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Sometimes I think it really is just about action-hero fantasies imagining some good reason to kill people.
Glenn Beck's radio program has been suspended from its SiriusXM simulcast after Beck described the election of Donald Trump as a "possible extinction-level event for capitalism" during an interview with a guest who suggested that a "patriot" will then need to "step up" and "remove him from office."
During Wednesday's "Glenn Beck Radio Program," guest and conservative fiction author Brad Thor said he "guarantees" that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee would temporarily suspend the Constitution if elected president, calling the controversial candidate a "danger to America."
"This could bring down incredible heat on me because I'm about to suggest something very bad―it is a hypothetical I'm going to ask as a thriller writer," Thor said. "With the feckless, spineless Congress we have, who will stand in the way of Donald Trump overstepping his constitutional authority as President? If Congress won't remove him from office, what patriot will step up and do that? If―if―he overstates his constitutionally-granted authority I should say as president, if he oversteps that, how do we get him out of office? I don't think there is a legal means available. I think it will be a terrible, terrible position the American people will be in to get Trump out of office, because you won't be able to do it through Congress."
Instead of following up on Thor's remark about Trump's "removal" from office, Beck simply said he agreed before going on to say that he believed the economy would "reset" and decline "even if Jesus were in office."
(Tesfaye)
Certain factions within American conservatism have been itching for a revolt ever since Barack Obama was elected. We've seen dire warnings about revolution pretty much from the outset, first because Obama needed to resign, then because he needed to be impeached―because, you know, white supremacism says so. We've heard of the need for "Second Amendment solutions" along the way, liberal evil in passing Republican legislation, totalitarian mass-rape fantasies, rumors of rahowa because the black guy in the White House tried to incite a race riot by speaking a ritual platitude, and even something about invading Texas on behalf of Walmart and McDonald's. Rumors of violence swirl around the Republican National Convention, and now conservatives are even looking forward to the chance to revolt against a Republican president.
But that's the thing, it's so very nearly prim. It's as if these people really, really want to revolt, but are so invested in revolting as a patriotic act they need to imagine some incitement.
Perhaps the context is more personal; I sometimes recount this bit about Obamanoia, and a Republican of my acquaintance who tried pretending racism had nothing to do with the "lyin' African" and Aunt Jemima bits or Birtherism or terrorist fist bump or any of that. It wasn't racism, he insisted, but, rather, a policy argumentα. But, you know; I mean, how is that a policy argument? Well it's all they have left because Barack Obama is an elitist who won't listen to them. See, that's the thing about time and setting; in effect, the complaint was that by not conceding to the Republican platform before he was inaugurated, President Obama so cruelly alienated good, patriotic, non-racist American conservatives that they had nothing left but to lob flaming racist sinks at him in hopes that he might show some decency and shame. The moment stood out for its sheer stupidity.
But it was also bellwether. This is kind of how the conservative hardline works; it's a longtime joke about the definition of compromise: Republicans tell everyone else what to do, and everyone does it. See? Everybody has a part to play. My associate's circular logic seems, these years later, nearly emblematic.
That there is a faction of our society constantly itching for rebellion with a pretense of righteousness is what it is. That we feel somehow obliged to give them more serious consideration than in the past is actually a fascinating question. To what degree has our media hype feedback loop augmented the signal? What was easy enough to interpret as a modern-day would-be lynch mob, turning out to greet the President of the United States with guns in order to send a message, now also looks like a point on a precipitous curve toward delusional insurrection, and the point is any excuse to take up arms.
Republicans dared stoke these fires; now the well-armed potsherds and knights in shining tinfoil are looking to target the GOP.
As to Glenn Beck, do we really expect any better?
This is an important question: Certes, 'tis grotesque, but there is always the point that we don't really expect any better. How is this low expectation not, in and of itself, problematic?
By the time we get down to these people stalking restrooms in order to give women permission to urinate we might find utility in considering pathology, in addition to whatever hot-button issues the would-be American martyrs have in mind.
These people want a reason to fight and kill. And they want to call themselves heroic. Political pissing contests do define priorities, but what of the underpinning need for a moral excuse to cause havoc?
To the one there is societal discourse. To the other are antisocial people. The question just how much we ought to allow antisocial behavior to demand priorities of societal discourse seems pertinent. Civilized society is not a suicide pact.
Image note: Glenn Beck, circa 2016, via Twitter.
α Yes, I am aware that sounds ridiculous, but (A) this was a bona fide Republican, dedicated to the cause, and (B) this is the internet we're talking about. Honestly, he had an effect; he's something of a mystery proving a point insofar as I really wish I had kept better track of all the times he tried a talking-point reset three or five or seven days into a news cycle. There was also the argument about racism itself, a circumstantial reiteration of the "it's bigoted to reject bigotry" argument; the idea was that one could go off about "Mexicans" invading the United States and being lazy and demanding and sucking up public resources, but if anyone pointed out the racism, that was an unfair personal attack. In other words, racism was okay in his book, but it was offensive to call racism by its name. And this one is important in my memory in part because I think it was during that strangeness that he actually boasted about being some manner of Republican operative or participant. Even today, recalling the episode, it seems remarkable just how unsurprising that turned out to be. The bit with reiterating anew last week's debunked talking points even continued to confound me for a while, afterward, despite the obvious duh factor about why he was doing that.
Tesfaye, Sophia. "Glenn Beck's program suspended from radio show for 'advocating harm' to Donald Trump". Salon. 31 May 2016.
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In attività principalmente nell'acese, ma anche a Roma, Messina e Malta.

Biografia

Michele Giuseppe Eustachio Giovanni Vecchio fu un pittore siciliano del XVIII secolo, figlio di Ignazio e Anna Maria Vasta, quest'ultima sorella del pittore acese Pietro Paolo Vasta.

I fratelli di Michele furono almeno otto: nel 1722 nacquero i gemelli Giuseppe e Alessandro, il primo diventò prete, il secondo morì prematuramente, nel 1724 Alfia, nel 1725 Caterina che morì presto, nel 1727 Caterina, nel 1730 Michele, che diventò pittore, nel 1733 Alessandro, nel 1735 Antonia, nel 1738 Marcello che diventò prete.

Sin da piccolo Michele mostrò di essere portato per la pittura, infatti frequentò la bottega dello zio Pietro Paolo Vasta dove apprese i primi insegnamenti. Presto si trasferì a Roma per studiare arte. Prima di recarsi a Roma, verso il 1750-1751 si trasferì a Palermo dal suo amico e collega Vito D'Anna, entrambi erano stati allievi di Paolo Vasta. Quando l'artista acese giunse a Palermo, il D'Anna era appena tornato da Roma e dipingeva in quel periodo gli affreschi della chiesa di Santa Caterina, quelli del Palazzo Benenati Ventimiglia e della Chiesa dei Tre Re.

Il Vecchio studiò a Roma non solo le materie attinenti alla pittura, ma anche materie come la filosofia e la letteratura, tanto da essere considerato un buono scienziato ed un ottimo scrittore che nello scrivere riusciva ad innalzare i migliori sentimenti sia in poesia che in prosa; il Grassi, scrittore di inizio '800, lo considerava un uomo "d'animo coltissimo e bello", persona generosa e seria.
A Roma Michele frequentò l'Accademia Pontificia Nazionale di San Luca, una delle più importanti e antiche istituzioni presenti a livello internazionale nel campo dell'arte.
Arrivato a Roma, dopo poco tempo, nel settembre del 1755 vinse il terzo premio del Concorso dell'Accademia del Nudo (la direzione della scuola spettava all'Accademia di San Luca). L'anno successivo, dicembre 1756, il giovane artista si classificò nuovamente al terzo posto col disegno che rappresentava la scena di Caino e Abele (un uomo nudo che tiene una mazza nella mano destra nell'atto di colpire altro uomo accasciato su una grande pietra).
Nel 1758 M. Vecchio vinse il terzo premio del concorso Clementino della prima classe di pittura bandito sempre dall'Accademia di San Luca in Roma (I premio Gio Battista Tempesti, II premio Eugenio Porretta). In quel periodo era principe dell'Accademia il pittore Placido Costanzi. Il tema era: L'istituzione del Santissimo Sacramento dell'Eucaristia, che fece nostro Signore nel Cenacolo.
All'edizione successiva del concorso, anno 1762, quando Principe dell'Accademia era lo scultore Filippo della Valle, Michele Vecchio si classificò secondo (I premio Pietro Angeletti, III premio Raffaele Segini). Il tema era: "Arrivato che fu Giacobbe in Egitto, inviò innanzi a sé Giuda, per avvisare Giuseppe di sua venuta, affinché venisse a vederlo nella terra di Gessen; Giuseppe vi venne subito ch'egli seppe esservi giunto suo padre, e gettatosigli sul collo lo abbraccia teneramente piangendo". Gen. cap. 46.

Visse a Roma circa 10 anni e fra le tante opere dipinse la Madonna dell'Odigitria, patrona della Sicilia, nella omonima chiesa di Maria Santissima dell'Odigitria della Confraternita dei Siciliani residenti a Roma. Il Vecchio fu confratello di detta Confraternita e ricoprì l'importante carica di Guardiano dal 1759 al 1762.

La fama per le grandi doti artistiche di Michele Vecchio si era diffusa tra porporati e sovrani del tempo e nel 1763 l'artista venne invitato dall'Imperatrice d'Austria Maria Teresa presso la Corte di Vienna per insegnare disegno.
A Vienna, a causa del clima invernale rigido, si ammalò e dopo soli sei mesi dovette rinunziare al prestigiosissimo incarico per ritornare a Roma, dove riuscì a guarire.
Nel 1764 si trasferì a Messina in quanto Giovanni Alliata, principe di Villafranca, e Girolama Alliata della stessa famiglia nobile e potente cercavano un eccellente pittore al quale far dipingere, a loro spese, tutta la chiesa del monastero dell'Immacolata Concezione sotto il titolo di Santa Teresa ai Gentilmeni in Messina. Il terremoto del febbraio 1783 distrusse tutto. Le pareti furono successivamente rifatte ed affrescate da Giuseppe Crestadoro.

Tornato nel 1766 ad Acireale, non trovò grandi elogi e spazi per esprimere l'eccellenza dell'arte raggiunta a seguito degli apprendimenti e delle importanti esperienze fuori patria, sia perché importanti pittori acesi avevano già pitturato i maggiori siti religiosi e civili della città, sia perché il cugino Alessandro Vasta, godendo della fama del padre Paolo, riusciva più facilmente ad ottenere incarichi.
Michele non rimase molto tempo ad Acireale, si trasferì a Malta per poi tornare nell'ottobre del 1771. Nel dicembre del 1778, tornando da Palermo, dove si era dovuto recare in tribunale per una controversia, durante il viaggio di ritorno su di una feluca, il mare tempestoso fece cadere in acqua tutte le opere che il pittore aveva portato con sé.
Nel 1780, all'età di cinquant'anni, si sposò con l'acese Maria Petralia, vent'anni più giovane.
Dal matrimonio tra Michele e Maria nacquero cinque figli: il primogenito Ignazio, nato nel gennaio del 1781, Giuseppe, nato nel 1782, Anna Maria, nata nel gennaio del 1784, Giovanna, nata nel 1785, Venera, nata nel 1787.
La famiglia dell'artista abitava in una agiata casa terranea di proprietà di cinque vani (a quei tempi cinque vani erano tanti), sita nel quartiere di S. Michele Arcangelo esattamente nella strada Dafnica.
Michele Vecchio rimase in patria fino alla morte avvenuta non in età molto avanzata, a 69 anni, il 14 aprile 1799; il funerale fu solenne e grandioso, vi presero parte numerosi concittadini; nel giorno della morte ci fu come un risveglio di sentimenti nei governanti e nel popolo nei confronti dell'artista onesto e modesto non apprezzato adeguatamente in vita, già da quel giorno essi iniziarono a comprendere la grande personalità che era scomparsa. Il corpo fu sepolto nella tomba della famiglia Lanzafame costruita nel 1709 nell'attuale cattedrale di Maria Santissima Annunziata di Acireale.

Il sacerdote Antonino Calì Sardo nel 1836 scrisse: "fu sempre il Vecchio magnanimo nelle avversità: non sentì giammai l'invidia: non piegò a bassezza di operare: non fece mai buon viso all'intrigo: non venne mai a patto col vizio. Fu religioso di mente e di cuore; e in seno alla Religione, da cui traeva conforti nelle perenni sventure sue, spirava gli ultimi aneliti nel 14 aprile del 1799 compianto da tutti i suoi concittadini".

Opere
La pittura di M. Vecchio ha seguito, come spesso accade negli artisti, un'evoluzione nel corso del tempo; il pittore, a seguito degli studi effettuati a Roma, portò in Sicilia l'arte della pittura romana del '700, corresse il nudo, modificò i colori fino a giungere ad uno stile elegante facilmente verificabile mettendo a confronto le prime opere con quelle intermedie, mentre quelle finali risentono del fatto che in patria purtroppo si dovette adeguare alle richieste dei committenti, i quali erano abituati alle opere locali che seppur a volte mancavano di eccellenza, ma erano quelle che piacevano.
L'originalità, la perfezione delle forme erano le caratteristiche principali, ma anche la ricchezza dei colori e di personaggi.

Lo stesso Grassi nella prima metà del XIX secolo descrisse minuziosamente tre opere realizzate dall'artista sotto il bel cielo di Roma. La prima opera è un dipinto largo 4 palmi siciliani ed alto 3,5; in esso viene rappresentata la scena del ritorno vittorioso di Gefte (Iefte) dopo la vittoria sugli Ammoniti. La seconda opera descritta da Mariano Grassi ha le stesse dimensioni della prima e rappresenta un altro personaggio della Bibbia, Giuseppe, raffigurato nel momento in cui viene abbracciato dal padre, Giacobbe, dopo tanti anni di lontananza. Questa tela rappresenta la stessa scena dell'opera realizzata da Michele Vecchio nel 1762 all'Accademia di S. Luca in Roma che lo ha visto vincere il secondo premio del Concorso Clementino. La terza tela ha dimensioni minori delle prime due, larghezza palmi 2,5 e altezza palmi 3,5, ma per questo non meno bella. Viene rappresentato altro personaggio biblico della Genesi, Rebecca; si tratta dell'episodio narrato nella Genesi secondo il quale Abramo mandò il servo Eliezer al suo paese d'origine a scegliere una sposa per il figlio Isacco, questi, giunto nei pressi di un pozzo vicino alla città di Nacor in Mesopotamia, scorse Rebecca figlia di Bethuel, una donna che poteva essere quella predestinata.

Alcune delle opere ancora esistenti:
 San Cristoforo, chiesa Sant'Antonio di Padova di Acireale.
 Santa Cecilia, chiesa Sant'Antonio di Padova di Acireale.
 San Sebastiano in gloria, Cappella di San Sebastiano, braccio transetto destro, basilica collegiata di San Sebastiano di Acireale.
 San Giuseppe con bambino Gesù, Cuore di Gesù, San Giovanni Evangelista, San Giovanni Battista, chiesa di Santa Maria La Scala, Acireale.
 Sacra Famiglia, Acireale.
 Felice V antipapa, Pinacoteca Zelantea di Acireale.
 Sant'Espedito, chiesa di Gesù e Maria di Acireale.
 San Benedetto ai piedi della Madonna, Museo Civico di Asti.
 Ciclo, affreschi raffiguranti lEstasi di San Francesco d'Assisi, San Giovanni evangelista a Patos, lIncoronazione della Vergine della volta della chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova di Belpasso.
 Ciclo, affreschi rappresentanti le virtù teologali nei quattro angoli che sorreggono la cupola della basilica di Sant'Antonio Abate in Aci Sant'Antonio (1777).
 Disegno, delle tre statue del prospetto della chiesa di San Michele in Acireale raffiguranti San Gabriele, San Michele e San Raffaele.

Michele Vecchio fu, inoltre, il progettista, il disegnatore di diverse belle statue realizzate in legno dal grande mastro d'ascia acese Ignazio Castorina Canzirri, opere lignee nelle quali si riscontrano i caratteri del barocco, ad esempio la statua raffigurante lArcangelo Raffaele, nell'omonima chiesa in Acireale, il Longino, la Veronica, lAnnunziata con l'Angelo nell'omonima chiesa in Acireale, le statue di Sant'Alfio, San Cirino e San Filadelfo nella chiesa di Sant'Alfio in Giarre, il Cristo risuscitato.

Bibliografia

 Mario Vecchio, Tratti di Storia di Aquilia – Acireale dal XVI al XVIII secolo attraverso la dinastia dei Vecchio. Il religioso Padre Erasmo Vecchio. Il pittore Michele Vecchio, Catania, 2014.
 Lionardo Vigo, Memorie storiche di Pietro Paolo Vasta, Acireale, 1827.
 Mariano Grassi, Memoria sulla vita e su le opere di Michele Vecchio pittore di Aci Reale, Palermo, 1838.
 Vincenzo Raciti Romeo, Acireale e dintorni, Acireale, 1897.

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First-year NPSL entry Boston City FC has obtained the services of soccer consultant Craig Tornberg to serve as acting managing director for the club. Tornberg will provide direction, guidance, and strategy to the Boston City administrative and technical staff as well as the BCFC ownership group.
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A CD is also available for $5 for people who have computers that cannot read DVDs. The CD version contains the same material except the full collection of photos.
A note for individuals who aren't tech-savvy: the photo DVD is not intended to be played on a DVD player connected to your television, nor can the CD be played in a car or other stereo system. Both discs are only for computer use.


Hollywood Major Paramount Pictures takes the principal photography footage away from director Marc Forster in Fall 2012, who prepared himself to the best of his capabilities as "Monster's Ball" (2001) Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton directing to further taking responsibility for the undermining James Bond action-thriller "Quantum of Solace" (2008), when this zombie-apocalypse based on Max Brooks' book from 2006 tells a humanized story of special forces operative Gerry Lane, performed by engaging, but the main character's fighting spirit-denying actor Brad Pitt, who carries "World War Z" through an-already heavenly-cut 105-Minute-Editorial by Roger Barton and further polishing works Matt Chesse in a six months delayed worldwide release pushed from December 2012 to June 2013 to massive half a billion U.S. dollar revenues in a brainwashing dream-factory event movie that plays havoc with North-southern Korean border conflicts under left-behind former and imprisoned CIA-agent in some suspense pushing short appearance by actor David Morse, when false visual interpretation in super-high-quality zombie-swarming attack waves of a still-raging Gaza-Strip border conflict between Hebrew Israel versus Muslim Palastine, becomes an indirect suggestive material of Israeli's political attitude in a seemingly misunderstood "war-on-terror" from the East.
"World War Z" earns four stars for two attributes. It is almost non-stop action for those who enjoy adrenaline-depleting films of the characters within. And, it has very good makeup for the various zombies. I don't rate films on the basis of CGI because that always looks phony to me, and for that reason I don't think it's to be celebrated for cinema art. The two biggest negatives of the film are the plot and the acting.
Come on, Paramount and associates, surely you could dream up some source - cause and place, of the zombie outbreak. It wasn't in New Jersey. It wasn't in South Korea. It wasn't in Jerusalem. It wasn't in India. It wasn't in Wales. So, where did it first appear? And what was the cause? This is sci-fi (fiction), so make up something to fill a big hole and question in the plot. Then there's the one zombie in captivity in the Wales research lab. How did they happen to capture it? Especially such meek and mild scientists?
Then, there's the acting; or more accurately, the lack thereof. To some extent one shouldn't expect to see much acting in fast-paced action films such as this. What is there to emote or portray when the cast is mostly running around or hurriedly moving all the time? But in this case, there are a couple of slow scenes, and the audience sees Brad Pitt with his mouth half agape and motionless, looking at other actors who are talking. He appears stupefied. This lasts long enough each time to make one who appreciates good acting wonder if Pitt fell asleep with his eyes open. No one else in the cast of otherwise little known performers does anything to suggest that any roles called for acting in this weird sci-fi flick.
Even in the "logic" for the zombies, the whole production group seemed to miss one thing that was outlandish. Given that whatever makes the zombie a zombie, it can bring dead back to life - or to a state of "undead," that is able to act alive and move about. Apparently, the only thing that stops them from getting back up is shooting them in the head - or blowing their brains and head off. But the film shows dozens of these zombies falling off tall building, smashing onto the pavement and steel structures and then getting up and tearing off. So, with all those broken legs, backs and necks, the bodies could still run as if they had no such debilitating injuries.
This zombie-fest is mostly a long show of mayhem with nothing to recommend it as an even fair movie.
The action and stuff really entertained me with some blood splatters and the references from the book. Zombies have always been one of my film hobbies and I was surprised to see this as a movie. There are some scenes that got me to jump but with all the horror movies i've seen I don't jump as much. What I loved was it's plot on finding the origin of the virus. The thing I didn't like was the fast pace of the film. Firstly the zombies were literally fast paced, second the action started after 5 minutes into it. With 2 hours they really put effort in putting in action! I don't recommend this for younger viewers but i'm not the parent. No sexuality, lots of violence, some gore, and some language.


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Q: LINQ Select certain cell in DataGridView depending on other cell in row I am brand spanking new to LINQ and am trying to use it in my current hobby project. I have a datagridview where the first cell of each row is a datagridviewcheckbox, and the 4th cell is a string.
If the checkbox is checked, I need to add the 4th cell's value to a list.
At first I tried:
var selectedID = from c in multiContactLookup.SelectedCells.Cast<DataGridViewCell>()
                              select multiContactLookup.Rows[c.RowIndex].Cells[4].Value;

That didn't work because the checked cells are programatically unselected so c is never a value.
Then I tried:
var sel2 = from r in multiContactLookup.Rows.Cast<DataGridViewRow>()
                       where r.Cells[0].Value is true select r.Cells[4].Value;

but somehow my syntax is wrong.
Using LINQ, how can I select the rows where the first cell is checked then select the value of the first cell?  Do I have to split this into two collections?
Thank you!

A: I think this should work:
IEnumerable<string> values = multiContactLookup.Rows.Cast<DataGridViewRow>()
    .Where(row => (bool)row.Cells[0].Value)
    .Select(row => (string)row.Cells[3].Value);

A: Maybe not the answer you have been looking for, but...
DataGridView (as most win-forms controls) is not the best source to start with LINQ. Most collections do not implement the correct IEnumerable<T> interface. That's the reason why you need the Cast() workaround.
In general, try to move your applications behavior away from controls and into the data. Maybe your grid is connected to a DataTable. In this case register the DataTable's events for changed data and work with the values of the DataRow, instead of the DataGridViewRow and its cells.

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This is a full-day wide game we used at a District camp some years ago. It is suitable for all ages. The theme of the camp was Out of Africa.
Girls were arranged into patrols with an even mixture of ages 5–17. This allowed the little ones to get help from the bigger ones, and was a great way to mix skills and interact with girls from other age-group Units.
You are going on a safari to take pictures of African wild animals. The very rare animals you wish to take photos of are across difficult country with all sorts of obstacles to overcome, but you think it is worth it so that you can enter your rare photographs in a competition being run by an international magazine.
Pick up your supplies from the QM — food and water.
Make sure you are well equipped for the African weather: hat and sunscreen, warm clothing for the highlands, and comfortable shoes for the long trek. Take your First Aid kit and map.
Each group will start at a different country in Africa. In that country you will overcome the obstacle explained to you by your guide for that country. When you have overcome the obstacle, you can collect your photo of an animal from that country.
Make sure you visit each country during the day and collect an animal from each one. The activities may take different amounts of time — be flexible and visit whichever country is free when you are ready to swap. Some countries could handle more than one team at a time — ask the leader in charge of an activity you haven't done if she can handle your patrol too, if there isn't a free country.
At lunchtime (listen for Come to the Cookhouse Door being beaten on the tom tom drums), we will all go to NIGERIA to cook our lunch and obtain a photo of a Zebra.
When you have finished your safari, bring home your animals and develop your colour photographs (colour in the pictures — there should be enough for each patrol member to colour one photo — if not, the patrol leader should ask for extras so that everyone has a photo).
Put your name and unit on your photo, and send it off to the competition (older girls could help the youngest ones in their patrol with this part). The mail box will be in the same area as the coloured pencils (in this case, outside Brownie Cottage).
Build a "Hide" Make a natural mobile using grasses etc.
The whole team must pass through the web to obtain your photo of a Chimpanzee, so think before you start, because this will take teamwork and planning.
Hint: Remember the last person coming through the web, and plan ahead!
You have come to the edge of a great abyss, but you need to get to the other side of the canyon to take a photo of the rare White Rhino.
You are in the savannah country that the springbok love, but to get close enough for a photo you must construct a hide so that they can't see you.
Use whatever materials are at hand to build a shelter that will hide at least one member of your team.
But what a disaster — as you are looking for a lion pride to photograph, you come upon another safari group that has been attacked by a renegade lion.
Render first aid as required before you continue on your way.
You meet an interesting Arab who tells you about the mythical Gordian knot. Then he challenges you to undo the knot.
Follow the directions of the leaders. If you succeed in undoing this knot, try doing it with everyone's eyes closed except for those of the patrol leader. Then try it with her eyes closed too!
As you can see from the pictures, Africa is a continent of beautiful jewellery. While you are hunting for Giraffe, you stop at an African village where the women offer to help you make some beautiful African jewellery of your own.
Using the tray of beads provided, make a necklace for each member of your patrol, and wear it for the rest of your journey.
You are hunting for elephant when you hear a drum beat. You follow the sound to a village where the people offer to help you learn to send messages on the drums.
try to do some free rhythm drumming together — to a song you all know, or just on its own.


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#define DMCLI_CLEARSCREEN_H

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#else
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HIPAA Final Rule: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Manifestation or Manifested
February 19, 2013. Today, we finish examination of modifications of HIPAA Privacy under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), by focusing on the definition: manifestation or manifested. The modifications of HIPAA Privacy are in the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications of the HIPAA Rules, which was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013. The effective date of the Final Rule is March 26, 2013, and covered entities and business associates must comply by September 23, 2013. We presented in…
HIPAA Final Rule: Business Associate Notification Timing, Policy and Procedure Updates, Retraining, and Documentation
February 1, 2013. Today, we wrap up discussion of breach notification in the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules. The Final Rule is effective on March 26, 2013, and requires compliance by covered entities and business associates on September 23, 2013. The focus is on timing of reporting a breach by a business associate to a covered entity, and, because the definition of breach was modified in the Final Rule, on the requirements to update policies and procedures,…
HIPAA Final Rule: More on Breach Notification Rule Changes
January 31, 2013. Today, we briefly identify key changes or reminders regarding breach notification in the preamble of the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules, published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013. The Final Rule becomes effective March 26, 2013 and requires compliance by covered entities and business associates on September 23, 2013. Earlier this week, we have examined the changed definition of breach, the substitution of the "probability standard" for the current "harm standard" underpinning…
CMS and ONC Publish Final Rules for Meaningful Use Stage 2 Security in Federal Register
September 4, 2012. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entities: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), published their Final Rules for Meaningful Use Stage 2 in today's Federal Register. This posting focuses on the preamble relating to the following Stage 2 security objective in the CMS Final Rule entitled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program: "Protect electronic health information created or maintained by the Certified EHR Technology [CEHRT] through the implementation of appropriate technical capabilities." Reference numbers in brackets refer to the page number(s) in the September 4, 2012, Federal Register. Associated with this objective…
Evaluation-What This HIPAA Security Rule Administrative Safeguard Standard Means
This is the eighth Administrative Safeguard Standard of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule. Its implementation specification is embodied in the language of the standard itself, and it is required of covered entities. Further, as HIPAA.com has noted earlier, business associates also will be required to comply with the Security Rule standards, effective February 17, 2010, as provided for in the HITECH Act provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009. What is Required Perform a periodic technical and non-technical evaluation, based initially upon the standards implemented under this rule and subsequently, in response to environmental or operational changes affecting the security of…
Direct Data Entry-No Change in the 5010 Final Rule
In the August 17, 2000 Final Rule for Standards for Electronic Transactions, direct data entry was defined as "direct entry of data (for example, using dumb terminals or web browsers) that is immediately transmitted into a health plan's computer." [65 Federal Register 50367] An exception for direct data entry was articulated in the August 17, 2000, Final Rule: A health care provider electing to use direct data entry offered by a health plan to conduct a transaction for which a standard has been adopted under this part must use the applicable data content and data condition requirements of the standard when conducting the transaction. The health care provider is not…


A cafe themed on the popular Care Bears™ characters will open for a limited time from October 6 to November 2 at the Tree Village in Tokyo Solamachi's® West Yard.
Customers can look forward to a whole range of photo-snapping dishes and drinks themed on the colourful bears as well as original merchandise featuring cute limited edition art you can't get anywhere else.
A special campaign is also taking place at PLAZA Tokyo Solamachi located at the East Yard on the second floor. When you purchase the Care Bears merchandise that will be available at PLAZA you'll be given a coupon. If you present this coupon at the cafe you'll receive a randomly selected original Care Bears coaster per item you order from the cafe menu.
Additionally, if you show your receipt from the cafe at PLAZA, you'll get ¥200 off your shopping. See the Information section below for the conditions on this offer.
The new Care Bears DINER line of merchandise will be available at PLAZA from October 5 with cute designs.
If you're a Care Bears fan and are in Japan then don't miss out on this special campaign!
*¥200 discount coupons can be used on transactions over ¥1,000 (tax included).
*Only one coupon may be used per transaction.
*Cannot be used together with other discount coupons or services.
*Usable only at PLAZA Tokyo Solamachi.
*Valid between October 6, 2018 – November 2, 2018.


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Above, Baby Magnolia is the 2020 Gerber Spokesbaby. (Photo source: PRNewsfoto/Gerber)
Baby Magnolia wins Gerber's 10th annual photo search with joyful smile and warm personality
Gerber, the leading purveyor of baby foods in the United States, has chosen a one-year-old girl from Ross, California, as the winner of its 10th Annual Photo Search, the company announced in a press release on May 8. Magnolia Earl—the first adopted child to win the contest—captured the hearts of the judging panel with what they described as "her joyful expression, playful smile and warm, engaging gaze. "
Baby Magnolia was chosen as the 2020 Gerber Spokesbaby from more than 327,000 entries submitted through photosearch.gerber.com where families could upload photos and videos, and share stories. "As the newest Gerber Spokesbaby, Magnolia represents every Gerber baby, and her family's story serves as a reminder of what unites all parents and drives everyone at Gerber: the promise to do anything for baby," the Arlington, Virginia-based company said.
"Magnolia has brought so much joy to everyone she meets. Her personality is beyond happy and joyful," said Courtney Earl, Magnolia's mother. "On May 9th, 2019 we received a call from the adoption agency that there was an expectant mom [who] was in labor and wanted to talk to us! We pulled off the highway, got a chance to connect with her amazing birth parents, and a few hours later, this sweet baby girl was born. Adoption is incredibly special to our family's story. Winning Photo Search is an opportunity to tell Magnolia's story and shed light on all the beautiful and different ways families are made."
Magnolia celebrated her first birthday on May 9, this past weekend. She has two older sisters, Whitney (12); and Charlotte (8), who also is adopted.
"Our Gerber family of farmers, factory workers, employees and customers are all united in our pursuit to do everything and anything for baby. We believe every baby is a Gerber baby and standing behind our babies has never mattered more than it does now," said Bill Partyka, President and CEO, Gerber. "At a time when we are yearning for connection and unity, Magnolia and her family remind us of the many things that bring us together: our desire to love and be loved, our need to find belonging, and our recognition that family goes way beyond biology."
Launched in 2010, Photo Search was inspired by the countless photos received over the years from parents who see their little ones in Gerber's iconic baby logo, which features the original Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook. Photo Search celebrates babies and families from all backgrounds, highlighting the belief that every baby is a Gerber Baby.
"Photo Search is a moment of celebration that so many families look forward to each year. And this year – perhaps more than ever – the Gerber family is thrilled to celebrate with Magnolia and her family, and with families across America," said Kelly Schneider, a spokesperson for Gerber. "The COVID-19 pandemic has made all of us feel more isolated than ever before, so finding new ways to feel connected has never mattered more."
In addition to the opportunity to be featured on Gerber's social media channels and marketing campaigns throughout the year, Magnolia and her family were rewarded a $25,000 cash prize, $1,000 in Gerber Childrenswear, $1,000 from Walmart and phones with a year of free unlimited service from Verizon—all to provide the best possible start for baby.
"Each of these organizations shares our commitment to families and our belief in the importance of connection and community," said Partyka. "We consider them a part of our Gerber family and we are grateful to them for helping us make Magnolia's big day even more special."
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The CYSL / Houston Dutch Lions FC is excited to announce the launch of the Elite Youth Academy for the fall of 2017. Two teams (one U11 and one U12) will be selected and are scheduled to begin practice in the season, four times a week. The teams will play either in the STYSA Division 1 or play up an age group under TYSA Division 2.
Technical Director Marco Pruis said the following: ''Our intention is to join the Division 1 league with our U11 and U12 teams, which both have already shown to have great potential. We as a soccer club want to compete with the best youth teams in the region and this league gives us that opportunity. Having four quality training sessions will be the best fit for the highest talents in our area, a great way to progress the players their skills.
We encourage all players interested to attend our try-outs (May 16/17), for any additional questions please contact Marco Pruis at m.pruis@hdlfc.com or 936-271-0726.
The CYSL is "Achieving Soccer Goals", providing the excitement of soccer and a variety of training programs to make soccer accessible to everyone and enable each player to reach their full potential.
CYSL is a youth soccer club for boys and girls of all ages, serving the Conroe and greater Montgomery County Texas area. CYSL teams play in Timberline Youth Soccer Association (TYSA), under South Texas Youth Soccer Association (STYSA) and the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).


Hello there, are you still excited to know more about dogs? If it is yes, today we will learn about simple things but it is a must. It is an important thing especially you as the new owners. Well, when you adopted a dog or you pick a dog in the street to a home. In here you should handle your dog in his first night at your home, right? So, the big question is how to handle your dog's first night at home? What are the things that the dog's needed? Here are we go the answers.
First, after taking him or her to your home give your dog a breathing space. Let he or she adapt with his or her new house. Let he or she sniffs around your house to make a mark that now your house is his place. Well, your dog is suddenly out from the big world now he or she will be safe because you are now his or her owner.
Have you prepared where he should sleep? A sleeping spot, you can put him or her in a place that clean and comfy. If the dog is small you can take him or her into a cage or you can place it in a room with a blanket and fluffy pillow. Let him or her to take a rest.
It is a must to feeding your new dog, make sure his or her food lots of protein and carbohydrate and it is right (the type of his food) for your new dog. However, if you do not have any dog's food you can give him the human's food. such as cheese, chicken, yogurt, eggs, salmon even a bowl of oatmeal. These are some of the healthy human food that can eat by your dog.
Well, it is an important thing that you should do to give your dog a name. You can start it with giving him or her a short name. Make sure you pick a short name that does not similar to a command. If you want to give him or her a name with your friend or family's name you should ask them first (permission). Other ways, you can explore it with searching on the internet, books or even your favorite movie. Your dog will say "bark" (sounds happy) if you give the right name.
Okay, this is his or her first night in your home so you do not know how is his or her behavior, right? So, keep your eyes on him or her. He might like to bitting things or take a pee or poop on the floor even on the sofa and even he could make some mess everywhere. What you have to do is give a command and train your dog to be a good dog. You can say stop it, or just please in here or else. If your new dog does not hear your command you should see on this the tips on how to make a dog listen to your command.
Okay, let's do simple potty training to your new dog with a litter box first. So in here, you should prepare a litter box and also the sand (for pets) or you can use ash powder. Put in the litter box some of the ash powder or sand (a quarter of the litter box). Then, introduce to your dog that this spot is a place for him to take a pee or poop. Carry your small dog and put in into here, let he or she sniffs it. However, if your dog is big, you can show a potty spot like in your back yard. If you want to potty training him with use a bathroom you might to see in here, some tips on how to train your dog to use a bathroom outside.
Next, to entertaining him or her you can buy some dog's toy. He or she might to happy see a softball, a tiny doll, even a chew toys. He or she will love it. If you have a large backyard, you can make a little playground for him or her to play. With this, you can train him or her by yourself. It is one of the easy tips on how to make your new dog being a good boy or girl.
How to make your dog feel comfortable? All pets like their home clean and also neat. So, keep your house is clean and always neat. His or her cage should clean and neat as well. You can make a schedule when you should clean his or her dirty cage, at least once a week. Otherwise, the dog needs healthy food to fulfill his energy, and also give them some treats to make them happy or while your dog listens to your command. Last, a thing that makes a dog feel comfortable is love. So, love your dog as well as you love yourself.
You can train your first dog or your new dog with a simple command, such as sit, stand, rolling, even make a high five. Train your new dog a simple command everyday within 30 minutes per day. He or she will understand it quickly. We know, that dog is a pet that easier to train than a cat. He can catch what we give (a command) in a shorter time. Give him a reward also punishment too while your dog does the good or the bad things.
Are you have another pet in your home? What are they? Well, you have another dog again in your home, two little bird and also a pair of goldfish. So how to manage a new pet in your home? First, make sure you understand how to manage them (your old pets). If the other pets are in their place, it is good. It will no problem. However, in this case, you have another dog. As a good owner, you should introduce to your old dog and say that both of them are your lover. In this case, take care of both your dog in the same way. Do not give any special treatment at one of them. Your dog will be jealous of you.
Hopefully, the above on how to handle with the dog's first night at home can be a benefit for you. Please, see more informations too about dogs on what you need to prepare for your dog's first camping trip, causes your dog suddenly seems tired and also some ways to stop your dog from running Away So, please handle and take care of your dog peacefully with love. Good luck.


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Aussies moving into Rio Olympic village - a few days late
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Two days after describing the housing at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics as ''dangerous,'' Australian athletes and staff started moving into the massive athletes' village compound on Tuesday.
Australia team spokesman Mike Tancred said up to 60 delegation members - evenly split between athletes and staff - were checking in.
''All we need now is just a bit of plumbing done in three rooms, and some cleaning and our athletes will be moving in tonight,'' Tancred said, standing outside the village's arrival gate.
Australians declined to enter their rooms on Sunday after flushed toilets and open taps caused water to gush down walls and ceilings in the building. They also complained of electrical shorts and gas leaks.
Rio organizers said Tuesday that 21 of 31 buildings were ready, occupied by 600 athletes and 1,800 staff from 120 countries. Organizers said all the buildings would be ready Thursday, barely a week before the games open.
The village will accommodate about 18,000 athletes and staff with a dining room serving 60,000 meals daily.
After criticizing the conditions, Australia has spent two days trying to befriend Brazilians.
''It was nothing ever against the Brazilian people,'' Tancred said. ''It was just a matter that we had to make sure it was all safe for our athletes. But it's a fantastic village, and we've always said that.''
The head of Australia's delegation Killy Chiller said the team complained publicly after working behind the scenes with teams that also had problems. She listed seven other delegations: Britain, New Zealand, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Japan and the Netherlands.
Argentina and Belarus have also complained openly about the conditions.
Gerardo Werthein, the president of the Argentina Olympic committee, said on Monday that two of five floors in his building were uninhabitable.
''Ours is one of the most affected buildings, as is the Australia one,'' Werthein said.
Tancred said Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes would hand the team an official key on Wednesday. Paes harshly criticized Australia, then backed down and said their building was one of the worst prepared in the village.
He sarcastically said he was tempted to put ''a kangaroo jumping outside'' the Australians' building to make them happy.
As it turns out, the mayor will be getting his own gift.
''We're going to give him the boxing kangaroo as a gift,'' Tancred said.
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What to know and consider with IR35
over 1 year ago by Anthony Lewis
A quick and easy guide to IR35 and what it means for interims and independent contractors.
IR35 refers to tax legislation that HMRC created in response to self-employed workers operating via personal service companies (PSC) or other similar intermediaries. The legislation was first created in 2000 and was to ensure that interims operating via a PSC were paying the appropriate level of tax. In particular, HMRC wanted to ensure that off payroll workers were paying tax on the full amount they were being paid if they were deemed to be a 'disguised employee'. In short, if it wasn't for the intermediary vehicle then that individual would be sat on the organisation's payroll and HMRC would be collecting income tax and national insurance contributions (both employee and employer).
The definition of being 'inside IR35' and 'outside IR35' has always been very vague, but there were some guidelines from HMRC that suggested that if you were under supervision, direction, or control then you were deemed inside IR35 and should be paying tax on the gross amount of pay.
Ensuring compliance with HMRC tax policies has always been the responsibility of the company Director and they are held accountable for ensuring that the PSC is operating legally and not avoiding tax.
What are the changes you should be aware of?
In April 2017, HMRC changed how IR35 would be enforced within the public sector and whose responsibility it was for determining IR35 status and any subsequent necessary tax deductions. Whilst the definition of what was 'inside' and what was 'outside' hadn't changed, the way it would be enforced shifted dramatically for those operating as interims and consultants within the public sector.
The new legislation means that it is now the responsibility for the 'public body' and 'end client' to determine the IR35 status of the role. To help in this determination, HMRC created an online tool which would ask a series of questions that lead to a guideline answer. A link to this tool is below:
https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-employment-status-for-tax/setup
Depending on how the questions are answered, a different series of follow-up questions will be asked that should lead to an accurate determination.
If a role was determined to be outside IR35 then it was agreed that the individual operating through a PSC was truly providing a service and not deemed a 'disguised employee'. In this instance, the previous regime of payment would apply and it was down to the company Director to ensure they were compliant with tax legislation within the company.
If the role was deemed to be inside IR35 then employment taxes would need to be applied the gross amount of pay at source.
Whose responsibility is it for doing this? In the new HMRC legislation, it is the 'fee payers' responsibility to ensure the appropriate taxes are deducted and they are held financially responsible for doing so by HMRC.
Who is the 'fee payer'? The fee payer is deemed to be the closest individual/organisation in the chain to the 'worker'. So, if the 'worker' is engaged directly with the end 'client' then it is their responsibility. If the worked is engaged via an 'employment agency' then it is the employment agency's responsibility.
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If you are going direct with the end client then it is likely you will be on their payroll and normal employment taxes will be deducted at source.
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Introduction to Biology and Medicine—Key Concepts in the Use of Biomaterials in Surgery and Medical Devices
Michael J. Yaszemski, Buddy D. Ratner
Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine directly addresses the multidisciplinary nature of the biomaterials field by providing concise tutorials in the key concepts essential for practitioners of biomaterials science. The word "biomaterials" implies an intersection of biology and materials. This Section 2.1 addresses the fundamental "bio" science relevant to biomaterials (Section 1.2 serves a similar function for the fundamental materials science relevant to biomaterials). The background biology is important, because this scientific foundation will help us to understand, predict, and engineer the in vivo responses observed by the biomaterials scientist/engineer, the physician, and the patient.
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Here's how the Public Lands Fund works to protect and preserve our greatest shared outdoor resources, who it serves and why it exists.
There's one key to understanding how Public Lands lives up to its name. It helps the brand and outdoor resource fulfill a bold mission—that is, to protect, celebrate, and explore America's 640 million acres of public lands, while working together to leave a lasting impact on the communities that define them. To find the means that can effect such broad change, look no further than the Public Lands Fund.
This 501(c)(3) charity, a program of The DICK's Sporting Goods Foundation, fuels a diverse suite of nonprofit organizations that are actively protecting public lands, reducing barriers and getting more people (and different types) out to experience them. Public Lands donates a full 1% of all its sales (based on purchase price) to the fund, which annually names a list of partner-grantees.
The fund's goal, says Carla Fox, Public Lands Corporate Responsibility Manager, is to provide financial support to select organizations making a real impact on those dual fronts of public lands conservation as well as access to and equity within the outdoors. That support is layered to help organizations working at different levels: the national level; the grassroots level in local communities; and the critical-landscape level in areas of iconic value facing existential threats, such as Bears Ears National Monument and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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On other local levels, the partner-grantee Student Conservation Association (SCA) expanded its Urban Green program in Pittsburgh with a Young Adult BIPOC Roving Crew that rehabilitated trails and transformed local hiking corridors in greenspaces across the city. Meanwhile, the Allegheny Land Trust leveraged Public Lands Fund support to continue its transformation of the Churchill Valley Greenway (east of Pittsburgh) from a formerly blighted property into an invaluable community and environmental asset to be forever preserved, free and open to all.
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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
Mission: A consortium of the sovereign Hopi, Navajo, Ute Indian, Ute Mountain Ute, and Zuni tribes working to advance Indigenous perspectives and ways of stewardship in the collaborative management of Bears Ears National Monument (BENM). Now, following President Biden's restoration of the BENM in October 2021, the BEITC supports the Bears Ears Commission, which will position tribes equitably in the design, planning, and implementation of co-management and will promote reciprocal knowledge-sharing within and between Indigenous communities and with federal and state land management agencies.
The Honnold Foundation
Mission: Advancing solar energy access to reduce environmental impact and increase social and economic equity.
Mission: Celebrating and inspiring Black connections and leadership in nature.
Partnership: The PL Fund is supporting their Making Waves program that provides swimming lessons to Black children.
The Trust for Public Land
Mission: Creating parks and community greenspaces, preserving land to create healthy, livable communities for generations to come.
Partnership: The Public Lands Fund has granted Trust for Public Land $50K to support their creation of a Community Schoolyard Program in the Pittsburgh region.
Alaska Wilderness League
Mission: Protecting Alaska's public lands by advocating for and acting in support of biodiversity, wilderness, Indigenous communities, and cleaner energy.
Partnership: The Fund is supporting their work in advocating for the protection and conservation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Mission: Building the next generation of conservation leaders through paid service and stewardship jobs for youth and young adults on U.S. public lands.
Partnership: The Public Lands Fund is supporting the group's community youth/young adult crews in Pittsburgh; Long Island/NYC, and Atlanta.
First Waves Pittsburgh
Mission: Empowering underserved Pittsburgh youth with SUP skills and opportunities and educational workshops that create a basis for healthy and active lifestyles, watershed conservation, education in the art of filmmaking, and diversity in outdoors recreation.
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Partnership: The Public Lands Fund is supporting the group's tree nurseries and tree plantings in Columbus.
Rivanna Conservation Alliance
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Partnership: The Fund is supporting the group's programs increasing access and exposure to paddling, focused on underserved communities.
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Partnership: The Fund is supporting the group's work in increasing access to experiencing the outdoors, focused on underserved communities.
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Mapping Trends in Open Surface Water Bodies in the US
By Karla Lant on May 16, 2018
Drying and cracking mud at the intersection of Nevada State Route 361 (Gabbs Valley Road) and Nevada State Route 844 (Ione Road) near Gabbs, Nevada, 2014.(Credit: By Famartin [CC BY-SA 4.0])
By September of 2011, the Southern Great Plains of the United States had been in the grip of an intense drought for months. Crops withered in fields as water supplies dwindled and failed and wildfires raged and destroyed farmland, wilderness areas, and homes. The fall forecast that year didn't look much better; La Niña had come, bringing below-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures with it. There was little relief in sight.
2012 wasn't much better. Over that baking summer, much of the US suffered through the worst drought in 50 years, with low harvest rates in the Midwest taking place earlier than ever before. Food production was at a low, and so was the Mississippi River. Even the news that Hurricane Isaac was moving inland came as something of a relief to many in the Midwest, who were hoping for a respite from the relentless drought.
These events inspired researchers from the University of Oklahoma (OU), led by Professor Xiangming Xiao, to undertake a data mining and big data research project, mapping trends in open surface water bodies in the contiguous US (CONUS). Their aim was to detect any trends in surface water levels, which are so critical for agriculture, public water supply, biodiversity, industry, and the ecosystem more generally.
Making sense of the data
Professor Xiangming Xiao, a professor of ecology and remote sensing in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology in OU's College of Arts and Sciences, corresponded with EM about the research.
"The variability of surface water resources is an indicator for assessing the impacts of drought," explains Professor Xiao. "This research was driven by three scientific questions and curiosity: (1) What were the spatial and temporal variability and trends among open surface water bodies? (2) What factors have driven that variability and those trends? (3) What changes in that variability are likely in the future?"
A public boat launch on Lake Palestine in Henderson county, Texas during extreme drought conditions. On average, water levels would be approximately 1-2 feet below the short pier seen at right. (Credit: By Buddpaul [CC BY-SA 3.0])
The team generated annual surface water body frequency maps after analyzing approximately 370,000 Landsat images between 1984 and 2016. The team was able to carry out the image data analysis at the continental-scale using freely available Landsat image data, the Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform, and robust mapping algorithms.
Next, the team quantified the interannual variability of surface water bodies over the last three decades in states across the contiguous US. They found that most States in the dry regions of the Southwest and Northwest exhibit significant decreasing trends, while many States in the wet regions of Southeast and far north Great Plains have significant increasing trends.
"We thought these divergent trends had increased the surface water resources gaps across the US, which could have big effects on the economy and local ecosystems," remarks Professor Xiao. "We carried out some attribution analysis for potential driving factors. Based on multiple regression analyses, precipitation seems to be the major factor driving these divergent trends over the past three decades."
Therefore, based on existing climate projections, the team believes that the Southwest will become dryer and experience more severe droughts as climate change continues; this should aggravate existing levels of water stress in these regions in the near future.
"In short, we thought that reporting what we found would help the water resource managers and stakeholders have a better understanding of the water resource conditions in terms of their variability and trends," adds Professor Xiao.
New life for existing data
One of the compelling things about this research is that it is another great example of putting existing data to powerful new uses, combining it with extensive new ancillary data and innovative applications.
Iowa County Drought July 2012. (Credit: By WxMom, Flickr: Iowa County Drought [CC BY-SA 2.0])
"We analyzed publicly available Landsat images and combined it the results with the data from the GRACE satellites in a novel way," details Professor Xiao. "We also generated the water body frequency maps in every year from 1984 to 2016 using remote sensing images based on our algorithm in Google Earth Engine cloud-computing platform. These maps created by our lab are the key dataset we used to analyze the interannual variability and changing trends."
The team also made use of existing data. They used water body maps from the Joint Research Center (Pekel et al., 2016) for inter-comparison. They accessed surface water withdrawal data from USGS (USGS, 2010), and climate data from NOAA (NOAA, 2017) for attribution analysis. In addition, to prove that the interannual variations found in the surface water body dataset closely mirrors the actual situation, they used the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) land water storage data from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
As climate change causes more (or less) precipitation in different places, both surface water and groundwater will be affected through recharge and discharge. Water quality will also be impacted.
"In areas where rainfall increases, the reservoirs, lakes, and rivers will maintain high water levels, and large water body area for a longer time each year," Professor Xiao describes. "More freshwater brought by the additional rainfall will increase the water cycle and dilute the concentrations of dissolved organic and inorganic matter, which may lead to improved water quality."
Unfortunately, the trends this research reveals may have more somber implications in arid regions.
"In simple terms, the shrinking of surface water body area in the western US identified in our research indicates the decreasing of surface water availability in these regions," remarks Professor Xiao. "Considering the unfavorable climate projections, increasing water use efficiency is likely to remain a high priority for both environmental authorities and local industries."
The team's product, annual water body frequency maps and 33-year water body frequency maps of the contiguous US, is now open to the public at the public database of Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/record/1194516#.WveUjdMvzBK
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