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New Year Resolutions in 2019.
December 29, 2018 / thewarrantofficer
A few days ago, I laid out my accomplishments in the vintage year of 2018: first, my appointment as the first non-commissioned Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in its 187 year history; second, the award of the Royal Air Force's Salmond Prize in it's centenary year; third, organising the re-birth of the British Army Military Book of the Year Prize, won this year, for the first time, by a woman, Dr Aimee Fox; fourth, the organising of a Two-Star study day and fourteen War Talks, and having the privilege of speaking to Units, Formations, and a whole career stream in the Army and Royal Navy; fifth, to have been published in the United Kingdom and the United States and to have been interviewed for television and radio and finally undertaking, as both a guide and an administrator, nine battlefield studies in the UK, Belgium, and France. Above all, for the first seven months of the year, I was the Regimental Administration Warrant Officer at the Scots Guards.
If anything, I intend to achieve more in 2019. My New Year's Resolutions are firstly, to get fit and lose weight, and secondly, to exploit last year's successes. At this juncture, I'd like to reiterate my motivations: I want to see improved Professional Military Education for Other Ranks throughout UK Defence, wider employment for Other Ranks, and greater value placed on learning in the entire profession of arms. How I intend to push my projects forward in pursuit of these goals, will form the rest of this Blog post:
Royal United Services Institute. Although my assignment to RUSI is due to end in March 2019, there is much to accomplish in the next three months. I have a number of articles in progress, covering subjects as diverse as recruiting and retention and countering defence vulnerabilities in space. I intend to write more and be published more widely to enhance my profile in 2019. I'm also working on an essay prize, in conjunction with RUSI's Land Warfare Conference, which will be open to soldier's and junior officers and will encourage the Army's young thinkers to write and express themselves with significant cash prizes as further motivation for the winners. I will also throw myself into whatever opportunities RUSI offers me, and they are many!!
PhD Proposal. In 2017, I began working on a PhD proposal, this was a bruising process and did not produce the result I wanted. In short, I could not find a subject which captured my imagination sufficiently to dedicate six years of my life in its pursuit. I do want to do a PhD, more for myself than for any other reason, but I still need to find the right subject. I intend, therefore, to find the right subject for me and begin study in September 2019. Its likely that the subject will be related to learning and adaptation and be in the context of the First World War or the period immediately following it.
War Talks. As I think I have said previously, I will be handing the British Army Military Book of the Year competition back to the Army Libraries Information Service in 2019, but the War Talks series will continue to move from strength to strength. Through my connection with RUSI, many of the speakers will be provided from amongst the Institute's research community, allowing me to diversify the talks across military history, war studies, and international relations. To bring further diversity, and through Aldershot Military Museum, the RUSI speakers will also hold sessions with local Sixth Form groups to discuss current affairs and improve the understanding of international politics in the Aldershot area. In addition, the Talks will go on the road again, this time further afield, and I will endeavour to have them videoed and the speakers interviewed by me for podcasts.
These are just the headliners, I also intend to help organise a new Aldershot Military Literature Festival commencing in July 2019, continue guiding visits to the battlefields and speaking to Units and Formations. Above all though, I will continue to take every opportunity to push the message that competence, not rank, should be the only limitation on appointments available to Other Ranks and that nothing is beyond anyone with the right education. The last bastion of chauvinism in the Armed Forces is Rank, that needs to change. I wish you all a Happy New Year in 2019, see you on the other side.
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Three Dead in California Garlic Festival Shooting
Police officers escort people from Christmas Hill Park following a deadly shooting during the Gilroy Garlic Festival, in Gilroy, Calif., on Sunday, July 28, 2019.
Last update: July 29 at 2:17 p.m.
Authorities in the western U.S. state of California say a gunman killed at least three people, including a 6-year old boy, at a popular food festival Sunday before being shot dead by police.
Police say the shooter appeared to randomly target people with a rifle at the Gilroy Garlic festival, about 170 kilometers southeast of San Francisco. Fifteen other festival-goers were wounded.
The shooter was identified in news reports as 19-year-old Santino William Legan. Authorities said they were searching Monday for a possible second suspect.
The festival, in the agricultural city of Gilroy, had security that required people to go through screening with metal detectors and bag checks. Police say the shooter cut through a fence to avoid the security checks.
People run as an active shooter was reported at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, south of San Jose, California.
Officers were present at the festival, and Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee said they quickly engaged the suspect and shot him dead. Police say they are investigating the motive.
President Donald Trump on Monday expressed deep "sadness and sorrow" over the incident. "While families were spending time together at a local festival, a wicked murderer opened fire and killed three innocent citizens, including a young child. We grieve for their families," he said.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a tweet that he was grateful for the police response to the shooting and called the attack "nothing short of horrific."
The three-day garlic festival attracts around 100,000 people each year and features food and drink, cooking competitions and live music.
Smithee said the festival relies on thousands of volunteers each year and raises money for various organizations in the community.
"I think that the number of people that are willing to give their time for the betterment of other people is a wonderful thing. It is just incredibly sad and disheartening that an event that does so much good for our community has to suffer from a tragedy like this," he said.
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Lamborghini has given the greenlight to the Sesto Elemento (Sixth Element) for a limited series production, according to the reputable French automotive program Auto Moto's website.
But it will be a very limited series - between 7 and 10 exemplars will be built.
The Sesto Elemento debuted at the Paris auto show with a very impressive, if seemingly excessive, concept show car which featured a naturally-aspirated 5.2 liter V10 engine from the LP 570-4 Superleggera with 570 PS (419 kW / 562 bhp). The car has a curb weight of just 999 kg due to its extensive use of carbon and carbon-fiber reinforced plastics which includes a carbon-fiber monocoque structure.
The Sesto Elemento comes with a permanent all-wheel drive transmission and a power-to-weight ratio of 1.75 kilograms per horsepower. The 0 to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) sprint time clocks in at 2.5 seconds, while top speed will be well above 300 km/h (186 mph) - reported as 350 km/h (217.5 mph) prior to the Paris unveiling.
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Watch the trailer for RZA's upcoming film starring Azealia Banks
Love Beats Rhymes comes out December 1.
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Lionsgate dropped the first trailer for Love Beats Rhymes, an upcoming film directed by Wu Tang Clan's RZA. The film is set to come out December 1 and stars Azealia Banks, Jill Scott, Common, Lucien Laviscount, and Hana Mae Lee. In the trailer we see Banks, the lead in the film who plays Coco, attempting to become a rapper while taking a poetry class taught by Professor Dixon (Jill Scott). The story follows Coco as she goes from the studio to poetry clubs, trying to find success through lyrics.
Wu-Tang Clan's new album Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues comes out this Friday. Check out the trailer for Love Beats Rhymes above.
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With Namine's first full season of the YMCA Miracle League baseball coming to a close, I thought was only appropriate to do a #ff post.
Namine has had so much fun participating in baseball this year. She really only got to attend one practice last year, so playing for the whole season (minus the couple weeks we were in Florida) was pretty awesome.
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Q: How to do the barcode reader in the php? How to read the barcode by using the php
Steps done
I have generate the barcode by using the tcpdf scripts.
require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/tcpdf_barcodes_1d_include.php');

// set the barcode content and type
$barcodeobj = new TCPDFBarcode('http://www.tcpdf.org', 'C128');

// output the barcode as SVG image
$barcodeobj->getBarcodeSVG(2, 30, 'black');

[http://www.tcpdf.org/examples/barcodes/example_1d_svg.svg]
But i don't know how to read the normal Barcode Image by using php.
And also i don't exactly what the barcode reader produces after scanning the barcode.But While surfing the sites i have seen that it will produce an output of 1-2-3-4 while scanning the barcode denoting the 1234. Please correct me if the output of the barcode reader differs from what i told

A: In cases like this. Don't you use a barcode scanner to scan the image and it handles the job of decoding? Only thing you have to do is save the code somewhere
When the code is scanned and given to the server, it will search for that code and thats how it goes.
This is the reason almost all libraries like this don't include a read/decode functionality.

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HomeEurope's Leaders Confront Antisemitism
Europe's Leaders Confront Antisemitism
Marc PerelmanNovember 21, 2003
The recent bombings of synagogues in Turkey and an attack on a Jewish school in France appear to have jolted European leaders into action against antisemitism.
After the school near Paris was burned down last week, French President Jacques Chirac announced the creation of a special inter-ministerial entity to deal with antisemitic incidents. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told a delegation of the European Jewish Congress this week that he would call on his counterparts to take up the issue at an upcoming European summit next month. In addition, Romano Prodi, head of the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has agreed to hold a seminar in the next few weeks on how to confront antisemitism in Europe, according to Serge Cwajgenbaum, the secretary-general of the European Jewish Congress.
Meanwhile, during a visit to Brussels Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom proposed the immediate creation of a joint Israel-E.U. ministerial council to fight antisemitism. Cwajgenbaum distanced himself from the proposal, arguing that the fate of Jews in Europe was the responsibility of the European governments. His stance reflects a general wariness among European Jewish leaders about what they see as Israel and American Jewish heavy-handedness in intervening in European affairs.
Shalom was one of several Israeli officials to claim that the antisemitic climate in Europe had facilitated the bombings in Istanbul, which left 25 people dead, including six members of the Turkish Jewish community.
Israeli charges of European antisemitism were fueled this month when a controversial opinion poll carried out by the European Commission found that 59% of Europeans see Israel as a threat to world peace, more than any other country. A main target of Israeli and Jewish criticism has been Chirac, who some detractors claim failed to condemn in strong enough terms the antisemitic remarks of former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The French president quickly and firmly condemned antisemitism following the recent arson attack that gutted a Jewish secondary school in Gagny, a suburb of Paris. The incident took place at night and no one was injured.
Chirac immediately convened top-level ministerial talks on fighting antisemitism in France. He ordered Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin to set up an inter-departmental commission with the ministries of Interior, Justice and Education. The commission will meet on a monthly basis to assess the situation and make recommendations.
After the Cabinet meeting, Chirac met with several French Jewish leaders to outline his government's new plan to fight antisemitism. Haim Musicant, the director-general of the CRIF, the umbrella Jewish organization, told reporters after the meeting that he was satisfied that Chirac had decided to clamp down on antisemitic acts.
In recent years, Jewish leaders have often lamented what they say has been the cautious approach of French authorities when dealing with attacks on synagogues and Jewish schools. Most of these attacks, have allegedly been perpetrated by impoverished Muslim teenagers enraged by Israel's handling of the Palestinians.
"You get the feeling that, finally, there is a serious reaction," said CRIF spokeswoman Edith Lenczner. She said the bombings in Istanbul and the school arson drew unprecedented levels of condemnation from the French media and political class.
Lenczner said no evidence existed to show that any of the antisemitic incidents that have taken place in France, including the latest one in Gagny, were coordinated by a group. But French authorities are worried that a major terrorist attack could be carried out against a Jewish site, Jewish officials said.
Cwajgenbaum said that while he welcomed Chirac's moves, his organization had recommended a similar proposal to the French government several months ago, but to no avail. Cwajgenbaum said that the Jewish congress would like to see the European Union adopt similar measures.
"Over the past two-and-a-half years, we have heard many declarations against antisemitism but very little action," said Cwajgenbaum, in a phone interview from Geneva, where he was preparing for a meeting with the Swiss foreign minister. "The authorities need to face their responsibilities."
The European Jewish Congress has reached an agreement with Prodi, the head of the European Commission, to hold a seminar on antisemitism in Europe in a few weeks, Cwajgenbaum said. The seminar will discuss different proposals to set up an E.U.-level structure dealing with antisemitism.
Cwajgenbaum hailed Berlusconi for his strong support. Berlusconi, who also holds the E.U.'s rotating presidency, pledged Monday to a European Jewish Congress delegation in Milan to call for more concrete action against antisemitism at the next E.U. summit on December 12.
This story "Europe's Leaders Confront Antisemitism" was written by Marc Perelman.
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Hepburn gets amongst the breakaway at Dwars door Vlaanderen
Australian Michael Hepburn got himself in the break of the day as Mitchelton-SCOTT looked to go on the attack at Dwars door Vlaanderen.
Hepburn was eventually reeled back in in the latter half of the race with Kiwi Jack Bauer the team's highest finisher in 25th as the focus now turns to the Tour of Flanders on Sunday.
It was a fast start to the day as the peloton headed out of Roeselare with nobody being able to form a breakaway within the opening hour of the race.
Eventually eight broke clear and Hepburn was amongst them, with the Australian taking the opportunity to move up the road as the bunch knocked off the pace behind.
There was a bizarre situation when the race was halted with 76km left to race. After a brief pause in proceedings the race resumed but was soon stopped again, before the eight escapees were eventually allowed to go up the road again.
Counter Attacks
After the restart the tempo in the peloton dropped and a small group of riders took their opportunity to jump out of the bunch. The five riders eventually bridged across to Hepburn and the remains of the break, but the peloton were closing in behind.
With the attackers in sight, a counter move came from behind, resulting in a mixture of riders from the original attack and those that had just jumped clear of the peloton, with the members of the original breakaway being moped up.
The new group of five worked well together to open up their advantage out to around a minute and despite a chase from behind, the win was contested by the leading quintet as Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) sprinted to victory.
Michael Hepburn:
"It's normally a pretty aggressive start here in Waregem and I knew from previous years that it's taken a fair while for the break to form. A couple of us were following moves in the first hour and I eventually found myself with the group of eight after about 50 kilomteres."
"The crucial part of today's race was from kilometre 100 to kilometre 140, so it was nice to hit that section with a little head start. But unfortunately I lost contact with the front on the last ascent of the Trieu."
"But everyone's had a good hit out today and with Matteo (Trentin) coming back in for Sunday I think we're ready."
Laurenzo Lapage (Sports Director):
"The idea today was to get someone in the break and then have someone bridge across over the hilly zone, but they neutralised the race for a while and I think because of that the guys missed the chance."
"We were in good position before they stopped the race and then that mixed everything up for us."
"We did a good job as a team today, we raced well, we had Jack and Chris (Juul-Jensen) in the first group and we had no crashes which is good. Eveyone is feeling good so i think we have a good team to support Matteo on Sunday."
Dwars door Vlaanderen Results:
1. Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) 4:05:45
2. Anthony Turgis (Direct Energie) ST
3. Jack Bauer (Mitchelton-SCOTT) +0:19
Photo Courtesy of Kristof Ramon.
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Last day for Quinsam Road camp
November 1, 2020 Roy L Hales	2 Comments
Friday, Oct 30th, was the last day for Quinsam Road camp in Campbell River. There were only three residents remaining and all left peacefully when the RCMP and Ministry of Natural Resources went up to clean the site.
One of several garbage piles removed from 2600 Quinsam Rd – courtesy Campbell River RCMP
Quinsam Road camp
"At one point, there were about twenty people living in four or five different camps," said Cst. Maury Tyre.
During the 5-6 months the property was occupied, the RCMP opened more than 50 case files: for theft; assault; fires.
Tyre added, "The biggest one was environmental issues, which is probably why the Ministry of Natural Resources got involved – plus it is their property."
Adapted from Google maps by Roy L Hales
Nunns Creek Park
Some of the people from Quinsam Park are now camping in Nunn's Creek Park, others have found different housing options.
In what some regard as the first step in establishing a right to housing in Canada, a 2015 BC Supreme Court ruling recognized that homeless people have the right to sleep in public space.
Constable Tye explained, "That's part of the reason you see tent cities in many cities. There is no allowance for permanent structures. In Campbell River, I believe they have said people have to have their tents taken down by 9:00 AM. The understanding being that it is still a public space and the rest of the public gets to use those areas. That's the area that the city of Campbell River has allotted to people, if they do wish to camp."
Campbell River's homeless community
There are believed to be about 100 people 'without permanent housing' in Campbell River, and much smaller numbers on Quadra and Cortes Islands.
In a previous interview, Sue Moen, the Salvation Army's representative in the Campbell River and District Coalition to End Homelessness, said, "Homeless, according to the definition used by BC Housing, includes people who are precariously housed, or couch surfing, or aren't paying rent directly to a landlord. They may be sharing a room, but their name isn't on the rental agreement. They don't know if they'll have housing for the next thirty days … Also, there are a lot of people who are living in vehicles, RVs, and some even in campsites … If they are off the beaten track and do not connect with services, they sometimes do even consider themselves homeless."
She added, "There isn't 'typical.' People become homeless for every reason that there is a person experiencing homelessness. It could be fleeing violence, family break-down, fire, flood or an expected loss of employment."
Twenty are now temporarily housed in the former Rose Bowl restaurant and BC Housing has partnered with the city to build more permanent accommodation.
Quadra Island's homeless community
Moen mentioned, "one group, possibly two, [of homeless people] off the beaten track on Quadra."
Cortes Island's homeless community
Cortes Currents is aware of two year-round "house challenged" Cortes residents. Both are industrious. Prior to the pandemic, one was a frequent volunteer at community events. He camped in the woods and sold marijuana to raise money for necessities. The other would be more accurately defined as a "squatter," who parks his camper on vacant lots. He was once a logger, and for a time sold firewood on Cortes.
Seasonal Homelessness
The real problem on Cortes is seasonal homelessness. Some of the most valued members of our community are tenants throughout the winter months, but need to move out during the tourist season. A significant number became tenants in other communities. Though it is becoming increasingly more difficult, others eventually purchased homes. For many, couch surfing or camping out during the summer months has become an annual event.
This appears to be a widespread problem.
Moen's description of Campbell River's homeless community includes people who "rent resort cabins, motel rooms or trailers during the winter and are evicted from their homes during the summer months to make way for vacation rentals."
(As a Cortes Island landlord pointed out, it isn't an 'eviction' when the tenant agreed to rent their unit for a specified period of time.)
(RCMP) RCMP stand by to ensure peaceful camp shutdown
(Cortes Currents) articles about Campbell River's homeless situation
(Cortes Currents) articles about the homeless situation in Vancouver
(Cortes Currents) articles about the homeless situation in Victoria
(Cortes Currents) articles mentioning seasonal homelessness
(Cortes Currents) articles talking about seasonal homelessness and vacation rentals
(CRFO via Cortes Currents) 'Vancouver seeks to alleviate homelessness'
(CRFO via Cortes Currents) 'Low income families: don't expect radical reforms from the NDP'
(CRFO via Cortes Currents) 'Direct cash transfers can lift people out of homelessness.'
This article was originally published on Oct 31 and additional material was added on Nov 1, 2020.
Top photo credit: The old Rod & Gun club on Quinsam Road, Campbell River – courtesy Google maps
This program was funded by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Government of Canada's Local Journalism Initiative.
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Benjamin Brand, an Oshkosh native, will join the law practice of John M. Kelly as an attorney this week.
OSHKOSH – Benjamin Brand, an Oshkosh native, will join the law practice of John M. Kelly as an attorney this week.
Brand earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After being admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin on Jan. 18, he will return home to join Kelly, who founded the firm in 2011 after nearly a decade in leadership at Fox Valley firm Dempsey, Williamson, Kelly & Hertel.
An Oshkosh West graduate, Brand will focus largely on real estate transactions, business and employment law and estate planning and probate.


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The town of Bardejov is located in north-eastern Slovakia, on a floodplain terrace of the river Topľa near the Polish border. Due to its proximity to the major trade route that stretches across the Carpathian Mountains, from Hungary into Poland, Bardejov was able to develop into an important medieval town.
The town's surviving urban plan, with a regular division of streets around a spacious market square, is an indication of European civilization from the 13th to 14th centuries. Burghers' houses, dating from the first half of the 15th century, surround three sides of the square and document the highly developed burgess culture. The fourth side of the square is closed by the Roman Catholic Church of St. Giles, a three-naved Gothic basilica with a precious collection of eleven late Gothic altars. The Renaissance town hall occupies the centre of the square. The historic core of the town is encircled by the fortification system which was, at the time of its construction, one of the most advanced in Central Europe. The area of the town's historic core was declared a Town Conservation Reserve in 1950. Bardejov also has a well-preserved small Jewish suburb. This quarter, developed over the 18th century around a synagogue (1725-1747), still contains a unique set of surviving buildings from that era: a kosher slaughter house, some ritual baths, and a meeting building (Beth Hamidrash).
Bardejov provides exceptionally well-preserved evidence of the economic and social structure of trading towns in medieval Central Europe. Its surviving building stock represents a developed burgess culture and Jewish community, thus illustrating a multi-national and multi-cultural society.
Criterion (iii): The fortified town of Bardejov provides exceptionally well-preserved evidence of the economic and social structure of trading towns in medieval Central Europe.
Criterion (iv): The plan, buildings and fortifications of Bardejov illustrate the urban complex that developed in Central Europe in the Middle Ages along the great trade routes of the period.
The delimitation and size of the property are appropriate and all the important elements necessary to convey the Outstanding Universal Value of the property are contained within its boundaries. The historic town core has retained the key characteristic attributes of a medieval trade town especially with regards to its urban plan, its original building lot divisions (parcels), its central square, its streets, most of its open spaces, public buildings, fortifications, and its townscape. Outside the fortifications, the Jewish suburb survives relatively intact with its original layout and component parts such as the synagogue, baths, and slaughter house.
The town-planning structures of the property are stabilized but there is, as in all living towns, a risk of development pressures, especially in the buffer zone.
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve has preserved a high level of authenticity. Despite several major fires, mainly in the 16th and 17th centuries, its medieval urban form has been retained. Moreover, the housing stock has survived with no major demolitions or additions. The dynamics of the town's roof landscape, destroyed in the last fire, has been restored by the systematic reconstructions which begun after 1967. Although some buildings have undergone alterations, most have retained their authentic interiors. Traditional uses for burghers' houses have also been retained or restored with business and service functions combined with residential use on the upper floors. The buildings, with their original materials, openings, decorations, and fittings, are well preserved. The Jewish suburb has also retained high authenticity, as reflected in its early 18th century road network, urban plots, buildings and open spaces. Parts of the fortifications have been demolished or, in the case of the moat, filled in. However, more than half of the fortifications are still intact and well maintained, and some of the towers are still in use.
A special value of the property lies in its present-day vitality and contemporary activities which do not compromise the historic substance, yet it needs to face the challenge of finding an appropriate use for the Jewish suburb as the town's Jewish population has diminished.
The 24-ha property has the highest form of monument protection enabled by the national legislation. The Slovak Republic has adopted the special Act No. 176/2002 Coll. on the protection and development of the town of Bardejov that refers to the whole property. The Ministry of Culture and the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic have the overall responsibility for the property's protection.
The property's protection is legislatively secured by the provisions of the Act No. 49/2002 Coll. on the protection of monuments and historic sites that refers to the protection of all cultural monuments and protected areas within the World Heritage property. In the sense of this act, the historic core of the town has been declared a town conservation reserve and most of the buildings, in both the historic centre and the Jewish suburb, are protected as national cultural monuments. The property's protection is strengthened by the declared buffer zone of the town conservation reserve that covers 13 ha and corresponds with the World Heritage buffer zone.
Property ownership includes a variety of religious institutions (such as Catholic, Protestant and Greek-Orthodox churches and the Central Union of the Jewish Religious Communities in Slovakia), government (municipal and State), and private individuals.
A regular system of monitoring has been established according to which the Outstanding Universal Value of the property is assessed and monitored, whilst measures for avoiding identified threats are taken.
All planned activities within the property must comply with the legally binding Principles of Conservation of Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (2009) and are liable to strict assessment of the project documentation by the regional monuments office. The Principles of Conservation are respected by the provisions of the urban planning documentation as well as by the property's management plan. The management system is updated in order to create an efficient and coherent system of the property management. Bardejov Town Council conducts the property management in close cooperation with the local representative of the respective national authority, Regional Monuments Board Prešov.


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Please don't Intrude while I'm eating a Reuben at Refuge..
Any of the Pastrami sandwiches, haven't tried anything else yet.
Next to bacon, I think beef is one of my favorite meats to eat. Succulent, tasty, a self created oil that just makes you foam at the mouth when you smell it.
There are so many ways to cook it..
And surely you can smoke it.
One of my favorite types of beef is Pastrami.
It is a cut of beef that's cured, which means it has been brined in a salt water solution; then it is rubbed with spices and smoked.
Every real deal restaurant has a specific way they go about creating this tasty delight. I know a place where you definitely will not be disappointed..
And that is over at Refuge.
This Grub will Make your Day, at the Ice Cold Brewery of Skagway!
Skagway Alaska is a very accessible town by Southeast Alaska standards. A trip to Skagway can be accomplished by Road, Sea, or Air, but most visitors to Skagway come via the sea on one of the many cruise ships that make port in this popular tourist destination.
Buffalo Chicken Wings, Halibut Fish & Chips, Alaskan Beer of course!!
So it's my 40th Birthday celebration and my wife and I are on a voyage on the sea with Princess Cruises to the exotic, beautiful icy environment of Alaska.
Today we stopped in Skagway for an exciting encounter with the locals and an opportunity to enjoy some hiking in the cool Mountain Tops and ice cold water rapids of Chilkoot Trail.
After the long hike, we headed downtown and looked to find a relaxing, warm Alaskan Pub called Skagway Brewery.
Wagyu Beef that will Melt in your Mouth at Alexander's Steakhouse!
Modern Wagyu cattle are the result of crossing of the native cattle in Japan with imported breeds. Crossing began in 1868 after the Meiji restoration in that year. The government wanted to introduce Western food habits and culture. Brown Swiss, Devon, Shorthorn, Simmental, Ayrshire, and Korean cattle were imported during this period. The infusions of these British, European and Asian breeds were closed to outside genetic infusions in 1910.
The variation of conformation within the Wagyu breed is greater than the variation across British and European breeds. The three major black strains – Tajiri or Tajima, Fujiyoshi (Shimane) and Kedaka (Tottori) evolved due to regional geographic isolation in Japan. These breeding differences have produced a Japanese national herd that comprises 90% black cattle with the remainder being of the red strains Kochi and Kumamoto.
In Japan there are four breeds that are considered Wagyu and those are the Japanese Black (the predominant Wagyu exported to the U.S), Japanese Brown (In the U.S. referred to as Red Wagyu), Japanese Polled and Japanese Shorthorn. There are no Japanese Polled or Shorthorns being bred outside Japan. Wagyu strains were isolated according to prefecture (state) and breeds imported for crossing were not the same in each prefecture.
What a wonderful day for steak!!
Steak is wonderful on a sunny day..
Steak is wonderful on a rainy day..
Heck, I'll eat steak if aliens invaded the planet for my last meal and testament!
When you are looking for mouth watering beef within an elegant setting, I know the spot!
A Blessing in My Mouth over at Alaska Fish House!
Ketchikan is located on the western coast of Revillagigedo Island, near the southernmost boundary of Alaska. It is 679 miles north of Seattle and 235 miles south of Juneau. The 2.2 million acre Misty Fiords National Monument lies 22 air miles east of Ketchikan. It is the first Alaska port of call for northbound cruise ships and State ferries. It lies at approximately 55° 20′ N Latitude, 131° 38′ W Longitude (Sec. 30, T075S, R091E, Copper River Meridian). The community is located in the Ketchikan Recording District. The area encompasses 3 sq. miles of land and 1 sq. miles of water.
Tongass and Cape Fox Tlingits have used Ketchikan Creek as a fish camp which they called "kitschk-hin," meaning creek of the "thundering wings of an eagle." The abundant fish and timber resources attracted non-Natives to Ketchikan. In 1885, Mike Martin bought 160 acres from Chief Kyan, which later became the township. The first cannery opened in 1886 near the mouth of Ketchikan Creek and four more were built by 1912. The Ketchikan Post Office was established in 1892. In the late 1890s, nearby gold and copper discoveries briefly brought activity to Ketchikan as a mining supply center.
Alaska is one of God's most peaceful and natural beauty's still alive and well in America.
Huge white icy glaciers, healthy green forests, and wildlife that inhabits both land and sea, like bald eagles, whales, orcas and more.
Not only do they have great scenery but great food as well!
And that's at Alaska Fish House in Ketchikan,Alaska.
Definitely getting my fill..at Princess Cruises' Crown Grill!
Princess Cruises began in 1965, when founder Stanley McDonald chartered Canadian Pacific Limited's Alaska cruise ship Princess Patricia for Mexican Riviera cruises from Los Angeles during a time when she would have usually been laid up for the winter. However, Princess Pat, as she was fondly called, had never been designed for tropical cruising, lacking air-conditioning, and Princess ended her charter in favor of a more purpose-built cruise ship Italia.
Princess, who marketed the ship as Princess Italia, but never officially renamed her, used the ship to inaugurate their Mexican Riviera cruises out of Los Angeles and did not receive the Princess logo on her funnel until 1967.
In 1969, the Princess Italia was used on Alaskan cruises from San Francisco, but by 1973, the charter was canceled, and the Italia returned to Europe on charter to Costa Cruise Line.
Lobster Tail, Tiger Prawns, Rib Eye..Whatever your heart desires!!
Being on the beautiful seas of the Pacific while listening to awesome musical artists and adventurous movies on a huge screen outside in the moonlight on top of a huge Princess Cruise ship is a delightful experience in itself.
Unlimited all you can eat pizza, burgers and fries totally can make your day.
Ethiopian food good and plenty; over at Zeni!
Ethiopia was under Italian military control for a period (1935–46) when Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) was in power. Except for that time, Ethiopian culture has been influenced very little by other countries. Ethiopia's mountainous terrain prevented its neighbors from exercising much influence over the country and its customs. Exotic spices were introduced to Ethiopian cooking by traders traveling the trade routes between Europe and the Far East.
Ethiopia went through a period of recurring drought and civil war during 1974–91. In 1991 a new government took over, and civil tensions were relieved somewhat because the coastal territory seceded from the inland government, creating the new nation of Eritrea.
Just thinking about that word brings a tingle to my ear.
There is an exotic food that may be hard to find in some areas, but I assure you that it is definitely worth the exploration.
Hawaiian goodness with every dish to admire; at Rumfire!
There is something about the nature of truffles that have captivated people for over a thousand years. Perhaps it is the dazzling, irresistible aroma that continues to draw generation after generation to this delicacy. The history of these black pearls of the Earth is often filled with mystery, superstition and, at one time, damnation.
Have you ever tasted something so good that you wanted to cry?
I assure you that, the ambiance, the view of the beautiful Pacific Ocean, and the exotic delicious flavors of the food at this new found paradise was all the way superb.
Just writing this letter makes my heart beat fast.
Time to dive into one of my favorite places on Earth; Rumfire on the glorious beach of Hawaiian waters!
This Catfish Po'Boy will make you lose your mind; Happy 4th of July from Steins!
Poor boy sandwiches represent bedrock New Orleans. The shotgun house of New Orleans cuisine, Po-boys are familiar but satisfying. The sandwich is as diverse as the city it symbolizes. The crisp loaves have served as a culinary crossroads, encasing the most pedestrian and exotic of foods: shrimp, oyster, catfish, soft-shell crabs as well as French fries and ham and cheese. Comfort food in other cities seldom reaches such heights.
As with many culinary innovations, the poor boy has attracted many legends regarding its origins. However, documentary evidence confirms that your grandparents' stories about one particular restaurant were right.
Happy hour is one of my favorite dining sensations.
It is a specific time of the day where bars, restaurants or any other type of food serving facility that serves alcohol, offers delicious reduced price delights with your favorite drink to do cheers with a lover or friend.
It is the 4th of July, 2016 and my wife and I are ready to kick it off with a bang!
That bang is with 2 shots of Don Julio over at Steins!
You'll Cry out for your Mom after Eating a Burger at Nom!
Om Nom Nom Nom is an onomatopoeic phrase used to indicate that someone is eating or that a food item is particularly delicious. The expression is often used to caption image macros that involve food or appear as if something is being eaten.
This is when you usually have hit the peak of your day and you need that energy boost.
Whether it is a break from work or after a morning work out, it will definitely give you a shot to make it through the rest of your day.
I've had a long morning at work and I need a big dose of carbs to get my mood back stable and joyous.
What better way to get a dose of joy back in your life than a juicy Burger.
I found the spot for that; and it's called Nom Burger.
So like I said, I'm famished and ready to sink my teeth into some greasy sweat dripping flesh.
I arrive at Nom Burger and skim through the menu, to not only see a list of some well thought out toppings and structure for different types of burgers, but also loaded tater tots.
In America, we have been raised with tater tots as kids. I remember through grade school you would see tater tots almost with every meal.
Corn dog and Tater Tots..
We even would have Tater Tots with fruit.
I ordered the loaded Tater Tots and the Nom Burger described as an All-natural beef patty, gruyere, caramelized red onions, butter lettuce and roasted tomato aioli. I also made sure to add candied bacon!!
Fast forwarding; my food arrives and poses for me like Miss Universe and Miss California.
Miss California consisted of beautiful glistening tater tots laying one on top of another with a light blanket of sour cream and an orange top begging me to lay down with her.
Miss Universe was a succulent looking Burger, thick in the body but able to fit in all of the wrapped lettuce and onion fittings that surrounded her with buns so soft you want to sleep on them.
I dive into to a tater tot first and she explodes with flavor in my mouth.
The perfect crunch and soft textures within, as well as the saltiness, spice and coolness from the drizzled sauce opens up my palate like a grenade hit it.
I'm really excited now so I dive in the burger next with my heart pounding out of my chest.
The bun is sweet, soft and tasty all on its own. The burger is super juicy, flavored and succulent. The candied bacon had patent deserving flavorful!
Powerfully flavorful and sweet; combined with the grilled onions, it was a complete masterpiece.
Let me get more tater tots in my mouth. Bang!!
Instant gratification! True live action eating! Great job Nom Burger!
Ooooooo Wee.. Loving these shrimp at Fumi's!
The 1800's were a time of great change for Hawaii. Christian missionaries became influential after King Kamehameha II (Liholiho) ended the traditional kapu (taboo) system. Many of the historic churches on Oahu are reminders of Christianity's influence, such as Kawaiahao Church in downtown Honolulu, which was a place of worship for Hawaiian kings and alii (royalty). Soon, new commerce emerging from whaling, sugar and pineapple industries resulted in an influx of western settlers.
As agriculture boomed in the late 19th century, plantation owners found themselves in the midst of a labor shortage. Immigrants from Japan, China, Korea, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Russia and the Philippines arrived to work in the plantations. Today, this mix of ethnicities is the source of Hawaii's multicultural population. Visitors can step backward in time to explore this era at Waipahu's Plantation Village. You can also still see the smoke stack of the old Waialua Sugar Mill as you drive toward historic Haleiwa town.
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harborpushing America into World War II. The surprise attack was aimed at the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy and its defending Army Air Corps and Marine Air Forces. The attack damaged or destroyed 12 American warships, destroyed 188 aircraft and resulted in the deaths of 2,403 American servicemen and 68 civilians.
Hawaii is one of the most beautiful exotic places on Earth.
We love this land for it's untainted Godly design and it's clear waters.
And these clear waters contain some excellent seafood delights to fulfill your mouth watering desires.
Today we will talk about a great place to enjoy some of these delicious seafood critters in Oahu and that is Fumi's food truck.


Crow: You seem pretty non-chalant.
Mike: I've achieved a state of clear.
Tom: Well, anyways, the mads are calling.
Mike: So do we just hop to it? Let 'em wait!
Dr. F: So, Mr. Nelson! Mr. El Relaxo. That's nice. Maybe I'll just have you do your...(suddenly shouting) INVENTION EXCHANGE FIRST! FIRST! DO YOU HEAR ME?? FIRST!!
Crow:: Take it away, Mark.
Mike: Anyway, I've always been annoyed by umbrellas, the way the water just washes off and gets you back all wet anyway.
Tom: I didn't know that about umbrellas!
Mike: That's right. So I've added a gutter system around the outside edge, and a spout leading down.
Gypsy: Great Scott! He's right!
Mike: No, no, no, no. I've got that covered too. You just point it out the back.
Gypsy: Can you make me one?
Tom: Hey, attago, man! Whaddaya call it?


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The Rainbow Point Comfort Station and Overlook Shelter in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah were designed in 1939 by A.V. Jory of the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs in the National Park Service Rustic style. Located at the southern end of the Rim Road at Rainbow Point, the buildings were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1940.

The "comfort station", otherwise known as a public toilet, is set back from the rim of Bryce Canyon. The comfort station is designed in the "logs-out" style, sheathed in V-joint wood shiplap siding, with half-round logs covering the joints. The roof is framed with log rafters. The shelter is located directly on the edge of the canyon, facing outwards. The shelter uses massive vertical log posts supporting a log-framed roof. Vertical board siding is used as an infill on the rear half, which is open to the canyon on the front. Siding encloses two small storage areas behind the main interpretive displays.

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In his excellent beta reading notes, he mentioned my overuse of "filter words". These are, essentially, words that make the world seem as if it's being filtered through the character's eyes.
With filter: Gabby felt her heart shatter into 1,558,309 pieces.
Without filter: Gabby's heart shattered into 1,558,309 pieces.
With filter: Humphrey heard someone squawk violently.
Without filter: Someone squawked violently.
With filter: Olivia saw the duck transmogrify into a treble clef.
Without filter: The duck transmogrified into a treble clef.
Removing filter words will both tighten up your writing, as well as help to remove that extra layer of distance between you and the character. And removing distance is always a good thing. Not removing distance leads to separation anxiety, which leads to my roommate's dog literally crashing through the screen door to reach her owner.
To learn more about filter words, the extraordinary Nicholas C Rossis recommends this article. Seeing as I've now described him as both "glorious" and "extraordinary", I'm confident we can trust his good judgment.
Reminder: Imminent Danger is free to download today (July 6, 2015) — grab it if you haven't read it yet!
Great tips. Ten points to you and Nicholas.
I've never heard these called filter words before, but it is a way to remember and check over one's writing. I guess there is a place for felt and heard and all, but right now it doesn't make sense ;)!
I didn't realize they had a name either, until Nicholas Rossis dropped the term on me and I was like "ooooooooh". It's actually surprisingly easy to get rid of them — just ctrl+F your way to victory!
Hahaha it's possible I went a bit overboard with the praise — or did I not go overboard enough? By the way, I finally got some batteries in my tablet and have jumped back into reading Pearseus. I'm partway through book 1 and loving it! I love the idea that they have these high tech weapons but have no idea how to recreate them so they mostly use swords and spears. So fun.
Happy to help 🙂 I had never even heard about filter words until Nicholas pointed them out — you learn something new every day, lol. Happy revising!
This is such good advice and not something I'd ever really thought about before.
Also, my mind is blown by that last Harry Potter image. The reblog makes a fantastic point.
And lol, duck transmogrifying into a treble clef.
Hahaha glad you liked my ridiculous examples. And it's not something you normally think about, right? I was so perplexed when I first read the beta reader comment, but then I thought about it and I was like, "oh, yeah, he's absolutely right, those words do take you out of the story a little bit".


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CCNet DIGEST, 23 December 1998
WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON & A HAPPY NEW YEAR
(1) EROS FLYBY BY NEAR TODAY
http://near.jhuapl.edu/
(2) INTEGRATIONS OF THE ORBIT OF 1997 XF11
Andrew Hollis <A.J.Hollis@open.ac.uk>
(3) NEW PUBLICATIONS ON TUNGUSKA & METEORIC PLASMA
Luigi Foschini <L.Foschini@fisbat.bo.cnr.it>
(4) THE JAPANESE LEONID VIDEO STORMLET - REAL AFTER ALL?
Daniel Fischer <dfischer@astro.uni-bonn.de>
(5) DEEP SPACE 1 PLASMA INSTRUMENT ACTIVATED
(6) NEW COASTAL RESEARCH UNDERWAY
Bob Kobres <bkobres@uga.edu>
Eros Flyby Scheduled for Dec. 23
On Wed., Dec. 23, at 1:43 p.m. EST, NEAR will fly within 2,542 miles
(4,100 kilometers) of the asteroid Eros at approximately .62 miles per
second (1 kilometer per second). The flyby will determine the size and
shape of the asteroid and whether Eros has any moons. Scientists
are looking at a rendezvous with Eros around May 2000.
From Andrew Hollis <A.J.Hollis@open.ac.uk>
I have been carrying out integrations of the orbit of 1997XF11 and it
makes frequent close approaches to Mars and Venus as well as the
Earth-Moon system.
Work is not yet complete but I hope to be able to show the risks and
stability of the orbit over a 20000 year period in the near future.
Dr Andy Hollis
Tel UK 01606 883331
From Luigi Foschini <L.Foschini@fisbat.bo.cnr.it>
Dear Benny,
I would like to inform you about two papers on meteors, which have been
recently published.
L. Foschini:
A solution for the Tunguska event
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 342, (1999), L1-L4.
ABSTRACT: This letter presents a new solution for the Tunguska event of
June 30th, 1908. The solution has been obtained starting from seismic
data, is in fair agreement with the observational evidence, and supports
the asteroidal hypothesis for the origin of the Tunguska cosmic body.
It is based on an improved model of the hypersonic flow around a small
asteroid in the Earth's atmosphere.
On the interaction of radio waves with meteoric plasma
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 341, (1999), 634-639.
ABSTRACT: In this paper, a meteoric plasma is analyzed from a physical
viewpoint, with particular emphasis on its interaction with radio
waves. The attention is drawn to some macroscopic characteristics of a
meteoric plasma and it is shown that the electron--ion collision
frequency is not negligible, as commonly thought.
Thank you very much. Have a happy new year and a merry Christmas.
Luigi Foschini
From Daniel Fischer <dfischer@astro.uni-bonn.de>
I found this interesting item in a mailing to reporters from the AGU:
Highlights of January 1, 1999 issue
(This material is not embargoed.)
Shower seen on tape
The Earth experiences about a dozen major meteor showers each year when
it encounters debris left behind by comets. About every November 17,
the Earth experiences the Leonid meteor shower that is associated with
the comet Tempel-Tuttle, which orbits the Sun with a period of just
over 33 years. Kinoshita et al. ["Preliminary activity of Leonid meteor
storm observed with a video camera in 1997"] videotaped a Leonid meteor
burst (100-150 meteors in two seconds) that occurred in 1997 and
analyze six bright meteors from that event. Measurements, made in Mauna
Kea, Hawaii, indicate that the spread of the meteors in the orbit is
approximately 100 km along the trajectory and 50 km in the lateral
direction. These observations indicate the recent disruption of a
larger Leonid meteoroid.
So the controversial video storm is real after all? Real enough, it
seems, for a refereed (though risk-taking) science journal! Has anyone
actually *seen* this video, or is it (or a set of individual frames)
available on the net or in the literature somewhere?
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
SwRI engineers activate Deep Space One instrument
Plasma experiment for planetary exploration instrument performing well
San Antonio, December 11, 1998 -- The plasma experiment for planetary
exploration (PEPE) instrument, one of the most advanced plasma sensors
ever to fly, was activated December 10 from a distance of more than 4.5
million miles. The instrument is riding aboard the Deep Space 1 (DS1)
spacecraft, which will fly by asteroid 1992 KD and Comets
Wilson-Harrington and Borrelly. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
designed and built the instrument in cooperation with Los Alamos
National Laboratory.
"So far PEPE is operating perfectly and we're seeing the things you
expect to see in space -- no surprises yet," says Dr. David T. Young,
PEPE principal investigator and an Institute scientist in the SwRI
Instrumentation and Space Research Division. Young and SwRI Senior
Research Engineer John Hanley turned on PEPE from the control center at
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of
Technology. "DS1 is testing 12 new technologies in deep space,
including PEPE which has several new technologies of its own, to help
lower the costs and risks of future NASA missions." Other SwRI
scientists and researchers from elsewhere in the U.S. and Europe will
help analyze the data collected during the encounters.
DS1 is using an ion propulsion system -- essential for exploring deep
space because it's more efficient and can propel spacecraft further out
than typical chemical rockets. PEPE will help determine whether space
physics measurements can be made from spacecraft using such propulsion
systems without affecting the scientific data and results. In addition,
the instrument's high mass resolution will enable it to make
scientifically interesting measurements of asteroid and cometary
environments and to easily distinguish between the two major species
emitted by the ion propulsion system, xenon and molybdenum. The
instrument's other goals onboard the spacecraft are to validate the
PEPE design and technologies, which includes multiple plasma physics
capabilities in a single 6-kilogram package.
"There's a possibility that the propulsion system could damage PEPE
because the current coming out of the ion thruster is so intense -- far
more intense than anything you'd normally find in space," Young
continues. "I'm beginning to think it's a very small chance, but we'll
have our finger on PEPE's off switch in case anything goes wrong."
This is the first ion drive that's ever been used to propel a
spacecraft. Previous missions have avoided using ion propulsion systems
as the primary system because the technology, and its interaction with
other instruments, has yet to be proven in space. "We'll know soon
whether or not we have to take future precautions with instruments in
this environment," Young says.
PEPE is based on a miniaturized optimized smart sensor, an ultracompact
sensor developed at SwRI to analyze the plasmas -- ionized gases --
that are found in the interplanetary medium and the space environments
of most solar system bodies. PEPE's performance compares roughly to
that of the Cassini plasma spectrometer (CAPS), also developed at SwRI,
yet it requires less than 30 percent of the mass and 50 percent of the
power at a fraction of the cost. The dramatic reduction in mass and
power was achieved through innovative ion and electron optics, the use
of electroplated plastics, novel electronics architecture and
packaging, and more efficient high voltage power supplies. CAPS is
flying aboard the Cassini spacecraft, launched in October 1997, as it
makes its way to Saturn.
The DS1 mission is the first of NASA's New Millennium Program, which
focuses on developing and validating promising technologies for use on
future space missions. Three other deep space and two earth orbiting
missions are in the development or planning stages. DS1 was launched
from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 24.
For more information about PEPE, contact:
P.O. Drawer 28510
San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510
mmartinez@swri.edu
From Bob Kobres <bkobres@uga.edu>
Looks like some interesting coastal research is well underway. I wonder
if Riggs is finding only evidence of sea level fluctuation or are some
of his swings due to tsunami events? I haven't contacted him but plan to
http://www.ecu.edu/research/edge/textonly/SoundEvidence.to.html
SOUND EVIDENCE
Geologist Stan Riggs unravels clues of a volatile coastal history. His
evidence suggests that sea level has fluctuated dramatically in recent
GEOLOGY BOOKS EXPLAIN THE FORMATION OF NORTH CAROLINA'S MODERN-DAY COAST
SIMPLY: It began as the last major ice age ended. At the time, sea
level was about 400 feet lower than today, and dry land extended 40
miles east of Nags Head. As temperatures warmed, glacial ice caps
melted. Sea level spurted upward and inland for a bit, then settled
down to a slow, steady increase as the current coastline took shape
some 5,000 years ago. Except for small adjustments—sea level rising a
bit more, a little shifting of the Outer Banks—nothing much has
happened since then.
In a few years, the books may have to be rewritten.
Dr. Stanley R. Riggs, ECU professor of geology, sees indications that
the Tar Heel coastline has been far more volatile than previously
recognized. Deep underneath the sounds, he is finding evidence of
frequent shifts in sea level and recurring events of the formation and
disappearance of the Outer Banks. All of this has occurred within the
last 12,000 years, barely a ticktock in geologic time.
As these findings rewrite the geologic history of North Carolina, they
also help explain patterns of human settlement along the coast (see "A
Common Quest" [below]). Perhaps even more important is the possibility
that these dramatic shifts in sea level have not ended, a possibility
with serious implications for coastal development. In fact, if
predictions about global warming prove true, the coastline of the
future may be even more volatile than that of the past.
Riggs fully expects to meet resistance to his findings. "If you want
controversy, just try to modify the sea level curve," he said last
fall. At least he will not be alone. Spurred on by recent discoveries
concerning the global climate, scientists around the world are
beginning to challenge long-held assumptions about sea level. Over the
past decade, cores taken from the deep sea and the Greenland ice sheet
have shown that the Earth's climate has fluctuated wildly since the
last ice age. This prompts scientists to ask: If temperatures have
soared and plunged, would sea level not have done the same?
As temperatures rise, the Earth's ice pack melts, releasing more water
into the oceans. Conversely, as temperatures drop, ice reforms, drawing
water out of the oceans. Furthermore, changing the differences in
temperature between the poles and equator affects the speed of ocean
currents and the degree of storminess, which in turn affect sea level.
The climatologists' findings struck home with Riggs. "I knew a lot of
generally accepted concepts about sea level didn't make sense," he
said. Riggs set out to test his suspicions by examining the sediment
record from beneath North Carolina's sounds.
Both changing climate and sea level play a role in the way layers of
sediment form, influencing what the sediment contains and where and how
it settles. For a record of the period Riggs is examining, North
Carolina's sounds hold special promise. They are large and in a prime
location to record changes wrought by fluctuations in the Atlantic
Ocean, but far enough south not to have experienced the rebound effect
that made land surfaces rise as glaciers retreated. In addition,
because the sounds are enclosed by the Outer Banks, evidence of
changing salinity of the water offers clues to the presence or absence
of the barrier islands.
Riggs is no newcomer to coastal waters. For 35 years, he has studied
the origin and evolution of the world's continental margins. His
studies have taken him from coastal plain rivers to the outer edge of
the continental shelf. For his present study of sea level change, he
brings a large arsenal of tools to the shallow estuaries.
Riggs and his graduate students spend weeks at a time slowly
crisscrossing the sounds in boats towing a machine that directs sound
waves into the earth below. Inside the boat, a seismic recorder
displays the waves as they bounce back. Bit by bit and layer by layer,
the sound waves trace the lay of the land beneath the basin floor.
Other times, Riggs and company trade in the seismograph for equipment
that pulls up cores of sediments, sometimes going 100 feet or more
below the floor of the sound. In the cores, the layers of sediment take
tangible form, displaying alternating layers of marine, estuarine and
riverine sediments that reflect rapidly changing conditions. To put
ages on the changes recorded in the cores, they send samples to an
analytical lab for radiocarbon dating.
Together, the three tools begin to explain what Riggs had seen years
before in the Albemarle Sound. The floor of the sound appears to be
typical of an estuarine basin: broad, shallow and smooth. Underneath,
one would expect the layers of sediment to be uniform and evenly
distributed. In Riggs's previous explorations, cores from different
parts of the sound had indeed revealed similar layers of sediment, but
carbon dating had assigned widely different dates to seemingly
identical layers. "I couldn't make any sense of it," Riggs said. "Now,
with seismics, we can see what's going on. [Below the sediment surface]
the sound is chockabilly full of channels."
The seismic records reveal sets of river channels, some nested inside
of others. The channels could have been cut only during periods of low
sea level, and each channel was subsequently backfilled as sea level
rose again. As a result, the channels are filled with the same types of
material. Differences occur in the ages obtained from carbon dating
because the channels were cut and deposited at different times.
Riggs and his graduate students have completed a detailed record of the
Albemarle Sound and now are methodically applying the same tools to the
Croatan, Roanoke and Pamlico sounds. New secrets continue to emerge.
Recorded history, for example, indicates that the Croatan Sound is a
relatively new body of estuarine water. Until about 200 years ago,
Roanoke Island was connected to the mainland by marsh, with a small,
mostly freshwater creek flowing northward through it. About 1817,
Roanoke Inlet closed, forcing the waters of the Roanoke River and the
Albemarle Sound to find another outlet to the ocean. They followed the
creek and have been cutting a wider and deeper path through the old
marsh ever since. The result is the present-day Croatan Sound.
Riggs sent divers to the bottom of the Croatan. Instead of the smooth
bottom typical of an estuary, they found ridges and crags. Strong
currents have eroded away all the soft mud to reveal ancient, intact
reefs of oysters and angel-wing clams. Carbon dating puts them at 2,100
years old. This means that 2,100 years ago, the creek was inundated
with salt water, which requires a major opening in the barrier islands
north of Roanoke Island.
Riggs sees only one conclusion: "The barrier islands were blown out."
Taken together, he said, the Croatan evidence and recurring patterns of
marine sediment elsewhere indicate that the Outer Banks have formed and
disappeared many times during their history.
Critically important for the theory, the major sea level events appear
to coincide with fluctuations in global temperature recorded in the
deep sea and in the Greenland ice core. Although Riggs and others have
observed such evidence before, they previously chalked it up to errors
in carbon dating. "We discarded the dates because they didn't fit the
accepted sea level curve," he said.
At this point, Riggs is not claiming to have definitive proof of swings
in sea level worldwide, only that the sea level off the coast of North
Carolina has fluctuated. Still, he has his suspicions. Local or
regional coastal events could explain a sea level change of up to six
feet, but it would take changes of 20 feet to explain some of the
channels in the Albemarle Sound. "I think sea level changes of this
magnitude have to be global in scale," he said.
He is encouraged that scientists in other parts of the world are making
similar discoveries. A French scientist working on the Atlantic coast
has documented seven major sea level rises and falls of up to 58 feet
in the last 8,000 years. "My experience is, if you're not alone, you're
probably on the right track," Riggs said. "When different people are
coming to it, it's real."
http://www.ecu.edu/research/edge/textonly/ACommonQuest.to.html
A COMMON QUEST
Two disciplines unite to trace evidence of sea level, human habitation.
Geology and archaeology are converging on the North Carolina coast in
the persons of Dr. Stanley Riggs, ECU professor of geology, and Dr.
David S. Phelps, professor emeritus of anthropology and director of the
university's Coastal Archaeology Office. The two have begun a
collaboration they hope will enable them to trace sea level and human
settlement through the millennia.
The official collaboration grew out of a project off Roanoke Island,
which is believed to have been the home of the Lost Colony. Riggs and
Phelps have been searching the waters of the Roanoke Sound to determine
how much of the island has been lost to coastal erosion and what was
lost with it. "From the distribution of artifacts [in the sound], we
hope to reconstruct the coastline at various times," Phelps said. "In
order to do that, we needed both geology and archaeology. Geology, to
establish erosion rates and interpret the sediments in which we find
the artifacts. Archaeology, to date the age of artifacts to determine
where the shoreline was at a particular period."
They have covered only a small area so far, but their findings bear out
predictions. Hundreds of yards off the coast at the Elizabethan
Gardens, dredging has turned up artifacts of Indian settlements dating
back 800 years. As the scientists continue, they will be watching for
evidence of early English settlement as well.
The most important finding so far relates not to an artifact or a line
on a map, but to a layer of dark soil. The dark color indicates that
the soil, called humus, was once exposed to air and rich in plant life.
For years, geologists have said that the current surface of Roanoke
Island—a narrow band of humic soil and sand—was deposited about 12,000
years ago, at the end of the last major ice age. Now it seems that is
not the case after all.
On their dredging expeditions, Phelps and Riggs discovered another band
of humic soil, buried below the surface of the sound and running deep
under Roanoke Island. Carbon dating places the age of the soil at
12,000 years. Everything above it, including many feet of ocean-born
sand, has been deposited since that time, indicating that the island as
it exists today is much younger than previously believed.
The discovery tells Phelps that if he wants to put early Indian
settlements in their proper context, he will have to dig deeper. "This
changes the whole complexion of deposition and erosion and location of
human settlements through time," he said. "We have to look at the whole
stratigraphy with an eye to where the placement of things are within
that stratigraphy."
Phelps and Riggs have begun preliminary work they hope will lead to a
large research project correlating the placement of prehistoric Indian
sites along the coast from Currituck through Hatteras Island. Phelps
will date known sites through their artifacts. Riggs will employ a tool
called ground-penetrating radar to look underneath those sites for
evidence of earlier deposits. "The upshot is, not only can we see the
patterns of coastal settlement and how humans have used the coast over
the last 12,000 years, but we can also begin to develop the history of
these dune ridges and when they occurred," he said. "In that way, we'll
be able to reconstruct the coastline for various periods of time."
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SPACE EXPLORATION & SPACE COLONIZATION
From Michael Martin-Smith <martin@miff.demon.co.uk>
Dear Benny-
Firstly, here's wishing you and the CCNet a Happy Christmas and
New Year.
There has been some debate developing in recent times around the
motives - imperialistic or otherwise, of the proponents of Human
expansion into Space - a concept which the NEO impact danger does
nothing to quieten! Some say that we are a liability and should abstain
from projecting our quarrelsome presence beyond these regions! One can
see their point.
However, I would only add that Evolution is a game based on the idea
that its participants play to win; the idea that a species might so
detest itself as to deliberately abstain from self advancement runs
counter to the drive that has creatively developed complexity from
simplicity these past aeons.
For us to confine ourselves to Earth because we think ourselves
unworthy of growth into Space is a kind of racial suicide and no more
defensible than the more usual personal kind. For our generation to
foreclose a future possibility with such potential would be a betrayal
of future generations, and all the billions who could be expected to
one day - agreed, after many difficulties - have a chance of a
Universal life.
The one unpardonable crime in the Game of Life is to be less than you
could be! To abdicate from Space is such a choice, and would be an
ultimate betrayal. I wish to see Mankind become better, greater and
more creative than we now are. Only a misanthropist could legitimately
oppose me.
Olaf Stapledon wrote at the end of "First and Last Men", 2 billion
years in the future, that it was a fine thing to have been Man, and
added our theme to the Symphony of Life. If we deliberately stunt our
growth, and curtail our potential by staying here, such words have no
Michael Martin-Smith
SPEAK TO THE FUTURE
From David J. Johnson" <starman@mail.fwi.com>
In Andrea Milani's recent article, his final words struck me, and
brought this response to mind. We scientist are the ones, who are
responsible to speak to the future. As our work, in what ever field we
study, directly effects or will have a measure of impact on future
scientist, as their work, will be built upon ours.
My personal research intrests are within theoretical astrophysics and
cosmology, but I also have a vested intrest in SpaceGuard issues, as
should all scientists. If we discover an asteroid which will strike the
Earth 8000 years from now, do we ignore it, or begin work on how to
form a defense to such an event? In recent years we have all seen or
been part of the varied debates, yet funding for such projects is
elusive to non-existant, and our warnings ignored.
The subject of NEO research often becomes a raging torrent of debate,
nearly as hot as Big Bang issues. But in reality, all ideas should be
considered, even if it sounds like Star Trek, yet many scientists are
too often worried about appearances, and crediblity, rather than
correctness.
The reality here is that we need a wide ranging program as suggested by
SpaceGuard, we need eyes on the sky world wide, we need the ability to
detect NEOs and properly catalog and track them, and we need to
formulate a defense. My friend and colleague in Australia, Michael
Paine, has stated this case very elegantly over the past year as to the
need. Yet funding is elusive, almost to the point that one wonders if
our Governments really care.
Governments, corporations and individuals irrespective of education,
religon or national origin should as well have a vested interest in
this effort, if not for ourselves, for the future generations which
will inhabit this world after we have gone. As parents, we try to give
our children the best, and insure that they grow up healthy and strong
and are educated. To me this is the legacy of SpaceGuard, and science.
We each inherited our own legacy's, we each chose our fields of study,
and we contribute to them, and we will add our legacy to those who
came before.
What do each of you wish to leave ?
Dr. David James Johnson +
Stellar Research Group
Tel:/Fax: 219-723-4425
E-Mail:starman@mail.fwi.com
http://www.angelfire.com/in/stellargroup/index.html