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South America has been experiencing significant changes in migration flows within the last decade, with more movement within the region, chiefly for labor reasons, and a decline in emigration beyond the region as a result of improving South American economies and reduced prospects elsewhere. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile have attracted the most significant regional migration, with Brazil the preferred destination for migration from outside the continent. Migration beyond South America is chiefly to the United States and Europe. The articles offered here sketch the dynamism of South America's migration trends and policies.
This country profile analyzes Ecuador's migration trends and examines how remittances and return migration have become an important policy focus for a country with an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million nationals living abroad, chiefly in the United States, Spain, and Italy. As waves of emigration occurred, the country also has experienced significant inflows of refugees and economic and lifestyle migrants.
Although most Latin Americans head to North America, the increasing flow of people from Latin America to Southern Europe reflects colonial and historical patterns as well as new economic opportunities. Beatriz Padilla and João Peixoto examine various data that show the region's popularity.
La diversidad geográfica del Ecuador es casi comparable a los varios modelos migratorios que tiene este mismo país. A pesar de su tamaño, este pequeño país andino de aproximadamente 13,3 millones de habitantes tiene un gran porcentaje de emigrantes. En efecto, los ecuatorianos constituyen uno de los grupos migratorios más grandes localizado en la ciudad de Nueva York y el segundo más grande en España.
Thousands of Ecuadorians live in the United States and Spain, making migration-related development policy a major issue for the government. At the same time, the country has received economic migrants from Peru but has done little to address the Colombian refugee situation, as Brad Jokisch of Ohio University explains.
The majority of South American born counted in the 2000 census were from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. MPI's David Dixon and Julia Gelatt look at the social and economic profiles of the foreign born from this region.
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Salonga National Park
Salonga National Park
Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-snouted or 'false' crocodile.
Parc national de la Salonga
Au cœur du bassin central du fleuve Congo, ce parc est la plus grande réserve de forêt tropicale pluviale, très isolée et accessible seulement par voie d'eau. C'est l'habitat de plusieurs espèces endémiques menacées, comme le chimpanzé nain, le paon du Congo, l'éléphant de forêt et le gavial africain, ou « faux crocodile ».
منتزه سالونغا الوطني
يشكل هذا المنتزه الواقع في قلب الحوض الأوسط لنهر الكونغو أكبر محمية من غابات الأمطار المدارية. وهو شديد العزلة لا يمكن النفاذ إليه إلا عن طريق المياه، ويأوي عدداً من الأصناف المستوطنة المهددة كالشيمبازي القزم وطاووس الكونغو وفيل الغابة والتمساح الافريقي أو "التمساح المزيّف".
source: UNESCO/ERI
萨隆加国家公园是非洲最大的热带雨林保护区,处在刚果河流域的中心位置。公园与世隔绝,只可从水路进入。公园有许多当地的濒危物种,如矮黑猩猩、刚果孔雀、雨林象,以及一种口鼻部细长的被称为"假"( false)鳄鱼的非洲动物。
source: UNESCO/ERI
Национальный парк Салонга
Салонга является самым крупным из числа тех африканских резерватов, которые располагаются в зоне экваториальных лесов. Он находится в центральной части бассейна реки Конго, и доступен только водным путем. Здесь отмечено множество редких эндемичных животных, включая карликового шимпанзе (бонобо), конголезского павлина, особого лесного подвида слона и африканского узкорылого крокодила.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Parque nacional Salonga
Situado en el corazón de la cuenca central del río Congo, este parque constituye la mayor reserva de bosque lluvioso tropical del continente africano. Sumamente aislada y exclusivamente accesible por vía fluvial, esta reserva natural es el hábitat de diversas especies endémicas en peligro de extinción, como el chimpancé enano, el pavo real del Congo, el elefante de bosque y el gavial africano o "falso cocodrilo".
source: UNESCO/ERI
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Nationaal park Salonga
Het nationaal park Salonga is het grootste tropisch regenwoudreservaat van Afrika. Het nationaal park werd in 1970 opgericht en beslaat een oppervlakte van 3.334.600 hectare, waarmee het een van de meest uitgebreide parken ter wereld is. Het ligt erg afgelegen, in het hart van het centrale bekken van de Congo rivier en is alleen toegankelijk via de rivier. Het park vormt het leefgebied van vele inheemse bedreigde diersoorten, zoals de dwergchimpansee, de Congopauw, de bosolifant en de Afrikaanse slanke snuit of 'valse' krokodil. Het parkgebied wordt door een veertig kilometer brede gang verdeeld in de sectoren noord en zuid.
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
At the heart of the central basin of the River Congo, Salonga National Park is the largest protected area of dense rainforest on the African continent (when considering the two disjointed sectors of the Park). Very isolated and only accessible by water transport, this vast Park (3,600,000 ha) contains the important evolution of both species and communities in a forest area still relatively intact. Playing also the fundamental role for the climate regulation and the sequestration of carbon, it constitutes the habitat of numerous threatened species such as the pygmy chimpanzee (or bonobo), the bush elephant and the Congo peacock.
Criterion (vii): Salonga National Park represents one of the very rare existing biotopes absolutely intact in central Africa. Moreover, it comprises vast marshland areas and practically inaccessible gallery forests, which have never been explored and may still be considered as practically virgin.
Criterion (ix): The plant and animal life in Salonga National Park constitute an example of biological evolution and the adaptation of life forms in a complex equatorial rainforest environment. The large size of the Park ensures the continued possibility for evolution of both species and biotic communities within the relatively undisturbed forest.
Salonga National Park, created in 1970, with an area of 3,334,600 ha, is divided into two sectors (North and South) by a corridor outside the Park of about forty km wide. The Park is one of the most extensive in the world and its area is sufficiently important to offer viable habitats to its fauna and flora. The fact that the Park is divided into two distinct sectors suggests that biological corridors must be foreseen in the unlisted portion between the two sectors, to create an ecological liaison between these two zones.
Roughly one third of the southern sector of the Park is occupied by groups of pygmies and a part of this occupied land is claimed by the local population. The boundaries of the property are intact due to the existence of major rivers that form recognized, precise and natural boundaries and this despite the presence of some villages inside the Park.
Protection and management requirements
Salonga National Park is managed in accordance with Law 70-318 of 30 November 1970 and Law 69-041 of 28 August 1969, relating to nature conservation. It has six administrative sectors: Monkoto, Mondjoku, Washikengo, Yoketelu, Anga and Mundja that do not yet have any consequential infrastructure.
The management authority is the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN). The Park requires a management plan, even although a Coordination Committee for the site (COCOSI) exists and at least once a year reunites the partners supporting the site, the site chief and his collaborators.
At the time of inscription, it was noted that Salonga National Park suffered from pressures such as poaching and the removal of vegetation by the local populations. A management structure, sufficient qualified staff and a management plan are lacking. The future of the Park cannot be assured without a strengthening of both the management structure and available financial means.
Among the management problems requiring long-term attention are poaching using traditional methods, and more recently by the military with modern war weapons; pressure and human occupation by the Yaelima in the southern part and by the Kitawalistes in the northern area (with accompanying impacts, such as fire, deforestation for the sowing of food crops, logging for heating purposes, honey gathering and the building of pirogues); dispute of the Park boundaries by populations in certain areas; commercial traffic in bush meat; forestry exploitation by individuals in the southern part; and pollution of the Park waters with toxic products used for illicit fishing.
The integration of local communities established in the unlisted corridor between the two sectors of the Park is an important condition and must be implemented by means of participatory management of the natural resources.
Surveillance is assured by the guards by means of regular patrols and it is necessary to guarantee that the numbers are increased over the long-term to effectively monitor and manage the very vast areas of difficult access.
The partnership with international bodies and the seeking of sufficient funds for the effective conservation of the property must also be reinforced, ideally including the creation of a Trust Fund.
Long Description
The park lies in a large section of the central basin of the Zaire River in Bandundu and Kasaï equatorial regions, a very isolated region mainly accessible by boat.
Three types of landscape can be recognized: low plateaux, river terraces and high plateaux, each with different associated vegetation. Rivers in the west of the north sector are large and meandering with marshy banks. On the higher ground in the east, valleys are deeper, and rivers may run below cliffs of up to 80 m. The south sector includes the watershed between the basin of the Luilaka to the north and east, Likoro to the west, and Lukenje to the south. Salonga is the largest tropical forest national park in the world. Equatorial forest covers most of the area, varying in composition according to the geomorphology. The principal forest types are swamp, riverine and dry-land. Evergreen ombrophile forest is dominated by well-developed stands of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei . Semi-deciduous forest covers almost all areas between the rivers. Pioneer or transitory communities are found along river banks. Grassland vegetation, rather than savannah, occurs in the north sector, known locally as botoka-djoku (elephant's bath). The total area of grassland is under 0.5% of the park area. Southwards, the vegetation is more open with esobe clearings.
The most important species that has been reported is the endemic dwarf chimpanzee. However, it is absent from the north sector and there is now doubt that it still exists in the south sector. Other species include colobus monkeys, long-tailed pangolin, giant ground pangolin, tree pangolin, hippopotamus, leopard, African golden cat, Angolan mongoose, Congo water civet, bush pig, yellow-backed duiker, okapi, water chevrotain, sitatunga, bushbuck, bongo and pygmy Cape buffalo. Birds include cattle egret, black stork (migrant), yellow-billed stork and the endemic Zaire 'peacock'. Reptiles include African slender-snouted crocodile.
A group of less than 1,000 Ediki lives in Yaelima, Dekese zone, in the centre of the park; while 500 Kitawalistes live near Lomela substation on the northern block. Both are in contact with poachers. It is proposed to relocate them outside the central zone. In order to improve the living conditions of the local population, it has been proposed to farm grey parrot in villages in the buffer zone. Traditional fishing is undertaken in the numerous rivers, as well as hunting and gathering in the buffer zone.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
Declared a national park on 30 November 1970 by Ordinance 70-318. It is defined in law as 'une reserve naturelle integrale' in the sense of the 1933 London Convention and declared a World Heritage site in October 1984.Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
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- World Heritage in the Congo Basin Wednesday, June 23, 2010
- Belgium reinforces its engagement for World Heritage Sites in Danger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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As a Junior in 2011: Was the first Bobcats to cross the finish line in the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Nov. 12 as he finished in 34:26.7, good for 153rd place…Finished the Northeast Conference Championship in 29th place with a time of 27:54.5 on Oct. 29…Competed in the Central Connecticut Cross Country Mini-Meet on Oct. 21 and finished in 16:05…Placed 6th at the Stony Brook Invitational on Sep. 3 with 19:52.
As a Sophomore in 2010: Was named Quinnipiac's Male Athlete of the Month in September of 2010…Finished the Seawolves Invitational in 21:46.17...Led the Bobcats at the CCSU Blue Devils Invitational where he placed 20th out of 102 runners overall at 27.18…Placed first for Quinnipiac and fifth overall at the Quinnipiac University Invitational with a time of 27:16…Was Quinnipiac's top finisher at the Paul Short Invitational, where he placed 37th overall in 26:15…Finished first for the Bobcats and 59th overall at the New England Championships with a time of 25:47…Led the Bobcats at the Northeast Conference Championships with an overall 24th place finish in 26:38.
As a Freshman in 2009: Started the season with a tenth-place finish in 21:05 at the Stony Brook Invitational…Was Quinnipiac's top runner at the Quinnipiac Invitational where he placed eighth overall in 26:26…Finished first for the Bobcats and sixth overall with a time of 25:18 at the Paul Short Invitational…Led the Bobcats at the New England Championships with a 24th-place finish in 25:19…Finished third for Quinnipiac and 13th overall in 15:32.79 at the CCSU Mini Meet…Placed fifth overall at the Northeast Conference Championships with a time of 26:29…Was named to the 2009 NEC All-Conference team…Finished 92nd with a time of 33:44 at the NCAA Northeast Regional in his rookie season.
Before Quinnipiac: Ran four years of cross country and track and two years of basketball at Joel Barlow High School...Named All-New England twice in cross country.
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The Asia Society has selected Brahma Chellaney's book Water: Asia's New Battleground as a finalist for their 2012 Bernard Schwartz Book Award. Suzanne DiMaggio, Vice President of Asia Society's Global Policy Programs, commented on the announcement of the finalists, saying, "The five finalists for the 2012 Bernard Schwartz Book Award each, in different ways, shed light on important trends, challenges, and opportunities taking place in Asia. They are required reading for all who want to better understand this dynamic region."
We are proud that one of the finalists is a Georgetown University Press book. Water: Asia's New Battleground is a pioneering study of Asia's murky water politics and the relationships between freshwater, peace, and security. In this unique and highly readable book, Brahma Chellaney expertly paints a larger picture of water across Asia, highlights the security implications of resource-linked territorial disputes, and proposes real strategies to avoid conflict and more equitably share Asia's water resources.
The Bernard Schwartz Book Award distinguishes books of nonfiction that focus on contemporary Asia or U.S.-Asia relations and promote a meaningful dialogue of the changes in Asia and their implications for the world at large. The other books that have been recognized are: Cambodia's Curse by Joel Brinkley (PublicAffairs), China in Ten Words by Yu Hua (Pantheon Books), Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra Vogel (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press), and Where China Meets India by Thant Myint-U (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).


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The Essential Fall Pop Album Guide
The Essential Fall Pop Album Guide
Pop music in 2013 is coming in with some serious heat. There are a ton of artists who've made or are gearing up to make their fall debuts. This list is dedicated to ones you need to hear. Get ready!
Britney Spears, Britney Jean
Britney waltzed into the classroom (literally) as a freshman with "Baby One More Time." She could run through cheeky choreography better than Mandy Moore and Jessica Simpson combined and showed the world the perfect way to look sad and happy at the same time. Where do you think "duck face" came from? Britney Spears' pout undoubtedly contributed. Over fourteen years later, Britney's been a stewardess, a circus ring-leader, a mother, a major club artist dropping dubstep beats and even — lest we forget — bald. During her illustrious career spanning over a decade, Spears took pop music to places no one ever thought to before.Last year we saw her head up vocals for will.i.am's smash hit "Scream and Shout." The pair worked so well together, Spears named him executive producer on her upcoming eighth studio album, Britney Jean. We've heard whispers that she's also enlisted hip-hop producer Hit-Boy and is planning a Vegas residency to help promote. Her versatility is beyond-proven, so while her recent kid-friendly single, "Ooh La La," from The Smurfs 2 shows a side of Brit we might now know as well, there's no question in our eyes that Mama B will turn it up this coming fall. If the first single, "Work" is any indication, Britney's here to prove she's still #1.
Lady Gaga, ARTPOP
Mother Monster quickly became one of the most controversial pop stars of this generation, her meat dresses and general lack of pants helped push her larger-than-everything persona into the spotlight so rapidly it's actually hard to imagine a time when she was still known simply as Stefani.Gaga prepares to release her fourth studio album ARTPOP on November 11. She's enlisted figures like Jeff Koons, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Marina Abramović and Robert Wilson to help promote the album; as a result, Gaga's got the art world's eyes locked on her. The first single off the album "Applause," came to life in an incredible performance at the VMAs. If you caught her take the stage during the iTunes Festival you got to hear eight songs off the album. Missed it? No worries, Gaga's second promotional single "Dope" is due out November 4. Cue the applause.
Jason DeRulo, Tattoos
Jason DeRulo broke onto the scene with his No. 1 hit, "Whatcha Say," after working as a songwriter for artists like Pitbull, Cassie, and Birdman. The young R&B singer now has three studio albums under his belt and has quickly earned himself a place on pop music's varsity team. His latest album Tattoos dropped on September 30. His sound has matured over the course of his career, and his latest offering displays a concise, razor-sharp sound. With a feature verse from rapper 2 Chainz and a marriage proposal to duet-partner Jordin Sparks in song form, the album is sure to make major waves.
The video for the album's latest single, "Marry Me," sees DeRulo and Sparks kicking it at home, baking muffins and getting down to some major life decisions. Marriage and tattoos? Sounds like DeRulo's really got commitment on the brain!
Watch the video for "Marry Me," above and pick up a copy of Tattoos on iTunes.
Justin Timberlake
Is anyone else still reeling from Justin Timberlake's epic musical retrospective at the 2013 VMAS? JT has had an incredible year. From releasing his sixth studio album, The 20/20 Experience, to touring with Jay Z, to heading up an N'Sync reunion, it's almost like there isn't really much more that a human being could accomplish. Since his introduction to the entertainment industry, Timberlake has proven time and time again that his capabilities exceed what we expect from any normal performer. He is a true visionary, and the fact that he gave us an entire second installment of The 20/20 Experience, his recent 2 of 2, makes it seem like he's never going to fade. Pick up 2 of 2 on iTunes and listen to "Give Me What I Don't Know (I Want)" above.
Austin Mahone, Junior Year
Austin Mahone is the latest teenage heartthrob to capture the eyes and ears of pop lovers all over the world. Crystal blue eyes, a hone-smooth voice and dance moves that would make MJ proud make him a prime candidate to take over the scene this fall. After opening for Taylor Swift on her Red Tour, Mahone announced plans to his debut album Junior Year on Universal Records. The young talent was set to headline MTV's Artist to Watch tour, but had to cancel after getting sick. Always attentive to his fans--who he affectionately refers to as "Mahomies"--he tweeted "Hope I haven't let anyone down." Something tells us his fans will stick by his side until he feels better enough to jump start the tour. We wish Austin a speedy recovery and will keep you posted when more details about the release of the album and rescheduled tour surface. Until then, watch the video for Mahone's "What About Love?" above and pick up a copy of the single on iTunes.


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Honors: ACC Academic Honor Roll (2013)
2012-13: Finished the season at the ACC Championships, placing 21st in the 200 freestyle ... Touched in a personal-best time of 1:38.58 in the event preliminaries ... also registered best times in the 100 (45.61) and 500 freestyle (4:29.76) ... Took fourth in the 200 freestyle against Florida State, UNC Wilmington and Virginia Tech (1:42.14) ... Competed on Duke's 400 freestyle relay throughout the regular season.
2011-12: Began his collegiate career with a sixth-place showing in the 500 freestyle against Maryland ... Took third in the 200 freestyle against reigning ACC champion Virginia ... Finished second in the same event against Clemson a week later, tapping the wall at 1:42.57 ... Logged several season bests at the Virginia Tech Invitational, including a 1:41.17 swim in the preliminaries of the 200 freestyle and a 4:38.94 performance in the 500 freestyle preliminaries.
Prior to Duke: Completed prep career at Northwest Guilford High School ... High school personal bests include 46.86 in the 100 freestyle, 1:40.57 in the 200 freestyle and 4:33.84 in the 500 freestyle ... Junior National Qualifier ... Member of the Greensboro Swimming Association's club team ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Michael Gerald Donnalley on May 6, 1993 in Charlotte, N.C. ... Son of David and Geralyn Donnalley ... Has one brother, Ben, and one sister, Kathryn ... Uncle, Rick Donnalley, was an offensive lineman for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs (1982-87) ... Uncle, Kevin Donnalley, played on the offensive line for the NFL's Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers (1991-03).
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I just hooked up my Spoolmate 100 to my 211MV. I seem to have all the settings correct but when I get the gun all ready to go I hit the trigger on the gun and nothing happens with the wire feed. When I release the trigger the feed runs BACKWARDS for a couple of seconds and shoves the wire back to the spool. WHAT GIVES?
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Is the small connection right? How about the switch on the front of the machine, is it on spoolgun? I have the same set up but have not seen this
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Revogan develops specialized dietary products, vitamins and food supplements, which is why 12 of the company's 32 employees are dieticians. The firm is headed by Xavier De Pannemaeker and Edouard de Maurissens. "Our primary focus is on people who need to follow a special diet due to medical reasons," adds de Maurissens. "Our strength lies in the way we research and get to the bottom of every question our customers demand. If there are no foodstuffs that match our strict quality standards available in the market, our R&D department get to work on seeking out a partner that can help us to produce the required dietary product."
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Despite what the strange success of Rebecca Black's "Friday" would lead you to believe, sometimes YouTube users give millions of clicks to musicians they actually enjoy. With its first "DigiTour," Google's video site is bringing a handful of its homemade stars to the live stage.
The crop appearing at Limelight Nashville on Wednesday, May 11 includes pop-punker Dave Days, whose humorous odes to Miley Cyrus eventually led to an actual video shoot with the Middle Tennessee-raised star. Also appearing is rapper/musician DeStorm, who's made a game out of his MC skills, accepting viewers' challenges to rap using only 30 words, or incorporating dozens of movie titles. Other names worth a pre-show user search: stop-motion musician MysteryGuitarMan and Travis Barker-styled drummer Ricky Ficarelli.
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18 CFR 141.300 - FERC Form No. 715, Annual Transmission Planning and Evaluation Report.
(a) Who must file. Any transmitting utility, as defined in § 3(23) of the Federal Power Act, that operates integrated (that is, non-radial) transmission facilities at or above 100 kilovolts must complete FERC Form No. 715.
(c) What to file. FERC Form No. 715 must be filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in accordance with the instructions on that form.
(d) Critical Energy Infrastructure Information. (1) If the instructions in Form No. 715 require a utility to reveal Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII), as defined in § 388.113(c) of this chapter, to any person, the utility shall omit the CEII from the information made available and insert the following in its place:
(iii) This statement: "Procedures for obtaining access to Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) may be found at 18 CFR 388.113. Requests for access to CEII should be made to the Commission's CEII Coordinator."
(2) The utility completing Form No. 715, in determining whether information constitutes CEII, shall treat the information in a manner consistent with any filings that utility has made with the Commission and shall to the extent practicable adhere to any previous determinations by the Commission or the CEII Coordinator involving the same or like information.
(3) The procedures contained in §§ 388.112 and 388.113 of this chapter regarding designation of, and access to, CEII, shall apply in the event of a challenge to a CEII designation or a request for access to CEII. If it is determined that information is not CEII or that a requester should be granted access to CEII, the utility will be directed to make the information available to the requester.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any persons from voluntarily reaching arrangements or agreements calling for the disclosure of CEII.
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LOS ANGELES — The Recording Academy honored the life and legacy of the late Patti Page on Saturday evening at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre during the Special Merit Awards Ceremony, with George Flanigan, chairperson of the Recording Academy Board, citing Page as "The most popular female singer of the 1950s."
Page's biggest hit was her 1950 version of "Tennessee Waltz," a lost-love song that topped pop, country and R&B charts. "Tennessee Waltz" is among Tennessee's state songs, and Page ultimately recorded 15 gold records and sold 100 million singles.
"She was a lovely, lovely person," said sister Peggy Layton, accepting a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for Page, who died on Jan. 1, 2013, at age 85. "She would have loved to have been up here, saying, 'Thank you' to The Recording Academy.' She did have a lifetime of achievement: 65 years of singing, and she loved every minute of it."
Layton apparently shares her sister's spunk. After hearing some lengthy acceptance speeches during a ceremony that also honored Lifetime Achievement winners Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin' Hopkins, Carole King, Ravi Shankar and The Temptations, along with Trustees Award winners Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Leonard & Phil Chess and Alan Livingston, Layton began her remarks by saying, "If I'd known I could take 20 minutes, I'd have written something out."


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Guitarist, singer and songwriter Dave Alvin has been a member of America's roots rock scene since the early 1980's, and is a former member of the Blasters, X, and the Knitters. Despite having never garnered a rabid and enthusiastic fan base as a solo artist, he is one of the most respected champions of Americana music of this generation.
Alvin's love of music comes from his childhood, and with his older brother Phil became enamored with blues, rockabilly and vintage country music. They helped form the Blasters in 1979, and the band developed somewhat of a cult following in the United States and Europe. As a side project, Dave Alvin began playing with the Knitters and another goth-punk outfit called the Flesh Eaters. Shortly after leaving the Blasters, he joined X as lead guitarist.
It was 1987 when Alvin released his first solo album, "Romeo's Escape." The project was critically well received, but a commercial failure. He had more success writing songs for other artists, and in 1989 scored a hit when Dwight Yoakam recorded "Long White Cadillac." Alvin was later recognized for his 1994 acoustic album, "King of California," and in 2000 for "Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land," which earned him a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
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Medal of Honor recipients Herschel "Woody" Williams (USMC, WWII, Iwo Jima), Ron Rosser (US Army, Ponggilli, Korea) and Wesley Fox (USMC, Quang Tri, Vietnam) were welcomed by CNS President Jim Haynes (far left) and NNSA Production Office Manager Steve Erhart (far right) at the Medal of Honor Town Hall Forum held at Y-12's New Hope Center last week.
The three recipients discussed their experiences and answered questions from the public. Williams and Rosser also toured the Y-12 National Security complex with Haynes and Y-12 Historian Ray Smith. The group visited 9731, Y-12's pilot plant during the Manhattan Project, and the south ridge of the site.
Sandia National Labs recently hosted an informational seminar on flying Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Participants learned how unmanned aerial systems can reduce costs and expand program capabilities. The presentation explained the process for obtaining approval to fly a UAS at Sandia, described operational requirements, and shared lessons learned from direct program experience.
"Stockpile Stewardship: How we ensure the nuclear deterrent without testing" is a recently-released video by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that explains stockpile stewardship and Livermore's role in it. For a behind-the-scenes look at the unique capabilities at the lab that are indispensable to NNSA's Stockpile Stewardship Program, watch below. The video covers high performance computing, the Superblock category II nuclear facility, the JASPER a two stage gas gun, the High Explosive Applications Facility (HEAF), the National Ignition Facility (NIF), and the Site 300 contained firing facility.
Each summer, Sandia highlights research, activities and people at Sandia California in a special edition of Lab News.
This year's issue highlights a story about researchers that are using their "fuze" expertise in assisting the Air Force. Other stories include big data, climate modeling, how the adoption of natural gas vehicles would have little effect on emission objectives, and a feature about summer interns.
Read more.
NNSA Assistant Deputy Administrator for Stockpile Management Steve Goodrum recently presented Defense Programs Awards of Excellence (DPAE) to 175 Pantexans who excelled at Stockpile Stewardship work during 2013.
The seven awards were presented to teams involved in a variety of efforts, including nuclear weapons work, environmental remediation, high explosives testing and production planning.
The DPAE program was established in 1982 to recognize individuals or teams for significant achievements in quality, productivity, cost savings, safety or creativity of work performed in support of the Stockpile Stewardship Program.
About the photo: Pantexan David Thomas, from right, receives a Defense Programs Award of Excellence from NNSA Assistant Deputy Administrator for Stockpile Management Steve Goodrum as NNSA Production Office Manager Steve Erhart and Pantex Site Manager Michelle Reichert wait to congratulate him.
Los Alamos National Laboratory has successfully fired the latest in a series of experiments at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The experiment provides important surrogate hydrodynamic materials data in support of NNSA's mission.
The experiment, dubbed Leda, was conducted on Aug. 12, 2014, and consisted of plutonium surrogate material and high explosives to implode a "weapon-relevant geometry."
Hydrodynamic experiments such as Leda involve non-nuclear surrogate materials that mimic many of the properties of nuclear materials. Hydrodynamics refers to the physics involved when solids, under extreme conditions, begin to mix and flow like liquids. Other hydrodynamic experiments conducted at NNSS use small amounts of nuclear material, and are called "sub-critical" because they do not contain enough material to cause a nuclear explosion.
See the video.
Read more.
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(Above) Technicians at the Nevada National Security Site move the "Leda" experiment in a specially designed container from the Device Assembly Facility. LANL photo.
(Below) Technicians at the Nevada National Security Site make final adjustments to the "Leda" experimental vessel in the "Zero Room" at the underground U1a facility.
Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have named NNSA's Pantex Plant a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador. The WRN program is a new initiative to spread critical information to residents about how to prepare for and respond to a weather emergency. Ambassadors take the lead in helping unify efforts across government, non-profits, academia and private industry to make the nation more ready, responsive and resilient against severe weather.
Pantex joined Carson County this month as a WRN Ambassador, with plans for multiple events throughout September to spread the message about weather preparedness to Pantexans and county residents. Pantex is the first DOE entity named a WRN Ambassador, and Carson County is the first county in the Texas Panhandle to achieve the designation.
Read more.
About the photo: National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Krissy Scotten, from left, presented the WRN Ambassador designation to Pantex Site Manager Michelle Reichert and Carson County Emergency Management Coordinator Brenda Vermillion at a Pantex ceremony Tuesday.
This summer, more than 100 college students interned at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the Department of Energy's primary contractor at the Savannah River Site. Engineering major Jessica Maddocks worked for the Savannah River National Laboratory's Global Security department during her summer vacation from Georgia Tech.
Maddocks' internship was part of the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative launched by NNSA, which was designed to develop the policies, concepts, technologies, expertise and infrastructure necessary to sustain the international safeguards system as its mission evolves over the next 25 years.
Read about her internship here.
Clarence Rashada holds up a sign expressing Pantexans' support during the United Way campaign kickoff event last week as (from left) Kendra Garcia, Katy Felder and Charles Thomas look on. The four are loaned executives from Pantex sent to support the United Way campaign. This year's theme is "Make it Personal." Each year, Pantex employees pledge hundreds of thousands of dollars to United Way of Amarillo and Canyon, making the plant a top giver to the campaign.


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Upgrades being made to the Creston baseball field following the May 2012 tornado are finally moving along and nearing completion.
The press box, which has been worked on for much of the spring and summer, is finally complete and ready to go for tonight's Class 3A District 15 matchups featuring host Creston against Greene County and Glenwood against Winterset.
Things are starting to move along with the home bullpen and batting cage area, as artificial turf has been laid down on the foundation for the bullpen and batting cage area, which are now in the same location, where the home bullpen was located prior to the tornado damage, right along the left field fence.
Not to mention a subtle upgrade that some fans may not have noticed from their seats. A black pad was added to the inside of the backstop a couple of weeks ago, with red lettering reading "CRESTON BASEBALL."
The Panther Field facility will now look a lot different than it used to look, which I'll get into in more detail in just a bit.
But first, I have a couple of housekeeping items.
In my last column two weeks ago, I wrote about WHO Channel 13 Sports bringing its RVTV tour to Creston for what will likely be the final RVTV tour.
I've seen some excitement from various people around the community. After I challenged Creston to make our town one of the best stops RVTV has seen, I had several people stop me to ask how to get involved.
I spoke with Creston Chamber of Commerce executive director Ellen Gerharz this week to ask how people can get involved in the planning and prep for RVTV's Sept. 9 stop in Creston leading up to the CyHawk football game.
Gerharz said anyone with ideas for when RVTV comes to town should contact her at the Chamber office by calling 641-782-7021.
"I'm still waiting for all these ideas to pour in from both the Cyclone fans and the Hawkeye fans," Gerharz said. "I think it's really great that they're coming. It puts us in a positive light, because normally we only make the news when we have something negative going on. I look forward to any and all ideas."
A couple of other notes on RVTV — Keith Murphy and Andy Fales of WHO are looking for story ideas to work on in Creston involving the CyHawk rivalry. If anyone has any ideas, those story ideas should be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
They are looking to work on these stories prior to making the trip in their RV on Sept. 9.
I've also heard a few rumblings from Cyclone fans saying they likely won't go, because Murphy and Fales are Hawkeye fans and only want Hawkeye fans to show up. And vice versa from Hawkeye fans.
That is just silly.
Murphy and Fales aren't fans of one team or the other. They do, however, want to see solid representation from both fan bases when they show up in Creston.
When I interviewed Murphy, he asked me how Creston was split among Cyclone and Hawkeye fans.
I told him that I believed it was probably split about 50/50. That got him excited that he'd see a good, split crowd in Creston.
Remember, there's only 52 more days until RVTV is in Creston!
It also came to my attention that a few Orient-Macksburg fans were upset there was not a report in Wednesday's paper about the Bulldogs' 8-7 win over Lamoni on Tuesday in district play.
CNA sports writer Larry Peterson and I were doing our best to have coverage of seven different baseball games at four different sites that night.
Obviously, with a sports staff of just two people, we can't be at four sites all at once.
Once we returned from the sites we were covering games at, we made multiple attempts to reach Orient-Macksburg head coach Louis Cruz to get information from his game.
Unfortunately, coach Cruz did not realize we were attempting to reach him because his phone battery had died, and we did not realize his phone was out for the count.
There was certainly no disrespect meant toward Orient-Macksburg or its fans by not having a report in Wednesday.
Back to good old Panther Field.
I'm excited to see the new press box, which I'm told looks pretty sharp. But, no matter how nice the new press box is, I'm always going to have a soft spot in my heart for the old press box, which can probably best be described as a shanty.
I spent many summer nights in that rickety, old, rotted out building that often reached temperatures comparable to those in Death Valley, as I did PA announcing for Creston baseball games for six years.
Stepping foot in that homey box felt like stepping into a death trap. I often feared that with one hit from a foul ball or an errant throw from a visiting player warming up that it might all come crashing down on top of me.
One of my favorite Creston High School sporting moments happened while I sat in that box, probably slowly sauteing in the heat for the previous two hours, when the Panthers knocked off Harlan to earn a trip to the 2007 state tournament.
I'll never forget the time a perfectly hit foul ball cleared the fence and dropped in through the window of the box, nearly beheading myself and former CNA sports writer Ben Frotscher.
Or the old wooden window covers, and having to put them down and put them back up every night. It came as no surprise to me the night that one of the window covers ripped out of the side of the press box from years of the wood rotting.
And those excessively large stadium bullhorn speakers, no longer in use, and for some unbeknownst reason, just sitting in the press box.
Why they were there, I'll never know. Where they ended up after the tornado ripped through the press box, destroying it for good, I'll also never know. They may be lost forever.
Or maybe some lucky farmer stumbled upon those useless speakers in his field, wondering where in the blue blazes they came from.
I'll miss that little old shanty.
But, I think I'll probably enjoy the new press box just fine, too.
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Photo credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory
In 2007, the Office of Nonproliferation and International Security (NIS) launched the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) to develop the policies, concepts, technologies, expertise, and infrastructure necessary to sustain the international safeguards system as its mission evolves over the next 25 years. One of the major goals of this initiative is to develop the next generation of safeguards professionals who have the qualifications and experience necessary to tackle the emerging challenges facing the nuclear safeguards regime. To meet this goal, the NGSI Human Capital Development subprogram recruits, educates, and trains students from U.S. universities for safeguards positions at the national laboratories, encourages U.S. experts to seek employment at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and supports young and mid-career professionals new to the safeguards field. To date, the program has sponsored more than 350 undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students in internship and research positions, and provided further safeguards education across the DOE/NNSA National Laboratory complex.
A key focus for the NGSI program is to ensure that incoming staff have the technical and policy expertise necessary to contribute effectively to the international safeguards system. One former intern, Amanda Rynes, spent a summer at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) developing a metric to assess proliferation risk using political, economic, and social factors in addition to technical capability. Through NGSI, she was able to participate in intensive training sessions, tour nuclear facilities, and gain hands-on experience with many of the tools and devices used in safeguards implementation today. She commented that "the NGSI internship program gave me a solid understanding of basic safeguards issues and technologies that I wouldn't have been able to get anywhere else." Amanda, who was hired by INL following her internship, is currently on detail to the State Department's Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety, and Security. She will begin graduate studies at the University of Chicago's Committee on International Relations in the fall.
NGSI's unique challenges require the cultivation of professionals from a variety of backgrounds. Evan Wyse, a former intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), used his background in economics to research alternative funding strategies available to the IAEA. He will present his findings on possible funding models to supplement the IAEA's budget at the 2012 Institute for Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting. Evan's background in Arabic has also allowed him to participate in NIS's international engagement efforts, particularly in the Middle East. After earning his Bachelor's degree in International Studies and Economics from the University of Washington, he was hired full-time at PNNL, where he conducts economic analyses in a nonproliferation context and continues to support NIS's international engagement work.
Interested in participating in the NGSI internship program? Contact Melissa Scholz at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Russian Federal Nuclear Center recently hosted a meeting of directors of ROSATOM and DOE institute and laboratory directors. Representatives at the meeting discussed cooperation in the areas of nuclear- and energy related scientific research and development. During the past year, there have been multiple technical workshops and meetings to pursue specific ideas for joint work in a broad range of areas that will benefit the U.S. and Russia.
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Don Cook, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs (second from bottom left) and Anne Harrington, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, (third from bottom left) participated in the meeting that brought together directors of ROSATOM and DOE institutes and laboratories.
The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program has received the 2012 Manufacturing Advocate of the Year award from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) under the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The MEP award recognized the program's "commitment to the business growth and transformation of U.S.-based manufacturing through work in the manufacturing sector." Specifically, the NMSBA was honored for its significant impact in helping drive new product innovation among New Mexico small businesses and contributing to state economic growth.
NMSBA is a public-private partnership among Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories and the state of New Mexico that connects small business owners with scientists and engineers who give the companies technical assistance. The program provided $4.6 million worth of help last year.
Read the full press release for more information.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) made an historic record-breaking laser shot on July 5. The NIF laser system of 192 beams delivered more than 500 trillion watts (terawatts or TW) of peak power and 1.85 megajoules (MJ) of ultraviolet laser light to its target. Five hundred terawatts is 1,000 times more power than the United States uses at any instant in time, and 1.85 megajoules of energy is about 100 times what any other laser regularly produces today.
The shot validated NIF's most challenging laser performance specifications set in the late 1990s when scientists were planning the world's most energetic laser facility. Combining extreme levels of energy and peak power on a target in the NIF is a critical requirement for achieving one of physics' grand challenges — igniting hydrogen fusion fuel in the laboratory and producing more energy than that supplied to the target.
In the historic test, NIF's 192 lasers fired within a few trillionths of a second of each other onto a 2-millimeter-diameter target. The total energy matched the amount requested by shot managers to within better than 1 percent. Additionally, the beam-to-beam uniformity was within 1 percent, making NIF not only the highest energy laser of its kind but the most precise and reproducible.
Read more about NIF's record-breaking laser shot.
About the photo:
A portion of the NIF preamplifier beam transport system. This system transports and resizes the laser beam prior to injection in the main laser. The system precisely controls the energy of each beamline as required for ignition experiments.
Peter Hanlon, Associate Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration's office of Fissile Material Disposition, attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at the MOX Technical Support Building at the Savannah River Site yesterday. The technical support building will house security, operations and maintenance staff for the MFFF, and personnel will begin moving into the building next week.
"The completion of the technical support building is another milestone in the progress of the MOX project which will remove surplus weapon-grade plutonium from the U.S. nuclear stockpile," Hanlon said during the ceremony.
The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) and its prime contractor National Security Technologies (NSTec) have been selected to demonstrate plug-in electric vehicle technology that could help federal vehicle fleets become more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly.
Eleven Chevy Volts were recently delivered to NSTec for use in the demonstration project at the NNSS and the Nevada Site Office in North Las Vegas.
The NNSS is one of only five locations across the nation to be selected to participate in the Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) Pilot Program, the first of its kind sponsored by General Services Administration and vehicle manufacturers. Its purpose is to demonstrate plug-in electric vehicle technology for possible wider use in federal fleets nationwide.
Steven A. Mellington, manager of the NNSA Nevada Site Office, said NNSS is an ideal testing location because it will challenge the vehicles in a wide variety of driving conditions: hot and cold, flat and mountainous, rural and city. Drivers at the site experience temperatures of 100 degrees or more in the summer, and freezing and snowy conditions in the upper elevations in winter. The vehicles will also be tested in city conditions as employees drive them to and from the NNSA Nevada Site Office in North Las Vegas for their daily work activities.
To read more about this project click here.
Rick Tindall, superintendent of Light Fleet for NSTec, plugs in a new Chevy Volt at the company's recharging station at its North Las Vegas facility. The new Volt is one of 11 being introduced into the NSTec fleet as part of the pilot program by the General Services Administration to demonstrate plug-in electric vehicle technology for possible wider use in federal fleets.
Stephen A. Mellington (center), Nevada Site Office Manager for NNSA, listens to a briefing from Rick Medina (right), manager of Fleet, Fuel and Equipment Services for NSTec, and Rick Tindall, superintendent of Light Fleet for NSTec, regarding the plug-in electric vehicle technology being deployed at the Nevada National Security Site. The technology is being tested by the General Services Administration for possible wider use in Federal fleets.
More than two thousand Pantexans enjoyed a barbecue lunch this week to celebrate working more than five million hours without a lost time injury. All employees on shift Tuesday were offered a lunch, with meals to be provided to workers on other shifts in the coming days.
The safety culture that has developed at Pantex starts at the worker level, where every employee is empowered to stop work immediately if they spot a safety issue. Safety considerations are integrated into all procedures and are propagated throughout the plant by a variety of employee-driven safety committees and organizations on which Pantexans volunteer to serve. More than 100 members of those safety committees served lunch.
B&W Pantex General Manager John Woolery says safety is integrated into every action taken at Pantex. "This achievement validates what we know about Pantexans – that they are dedicated to performing their duties in a safe, secure and high-quality environment," he said.
The Pantex safety program has been recognized with numerous awards, most notably Superior Star Status in the Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program.
Using a one-of-a-kind laser system, Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have created the largest neutron beam ever made by a short-pulse laser breaking a world record. Neutron beams are usually made with particle accelerators or nuclear reactors and are commonly used in a wide variety of scientific research, particularly in advanced materials science.
Using the TRIDENT laser, a unique and powerful 200 trillion-watt short-pulse laser, scientists from Los Alamos, the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, and Sandia National Laboratories focus high-intensity light on an ultra-thin plastic sheet infused with an isotope of hydrogen called deuterium.
The laser light — 200 quintillion watts per square centimeter, equivalent to focusing all of the light coming from the sun to the earth (120,000 terawatts) onto the tip of a pencil — interacts with the plastic sheet, creating a plasma, an electrically charged gas. A quintillion is a one with 18 zeros after it. The plasma then accelerates large numbers of deuterons — the nucleus of the deuterium atom — into a sealed beryllium target, converting the deuterons into a neutron beam.
To read more click here.
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Tom Hurry of LANL's Plasma Physics adjusts the target positioner and particle beam diagnostics prior to an experiment at Trident.
Diagram: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
One of the many nonproliferation challenges is the development of new safeguards technologies that can detect and deter illicit efforts to produce fissile material by countries that have committed to forgo nuclear weapons. Meeting this technology challenge is a key mission for NNSA which cooperates with its international partners to develop and implement safeguards technologies to support the International Atomic Energy Agency as it monitors countries' compliance with their international safeguards agreements. One of the more difficult safeguards challenges is Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plants (GCEPs), which can produce both HEU for weapons and LEU for civilian nuclear energy and other peaceful uses.
Conventional safeguards at GCEP facilities rely heavily on a combination of non-destructive and destructive analytical techniques. Non-destructive techniques can evaluate without damaging the material assessed, but the results are not always conclusive. A destructive analysis technique exists for GCEPs that is very accurate, but also less timely and cost effective.
Norm Anheier, a scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), is developing a unique destructive analytical capability—funded by NNSA's Office of Nonproliferation and International Security and the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative—to provide timely detection of undeclared HEU production. In addition to its scientific novelty, this technique—called Laser Ablation Absorbance Ratio Spectroscopy Environmental Sampling (LAARS-ES)—has many practical advantages. Most notably, sample collection and analysis can be performed much more quickly and inexpensively than the conventional techniques mentioned above. The figure below lays out the measurement process.
The technique has already been successfully demonstrated at PNNL. The laboratory has started to seek engagement opportunities to conduct technology demonstrations at domestic and international GCEPs. This innovative technology is one of many funded by the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative that is applying research funding to advance U.S. and global nonproliferation efforts.
For most students, summer school was something you endured while wishing you were at the local swimming pool or air-conditioned movie theater. But not for a group of graduate students who recently signed up for a first-of-its-kind radiation detection course.
Twelve graduate students in science and engineering from across the country participated in the first Radiation Detection for Nuclear Security Summer School, co-sponsored by NNSA and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (Watch TV clip.)
At PNNL and other facilities in Richland, Washington, students received hands-on training in detecting nuclear materials across a range of nuclear security missions. The students also learned first-hand about challenges that technical and policy experts face in the field. The students now can apply what they learned in their own research, better preparing them for nuclear security careers.