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Inland water ecosystem
Inland water ecosystem, complex of living organisms in free water on continental landmasses.
Inland waters represent parts of the biosphere within which marked biological diversity, complex biogeochemical pathways, and an array of energetic processes occur. Although from a geographic perspective inland waters represent only a small fraction of the biosphere, when appreciated from an ecological viewpoint, they are seen to be major contributors to biospheric diversity, structure, and function.
The origin of inland waters
Only a relatively small fraction of the total amount of water in the biosphere is found as free water on continental landmasses. The oceans contain about 97.6 percent of the biosphere's water, and polar ice, groundwater, and water vapour take up another 2.4 percent. Thus, less than 1 percent exists as continental free water, which is generally referred to as inland water. In spite of this small percentage, inland water is an essential element of the biosphere. It occurs in a wide variety of forms and is inhabited by a diverse set of biological communities, quite distinct from the communities of marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
All inland waters originate from the ocean, principally through evaporation, and ultimately return to this source. This process is part of the global hydrologic cycle. A major feature of this cycle is that more water evaporates from the ocean than is directly precipitated back into it. The balance of water vapour is precipitated as rain, snow, or hail over continental landmasses whence it either evaporates into the atmosphere (about 70 percent) or drains into the sea. (For more information and a schematic representation of the hydrologic cycle, see hydrosphere.)
On the surface of the land, free water habitats can be classified as either lotic (running-water) or lentic (standing-water). Lotic habitats include rivers, streams, and brooks, and lentic habitats include lakes, ponds, and marshes. Both habitats are linked into drainage systems of three major sorts: exorheic, endorheic, and arheic. Exorheic regions are open systems in which surface waters ultimately drain to the ocean in well-defined patterns that involve streams and rivers temporarily impounded by permanent freshwater lakes. Endorheic regions are considered closed systems because, rather than draining to the sea, surface waters drain to inland termini whence they evaporate or seep away. Typically, the termini are permanent or temporary lakes that become saline as evaporation concentrates dissolved salts that either have been introduced by rainwater or have been leached out of substrata within the drainage basin. In arheic systems water falls unpredictably in small amounts and follows haphazard drainage patterns. Apart from rivers that arise outside the region (allogenic rivers) and areas fed from underground sources of water, most bodies of water within arheic regions are temporary.
Inland water also is found beneath the land's surface. Considerable amounts of groundwater are found within permeable rock strata, and bodies of water are found within caves and other subterranean rock formations, generally of limestone. Subsurface inland waters also are important in the global hydrologic cycle, and some are of biological interest.
On the basis of whether inland waters are lotic or lentic, permanent or temporary, fresh or saline, it is possible to distinguish five major types of inland waters: among lentic systems are three types—permanent freshwater, temporary freshwater, and permanent saline—and among lotic systems are two types—permanent and temporary. These types are not equally distributed among the continents. As one would expect, permanent waters, both lotic and lentic, are more characteristic of temperate and tropical regions, and temporary waters, again both lotic and lentic, are found more often in dry regions. Salt lakes are also more characteristic of dry regions. Whatever the major type of water, however, drainage lines and basins are necessary for inland waters to occur. These features result from many geologic processes, such as erosion and sedimentation. Lentic waters occupy basins formed by glaciers, volcanoes, rivers, wind, tectonics (movements of the Earth's crust), and chemical weathering. Humans also have created many lakelike habitats, including reservoirs, impoundments, and farm dams. Lotic waters develop in the lowest topographic area of the landscape, which is eroded and sculpted by water flowing through it.
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Physical and chemical properties of water
Water has several unique physical and chemical properties that have influenced life as it has evolved. Indeed, the very concept of the Earth as biosphere is dependent on the special physicochemical properties of water. These characteristics have significantly influenced the structure of inland aquatic ecosystems.
At prevailing global temperatures most inland waters exist in liquid form. As a liquid, water has special thermal features that minimize temperature fluctuations. First among these features is its high specific heat—i.e., a relatively large amount of heat is required to raise the temperature of water. The quantity of heat required to convert water from a liquid to a gaseous state (latent heat of evaporation) or from a solid to a liquid state (latent heat of fusion) is also high. This capacity to absorb heat has several important consequences for the biosphere, including the ability of inland waters to moderate seasonal and diurnal (daily) temperature differences both within aquatic ecosystems and, to a lesser extent, beyond them. Most of the heat input to inland waters is in the form of solar energy. The amount of this energy that actually reaches inland waters at any given time depends on several factors, including time of day, season, latitude, altitude, and amount of cloud cover. A significant fraction of the solar radiation that reaches the water surface is lost through reflection and backscattering. The remaining fraction enters the water column where its energy rapidly diminishes with depth as it is absorbed and converted either to heat by physical processes or to chemical energy by the biological process of photosynthesis. In large, deep lakes most of the energy required by the biota is derived from this biological conversion. In other sorts of inland waters, however, a large proportion of the energy required by biological communities may come from emergent and nearby terrestrial vegetation. In any event, the amount and nature of solar energy entering inland waters is a principal determinant of the structure and function of the ecosystem.
The conversion of light energy into heat in inland waters has several significant physical consequences. Of special note are the changes that occur to water density as temperature varies. This relationship is illustrated in Figure 1, in which the density of pure water is plotted against temperature as a measure of heat content. Note that water has the greatest density at 4° C. Although this relationship is that of pure water, it closely approximates that of fresh water. Thus, ice, which forms at 0° C, develops first at the surface of freshwater lakes, above slightly warmer, denser water, and prevents lakes from freezing solid. Were this not the case, the biology of inland waters would be quite different. In saline waters, however, the relationship is somewhat different because greater concentrations of dissolved salts lower both the freezing point and the temperature of maximum density.
One of the most significant chemical properties of water is its function as a solvent. In this regard it has an unrivaled capacity to hold in solution an exceptionally wide range of substances, including electrolytes (salts, which dissociate into ions in aqueous solution), colloids (particulate matter small enough to remain suspended in solution), and nonelectrolytes (substances such as glucose that retain their molecular structure and do not dissociate into ions). A great variety of combinations of dissolved substances can occur in inland waters. Nevertheless, it is possible to discern some major trends in the amounts and types of solutes. The major inorganic solutes are the cations (positive ions) sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium and the anions (negative ions) chloride, sulphate, and bicarbonate/carbonate. When the total concentration of all these ions (i.e., the salinity, or salt content) is less than 3 grams per litre (i.e., 3 grams per kilogram, or 3 parts per thousand [ 0/00]), inland waters are conventionally regarded as fresh. Most fresh waters have salinities less than 0.5 gram per litre and are dominated by calcium, magnesium, and bicarbonate or carbonate ions. Conventionally, saline waters are defined as those that have salinities greater than 3 grams per litre, with maximum values determined by the dominant type of ions present. Sodium and chloride ions are dominant in most but not all salt lakes, and maximum salinities are therefore about 350 grams per litre. In addition to these major ions, all inland waters contain smaller quantities of other ions, of which phosphate and nitrate—essential plant nutrients—are particularly significant. Also of biological significance are certain dissolved gases, especially oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen, whose solubilities are inversely correlated with temperature, altitude, and salinity. Hydrion concentrations (pH) and concentrations of a variety of dissolved organic compounds of undetermined significance affect the biota as well.
Physicochemical phenomena affect every body of inland water, creating unique relationships among and within the biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem. Of particular interest are the pathways or biogeochemical cycles that are traveled by the chemical elements essential to life—nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon, and a variety of micronutrients such as iron, sulfur, and silica (see biosphere: The organism and the environment: Resources of the biosphere: Nutrient cycling). The degree to which output of a particular element balances input within a given aquatic ecosystem varies according to the type of inland water involved. However, all essential elements follow pathways in inland waters that are numerous, complex, well-defined, and often interdependent on other biogeochemical cycles. In fact, a defining characteristic of all inland aquatic ecosystems, including the most simple temporary bodies of highly saline water, is the occurrence of well-defined biogeochemical cycles.
Some of the most salient general physicochemical features of inland waters having been indicated, it is important to emphasize that these features are expressed differently in various types of inland waters.
Permanent bodies of standing fresh water
About half of all inland waters reside in deep, permanent, freshwater lakes. The largest of these lakes is Lake Baikal in Russia, which contains almost 20 percent of the total amount of inland fresh water. Another 20 percent is found in the Great Lakes of North America. Characteristic of such waters is the development of vertical differences (vertical stratification) of several important features, which often display marked seasonal variation as well. Light is by far the most important variable feature because it supplies not only chemical energy for biological processes but also heat. It is the diurnal, seasonal, and vertical differences in heat that ultimately give rise to most other spatiotemporal, physicochemical differences within lakes.
Various thermal patterns typically occur in deep, freshwater lakes. In temperate regions of the biosphere, where a majority of such lakes occur, lakes exhibit a dimictic thermal pattern (two periods of mixing—in spring and autumn—per year) caused by seasonal differences in temperature and the mixing effects of wind (Figure 2). This type of lake stratifies in summer as the surface water (epilimnion) warms and ceases to mix with the lower, colder layer (hypolimnion). Water circulates within but not between the layers, more vigorously within the epilimnion. The boundary between these layers is the metalimnion, a zone of rapid temperature change. With the onset of autumn, the epilimnion cools and the water becomes denser, sinking and mixing with the hypolimnion. The work required to mix the two layers is provided by wind, and the lake circulates, or overturns, completely. Circulation continues until surface ice protects the lake from further wind action. The lake overturns again in spring after surface ice melts, and by summer it will be stratified once again. Other thermal patterns are monomixis, in which a single annual period of circulation alternates with a single thermal stratification event, and polymixis, in which frequent periods of stratification occur.
Many other physicochemical features exhibit seasonal differences in vertical distribution. Most are closely associated with and dependent upon seasonal thermal differences. For example, in the summer the epilimnion of dimictic lakes may contain high concentrations of dissolved oxygen, and the hypolimnion low concentrations. The reverse may apply to dissolved carbon dioxide. Aside from the summer season, however, no vertical differences may be present. Changes in oxygen concentration are particularly important because many aquatic animals cannot survive when oxygen concentrations dip below a certain level. Oxygen concentrations also determine the solubility of several important substances, notably phosphate, iron, and manganese, which consequently display vertical seasonal variation as well.
Some features of deep, freshwater lakes, such as water level and salinity, do not vary seasonally. Neither does salinity have a vertical gradient within such lakes. Few physicochemical features of shallow, permanent bodies of standing fresh water are vertically stratified, although many features vary significantly according to season. However, in permanent bodies of fresh water located in regions warmer than the temperate zone, thermal stratification and related phenomena may develop at shallower depths and persist longer than they would in temperate lakes of similar morphometry. This follows from the water density–temperature relationship (Figure 1), according to which, at higher temperatures, water density changes rapidly with only small temperature rises.
Temporary bodies of standing fresh water
All land surfaces in the biosphere develop temporary bodies of fresh water following a rain. Although the total volume of fresh water in such localities is only a small fraction of that in permanent freshwater lakes, the biological role of temporary bodies of standing fresh water is considerable. They represent one of the most characteristic types of bodies of water in all arid landscapes of the biosphere (which make up about one-third of total land area). In certain regions and at particular times they represent the most obvious landscape feature (e.g., on the Highveld of South Africa). Many types occur, ranging from small, short-lived rainpools of irregular occurrence to large, regularly flooded wetlands that persist for many months (see boundary ecosystem: Boundary systems between water and land). Because of their ubiquity, these temporary bodies of water are known by many names, including those of local derivation such as vlei, claypan, pan, playa, and tinaja. The length of time that temporary waters last and the timing and regularity of their occurrence depend primarily on climatic and topographic features. As a general rule, however, the more arid the environment, the shorter their life span and the less predictable their occurrence.
Temporary bodies of water are usually shallow; thus, vertical differences in physicochemical features are not as apparent in these waters as they are in permanent, deeper waters. When vertical differences do develop, they are generally transient (however, see the remarks above concerning thermal stratification in regions of high temperatures). Physicochemical features in temporary bodies of water are much more sensitive to external events than they are in deeper, permanent waters. Thus, hydrologic variability (e.g., inputs, water levels, depths), sediment-water interchange, and wind have greater effects than they do in deep, permanent, freshwater lakes. (Salinity, however, rarely fluctuates above 3 grams per litre.) Overall, it may be said that aquatic ecosystems in temporary bodies of standing fresh water are much less buffered from external environmental events than are permanent bodies of fresh water.
Saline lakes
Saline lakes (i.e., bodies of water that have salinities in excess of 3 grams per litre) are widespread and occur on all continents, including Antarctica. Saline lakes include the largest lake in the world, the Caspian Sea; the lowest lake, the Dead Sea; and many of the highest lakes, such as those in Tibet and on the Altiplano of South America. Although inland saline water constitutes some 45 percent of total inland water, it is largely concentrated in only a few deep lakes, principally the Caspian Sea. Saline lakes are most common in the semiarid regions of the biosphere, which encompass approximately 27 percent of total land area, because two preconditions for the formation of salt lakes occur there most frequently: a balance between input of water (precipitation and inflows) and output of water (evaporation and seepage) and the presence of endorheic drainage basins.
Despite their wide geographic distribution and large total volume, the importance of salt lakes as an integral element in biospheric processes generally has been overlooked. Indeed, not until the effects of human impact began to be noticed—from about 1960—did their environmental significance become clear. An example of this is provided by the Aral Sea, a large salt lake in Central Asia. After much of the input of fresh water was diverted before reaching the lake to be used for irrigation, the level of the lake fell, salinity rose, and vast expanses of the lake bed were exposed. As a result, the fishing industry collapsed, islands that had served as wildlife refuges became peninsulas, biological diversity and productivity fell, biota disappeared, large quantities of salt blew from the lake bed onto neighbouring lands, groundwater salinity rose, and the local climate was altered. The effects on the local human population were catastrophic as well.
Permanent salt lakes show the same sort of vertical differences in physicochemical attributes as permanent bodies of standing fresh water do; similarly, temporary salt lakes and temporary bodies of standing fresh water respond alike to environmental disturbances. However, all salt lakes are distinguished from all freshwater bodies by differences in ionic composition and, obviously, much higher salinities. Depending on the dominant ions present, salinities may reach values well above 300 grams per litre. In permanent, deep salt lakes, annual salinities as well as water levels may fluctuate only slightly, while, in shallow, temporary lakes, salinities may range from less than 50 grams per litre to more than 300 grams per litre over a period of a single year and be accompanied by wide water-level fluctuations. Moreover, because all salt lakes are dependent on a climatic balance, they are a great deal more sensitive to long-term climatic changes than are freshwater lakes. Thus, even large, deep, permanent salt lakes display marked changes in salinity and water level over time, reflecting long-term shifts in climate. Often these changes are compounded by the human diversion of water, as described above. Salinity has many direct effects on other physicochemical features. Its effect on freezing points has already been noted (see above The environment: Physical and chemical properties of water). Salinity also affects the amount of oxygen that can be dissolved. As illustrated in Figure 3, the greater the concentration of sodium chloride, which is the solution most similar to that encountered in saline lakes, the less soluble is oxygen.
Running water
Permanent and temporary running waters (streams, brooks, rivers) occur throughout the biosphere. Well-watered regions (temperate and humid tropical areas) are characterized by permanent streams and large, permanent rivers; drier regions are characterized by temporary streams. However, even dry regions may have large permanent allogenic rivers that arise in humid areas and flow into the arid region—e.g., the Nile River in North Africa.
Rivers and streams provide the essential link in the global hydrologic cycle—i.e., the means whereby all water evaporated from the sea and precipitated onto land is ultimately returned to the sea. Nevertheless, running waters account for less than 1 percent of all inland free waters, a good deal of which occurs within only one river, the Amazon.
Running waters have several physicochemical features that distinguish them from standing waters. The most obvious are unidirectional flow of water, a generally linear morphology, and shallow depth. Less obvious, but distinctive nonetheless, is the constant low salinity of lotic environments. With very few exceptions, all running waters are fresh and contain the same major ions as standing fresh waters. These and other physicochemical features combine to create an aquatic environment very different from the lentic environment. The result is that most biological communities that originate within a lotic system, and their associated ecological processes, are so specialized that they are confined to this type of environment. Nonetheless, the difference between lentic and lotic habitats is not always clear-cut. The decisive criterion is the length of time a given mass of water resides within a certain part of an aquatic ecosystem, a concept clearly related to flow rates. Some large rivers with only a slight gradient have low rates of discharge and flow and extensive floodplains with many interconnected bodies of lentic waters. Similar to this situation is the extensive reach of a large river that is well protected from the main current and may seem more lentic than lotic. Conversely, some small freshwater lakes with short water-residence times that are in areas that receive a large amount of precipitation are essentially no more than enlarged river pools, or, to coin a medical analogy, aneurysms in the biosphere's hydrologic system.
Although running waters do not display the range of salinity that standing waters do, the diversity of physical form and the variety of biological habitats is just as extensive as those of standing waters. Running waters range from small, temporary streams that flow only after irregular rain has fallen in deserts, to large, permanent tropical rivers so wide that opposing banks are not visible. Extensive floodplains may be present or absent; flow may be more or less constant or highly variable, with actual rates from high to almost nothing; and substrates may range from bare rock to fine mud. Great differences occur among their physicochemical processes, including biogeochemical pathways, the relative ecological importance of the floodplain (if present), the main stem of the river or stream, the hyporheic zone (the environment below the bed), and contiguous terrestrial areas.


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SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS – October 23, 2015 – Watco Supply Chain Services, L.L.C., a Watco Companies subsidiary, announces the acquisition of Aspen Transportation, LLC. The Jonesboro, Arkansas, company provides domestic transportation management services, including multi-mode freight brokerage, dimensional, and project cargo coordination. Eric Wolfe, president of Watco Supply Chain Services, said "Aspen Transportation is a great.. read more →
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BFF's U-18 move slammed
September 13, 2017
Saif Powertec Limited, the commercial rights holder of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League, took a swipe at the Bangladesh Football Federation for suspending the competition after eighth round merely for an age-level competition. The BFF postponed the league in order to give Under-18 national football team some preparation time for the forthcoming SAFF Under-18 Championship, scheduled in Bhutan later this month.
The decision unheard in any other part of the world came as a further blow to the company who were yet to manage a title sponsor for the league and decided to provide sponsorship money from its own exchequer.
Saif Powertec Limited managing director Tarafder Ruhul Amin slammed BFF for taking such decision without consulting them.
'They [BFF] have suspended the league without consulting us, which was completely against the terms and conditions mentioned in the MoU [Memorandum of Understanding] signed with the federation,' Amin told reporters at a press briefing at his office in Mohakhali on Tuesday.
'We made a lot of investment in the league. We are already running into loss due to the league committee and we haven't got a good sponsor.
'The broadcasters are facing trouble due to the postponement of the league again and again.
'It's a shame for us because we are professional but those we are working with are not.'
Amin, who is also involved with two participating clubs of the league, said the matches of the league should have been rescheduled instead of the suspension.
'Matches of those clubs, who have more under-18 players, could have been rescheduled instead of suspending the league,' said Amin, also the owner of Saif Sporting Club.
Ironically, Saif have most number of under-18 players (six) in the squad.
'Saif have the most number of players but they didn't ask for suspension.'
Amin said the decision came only to halt the progress of teams like Chittagong Abahani, Saif Sporting and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club who are now in better positions in the points table.
This was second time the league suffered for what Saif said a whimsical decision of football oversight body, which delayed the start of the competition for nearly two months during to AFC U-23 qualifying round.
Bangladesh conceded 13 goals and scored just one in three matches of the competition held in Palestine.
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This is such a beautiful breakfast. It's the sort of breakfast that makes you want to braid your hair, swap your phone for a conch and feel the sand between your toes. You know? It's one of them.
Unutterably good for you. Ridiculously pretty. Seriously easy to make. An all round winner. In the name of Crufts, it's the "Best in show". Not that I'm suggesting you attempt to enter this into Crufts…the dog competition. That would just be silly.
Instead, make it for yourself, and anyone else lucky enough to know you.
If you haven't come across Acai berries before, allow me to introduce you. Pronounced ah-sah-yee, acai berries come from acai palm trees found in Central and South America. They are touted as being a superfood for anti-aging, weight loss, and overall health. i.e They're pretty terrific!
They also happen to be delicious. I found frozen pouches of pure acai in the freezer section of Whole Foods, but I'm sure a search on the old google machine will show you can find them at other natural foods stores. Look near the frozen fruit.
I love to make this before I go for a run in the morning as it's bursting with beautiful energy and it helps me whizz round the park. Then when I get back I can whip up a batch of porridge if I have time, or simply grab one of my overnight muesli's as I rush out the door.
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- Pop everything but the toppings into a food processor and blend.
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- Forgot to defrost the frozen acai? Don't worry, my little friend. Just try and break up the frozen acai up into large chunks while still in the packaging. Then peel off the packaging, and place frozen acai chunks along with everything else in the food processor, blender, or car. No! Don't put it in the car.
- Then top with whatever tickles your fancy. Trust me when I say it works with a gabillion different toppings (thats approx.)


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Now that summer has finally decided to solidly show up, it's time for the kids to get ready to return to school. Ugh! We've done some clothes and supply shopping to prepare, but I'm not quite ready to put on the brakes and shift gears. I need more summer time.
So now comes the cramming session - and I do this at the end of every summer. I get frenzied about what we haven't done yet, what we still need to experience. I want to do everything! Every single thing! Why haven't we done every single solitary thing?
Trying to avoid panic mode, I'm sprinkling in a few more days of awesome adventure and also some lazy chill days so the kids can just hang. Friends, bikes rides, walkie talkies, and eating s'mores, also on the list. Summer magic is not going to end at this house any time soon. Regardless of when school starts.
Now I'm off to whistle the kids home, just like my dad used to do when my sister and I were young. I'm going to stand in the driveway, waiting for their bikes appear on the horizon. I'm going to watch as their legs furiously pump the pedals as fast as they can. And I'll hear them laughing, sweaty-faced, as they speed into the ditch and go 'air born' onto the driveway.
Yeah, I'd say we've done everything that matters. Check mark for summer fun accomplished.
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Sweet summer corn is so delectable right now. Here's one way to ingest more - in cheesy, delicious form. Enjoy!
Cheesy Corn Dip
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 C plain Greek yogurt
1 t Kosher salt
1/2 t fresh ground black pepper
1 1/2 t garlic powder (I use powder because it blends into the dip really well)
1/4 C chopped green chilies
3 C corn (I used fresh corn - you could also use frozen or canned)
1 C shredded mozzarella
Preheat your oven to 350℉
In mixing bowl, cream together your softened cream cheese, yogurt, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Fold in your chilies, corn, and shredded mozzarella. Pour your mix into a baking dish and place into the oven for 25-25 minutes, or until the dip is slightly browned on the top. Serve with corn chips and devour!


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New Delhi: Two Indians have been killed and 15 others injured in the crane collapse at the Grand Mosque in Makkah in which more than 100 people have died, the External Affairs Ministry said today.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Indian officials from the Indian Consulate in Jeddah have been on the ground and have set up a 24X7 helpline to provide information and assistance.
They have been monitoring the situation through the night, Swarup said.
"Regrettably we have been informed that 2 Indians have been killed in the unfortunate accident," he said.
"We have received reports that 15 Indians have been injured and are being assisted in various hospitals. These include 11 from the Haj Committee of India and 4 from Private Tour Operators," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson said.
107 people died when a massive construction crane crashed into Makkah's Grand Mosque yesterday with scores more injured, days before the annual haj pilgrimage.
A part of the massive crane collapsed as a result of strong winds and heavy rains, media reports said.


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Science Hacks Our Fiction (And The Feeling Is Mutual)
Science fiction loves robots to pieces, but fortunately for genre writers and fans, the feeling is mutual. Engineers and scientists are working near-miracles in the robotics field, and the fruits of their labor are ripe for fiction's picking. 2012 is still young by most accounts, yet this year robots have already grown tails and scales, acquired aerial speed limits, and learned to swim like a boss. Next they'll be popping-up in swarms and colonizing our eaves. Or better yet: We'll wear them on our hands to reduce the repetitive stress injuries we're causing ourselves by trying to write ever-cleverer new robots into science fiction faster than actual science can render the bots of our dreams obsolete.
Probably the only way we writers can keep up with – or even hope to outpace – the current rate of robotic development is by imagining new purposes and roles for robots. It's unlikely that scientists and engineers will ever stop endeavoring to simulate humanity and integrate androids into society, as lofty as that goal is. But if real bots must eventually look like and learn like humans, the least we can do is give readers more interesting robots to read about than the one that sweeps floors and amuses cats, or the android in the kitchen with Dinah. We already use droids for offense and defense, manufacturing, and surgery. Robotic search and rescue is a high priority for research and development, and it looks like construction may soon be crawling with bots. So what frontiers does that leave fiction to explore?
Plenty. The world already includes many different kinds of robots with different functions and forms, and the diversity of artificial 'species' will only continue to expand (even as natural diversity contracts at an alarming rate). As robots abound, they will inevitably need to interact well with natural species and with each other in order to satisfy human demands. They'll need to function optimally with a minimum of human guidance, and endure at times in spite of human intervention. Face it: We abuse our tools and hack our toys. Robots need to be resilient just to survive life among humans. There's enough fodder for stories in those last few sentences alone to keep an author busy for the length of a so-called Golden Age of fiction…
The strange android had stepped from behind an overgrown bougainvillea and disabled their Guardians before they'd even known it was there. "Remain calm, children. I won't hurt you." It spoke like a classic film actress, its voice a disarming combination of cultured and flinty that the boys recognized from their seventh grade film history elective but had never heard in person. —Read an excerpt from 'Parent Hack' by Kay T. Holt


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What is chromatic Aberration?
Transverse chromatic aberration arises when light does not reach the lens at 90 degrees, but from a different angle. In this case the different colors focus evenly, but not at the same spot. This causes the red image to be larger than the green and blue, and the blue the smallest of them all.This also produces colored fringes, but now both a magenta and a blue-green one. Chromatic aberration is hard to avoid, since it is in the nature of light, but of course lens manufacturers do their best to eliminate it.
You get different kinds of fringes for each kind of chromatic aberration. Longitudinal aberration shows as magenta fringes around objects and is distributed uniformly throughout the image. Transverse aberration is absent at the center of the image, but grows in intensity towards the corners. Longitudinal chromatic aberration is most pronounced in wide aperture lenses. It can be reduced by using a small aperture. Transverse chromatic aberration is most pronounced in telephoto lenses. However, lenses can be designed in many ways. The so called achromatic lenses are by far the most popular with minimal chromatic aberration. More rare are the superachromatic and apochromatic lenses, that virtually eliminate chromatic aberration. Digital images tend to show more chromatic aberration than film for some reason. This may be because the sensors are more sensitive to ultraviolet and infrared light, which are at the outer edge of the spectrum where aberration is most pronounced.
Software can fix cromatic aberration. Longitudinal chromatic aberration is somewhat corrected by sharpening the red and blue channels; the green channel is used to focus the image and is sharp. Transverse chromatic aberration is satisfactorily corrected by radially enlarging the blue channel image and radially reducing the red channel image.
Purple finging is a different kind of chromatic error. It appears along hard contrast edges when photographing something against a hard back light, or when photographing a light source against a dark background.The purple fringe invades the dark area. Purple fringes are sensor errors, whilst chromatic aberrations are lens errors. Purple fringing is not a simple geometric error like transverse chromatic aberration, but is an overflow of light from the brightly illuminated sensor to its neighbors; hence it is very difficult to correct with software. Also the real color is usually lost. Software can reduce the color of the purple fringe to a grayish tone. At best the local color is not completely eradicated by the purple fringe and can be reconstructed.


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The governor of Wisconsin wants all his instagram critics to kick back with a cold beer.
After Wired published an article Thursday criticizing Republican governor Scott Walker for having a boring Instagram feed, Walker decided to hit back at the "liberal media" — by posting a photo of a beer.
"For those in the liberal media who don't like my Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, I have a simple response," wrote Walker in an Instagram post Thursday. "Can I get you a beer?"
The response, which Walker followed by a barrage of tweets and Instagram posts of other Wisconsin food items and scenes, earned the Republican governor some support — along with a fair dose of ridicule — on social media.
The article that appears to have prompted Walker's response criticized the governor for posting the "least appealing" aspect of any activity he is doing.
Source: Wired and Twitter
It's not the first time Walker's postings have drawn ridicule. He drew criticism in November for his repetitive posts of ham and cheese sandwich lunches and The Daily Caller called out Walker's "gross" food Instagram posts in 2015.
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This blog is all about my sons Casey and Connor- identical twin boys who both have Down Syndrome, their sweet baby sister, Reagan, and the joys and struggles of our life as a family of 5!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Hold tight to the kisses.
I am a fraud.
I am impatient and frustrated.
I raise my voice.
I feel awful.
When I go to do my sessions at Akron Children's Hospital with the 3rd year medical students I make it a point to share how amazing my life is with them. I want these future docs to know that my life is full and happy and that C&C have FULL and HAPPY lives as well. When I talk to other parents or parents just getting the diagnosis that is the central theme- life is good.
And it is. Sweet. Happy. Full. Meaningful.
But there are times- though not many- that I find myself utterly and completely overwhelmed and just... sad.
Today was one of those days. I know how smart Casey and Connor are and I know that they understand the vast majority of what we say to them. I also know that they are 3 and as such just choose not to listen sometimes. The morning went something like this:
Connor hitting Reagan.
Me: Don't hit your sister, Connor. It's not nice and it makes her cry.
Connor sits on Reagan.
Me: Connor! Don't sit on your sister!
Casey whines for something but I don't know what because he won't use his signs this morning.
Me: Casey Bear, what can I do for you?
Casey: Ahh. Ehh. Cry.
Me: Signing: Waffle? Milk? Toast? Cereal?
Casey: Cries to each suggestion and thrusts arm toward kitchen.
Me: Casey I... Connor- don't pinch the baby! Not nice!
Casey: Crying.
Connor: Laughing, sits on Reagan again.
Reagan: screaming like someone has just cut off a limb.
Me: Connor Thomas! Get off your sister. (Pick him up and put him on the recliner) (Pick up Reagan and soothe her.)
Casey: cries louder and gestures toward kitchen.
Me: Buddy, what do you want? More signing, Milk? Waffle? Yogurt (which I have no idea how to sign so I just ask him.).
Casey: yells something indecipherable.
Me: I don't know what you want! Can you show me? I let him in the kitchen. He sits on the floor and cries. Then he signs car.
Me: You want Cars? Do you want to play with your cars?
Casey: Ehhghsua.
Me: ??? DO you want to watch cars?
Casey: Signs waffle.
Me: You want to eat a waffle?
Casey: Signs yes.
Seriously?? Didn't I ask that 10 minutes ago? We get the waffle. Put it in the toaster. Then hear crying.
Rush out of the kitchen- Connor! Get off your sister! She is not a chair!
Move Connor, soothe Reagan. Casey's waffle pops up. Grab that, blow on it to cool it down, hand it to him.
Casey: looks at waffle, throws himself to the floor and sobs.
Me: (deep breath) Buddy?? How about some cereal.
Casey: pops head up and says "oohh"
Get out cheerios. Pour in a bowl. Hand to Casey. He looks at the bowl. Turns it over. Dumps cereal. Stands up, steps on it. Sits in the middle of it and eats it. Until Regan crawls over and eats an "O" and then Casey doesn't want it anymore.
Time to get ready for school. Shoes on. Socks on. Grab sweatshirts. Connor taking shoes off. Reagan stands by the bench. Casey pushes her over and she hits the chair. She screams and cries. I soothe Reagan while scolding Casey and putting Connor's socks and shoes back on. Dog knocks toothbrush off counter and licks toothpaste off. I vaguely wonder if it's poisonous. Find that at that moment I just don't care. (Great! I'm an admitted awful dog parent now, too!) Wash off toothbrush, brush the boys "dinosaur teeth" one toothbrush in each hand. Clean their faces and hands. Turn to take the wipes and toothbrushes into the kitchen when Casey pushes Reagan over and then Connor shoves Casey. I make Casey sign I'm sorry and make Connor help Casey up and sign I'm sorry. He wasn't sorry. He pushes his brother again. I take a deep breath. Put Reagan in high chair. Get her shoes. Connor walks over and starts spitting on her. Nice. Casey pinches her arm. She cries. I scold boys and tell them they must be kind to their sister. They both walk away. Get Reagan ready to leave. I run upstairs and change out of pajamas. Decide that I should brush my hair. Ponytail. Headband. Back down stairs in under 2 minutes. Grab my jacket. Both boys now spitting on baby. Seriously??? Where did they learn THAT??? Grab keys. Pick up Reagan, usher boys through kitchen to the door. Get them all to the van. Connor in a seat. Casey opens other side door. He's going to leave. Run around to the other side, put him in a car seat. Reagan crawling freely, finds crackers. Dumps them over. Squishes into floor. Grab her, put her in seat. Back out of garage. Drive to school.
Once at school, get Reagan out and into her stroller. Realize my back hurts so bad I can barely stand up straight. Get Connor out of seat. Get Casey out of seat. Have one push stroller, the other hold my hand. Casey refuses to walk. I pick him up and help Connor push Reagan. Connor realizes Casey is being carried and must also be carried. My back will not allow for that today. I put Casey down and ask him to push. He refuses. Feel like a terrible mother who can't get her kids in the damn building. Feel bad for thinking it's a damn building.
Pick Casey back up and coax Connor along one step at a time. Connor sits down on the sidewalk. Refuses to move. I look at Casey and say with as much gusto and excitement as possible- do you want to walk or push your sister in the stroller. He chooses to push. Score! I thank him for being such a good boy. Connor no longer wants to be carried. He wants to walk in the grass. Fine. Good. Do it. Points out trees. I tell him that they are trees. Ask him if he hears the birds? He apparently hates birds. Starts to cry and throws his arms up to be carried. A 500 foot walk to the door has now taken 6 minutes. Casey pushes stroller off the sidewalk. I can't get it back up by myself. Amazing door monitor comes to help me. I nearly start to cry because I know I look like a complete friggin wreck.
Sniff. What's. Sniff. That? Casey. Did you just poop, buddy? Awesome. Carrying both boys now, get stroller stuck. Lots of offers to help me. I look like a total douche who is going to start sobbing. Smile. Thank everyone and say, we're just having one of those mornings. They either know exactly what I'm talking about or think I suck at life. I don't care which.
5 minutes later we are down the hall. And Casey finds his locker and picks his name out of the two choices on the door. He is correct on the first try. I'm so proud of him. I feel like such an ass for being frustrated. Connor picks his name correctly and looks up for a "bye bye kiss". I happily oblige. Walk him in, ask for a diaper and wipes for Casey.
Nearly start sobbing. Their teachers are so kind and wonderful. I love these ladies. I see Michelle. Sophia's mommy. I really like her. She is such a great person. She has really beautiful and kind eyes and she tells me she couldn't wait to see me today because she met my "biggest fan", a neighbor of hers who has been reading this blog since the boys were babies. I am so touched that I can no longer hold in the tears. I just start crying. She asks if I want to go get coffee. I jokingly say, margarita? And then, I do what I always do and say no. She has no idea how much her offer means to me. How much I just love her kindness.
Being a stay at home mom is lonely. Being the mom of kids with special needs is lonely. Being a mom in general is hard work. Harder than I ever imagined. These days when the lack of communication between my sweet boys and me makes even the simplest things- like, what do you want for breakfast?- seem like impossible interactions, I feel really alone. And tired. And honestly- like a horrible jerk- when I get frustrated at the children I live and breathe for.
These are the days I call my mom and sob and ask her if they will always be crazy. I need her to reassure me that I am normal and not awful for occasionally losing it and raising my voice or feeling frustrated. And I just cry and cry and cry.
So, today was rough. Really. Freaking. Hard. And I think, I can't do this. I can't. I'm not a good mother. I am not cut out for this. But then I realize- there is nothing I want more than to be their mother. There is no job in this world that is harder or more likely to drive me to absolute brink of madness but then can pull me back from the edge and fill my heart with such unbelievable joy because my 3 year old can finally recognize his own name on a locker and I think- holy crap! That is amazing. Those moments fill me up with the power to keep moving forward and plugging along. They recharge my batteries enough to face the rest of the day with a smile. Sure, there will be more moments like today. And I know there will be days that are just as hard and harder but then I am comforted in knowing that I am not alone. There are the Michelle's who want to get coffee. There are the Brooke and Rachel's who offer to change the poopy diaper. There are Mommy's who let you cry on the phone and offer up a prayer for your strength. There are my children who give me bye bye kisses and smile at me and in those smiles I see the very perfection that I live to share with as many as possible. And despite the bad morning I know that life is good and it could be so much worse. I am blessed with support and and love and I have my wonderful husband to share the journey with and to share the load. I have people all over the world who read this blog and maybe more than a few who offer up similar prayers for strength.
So, thank you for the support. Thank you for the love. Thank you for your kind emails and comments that let me know I am not alone. Thanks for saying, "We all have bad days." And to you I say, "You make this ride even more worthwhile." And to all the moms with unique situations, maybe raising a non verbal child or a medically fragile child or ANY child with ANY ability, I want you to know, bad days happen. As long as you can love your child and appreciate the sweet, little moments, things will be fine. In 10 years I won't remember today was a crappy day- but I will remember that a tiny human looked at me like I was the most important person in his world and he just HAD to give me a sweet little kiss.
Sage advice for the day. Let go of the frustrations. But hold tight to the kisses. The kisses are what matter most.
5 comments:
I don't post much on your site, but I have read just about every blog post. Just wanted to say thank you for sharing. I think most mom's have some days like this and it is nice to hear I'm not alone :) I hope you reward yourself with that margarita tonight after the kids get to bed! Getting through days like this are hard, you deserve a little break. Hopefully tomorrow goes a little smoother for you.
- May 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM
Bless your heart. I remember those days when I was raising my 4 older children whom we adopted and who came with there own unique situations. They were all close in age 2,4,5 and 6. There were days I thought I would never make it through the days. Days when my youngest son busted my window out on my car at 4 years old and then bit a hole into his sisters arm so deep I just knew that it would take stiches. There were days when My oldest son would set fire to all his belongings and my youngest son would scream so loud in one of his rages that the neighbors would call to check on me. I felt like such a bad mom at those moments. Then there were always the moments when they would wrap there arms around me and tell me they loved me or make me a beautiful card telling me what an awesome mom or even those days when they just smiled up at me that made the hard days all worth it. Now that I am raising my two Miracle Boys I find that its the same with them! There are days like today when Timmy yells outside all day not understanding we cant live outside or nights like yesterday when Thomas didn't wont to go to bed or brush his teeth and both boys wonted to pick at each other that I again question my ability as a mom but then I look into those beautiful faces and think about how I was told I would never be able to get pregnant with them and I think of how the cord was around both of there necks at birth and how close I come to loosing them and I am amazed at Gods love for me and the Miracle of Motherhood! You are a GREAT MOM always remember that God chose you for those 3 little blessings because he knew you needed them and they needed you! Angela Welch Dillard
- May 15, 2013 at 1:43 PM
- Michelle Dial said...
Oh Meghan, what a day! Your ability to positively put things into perspective astounds me. I so wish I had that characteristic. It's one of many reasons why you are an incredible person and mommy.
Your comment 'I am a fraud' completely resonated with me to the point of me gasping as I read it. I've never heard another mom state it out loud. I was positive I was the only one who felt this way, recounting to Bill almost daily the reasons why I'm horrible at being a mommy.
Cheers to enjoying the sweet little things and not sweating the small stuff.
Btw, next time, say yes... : )
- May 15, 2013 at 3:25 PM
- Day to Day Mama said...
Oh man..I can so relate to this post!! So many of my mom friends wished me a Happy Mother's Day and said something about me being such a good mom and I thought "I am a fraud!" because some days I feel like the WORST mom! I have also thought that I am not cut out for this...and it's all I ever wanted to be!! Thanks for being honest and letting the rest of us know we are not alone! After a bad day like you had I like to sneak in at night when my kids are sleeping and watch them sleep and remember why I love being a mom :)
- May 17, 2013 at 2:08 AM
- my family said...
thank you for being so honest. I think its so difficult for many of us to be honest. We all have those days why are we so hard on our selves? Because we are supposed to be strong and look like we have it all together?
You post had me giggling and in tears all at once. I felt like such a goof just this wee as I began crying at the ball park UGH i just wanted to hold it all in.
- May 17, 2013 at 6:56 PM