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Hampton grand jury indicts Noah Tomlin's mother on murder, child abuse charges in 2-year-old's death
By Peter Dujardin
| Hampton
Hampton police chief Terry Sult makes the announcement that the body of Noah Tomlin has been located at the steam plant on NASA Langley Wednesday July 3, 2019 at Fire Station 11. The discovery was made after an exhaustive search of the Buckroe area and the Hampton landfill. (Rob Ostermaier / Daily Press)
A Hampton Circuit Court grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a trash incinerator after a 10-day search last summer.
Julia Leanna Tomlin, 35, was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Noah Tomlin, whose remains were found July 3 at the city's trash plant off Wythe Creek Road.
Tomlin was also indicted Monday on five other felony counts, Hampton Commonwealth's Attorney Anton Bell said: Concealing of a dead body; three counts of felony child neglect pertaining to Noah and two other children; and a brand new count of child abuse involving Noah.
Tomlin was previously arrested on the murder, child neglect and body concealment charges, with a Hampton juvenile court judge ruling in early December that sufficient evidence exists to send those charges to a Circuit Court grand jury.
"We had one additional charge, based on the prior injuries to the child prior to his death," Bell said Monday, declining to elaborate about the toddler's previous injuries that formed the basis of that count.
Unlike the December probable cause hearing, grand jury proceedings are closed to the public. Such hearings consist only of the police and prosecution's side of the case — and neither the defendants nor their attorneys are allowed to attend the hearing or challenge the evidence against the defendants.
A jury trial is expected to be set for later this year, with a hearing scheduled for Friday to set the trial date.
Police said Julia Tomlin reported Noah missing at 11:35 a.m. on June 24 from her trailer on Atlantic Avenue, at the Bayside Village Mobile Home Park in the Buckroe Beach area.
Tomlin told police she had last seen Noah at about 1 a.m. — more than 10 hours earlier.
That triggered a massive 10-day scramble to find the boy in that section of the city.
Finally, after more than 10,000 man hours of searching involving several agencies, a Hampton police officer came across Noah's body at the trash incinerator on the morning of July 3.
Noah's body was significantly decomposed, and the state medical examiner's office hired a forensic anthropologist to help in the investigation. The medical examiner's office later ruled the death a homicide, caused by blunt head trauma and "battered child syndrome."
At the December probable cause hearing, the father of one of Tomlin's 10 children testified that she called him several times in the days before she reported Noah missing — asking him to bring her heroin.
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The man, Bradley Bailey, testified that he showed up at the trailer home at about 1 p.m. on June 22 with some heroin — and briefly saw Noah alive there.
Just after 7 p.m. on that same day, another man, Brian Knoll, and his daughter went to the trailer, with Knoll testifying that he told Julia that he wanted to meet Noah.
But he said Julia Tomlin told him that Noah was sleeping and that there was no way for him to see him.
Hampton detectives also testified at the December hearing, saying that after Noah was reported missing, they found suspected blood on a wall of his bedroom, on a fitted sheet found in a kitchen trash can, and on a shirt found on a floor near the bathroom.
An FBI agent, Liza Ludovico, testified that investigators pressed Julia Tomlin to provide details. They showed her some of the gathered evidence, such as receipts from a trip to Walmart on July 23 to buy odor cleaner and garbage bags.
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Though Tomlin at first deflected questions, Ludovico testified, she eventually gave a detailed statement to investigators about what she said happened.
The agent testified that Tomlin told her that after she used some of the heroin from Bailey, she realized that Noah had soiled his diaper and needed a bath.
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The FBI agent said Tomlin told her that Noah drowned unattended in the tub — and appeared to have his hit his head at that time.
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Tomlin told Ludovico that she attempted to revive Noah with CPR. But when she realized that wasn't working, she told the agent, she put the toddler on his bed and shut the door.
When the Knolls came by later that evening, Noah was apparently already dead in the bedroom.
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Ludovico also testified that Tomlin told her she put Noah in an empty Huggies diaper box, wrapped it in bags, and asked a friend to throw it away. That man told Tomlin that he threw the box into a dumpster outside an apartment complex.
Julia Tomlin is being held without bond at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail.
Peter Dujardin, 757-247-4749, pdujardin@dailypress.com
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The disease can be communicated to most laboratory animals, but rats and mice are particularly susceptible. As is well known, the epidemic is frequently preceded
Fig. 22.–Bacillus Pestis. Culture in butter broth showing
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and accompanied by the sudden death of many of these animals. It is stated that the nomadic tribes on the northern slopes of the Himalayas, even to-day, when they observe an extraordinary number of dead rats, are so certain of an approaching epidemic that they immediately vacate their quarters and shift elsewhere.
Monkeys can be easily inoculated with the plague-a single puncture with a needle dipped in a culture of B. pestis being sufficient. The importance of this observation in relation to infection in man is self-evident.
Plague bacilli have been detected in the dead bodies of fleas, but the majority of observers agree that suctorial insects play no part in the transmission of the disease to man.
Birds and bovines are immune. It is probable that vultures feeding on the corpses of the plague-stricken suffer no ill effects, but they may spread the disease by means of their excreta.
Like other spore free organisms the bacilli are readily killed by desiccation, heat, and ordinary antiseptics. A solution of sulphuric acid (1 in 250) is especially recommended by Hankin as a cheap and efficient germicide. The bacilli are also destroyed by direct sunlight in three or four hours. But it is doubtful if any of these measures can be absolutely relied upon during an epidemic.
On account of their slight resistance and absence of spores infection usually occurs by close contact. The skin is the most frequent path, a slight wound or abrasion being sufficient for inoculation. In a few instances the disease may be produced by the entrance of bacilli into the respiratory passages, the organisms being transmitted not in the form of dust, but in small drops of moisture diffused by plague patients (Flügge's drop infection, see p. 86).
It is improbable that in human subjects infection ever takes place by means of ingesta, although experiments in animals have yielded positive results.
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stools, etc. It is for this reason that the pneumonic form of plague so frequently leads to the spread of infection.
Prophylactic Measures. In addition to isolation, disinfection, and other sanitary measures, an important point is the destruction of rats and mice. Whether the infection is carried to man directly through external wounds, or indirectly by means of fleas infesting rats, is not clear. But whatever be the precise mode of human infection there can be little doubt as to the immense danger of harbouring infected rats in a locality. Rats can be exterminated by the usual methods, or by soaking bread with Danysz rat virus," which is the culture of a virulent variety of an organism allied to the B. coli communis.
As regards specific prophylaxis, Haffkine's vaccine may be recommended. For, although absolute protection is not afforded by the inoculation, both the incidence and case mortality are considerably less in the inoculated than in the uninoculated. The duration of protection is said to be about six months.
The vaccine is essentially a sterilised culture of the B. pestis in broth (prepared from goat's flesh), the microbe being grown in it for four to six weeks. The flasks are shaken every few days so as to break the stalactite growths and induce fresh crops. The culture is then sterilised, and a small quantity of antiseptic added.
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antagonistic substances which neutralise the infective agent should it attack the individual.
Various curative sera (Yersin's, Lustig's) have been tried, but without much success.
The antitoxic treatment of plague; therefore, cannot be regarded as a success.
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Fig. 23.—Tetanus Bacilli and Spores.
[From Curtis's Essentials of Practical Bacteriology.]
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EV maker Rivian a year on: big losses but staying the course
EV startup Rivian is burning through billions of dollars in cash as it ramps up production of its consumer and commercial vehicles, but it has solid product and a business plan, analysts say.
Laurence Iliff
Rivian has generated a lot of industry goodwill from the early success of the R1T.
One year after delivering its groundbreaking R1T electric pickup to customers, Rivian Automotive continues to burn through billions in cash and struggle with ramping up consumer and commercial vehicles at its plant in Normal, Ill.
But analysts say the EV startup has a good chance at surviving where others have failed.
Rivian's IPO stock offering last year is providing a big money cushion as it pivots from higher-end adventure vehicles to more mainstream models mid-decade. And the California-based automaker has generated a lot of industry goodwill from the early success of the R1T, the R1S crossover and EDV vans recently delivered to Amazon.
"In terms of the product, it's very good," said Karl Brauer, executive analyst at iSeeCars.com. "The innovation throughout the R1T is quite impressive. It looks good, drives well and has proven to be relatively well executed, at least by the standards of a new product from a new company, showing minimal post-launch problems."
Scaringe: Growing pains
The downside to Rivian's first year of production has been financial losses the company attributes to investing huge amounts of money before a significant number of vehicles are produced and sold. That ramp-up has been further slowed by supply-chain constraints that have cut output in half this year at the Normal plant.
"It's a plant that's designed to produce a lot more than what it's done so far this year," CEO RJ Scaringe said at the Redburn CEO conference Nov. 29. "And that's a painful way to operate a large manufacturing facility."
The Normal plant's production capacity is 150,000 vehicles a year across two assembly lines for the R1T, R1S and EDV van, which comes in three sizes. Rivian was hoping to produce 50,000 vehicles this year, but is now forecasting 25,000. That leaves a lot of cash on the table.
Scott Painter, the founder of car-subscription startup Autonomy and former CEO of TrueCar, has ordered 1,000 Rivian vehicles for Autonomy's fleet. Although Rivian is burning through a lot of cash, Painter said, it also has strong financial partners like Amazon that provide stability.
Cash burn
"Ten years ago, nobody would have been able to lose $4 billion a year doing anything," Painter said in an interview last month. "You have some good anchor shareholders that are going to give that company the ability to figure it out. But they certainly can't scale negative financial growth for very long."
Cash burn is becoming a major issue among investors who once pushed Rivian's valuation above General Motors and Ford Motor Co. Rivian's stock price has fallen about 75 percent since last year's IPO. Even at the lower price and valuation, some financial analysts say they're betting against Rivian.
"At 25,000 vehicles they may produce this year, that's a million dollars per vehicle, if you look at the market cap of $25 billion," said Steve Weiss, managing partner at Short Hills Capital Partners. "They're going to lose money as far as you can see," Weiss said on
CNBC in late November.
Rivian said it has enough cash to execute its product ramp-up and develop more mainstream vehicles on a new platform it calls R2. The automaker also has announced plans to build a second assembly plant in Georgia for those smaller vehicles.
"We have a strong balance sheet with $14 billion in cash that offers the flexibility to navigate these uncertain economic times," Scaringe said on the company's earnings call last month. On the same call, CFO Claire McDonough said: "We expect the R2 platform will unlock a massive global market expansion opportunity for Rivian."
The R1S starts at $78,000.
Rivian reported a $1.7 billion net loss in the third quarter on revenue of $536 million. The company delivered 7,363 vehicles, including vans.
Rivian said its order backlog was 114,000 for the R1T and R1S, in addition to Amazon's initial order for 100,000 EDVs. Rivian also announced it will push back the R2 platform by one year to 2026.
Rivian is not alone among U.S.-based EV startups facing losses amid ongoing supply-chain issues.
Lucid Group Inc. reported a third- quarter net loss of $670 million. It has cut its production forecast twice since last year and now expects to produce 6,000 to 7,000 of its Air electric sedan this year.
Lordstown Motors Corp., Canoo Inc. and Faraday Future are among EV startups that have struggled to raise money for initial production. Lords-town delivered its first batch of 500 electric pickups for commercial fleet customers on Nov. 29. Canoo and Faraday Future have yet to deliver their first vehicle to customers.
Best prospect for success
But Rivian remains in the best shape in terms of cash, vehicle output and plans to move into the mainstream.
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"I think Rivian's long-term prognosis is as strong as any all-new EV maker," Brauer said. "I'm not saying they are absolutely going to make it — I'm saying they have as good or better shot than any relatively new EV brand. The company has already overcome a lot, but they've also been around a long time."
Rivian was founded by Scaringe in 2009.
Brauer noted that Tesla Inc., the EV industry leader, was able to go more than a decade without turning a profit. Rivian, a relative newcomer in terms of production, has some time to prove itself in the market and on Wall Street.
"Rivian has many of the same traits as Tesla, both being domestic EV companies with over a decade of history and highly innovative products," Brauer said an an email.
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CLASSIC GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 12:39 am Post subject: CLASSIC GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE
https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine
If you like classic science fiction, one of the genre's best magazines can now be found online for free. Archive.org is now home to a collection of Galaxy Science Fiction, which published some of the genre's best works, such as an early version of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man.
You have many choices in what format you want to download. I found the pdf option to be ideal for creating an archive for myself. I now have hours of enjoyment ahead revisiting some of my favorite stories by some great writers and illustrated by some of the best artists of the era!
The collection contains 355 separate issues, ranging from 1950 through 1976. Open Culture notes that it's not quite the entire run of the magazine, but it's got plenty of material to keep fans occupied for years. It includes stories from science fiction legends such as Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Clifford Simak, and Theodore Sturgeon.
There are also some underappreciated authors who deserve re-discovery, such as Kris Neville, Alan E. Nourse, or John Christopher. (Sadly, like most publications of this era, female SF authors were underrepresented.)
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L. Gold, who rapidly made Galaxy the leading science fiction (sf) magazine of its time, focusing on stories about social issues rather than technology.
Gold published many notable stories during his tenure, including Ray Bradbury's "The Fireman", later expanded as Fahrenheit 451; Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters; and Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man. In 1952, the magazine was acquired by Robert Guinn, its printer. By the late 1950s, Frederik Pohl was helping Gold with most aspects of the magazine's production. When Gold's health worsened, Pohl took over as editor, starting officially at the end of 1961, though he had been doing the majority of the production work for some time.
Under Pohl Galaxy had continued success, regularly publishing fiction by writers such as Cordwainer Smith, Jack Vance, Harlan Ellison, and Robert Silverberg. However, Pohl never won the annual Hugo Award for his stewardship of Galaxy, winning three Hugos instead for its sister magazine, If. In 1969 Guinn sold Galaxy to Universal Publishing and Distribution Corporation (UPD) and Pohl resigned, to be replaced by Ejler Jakobsson.
Under Jakobsson the magazine declined in quality. It recovered under James Baen, who took over in mid-1974, but when he left at the end of 1977 the deterioration resumed, and there were financial problems — writers were not paid on time and the schedule became erratic.
By the end of the 1970s the gaps between issues were lengthening, and the title was finally sold to Galileo publisher Vincent McCaffrey, who brought out only a single issue in 1980. A brief revival as a semi-professional magazine followed in 1994, edited by H. L. Gold's son, E. J. Gold; this lasted for eight bimonthly issues.
At its peak, Galaxy greatly influenced the science fiction field. It was regarded as one of the leading sf magazines almost from the start, and its influence did not wane until Pohl's departure in 1969. Gold brought a "sophisticated intellectual subtlety" to magazine science fiction according to Pohl, who added that "after Galaxy it was impossible to go on being naive."
SF historian David Kyle agrees, commenting that "of all the editors in and out of the post-war scene, the most influential beyond any doubt was H. L. Gold".
Kyle suggests that the new direction Gold set "inevitably" led to the experimental New Wave, the defining science fiction literary movement of the 1960s.
Now that the magazine has been uploaded, this collection is an excellent opportunity for readers take in a piece of science fiction's history. Fans of all generations can dig in to discover a forgotten author or story, or re-read a beloved classic.
Gord, this is terrific!
I love the way Archive.org presents the covers of all those issue, and they even let you literally "turn the pages" of the magazine so you see the illustrations.
The clarity of the "turn the pages" feature isn't great for reading the stories, so downloading them as you mentioned is best for that.
Thanks for letting us know about this great resource!
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Space Sector Commander
A useful resource. A shame they don't have the very first issue - maybe it having its spine printed the wrong way round fooled someone? They've probably got more issues than I have, but at least I do have #1!
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GALAXY was the source of most of the radio dramatized stories of X MINUS ONE and DIMENSION X.
Willy Ley's non-fiction monthly columns in GALAXY were always interesting. He and illustrator Chesley Bonestell also colaborated on many books, the best and first of which was THE CONQUEST OF SPACE (I believe that the movie CONQUEST OF SPACE was very loosley based the book). It was the first in a series of books, including CONQUEST OF THE MOON, ACROSS THE SPACE FRONTIER,THE EXPLORATION OF MARS, AND BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. There may have been others, but these are the only titles that I have.
That it was featured as a source for X-1 on the radio inspired me to get it off the news stand. Earlier I think ASTOUNDING magazine was a sponsor. The same was true on BEYOND 2000 which was introduced by John Campbell, the editor of the magazine.
GALAXY had great covers and the interior art was also great. It really got me into reading at an early age.
Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire! [Rocket launch SFX] From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street & Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction presents... X Minus One.
That sounds like quite an introduction, though Wikipedia does note that "later shows were partnered with Galaxy Science Fiction rather than Astounding Science Fiction." They mention that included in the series were adaptations of Robert Sheckley's "Skulking Permit," Ray Bradbury's "Mars Is Heaven", Robert A. Heinlein's "Universe" and "The Green Hills of Earth", " Frederik Pohl's "The Tunnel under the World", J. T. McIntosh's "Hallucination Orbit", and Fritz Leiber's "A Pail of Air", so they had access to some pretty good material.
Custer wrote:
... Wikipedia does note that "later shows were partnered with Galaxy Science Fiction rather than Astounding Science Fiction."
I forgot about Astounding. You and Gord are correct, of course.
I have the complete run of X-1 as well as it's predessesor on NBC radio, DIMENSION X saved on data cd's as mp3's so I can pop one in at bedtime and listen myself to sleep just like I did all those years ago.
Radio sci-fi is highlighted by the fact that it literly creates the stories in your imagination. No other special effects are needed!
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Same here, Gord. QUIET PLEASE and LIGHTS OUT had some good episodes too. These scifi programs are great as adult bed time stories.
Other genres are fun too. I think there are about 1500 CBS MYSTERY THEATRE episodes, and at least several hundred GUNSMOKEs. Currently, I am listening to all of the OUR MISS BROOKS shows.
There are lots of radio dramas and audio books on youtube.
I've listened to the Gunsmokes, downloaded from the good ol' Internet Archive. I think almost all of them were available there. https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio is the place to visit, for all the old Shadow and Sherlock Holmes episodes, and a whole lot more! Some old radio shows can also be listened to via Amazon's Echo system, though the "Radio Superman" ones I've sampled have had the sponsor announcements blanked out...
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Hmm, Gregg Calkins to do the repair work.
How do you do, folks? I sure am glad to see y'alls.
I heard that they just had some guys interested in sf producing the program, but when they advertised in Galaxy and Astounding the editors came and took over the show.
That's interesting to know. I've just scanned the cover of my copy of the September '54 issue, as the above copy is a bit blurry. Ed Emsh's signature is right at the bottom:
I see that Clifford D. Simak and Daniel F. Galouye provided the novelets that time, with short stories by Arthur Sellings, Robert Sheckley, and some chap called Philip K. Dick - so just another average issue!
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I did some restoration on your Galaxy cover, Custer. Nice artwork!
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:59 pm Post subject:
Great job Bud!!
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According to the American Heart Association, the number of calories a 100 pound person burns when bicycling 12 miles per hour is 270 calories per hour. A 150 pound person burns 410 calories per hour when bicycling 12 miles per hour.
1. Write a linear equation which shows the relationship between weight and calories burned per hour.
2. Use the linear equation to prepare an x-y table.
3. If a person weighs 175 pounds, how many calories per hour would they burn?
4. If a person weighs 90 pounds, how many calories per hour would they burn?


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Is is possible to take create a new folder in public_html for 'bananas' and make example.com/bananas a new multisite installation?
Or will this not work because there's already an existing installation at the root and in the database, and its DNS is mapped to example.com?
Yes, you can set up multiple installs. You do need to be careful that you don't ever create anything in the "parent" multisite (at example.com) that has the same slug as the folder you place the "child" multisite (at example.com/bananas) - so in the bananas example, never create a Post, Page, Category, Tag, etc. with the slug bananas in the parent site.
You could also consider a Multi-Network - which is basically a MultiSite of MultiSites. Most plugins aren't compatible with these, so if you rely on a lot of plugins that may not be the way you want to go, but it can help ensure you don't have conflicting slugs that cause the "Do I show the actual folder, or the content at this slug?" conundrum.
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than I am), but because I'm fascinated by what makes America tick. And that tick seems to be movement and change.
makes me see how much the US culture invokes this spirit of moving.
byways change how towns function - think of industrial loops and interstates.
- and on the whole, Americans address these issues bit by bit so that my son sees people in various shades of brown, not black or white.
My grandmother canned her fruits and vegetables, but I need to look up how to do that on the internet, and "foodies" are "rediscovering"
1930s, my grandmother, who lived in San Angelo, saved enough money to buy 12 acres and a grocery store in Red River County, Texas.
geography and culture reflect that. Maybe this perspective will lessen as the nation grows older, with fewer opportunities to start anew.
forget how to bake a pie from scratch, or just because we're always searching for who we are - when in fact, change is who we are.
Although tons of coal still populate the ground underneath Thurber, changing economies made the town - and its industries- obsolete.
When people move away, towns die, and the dead become even more dead, like here in Boggy Depot.
The Hornets of Gotebo done flew away after the school was shuttered.


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Data isn't just an impersonal thing used by giant corporations. Many smaller companies making big waves right now use data in a very personal way. Founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology grad Heidi Zak, ThirdLove uses data to inform the design of its products and connect with customers. Chief Creative Officer Ra'el Cohen joins this episode of Retail Gets Real to discuss how ThirdLove is disrupting the entire bra industry.
Cohen, who's been with ThirdLove for six years and was the company's first hire, is no stranger to the world of intimate apparel. Beyond stints as product designer and developer for California department store chain Mervyns and teen retailer Charlotte Russe, she founded and was the creative director of luxury brand Luv & Honey Lingerie.
"If we're not making it better for our customers, then we shouldn't be doing it."
The company has come a long way from its original data collection system — asking women, via a Craigslist ad, to come to its San Francisco headquarters wearing their best bra and take a photo of their breasts with an app that could calculate their bust size.
Through ThirdLove's Fit Finder online quiz, potential buyers can answer questions about brands and sizes they've previously worn, fit issues they have experienced and the shape of their breasts — all in the privacy of their own home. "Compare that to the in-store experience of the cold bright dressing room," Cohen says, with a stranger "measuring you, poking and prodding you." ThirdLove uses that data to recommend the best size and style for purchase — and, ultimately, to create better products for all its customers.
To learn more about how ThirdLove marries data and design to inform product decisions and form relationships with customers, listen to the full episode.


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It's well known that resilience — adapting to new circumstances and bouncing back from adversity — is necessary to succeed in life. Psychologists also know that school, work, and social success rely on tolerance for discomfort and the ability to delay gratification in favor of a greater goal. We call this "tenacity" or "grit," and for your child to rise and succeed in the real world, it is vital.
As to the ADHD crowd in general, especially those still in school, resilience and tenacity do not play a role in how they think, feel, and act day-to-day. I've seen exceptions, but the ADHD diagnosis implies dodging uncomfortable experiences and missing what might have been learned by enduring them. Kids with ADHD give up too quickly in the face of difficulties.
1. The "self-esteem booster club." Parents study the literature and learn that kids with ADHD generally have lower self-esteem than their peers. This is a universal truth of ADHD, but many parents respond by adopting the "give every child a trophy" model, rewarding children more for effort than success. They let ADHD become an excuse to justify any shortcoming of a child's behavior, instead of a guidepost to steer them toward growth and improvement. They give in and placate their children to soothe their hurt. These approaches won't produce resilience, but they will increase the likelihood that the child will grow up feeling insecure or incapable.
2. The "cheerleaders." These parents take "self-esteem coaching" even further. They see ADHD as a "gift" that grants special insight and creativity, and invite the child to find ways to change the world with his gift. In my book, I Always Want to Be Where I'm Not, I conclude each chapter by noting the upsides of ADHD and explaining how to use and misuse them. But I've never met anyone who was properly diagnosed with ADHD who was thankful for having it. Assuring a child that she is not impaired, but just talented in other ways, does not teach her to accept adversity and do the hard things.
3. The "structure gurus." On the other end of the spectrum are the strict, authoritarian parents who have read that the way to manage ADHD is to provide a highly structured environment. And kids with ADHD do need help with organization, prioritization, and time management. I've likened this approach, in severe cases, to driving kids around "like little boats" trying to keep them off the rocky shores or from getting stuck on a sandbar. Guiding kids to do the hard stuff needn't be a choice between control and shame. It should be a lesson in courage and self-discipline.
Pursue what interests you. We don't stick with things we don't care about; grit requires us to pursue what we don't love. This presents a tough problem for kids with ADHD. By design, they like interesting things and tolerate little else. Because a lot of things in life aren't very interesting, they go for the exciting stuff that may not be useful. Duckworth's advice is to find a productive pursuit that gets them up every day and ready to go to class or work. As young adults, they should try to figure out how to monetize that passion to earn a self-sustaining living, while accepting the fact that they will encounter a fair amount of boring stuff.
Practice and more practice. When we find the things we love, Duckworth says, we must do them a lot to make them ours. That's what it means to be an expert. However, the brains of kids with ADHD are wired to hate repetitive tasks. Even when they love an activity, they will grow tired of it. After helping your child find productive paths, work on the discipline of staying on them. It's OK to try several interests and to quit a project on occasion, but working through and finishing things is key to mastering them.
Find purpose. Duckworth suggests pursuing goals that have meaning and purpose, especially those that help others, or, as she puts it, "make a job into a calling." I agree, but I know introverted people find that helping others seems like a punishment instead of a blessing. Parents should help young people approach this goal. What's important is that they do something great, something important. Such idealism sounds grandiose coming from a teen's mouth, but the idea of having a calling can be nurtured from unrealistic to operational, and, even better, to inspirational.
Have hope. Hope is not wishful thinking. It means having a way and a will to accomplish your goals. And people with ADHD feel less adequate than their peers, less effective in problem solving or finding success. That can make hope seem, like "self-esteem," a pipe dream that belongs to someone else. Instead, make hope a behavioral plan for success, a way to enhance a young person's vision of what is possible.
Join a gritty group. Duckworth writes that if you spend all your time with slackers, you'll end up a slacker. That's a cliché teens with ADHD hate to hear, but it's clinically and empirically true. It's more difficult to socially engineer teen friendships than just about anything else. But if a child finds a group that is headed somewhere, he will be better off. This may be a local interest group, school club, political action committee, online organization, or any place where people want to get something done.
Do all of us with ADHD a favor. Don't ever give advice or try and "help" anyone with ADHD.
This is neurological, as science has shown. It's not as simple as some disgusting "just act tougher" and it'll all be better Neurotypical non sense.
The reason we lack self esteem, suffer from negative self talk, avoid follow through (through learned habits of failing and being told we're failures for not living up to Neurotypical expectations), is because of this ignorant and ableist garbage you're spewing not only to parents, but to people with ADHD.
Additude should be ashamed for publishing this article.
I have ADHD and am extremely thankful to have it, to BE it! Yes, I am ADHD. I am a teacher. I usually teach pre-school, but have taught up through 6th grade. It is my ADHD that allows me to know what each 12 of the students is doing at all times. If you want some multi-tasking done, ask an ADHD person to do it! No one multitasks like we do!
I'm not broken and I don't need fixed! I once was in a car accident for for 3 weeks afterwards, I lost my ADHD. It was awful! I could only do one thing at a time. It was so boring…. Fortunately, it came back and I hope I never lose it again!


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title: "Youth Explorer goes national"
date: 2017-06-15
short: Youth Explorer is an indispensible tool for youth-oriented municipalities, government departments and civil society organisations.
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We're excited to announce that [Youth Explorer](https://youthexplorer.org.za) has graduated from the Western Cape and now has data on youth for the whole of South Africa.

Friday 16 June 2017 is [Youth Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Day), a fitting day to expand this invaluable tool to the national level, giving unprecedented access to data and statistics on South Africans aged 15 to 24. Youth Explorer ([youthexplorer.org.za](https://youthexplorer.org.za)) is a critical tool for anyone planning for or working with youth in South Africa.

With the help of [UCT's Poverty and Inequality Initiative](http://www.povertyandinequality.uct.ac.za/) we've broadened the scope of Youth Explorer to include national data on demographics, education, economic opportunities, family and living environment, poverty levels, and health and wellbeing.

> "Youth-centred data at the small area - or community - level is scarce. Yet it is exactly at this level that programmes and policies need to be implemented. Too often provincial or municipal averages hide the stark differences that exist between communities." -- *Emily Frame, Research Officer, Poverty and Inequality Initiative at the University of Cape Town*.

The data, taken from the [2011 national census](http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=3839), provides deep insight into the issues facing South Africa's youth, at the national, provincial, municipal and ward levels.

If you're a youth-oriented municipality, government department, civil society organisation or in the private sector, Youth Explorer is an indispensible tool for policies, planning and decision-making.

## How to use Youth Explorer

To get started, visit [YouthExplorer.org.za](https://youthexplorer.org.za) and take a look at our series of [explainer videos to help you](https://youthexplorer.org.za/help) get the most out of Youth Explorer.

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We also have other videos that cover:

* [the table view and downloading data](https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7MJ_sFHs952rlUTNpQr7-n9UwQWkBXyx&v=bynx320D5kY),
* [exploring data on a map](https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7MJ_sFHs952rlUTNpQr7-n9UwQWkBXyx&v=IHVWdv-Yuos),
* [comparing the distribution of data between different places](https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7MJ_sFHs952rlUTNpQr7-n9UwQWkBXyx&v=jhzGFGSAJ9o), and
* [comparing places side-by-side](https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7MJ_sFHs952rlUTNpQr7-n9UwQWkBXyx&v=1I8RPPJ0g1c).

## The story behind the data

Youth Explorer builds on the simplicity, power and familiarity of [Wazimap.co.za](https://wazimap.co.za/) to make the rich datasets around youth in South Africa approachable, understandable and useful.

Youth Explorer was developed in partnership with [UCT's Poverty and Inequality Initiative](http://www.povertyandinequality.uct.ac.za/), [Western Cape Government](https://www.westerncape.gov.za/), [City of Cape Town](http://www.capetown.gov.za/), [Stats SA](http://www.statssa.gov.za/) and [OpenUp](https://openup.org.za/).


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The just-concluded Budget 2014 speech made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak did not make any announcement on the current duty exemption for CKD hybrid cars that was originally announced during the 2014 National Automotive Policy (NAP).
As of now, we can assume that the CKD hybrid duty exemptions will end on schedule on December 31, 2015. Currently, the only cars on sale that qualify for the exemption is the Mercedes-Benz S 400 L Hybrid and the previous-generation Honda Jazz Hybrid.
There has been word that a few other cars will be launched too – the Nissan Serena S-Hybrid, the Toyota Camry Hybrid and the Mercedes-Benz E 300 BlueTEC Hybrid. However, with just over one year to go and with none of them launched yet, it might turn out to be a very short run for these cars.
The S 400 L Hybrid already has an insane waiting list that extends way past the December 2015 deadline, so if you want to book one now, there is no hope of obtaining a unit at the extremely attractive duty-free RM587,888 price tag.
The Toyota Camry Hybrid was supposed to be introduced by the end of this year at just under RM200k, which is a premium over the 2.5 V variant, but last we heard, the introduction had been postponed to next year. The short time period until the duty exemption expires could be one factor, the fact that a facelift has just been unveiled worldwide another.
If there is indeed an extension on the cards, announcing it at Budget 2016 would not be ideal, considering that car companies plan their products a year in advance. As we've said in the past, making an announcement very early on would ensure that the industry can conduct proper stock/product planning.
This is clearly demonstrated with the fact that up until today, not many CKD hybrid cars have been launched to take advantage of the CKD hybrid duty exemptions. This is because while they were consulted, the car companies were kept in the dark until the actual announcement of NAP 2014 to the public in January this year. Since it was announced at such a late stage, the first fruits will only be reaped in Q1 2015.
Once these duty exemptions for CKD hybrid cars expire, the only way to get any kind of incentives under NAP 2014 would be through "customised incentives" under the EEV policy. Of course, there's also the duty exemption for CKD electric cars, which is scheduled to end in December 31, 2017, but up to now, no passenger car manufacturer has taken it up.
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Budget 2015's auto-related matters are likely to be aligned with the aspirations of the National Automotive Policy (NAP 2014), Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) CEO Mohamad Madani Sahari has said, according to a Bernama report.
To be tabled in Parliament on October 10, Budget 2015 is also expected to yield a list of zero-rated or tax-exempted items with respect to the upcoming Goods and Services Tax (GST) – will our petrol and diesel be GST-ed?
Bernama reports that NAP 2014, which concentrates on green initiatives, developing technologies and human capital, expanding the market and strengthening the industry ecosystem, has seen Proton and Perodua lead in the industry's response. The launches of the Iriz and Axia are cited as examples.
Non-national carmakers, however, have asked for an extension of incentives for electric and hybrid vehicles. "Electric vehicles also need an incentive in the form of an extended duty exemption or on tax," BMW Malaysia MD Alan Harris told Bernama.
"There was an incentive in the previous budget prior to the NAP 2014 which outlined that only locally-assembled vehicles would get incentivised. But electric vehicles are still new, not like the EEV (Energy Efficient Vehicle). Electric cars need a good take up and in the meantime, still need to be imported," he added.
Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia sales and marketing VP Kai Schlickum said the government took a step in the right direction with the NAP-incentivised locally-assembled hybrid.
"It does benefit us, especially our S-Class Hybrid. With the S 400 L model qualifying and receiving full duty exemption, we are proud to be able to contribute in helping Malaysia fulfill its ambition of becoming a regional EEV hub.
"However, since the (CKD) hybrid incentive will expire in 2015, we wish it to be extended," he told Bernama.


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Abstract: Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) oxidize alkylated amines commonly found in drugs and other biologically active molecules, cleaving them into an amine and an aldehyde. Metabolic studies usually neglect to report or investigate aldehydes, even though they can be toxic. It is assumed that they are efficiently detoxified into carboxylic acids and alcohols. Nevertheless, some aldehydes are reactive and escape detoxification pathways to cause adverse events by forming DNA and protein adducts. Herein, we modeled N- dealkylations that produce both amine and aldehyde metabolites and then predicted the reactivity of the aldehyde. This model used a deep learning approach previously developed by our group to predict other types of drug metabolism. In this study, we trained the model to predict N-dealkylation by human liver microsomes (HLM), finding that including isozyme-specific metabolism data alongside HLM data significantly im- proved results. The final HLM model accurately predicted the site of N-dealkylation within metabolized substrates (97% top-two and 94% area under the ROC curve). Next, we combined the metabolism, metabolite structure prediction, and previously published reactivity models into a bioactivation model. This combined model pre- dicted the structure of the most likely reactive metabolite of a small validation set of drug-like molecules known to be bioactivated by N-dealkylation. Applying this model to approved and withdrawn medicines, we found that aldehyde metabolites pro- duced from N-dealkylation may explain the hepatotoxicity of several drugs: indinavir, piperacillin, verapamil, and ziprasidone.
Our results suggest that N-dealkylation may be an under-appreciated bioactivation pathway, especially in clinical contexts where aldehyde detoxification pathways are inhibited. Moreover, this is the first report of a bioactivation model constructed by combining a metabolism and reactivity model. These results raise hope that more comprehensive models of bioactivation are possible. The model developed in this study is available at http://swami.wustl.edu/xenosite/.


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NEWS CREATION SCIENCE UPDATE MAN WAS CREATED DISTINCT FROM APES
DNA Study Contradicts Human/Chimp Common Ancestry
BY BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D. * | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Evolutionary biologists argue that since human and chimp DNA are nearly identical, both species must have evolved from a common ancestor. However, creation scientists have pointed out that their DNA is, in fact, very dissimilar. The vast majority of each species' DNA sequence is not genes, but instead regulated gene expression. A new report unmistakably confirmed that the regulatory DNA of humans is totally different from that of chimps, revealing no hint of common ancestry.
Biologist John F. McDonald, of the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Biology, and his team wrote that chimp and human genes are more than "98.5% identical," a commonly quoted statistic.1 Yet humans don't look or act 98.5 percent identical to chimps. Thus, something other than genes must be involved, and this has been overlooked in evolutionists' efforts to establish chimp-human ancestry. In 2005, molecular biologist and creation scientist Dan Criswell wrote:
However, such sequence similarity was based only on a fraction [less than four percent] of the total genome of man and chimpanzees, and reflects only the physiological similarities of humans and chimpanzees based on their cellular protein content, not the overall genomic content. The homology [similarity] frequently reported for the human/chimpanzee genomes excluded "indels," which are areas with zero sequence homology.2
"Indels" refer to insertions (in-) and deletions (-del) of genetic material, but they are simply DNA sequence differences.
Publishing in the open access journal Mobile DNA, the research team led by McDonald tested the hypothesis that the "substantial INDEL variation that exists between humans and chimpanzees may contribute significantly to the regulatory differences between the species."1 McDonald said in a Georgia Tech press release:
Our findings are generally consistent with the notion that the morphological and behavioral differences between humans and chimpanzees are predominately due to differences in the regulation of genes rather than to differences in the sequence of the genes themselves.3
The team's analysis of indels confirmed exactly what Bible-believing biologists have been saying for years. The indels and other variously named non-gene DNA are not "junk DNA," and they are critical to the formation of each living creature.4 Biblical geneticist Jeff Tomkins wrote in 2009:
Most of the DNA sequence across the chromosomal region encompassing a gene is not used for protein coding, but rather for gene regulation, like the instructions in a recipe that specify what to do with the raw ingredients. The genetic information that is functional and regulatory is stored in "non-coding regions [including indels]," which are essential for the proper functioning of all cells, ensuring that the right genes are turned on or off at the right time in concert with other genes.5
The argument that chimp-human DNA similarity is evidence of common ancestry is possible only by ignoring the 98 percent of DNA that is different!6 It is like arguing that an aspirin pill is identical to a cyanide pill because they are the same shape and color. When do the differences enter the conversation?
Regulatory DNA—not just genes—is essential for each kind of organism, is almost entirely useful, and is different in humans than it is in chimps. How could billions of DNA differences have evolved in just four million years? It's impossible.7 Humans and chimpanzees were distinctly and uniquely created after all.
Polavarapu, N. et al. 2011. Characterization and potential functional significance of human-chimpanzee large INDEL variation. Mobile DNA. 2 (1): 13.
Criswell, D. 2005. Genomics at ICR. Acts & Facts. 34 (7).
"Junk DNA" Defines Differences Between Humans and Chimps. Georgia Tech news release, October 25, 2011.
Thomas, B. 2010. Evolution's Best Argument Has Become Its Worst Nightmare. Acts & Facts. 39 (3): 16-17.
Tomkins, J. 2009. Human-Chimp Similarities: Common Ancestry or Flawed Research? Acts & Facts. 38 (6): 12.
Genes comprise only 1.5 percent of the human "genome." See International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium. 2001. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome. Nature. 409 (6822): 860-921.
Evolutionists say that humans and chimpanzees shared a common ancestor six million years ago. Then, two million years ago, modern humans supposedly diverged from a (still unidentified) ape-like ancestor. The difference equals four million years. Further, 98 percent of the human genome's 2.9 billion DNA base pairs, roughly corresponding to its regulatory DNA, equals 2.8 billion base pairs. Therefore, evolution requires the belief that man emerged after 2.8 billion precisely placed DNA bases somehow appeared, and even more ape-specifying regulatory DNA disappeared, in only four million years, even though experiments have not found this kind of DNA appearance and disappearance in today's genomes.
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August 15, 2009 County cricket / Extras
Chris Adams commentating on Twenty20 Finals Day
We're not convinced.
"He's doing exactly what it says on the tin. Bowling straight; wicket to wicket."
You can't use 'does what it says on the tin' wherever you like. There are rules.
You can't say: "I'm doing exactly what it says on the tin: I'm stopping in with a bottle of red wine and watching a film."
You can't say: "He did exactly what it says on the tin: He stole a Ford Mondeo, put it through the front window of Comet and took a load of plasma screen televisions."
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How about – I'm doing exactly what it say on the tin – I'm picking the best?
The highlight of Twenty20 finals day so far has been Tufnell on TMS – twenty over cricket is inherently a bit silly, something that the IPL doesn't seem to have cottoned on to (unless those music videos and gold helmets were intentionally funny..), and Tuffers is nothing if not silly.
You could say he does exactly what it says on the tin. But, as already been established, that would be wrong.
I can be a little forgetful, so I have written a reminder to myself, which I have attached to the side of a baked bean tin that sits just beside the tea and coffee.
It says, "read King Cricket this morning and attempt to make a witty response or two in the appeals areas".
Surely I am now doing exactly what it says on the tin?
Ged, you're very fortunate that there was a tin-based theme at King Cricket today, or you would have had to have thought long and hard before doing exactly what it says on the tin.
Ah, but am I putting it in the right areas, KC?
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A Wonderfull Discoverie: The Lancashire Witches 1612-2012, is a new exhibition, at Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham, Lancashire, which commemorates the 400th anniversay of the Pendle Witch Trials.
The exhibition opened on 31st March 2012 and runs until Sunday 8th July 2012, and is part of a series of events at Gawthorpe Hall and across Lancashire to mark the 400th anniversay.
The Lancashire Witch Trials were made famous by the publication of The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Thomas Potts in 1612. The twelve accused witches lived in the area around Pendle Hill, 10 were tried at the Lancaster Assizes on 18–19 August 1612 and one was tried at York Assizes on 27 July 1612. Elizabeth Southerns (Demdike) died in prison.
Of the eleven individuals who went to trial at Lancaster, nine women and two men, ten were found guilty of causing death or harm by witchcraft and executed by hanging on 20 August 1612 at Gallows Hill in Lancaster; one was found not guilty.
The exhibition explores the case and its context, investigating superstitions and beliefs in the 400th anniversary year of the Lancashire Witch Trials.
See website for Opening Times and Admission prices.


Future impacts of sea-level rise are attracting significant attention from Federal, State, and local coastal-zone managers. To identify and address these managers' needs, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)'s Western Region held an internal USGS workshop on Sea-Level-Rise Impacts on November 6-7, 2007, in Menlo Park, California. The meeting was attended by 30 scientists from four USGS disciplines (geology, geography, biology, and water) and 13 different science centers in the Western Region. In part a follow-up to the Western Region's Climate Change workshop held October 10-11, the November workshop focused on just one important climate-change issue in the Western Region: the impacts of projected sea-level rise. The primary goal of attendees was to identify and develop new interdisciplinary-research opportunities and collaborations on sea-level-rise impacts to coastal settings in the Western United States.
media/4th_spm2feb07.pdf [2.2 MB PDF]; see table SPM-2 and discussion). These estimates are commonly regarded as conservative (for example, see URL http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/03/the-ipcc-sea-level-numbers/) and are currently being debated. Other recent projections suggest that global sea-level rise by 2100 may range from 50 to 140 cm (for example, see URL http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5810/368/).
Workshop participants met as a group for the first morning and early afternoon to review sea-level-rise science and scenarios and to hear brief summaries of ongoing USGS work on this subject. The rest of the first day and the beginning of the second were spent in four breakout groups focused on critical scientific issues in four geomorphic areas: estuaries and wetlands, high-energy mid-latitude coasts, high-latitude coasts, and tropical coasts. Each breakout group was tasked with developing a list of key sea-level-rise issues, including uncertainties, data gaps, and needed maps and products. Breakout groups also developed preliminary conceptual models, influence diagrams (visual representations of the main features of a situation and the important relations that exist among them), and scenarios describing processes that affect change in the four geomorphic areas. This exercise served to highlight where research is needed and might be effectively integrated to examine systems that respond to multiple processes and feedbacks (for example, how sediment accumulation shapes wetland vegetation and succession, which, in turn, can influence sediment retention or change caused by bird and mammal foraging).
Breakout groups reported back to the entire workshop to collect feedback before preparing one-page summaries of project-scale scientific investigations of sea-level-rise impacts that could be pursued in the Western Region. Some of the discussion centered on short-term work and was used to refine proposals currently being prepared in response to the USGS Climate Change Request for Proposals. Other discussion was used to develop ideas for integrated science work in fiscal year 2009 and beyond. Highlights of the breakout-group discussions are summarized below.
This breakout group comprised biologists, geographers, geologists, and hydrologists who have been working in San Francisco Bay and the adjoining Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (referred to jointly as the San Francisco Bay-Delta), Puget Sound, and the Columbia River estuary. This breakout group considered sea-level-related impacts to major urban estuaries (such as the San Francisco Bay-Delta and Puget Sound), as well as small coastal wetlands throughout California, the Pacific Northwest, and Southeast Alaska.
Although some baseline data exist for marsh and wetland habitats in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, the breakout group recognized that for most west-coast marshes and wetlands, important baseline information is still needed. Importantly, "reference" wetlands and marshes (those not impacted by human activities) are virtually nonexistent along the west coast. Specific information is needed on rates of vertical and lateral accretion of sediment and wetland vegetation, rates of relative sea-level rise, habitat distribution, habitat needs of principal biotic assemblages, biogeochemical cycling, and ecosystem function and diversity.
This breakout group focused on stretches of the mid-latitude Pacific coast exposed to nearly continuous wave action. Sea-level-rise impacts on these coasts can be significantly amplified by high waves; storm surges; tidal currents; interannual climate phenomena, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO; see "What is El Niño"); and decadal variation, such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO; see "What is the Pacific Decadal Oscillation?").
Implications for regional sediment management, including beach nourishment, dredging, coastal armoring, and navigation.
This breakout group considered issues related to sea-level rise and climate change over a wide range of Alaska's coastal provinces, including impacts to infrastructure along the Yukon Delta and the North Slope. Participants recognized that many sea-level-rise impacts in Alaska will be greatly exacerbated by the range of climate changes (air and sea temperature, sea-ice extent, winds and storms, precipitation), expected to be most extreme at high latitudes.
Above left and right: The rapid retreat of Arctic tundra coastline has exposed oil-exploration infrastructure on the shore of the Beaufort Sea, subject to some of the highest coastal-retreat rates in the world. Shown here are the wellhead and pilings of the J.W. Dalton Test Well #1 in September 2004 (left [larger version]) and September 2005 (right [larger version]). Drilled in 1979 as part of USGS exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the well was originally located 1,500 ft inland from the Beaufort Sea coast; it is approximately 120 mi northwest of Prudhoe Bay. Photographs by Susan Flora, Bureau of Land Management.
This breakout group considered the impact of sea-level rise on low-latitude and tropical coastlines in the Pacific Ocean (for example, Hawai'i, Guam, American Samoa, and the Federated States of Micronesia), with a special emphasis on the fate of coral reefs, atolls, and the commonly narrow coastal fringes of tropical islands. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Interior (DOI) maintain extensive land holdings across the Pacific region, many of which support critical wildlife and (or) defense installations within just a few meters of today's mean sea level.
The Sea Level Rise Impacts Workshop was convened by Sam Johnson (Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team [WCMG]), Tom Suchanek (Western Ecological Research Center), Kim Taylor (California Water Science Center), and Len Gaydos (Western Region Geography) and led by Eric Grossman (WCMG). Serving on the organizing committee were Grossman, Ann Gibbs, Bruce Richmond, and Jane Reid (all WCMG).
USGS employees can view additional information about the workshop—including the breakout groups' one-page summaries and a list of all attendees' names and e-mail addresses—on the USGS internal Web site; visit URL http://www.usgs.gov/ and search the USGS Intranet for the phrase "Sea Level Rise Impacts Workshop."
Thanks to all the participants for a stimulating workshop!


Teaching approach: My program is unique because I teach English and then provide in class practice with native speakers. Those native English speakers are also studying Japanese. Each lesson is centered on a specific language function customized to the needs of my students. The English conversation is translated into Japanese. Each group studies its target language. Then they have time to do structured practice in a collaborative setting. This kind of practice helps students get over their fear of speaking to native speakers. It also fosters friendships among students, facilitating outside of class practice. These elements add tremendous value to the language learning experience.
Teaching approach: I will make the student feel comfortable. I will also take my time with the student to make sure that they understand the lesson or conversation.


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Video: 100 Years Of Climbing Mt. McKinley
by Kraig Becker on Jun 12, 2013
Standing 20,320 feet in height, Mt. McKinley is the tallest mountain in North America and one of the most challenging climbs in the entire world. While it doesn't rival the big Himalayan peaks in terms of altitude, it more than makes up for it with a number of technical climbing challenges and notoriously fickle weather that can even be bad during the peak climbing season of May and June.
Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of McKinley, which is generally referred to by its native Koyukon name of Denali in mountaineering circles. On June 7, 1913, Walter Harper, Harry Karstens, Hudson Stuck and Robert Tatum became the first men to stand on the summit of this imposing peak. A century later the route to the top remains nearly as elusive as it was when they first made the journey.
To celebrate this impressive milestone, the National Park Service released the following video that not only commemorates the accomplishment of the first ascent but also attempts to answer the age old question of why we climb. It is an inspiring and thought provoking short film, to say the least.
Polar Explorer Attempting January Denali Summit Again
by Kraig Becker on Jan 16, 2013
There are two things you can say with certainty about polar explorer Lonnie Dupre. The man is certainly persistent in his pursuits and he has an undeniable affinity for the cold places of our planet. For the third straight year, Dupre has ventured to Denali (also known as Mt. McKinley) in Alaska to attempt a solo summit of the mountain in January – the coldest, darkest and harshest time of year on that unforgiving peak.
With a height of 20,320 feet, Denali is the tallest mountain in North America and a difficult climb under the best of conditions. Only 16 climbers have ever managed to reach its summit during the winter and none were able to accomplish that feat in January when temperatures routinely fall below -60°F and high winds pummel the mountain's upper slopes. As if those conditions weren't difficult enough, blizzards can rage for days, depositing heavy snow across the mountain and creating potentially deadly avalanches as well. In short, it is pretty much one of the most inhospitable places on the planet at the moment.
Dupre, who has visited the North Pole on two separate occasions and navigated the length of the Northwest Passage by dogsled, is clearly unphased by these challenges. As in years past, he is climbing with just the bare essential gear and supplies in an attempt to move as fast as possible. He hasn't even bothered to bring a tent on the expedition choosing instead to dig a series of snow caves that he can use for shelter at various altitudes.Thus far the weather has been less than cooperative once again this season and Dupre spent the better part of the month waiting in the small town of Talkeetna for the skies to clear. Eventually conditions improved just enough for him to catch a flight out to the Kahiltna Glacier. From there, he was able to organize his gear and start the two-day trek to Base Camp, but so far he hasn't been able to climb any higher than 8800 feet. A heavy storm has fallen across the region and according to Dupre's support team at home, more than 7 feet of snow has fallen on his position in the past few days. That has made it impossible for him to climb any higher, as visibility as been reduced to almost nothing.
For now, our intrepid climber sits and waits for conditions to improve to see if he can actually make a serious attempt at the summit. In 2011 he was able to get as high as 17,200 feet and last year he reached 15,400 feet before being forced to turn back. Perhaps this time he is getting the bad weather out of the way early and it will clear up later in the month. Temperatures haven't been nearly as bad as they were on his previous attempts either, so that is a promising sign for possible success should the snow ever stop falling.
Dupre is documenting his climb with the hopes of making a film about his adventure. But rather than wait for that film to be released down the line, you can follow his progress on his website now.
[Photo Credit: National Park Service]
20130108.lonniedupre.interview from Lonnie Dupre on Vimeo.
Denali sled dog pups on national park's webcam
by Kraig Becker on Sep 24, 2011
Denali National Park, located in the stunning wilds of Alaska, is amongst the more remote and beautiful destinations in the entire U.S. park system. It is well known for its array of wildlife, a single 91-mile scenic road, and as the location of Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. What many visitors don't know however, is that the park has its own dog kennel, which is home to a new litter of sled dog pups on an annual basis.
In late July, pups Tatum, Koven, and Carpe, named for peaks inside the park, joined the Denali pack after their mother, Pingo, gave birth to them. Since then, they have been growing very quickly, as pups are known to do, and after they turned three weeks old, the National Park Service installed a webcam into their kennel giving us the opportunity to peek in on them from time to time. To catch a glimpse of these energetic, feisty, and downright adorable pups, click here.
The Denali sled dogs are no doubt beautiful animals, and thousands of visitors stop by to see them each and every summer. But they also play a vitally important role in park operations during the very long Alaskan winters as well. Sled dog teams provide access to sections of the park that simply can't be reached by any other means and without them rangers simply wouldn't be able to patrol the park as effectively. It is for that reason that the park breeds a single litter each year, choosing two strong parents to bring new members into the pack.
Tatum, Koven, and Carpe won't be pulling a sled anytime soon, but they will be on webcam until they are ready to join the adults and begin their training. Until then though, we'll get to watch them grow up before our eyes.
[Photo courtesy NPS/Larissa Yocum]
Climber hopes to make solo summit of Denali in January
by Kraig Becker on Dec 28, 2010
Standing 20,320 feet in height, Alaska's Denali, also known as Mt. McKinley, is the tallest mountain in North America. Due to its extreme weather conditions throughout most of the year, it is typically only climbed in June and July, when the short Alaskan summer allows for the best access to the summit. But in January, mountaineer and polar explorer Lonnie Dupre will attempt the unthinkable – a solo summit in the dead of winter.
The 49 year old Dupre is no stranger to cold climes. He has spent much of his adult life exploring the polar regions of our planet on foot or by kayak and dogsled. During his illustrious career Dupre has visited remote regions of Siberia, completed a Northwest Passage crossing by dogsled, circumnavigated Greenland, and visited the North Pole.
But a solo summit of Denali in January will be a completely different kind of challenge. In fact, only 16 people have ever reached the summit in winter at all, and it has only been successfully climbed in January on one other occasion when a team of three Russian mountaineers topped out back in 1998. Additionally, there have been six deaths on Denali as a result of attempted climbs during the winter.
As you would expect, January is the coldest month of the year on the mountain, but adding to the challenge is the perpetual darkness that shrouds the region during the long Alaskan winters. To avoid the cold, dangerous winds, Dupre plans to take shelter in ice caves that he'll dig himself and won't even carry a tent along on the climb, something that the Russian team did on their successful climb as well. He'll also have to deal with 24 hours of darkness during his climb, which adds to the psychological challenges as well.
If everything goes as planned, Dupre should depart from his home in Minnesota today for Talkeetna, Alaska, where he'll put the finishing touches on the preparation for his expedition. He hopes to reach the summit of Denali before January 31st.
[Photo credit: Bob Webster via WikiMedia]
Only in Alaska: Flight-seeing Mt. McKinley
by Catherine Bodry on Jun 24, 2010
Yesterday we wrote about the tallest mountain in the world: Mt. McKinley (better known as "Denali"). Now, how to view this mighty peak? If you want to see the summit, you have two options: One, you could climb the mountain. But if the training and heights and gear and time are a bit too much for you, then consider a second option: a flight tour.
In both Denali Park (the village just outside the national park that houses all the visitor services) and the small town of Talkeetna, which serves as the base for all climbers making summit attempts, flight tour operators abound. You'll have several options to choose from when deciding on a tour. Some will not only buzz the summit, but also land on one of the mountain's many glaciers. If you want to get really adventurous, you could try a helicopter tour; many of these also include glacier landings.
On my recent tour of Alaska, I signed up for a basic summit viewing flight tour through Denali Air. The ten-seater propeller Piper was much, much smaller than any plane I've ever been on, and the turbulence on take-off and landing was palpable. We all wore headsets with microphones, and, once we hit 12,000 feet, oxygen masks. The unpressurized cabin also required heat, and the pilot cranked it up (the temperature outside was around 25F below zero).
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The pilot flew us within a mile or two of the summit, though we felt like we were only a few hundred feet away. Besides pointing out the West Buttress and the Wickersham Wall, he also showed us the 14,000ft base camp – a minuscule smattering of several dozen tents.
A flight tour of Denali doesn't come cheap, but it's hard to put a price on circling the summit of the world's tallest mountain. You can expect to pay several hundred dollars for a two-hour tour, and even more for options like a glacier landing. It doesn't matter whether you fly out of the park or Talkeetna; the summit looks the same no matter which direction you fly in from. Pop a Dramamine if you suffer from motion sickness, and don't forget your camera!
My trip through Alaska was sponsored by Princess Cruises, but the ideas and opinions expressed in this article are all my own.
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New Huawei phones will be without Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram!
The move by Facebook dampens the sales outlook for Huawei
When it seemed like things couldn't get worse for Huawei, Facebook Inc is no longer allowing to pre-install Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram apps on the Chinese telecom's phones.
According to Reuters, the change will only affect new phones. Customers who already have Huawei phones will still be able to use its apps and receive updates, Facebook told Reuters.
Huawei declined to comment.
The Reuters report says buyers of current Huawei phone that do not have Facebook pre-installed would still be able to download it from the Google Playstore. Future versions, however, will not have access to the Google Playstore and its apps unless the U.S. government changes course.
Google warns of US national security risks from Huawei ban
Ars Technica reports that Google argues the Huawei ban would hurt its Android monopoly, the export ban would create a competitor to US operating systems. According to a report from The Financial Times, Google's recent discussions with the US government actually argue that the Huawei ban is bad for national security. Google is reportedly asking for an exemption from the export ban.
The Financial Times quotes "one person with knowledge of the conversations" as saying, "Google has been arguing that by stopping it from dealing with Huawei, the US risks creating two kinds of Android operating system: the genuine version and a hybrid one. The hybrid one is likely to have more bugs in it than the Google one, and so could put Huawei phones more at risk of being hacked, not least by China."
Ars Technica says that today, non-Google Play versions of Android exist in China, but it's rare that any of them are significantly different from a Google version of Android beyond the pre-loaded app selection. Chinese manufacturers are still global smartphone distributors, so they all build Google-approved Android OSes for the non-Chinese market.
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