Was Tierney saying to the officials at Philly.com that he wanted to bring back the old gimmicks?
According to people in the room, maybe.
Does Tierney have a clue about digital strategy?
According to people in the room, that's a definite no.
Did three Philly.com executive producers leave Tierney's office thoroughly depressed?
"We all felt the same way," said one of the Philly.com executive producers at the meeting. "Our hearts just sank. We haven't been sleeping. We haven't been eating."
But Tierney, who couldn't be reached for comment, was just getting started.
On Friday, Tierney sent an email to one of the four Philly.com officials that he had talked to the day before in the publisher's office. In the email, Tierney suggested that the website's lead story should be the story about possible pilot error in the plane crash that killed Lewis Katz.
The day before, Tierney had met with three executive producers at Philly.com -- for news, sports, and entertainment -- and one official on the business development side of Philly.com whose title was director of product. Rather than email any of the executive producers from the news side, however, Tierney had chosen to lobby the business development guy.
"Any chance we can get the Katz plane story into the top spot? Tierney emailed Ben Turk Tolub, director of product at Philly.com, from his iPhone. "Or Clinton in town?"
Turk Tolub forwarded the email to Bob McGovern, executive producer, news, at Philly.com.
"I just shook my head," said McGovern. It had been at least five years, he said, since somebody on the business side had tried to meddle with the editorial side.
"I kind of thought, what are you paying me for?" McGovern said. "Maybe you don't need me."
The Katz plane crash story had already been at the top of Philly.com for several hours on Friday June 13th. Then the story got moved down the website, though it was still near the top. It was some forty-five minutes after the Katz story had moved from the top position when Tierney emailed Turk Tolub saying he wanted the Katz story moved back to the top.
McGovern complied with Tierney's wishes. It was one of his last acts.
On Monday, all three executive producers from Philly.com, including McGovern, handed in their letters of resignation.
In an interview, Romanoski referred to the meeting with Tierney as just another "straw that broke the camel's back," a sentiment shared by others in the room.
That same day the three executive producers quit, Lenfest, just back from Berlin and Vienna, gave an interview to Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal. In the interview, Lenfest, who before he left the country, dubbed himself interim publisher, denied that in his absence, Tierney was acting as de facto publisher. Lenfest said that Tierney was not even a candidate to become publisher. He was just a sales consultant.
"We just asked him to come and help out with advertising because he had more success with it than we've had the last three years," Lenfest told the Business Journal. "But he's not full time. He has his own company to run."
Chris Bonanducci, Vice President of Human Resources, was the company official who received three resignation letters Monday from the three executive producers at Philly.com.
In his letter to Bonanducci, Romanoski said he had always "thrived in competition."
"Unfortunately, too often at IGM, the opponents have come from within," Romanoski wrote. "That's not an atmosphere that breeds success."
Romanoski wrote that he was proud of the work he and his colleagues had done at philly.com. "We took a stagnant collection of that day's newspapers and turned it into a living, breathing entity," he wrote.
"If the industry is dying," he wrote, "it is via suicide. And it is being committed by a faction of old ideas trying to smother new ones without even realizing that the clock ticks closer to midnight with every one of their perceived victories."
Leah R. Kauffman, executive entertainment and lifestyle producer, wrote Bonanducci that she did not want to "work towards unraveling the positive progress that Philly.com has made over the course of the last two years."
"The culture of Interstate General Media, and our inability to move forward in the right direction will prevent us from innovating and competing in today's media landscape," Kauffman wrote. "Sadly, I cannot work for an organization whose future I no longer believe in."
"For seven years, I have worked happily to help grow Philly.com into the largest news/sports/entertainment website in Philadelphia," McGovern wrote. "It's been a wonderful, rewarding experience. But recent ownership and management changes, and their effect on the direction of Philly.com, have caused me stress to the point of chronic headaches, insomnia and loss of appetite."
"I cannot continue with so many concerns about the future of Philly.com and the company as a whole," McGovern wrote. "My health won't let me."
In interviews, all three departing officials said they were tired of the infighting at IGM, where Philly.com was often trashed as the lowbrow digital companion to the Pulitzer Prize winning Inky and Daily News.
Romanoski said he felt that Philly.com was always a "scapegoat" for the declining fortunes of the news business.
"We're always getting dragged through the mud," he said. He was tired about hearing about being "click bait."
What about the stories in the paper that nobody reads that are written specifically to win journalism contests, Romanoski said, just so somebody can hang a plaque on the wall.
"What about contest bait," Romanoski said. "Contest bait is the reason why papers are going bankrupt. It's killing the industry."
Meanwhile, leaked emails throw more doubts on Lenfest's claim that Brian Tierney is just a sales consultant.
At Philly.com, Ben Turk Tolub, the "director of product" was redesigning the header on the free website last week. At the top of the website, next to the Philly.com logo, the director of product added a scripted "I" to represent The Philadelphia Inquirer, and a very-plain "DN" to represent the Philadelphia Daily News.
"Hi Brian," Turk Tolub wrote Brian Tierney at 4:21 p.m. on June 12th, after the meeting between Tierney and the four officials from Philly.com.
"Regarding the Inquirer & Daily News inclusion on Philly.com, I just wanted to share with you the header, which is site-wide-right now."
"As you can see, we include the Inquirer 'I' logo and the DN logo across the site," the director of product wrote. "We also have this in the footer. This provides link to not only their sites but also to the digital replica edition. Please let me know if you think we should include the paper presence in any other way. We are happy to make changes to show our willingness to work together."
"I am going to take you up on your invitation to provide ideas for a digital strategy," Turk Tolub added. "Looking forward to working with you, Ben."
"Ben," wrote back Brian Tierney, "Great to be with you and thanks for all your help." Tierney, however, didn't think the letters were bold enough. "Any chance we could make it a bit more explicit?"
"And I really look forward to hearing your thoughts, the folks who are living this and breathing it every day! See you next week. Brian."
The next day, at 6:47 a.m. on June 13th, Brian Tierney had a change of mind about those digital logos. He didn't want just an "I" for Inquirer.
"I'd like to see what it would look like with the word Inquirer in their font, etc.," Tierney wrote Turk Tolub.
At 7:17 a.m., late riser Turk Tolub wrote back, "Will do -- I'll get on it this morning."
At 10:17 a.m., Turk Tolub sent Tierney a mockup using the full logos.
"This looks great," Tierney wrote back 12 minutes later. "Thank you."
"Just spoke to systems," Turk Tolub wrote. "They are going to roll it out with next week's Wednesday hot fix build."
Four hours later that afternoon, Tierney wrote back, but it wasn't to say thanks. He wanted to suggest to Tolub that the story about the Katz plane crash story be moved back to the top of Philly.com.
If he's just a sales consultant, what's he doing meddling with digital design and strategy? And placement of news stories?
As Buddy Ryan used to say about Eagles owner Norman Braman, you'll have to ask "the guy in France." Or in this case, the guy in Germany.
Nice post, but not so good that you needed to post it twice. Also, you need a proof reader.
Leaks airing the ventings of distressed managers amidst the turmoil of a change in direction in a company. This insider story makes for excellent reading. The article has some interesting speculations with even the hint of a conspiracy juice on the rich and famous. That is very good business - and suggests this savvy and insightful site knows how to run a digital news operation. I am less sure that this article and the one on June 13 will be good for the people quoted in the medium term, satisfying as going public can be in the heat of frustration and anger.
Isn't this a case of business v. editorial independence tension heightened in a media turn-around? Writing and placing stories to satisfy advertisers in a trade for ad-sales turns journalism and commentary into advertising, which consumers strive to mute or fast forward through. Preserving editorial independence is important for credibility - which is important for marketing and sales objectives. But which advertiser, benefits from a "possible pilot error" article movement up the editorial list? I cannot think of a better story for organic Internet search traffic - especially one from Philly area domains and IP addresses, or for time spent on a site (another key metric) - if the article is on "Page 1" and is sure to be caught.
What story is carried where and how, depends on what news site operators believe will build or sustain site visits (with any growth objective), cultivation of return visits (brand loyalty, share of mind and clicks), as well as "importance". Why does is matter where good ideas come from in any undertaking, and how does editorial prickliness survive? "Why do they pay me, if they are going to make the decisions?" is a common gripe with business change driven from the top, and from the top is required for, but no guarantee of success. Democracy is good government, but not good business.
The impact and importance of marketing and sales now in digital media editorial is immense. Internet consumers are rarely bound on the Internet by yearly subscriptions and delivery service. Free sites, such as Huffington and Philly.com are ALL about driving new and return-clicks and time on site. It is painful to see the gore of this mindset change, but it makes interesting reading. - and I am really curious about what the heck may have caused that private jet explosion.
Wow. That is kind of a long post. The first two lines are not a full sentence, and I do not appreciate that part of it. It is not proper to take license with the rules of grammar. The fact that you are just posting to an Internet site is not an acceptable excuse. Ok. Forgiven. On to substance.
I think I understand your argument, but it is kind of meandering. As I read it, you are not being very sympathetic to the reporters and the editors that work at Philly.com and the Philadelphia Enquirer. You have to remember that they probably have to drink too much coffee to stay up for press deadlines and are at a higher risk of succumbing to chain smoking. Do you think that newspaper reporters and editors are any kind of a fair match for a business executive who has been brought in by a zillionaire? I do not think that it is any kind of fair contest. The reporters and editors are losing sleep, and they are even suffering some other symptoms. I do not agree with your point of view.
Newspaper reporters and editors are more than a match for a business wonk in a PR battle.
yeah, but they're all quitting their jobs. not sure that counts as a victory. who knows? maybe all this press is a good way to get the word out they're available. I dunno. seems kind of rash, when the guy whatever his name is hasnt got back from Luxembourg or Lichenstein. or wherever he went. he's not exactly young. hard to blame the guy for getting away to a nice spot. I mean its not like its nuclear war or anything.
I thought those guys got fired.
No. they quit, after the guy said he wanted some article in a different place or wasn't polite (enuf).
Oh come on. Who is polite in this kind of mess? How about some honesty and no bs for what matters.
The thing about the printing press was a killer. Some crying because the guy with the money said shut down a press that's burning money? Give me a break. I wonder when was the last time those people had real jobs.
Hey dude. That's awesomely rude.


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Karnataka for phased lifting of lockdown in state
Health, Coronavirus, National, , April 07, 2020, 10:31 pm Daily World
Bengaluru, April 7 : With fingers crossed, a besieged Karnataka government is looking forward to a phased lifting of the 21-day lockdown from April 15, a senior official said on Tuesday. "The state government is weighing the pros and cons of lifting the 3-week lockdown in a phased manner from April 15, as its hectic efforts to contain the coronavirus spread seems to have partially paid off by preventing community transmission across the state till date," the official told IANS on the condition of anonymity. Compared to other states across the country, Karnataka has till date registered 175 Covid-19 positive cases, including 146 active, 25 discharged and only 4 dead since the last three weeks. "The state has dropped to 10th position from third in a week across the country and has the lowest number of cases among the southern states, with Tamil Nadu over 600, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over 300 and Kerala above 270 cases till Monday," said the official quoting from the Covid-19 tracker of the central government. An analysis of the cases revealed that the dreadful disease had struck only 18 of the 30 districts across the southern state, with four of them registering them in double digits, while it is between 8 and 1 in the remaining 14 districts. Bengaluru Urban has 62 cases, with 45 active, 18 discharged and 1 death, followed by Mysuru 35 active, Dakshina Kannada 12, including 8 active and 4 discharged and Bidar 10 active cases. The remaining 56 are spread over 14 districts, with 48 active, 5 discharged and one death each in Bagalkote, Kalaburagi and Tumakuru. "Most of the cases have either foreign travel history or Tablighis returning from their mosque in New Delhi's Nizamuddin, with some of them related to or came into contact with them," noted the official. Though the affected districts are spread across the state barring the central or Malnad region, the state government is in favour of lifting the lockdown in those 12 districts that remained free or have not reported a single case so far. On a higher scale, only Bengaluru and Mysuru are the two hotspots, with 60 per cent (97) of the total cases in the state. Dakshina Kannada on the west coast is way behind with just 12 cases. "If cases stabilise or increase incrementally over the next week when the prolonged lockdown ends on April 14, the twin hotspots - Bengaluru and Mysuru - will continue to be under lockdown for another week or so, while it may be staggered in other affected districts, depending on the ground situation," the official added. A worried chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, under pressure from various lobbies to lift the lockdown, hinted that the state may have to endure another 2-week curfew if the grim situation worsens and a section of the people continue to roam around, throwing caution to the wind and ignoring social distancing. "The state government will take stock of the situation on April 11 and submit a detailed report with data from across the state by April 12 to the Centre for deciding on lifting the lockdown in a phased manner in the virus-free districts and its continuation in the hotspots," the official added. /IANS
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Regarding Large Pullbacks
The age-old advice is to "buy low and sell high", and it's hard to argue with that logic. We cling steadfastly to the belief that if you buy and stay invested over the long term, you'll have done exactly that. With history as a guide, the stock market has rewarded investors handsomely, but the path toward higher prices hasn't exactly been a straight line upward.
Volatility has always been, is currently and will forever be a feature of the stock market. Truth be told, that volatility is why the rewards have been so attractive over the years…if you could hold on for the sometimes bumpy ride. Those rewards have accrued to stock investors because there's a tradeoff between risk and reward. If investors can tolerate higher risk in the form of volatility (bumps in the road), then there's an opportunity to earn higher returns. Looking back over the past forty or so years, there have been a lot more years where stock prices have been up in aggregate than when they've been down. To put a number on that fact, the S&P 500 has been up almost 80% of those years, with an average return across all years of around 9½%.
Those annual returns, however, only tell part of the story. It's sort of like the duck gliding elegantly across the water, only the duck feet are working pretty darn hard under the water to make that glide look effortless. Across all those 40+ years, the average pullback from a previous high to an eventual low during each year has been 14%. We've seen some white-knuckle stretches even in years with spectacular returns.
There's something about the way humans are wired that makes losses feel more painful than gains feel enjoyable. Truth be told, though, losses haven't really been incurred unless investors sold at depressed prices and missed out on future gains. That truth illustrates why investors are wise to park assets they'll need to tap into in the near-term in less risky assets like cash or bonds, even when interest rates are very, very low.
Those white-knuckle stretches can be unsettling, or at least unpleasant, for even the most stoic investors. In those circumstances, a set of questions may help settle nerves, because the answers are unlikely to change dramatically over time.
Have my reasons for investing changed?
Have my goals changed?
Has my time horizon for needing money changed?
Am I skillful or disciplined enough to get back into the market after a pullback has occurred?
For most investors, the answer to all four questions will be "no", so what prescription does that reveal? "Hurry up and wait" may not seem terribly insightful or inspirational, but with history as a guide it has proven to be the cure for what ails investors when stock prices pull back.
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Choosing nu in support vector regression with different noise models — theory and experiments
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Robust Ensemble Learning for Data Mining
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Sparse greedy matrix approximation for machine learning.
Smola, A., Schölkopf, B.
In 17th International Conference on Machine Learning, Stanford, 2000, pages: 911-918, (Editors: P Langley), Morgan Kaufman, San Fransisco, CA, USA, 17th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2000 (inproceedings)
Smola, A., Schölkopf, B. Sparse greedy matrix approximation for machine learning. In 17th International Conference on Machine Learning, Stanford, 2000, pages: 911-918, (Editors: P Langley), Morgan Kaufman, San Fransisco, CA, USA, 17th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2000 (inproceedings)
The Kernel Trick for Distances
Schölkopf, B.
(MSR-TR-2000-51), Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA, 2000 (techreport)
A method is described which, like the kernel trick in support vector machines (SVMs), lets us generalize distance-based algorithms to operate in feature spaces, usually nonlinearly related to the input space. This is done by identifying a class of kernels which can be represented as normbased distances in Hilbert spaces. It turns out that common kernel algorithms, such as SVMs and kernel PCA, are actually really distance based algorithms and can be run with that class of kernels, too. As well as providing a useful new insight into how these algorithms work, the present work can form the basis for conceiving new algorithms.
Schölkopf, B. The Kernel Trick for Distances (MSR-TR-2000-51), Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA, 2000 (techreport)
Enhanced Password Authentication Through Typing Biometrics with K-Means Clustering Algorithm
Ong, CS., Lai, WK.
Ong, CS., Lai, WK. Enhanced Password Authentication Through Typing Biometrics with K-Means Clustering Algorithm In 2000 (inproceedings)
Entropy Numbers of Linear Function Classes.
Williamson, R., Smola, A., Schölkopf, B.
In 13th Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, pages: 309-319, (Editors: N Cesa-Bianchi and S Goldman), Morgan Kaufman, San Fransisco, CA, USA, 13th Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory (COLT), 2000 (inproceedings)
Williamson, R., Smola, A., Schölkopf, B. Entropy Numbers of Linear Function Classes. In 13th Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, pages: 309-319, (Editors: N Cesa-Bianchi and S Goldman), Morgan Kaufman, San Fransisco, CA, USA, 13th Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory (COLT), 2000 (inproceedings)
Kernel method for percentile feature extraction
Schölkopf, B., Platt, J., Smola, A.
(MSR-TR-2000-22), Microsoft Research, 2000 (techreport)
A method is proposed which computes a direction in a dataset such that a speci􏰘ed fraction of a particular class of all examples is separated from the overall mean by a maximal margin􏰤 The pro jector onto that direction can be used for class􏰣speci􏰘c feature extraction􏰤 The algorithm is carried out in a feature space associated with a support vector kernel function􏰢 hence it can be used to construct a large class of nonlinear fea􏰣 ture extractors􏰤 In the particular case where there exists only one class􏰢 the method can be thought of as a robust form of principal component analysis􏰢 where instead of variance we maximize percentile thresholds􏰤 Fi􏰣 nally􏰢 we generalize it to also include the possibility of specifying negative examples􏰤
Schölkopf, B., Platt, J., Smola, A. Kernel method for percentile feature extraction (MSR-TR-2000-22), Microsoft Research, 2000 (techreport)
View-based cognitive mapping and path planning
Schölkopf, B., Mallot, H.
(7), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Tübingen, November 1994, This technical report has also been published elsewhere (techreport)
We present a scheme for learning a cognitive map of a maze from a sequence of views and movement decisions. The scheme is based on an intermediate representation called the view graph. We show that this representation carries sufficient information to reconstruct the topological and directional structure of the maze. Moreover, we present a neural network that learns the view graph during a random exploration of the maze. We use a unsupervised competitive learning rule which translates temporal sequence (rather than similarity) of views into connectedness in the network. The network uses its knowledge of the topological and directional structure of the maze to generate expectations about which views are likely to be perceived next, improving the view recognition performance. We provide an additional mechanism which uses the map to find paths between arbitrary points of the previously explored environment. The results are compared to findings of behavioural neuroscience.
Schölkopf, B., Mallot, H. View-based cognitive mapping and path planning (7), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Tübingen, November 1994, This technical report has also been published elsewhere (techreport)
Raman and Infrared-Spectra of Solid Chloroflouromethane
Schlueter, S., Davison, T., Anderson, A.
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 25, pages: 429-433, 1994 (article)
Raman and infrared spectra of solid CH2CIF (Freon 31) were recorded in both the lattice and internal mode regions for samples at temperatures between 12 and 125 K. No evidence of any solid-state phase transition was found, but some thin-film samples deposited at low temperatures appear to exist in a metastable phase. Spectra of the stable phase are compatible with a non-centrosymmetric unit cell containing four molecules. Lattice peaks are assigned on the basis of geometrical and intensity arguments.
Schlueter, S., Davison, T., Anderson, A. Raman and Infrared-Spectra of Solid Chloroflouromethane Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 25, pages: 429-433, 1994 (article)
Pruning from Adaptive Regularization
Hansen, LK., Rasmussen, CE.
Neural Computation, 6(6):1222-1231, 1994 (article)
Inspired by the recent upsurge of interest in Bayesian methods we consider adaptive regularization. A generalization based scheme for adaptation of regularization parameters is introduced and compared to Bayesian regularization.We show that pruning arises naturally within both adaptive regularization schemes. As model example we have chosen the simplest possible: estimating the mean of a random variable with known variance. Marked similarities are found between the two methods in that they both involve a "noise limit", below which they regularize with infinite weight decay, i.e., they prune.However, pruning is not always beneficial. We show explicitly that both methods in some cases may increase the generalization error. This corresponds to situations where the underlying assumptions of the regularizer are poorly matched to the environment.
Hansen, LK., Rasmussen, CE. Pruning from Adaptive Regularization Neural Computation, 6(6):1222-1231, 1994 (article)


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Drew Davis: Alright. It is June 16, 2010. My name is Drew Davis, and I am the interviewer.
If you could please state your name.
Jim Kautenburger: Jim Kautenburger.
Drew Davis: What degree did you receive, in what year, and from what department?
Jim Kautenburger: I received a Bachelor's Degree in Special Ed. and Elementary Education from NAU in December of 1976.
Drew Davis: What role have you had in education following graduation?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, I think I've probably changed 6 or 700 lives, hopefully in a positive way, being a teacher since 1976.
Drew Davis: What was the physical campus like during that time period? What were Flagstaff and northern Arizona and other social outlets like during that time period?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, it was much different than it is today. My son is there now, so I've had an opportunity to be back this year. Campus was smaller; south campus was built at that time, and I think the dome was going to be built by the time I left in '76. The town was a lot smaller, not as many apartments, not as many big stores. Costco-purina was built those last years when I was there. I think I went grocery shopping at something far less than the Safeways and Fry's that are there right now. The campus was completely different in a sense that the area around that I remember specifically, the area around the activity center, had an area that was for married housing that was called "Cottage City," and in thinking about this interview, I thought back, and thought how unique that area was because I had a friend who was married at the time and he and wife lived there, and these home that had been there for years, I felt is was a little bit unfortunate that they didn't just leave one as a museum for people to come back and be about to see. But the dorms's pretty much the same. Again, south campus was a little bit smaller; the town was a lot smaller.
Drew Davis: How would you describe the student population in terms of age, gender, race, economic status?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, I would say it's not much different than it is now. There was diversity there. A huge part of that, I think, was being close to the reservation. That was my first real opportunity, even though I was a native Arizonan, to go to school and be in a community when there was Native Americans. So, that was a good experience for me. I think that I became a little bit more sympathetic to them because there were all these issues back in the late 60's and 70's that people were concerned about, relating to the peaks, and that being one of the four corners of the Native Americans' universe. And we were all against the Snow Bowl wanting to expand on the mountain, and I don't think I ever stood on the corner with a sign, but it was an emotional support for them during that time. I do remember people that were there on campus who would stand in front of the activity center on rocks and read from the Bible and preach all day long, and that was really different for me, and if I'm not mistaken, they still do that. So just the experience of college was just an opportunity for growth in all of those areas.
Drew Davis:  Why did you choose to go to NAU?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, I want there for several reasons. One, the college of education. I did have a friend also that was going there and had spoke highly of that. I liked the area of the country, the environment. I've always been an outdoors person. I would consider myself a naturalist, so when I was there, I had an opportunity to fish and hunt and to camp and hike so if that school would have been in the middle of the Sahara Desert, I probably wouldn't have gone there even though it was a great school , so I think it was a combination of all those three factors. I was wanting to be a teacher and I heard it was a good school; I liked the environment there as well, and I had a friend.
Drew Davis: How did NAU influence you decision to go into education?
Jim Kautenburger: I don't think it did. I had pretty much made up my mind when I had worked with handicapped children prior to that. So when I went to NAU, I was ready to go with a special education degree. And so, I don't think they really influenced me. I think they probably influenced me in the sense that they said that you would be more marketable if you had a dual major which I ended up with an elementary as well as a special ed major as well.
Drew Davis: How did you pay for your college experience and did you work during the time you were a student? What jobs did you hold?
Jim Kautenburger: My parents paid for the college itself. They paid for the tuition. I'd never lived on campus. I was off campus the whole time. I think rent at that time was $250 a month split by three guys, so unlike now times ten, rent costs about $500 a month, it was 50 bucks then. I did work the whole time. My first job was in the library. I worked as a book shelver and check out. After that I transferred into the audio visual department which was on south campus and I showed movies. This was prior to VHS tapes and everything else, so I had the opportunity to have a schedule that was very flexible. I could put in my hours, I would drive to the building where the professor would want the movie to be shown. I had a blue parking pass. I got to park where all the professors got to park. I never got a parking ticket, unlike my son now who gets three or four a semester. It was a great opportunity for me to earn some money and to support myself on those things that my parents weren't as well as keep busy and learn a lot from those movies that I showed.
Drew Davis: What was your experience with housing at this time? Were you in a dormitory or off campus?
Jim Kautenburger: I was not in a dorm. I was off campus with friends that had been previously going to school there. I lived off Lake Mary Road the first year and then lived close to the Science Building right by Beaver School for the last year and a half I was there; I was there for three years.
Drew Davis: Did you know anyone in the dorm? What was dorm life like?
Jim Kautenburger: I did not know too many people, acquaintances from classrooms. I had been by the dorms before. The dorms were not coed at the time like it is now. Spent a little bit of time on campus but not a lot.
Drew Davis: What campus traditions were memorable to you during this time?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, I remember going to Audry Auditorium for probably more concert type activities, music events, not rock bands, but things that they would have inside there. I do remember that during the spring time they would have concerts in the old PE building which was up on north campus as well as south campus. But I was a little bit excluded from the campus life itself because by the time I got there I was four years out of high school. So I didn't really move along with those freshman that would probably come in at that time and be involved in that.
Drew Davis: What extra curricular activities did you take part in, sports or drama, government, newspaper? And if you did, what effect did they have on your college experience?
Jim Kautenburger: None except intramurals. I really enjoyed playing intramural football, basketball. Got involved in racket ball tournaments, but none of the above.
Drew Davis: What teachers, classes, or educational experiences did you have that were the most memorable?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, I would say, the one that sticks out in my mind the most was my first semester I was there in September, and I was standing on the top of the science building with Dr Hall who was the astronomy teacher of two or three hundred students, quite an eccentric man, very intelligent, really spurred my interest in astronomy, and here I am at 9:00 at night looking through telescopes at other stars and galaxies, just thinking I was at the right place at that time. So Dr. Hall and the Science Dept. was one. As far as education, there were several. There was Mrs. Odel who was a teacher that had been there for several years. Florence Odel was her name, wow, I can't believe I recalled that one. Really a caring person. Gave us lots of experiences downstairs in the east ----education elementary school there. I remember her fondly. Doctor Tuck was there as well. Dr. Peterson who was a special education professor that was really into the 94-142 laws and the IEPs, so I learned a lot from those three or four.
Drew Davis: Any other faculty, staff, or administrators that were memorable to you?
Jim Kautenburger: None that I can that of, no.
Drew Davis: What was your clearest and most memorable experience of your college years?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, you know, I really enjoyed the classes that I went to. I became a Big Brother with Big Brother and Big Sisters in Flagstaff, and that really kind of cemented my feeling that I was in the right place doing what I wanted to because I really enjoyed working with those boys, felt like I had found something that I could really do well and help. So I think that the classes and the community around that was nice. I did spend a little bit of time with the exceptional children's group that was there; it was a college group. But I think spending time with kids, which I did with Big Brothers, was memorable for me. Really enjoyed extra curricular activities outside of the university. Really spent a lot of time fishing, camping, did a little bit of duck hunting, lots of hiking. I drove up the old Wetherford Road when you could drive your Jeep up to the top of the peaks, camped up there, watched the sunrise from a place that only people can hike now, and I tried to hike it about a year ago in the summer, and got up about 1 mile and said, "Can't do this anymore." So as far as the activities that I remember to be memorable that affected me in a natural kind of way were all those things that were around the community of Flag.
Drew Davis: Considering your total college experience, what difference did NAU make in your professional life?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, I think going to NAU has a long history of teaching educators, and so I think it was fairly easy for me to be able to gain employment right away. Say the question one more time.
Jim Kautenburger: Yeah, I think I was able to, just because of the location of the school, be able to spend more time focused on my degree. You know, I've had sons that have gone to different universities before and some are considered more party schools. It wasn't necessarily that way there. I think people, in my opinion, were just a little bit more serious about what they were attempting to accomplish while they were there in school.
Drew Davis: What connections did your college experience provide you with, be it friends, or business, or professional?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, as I stated, I had a friend that had been there in education, which then we began teaching in the same school district. So I've been in contact with that person. I've met many people since then, at least a half a dozen that have gone there to NAU, and speak highly of it whether it's those folks or their kids that have gone there.
Drew Davis: Considering your total college experience, what difference did NAU make in your personal life?
Jim Kautenburger: Well, I think it helped me to realize I was in the right place doing the right thing, and there's nothing like confidence to spur you on and make you feel like you're headed in the right direction. So again, if it was in a different location, if it didn't have all of those factors put together there, it may not have been such a profound experience for me, but I think all those made me a better person.
Drew Davis: What about your college experience most made you feel good about yourself.
Jim Kautenburger: Well, doing well in school, enjoying the classes. Again, feeling like I was doing the right thing. Knowing that it was a school that was teaching educators for a long period of time made me confident.
Drew Davis: What were the pressing social issues of the day, and how did that affect your life on campus?
Jim Kautenburger: The pressing social issues are what I mentioned before. There was huge interest in developing the mountain, and the Native Americans had pretty much stated that that was their church, that was one of the four corners of their universe, so it gave me an opportunities to think about other people's feelings. We had just come out of the late 60's which was all about Vietnam. I don't recall, that there was, the lottery had ended by then, and I had missed that, so I was not pressured by that. I think the other biggest thing, believe or not, was the Purina plant that was being built. No one really in Flagstaff wanted it to become a big city and when they put that plant on the railroad, there were people that were upset about that because they just wanted to keep it small. So as far as probably the two issues that were the biggest, those were probably the two.
Drew Davis: Is there anything that we did not ask you that you would like to share?
Jim Kautenburger: You know, I think we covered it.
Drew Davis: Well, Jim, that you so much for your time.
Jim Kautenburger: Yeah, man. Sure.
Drew Davis: Appreciate it.
Jim Kautenburger: Hope it helps.
Call number NAU.OH.2008.123.080
Creator Kautenburger, Jim
Title Oral history interview with Jim Kautenburger, June 16, 2010.
Type Sound
Description Jim Kautenberger received a BS in Special Education/Elementary Education in 1976, a dual major. He began is career at NAU as an older student, beginning 4 year after he graduated high school and didn't real feel a fit with his freshman class. His memories included the smaller campus, South Campus being built, "Cottage City" still was here and there weren't as many apartments in town. Jim said the campus population was very diverse and that Native American issues made a big impact including the expansion of the Arizona Snow Bowl "which no one wanted to see". It was an emotional period, given his love of the outdoors, hunting and fishing, etc. He said he attended here because of the College of Education. He wanted to be a teacher and had worked with handicapped students before and went for Special Education right off the bat. His campus memories included Old Main; concerts in Ardrey and the men's gym. His parents paid for school and he lived off campus, but worked in the North Library for awhile then moved down to the South Library in the Audio-Visual Department and showed movies in classes on reels. He became a "Big Brother" here with the Big Brother's/ Big Sister's program. Remembered teachers included Dr. Hall for Astronomy, Florence Odel and Dr's Tuck and Peterson. He somewhat sadly remembered the Purina Plant being built and everyone knew Flagstaff would become a big city and no one wanted to see the change.
Collection name Emanuel, Gary
Contributor Davis, Drew
References Jim Kautenburger image: http://archive.library.nau.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cpa/id/107661
Transcript Drew Davis: Alright. It is June 16, 2010. My name is Drew Davis, and I am the interviewer. If you could please state your name. Jim Kautenburger: Jim Kautenburger. Drew Davis: What degree did you receive, in what year, and from what department? Jim Kautenburger: I received a Bachelor's Degree in Special Ed. and Elementary Education from NAU in December of 1976. Drew Davis: What role have you had in education following graduation? Jim Kautenburger: Well, I think I've probably changed 6 or 700 lives, hopefully in a positive way, being a teacher since 1976. Drew Davis: What was the physical campus like during that time period? What were Flagstaff and northern Arizona and other social outlets like during that time period? Jim Kautenburger: Well, it was much different than it is today. My son is there now, so I've had an opportunity to be back this year. Campus was smaller; south campus was built at that time, and I think the dome was going to be built by the time I left in '76. The town was a lot smaller, not as many apartments, not as many big stores. Costco-purina was built those last years when I was there. I think I went grocery shopping at something far less than the Safeways and Fry's that are there right now. The campus was completely different in a sense that the area around that I remember specifically, the area around the activity center, had an area that was for married housing that was called "Cottage City," and in thinking about this interview, I thought back, and thought how unique that area was because I had a friend who was married at the time and he and wife lived there, and these home that had been there for years, I felt is was a little bit unfortunate that they didn't just leave one as a museum for people to come back and be about to see. But the dorms's pretty much the same. Again, south campus was a little bit smaller; the town was a lot smaller. Drew Davis: How would you describe the student population in terms of age, gender, race, economic status? Jim Kautenburger: Well, I would say it's not much different than it is now. There was diversity there. A huge part of that, I think, was being close to the reservation. That was my first real opportunity, even though I was a native Arizonan, to go to school and be in a community when there was Native Americans. So, that was a good experience for me. I think that I became a little bit more sympathetic to them because there were all these issues back in the late 60's and 70's that people were concerned about, relating to the peaks, and that being one of the four corners of the Native Americans' universe. And we were all against the Snow Bowl wanting to expand on the mountain, and I don't think I ever stood on the corner with a sign, but it was an emotional support for them during that time. I do remember people that were there on campus who would stand in front of the activity center on rocks and read from the Bible and preach all day long, and that was really different for me, and if I'm not mistaken, they still do that. So just the experience of college was just an opportunity for growth in all of those areas. Drew Davis: Why did you choose to go to NAU? Jim Kautenburger: Well, I want there for several reasons. One, the college of education. I did have a friend also that was going there and had spoke highly of that. I liked the area of the country, the environment. I've always been an outdoors person. I would consider myself a naturalist, so when I was there, I had an opportunity to fish and hunt and to camp and hike so if that school would have been in the middle of the Sahara Desert, I probably wouldn't have gone there even though it was a great school , so I think it was a combination of all those three factors. I was wanting to be a teacher and I heard it was a good school; I liked the environment there as well, and I had a friend. Drew Davis: How did NAU influence you decision to go into education? Jim Kautenburger: I don't think it did. I had pretty much made up my mind when I had worked with handicapped children prior to that. So when I went to NAU, I was ready to go with a special education degree. And so, I don't think they really influenced me. I think they probably influenced me in the sense that they said that you would be more marketable if you had a dual major which I ended up with an elementary as well as a special ed major as well. Drew Davis: How did you pay for your college experience and did you work during the time you were a student? What jobs did you hold? Jim Kautenburger: My parents paid for the college itself. They paid for the tuition. I'd never lived on campus. I was off campus the whole time. I think rent at that time was $250 a month split by three guys, so unlike now times ten, rent costs about $500 a month, it was 50 bucks then. I did work the whole time. My first job was in the library. I worked as a book shelver and check out. After that I transferred into the audio visual department which was on south campus and I showed movies. This was prior to VHS tapes and everything else, so I had the opportunity to have a schedule that was very flexible. I could put in my hours, I would drive to the building where the professor would want the movie to be shown. I had a blue parking pass. I got to park where all the professors got to park. I never got a parking ticket, unlike my son now who gets three or four a semester. It was a great opportunity for me to earn some money and to support myself on those things that my parents weren't as well as keep busy and learn a lot from those movies that I showed. Drew Davis: What was your experience with housing at this time? Were you in a dormitory or off campus? Jim Kautenburger: I was not in a dorm. I was off campus with friends that had been previously going to school there. I lived off Lake Mary Road the first year and then lived close to the Science Building right by Beaver School for the last year and a half I was there; I was there for three years. Drew Davis: Did you know anyone in the dorm? What was dorm life like? Jim Kautenburger: I did not know too many people, acquaintances from classrooms. I had been by the dorms before. The dorms were not coed at the time like it is now. Spent a little bit of time on campus but not a lot. Drew Davis: What campus traditions were memorable to you during this time? Jim Kautenburger: Well, I remember going to Audry Auditorium for probably more concert type activities, music events, not rock bands, but things that they would have inside there. I do remember that during the spring time they would have concerts in the old PE building which was up on north campus as well as south campus. But I was a little bit excluded from the campus life itself because by the time I got there I was four years out of high school. So I didn't really move along with those freshman that would probably come in at that time and be involved in that. Drew Davis: What extra curricular activities did you take part in, sports or drama, government, newspaper? And if you did, what effect did they have on your college experience? Jim Kautenburger: None except intramurals. I really enjoyed playing intramural football, basketball. Got involved in racket ball tournaments, but none of the above. Drew Davis: What teachers, classes, or educational experiences did you have that were the most memorable? Jim Kautenburger: Well, I would say, the one that sticks out in my mind the most was my first semester I was there in September, and I was standing on the top of the science building with Dr Hall who was the astronomy teacher of two or three hundred students, quite an eccentric man, very intelligent, really spurred my interest in astronomy, and here I am at 9:00 at night looking through telescopes at other stars and galaxies, just thinking I was at the right place at that time. So Dr. Hall and the Science Dept. was one. As far as education, there were several. There was Mrs. Odel who was a teacher that had been there for several years. Florence Odel was her name, wow, I can't believe I recalled that one. Really a caring person. Gave us lots of experiences downstairs in the east ----education elementary school there. I remember her fondly. Doctor Tuck was there as well. Dr. Peterson who was a special education professor that was really into the 94-142 laws and the IEPs, so I learned a lot from those three or four. Drew Davis: Any other faculty, staff, or administrators that were memorable to you? Jim Kautenburger: None that I can that of, no. Drew Davis: What was your clearest and most memorable experience of your college years? Jim Kautenburger: Well, you know, I really enjoyed the classes that I went to. I became a Big Brother with Big Brother and Big Sisters in Flagstaff, and that really kind of cemented my feeling that I was in the right place doing what I wanted to because I really enjoyed working with those boys, felt like I had found something that I could really do well and help. So I think that the classes and the community around that was nice. I did spend a little bit of time with the exceptional children's group that was there; it was a college group. But I think spending time with kids, which I did with Big Brothers, was memorable for me. Really enjoyed extra curricular activities outside of the university. Really spent a lot of time fishing, camping, did a little bit of duck hunting, lots of hiking. I drove up the old Wetherford Road when you could drive your Jeep up to the top of the peaks, camped up there, watched the sunrise from a place that only people can hike now, and I tried to hike it about a year ago in the summer, and got up about 1 mile and said, "Can't do this anymore." So as far as the activities that I remember to be memorable that affected me in a natural kind of way were all those things that were around the community of Flag. Drew Davis: Considering your total college experience, what difference did NAU make in your professional life? Jim Kautenburger: Well, I think going to NAU has a long history of teaching educators, and so I think it was fairly easy for me to be able to gain employment right away. Say the question one more time. Drew Davis: Considering your total college experience, what difference did NAU make in your professional life? Jim Kautenburger: Yeah, I think I was able to, just because of the location of the school, be able to spend more time focused on my degree. You know, I've had sons that have gone to different universities before and some are considered more party schools. It wasn't necessarily that way there. I think people, in my opinion, were just a little bit more serious about what they were attempting to accomplish while they were there in school. Drew Davis: What connections did your college experience provide you with, be it friends, or business, or professional? Jim Kautenburger: Well, as I stated, I had a friend that had been there in education, which then we began teaching in the same school district. So I've been in contact with that person. I've met many people since then, at least a half a dozen that have gone there to NAU, and speak highly of it whether it's those folks or their kids that have gone there. Drew Davis: Considering your total college experience, what difference did NAU make in your personal life? Jim Kautenburger: Well, I think it helped me to realize I was in the right place doing the right thing, and there's nothing like confidence to spur you on and make you feel like you're headed in the right direction. So again, if it was in a different location, if it didn't have all of those factors put together there, it may not have been such a profound experience for me, but I think all those made me a better person. Drew Davis: What about your college experience most made you feel good about yourself. Jim Kautenburger: Well, doing well in school, enjoying the classes. Again, feeling like I was doing the right thing. Knowing that it was a school that was teaching educators for a long period of time made me confident. Drew Davis: What were the pressing social issues of the day, and how did that affect your life on campus? Jim Kautenburger: The pressing social issues are what I mentioned before. There was huge interest in developing the mountain, and the Native Americans had pretty much stated that that was their church, that was one of the four corners of their universe, so it gave me an opportunities to think about other people's feelings. We had just come out of the late 60's which was all about Vietnam. I don't recall, that there was, the lottery had ended by then, and I had missed that, so I was not pressured by that. I think the other biggest thing, believe or not, was the Purina plant that was being built. No one really in Flagstaff wanted it to become a big city and when they put that plant on the railroad, there were people that were upset about that because they just wanted to keep it small. So as far as probably the two issues that were the biggest, those were probably the two. Drew Davis: Is there anything that we did not ask you that you would like to share? Jim Kautenburger: You know, I think we covered it. Drew Davis: Well, Jim, that you so much for your time. Jim Kautenburger: Yeah, man. Sure. Drew Davis: Appreciate it. Jim Kautenburger: Hope it helps.
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ATB has long worked to ensure our business goals closely align with improving the lives of Albertans. We recognize that purpose and profit are interconnected, so we wove that focus—and our commitment to working for the greater good—throughout our Path to 2030 strategic plan, released just months before the global health emergency was declared. As the crisis evolved and it became clear it would continue for many more months, ATB looked beyond emergency relief programs and developed ways to help Alberta businesses adapt to the ongoing challenges. We adapted our existing programs and initiatives and created new ones.
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ATB X Accelerator is a customized, growth-focused experience delivered by businesses, for businesses—through experts, connections, and community. We adapted many of the ATB X Accelerator programs to meet the challenges of the health crisis and allow Albertans to safely continue participating. So far, 11 ATB X Growth cohorts have now graduated, encompassing more than 200 alumni who are now accelerating their business goals across Alberta. ATB X Level Up and User Testing have also been recently introduced, with many Alberta business owners taking advantage of increasing their entrepreneurial skill sets while receiving immediate feedback on new products or services.
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Our commitment to helping Alberta businesses embrace possibilities is what led us to create ATB Entrepreneur Centres in Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, and Lethbridge. This past year, the Entrepreneur Centres went fully digital, hosting all of our 45 events online, which saw more than 1,000 Albertans participate. For new entrepreneurs starting up during the pandemic, we also offered free banking for the first year so their capital could be best used in getting off the ground during an exceptionally challenging time.
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This committee was formed in the early days of the pandemic to address the most critical community needs. Our immediate response included a $250,000 donation to and $180,000 in fundraising for United Way to help get funds where they were needed most, and donation-matching through the ATB Cares program in April. Thanks to the tremendous generosity of ATB team members and fellow Albertans, we reached $100,000 in matched donations in only five days. Other support included organizing efforts to support health care workers, truck drivers, non-profit organizations, teachers, and vulnerable Albertans, including delivering free or subsidized meals and hand sanitizer.
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A new partnership led by the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association will provide pulse oximetry monitors, which measure blood oxygen levels, to COVID-19 patients. Research shows that lower levels could be an early warning sign to let patients know when to seek help. In addition to financial support, ATB is also lending some procurement and project-coordination expertise. This pilot project will be implemented in early fiscal 2022, during the third wave of the pandemic.
Helping Albertans understand their finances so they can make their money work harder for them is an important contributor to well-being and a key focus for ATB. Many of our financial-empowerment programs adapted their strategies to serve clients safely while helping the many Albertans facing new or deepening financial challenges to address urgent needs and plan for better days ahead. In addition to our keystone programs, we:
Continued our partnership with Cashco Financial to reach Albertans who may have difficulty accessing the conventional financial services system;
Continued to take part in the Financial Pathways Collaborative in Edmonton to foster financial literacy in vulnerable populations;
Continued our support of the Junior Achievement Company Program to connect students with local leaders;
Again partnered with The Alex Centre to deliver its financial empowerment programming for Calgarians living on low incomes; and
Partnered with 4-H to deliver financial literacy courses on the basics of budgeting and credit to 4-H youth and their leaders.
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Four Directions Financial uses biometric technology to make banking more accessible to Albertans experiencing houselessness or living in poverty. Over the last four years, Four Directions has grown to approximately 1,500 clients, with over 70% set up to receive a direct deposit to their account, eliminating the need for cheque management. This year we partnered with the Government of Alberta to help open accounts for Alberta Works and Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) clients. Many of these clients have limited or no identification but are now able to access basic banking services throughout the entire province and are not limited to Four Directions Financial.
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Traditional Junior ATB delivers a hands-on, in-person mini-bank setup in an elementary school. With the restrictions in place through public health measures, we created an online financial literacy program to safely deliver an interactive experience to students in Grades 4 to 6. The new online experience offers activities and conversation designed specifically for virtual learning. More than 70% of the previous year's schools participated, and we received many new requests from schools that wanted to try the virtual format. Some teachers said this was the only extracurricular activity that students could take part in and were thrilled that ATB could quickly design and deliver the new program.
Empower U is a financial literacy and matched savings program whose participants are typically women from diverse backgrounds who are experiencing low income and poverty. As part of the partnership between ATB and United Way, ATB provides facilitators to run financial workshops and in-branch ambassadors to set up the accounts and personally welcome each new participant. As participants become more financially stable, they also take part in a one-to-one matched savings program, meaning that for every dollar they save, they generate $1 in matched contributions. Since Empower U began in 2012, more than 2,500 people have participated in the program, resulting in just over $324,000 saved. In addition, 90% of participants reported an increase in self-esteem and 93% reported an increase in financial self-confidence.
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Economic value retained: $102 million Economic value retained: $211 million
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Under the Radar: Çağlar Yardim wins ONR Young Investigator Award for marine atmospheric research
"They won't spot us," the hero jet pilot says calmly. "We're going under the radar."
The aircraft nosedives toward the ocean below. The co-pilot grabs the dashboard in fright.
Meanwhile, back at enemy headquarters, the blip of light tracking their aircraft disappears from the radar screen.
"We lost him, sir!" the enemy dispatcher shouts, banging the table with his fist.
It's a scene right out of any Hollywood action film – although, it turns out, not that scientifically sound in most coastal and marine environments.
Watch a short video interview with Yardim and his team
Çağlar Yardim is an assistant research professor at The Ohio State University, specializing in low atmospheric conditions through remote sensing and applied signal processing. Based out of the ElectroScience Lab on Kinnear Road, he also directs the Atmospheric & Oceanographic Electromagnetics and Marine Systems Laboratory (ATOM).
In other words, Yardim helps ensure "flying under the radar" remains a trick of the past. He recently earned a $510,000 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award for his research proposal, "Multiple Grazing Angle Electromagnetic Propagation and Scattering in Non-Standard Atmosphere Marine Meteorology and Space Program," under the Marine Meteorology and Space Program.
The research has taken his team to many interesting locations over the years, with the goal of improving communication systems, weather prediction models and Earth science technologies through electromagnetics.
For Ohio State Ph.D. student Luyao Xu, the lure of doing research and living on a ship in the middle of the ocean for months at a time was too strong to pass up. She is a graduate research associate at ESL and part of Yardim's research team at ATOM Lab.
Xu said, "When I first came to Çağlar, he told me there was a chance we could all go outside and stay on the sea for months or so, and we could stay on a ship forever and never get back to the land. I said, 'That's awesome. I want to do that.'"
Yardim said her focus as a team member is solid.
"She carries things, builds hardware and loves going to experimentation," he said.
Together with Professor Robert Burkholder, Yardim is on a multi-university research initiative (MURI) project called "CASPER," or Coupled Air-Sea Processes and Electromagnetic Ducting Research. The $7.5 million project studies lower atmospheric temperature, humidity, sea surface conditions, and how they affect marine radar and communication systems.
Their data helps improve battlefield awareness, electromagnetic propagation models, understanding of lower atmospheric processes and air-sea interactions, as well as weather prediction codes for not only military use, but the local weatherperson as well.
Understanding how the lower atmosphere affects radio waves, Yardim explains, will help advance long-distance communications to benefit society as a whole.
"When we were doing our experimentation off the coast of California in 2018, the first day we had a very strong atmospheric duct from the Santa Anna winds and I could Facetime with my parents at 45 kilometers away from the shore," Yardim said. "The next day, the atmospheric conditions completely flipped and we lost our entire cellphone coverage within 5 kilometers of the shore."
He said finding a sense of stability between radio wave reception and atmospheric conditions is key. The ATOM team measures the variations of refractivity in the atmosphere. Right above the sea surface, these variations cause the propagating radar communication signal to bend toward the Earth's surface, effectively trapping the signal in what is called an atmospheric duct.
That's why the concept of jet pilots flying close to the ocean without knowing the ducting conditions to avoid radar detection is a source of amusement for Yardim.
"Flying inside the duct, where most enemy radar signals are trapped, is the last place you want to be, because the radar's detection range could easily have extended fivefold," he said. "You want to fly right above the duct, not inside the duct. That's why battlefield awareness is indispensable for the Navy."
According to ONR, the Young Investigator Award recognizes research in the broad thrust areas of atmospheric prediction, atmospheric effects, air-sea interaction, marine boundary layer processes and space environment. Emphasis is placed on research aimed at improving data, analysis and prediction systems for describing and forecasting environmental parameters critical to Navy and Marine Corps operations.
With prior ONR funding, Yardim and his team developed the Lower Atmospheric Propagation System, or LATPROP, to measure electromagnetic signals under non-standard atmospheric conditions and remote sensing of atmospheric refractivity.
LATPROP has three components. The first, LATPROP-UWB, is a 2-40 GHz ultrawideband propagation loss measurement system deployed from research vessels off the east and west coast. The second is a heavily modified commercial marine radar system that basically turns a fisherman's radar into a coherent-on-receive software defined 25 kW real-time research radar, with a high-gain 10-foot diameter dish antenna. The third is a drone developed to carry electromagnetic and meteorological payloads to measure the lower atmosphere, ocean surface conditions and electromagnetic signals simultaneously.
Yardim and his team were based off the coast of Malibu on a research platform designed to flip from horizontal to vertical, with its stern 300 feet below the surface, providing a stable vessel for testing between shore and their location 50 kilometers out at sea. Other research boats, autonomous underwater vehicles, shore-based systems and aircraft traveled in between to gather simultaneous atmospheric/oceanographic and electromagnetic data.
"Essentially, so we could measure the entire column, all the way from the bottom of the water to the upper atmosphere," he said.
This is a big task, he said, requiring collaboration between meteorologists, oceanographers, experts from various engineering fields to fully understand the science behind it all.
Working in this realm of science, he said, makes him appreciate teamwork.
"One of the big advantages of working at the ElectroScience Lab is you can just go knock on the door of somebody. You can talk to them and learn," he said. "That was one of the big incentives for me coming to Ohio State. The really incredible working environment and the know-how that has been accumulated at ESL over the decades."
In the ECE department at Ohio State, he said, students can take electromagnetic theory, antenna design, microwaves, remote sensing, atmospheric propagation and signal processing/parameter estimation classes to learn more about this field.
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A New Lear; or, Daughter Dissed
We waited last week in an anon umbra for the expectant promise over at Literary Rejections on Display, an entertaining and informative site we visit periodically to check up on the latest trends in rejection slips and attitudes of those on the receiving end. Apparently, Writer Rejected, the hospitable host of LROD, had landed a paper airplane safely somewhere, an acceptance.
"What Wasn't Passed On" (New York Times, Dec. 8, 2011) is a familial, personal essay about a daughter who is disinherited by her father. We were reminded, of course, of the mad dad mother of them all, King Lear, and we posted our congratulations to the now somewhat less mysterious WR in a non-puckish comment, for the tone had grown serious, and we also realized a larger context of the personal theme, for the whole country has by now disinherited an entire generation of its young, and it appears to be headed toward disinheriting a generation of its old as well.
Yet we were also reminded of Faulkner's Isaac McCaslin, who, in Faulkner's "The Bear" (see Go Down, Moses), rejects his inheritance, insisting that no one can truly own the land, for the land inevitably has a complex history of giving and taking, of laying claims and laying hands.
"Nothing will come of nothing," Lear tells his daughter, and Blake's road of excess may indeed lead to a palace of wisdom, but what's a palace emptied of its children and its old people? Where's a fool when you need one? For maybe something does come from nothing, for "God bless the child that's got his own."
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