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Press Release from the Anuak Justice Council Regarding HRW's Report:
"The People of Gambella Have Been Heard"
(Vancouver, January 18, 2012) – The Anuak Justice Council (AJC) commends Human Rights Watch for their in-depth investigation of the Government of Ethiopia's (GOE) massive resettlement program in Gambella State and its impact on indigenous populations, among which are the Anuak who have lived in the region for centuries.
The AJC, whose leadership maintains extremely close contact with residents of the region, confirms the accuracy of the facts and findings as reported in the newly released Human Rights Watch Report, "Waiting Here for Death': Forced Displacement and 'Villagization' in Ethiopia's Gambella Region." As a representative organization of the Anuak, committed to protecting their human rights and well being, the AJC has been regularly receiving similar reports from the region ever since the top members of the regime began marketing indigenous land for investment without involvement, benefit, consultation or compensation of the local people.
In fact, the AJC contends that this crony-based regime of the TPLF/EPRDF wants the land and resources found in Gambella, but not them, the people of Gambella. Review of TPLF/EPRDF-investor contracts involving these highly secretive deals, will reveal that the regime is obligated to remove "all impediments" from the land and to provide security to investors. In reality, this has meant the forcible removal of the indigenous people from their land, accompanied by the provision of security forces to ensure cooperation and to suppress any resistance that might rise up.
This is not new. The AJC was formed following the genocide and subsequent brutal repression of the Anuak that began in 2003 as a Chinese oil company attempted unsuccessfully to drill for oil in Gambella. Again, the people, especially those who were leaders, were seen as "impediments" to the plan and on December 13-15, 2003, 424 of these Anuak leaders were brutally massacred by Ethiopian defense troops and armed militia groups. This horrific act was followed by over two more years of TPLF/EPRDF-sponsored human rights crimes; including extra-judicial killings of any indigenous persons seen in the vicinity of the oil drilling. Genocide Watch and Human Rights Watch each conducted two separate investigations.
Now, the regime has started to remove the indigenous Gambellan people from their highly fertile land in region where there is also easy access to water for irrigation. The current HRW reportgives detailed informationregarding the impact of the resettlement of 70,000 local people following the first year of the regime's villagization program. Within the next two years, another 155,000 people are to be moved. This is nearly three-quarters of the total population of Gambella.
The regime asserts that all resettlement is voluntary; explaining that the people are willing to move because they will have increased access to services in these new areas; however, those in the AJC personally know many who have been moved or will be moved—they are not just numbers but are people with names like Okello, Ojulu, Abang and Ariet. They are teachers, brothers, uncles and friends and their experience defies the TPLF/EPRDF's baseless claims. In fact, the AJC finds it absurd for the Ethiopian regime to continue to deny what is becoming progressively easier to contradict on the ground.
The regime has relied on intimidation, loss of jobs, assault or imprisonment to force the people into silence; however, despite their efforts, evidence is leaking out. Eyewitness testimonies, photos, video coverage, satellite coverage and comprehensive investigations such as the current one from HRW, all bring to light what the regime has attempted to repress. Surprisingly, many are willing to risk providing information pertinent to these investigations because of the intolerable conditions under which they live.
Another significant investigation which adds to HRW's was released in June of 2010. At that time, the think tank, Oakland Institute, in collaboration with the social justice organization, Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE), released another comprehensive report, "Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa" (Ethiopia section) which revealed the details and extent of the "land grabs" in some key areas of the country where it was most prevalent. Gambella was one of those areas studied.
HRW's report does include a response to their findings from the Ethiopian government as well as from the largest investor, Karuturi Global, an India-based multi-national agricultural company which has acquired 100,000 hectares of land in Gambella and promised 200,000 more.
In both responses, the parties deny that indigenous people were being forced off the land into "locations" where no services exist. In reality, we in the AJC know from our personal contacts that people have died due to the unlivable conditions they faced after dislocation. Some died from hunger after leaving homes and crops behind, right before harvest and finding no sources of food in these new locations. As the people suffer under these circumstances, their sense of frustration and despair has deepened with these continual denials by Meles and his regime.
Karuturi continues to promise jobs and services but little has materialized. A few have taken jobs with Karuturi, but workers end up working for wages and under conditions that could only be deemed as "slave labor." Their work force is also made up of young children who have left primary school to help work to help their families survive. This is denying the children, their families and Ethiopia of an educated populace for the future while also robbing the people of their land, resources, livelihoods and no one is supposed to talk about it.
This TPLF/EPRDF regime does not care about the indigenous people. If they really were genuine in wanting to provide access to improved services: agricultural resources, clean water, education, health care and economic opportunity, they would come to the region to see for themselves and to talk with the people, just like the U. S. Ambassador and his staff did when they visited Gambella last week to observe the conditions under which the displaced people were living. Conversely, Meles Zenawi, who has been in power for twenty years, has never set foot in Gambella, yet, he is doing his best give the land away to foreigners.
On top of all of this, the level of corruption in the region is unimaginable and has only increased in the last few years as the details of these investments are conducted behind closed doors. One former regional government official described a [domestic] investor indirectly paying for villagization: [I]n Gog, 1 million Birr [US$59,000] was brought to the district chairman to help this process. "What is this money for?" the woreda officials enquired. The investor told them "I was told to bring this by [Mr. Omot Obang Olom, president of Gambella region]." So woreda officials went to the [senior regional official] who told them: "Do you want to do the villagization work or not? Take the money and go do some work."
Despite the corruption, HRW indicates in their report that the villagization scheme has been made significantly more possible from the misuse of funding from the donor countries who make up the Developmental Assistance Group (DAG).
The AJC strongly endorses HRW's recommendations to DAG as defined in the report and calls on members of DAG to live up to their obligations to make sure that their funding does not promote human rights crimes, further the oppression of indigenous people, undermine their well being or increase their poverty and hunger.
As the people of Gambella continue the struggle for their God-given rights in their ancestral land—land not given to them by Meles or his TPLF/EPRDF, but by God—the AJC and the people of Gambella should not seek to take advantage of the present vulnerability of the indigenous people under this repressive regime. Once this regime collapses, no one should assume that any of these agreements that violate the rights of the indigenous people will be binding. They have not been signed with the consent of the people.
Ironically, some of the poorest people of all people, in terms of material possessions, are now providing the financial equity—of land, resources and slave labor—for these potentially lucrative investment deals. Who benefits? It will not be the people of Gambella; but instead, Meles, Meles' family, regime cronies, corrupt facilitators, crony investors, foreign investors and all involved along the way.
As long as this regime, its investors, DAG or others overtly deny or subvertly refuse to acknowledge the truth, the people will suffer physical, emotional and financial harm. However, as groups like Human Rights Watch invest their human and financial resources into protecting the people through exposing the truth; this human struggle for freedom, dignity and justice will move forward—for the people of Gambella have been heard!
For further details and information, please contact: Mr. Ochala Abulla, Chairman of the Anuak Justice Council (AJC): Phone: +1 (604) 520-6848 E-mail: Ochala@anuakjustice.org
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France's relatively low profile on the European cancer stage belies a creative and innovative approach to research and care that other countries could learn from. Agnès Buzyn lifts the lid on how French cancer services continue to earn their ranking among the best in the world.
On the first day of her job as president and chief executive of INCa (Institut National du Cancer – France's cancer institute), Agnès Buzyn had to field calls from journalists keen to get comment on a new report that raised the risk level of cancer from using mobile phones. "That took me by surprise, as I had not yet seen the report," she says. It was a taste of the wide ranging issues she would have to deal with as the head of a national institute dedicated to both care and research – anything related to cancer, including public concerns about risks that are often wildly out of step with reality.
France has for some time delivered some of the best five-year survival rates in the world, ranking in the top five alongside Australia, Canada, Japan and the US. Though an achievement in itself, it is the progress made in building on this success, since the formation of INCa and a national cancer strategy, that Buzyn wants to emphasise. Key initiatives include rapid implementation of genomic mutation testing for personalising treatment, the establishment of seven regional research networks (called cancéropôles, which are now certified by INCa), and the imposition of quality standards, which has led to fairly brutal cuts in the number of clinics allowed to treat cancer patients (more than half have gone). The target of all patients being seen by multidisciplinary teams is now met in more than 90% of clinics.
Personalisation is a key theme where France appears quietly to be taking a lead in Europe. "We were able to quickly convince our ministry of health that detecting patients with mutations could save a lot of money by avoiding inefficient treatments, which is why most patients are now tested in France, and we are also now moving on to wider molecular sequencing," says Buzyn. Coupled with a focus on key populations where networking and multidisciplinary working are especially needed – such as older people, teenagers and young people, high-risk patients and those with rare cancers such as sarcomas – the 'landscape' of cancer care in France has perhaps changed more rapidly in recent years than in most countries, and INCa has been instrumental in this.
That said, Buzyn stresses that there are formidable obstacles stemming from inequalities, including in access to high-quality healthcare. "The ministry of health is in charge of our national cancer plan and we are able to pilot only half of the plan's measures ourselves," she says. "When we are in charge of our half, it works well, but it gets much more complicated where there are wider social aspects beyond our power, such as insurance for people recovering from cancer, whether people can return to work or not, and changing systems for reimbursement of treatment, such as arranging for radiotherapists to be paid the same where we have shown that fewer doses are just as effective.
Hollande also addressed inequalities at the announcement. "The cancer plan is a plan to fight against inequality," he said, noting that the risk of dying from cancer among 30- to 65-year-olds is twice as high for workers than professionals.
Buzyn has a background in cancer. Her pathway into medicine was set in train when she worked alongside her father, an orthopaedic surgeon, in her school holidays – handing him instruments during operations. "It was natural for me to go to medical school and I thought I would be a surgeon too, but it's not an option well suited to a busy family life, so I looked for a specialty in a hospital, as I didn't want to go into private practice.
Buzyn has also pursued a research career in leukaemias and immunotherapy at institutes in Paris. Given the advances in immunotherapy that are finally coming to fruition, she has some regrets about leaving the field. "I was specialising in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), and when Glivec came along people told me immunotherapy wasn't interesting anymore. But I'm sure now it will be part of the mix of therapies we need to treat cancer," she says. In other research work she has helped to show how patients with certain mutated acute lymphoblastic leukaemias (ALL) do not need bone marrow transplants.
The appointment that brought her national attention was to the board of the French radiological protection agency. "This was my first real administrative experience and I enjoyed it very much. As a scientist I brought input from the research and university sector. But I then had to deal with the Fukushima crisis, which was very big in France." Previously, she says, the meltdown at Chernobyl had caused a scandal in France after the public were advised that there was no fallout over the country. "That was not true and people got thyroid cancer after eating wild produce. So when Japan's Fukushima crisis happened – and with our own background with nearly 60 nuclear power plants – it was a big concern here, although this time there was no danger.
"With the media going crazy I had to go on TV almost every day and explain what was going on, and say there was no need for people to buy iodine pills. I'm a leukaemia specialist so that was part of the reassurance, as I was not seen as part of the nuclear lobby. I didn't want to do it, but I realised that the journalists wanted to hear from me." They still want to hear from her now she is at INCa – and possible leukaemia associations with power plants are another ongoing and controversial issue.
That plan, she adds, was also about structuring oncology from a fairly uncoordinated state. "It was decided to organise research and care networks in the regions and accredited centres to take care of patients – we fixed the minimum numbers of patients a year to maintain quality." That led to a dramatic reduction in the number of clinics treating various cancers. "Ten years ago there were more than 2000 establishments – now there about 800," says Buzyn. It is a sobering thought, she adds, that more than 1000 places have been deemed not qualified to work with certain cancer patients.
Overall, the first plan had 70 ambitious areas in six main themes to cover, but it lacked rigorous indicators to monitor progress, says Buzyn. This has now evolved into five areas, 30 measures and no fewer than 118 actions – including 'flagships' with specific targets (see panel). Buzyn mentions research as an area where they achieved particular success. "We've put a lot of energy into developing phase I and II clinical studies, and have increased by 70% the number of patients in trials. That is much more than the plan objective of 50%," she says, noting that these trials have a focus on vulnerable populations such as children, older people and those with rare and the most serious cancers.
Another success has been the accreditation of eight multidisciplinary research centres under the SIRIC banner (sites de recherche intégrée sur le cancer), including the Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR) and the Curie, both in Paris. "Our ambition is to organise translational research in hospitals integrated with care and prevention," she says.
Molecular profiling of tumours for personalising therapy is now being done in 28 regional centres, notes Buzyn, and is at the heart of a wide number of initiatives. "We have started a programme for phase II trials for targeted therapies that are just approved or about to be approved – we want to open trials to patients who have a mutation such as BRAF in cancers other than melanoma, for which vemurafenib is approved. We will see whether drugs are effective in other indications, and if so, we will ask the industry to open an official trial. Many oncologists want to see this, because it will help them avoid giving off-label drugs without knowledge of their effectiveness and side-effects." The project is called AcSé (for secured access to drugs) and is run at INCa's CLIP2 (accredited early-phase clinical) centres. The institute is proposing it as a possible European model for public– private partnership.
Meanwhile, the testing network for mutations in common cancers has ramped up to cover most patients, identifying key markers such as KRAS in colorectal cancer and EGFR in lung tumours, as well as possible new targets. Buzyn reports that €69 million has been saved at a cost of only €1.7 million by ensuring, for instance, that lung cancer patients without mutated EGFR are not treated with gefitinib.
Having reference centres for pathology is also driving a mandatory second opinion system for rare cancers such as sarcomas, where at least 15% of diagnoses are changed when reviewed (France is one of the few countries with a mandatory review – see also When in Doubt, Ask an Expert, page 30). This process also admits patients into clinical networks of specialists in rare disease. There are currently 17 such networks, which include rare cancer types as well as rare events such as cancer in pregnancy.
This in turn is feeding research, by building up tumour banks and registries, and trial participation. "For example, we participated in a multinational chondrosarcoma trial run from the US and we were the first country to finish our inclusions, identifying 45 patients in less than a year, who were detected through our network. Most other countries do not have this level of organisation. We know almost every patient with, say, a chondrosarcoma in France." For more on initiatives in molecular pathology, see Testing the Testers (Cancer World November– December 2012) and also the key paper led by INCa on the French tumour profiling programme (Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2012, 9:479–486).
INCa also helps fund large-scale academic research, such as the PHARE trial that aimed to find whether 6 months of Herceptin is as effective as 12 months for adjuvant therapy in breast cancer. The trial enrolled some 3380 patients across more than 150 centres in France.
Another pilot from INCa focuses on supporting patients by providing them with a personalised therapeutic 'project' and post-cancer personalised project, to give them a proper explanation of their treatment plans, identify what supportive and social needs they have and prepare the ground for life in the community after treatment ends. "It will be part of our third plan to put more emphasis on ambulatory care in the community, involving GPs and perhaps creating a new type of profession such as coordinating nurse," says Buzyn.
An overall aim of the third plan, she adds, is to speed up innovation for patients. Though France has a good record of introducing drugs early – as they did, for instance, with Herceptin – Buzyn considers the overall pace of innovation to be too slow, noting again that areas less in INCa's influence can hold things up. A higher proportion of radiotherapists than medical oncologists work in private practice in France, for example, and not only are they likely to be slower to make changes, they are also less well represented in wider research networks (France is one of the membership 'black holes' for ESTRO, the European radiotherapists' society).
Radiotherapy has received more attention, however, since a major scandal about overdoses given to more than 5000 prostate cancer patients in Epinal, north-east France. Three professionals received prison sentences this year for their part in this.
Other disciplines allied to oncology, such as interventional radiology, also need to be integrated much more into strategy, says Buzyn, and new avenues with truly 'outside' professionals, such as mathematicians, physicists and engineers, need to be explored – a call for proposals from these disciplines has been made by INCa and several have been funded.
To help break down barriers, Buzyn has reorganised INCa's 150 staff into two main directorates – public health and organisation of care, and research and innovation. "The idea is to encourage translational actions and fewer 'vertical' actions," she says.
Although public health messaging is handled by another agency, INCa does have a role to play in prevention messages on issues such as tobacco and risky behaviour, she says. "French people tend to think all things are equally risky – we need to do more to show them that about one-third of cancer risk is related to tobacco and alcohol, and not to pollution in cities, for example." INCa is exploring whether to make research in areas such as behaviour change a priority for the next few years.
Regarding risk, Buzyn's reassuring presence was called into play again recently during the PIP breast implant scandal, as not only were many cancer reconstruction patients affected, but there was alarm about a possible association with developing lymphoma (one woman did die of the disease). "We approached this as an expert group to show what the evidence was," she says.
She places great store on INCa giving independent advice, noting that the experts it uses for recommendations must demonstrate they are not compromised by involvement with industry.
Internationally, Buzyn is keen to do more to talk about the French experience, recognising that there is not enough representation at present. "But French oncologists are well connected in research networks, and I gave a presentation at ESMO last year on our progress and plans in personalised care," she says. There is, however, much more to tell about how the French model is doing across the entire patient journey, she feels.
INCa is a member of the European Partnership for Action Against Cancer (EPAAC) working group on cancer research, and recently hosted a meeting in Paris where Buzyn discussed possible pilot projects to better coordinate European research, such as a healthcare knowledge network, public–private partnerships in early-phase clinical trials, and prevention research. It is and has been active in various other EU projects; for example it was the coordinator of CoCanCPG (Coordination of Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines in Europe), and is active now in programmes such as TRANSCAN (the network on translational cancer research). However, the very fact that she is not using English as much as when she was a researcher is an indicator of the need for more international work, Buzyn adds.
Two key people spring to mind in her life. One is her husband, Yves Levy, an HIV/AIDS specialist in charge of the French HIV vaccine programme. "We talk a lot about research and he helps me a lot," she says. The other is Jean-Paul Vernant, a retired professor of haematology and well known to Buzyn – which is advantageous because he has been charged with drawing up the third cancer plan for 2014–2018.


Reader Katelyn wrote in wondering if I could help her with some outfit ideas for her trip to San Antonio. She will be dressing up some (out for drinks) as well as sightseeing and shopping. Her style inspirations include Rachel Bilson, Jessica Alba, and Ashley Greene. She plans on bringing several shoes, including black boots, wedge lace up hiking boots (light beige/tan suede). She tends to overpack, so wanted some help! Here are the outfits I came up with for her, click on any image for more information unless otherwise noted.
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Conferences and symposiums Nicholson Lecture 2019 - From Genes and Genomes to Biology and Health
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Welcome to the Nicholson Lecture 2019 "From Genes and Genomes to Biology and Health" given by Richard P. Lifton, M.D., PhD, President of The Rockefeller University.
Karolinska Institutet (KI) has an extensive cooperation agreement with world-renowned Rockefeller University (RU), New York, USA. The agreement covers three exchange programmes including the Nicholson Lectures Programme.
The Nicholson Lectures Programme consists of two annual professors' lectures. One Nicholson Lecture is held at each university by a visiting professor chosen by the partner university.
This year KI has the honor to welcome Richard P. Lifton, M.D., PhD, President of The Rockefeller University as speaker at the Nicholson Lectures 2019.
The mechanisms underlying many diseases remain unknown, thwarting development of robust approaches to prevention and treatment. Unbiased genetic and genomic approaches in humans have the ability to establish causal relationships between rare genotypes and extreme phenotypes, allowing characterization of biochemical mechanisms linking genotype to phenotype and identifying targets that may be manipulated for health benefit, both in patients with extreme phenotypes as well as those with common forms of disease. We have demonstrated the utility of this approach by defining rare mutations that cause extreme forms of high and low blood pressure, providing the scientific basis for public health efforts to reduce blood pressure by reducing dietary salt intake and increasing dietary potassium. Using next-generation DNA sequencing we developed and implemented robust methods of selectively sequencing all protein-coding genes (exome sequencing), enabling exploration of the contributions of de novo mutations, mutations with large effect but incomplete penetrance, multi-locus inheritance, somatic mutations and mutations with pleiotropic effects to a wide range of diseases. The results have identified well over 1000 new Mendelian loci and suggest that mutation of the vast majority of human genes will have large phenotypic effect, alone or in combination with specific environmental or genetic interactors. Understanding the genetic and environmental contributions to health and disease are defining the opportunities for advancing human health.
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Created from a long process of inspiration and dedication, this art object recreates the "Versailles Spirit." Abandoning the restrictions and rigidity imposed during the Middle Ages, it opens the way to freedom and the need for bringing extravagant creations to life. Versailles Sofa will be presented tomorrow ( 17/04/2012 ) in Most Salone in Milan and is available in limited edition for 17.300 €.


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A metagenomic window into the 2-km-deep terrestrial subsurface aquifer revealed multiple pathways of organic matter decomposition
Kadnikov, V. V., Mardanov, A. V., Beletsky, A. V., Banks, D. , Pimenov, N. V., Frank, Y. A., Karnachuk, O. V. and Ravin, N. V. (2018) A metagenomic window into the 2-km-deep terrestrial subsurface aquifer revealed multiple pathways of organic matter decomposition. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94(10), fiy152. (doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiy152) (PMID:30101334)
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We have sequenced metagenome of the microbial community of a deep subsurface thermal aquifer in the Tomsk Region of the Western Siberia, Russia. Our goal was the recovery of near-complete genomes of the community members to enable accurate reconstruction of metabolism and ecological roles of the microbial majority, including previously unstudied lineages. The water, obtained via a 2.6 km deep borehole 1-R, was anoxic, with a slightly alkaline pH, and a temperature around 45°C. Microbial community, as revealed by 16S rRNA gene profiling over 2 years, mostly consisted of sulfate-reducing Firmicutes and Deltaproteobacteria, and uncultured lineages of the phyla Chlorofexi, Ignavibacteriae and Aminicenantes (OP8). 25 composite genomes with more than 90% completeness were recovered from metagenome and used for metabolic reconstruction. Members of uncultured lineages of Chlorofexi and Ignavibacteriae are likely involved in degradation of carbohydrates by fermentation, and are also capable of aerobic and anaerobic respiration. The Chlorofexi bacterium has the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway of CO2 fixation. The recently identified candidate phylum Riflebacteria accounted for 5%–10% of microbial community. Metabolic reconstruction of a member of Riflebacteria predicted that it is an anaerobe capable to grow on carbohydrates by fermentation or dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction.
The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant 14–14-01016).
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Power of Energy Seminar on the beach at the Fairmont Orchid, Kona, Hawaii
George with Rob Dyrdek on MTV
Athletes, National Broadcasts
"When I was twenty-five years old I went to see Dr. George Pratt, and it changed my life. George's work is the reason behind everything I have and everything I've accomplished-and you'll learn these same tools in the pages of Code to Joy."
Rob Dyrdek, host of MTV's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness
George was featured on an episode of Fantasy Factory helping Drama become successful. Within a year and a half he was making $12 million a year from his clothing company.
Energy Psychology Interview with Larry King
"Renowned psychologist, Dr. George Pratt, is a modern-day healer and has created a brilliant formula that allows us all to tap into our highest potential. I have personally experienced his self-healing tools and found them to be incredibly effective. George is the real deal!"
Larry King, Host, Larry King Live
Larry King Live: The Power of the Brain
Larry King Live, National Broadcasts
Larry King interviews George, Dr. Dan Amen and Dr. Drew Pinsky on the Power of the Brain
Larry King Live: Addicted to Plastic Surgery
Larry King interview with George regarding plastic surgery and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Larry King Live: Beyond the Power of Positive Thinking
Dr. Pratt discusses how our thoughts create our reality. This show is available in the video gallery.
George on the Donny & Marie Show
George was invited to the Donny and Marie Show to treat Carmen Electra for spider phobia.
Five-time Olympic Champion Dara Torres
"George has an amazing gift to help you become the best you can be"
JJ Isler 2000 Olympics Silver Win
George and JJ Isler following her silver metal sailing victory in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
18 Holes with Phil Mickelson
Athletes, Notables
I played 18 holes with Phil Mickelson.
I beat him on the 4th hole…
The rest were his.
What a great & patient guy!
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Debbie Ford
George appeared in Debbie's movie, The Shadow Effect, to discuss emotions and the brain.
George with Milton Erickson, M.D.
George training with Milton Erickson, M.D., considered the father of modern hypnotherapy.
George with Explorer Sir Wally Herbert
"Instant Emotional Healing is a much needed and valuable resource for stress management."
Sir Wally Herbert, Polar Explorer for 45 Years
Sir Walter William "Wally" Herbert was a British polar explorer, writer and artist. In 1969 he became the first man fully recognized for walking to the North Pole, on the 60th anniversary of Robert Peary's famous, but disputed, expedition.
Loveline is a call-in radio show with the goal of helping youth and young adults with relationship, sexuality, and drug addiction problems. Dr Pratt was invited to sit in for Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Professional Golfer Jill McGill
George helps LPGA player, Jill McGill with the mental side of the game. She subsequently shot a bogey free round in a major tournament in Prattville, Alabama. George's work was discussed on the Golf Channel.
George and co-author Peter Lambrou Conducting MEG Research
George and co-author Dr. Peter Lambrou use MEG (Magnetoencephalography) to map brain activity at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California.
George and Peter with Dr. Cho
Dr. Zang-hee Cho, who co-developed MRI and PET Scanning technologies, consults with George and Peter at his lab.
Dolphins and Depression
ABC interview with George at SeaWorld San Diego regarding research on swimming with dolphins having positive effect on mood in humans.
Wild and crazy Charles Barkley
Sir Charles maneuvered me right in front of this large piece of art. It looks like a bad hair day.
George Pratt with Tony Robbins and Peter Lambrou
George Pratt and Peter Lambrou were invited to present with Tony Robbins for his Platinum Partnership in Las Vegas
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Power of Energy Dolphin Swim
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On the way to swim with dolphins
Singer-Songwriter Kenny Loggins
I enjoyed a wonderful visit with Kenny Loggins at his home over Labor Day weekend.
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"Low Temperature Irreversibility Induced by Thermal Cycles on Two Prototypical Phase Separated Manganites"
We have studied the effect of irreversibility induced by repeated thermal cycles on the electric transport and magnetization of polycrystalline samples of La0.5Ca0.5MnO3 and La0.325Pr0.3Ca0.375MnO3. An increase of the resistivity and a decrease of the magnetization at different temperature ranges after cycling is obtained in the temperature range between 300 K and 30 K. Both compounds are known to exhibit intrinsic submicrometric coexistence of phases and undergo a sequence of phase transitions related to structural changes. Changes induced by thermal cycling can be partially inhibited by applying magnetic field and hydrostatic pressure. Our results suggest that the growth and coexistence of phases with different structures gives rise to microstructural tracks and strain accommodation, producing the observed irreversibility. Irrespective of the actual ground state of each compound, the effect of thermal cycling is towards an increase of the amount of the insulating phase in both compounds.


As I shared during my hotel feature about our stay in Grand Millennium Al Wahda, I mentioned I was going to write a separate post about our experience at Zayna Spa as this was one of the main highlights of that trip.
Located at the 3rd level of the five-star hotel, the ambiance of Zayna Spa is very luxurious and calming. To think that we just came from a long drive and the surroundings outside the building was very busy so we were pleasantly surprised to step into a spacious spa.
Our package was a VIP Couple's massage which included 1-hour couple aromatherapy massage, coconut milk bath, lounge area, private sauna, shower & toilet, and dressing room.
They gave us a form to fill out so that we could list the pressure, areas of focus, etc. It even included a question if we wanted 'conversations' or we prefer to have a quiet experience during the treatment. Such practical questions made up for a really satisfying session. We were then directed to our room.
I was amazed by how huge the treatment room was. In previous spa experiences in five star hotels, the lounge area is usually shared. But we didn't have to bother going out as everything was there.
We were given bathrobes to change into before the staff motioned us to sit down for our feet to be cleansed. Afterwards, we went into the to the tables for the treatment. The questionnaire earlier really helped in making the massage more relaxing and enjoyable.
After the massage, the therapists said we could stay in the room and use the bathtub and sauna. We slipped into the tub first thinking it was filled with lukewarm water. I was surprised that it was actually coconut milk. We stayed there for a few minutes basking in the royal treatment we've experienced.
We also used the sauna before taking a shower.
We expected only a 1-hour session but it lasted more than that with all the amenities available. We felt really pampered as the staff prepared everything including tea refills. This was such a welcome experience that really made our stay memorable. My wife was surely happy with it.
Zayna Spa offers a selection of packages and treatments to reinvigorate your mind and body.


Famously friendly, often wet and always lively, Scotland has given the world many things: single malt whisky, Sherlock Holmes and the game of golf to name but a few. Here you'll find impressive fortifications like Stirling Castle and Eilean Donan, awe-inspiring landscapes like Loch Lomond and Glen Coe, stunning religious buildings like Glasgow Cathedral and Melrose Abbey and ancient archaeological sites like Skara Brae. Add to that beautiful, cosmopolitan cities like Glasgow and Edinburgh, throw in a pinch of Europe's most spirited nightlife, and you start to see what makes Scotland travel such a compelling experience for so many people.
Visas: Click here to see if you need a visa for Scotland.
From ancient architecture to jagged mountains and mythical monsters, Scotland has a host of attractions to offer visitors. Here's our run down of the top 5 attractions in Scotland.
Built around the stunning centrepiece of Edinburgh Castle, Scotland's ancient capital is one of the world's most picturesque cities, and you're never far from a vista that will stop you in your tracks. Hit the shops at Princes Street and check out Holyrood Palace, then visit the world famous Botanical Gardens and hike to the top of Arthur's Seat for impressive views of the city and the Pentland Firth.
Scotland is a land of incredible natural beauty, but perhaps nowhere will take your breath away quite like the Isle of Skye. Take a scenic drive around its stunning coastline, hike in the jagged and spectacular Cuillin hills and visit the charming fishing village of Portree, famed for its colourful houses and its warm welcome.
Known in the Gaelic as uisge beatha, or 'water of life', Scotland's most famous export is known and enthusiastically consumed around the world. The Speyside region is one of the country's chief producers, and the well beaten Malt Whisky Trail leads you to some of its most famous distilleries, including Glenfiddich and The Glenlivet, with stunning scenery along the way.
Long, deep and oh-so-mysterious, Loch Ness is one of the biggest Scotland attractions. Circle its scenic, forested perimeter, keeping a close eye out for its most famous (and notoriously camera-shy) resident, then stop for lunch and a thirst-quenching Scottish ale at the Dores Inn, a shore-side location with the best backdrop for that essential Loch Ness selfie.
Overlooking the picturesque town of Fort William and the Inner Hebrides, 1344m Ben Nevis is comfortably the UK's highest peak. Thanks to a multitude of climbs of differing grades it's a Mecca for mountaineers, but various unchallenging routes allow less experienced hikers to reach the summit with relative ease. Come here on a clear day and you can see all the way to Northern Ireland!
Scotland is home to a big range of festivals taking place throughout the year, so whether you're looking for culture or cutting-edge dance music you'll find something to please. Read on for our pick of the top 5 Scottish festivals.
The world famous Edinburgh Festival is actually a collection of individual events taking place for the whole month of August - during which the city's population doubles! The Festival sees the Scottish capital into a world hub for performers of dance, music, comedy and street theatre. A unique atmosphere, and a real must-do.
For more information on the Edinburgh Festival, click here.
Held in the stunning Belladrum estate in the Scottish Highlands near Inverness, this annual festival is host to an excellent blend of Scottish and international artists, with the likes of the Kaiser Chiefs, The Proclaimers and King Creosote treading the boards.
For more information on the Tartan Heart Festival, click here.
T in the Park is Scotland's major music festival, a hedonistic hoedown held annually at Strathallan Castle in the beautiful Perthshire countryside each July. It attracts some proper pop and rock heavyweights, so join the gleeful Caledonian throng and getting ready to singalong to Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Mumford and Sons and the like. Och aye!
For more information on the T in the Park, click here.
The stunning grounds of colourfully painted 13th century Kelburn Castle are the setting for this delightfully eccentric festival, held annually in June. Expect an excellent lineup of music, theatre, art installations and more, and all without a corporate sponsor in sight.
For more information on the Kelburn Garden Party, click here.
Held annually in January, this celebration of Celtic music is one of the biggest Glasgow festivals. It takes place over a 2-week period at a number of venues around the city, featuring hundreds of traditional Scottish and international folk music performances, workshops, talks and ceilidhs.
For more information on Celtic Connections, click here.
Looking at the line-up of museums in Scotland makes one thing abundantly clear: this city is overflowing with artworks and inspiration. Read on for our pick of the country's cultural offerings.
Explore the art, design, science, technology and Scottish history, all in one building in Edinburgh. Over 40 galleries of this museum contain items from all over Scotland and beyond, including the taxidermy remains of Dolly the Sheep, Viking brooches, ancient chessmen and Queen Mary's clarsach.
The museum located in Huntly House focuses on the history of the city and the crafts and industries for which it became so well-known. In exploring the Museum's maze of 16th century buildings, you will see iconic items, beautiful objects and learn fascinating facts and gruesome tales. The entry is free, by the way!
As one of Scotand's top free tourist attraction, this museum houses Scotland's national collection of fine art from the early Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century. Spend some time strolling around this peaceful setting and you'll find masterpieces from Raphael, Velázquez and Vermeer to Monet, Cézanne and Van Gogh.
The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow is one of the world's leading university museums and galleries and one of Scotland's greatest cultural assets. Located in Glasgow's west end, The Hunterian first opened in 1807, making it Scotland's oldest public museum. Stroll through its galleries to find some world's treasures including the first-ever ultrasound machine and extensive collections of European and Scottish art.
Situated beside Glasgow's beautiful Kelvingrove Park, this museum and art gallery is home to one of the finest art collections in Europe. Among its treasures you'll find everything from ancient armour and weapons to French Impressionist masterpieces. Even better, entry is free!
For more information on the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, click here.
Ok, so it's true: Scotland has been known to batter the occasional Mars Bar, and the odd slice of pizza may have found its way into the deep fryer. But despite these culinary aberrations, Scottish cuisine increasingly fails to live up to its artery-clogging stereotypes. Just look at the country's larder: wonderful free-range meats, incredible seafood and the choicest of freshwater fish, as well as traditional cheeses like Caboc and Crowdie, the perfect accompaniment to Scottish oatcakes and counterpoint to a powerful single malt whisky. Add to that a thriving modern dining scene with a glut of young Michelin starred chefs and you can see that Scottish food is a worthy part of any good Scotland travel 2015 adventure.
This hearty, creamy soup of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions is the country's favourite, and a common staple of restaurants in Scotland. Grab some crusty bread and get stuck in!
Hailing from the town of Arbroath, this delicious preserved fish is a towering figure in the world of Scottish food. A salted, dried and smoked haddock, it's a Scotland travel 2016 must-try.
This indulgent traditional dessert contains raspberries, whipped cream, oatmeal, honey and - naturally - whisky. A further glass of the Scottish national spirit will help wash it down a treat.
Mosquito repellent - The Scottish midge is the stuff of legend. It's particularly prevalent in northwestern parts of the country, so don't be caught out without bug spray!
A raincoat and umbrella - The weather in Scotland is notoriously changeable and often dreich (cold and damp) so be prepared for wind, cold and rain no matter what time of year you visit!
Comfortable walking shoes - Whether you're pounding the streets of Edinburgh, climbing Arthur's Seat or exploring the Cairngorms National Park, sensible footwear is a must here.
Alka Seltzer - From the Glasgow club scene to the Edinburgh bars, opportunities for drinking the local firewater are never far away in Scotland. It's a killer combination, so prepare for a hangover or two.


No one who makes it to the Super Bowl is ever genuinely surprised. They know how they got there: It takes years of practice, dedication, coaching, teamwork, failures, adjustments and skill building. The players — their team's top talent — get regular coaching to refine their skills and consistently deliver peak performance to achieve the ultimate goal of winning their league's top prize, earning well-deserved recognition in the process.
While most business environments may not share the same levels of dynamism and grit (and physical talent!) required to succeed in the NFL, forward-looking organizations embrace their own iterative process of talent management to engage and develop their employees so that they achieve individual and organizational goals. Just like the NFL's high-performing franchises, these organizations coach for goal achievement.
The role of a manager or people leader in today's workplace is shifting away from being a traditional "command and control" boss to be more of a performance coach, which is exactly what today's employees have been saying they want, according to recent research from Gallup.
Performance coaching is an ongoing process of conversations and check-ins that guide the workplace behaviors and contributions of people and teams, and then providing timely feedback, guidance and skill-building opportunities to achieve individual and organizational goals. It's a significant shift from the "set-it-and-forget-it" mindset that has become all too common when setting employee goals.
Goal management is more than just assigning objectives and reviewing employee performance during their annual review. It's about frequently revisiting and reviewing these goals, tracking progress, celebrating successes, identifying and discussing challenges and obstacles and reconfirming or adjusting your game plan along the way. This way, we ensure our employees know and understand performance expectations, are set up for success and are able to execute on the game plan.
Now, managers also need tools, development and a framework to enable their people to perform well and hit their goals, starting with a plan.
Managers can plan to win by working with their employees to develop and execute specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-based goals. Collaborative goal setting gives managers great insight into how to leverage an employee's strengths to help them reach their goals. It also ensures that employees have a voice in setting performance expectations that are fair, relevant and challenging.
Not only does effective goal setting help employees hit their targets; it also improves employee engagement, increases productivity, increases motivation, lowers costs and provides a heightened level of focus companywide.
While only 30 percent of employees strongly agree that their managers involve them in goal setting, those individuals are 3.6 times more likely than other employees to be engaged at work, according to Gallup's 2017 "State of the American Workplace" report.
To meet and exceed those agreed-upon goals, managers and employees need to engage in ongoing dialogue. Weekly or monthly check-ins are ideal (and can vary depending on what's realistic for your organization). But annual reviews simply aren't enough because so much can happen within a 12-month timeframe.
Adopting a cadence of ongoing performance check-ins, in-the-moment coaching, development opportunities, and feedback and recognition can help identify skill gaps, keep individual goals aligned to organizational goals and monitor goal progress.
Fostering a culture of feedback, development and engagement helps prevent the major pitfall that sidelines even the most well-intentioned goals: the "too busy" trap. Other competing priorities deemed more important often push regular feedback aside in a traditional manager-employee relationship.
But when the manager dons their performance coach cap and empowers the employee to take an active role in their own development and goals, managers ultimately decrease their accountability as a boss while increasing their accountability as a coach and team lead. Performance coaching, enabled by the right tools, also helps empower employees to drive their own goal achievement progress.
Both managers and employees can use their organization's talent management system to track goal progress, solicit feedback by adding comments or status updates, and document thoughts, wins and challenges. Managers can set alerts to follow up, easily monitor their employees' progress, and can address skill or alignment gaps in their one-on-one meetings. The rise of mobile talent management applications also enables coaching anytime, anywhere. Managers and employees can interact and stay connected in ways that work best for their relationship — all while avoiding interaction fatigue.
High performers want to see their coaches make the time to collaborate on ongoing performance management and recognize them for their efforts along the way.
Regular conversations and check-ins are at the heart of goal achievement, but the importance of employee recognition and celebrating performance wins cannot be understated. People who feel recognized and appreciated are naturally more motivated, committed to their work and willing to run that extra mile.
Don't underestimate the power of positive feedback; performance coaches who regularly give strength-based feedback have the most-engaged employees, while employees who receive constructive feedback are somewhat engaged. It's not surprising that a total lack of feedback results in very low levels of employee engagement.
Offering real-time feedback and celebrating wins in the form of badges, redeemable points for tangible rewards, and peer-to-peer impressions are all fun and meaningful ways to demonstrate to employees that their contributions are being acknowledged and appreciated.
High-performing organizations know that when they play to win they make no excuses when it comes to prioritizing development for goal achievement. With managers and employees clear on the goal, and aligned on how to achieve it, organizations can remain agile, easily adapting to changing business priorities, driving positive business outcomes.
Regular and ongoing performance coaching, fueled by one-on-one meetings, helps employees understand what's going well and where they can have a greater impact on their projects, in their roles and, ultimately, their careers. These practices demonstrate to employees that their managers are invested in their success. The best part of it all? When they're standing in the end zone, they'll know exactly how they got there.
Anita Bowness is global practice leader at Saba Software. To comment, email editor@talenteconomy.io To comment, email editor@talenteconomy.io.


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The Best Fly Fishing Movies of All Time: A Guide
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Fly fishing is a beloved pastime for many outdoor enthusiasts. It's no surprise then that the activity has been featured in several movies over the years.
Whether you're an experienced angler or just looking to learn more about this sport, these fly fishing movies are sure to entertain and inspire! From A River Runs Through It (1992) and The River Why (2010) to more modern-day documentaries, we'll take a look at some of the best films featuring fly fishing ever made. So grab your gear and get ready – it's time for a reel-y good movie night!
Montana – location of "A River Runs Through It"
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The River Why (2010)
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A River Runs Through It (1992) is a drama film directed by Robert Redford and based on the 1976 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name written by Norman Maclean. The story follows two brothers, Norman and Paul Maclean, growing up in rural Montana during the 1920s. They are taught to fish by their father who has an intense passion for fly fishing which he passes down to his sons. As they grow older, their paths diverge as one brother pursues a career in academia while the other descends into alcoholism and crime. Despite this difference between them, they still remain close with each other through their shared love of fly fishing.
Cast and Characters: Brad Pitt stars as Paul Maclean alongside Craig Sheffer as Norman Maclean; Tom Skerritt plays Reverend John Maclean; Emily Lloyd plays Jessie Burns; Edie McClurg portrays Mrs. Burns; Brenda Blethyn stars as Mrs. Maclean; Stephen Shellen appears as Neal Burns; Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Young Paul MacLean, and Robert Redford portrays Mr. Johnson/Narrator/Old Man at Fly Fishing Competition.
Key Takeaway: The movie A River Runs Through It is a story about two brothers, Norman and Paul Maclean, growing up in rural Montana during the 1920s. They are taught to fly fish by their father which unites them despite their different paths in life. The cast includes Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt and more.
The River Why (2010) is a drama film based on the novel of the same name by David James Duncan. It follows Gus Orviston, an angler who has been fishing since he was a child and now wants to find himself in life. He moves away from his family's home in Oregon to live alone near a river and discovers that fly-fishing can be more than just catching fish; it can also help him discover himself. Along the way, he meets several characters who teach him about life and love as well as how to become a better fisherman.
Cast and Characters: The main character, Gus Orviston, is played by Zach Gilford with Amber Heard playing his love interest Eddy McDonough. Other cast members include William Devane as Gus' father Harry Orviston, Dallas Roberts as his brother Frank Orviston, Kathleen Quinlan as their mother Martha Orviston, William Hurt as legendary fly-fisherman Joe Humphreys and Bonnie Bedelia portraying Aunt Mary Lou Humphreys.
The River Why (2010) received generally positive reviews from critics for its beautiful cinematography of nature scenes combined with its heartfelt story about finding oneself through fly-fishing. Since its release, it has gained cult status among outdoor enthusiasts due to its relatable themes of self discovery while enjoying nature's beauty at the same time.
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The Complete Angler is a film by artist and writer James Prosek and producers Fritz Mitchell and Peter Franchella following James Prosek trip to England to explore the roots of fly fishing in the 17th century. The Complete Angler refers to the famous book by Isaac Walton with the same name that has laid the foundation for fly fishing as we know it today.
Home Rivers Recycled is a brand new fly fishing documentary filmed in the wild north of Sweden. It's a generational story about passing on the love of the outdoors to the next generation of fly fishermen and women. At the core of the story is the mighty Baltic Salmon that almost went extinct in the beginning of the 1990s but is now making a comeback.
Joe Humphreys is a legend in the world of fly fishing – he can cast a fly line without a rod. Live the Stream tells Joe's life story and follows in his footsteps in Pennsylvania. Joe is an amazing fly fisherman but also an acclaimed fly fishing author and fly casting instructor.
Fly fishing movies have come a long way since the 1970s, and there are now many excellent films to choose from. From A River Runs Through It (1992) to The River Why (1979), these fly fishing movies offer something for everyone. Whether you're looking for an inspiring story or just want to enjoy some beautiful scenery, these films will provide hours of entertainment and education about this beloved sport. So grab your rod and reel, pop some popcorn, and get ready to explore the world of fly fishing through cinema!
Fly fishing is an activity that can provide hours of enjoyment and relaxation. It's a great way to connect with nature, have some peaceful time alone or bond with friends over the shared love of casting lines into rivers and lakes. However, there are still many people who don't know much about fly fishing – which is why we need more movies showcasing this sport! Movies like A River Runs Through It and The River Why have already shown how enjoyable watching characters learn, practice and master fly-fishing techniques on screen can be. Let's continue to tell stories that capture what makes fly-fishing so special: its connection between person, fish & environment – by creating more engaging films featuring this popular pastime!
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water_bear wrote: New to FireFox Light, I love the speed, however is it normal for the preferences option to not work?
Figured out my problem. .RPMs are for Red Hat and .deb is for Debian/Ubuntu. Converted the .rpm with alien to .deb and the preferences and new tab works fine.
I wasn't able to load .webm files, does Light have support for .webm files?
water_bear wrote: Figured out my problem. .RPMs are for Red Hat and .deb is for Debian/Ubuntu. Converted the .rpm with alien to .deb and the preferences and new tab works fine.
Exactly right, thanks for clarifying.


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J.C. Penney launches Ralph Lauren biggest retail collection
J.C. Penney Co Inc. launches Ralph Lauren's American Living brand. It is the biggest product line in its 105-year-history which seems to mark the beginning of the economic setback.
The collection created by world-famous designer Ralph Lauren will include clothing for men, women and children. It will come complete with shoes, bags, bedding, towels, luggage, furniture and swimwear.
American Living products will arrive in Penney's stores already this month. It may mark the largest introduction of a single brand in the history of retail business, as Penney's CEO Myron Ullman said.
"This is probably the most extensive single roll-out of any single brand ever," he said.
J. C. Penney Company, Inc., most commonly known today by the name JCPenney or simply Penney's, is a mid-range chain of American department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,067 stores in every state U.S. states (except Hawaii) and Puerto Rico and the largest general merchandise catalog business in the United States.
In addition to sale of conventional merchandise, JCPenney stores are often home to several leased departments such as Optical, Portrait Studios, Jewelry & Watch repair, etc.
Today, most JCPenney stores are located in suburban shopping malls. Previously, most stores were located in downtown areas. As shopping malls became more popular in the latter half of the 20th century, JCPenney relocated its stores to shopping malls. However, in recent years, the chain has been following a retailing trend in opening some standalone stores, including some next door to competitors. Certain stores are located in power centers and can be considered "big-box stores". The company is an Internet retailer and has undergone significant institutional changes to compete in the ever changing retail landscape. Increased competition from big box retailers like Wal-Mart and Target have forced JCPenney to focus on private brands such as St. John's Bay, Worthington, and Arizona Jean Company. It has streamlined its catalog and distribution while undergoing renovation improvements at store level.
JCPenney found itself the focus of a boycott by gay rights groups when the company pulled advertising from the sitcom Ellen in 1997, which it deemed "controversial." The company was not the only one to pull ads; other companies included Wendy's, General Motors, Chrysler, and Johnson & Johnson.


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Ocean and atmosphere relationship advice
Oceanic & General Atmospheric Circulation - Video & Lesson Transcript | santemontreal.info
The surface of the tropical Pacific Ocean is nice and warm, but the atmosphere just doesn't seem interested. Will these two crazy kids get in. Decade-long cooling cycle: Middle atmosphere in sync with ocean. Relationship between decadal variations in temperatures in the Pacific and. The oceans and atmosphere interact in many different ways. There can be a net exchange of heat, salt, water and momentum between them.
Coastal zones are continually changing because of the dynamic interaction between the oceans and the land. Waves and winds along the coast are both eroding rock and depositing sediment on a continuous basis, and rates of erosion and deposition vary considerably from day to day along such zones. The energy reaching the coast can become high during storms, and such high energies make coastal zones areas of high vulnerability to natural hazards.
Thus, an understanding of the interactions of the oceans and the land is essential in understanding the hazards associated with coastal zones. Tides, currents, and waves bring the energy to the coast, and thus we start with these three factors. Tides Tides are due to the gravitational attraction of Moon and to a lesser extent, the Sun on the Earth.
Because the Moon is closer to the Earth than the Sun, it has a larger effect and causes the Earth to bulge toward the moon. At the same time, a bulge occurs on the opposite side of the Earth due to inertial forces this is not explained well in the book, but the explanation is beyond the scope of this course.
These bulges remain stationary while Earth rotates. The tidal bulges result in a rhythmic rise and fall of ocean surface, which is not noticeable to someone on a boat at sea, but is magnified along the coasts.
Usually there are two high tides and two low tides each day, and thus a variation in sea level as the tidal bulge passes through each point on the Earth's surface. Along most coasts the range is about 2 m, but in narrow inlets tidal currents can be strong and fast and cause variations in sea level up to 16 m Because the Sun also exerts a gravitational attraction on the Earth, there are also monthly tidal cycles that are controlled by the relative position of the Sun and Moon.
The highest high tides occur when the Sun and the Moon are on the same side of the Earth new Moon or on opposite sides of the Earth full Moon.
Oceanic & General Atmospheric Circulation
The lowest high tides occur when the Sun and the Moon are not opposed relative to the Earth quarter Moons. These highest high tides become important to coastal areas during hurricane season and you always hear dire predications of what might happen if the storm surge created by the hurricane arrives at the same time as the highest high tides.
Fluctuations in Water Level While sea level fluctuates on a daily basis because of the tides, long term changes in sea level also occur. Such sea level changes can be the result of local effects such as uplift or subsidence along a coast line. But, global changes in sea level can also occur. Such global sea level changes are called eustatic changes. Eustatic sea level changes are the result of either changing the volume of water in the oceans or changing the shape of the oceans.
For example, during glacial periods much of the water evaporated from the oceans is stored on the continents as glacial ice. This causes sea level to become lower. As the ice melts at the end of a glacial period, the water flows back into the oceans and sea level rises. Thus, the volume of ice on the continents is a major factor in controlling eustatic sea level.
Global warming, for example could reduce the amount of ice stored on the continents, thus cause sea level to rise. Since water also expands increases its volume when it is heated, global warming could also cause thermal expansion of sea water resulting in a rise in eustatic sea level.
Oceanic Currents The surface of the oceans move in response to winds blowing over the surface. The winds, in effect, drag the surface of oceans creating a current of water that is usually no more than about 50 meters deep. Thus, surface ocean currents tend to flow in patterns similar to the winds as discussed above, and are reinforced by the Coreolis Effect.
Dynamics of ocean atmosphere exchange
But, unlike winds, the ocean currents are diverted when they encounter a continental land mass. In the middle latitudes ocean currents run generally eastward, flowing clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Such easterly flowing currents are deflected by the continents and thus flow circulates back toward the west at higher latitudes.
Because of this deflection, most of the flow of water occurs generally parallel to the coasts along the margins of continents. Only in the southern oceans, between South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica are these surface currents unimpeded by continents, so the flow is generally in an easterly direction around the continent of Antarctica.
Ocean Waves Waves are generated by winds that blow over the surface of oceans. In a wave, water travels in loops. But since the surface is the area affected, the diameter of the loops decreases with depth. The diameters of loops at the surface is equal to wave height h. This depth is called wave base. In the Pacific Ocean, wavelengths up to m have been observed, thus water deeper than m will not feel passage of wave. But outer parts of continental shelves average m depth, so considerable erosion can take place out to the edge of the continental shelf with such long wavelength waves.
When waves approach shore, the water depth decreases and the wave will start feeling bottom. Furthermore, as the wave "feels the bottom", the circular loops of water motion change to elliptical shapes, as loops are deformed by the bottom. As the wavelength L shortens, the wave height h increases.
Eventually the steep front portion of wave cannot support the water as the rear part moves over, and the wave breaks. This results in turbulent water of the surf, where incoming waves meet back flowing water. Rip currents form where water is channeled back into ocean. Wave Erosion - Rigorous erosion of sea floor takes place in the surf zone, i.
Waves break at depths between 1 and 1. Thus for 6 m tall waves, rigorous erosion of sea floor can take place in up to 9 m of water. Waves can also erode by abrasion and flinging rock particles against one another or against rocks along the coastline. Wave refraction - Waves generally do not approach shoreline parallel to shore.
Instead some parts of waves feel the bottom before other parts, resulting in wave refraction or bending. Wave energy can thus be concentrated on headlands, to form cliffs.
The connections between ocean and atmosphere
Headlands erode faster than bays because the wave energy gets concentrated at headlands. Coastal Erosion and Sediment Transport Coastlines are zones along which water is continually making changes.
Waves can both erode rock and deposit sediment. Because of the continuous nature of ocean currents and waves, energy is constantly being expended along coastlines and they are thus dynamically changing systems, even over short human time scales. But, when the wave breaks as it approaches the shoreline, vigorous erosion is possible due to the sudden release of energy as the wave flings itself onto the shore. In the breaker zone rock particles carried in suspension by the waves are hurled at other rock particles.
As these particles collide, they are abraded and reduced in size. Smaller particles are carried more easily by the waves, and thus the depth to the bottom is increased as these smaller particles are carried away by the retreating surf.
Furthermore, waves can undercut rocky coastlines resulting in mass wasting processes wherein material slides, falls, slumps, or flows into the water to be carried away by further wave action. Transport of Sediment by Waves and Currents Sediment that is created by the abrasive action of the waves or sediment brought to the shoreline by streams is then picked up by the waves and transported.
The finer grained sediment is carried offshore to be deposited on the continental shelf or in offshore bars, the coarser grained sediment can be transported by longshore currents and beach drift. Longshore currents - Most waves arrive at the shoreline at an angle, even after refraction. Such waves have a velocity oriented in the direction perpendicular to the wave crests, but this velocity can be resolved into a component perpendicular to the shore Vp and a component parallel to the shore VL.
The component parallel to the shore can move sediment and is called the longshore current. Beach drift - is due to waves approaching at angles to beach, but retreating perpendicular to the shore line. This results in the swash of the incoming wave moving the sand up the beach in a direction perpendicular to the incoming wave crests and the backwash moving the sand down the beach perpendicular to the shoreline.
Thus, with successive waves, the sand will move along a zigzag path along the beach. Storms High winds blowing over the surface of the water during storms bring more energy to the coastline and can cause more rapid rates of erosion. Erosion rates are higher because: During storms wave velocities are higher and thus larger particles can be carried in suspension.
This causes sand on beaches to be picked up and moved offshore, leaving behind coarser grained particles like pebbles and cobbles, and reducing the width of the beach.
During storms waves reach higher levels onto the shoreline and can thus remove structures and sediment from areas not normally reached by the incoming waves. Because wave heights increase during a storm, waves crash higher onto cliff faces and rocky coasts. Larger particles are flung against the rock causing rapid rates of erosion. As the waves crash into rocks, air occupying fractures in the rock becomes compressed and thus the air pressure in the fractures is increased.
Such pressure increases can cause further fracture of the rock. Types of Coasts The character and shape of coasts depends on such factors as tectonic activity, the ease of erosion of the rocks making up the coast, the input of sediments from rivers, the effects of eustatic changes in sea level, and the length of time these processes have been operating.
Rocky Coasts - In general, coastlines that have experienced recent tectonic uplift as a result of either active tectonic processes such as the west coast of the United States or isostatic adjustment after melting of glacial ice such as the northern part of the east coast of the United States form rocky coasts with cliffs along the shoreline.
Anywhere wave action has not had time to lower the coastline to sea level, a rocky coast may occur. Because of the resistance to erosion, a wave cut bench and wave cut cliff develops. The cliff may retreat by undercutting and resulting mass-wasting processes.
If subsequent uplift of the wave-cut bench occurs, it may be preserved above sea level as a marine terrace. Because cliffed shorelines are continually attacked by the erosive and undercutting action of waves, they are susceptible to frequent mass-wasting processes which make the tops of these cliffs unstable areas for construction Along coasts where streams entering the ocean have cut through the rocky cliffs, wave action is concentrated on the rocky headlands as a result of wave refraction Beaches - A beach is the wave washed sediment along a coast.
Beaches occur where sand is deposited along the shoreline. A beach can be divided into a foreshore zone, which is equivalent to the swash zone, and backshore zone, which is commonly separated from the foreshore by a distinct ridge, called a berm. Behind the backshore may be a zone of cliffs, marshes, or sand dunes. Barrier Islands - A barrier island is a long narrow ridge of sand just offshore running parallel to the coast. Separating the island and coast is a narrow channel of water called a lagoon.
Most barrier islands were built during after the last glaciation as a result of sea level rise. Barrier islands are constantly changing. They grow parallel to the coast by beach drift and longshore drift, and they are eroded by storm surges that often cut them into smaller islands.
Since these organisms can only live in warm waters and need sunlight to survive, reefs only form in shallow tropical seas. Fringing reefs form along coastlines close to the sea shore, whereas barrier reefs form offshore, separated from the land by a lagoon.
Both types of reefs form shallow water and thus protect the coastline from waves. However, reefs are high susceptible to human activity and the high energy waves of storms. A submerged coast, and shows submerged valleys, barrier islands, and gentle shorelines, all due to rise of sea level since last glaciation age during glacial ages, seawater is tied up in ice, and sea level is lower; when the ice melts sea level rises.
Coastal Hazards Storms - great storms such as hurricanes or other winter storms can cause erosion of the coastline at much higher rate than normal.
Global Energy Transfer, Atmosphere, Climate
During such storms beaches can erode rapidly and heavy wave action can cause rapid undercutting and mass-wasting events of cliffs along the coast, as noted above. Tsunamis - a tsunami is a giant sea wave generated by an earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides, as we have discussed before. Such waves can have wave heights up to 30 m, and have great potential to wipe out coastal cities. Landslides - On coasts with cliffs, the main erosive force of the waves is concentrated at the base of the cliffs.
As the waves undercut the cliffs, they may become unstable and mass-wasting processes like landslides will result. Massive landslides can also generate tsunamis. New Zealand is an excellent place to study biogenic sulfate from the ocean because there is a much smaller industrial pollution background than there is in the northern hemisphere.
First, we study the biological factors governing DMS production and, second, we study the atmospheric processes that connect DMS with clouds. Both require a combination of observational measurements and modelling work Ocean measurements are being made from the RV Tangaroa in the highly productive marine areas around New Zealand and show that high levels of DMS are associated with large plankton blooms.
We have also measured changes in DMS in the remote Southern Ocean which were stimulated by addition of iron as a micronutrient to the ocean during an international project run by NIWA. Atmospheric measurements are carried out at the Baring Head clean air station near Wellington to determine variations in sulfate aerosol and relate these to atmospheric chemistry. We have developed a computer model of the large number of chemical reactions involved and used this to assess the role of different oxidants.
To quantify the potential climatic impact of DMS, it is important to be able to distinguish between DMS conversion to sulfate adding to existing particles and conversion that forms new particles. We are one of very few groups able to make this distinction by using sulfur isotopes heavy and light versions of the sulfur atom.
This technique relies on the fact that formation of new particles or accumulation on existing particles affects the ratio of heavy to light sulfur atoms differently. Ocean atmosphere carbon exchange Carbon dioxide CO2 is a soluble gas which dissolves in the oceans and is taken up by marine plants phytoplankton.
A natural cycle results in which CO2 is absorbed from the atmosphere in some generally cooler and more biologically active parts of the ocean and released back to the atmosphere in other generally warmer and less biologically active parts. This natural cycle has been modified through the addition of CO2 to the atmosphere by human activities.
Increasing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere tend to increase the amount dissolved in the surface ocean. Currently about 29 billion thousand million tonnes of CO2 are being added to the atmosphere each year due to fossil fuel burning and deforestation and the oceans are removing about 7 billion tonnes. A similar amount is removed due to increases in plant biomass and soil carbon.
Predicting how the net ocean uptake will change in the future is critical to understanding how atmospheric CO2 concentrations will change in future and so to estimating long term climate change.
Our measurements have shown that large areas of the oceans around New Zealand remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Work is continuing to determine the patterns of this CO2 uptake, its magnitude, and the factors controlling spatial and temporal variability. Large-scale spatial variability is being investigated through open ocean voyages to different water bodies such as subantarctic waters to the east and south of NZ, subtropical waters to the north, and the subtropical frontal area over the Chatham Rise.
These studies are complemented by a regular series of measurements on voyages to the east of the South Island at approximately two-monthly intervals. This time series provides an understanding of the seasonal cycle and inter-annual variability of CO2 in subantarctic waters, and has shown a seasonal cycle in uptake which appears to be strongly influenced by the growth of phytoplankton. Development of techniques capable of high precision measurements is an integral part of the programme.
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