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It's been several years since the rumors and sightings of insect sized micro drones started popping up around the world.
Vanessa Alarcon was a college student when she attended a 2007 anti-war protest in Washington, D.C. and heard someone shout, "Oh my God, look at those."
"I look up and I'm like, 'What the hell is that?'" she told The Washington Post. "They looked like dragonflies or little helicopters. But I mean, those are not insects," she continued.
A lawyer there at the time confirmed they looked like dragonflies, but that they "definitely weren't insects".
And he's probably right.
In 2006 Flight International reported that the CIA had been developing micro UAVs as far back as the 1970s and had a mock-up in its Langley headquarters since 2003.
While we can go on listing roachbots, swarming nano drones, and synchronized MIT robots— private trader and former software engineer Alan Lovejoy points out that the future of nano drones could become even more unsettling.
Lovejoy found this CGI mock up of a mosquito drone equipped with the 'ability' to take DNA samples or possible inject objects beneath the skin.
According to Lovejoy:
Such a device could be controlled from a great distance and is equipped with a camera, microphone. It could land on you and then use its needle to take a DNA sample with the pain of a mosquito bite. Or it could inject a micro RFID tracking device under your skin.
It could land on you and stay, so that you take it with you into your home. Or it could fly into a building through a window. There are well-funded research projects working on such devices with such capabilities.
He offers some good links though his Google+ page and Ms. Smith at Network World offers up even more.


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Annual or perennial herb, generally fleshy
Stems generally glabrous
Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, sometimes stipuled
Inflorescence various
Flower bisexual, radial; sepals generally 2(8), free or fused at base; petals 318, free or ± fused; stamens 1many, free or inserted on corolla; ovary superior or partly inferior, chamber 1, placenta free-central or basal; styles 28, generally fused at base
Fruit: capsule, circumscissile or 23-valved
Seeds 1many, generally black, generally shiny
Genera in family: ± 20 genera, ± 400 species: generally temp Am, Australia, s Africa; some cultivated (Lewisia, Portulaca, Calandrinia )
Reference: [Bogle 1969 J Arnold Arbor 50:566598]
Family description and key to genera by Dieter H. Wilken & Walter A. Kelley.
Perennial, generally from short, thick, ± branched taproot, topped by short, sometimes very thick caudex at or below ground level, sometimes from spheric corm
Stem: aerial parts restricted to inflorescence
Leaves generally in basal rosette, simple, entire or not; base wide; margin generally ± translucent
Inflorescence ± scapose; stems 1many, generally leafless but bracted, sometimes disjointing in age, 1many-flowered
Flower: sepals 28, free, persistent; petals 418, variously colored, overlapping in bud; stamens 5many; styles 28, fused at base, stigmas 28, thread-like
Fruit: capsule, translucent, spheric or ovoid, circumscissile near base
Seeds 2many, dark, generally shiny, smooth or finely tuberculate
Species in genus: ± 20 species: w North America
Etymology: (Captain Meriwether Lewis, 17741809, of Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Reference: [Elliott 1966 Bull Alpine Gard Soc 34]
Horticultural information: DRN, IRR: pots and rock gardens only; DRY when dormant; DFCLT.
Caudex short, roots much-branched, some fibrousSee the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Leaves many, in rosette, 0.51.5 cm, linear or club-shaped, fleshy, entire, tapered to base; tip blunt
Inflorescence: stems few, < 1 cm, 1-flowered, disjointing near middle, leaving ring of 24 scarious, ovate bracts; flowers exserted from leaves
Flower: sepals 2, 0.7 X corolla, petal-like, scarious in age, ± round, entire; petals 58, 11.5 cm, obovate, pink, tip round; stamens 15; stigmas 2
Ecology: Granitic sand
Elevation: 19003500 m.
Bioregional distribution: c&s High Sierra Nevada
Synonyms: L. rediviva var. yosemitana K. Brandegee; L. yosemitana Jeps. misapplied

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McDonald's Installing Spray-Dousing Security Systems
(SYDNEY) -- Thieves Down Under might get a little something extra the next time they rob a McDonald's.
In an effort to crack down on robberies at McDonald's in Sydney, the company has hired SelectaDNA, a British security firm, to install a system that sprays a solution on would-be thieves on their way out the door of the fast-food outlets that can later be used to identify the culprits.
A handful of McDonald's locations have been hit in the past few weeks by thieves who snatch more than just a Big Mac. Now the company hopes the newly installed systems will deter robbers from stealing from the Golden Arches.
"A spokesperson for McDonald's said the company will increase the use of SelectaDNA in stores all over the country after a successful trial in their six busiest Sydney restaurants was launched in January last year," The Sydney Morning Herald reported. "The move comes as police ramp up their patrols of local McDonald's restaurants after a spate of robberies across Sydney during the Christmas and New Year period."
The Intruder Spray solution was introduced in 2008 and "contains a UV tracer and a unique DNA code, linking them irrefutably to the crime scene," according to SelectaDNA's website.
Once triggered by a thief, the spray will fall onto intruders as they enter a business or home. It can be synced to a panic-button or to any alarm system within a business or home. The solution is both harmless and too small to be seen but will stay on an intruder for weeks, "clinging to fibers and sitting in the creases of the skin," according to the website.
With the installation of this high-technology security system, SelectaDNA says it will cut theft and burglaries significantly.
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Georgia: Political Tumult Hits Regions
Ongoing power struggles involving town councils across Georgia are painting a troubling picture for the country's democratization process.
Local governments have never been strong players in Georgian politics, but, in the wake of the October 1 elections, they have become the focus of a powerful wave of protests that are determining which party – Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili's Georgian Dream or President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement – will be the dominant party in the regions.
Before the parliamentary poll, the United National Movement (UNM) controlled "an estimated 1,200-1,250" of the country's 1,263 elected local councils, according to the National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia. Today, the party dominates less than half.
But the change has nothing to do with voter preferences.
With their offices often blockaded by protesters, and sometimes seized, elected town council members and executive representatives appointed by the council chairs (called "gamgeblebi") are simply changing political sides, or stepping down from office.
Since October, some 22 of the country's 75 gamgeblebi have resigned, UNM representatives claim. Information about the status of council chairs was not immediately available.
While incidents of violence have been rare, the trend is disturbing, said Davit Melua, executive director of the National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia. "[I]t is, of course, a problem of local government, a problem of [the] political system here, but, first of all, it is a problem of rule of law," Melua said. "It is illegal to break into a public building and put pressure on local officials, not allowing them to implement their mandate."
Little action, though, has been taken against such protesters.
In western Georgia, some protesters have embarked on hunger strikes to force a change in town councils and show, as one pro-Ivanishvili striker told the news magazine Liberali, that "we're members of the winning team."
For Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Tengiz Shergelashvili, the desire to force elected councils to change political affiliations is a natural outgrowth of the parliamentary election result.
"[At] a glance, it is possible that it looks bad. But this is all due to the situation that we had before [the October 1 elections]. … Saakashvili's government was an authoritarian government and the local self-government was one component of this," claimed Shergelashvili, who has worked on local-election campaigns.
Apparently many feel that waiting for change to come via the ballot box would take too long; local elections aren't scheduled until 2014.
Liza Sopromadze, head of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs' Local Governance Center, cautions that the tumult only weakens local governments. By switching their party affiliation, or resigning at the urging of protesters, elected local representatives "lost the opportunity to have a very strong opposition in the local level, and the people lost the opportunity to live better," she said.
"[Local government] is the most important level where we can estimate if our country is [a] democracy or not," Sopromadze argued. "[I]f you give independence [at] the local level and you give the chance for local communities to be involved in the decisions-making process, this is democracy."
For many politicians, the current "cohabitation" of the UNM and the governing Georgian Dream coalition has turned into a battle for total control, rather than a struggle to establish some sort of governing consensus.
Davit Chichinadze, a member of the Tsalenjikha Municipal Council, in western Georgia, asserted that the changes have had more to do with pragmatism than politics. Councils dominated by the UNM face the need "to create a … politically neutral platform to start talking about political issues with the new government," he said, and not be seen as "islands of provocation."
Out of the 24 council members in Tsalenjikha, 15 have abandoned the UNM since the parliamentary elections and formed independent factions, while the head of the council voluntarily resigned, said Chichinadze, who doubles as the executive director of the Center for Effective Governance System and Technological Advancement of Regions, a non-governmental organization that promotes the strengthening of local government institutions.
It is a change that could prove critical for Georgia's democracy test, said Sopromadze.
"We have now [a] very sensitive point," she said. "[I]f this kind of initiative in the local level will continue, we will kill the … process" of local governments functioning independently.
Molly Corso is a freelance journalist who also works as editor of Investor.ge, a monthly publication by the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia.


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April 10, 2007
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The Schedule
Wednesday, April 11, 7 p.m.
No. 5 UCSB at No. 12 USC
Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Saturday, April 14, 7 p.m.
No. 5 UCSB at No. 1 Pepperdine
Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, Calif.
Broadcast live at KCSB.org
Against USC
Last Meeting: 1/31/07 at UCSB
Result: UCSB 3, USC 0 (30-16, 30-16, 30-18)
2007 Series: UCSB leads 2-0
2006 Series: UCSB led 2-0
All-Time Series: Tied 43-43
Last USC Win: 1/8/05 at UCSB
Result: USC 3, UCSB 0 (30-27, 30-26, 30-24)
Current Streak: UCSB six wins
Against Pepperdine
Last Meeting: 2/3/07 at UCSB
Result: Pepperdine 3, UCSB 0 (32-30, 33-31, 30-18)
2007 Series: Pepperdine leads 1-0
2006 Series: Tied 1-1
All-Time Series: Pepperdine leads 52-32
Last UCSB Win: 2/15/06 at UCSB
Result: UCSB 3, Pepperdine 2 (26-30, 30-27, 37-35, 20-30, 15-13)
Current Streak: Pepperdine two wins
Gauchos Blank Matadors, Patak Records 2,000th Career Kill
In its lone match last week, UCSB swept Cal State Northridge on April 6 at Robertson Gymnasium. Scores of the match were 30-24, 31-29, and 30-21. Opposite Evan Patak recorded a match-high 25 kills to put him over 2,000 for his career. Patak hit .595 on the night with just three errors in 37 swings. He also added two service aces and a dig and recorded a match-best 27 points. Theo Brunner swung at .727 with nine kills and one error in 11 attempts. He also had a match-high four blocks as the Gauchos held a 5.5 to 2.0 advantage over the Matadors in that category. Outside Armen Zakarian hit .600 with seven kills while collecting a match-high eight digs. Bart Kowalski led Santa Barbara to a .494 attack percentage with 49 assists. Northridge, which hit .273, got 13 kills out of opposite Dan Rhodes. Outside Eric Vance followed with nine kills and middle Kyle Waite had eight while hitting .538. Outside Isaac Kneubuhl dug up a team-high five balls and setters Travis Bluemling and Sean Pedersen had 25 and 19 assists, respectively.
Mr. 2000
Evan Patak's match-high 25 kills against Cal State Northridge on April 6 gave him 2,012 for his career. Patak is just the second Gaucho in school history to eclipse the 2,000-kill mark. Donny Harris is UCSB's all-time leader, amassing 2,114 put-aways from 1994 to 1997. Patak entered the contest with 1,987 career kills and collected his 13th of the night off of a Bart Kowalski set in the second game.
Trojan Tidbits
Still alive for a postseason bid, USC enters the week at 12-13 overall and 9-11 in the MPSF. The Trojans need one win or a Pacific loss to get into the tourney. Following the UCSB match, USC hosts Cal State Northridge Saturday to close out the regular season, while Pacific hosts BYU twice. If they get in, the Trojans could be seeded anywhere from sixth to eighth. USC has not been to the tournament since 2001 and its 12 overall wins and 9 MPSF victories are its most since that season. USC jumped two spots from 14th to 12th in this week's poll. It has been ranked 12th, its highest of the season, four times this year (including preseason). Troy has been victorious in six of its last eight contests and is coming off wins at Pacific and Stanford. Juan Figueroa ranks third in the MPSF in kills (5.11) and points (5.65), while Jimmy Killian is third in assists (12.88).
Pepperdine Points
Top-ranked Pepperdine has won its last 20 matches and is 23-1 overall and 19-1 in the MPSF. Its lone loss came in the form of a 3-2 defeat against Long Beach State back on Jan. 19. The Waves have clinched the No. 1 seed for the MPSF playoffs and will get a bye in the quarterfinals. The Malibu campus will play host to the semis and the final. Paul Carroll ranks second nationally in kills (5.64) and points (6.77) and is third in aces (.617). Tom Hulse is third in blocks (1.87) and Jonathan Winder is third in assists (13.22). The Waves lead the MPSF in digs (9.53).
Patak Named MPSF Player of the Week Again
For the second consecutive week, Evan Patak has been named the MPSF Player of the Week. Patak posted a match-high 25 kills in a league win against the Matadors on April 6 to become just the second Gaucho in school history to amass over 2,000 career kills. Patak shares this week's honor with Lauri Hakala, a senior outside hitter from the University of Hawai'i. It is the fourth time this season that Patak has garnered the award and he is the only player in the league to receive it more than once.
The MPSF Tourney Picture
UCSB, along with Pepperdine, BYU, UC Irvine, and UCLA, has clinched a spot in the eight-team MPSF Tournament. BYU and Irvine will host quarterfinal matches on April 21. The Gauchos can assure themselves a home quarterfinal with one win or one UCLA loss in the final two regular season matches. UCLA hosts Long Beach State and plays at UC San Diego this week. The Bruins, who hold the tiebreaker over UCSB, could move up to the fourth seed with two wins coupled with two Gaucho losses. Pepperdine has clinched the No. 1 seed and receives a bye in the quarters. The Waves will host the semis on April 26 and the final on April 28. The last three spots are open and Cal State Northridge, Hawai'i, USC, and Pacific are still alive. A play-in match between the seventh and eighth place regular season finishers will take place April 18. The MPSF Tournament winner gets an automatic berth in the NCAA Championships, hosted by Ohio State May 3-5 in Columbus, Ohio.
Hitting New Heights
At .363, UCSB is third in the country in attack percentage and leads the MPSF, hitting .366 in league matches. The Gauchos are on pace to to set a new single season record for hitting as the current mark is .348, set in 2002. UCSB has hit over .400 12 times, including in its last two matches. Opponents are swinging at .318 against the Gauchos this year. UCSB is 17-0 this season when out-hitting its opponent. Middles Theo Brunner and David Kennedy are ranked nationally, with Brunner third (.544) and Kennedy 19th (.416).
Ace (west of) Ventura
UCSB has been dangerous from the service line all season, collecting a single season record 193 aces to date. The Gauchos lead the MPSF with an average of 1.86 aces per game. Evan Patak has a school single season record 102 aces this year and continues to lead the nation in that category at 1.010 per game. The next closest player in total aces is Paul Carroll of Pepperdine, who has 50. Patak holds UCSB's career ace record with an amazing 247. In comparison, teammate Bryan Berman is second on the list with 89. Patak and Berman have accounted for 130 of UCSB's 193 aces this season, 67%. Opponents have aced the Gauchos 130 times.
On the National Front
Gauchos among the national statistics leaders (all matches):
Theo Brunner: 3rd in hitting (.544)
David Kennedy: 19th in hitting (.416)
Bart Kowalski: 12th in assists (12.43)
Evan Patak: 1st in kills (5.65), 1st in aces (1.010), 1st in points (7.03)
UCSB: 3rd in hitting (.363)
In the MPSF
Gauchos among the MPSF statistics leaders (MPSF matches only):
Bryan Berman: 8th in aces (0.30)
Ben Brockman: 7th in digs (2.00)
Theo Brunner: 2nd in hitting (.524)
David Kennedy: 6th in hitting (.432)
Bart Kowalski: 7th in assists (12.10)
Evan Patak: 1st in kills (5.86), 1st in aces (1.07), 1st in points (7.34)
UCSB: 1st in hitting (.366), 1st in aces (1.86), 2nd in kills (16.18), 2nd in assists (15.28), 4th in digs (9.03), 10th in blocks (2.55)
A Patak on the Back
Two-time All-American Evan Patak has been UCSB's offensive workhorse this season. He is the lone player in the nation with over 500 kills and has accounted for 1,121 of UCSB's 3,139 attempts this season (36%). The next closest Gaucho is middle Theo Brunner with 491 swings, 630 fewer than Patak. The opposite has led UCSB in attempts in all 28 matches and has posted 40 or more attacks 12 times this year, with a season-high 71 at Hawai'i (2/8). He's had double-digit kills in all but two contests and has put down 30 or more six times. Patak has led UCSB in kills in 26 matches has gathered a team-high in points 27 times.
Milestone/Record Watch
Evan Patak got his 2,000th career kill vs. CSUN on April 6...With 26 assists at Cal Baptist on March 27, Bart Kowalski moved into fifth on UCSB's career list...Kowalski needs 141 assists for 3,000 in his career...Bryan Berman is 11 aces short of 100 for his career, which would make him just the second Gaucho in history with triple-digit aces (Patak is the other)...Berman needs 14 digs for 500 in his career...At .544, Theo Brunner is on pace to smash his own single season hitting record of .486, set in 2005...Brunner collected his 800th career kill vs. Northridge on April 6...At .363, UCSB is on pace to break its single season hitting mark of .348, set in 2002...UCSB needs 107 kills to eclipse the single season rally record of 1,736 in 2005...With 10 more digs, the Gauchos will surpass the single season rally record of 910, set in 2005...The Gauchos set a new single season record for aces this year...Ken Preston collected his 500th career win this season.
Poll Position
Here's a week-by-week look at where UCSB has stood in the AVCA Coaches Poll this season:
April 9 - 5th April 2 - 5th March 26 - 5th March 19 - 5th March 12 - 4th March 5 - 4th Feb. 26 - 4th Feb. 19 - 3rd Feb. 12 - T 3rd Feb. 5 - 4th Jan. 29 - 3rd Jan. 22 - 4th Jan. 15 - 6th; Jan. 8 - 6th Preseason - 6th
The Gauchos have been ranked second, their highest-ever, on two occasions in the AVCA poll, most recently on Jan. 23, 2001.
Preston Joins Half-Grand Club
With a 3-0 sweep at IPFW March 3, UCSB head coach Ken Preston collected his 500th career victory. Preston has 18 winning seasons under his belt, including eight campaigns with 20 or more victories. He is UCSB's second active coach to eclipse the 500-win plateau at the school. Hall of Famer Kathy Gregory, who just completed her 32nd year as head coach of the women's volleyball program, picked up her 500th career win in 1995. Women's basketball coach Mark French has 500+ career wins, but not all have come at UCSB.
Double-Double With Cheese
Three Gauchos have recorded a total of five double-doubles this season:
Evan Patak (2): 32 kills, 17 digs at Hawai'i (2/8); 40 kills, 13 digs at Pacific (1/12)
Aaron Richman (2): 10 kills, 10 digs at UCLA (2/23); 14 kills, 10 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1/6)
Armen Zakarian (1): 11 kills, 10 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1/6)
Grand Attendance
For the Pepperdine match on Feb. 3, UCSB's Robertson Gymnasium hosted 1,068 fans. It was the highest attendance figure since 1,422 packed in on Jan. 27, 2001 vs. Stanford. The attendance record for a UCSB match is 4,310 against UCLA on April 22, 1983 in the Thunderdome. The Robertson Gymnasium record is 2,935 vs. UCLA on April 12, 1997.
UCSB Grabs Four During Early Signing Period
Ben Douglas (Mountain View, Calif.), Jeff Menzel (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Blaine Nielsen (Corona del Mar, Calif.), and Jake Scalise (San Marcos, Calif.) have committed to play for the Gauchos in 2008. Douglas is a 6'6" outside hitter from Mountain View High School. A member of the Spartans' varsity team since he was a freshman, Douglas is in his fourth year with the Bay to Bay Volleyball Club. Menzel is a local standout from San Marcos High School. The 6'5" opposite/outside hitter is a two-time All-CIF honoree and a 2006 All-Channel League First Team member. A versatile athlete, Menzel is also a first team all-league basketball player and a wide receiver on the Royals' football team. Nielsen is a 6'4" outside hitter out of Corona del Mar High School. A 2006 All-Pacific Coast League selection, Nielsen captained the Sea Kings to a league title and a second place finish in CIF Division II. In 2005, Corona del Mar won the CIF crown. At the club level, Nielsen captained Balboa Bay to Junior Olympics bronze medals in 2005 and 2006. Scalise is a 6'2" outside hitter from Mission Hills High School of the Division II Valley League. An all-league first team and San Diego County all-section pick, Scalise was also tabbed Mission Hills' MVP.


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Good Morning,
I wrote a parallelized version of for_each in c++. My problem is, it works successfully under MSVC and gcc compliers, but for some reason the code fails using an Intel compiler.
template<class T, class Function>
Function parallel_for_each(std::vector< T> & obj, Function f)
int size = obj.size();
#pragma omp parallel for firstprivate(f) shared(obj)
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
return f;
My understanding is that the firstprivate directive will initialize a copy of f that is identical to the copy of f I throw at it for each thread. However, what is happening is that some of the values which are initialized in the constructor do not get initialized in the other threads. Is there some other directive I am supposed to use?
Again, the code works fine under MSVC (2008 edition) and gcc (4.0). Fails under Intel 10.1 compiler.


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One wonders, had all those dinosaurs and all that tropical vegetation not perished eons ago to decompose and compress into the vast stores of oil that man has been depleting for the past century or so, would we have been able to develop the motorized transportation systems that have facilitated such great advances in our society?
Had there not been all that oil, readily available, and suited to the crude engines that powered the first motor vehicles, as well as the more sophisticated ones we use today, would the ingenious inventors have developed an alternate fuel?
It seems providential, in retrospect, that all that oil is there, that it has so nicely meshed with the evolution of motor vehicles, and that — despite our increasing gluttony with it — there are reserves enough to last us, the experts say, for at least the balance of this century. By which time, surely, alternate (and renewable) fuels will have become practical, allowing us to at last sever our dependence on imported oil.
But the sad reality is that, for the foreseeable future, our transportation system will continue be mostly petroleum-fueled, and we will remain subject to OPEC's supply/pricing whims and the increasing instability in the Mideast. More than 90 percent of all the energy used in the world's transportation sector now is derived from oil, and usage increases yearly.
The sadder commentary is that, with 2003 marking the 30th anniversary of the Arab oil embargo, we have squandered three decades without making any significant progress toward alleviating the situation. A sizable portion of the U.S. citizenry wasn't even born when the embargo occurred, and probably half of the population has no firsthand knowledge of the chaos that resulted, or the mega-billons of dollars drained from the economy as higher oil prices imposed higher costs on consumers and businesses.
Beyond the intense flurry of federal/state research programs that followed the embargo (and lasted only until OPEC relented and allowed prices to drop), little more than lip service has been paid to efforts to develop alternate fuels and the infrastructure needed to utilize them. Why spend billions of federal dollars on lessening our dependence on foreign oil when those billions can be used to fund all manner of political pork projects? And besides, Big Oil has a mighty powerful lobby to look after its interests.
But… if those billions had been spent, on a consistent basis over the past 30 years for alternate energy programs, we could've been well along the road to telling the Mideast sheiks where they could stick their oil.
The transition to alternate fuels will require massive costs for research, for development of new engines and vehicles, and for the infrastructure to support those new fuels. The Bush administration's energy package, which failed in the 2003 Congress, did include increased funding for ethanol, which would've been a benefit to agriculture, and there were a few other token efforts for alternate energy programs. But it was mostly too little too late and too slanted to special interests.
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Hello, good evening and welcome to the very first post of The Swiss Ramble.
Or, doffing a cap to my Swiss location, perhaps I should say: willkommen, bienvenu and benvenuto (and whatever the hell "welcome" is in Rumantsch). Yes, I am based in Switzerland, the German part to be a touch more precise.
I have given a lot of thought (at least 20 minutes) to what I should call my blog, initially thinking that I should aim for an amusing one word play on the word Swiss, but then firmly rejecting all attempts. Swiss Toni is a great TV character, but I have never been called Toni (with or without an "i"), so that's not really relevant. I quite liked Swisstory, but, of course, someone far smarter than me has been quicker off the mark and already writes a blog of that ilk. Swissues was getting a bit desperate, not to mention overly pompous.
Reasons why I am writing this blog could also come into play, but Gardening Leave is only a temporary phase, and as for Mid-Life Crisis, it's not as if I am buying a Harley or running off with the secretary (been there, done that).
No, what I really want is a platform where I can place my thoughts on any subject that takes my fancy. Quite often, this may be simply a review of something I like: film, album, book, podcast, etc. There will be quite a few sporting references, many of them on my favourite team, Arsenal. Sometimes, I may even go off on a full-scale rant (see "A Confederacy of Dunces" for inspiration). In any case, it's my blog, so I will develop it however I damn well want.
The idea for this blog came to me during one of my daily walks (a sort of ramble), while listening to one of my favourite podcasts, The Football Ramble. Given that my thoughts are usually rambling, part of the blog name was screaming out to me. It only remained to jam in the Swiss aspect.
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Our Christian faith is an outward directed faith. From the very beginning early Christians sought to tell unbelievers about the good news of Jesus Christ and convert them to the faith. However, individuals and churches can easily become inward directed, so preoccupied with their own needs, that they forget about those who have no faith, or no church home.
The American Cancer Society is encouraging Oldham County residents to help fight cancer, and have some fun, too, by signing up for Relay for Life.
Relay for Life is an all-night event established to raise funds "so that everyone can celebrate another birthday," said event Chair Lisa Austin.
Oldham County Cooperative Extension Services presented the Leader of the Year Award to a dedicated community volunteer Tuesday morning.
Extension Leader of the Year Faye Korthaus of Smithfield has served as president of Poplar Grove Homemakers, which was the first homemaker club in Oldham County, and of Oldham County Homemakers.
A cool rain greeted performers as they entered the Oldham County Arts Center Feb. 24. The event drew talent of all ages during auditions for the second-annual Oldham Icon contest.
A North Oldham High School student who got a golden ticket to Hollywood in July left American Idol during Thursday's episode.
Brandy Neelly, who appeared on the Hollywood week episodes of American Idol made it to the Top 100.
A family that fell on hard times last month is getting by with heaps of support from their community, and an auspicious contest win.
Traci Fawbush's house was destroyed Jan. 5 after a space heater caught fire in an upstairs bedroom.
A neighbor called her at work that day, saying there was smoke emanating from the upper floor of Fawbush's River Bluff home.
An exhibit featuring artists from East Oldham Middle School starts this week at the Oldham County Schools Arts Center.
EOMS artists opened a water jar show Tuesday and the display will be open for two weeks.
All water jars are for sale at a cost of $10 each. Proceeds benefit the Haiti Water Project.
Students at Goshen Elementary are spreading the love to Africa this Valentine's Day.
The school's two fifth grade classes have begun collecting soccer balls and basketballs which they plan to send to children in Kenya this spring. The project is part of a school-wide service requirement.
Molly Malone enjoys the simple things: spending time with family, a Sunday afternoon nap and quality time with her chew toys.
Outside of her ordinary life, though, this 9-year-old Labrador retriever is being feted as a hero by local animal welfare groups.
The launch of a satellite campus to one of the largest churches in the nation is encouraging growth in Oldham County businesses.
The Oldham campus of Southeast Christian Church has hosted 2,500 to 2,900 people during worship services the last three Sundays, and has even added an extra service to accommodate worshippers.
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|USGS Mount Rainier West
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|500,000 years
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Mount Rainier (pronounced: /reɪˈnɪər/) is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, and the highest mountain in the state of Washington. It is a large active stratovolcano located Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Seattle. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc, with a summit elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1][2] Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, and it is on the Decade Volcano list.[6] Because of its large amount of glacial ice, Mt. Rainier could potentially produce massive lahars that could threaten the entire Puyallup River valley.[7]
Mount Rainier was first known by the Native Americans as Talol, or Tacoma or Tahoma, from the Lushootseed word [təqʷúʔbəʔ] ("mother of waters") spoken by the Puyallup. Another interpretation is that "Tacoma" means "larger than Mount Baker".[8] This comes from the Skagit "Ta", larger, plus "Koma (Kulshan)", Mount Baker.[9] Other names originally used include Tahoma, Tacobeh, and Pooskaus.[10] The current name was given by George Vancouver, who named it in honor of his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier.[11] The map of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 refers to it as "Mt. Regniere".
Although "Rainier" had been considered the official name of the mountain, Theodore Winthrop, in his posthumously published 1862 travel book The Canoe and the Saddle, referred to the mountain as "Tacoma" and for a time, both names were used interchangeably, although "Mt. Tacoma" was preferred in the city of Tacoma.[12][13][14]
In 1890, the United States Board on Geographic Names declared that the mountain would be known as "Rainier". Following this in 1897, the Pacific Forest Reserve became the Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, and the national park was established three years later. Despite this, there was still a movement to change the mountain's name to "Tacoma" and Congress was still considering a resolution to change the name as late as 1924.[14]
In the excitement leading up to Super Bowl XLVIII, John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, named 53 mountains after the 53 members of the Denver Broncos.[15] In response, the Washington State Senate passed a resolution on Friday, January 31, 2014, temporarily renaming the mountain Mount Seattle Seahawks. The resolution expired on midnight Monday, February 3, 2014.[16]
Geographical setting
Mount Rainier is the highest mountain in Washington and the Cascade Range. This peak is located just east of Eatonville and just southeast of Seattle and Tacoma.[4] Mount Rainier is ranked third of the 128 ultra-prominent mountain peaks of the United States. Mount Rainier has a topographic prominence of Script error: No such module "convert"., which is greater than that of K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, at Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] On clear days it dominates the southeastern horizon in most of the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area to such an extent that locals sometimes refer to it simply as "the Mountain."[17] On days of exceptional clarity, it can also be seen from as far away as Portland, Oregon and Victoria, British Columbia.[18]
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The Carbon, Puyallup, Mowich, Nisqually, and Cowlitz Rivers begin at eponymous glaciers of Mount Rainier. The sources of the White River are Winthrop, Emmons, and Fryingpan Glaciers. The White, Carbon, and Mowich join the Puyallup River, which discharges into Commencement Bay at Tacoma; the Nisqually empties into Puget Sound east of Lacey; and the Cowlitz joins the Columbia River between Kelso and Longview.
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Subsidiary peaks
The broad top of Mount Rainier contains three named summits. The highest is called the Columbia Crest. The second highest summit is Point Success, Script error: No such module "convert"., at the southern edge of the summit plateau, atop the ridge known as Success Cleaver. It has a topographic prominence of about Script error: No such module "convert"., so it is not considered a separate peak. The lowest of the three summits is Liberty Cap, Script error: No such module "convert"., at the northwestern edge, which overlooks Liberty Ridge, the Sunset Amphitheater, and the dramatic Willis Wall. Liberty Cap has a prominence of Script error: No such module "convert"., and so would qualify as a separate peak under most of strictly prominence-based rules. A prominence cutoff of Script error: No such module "convert". is commonly used in Washington state.[25]
High on the eastern flank of Mount Rainier is a peak known as Little Tahoma Peak, Script error: No such module "convert"., an eroded remnant of the earlier, much higher, Mount Rainier. It has a prominence of Script error: No such module "convert"., and it is almost never climbed in direct conjunction with Columbia Crest, so it is usually considered a separate peak. If considered separately from Mt. Rainier, Little Tahoma Peak would be the third highest mountain peak in Washington.[26][27]
Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc that consists of lava flows, debris flows, and pyroclastic ejecta and flows. Its early volcanic deposits are estimated at more than 840,000 years old and are part of the Lily Formation (about 2.9 million to 840,000 years ago). The early deposits formed a "proto-Rainier" or an ancestral cone prior to the present-day cone.[28] The present cone is more than 500,000 years old.[29]
The volcano is highly eroded, with glaciers on its slopes, and appears to be made mostly of andesite. Rainier likely once stood even higher than today at about Script error: No such module "convert". before a major debris avalanche and the resulting Osceola Mudflow approximately 5,000 years ago.[30] In the past, Rainier has had large debris avalanches, and has also produced enormous lahars (volcanic mudflows) due to the large amount of glacial ice present. Its lahars have reached all the way to Puget Sound, a distance of more than Script error: No such module "convert".. Around 5,000 years ago, a large chunk of the volcano slid away and that debris avalanche helped to produce the massive Osceola Mudflow, which went all the way to the site of present-day Tacoma and south Seattle.[31] This massive avalanche of rock and ice removed the top Script error: No such module "convert". of Rainier, bringing its height down to around Script error: No such module "convert".. About 530 to 550 years ago, the Electron Mudflow occurred, although this was not as large-scale as the Osceola Mudflow.[32]
After the major collapse approximately 5,000 years ago, subsequent eruptions of lava and tephra built up the modern summit cone until about as recently as 1,000 years ago. As many as 11 Holocene tephra layers have been found.[28]
Modern activity and the current threat
The most recent recorded volcanic eruption was between 1820 and 1854, but many eyewitnesses reported eruptive activity in 1858, 1870, 1879, 1882 and 1894 as well.[33]
Although Mount Rainier is an active volcano, as of 2010[update] there was no evidence of an imminent eruption.[34] However, an eruption could be devastating for all areas surrounding the volcano.[35] Mount Rainier is currently listed as a Decade Volcano, or one of the 17 volcanoes with the greatest likelihood of causing great loss of life and property if eruptive activity resumes.[36] If Mt. Rainier were to erupt as powerfully as Mount St. Helens did in its May 18, 1980, eruption, the effect would be cumulatively greater, because of the far more massive amounts of glacial ice locked on the volcano compared to Mount St. Helens[32] and the vastly more heavily populated areas surrounding Rainier.[37] Lahars from Rainier pose the most risk to life and property,[38] as many communities lie atop older lahar deposits. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), about 150,000 people live on top of old lahar deposits of Rainier.[7] Not only is there much ice atop the volcano, the volcano is also slowly being weakened by hydrothermal activity. According to Geoff Clayton, a geologist with a Washington State Geology firm, RH2 Engineering, a repeat of the Osceola mudflow would destroy Enumclaw, Orting, Kent, Auburn, Puyallup, Sumner and all of Renton.[31] Such a mudflow might also reach down the Duwamish estuary and destroy parts of downtown Seattle, and cause tsunamis in Puget Sound and Lake Washington.[39] Rainier is also capable of producing pyroclastic flows and expelling lava.[39]
According to K. Scott, a scientist with the USGS:
"A home built in any of the probabilistically defined inundation areas on the new maps is more likely to be damaged or destroyed by a lahar than by fire...For example, a home built in an area that would be inundated every 100 years, on the average, is 27 times more likely to be damaged or destroyed by a flow than by fire. People know the danger of fire, so they buy fire insurance and they have smoke alarms, but most people are not aware of the risks of lahars, and few have applicable flood insurance."[40]
The volcanic risk is somewhat mitigated by lahar warning sirens and escape route signs in Pierce County.[41] The more populous King County is also in the Lahar area, but currently has no zoning restrictions due to volcanic hazard.[42] More recently (since 2001) funding from the federal government for lahar protection in the area has dried up, leading local authorities in at-risk cities like Orting to fear a disaster similar to the Armero tragedy.[43][44]
Seismic background
Typically, up to five earthquakes are recorded monthly near the summit. Swarms of five to ten shallow earthquakes over two or three days take place from time to time, predominantly in the region of Script error: No such module "convert". below the summit. These earthquakes are thought to be caused by the circulation of hot fluids beneath Mount Rainier. Presumably, hot springs and steam vents within Mount Rainier National Park are generated by such fluids.[45] Seismic swarms (not initiated with a mainshock) are common features at volcanoes, and are rarely associated with eruptive activity. Rainier has had several such swarms; there were days-long swarms in 2002, 2004, and 2007, two of which (2002 and 2004) included M 3.2 earthquakes. A 2009 swarm produced the largest number of events of any swarm at Rainier since seismic monitoring began over two decades earlier.[46] Yet another swarm was observed in 2011.[47]
Glaciers are among the most conspicuous and dynamic geologic features on Mount Rainier. They erode the volcanic cone and are important sources of streamflow for several rivers, including some that provide water for hydroelectric power and irrigation. Together with perennial snow patches, the 26 major glaciers cover about Script error: No such module "convert". of the mountain's surface and have a volume of about Script error: No such module "convert"..[19][20]
Glaciers flow under the influence of gravity by the combined action of sliding over the rock on which they lie and by deformation, the gradual displacement between and within individual ice crystals. Maximum speeds occur near the surface and along the centerline of the glacier. During May 1970, Nisqually Glacier was measured moving as fast as Script error: No such module "convert". per day. Flow rates are generally greater in summer than in winter, probably due to the presence of large quantities of meltwater at the glacier base.[20]
The size of glaciers on Mount Rainier has fluctuated significantly in the past. For example, during the last ice age, from about 25,000 to about 15,000 years ago, glaciers covered most of the area now within the boundaries of Mount Rainier National Park and extended to the perimeter of the present Puget Sound Basin.[20]
Between the 14th century and 1850, many of the glaciers on Mount Rainier advanced to their farthest extent downvalley since the last ice age. Many advances of this sort occurred worldwide during this time period known to geologists as the Little Ice Age. During the Little Ice Age, the Nisqually Glacier advanced to a position Script error: No such module "convert". downvalley from the site of the Glacier Bridge, Tahoma and South Tahoma Glaciers merged at the base of Glacier Island, and the terminus of Emmons Glacier reached within Script error: No such module "convert". of the White River Campground.[20]
Retreat of the Little Ice Age glaciers was slow until about 1920 when retreat became more rapid. Between the height of the Little Ice Age and 1950, Mount Rainier's glaciers lost about one-quarter of their length. Beginning in 1950 and continuing through the early 1980s, however, many of the major glaciers advanced in response to relatively cooler temperatures of the mid-century. The Carbon, Cowlitz, Emmons, and Nisqually Glaciers advanced during the late 1970s and early 1980s as a result of high snowfalls during the 1960s and 1970s. Since the early-1980s, however, many glaciers have been thinning and retreating and some advances have slowed.[20]
Human history
At the time of European contact, the river valleys and other areas near the mountain were inhabited by many Pacific Northwest tribes who hunted and gathered berries in its forests and mountain meadows. These included the Nisqually, Cowlitz, Yakama, Puyallup, and Muckleshoot.
Captain George Vancouver reached Puget Sound in early May 1792 and became the first European to see the mountain.[11]
In 1833, Dr. William Fraser Tolmie explored the area looking for medicinal plants. Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump received a hero's welcome in the streets of Olympia after their successful summit climb in 1870.[50][51] The first female ascent was made in 1890 by Fay Fuller, accompanied by Van Trump and three other teammates.[52]
John Muir climbed Mount Rainier in 1888, and although he enjoyed the view, he conceded that it was best appreciated from below. Muir was one of many who advocated protecting the mountain. In 1893, the area was set aside as part of the Pacific Forest Reserve in order to protect its physical/economic resources: timber and watersheds.[53]
Citing the need to also protect scenery and provide for public enjoyment, railroads and local businesses urged the creation of a national park in hopes of increased tourism. On March 2, 1899, President William McKinley established Mount Rainier National Park as America's fifth national park. Congress dedicated the new park "for the benefit and enjoyment of the people"[54] and "... for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition."[55]
In 1998, the United States Geological Survey began putting together the Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System to assist in the emergency evacuation of the Puyallup River valley in the event of a catastrophic debris flow. It is now run by the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management. Tacoma, at the mouth of the Puyallup, is only Script error: No such module "convert". west of Rainier, and moderately sized towns such as Puyallup and Orting are only Script error: No such module "convert". away, respectively.[56]
Mt. Rainier appears on four distinct United States postage stamp issues. In 1934 it was the 3-cent issue in a series of National Park stamps, and was also shown on a souvenir sheet issued for a philatelic convention. The following year both of these were reprinted by Postmaster General James A. Farley as special issues given to officials and friends. Because of complaints by the public, "Farley's Follies" were reproduced in large numbers. The second stamp issue is easy to tell from the original because it is imperforated. Both stamps and souvenir sheets are widely available.[57]
The Washington state quarter, which was released on April 11, 2007, features Mount Rainier and a salmon.[58][59]
Climbing and recreation
Mountain climbing on Mount Rainier is difficult, involving traversing the largest glaciers in the U.S. south of Alaska. Most climbers require two to three days to reach the summit. Climbing teams demand experience in glacier travel, self-rescue, and wilderness travel. About 8,000 to 13,000 people attempt the climb each year,[60] about 90% via routes from Camp Muir on the southeast flank.[61] Most of the rest ascend Emmons Glacier via Camp Schurman on the northeast. About half of the attempts are successful, with weather and conditioning being the most common reasons for failure. All climbers who plan to climb above high camps, Camp Muir and Camp Schurman, are required by law to purchase a Mount Rainier Climbing Pass and register for their climb.[62] Additionally, solo climbers must fill out a solo climbing request form and receive written permission from the Superintendent before attempting to climb.[63]
The worst mountaineering accident on Mount Rainier occurred in 1981, when eleven people lost their lives in an ice fall on the Ingraham Glacier.[64] This was the largest number of fatalities on Mount Rainier in a single incident since 32 people were killed in a 1946 plane crash on the South Tahoma Glacier.[65]
More recently, the mountain received media attention in 2012, as one of the park rangers lost his life when several climbers were caught in a storm while trying to ascend the mountain. While trying to help load the climbers into a rescue helicopter, the ranger lost his footing, and slid Script error: No such module "convert". to his death.[66][67]
In one of the worst disasters on the mountain in over thirty years, six climbers—two guides, and four clients—last heard from on May 28, 2014, were presumed dead on May 31, 2014, when low-flying search helicopters pinged the signals from the avalanche beacons worn by the climbers. Officials concluded that there was no possible chance for survival after the climbers fell 3,300 feet while attempting or returning from the summit via the Liberty Ridge climbing route. Searchers found tents and clothes along with rock and ice strewn across a debris field on the Carbon Glacier at Script error: No such module "convert"., possible evidence for a slide or avalanche in the vicinity where the team went missing, though the exact cause of the accident is unknown. [68] The bodies of three of the guest climbers were spotted on August 7, 2014, during a training flight and subsequently recovered on August 19, 2014. The bodies of the fourth guest climber and two guides have not been located.[69][70]
About two mountaineering deaths each year occur because of rock and ice fall, avalanche, falls, and hypothermia associated with severe weather (58 reported since and including the 1981 accident through 2010 per American Alpine Club Accidents in North American Mountaineering and the NPS).
Hiking, backcountry skiing, photography, and camping are popular in the park. Hiking trails, including the Wonderland Trail—a Script error: No such module "convert". circumnavigation of the peak—provide access to the backcountry. Mount Rainier is also popular for winter sports, including snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.[71]
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See also
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- Outline of Washington
- Index of Washington-related articles
- Mountain peaks of North America
- List of U.S. states by elevation
- Bailey Willis, USGS geological engineer, played a key role in getting Mount Rainier designated as a national park, Willis Wall is named after him.[73]
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- ^ a b Signani, PLS, Larry (2000-07-19). "The Height of Accuracy". Point of Beginning (trade magazine) (BNP Media). Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ a b "World Top 50 by Prominence". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ a b "Mount Rainier". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ "Rainier". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ "Decade Volcanoes". CVO. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20.
- ^ a b Driedger, C.L.; Scott, K.M. (2005-03-01). "Mount Rainier – Learning to Live with Volcanic Risk". Fact Sheet 034-02. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ Clark, Ella E. (2003-02-03). Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23926-1.
- ^ Beckey, Fred (January 2009). Cascade Alpine Guide. Vol.3 (3rd ed.). Mountaineers Books. ISBN 1-59485-136-0.
- ^ "Is it time to rename Mount Rainier to its former native name?". Archived from the original on 2014-10-20.
- ^ a b "Historical Notes: Vancouver's Voyage". Mount Rainier Nature Notes VII (14). 1929. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- ^ Catton, Theodore (2006-11-30). National Park, City Playground: Mount Rainier in the Twentieth Century. A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book. Seattle, United States and London, United Kingdom: University of Washington Press. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-295-98643-3.
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- ^ a b "Rainier". Snopes. 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ Pappas, Stephanie (2014-01-29). "Colorado's Highest Peaks Re-Named After Super Bowl Team". Live Science. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
- ^ Eaton, Nick (2014-02-01). "Mount Rainier renamed Mount Seattle Seahawks for Super Bowl XLVIII". The Seahawks Blog. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
- ^ Bruce Barcott (1999-04-27). "The Mountain is Out". Western Washington University. Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
- ^ "View of Rainier". Nature Spot. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ a b Topinka, Lyn (2002). "Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations". United States Geological Survey.
- ^ a b c d e f 12px This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: Driedger, C.L. "Glaciers on Mount Rainier". Retrieved 2010-04-21. (Open-File Report 92-474).
- ^ Zimbelman, D. R.; Rye, R. O.; Landis, G. P. (2000). "Fumaroles in ice caves on the summit of Mount Rainier; preliminary stable isotope, gas, and geochemical studies". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 97 (1–4): 457–473. Bibcode:2000JVGR...97..457Z. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00180-8.
- ^ Sandi Doughton (2007-10-25). "Exploring Rainier's summit steam caves". The News Tribune. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ Kiver, Eugene P.; Mumma, Martin D. (1971). "Summit Firn Caves, Mount Rainier, Washington". Science 173 (3994): 320–322. Bibcode:1971Sci...173..320K. PMID 17809214. doi:10.1126/science.173.3994.320.
- ^ Kiver, Eugene P.; Steele, William K. (1975). "Firn Caves in the Volcanic Craters of Mount Rainier, Washington" (ABSTRACT ONLY). The NSS Bulletin 37 (3): 45–55.
- ^ John Roper; Jeff Howbert. "Washington 100 Highest Peaks with 400 feet of prominence". The Northwest Peakbaggers Asylum. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
- ^ "Little Tahoma Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ "Little Tahoma". Mount Rainier National Park. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ a b Wood, C.A.; Kienle, J. (1990). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge University Press. pp. 158–160. ISBN 0-521-36469-8.
- ^ Sisson, T.W. (1995). History and Hazards of Mount Rainier, Washington. United States Geological Survey. Open-File Report 95-642.
- ^ Scott, Kevin M.; Vallance, James W. (1993). "History of landslides and Debris Flows at Mount Rainier". Open-File Report 93-111. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- ^ a b Parchman, F. (2005-10-19). "The Super Flood". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ a b Crandall, D.R. (1971). "Postglacial Lahars From Mount Rainier Volcano, Washington". U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 677.
- ^ Harris, Stephen L. (2005). "Mount Rainier: America's Most Dangerous Volcano". Fire Mountains of the West (3rd ed.). Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. pp. 299–334. ISBN 0-87842-511-X.
- ^ "Mount Rainier Volcano". United States Geological Survey. 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ Handwerk, Brian (2003-09-25). "Rainier Eruption Odds Low, Impact High, Expert Says". National Geographic Ultimate Explorer.
- ^ Malone, S.D.; Moran, S.C. (1995). "Mount Rainier, Washington, USA - IAVCEI "Decade Volcano" - Hazards, Seismicity, and Geophysical Studies". IAVCEI conference on volcanic hazard in densely populated regions. Archived from the original on 1997-07-22.
- ^ Tucker, Rob (2001-07-23). "Lahar: Thousands live in harm's way". Tacoma News Tribune. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20.
- ^ Scott, K.M.; Vallance, J.W.; Pringle, P.T. (1995). "Sedimentology, Behavior, and Hazards of Debris Flows at Mount Rainier, Washington". Geological Survey Professional Paper 1547. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ a b Hoblitt, R.P.; J.S. Walder; C.L. Driedger; K.M. Scott; P.T. Pringle; J.W. Vallance (1998). "Volcano Hazards from Mount Rainier, Washington, Revised". Open-File Report 98-428. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "Mount Rainier Debris-Flow Maps available from USGS". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ "Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System".
- ^ "Volcanic Hazard Areas" (PDF). Critical Areas, Stormwater, and Clearing and Grading Ordinances. King County, Washington. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "Nevado del Ruiz". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Paths of Destruction: The Hidden Threat at Mount Rainier". Geotimes. April 2004. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- ^ The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (2006-12-07). "Mount Rainier Seismicity Information". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ Cascades Volcano Observatory (2006-09-23). "Mount Rainier Swarm Report". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "Spate of quakes around Mount Rainier". The Seattle Times. 2011-10-17. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20.
- ^ Winsey, H. J. (1888). The Great Northwest. St Paul, MN: Northern News Co. frontispiece.
- ^ "Mowich" is the Chinook Jargon word for "deer"
- ^ Haines, Aubrey L. (1999) [1962]. Mountain fever : historic conquests of Rainier. Original publisher: Oregon Historical Society; Republished by University of Washington. ISBN 0-295-97847-3.
- ^ "Hazard Stevens photographs, c. 1840s-1918". University of Oregon Libraries Historic Photograph Collections. University of Oregon. March 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ Bragg, Lynn (2010). More than Petticoats: Remarkable Washington Women (2nd ed.). Globe Pequot.
- ^ "John Muir and Mount Rainier". Arthur Churchill Warner Photographs. 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ "U.S. Code: Title 16 Chapter 1 Subchapter XI § 91". Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ "U.S. Code: Title 16 Chapter 1 Subchapter XI § 92". Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ Driedger, C.L.; Scott, W.E. (2008). "Mount Rainier - Living Safely With a Volcano in Your Backyard". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ US Stamps Commemoratives of 1934-1935
- ^ "Washington State Quarter". Washington State Arts Commission. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ Green, Sara Jean (2007-04-12). "Washington quarter makes debut". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
- ^ "MORA Climbing Statistics". National Park Service. 2005-07-30. Archived from the original on 2006-01-01.
- ^ "Camp Muir, Mount Rainier, Washington". University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. University of Washington. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ^ "Mt. Rainier Climbing Pass FAQs". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ "Climbing Mount Rainier" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ^ Hatcher, Candy (2000-03-30). "Ghosts of Rainier: Icefall in 1981 entombed 11 climbers". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ "HistoryLink: A Curtis Commando R5C transport plane crashes into Mount Rainier, killing 32 U.S. Marines, on December 10, 1946". HistoryLink.org. 2006-07-29. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ "Ranger plunges to death on Mount Rainier". CNN. 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- ^ Miguel Llanos (2012-06-22). "Park ranger falls 3,700 feet to death during Mount Rainier rescue". NBC News. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- ^ "6 climbers dead on Mount Rainier". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
- ^ John de Leon (2014-08-20). "Bodies of 3 missing climbers recovered from Mount Rainier". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ^ Paige Cornwell (2014-08-22). "Bodies of 3 Mount Rainier climbers identified". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ^ "Backcountry Skiing Guide to Mount Rainier, Washington". Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ "Interesting Weather Statistics for US Mountain Summits". SummitPost. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
- ^ "Scientific Exploration Of Mount Rainier". Mount Rainier: Its Human History Associations. National Park Service.
External links
- Mount Rainier National Park (also used as a reference)
- "Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System". Volcano Hazards Program. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- Mt. Rainier Eruption Task Force (pdf)
- Mount Rainier stream drainage
- Mount Rainier Trail Descriptions
- "Mount Rainier". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- Mount Rainier National Park at DMOZ
- Doughton, Sandi (2014-09-26), "Under Rainier's crater, a natural laboratory like no other", The Seattle Times: contains images and videos of the summit caves
University of Washington Libraries, Digital Collections:
- Lawrence Denny Lindsley Photographs, Landscape and nature photography of Lawrence Denny Lindsley, including photographs of scenes around Mount Rainier.
- The Mountaineers Collection, Photographic albums and text documenting the Mountaineers official annual outings undertaken by club members from 1907–1951, includes 3 Mt. Rainier albums (ca. 1912, 1919, 1924).
- Henry M. Sarvant Photographs, photographs by Henry Mason Sarvant depicting his climbing expeditions to Mt. Rainier and scenes of the vicinity from 1892-1912.
- Alvin H. Waite Photographs Photographs of Mt. Rainier by Alvin H. Waite, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The sauce/side-dish for the string hoppers can be sweet or spicy but my son likes the former. Yup, he is all for it if the hoppers are dunked in a sweet sauce made with warm milk + unrefined sugar(Jaggery/Panela), topped with fresh grated coconut and ghee-fried cashews. Be warned: the divine combo of hoppers, sweet sauce, coconut and nuts will incite a conflagration of hunger for more that even my picky eating son succumbs.. Every-time!
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- 1 Cup Finger Millet Flour "Ragi Flour"
- 1 Cup Rice Flour
- 1/4 Tsp Salt
- 1-1/2 Cups Boiling Water + more as needed
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 3 Cups Skimmed Milk
- 1 Cup Unrefined Sugar/Jaggery/Panela, crumbled
- 2 Cups Milk
- 1/4 Cup Packed Brown Sugar or more/less
- 1/4 Cups Cashew
- 1 Tbsp Store-bought or Homemade Ghee "Clarified Butter" or Unsalted Butter
- 2 Tbsp Fresh/Frozen Grated Coconut
- Idiyappam Press (I used authentic wooden Idiyappam press that has 2 parts. Bottom part has a cavity to stuff the flour and the top part is a press that pushes down on the flour to make noodles) Or Pasta maker ( I haven't tried with a pasta maker though)
- Sift the rice and ragi flour in a shallow bowl. Add the salt and stir to incorporate.
- Bring 2-3 Cups of water to a roiling boil. Initially pour 1-1/2 Cups of water and quickly using a wooden-spoon handle stir. Add 2-3 tbsp more or if needed. The flour should clump together but not/never soggy. Quickly cover the bowl and let the flour absorb the water for 10 minutes.
- Once the flour is warm enough to be handled with hands, knead it gently along with a tbsp of olive oil to form a smooth ball. Divide the dough into small portions to fit the Idiyappam tool(for a detailed step-by-step check this link) and squeeze the strings directly on any flat plate/Idli Mould. The String Hoppers need to be steamed for 10-12 minutes.
- After 12 minutes of steaming, remove the String Hoppers to a bowl.
- Repeat the above 2 steps until the dough is completely used-up.
- To Make the sauce: Use Option1 or Option 2 to make the sauce. I used Option1 for this post - using unrefined sugar to make the sauce.
- Add a cup of crumbled unrefined sugar to milk and cook only till its dissolved into the milk. The sauce doesn't have to be thick.
- Brown the cashews with a tbsp of ghee or butter. Move a portion of String Hoppers on a plate and pour a portion of warm milk-sugar sauce over it. Garnish with fresh or frozen grated coconut and a sprinkling of browned cashews. Sit back and Savor.
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- Hoppers can be made with just Rice flour alone. The sweet sauce can be made with granulated sugar and milk for the white hoppers. Check the recipe for "Rice Flour String Hoppers"-


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Self Starter – Gay Gaddis of T3
Jul 26 2008
I co-write articles for university alumni magazines with my fabulous writing partner Pam Losefsky. You can also see more of our write-ups on the article page!
One of our latest articles for The University of Texas at Austin's alumni magazine, The Alcalde, is on Gay Gaddis. Gay is the founder of T3 – The Think Tank, the largest women-owned advertising agency in the US!
Here is a thought provoking quote from Gay's interview:
"You get knocked down a couple times and your confidence gets busted and you draw back a little bit," she says, "but you have to allow yourself the mistakes and the rejection and not let them eat you up."
I agree with Gay that many entrepreneurs give up is when they let their mistakes eat them up instead of learning from them and moving forward. I struggle with limiting thoughts often.
Gay has 3 kids and came from a long line of entrepreneurs so she saw the reality of how it is to build a business. She started helping her mother with her kindergarten program when she was 13 years old after her father died!
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Brad Paisley + Carrie Underwood Host 'Other Things' in Funny 2012 CMA Awards Commercials
This year will be the fifth time Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley team up to host the CMA Awards. After so many successful hosting gigs, you can't help but wonder why Underwood and Paisley don't try their hands at hosting some… other things. And that idea is exactly what three hilarious new 2012 CMA Awards commercials explore.
One promo shows what it would be like if the two powerhouse country stars worked as hosts at a restaurant. Can you imagine? In the 26-second clip, Paisley sports a gigantic foam cowboy hat and plays a little jingle every time he asks customers how many people are in their party. Underwood wears a short sequined dress and a headset as she welcomes people to 'Danny's.' As awesome as it sounds to have your favorite country stars greet you at a restaurant, this commercial proves that these two particular hitmakers should probably stick to music.
In another 2012 CMA Awards commercial, Underwood and Paisley imagine what it would be like to host a kid's birthday party. But after Paisley gets kicked in the shin and Underwood gets tied up with streamers, she decides that maybe they should stick to their CMAs gig.
Finally, the two hilarious singers try out a bingo night, but things go awry when Paisley messes up the ball scrambler and falls on the floor. Everyone looks at Underwood with an annoying glare as she calls out the first number, B7.
As funny as these promos are, we're thankful that Underwood and Paisley will stick to running things at the CMAs instead. To see them in action, tune in to the 2012 CMA Awards on Thursday, November 1 at 8PM ET.
Watch Carrie and Brad Play 'Hosts' at a Restaurant
Watch Carrie and Brad Host a Children's Birthday Party
Watch Carrie and Brad Host Bingo Night


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I am having a magical Sunday morning, listening to this great lady sing.
Oh Komalaangi, she of the charming form! Of what use are the humming of the bees, the gentle breeze, sandal paste and the fragrant jasmine; if my beloved does not come?
Who is the blessed damsel, I wonder, enjoying the company of Sarasaksha, he who resembles Cupid!