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Data sources: ppace-borne observations, reanalysis and model simulation
The meteorological conditions at synoptic scale leading to cyclogenesis
Cyclone formation and dust storm
Mechanism by which the dust was transported poleward
The impact on Greenland ice
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ASR | Articles | Volume 16
Adv. Sci. Res., 16, 49–56, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-16-49-2019
A meandering polar jet caused the development of a Saharan cyclone and the transport of dust toward Greenland
A meandering polar jet caused the development of a Saharan cyclone and the transport of dust toward Greenland A meandering polar jet caused the development of a Saharan cyclone and the transport of dust... Diana Francis et al.
Diana Francis1, Clare Eayrs1, Jean-Pierre Chaboureau2, Thomas Mote3, and David M. Holland1,4 Diana Francis et al. Diana Francis1, Clare Eayrs1, Jean-Pierre Chaboureau2, Thomas Mote3, and David M. Holland1,4
1Center for Global Sea Level Change, NYUAD Institute, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
3Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
4Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, USA
Correspondence: Diana Francis (diana.francis@nyu.edu)
Received: 14 Jan 2019 – Revised: 02 Apr 2019 – Accepted: 10 Apr 2019 – Published: 16 Apr 2019
In this study, we identify a new mechanism by which dust aerosols travel over long distances across the eastern side of the North Atlantic Ocean toward the Arctic. The meandering polar jet was at the origin of both dust emission through cyclogenesis over Northwest Africa and poleward transport of the uplifted dust towards the Arctic, through cut-off circulation. The dust emission was associated with an intense Saharan cyclone that formed over Northwest Africa in early April 2011. The formation of the cyclone was caused by the intrusion into subtropics, of a high-latitude-upper-level trough, linked to the meandering polar jet. The trough initiated cyclogenesis over Northwest Africa after orographic blocking by the Anti-Atlas Mountains. The still meandering polar jet led to the formation of a cut-off low further south with which the Saharan dust-cyclone merged 2 d later and moved northward with the main stream. Beside satellite observations, a simulation at high resolution was performed using the prognostic-dust permitting model MesoNH. The total dust load carried during this event to areas located north of 40∘ N was estimated by the model to be 38 Tg and dust deposition was estimated to be 1.3 Tg. The Saharan dust reaching Greenland was accompanied by warm and moist air masses that caused a rise in surface temperature of about 10 ∘C for more than 3 consecutive days over the southeastern Greenland. Ice melt over this area of Greenland was detected in the brightness temperature observations.
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Francis, D., Eayrs, C., Chaboureau, J.-P., Mote, T., and Holland, D. M.: A meandering polar jet caused the development of a Saharan cyclone and the transport of dust toward Greenland, Adv. Sci. Res., 16, 49–56, https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-16-49-2019, 2019.
1 Introduction
The Arctic has warmed by more than 1 ∘C over the last century, a rate almost twice the global average (Richter-Menge et al., 2017). At the same time, the sea ice cover has decreased rapidly (Meier et al., 2014). Global climate models (GCMs) have difficulty reproducing the observed Arctic warming (Shindell and Faluvegi, 2009) and the rate of observed Arctic sea ice loss (Stroeve et al., 2006). Recent studies suggest that GCM simulations of Arctic warming can be improved by better accounting for aerosols radiative forcing (Bintanja and Krikken, 2016).
Through direct (including the surface albedo effect) and indirect forcing, aerosols in the Arctic can affect the main components of the atmosphere and cryosphere such as aerosol-induced changes in clouds, precipitation, sea-ice and land snow cover and hence play an important role in the Arctic climate system (e.g. Gutman and Reissell, 2011). Deposition of absorbing aerosols to the snowpack or ice reduces surface albedo and accelerates snow melt (Box et al., 2012; Tedesco et al., 2014; Kylling et al., 2018). An important contribution to Arctic aerosol loads comes from mineral dust and it has been suggested that dust contributes to the Arctic amplification (Lambert et al., 2013; Ryan et al., 2018). In spring, the observed concentrations of aerosols at Arctic surface stations reach their maximum (Stohl, 2006; Breider et al., 2014). This spring peak phenomenon extends to the entire Arctic and to all altitudes and it is commonly called "Arctic haze". Dust concentrations during Arctic haze are generally an order of magnitude higher than during summer (Quinn et al., 2007). Groot Zwaaftink et al. (2016) showed that dust loads are largest in spring when remote dust originating from Africa and Asia is efficiently transported into the Arctic, whereas the contribution of local sources is more important during fall. The relative contribution of the Sahara and the Asian deserts (Taklamakan and Gobi) was evaluated by Breider et al. (2014) using two sensitivity simulations with dust emissions from these regions independently switched off. The results of this study showed that, on an annual basis, the Sahara is responsible for 65 % of the total dust load in the Arctic and that, particularly during spring, mineral dust has a dominant Saharan source. They estimated 60 % of Arctic dust in spring from the Sahara, 22 % from the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts, and 18 % from other deserts.
Although Saharan dust aerosols seem to play an important role in the functioning of the Arctic system, there have been very few comprehensive studies performed to date to establish the linkages between sources, transport and spatial distributions of Saharan mineral dust in the Arctic. The magnitude of the influence in the Arctic of the Sahara – the world's most important dust source area – is still to be evaluated. For Saharan dust emission, numerous atmospheric processes on synoptic, regional and local scales provide the meteorological conditions throughout the year suitable for dust mobilization over areas rich in erodible material. In late winter and spring time, heavy dust storms over North Africa, have been reported to be associated with Saharan cyclones (Westphal et al., 1985; Schepanski et al., 2009; Bou Karam et al., 2010). The development of these depressions, mostly in the lee of the Atlas Mountains, is favored by the strengthening of the meridional temperature gradient over northern Africa at this time of the year (e.g. Bou Karam et al., 2010). About 25 % of the total dust emissions in spring over North Africa are due to the occurrence of Saharan cyclones (e.g. Fiedler et al., 2014). The majority of these cyclones moves eastward following the coast line of the African continent. This trajectory is mainly favored by the presence of the subtropical jet at about 7 km in altitude over Africa during this period of the year (see Bou Karam et al., 2010 for more details). More importantly, Bou Karam et al. (2010) have estimated the load of dust emitted by a single Saharan cyclone to range between 2 to 8 Tg per day.
Despite their effective role in dust emission and transport over long distance, no attention has been given to Saharan cyclones that propagate poleward. In this study, we document an extreme case of dust emission by a Saharan cyclone that occurred over Morocco on 4 April 2011 and moved poleward, transporting heavy dust plumes over the Iberian Peninsula, the northern Atlantic Ocean toward Ireland and Greenland.
2 Data sources: ppace-borne observations, reanalysis and model simulation
Observations at high spatio-temporal resolution from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI; EUMETSAT, 2018) on board the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-SEVIRI) geostationary satellite are used in this study in order to characterize qualitatively the dust activity over North Africa associated with the Saharan cyclone and the transport towards the Arctic. The MODIS Aqua Aerosol Product (MOD04, Hsu et al., 2013; Levy et al., 2015) is used to acquire the daily aerosols optical depth at 13:30 UTC associated with the cyclone. The ice melt over Greenland is inspected using the 25 km resolution AMSR-E Brightness temperature (TB) product at 36 GHz horizontal polarization for the night path (around 01:00 UTC) on board the AQUA satellite (Brodzik et al., 2016).
Synoptic-scale meteorological conditions during the event under scrutiny as well as the characteristics of the cyclone were studied using 6-hourly European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, 2018) ReAnalyses ERA5, having a spatial resolution of 31 km globally and 137 levels to 0.01 hPa on the vertical. The simulation was performed using the Meso-NH (version 5-3-0) atmospheric model (Lac et al., 2018), a non-hydrostatic mesoscale atmospheric model with an on-line dust emission and transport module (Grini et al., 2006). The model was run during 6 d from 3 April at 00:00 UTC to 10 April 2011 at 00:00 UTC over a domain of 4608×7680 km2 using a 24 km horizontal grid spacing covering North Africa, Western Europe and the Northern Atlantic Ocean. In the vertical, 72 levels were used with 35 of them within the planetary boundary layer (i.e. below 2 km). The lowermost level is at 10 m above the ground, while the highest level is at 28 km above the ground. The initial and boundary conditions are provided by ECMWF.
Figure 1ECMWF ERA5 reanalyzes at 250 hPa on 3 April at 18:00 UTC of Wind Speed (a) and Potential Vorticity (b). (c) ERA5 reanalyses for temperature at 925 hPa on 4 April 2011 at 00:00 UTC. (d) ERA5 MSLP on 4 April 2011 at 18:00 UTC. ERA5 wind direction at 700 hPa is superimposed on all the figures by the black streamlines.
3 The meteorological conditions at synoptic scale leading to cyclogenesis
North African cyclogenesis results from the combination of three factors. In addition to the orographic blocking, interactions between the upper-level troposphere and the low-level baroclinity offer the optimal conditions to trigger the growth of the Saharan lows (e.g., Thorncroft and Flocas, 1997). The situation at the upper levels of the troposphere (i.e. 250 hPa) before the initiation of the cyclogenesis (i.e. before 3 April at 00:18 UTC) is characterized by a polar jet stream (PJS) standing out clearly between 27 and 40∘ N with strong southwesterly winds exceeding 60 m s−1 and a meandering shape (Fig. 1a) associated with the intrusion of an upper level trough near 10 W from high latitudes. The upper-level front was associated with high values of potential vorticity exceeding 5 PVU over 100 km in width (Fig. 1b). The high-latitude-upper-level trough became narrower with time, moved eastward and penetrated as south as 27∘ N at 10∘ W reaching the western flank of the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco (Fig. 1a and b). A broad baroclinic zone characterized by a strong temperature gradient of about 10 K over 1∘ in longitude is present along the Atlantic coastline in Morocco (Fig. 1c). The well-marked southwest-northeast oriented temperature gradient seen in the low levels of the atmosphere (i.e. 950 hPa, Fig. 1c) satisfies the necessary conditions for baroclinic instability (e.g. Thorncroft and Flocas, 1997); an important precursor for Saharan cyclogenesis (e.g. Alpert and Ziv, 1989). The gradient in surface temperature was characterized by a maximum of temperature (305 K) located over the continent associated with daytime surface heating and a minimum of temperature (285 K) located over the eastern Atlantic (Fig. 1c). These optimal conditions for Saharan cyclogenesis triggered a Saharan low on 4 April 2011 at 00:00 UTC in the lee of the Anti-Atlas Mountains close to 27∘ N/9∘ W (Fig. 1d). The cyclone developed at low levels within the region of strong baroclinity (Fig. 1c) and in the presence of the upper level trough (Fig. 1b and d) perturbed by the orography.
Figure 2(a) ECMWF ERA5 reanalyses of wind speed at 925 hPa (colors) and wind direction at 700 hPa (streamlines) on 4 April 2011 at 00:00 UTC. (b) SEVIRI-derived false color images over North Africa, showing dust (pink), clouds (brown/red) and differences in surface emissivity retrieved in absence of dust or clouds (light blue/blue) on 5 April 2011 at 18:00 UTC.
4 Cyclone formation and dust storm
The Saharan depression was centered at 9∘ W and 27∘ N then it migrated westward and northward (Fig. 2a and b) and dissipated over the eastern Atlantic off the Iberian coast on 6 April when it merged with the main stream as will be discussed in Sect. 5. The center of low pressure associated with the cyclone deepened with time and on the evening of 4 April the surface pressure anomaly at its center reached 12 hPa (Fig. 1d), and the potential vorticity exceeded 6 PVU on 5 April at 12:00 UTC (not shown).The cyclone was characterized by a warm front east of the low typified at the surface by temperatures higher than 300 K, and a sharp cold front characterized by surface temperatures less than 290 K (not shown). The strongest winds are located in the regions of strong temperature gradient (Fig. 2a) and they exceeded 20 m s−1. The cyclone provided a dynamical forcing that led to a major dust storm over North Africa as recorded by SEVIRI satellite. The dust was transported all around the cyclone (pink colors, Fig. 2b) leaving a clear eye at its center and was accompanied by a thick high-level cloud band along the northern edge of the cyclone (dark red colors, Fig. 2b). On the vertical, slanted dust layers reaching 6 km in altitude were observed in the CALIPSO satellite observations during this event (not shown). The cyclone provided the necessary dynamical lofting of the dust to high altitudes making it subject to long range transport. The dust cloud continued to spread both northward and westward. It was seen to cover most of Western Europe and eastern North Atlantic on 7 and 8 April 2011 (not shown). The part of the dust cloud located over the ocean was also pushed northward. It passed over Ireland on 8 April at 21:00 UTC, where a layer of dust located between 2 and 3 km was detected in the lidar measurements at the Cork Raman Lidar station in southern Ireland (51.8933∘ N, −8.4942∘ E, 75 m, not shown), and it reached Greenland the day after as inferred by the model simulation (since Greenland is outside the coverage area of SEVIRI) which will be discussed in Sect. 5.
5 Mechanism by which the dust was transported poleward
We showed in the previous section that the first trough, emanating from the meandering polar jet, had favored the formation of the Saharan cyclone and associated dust emission. In this section, we will show how a second shortwave trough of the still meandering polar jet stream is driving the poleward transport of dust. It is known that when the polar jet stream slows it meanders in a waveform pattern that allows the extension of low pressure lobes and cold fronts much further to the south. The intrusion of low pressure lobes to mid-latitudes can develop and finally detach from the polar jet in a "drop" of cold air via a process called cut-off. These low pressure lobes can become stationary for few days and block the normal circulation of the atmosphere before merging again with the main jet stream.
Figure 3ECMWF ERA5 reanalyses of Wind Speed at 250 hPa (colors) and wind direction at 700 hPa (streamlines) on (a) 7 April at 00:00 UTC and (b) 8 April 2011 at 12:00 UTC. 2 m air temperature from ERA5 reanalysis on 10 April 2011 at 14:00 UTC (c) and AMSR-E brightness temperature at 36 GHz horizontal polarization for the night path (around 01:00 UTC) on 10 April 2011 (d). The yellow circle represents the position of the MIT PROMICE station and the black contour represents the threshold of 248 K set for ice melt detection in the AMSR-E data over Greenland.
Figure 3 shows respectively a shortwave trough of the polar jet stream developing on 6 April 2011 then finally detaching a cut-off low on 7 April 2011 (Fig. 3a). When the cut-off occurred on 7 April, the dust cyclone created 2 d earlier by the first polar jet's meander, had reached the coast of France and was blocked in this location by the downstream ridge. The two features are seen as a high and a low side by side in the geopotential height field at 500 hPa as well as in the streamlines field at 700 hPa (not shown). The following day the dust cyclone and the lobe of low pressure merged together (Fig. 3b) and then merged with the main jet stream. The polar jet stream is now carrying the dust northward during the following few days. The consecutive shortwave troughs of the polar jet stream, not only generated the dust storm over Africa but also favored its transport far north.
6 The impact on Greenland ice
The dust cloud that reached Greenland was associated with an AOD of about 0.5 (not shown, see Francis et al., 2018). By the end of the episode, the model run estimated a total dust load of 38.35 Tg carried to areas located north of 40∘ N, and dust deposition was estimated at 1.3×10-3 Tg to the north of 40∘ N (not shown, see Francis et al., 2018). The air masses over Greenland associated with this event had three main characteristics; they were loaded with dust, warm, and humid. An increase by 10 ∘C in surface air temperature over 3 d associated with the arrival of the dusty-warm-moist air masses from mid-latitudes to the southeastern parts of Greenland can be seen in the ERA5 fields of 2 m air temperature for the 9–11 period (e.g. Fig. 3c).
Ice melt during the same period was detected over southeast Greenland from both ground based and satellite measurements of brightness temperature (TB). By checking the recorded TB values at the MIT PROMICE station in east Greenland (65.692∘ N 37.83∘ W near Tasiilaq, i.e. yellow circle in Fig. 3) ice melt was seen to occur on 10 April 2011 when the 36H GHz TB reached 242.7 K, which exceeded the melt threshold around this location equal to 239.6 K (e.g. Mote, 2007).
Satellite observations of brightness temperature over Greenland acquired from the AMSR-E satellite for the period 9–11 April 2011 indicated that the TB of the ice cover over southeast Greenland increased by more than 20 K on the days of 9 and 10 April coinciding with the arrival of the warm air masses from mid-latitudes loaded with dust. The TB data at 36 GHz horizontal polarization for the night path (around 01:00 UTC) of AMSR-E shows values between 235 and 257 K over the coastal areas during the period of interest i.e. 9–11 April 2011. The TB values exceeded 248 K (e.g. Fig. 3d) which is the threshold corresponding to the presence of melted ice in the 36H GHz TB AMSR-E data over Greenland (e.g. Apgar et al., 2007).
Such short episodes of increase in temperature and transport of water vapor towards Greenland in spring (e.g. Mattingly et al., 2018) are associated with punctual ice melt and could set favorable preconditions for an early ice melt onset in the Arctic where the onset of ice melt has been occurring earlier in the year over the last few decades (e.g. Stroeve et al., 2006). However, it is difficult to distinguish between the increase in temperature due to the dust radiative impact and the one due to warm air coming from mid-latitudes. For that, one should run simulation with and without dust and compare the increase of surface temperature in both simulation. This exercise is beyond the scope of this study.
7 Summary
This study highlights the role that the polar jet and associated atmospheric circulation plays in the transport of mineral dust from the Sahara desert to the Arctic across eastern side of the North Atlantic Ocean. The poleward transport of dust following this newly identified path was caused by a meandering polar jet stream that was at the origin of both dust emission (through cyclogenesis over Northwest Africa) and poleward transport of the uplifted dust toward the Arctic (through circulation related to cut-off low formation). The polar jet stream has been identified as the main driver for such events leading to the transport of large amount of dust to high-latitudes. If the polar jet is set to slow more frequently due to the changes in the Arctic climate system and to the Arctic Amplification, such events are expected to become more frequent.
In this study, we identify a new mechanism by which the dust travels over long distances across the eastern side of the North Atlantic Ocean toward the Arctic. This path is to be added to the two known paths mentioned in previous studies i.e. through transport across Northern Europe and across the Atlantic Ocean around the Bermuda High (e.g. Rodríguez et al., 2012; VanCuren et al., 2012). Moreover, this path may be the most effective one in terms of dust load import into the Arctic given the fact that it is the shortest and most direct path. This configuration allows large amount of the uplifted dust in source area, to reach the Arctic before deposition.
Francis and Vavrus (2012) explained how the Arctic Amplification under projected climate change can result in a slowed meandering jet stream with more cut-off and warm ridges. In this study, we demonstrated that such atmospheric circulation constitutes a favorable set for the transport of dust, warm and moist air masses from subtropics and mid-latitudes to the Arctic where approximately half of the warming is being attributed to increased moisture and heat fluxes transported to the region (McGuire et al., 2006). The link of Saharan dust transport to the Arctic heat dome and ice melt events need also to be investigated.
Data availability.
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA5 reanalyses used in this study are available here: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5 (ECMWF, 2018). The SEVIRI data are available on EUMETSAT data center: https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Data/DataDelivery/OnlineDataAccess/index.html (EUMETSAT, 2018).
Competing interests.
Special issue statement.
This article is part of the special issue "18th EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2018". It is a result of the EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2018, Budapest, Hungary, 3–7 September 2018.
Acknowledgements.
This research was supported by the NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute (G1204) in the UAE. We wish to thank the editor and the two reviewers for their efforts.
Review statement.
This paper was edited by Renato R. Colucci and reviewed by Arianna Peron and one anonymous referee.
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Stohl, A.: Characteristics of atmospheric transport into the Arctic troposphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D11306, https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JD006888, 2006.
Tedesco, M., Box, J. E., Cappelen, J., Fettweis, X., Mote, T., Rennermalm, A. K., van de Wal, R. S. W., and Wahr, J.: Greenland Ice Sheet in [2013 NOAA Arctic Report Card], NOAA, 2014.
Thorncroft, C. D. and Flocas, H. A.: A case study of Saharan cyclogenesis, Mon. Weather Rev., 125, 1147–1165, 1997.
VanCuren, R. A., Cahill, T., Burkhart, J., Barnes, D., Zhao, Y., Perry, K., Cliff, S., and McConnell, J.: Aerosols and their sources at Summit Greenland – First results of continuous size- and time-resolved sampling, Atmos. Environ., 52, 82–97, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.047, 2012.
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Changes in Polar jet circulation bring more dust from Sahara to Greenland. The poleward transport of warm, moist, and dust-laden air masses from the Sahara results in ice melting in Greenland. A meandering polar jet was discovered as responsible for both the emission and the poleward transport of dust. The emission has been linked to an intense Saharan cyclone that formed in April 2011, as a result of the intrusion of an upper-level trough emanating from the polar jet and orographic blocking.
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Ordered this item from Germany because it was not available anymore in any other stores. It was the first time I ordered directly from China - did not regret it!
The build qualtity is really perfect, it suits very very well and makes the Olympus EM1 even more comfortable to my hands, especially for longer shootings.
The price is unbeatable here.
One remark: The MENGS logo, which is not shown on the photo here, is printed on the front of the item...I wouldn't need it but it is not too noticeable, its ok.
This L-plate was excellent quality and maybe even more thoughtfully designed than the 5 times more expensive Really Right Stuff plate, since it allows full access to the ports on the camera. My only criticism is that it doesn't have a mark for the center of the lens axis and sensor plane, like most L-plate. That would have been helpful for mounting the plate on a panohead, where it needs to be centered.


The sales revenue of commodities in Beijing in the three-day New Year holiday is expected to see a 16 percent growth over the same period last year.
Based on a sample survey on 2,300 shops of 101 enterprises in the capital, the sales revenue is estimated at 1.08 billion yuan (US$158 million) from Thursday through Saturday, according to the city's commercial information consultation center.
The center said several major shopping malls saw sales revenue up 33 percent to 65 percent.
It said business revenue of the 242 outlets of 36 major restaurants in the three days was up 17 percent over the same period last year.


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Home Local Utah News Heber City man sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud,...
Heber City man sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud, money laundering
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 22, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — A Heber City man has been sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to securities fraud and money laundering in July.
Thomas Robbins, 65, admitted as part of his plea agreement that he "induced victims to invest more than $10 million in a fraudulent foreign currency day-trading business beginning in 2016 and ending in early 2020," according to a news release from the Department of Justice District of Utah.
According to the plea agreement, Robbins told investors he had achieved high returns in his foreign day-trading business when, in fact, he lost millions of dollars and diverted investor money for his personal use.
"He solicited approximately 66 investors to invest around $10,170,700.69 in his scheme," the news release states.
Robbins also admitted to making multiple fraudulent claims, including:
Telling investors he had spent 11 years developing an algorithm for foreign currency trading that allowed him to average 5 percent to 30 percent returns per month.
That he had previously been on contract with a German bank to help the bank develop algorithms for their traders to use.
That he used more than 13 different brokerage firms in different countries to facilitate his foreign currency trading program.
To read the July 2020 DOJ news release listing the various fraudulent claims, click here.
U.S. Attorney John W. Huber referred to Robbins as "a classic example of a Utah fraudster."
"Like-minded swindlers should take note that they are on the radar screen, and we will hold them accountable," Huber said. "For Utah investors, we strongly encourage healthy skepticism and due diligence before parting with your money."
Special Agent in Charge Paul Haertel, of the Salt Lake City FBI Office also commented.
"We hope this latest sentence will finally send a message to Thomas Robbins and others
like him that fraud doesn't pay," Haertel said. "Financial crimes are not victimless. A scam can devastate innocent people whose life savings are usually never recovered.
"The FBI and our partners will never turn a blind eye to those who deceive and betray people's trust out of greed."
Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the Utah U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted the case. Special
agents of the FBI and IRS-Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation.
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// ]]] end generated region [Generated Constants]

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#include <aknglobalnote.h>
#include <centralrepository.h>
#include <apgcli.h>
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CquickFMAppUi::CquickFMAppUi()
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/**
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	// [[[ begin generated region: do not modify [Generated Contents]
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// [[[ begin generated function: do not modify
void CquickFMAppUi::InitializeContainersL()
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A gorgeous custom jacket from Thurston Bros. Rough Wear! This is an Aero Half Belt Deluxe in a size 42 (fits like size 44) with added sleeve and body length. It's made with Dark Seal Vicenza Italian horsehide, which has a ton of character and grain right out of the box! This jacket features a nickel Talon front zipper, nickel ball and chain pull on chest pocket, single point "V" yoke with action back, Olive Drab stitching, leather-lined snap cuffs and Kidd Ancient lightweight wool tartan lining. All pockets are lined with velvety soft, yet super durable moleskin. This jacket has left side interior pocket with no closure.


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Day Students Programs | Summer Portals 2021
Important Note: Any on campus programming is subject to changing public health conditions, guidelines and regulations.
Structural Engineering - Electric Guitar Building
Cost: TBD
Age range: Rising 9th Graders and Older
Dates: July 28 - July 9
Students will use a variety of fabrication resources in the Class of 2017 EFX Laboratory such as CAD software, laser cutters, wood tools and a soldering equipment to design and build a full-scale electric guitar. Students will design the guitar body shape, headstock shape, electronic control configuration and positions, and wood finish. The project begins using a rough body blank, rough-cut neck and pre-slotted fretboards from which students will engineer and assemble the finer components into their own personal guitar. Background discussion centered on electronics and acoustics will influence and inform the students' design choices. If time allows, students may build battery-powered amplifiers for their guitars. Experience with woodworking, digital design or musical instruments is not required. All components and accessories necessary for the build are included in the course's tuition cost.
Bill Fenton
Bill Fenton is an instructor in physics and astronomy at The Hotchkiss School and the recipient of the 2016 James C. Kapteyn Prize from The Berkshire Taconic Foundation. He has been working in a growing robotics program for the last six years, teaching an elective in robotics and advising a student club and independent studies that relate to robotics and physical computing. Bill trained at Carnegie Melon with the creators of the RobotC programing language. A tinkerer at heart, Bill can usually be found in his lab building things. His latest creations include an augmented reality sandbox, a internet-enabled Detroit Tigers Scoreboard, and a GPS puzzle box.
Mike Boone came to Hotchkiss in 2019 from Shattuck–St. Mary's School in Faribault, MN, where he was the director of engineering. He brings 14 years of science, math, shop, and engineering experience to the classroom. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota where he teaches in the manufacturing technology program. Before teaching, he spent 13 years in the engineering, design, and manufacturing fields. His industrial experience includes developing biomedical testing machines, test equipment for the space shuttle program, nuclear waste handling equipment for various sites including Chernobyl, and designing theme park rides for Universal Studios - Islands of Adventure. Mr. Boone lives in Wieler Hall with his wife, Brenda, and his two children, Jamison and Lyla.
Studio Art - Drawing From Observation
Age: Rising 7th Graders and Older
This instructive and scaffolded course will introduce students to the fundamentals of observational drawing. Using still life, interior spaces, landscape and the figure, students will learn how to create the illusion of depth, manipulate perspective, and develop value contrast and volume through the use of graphite, charcoal, pastel and ink. Students will be taught techniques such as blind contour, construction drawing, hatching and cross-hatching, and expressive mark making. The newly renovated Cullman Art Center and idyllic setting of our campus will inspire students to assemble a strong portfolio of dynamic drawings. This foundational course will culminate in a presentation of student work and a digital portfolio suitable for submission to secondary school programs. Easels and drawing materials will be provided. No prior drawing experience is necessary.
Colleen McGuire
Colleen McGuire is a painter of landscapes, interiors, and still life. Her work depicts scenes from Connecticut's Northwest corner, and locations throughout the East Coast of the United States. Her artistic process involves careful observation, with attention to composition, geometry, and painting's traditional use of light and illusion. McGuire's work draws particularly from early modernist painters such as Hopper and Vuillard. McGuire's work has been selected in exhibitions at Blue Mountain Gallery in New York with John Yau as juror, at Western Connecticut State University Gallery, Gilded Moon Gallery in Millerton, NY and other juried group shows. Her work is included in many private collections throughout the United States. McGuire currently teaches humanities art at The Hotchkiss School and Western Connecticut State University. She holds a B.F.A. from SUNY Purchase and her M.F.A. from Western Connecticut State University. She lives in Sharon, CT with her husband and four daughters.
Dates: July 12 - July 30
"It was only in the theatre that I lived." So says one of Oscar Wilde's characters as she reflects upon the thrill of the stage. The Hotchkiss Theatre Portal seeks to cultivate theatrical skills that will prove equally valuable in life, namely personal discipline, awareness, and creativity. Through various exercises, discussions, reflective writing, and multiple performances, students will analyze what makes effective storytelling and practice methods of achieving it. Script analysis and dramatic critique will inform dynamic vocal and movement choices, starting with a monologue and culminating in a short play or scene. This Portal will focus on diligence and resilience rather than "talent", with particular emphasis on personal accountability and the strength of an ensemble.
Parker Reed
Steavie Reed
Parker Reed joined the Hotchkiss community in 2013. He earned a B.A. in English from Georgetown College and an M.F.A. in staging Shakespeare from the University of Exeter in Devon, England. In addition to teaching courses in English and theatre, he directs plays for the Hotchkiss Dramatic Association, coaches thirds boys basketball, and serves as dorm head of Edelman, where he lives with acting coach and Summer Portals instructor Steavie Reed.
The Hotchkiss Summer Portals Environmental Science Program is a field- and lab-based program that introduces students to key concepts and practices of environmental science. Students will have the opportunity to do hands-on exploration and research throughout Hotchkiss' 800-plus acres of woods, pastures, streams, lakes, and fields; at the 287-acre Fairfield Farm; and through laboratory work at the Griswold Science Building. Throughout the program, students will develop an understanding of ecological processes as they operate in New England and beyond, deepen their environmental stewardship, and hone scientific skills and tools needed to study field biology and environmental science. By developing crucial analytical skills, students will gain skills and knowledge to put their coursework into practice. We will use key questions to drive learning, such as: How can science help us understand the environment around us? How do humans interact with the environment? What does it look like to be a steward of natural resources on a local, national, and global scale?
We will spend much of our time outside in the field, so students will need proper field attire each day (i.e. lightweight pants, long socks, comfortable closed-toed shoes, hat, backpack, water bottle, insect repellant, sunscreen).
Heather Krieger
Mario Williams
In this two-week program students will learn to use the FIRST Robotics system and the Java programming language to build and program micro-controlled robots that respond to their environments by interpreting sensory data. Student teams will engage in regular challenges that will test their design acumen, creativity, and critical problem-solving skills. The course culminates in a free build where students will incorporate elements from their surroundings into a creative robot that demonstrates all of the elements they have mastered during the course. The setting for this course is the School's Class of 2017 EFX Laboratory, a state-of-the art engineering space dedicated to fabrication projects focused in the sciences.
Dr. Robert Hickman
Robert Hickman is a life-long learner, designer, and tinkerer with a passion for integrating creativity, innovation, and artistic thinking into STEM education, and he is passionate about mentoring and performing outreach to broaden inclusivity and diversity in STEM fields. He has taught math, computer science, and engineering at many levels, including introductory and foundational, AP, post-AP, and university graduate levels. Dr. Hickman earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Louisville and the University of Cincinnati. After which, he spent 20 years in industry pursuing semiconductor research and development within the fields of telecommunications and renewable energy. Dr. Hickman embarked on his next career in secondary education in 2016, and he comes to Hotchkiss after teaching math and computer science at Montclair Kimberley Academy and Phillips Academy, where he also coached FIRST and Vex robotics teams.
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My sister and I each got a sewing kit similar to this one one year for Christmas. It was a blue plastic case and inside there was embroidery thread, patterns and needles. Probably more too but I don't remember what. I did a lot of embroidery as a teenager and I guess this was what started me on it (as well as watching Mom do it).
We had an old record player a lot like this one. It was an RCA, I remember the classic picture of a dog sitting next to a gramophone on the inside cover. My parents kept it in the living room as a piece of furniture even though we did not listen to records or the radio very often.....usually only at Christmas. It's featured in a lot of photos, it was one of the best places to get a birthday photo done. That's me on my 2nd birthday.
We had a moose rug like this one on our living room wall. It was there for years until we got another one, of a bear (I blogged about it here already). That's my older sister in the photo, it was obviously her birthday, and what better place to take a birthday portrait than in front of the moose rug?
My sister and I had fans like this one, I think we had them on our bedroom wall for decoration. The design was a bit different but the style was the same - bamboo handle with very thin opaque material that had a painting on it.
We had dishes, pots and pans that we only used in the camper. This "toaster" was one of them. I don't remember it working very well, you put the bread on it and then placed it on the camp fire or, in our case, propane burner. It never toasted very evenly.
My younger brother had this and even though I was 3 years older than him I loved to play with it too. There were 2 screwdrivers that went in a holder at the front. You used these to raise and lower the arms, the legs, the body and the head. The eyes spun around and after he popped up you could push him down and start all over again. It was a fun toy.
Mom had this salt and pepper set in her collection. It must have been popular because there are several for sale on eBay.
You can still buy this game today but it's not the same. My friend up the street had this game when I was growing up and I remember playing it with her. The beans back then were real dried kidney beans, I distinctly remember eating one of them, just to see what it tasted like. The beans now are plastic. The original game is for sale on eBay.
These were the kind of lawn chairs we had growing up. We had 2 like the first 2, with yellow webbing. The frame was aluminum. My aunt next door had the lounge chair. I always wished we had one as well.
This was another salt & pepper set Mom had in her collection. Just push the buttons on top to dispense.
My parents had this print framed on their bedroom wall. I won't go into all the religious aspects of it. On some mornings my younger brother, sister and I would jump into Mom and Dad's bed after they got up and we'd play "Eye Spy". Finding an obscure item in this print was usually what we did.
We had a stapler like this one, Dad kept it in the top drawer of the filing cabinet along with other office-like stuff. It was heavy and sturdy and could staple a lot of pages. Different from the staplers sold today, I think.
I am not sure what this is called. My aunt had this on her living room wall over her piano. Her daughter painted it for her, rather than use brushes you used tubes of paint. This was for sale on eBay unpainted.
Ah, the catalogue! We used to get Eaton's and Sears, both were well read in our house.
One of my sisters had 2 bike pins similar to this one. I think she had a white one but I am not sure of the other colour. I'd borrow it sometimes to wear on my dress or blouse.
My aunt had this cute bottle of perfume on her dresser.
Either Mom or my aunt had a set of salt & pepper shakers like this in their collection.


Now you can weave anywhere with your Kromski loom!
Fully adjustable arms, allowing you to set the angle of the loom.
It has the ability to hold your loom when you use the warping board which is on the back of the loom (even while there is a project on the loom!).
You can store the warping pegs on the stand if you don't want to keep them on the back of the loom!
Use warping pegs to create handy shelves on each side of the stand, to hold stick shuttles or balls of yarn.
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// Checks if the config-service managed fields in two SSLConfigs are the same.
bool SSLConfigsAreEqual(const net::SSLConfig& config1,
                        const net::SSLConfig& config2) {
  return std::tie(config1.version_min, config1.version_max,
                  config1.tls13_variant, config1.disabled_cipher_suites,
                  config1.channel_id_enabled, config1.false_start_enabled,
                  config1.require_ecdhe) ==
         std::tie(config2.version_min, config2.version_max,
                  config2.tls13_variant, config2.disabled_cipher_suites,
                  config2.channel_id_enabled, config2.false_start_enabled,
                  config2.require_ecdhe);
}

}  // namespace

SSLConfigService::SSLConfigService()
    : observer_list_(base::ObserverListPolicy::EXISTING_ONLY) {}

SSLConfigService::~SSLConfigService() = default;

void SSLConfigService::AddObserver(Observer* observer) {
  observer_list_.AddObserver(observer);
}

void SSLConfigService::RemoveObserver(Observer* observer) {
  observer_list_.RemoveObserver(observer);
}

void SSLConfigService::NotifySSLConfigChange() {
  for (auto& observer : observer_list_)
    observer.OnSSLConfigChanged();
}

bool SSLConfigService::SSLConfigsAreEqualForTesting(
    const net::SSLConfig& config1,
    const net::SSLConfig& config2) {
  return SSLConfigsAreEqual(config1, config2);
}

void SSLConfigService::ProcessConfigUpdate(const SSLConfig& old_config,
                                           const SSLConfig& new_config,
                                           bool force_notification) {
  // Do nothing if the configuration hasn't changed.
  if (!SSLConfigsAreEqual(old_config, new_config) || force_notification)
    NotifySSLConfigChange();
}

}  // namespace net


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CLU graduate Stephen Lambdin will go for gold in taekwondo
Rhiannon Potkey
CONTRIBUTED BY STEPHEN LAMBDIN CLU graduate Stephen Lambdin came from Texas to Southern California to train with former national champion Scott Fujii.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles helped launch an Olympic dream.
Stephen Lambdin was obsessed with the sewer-living superheroes as a young boy growing up in Colleyville, Texas.
He begged his parents to let him train to become a ninja, and they eventually relented during his sixth birthday celebration meal at Don Pablo's, a Tex-Mex restaurant chain.
'My mom finally got fed up and took me across the street and signed me up for a free one-month trial membership,' Lambdin said. 'Both her and my dad figured I would get it out of my system and I would stop asking about it. Everyone was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it and that I was pretty decent at it.'
Decent enough to reach the Olympics. Lambdin, 28, is one of only four athletes — two males and two females — who will represent the United States in taekwondo in Rio de Janeiro.
The California Lutheran University graduate competes Aug. 20 in the heavyweight classification, and has a strong chance to medal in his Olympic debut.
'It is a lifelong dream that has finally come true,' Lambdin said. 'It's a culmination of not just years of my own hard work, but the effort, money and support of my family and friends. I'll be the first one to tell you it was a group effort to reach the Olympics. Nobody becomes an Olympian by themselves.'
The investment made by Lambdin's parents went above and beyond. They sold their wedding rings at a pawnshop so they could afford to send him to a national championship meet when he was in high school.
'My dad is an architect and owns his own business, so when the economy went down the money stopped coming in and I really needed to be at this event,' Lambdin said. 'I didn't know what they had done at the time and felt terrible they had to do it. But that just shows how much they supported me. I could tell you 50 million little stories of sacrifices they made.'
Lambdin's mother, Naomi, is battling a rare form of cancer, but plans to travel to Rio to watch her son compete.
'Obviously it's been tough having a parent with a terminal disease this close to the Olympics, but she's been a huge inspiration,' Lambdin said. 'I get my determination and spirit from her.'
The 6-foot-2, 245-pound Lambdin attended Texas Christian University for his first two years of college before moving to Southern California in 2008 to train with former national champion Scott Fujii.
After researching universities in the area, Lambdin discovered CLU had a criminal justice program and decided to apply.
'I was probably not particularly memorable to my classmates. If class started at 8 a.m., I was there at 7:59 and left as soon as the bell rang to get to taekwondo practice,' said Lambdin, the 2010 USA Taekwondo Male Athlete of the Year. 'Professor Helen Lim really took me under her wing and encouraged me to see things in multiple perspectives, which also really translated well to the competitive arena. I look at all different angles now when I am strategizing.'
Lim, an associate professor in the criminal justice and legal studies department at CLU, was Lambdin's adviser and had him as a student in two classes.
'He was very focused and had his eye on the prize. Rarely do you see that kind of commitment and discipline at the highest level,' Lim said. 'He would come into my office because he had to travel to Seoul or somewhere to compete. He was very diligent and conscientious about fulfilling his responsibilities as a student.'
Purely by coincidence, Lim's 12-year-old daughter, Cailah, became involved in taekwondo through the American Martial Arts Academy in Simi Valley. Cailah is now a black belt, and the Lim family saw Lambdin earlier this year at a national competition in Virginia, where he was signing autographs.
'He is an excellent ambassador for the sport and for the USA,' Lim said. 'I am so proud to see what he has done. Learning more about taekwondo these last few years through my daughter has only deepened that feeling. His perseverance is admirable. He has never wavered in his goals.'
Lambdin spent three years working as reliability coordinator for the BNSF Services Team at GE Transportation in Texas. The aspiring law student left the position in 2015 to devote his time to qualifying for Rio.
Lambdin, who won the silver medal at this year's Pan American Taekwondo Championships, has been training in Oklahoma City with coach Jason Poos.
Lambdin takes at least one moment every day to visualize himself standing on the podium in Rio with a gold medal draped around his neck and the national anthem playing in the background.
'Every single match is like a final at a major open or final at a world championship. They are not easy matches,' Lambdin said. 'But without being arrogant or cocky, I am confident in the probability of taking home a gold medal.'


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It is unlikely that any major climate deal will emerge from talks at this year's United Nations climate conference held in Warsaw, Poland, from Nov. 11 to 22, according to Reuters.
Developing nations like China and India are reluctant to decrease their reliance on coal-powered electricity, which burns cheaply but produces vast amounts of carbon pollution. Meanwhile, developed countries such as the European Union's member nations have expressed concern that support for renewable energy will drive up the price of electricity, making it likely that the countries represented at the conference will fail to reach a sweeping agreement to lower carbon emissions.


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The family of Australian golfing great Peter Thomson have announced his passing on Wednesday 20 June 2018.
Thomson had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for more than four years and lost his brave battle at home in Melbourne surrounded by family at 9.00 a.m. Born on 23 August 1929, he was two months short of his 89th birthday.
The first Australian to win the British Open went on to secure the title five times between 1954 and 1965, a record equalled in the 20th and 21st Centuries only by American Tom Watson.
On the American senior circuit Thomson won nine times in 1985, setting a record that may never be broken. As well as a great player he was an outstanding contributor to the game, serving as president of the Australian PGA for 32 years, designing and building courses in Australia and around the world, helping establish the Asian Tour and working behind the scenes for the Odyssey House drug rehabilitation organisation where he was chairman for five years. He also wrote for newspapers and magazines for more than 60 years and was patron of the Australian Golf Writers Association.
In 1979 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his service to golf and in 2001 became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his contributions as a player and administrator and for community service.
Peter is survived by his wife Mary, son Andrew and daughters Deirdre Baker, Pan Prendergast and Fiona Stanway, their spouses, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. .
They ask for privacy in their bereavement and will announce funeral arrangements in the next few days.
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Reverend Mother was so experienced with the spirit whistle, she could tell from Harriet's body language the moment that Samentha took the reins of Harriet's consciousness. By the time the nursing home staff came bursting through the door, Samentha had already seated Harriet's body comfortably next to Reverend Mother's bed. The two of them feigned ignorance about the shrill noise. Samentha crossed Harriet's jean clad legs and made a mental note to go clothes shopping. She wasn't about to go around dressed like a soccer mom.
"Alright, I'm here now. What do you want Reverend?"
"I want you to talk Harriet's jailbird father into sending someone after the woman who did this to me."
Reverend Mother lifted her top to reveal the festering wound eating away at her stomach. Samentha assessed it in a detached way.
"I take it the same woman who hexed your daughter is responsible for your suffering."
"I mean Rachel has got the same problem as you, only it's spreading across her face."
"That's kind of an ironic thing for you to say with a dark entity standing by you."
"Wait a minute, you can see it?"
"Of course I can see it. Harriet saw it, once you started blowing that spirit whistle."
"I was beginning to think that I was losing my mind. It didn't seem like anyone else could see or hear it. I don't even know where it came from. One night, it just started whispering in my ear. I'm a little…scared Samentha is this thing a….demon?"
"No, it's a physical manifestation of a psychic attack."
"It means that someone is targeting you with dark energy. "
"We both know who that someone is. Why would Nicole do that? Haven't I already suffered enough?"
"Depends on what you did to her."
"I haven't done anything to that woman!"
"Please Reverend, it's me you're talking to. Surely you don't think I've forgotten about all the…nasty little tasks you've put me up to over the years."
"But I swear I haven't…"
"Fine, don't tell me."
"Are you going to help me with Nicole or not?"
"I have released you from your mental imprisonment. Isn't that enough?"
"That's no more than you already owe me. How many years ago did you promise to free me permanently?"
"Every time I blow this spirit whistle, I free you. It's not my fault you're not strong enough to withstand Harriet's mental defenses."
"Do you think I don't know you're the one who started her seeing that psychiatrist? You're working both sides Reverend and I don't appreciate that!"
"That psychiatrist was court mandated, as part of the adoption process. If I had abruptly pulled her out, especially after she was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, child services would have been knocking on my door. Once she was legally an adult, it was her choice to continue."
"You should have never made a promise to me that you had no intentions of keeping. "
"Look, this argument is getting us nowhere fast. Let's just agree to disagree. What do you want from me Samentha?"
"Once I clear up this Nicole situation, I've got a little business to attend to and I'm going to need some cash."
"I don't have much…"
"Don't even try it Reverend. I've been helping you with your little side enterprises since Harriet was a child. I know about the money you keep off the books. Don't try to stiff me!"
"Fine…we can settle on an amount later. Is that all you want?"
"No, I'm also going to need you to run interference for me, if anyone from Harriet's life starts asking questions and tries to nose around, when I take off in this body."
"I'll do what I can. So you'll talk to Harriet's father and set everything up?"
"Let's get one thing straight. If I'm going to help you, then I'll have to do it my way."
"But…fine, do whatever you have to do. What about this…creature that's been haunting me?"
"What about it? You're a woman of God aren't you? Say a prayer and banish the thing."
Reverend Mother disliked the way Samentha smirked at her. Before she could protest, a nurse appeared in the doorway and announced that visiting hours were ending. Samentha departed, leaving Reverend Mother alone with her supernatural visitor. Learning that the entity was not a figment of her imagination was both comforting and unnerving. It meant she wasn't crazy, but thing was a very real threat.
Reverend Mother found the sarcastic way Samentha had urged her to banish the entity with prayer deeply upsetting. She didn't believe that Reverend Mother couldn't do it. The disturbing part was that Samentha might be right. The irony was that Reverend mother started her journey as a spiritual leader with the best of intentions. When her husband died, she vowed to do whatever it took to keep the doors of her church open.
Back in the day, banks were not willing to give loans to female reverends with churches in poor neighborhoods and no collateral. So, Reverend Mother had to be "creative" over the years. However, there were only so many bake sales and car washes that could be held. When the parishioners and surrounding community were poor, urging them to keep participating in fundraisers and continue to put money in the collection plate every Sunday created financial hardship. Reverend Mother could not in good conscience continue to do it.
Was that when she began having a crisis of faith? She had prayed feverishly for a solution. Time and time again, Reverend Mother stepped out on faith and endeavored to raise the money in various ways which eventually fell flat. Some projects had actually cost her more money than they made. Reverend Mother tried to tell herself that she was being tested, that if she would simply stay the course, things would work out.
She sold the big house that her dearly departed husband Gabriel had built for her. The proceeds kept the church afloat for another year. Then membership started to decline. As Reverend Mother's trust in her relationship with God began to waver, her parishioners seemed to lose confidence in her as a spiritual leader. Then one year, she almost lost the church. It angered her to see those members who had the least give the most, while those who were well off gave the least.
Then one day, Reverend Mother realized that her keen powers of observation and the rumor mill in the community had provided a certain amount of inside information about the lives of her parishioners. There were things that community leaders and business owners, who traded on their reputations were not willing to let get out. Reverend Mother told herself that it was her job to encourage all her parishoners to tithe generously, for spiritual growth. Besides it wasn't blackmail, if she never threatened people outright was it?
The entity's throaty chuckle startled Reverend Mother back to the present. She had forgotten that it could hear her thoughts. Those memories made her feel guilty enough, without having a someone or something listening in. Reverend Mother was suddenly filled with impotent anger and shouted at the entity.
"Go back to where you came from!"
"Make me Reverend. Go on…I dare you to pray me away."
"You don't even want to try and pray, because you know it won't work. You're hands are too dirty. You're a hypocrite Reverend Mother!"
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Q: interior angles of irregular polygon with angles > 180 I'm trying to calculate the values shown in the picture in red i.e. the interior angles.
I've got an array of the points where lines intersect and have tried using the dot-product but it only returns the smallest angles. I need the full range of internal angles (0-359) but can't seem to find much that meets this criteria.

A: Assuming your angles are in standard counterclockwise format, the following should work:
void angles(double points[][2], double angles[], int npoints){
    for(int i = 0; i < npoints; i++){
        int last = (i - 1 + npoints) % npoints;
        int next = (i + 1) % npoints;
        double x1 = points[i][0] - points[last][0];
        double y1 = points[i][1] - points[last][1];
        double x2 = points[next][0] - points[i][0];
        double y2 = points[next][1] - points[i][1];
        double theta1 = atan2(y1, x1)*180/3.1415926358979323;
        double theta2 = atan2(y2, x2)*180/3.1415926358979323;
        angles[i] = (180 + theta1 - theta2 + 360);
        while(angles[i]>360)angles[i]-=360;
    }
}

Obviously, if you are using some sort of data structure for your points, you will want to replace double points[][2] and references to it with references to your data structure.

A: You can obtain full angle range (-Pi..Pi) with atan2 function:
atan2(crossproduct, dotproduct)

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  bool operator == (const CPPIdentifier &other) const;
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  bool is_scoped() const;

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  bool is_fully_specified() const;
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  CPPScope *get_scope(CPPScope *current_scope, CPPScope *global_scope,
                      CPPPreprocessor *error_sink = NULL) const;
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                      CPPDeclaration::SubstDecl &subst,
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  CPPType *find_type(CPPScope *current_scope, CPPScope *global_scope,
                     bool force_instantiate = false,
                     CPPPreprocessor *error_sink = NULL) const;
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                     CPPDeclaration::SubstDecl &subst,
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                                CPPPreprocessor *error_sink = NULL) const;
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                       CPPScope *global_scope,
                       CPPPreprocessor *error_sink = NULL) const;

  CPPIdentifier *substitute_decl(CPPDeclaration::SubstDecl &subst,
                                 CPPScope *current_scope,
                                 CPPScope *global_scope);

  void output(ostream &out, CPPScope *scope) const;
  void output_local_name(ostream &out, CPPScope *scope) const;
  void output_fully_scoped_name(ostream &out) const;

  typedef vector<CPPNameComponent> Names;
  Names _names;
  CPPScope *_native_scope;
  CPPFile _file;
};

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  identifier.output(out, (CPPScope *)NULL);
  return out;
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I am currently providing psychotherapy services to individuals (children, tweens, teens, and adults), couples, and families. My areas of specialization include the assessment and treatment of mood disorders, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem, body image issues, trauma, and executive functioning limitations. Drawing on a mixture of Cognitive-Behavioral, Psychodynamic, and Family Systems therapies, I am able to help identify, explore, and resolve emotional and behavioral struggles that each client may be experiencing.
In past years, I have provided numerous educational workshops to schools, churches, community groups, and parent groups. I have also appeared on local radio and news programs regarding the topic of eating disorder awareness and treatment. I have facilitated many therapeutic groups for adolescents and young adults that have included topics such as improving self-esteem and body-image, life transitions, stress management and social skills development. I have also facilitated groups for adolescent girls that have been to therapeutic wilderness programs and/or therapeutic boarding schools.
Given my extensive experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and their families, I know that a comprehensive treatment approach is imperative for the success and effectiveness of a clients counseling process. With your consent, I work collaboratively with doctors, specialists, schools, teachers, and other allied health professionals in an effort to continue to evaluate and treat the areas of distress that can affect an individual or family system on many levels.


Lunch at the Caltex Servo in Morven was fantastic!
Yes, I had a salad sandwich. This one came with everything under the sun! Lettuce, tomato, capsicum, carrot, onion, beetroot, pineapple and cheese! Magnificent!!
Janet had a bacon & egg roll. FIlled with heaps of bacon!!
So if you are ever in Morven, stop at the Caltex for a great meal!!


"A Walk to Remember" star Mandy Moore and indie rocker Ryan Adams have decided to mutually end their marriage of nearly six years, The Daily Mail reported on Friday, January 30.
The two announced their "respectful, amicable parting of ways" in a joint statement. Legal papers filed by Adams showed the ex-couple had been separated almost five months before filing for divorce. Sources close to the couple claimed that the estranged pair had not seen each other for a long time.
30-year-old Moore and 40-year-old Adams dated in 2007 before getting married in March 2009.
Filing for divorce is definitely an emotionally demanding process. But what could even be more demanding are the legal processes that come with it – separation of properties, and arrangements for spousal support, among many others. As such, it is important to seek the legal guidance and experience of a divorce attorney who will treat your divorce case as skillfully and tactfully as possible. If you need a divorce lawyer in Houston, speak with our team at Holmes, Diggs & Sadler, by calling (713) 802-1777 today.


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Mazhar Ali Khan
Mazhar Ali Khan (°1997, Lakki Marwat, Pakistan) makes drawings, paintings and drawings. By using popular themes such as sexuality, family structure and violence, Ali Khan investigates the dynamics of landscape, including the manipulation of its effects and the limits of spectacle based on our assumptions of what landscape means to us. Rather than presenting a factual reality, an illusion is fabricated to conjure the realms of our imagination.
His drawings often refers to pop and mass culture. Using written and drawn symbols, a world where light-heartedness rules and where rules are undermined is created. By exploring the concept of landscape in a nostalgic way, he touches various overlapping themes and strategies. Several reoccurring subject matter can be recognised, such as the relation with popular culture and media, working with repetition, provocation and the investigation of the process of expectations.
His works establish a link between the landscape's reality and that imagined by its conceiver. These works focus on concrete questions that determine our existence. By taking daily life as subject matter while commenting on the everyday aesthetic of middle class values, he often creates work using creative game tactics, but these are never permissive. Play is a serious matter: during the game, different rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo transubstantiation.
His works are characterised by the use of everyday objects in an atmosphere of middleclass mentality in which recognition plays an important role. Mazhar Ali Khan currently lives and works in Karachi.


Ted Broadfoot, Executive Vice President, oversees Pinnacle's Dallas-based student housing platform, Pinnacle Campus Living.
DALLAS, May 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pinnacle, one of the nation's leading multifamily management firms, announces the addition of two leadership positions to oversee its student housing platform, Pinnacle Campus Living (www.pinnaclecampusliving.com). Ted Broadfoot heads up the division as executive vice president and Christie Bennett handles daily operations as his vice president and direct report. Both positions are based in Pinnacle Campus Living's Dallas headquarter office.
Pinnacle Property Management Services, LLC, ("Pinnacle") is a privately held national real estate provider specializing in third party management of multifamily residential communities. As one of the nation's preferred third-party managers, Pinnacle's portfolio includes over 165,000 residential units and 2.75 million square feet of commercial assets. With its Corporate Headquarters located in Dallas, Texas, Pinnacle has more than 4,100 employees located in 30 states. For more information, visit www.pinnacleliving.com.