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I graduated from Thunderbird High in 1983 in a royal blue gown, which I wore over the same royal blue sundress and with strappy white flats, so I wouldn't sink into the football field. No fewer than 127 bobby pins held my cap snug.
The principal and administrators filled their folding chairs on the stage as we lined up, boys on one side, girls on the other, and swore we'd never forget – not how Mr. Prochnau gave us extra credit in biology if we wore a shoelace necklace of dissected pig parts, or drinking Boone's Farm Tickle Pink on the golf course at the Moon Valley Country Club, nor one another. Not ever.
The speeches that night were endless, reaching me near the front because my last name started with a B first and echoing back to the Z's.
These had been the best years of our lives.
We were the future. We were the best and the brightest. We could do anything. We had an obligation to change the world.
All we had to do was be true to ourselves, follow our dreams and reach for the stars.
I believed every word.
I've been to a lot of high school graduations since my own. I go to a few more every year, it seems. Not much has changed.
They're still wearing the same outfits and playing much of the same music with the same pomp and circumstance. The same people line the stage on folding chairs – the principal and other administrators, the school board and distinguished guests.
Even the speeches have stayed pretty much the same, with minor variations on the theme.
In speech after speech, we're reminded how the last four years have just flown by, how they started as freshman who got lost in the hallways, it feels like just yesterday, and look at where they are now.
Insert here the requisite funny prank pulled on (easy-going teacher's name), hilarious incident at (annual talent show/fall festival/pep rally) and inside joke from three-day school trip to (name of place within six-hour bus ride here).
Best years of their lives. Friends forever.
But this isn't an ending, oh, no, it's only the beginning. They are the future.
It was a journey of a thousand miles that began with a single step, and whenever one door closed, another opened, but now the path ahead was clear. They have only to be true to themselves, follow their dreams, reach for the stars.
And if you don't want to take the speakers' word for it, they quote an (adult) expert. Henry David Thoreau. Les Brown.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Walt Disney. Dr. Seuss.
I sit in the bleachers, listening, and smile wryly. I tick off the clichés: You are the future. Don't be afraid to fail. Make a difference.
This year, the valedictorian who spoke at McClintock High, Trinny Tat, was refreshingly real.
First of all, she promised to keep it short. "I don't want you all to fall asleep," she said.
Trinny did speak of surviving standardized testing and supplementing suspect lunches with cookies sold by DECA, Rice KrispiesTreats from swim team and dance club fundraisers and candy bars from orchestra.
"I know we are anxious about our future, but keep it real," she said. "I am gonna be a freeloader as long as I can. And you can too as long as your parents don't throw you out in the street."
Parents in the stands chuckled.
Trinny quoted Will Rogers: "Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."
Trinny is from Vietnam and started school here seven years ago in English Language Learner classes. She told her classmates, "Without putting effort, one will just sit at one place and not going anywhere even if the path is right. At the same time, other people are taking that chance, that direction to get to the place you were going to.
"The world is a judgmental place. The world is a scary place. The world is not fair, but deal with it because other people are experiencing the same thing."
Don't just dream about it, she was telling them. Do the work.
She was on to something. Listening to her made me think about just what I would tell a football stadium full of high school graduates, if given the chance.
You can be anything you want to be, but you have to do the work and pay your dues.
These might feel like the best years of your life — so far — especially since you were just coming out of the agony of middle school. Trust me, there are even better years ahead.
If you hated high school, for whatever reason, there's a good chance you will love college. It's bigger, and more diverse, you'll find people like you. Those may well be the friends you'll keep forever.
Listen to what the commencement speakers are saying because when you're young, these things are all true, and no one wants to tell you any different. That's why everyone is smiling at you, like you're a toddler taking your first steps.
Because basically, you are.
While you're reaching for those stars, you're going to make some mistakes. Some of them will feel like they're fatal mistakes. They're not. Know that there are few things that can't be fixed. Ask for help.
Find a mentor.
Thank your teachers.
Learn about technology. Or, whatever you study, put the word "forensic" in front of it – forensic psychology, forensic accounting.
It's not really true what they say (I say "they" because no one knows who for sure), that if you do what you love, you'll never work another day in your life. Because even if you love it, it's still work. It'll get you down sometimes. That's OK.
Pay attention to your parents. Call them regularly. They did a lot for you.
Pay attention to the local news. Vote.
Read. Drive safely. Give to charity. (Donating blood doesn't cost anything.)
Make sure everybody gets a fair chance. (Oh, you think there's no more gender barrier? Then why are half of you still wearing different colored robes and sitting on opposite sides of the aisle?)
Take care of yourself. I don't mean manicures and pedicures or gym memberships. I mean, go outside. Look up from your screen occasionally. Drink plenty of water. Eat vegetables. Get enough sleep. Moderate your drinking. Don't smoke. Do wear sunscreen.
And just do your best. Try not to compare yourself to others. Stretch yourself. Know it's OK to be scared. In fact you should be scared sometimes.
It's not as easy as living your dreams and being yourself.
But it's also not as hard as being the entire future, carrying the responsibility to change the whole world.
Just don't give up.
You'll be fine.
Reach Bland at karina.bland@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8614.


Opinion and Awards to be E-mailed – The Industrial Commission announced that beginning on January 2, 2018 workers' compensation Opinions and Awards will be served via email. The change affects all parties that are represented by attorney's. The Opinion and Awards will be sent via email to the attorney of record for each party. The Commission stressed that certified mailing will only be sent either the attorney's email address is unknown or the party is appearing pro se.
The Commission indicated that the change was the result of cost saving initiatives and the recent changes to N.C. Gen. Stat. §97-86. The Commission also provided attorneys with the opportunity to ensure that the e-mail presently on record was correct by completing this online questionnaire.
Changes to Sanctions for Failure to Accept or Deny a Claim – The Industrial Commission has announced and emphasized on several occasions that the amount sanctioned for a Carrier/Employer failing to accept or deny a claim via a Form 60, 61, or 63 within 30 days of notice of filing a claim has increased from $200 to $400. The Commission has enforced this sanction strictly in the past two months. In addition, if the failure to accept or deny continues 30 days past the sanction order an additional $200 sanction will be ordered and the matter will be referred to the Enforcement Docket.
Medical Motion Submissions Moving to EDFP – Medical Motions previously submitted through medicalmotions@ic.nc.gov will soon be required to be submitted through the EDFP. The change is to occur sometime in 2018. More details regarding the change will follow in future e-alerts.


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Iconic observatory witnessed in James Bond film "GoldenEye" goes darkish soon after enormous telescope located mysteriously damaged
A significant radio telescope designed famed as the backdrop for a pivotal scene in James Bond film "GoldenEye" and other Hollywood hits was located out of the blue out of commission just after cables mysteriously snapped and smashed into the facility's principal dish.
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is dwelling to one particular of the world's premier radio telescopes, performing as a giant ear to the universe. Positioned in the middle of a forest, the telescope listens for radio indicators from other galaxies and has contributed to various breakthroughs in astronomy.
Aside from monitoring asteroids that could endanger the world, the telescope performed a important function in the "SETI" program — the research for smart daily life. It was notably employed by astronomer Carl Sagan to mail an interstellar message.
Before this week, the facility was pressured to close down soon after a cable supporting a metal system higher than the telescope fell, tearing a 100-foot gash in its giant reflector dish.
"The cable didn't definitely crack in the sense of a cable kind of snapping, but it just kind of slipped from its socket, which is you know, an even weirder situation," Arecibo Observatory Director Francisco Cordova instructed CBS News' Jeff Glor.
Specialists operating all over the clock to get the telescope back again on line say they are nevertheless building assessments to locate what precisely took place, storing the machine's "structure of capabilities," and earning confident it could not direct to much more troubles in the upcoming.
"So at this place, we are not, you know, we don't seriously have a even larger timeline of when that is going to materialize," Cordova stated.
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The telescope, a pivotal element of the ongoing search to locate other planets able of sustaining everyday living, has survived terrestrial hazards like hurricanes, tropical storms and earthquakes. Now, the scientific group hopes it can get better from the mysterious injury.
"We are going to discover a way to fix this particular concern and continue to transfer forward," Cordova mentioned. "We have overcome a whole lot in our 50-year historical past, from Hurricane Maria to extremely the latest rash of earthquakes to now this. So we're a very resilient bunch down listed here and we are going to determine out a way to continue on to move forward, accomplishing thrilling science for the world."

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Origin Part V
Some things are better left undiscovered!
Charlie silently followed her as she stepped across the threshold, and as she did a faint blue glow illuminated the center of the room. She stopped and stepped back, suddenly unsure if she should continue, and the blue light faded to darkness. Stepping forward again, she was rewarded with the return of that blue glow that seemed to emanate from the center of the room.
Following the beam of her flashlight, they both ventured deeper into the chamber, coming to a stone bench on their right. She played the beam of the flashlight over the dust-covered surface of the bench, noting how it curved to the left as it vanished into the shadows. There was another bench thee feet in front of the first, it too curving into the emptiness that pressed in on all sides. With growing confidence she pushed on, coming to a third bench in front of the second one.
As they ventured deeper into the chamber, she slowly became aware that the blue glow was coming from an object to her immediate front. She stopped, took a deep breath, and switched off her flashlight.
"Turn off your light," she said.
Charlie complied and as her eyes adjusted to the darkness the blue glow grew stronger until she could make out the shape of a large blue globe hanging suspended an unknown distance before her. More details came into focus and she began picking out tiny spots of light high above her head all around her. The image reminded her of a planetarium during a showing and she suddenly realized that what she was gazing upon was the home world of whatever had built this structure.
"See what?"
"Close your eyes for a minute and let them adjust to the dark." Sandra closed her own eyes and when she reopened them that alien solar system was once again laid out before her with that faint blue sun in the center.
"What the hell," Charlie said.
"I think that's why they came here."
"Those who built this structure. Their sun was dying."
"A star system, their home."
"Of course, who did you think I was talking about?"
"How can you be so sure?"
"I'm not absolutely certain. Not one hundred percent. But the explanation fits."
"Then where are they now?"
Sandra shrugged. "I don't know."
They had moved forward to a raised dais a foot higher than the rest of the floor. Stepping up together, they approached the blue sphere, beneath which rested a small white box. Charlie reached the item first, marveling at the craftsmanship that had gone into constructing this small object. It looked like fine marble cut into very thin sheets, somewhat transparent, its contents were a faint smudge against the white.
"What is it?" Charlie said.
"I don't know." Sandra touched the surface of the box and when she did her mind was suddenly filled with ancient images of an alien place that was all but a memory.
She saw a vast valley beneath a blue sun. From the floor of the valley rose an immense tower. The spires of Beizel in the valley of tears. The name came to her from the black depths of a consciousness that stretched into the antediluvian void of their past. She could feel them around her, the followers who had trekked to this desolate plain, and the faithful who had come to seek redemption. Their thoughts washed over and around her, a single voice in a seething populace whose movements were so perfectly timed they took on the appearance of the surface of the ocean as gentle swells raced from one end to the other in a continuous cycle.
They had come seeking salvation and found it in the singularity of one thought that washed through them with a solitary voice. The individual parts of the whole had come together to form a distinct thought, and that was survival of the species. Their sun was dying, the time for the planet, for their reign, had come to a close. But one chance remained, the survival of the species lay with the chosen who would reach out into the great beyond; to ensure the survival of the species they would venture into the farthest reaches of the cosmos in their search for a new planet to call their own.
Sandra stepped back from the box, her fingers numbed by the contact, struggling to catch her breath as the true meaning of what she had briefly seen began to sink in.
They did not belong here.
In the shadows around her their memories moved with a sinuous ease through the deeper night.
"Are you all right?" Charlie said, resting his hand on her shoulder as he stepped forward to look at the box resting on the raised dais.
"Don't touch it," she warned him. But he ignored her, reaching out to grasp the box in one hand as he softly whispered, "So beautiful."
Before she could stop him, he had flipped open the delicate hasp and was raising the lid to gaze upon what the box contained. Sandra became aware of movement in the shadows all around her as that ozone aroma intensified. Her hair felt like it was standing on end in response to the suddenly charged atmosphere. Tentacles of darkness slithered across the dais towards them.
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On November 1, 2017, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and Bar-Ilan Univeristy co-hosted the "Be'er Sheva Dialogue" at the Renaissance Tel Aviv Hotel. The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister of Australia, was in attendance.
On June 26, 2017, Minister Zeev Elkin, Dr. Yossi Beilin, and Prof. Ruth Gavison debated Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror's new study, which takes a fresh look at Israel's options in Judea and Samaria and seeks to chart a path forward that will secure its national security while leaving the door open to peace.
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On February 21, 2017, for the second consecutive year, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and B'nai B'rith International jointly held an international conference on Strategic Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean. The event, which took place at the Begin-Sadat Center, involved the participation of experts from Greece, Russia, Britain, Turkey, Albania, the US, and Israel.
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In June, experts from Belgium, Bahrain, France, Germany, India, the UK, US and Israel convened at the BESA Center and at Haifa's National Security Studies Center for a two-day international conference to study developments in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.


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Q: If $\sum_{n=1}^\infty E(X_n-X_{n-1})^2/b_n^2 < \infty$, then $X_n/b_n \rightarrow 0$ a.s. This is Durrett Exercise 5.4.9.

I'm trying to show that if $X_n$ is a martingale, and $b_m \uparrow \infty$, $\sum_{n=1}^\infty E(X_n-X_{n-1})^2/b_n^2 < \infty$, then $X_n/b_n \rightarrow 0$ a.s..

If $X_n \in L^2$, I can show that this reduces to Durrett Exercise 5.4.8, which I have solved, since the above also gives us that the the sum of $\sum_{n=1}^\infty E\left(\frac{X_n}{b_n}-\frac{X_{n-1}}{b_{n-1}}\right)^2<\infty$, and then I can use orthogonality of martingale increments, and $L^p$ convergence theorem to conclude that it converges in almost surely and in $L^2$, although I'm not sure that I can show it converges to 0.
But, in this case, I am stuck and unable to proceed

A: Hints: Since $b_n \uparrow \infty$ we may assume without loss of generality that $b_n>1$ for all $n \geq 1$.

Let's first assume additionally that $(X_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is square integrable and $X_0 = 0$.

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*Set $$Y_n := \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{X_i-X_{i-1}}{b_i}.$$ Show that $(Y_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is a squre-integrable martingale with $$\mathbb{E}(Y_n^2) = \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\mathbb{E}((X_i-X_{i-1})^2)}{b_i^2}.$$

*It follows from Step 1 and the assumptions on $(X_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ that $(Y_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is an $L^2$-bounded martingale. The martingale convergence thorem yields that $Y_n$ converges almost surely, i.e. $$\sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \frac{X_i-X_{i-1}}{b_i}$$ converges with probability $1$.

*Apply Kronecker's lemma to deduce that $$\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{X_n}{b_n} = 0 \quad \text{a.s.}$$

For the general case: Define $\tilde{X}_n := X_n-X_0$.

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*Check that $\sum_n \mathbb{E}((X_n-X_{n-1})^2)/b_n^2 < \infty$ implies $\sum_n \mathbb{E}((\tilde{X}_n-\tilde{X}_{n-1})^2)/b_n^2 < \infty$.

*Deduce from $\mathbb{E}((\tilde{X}_n-\tilde{X}_{n-1})^2)< \infty$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$, and $\tilde{X}_0 =0 \in L^2(\mathbb{P})$ that $\tilde{X}_n \in L^2(\mathbb{P})$ for all $n \geq 1$.

*Apply the first part of this answer to $\tilde{X}_n$.

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Collective Commitments to each Value statement below represent the culminating work of a multistakeholder group in Apr. 2019. Their focus was establishing understanding of each value as it applies in our diverse culture today.
The Values:
Model for others what we expect from others – Collective Commitments
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Five District 96 schools have earned national Blue Ribbon recognition from the U.S. Department of Education.
In 1946, four one-room school districts merged to form Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96. Since then, the community has changed from rural farmland with few urban regions to well-populated suburban areas.
Comprising approximately 3,200 students and 500 certified and educational support personnel, Kildeer Countryside School District 96 is an elementary school district covering about 20 square miles in southern Lake County, Illinois. The District includes portions of Buffalo Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, Long Grove, and Vernon Hills. Most District 96 students continue their education at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, ranked #171 in U.S. News Best High School 2021 national rankings and ranked #6 in U.S. News Best Illinois High Schools 2021.
In 1999 the District constructed an elementary school and a middle school and made major renovations to three of its existing school buildings. In a districtwide reorganization implemented in 1999, one building was designated as an Early Childhood/Kindergarten Center, four buildings as elementary schools housing grades 1-5, and two buildings as middle schools housing grades 6-8.
Generally, middle-to upper-class communities comprise District 96. The student community is predominantly White (48.7%), with 36.3% Asian. A small percentage of students are Black (1.6%) or Hispanic (9%). Low-income families make up 5.4% of the student population and 18.2% of students are categorized as English Learners. In District 96, 67.4% of the teachers hold master's degrees or higher. The pupil/teacher ratio is 14:1. Regarding the financial strength and stability, the District continues to receive exemplary ratings for fiscal stability, as evidenced by the Financial Recognition status awarded by the Illinois State Board of Education for the 14th consecutive year and the District's "Aaa" bond rating.
District academic performance is strong. View District 96 Illinois School Report Cards here.
Twin Groves Middle School, Ivy Hall Elementary School, Woodlawn Middle School, Kildeer Elementary School, and Prairie Elementary School have earned national Blue Ribbon recognition from the U.S. Department of Education. In 2013, Twin Groves earned Blue Ribbon recognition for a second time. In 2016, Woodlawn Middle School was awarded a second Blue Ribbon. In 2019, Ivy Hall was awarded a second Blue Ribbon. Also, each of the four elementary schools has been awarded Blue Ribbon recognition status for its physical education program. Five of the District 96 schools have been recognized by the Chicago Sun Times (March 2009) in the Top 50 Suburban Public Schools list. In October 2006, Ivy Hall, Kildeer Countryside, and Prairie Schools were recognized in Chicago magazine as among the Top 15 Public Schools in Lake County. In Chicago Magazine's 2016 Best Public Schools issue, Country Meadows ranked #3 in the Lake County Top Ten Elementary Schools. In 2018, Woodlawn was recognized with the distinguished DuFour Award as the nation's exemplary Professional Learning Community.
Revised Apr. 2021
Kildeer Countryside Community
Consolidated School District 96
1050 Ivy Hall Lane
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089


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Tottenham are weighing up a move for 18-year-old Norwich right-back Max Aarons.The youngster has burst onto the scene for the Championship high flyers. Ms. Wilkinson was one of the first African-Americans to dance with a major ballet company, joining Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the 1950s. The 23-year-old is coming into his own with a new rap album, Lighten Up, and a recurring role on the ABC sitcom grown-ish. Nov. 15 - How much pressure is the Anna Hazare movement really putting on the Indian government. Professor Ashutosh Varshney of Brown University analyzes. New research on potential allergens fits with a wider hypothesis that complete avoidance of risky substances doesnt work well.
Southwest Airlines Co, which is poised to expand service in the next few years, is considering buying used planes to help meet its needs, an executive said on Monday. Landlines will be installed in 50 jails by March 2020, then extended to all 118 prisons in England under plans announced by Justice Secretary David Gauke to help cut crime figures.


Tina Corbett and Lisa McRory present a twelve night Yoga and Feldenkrais holiday adventure based at Basunti Lodge, Himachal Pradesh, situated within the Pong National Park in Northern India.
The holiday will begin in Amritsar, for two nights, with an opportunity to visit the world famous Golden Temple. There are regular flights to Amritsar from Delhi and Mumbai.
For further information about this exciting yoga holiday see my Yoga Holidays and Retreats page and/or contact Lisa or Tina.


The action that Pause project workflow, it could be useful if you want to fill some forms manually and then continue with project workflow.
When the project workflow reaches that action, play button changes name to "resume" and text under extension icon changes to "||", so the project will wait for your actions to continue workflow, so anytime you can click on stop button and the extension will go back to freeze mode and will wait for your actions.
After manual interaction you can click "resume" button and project will continue it's workflow.


The Tacoma-Pierce County Department of Health has lifted the algae caution advisory. For the update, click here.
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department says the Lake Tapps caution advisory for algae could end as early as this week. For their update, click here: Tapps Algae Update June 14 2017.


British R&B/Soul songstress Cherri V began the year with her exciting new single 'Swimming' featuring Birmingham rapper RoxXxan, which has been garnering strong early support from BBC 1Xtra, The Beat London, Reprezent Radio, ILUVLIVE and SingersRoom, among others.
Now, she he returns with the accompanying visuals for 'Swimming', premiered exclusively via 1883 Magazine.
Produced by Asylum 33, who have previously worked with Tinie Tempah, Mr. Eazi, Shakka, and Bonkaz, among others, the music video for 'Swimming' sees Cherri V and RoxXxan bringing a more relaxed and organic visual element to the experimental R&B offering, as they party among friends, while Cherri V gets to know her leading man, without the usual pressures that come with meeting someone new.
Speaking especially about those pressures, and how her 'Swimming' music video speaks directly to those real life situations we all face when looking for love, Cherri V explains, "There's nothing like meeting a guy through friends, ones who can vouch for him and give you that casual introduction. No pressure, just friends amongst friends, getting familiar in a relaxed setting".
Expanding on the inspiration for her 'Swimming' visuals, Cherri V adds, "I'm glad Asylum 33 (who produced the video) were able to capture that house party relaxed feel. I also wanted to take a little more of a casual approach for this video, compared to 'Leave Me Be', and shove my real friends in front of the camera lol. The shots in the pool were a highlight for me! I'm really proud of this visual".
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Q: ODBC and DB2 stored procedures from C#: Routine not found I seem have come across a short coming with ODBC and DB2 when running stored procedures. It seems that it is not possible to return  data from a stored procedure, and I have a prexisting query that I need to use. Has anyone got around this particular issue?
Thanks in advance
Update
The code that I am calling is as follows (assuming that the connection is already opened):
string BaseSQL = "CALL B6009822.O#04666803.PUT";

OdbcCommand command = new OdbcCommand(BaseSQL, myConnection);
command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

command.Parameters.Add("@Owner", OdbcType.VarChar).Value = "MH";

int rows = command.ExecuteNonQuery();

myConnection.Close();

I get the following error ..
ERROR [HY000] [IBM][System i Access ODBC Driver][DB2 for i5/OS]SQL0440 - Routine PUT in O#04666803 not found with specified parameters.

It seems to be objecting to the catalog/library and procedure name. Any idea on what I need to do to get the procedure called ?
Second Update - real example
string BaseSQL = "{ CALL B6009822.O#04666803.PUT(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?) }";

OdbcCommand command = myConnection.CreateCommand();
command.CommandText = BaseSQL;

//OdbcCommand command = new OdbcCommand(BaseSQL, myConnection);
command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

/*
@Param1 VarChar(4), @Param2 dec(8,0),
@Param3 dec(4,0), @Param4 dec(8,0),
@Param5 VarChar(60), @Param6 dec(9,2),
@Param7 dec(9,0), @Param8 dec(9,2),
@Param9 VarChar(10))
 */

command.Parameters.Add("@Param1", OdbcType.VarChar, 4).Value = "MH";
command.Parameters.Add("@Param2", OdbcType.Decimal, 8).Value = 20110217;
command.Parameters.Add("@Param3", OdbcType.Decimal, 4).Value = 1;
command.Parameters.Add("@Param4", OdbcType.Decimal, 8).Value = 178377;
command.Parameters.Add("@Param5", OdbcType.VarChar, 60).Value = "Description";
command.Parameters.Add("@Param6", OdbcType.Decimal, 9).Value = 0;
command.Parameters.Add("@Param7", OdbcType.Decimal, 9).Value = 45;
command.Parameters.Add("@Param8", OdbcType.Decimal, 9).Value = 0;
command.Parameters.Add("@Param9", OdbcType.VarChar, 10).Value = "*CREATE";

int rows = command.ExecuteNonQuery();

myConnection.Close();

A: Have you tried the CALL syntax?
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dzichelp/v2r2/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db29.doc.odbc/db2z_odbcspcall.htm
EDIT: Just in case my comment above is correct:
From this resource, have you tried:
string BaseSQL = "CALL B6009822.O#04666803.PUT (?)";

Important: Unlike ODBC, DB2 ODBC does
  not support literals as procedure
  arguments. You must use parameter
  markers to specify a procedure
  parameter.

A: First of all I  had to make the library (or whatever the proper term is) visible in the "System i Navigator". It seems that there is an issue with stored procedures that return results, so I had to call it as a SELECT, as shown below ...
"SELECT PUT('{4}',{1},1,{0},'{2}',0,{3},0,'{5}') as A from LIBRARY.EARNER where EAR = '{4}'"

Not sure if this helps anyone else other than me though!

A: For any DB2 n00bs like myself hitting this page searching for answers to "SQL0440 - Routine [YourRoutine] in [*N | LIBRARY] not found with specified parameters"...
For me, my problem was where I had defined the constant for the stored procedure name, like so:
    // Database Constants
    public const string DB_PROC_GET_MYPROC = @"LIBRARY.MYPROC";

How I should have declared it was:
    // Database Constants
    public const string DB_PROC_GET_MYPROC = @"LIBRARY.MYPROC(@stateCode, @productCode, @tranType)";

...with the parameters included.
I've spent so long with Entity Framework, I have all but forgotten direct database connection basics in c#.
Hope this saves someone some time.


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Premier League: Leicester crushes West Brom
Published: Sep 14,202001:11 AM
Leicester City made a winning start to the 2020-21 Premier League season with a 3-0 demolition of newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.
Leicester City's Jamie Vardy
Jamie Vardy (74' and 84') converted two penalties in the second half, while full-back Timothy Castagne (56') scored on his debut with a header and picked up the Man-of-the-Match award. On Saturday, defending champion Liverpool edged out Leeds United 4-3 at Anfield. Mohamed Salah (4', 33' and 88') was at his absolute best for the host, netting thrice. Centre-back Virgil Van Dijk (20') also got on the scoresheet for Liverpool. Jack Harrison (12'), Patrick Bamford (30') and Mateusz Klich (66') netted a goal each for Leeds.
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Censure au Centre Pompidou
Julio Le Parc presents a brief explanation about a situation in which he was not permitted to include a pamphlet with his works in the Denise René L'intrépide exhibition. Due to this situation, which he considered to be censorship, Le Parc invited, through this writing, anyone who wanted to accompany him on Friday, April 20, 2001, at 6:30 PM to paste the pamphlet over one of his works.
Julio Le Parc (1928) was born in the Province of Mendoza, in Argentina, and graduated in Buenos Aires. In 1955, he participated in the student movement that took over the country's fine arts schools, and in 1958, Le Parc traveled to Paris on a scholarship. While there, between 1960 and 1968, he became part of the GRAV, Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel [Experimental Visual Arts Research Group], which, in turn, participated in the Nouvelle Tendence [New Tendency] international movement. He later continued his visual research and production within the kinetic art movement. On many occasions, his positions on various issues from the point of view of a Latin American artist were accounted for. Since 1945, the Parisian Denise René art gallery has promoted abstraction, especially in its geometric and kinetic aspects. Given that the authorities at the Centre Georges Pompidou did not allow him to include his pamphlet that accompanied the works presented in the Denise René L'intrépide exhibition, which took place there between April 4 and June 4, 2001, Le Parc titled this explanation Censura en el Centre Pompidou [Censorship at the Pompidou Center]. This source has been selected as evidence of the invitation to the symbolic act in which he proceeded to stick the pamphlet on one of his works. This document is linked to the pamphlet dated April 3, 2001. Note that the exhibition was also presented at the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [Grand Canary Island], between September 18 and November 18, 2001, albeit with another title:El arte abstracto y la Galería Denise René [Abstract Art and the Denise René Gallery].
Book or Pamphlet
Manifestoes
Cachan, Francia
Julio Le Parc, Continuel-lumiére mobile 1968
Julio Le Parc, Continuel-lumière mobile 1960-1966
Centre Georges Pompidou
Le Parc, Julio. Censure au Centre Pompidou. Cachan: by the artist, 2001.
Archivo Julio Le Parc, París, Francia.
Courtesy of the Private Archives of Julio Le Parc, Cachan, France
Fundación Espigas, Buenos Aires
Cristina Rossi.


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Castel Sant'Angelo – Hadrian's Mausoleum
by Thomas Dowson | Italy, Rome | 0 comments
Across the St Angelo Bridge from the bulk of the ancient city of Rome and not far from Vatican City, Castel Sant'Angelo dominates the northern bank of the Tiber River. Construction started on an artificial mound in the 120s for the Emperor Hadrian's mausoleum. By the time of his death on 10 July 138 AD, the funerary monument was incomplete. The mausoleum was completed by Antoninus Pius in 139 AD. The ashes of the late emperor and his wife Sabina (who had died before Hadrian), as well as those of Aelius Caesar (Hadrian's first adopted heir) were the first to be interred here. Subsequent emperors, their wives and immediate family also had their ashes deposited here – the last recorded emperor being Caracalla in 217 AD.
The information and details on this page were last checked and/or updated on 20 February 2022.
Facilities & Visiting Castel Sant'Angelo:
Buying Tickets for Castel Sant'Angelo
Small Group, Guided Tours of Castel Sant'Angelo
What not to miss during your visit:
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, now a popular museum in Rome.
During the 3rd century AD, the mausoleum was incorporated into the Tiber fortifications. Various architectural features, prominent today were being added up until the 16th century. Consequently much of what visitors see today from the outside is not ancient at all; the ancient structure is preserved within and at the foot of the circular drum. Throughout the period between the 13th and 16th century, the following structures were added as the purpose of the building changed and developed: the upper half of the circular drum, the palace with its statue of archangel Michael, the four bastions on the corners of the podium, the castles curtain wall, and the ditch and outer triangular fortifications. After also being used as a prison, the building was decommissioned in 1901, and has been used as a museum ever since.
You can purchase a skip-the-line ticket in advance online from GetYourGuide.
With this ticket not only do you get to beat the queues, but you will be met at the entrance by greeter (hosts speak English, French, German, Italian and Spanish) who will take you through the entrance. There is no need to worry about anything.
Included in the ticket is the option to cancel your ticket up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund, without paying an extra fee.
Three thematic routes guide visitors through the castle: the mausoleum of Hadrian, the fortified castle and the papal apartments.
When in the papal apartments do not miss Pope Clement VII's bathroom. Besides the antique style decoration of the room, from here you will get an excellent view of the passetto. Built in 1277 along the top of the ninth century wall, this passage was constructed to provide an escape route running between the Vatican and the Castle. The route of the passetto is marked out with blue pins in the map above, as it runs along Via dei Corridori.
The passetto running from Castel Sant'Angelo to the Vatican alongside the Via dei Corridori.
The passetto to the left of Saint Peter's Square leading to Castel Sant'Angelo in the distance.
Visiting Rome? If you are planning a trip to Rome in Italy, check our Rome Travel Guide for History and Adventure Seekers.
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This morning, I posted the first reward for my Patreon backers — a set of digital wallpapers for desktops and mobile devices. In October, I was happy to announce that I had post more than one Patreon exclusive for every weekday in the month, and I mentioned that my goal was to keep up that pace — if not top it — in November.
So I'm super-proud to share with you my Patreon-by-the-numbers for November. Last month, I uploaded 29 posts for my Patreon backers. Forget weekdays… that's practically one post for every day of the month!
If you're thinking about joining our group to get access to all of that great stuff, it's a great time to join right now! Evil Inc After Dark has turned into an amazing thing — full-page stories, many of which link together into a larger narrative… and no limits.
If you liked Courting Disaster, you're going to love seeing what I can do when the gloves come off. (And the gloves are just for starters…) If you miss the comment section on the main site, this is also a chance to have discussion with other Evil Inc fans. The chat function in Patreon updates immediately, so if I'm around (and I usually am), we can even talk in real time.
In short, Patreon is where it's all happening. You're missing out on a ton of great stuff if you're not there.


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Q: How to correct the parse error for the below code Html code is:

    <input type="input" ng-model="title" />

Javascript code:
var app = angular.module('app', []);

app.controller("myController", function ($scope) {
    $scope.title = "binding";
    $scope.spell = function(ele){
        console.log("me "+ele);
    }
});

app.directive("jmFind", function () {
    return {
        replace: true,
        restrict: 'C',
        transclue: true,
        scope: {
            title1: "=",
            title2: "&"
        },
        template: "
<button ng-click={{title2}}>{{title1}}</button>
"
    };
});

I am trying to understand "&" usage in Angularjs custom directive. I have followed few examples but missing on proper syntax to call the spell function.
JSFiddle Link: http://jsfiddle.net/k03ozLts/

A: Invoke AngularJS expressions bound with expression (&) binding:
app.directive("jmFind", function () {
    return {
        scope: {
            title1: "=",
            title2: "&"
        },
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        template: "
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    };
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Si è formato insieme ad Adriano Panatta, Massimo Di Domenico, Vittorio Crotta e Pietro Marzano come componente di un gruppo di giovani tennisti italiani inviati dalla federtennis ad addestrarsi in Australia tra il 1968 e l'inizio del 1969 . Ciò gli permise di partecipare ai South Australian Championships del 1968 ad Adelaide dove, al primo turno, batté in cinque set lo spagnolo Manolo Orantes (4-6 7-5 4-6 10-8 6-4). Fu poi sconfitto nel turno seguente dall'australiano Brian White in cinque set.

Nel circuito maggiore non andò mai oltre il secondo turno. La sua vittoria più importante la ottenne all'esordio dell'edizione 1973 degli Internazionali d'Italia, dove sconfisse in tre set lo statunitense Paul Gerken, per poi essere eliminato in 2 partite dal britannico Roger Taylor. Il suo miglior risultato nelle prove del Grande Slam fu il secondo turno al Roland Garros del 1969 dove fu sconfitto al secondo turno in tre partite dall'ungherese Istvan Gulyas, dopo aver battuto al primo il connazionale Giuseppe Merlo in 5 set.

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Ethan is a brilliant doctor, caring husband, father to be - and borderline alcoholic.
He has spent the last year trying to forgive his wife, Jessica, whom he loves dearly, for her infidelity, but her betrayal with a colleague of his has left him hurt beyond words.
Jessica Harrington
Jessica's affair with a colleague has left nothing but carnage in its wake.
She desperately clings to the thin strands that are holding her marriage together, terrified of telling Ethan that the son he loves isn't his.
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Dr. Sarah Williams has spent the better part of a year trying to recover from her husband, Gavin's, affair. But her life is shattered when she finds out just how far his infidelity has gone.
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Arrogant, self-centered, narcissistic. These words can all be used to describe Gavin Williams.
By putting his own wants first, he has succeeded in making a shamble of his marriage to Sarah as well as Ethan &
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Q: Inserting more than one data field in a sorted data structure What is the best data structure to use when you need to insert more than 1 (like 10) data fields in a node and have the nodes to be stored in the ascending order of their key?

A: In general, inserts element need 3 steps:

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*locate where to insert

*insert it

*adjust data structure if needs

If the inserting elements have regularity(like all elements equals, It will save 1. locate where to insert time in linked list), but time complexity still O(n).
If the inserting elements have no regularity, it random enough. There is no difference between inserting one and insert batch.
So in one word, there is no special data structure for batch inserting. but you can improve Constant Time Complexity in some special conditions.
PS: common sorted data structure is balanced binary tree, spends O(logn) time complexity when updating


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Carolyn Ruppel, PhD
Research Geophysicist
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Email: cruppel@usgs.gov
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
Methane hydrates and methane seeps
Gas hydrates, environmental change, energy resources
Marine heat flow
Marine Acoustics/Environmental Compliance
I lead the USGS Gas Hydrates Project, which is jointly funded by the Coastal-Marine Hazards and Resources Program and the Energy Resources Program. Project scientists in Woods Hole, Denver, Menlo Park, and Santa Cruz study natural methane hydrate. Hydrate is a potential energy resource, has synergies with global climate, and may play a role in some marine geohazards.
My primary research focus is on the interaction between methane hydrates (and methane seeps) on one hand and the ocean-atmosphere system on the other. I focus particularly on the US Atlantic and US Pacific margins, as well as Arctic Ocean margins (US Beaufort Sea and Svalbard). I also work on energy issues related to gas hydrates (including delineating their distribution in marine sediments; 2018 MATRIX seismic program on US Atlantic margin), the coexistence of permafrost (including subsea) and hydrates (Beaufort Sea), and reservoir properties of hydrate-bearing sediments. As a side specialty, I assist with programmatic environmental compliance for USGS marine acoustics surveys. During my career, I have also worked on marine heat flow data acquisition and analysis, other aspects of the hydrogeology of gas hydrate systems, and coastal zone hydrogeophysics (particularly tidal pumping, inductive EM data, and saline intrusion in surficial aquifers). My earliest work focused on numerical modeling of large scale tectonic processes and associated particle tracking, continental rifting, and marine analogs for continental tectonic processes. Google scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=FIhPCKcAAAAJ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., 1992, Geophysics and Geology (with Marcia McNutt)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S., 1986, Earth sciences (with Leigh Royden and Kip Hodges)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1986, Earth sciences
2010-present: Chief, USGS Gas Hydrates Project
2006-present: Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey
2006- present: Visiting Scientist, MIT, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
2003-2006: Program manager (faculty rotater), National Science Foundation, Ocean Sciences (MG&G and Ocean Drilling Program)
2000-2002: Coordinator, Georgia Tech Focused Research Program on Methane Hydrates
2000-2006: Associate Professor of Geophysics (tenured), Georgia Institute of Technology
1994-2000: Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology
1993: Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (advisor: Von Herzen)
1992: Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (advisors: Lin, Von Herzen)
SELECTED ACTIVITIES
Writing Team, OSTP group for Section 4 of the Presidential Memorandum on Marine Mapping, 2019-2020
Member, Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (UNOLS), 2015-2020 (ex officio: 2020 - present)
Chief Scientist, 8 research cruises (3 Arctic), 2010-2019
Member, Advisory Board, University of Tromso, Centre of Excellence for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) 2014-present
Strategic Plan Committee, Coastal & Marine Geology Program, USGS, 2014-2019
Arctic subgroup (appointed CMGP representative), Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (SOST), OSTP, 2015-16
Mentor, Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT), 2013-2016
USGS Technical lead, NSF-USGS Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Marine Seismics, 2008-2012
Lead proponent, IODP Pre-Proposal 797, Late Pleistocene to contemporary climate change on the Alaskan Beaufort Margin (ABM)
Lead organizer, Catching climate change in progress, circum-Arctic Ocean drilling workshop, December 2011 (sponsored by US Science Support Program for IODP)
Organizer and convener, USGS-DOE Climate-Hydrates workshop, Boston, MA, March 2011
Originator and Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, inaugural conference held June 2010.
Interagency Technical Coordinating Committee, DOE Methane Hydrates R&D Program, 2010-present
The Future of Natural Gas, MIT Energy Initiative, affiliated author (methane hydrates), 2008-2011
National Research Council, Scientific Ocean Drilling (SOD) review, presentation on Gas Hydrates and SOD, 2010
IODP Operations Task Force, 2008-2009
IODP Science Planning Committee (SPC), 2006-2009
Organizer, DOE-USGS Symposium/Meeting on Gas Hydrates and Climate Change (held at MIT), February 2008
Organizing Committee, NSF-sponsored workshop--The Future of Marine Heat Flow: A Workshop to Define U.S. Scientific Goals and Experimental Needs for the 21st Century, Sept. 2007
USGS representative to WHOI Postdoctoral Scholar Committee, 2007
DOE Federal Advisory Board for Methane Hydrates (FACA committee), 2001-2003
ODP U.S. Science Advisory Committee (USSAC), 2000-2003
AGU Publications Committee, 2002-2003
NSF Methane in Earth Systems History (MESH) program planning panel, 2002
NSF Ocean Carbon Cycle Panel(program planning), 2001-2002
ODP Hydrogeology Proposal Planning Group (PPG), liaison on gas hydrates, 2001-2002
ODP Gas Hydrates Proposal Planning Group (PPG), liaison from SSEP, 1998-99
ODP Science Steering and Evaluation Panel (SSEP Earth's Interior), 1997-1999
AGU Information Technology Committee, 1996-1998
AGU Spring Meeting Organizing Committee, Tectonophysics Section Chair, 1999
Co-organizer of AGU special sessions on gas hydrates: 1999, 2001, 2005 (Union)
Co-organizer of AGU special sessions on coastal hydrogeophysics: 1999, 2001, 2005
AGU Translations Board, 1994-1996
EDITORIAL ASSIGNMENTS
Co-Guest Associate Editor, Special Issue on the Reservoir Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2017-2019
Co-Editor, Special Volume on Nankai Gas Hydrates Drilling, Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2014-2015
Expert Reviewer, UN Environmental Programme report on methane hydrates, Volume 1, 2013-14
Lead editor, special volume, Marine & Petroleum Geology, DOE-JIP Gulf of Mexico gas hydrates drilling, 2006-2008
Hydrogeology Journal, editorial board, 2005-2007
Geology, editorial board, 2000-2003
Tectonics, Associate Editor, 1996-1999
Fiziki Zemli, oversight responsibility for AGU publication in translation, 1994-1996
National Science Foundation, Director's Award for Program Management, 2005 (Chixulub seismic program)
JOI/USSAC Distinguished Lecturer, Ocean Drilling Program, 1999-2000
Elected Geological Society of America (GSA) Fellow, 1999
Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow, Georgia Tech, 1994-1995
Postdoctoral scholar, WHOI, Geology & Geophysics, 1992
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Arctic Methane Dynamics
U.S. Atlantic Margin Gas Hydrates and Methane Seeps
Natural Gas Hydrates - Processes and Properties
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Natural gas hydrates, which mostly contain methane, are stable at the pressures and temperatures characteristic of sediments on marine continental margins (usually at water depths greater than 500 meters or 1640 feet at mid-latitudes) and in areas of continuous permafrost. They are also stable beneath some ice sheets. Gas hydrate deposits sequester an estimated 16% of global methane and are...
Contacts: Carolyn Ruppel, PhD
Attribution: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
The U.S. Atlantic continental margin was one of the first locations where researchers recognized bottom simulating reflections, seismic features that are generally interpreted as marking the base of the gas hydrate stability zone in marine sediments. Geophysical cruises and ocean drilling in the 1990s provided insight into the Blake Ridge gas hydrate province. In the past decade, hundreds of...
The Arctic Ocean and circum-Arctic land masses are warming more rapidly than other locations on Earth, a phenomenon called the Arctic Amplification Effect. A critical question is how this warming will affect temperature-sensitive gas hydrate deposits and methane dynamics at high latitudes. Research focuses on the contemporary distribution of gas hydrates in marine and permafrost settings;...
Seeking the Seeps
From June 12 to July 3, 2019, the USGS sailed onboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor with several other partners, seeking methane seeps along the seafloor of several underwater canyons off the coast of Oregon and Washington. On this cruise, USGS scientists will seek to understand how much methane is coming out of these seeps, how it travels through the water column, and its...
Contacts: Carolyn Ruppel, PhD, Amanda Demopoulos, Ph.D., Nancy Prouty, William W Danforth, Jennifer McClain-Counts, Penny McCowen, Alex Demas
Attribution: Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Environments Program, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Date published: October 15, 2018
U.S. Geological Survey Gas Hydrates Project
The USGS Gas Hydrates Project focuses on the study of natural gas hydrates in deepwater marine systems and permafrost areas. The primary goals are:
Evaluate methane hydrates as a potential energy source
Investigate the interaction between methane hydrate destabilization and climate change at short and long time scales, particularly in the Arctic
Study the spatial
Contacts: Carolyn Ruppel, PhD, Timothy S Collett, John Pohlman, PhD, William F Waite, PhD, Lee-Gray Boze, Stephen C Phillips, PhD, Michael Casso, Junbong Jang, Ph.D
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Date published: September 18, 2018
The Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX)
In late August 2018, scientists and technical staff from the USGS Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program completed the acquisition of over 2000 km of multichannel seismic (MCS) data as part of the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) conducted aboard the...
Contacts: Carolyn Ruppel, PhD, Nathaniel C Miller, PhD, Wayne Baldwin
Date published: August 27, 2018
IMMeRSS-- Geophysical Imaging for Methane Seep Studies
Geophysical imaging relies on specialized tools to detect anomalies in the water column or to map features on or beneath the seafloor. Equipment may be towed, mounted on the side of a ship, or attached to the ship's hull. Many geophysical techniques rely on transmitting an acoustic signal of a particular frequency and analyzing the information in the returning signal to infer the properties...
IMMeRSS-- Interagency Mission for Methane Research on Seafloor Seeps
From May 3 to May 11, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the British Geological Survey and with support from these two agencies, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, and the U.S. Department of Energy, will lead an...
Contacts: Carolyn Ruppel, PhD, Amanda Demopoulos, Ph.D., Nancy Prouty, Diana Sahay, Daniel Concon
Gas Hydrates- Laboratory and Field Support
The Instrumented Pressure Testing Chamber (IPTC)
A device for measuring the physical properties of naturally-occurring, hydrate-bearing sediment at nearly in situ pressure conditions.
Contacts: Carolyn Ruppel, PhD, Lee-Gray Boze, William F Waite, PhD, Junbong Jang, Ph.D, Michael Casso
Gas Hydrates- Submarine Slope Destabilization
USGS scientists have a long tradition of studying submarine slope failures and were among the first to note a spatial link between slope failures and gas hydrates/gas-charged sediments. USGS Gas Hydrates scientists support the USGS Hazards Mission area through field-based surveys that refine understanding of this association and through geotechnical studies that evaluate the response of...
Gas Hydrates- Atlantic Margin Methane Seeps
Analysis of 94,000 square kilometers of multibeam water column backscatter data collected by the NOAA Okeanos Explorer mostly seaward of the shelf-break on the northern US Atlantic margin reveals more than 570 gas plumes that correspond to seafloor methane seeps. This discovery is documented in an August 2014 ...
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Date published: January 3, 2020
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Decadal Strategic Plan
This geonarrative constitutes the Decadal Strategic Plan of the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program for 2020 to 2030.
Attribution: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Split-beam echo sounder and navigation data collected using a Simrad EK80 wide band transceiver and ES38-10 transducer during the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX), USGS field activity 2018-002-FA
The field program objectives were to acquire high-resolution 2-dimensional multichannel seismic-reflection and split-beam echosounder data along the U.S Atlantic margin between North Carolina and New Jersey to determine the distribution of methane gas hydrates in below-sea floor sediments and investigate potential connections between gas hydrate dynamics and sea floor methane seepage.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Multichannel Seismic-Reflection and Navigation Data Collected Using Sercel GI Guns and Geometrics GeoEel Digital Streamers During the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX), USGS Field Activity 2018-002-FA
In summer 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey partnered with the U.S Department of Energy and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct the Mid-Atlantic Resources Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Gas Hydrates Project. The field program objectives were to acquire high-resolution 2-dimensional multichannel seismic-reflection and split-beam echosounder data...
Preliminary global database of known and inferred gas hydrate locations
This data release provides a text description of the region, geographic coordinates, and the citation for the published reference for known and inferred gas hydrate locations. Where the existence of gas hydrate was inferred, the description of the criteria used to make the inference was also included.
Date published: April 9, 2020
Marine Geophysical Data Collected to Support Methane Seep Research Along the U.S. Atlantic Continental Shelf Break and Upper Continental Slope Between the Baltimore and Keller Canyons During U.S. Geological Survey Field Activities 2017-001-FA and 2017-002
In spring and summer 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey's Gas Hydrates Project conducted two cruises aboard the research vessel Hugh R. Sharp to explore the geology, chemistry, ecology, physics, and oceanography of sea-floor methane seeps and water column gas plumes on the northern U.S. Atlantic margin between the Baltimore and Keller Canyons.
Post-expedition report for USGS T-3 ice island heat flow measurements in the High Arctic Ocean, 1963-1973
In February 1963, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began a study of heat flow in the Arctic Ocean Basin and acquired data at 356 sites in Canada Basin and Nautilus Basin and on Alpha-Mendeleev Ridge by the end of the project in 1973. The USGS heat flow and associated piston coring operations were conducted from a scientific station on the freely drifting T-3 Ice island.
Thermal Data and Navigation for T-3 (Fletcher's) Ice Island Arctic Ocean Heat Flow Studies, 1963-73
The T-3 (Fletcher's) Ice Island in the Arctic Ocean was the site of a scientific research station re-established by the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory starting in 1962. This dataset is the enhanced version of the original data table from Lachenbruch and others incorporating additional information such as the probable dates of measurement, physiographic province.
Minimal offshore extent of ice-bearing (subsea) permafrost on the U.S. Beaufort Sea margin
Using a compilation of more than 50,000 stacking velocities from ~100,000 line-km of industry-collected multichannel seismic reflection data acquired over 57,000 square kilometers of the U.S. Beaufort Sea continental shelf, we derive the average (bulk) velocity in the upper 750 milliseconds of two-way travel time (TWTT).
Data and calculations to support the study of the sea-air flux of methane and carbon dioxide on the West Spitsbergen margin in June 2014
This dataset collected on the West Spitsbergen margin during U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program Field Activity 2014-013-FA, which was carried out in conjunction with the University of Tromso and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel on the R/V Helmer Hanssen.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Climate Research and Development Program, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Energy Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Estimating the impact of seep methane oxidation on ocean pH and dissolved inorganic radiocarbon along the U.S. mid‐Atlantic Bight
Ongoing ocean warming can release methane (CH4) currently stored in ocean sediments as free gas and gas hydrates. Once dissolved in ocean waters, this CH4 can be oxidized to carbon dioxide (CO2). While it has been hypothesized that the CO2 produced from aerobic CH4 oxidation could enhance ocean acidification, a previous study...
Garcia-Tigreros, Fenix; Leonte, Mihai; Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Ruiz-Angulo, Angel; Joung, DoongJoo; Young, Benjamin; Kessler, John D.
Attribution: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian
Gas hydrates in sustainable chemistry
Gas hydrates have received considerable attention due to their important role in flow assurance for the oil and gas industry, their extensive natural occurrence on Earth and extraterrestrial planets, and their significant applications in sustainable technologies including but not limited to gas and energy storage, gas separation, and water...
Hassanpouryouzband, Aliakbar; Joonaki, Edris; Vasheghani Farahania, Mehrdad; Takeya, Satoshi; Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Yang, Jinhai; English, Neill; Schicks, Judith; Edlmann, Katriona; Mehrabian, Hadi; Tohidi, Bahman
Attribution: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, , Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian
Timescales and processes of methane hydrate formation and breakdown, with application to geologic systems
Gas hydrate is an ice-like form of water and low molecular weight gas stable at temperatures of roughly -10ºC to 25ºC and pressures of ~3 to 30 MPa in geologic systems. Natural gas hydrates sequester an estimated one-sixth of Earth's methane and are found primarily in deepwater marine sediments on continental margins, but also in permafrost areas...
Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Waite, William F.
Surface methane concentrations along the mid-Atlantic bight driven by aerobic subsurface production rather than seafloor gas seeps
Relatively minor amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, are currently emitted from the oceans to the atmosphere, but such methane emissions have been hypothesized to increase as oceans warm. Here, we investigate the source, distribution, and fate of methane released from the upper continental slope of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight, where...
Leonte, Mihai; Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Ruiz-Angelo, Angel; Kessler, John D.
Introduction to special issue on gas hydrate in porous media: Linking laboratory and field‐scale phenomena
The proliferation of drilling expeditions focused on characterizing natural gas hydrate as a potential energy resource has spawned widespread interest in gas hydrate reservoir properties and associated porous media phenomena. Between 2017 and 2019, a Special Section of this journal compiled contributed papers elucidating interactions between gas...
Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Lee, Joo Yong; Pecher, Ingo
Attribution: Energy, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, , Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, United States of America
Heat flow in the Western Arctic Ocean (Amerasian Basin)
From 1963 to 1973 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measured heat flow at 356 sites in the Amerasian Basin (Western Arctic Ocean) from a drifting ice island (T-3). The resulting measurements, which are unevenly distributed on Alpha-Mendeleev Ridge (AMR) and in Canada and Nautilus basins, greatly expand available heat flow data for the Arctic Ocean...
Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Lachenbruch, A.H.; Hutchinson, Deborah; Munroe, Robert; Mosher, David
Attribution: Data, Tools, and Technology, Energy, Natural Hazards, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, , Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, United States of America
Submarine permafrost map in the arctic modelled using 1D transient heat flux (SuPerMAP)
Offshore permafrost plays a role in the global climate system, but observations of permafrost thickness, state, and composition are limited to specific regions. The current global permafrost map shows potential offshore permafrost distribution based on bathymetry and global sea level rise. As a first‐order estimate, we employ a heat transfer model...
Overduin, P.P.; Schneider von Deimling, T.; Miesner, F.; Grigoriev, M.N.; Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Vasiliev, A.; Lantuit, H.; Juhls, B.; Westermann, S.
Multi-measurement approach for establishing the base of gas hydrate occurrence in the Krishna-Godavari Basin for sites cored during Expedition NGHP-02 in the offshore of India
The 2015 National Gas Hydrate Program of India's second expedition, NGHP-02, acquired logging and coring datasets for constraining the base of the gas hydrate occurrence zone (deepest GH) and the theoretical base of gas hydrate stability zone (BGHS). These data are used here for two primary goals: to constrain the deepest occurrence of...
Waite, William F.; Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Collett, Timothy S.; Schultheiss, P.; Holland, M.; Shukla, K.M.; Kumar, P.
Enhanced CO2 uptake at a shallow Arctic Ocean seep field overwhelms the positive warming potential of emitted methane
Continued warming of the Arctic Ocean in coming decades is projected to trigger the release of teragrams (1 Tg = 106 tons) of methane from thawing subsea permafrost on shallow continental shelves and dissociation of methane hydrate on upper continental slopes. On the shallow shelves (<100 m water depth), methane released from the seafloor...
Pohlman, John; Greinert, J.; Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Silyakova, A; Vielstadte, L; Casso, Michael; Mienert, J; Bunz, S
Limited contribution of ancient methane to surface waters of the U.S. Beaufort Sea shelf
In response to warming climate, methane can be released to Arctic Ocean sediment and waters from thawing subsea permafrost and decomposing methane hydrates. However, it is unknown whether methane derived from this sediment storehouse of frozen ancient carbon reaches the atmosphere. We quantified the fraction of methane derived from ancient sources...
Sparrow, Katy J.; Kessler, John D.; Southon, John R.; Garcia-Tigreros, Fenix; Schreiner, Kathryn M.; Ruppel, Carolyn D.; Miller, John B.; Lehman, Scott J.; Xu, Xiaomei
Sparrow, Kessler., Southon, Garcia-Tigeros., Schreiner, Ruppel., Miller, Lehman, Xu., 2018, Limited contribution of ancient methane to surface waters of the U.S. Beaufort Sea shelf: Science Advances, v. 4, no. 1 doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao4842.
Gas hydrate in nature
Gas hydrate is a naturally occurring, ice-like substance that forms when water and gas combine under high pressure and at moderate temperatures. Methane is the most common gas present in gas hydrate, although other gases may also be included in hydrate structures, particularly in areas close to conventional oil and gas reservoirs. Gas hydrate is...
Ruppel, Carolyn D.
Ruppel, C.D., 2018, Gas hydrate in nature: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2017–3080, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20173080.
The U.S. Geological Survey's Gas Hydrates Project
The Gas Hydrates Project at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) focuses on the study of methane hydrates in natural environments. The project is a collaboration between the USGS Energy Resources and the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Programs and works closely with other U.S. Federal agencies, some State governments, outside research organizations...
Ruppel, C.D., 2018, The U.S. Geological Survey's Gas Hydrates Project: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2017–3079, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20173079.
Pre-USGS Publications
Gas hydrates in marine sediments: Lessons from scientific ocean drilling.
Tréhu, A.M., C. Ruppel, M. Holland, G.R. Dickens, M.E. Torres, T.S. Collett, D. Goldberg, M. Riedel, and P. Schultheiss. 2006. Gas hydrates in marine sediments: Lessons from scientific ocean drilling. Oceanography 19(4):124–142, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.11.
Permeability evolution during formation of gas hydrates in marine sediments
Nimblett, J. and C. Ruppel, 2003, Permeability evolution during formation of gas hydrates in marine sediments, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 2420, doi: 10.1029/2001JB001650.
Thermal State of the Gas Hydrate Reservoir
Ruppel, C., Thermal state of the gas hydrate reservoir, 2000, in: Max, M. editor, Natural Gas Hydrate in Oceanic and Permafrost Environments, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 29-42, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4387-5_4
Permeability evolution during the formation of gas hydrates in marine sediments
Anomalously cold temperatures observed at the base of the gas hydrate stability zone, U.S. Atlantic passive margin
Ruppel, C., 1997, Anomalously cold temperatures observed at the base of the gas hydrate stability zone, U.S. Atlantic passive margin, Geology, 25, 699-702. Doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0699:ACTOAT>2.3.CO;2
Seismic and thermal investigations of the Blake Ridge gas hydrate area: a synthesis
Wood, W.T., and Ruppel, C., 2000. Seismic and thermal investigations of the Blake Ridge gas hydrate area: a synthesis. In Paull, C.K., Matsumoto, R., Wallace, P.J., and Dillon, W.P. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 164: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 253–264. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.164.203.2000
Predicting the occurrence, distribution, and evolution of methane gas hydrate in porous marine sediments from analytical models
Xu, W. and C. Ruppel, 1999, Predicting the occurrence, distribution, and evolution of methane gas hydrate in porous marine sediments from analytical models, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, ,5081-5096. 10.1029/1998JB900092
Heat flow and physical properties
Paull, C.K., Matsumoto, R., Wallace, P.J., et al., 1996. Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 164: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program). doi:10.2973/odp.proc.ir.164.1996
Heat flux through an old (∼175 Ma) passive margin: Offshore southeastern United States
Ruppel, C., R.P. Von Herzen, and A. Bonneville, 1995, Heat flux through an old (~175 Ma) passive margin: offshore southeastern USA, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100,20,037-20,058. Doi: 10.1029/95JB01860
The Impact of Hydrate Saturation on the Mechanical, Electrical, and Thermal Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sand, Silts, and Clay
Santamarina, J.C. and C. Ruppel, 2010, The impact of hydrate saturation on the mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of hydrate-bearing sand, silts, and clay (Chapter 26), In: Riedel, Willoughby, Chopra (eds), Geophysical Characterization of Gas Hydrates, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Geophysical Developments, vol. 14, 373-384
Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments: Lessons from Scientific Ocean Drilling
Trehu, A.M., C. Ruppel, J. Dickens, D. Goldberg, M. Holland, M. Riedel, P. Schultheiss, and M. Torres, 2006, Gas hydrates in marine sediments: lessons from ocean drilling, Oceanography, 19, 124-143, 2006.
Instrumented pressure testing chamber for characterizing sediment cores recovered at in situ hydrostatic pressure
Yun, T.S., G. Narsilio, J.C. Santamarina, and C. Ruppel, 2006, Instrumented pressure testing chamber for characterizing sediment cores recovered at in situ hydrostatic pressure, Marine Geology, 229, 285-293. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.03.012.
Compressional and shear wave velocities in uncemented sediment containing gas hydrate
Yun, T.S., F. Francisca, J.C. Santamarina, and C. Ruppel, 2005, Compressional and shear wave velocities of uncemented sediment containing gas hydrate, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L10609. doi: 10.1029/2005GL022607.
Thermal Conductivity Measurements in Porous Mixtures of Methane Hydrate and Quartz Sand
Waite, W.F, deMartin, B.J, Kirby, S.H., Pinkston, J., Ruppel, C.D., 2002, Thermal conductivity measurements in porous mixtures of methane hydrate and quartz sand, Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2002GL015988
Ruppel C. (2000) Thermal State of the Gas Hydrate Reservoir. In: Max M.D. (eds) Natural Gas Hydrate. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4387-5_4
Predicting the occurrence, distribution, and evolution of methane gas hydrate in porous marine sediments
Xu, W. and C. Ruppel, 1999, Predicting the occurrence, distribution, and evolution of methane gas hydrate in porous marine sediments from analytical models, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, ,5081-5096
Windows to the Deep 2019 - Exploring Deep Sea Habitats of the Southeastern U.S.
From May 30 through July 12, 2019, USGS joined NOAA and partners on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer to collect critical baseline information about unknown and poorly understood deep-water areas of the southeastern United States.
Attribution: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Seafloor Methane Seeps at the Edge of Hydrate Stability
In June 2019, USGS scientists led a 22-day deep-sea research expedition aboard the R/V Falkor to examine methane seep dynamics and processes along the Cascadia Margin offshore of Washington and Oregon.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Decadal Strategic Plan Published
This geonarrative constitutes the Decadal Strategic Plan of the USGS's Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program for 2020 to 2030.
Attribution: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Arctic Ocean Historical Data Rescue
Measurements collected on Fletcher's Ice Island, a scientific drift station in the western Arctic Ocean, half a century ago were published for the first time this summer. The study released 10 July in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, is the first in-...
Date published: August 8, 2019
Ten Years of Icy Data Show the Flow of Heat from the Arctic Seafloor
In addition to 10 years of data on the flow of heat in the Arctic ocean seafloor, the USGS and Geological Survey of Canada have published an analysis of that data using modern seismic data.
The interaction of climate change and methane hydrates is one of the Reviews of Geophysics' top rated articles!
According to Reviews of Geophysics this work received some of the highest count of citations amongst articles published between January 2017 and December 2018.
Date published: November 1, 2018
USGS Images Gas Hydrates with 2,000 Kilometers of New Seismic Data on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Margin
In August 2018, the USGS Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program (CMHRP) completed the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX), a three-week cruise that acquired more than 2,000 kilometers of multichannel seismic data between Hudson Canyon and Cape Hatteras on the U.S. Atlantic margin.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Seismic Research Cruise Provides New Data on U.S. Atlantic Margin Gas Hydrates
Data acquired by the U.S. Geological Survey on the U.S. Atlantic Margin in August 2018 reveal new information about the distribution of gas hydrates in the sector stretching from the upper continental slope to deep water areas offshore New Jersey to North Carolina.
Attribution: Energy and Minerals, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Energy Resources Program, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Modern Perspective on Gas Hydrates
After lying hidden in sediments for thousands of years, delicate frozen gas structures are in the spotlight for both scientific research and the national interest. These structures, known as gas hydrate, are being investigated by scientists the world over for their possible contributions to the global energy mix, as well as their potential interaction with the environment.
Attribution: Energy and Minerals, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Energy Resources Program, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Date published: May 31, 2017
Real-Time Public Engagement in Deep-Water Remotely Operated Vehicle Dives at Methane Seeps
Outreach activities were a critical component of the remotely operated vehicle research cruise during which USGS scientists teamed with collaborators to explore the seafloor at methane seeps on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic margin aboard the R/V Hugh R. Sharp.
Attribution: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Energy Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Date published: April 30, 2017
Subsea Permafrost and Associated Methane Hydrate on the U.S. Arctic Ocean Margin
A new publication by USGS and BOEM provides the most complete information to date about the seaward extent of remaining subsea permafrost and possible relict gas hydrate beneath the U.S. Beaufort Sea margin at the edge of the Arctic Ocean.
Date published: February 9, 2017
Gas Hydrate Breakdown Unlikely to Cause Massive Greenhouse Gas Release
A recent interpretive review of scientific literature performed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Rochester sheds light on the interactions of gas hydrates and climate.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Region 11: Alaska, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center


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French City Installs 187 Solar Panels to Save on Energy Costs, Forgets to Connect Them
Officials in the French city of Roubaix recently revealed that the 187 photovoltaic panels that were supposed to generate green electricity for the local library had been installed six months ago, but not connected to the building's electrical grid…
In June of 2019, thew city of Roubaix announced with great fanfare that it had acquired 187 solar panels meant to generate part of the electricity required by the local library. The panels were installed by local company Sunretec at a cost of 103,000 euros ($113,000), but somehow everyone forgot to actually connect them to the library's electrical grid, which means that for six months the panels didn't produce any of the electricity consumed by the Roubaix library.
French Coffee House Owner Refuses to Sell His Life's Work – A Story of Courage
Although his is the only standing building in what used to be an old neighborhood of Roubaix, in Northern France, Salah Oudjani refuses to sell the coffee house he has worked in for the last 46 years.
The title doesn't sound like anything special, after all, many people refuse to have their property demolished, at least in the beginning, until they get a good price or they notice everyone else is selling except them. But for the 71-year-old business owner neither of the above reasons were good enough. The two-story triangular building once located at the intersection of two streets appears to be the only survivor of a serious air raid. Everything around it has been turned to rubble and taken to local landfills, brick by brick, and Oudjani's place looks like it's the only sign of life in a wasteland. Like all the other residents, the café owner has received numerous proposals for his property, but he never even considered selling it. "I will not sell! I worked for it, this coffee house. They will not make me go, I'm used to pressure" Oudjani says, and everyone knows he means it.
French Town Inaugurates Bubble Hotel Rooms in Local Park
By Spooky onAugust 3rd, 2011 Category: News, Travel
The French town of Roubaix, has recently opened a series of portable hotel rooms in a local park. They can be rented by people who want to feel close to nature in the middle of the urban jungle.
The bubble concept thought up by French designer Pierre Stephane Dumas aims to redefine the term temporary leisure accommodation, and is based on the following principles: minimum energy, minimum material, maximum comfort and maximum interaction with the environment. The unusual bubble rooms were launched in 2010 and have since then been made available to people who want to enjoy a unique experience in the middle of nature, for around $700 a night.
In the French city of Roubaix, a series of bubble hotel rooms have been installed in one of the local parks. They come with a clear view of the sky and offer nature lovers to be close to their environment without having to travel to far away. The bubbles are made of recycled plastic and, once inflated retain their shape thanks to an airlock at the entrance and a silent pump which creates constant pressure. Outside noises are reduced to a minimum while inside noises are maximized, so the visitors are encouraged to whisper to each other, in order to create a peaceful atmosphere.


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John Rollo M.D. (d. December 23, 1809) was a Scottish military surgeon, now known for his work on a diabetic diet. Rollo was the first to suggest a low-carbohydrate diet as a treatment for diabetes.

Life
He was born in Scotland, and received his medical education at Edinburgh. He became a surgeon in the Royal Artillery in 1776, and then served in the West Indies. In 1778 the University of St Andrews made him M.D. He was stationed in St. Lucia in 1778–9 and in Barbados in 1781. His associates included Colin Chisholm on Grenada.

Rollo became surgeon-general of the Royal Artillery in 1794, and returned to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. There he oversaw the construction of the enlarged Royal Artillery Hospital: the Royal Ordnance Hospital dated from about 1780, and the enlargement was completed in 1806 (the building later became the Connaught Barracks). From 1804 he was inspector of hospitals for the Ordnance.

Rollo was frequently consulted about cases of diabetes, and in treatment had some success with the use of a nitrogenous diet. He died at Woolwich on 23 December 1809, and was buried at Plumstead in Greenwich.

Diabetes

In 1797 Rollo printed at Deptford Notes of a Diabetic Case, which described the improvement of an officer with diabetes who was placed on a meat diet. He was the first to take Matthew Dobson's discovery of glycosuria in diabetes mellitus and apply it to managing metabolism. By means of Dobson's testing procedure (for glucose in the urine) Rollo worked out a diet that had success for what is now called type 2 diabetes. The addition of the term "mellitus", distinguishing the condition from diabetes insipidus, has been attributed to Rollo.

Rollo's diet for diabetic patients consisted of "milk, lime water, bread and butter, blood pudding, meat, and rancid fat". He has been described as "the first one to recommend a diet low in carbohydrates as a treatment for diabetes."

Rollo collaborated with William Cruickshank, who was the chemistry assistant at Woolwich. In another edition of the work, An Account of Two Cases of the Diabetes Mellitus, published in 1798, other cases were added, and some of Cruikshank's research on urine and sugar in diabetics was included. A further edition appeared in 1806. John Latham supported Rollo's views on the treatment. In 1824 the Encyclopædia Britannica in its article "Dietetics" commented that the diet was successful in repressing the condition of the patients' urine, but that the patients often found the high fat content intolerable. This kind of dietary management continued to the 1920s, being more successful for adults, who might survive some years, than for young patients who typically had only some months of life on it. Other collaborations of Rollo and Cruikshank related to treatments for syphilis involving acids, and published with the work on diabetes; proteinuria; and strontium.

Other work

Rollo published Observations on the Diseases in the Army on St. Lucia, in 1781; and in 1785 Remarks on the Disease lately described by Dr. Hendy, on a form of elephantiasis known as "Barbados leg". In 1786 he published Observations on the Acute Dysentery.

Rollo published in 1801 a Short Account of the Royal Artillery Hospital at Woolwich. He had kept a record of his cases in Barbados, and the Account included a similar table for the Ordnance hospital. In 1804 a Medical Report on Cases of Inoculation supported the views of Edward Jenner.

References

Further reading

Alexander Marble. (1989. John Rollo. In: von Engelhardt D. (eds) Diabetes Its Medical and Cultural History. Springer. pp. 229–234.

Attribution

Year of birth missing
1809 deaths
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Low-carbohydrate diet advocates
Scottish surgeons