with Tea party Republicans if there is an alternative nominee, but whoever the Republican Senate nominee is in 2014 will certainly win.
May 9th, 2012
12:34 pm
Cannot wait for 2014 to cast a vote in the Senate primary for whatever wingnut fanatical the tea party throws out there against Chambliss. That way the Dems can get another seat in the Senate come fall. Just like what happened twice before in other states and how it will be in Indiana.
May 9th, 2012
12:46 pm
Yippee another republican out. Chambliss is next.
May 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
What many of you fail to grasp is thaa for the past 100 years this nation has played political football between the 40 yard lines. The Democrats move the ball a few yards one way and then the Republicans move it a few yards the other way. Nothing is ever solved and we're still playing footsie with the same problems we had 100 years ago. It's time for clear stark choices between leftwing Marxist socialism and rightwing individual liberty and free markets. What we have now is a hodgepodge that doesn't work.
May 9th, 2012
12:51 pm
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, Sam Nunn, the world, etc don't get it. We are at a moment in history when compromising has become antithetical to freedom, the Bill of Rights, and the American view of Law. And should these be compromised, life itself will have become meaningless.
To make a long story short, Politicians in Washington and around the world are telling us in no uncertain terms that they have positioned themselves via the perverted New World Order, in such a way that Americans must compromise their view of government to become compatible with socialism, atheism, or have no functional government at all.
It is equivalent to perverts planning, kidnapping a young American virgin and taking her to a secluded place. He demands that she engage in an assortment of sexual perversions or she will be left alone bound hand and feet to die. Richard Lugar, Sam Nunn, the world, etc reason that given the position the young virgin finds herself in, it is reasonable or acceptable to comprise with him than to hold fast and fight to maintain her morals.
Forget about it. The perverted New World Order integrationist crowd and their devilish black minions will never force Americans to comprise the American View of government as envisioned by our founding fathers. And if they decide to violently or otherwise impose their perverted ways upon us, we are prepared to resist all advances, by any means necessary, so help us God.
May 9th, 2012
1:01 pm
Maybe Nunn didnt hear Lugar hoping the kook that replaced him would win the general and that the party of kooks with his label would go on to win the presidency, seante and keep the house.
Piss on Lugar. Boot some kooks! Vote democrat!!
May 9th, 2012
1:01 pm
Sam Nunn and the world believe Americans in the middle will say, "Come on young virgin, comprise with the pervert. You can at least su….. Don't be a square."
He and the world have got another thing coming.
May 9th, 2012
1:04 pm
I will be voting for a dem if one runs no matter if Shameless or some other GOP kooks replaces him
Boot some kooks! Vote democrat!
May 9th, 2012
1:08 pm
@Centrism – Richard Lugar drifted right trying to be moderate in dealing with radically psychotic Teatards who have a history of reneging on any kind of deal they reluctantly agree to. The Tea party Republicans simply got tired of the Richard Lugar/ Charlie Brown falling for not doing everything they ever said all the time every time. Saxby Chicken could have the same problem with Teatards if there is an alternative nominee, but whoever the Republican Senate nominee is in 2014 will certainly win.
Which is why democrats in Georgie should join the Republican party and put up an ACTUAL chicken which if they all vote for it might win. And it would do a better job.
THIS is the problem with 'moderatation.' The tea tards can run as far to the right as they like and suddenly formerly super conservative ideas are 'moderate' and anyone to the left of Atilla the Hun is 'radical.'
Sam Nunn is a good man but is starting to go the way of Zell Miller. There is no "middle ground" with Teatards. At some point you need to stop being the special snow flakes in the middle and actually STAND for something besides being at the center of everything.
May 9th, 2012
1:10 pm
@Keith Olberman – I figure nothing can be more insulting to you than that, so that's why I chose it.
And you're right, it is a stark contrast between Corporate Slavery and the Freemarket. Those who love freedom are opposed to to John Galt tea party Corporate Slavery, where Cash is Speech and rights are frozen in the early 1800's.
On some things, there is no middle ground.
May 9th, 2012
1:11 pm
Americans in the middle say resist the advances of these perverts… Even if Obama threatens to have drones target the girl because of non-compliance, I say resist them.
May 9th, 2012
1:11 pm
For those who think the Tea party is so 2010: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/05/09/tea-party-patriots-a-12-2-million-haul/
Locally, I got this in an email from the Tea Party Patriots: If you would like to join in the fight against the T-SPLOST – Transportation Tax, please contact Julianne Thompson @ 404-798-4663 or Debbie Dooley @ 678-761-6725
May 9th, 2012
1:13 pm
May 9th, 2012
1:14 pm
@Centrism – The Tea Party aren't patriots. People who want to tear our country apart don't love it.
They only love themselves.
May 9th, 2012
1:19 pm
Regarding Obama and the virgin, my guess is he will try to sell her to one of his owners. My best guess there will be a bidding war between some mid-eastern sheik and some new money perv from mainland China.
May 9th, 2012
1:22 pm
@1:19pm – Amen!
May 9th, 2012
1:22 pm
Anybody see the report in Investors Daily about how "red" states are in better financial shape than "blue" states?
Yes, red states whose leaders watch and manage their money, are in better financial shape than blue states that don't follow those practices. No kidding?
May 9th, 2012
1:32 pm
An American in the middle came to the rescue of a young virgin girl several days ago… One of Obama's perverts tried to put her in the trunk of his car…an American in the middle foiled his attempt at perversion.
Subsequently, the pervert punched a lady in the face and put her in the trunk of his car. She managed to escape falling from the moving vehicle.
We will escape the grip of these political perverts too. There will be no compromise.
May 9th, 2012
1:35 pm
Because really, if you can't believe a right wing publication like investor's daily, who can you believe?
May 9th, 2012
1:37 pm
@Jesus – The art of parody is in distorting the image yet maintaining at least some recognizability in the distortion ….
Rather than telling a story that you think is clever that is really only humorous to you and forces the reader to go back and read literally every single rambling and unmedicated comment you've made.
May 9th, 2012
1:56 pm
May 9th, 2012
1:57 pm
@Jesus of Our Divine LDS – And this has WHAT to do with Obama precisely?
May 9th, 2012
1:58 pm
Oops…I'm sorry, I meant LSD….Freudian slip.
May 9th, 2012
2:00 pm
Education and smarts aint exactly the hallmark of the tea party crowd, so let me educate all you 'self sufficient' libertarians and tea partiers who constantly condemn and berate government and sociial programs, with your derogatory terms for those who receive benefits.
Had it not been for FDR and the New Deal, not a single one of you would have driven on a paved road or seen an electric light bulb before your 20th birthday, much less received an education or even likely to have been born. FDR's TVA brought you electricity, and programs like the WPA et al kept your parents and grandparents from starving to death, allowing them to sire a bunch of ignoramuses to complain about government programs for the disadvantaged. The so-called red states, especially the southern ones couldn't then and can't now survive without the taxes of New Yorkers, Chicagoans, and other industrial cities and states supplementing the state governments . After the previous generation built schools for your education, hospitals for your health, an interstate highway system and other infrastructure that allows free and unobstructed commerce, you suddenly "don't need no stinkin government," and don't won't to pay your fair share to ensure the blessings go to the next generation. You wouldn't even be able to post your idiotic rants about government had it not been for the government program that developed the ARPANET, which eventually became that series of tubes you call the internet. You are the real parasites on this country.
May 9th, 2012
2:07 pm
Which is why we should expel the South. Let's let John Galt prove who is productive.
May 9th, 2012
2:15 pm
@1:57pm – This has everything to do with Obama, Richard Lugar, Sam Nunn, and the perverted New World Order integrationist crowd and their devilish black minions.
I and the Tea Party are attempting to show or demonstrate to you that there are times when compromise is unacceptable.
May 9th, 2012
2:19 pm
At first glance, I thought you as suffering from a mild case of dyslexia e.g. LSD. When I saw LSD, Latter Day Saints came to mind, LDS.
May 9th, 2012
2:26 pm
@Jesus, Lord of LDS and LSD.
You don't need to show me. Compromise is impossible with evil. We just have different ideas of what 'evil' is.
May 9th, 2012
2:44 pm
That's equivalent to saying God Almighty and the American people have an idea of what constitutes evil and Satan, Richard Lugar, Sam Nunn, Obama and Aaron Burr V Mexico have ideas of what constitutes evil.
May 9th, 2012
2:45 pm
dems and repubs are just a duopoly of legalized influence peddling, competing for the spoils of public office. the best scientifically concocted campaign lies win, then they go on to do their special interests' bidding once in office. democracies get the candidates we deserve.
May 9th, 2012
2:56 pm
I have decided to cast my lot with what God Almighty says evil is… Therefore if you can read between the lines, I am not the origin of my ideas.
If people do not believe in God Almighty, what or who is the origin of their ideas?
May 9th, 2012
3:09 pm
@False Prophet and Servant of Satan – Yes, I suppose it does, but isn't the definition of Anti Christ taking Christly principals and twisting them upside down, like saying being rich is good and treating the poor bad is good and saying that being arrogant is good?
So how's that working out for you? How many people have you converted with your loving words? I've converted hundreds with my example. That's not a joke, that's an actual fact.
How about you Servant of Satanas? Hmm? I'd be willing to bet that you're just a big deal in your old mind.
"Not all those who say, 'lord lord' shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven."
Get the behind me Satan.
May 9th, 2012
3:37 pm
Then you should believe Barack Obama is the POTUS because it's God's Will
Amen? LMAO
May 9th, 2012
3:45 pm
Then you should believe Barack Obama is the POTUS because it's God's Will
Correction, that should be "the will of Allah," not God's will, Obama being such a devout muslim, ya know.
May 9th, 2012
3:49 pm
I believe in the Lord so I say it's God's will and you and your kind can't change that. AMEN!!!!!
May 9th, 2012
3:51 pm
You are indeed well versed in twisting the scriptures to your own destruction… Hear a parable concerning the rich and the poor. Gilt is found equally in the rich as well as the poor.
…Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
As for how many have I converted by my loving words and example, let it be known that I have not lost one of those that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ gave me.
May 9th, 2012
4:06 pm
The scriptures can be 'twisted' by anyone. At the core of protestant belief is that we are saved by God's Grace not by any word of man, which makes our individual spiritual journey paramount, which means it is our own experience and relationship with God that matters, the Bible is a guidepost but not a straight jacket to a True and Living God.
To a true Christian, translation errors and science cannot threaten because all that is true is His Truth.
To a Bible Christian, the Bible becomes an Idol to be worshipped just like Baal, interpretted in strange and demonic ways that lead them astray from Gods light.
And as for 'you have not lost one'…All men are part of Christ's Flock which means if through your actions even one is lost then you are responsible.
Your actions drive many away from Christ. Therefore you are responsible. Repent. Repent before you are sent to hell!
Just Kidding! I'm sure you won't go to hell for being a Republican.
May 9th, 2012
4:17 pm
I'm glad you are just kidding…but as far as Bible Christians are concerned, we worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ like reprobates worship Baal or science. Jesus is our guidepost and straight jacket…
And I'm not kidding!
May 9th, 2012
5:12 pm
If you mean that as parody, well played sir.
If you mean that with actuality….@#$@$#@…um…yes. Enjoy that planet.
Its hard to really tell. How Colbertesqe of you.


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Welcome to the BBC's live coverage of the third and final US presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The debate starts at 21:00 EST (1:00 GMT Tuesday) and we'll be bringing you minute-by-minute updates, analysis and appraisal from our US and foreign policy experts as well as your tweets and emails.
Foreign policy is the theme of the evening. Pundits expect whole chunks of the evening will be devoted to topics ranging from the threat of a nuclear Iran and escalating violence in Syria, to an emerging China and the debt crisis in Europe.
The 90-minute debate is taking place at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. With 15 days to go until the election, Florida is one of a handful of key swing states considered to be still up for grabs - and with 29 electoral college votes, Florida is a prize the candidates are clamouring to win. Have a play around with our electoral college calculator to see the various roads to the White House.
Veteran TV anchorman Bob Schieffer of CBS News will be moderating the debate, and pundits say his performance tonight will be closely watched too. CNN's Candy Crowley and Jim Lehrer of PBS were both criticised after the first two debates for intervening too much and too little respectively.
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In the final minutes before the head-to-head gets under way, the BBC's Mark Mardell predicts that the candidates will be offering two very different approaches to foreign affairs.
Sam Townsend, UK
emails: The last debate was very close. Although we hear that many Americans are more interested in the economy and jobs than foreign policy, I think this final debate will be a pivotal point in the starkly close election campaign.
tweets: Hoping for a little less tension in tonight's debate. More focus on the issues, less arguing. #debate #lynn debate
...Here they are! Obama and Romney striding towards each other, exchanging a a few words and a quick shake of hands. They have taken a seat on either side of a large half-moon desk, facing the moderator.
The first question is on Libya.
Romney's the first to answer. He is quick to mention the death of Osama bin Laden, but opens with a broad attack on Obama's foreign policy.
Obama's turn: He has jumped in to defend his response to a fatal attack on the US consulate in the Libya city of Benghazi on 11 September. He says it is important to step back and think about what has happened in Libya.
The president goes on to tell Romney that his foreign policy has been "all over the map".
Obama is staring intently at Romney as the former governor answers, and nodding his head in agreement.
In his rebuttal, Romney says another war like that in Iraq or Afghanistan is not the right course. But, he says, the US must help the Muslim world to reject extremism on its own. He says gender equality and the rule of law are key.
David Mark, Editor-in-Chief of Politix
tweets: Candidates revert to form: Obama in blue tie, Romney wearing red.
Barely 10 minutes in, Obama is reminding Romney that he previously identified Russia as the number one geo-political threat to the US. And he mentions that Romney has never been in a position to execute foreign policy.
Obama is hammering home the message that Romney has been inconsistent in his positions on foreign policy. But there is already plenty of bickering on stage.
2116: Kim Ghattas BBC state department correspondent
Romney puts having a president of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt among the list of "disturbing events".
Pavel Fedenko of BBC Russia Service says: "Russians already see Obama as more willing than Romney to compromise with Putin's Russia. The fact that Obama chose to pursue this line in the debate and Romney's description of Russia as a geopolitical foe will reinforce this perception in Moscow."
The presidential candidates trade barbs at close range
2120: Kim Ghattas BBC state department correspondent
What Romney is suggesting - to invest in the economy, women issues in the Arab world - is in fact what the Obama administration has been doing.
On Syria, Obama is defending is record, calling his approach "steady, thoughtful leadership". But Romney says he would go further, if elected. He would give arms to Syrian rebels.
Discussion turns to Egypt. Romney says he supported President Obama's decision to call for the former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak to step aside.
2127: Jonny Dymond BBC News, Chicago
Who's winning I ask a Chicago liquor store owner watching #LynnDebate 'the Bears, ten to nil' he replies, not missing a beat @BBCNewsUS
The former governor hasn't forgotten about domestic issues, however. He mentions a comment from Admiral Mike Mullen, the former joint chiefs of staff, that the national debt is the greatest threat to its national security.
We must strengthen our economy at home before we can project American values abroad, says Romney.
Mark Mardell BBC North America editor
#LynnDebate. Interesting tactic from Romney. Not trying to beat Obama or deride him - but trying to sound Presidential @BBCNewsUS
BBC Brasil producer Luis Barrucho says: "#Brazilians expressing surprise on the social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook that Mitt Romney appears to think Syria could be an opportunity for the US" #LynnDebate
@seans_s, Australia
tweets: Good, Obama finally points out that both their Syria plans are identical #debate
2132: Pavel Fedenko Producer, BBC Russian
Russians already see Obama as more willing than Romney to compromise with Putin's Russia. The fact that Obama chose to pursue this line in the debate and Romney's description of Russia as a geopolitical foe will reinforce this perception in Moscow.
2132: Kim Ghattas BBC state department correspondent
Romney's statement that the US should have worked more ''aggressively'' with allies in the region to help bring about reforms in Mideast before the turmoil erupted has echoes of Bush's freedom agenda and Iraq war
Obama calls the US the one "indispensable nation", before indulging in a quick runthrough of his main talking points on domestic economic policy.
The BBC's Jude Sheerin at the debate says: Romney appears to be staying away from the attack line that the Obama administration misled American voters over the attack on the Libyan US consulate.
It's Romney's turn to go through his five-point economic plan. But he does single out Latin America as a huge economic opportunity for the US, before moving on...
Sun Yaqi, China
emails: Barack Obama has promised a lot, but very little has he done.
2136: Jude Sheerin BBC Online
Obama pivots to domestic policy, repeating his campaign line that he wants to bring manufacturing jobs home, while saying that Romney's plan would boost the deficit. Romney touts his business background, saying that he will get the US on track to a balanced budget.
The moderator interjects, saying: "Let's get back to foreign policy." But not before Romney recaps his achievements in Massachusetts on education policy.
"That happened before you came into office!" the president says, energetically.
Kim Ghattas BBC state department correspondent
This debate is quite wonky, and I must say rather boring so far, lots of grand statements, big words... with a long detour through the US economy, still the key issue.
2140: Luis Barrucho, BBC Brasil producer
Veteran Brazilian US correspondent Gustavo Chacra says debate moderator Bob Schieffer has been performing "way better" than his predecessors #LynnDebate
"The math simply doesn't work," Obama says. A line we've heard before. But he's defending his cuts to the military, saying the US can reduce its deficit without compromising national security.
Mia, US
emails: Am I missing something? I thought that this debate would be about foreign policy - only. The debate leader is letting both parties to sidetrack. I am losing interest for this reason. Not that it will lead me to change my mind. President Obama is still my president.
Gary Duffy from BBC Brasil tweets:"#US goods exports to #Brazil in 2011 were $42.9 billion, up 21.2% ($7.5 billion) from 2010" #lynndebate
The candidates are still talking about the economy. Romney attacks the president, saying he hasn't managed to balance a budget during his time in office. The former governor also says he would never make $1 trillion of cuts to the US military.
Kapow! Gloves off in the blue corner! Obama tells Romney that while it's true the US military has less heavy equipment today, it also has fewer horses and bayonets. Romney doesn't respond directly.
2146: Jude Sheerin, BBC News, Florida
Laughter in the press corps at Obama's "horses and bayonets" line.
Now Iran. Obama says the sanctions have crippled the economy.
What Iran has said about Israel is unacceptable, says Obama. They can end their nuclear programme or face a "united world" opposing them. Referring to Romney, the president says military action should be the last resort, not the first.
Sanctions do work, says Romney, although we should have done it earlier. Military action is the last resort and should only be considered if all other avenues have been tried.
Former editor of BBC Russian service, Konstantin von Eggert: Math teachers?! Am I watching a wrong debate? #Romney #Obama
tweets: David Dimbleby would never have let this #lynndebate veer as wildly off-topic as Bob has.
Obama to Romney: There were times when it sounded like you would do the same things as us, but you would say it louder. Romney doesn't try to intervene or contradict.
Obama has denied reports that talks with Iran have been timetabled, but he adds: "There is a deal to be had."
Obama is weak abroad, says Romney - a charge that Obama immediately denies.
"When I came into office, the world was divided. Iran was resurgent," Obama says. But Romney retorts: "We are four years closer to a nuclear Iran."
2158: Kim Ghattas BBC state department correspondent
Important to remember that while in the US, Obama may score points when he gloats that under his administration Iran currency has plunged and oil production is lowest it's been in since Iraq-Iran war, there are dire, real life consequences for everyday Iranians. There is often a disconnect between what's good for America and what's good for people in countries who are on America's bad side, including Iranians who might be opposed to their leaders.
Romney is standing by his "apology tour" comments. But Obama hits back - telling Romney he didn't take donors on his foreign trips or attend fundraisers abroad. That's a reference to the candidate's trip to Europe and Israel over the summer.
Romney deflects a question on what he would do if he got a call from Israel saying their bombers were en route to Iran. The Republican says he wouldn't be finding out about such a mission at the last minute.
Wilson Bernard, Canada
emails: Clearly, Romney is grasping at straws. His focus on being extraordinarily capable of charting the course of the US economy is laughable. Running a business is definitely not a valid analogy for managing a complex economy on the world stage.
tweets: My Twitter feed quickly insists Obama's winning - I'm not convinced. #PMTdebate
Dina Demrdash, BBC Arabic
Romney says the US needs to put more pressure on Tehran and show no "weakness". But he does not state how he sees the way to that.
Mark Mardell BBC North America editor
#LynnDebate. Clear "foreign policy" = Middle East. Has anyone said "China" or "Europe" yet ? @BBCNewsUS
Onto the next topic: America's longest war. Afghanistan.
The question - what do you do if the 2014 deadline arrives and it is obvious the Afghans are unable to handle their own security? Romney says the withdrawal is on track, and seems assured that handover will happen on schedule. But, he says, Pakistan is important and must not be forgotten.
Pakistan as a failed state would be an "extraordinary danger" to Afghanistan and the US, says Romney. He would help Pakistan move in the "right direction".
The BBC's Juan Carlos Pérez Salazar in Mexico City says: "This debate has raised more expectations in Mexico than the two previous ones because it is about foreign policy. But so far, not a single mention about Mexico.
Obama recaps his policy on Afghanistan, saying the US had forgotten why it went to war and that he oversaw a strategy re-focus there. The president says there is a need to pull out of Afghanistan responsibly, but the US needs to do some nation-building at home.
Question to Romney: What is your position on the use of drones? The former governor says he supports it "entirely", indicating that he would continue their use, if elected.
2214: Gary Duffy, BBC Brasil
New York bureau chief for Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, Raul Juste Lores, says Romney mentioned Latin America "again in a very positive way, in order to boost trade with the region". Lores adds that Obama just "ignores the region".
The BBC's Paul Adams tweets: Afghanistan discussion utterly bloodless so far. Zingers suddenly seem a distant memory. @BBCNewsUS #LynnDebate
Obama says terrorist networks will continue to be the greatest national security threat to the US. But he quickly pivots to China, calling the Asian power an "adversary" and "potential partner".
2216: Richard Hood, Australia
emails: Romney getting a bit caught out here - a lot more hesitant. He is pledging billions towards saving everything but gives no indication of where it is coming from.
"Romney criticised me for being too tough" on China, Obama adds.
The BBC's Katty Kay, Washington
tweets: Romney sounds closer to Obama than Bush #debate - quite different from his VMI speech.
Romney says he thinks the greatest threat facing the world is a nuclear Iran.
Romney now talking tough on China - a currency manipulator, he says. They should play by the rules.
2219: Kim Ghattas BBC State department correspondent
How confusing. Romney basically endorsed plan to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014, which administration following. Contradicts earlier comments from his running mate, Paul Ryan. Romney is clearly worried about the criticism that he can sound like a warmonger.
2221: Luis Barrucho, BBC Brasil
Brazilian political correspondent Alon Feuerwerker observes: "No matter who gets elected, US foreign policy will be the same. Just like the old days"
2221: @BobKoss
tweets: Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania all referenced by O in one breath. Electoral strategy? #LynnDebate
Mark Mardell BBC North America editor
tweets: #LynnDebate. Finally talking about China. Nearly all about trade. Romney says China doesn't want a trade war. @BBCNewsUS
I have never said I would liquidate the car industry, says Romney.
Romney calls himself a "son of Detroit", adding that suggestions he would destroy the auto industry are the "height of silliness".
tweets: Disappointed Romney didn't challenge on Libya, but Romney is still winning. BHO looks desperate trying to goad Romney. #LynnDebate #debates
But the president accuses him of trying to "airbrush history", and argues that Romney's economic plan will not make the US more competitive.
2228: Dina Demrdash, BBC Arabic
Just four years ago, Obama's take was building bridges of understanding with the Arab and Muslim world. This election, he is trying to reinstate he can do just that, while he remains "commander-in-chief". Two things which seem incompatible with each other.
Romney takes it back to the economy and the over-reach of the federal government. "I love teachers," he says. The moderator adds: "We all love teachers." Cue laughs.
The audience was keeping very quiet throughout the debate - until some laughs right at the end.
2231: Mathias Aspelin, Finland
emails: As a European Fulbright scholar who has studied and lived in the US for more than seven years, I wish the debate would look more closely at the positive aspects of international exchange and co-operation. That's what sets Obama apart - especially considering his administration's starting point in 2009.
Obama goes first with his closing statement. It's a wrap-up of his main domestic policies - reviving manufacturing jobs, investing in infrastructure - but the president pledges to care for veterans and preserve the military. He ends by saying he will fight every day for citizens and their families.
2232: @JT_Piotrowski
tweets: I wonder how many people switched their votes tonight? I'd wager not enough to change the election. #lynndebate
Romney gets the last word. He promises to secure the future for Americans, get incomes growing and put the US on track for a balanced budget. He promises to work across the aisle and reach out to Democrats.
And that's the end of the debate - the families join the two candidates on stage. Hugs all round.
2235: The BBC's Ian Pannell
tweets: #LynnDebate only passion is when candidates stray (repeatedly) onto domestic policy. Bob S calls it "vigorous" - it wasn't.
Obama is chatting with one of Romney's grand-children, with First Lady Michelle Obama at his side. A much friendlier scene than at the end of the last debate.
With the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing, Professor Xie Tao says Romney's comments on China are far softer than his previous statements, and that Beijing will be reassured by them. It implies that if Romney comes to office there will be disputes over trade but no fundamental change in the relationship.
The seats are still warm on the debate stage and political commentators of all stripes are already in the spin room, cheering their man's performance. Joe Trippi on Fox News notes that Romney chose to "hug" Obama policies, not disagreeing with him strongly.
Speaking after the debate, the BBC's Katty Kay says voters who are undecided or are not very familiar with Mitt Romney will probably come away thinking he did just fine tonight.
Meanwhile, senior adviser to the Obama campaign, David Axelrod, told CNN in the spin room that the president came across as a strong commander-in-chief, while Romney's policies were "reckless and wrong". His approach to the economy would be "disastrous".
2252: @stephenmengland
tweets: Good closing speech, but #Romney missed so many opportunities tonight. At this point I'd call the final debate a draw. #tcot #debate
CNN's Jim Acosta spoke to key Romney surrogate, Ohio Senator Rob Portman, who says it was a "great night" for Mitt Romney.
The president and First Lady mingled with the Romney clan after the debate - the friendliest scene after a presidential debate so far.
2259: BBC's Simon Wilson, Washington bureau chief
The American system comes in for a lot of criticism for the length of the presidential campaign and the influence of money and interest groups. But it is also a real test of a candidate's stamina and his or her ability to deal with a series of crises and tests of character. Just as Barack Obama did in 2008, Mitt Romney has matured through a bruising primary campaign and a long and sometimes difficult political summer into a very serious candidate with a credible chance of winning.
CBS News is out with its instant poll of the presidential debate, which suggests 53% said Obama won the debate, 23% thought Romney, while 24% called it a tie.
2307: Pavel Fedenko, BBC Russian Service
Oleg Kozlovsky, opposition activist, currently in the US (translation) tweets: So the Americans don't have a plan to conquer and dismember Russia. It's a lot worse than that. They are simply indifferent to us.
As the data starts to flow in, Twitter says it lit up with 6.5 million tweets over the course of the debate.
Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski tweets this picture of Ann Romney hanging onto her husband, who might have been reaching out a little too enthusiastically to voters after the debate
Former presidential candidate John Kerry is out there on the floor of the press centre. Speaking to MSNBC, he says Romney would take the country back to the Bush era, and accuses Republicans of criticising the president's policy on regime change in Libya.
2318: Paul Adams BBC News, Florida
It's highly unlikely the watching public will have learned anything very new or startling about the candidates, or that this final debate will have changed the dynamic of a race that now has just two weeks to run.
2323: BBC's Arturo Wallace, Colombia
says: It was never going to be an audience success in Colombia, but those who tuned in to watch President Obama and Governor Romney discuss foreign policy were left disappointed after the whole of Latin America only got a passing mention (from Mr Romney) in the whole debate.
A CNN poll on who won the debate suggests 48% were for Obama, while 40% said Romney.
And with the pundits debating who won the debate, it's time for us to wrap up our live coverage. Who has the momentum as the campaign enters the final furlong? We'll find out soon enough. Thanks for being with us.


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Dipolarization observed by TC1 and ClusterII during substorm in Sep. 14, 2004
Publication date: 15 Jul 2007
Dissipation in Turbulent plasma due to reconnection in thin current sheets
We present in situ measurements in a space plasma showing that thin current sheets the size of an ion inertial length exist and are abundant in strong and intermittent plasma turbulence. Many of these current sheets exhibit the microphysical signatures of reconnection. The spatial scale where intermittency occurs corresponds to the observed structures. The reconnecting current sheets represent a type of dissipation mechanism, with observed dissipation rates comparable to or even dominating over collisionless damping rates of waves at ion inertial length scales (x100), and can have far reaching implications for small-scale dissipation in all turbulent plasmas.
Publication date: 13 Jul 2007
Multi-scale structure of the electron diffusion region
Kinetic simulations of magnetic reconnection indicate that the electron diffusion region (EDR) can elongate into a highly stretched current layer with a width on the electron scale and a length that exceeds tens of ion inertial lengths. The resulting structure has no fluid analogue and consists of two regions in the exhaust direction. The inner region is characterized by the locale where electrons reach a peak outflow speed near the electron Alfvén velocity. Ions also approach ~80% of their peak velocity in this inner region but remain sub-Alfvénic. There exists a large electrostatic potential that can temporarily trap electrons within this inner region. The electron frozen-in condition is violated over a wider outer region characterized by highly collimated electron jets that are gradually decelerated and thermalized. Reconnection proceeds continuously but the rate is modulated in time as the EDR elongates into an extended layer. The elongation of the EDR is controlled by the competition between the outward convection of magnetic flux and the non-ideal term involving the divergence of the electron pressure tensor. The occasional balance between these two terms leads to periods of quasi-steady reconnection. However, over longer time scales, a natural feature of the reconnection process appears to be frequent formation of plasmoids due to the instability of the elongated EDR which leads to larger variations in the reconnection rate. These new findings provide testable predictions and indicate the need to reconsider the diagnostics for identification of the diffusion region and interpretation of observational data.
Publication date: 11 Jul 2007
Characteristics of terrestrial foreshock ULF waves: Cluster observations
ULF waves in the terrestrial foreshock observed simultaneously by the four Cluster satellites were analyzed to identify the plasma wave modes and to study the effect of plasma beta on the intrinsic wave properties. The wave properties in the spacecraft and solar wind frames, such as the wave frequency, total wave number, phase speed, and wave polarization, are experimentally derived using the minimum variance analysis (MVA) for the case study and the phase differencing (MVA-free) technique for the statistical study. Both studies indicate that the waves with a 30 s period propagate in the upstream direction at a finite angle with respect to the background magnetic field in the plasma rest frame but are then convected downstream in the spacecraft frame. It is shown that these waves propagate in the fast magnetosonic mode. A similar analysis of the 3 s period waves shows them to be propagating in the upstream direction in the Alfvén/ion cyclotron mode. The measured wave properties in the plasma rest frame are in good agreement with theoretical kinetic dispersion relation with a different plasma beta, which has rather significant deviation from fluid model especially for the high plasma beta. In conclusion it is found that the experimentally derived foreshock ULF wave properties are basically in good agreement with previous results but the effect of plasma beta is indispensable to choose the correct wave mode branch especially for the high plasma beta condition.
Publication date: 07 Jul 2007
A comparison of Cluster magnetic data with the Tsyganenko 2001 model
As part of an investigation of the magnetic effects of external currents in the magnetosphere, we have compared two years of perigee Cluster data to the Tsyganenko 2001 (T01) field model. Cluster data are not included in the T01 database and therefore can be used to independently verify the model. The model performs very well in a global sense; nevertheless, absolute residuals between the data and the model can reach ~20 nT near perigee. These deviations take two forms: a sharp, bipolar signature and well-defined trends over a larger spatial region. The bipolar signatures in the residuals are moderately stable, repeating on the phase period of the Cluster orbit. The bipolar nature of the signatures reflects variations in the Cluster data, therefore indicating that the spacecraft may be observing a field-aligned current. Although the size of the magnetic field perturbation in this region is not well determined by T01, the location of the observed field-aligned current system is accurately predicted. The bipolar signatures are observed in close proximity to the edge of the ring current, estimated from Cluster energetic electron spectrograms, indicating that they are associated with region 2 field-aligned currents. Longer-duration trends in the residuals indicate a slight difference between the model predictions and the Cluster data for various locations and seasons. For example, throughout most of 2003 and the first half of 2004, there is a residual in the total magnetic field for an hour centered on perigee, of ~20 nT.
Publication date: 29 Jun 2007
Dynamics of thin current sheets: Cluster observations
The paper tries to sort out the specific signatures of the Near Earth Neutral Line (NENL) and the Current Disruption (CD) models, and looks for these signatures in Cluster data from two events. For both events transient magnetic signatures are observed, together with fast ion flows. In the simplest form of NENL scenario, with a large-scale two-dimensional reconnection site, quasi-invariance along Y is expected. Thus the magnetic signatures in the S/C frame are interpreted as relative motions, along the X or Z direction, of a quasi-steady X-line, with respect to the S/C. In the simplest form of CD scenario an azimuthal modulation is expected. Hence the signatures in the S/C frame are interpreted as signatures of azimuthally (along Y) moving current system associated with low frequency fluctuations of
and the corresponding field-aligned currents (Jx). Event 1 covers a pseudo-breakup, developing only at high latitudes. First, a thin (
~2000 km~2 rho
, with rho
the ion gyroradius) Current Sheet (CS) is found to be quiet. A slightly thinner CS (
~1000-2000 km~1-2 rho
), crossed about 30 min later, is found to be active, with fast earthward ion flow bursts (300-600 km/s) and simultaneous large amplitude fluctuations (deltaB/B~1). In the quiet CS the current density
is carried by ions. Conversely, in the active CS ions are moving eastward; the westward current is carried by electrons that move eastward, faster than ions. Similarly, the velocity of earthward flows (300-600 km/s), observed during the active period, maximizes near or at the CS center. - Remainder of abstract truncated -
Publication date: 29 Jun 2007
Ultralow frequency modulation of energetic particles in the dayside magnetosphere
Energetic electron and ion (electrons: 30 keV to 500 keV, protons: 30 keV to 1.5 MeV) flux variations associated with ultralow frequency (ULF) waves in the dayside magnetosphere were observed during the CLUSTER's perigee pass near 0900 MLT on Oct. 31, 2003. The ULF modulation terminated where higher frequency fluctuations appeared, as the CLUSTER spacecraft entered the plasmasphere boundary layer (PBL) where the plasma ion density was elevated. In the region from L ~ 5.0 to 10, the periods of the ion flux modulation and the electron flux modulation are same but out-of-phase. The observed magnetic ULF pulsations are dominated by the toroidal mode, along with a relatively weaker poloidal wave. A 90° phase shift between the radial electric field and the azimuthal magnetic field indicates that dominating toroidal standing waves observed at the southern hemisphere are a fundamental harmonic. This study shows that the modulation of the electron flux is dominated by the toroidal mode in the region of L > 7.5. The observations made in this analysis suggest the excitation of the energetic electron drift resonance at around 127 keV.
Publication date: 29 Jun 2007
Solitary Electromagnetic Pulses Detected with Super-Alfvénic Flows in Earth's Geomagnetic Tail
Solitary nonlinear (
>> 1) electromagnetic pulses have been detected in Earth's geomagnetic tail accompanying plasmas flowing at super-Alfvénic speeds. The pulses in the current sheet had durations of ~5 s, were left-hand circularly polarized, and had phase speeds of approximately the Alfvén speed in the plasma frame. These pulses were associated with a field-aligned current J
and observed in low density (~0.3 cm
), high temperature (T
K), and
~10 plasma that included electron and ion beams streaming along
. The wave activity was enhanced from below the ion cyclotron frequency to electron cyclotron and upper hybrid frequencies. The detailed properties suggest the pulses are nonlinearly steepened ion cyclotron or Alfvén waves.
Publication date: 27 Jun 2007
Satellite observations of separator-line geometry of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection
Detection of a separator line that connects magnetic nulls and the determination of the dynamics and plasma environment of such a structure can improve our understanding of the three-dimensional (3D) magnetic reconnection process. However, this type of field and particle configuration has not been directly observed in space plasmas. Here we report the identification of a pair of nulls, the null-null line that connects them, and associated fans and spines in the magnetotail of the Earth using data from the four Cluster spacecraft. With
designating the ion and electron inertial lengths, respectively, the separation between the nulls is found to be ~0.7+-0.3
and an associated oscillation is identified as a lower-hybrid wave with wavelength ~
. This in situ evidence of the full 3D reconnection geometry and associated dynamics provides an important step towards establishing an observational framework of 3D reconnection.
Publication date: 24 Jun 2007
Multi-point observations of the Hall electromagnetic field and secondary island formation during magnetic reconnection
A key feature of collisionless magnetic reconnection is the formation of Hall magnetic and electric field structure in the vicinity of the diffusion region. Here we present multi-point Cluster observations of a reconnection event in the near-Earth magnetotail where the diffusion region was nested by the Cluster spacecraft; we compare observations made simultaneously by different spacecraft on opposite sides of the magnetotail current sheet. This allows the spatial structure of both the electric and magnetic field to be probed. It is found that, close to the diffusion region, the magnetic field displays a symmetric quadrupole structure. The Hall electric field is symmetric, observed to be inwardly directed on both sides of the current sheet. It is large (~40 mV m
) on the earthward side of the diffusion region, but substantially weaker on the tailward side, suggesting a reduced reconnection rate reflected by a similar reduction in
. A small-scale magnetic flux rope was observed in conjunction with these observations. This flux rope, observed very close to the reconnection site and entrained in the plasma flow, may correspond to what have been termed secondary islands in computer simulations. The core magnetic field inside the flux rope is enhanced by a factor of 3, even though the lobe guide field is negligible. Observations of the electric field inside the magnetic island show extremely strong (~100 mV m
) fields which may play a significant role in the particle dynamics during reconnection.
Publication date: 20 Jun 2007
Magnetic field rotation analysis and the applications
An analysis technique, termed MRA (magnetic rotation analysis), has been designed to probe three-dimensional magnetic field topology. It is based on estimating the gradient tensor of four-point measurements of the magnetic field which have been taken by the Cluster mission. The method first constructs the symmetrical magnetic rotation tensor and in general terms deduces the rotation rate of magnetic field along one arbitrary direction. In particular, the maximum, medium, and minimum magnetic rotation rates along corresponding characteristic directions of a magnetic structure can be obtained. The value of the curvature of a magnetic field line, for example, is given by the magnetic rotation rate along the magnetic unit vector and its corresponding radius of curvature is readily obtained. MRA has been applied here to analyze the geometrical structure of two distinct magnetospheric structures, i.e., the tail current sheet and the tail flux rope. The normal of the current sheet is the direction at which the magnetic field has the largest rotation rate. The half thickness of the one-dimensional neutral sheet can also be determined from the reciprocal of the maximum magnetic rotation rate. The advantage of the MRA method is that not only it can determine the orientation but also the internal geometrical configuration and spatial scale of the magnetic structures. A key feature of the MRA method is that it provides the detailed picture of the magnetic rotation point by point through any crossing of the current sheet. As a result, the thickness of the neutral sheet (NS) can be explicitly demonstrated to vary with time, as indicated in one case study, where the NS becomes thicker after the onset of a substorm.
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Publication date: 12 Jun 2007
Furthering our understanding of electrostatic solitary waves through Cluster multispacecraft observations and theory
Nonlinear isolated electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) are observed routinely at many of Earth's major boundaries by the Wideband Data (WBD) plasma wave receivers that are mounted on the four Cluster satellites. The current study discusses two aspects of ESWs: their characteristics in the magnetosheath, and their propagation in the magnetosheath and in the auroral acceleration (upward current) region. The characteristics (amplitude and time duration) of ESWs detected in the magnetosheath are presented for one case in which special mutual impedance tests were conducted allowing for the determination of the density and temperature of the hot and cold electrons. These electron parameters, together with those from the ion experiment, were used as inputs to an electron acoustic soliton model as a consideration for the generation of the observed ESWs. The results from this model showed that negative potential ESWs of a few Debye lengths (10-50 m) could be generated in this plasma. Other models of ESW generation are discussed, including beam instabilities and spontaneous generation out of turbulence. The results of two types of ESW propagation (in situ and remote sensing) studies are also presented. - Remainder of abstract truncated -
Publication date: 02 Jun 2007
Multi-Spacecraft Study of the 21 January 2005 ICME - Evidence of Current Sheet Substructure Near the Periphery of a Strongly Expanding, Fast Magnetic Cloud
We examine the near-Earth Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection (ICME) apparently related to the intense Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) event of 20 January 2005. Our purpose is to contribute to the understanding of the macroscopic structure, evolution and dynamics of the solar corona and heliosphere. Using Cluster, ACE and Wind data in the solar wind, and Geotail data in the magnetosheath, we perform a multi-spacecraft analysis of the ICME-driven shock, post-shock magnetic discontinuities and ejecta. Traversals by the well-separated near-Earth spacecraft provide a coherent picture of the ICME geometry. Following the shock, the ICME sequence starts with a hot pileup, i.e., a sheath, followed by a fast ejecta characterised by a non-compressive density enhancement (NCDE), which is caused essentially by an enrichment in helium. The plasma and magnetic observations of the ejecta are consistent with the outskirts of a structure in strong expansion, consisting of nested magnetic loops still connected to the Sun. Within the leading edge of the ejecta, we establish the presence of a tilted current sheet substructure. An analysis of the observations suggests that the tilted current sheet is draped within the overlying cloud canopy, ahead of a magnetic cloud-like structure. The flux rope interpretation of this structure near L1, confirmed by observations of the corresponding magnetic cloud, provided by Ulysses at 5.3 AU and away from the Sun-Earth line, indicates that the bulk of the cloud is in the northwest sector as seen from the Earth, with its axis nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic. - Remainder of abstract truncated -
Publication date: 29 May 2007
Cluster and DMSP observations of SAID electric fields
We report on magnetically conjugate Cluster and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite observations of subauroral ion drifts (SAID) during moderate geomagnetic activity levels on 8 April 2004. To our knowledge, the field-aligned separation of DMSP and Cluster (~28,000 km) is the largest separation ever analyzed with respect to the SAID phenomenon. Nonetheless, we show coherent, subauroral magnetosphere-ionosphere (MI) coupling along an entire field line in the post-dusk sector. The four Cluster satellites crossed SAID electric field channels with meridional magnitude E
of 25 mV/m in situ and latitudinal extent DeltaLambda ~ 0.5° in the southern and northern hemispheres near 07:00 and 07:30 UT, respectively. Cluster was near perigee (R ~ 4 R
) and within 5° (15°) of the magnetic equator for the southern (northern) crossing. The SAID were located near the plasmapause-within the ring current-plasmasphere overlap region. Downward field-aligned current signatures were observed across both SAID crossings. The most magnetically and temporally conjugate SAID field from DMSP F16A at 07:12 UT was practically identical in latitudinal size to that mapped from Cluster. Since the DMSP ion drift meter saturated at 3000 m/s (or ~114 mV/m) and the electrostatically mapped value for E
from Cluster exceeded 300 mV/m, a magnitude comparison of E
was not possible. Although the conjugate measurements show similar large-scale SAID features, the differences in substructure highlight the physical and chemical diversity of the conjugate regions.
Publication date: 24 May 2007
Spatial-Temporal characteristics of ion beamlets in the plasma sheet boundary layer of magnetotail
The processes of nonadiabatic ion acceleration occurring in the vicinity of magnetic neutral lines produce highly accelerated (up to 2500 km/s) field-aligned ion beams (beamlets) with transient appearance streaming earthward in the plasma sheet boundary layer (PSBL) of the Earth's magnetotail. Previous studies of these phenomena based on single spacecraft (s/c) missions supported the view that beamlets are temporal transients, since the typical time of a beamlet observation at a given s/c very rarely exceeds ~1-2 min. Now multipoint Cluster observations have led to a new understanding of these phenomena with a spatial rather than a temporal structure. On the basis of 3-year Cluster measurements made in the PSBL, we present statistical evaluation of the beamlet duration (at least 5-15 min) and confirm well-manifested localization of the beamlet along Z and in some cases along Y directions, i.e., approximately across the lobe magnetic field. Earlier results reporting shorter beamlet observations could be understood by invoking not only PSBL flapping motions but also of an additional effect revealed by Cluster: earthward propagation of kink-like perturbations along the beamlet filaments. Phase velocity of these perturbations is of the order of the local Alfven velocity (V ~ 600-1400 km/s) and related fast flappings of localized beamlet structures in the Y-Z direction significantly decreasing the time of their observation at a given spacecraft. Multipoint observations of beamlets revealed that they represent long-living (~5-15 min) plasma filaments elongated along the lobe magnetic field (~60-100R
) and strongly localized in direction perpendicular to the PSBL-lobe boundary (~0.2-0.7R
). In some cases, it was also possible to estimate the width of beamlet in dawn-dusk direction which was of the order of fractions of R
Publication date: 24 May 2007
Flow burst-induced Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in the terrestrial magnetotail
The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) on the boundary of a flow channel in the Earth's plasma sheet is investigated using Cluster and Double Star TC1 data. It is shown that when Cluster moves into the flow channel the magnetometer measures strong oscillations of the magnetic field, that increase as the spacecraft move further into the flow channel. These waves are identified as Kelvin Helmholtz waves. DoubleStar TC1, closer to the Earth, also observes these waves when entering the flow channel but at larger amplitude and with only little flow. The increase in wave amplitude agrees with the KHI wave growth. It is argued that the development of the KHI can play a major rôle in flow braking in the magnetotail, which is an important aspect of magnetotail dynamics. The large amount of kinetic energy released by a reconnection event or bursty bulk flow gets converted to other kinds of energy such that in the near Earth region the flow is stopped.
Publication date: 19 May 2007
CLUSTER observations of electron outflowing beams carrying downward currents above the polar cap by northward IMF
Above the polar cap, at about 5-9 Earth radii (
) altitude, the PEACE experiment onboard CLUSTER detected, for the first time, electron beams outflowing from the ionosphere with large and variable energy fluxes, well collimated along the magnetic field lines. All these events occurred during periods of northward or weak interplanetary magnetic field (IMF).
These outflowing beams were generally detected below 100 eV and typically between 40 and 70 eV, just above the photoelectron level. Their energy gain can be explained by the presence of a field-aligned potential drop below the spacecraft, as in the auroral zone. The careful analysis of the beams distribution function indicates that they were not only accelerated but also heated. The parallel heating is estimated to about 2 to 20 eV and it globally tends to increase with the acceleration energy. Moreover, WHISPER observed broadband electrostatic emissions around a few kHz correlated with the outflowing electron beams, which suggests beam-plasma interactions capable of triggering plasma instabilities.
In presence of simultaneous very weak ion fluxes, the outflowing electron beams are the main carriers of downward field-aligned currents estimated to about 10 nA/m². These electron beams are actually not isolated but surrounded by wider structures of ion outflows. All along its polar cap crossings, Cluster observed successive electron and ion outflows. This implies that the polar ionosphere represents a significant source of cold plasma for the magnetosphere during northward or weak IMF conditions. The successive ion and electron outflows finally result in a filamented current system of opposite polarities which connects the polar ionosphere to distant regions of the magnetosphere.
Publication date: 08 May 2007
Global and local distrubances in the magnetotail during reconnection
We examine Cluster observations of a reconnection event at
in the magnetotail on 11 October 2001, when Cluster recorded the current sheet for an extended period including the entire duration of the reconnection event. The onset of reconnection is associated with a sudden orientation change of the ambient magnetic field, which is also observed simultaneously by Goes-8 at geostationary orbit. Current sheet oscillations are observed both before reconnection and during it. The speed of the flapping motions is found to increase when the current sheet undergoes the transition from quiet to active state, as suggested by an earlier statistical result and now confirmed within one single event. Within the diffusion region both the tailward and earthward parts of the quadrupolar magnetic Hall structure are recorded as an x-line passes Cluster. We report the first observations of the Hall structure conforming to the kinks in the current sheet. This results in relatively strong fluctuations in
, which are shown to be the Hall signature tilted in the
plane with the current sheet.
Publication date: 08 May 2007
Least-squares gradient calculation from multi-point observations of scalar and vector fields: methodology and applications with Cluster in the plasmasphere
This paper describes a general-purpose algorithm for computing the gradients in space and time of a scalar field, a vector field, or a divergence-free vector field, from in situ measurements by one or more spacecraft. The algorithm provides total error estimates on the computed gradient, including the effects of measurement errors, the errors due to a lack of spatio-temporal homogeneity, and errors due to small-scale fluctuations. It also has the ability to diagnose the conditioning of the problem. Optimal use is made of the data, in terms of exploiting the maximum amount of information relative to the uncertainty on the data, by solving the problem in a weighted least-squares sense. The method is illustrated using Cluster magnetic field and electron density data to compute various gradients during a traversal of the inner magnetosphere. In particular, Cluster is shown to cross azimuthal density structure, and the existence of field-aligned currents in the plasmasphere is demonstrated.
Publication date: 08 May 2007
Prelude to THEMIS tail conjunction study
A close conjunction of several satellites (LANL, GOES, Polar, Geotail, and Cluster) distributed from the geostationary altitude to about 16
downstream in the tail occurred during substorm activity as indicated by global auroral imaging and ground-based magnetometer data. This constellation of satellites resembles what is planned for the THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscopic Interactions during Substorms) mission to resolve the substorm controversy on the location of the substorm expansion onset region. In this article, we show in detail the dipolarization and dynamic changes seen by these satellites associated with two onsets of substorm intensification activity. In particular, we find that dipolarization at ~16
downstream in the tail can occur with dawnward electric field and without plasma flow, just like some near-Earth dipolarization events reported previously. The spreading of substorm disturbances in the tail coupled with complementary ground observations indicates that the observed time sequence on the onsets of substorm disturbances favors initiation in the near-Earth region for this THEMIS-like conjunction.
Publication date: 08 May 2007
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By now you've probably seen the video/screen-grab/GIF of the despondent Washington State fan feeding himself popcorn in the pouring rain during the Stanford Cardinal's 55-17 win over the Cougars on Saturday. When he was shown the footage at his weekly press conference, Washington State head coach Mike Leach complimented the fan's technique:
That guy's awesome. That guy, yeah. I kinda felt the same way at the end of that game.
My wife can do that thing where you throw it up and catch it in your mouth. I'm not very good at it. Her and my daughter occasionally have the contest where you throw M&Ms and field it with your mouth. They're both pretty good at it. I think he could give either one of them a run for their money (Coaching Search).
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An excellent school! In the Danville area, most of the public schools do not appear to measure up (as reflected in their SOL scores), but Sacred Heart absolutely does! The faculty promote the sense of family and encourage parent involvement in your child's education. An excellent example of a Blue Ribbon school, Sacred heart is the BEST choice for your child's education in Danville!
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An outstanding educational experience,christian based education. Loving and caring teachers and administration. My 2 children had a very pleasant and enjoyable 5 years there.
I hate this school there are to many rules to follow and to many things that my child gets in trouble for if you can dont send your child here.
I have three children at Sacred Heart and we love it. The atmosphere is loving, fun and challenging. I love the way the kids in all grades do community service-even the preschoolers. The principal is wonderful. She is a good leader and the children love to give her hugs. We plan to be here for a long time.
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The BBC will announce the next actor (or actress?) to play Doctor Who's lead character this Sunday, multiple sources are reporting. The British network will reveal the announcement at 7 PM on Sunday in a special hosted by Zoe Bell. Show runner Steven Moffat and current Doctor Matt Smith will also be on hand. The BBC is expected to annouce the announcing of the new Doctor midnight tonight by sending up a column of white smoke from the network's Wales headquarter, where the fabled Conclave of Whovians has been meeting for days.
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High resolution point clouds, such as those produced by Leica ALS LIDAR sensors or with stereo imagery processing software like LPS eATE, can provide excellent data sources for examining change over time in above-ground features such as buildings, trees and other types of vegetation. Of particular interest is the identification of illegal construction activity, the addition of new floors to buildings, or damage incurred during earthquakes and other disasters. By using multi-date point cloud layers, these types of change can be efficiently identified and mapped.
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This workshop provides an understanding of mobile mapping systems technology, including system core components, available sensors, and additional hardware that formulates a complete system. Overview of data collection, processing, data calibration methods, and system accuracy is explained, along with business opportunities and challenges. Discussion on software workflows for data extraction and management
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Mobile mapping systems collect millions of points per second, and thousands of pictures per mission; this amount of data can be overwhelming without the proper practices. Best practices help customers and consumers of LIDAR data get the most out of the data. The accuracy bar is constantly being raised by both the Departments of Transportation and users. This workshop will focus on how acquisition practices can help reduce error, reduce post processing time, and increase the efficiency of mobile mapping systems. It will also show some of the latest data
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How big is LIDAR and what does that mean to me? With scan rates increasing every year and exploitation software moving from derived DEMS and Contours into the Point Cloud proper, the question is increasingly pressing. This talk describes the context of and the emerging solutions to LIDAR distribution. In this presentation they look at current approaches as well as those based.
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Lewis Graham, CTO, GeoCue Group
LIDAR data are commonly collected to develop elevation surfaces and models. These terrain surfaces are often used in hydrological modeling. In order to support such modeling, the LIDAR derived terrain itself must be hydrologically correct. In this workshop they will demonstrate tools and techniques for developing flat water bodies, downhill streams, proper cross-bank correlation and other attributes necessary in ensuring hydrological compliance.
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