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Mazars event provides leaders with a 'better business' workout
What unites a designer of homes, an aviator and a hotelier? They all attended the annual Mazars Entrepreneurs' Day in London on 8 June. Now in its third year, the event, hosted by the international accountancy and advisory firm, helps businesses get fit for the future.
It may have been Election Day fever outside that day, but inside the Mazars offices, attendees were absorbed by tales of planes, sewing machines and sheer audacity.
Aimed at business owners and senior business leaders in the region, the event featured workshops and high-profile speakers to help businesses best boost long term capital value.
Speakers included designer, entrepreneur and fashion chain Red or Dead founder, Wayne Hemingway of Hemingway Design. He told the audience of finance directors, investors, CEOs and managing directors how his business journey began when he met his future wife Geraldine and moved to London in the early Eighties.
He recalled the early days of Red or Dead when the firm's clothes line in Kensington Market was spotted at London Fashion Week. By rallying forces, including his mother and an entourage of Lancashire helpers, he managed to speedily fulfil an order for 1,600 pieces for Macy's in New York – and never looked back.
Later, 'rags to riches' entrepreneur Jack Romero related how his Lebanon-based brother's illness propelled him into an aviation career as he helped his family pay healthcare bills. He had tales of arriving in London and looking up Lebanese sounding names in the telephone directory to find refuge (the recipient of the 'knock on the door' thought it was a prank). Jack also recalled the discomfort of sleeping on a park bench by night after working all hours by day.
As for their lessons for business leaders, Jack said "I used to carry my business plan with me every day, like a photographer with their camera". He also urged attendees to "find your true passion and use a lot of common sense."
According to Wayne Hemingway, success is about three things. "Questioning, bravery and generosity" he stated, adding that success also means "embracing things going wrong".
The 30 attendees at the Mazars day may not be facing the same stark 'make or break' scenarios as the keynote speakers but they came away with top tips for business survival and long-term planning such as: how best to devise a relevant business plan; how to incentivise staff for long term profitability and how to navigate optimal tax positioning and succession planning.
Attendee Frazer Callingham, assistant operations manager at Starboard Hotels said of the event:
"The quality of the speakers was fantastic and it was a very informative day, covering every stage of the business cycle."
The Mazars entrepreneurial business team was around throughout the day to both meet attendees and provide one to one consultations.
Gareth Jones, Partner and UK Head of Entrepreneurial Business Services at Mazars said:
"There was an excellent turn out this year, reaffirming our view that this is a valuable event for businesses. Attendees had the chance to network with others as well as receive tailored advice around their bespoke business needs.
"Participants told us they found the event inspiring so I hope they feel more empowered and motivated for future challenges – wherever they are in the business cycle. The Election resulted in a new potential partnership. Entrepreneurs' Day was a reminder of Mazars' existing partnership with business leaders as we all strive for a fitter, more agile business future."


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BET's Lee Named to Marriott Board
Black Entertainment Television president and chief operating officer Debra L. Lee has been added to the board of directors at Marriott International Inc.
Lee was named to the 11-member board -- seven of whom are independent -- along with private-equity firm MidOcean Partners chairman Richard S. Braddock.
"I am pleased to announce that these two highly accomplished and respected executives and leaders are joining our board," chairman and CEO J.W. Marriott Jr. said in a prepared statement. "Debra brings considerable operational and legal expertise."


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My wonderful friend, Annetta Ribken, who also happens to be an author and my editor has outdone herself!
She's rounded up twenty-two amazing writers for a one-of-a-kind project. Twenty-two of us, can you imagine? And she did it in just a little over a day! I was thrilled to be invited as part of this esteemed group.
Look at her, would you ever dare to refuse this woman?
Each of us will write a story based on the Major Arcana of the Tarot. There will be a range of genres, styles, and voices. You may know some of these writers or have read their work.
The reality of many joint ventures for writers is they never come to fruition unless there is a plan in place from beginning to end. Let me tell you, Annetta has covered all bases. In less than a week of my acceptance to be part of this project, she's put together an IndieGoGo campaign to get it off the ground. Wow!
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Annetta is unwavering when it comes to work ethic, forging alliances, and honoring her commitments. This is a HUGE project, one she's passionate about, and now she's lit a fire under everyone's ass, and trust me, I'm feeling the heat—but in a good way!
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Cradlepoint announced this week it will be sponsoring a panel discussion to explore emerging opportunities for advanced gigabit LTE and 5G services within the enterprise wide-area network (WAN) market.
The panel discussion, hosted by RCR Wireless, will include distinguished experts on advanced 4G and 5G cellular technologies from Cradlepoint, Ericsson, AT&T, Intel and Telit and Visio Health. The event will take place at Stubbs BBQ in Austin, Texas, at 5 p.m. CDT on May 14, immediately following the first day of the 5G North America and Big Communications events being be co-located at the Austin Convention Center. Cradlepoint will also participate in several other panels on SD-WAN and 5G technologies at the 5G North America and Big Communications events.
For over a decade, 5G North America has played a key role in the education and transformation of the telecoms market. This year's event aims to prepare attendees for tomorrow's hyper-connected world, as 5G starts to become a reality, and new technologies are implemented, unlocking many key benefits for consumers and businesses. The two-day, Big Communications Event, is hosted by Heavy Reading's team of analysts, with a focus on automation, AI and machine learning, SD-WAN, networking and more.
Cradlepoint's participation in these events highlights the implications of digital transformation on the enterprise WAN as well as the need to connect more people, places and things than ever before. This is due to the digital economy which is driving the adoption of software-defined WAN and 4G LTE and 5G services.
Cradlepoint will participate in the following events:
Pathway to 5G: Opportunities for the Enterprise Edge
Date: Monday, May 14, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Stubbs BBQ, Austin, Texas
Moderator: Kelly Hill, RCR Wireless
- Lindsay Notwell, SVP, 5G Strategy & Global Carrier Operations, Cradlepoint
- Cagatay Buyukkoc, Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T
- Haseeb Akhtar, Principal Solutions Consultant, Ericsson
- Caroline Chan, VP and GM, 5G Infrastructure Division, Network Platform Group, Intel
- Alon Segal, CTO, Telit
- Anthony Stanley, VP of Technology and Operations at Visio Health
SD-WAN: How the Market is Evolving Panel Discussion
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 4:10 to 5:10 p.m.
Event: Big Communications
Moderator: Kelsey Ziser, Editor, Light Reading
- Roger Billings, Global Solutions Architect, Cradlepoint
- Pascal Menezes, Chief Technology Officer, MEF
- Dogu Narin, Senior Director Product Management, Versa Networks
- Jeff Shafer, Assistant Vice President, Product Management – Virtual Edge, AT&T Business
- Kevin Sahim, VP, Engineering (Managed Services), GTT
Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications & the Network Edge
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 4:10 to 5:10 p.m.
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Moderator: Gabriel Brown, Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading
- Lindsay Notwell, SVP, 5G Strategy & Global Carrier Operations
- Phill Lawson-Shanks, Chief Innovation Officer, EdgeConneX
- Jeni Panhorst, Sr. Director, Strategic Planning & Program Management, Network Platforms Group, Intel
- Kishore Raja, VP Engineering Strategic Programs, Boingo Wireless
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| This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Wild Magic.
The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Tamora Pierce Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
- This page is about the novel, Wild Magic. For the type of magic, see wild magic.
|Wild Magic
|A Novel of the Tortall
|Veralidaine Sarrasri
|Tamora Pierce
|Cover Artist
|Michael McDermott
|Publication information
|Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
|Release Date
|December 1, 1992
|UK Release Date
|The Immortals
|Preceded by
|Followed by
Wild Magic is the first in a series of four books, The Immortals. It details the emergence of Veralidaine Sarrasri (also known as Daine)'s powers as a wild mage and her coming to Tortall.
Cover flap summary
- "Young Diane's knack with animals gets her a job helping the royal horse mistress drive a herd of ponies to Tortall. It soon becomes clear that Diane's talent,despite her struggles to hide it is downright magical. Horses and other animals not only obey the mysterious girl,they come to her and seem to listen to her words. But Diane will have to trust humans before she can come to terms with her powers,her past and herself."
- —Cover flap summary
- "For Raquel Wolf-Sister and
Tas Horse-Hearted
who opened my heart to the songs of all the beasts."
- —Dedication
Plot introduction
Wild Magic is set in the same world as The Song of the Lioness quartet. Thirteen-year-old Daine has always had a knack with animals, but it's not until she's forced to leave home that she realizes it's more than a knack-it's magic. With this wild magic, not only can Daine speak to naimals, but also she can make them obey her. Daine takes a job handling horses for the Queen's Riders, where she meets the master mage Numair and becomes his student.
Under Numair's guidance, Daine explores the scope of her magic. But she begins to sense other beings too: immortals. These bloodthirsty monsters have been imprisoned in the Divine Realms for the past four hundred years, but now someone has broken the barrier. It's up to Daine and her friends to defend their world from an immortal attack.
Plot summary
The reader is introduced to Daine, a thirteen year old girl who can speak to animals. Daine meets Onua Chamtong, the woman in charge of the horses for the "Queen's Riders," and is hired to help bring up a group of new ponies to the capital of Tortall, Corus.
Along the way, Daine and Onua are attacked by strange creatures called immortals and later learns that nearly all of Tortall is being plagued by them. However, the immortals that attacked had been on the chase of a hawk, but not just any hawk. The hawk later turns out to be the powerful mage, Numair Salmalín. She also meets Alanna the Lioness. Upon reaching Corus, she continues as the assistant horsemistress, teaching Rider trainees and learning more about her own powers of "wild magic" (here she meets Evin Larse, who appears later in the Protector of the Small quartet).
On their way to summer camp at Pirate's Swoop, Daine, to continue her training in her wild magic, tells Onua and Numair about how she had lost her mind after the murder of her family and joined a pack of wolves to kill the bandits who had killed her family. The townspeople of Snowsdale then realized what was happening and tried to kill her, so she fled. After time, with the help of her only family left, Cloud, a pony, she gained her humanity and sanity. Relieved that her friends still like her, and after Numair, her mage teacher, enacts a spell so she will not lose her mind once again, she begins to hone her powers and soon learns to heal animals. Towards the end of the book, she saves Pirate's Swoop from an attack of pirates and immortals from Carthak. She's also left in charge of a dragonet, whos mother has died in the battle to help save Tortall. Daine nicknames the dragonet Kitten, her real name being Skysong.
- Girl with a Pony
- The Hawk
- Spidrens and Meditation
- The Queens Riders
- Wild Magic
- Maglet
- Buzzards Rock
- Pirates Swoop
- Siege
- Listening Far Enough
- Epilogue
Main Characters
- Veralidaine Sarrasri - protagonist; Assistant Horsemistress for the Queen's Riders
- Onua Chamtong - Horsemistress for the Queen's Riders
- Numair Salmalín - Daine's teacher; powerful mage
- Buriram Tourakom - Second-in-Command of the Queen's Riders
- Sarge - Trainer for the Queen's Riders
- Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau - King's Champion; Baroness of Pirate's Swoop
- Cloud - Daine's pony
Minor Characters
- King Jonathan - King of Tortall
- Queen Thayet - Queen of Tortall; creator of the Queen's Riders
- Prince Roald - Jonathan and Thayet's oldest son; Crown Prince of Tortall
- Princess Kalasin - Jonathan and Thayet's oldest daughter
- George of Pirate's Swoop - Alanna's husband; Baron of Pirate's Swoop
- Thom of Pirate's Swoop - George and Alanna's oldest son
- the Twins - Thom's younger siblings; remained unnamed in Wild Magic (Alan and Alianne)
Queen's Riders
- Miri - trainee Rider, Daine's friend
- Evin Larse - trainee Rider, Daine's friend
- Kuri Taylor - responsible for Rider girls
- Farant - trainee Rider
- Padrach - trainee Rider
- Selda - trainee Rider; quit at Pirate's Swoop
- Tarrus - trainee Rider
- Jacy - trainee Rider; quit at Pirate's Swoop
- Kenelm - trainee Rider; quit at Pirate's Swoop
- Elnore - trainee Rider
- Tahoi - Onua's dog
- Darkmoon - Alanna's warhorse; Moonlight's grandson
- Mangle - pack horse
- Spots - Numair's horse
- Ox - one of Sarge's horses
- General - one of Sarge's horses
- Whisper - one of Onua's ponies
- Silk - one of Onua's ponies
- Minchi - Padrach's pony
- Gimpy - Thom's bloodhound
- Mammoth - Daine's dog; killed by bandits
- Horse Lords - K'miri gods/ goddesses
- Chavi West-wind - goddess of cleansing, belief/ religion, music, and marriage
- Bian North-wind - mother of horses, goddess of trade, sleep, and fertility
- Shai South-wind - god of magic, volcanoes, sex, and healing
- Vau East-wind - god of creation, travel, strength, and truth
- Goddess - Great God in the Tortallan pantheon
- Badger - animal god; watched over Daine
- Father Storm - god of the K'miri pantheon; father of the Horse Lords
- Mother Rain - goddess of the K'miri pantheon; mother of the Horse Lords
- Mithros - Great God; head of the Tortallan pantheon
- Mynoss - god of the Carthaki pantheon
- Shakith - goddess of the Carthaki pantheon
- Graveyard Hag - patron goddess of Carthak
- Weiryn - hunt god; Daine's father
- Hakim - member of the King's Own; rode with Alanna
- Zhaneh Bitterclaws - Stormwing queen
- Stefan - Chief Hostler at the Royal Palace
- Hakkon Falconer - Gallan villager; tried to shoot Daine
- Maude - nursemaid at Pirate's Swoop; healer
- Captain Josua - Captain of the Guard at Pirate's Swoop's
- Skysong - baby dragon; found by Daine
- Skysong's mother - dragon who attacked the Carthaki ships at Pirate's Swoop
- Mahil Eddace - head of the Lord of the Free Corsairs who attacked Pirate's Swoop
Mentioned Characters
In order of mention:
- Sarra - Daine's mother; killed by bandits
- Grandda - Daine's grandfather; killed by bandits
- Lord Sinthya - stole scrolls from Carthak to bring immortals into the Mortal Realms
- the Doi - fortune tellers
- Emperor Ozorne - Emperor of Carthak
- Lory - Rand's wife; Gallan friend of Sarra's
- Rand - Lory's husband; Gallan friend of Sarra's
- Younger sibs - Roald and Kalasin's younger siblings
- Lord of Mandash - killed by ogres along with his son
External links
See also


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Zorek's Trial
Whew. Almost done now. You're back on the first level of the tomb, albeit on the previously unreachable eastern half. Unfortunately there was no quick ingress, but perhaps there's an egress?
Enough idle speculation. The encounter ahead can be resolved through diplomacy or combat, and if you lack a silver tongue - or the patience to wag it - now is a good time to spellbuff.
When you're ready, make your way forward into the chamber beyond, where you'll be confronted by an unearthly barbarian guardian named Zorek. Ask him what questions you will, then, if you wish to avoid a fight, pick the dialogue option "Let me tell you of my deeds - they'll make my worth clear." followed by "I'm ready. Listen well."
You should now see a string of [Diplomacy] checks and perhaps the odd [Bluff] and [Intimidate], the latter being an incredibly difficult [Intimidate 50] check. All the other checks - boasts of your deeds - serve to impress Zorek, hence making your claim, the [Intimidate] check, easier to achieve. Of course, your actual boasts depend on your previous actions, and if you say something unpleasing, Zorek may disregard your boast, or turn hostile.
If you spared either Hargulka or Tartuk, you'll have the dialogue option "I plundered Trobold, the underground monster city!", which will provoke Zorek. Likewise, if you spared Vordakai you'll have the option "I defeated Vordakai, ancient necromancer and ruler of the cyclopes!", which Zorek isn't fond of, either. It doesn't matter if you pass or fail this check, merely attempting them results in a fight.
On the other hand, if you killed both Tartuk and Hargulka you'll get the option "I killed Hargulka and Tartuk - a troll king and a kobold king respectively - and destroyed their city!", and likewise with Vordakai you'll be able to say "I killed Vordakai, ancient necromancer and ruler of the cyclopes!". These checks can be passed, and if they are, will impress Zorek and drop the DC of his [Intimidate] check.
Other feats you can boast about include defeating the Stag Lord, exterminating the Longtail tribe during the quest Lost Child, murdering the villagers of Lake Silverstep, and defeating Dugath and the rest of his barbarians. If you're a follower of Gorum (or you can lie convincingly enough about being one) that'll also appease Zorek. Successfully lying about serving Gorum is also worth a hefty bit of experience - over 11,000, in fact.
Depending on how many of these checks you can pass, you could lower the required [Intimidate] check to reasonable levels. Pass the [Intimidate] check and you'll prove your worth to Zorek by your deeds alone, earning you passage without a fight. Honestly, the experience for talking your way out of a fight is far, far greater than by winning the fight itself, so it's probably worth trying if your Diplomacy skill is high enough.
If a fight breaks out, don't sweat. Zorek's not that powerful of a warrior. He gets plenty of attacks per round and his pretty hard, but his Attack Bonus is barely higher than the Greater Skeletal Champions you fought in the previous area. His Armor Class is also high, but not on par with the Devourers or Bloody Bone Beasts you may have fought. His Hit Points aren't even all that high compared to creatures you've been fighting, nor does he have any Damage Reduction. Simply put, there's no reason why a spellbuffed party shouldn't be able to cut him down with relative ease.
While the experience favors diplomacy, if you kill him you can loot his body for a Falchion +3, a suit of Full Plate +1, a Headband of Inspired Wisdom +2, an Amulet of Natural Armor +2, a Ring of Protection +2, a Cloak of Resistance +3 and the odd potion and scroll.
Claim victory, whether through diplomacy or combat, then search the eastern corner of the room to find a hidden [Perception 35] check. You can find a body to loot in the northern corner of the chamber, while a grate to the west [Perception 9] can be searched for a Leather Scrap Covered in Ancient Runes.
Battle: Armag
If you were somehow depleted by Zorek, best rest up, because the next battle is even harder. When you're ready, spellbuff, save your game, then head into the room to the next chamber to the southwest, where you'll find Armag having a bit of a... disagreement with a Deface Sister. Unfortunately, Armag's wrath isn't sated with her, and he'll shortly turn his attention onto you, summoning a host of Greater Skeletal Champions to aid him in battle.
This fight can be harrowing for one reason - Armag himself. He's got an outright silly Attack Bonus that makes worrying about your Armor Class moot. If he's not deterred by concealment, he's going to hit, and the only question is how hard. Stoneskin will help mitigate damage somewhat, but even with that buff he still hits harder than most any foe you've fought before. On a critical hit he could quite nearly one-shot any of your warriors.
If you were hoping that he'd be something of a glass cannon, your hope is in vain. His Armor Class is higher than a Devourer's - very near forty, and he's got enough Hit Points to weather more than one lucky critical hit. All is not lost, however, as he does has a weak-point: spells. He's outright immune to Magic Missile, for some reason, but his Reflex Save is only only moderate and his Touch Armor Class is laughable, meaning a variety of spells can be employed against him with decent expectations of success.
Chains of Light has a good chance of keeping him held - assuming a caster with an Attribute Modifier of +5, this spell should have around a 50% chance of working, which may just keep him occupied for a round or two. The best way of damaging Armag is through direct damaging spells, however. Flamestrike, Hellfire Ray, Chain Lightning, Controlled Fireball... any party-friendly (or easily-aimed) spell that requires a Touch Attack or checks the target's Reflex Save is worth employing. Even spells like Disintegrate and Harm may be worth a cast, even assuming their damage will be reduced due to Armag's Fortitude Save. Armag has plenty of Hit Points, but not enough that he can shrug off such an onslaught indefinitely.
The only question is, how to keep him from murdering you while you cast these spells? You have several options, including simply spellbuffing your warriors and hoping they survive long enough - and contribute enough damage - to allow your casters to whittle Armag down. A better solution is to summon plenty of fodder before you provoke Armag and let him cut his way through them, buying you precious rounds to inflict damage. Aforementioned spells like Chains of Light may buy you more time, but it's hard to pick it over Hellfire Ray, which any competent Cleric can use to deal 30-40 damage to Armag each round.
As for Armag's skeleton pals, there's a sneaky way of mitigating the role they'll play in the battle... your good old friend, Web. Sneak forward until you can see just past the dead barbarians in the middle of the room and cast one Web to the west, and another to the south. If you want complete coverage, throwing a third Web spell at Armag will do, but his Athletics score is high enough that there's virtually no chance he'll be hindered at all, so don't count on it.
So, to recap: sneak forward and cast several Web spells to catch Armag's Greater Skeletal Champions. Summon a bunch of critters to serve as fodder - numbers matter more than potency, expect Armag to cut through one every time he attacks. Spellbuff your party, send a character forward to provoke Armag, then retreat when he attacks. Hopefully most - if not all - of his skeletons will be caught in the Web spells and the creatures you summon will hold Armag up a few rounds. During this time, blast him with spells to reduce his Hit Points, and engage with your warriors if and when he kills all your summons.
When Armag is defeated, his skeletal minions will cease to be a threat, too. After a moment, Armag will collect himself enough to talk, and at any stage of the conversation you'll be able to inflict to coup de grace, should you not dare to spare the barbarian. If you choose to hear him out, however, you can ask about the Deface Sisters, his upbringing, why he attacked Brevoy, and so on. Ask him "What will you do if I let you live?" and you'll get the option to spare him [Chaotic Good], after which you can fraternize with the barbarian chieftain by becoming blood-siblings.
It's probably not a bad thing to have a barbarian chief so closely bonded to your cause. He's also got no love for this "ninth mother", whose identity should be easy enough to guess. In a way, the two of you are siblings in misery, bound by the destructive ambitions of the Guardian of the Bloom.
On the other hand, if you kill Armag you can loot him for Ovinrbaane, Enemy of All Enemies, a Bastard Sword +5 with the "Oversized", "Anarchic" and "Speed" properties. While it might seem like a dream weapon for Amiri, the wielder must make a [Will 23] save each round or go berserk, attacking the nearest target - friend or foe. The DC of this Will Save increases by one each round of combat, and Will is not her strong suit. Less controversial is the Adamantine Breastplate +4, Belt of Physical Might +4, Amulet of Natural Armor +3, Ring of Protection +4 and Cloak of Resistance +4 he drops. Certainly you can find a home for all these high-quality magical items.
Either way, you can loot one of Armag's skeletal servants for a Skymetal Cogwheel. There's also a pair of chests (one hidden [Perception 35]) in the northern corner of the room, one of which contains a Leather Scrap Covered in Ancient Runes, while another chest in the southern corner of the room which holds a whopping 3,789 GP.
Batch of Blood Bones Secret Room
Believe it or not, that's not all the loot to be had in this tomb... nor the last fight. Along the southwestern wall of the room Armag occupied - near the chest full of gold - you can find a secret door [Perception 35]. Beyond this secret door is a small chamber occupied by a Spectre, two Bloody Bones Beasts and two Skeletal Champion Berserkers. There's also a trap in the center of the room, but this is tactically irrelevant, since you probably don't want to rush on in there, anyways.
Isolating and dispatching one Bloody Bones Beast is rough, but doable, but two can be a chore. You may just have success with a strategy similar to the one you employed against Armag, however, the goal this time being to isolate the two Bloody Bones Beasts and quickly remove one with magic. Cast a Web spell at the center of the room so its edge blocks the door, then retreat and lure the Bloody Bones Beasts to the northeast.
Again, they almost certainly won't be affected by Web, but their companions might. When they're isolated, focus on one of them and hit it with all your nastiest spells: Disintegrate, Hellfire Ray, Chain Lightning, Heal, etc. Unlike Armag, their Fortitude Saves are what you want to challenge, and while they're not terribly low, they're not unconquerably high like their Reflex Saves. Once you've dispatched one with a combination of magic and might, the other shouldn't be too far behind, and the Spectre and skeletons aren't anything to worry about on their own.
Conquer this last group of undead in this dungeon, disarm the trap, then search the room for treasure. You'll find two chests you can loot, one of which contains a Heavy Shield +4. Almost certainly bound to be an upgrade for somebody!
Finishing Up Armag's Tomb
Leave the secret chamber and exit the room where you encountered Armag via an exit to the northwest. Along the northwestern corner of this chamber you'll find a hidden [Perception 35] chest, which houses a suit of Chainmail +4. Another, less obscure chest can be found in the room's eastern corner.
To the southwest you'll find a passage connecting you to the earlier part of this dungeon, allowing a quick egress. Convenient, that. If you want a bit more loot before you go - and your Perception skill is up to it - search the northeastern wall to find a final secret door [Perception 35]. In the room beyond you'll find three chests, one of which is hidden [Perception 35]. One of these chests will yield a Longsword +3, another will forfeit an Ancient Kellid Ceramic Potsherd, while in the hidden chest you'll find the Protector's Robe, which gives its wearer a +5 Dodge bonus to Armor Class, a +1 Attack Bonus and damage bonus with unarmed attacks... the perfect bit of clothing for your adventuring Monk.
With that, you're finally, mercifully done with this tomb.
The Future of the Tribe
Leave the tomb and you'll be treated to a scene of dissent among the Tiger Lords. If Armag is dead, you'll get a chance to pass a value judgment on the dead barbarian, but things proceed the same way, regardless. Gwart will ask you to help decide the fate of the Tiger Lords by easing tensions within the clan by taking in any disaffected elements, and by helping pick a new chieftain. To accept them, pick the dialogue option "All right, I'll take in any Tiger Lords who wish to leave their tribe and live on my lands - provided they swear an oath of fealty first.", while you can reject them by saying "Why are your quarrels my affair? Go back to Numeria and do whatever you like. Leave me out of your feud." followed by "You heard me - leave. If I find you in my lands again, you'll be greeted with fire and steel!".
The former is a simple enough decision, either you choose to have good diplomatic relations with the Tiger Lords, or you drive the Numerian barbarians away with threats. In the latter case has a few options, many of which probably won't be available to you given your past options. Possible candidates include Amiri, Armag, Dugath and Gwart, but if Armag or Dugath are dead, they won't be candidates. Obviously. Also, Amiri will only be a candidate if you completed Betrayer's Flight before Hour of Rage. There's quite a good possibility that Gwart will be the only viable contender.
Pick whomever you wish (or whomever is available, as the case may be) and enjoy the experience reward for finally ending the threat from the Numerians. There's bound to be more trouble and strife, but for now you turn your attention elsewhere. If you return to the throne room in your capital, the quest Coronation will proceed. If you haven't completed it yet, you can simply avoid returning to your throne room for now (provided you haven't been absent too terribly long, of course) and head to Candlemere Tower to see about completing Betrayer's Flight.


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'Hard Facts of The Holocaust' - The Central Argument put up by the 'Holocaust Deniers' in a Nutshell
'Put aside decades of propaganda and dogma, examine the facts!'
This short 6 minute video outlines the claims made by the 'Holocaust Deniers'.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, December 12th, 2013.]
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Young Thug say's he's sorry and begs his fiancee Jerrika Karlae to get back with him
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Garden Update
Well here is the latest and greatest from our container garden. Above is the Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans which we replanted into their final container. Two of the four are doing really well and I think two were traumatized by the move… Apparently you shouldn't try to transplant beans so if those two don't perk up I will rip them out and plant to seed directly into the planter.
Nothing has come of the second batch of broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers which is very sad… We have gotten ourselves a growing flat with clear top. Since Colorado is so dry I'm hoping that by covering it to keep the moisture in they will be able to finally sprout.
On the upside the sunflowers are still doing really well. If they last through the summer we are going to use them as centerpieces as our wedding reception. We planted three different varieties- Strawberry Blonde, Eclipse and something else…
The spinach is doing really well too and pretty soon we will have to rip some of them out so that they have 3 inches in between. We had some success with our first round of spinach but after a couple weeks they wilted away :(.
Our final success story is our carrots which have sprouted some greens on our second attempt. The first time around we planted them in newspaper pots but they did nothing and you aren't supposed to transplant them anyway. The second time we put them directly in the planter and covered them with paper towels that I kept moist.
So overall I (N.) think we are doing pretty well considering this is our very first attempt at growing anything from seed.
April 8, 2008 4:35 am
I think you are doing great! There's always a few losses; I sowed in 23 eggshells 13th of march, and when I transplanted the plants today I had 18 plants to handle. I'm crazy enough to transplant carrots since I grow them for the leaves in the first place (they are edible and pretty tasty).
I'll keep my fingers crossed for your sunflowers!
April 8, 2008 9:37 am
Oh dear! I didn't know I shouldn't transplant beans! I was having a crisis with time so I plunged a few broadbeans into a terracotta pot to get them going – the idea being that they'd be moved into their plot in due course.
Hmm…might have to rethink that now, or possibly just do an experiment…
April 9, 2008 8:02 am
Looks like you are doing fantastic with your urban veg garden. I think many more people will be following in your footsteps as food prices rise sharply due to oil prices and agricultural land competing for space with biofuel crops.
Back to growing veg … I transplant beans with no problems. I always start them off in individual cells (24 compartments to a seed tray) as it saves the newly sprouted plants from slug attack.
Its a good idea to cover seed trays with plastic but check them morning and night because the plastic needs to be removed as soon as the seeds begin to sprout above the surface. They could be kept in the airing cupboard or somewhere similarly warm to speed up germination. You can buy propagators which are heated seed trays to help germinate heat loving plants like tomatoes, aubergines, peppers and chillis. Leaving plastic on the tray can cause 'damping off', which means the steams turn black and the plants wither away due to mould (or is it fungus?!) contamination.
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Advisors: Senator Brandt Hershman, Senator Timothy Skinner
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A new camera that can see polarized light was recently developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. The camera was inspired by the alien-like marine species, the mantis shrimp. By copying the makeup of the mantis shrimp's eye, researchers have made a camera that enables the human eye to see things it once could not and may help with early cancer detection.
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B.A. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 2003
M.S. Physical Oceanography, Nova Southeastern University, 2007
Ph.D. Oceanography, Oregon State University, 2012
Tracking Swordfish for Ocean Research
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White Sharks as Oceanographic Research Platforms
Shark swimming paths and feeding behaviors are giving Peter Gaube and his colleagues some new insights to the annual phytoplankton bloom cycle in the North Atlantic. They are at sea during the month of May on the NAAMES project the North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study. The sharks, tagged with satellite tracking sensors, swim and dive deeply in ocean eddies, preferring those that are warmer and have lower primary production. Gaube's expertise is oceanic mesoscale eddies and meanders, the spinning masses of water 10100 km across that make up the ocean's weather and impact the ecosystem. A goal of NAAMES is to characterize the phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish inside and outside mesoscale eddies to probe mechanistic physicalbiological interactions.
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Detecting mesopelagic organisms using biogeochemical-Argo floats
Haëntjens, N., A. Della Penna, N. Briggs, L. Karp-Boss, P. Gaube, H. Claustre, and E. Boss, "Detecting mesopelagic organisms using biogeochemical-Argo floats," Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, doi:10.1029/2019GL086088, 2020.
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During the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study in the western North Atlantic, float‐based profiles of fluorescent dissolved organic matter and backscattering exhibited distinct spike layers at ~ 300 m. The locations of the spikes were at depths similar or shallower to where a ship‐based scientific echo sounder identified layers of acoustic backscatter, an Underwater Vision Profiler detected elevated concentration of zooplankton, and mesopelagic fish were sampled by a mesopelagic net tow. The collocation of spike layers in bio‐optical properties with mesopelagic organisms suggests that some can be detected with float‐based bio‐optical sensors. This opens the door to the investigation of such aggregations/layers in observations collected by the global biogeochemical‐Argo array allowing the detection of mesopelagic organisms in remote locations of the open ocean under‐sampled by traditional methods.
Global satellite-observed daily vertical migrations of ocean animals
Behrenfeld, M.J., P. Gaube, A. Della Penna, R.T. O'Malley, W.J. Burt, Y. Hu, P.S. Bontempi, D.K. Steinberg, E.S. Boss, D.A. Siegel, C.A. Hostetler, P.D. Torfell, and S.C. Doney, "Global satellite-observed daily vertical migrations of ocean animals," Nature, 576, 257-261, doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1796-9, 2019.
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27 Nov 2019
Every night across the world's oceans, numerous marine animals arrive at the surface of the ocean to feed on plankton after an upward migration of hundreds of metres. Just before sunrise, this migration is reversed and the animals return to their daytime residence in the dark mesopelagic zone (at a depth of 2001,000 m). This daily excursion, referred to as diel vertical migration (DVM), is thought of primarily as an adaptation to avoid visual predators in the sunlit surface layer and was first recorded using ship-net hauls nearly 200 years ago. Nowadays, DVMs are routinely recorded by ship-mounted acoustic systems (for example, acoustic Doppler current profilers). These data show that night-time arrival and departure times are highly conserved across ocean regions and that daytime descent depths increase with water clarity, indicating that animals have faster swimming speeds in clearer waters. However, after decades of acoustic measurements, vast ocean areas remain unsampled and places for which data are available typically provide information for only a few months, resulting in an incomplete understanding of DVMs. Addressing this issue is important, because DVMs have a crucial role in global ocean biogeochemistry. Night-time feeding at the surface and daytime metabolism of this food at depth provide an efficient pathway for carbon and nutrient export.
Mesoscale eddies release pelagic sharks from thermal constraints to foraging in the ocean twilight zone
Braun, C.D., P. Gaube, T.H. Sinclair-Taylor, G.B. Skomal, and S.R. Thorrold, "Mesoscale eddies release pelagic sharks from thermal constraints to foraging in the ocean twilight zone," Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 116, 17,187-17,192, doi:10.1073/pnas.1903067116, 2019.
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6 Aug 2019
Mesoscale eddies are critical components of the ocean's "internal weather" system. Mixing and stirring by eddies exerts significant control on biogeochemical fluxes in the open ocean, and eddies may trap distinctive plankton communities that remain coherent for months and can be transported hundreds to thousands of kilometers. Debate regarding how and why predators use fronts and eddies, for example as a migratory cue, enhanced forage opportunities, or preferred thermal habitat, has been ongoing since the 1950s. The influence of eddies on the behavior of large pelagic fishes, however, remains largely unexplored. Here, we reconstruct movements of a pelagic predator, the blue shark (Prionace glauca), in the Gulf Stream region using electronic tags, earth-observing satellites, and data-assimilating ocean forecasting models. Based on >2,000 tracking days and nearly 500,000 high-resolution time series measurements collected by 15 instrumented individuals, we show that blue sharks seek out the interiors of anticyclonic eddies where they dive deep while foraging. Our observations counter the existing paradigm that anticyclonic eddies are unproductive ocean "deserts" and suggest anomalously warm temperatures in these features connect surface-oriented predators to the most abundant fish community on the planet in the mesopelagic. These results also shed light on the ecosystem services provided by mesopelagic prey. Careful consideration will be needed before biomass extraction from the ocean twilight zone to avoid interrupting a key link between planktonic production and top predators. Moreover, robust associations between targeted fish species and oceanographic features increase the prospects for effective dynamic ocean management.
Movement ecology and stenothermy of satellite-tagged shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)
Arostegui, M.C., P. Gaube, and C.D. Braun, "Movement ecology and stenothermy of satellite-tagged shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)," Fish. Res., 215, 21-25, doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2019.03.005, 2019.
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1 Jul 2019
The shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris) is an understudied, istiophorid billfish primarily encountered as bycatch in pelagic commercial fisheries of the Indo-Pacific. The species is listed as data-deficient, and little is known of its biology, ecology, and population structure or status. We assessed the species' movement ecology and thermal niche with telemetry data from the first shortbill spearfishes ever outfitted with pop-up satellite archival transmitting tags (n = 3 with successfully transmitted data). Short (415 day) deployments offshore of the Island of Hawai'i revealed that spearfish primarily occupied the mixed layer, spending >90% of each 24-hr period between the surface and 100 m in water temperatures between 2426°C. These individuals consistently exhibited vertical activity at night regardless of the prevailing lunar phase. Nocturnal movements throughout the mixed layer may enable shortbill spearfish to forage on mesopelagic species undergoing diel vertical migration and reduce trophic niche overlap with primarily diurnal, pelagic species. The narrow thermal distribution of shortbill spearfish in this study, almost exclusively within 2°C of sea surface temperature, suggests that they are more stenothermal than extra-generic istiophorid species.
Movement and thermal niche of the first satellite-tagged Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone)
Arostegui, M.C., C.D. Braun, and P. Gaube, "Movement and thermal niche of the first satellite-tagged Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone)," Fish. Oceanogr., 28, 327-333, doi:10.1111/fog.12413, 2019.
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1 May 2019
The Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone) is one of the least‐studied istiophorid billfishes, with little known of its biology, ecology, and behavior. To assess the species' movement and thermal niche, we analyzed telemetry data from, to our knowledge, the first and only Mediterranean spearfish ever outfitted with a pop‐up satellite archival transmitting tag. Throughout a 29‐day deployment during July and August 2015, the fish travelled in Italian waters of the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Seas, spending on average 93% of each 24‐hr period above 30 m and exhibiting a diel activity pattern comprised of daytime vertical movement and nighttime near‐surface residency. The preferred thermal niche was 2628°C, but the spearfish experienced temperatures as low as 14.2°C during descents. Vertical distribution was limited throughout the deployment with more time spent at depth in areas where the thermocline was comparatively deeper and weaker, consistent with habitat compression experienced by other billfishes.
Satellite observations of SST-induced wind speed perturbation at the oceanic submesoscale
Gaube, P., C.C. Chickadel, R. Branch, and A. Jessup, "Satellite observations of SST-induced wind speed perturbation at the oceanic submesoscale," Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 2690-2695, doi:10.1029/2018GL080807, 2019.
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16 Mar 2019
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) modifies the turbulent mixing, drag, and pressure gradients within the marine atmospheric boundary layer that accelerate near‐surface flow from cool to warm SST and decelerate the flow from warm to cool SST. This phenomenon is well documented on scales of 1001,000 km (the oceanic mesoscale); however, the nature of this airsea coupling at scales on the order of 110 km (the submesoscale) remains unknown. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer can be used to study submesoscale phenomena because the high‐resolution infrared and near‐infrared images can used to estimate both SST and wind speed. Observations of dramatic temperature and wind gradients along the Gulf Stream landward edge are used to examine the surface wind response to submesoscale fronts in SST. Our analysis indicates that SST‐induced wind speed perturbations are observed at the scales of order 110 km, significantly smaller than previously suggested.
Mesoscale eddies modulate mixed layer depth globally
Gaube, P., D.J. McGillicuddy Jr., and A.J. Moulin, "Mesoscale eddies modulate mixed layer depth globally," Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 1505-1512, doi:10.1029/2018GL080006, 2018.
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16 Feb 2019
Mesoscale eddies, energetic vortices covering nearly a third of the ocean surface at any one time, modulate the spatial and temporal evolution of the mixed layer. We present a global analysis of concurrent satellite observations of mesoscale eddies with hydrographic profiles by autonomous Argo floats, revealing rich geographic and seasonal variability in the influence of eddies on mixed layer depth. Anticyclones deepen the mixed layer depth, whereas cyclones thin it, with the magnitude of these eddy‐induced mixed layer depth anomalies being largest in winter. Eddy‐centric composite averages reveal that the largest anomalies occur at the eddy center and decrease with distance from the center. Furthermore, the extent to which eddies modulate mixed layer depth is linearly related to the sea surface height amplitude of the eddies. Finally, large eddy‐mediated mixed layer depth anomalies are more common in anticyclones when compared to cyclones. We present candidate mechanisms for this observed asymmetry.
Chlorophyll rings around ocean eddies in the North Pacific
Xu, G., C. Dong, Y. Liu, P. Gaube, and J. Yang, "Chlorophyll rings around ocean eddies in the North Pacific," Sci. Rep., 9, 2056, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-38457-8, 2019.
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14 Feb 2019
Chlorophyll rings (CRs) are defined as elevated chlorophyll along eddy peripheries and have been observed in anticyclonic oceanic eddies occasionally. This study presents observations of CRs around both anticyclonic and cyclonic eddies from a large observational data set. An innovative algorithm is developed to identify CRs from satellite observations of sea level anomalies and near-surface chlorophyll concentration in the North Pacific Ocean between 2003 and 2010. The results show that only 1% of mesoscale eddies are associated with CRs, which implies the CRs are not ubiquitous. We propose two potential generation mechanisms for CRs: horizontal advection and wind-current interaction. The former dominates the formation of about two-thirds of the CRs. The CRs associated with both cyclones and anticyclones represents an important contribution to better understanding of mesoscale physical/biological coupled phenomena.
The unusual surface chlorophyll signatures of Southern Ocean eddies
Dawson, H.R.S., P.G. Stratton, and P. Gaube, "The unusual surface chlorophyll signatures of Southern Ocean eddies," J. Geophys. Res., 123, 6053-6069, doi:10.1029/2017JC013628, 2018.
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1 Sep 2018
Southern Ocean mesoscale eddies play an important role in ocean circulation and biogeochemical cycling, but their biological characteristics have not been well quantified at the basin scale. To address this, we combined a 15‐year tracked eddy data set with satellite observations of ocean color, sea surface temperature, and autonomous profiling floats to quantify the surface and subsurface properties of eddies. Anomalies of surface temperature and chlorophyll were examined in eddy‐centric composite averages constructed from thousands of eddies. Normalized surface chlorophyll anomalies (chlnorm) vary seasonally and geographically. Cyclones typically show positive chlnorm, while anticyclones have negative chlnorm. The sign of chlnorm reverses during late summer and autumn for eddies between the Subtropical and Polar Fronts. The reversal is most obvious in the Indian sector, and we attribute this to a combination of eddy stirring (deformation of surface gradients by the rotational velocity of an eddy) and deeper winter mixing in anticyclones. Both chlnorm and sea surface temperature anomalies transition from dipole structures north of the Subtropical Front to monopole structures south of the Subantarctic Front. Sea surface temperature and chlnorm composites provide evidence for eddy trapping (transporting of anomalies) and eddy stirring. This research provides a basin‐scale study of surface chlorophyll in Southern Ocean eddies and reveals counterintuitive biogeochemical signals.
Seasonal variation in the correlation between anomalies of sea level and chlorophyll in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Song, H., M.C. Long, P. Gaube, I. Frenger, J. Marshall, and D.J. McGillicuddy Jr., "Seasonal variation in the correlation between anomalies of sea level and chlorophyll in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current," Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 5011-5019, doi:10.1029/2017GL076246, 2018.
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28 May 2018
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current has highly energetic mesoscale phenomena, but their impacts on phytoplankton biomass, productivity, and biogeochemical cycling are not understood well. We analyze satellite observations and an eddy‐rich ocean model to show that they drive chlorophyll anomalies of opposite sign in winter versus summer. In winter, deeper mixed layers in positive sea surface height (SSH) anomalies reduce light availability, leading to anomalously low chlorophyll concentrations. In summer with abundant light, however, positive SSH anomalies show elevated chlorophyll concentration due to higher iron level, and an iron budget analysis reveals that anomalously strong vertical mixing enhances iron supply to the mixed layer. Features with negative SSH anomalies exhibit the opposite tendencies: higher chlorophyll concentration in winter and lower in summer. Our results suggest that mesoscale modulation of iron supply, light availability, and vertical mixing plays an important role in causing systematic variations in primary productivity over the seasonal cycle.
Mesoscale eddies influence the movements of mature female white sharks in the Gulf Stream and Sargasso Sea
Gaube, P., C.D. Braun, G.L. Lawson, D.J. McGillicuddy Jr., A. Della Penna, G.B. Skomal, C. Fischer, and S.R. Thorrold, "Mesoscale eddies influence the movements of mature female white sharks in the Gulf Stream and Sargasso Sea," Sci. Rep., 8, 7363, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25565-8, 2018.
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9 May 2018
Satellite-tracking of mature white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) has revealed open-ocean movements spanning months and covering tens of thousands of kilometers. But how are the energetic demands of these active apex predators met as they leave coastal areas with relatively high prey abundance to swim across the open ocean through waters often characterized as biological deserts? Here we investigate mesoscale oceanographic variability encountered by two white sharks as they moved through the Gulf Stream region and Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. In the vicinity of the Gulf Stream, the two mature female white sharks exhibited extensive use of the interiors of clockwise-rotating anticyclonic eddies, characterized by positive (warm) temperature anomalies. One tagged white shark was also equipped with an archival tag that indicated this individual made frequent dives to nearly 1,000 m in anticyclones, where it was presumably foraging on mesopelagic prey. We propose that warm temperature anomalies in anticyclones make prey more accessible and energetically profitable to adult white sharks in the Gulf Stream region by reducing the physiological costs of thermoregulation in cold water. The results presented here provide valuable new insight into open ocean habitat use by mature, female white sharks that may be applicable to other large pelagic predators.
Subregional characterization of mesoscale eddies across the BrazilMalvinas Confluence
Mason, E., A. Pascual, P. Gaube, S. Ruiz, J.L. Pelegrí, and A. Delepoulle, "Subregional characterization of mesoscale eddies across the BrazilMalvinas Confluence," J. Geophys. Res., 122, 3329-3357, doi:10.1002/2016JC012611, 2017.
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1 Apr 2017
Horizontal and vertical motions associated with coherent mesoscale structures, including eddies and meanders, are responsible for significant global transports of many properties, including heat and mass. Mesoscale vertical fluxes also influence upper ocean biological productivity by mediating the supply of nutrients into the euphotic layer, with potential impacts on the global carbon cycle. The Brazil-Malvinas Confluence (BMC) is a western boundary current region in the South Atlantic with intense mesoscale activity. This region has an active role in the genesis and transformation of water masses and thus is a critical component of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. The collision between the Malvinas and Brazil Currents over the Patagonian shelf/slope creates an energetic front that translates offshore to form a vigorous eddy field. Recent improvements in gridded altimetric sea level anomaly fields allow us to track BMC mesoscale eddies with high spatial and temporal resolutions using an automated eddy tracker. We characterize the eddies across fourteen 5° × 5° subregions. Eddy-centric composites of tracers and geostrophic currents diagnosed from a global reanalysis of surface and in situ data reveal substantial subregional heterogeneity. The in situ data are also used to compute the evolving quasi-geostrophic vertical velocity (QG-ω) associated with each instantaneous eddy instance. The QG-ω eddy composites have the expected dipole patterns of alternating upwelling/downwelling, however, the magnitude and sign of azimuthally averaged vertical velocity varies among subregions. Maximum eddy values are found near fronts and sharp topographic gradients. In comparison with regional eddy composites, subregional composites provide refined information about mesoscale eddy heterogeneity.
The influence of Gulf Stream eddies and meanders on near-surface chlorophyll
Gaube, P., and D.J. McGillicuddy Jr., "The influence of Gulf Stream eddies and meanders on near-surface chlorophyll," Deep Sea Res. 1, 122, 1-16, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2017.02.006, 2017.
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1 Apr 2017
The use of mesoscale eddies by juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the southwestern Atlantic
Gaube, P., C. Barceló, D. J. McGillicuddy Jr., A. Domingo, P. Miller, B. Giffoni, N. Marcovaldi, and Y. Swimmer, "The use of mesoscale eddies by juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the southwestern Atlantic," Plos One, 12, e0172839, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172839, 2017.
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1 Mar 2017
Marine animals, such as turtles, seabirds and pelagic fishes, are observed to travel and congregate around eddies in the open ocean. Mesoscale eddies, large swirling ocean vortices with radius scales of approximately 50–100 km, provide environmental variability that can structure these populations. In this study, we investigate the use of mesoscale eddies by 24 individual juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence region. The influence of eddies on turtles is assessed by collocating the turtle trajectories to the tracks of mesoscale eddies identified in maps of sea level anomaly. Juvenile loggerhead sea turtles are significantly more likely to be located in the interiors of anticyclones in this region. The distribution of surface drifters in eddy interiors reveals no significant association with the interiors of cyclones or anticyclones, suggesting higher prevalence of turtles in anticyclones is a result of their behavior. In the southern portion of the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence region, turtle swimming speed is significantly slower in the interiors of anticyclones, when compared to the periphery, suggesting that these turtles are possibly feeding on prey items associated with anomalously low near-surface chlorophyll concentrations observed in those features.
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Billfish expedition to the Red Sea
Sport Fishing, Martin Arostegui
This was not a vacation trip but rather a research fishing expedition with the express goal of outfitting swordfish and other large pelagic fish in the Red Sea with satellite tags to study their movement behavior.
4 Feb 2020
South Florida fishermen part of ambitious and revolutionary tagging program for swordfish
Miami Herald, Steve Waters
South Florida fishermen are helping fisheries scientists to better understand swordfish as well as uncharted ocean depths through an ambitious, revolutionary satellite tagging program. The tags will enable University of Washington scientists Peter Gaube and Camrin Braun to learn new information about swordfish, which spend most of their lives in what the researchers call the ocean twilight zone.
27 Dec 2019
Swordfish as oceanographers? Satellite tags allow research of ocean's 'twilight zone' off Florida
UW News, Hannah Hickey
Researchers from the University of Washington are using high-tech tags to record the movements of swordfish big, deep-water, migratory, open-ocean fish that are poorly studied and get a window into the ocean depths they inhabit.
4 Nov 2019
Why great white sharks hang out in warm whirlpools
National Geographic, Douglas Main
New research on famous white sharks Mary Lee and Lydia shows the giant fish spend a surprising amount of time in warm oceanic eddies.
19 Jun 2018
Great white sharks dive deep into warm-water whirlpools in the Atlantic
UW News, Hannah Hickey
A study from the University of Washington and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution looked at the movements of adult female white sharks in the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Ocean. Results showed, surprisingly, that they prefer warm-water eddies the clockwise-spinning whirlpools in the ocean and tend to spend more time deep inside these slowly spinning features.
18 Jun 2018
Sea turtles don't just go with the flow
Physics Today, Rachel Berkowitz
Satellite data reveal that the marine reptiles change their behavior to interact with currents.
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22 Mar 2017
Using satellite transmitters attached to juvenile turtles, Peter Gaube at the University of Washington and colleagues have found that loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) modify their behavior to position themselves inside eddies. The data showed that turtles avoided the peripheries of anticyclonic eddies.Gaube proposes that the turtles were seeking the gelatinous gastropods that favor the anomalously low chlorophyll concentrations and warm water in the interior.
Why Might Sharks Gravitate to the Hurricanes of the Ocean?
Inside Science, Emily DeMarco
Around Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the Gulf Stream veers east, flowing away from the coastline of the United States and out into the Atlantic Ocean. Away from the stabilizing influence of the continent, the powerful current revels in its new freedom, spawning large circulating masses of water called eddies that scientists describe as the hurricanes of the ocean.
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