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(Dance of Death)
The Knight, the Young
Girl, and Death
Oil on wood, 355 x 296 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Death and the Maiden
Oil on panel, 31 x 19 cm
Offentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
The Three Stages of
Life, with Death
c. 1510
Rose-Marie, Rainer Hagen
Three Ages of the Woman
and the Death
Oil on limewood,48 x 32,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Three Ages of Man
Museo del Prado, Madrid
In 1510 the artist Hans Baldung, alias Grien, completed
a painting enigmatic enough to ensure that its theme has
remained the object of speculation ever since. Who is the
young woman, so engrossed in her own reflection: a goddess,
the allegory of Vanity, a whore? The other figures are
equally obscure. All that can be said for sure of this
Renaissance work is that it retains no trace of that
Christian notion of salvation "which so dominated the art of
the Middle Ages. The painting (48 x 33 cm) is in the
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Of the four naked figures in the gloomy landscape, it is the
young woman who draws our attention. A pale, attractive
figure, she stands out starkly against the browns and darker
hues of the other figures. To her right, a torn creature
holds an hourglass over the young woman's head; a hag enters
from the left, a child kneels at the comely blonde's feet.
The work belongs to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, in
whose catalogue of 1896 the old woman is described as Vice,
the young woman as Vanity and the child as Amor. In the
catalogue of 1938 the painting is entitled Allegory of
Transience, and 20 years later: Death and The Three Ages of
Woman, Allegory of the Vanity of all Worldly Things. The
laconic title in a catalogue of works exhibited at the
Baldung exhibition of 1959 reads: Beauty and Death.
Dispute has not been confined to the subject of the
painting; the authorship, too, remained obscure for many
years. Initially ascribed to Lucas Cranach and Albrecht
Altdorfer, the painting was eventually attributed to the
hand of Hans Baldung Grien. Little is known of the artist's
life: he was born c. 1485, probably in Schwabisch Gmund.
From 1503 to 1507 he was apprenticed to Albrecht Durer's
Nuremberg workshop. He painted the high altar at Freiburg
Cathedral, but lived mainly in Strasbourg, where he died in
Despite the puzzle presented by the theme, it is nonetheless
possible to reconstruct contemporary ideas associated with
the four figures, while throwing light on the historical
background of the ideas themselves. Numbers, for example,
held a peculiar significance at the time. They not only
served the practical purpose of ordering diverse phenomena,
but were considered things in themselves, pillars of the
world order. Numbers possessed a mythical aura that can be
retraced to antiquity and, in particular, to the work of
Pythagoras. Though number symbolism had never quite sunk
into oblivion during the Middle Ages, it nonetheless
experienced a revival with the rediscovery of antiquity.
Three and four are the numbers most strongly felt in
Baldung's picture: the three stages of life, and, as a
fourth stage, Death. Both numbers were highly significant.
Four were the points of the compass, four the elements and
the humours; there were four periods of the day and four
seasons. The times of day and seasons, too, were frequently
associated with periods in life: spring and morning were
childhood, night and winter the final years of a person's
life, or death.
Eve, the Serpent, and
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
As a universal number,
three was even more significant than four. The Holy Trinity,
after all, was at the heart of Christian theology. In
antiquity, the number three — the beginning, middle and end
— stood for the totality. Aristotle had used the number
three in his ethics: a bad action derives from an "excess"
or a "deficiency", whereas the "just action" lies in the
"mean". The Greek philosopher also applied the number three
to the stages of a person's life: youth had too much
strength, courage, anger and desire; old age had too little
of these. Only persons in their prime possessed these
qualities in due proportion.
Much thought during Classical antiquity was devoted to the
division of life into three, or four (or even seven, or
ten), stages, but these ideas did not find their way into
the visual arts. The portrayal of the different stages of a
human life in medieval art, in paintings commissioned by the
church, is exceptional, for such distinctions were
considered irrelevant in the face of that still greater
division between life before and life after death. It was
not until approximately 1500, when worldly patrons began to
influence artistic themes, that the ages of Man were more
frequently painted. Hans Baldung made them the theme of his
own work on several occasions.
First steps
Three Ages of the Woman
and the Death (detail)
Death and the Maiden
It is difficult to judge
whether the child at the young woman's feet is a boy or a
girl; contours barely visible behind the veil suggest a boy.
The hobby-horse, probably considered a boy's toy at the
time, tends to confirm the suspicion. Conversely, however,
if the painting is intended to portray "the three stages",
why give childhood a different sex from that of maturity and
old age?
Perhaps the gender of a child was of little importance to
contemporary spectators. The difference was, in any case,
rarely emphasized. During the first years of their lives
boys and girls wore the same clothes: long frocks or smocks,
and snug caps in winter.
At the same time, less interest was shown in children
altogether than is the case in today's nuclear family:
bonding between parents and children did not occur with
quite the same intensity. Too many children were born, and
too many died. Only a fraction of those born actually
survived; it was better, therefore, safer, not to get too
close. Perhaps such emotional reserve partly also explains
why artists paid relatively little attention to children.
They perceived the adult body more accurately than that of a
child. This is certainly true of Hans Baldung Grien.
Children who are not old enough to find their balance do not
kneel with one leg stretched out in the manner shown in the
painting. At least, the position would be extremely unusual.
The image of the child was determined not only by feelings
and social relations, but by a whole superstructure of
theological theory. This included the tenet, prevelant since
antiquity, that children were intrinsically innocent.
However, everyday relations with children made very little
of the belief in a child's innocence. Children were treated
as imperfect adults. Their special status existed only in
theory, characteristically illustrated by a motif in the
Bible story of the Garden of Eden: the bite taken from the
forbidden apple, and Man's consequent loss of innocence.
Baldung cites the theme in the shape of the round object on
the ground: this could simply be a child's ball, but it
could equally be an apple lying within the child's reach.
The child is likely to pick it up before long.
To an educated spectator, the hobbyhorse, too, was more than
a toy that happened - by accident, as it were - to be lying
on the ground. Cognoscenti would have linked it, through one
of Aesop's fables, to the theme of the different stages of
life. For the Greek writer attributes an animal to each of
the three stages: the dog, the ox and the horse. The dog, a
morose creature, friendly only to those who look after it,
stands for old age; the ox, a reliable worker, who provides
nourishment for old and young alike, represents life's
prime; the horse personifies childhood, since, in this fable
at least, horses are unruly creatures, lacking in
Beauty keeps her secret
Three Ages of the Woman
and the Death (detail)
The star of the painting is
the damsel. The other figures seem present solely to make
her stand out more starkly. Baldung achieves this effect by
arrangement and colour: the young woman is furthest to the
fore, the only figure whose body is not, at least partially,
obscured by one of the others. At the same time, her skin is
significantly brighter, indeed nearly white.
In his use of colour, Baldung follows a convention here. His
teacher Albrecht Diirer, as well as his contemporaries
Albrecht Altdorfer and Lucas Cranach, usually painted the
bodies of women somewhat paler than those of men, and young
bodies lighter than older ones. But in so doing, they showed
moderation, were less given to extremes. Since, even in
those days, male skin "was probably no darker than that of
women, and young skin no paler than old, artists must have
been influenced by something other than Nature. Perhaps
pallor was intended to indicate a
certain delicacy. It is more likely, however, that they were
painting an ideal aspired to by women themselves. Pale skin
was the fashion, at least in circles that could afford it:
at court, or among the wealthy urban middle class.
The special status granted to the young woman may mean that
she is intended to represent a special person: the goddess
Venus, for example. The child, in that case, would be Amor.
However, contemporary spectators of the painting, exposed to
pictures of Venus and Amor more often than we, would have
noticed immediately that something was wrong. Amor, for one
thing, has no bow and arrow, his traditional attributes;
secondly, since Venus is immortal, the hourglass held over
her head is entirely superfluous.
If not a goddess, perhaps the young woman was intended as
the allegory of Vanity. There is much in the painting to
suggest this. The young woman, apparently absorbed in her
own reflection, brushes back her lovely, long hair with her
left hand, while, in her right, she holds a mirror, the
symbol of Vanity. The mirror is convex; flat mirrors were
difficult to fabricate, and therefore inordinately
expensive. If the young woman is Vanity, then the older
woman is a procuress: supporting the mirror with one hand,
she probably beckoned with the other, making sure the young
woman did not lack admirers for very long. Death, too, has
its place in this picture: anyone setting out to paint the
vanity of beauty would probably also have its ephemerality
in mind. This was doctrinaire Christian morality, for which
the flesh, an obstacle to the spirit's journey to God, was
evil. Outside the church, too, people were constantly forced
to confront death and the ephemerality of life. The average
life expectancy was thirty, almost half our own. Many died
in their prime, especially women in childbirth. Hans Baldung
Grien painted at least three women who had come under the
shadow of Death.
In contrast to the three paintings mentioned, however, Death
in the present picture seems merely to be imparting a polite
reminder to the young lady that life eventually comes to a
close. The hourglass has not yet run out: Beauty has time
enough to regard herself in a mirror. But is she really the
allegory of Vanity? The child would certainly be out of
place in such an allegory. Baldung's composition does not
comply with any of the many iconographical patterns of his
time. Something is always left unexplained.
The body becomes a burden
Death and the Maiden
Greek and Roman authors, writing of the different
periods of life and death, had men in mind. They talked of
young men and old, not of girls and old women. Men, during
antiquity, were considered the true representatives of
mankind, a notion which has survived the centuries and, even
today, continues to find its way into people's minds.
Painting has often differed in this respect, not least that
of Baldung himself. Three of his paintings show Death and a
maiden. A panel in Leipzig shows the Seven Stages of Life,
another, in the French town of Rennes, the Three Stages of
Death: in both Baldung paints nude women. Only once does
Baldung show Death and a man: the man is fully clothed, his
dress that of a mercenary. Baldung's preference for women
may derive from a more general preference for painting the
female nude. But there may also be reasons less personal:
women's bodies alter more visibly than men's, making it
easier for the artist to illustrate the different stages of
her life. Furthermore, beauty is considered more significant
in woman than in man - more attention is therefore accorded
to the passing of her charms.
Baldung's work belongs to a period in the history of art
called the Renaissance, an era in which the human body is
said to have been discovered anew. But that is only half the
story. The body that "was discovered, celebrated and painted
over and over again was restricted to a single stage of
human development: young adulthood, which, like the
pale-skinned woman in the painting, was full of youthful
energy. The other periods, age and childhood, were
neglected. There are very few individual portraits of
children, or paintings of nudes who are visibly past their
If painted at all, then it was not for their intrinsic
qualities, but for purposes of vicarious illustration.
Children, for example, were a part of the traditonal
inventory of allegories: as putti, angels or Amor. The
bodies of old women, on the other hand, were generally
linked to something revolting or contemptible: witches, for
example, or the Fates. One such work is Durer's famous
illustration of parsimony, showing a bare-breasted old hag
with narrow eyes in her wrinkled face, with more gaps
between her teeth than teeth in her mouth, and a sack of
gold in her lap.
The old woman in Baldung's painting may be intended as a
bawd. In contrast to the younger woman, she is portrayed to
her disadvantage, for her bodily proportions are incorrect.
The arm with which she wards off Death is too long. Baldung
frequently distorted proportions in this way.
The lack of respect and devotion granted older women at the
time, with the exception, perhaps, of portraits like Durer's
charcoal drawing of his mother, together with a pronounced
tendency to portray the older female nude as ugly, probably
derive from a peculiarly male perspective. The young woman,
the object of male desire, was given a certain appeal;
sexual inclination determined aesthetics. Conversely, an
older woman's body was seen as worn out, its erotic
properties dissolved. The male reaction to this was one of
disillusionment, perhaps even disappointment. This decided
how he painted.
Dancing to death
Three Ages of the Woman
and the Death (detal) 1510
The artist has crowded three figures into the left of
the painting, leaving the right to Death. The proportional
harmony and figural balance sought by Durer is lacking here.
Instead, the chief effect is one of movement: created, for
example, by the old woman striding forcefully towards Death,
or by the veil. The latter begins with the child, flows over
the young woman's upper arm, is picked up by Death, finally
drifting out of the painting on the right.
It has been suggested that the pale nude's veil is the badge
of a whore, for in cities like Strasbourg at that time,
prostitutes were obliged to wear veils. But then the Virgin
was also frequently painted wearing a veil, as were Eve and
Venus. It is therefore unlikely that Baldung's
contemporaries would have linked the delicate fabric of the
veil with the idea of fornication.
The veil is nonetheless an important feature. Firstly, it
fulfils a practical and traditional function in covering the
pubic region; secondly, it creates a link between the child,
the young woman and Death. The older woman, warding off
Death with one hand and supporting the mirror with her
other, completes the group.
All four are inter-connected. The cycle of figures thus
suggests the motion of a dance: a roundel. Dancers often
joined by holding a piece of cloth rather than each others'
Bearing this in mind, it is possible that the contemporary
spectator of this painting would not have thought only of
Venus and Amor, Vanity and the bawd, the ages of Woman,
beauty and ephemerality, but also of the widespread image of
the danse macabre, the dance of death. It was an image often
seen carved on the walls of graveyards and churches: a
skeleton, usually playing an instrument, leads
representatives of each of the social strata, from the
peasant to the emperor to the pope, into the Hereafter. The
message these pictures conveyed was that Death cancelled
worldly distinctions; only God's judgement counted.
This religious and moral exhortation was evidently
compounded by the widely held belief in ghosts. Death was
not the only figure to haunt the living; there were also the
"undead". People in those days spoke of revived corpses,
dead persons taken before their time, the victims of murder,
suicide, accident or war, who, deprived of last rites, roved
the surface of the earth like a "tormented army".
One of Baldung's contemporaries, the doctor and philosopher
Paracelsus, referred to these revived corpses as "mummies".
The term aptly describes Hans Bal-dung Gricn's figure of
Death: no naked skeleton, but a dried-out corpse, whose
finger and toe-nails continue to grow, whose parched skin
hangs down in tatters like the dry bark of the nearby tree.
But even a superstitious belief in zombies cannot fully
account for the four figures in the painting. There is, at
any rate, one thing that all these explanations have in
common: the painting contains no reference to the Christian
notion of salvation, not a trace of that doctrine of Divine
Supremacy that was acknowledged and celebrated so frequently
in medieval painting.
The Seven Ages of Woman
"When Shall We Three Meet Again"
Two Witches
I come to speak of the greatest of all heresies: of the
mischief wrought by witches and fiends. By night they
fly through the air on broomsticks, stove forks, cats,
goats or other such things. Witchcraft is the most
accursed of all errors - and it must be mercilessly
punished by fire.
Mathiasvon Kemnat, Chronicle of Frederick the Victorious
of the Palatinate, c.1480;
heading: William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1
I come to speak of the greatest of all heresies: of the
mischief wrought by witches and fiends. By night they
fly through the air on broomsticks, stove forks, cats,
goats or other such things. Witchcraft is the most
accursed of all errors - and it must be mercilessly
punished by fire.
Mathiasvon Kemnat, Chronicle of Frederick the Victorious
of the Palatinate, c.1480;
heading: William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1
Two Witches (detail)
Witches Sabbath
Departing for the
Three Witches
Departing for the
The Three Fates


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As I said when Germany went out; if they'd been in England's group instead of Belgium, they'd have gone further (possibly a lot further).
Spain, Portugal, Uruguay, Belgium, Brazil, probably Argentina, possibly even Germany... All better than England right now.
England are a good young side with the potential to become a very good one, but they aren't in the world's top four.
Neither are Croatia, IMO.
Croatia - lost
Belgium - lost
Panama - won
Tunisia - won
Colombia - won
Sweden - won
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Trainer Doug O'Neill says it is difficult to be around his unbeaten Nyquist "and not smile."
Grins broke out throughout the Team O'Neill shedrow Friday afternoon as the current Kentucky Derby favorite put in his final workout in advance of May 7, drilling 1 mile in 1:41 in company with Grade I-winning stablemate Ralis and drawing off handily as they made their way down the lane.
With an eye on the weekend forecast and seeking to get the best possible track for the reigning juvenile champion's last serious pre-Kentucky Derby move, O'Neill got permission from Keeneland to work Nyquist at 12:15 p.m. before the day's racecard. With the freshly harrowed track to himself and jockey Mario Gutierrez in the irons, Nyquist broke off a couple of lengths behind exercise rider Jonny Garcia and Ralis but was tracking along on even terms outside of his stablemate down the backstretch.
Nyquist began to edge away from Ralis on the far turn before authoritatively kicking away from him in the stretch. The bay son of Uncle Mo did swap leads and got to playing around in the last portion of his move, clocking splits of :27, :51, 1:15 and 1:41 over the track where he won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last October.
Nyquist has won all seven of his career starts.
"Very happy. He looked great out there and, granted the track is a little quicker in the afternoon than it is in the morning, but just the time he went without much effort was just wowing," O'Neill said. "Mario said he was checking out the crowd and he does that a little where he plays around. He knows he's good and he likes to flaunt it a little bit.
"We were just looking for a good gallop in and good gallop out. His standard mile back home is like 1:45, 1:46 and went 1:41 today. He's a horse where sometimes, if he's by himself he used to kind of just wait and not overdo it. Today, Mario said as he was pulling away from Ralis he was doing it all on his own. Kind of a new dimension, if you will, that he's comfortable pulling away from horses. So that was cool."
If O'Neill seems remarkably at ease for a man conditioning the horse who will wear the biggest target in the first leg of the Triple Crown, he says it's because he's taking his cues from Nyquist himself.
"He's as mentally and physically mature as you're ever going to see for a 3-year-old," O'Neill said. "I think you're as calm as your horse and we're just so optimistic about this guy."
Nyquist has won all seven of his career starts including his 3 1/4 -length triumph in the Grade I Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on April 2. Owned by Reddam Racing, Nyquist is set to become the richest horse ever to start in the Kentucky Derby with career earnings of $3,322,600.
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All I Have to Give
I don't know what he does to make you cry
but I'll be there to make you smile
I don't have a fancy car
to get to you I'd walk a thousand miles
I don't care if he buys you nice things
Does his gifts come from the heart - I don't know...
But if you were my girl
I'd make it so we'd never be apart
But my love is all I have to give
Without you I don't think I can live
I wish I could give the world to you... but
Love is all I have to give(give..)
When you talk(when you talk), does it seem like he's not
even listening to a word you say?
That's ok babe, just tell me your problems
I'll try my best to kiss them all AWAY...
Does he leave(does he leave) when you need him the most?
Does his friends get all your time?
Baby please, I'm on my knees
praying for the day that you'll be mine!
To you... Hey girl, I don't want you to cry no more - inside
All the money in the world could never add up to all the love
I have inside...
I love you
(Bass Break)
And I will give it to you
All I can give, all I can give
Everything I have is for you
But my love is all I have to give
(Drum Break)
But my love is all I have to give
without you I don't think I can live
give the world to you
but love is all I have to give to you
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Alex's research has been published in premier Psychology, OB, and Management journals including Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, and Journal of Management. His research has generated over 10,000 citations. This includes one article, based on his dissertation on self-efficacy and work-related performance, that has received over 3,600 cites.
Alex has served on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, OBHDP, South African Journal of Human Resource Management, Organizational Dynamics, and the Advisory Council of Harvard Business Review.
Alex received a Gaumnitz Distinguished Research Award in 2007 (UW-Madison), Mabel Chipman Excellence in Teaching in 2005 (UW-Madison) and Excellence in Teaching Award in 1998 (UC-Irvine).
Theoretical Progression
Early Work: Reinforcement Theory
Having had an academic advisor with strong scholarly ties to B. F. Skinner and operant conditioning theory, my initial research focused on examining the differential effects of three reinforcers frequently used at work (money, feedback, and social recognition) on performance. In addition, having been an economics major in college, studying the effects of reinforcers seemed believable enough. My early research also pioneered the use of the Hedges and Olkin meta-analytic method in OB research.
Foray into Social Cognition: Self-Efficacy
The one-sided determinism of reinforcement theory left me wondering about the role of cognition in self-regulation of organizational behavior. For example, though reinforcers have significant effects on work performance, having self-doubt about one's capacities to execute the performance is likely to hinder an employee behavior even toward the most cherished outcomes. Questions regarding the role of cognition in human behavior have been eloquently addressed by social cognitive theory, which has been the conceptual foundation for much of my subsequent research on self-efficacy.
From Self-Efficacy to Core Confidence
Around the turn of the 21st century, Tim Judge had been raising important questions about the role of latent constructs in OB. At that time, I was still mostly immersed into research on self-efficacy. Influenced by Tim's work on core-self-evaluations in the personality field, and growing out of my self-efficacy research, I developed a core confidence higher-order construct, and offered the beginnings of a related theory in the field of work motivation. Higher-order constructs denote latent commonality influencing the manifest variables and exist at a deeper level of abstraction.
While researching self-efficacy, I often encountered articles on resilience. A step away would be those on optimism. The latter two were usually wrapped into the fold of positive psychology, where the variable of hope was also commonly mentioned. The more I read this literature, the more I was convinced that these variables may represent observable manifestations of a deeper, or core, construct of confidence. I introduced the core confidence higher-order construct in a paper presented at the Academy of Management in 2003, which was submitted to Journal of Applied Psychology the same year, and published in JAP in 2006. My recent research, published in 2015 in OBHDP, empirically validates the theoretical propositions about core-confidence as a higher order construct.
Interaction Between Conscious and Primed Nonconscious Goals
Locke and Latham (2004) encouraged study of nonconscious motivation in OB. Stajkovic and Locke (2004) went a step further and proposed goal priming as new approach to goal research, juxtaposing Bargh's (1990) automaticity model and goal theory of Locke and Latham. Within these conceptual frameworks, Stajkovic, Locke, and Blair (2006) examined for the first time the interactive effects of conscious and primed goals on task performance when both goals focused on achievement.
The applicability of primed goals to organizational behavior was discussed in a follow-up review by Latham, Stajkovic, and Locke (2010). Several studies followed to further examine the interplay of conscious and primed goals within aspects of work behavior (Ganegoda, Latham, & Folger, 2016; Latham & Piccolo, 2012; Latham, Brcic & Steinhauer, 2017; Shantz & Latham, 2009, 2011).
Building upon this growing stream of goal priming research in OB, my current research examines instances in which self-regulation by conscious goals can be sabotaged by a nonconscious goal.
Conscious goals partly derive their theory standing from an absence of an automated response. In this sense, primed goals are arguably a more basic form of goals, for a goal that is overlearned to the point of being automated, is vital to a person. Practically, if two conscious goals are conflicted, one can ask for help. If conscious and nonconscious goals are conflicted, we are only aware of the former. The key downstream consequence of undetected goal conflict is our inability to deliberately address it. Yet, the mind is still grinding away behind the scenes to allocate cognitive resources to the two conflicted goals. Because this process goes unnoticed, it leads to compromised behaviors inexplicable to oneself.
Ganegoda, D. B., Latham, G. P., & Folger, R. (2015). The effects of a consciously set and a primed goal on fair behavior. Human Resource Management, 55, 789-807.
Latham, G. P., Brcic, J., & Steinhauer, A. (2017). Toward an integration of goal setting theory and the automaticity model. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 66: 25-48.
Latham G. P., Piccolo R. F. (2012). The effect of context specific versus non-specific subconscious goals on employee performance. Human Resource Management, 51, 535-538.
Latham, G. P., Stajkovic, A.D., Locke, E. A. (2010). The relevance and viability of subconscious goals in the workplace. Journal of Management, 36, 234-255.
Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (2004). What should we do about motivation theory? Six recommendations for the twenty-first century. Academy of Management Review, 29: 388-403.
Stajkovic, A.D. (2003). Positive psychology and work motivation: Development of a core confidence model. Academy of Management, OB division. Seattle, WA.
Stajkovic, A.D. (2006). Development of a core confidence higher-order construct. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 1208-1224.
Stajkovic, A.D., & Locke, E. A. (2004). Goal priming: A new approach to goal research. Master tutorial. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Chicago, IL.
Stajkovic, A. D., Locke, E. A., & Blair, E. S. (2006). A first examination of the relationships between primed subconscious goals, assigned conscious goals, and task performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 1172-1180.
Stajkovic, A.D., Lee, D., Greenwald, J. M., & Raffiee, J. (2015). The role of core confidence higher-order construct in self-regulation of performance and attitudes: Evidence from four studies. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 128, 29-48.
Shantz, A., & Latham, G. P. (2009). An exploratory field experiment on the effect of subconscious and conscious goals on employee performance. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Making Processes, 109, 9-17.
Shantz, A., & Latham, G. P. (2011). Effect of primed goals on employee performance: Implications for Human Resource Management. Human Resources Management, 50, 289-299.


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Of all my planned holiday locations for this Christmas, a post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. wasn't on the list. I've never even been overseas. Claiming this is now difficult, having survived the wastelands of Bethesda's Fallout 3. Continuing a stellar series of role playing games, Bethesda have managed to build even more on a popular franchise, delivering on every expectation and despite a few bugs along the way the overall experience is immeasurable in grandeur, a role playing adventure like no other that adapts and takes form as the player progresses and continually rewards those who explore and discover the exciting world.
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These paws are made for walking! And that's just what they've done! They've walked a million miles today! Welll.....OK....maybe a thousand.......welllll.....a blimmin long way anyway! No complaints though! I love it!
Workywalkies to a church - with a very nice carpet to snooze on under the chairs! Lots of minihumans too, so a few crumbs to hoover and lots and lots of fusses and ear-rubs! I'm getting to like minihumans! Then workywalkies back - well - eventually......Where we should have turned right, and I tried to steer Mum right, she said 'find left'. Well, OK then! Left is good. Left goes to Pets at Home......
Huff! We went straight past Pets at Home - AGAIN! Instead we went to a carrot shop. Lots of shops are carrot shops it seems. This one was called Al Dees apparently. I didn't half have to work hard in there keeping Mum from duffing people up with her trolley. It was mega-crowded! I had to weave her left and right and stop her many many times. It seems that, with her little tiny window of lookability, she can look at a little bit of where she is going OR she can look at what she is trying to find on the shelves - but not both! That's where I have to step in and strut my stuff. I steer Mum and the trolley while she searches for all that stuff. I thought I might deserve the big lump of meat that was right at nose level - but just a moment too soon, Mum barked 'Get your shnozzle off that!' Harrrumph!
Eventually, we got back to floatyboatyhome, then floatyboatyhome moved! We have cruised! It was nice to lie on the back deck watching the murky water glide by. I did have to help Mum work a lock too - twice! It was odd! I guided Mum to 'find the beam'. She did her windy-uppy thing with the big shiny bent stick. Then she did her pushy-pully thing to open the gate and let Dad in with the boat. Then, pushy-pully again to close the gate then windy-downy with the bent stick. Down to the other end of the lock and a repeat performance to let the water out and then to let Dad out. That's when the oddness happened; Dad twirled the boat around and brought it straight back into the lock again! So then Mum had to do the whole process all over again but in reverse! After that, Mum and I got aboard with Dad and enjoyed a short cruise. We are moored once again right next to that little park where we were a few days ago. Mum was mean though; she wouldn't let me go play football with the minihumans there! She said I would pop their ball. Well....that's what you're supposed to do with it .... isn't it?
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
I have added another rosebud to my Valentine Give away, this time it is on a small heart shaped scissor fob, I hope to add at least one other piece before the draw on February 14th . Caitlin will do the draw when she comes to stitch that afternoon. If you would like to be included and have not left a message on my last posting you may leave one here and still be included. Here to remind you are the other items in the give away- two thread clips and a tape measure.
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Bulls can't finish a great month the right way against the Wizards
WASHINGTON D.C. – Just before the ball drops on 2017 in Times Square, the Bulls dropped it a couple of hours south in the Nation's Capital.
Too bad, because it looked like a successful and surprising 31 days of basketball was going to end as many others had for the team in December. But the Wizards had other ideas on New Year's Eve and the Bulls failed to produce a successful counter.
Fred Hoiberg's team squandered a three-point lead in the final minute and were lacking the critical last-minute that carried them to ten wins in their last 12 games. Instead it was Bradley Beal and John Wall who had the final say in a 114-110 victory by Washington at the Verizon Center on Sunday afternoon.
For the Bulls the month ends with a 10-6 record, which wasn't expected considering the team won just three of their first 20 games of the season. Their record falls to 13-23, but during the month the Bulls went from the worst team in the NBA to 22nd overall, which is not a good thing if you're rooting for the best shot at the top pick.
Still the storyline the Bulls had going would have been nice to complete considering their efforts to make that happen for most of Sunday. Nikola Mirotic gave the Bulls another strong effort off the bench with 21 points while steadily improving rookie guard Kris Dunn poured in 19 of his own along with 11 assists.
It was his jumper with 54 seconds left that gave the Bulls a three-point lead, but the offense escaped the Bulls after that as the failed to score again.
Beal, who was impressive in a 39-point outing, went in for an easy layup on the following possession then Wall got a hoop-and-foul on a transition layup to give the Wizards a two-point lead. Dunn missed a chance to tie the game on the next possession and the Bulls couldn't capitalize on a gift from Beal who missed a pair of free throws.
The ball bounced away from the paint but the Bulls couldn't corral it, with Wall coming up the offensive rebound and drawing the foul. His two free throws put a sour end to a sweet month for the rebuilding team that raised a few eyebrows this December.


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Calgary open data report delayed
I heard about this a couple weeks ago but didn't get a chance to look into it any further until recently. It looks like the City of Calgary's Open Data report from Administration to Council originally scheduled for December has been delayed. Apparently it has taken a lot more work to put the report together […]Read More
Plan It, round 2: The most important decision facing Calgarians
Next week is a BIG week in Calgary. As Naheed Nenshi correctly states in his Calgary Herald op-ed today, "On Monday, Calgary city council makes a decision bigger and more important than all the other decisions it has made since being elected . . . combined." Plan It – the document that lays out how […]Read More
Loving or hating Calgary's new bridge is not as easy as it sounds
A few months ago I wrote to ask Calgarians to wait until the design of the new Santiago Calatrava bridge was released before deciding if the $22 million price tag was worth it. The design was supposed to be released by the end of May, then the big day was scheduled for August 6, before […]Read More
"Open Government" coming to Calgary?
It's pretty exciting to be able to announce something the City of Calgary is about to do on a blog. It's also rather fitting in this case. Open Government projects have started popping up around the world; most recently in Washington, DC and Canada's own Vancouver. And now we can hopefully add Calgary to that […]Read More
"Let's broaden the discussion"
After all the hoopla these past few weeks at Calgary City Council, it has been easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. And I think this is what a lot of Calgarians have been critizing their council of. To be honest I just think the shear amount of business being conducted has split everyone's […]Read More


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When a woman is pregnant, she has to take good care of her health and avoid getting a high fever. If you get sick, then the drugs consumed should be consulted with a doctor first. Do not take any drugs that are sold freely in the shop.
The risk is the health of the fetus that is being conceived, it can experience unwanted diseases, even until they grow up.
A study from Columbia University revealed that if the mother had a high fever during pregnancy in the vulnerable period, i.e., the second trimester, then the fetus can have a risk of autism. Drugs that do not give bad effect to mother and fetus are acetaminophen, but further study is still done.
The results of the study, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, found that autism has something to do with the infection experienced by a pregnant mother.
The infection causes the body to have a fever as a natural mechanism against the cause of infection. Scientists were examining what the effect of high body temperature during pregnancy, as well as the effect of taking fever reliever medicine.
From the 100,000 mothers and children studied in the study, 16 percent of women noted had experienced fever during pregnancy, at least once. Their children are detected to have autism spectrum disorders by age between 3-7 years.
The volunteers studied were from Norway, born between 1999-2009.
It is not only the fever factor that is suspected to be the cause, because there is a factor of smoking, also the age of the mother during pregnancy.
But scientists call the risk of pregnant women who have a fever is 34% give birth to infants with autism. The comparison is a mother who never had a fever during pregnancy.
The risk is greater if the fever occurs in the vulnerable age of pregnancy, i.e., the second trimester, up to 40%. Why, because it is a vase of fetal brain formation that is being rapidly.


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Eastern Hokkaido of Spring
A wild bird feast and a flower contest.
The arrival of Spring is late in eastern Hokkaido.
Around the time when cherry blossoms starts to be the topic of conversation in Honshu (the largest and most populous island of Japan), here in Hokkaido the world is still monotone with snow and desolate fields.
Of all the wild fowl, the Red-crowned cranes of Kushiro marsh are the first to begin mating in spring.
The Red-crowned crane, called the god of the marshland (Sarurunkamui in Japanese) spends from February until March greeting the season of mating.
In order to attract a mate, they sing loudly, and perform a graceful and spectacular courtship dance called a display.
If mating is successful, the chicks will hatch in June.
Eastern Hokkaido of Summer
In this season, everywhere under the perfectly clear sky is teeming with wildlife from the sea and forests to the lakes and rivers. I want you to experience actively with your whole body the feeling of this natural environment on you summer trip. From trekking in the Shiretoko peninsula to canoeing down the Kushiro River and cruising the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as fishing when the season starts. Eastern Hokkaido is a paradise for anglers, intense fights with White-spotted char or Rainbow trout awaits you.
Eastern Hokkaido of autumn
When it comes to travelling in the autumn, the classic has to be .autumn leaves and a hot spring. In Japan, the earliest appearance of red autumn leaves appear on Mount Asahi in the Daisetsuzan Mountain range and at the base of Sōunkyō which is also famous for its autumn leaves. The red autumn leaves in Shiretoko, Lake Akan and Lake Mashu are splendid, basically the entire area is an ideal spot for viewing Autumn leaves. When it comes to hot springs, they are too numerous to enumerate, some of them include Sounkyo hot spring, Lake Akan hot spring, Kawayu hot spring including Akankoonsen, Tokachigawa Moor hot spring and many […]
Eastern Hokkaido of winter
Speaking of winter, drift ice. You will be able to experience the intense coldness of Mother nature, board an icebreaker and experience the compelling force on a drift ice cruise. In inland areas, on very sunny cold mornings it may be possible to see diamond dust (ground-level cloud composed of tiny ice crystals) or sun pillars (reflections of light from numerous tiny ice crystals). Furano Ski Resort, backcountry skiing in Mount Asahi and Mount Kuro are courses which skiers dream about. Many travelers believe in going to winter resorts in the winter season, winter may just be the season to enjoy eastern Hokkaido at its most typical.


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Spain's Copa Del Rey takes centre stage in midweek soccer betting. Join us as we deliver our soccer-betting verdict on the tie between Osasuna and Real Madrid.
Osasuna falter in first leg
Osasuna had high hopes in the first leg of their tie against Real Madrid in Copa del Rey after drawing 2-2 with los Blancos in their league game last month. Tale told the visitors to Estadio Santiago Bernabéu succumbed to a 2-0 defeat, largely expected across sportsbooks, with Karim Benzema and Jese snatching the goals for Real.
Disappointingly Los Rojillos proved to be little competition for Real, falling behind in the tie rather quickly and easily – Benzema found the net in the 19th minute to put Real Madrid up 1-0 going into halftime while Jese Rodriguez scored early in the second half, both without any corresponding answer from the visitors.
The only reprieve (if one can call it that): it could have been worse. A more consuming loss. Ronaldo's athletic jumping header missed the target, as well several other opportunities went begging that could have skewed the tie firmly in Real's favour, making the reverse leg just a mere formality.
As it stands, Osasuna are still within a reasonable shot, a two-goal deficit isn't an insurmountable obstacle in theory. Sportsbooks however are listing Osasuna as the significant underdogs at +600 to win outright at home and they list a regulation time draw at +450 soccer odds. What this soccer-betting landscape reveals, in no uncertain terms, is just how big of an ask it is really.
Some of the positives were that they defended well enough and had a bit of luck go their way to keep the defeat narrowly acceptable, thereby earning a chance in the rematch to potentially shock one of the tournament favourites. The game plan this time around, though, will have to be a little bit more aggressive and take it to Real Madrid, especially in the wake of any attacking pressure by Real, on the counterattack and whenever possible. What's more, Osasuna can't rely on off chance that Ancelloti might field a weakened starting XI now that they have the 2-0 advantage.
Following a listless start to the season, Osasuna improved their La Liga fortunes. Currently 13th in the table, recent form has been promising with Rojillos maintaining a five-game undefeated run of form before the first leg, which included four draws and a victory. Following the defeat in Copa del Rey, Osasuna bounced back with a victory over Espanyol. They are 6-3-10 to date in La Liga.
Real Madrid heavy road favourites
It should come as no surprise that Real Madrid have the reverse leg firmly cornered in their camp by bookies. Bet365 sends Los Blancos on solid -300 soccer odds to win outright for our soccer picks as well on firm -120 soccer odds to win both halves again.
Real Madrid proved their intention towards Copa del Rey beginning strongly in their quarterfinal clash. Though they have a comfortable lead it's not a commanding one and so they can't afford to let up on the pressure.
Aside from the obvious advantage on paper and Real's depth and quality, adding weight to their soccer odds are signs that Ancelloti will be fielding a strong line-up for Wednesday's clash, despite the busy schedule ahead and their league ambitions, which, incidentally, just received a helping hand from the top tandem of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid when they settled on the draw in their date at the weekend, slashing their edge to just four points.
Soccer Betting Verdict
Fact is Real Madrid should have taken the first leg by a bigger score. It's only down to bad luck really that many opportunities to put the tie away went begging. Expect Real to start strong therefore in this match, take the quick lead and quash any lofty ideas Osasuna may be entertaining as a result of the 2-0 score.
Free Soccer Picks: Real to win outright at -300 and to win both halves at -120; Over 2.5 at -225


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Report: More than a quarter of U.S. kids take at least one chronic med
NEW YORK — More than 25% of children and teens take at least one medication on a daily basis, and nearly 7% are on two or more drugs, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing 2009 data from Medco Health Solutions. Drawing additional data from IMS Health, the article noted that prescriptions for hypertension in people under the age of 20 years could reach 5.5 million for 2010 by the time year-end results are tabulated, which would mark a rise of 17% since 2007.
The rise in prescription drug use among children has been attributed to increasing awareness among physicians and parents of available therapeutic options for kids and teens, earlier screening and diagnosis of chronic disease, and a rise in unhealthy eating and exercise habits among kids. That has many healthcare professionals concerned. While much is known about the effects of drugs to treat such conditions as asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, much less is known about the long-term effects of many other chronic care drugs on children — these drugs have been tested on adults, not kids, many experts have warned.
Bartell donates flu vaccines to help community outreach programs through local schools of pharmacy
SEATTLE — In an effort to help people in local underserved communities and students in need stay well this flu season, Bartell Drugs will give 4,000 flu vaccines to the University of Washington and Washington State University for use in pharmacy programs at both universities. Each school will receive 2,000 doses of the current flu vaccines to support local student pharmacy outreach programs.
"We're proud to give the donations to both schools in support of their missions of teaching and community service," said Bartell Drugs chairman and CEO George Bartell. "We've been an advocate of the programs at both schools for many years. This is a way for us to show our support for their ongoing outreach efforts to the communities they serve."
UW's School of Pharmacy will use the donated vaccines to benefit several local tribal communities and safety-net nonprofit organizations, including Aloha House, the Salvation Army and area drug treatment centers.
WSU's College of Pharmacy will use its vaccines to boost immunization rates among college students in Pullman and Spokane — a group that is known to be traditionally under-vaccinated and particularly vulnerable to influenza infection due to high-density living conditions, which help foster the spread of the illness.
Cephalon appoints new CEO
FRAZER, Pa. — Cephalon on Thursday appointed Kevin Buchi as CEO and a member of the company's board.
The board will address the role of company chairman in the future, Cephalon stated in a press release. William Egan will continue to serve as Cephalon's independent presiding director.
"Kevin is an experienced pharmaceutical executive who has been involved in every aspect of running our business," Egan stated. "Over the course of many years, Kevin worked closely with Frank Baldino Jr. to create the company that we know today, and he has the passion, leadership skills, organizational abilities and unwavering commitment to patients that are critical to ensuring Cephalon's continued growth and success."
Buchi, who has been with Cephalon for almost 20 years, had assumed day-to-day chief executive responsibilities for the company in August 2010. He previously served as a member of the Cephalon executive management team in the roles of COO and CFO. Additionally, for the last seven years, he has led the business development function with responsibility for mergers, acquisitions and in-licensing of products.
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A 9-year-old girl who had been riding a mini bike on a gravel road in Scott County was taken to the University of Kentucky Hospital Monday after a head-on collision with a pickup truck.
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It can be very difficult to prove fault in an auto accident, especially one that happens at an intersection. These cases involve left-hand turns, yielding traffic, and signal lights, and questions of liability are the only certainty. Officers sometimes make liability determinations without a full investigation, and insurance adjusters are trained to use the comparative fault doctrine to reduce payouts. Here, drivers can learn several ways to prove fault in an accident.
Obtain a Copy of the Police Report
The first step in determining fault is to get a copy of the police report. While the report itself may be inadmissible in court, it can help to document liability. Look for admissions made by other parties, and compare the other driver's listed speed to the area's posted speed limit. If the other person was speeding, a plaintiff can list it as a contributing factor.
Speak to Witnesses
The second step is to see whether the police report lists independent witnesses. Most of the time, those who see a crash simply continue on their way, and they only stop to help or talk to the police if it's a serious collision. If a witness is listed, the plaintiff or their attorney should get that person's statement as soon as possible. Memories fade with time, and the longer one waits, the harder it is to prove fault.
Take Photos of Damaged Property
Thirdly, the plaintiff should document the damage to all vehicles involved in the accident. Typically, the location of such damage can offer valuable insight into the collision's details. Also, in major cases, an accident reconstructionist can use the photos during court testimony. These witnesses can help plaintiffs prove fault in auto accident and personal injury cases.
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Next, plaintiffs should read the state motor vehicle laws that apply to their situation. If the other party violated state law, there may be an automatic presumption of fault, otherwise known as negligence per se. If the case goes to trial, the applicable statute will be read in front of the jury.
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These are just some things that can help plaintiffs prove fault in auto accident cases. If the case depends on the plaintiff's word against the defendant's, and there are no objective witnesses available, an auto accident attorney can help. Call today for more details or to schedule a free consultation.


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With the abolition of the slave trade in 1807 and the Emancipation Act of 1833, Britain seemed to wash its hands of slavery. Not so, according to Marika Sherwood, who sets the record straight in this provocative new book. In fact, Sherwood demonstrates that Britain continued to contribute to the slave trade well after 1807, even into the twentieth century. Drawing on government documents and contemporary reports as well as published sources, she describes how slavery remained very much a part of British investment, commerce and empire, especially in funding and supplying goods for the trade in slaves and in the use of slave-grown produce. The nancial world of the City in London also depended on slavery, which - directly and indirectly - provided employment for millions of people. "After Abolition" also examines some of the causes and repercussions of continued British involvement in slavery and describes many of the apparently respectable villains, as well as the heroes, connected with the trade - at all levels of society.
It contains important revelations about a darker side of British history, previously unexplored, which will provoke real questions about Britain's perceptions of its past
Marika Sherwood is a founder member of the Black & Asian Studies Association & editor of the BASA Newsletter. The author of numerous books and articles on the history of black peoples in the UK, as well as on education, she is honorary senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.
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thrifting with a toddler: simple matters
By now, I got it down how to do thrift shopping with my little one in tow. Things have become simpler as we left the baby days behind and he grew into a toddler. I got to know him (and myself) better. We can communicate more and I feel that we make a better team.
Keeping our thrifting trips simple provides more of a chance for it to be a pleasure rather than a pain. Over the past 18 months I learned what is important for a nice thrifting experience:
Less is more. Going less often but with more planning is better for us. Setting off on a whim can and usually does become stressful, and more often than not I feel guilty about it later. With a planned visit, say once a week there won't be any guilt, and with simple preparations (water and a snack for both of us, nappy changed, etc) there won't be stress either.
Buggy access and child-friendliness. There are only a few places where I go hunting, due to buggy access. Places with a higgledy-piggledy layout with tight squeeze between rows won't do. Places where I'd get the stink eye for bringing a small child along won't do. Dingy cellars with steep stairs and bad air just won't do.
Clarity. Knowing what I want to find is essential. Before, I preferred jumbly, messy, mixed-up places. Now I favour the kind of merchandised tidy stores where everything is sorted into groups and placed in dedicated areas - clothes, kitchenware, craft, furniture, etc. Clear to see, easy to shop. Before setting out, I also consider how we feel - are we both in a good mood, are we well rested? If either of us is tired, we won't find anything and it won't be possible to do any shopping to the soundtrack of his escalating Eeeeeeeeeeee! which means let's get the hell out...
Fair play. It's a given that I like thrift shopping, but it's only fair that my boy feels entertained too. So before I get looking, first I find him a toy car, a book, or something to engage with. At the end we put the distraction item back and he helps me pay for the find (if there is one) by holding my card and giving it to the cashier. I learned to quickly safety check the chosen distraction item - no broken or loose bits, clean enough - once I watched his nappies for a few days for a plastic bead after giving him a play mobile phone, and realising it was missing a part which I didn't know if he ate or was already like that...
Focused. For quick visits I go to the one store that's on the way to the swings. In the shop, I head straight to the bargain bin area, the kilo price area or the mixed stationery area and ignore everything else. If there's nothing to be found I will know it in seconds. If I find something good, it will be so cheap that I won't have to think about it lots before I commit. This way I might bag a bunch of nice envelopes or a useful biscuit tin, I'll get my thrifting fix without stretching my wallet or the patience of my child, and will be able to shoot off to the playground before any complaining would start. Happy all around!
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- Anonymous21 Mar 2016, 15:47:00
I really enjoy this series, even if I don't have a toddler, but I do have friends with small kids and we go thrifting together sometimes. I especially like the fair play part, with the cute image of him helping you pay :).ReplyDelete
You have got this down to a science! I know what you mean about making it fun for everyone so there is no guilt! I don't shop with toddlers anymore but I would love for my grandchildren to share in the joy of thrifting with me....after all, I got my love for it from my grandmother!ReplyDelete
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Scientists analyzed sea floor sediment in the Gulf of Mexico's DeSoto Canyon region to investigate potential oil spill impacts. Evidence from sedimentological, geochronological, geochemical, and biological sources pointed to a rapid, 4-5 month sedimentation event in late 2010. The sediment's top centimeter was distinct from underlying compositions, with deposited particles originating from the sea surface. Read More
Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Professor Mandy Joye made numerous dives to the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. Each trip was filled with wonderment and "holy cow" moments as she witnessed an underwater world teeming with amazing life. Since 2010, she has made 17 dives and the happy "holy cow" moments have been Read More
Many of ACER's field experiments are being conducted around the Chandeleur Islands. These uninhabited barrier islands lie about 60 miles east of New Orleans and 30 miles south of Biloxi, MS helping to protect eastern Louisiana from waves and storms. Landward (west) of the island chain lies Chandeleur Sound and seaward (east) lies the Gulf Read More
DROPPS Consortium had another successful collaboration with CARTHE for the UT Summer Science program! We taught 3rd-4th graders about how oil spill scientists sometimes use drift cards to study oil spills to see where currents may carry the oil. Then they designed their own scientific drift cards and tossed them off the UT Pier! Stay Read More
The video briefly describes how oil exposure can affect a fish's heart, senses, and swimming ability and what that could mean for its survival. Visit RECOVER's Social Media pages…. Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science University of Miami Experimental Fish Hatchery University of Texas Marine Science Read More
Our Near-field and far-field modeling group is working to recreate oil spills under varying conditions. Applying strong currents and adding dispersants which changes droplet sizes in computer models can make predicting their eventual fate easier. Marcia Trillo, a M.S. student studying in Dr. Claire Paris' lab, is helping answer questions about oi-water interactions. Marcia is the Read More
Two postdocs, Ali Deary and Adam Greer, took turns as Chief Scientist aboard the R/V Point Sur during the recent Spring Campaign, while three others—Kemal Cambazoglu, Sabrina Parra, and Inia Soto-Ramos—devised the cruise plan for the R/V Pelican. Earlier in the year PhD student Adam Boyette organized and led a research cruise to study the Read More
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Spilled oil buried in nearshore sediment can persist for many years and act as a long-term source of episodic hydrocarbon contamination in the environment. Although we have a basic understanding of how fast crude oil degrades in soils, we still do not fully understand what influences the degradation process or the microbial community responsible for Read More
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative congratulates one of its own – Dr. Arezoo Motavalizadeh Ardekani, an assistant professor at Purdue University's School of Mechanical Engineering – for receiving the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Ardekani, a co-principal investigator with the RFP-V project Role of Microbial Motility for Degradation of Read More
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce a new Sea Grant informational brochure about Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts on fisheries. This brochure synthesizes peer-reviewed oil spill science for a broad range of general audiences, particularly those who live and work across the Gulf Coast.The brochure Impacts From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Read More
Christia Hewlett was the official Teacher-At-Sea during the consortium's most recent research cruise. She documented the equipment, experiences, and even the researchers on board for the DEEPEND blog. You can find all of her posts about the cruise here. "I hope that I will be able to take back what I have learned and share Read More
Scientists monitored a major river discharge event in Mobile Bay in March 2011 to better understand how such inputs affect Gulf of Mexico nearshore water transport. The river discharge formed a very shallow surface layer (less than 2 meters thick) that had, at times, a clockwise recirculation, altering how material exiting the Bay was dispersed Read More
When disaster strikes, responders look at how creatures in its path may be impacted to mitigate damage. Tingting Tang takes the process one step further, using mathematical models to predict how long recovery may take. The creatures that Tingting focuses on are some of the Gulf of Mexico's largest predators and most charismatic animals, beaked Read More
There have been two large scale oil spills over the past 4 decades in the Gulf of Mexico. The Ixtoc I spill in 1979 off the coast of Carmen, Mexico released 3.5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf, and the Macondo wellhead blowout off the coast of Louisiana, USA in 2010 released 3.19 Read More
Responders to the Deepwater Horizon spill used large quantities of dispersant to facilitate oil biodegradation, but could a different method be safer for the environment? Oil compounds take on additional oxygen atoms as physical and chemical processes weather them. However, the classical methods that scientists use to analyze and describe these molecular compositional changes cannot Read More
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with high molecular weights (HMW-PAHs) are potentially toxic compounds that can cause genetic mutations. However, current environmental monitoring and analyses of human health risks only focus on the sixteen PAHs that the Environmental Protection Agency considers priority pollutants. The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative awarded Dr. Andres D. Campiglia a grant to Read More
The first three years of Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC-I) began September 2011 and ended December 2015. The second three years of Costal Waters Consortium (CWC-II) began January 1, 2015 and extends until the end of December 2017. Meet some of the many researchers up-close and personal in the following links: CWC-I Scientist Spotlights CWC-II Scients Read More