Mizzou Arena, home of the Missouri Tigers men's and women's basketball teams, as seen on an off-day before the season.
It was a big weekend of basketball at Mizzou Arena in Columbia this weekend. The University of Missouri men's basketball team played Southeastern Conference (SEC) foe Florida in its conference home opener while the women's basketball team welcomed defending National Champion South Carolina.
Saying it was a mixed bag of emotions for Mizzou fans would probably be an understatement.
Cuonzo Martin's men's team lost to Florida 77-75 on a controversial finish and Robin Pingeton's women's team knocked off #4 South Carolina 86-74. The officiating crew became an issue in both games.
On Saturday afternoon, Missouri and Florida were tied 75-75 with roughly 12 seconds to go in the game. Missouri's Jordan Geist had the ball for the Tigers at halfcourt with time winding down when this happened.
Florida's Chris Chiozza tipped a Geist pass intended for Kassius Robertson and raced down the court for the game-winning layup. The clock read 0.1 seconds as the ball dropped through the net.
The moment Chiozza tipped the pass the Mizzou Arena crowd went silent. Moments before, the majority of the crowd had been on its feet. The air was filled with the crowd voicing its displeasure with the officiating crew's performance during the game.
Mizzou had led the Gators for much of the second half, including a 75-70 lead with 1:32 to go in the game.
With 21 seconds left and Missouri leading 75-73, Kassius Robertson was called for this foul on a Gator three-point attempt.
Jalen Hudson made two of three free throws to tie the game and set up the final play.
Missouri was forced to play with final 5 minutes without ones of its tallest players in Jeremiah Tilmon, who fouled out with 5:35 to play.
Tilmon's fifth foul was another controversial call. The 6'10" freshman from East St. Louis played just 8 minutes due to foul trouble.
Jontay Porter, a 6'11" freshman for Cuonzo Martin, picked up his fourth foul less than ten minutes into the second half on a missed Florida dunk attempt. Replays showed Porter didn't make contact with the Florida player, leading to an uprising from the home crowd.
Local product Jordan Barnett (Christian Brothers High) led all scorers with 28 points. The junior forward was 6-of-9 from behind the three-point line and 6-of-7 from the free throw line.
Jontay Porter had an interesting stat line of 9 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and a steal on the day. The freshman, who reclassified to play at Missouri this season and just turned 18 in November, leads the team in rebounds, steals and blocks. The Tigers have amassed 77 blocks on the season. Jontay is credited with 44% (34) of those.
Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin stopped short of directly criticizing the referees in his postgame comments. The coach was visibly frustrated with the officials (Don Daily, Olandis Poole and Garrick Shannon) during the game, he could be seen on the sidelines talking with one of them after many of the calls against his players. Martin also talked about how he feels many of the fouls called this season against Jeremiah Tilmon (52 in 15 games) have been suspect.
Watch Martin's comments below in this video from Gabe DeArmond at PowerMizzou.
Missouri is back in action Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena as the Georgia Bulldogs come to town. The Tigers will look to move to 2-1 in SEC play, Jeremiah Tilmon will look to stay out of foul trouble and Jordan Barnett will look to continue his strong play.
The Missouri women's basketball team was on-hand at Mizzou Arena on Saturday afternoon to cheer on the men's team.
On Sunday afternoon, Sophie Cunningham put on a show in front of Cuonzo Martin and several members of the men's team to help Mizzou upset defending National Champion South Carolina.
While the #4 ranked Gamecocks got the last laugh last season when they beat Mississippi State in the National Championship last season, Dawn Staley's team was looking to avenge the loss from last February in Columbia. Last season, South Carolina brought a #6 national ranking into Columbia West and saw Sophie Cunningham score with 0.6 remaining to give Missouri a 62-60 win.
While this year's Missouri team looked a little different — Lindsay Cunningham on the bench as a graduate assistant and Sierra Michealis in the stands sporting an Antler shirt — Sophie Cunningham was still the main thorn in South Carolina's side.
Cunningham put up 26 points in last season's win while going 10-16 from the floor and 5-6 from the line. Her performance seemingly left little room for improvement.
But as Benjamin Hochman wrote for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning, "Mizzou's Golden Girl" managed to grow her own legend.
Cunningham missed Thursday's game against LSU after suffering a scary sprained knee against Alabama on New Year's Eve. Mizzou lost 69-65, ending a 13-game winning streak.
Sophie was ready to play this weekend, even if she had to wear a bulky leg brace while doing it. The junior scored 27 points while shooting 9-10 from the floor and 9-11 from the charity stripe.
Sophomore Amber Smith followed up her career-best 27 points against LSU with a 20-point performance against South Carolina.
Sunday's women's game was similar to Saturday's men's game in that the quality of the officiating was again called into question.
South Carolina's A'ja Wilson is the two-time SEC Player of the Year and was a finalist for several National Player of the Year awards last season.
The senior spent just 19 minutes on Norm Stewart Court, scoring 8 points before fouling out with 2:56 remaining.
Wilson's fifth foul led to South Carolina being called for a technical foul and Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley being ejected from the game.
It was the first time Wilson had fouled out this season and just the fourth time she's done so in her career. Staley delayed making a substitution for Wilson in protest, leading to the technical foul.
Dawn Staley voiced her displeasure with the officials and Missouri's play after the game.
To say South Carolina's coach and fans were heated after the game would also be an understatement.
The first example given was a play in which Cierra Porter, older sister of Jontay Porter and Michael Porter Jr., appeared to bump into Wilson while setting up to defend a play. Wilson would leave the game for a short time.
Calling that a "headbutt" is obviously a bit of a stretch. No foul was called on the play as the officials ruled it to be incidental contact.
The second example featured Cunningham, who drew the majority of the fans' wrath.
A foul was called on Cunningham on the play, which came with 15 seconds left in the first quarter and was her second of the game. She picked up her 4th foul of the day less than three minutes into the fourth quarter and played the last 7:10 of the game a foul away from a permanent spot on the bench.
There's no shortage of bad blood between these two teams. To add to the recent on-the-court results, the Missouri roster features former Alabama Player of the Year Haley Troup. The freshman committed to South Carolina and practiced over the summer with the team before electing to transfer to Missouri. She is sitting out this season due to NCAA transfer rules.
Sophie Cunningham and the Missouri Tigers travel to Columbia, South Carolina on January 28 for a rematch of Sunday's contest.
It's safe to say that South Carolina fans will be ready.
Safe to say that Sophie Cunningham and her Mizzou teammates will be ready as well.
The Tigers have work to do before the rematch with the Gamecocks. The team will travel to Nashville this Thursday to take on Vanderbilt and to Oxford, Mississippi on January 18 to face Ole Miss. Sophie Cunningham and company return to Mizzou Arena to face Arkansas on January 21.
The latest AP Women's Basketball Poll, released earlier today, has Missouri up three spots to #12 while South Carolina down from #4 to #9.


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Territorios; New Architecture, Landscape, Urban and Regional Design in Chile
Friday, 11/07/14 1:00pm – 4:00pm
121 Wurster Hall
The symposium "Territorios; new architecture, landscape, urban and regional design in Chile "sponsored by the Master of Urban Design groups and hosted by ED 261 and Professors Linda Jewell, Director of the Group and Architecture faculty member René Davids, will with the participation of five faculty members of the Chilean Universidad del Desarrollo and various faculty member from the College of Environmental Design will critically review some of the architecture and design developing in Chile.
Chileans have adapted their buildings to tolerate the demands of nature that includes a seismically prone and an extremely rough topography featuring a narrow longitudinal valley between the tall Andes mountains and the lower coastal chain and a climate that at its northern and southern ends alternatively; the driest desert in the world and one of the coldest and most fragmented and coldest world territories in the south. These extraordinary conditions make the country uniquely beautiful and a challenging environment to work in, but a vigorous economy that is about to take the country out of the developing to the developed world have created favorable condition for a what is an effervescent climate and the most creative period in the environmental design practices in the country's history.
Oscar Mackenney Poblete graduated from the Pontificia Universidad catolica de Chile where he also taucht and held several administrative positions and is currently Vice Dean of the School of Art and Architecture at the Universidad del Desarrollo. A practicing architect he is also working on an edited book on the "Crucial Waters", together with faculty from the School of Architecture of Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago and Concepción.
Pablo Allard is Dean at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts of UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO in Santiago and Concepción. He is currently principal partner at URBANICA architecture and urban intelligence, director at PATAGONIA SUR, dedicated to conservation and sustainable development in Chilean Patagonia, and NUEVA VIA consultants, focused on the development of transportation infrastructure projects. Allard was a founding member of the "Do-Tank" ELEMENTAL, and participated in the post 2010 Chile earthquake reconstruction processes as National Coordinator for Urban Reconstruction at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in Chile. Alongside his academic and professional work, he is a columnist for the newspaper "La Tercera", board member of the National Council for Culture and the Arts CNCA and a member of the Presidential Commission for Urban Mobility
Claudia Onate graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santiago and did her graduate studies at - Boston, EEUU the BAC Boston Architectural College. Onate lived in Boston USA for nine years working in architectural offices such as AD+D where she helped winning in 1990 the Competiton for the Design of park San Giuliano across Venice, Italy. She is currently in private practice and teaches at the Universidad del desarrollo in Santiago de Chile.
Xaviera Gleixner Langdon was born in Munich, Germany. Founder and partner of GA, graduated with honors as an Architect at the Universidad del Desarrollo in Santiago - Chile, winning the award for the best Bachelor´s Degree Thesis of her generation. Since 2009 she teaches at the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad del Desarrollo in Santiago, where she currently is a Professor. In 2012 she won the Best Teacher Award in the School of Architecture. She is currently participating in "Diploma in Management Product Development and Design" at the Universidad del Desarrollo in Santiago

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Thesis defence in the University of Oulu
Doctoral Candidate
Master of Science Kalervo Stranius
Faculty and research unit
University of Oulu Graduate School, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Information Systems Science
Information Systems Science
Date and time of the thesis defence
Place of the thesis defence
University of Oulu, auditorium IT116
Topic of the dissertation
The environmental factors influencing information systems' acquisition, provisioning and utilization at an education and research organization
Professor Samuli Pekkola, Tampere University
Adjunct Professor Raija Halonen, University of Oulu
The object of this research was to analyze external and internal environments of information systems and to find factors that influence the acquisition, provisioning and utilization of information systems, and to identify the effects. The research object was to identify relations between the environmental factors' impacts and information systems in an education and research organization. The empirical research was executed at the University of Oulu. In this research the qualitative method was utilized.
The research data was gathered through interviewing the personnel of the university, altogether 35 persons, standing for four groups: administration, education and research, services and information system support. At first the environmental factors influencing on the information systems were identified and analyzed from related studies. Their impacts on an education and research organization's information systems' acquisition, provisioning and use were then empirically analyzed. The impacts of generic environmental factors, regulation factors, financial factors and internal environmental factors were evaluated. The internal environment's factors had relatively intensive and plentiful influence, because also external factors influenced trough the internal environment. This research gives a rigorous conceptual view to information systems' environmental factors and their impacts in an education and research organizations and provides perspectives to additional studies, too.
Last updated: 6.5.2019


For the last two years I've watched other bloggers take the Me Made May pledge, and followed through the month as they've rocked their handmade wardrobe in a really public way (so many people post daily outfit pictures during the month, which feels like a more public way to dress than just to wear your clothes and go about your day). Last year I really wanted to join in, but I knew I didn't have the wardrobe to do so; this year I think I'm right on the cusp. I have a few skirts, a few tops, one lightweight cardigan, a dress, and some accessories. I'm not sure it's really enough to get my through the whole month, but I'm going to try (and I plan to add to the tally as I go along).
Technically, I think I'm too late to make the official pledge, but I don't care. Having a largely handmade wardrobe is a slow process, so maybe deciding to pledge can also be slow. I want to make this month as thoughtful and useful as possible, so I took my time thinking about what I wanted to get out of it, and here's what I've come up with.
First, I want to really assess my handmade wardrobe. It's small, so there are lots of holes, but I want to get a real sense of what works and what doesn't, so I know what to add going forward. I also want to be really aware of what I've made so far, how those garments fit, and how they make me feel, because I don't want to spend time making things unless those things are going to make me feel great later.
I, Angela, am signing up for Me Made May 2015 with the goal of building an outfit around something Me-Made 5 days a week (this means a pair of socks won't cut it, but a great shawl might). I will endeavour to post a photo each day on Instagram.
Left to right: My one and only successful Wiksten Tank, with Grace; and my Shaelyn shawl with New Girl.
I am surprisingly excited about this challenge, especially since L and I are going away for 10 days and I have no idea how a me-made wardrobe will work for our trip (about which, more later). I'm not going to do weekly roundups, but I will do a sum-up post at the end of the month. Is anyone else doing Me Made May this year? What do you think of this whole thing? (Honestly, as a knitter, I think Me Made March would be way easier to commit to).
That was always my problem too. I've been slowly increasing my sewing output (and skill), so I think I'm finally ready. In the winter though, this challenge would be a piece of cake!
This is a terrific goal to have. I don't know how to sew unfortunately and right now our family is in slow transition. I will have fun watching your progress.
I totally understand! Thinking about this challenge has made me very aware of how seasonal my knitwear is, which is crazy because I knit year-round! I'm going to try and knit at least one linen top this year, but I definitely need more.


Areas that are vulnerable such as pipebridges, overhead gantries etc should be clearly identified and height restrictions clearly marked.
The standard minimum clearance over every part of the carriageway of a public road is 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 metres). When the clearance over any part is less than this, standard warning signs both on and prior to the structure should be provided. The stated clearance should be at least 75mm less than the measured height.
Heights of vehicle likely to be encountered are 4.2 metres high (i.e. A standard container on a suitable flatbed vehicle). Minimum headroom provided should be 4.65 metres exclusive of any additional space required for lighting units. Where emergency vehicle access is required, the height of such vehicles should be confirmed with the relevant emergency service. Additional clearance will be required if there is a requirement for an overlay in the future. Changes in gradient may also reduce the effective headroom for long vehicles.


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import com.infinityraider.agricraft.api.v1.AgriApi;
import com.infinityraider.agricraft.api.v1.content.items.IAgriJournalItem;
import com.infinityraider.agricraft.api.v1.requirement.AgriSeason;
import com.infinityraider.agricraft.api.v1.requirement.IAgriSoil;
import com.infinityraider.agricraft.impl.v1.journal.GrowthReqsPage;
import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
import net.minecraft.network.chat.TranslatableComponent;
import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraftforge.api.distmarker.Dist;
import net.minecraftforge.api.distmarker.OnlyIn;

@OnlyIn(Dist.CLIENT)
public class JournalDataDrawerGrowthReqs extends JournalDataDrawerBase<GrowthReqsPage> {
    private final Component GROWTH_REQS = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs");
    private final Component PARAGRAPH_L_1 = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.paragraph_1");
    private final Component BRIGHTNESS = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.brightness");
    private final Component PARAGRAPH_BRIGHTNESS = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.brightness.desc");
    private final Component HUMIDITY = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.humidity");
    private final Component PARAGRAPH_HUMIDITY = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.humidity.desc");
    private final Component ACIDITY = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.acidity");
    private final Component PARAGRAPH_ACIDITY = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.acidity.desc");
    private final Component NUTRIENTS = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.nutrients");
    private final Component PARAGRAPH_NUTRIENTS = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.nutrients.desc");
    private final Component SEASONS = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.seasons");
    private final Component PARAGRAPH_SEASONS = new TranslatableComponent("agricraft.journal.growth_reqs.seasons.desc");
    @Override
    public ResourceLocation getId() {
        return GrowthReqsPage.INSTANCE.getDataDrawerId();
    }

    @Override
    public void drawLeftSheet(GrowthReqsPage page, IPageRenderContext context, PoseStack transforms, ItemStack stack, IAgriJournalItem journal) {
        float dy = 10;
        float dx = 6;
        float spacing = 4;

        // Title
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, GROWTH_REQS, dx, dy);
        dy += spacing;
        // First paragraph
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, PARAGRAPH_L_1, dx, dy, 0.65F);
        dy += spacing;

        // Brightness
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, BRIGHTNESS, dx, dy, 0.65F);
        context.draw(transforms, Textures.BRIGHTNESS_BAR, 6, dy, 66, 8);
        dy += (6 + spacing);
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, PARAGRAPH_BRIGHTNESS, dx, dy, 0.50F);
        dy += spacing;

        // Humidity
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, HUMIDITY, dx, dy, 0.65F);
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, PARAGRAPH_HUMIDITY, dx, dy, 0.50F);
        this.drawSoilProperties(context, transforms, dx, dy, spacing, IAgriSoil.Humidity.values(),
                Textures.HUMIDITY_OFFSETS, Textures.HUMIDITY_FILLED);
    }

    @Override
    public void drawRightSheet(GrowthReqsPage page, IPageRenderContext context, PoseStack transforms, ItemStack stack, IAgriJournalItem journal) {
        float dy = 10;
        float dx = 6;
        float spacing = 4;

        // Acidity
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, ACIDITY, dx, dy, 0.65F);
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, PARAGRAPH_ACIDITY, dx, dy, 0.50F);
        dy = this.drawSoilProperties(context, transforms, dx, dy, spacing, IAgriSoil.Acidity.values(),
                Textures.ACIDITY_OFFSETS, Textures.ACIDITY_FILLED);

        // Nutrients
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, NUTRIENTS, dx, dy, 0.65F);
        dy += context.drawText(transforms, PARAGRAPH_NUTRIENTS, dx, dy, 0.50F);
        dy = this.drawSoilProperties(context, transforms, dx, dy, spacing, IAgriSoil.Nutrients.values(),
                Textures.NUTRIENTS_OFFSETS, Textures.NUTRIENTS_FILLED);

        // Seasons
        if(AgriApi.getSeasonLogic().isActive()) {
            dy += context.drawText(transforms, SEASONS, dx, dy, 0.65F);
            dy += context.drawText(transforms, PARAGRAPH_SEASONS, dx, dy, 0.50F);
            float scale = 0.5F;
            dy += spacing*scale;
            for(int i = 0; i < AgriSeason.values().length - 1; i++) {
                int w = 10;
                int h = 12;
                float v1 = (0.0F + i*h)/48;
                float v2 = (0.0F + (i + 1)*h)/48;
                context.draw(transforms, Textures.SEASONS_FILLED, dx, dy - spacing/2, scale*w, scale*h, 0, v1, 1, v2);
                dy += context.drawText(transforms, AgriSeason.values()[i].getDisplayName(), dx + 6, dy, 0.50F);
                dy += spacing/2;
            }
        }
    }

    protected float drawSoilProperties(IPageRenderContext context, PoseStack transforms, float dx, float dy, float spacing,
                                       IAgriSoil.SoilProperty[] property, int[] offsets, ResourceLocation texture) {
        float scale = 0.5F;
        dy += spacing*scale;
        for(int i = 0; i < property.length - 1; i++) {
            int w = offsets[i + 1] - offsets[i];
            float u1 = (offsets[i] + 0.0F)/53.0F;
            float u2 = (offsets[i] + w + 0.0F)/53.0F;
            context.draw(transforms, texture, dx, dy - spacing/2, scale*w, scale*12, u1, 0, u2, 1);
            dy += context.drawText(transforms, property[i].getDescription(), dx + 6, dy, 0.50F);
            dy += spacing/2;
        }
        return dy + spacing;
    }
}

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Geodetic and model data reveal different spatio-temporal patterns of transient mass changes over Greenland from 2007 to 2017
Bao Zhang*, Lin Liu, Shfaqat Abbas Khan, Tonie van Dam, Anders Anker Bjørk, Yannick Peings, Enze Zhang, Michael Bevis, Yibin Yao, Brice Noël
National Space Institute
Much of the research to understand the ice mass changes of Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) has focused on detecting linear rates and accelerations at decadal or longer periods. The transient (short-term, non-secular) mass changes show large variability, and if not properly accounted for, can introduce significant biases into estimates of long-term ice mass loss rates and accelerations. Despite the growing number of geodetic observations, in terms of spatial coverage, types of observables, and the extent of the time series, studies of the transient mass changes over GrIS are lacking. To address this limitation, we apply multi-channel singular spectral analysis to the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mass concentrations (mascon), surface mass balance (SMB) model output, and ice discharge data, to determine the transient mass changes over Greenland over the decade (2007 to 2017). The goal of this analysis is to elucidate the spatio-temporal variability of the ice mass change. For the entire GrIS, both the mascon and SMB transient mass changes are characterized by a sustained mass gain from late 2007 to early 2010, a sustained mass loss from early 2010 to early 2013, and a mass gain from early 2013 to mid-2015. Global Positioning System sites deployed along the coast of Greenland showed uplift from early 2010 to early 2013 and subsidence from early 2013 to 2015, consistent with the corresponding ice mass loss and gain of the entire GrIS. The peak-to-peak amplitude of the transient mass change was estimated to be −294 ± 27 Gt from GRACE mascons and -252 ± 16 Gt from the SMB where the latter value includes the effect of ice discharge. The transient mass change due to ice discharge accounted for less than 10% of the total transient mass change. Our regional assessment reveals that the central-west, southwest, northeast, and southeast regions display similar time-varying patterns as we found for the entire GrIS, but the north and northwest regions show different patterns. Atmospheric circulation anomalies as measured by the Greenland Blocking Index (GBI) are able to explain most of these transient anomalies. More specifically, high-GBI-associated high temperature was one of the main reasons for the transient mass loss of the entire GrIS during 2010-2012 while low GBI can explain the transient mass gain during 2013-2015. Contrasting behaviors of precipitation anomalies in east and west Greenland under abnormally high or low GBI conditions may explain the different patterns of the transient mass change in the northwest and the rest of Greenland.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.028
Transient mass change
Ice discharge
Zhang, B., Liu, L., Khan, S. A., Dam, T. V., Bjørk, A. A., Peings, Y., ... Noël, B. (2019). Geodetic and model data reveal different spatio-temporal patterns of transient mass changes over Greenland from 2007 to 2017. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 515, 154-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.028
Zhang, Bao ; Liu, Lin ; Khan, Shfaqat Abbas ; Dam, Tonie van ; Bjørk, Anders Anker ; Peings, Yannick ; Zhang, Enze ; Bevis, Michael ; Yao, Yibin ; Noël, Brice. / Geodetic and model data reveal different spatio-temporal patterns of transient mass changes over Greenland from 2007 to 2017. In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2019 ; Vol. 515. pp. 154-163.
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AU - Yao, Yibin
AU - Noël, Brice
N2 - Much of the research to understand the ice mass changes of Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) has focused on detecting linear rates and accelerations at decadal or longer periods. The transient (short-term, non-secular) mass changes show large variability, and if not properly accounted for, can introduce significant biases into estimates of long-term ice mass loss rates and accelerations. Despite the growing number of geodetic observations, in terms of spatial coverage, types of observables, and the extent of the time series, studies of the transient mass changes over GrIS are lacking. To address this limitation, we apply multi-channel singular spectral analysis to the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mass concentrations (mascon), surface mass balance (SMB) model output, and ice discharge data, to determine the transient mass changes over Greenland over the decade (2007 to 2017). The goal of this analysis is to elucidate the spatio-temporal variability of the ice mass change. For the entire GrIS, both the mascon and SMB transient mass changes are characterized by a sustained mass gain from late 2007 to early 2010, a sustained mass loss from early 2010 to early 2013, and a mass gain from early 2013 to mid-2015. Global Positioning System sites deployed along the coast of Greenland showed uplift from early 2010 to early 2013 and subsidence from early 2013 to 2015, consistent with the corresponding ice mass loss and gain of the entire GrIS. The peak-to-peak amplitude of the transient mass change was estimated to be −294 ± 27 Gt from GRACE mascons and -252 ± 16 Gt from the SMB where the latter value includes the effect of ice discharge. The transient mass change due to ice discharge accounted for less than 10% of the total transient mass change. Our regional assessment reveals that the central-west, southwest, northeast, and southeast regions display similar time-varying patterns as we found for the entire GrIS, but the north and northwest regions show different patterns. Atmospheric circulation anomalies as measured by the Greenland Blocking Index (GBI) are able to explain most of these transient anomalies. More specifically, high-GBI-associated high temperature was one of the main reasons for the transient mass loss of the entire GrIS during 2010-2012 while low GBI can explain the transient mass gain during 2013-2015. Contrasting behaviors of precipitation anomalies in east and west Greenland under abnormally high or low GBI conditions may explain the different patterns of the transient mass change in the northwest and the rest of Greenland.
AB - Much of the research to understand the ice mass changes of Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) has focused on detecting linear rates and accelerations at decadal or longer periods. The transient (short-term, non-secular) mass changes show large variability, and if not properly accounted for, can introduce significant biases into estimates of long-term ice mass loss rates and accelerations. Despite the growing number of geodetic observations, in terms of spatial coverage, types of observables, and the extent of the time series, studies of the transient mass changes over GrIS are lacking. To address this limitation, we apply multi-channel singular spectral analysis to the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mass concentrations (mascon), surface mass balance (SMB) model output, and ice discharge data, to determine the transient mass changes over Greenland over the decade (2007 to 2017). The goal of this analysis is to elucidate the spatio-temporal variability of the ice mass change. For the entire GrIS, both the mascon and SMB transient mass changes are characterized by a sustained mass gain from late 2007 to early 2010, a sustained mass loss from early 2010 to early 2013, and a mass gain from early 2013 to mid-2015. Global Positioning System sites deployed along the coast of Greenland showed uplift from early 2010 to early 2013 and subsidence from early 2013 to 2015, consistent with the corresponding ice mass loss and gain of the entire GrIS. The peak-to-peak amplitude of the transient mass change was estimated to be −294 ± 27 Gt from GRACE mascons and -252 ± 16 Gt from the SMB where the latter value includes the effect of ice discharge. The transient mass change due to ice discharge accounted for less than 10% of the total transient mass change. Our regional assessment reveals that the central-west, southwest, northeast, and southeast regions display similar time-varying patterns as we found for the entire GrIS, but the north and northwest regions show different patterns. Atmospheric circulation anomalies as measured by the Greenland Blocking Index (GBI) are able to explain most of these transient anomalies. More specifically, high-GBI-associated high temperature was one of the main reasons for the transient mass loss of the entire GrIS during 2010-2012 while low GBI can explain the transient mass gain during 2013-2015. Contrasting behaviors of precipitation anomalies in east and west Greenland under abnormally high or low GBI conditions may explain the different patterns of the transient mass change in the northwest and the rest of Greenland.
KW - Greenland
KW - Transient mass change
KW - GRACE
KW - GPS
KW - SMB
KW - Ice discharge
U2 - 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.028
DO - 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.028
JO - Earth and Planetary Science Letters
JF - Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Zhang B, Liu L, Khan SA, Dam TV, Bjørk AA, Peings Y et al. Geodetic and model data reveal different spatio-temporal patterns of transient mass changes over Greenland from 2007 to 2017. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2019;515:154-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.028
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There's No Such Thing as "Right" or "Wrong" in Music
I often get asked the question: "would it be OK to play XYZ?". I also find many musicians seem to distrust their own ears when making a judgement about their playing, as if they are afraid to "get music wrong".
As a teacher, I have to be careful about being too dogmatic when it comes to music theory.
Although it may seem so at times, I don't want to tell you what to play. I just want to open up your creative options and give you new ideas so you can explore your instrument more intuitively.
In that sense, it would be wrong for me to say "this is wrong" or "this is right".
Saying that, I do teach based on what I believe are the most widely accepted standards in music. Standards that still leave huge amounts of room for experimentation and originality, yet can communicate coherently with a good number of people.
If music is a language, then the standards we consider "correct" are simply those which the majority understand.
You might call it "popular music". I've always thought popular music is a lot broader than we give it credit for. Even jazz indulges in the irresistable charms of keys, cadences and form, albeit jumping between them more unpredictably than your typical chart hits.
But you have to remember that there are no inherent rules to music, just conventions and systems to guide you through harmony and away from (what most people hear as) uncomfortable dissonance. Ultimately, your ears are the judge of what sounds good and what doesn't. You are your music's first listener.
For all the good my teachings may do your progress, you can't beat good ol' trial and error and learning from perceived mistakes first hand. When you can confidently say "that doesn't sound right", at least it's you saying that from subjective experience as opposed to reading it from some textbook or website.
"Wrong" Music
But even those uncomfortable dissonances and bum notes can't be said to be wrong or unmusical. Take a listen to this very intentionally written piece of atonal music, that's a whole bowl of "wrong"...
There were no moments of what we might call "pleasant harmony", least of all diatonic harmony. In purely theoretical terms, consonance was absent in that piece and dissonance was the formality.
It takes a surprising amount of skill to intentionally avoid harmony. Even if you were playing random strings/frets, you would at some point hit something sweet purely by chance.
But does the dissonance make it wrong or unmusical? Isn't it just the other side of the coin? The dark side of the moon?
Now take a listen to the vomit-inducing sounds of Agoraphobic Nosebleed...
Does dissonance, cacophony and seemingly random notes crashing into one another make it any less of a legitimate musical statement than the rich, sweet and impeccably structured harmonies that dominate western musical tradition?
Isn't the only legitimate question: how does it make you feel? And those tense, uncomfortable feelings are surely just as valid as those which arise from the comfort of harmony. You may not make a habit of unwinding with a glass of finest Rioja, conversing with your sweetheart, accompanied by Agoraphobic Nosebleed. But it's a musical experience nonetheless, whether your ears say yes or no. And it's as good as a full time job for some musicians.
I'm not suggesting you should throw out all notions of structure and harmony in favour of complete musical anarchy just for the sake of rebellion. Again it goes back to what you're consciously trying to communicate as a musician, and dissonance can play an important role in that.
Dissonance doesn't have to be overwhelming. It can be subtle and fleeting, like this very short, chromatic section of one of Wes Montgomery's performances (starts at 28:35, follow it for 4 seconds)...
Or this dissonant (wrong)-verse, harmonic (right)-chorus, schizophrenic rock number by Degrees K. What I personally get is this feeling of release, like my head rising above the water, when the suffocating cacophony of the verse moves into what is a very pretty, open chorus section. Dark to light...
The point I'm getting at here is that all the above examples sounded good, right and musical to at least the number of pairs of ears involved in their making, and many more.
The concept of dissonance and avoid notes is itself highly subjective. A classically trained musician of centuries gone may have considered the augmented 4th as a dissonant counter-tone and rejected it outright (maybe these people still exist today). But to many, given the contexts in which it's used (e.g. the Lydian mode, blues), it's relatively sweet and easy on the ears.
Wherever we choose to draw our lines between harmony and dissonance, the musical and unmusical, music is ultimately artistic expression through sound. That's the tightest definition anyone can justifiably apply to music.
"Right" and "wrong" are ultimately relative and subjective.
When you're simply trying to please the crowd, you'll want to consider your target audience when choosing your notes, especially when your aim is to play for money (nothing wrong with that - we all need to pay the bills) adoration (we all wish to be loved) or as a gift to humanity (we all seek to give).
But in terms of pure, raw expression, there can be no such thing as incorrect music. The sweet toothed musician is no more right than the musician who craves bitterness, chaos and dischord.
There is (and even this is subjectifying it) merely harmony and dissonance. Take your pick, go ahead and blur those lines, but always let your ears be the final judge.
While I will, of course, continue to teach based on the most widely accepted and enjoyed musical standards, I'll always resist telling you "you must play this/that" or "you can't play this/that". All I'm giving you are some ingredients I think you'll like the taste of. It's up to you what you create from them and how you twist them.
No matter how much I want to tell you "never hold a major 7th over a dominant 7th chord (e.g. F# over G7)", how can I objectively justify that statement? All I can say is, with a modicum of confidence, that not many ears will "get" it. You'll likely get a lot of winced faces.
But I don't need to tell you that.
Bottom line: whenever you question the rightness or wrongness of a musical idea, play it, listen to it, feel it and trust your own judgement.
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Biden Heads to U.S.-Mexico Border for First Time Since Taking Office as President
Yalimar Chirinos, a 19-year-old migrant from Venezuela, displays a sign near the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 7, 2023. The sign says "Hello friends, we are from Venezuela, support us with what comes out of your heart". REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
President Joe Biden is headed to the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office nearly two years ago, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in the country as he prepares for a reelection bid.
Biden on Thursday announced fresh plans to block Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, expanding the nationalities of those who can be expelled back to Mexico, and his visit to El Paso, Texas, is not expected to yield any new policy breakthroughs.
Instead, it is meant to demonstrate that Biden is taking the issue seriously, end nagging questions about when he plans to visit the border and shore up relations with Border Patrol, some of whose agents have bristled at the president's rollback of hardline enforcement policies.
The longer-term goal of pushing Congress to pass laws to fix America's creaky immigration system is unlikely to succeed given Republicans' newly assumed control of the House of Representatives.
Right-wing lawmakers have repeatedly torpedoed U.S. immigration reform proposals over the past two decades.
Biden sent Congress an immigration reform plan on his first day in office. It floundered due to opposition from congressional Republicans, who also blocked his request for $3.5 billion to beef up border enforcement.
Republican lawmaker Jim Jordan told Fox News on Sunday that his party could help the Democrats – but only if Biden adopted the enforcement policies of former President Donald Trump. Those policies included separating children from their parents.
"They've allowed now a situation where frankly, we no longer have a border," Jordan said.
Biden, joined by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, is expected to meet at the border with Congressional lawmakers, local officials and community leaders.
Mayorkas on Sunday said two of the key elements leading to increased numbers of migrants making their way to the United States – international crises and legislative stasis – were outside the president's control.
"We are dealing with a broken immigration system that Congress has failed to repair for decades," he told ABC News' "This Week" show.
The White House said Biden would assess border enforcement operations in El Paso, where the Democratic mayor declared a state of emergency last month, citing hundreds of migrants' sleeping on the streets in cold temperatures and thousands being apprehended every day.
U.S. border officials apprehended a record 2.2 million migrants at the border with Mexico in the 2022 fiscal year that ended in September, though that number includes individuals who tried to cross multiple times.
Biden on Thursday did open legal, limited pathways into the country for Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians.
While winning praise from some U.S. industry groups desperate to solve pressing labor shortages, Biden's moves have drawn criticism from human rights activists and some Democrats who say the new restrictions are a retreat from the president's 2020 campaign promise to restore historical rights to asylum-seekers.
The policy is likely to trigger legal challenges from both those who favor restricting immigration and advocates for asylum seekers.
After the El Paso visit, Biden travels south of the border to meet with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in talks that will also touch on immigration issues.
Americans give Biden failing grades for immigration policy, polls show.
An average of polls gathered by Real Clear Politics shows 37% of the public disapprove of Biden's handling of immigration, a number lower than his overall approval rating.
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One of the main aims for the argumentation theorists around the world is to define standards for the soundness of argumentation. Many authors, such as Chaim Perelman or Steven Toulmin, have emphasized the role that the field of argumentation plays in defining such standards. Judicial argumentation is strongly connected with legal procedure and substantive laws. But can we say that some rules of judicial argumentation are vested in legal rules? Can we derive standards of judicial argumentation from substantive and procedural laws? This paper answers these questions on the basis of Russian and US legislation. The present treatise is aimed at outlining the main aspects of the problem and elaborating directions for future research.
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Abelian automorphism groups of cubic fourfolds
Mayanskiy E. arxiv.org. math. Cornell University, 2013. No. 5150.
We list all finite abelian groups which act effectively on smooth cubic fourfolds.
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Groundbreaking research into the healing properties of conifer trees will give cancer patients yet another weapon in the arsenal against the dread disease.
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These compounds are a sort of "first-aid kit" for trees, a kit from which they obtain their "medicine," including to ward off pests. Terpenoids also regulate the temperature balance in plants during heavy frosts or heat spells.
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Besides the terpenoids' impact on cancer cells and aging, the scientists discovered that they also activate the cell's response to stress. Other processes were tested on cell lines and laboratory animals, the results of which will be used to treat serious diseases in the future. The results obtained by the Russian scientists were published in the prominent international medical magazine, Oncotarget.


The stability of solvents containing the C5-BPP (2,6-Bis(5-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine) extractant against gamma-irradiation up to 330 kGy adsorbed dose was evaluated using HPLC mass spectrometric and solvent extraction methods. The main radiolysis products were identified using high-resolution mass spectrometry. Quantitative analysis of the residual C5-BPP concentration in irradiated samples was accomplished by a specifically developed MRM (Multiple Reaction Monitoring) method. A mixture of C5-BPP with 2-bromohexanoic acid in kerosene and 1-octanol, which had been used in an actinide(III)/lanthanide(III) separation process demonstration test, was also studied for its radiolytic stability and a remarkable protective effect of the presence of nitric acid during irradiation was found.


So today I'm going to share with you some photos of my adorable Dachshund, Ammo. He's 8 months old today – Happy Birthday Ammo, sorta! He's my husband and I's wedding puppy, as he was born the day after we were married. Ammo has been a constant source of amuzement for us, and we consider him our child (although don't worry we still treat him like a dog – he isn't allowed to sleep in our bed, he doesn't eat table scraps and mike wouldn't let him be caught dead in clothing). Anyway enjoy these photos of Ammo, he's definitely got character.
Ammo will be attending the Keystone Dachshund Races on June 14th to raise money for charity! Come cheer him on!
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A European network consisting of mainly national Long-Term Ecosystem Research and Monitoring (LTER) networks covering terrestrial and freshwater environments. LTER also includes a growing number of larger Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research (LTSER) platforms in which interdisciplinary ecosystem research is carried out. ALTER-Net was intrumental in establishing this pan-European LTER network in Europe.
Leaking ammonia from fertilisers and higher ammonia emissions caused by a warmer climate are among the issues highlighted in a new volume of scientific papers published this week.
A new pan-European study published in the journal Science shows that mountain plants across the continent are moving to higher altitudes, but that such upward shifts can lead to a reduction in species richness.
The EU-funded ROBIN project (Role of Biodiversity in Climate Change Mitigation) involves four ALTER-Net partners. Good progress has been made so far, as explained in a series of articles that summarise the approaches being taken.
A team from Wageningen University (to which ALTER-Net partner Alterra is affiliated) have edited a special issue on the REDD+ programme.
The EU Life+ VACCIA project was based on nine sites of the Finnish LTER network (FinLTSER). The final report of the project is now available in the web.


The Art of Inspiration is a wonderfully rich guide to exploring new directions within one's life. Affirmations assist with unlocking the barriers created in a lifetime, and they offer guidance to all generations, adding positive awareness to refresh the hidden gems of the soul.
Kris White is a natural clairvoyant and medium with an MA in holistic ministry. She has been in private practice since 1995 and uses her natural abilities to expand a person's mindset and also assist them in finding clarity within their life situations. Kris works with people of all ages and currently practices in Massachusetts.


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This is a list of notable hospitals and medical centers in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States metropolitan area.

 Carlisle Regional Medical Center Carlisle
 Community General Osteopathic Hospital Harrisburg
 Fredricksen Outpatient Center Mechanicsburg
 Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon
 UPMC Harrisburg Harrisburg
 Hamilton Health Center Harrisburg, Steelton
 Harrisburg State Hospital Harrisburg
 Penn State Holy Spirit Camp Hill
 Lebanon VA Medical Center Lebanon
 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey
 Polyclinic Medical Center Harrisburg
 Seidle Memorial Hospital Mechanicsburg
 UPMC West Shore Mechanicsburg

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 List of hospitals in Pennsylvania

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Scripture and the Tradition of the Catholic Church provide an Abundance of wisdom, though it can often be challenging to apply it to our lives. To help you learn to gather and live with greater wisdom, we will begin a Jeff Cavins 8 week study titled Wisdom: God's Vision for Life.
Wisdom invites you to experience the transforming power of taking time to apply God's wisdom to you own life. You will learn to see his vision, experience the peace of knowing God cares for you, and you will see how God – and only God – can show you a path through any circumstance. The eight 30-minute videos will guide you through a variety of themes drawn from the wisdom literature of Scripture – Proverbs, Wisdom, Sirach, and Ecclesiastes teaching you how to actively seek out sound guidance and increase your sense of peace in navigating life. In everything from friendships to finances, from making decisions to attaining peace of mind, Scripture offers a vision for happiness and well-being. With this program, you will learn how to gather, gain, and grow in wisdom, and you will experience the joy it brings to your life.
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There's still time for a white knight -- if the GOP can find one
Republicans yearn for a fresh White House option. But are these the choices they're stuck with?
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2011/05/10/republicans_2012_candidates/
Steve Kornacki
May 10, 2011 4:30AM (UTC)
With a presidential field taking shape that is heavy on fringe candidates and light on those with reasonable prospects of capturing the nomination and unseating Barack Obama, the Washington Examiner's Byron York wrote on Monday that Republicans are "hoping that somewhere, somehow, a superhero candidate will swoop down out of the sky and rescue them from their current lackluster presidential field. They know it's a fantasy, but they still hope."
But is it really a fantasy?
I've written before about the dearth of white knight possibilities for the GOP. (And the term "white knight" does not apply to Mitch Daniels and Mike Huckabee (and Sarah Palin, for that matter), who are keeping their distance from the race for right now, and may all end up entering; even accounting for their potential presence, the yearning that York describes endures.) The disastrous elections of 2006 and 2008 took rising Republican stars out of the game and prevented the party from installing promising talent in Senate and gubernatorial posts, from which national campaigns are most frequently launched. But while the Republicans' national bench certainly is thin, it's not empty.
The most closely watched non-candidate right now is New Jersey's Chris Christie, who has -- for reasons having to do with his home state survival -- flatly and repeatedly declared that he won't run. But Christie is also one of the strongest communicators in politics today, and his war with public sector unions and budget fights with Democrats have made him a national conservative folk hero -- so much that a group of GOP fundraisers from Iowa are set to visit Christie in Trenton in an effort to talk him into running. Besides Christie, the name of Jeb Bush still occasionally comes up, even if the baggage of his family name will almost surely keep him from running in 2012. Rep. Paul Ryan has also been mentioned as a potential late entrant, for what it's worth.
If you assume that Bush won't run and that Ryan, as a lowly member of the House, simply doesn't pass the stature test, then Christie really is the only white knight to watch. Skeptics argue that he seems like a formidable prospect now solely because he is so adamant about not running and that he has vulnerabilities that would quickly and easily be exposed as a candidate. They also contend that, due to the realities of modern presidential campaigning, Christie -- who would need to assemble a campaign organization from scratch -- can't afford to dawdle if he does want to run. There's probably some validity to the first point, but on the issue of waiting too long, Christie -- and any other potential white knight that might exist -- may have more time than is commonly thought.
Granted, the history of late entrants in modern campaigns is spotty at best.
In 1976, when Democrats radically expanded their primary and caucus schedules, both Idaho Sen. Frank Church and California Gov. Jerry Brown entered the contest late -- extremely late. Both evidently believed that the old rules -- which allowed candidates to demonstrate strength by entering select contests and to then win the nomination at a brokered convention -- still applied. But they didn't. Both Church and Brown (especially) fared strongly and won states, but Jimmy Carter -- the only candidate to grasp the importance of contesting every single primary and caucus -- had built an insurmountable delegate edge and held them off. 1976 created a precedent for the modern primary era for both parties: Waiting until the action had already begun was too late.
From then on, a "late" entry came to mean late in the calendar year before the primaries and caucuses begin.
In December 1983, for instance, a young Delaware senator named Joe Biden was urged by many Democrats to make a late entry into the 1984 race. The Iowa caucuses were two months off and no clear alternative to Walter Mondale, the former vice president who had locked up virtually every major interest group endorsement, had emerged. Would Biden have filled that void? He decided not to run, so we'll never know -- but it's hard to say it would have been impossible. After all, Gary Hart -- who ultimately became Mondale's chief rival and who nearly stole the nomination from him -- was barely registering in national or early state polls in December '83 and had no money and little organization. But when he finished a very distant second place in Iowa (with 16 percent, compared to Mondale's 49) his campaign became the vehicle for everyone who wanted to deny Mondale the nod. A week later he won New Hampshire, and then 14 more states -- none of which he'd even been organized in as of December '83 -- after that.
Hart himself was a late entrant for the 1988 cycle, although this example comes with an asterisk: He'd started out as the race's front-runner (by virtue of his strong '84 showing), only to see his campaign destroyed by a sex scandal in May 1987. But then, with Democrats bemoaning their field of "seven dwarfs," he jumped back in just before the New Hampshire filing deadline in December '87. At first, Hart surged to the lead in national polls -- and into contention in both Iowa and New Hampshire. But the baggage from his scandal was too much. Raising money and rebuilding a campaign team proved impossible, and his support quickly evaporated. He was a nonfactor by the time Iowa and New Hampshire came around.
There's also the case of Mario Cuomo, who agonized right up until the New Hampshire filing deadline in December 1991 over whether to seek the Democratic nomination. The New York governor passed, literally leaving a plane idling at an Albany airport, and clearing the way for Bill Clinton to become the party's nominee. Perhaps a Cuomo candidacy would have been a disaster. But when you consider the supreme damage that was inflicted on Clinton by several scandals in January and February 1992 (one of which involved a tape recording in which Clinton and Gennifer Flowers derided Cuomo as "Mafioso"), it's very tempting to conclude that Cuomo would have prevailed had he run.
A more successful late entrant came on the Republican side: Steve Forbes, who was a completely unknown magazine publisher when he jumped into the 1996 GOP race in the fall of 1995. By that point, his fellow candidates had been running hard for months; the Iowa straw poll -- at which Phil Gramm scored an upset by tying Bob Dole -- had already been held as had several debates. But Forbes poured millions of his own dollars into television and radio ads promoting his own flat tax plan and denigrating Dole. By mid-January, weeks before the state's lead-off primary, he was running in first place in New Hampshire and had become a genuine national sensation. At that point, Forbes' foes ganged up on him (and the media scrutiny intensified) and his numbers ebbed. In the end, he won 12 percent in New Hampshire, good for fourth place, then scored upset victories in Arizona and Delaware, only to be finished off by Dole on Super Tuesday. Forbes was a flawed candidate, but despite his late start, he ended up faring far better than many of his rivals.
More recently, we've seen Democrat Wesley Clark in the 2004 cycle and Republican Fred Thompson in 2008 also go the late-starter route. Each man's entry was preceded by months of increasingly breathless speculation, and neither came close to living up to the hype (even if Clark did win a state). But was it because they started late, or because they were just lousy candidates?
Maybe Chris Christie would be a dud as a candidate, too. But it's also possible that, unlike (say) Thompson, he'd be capable of living up to the hype. And if he could do that, then it wouldn't really matter if he entered the race now or three months from now -- Republicans would be thrilled to have him.
Steve Kornacki is an MSNBC host and political correspondent. Previously, he hosted "Up with Steve Kornacki" on Saturday and Sunday 8-10 a.m. ET and was a co-host on MSNBC's ensemble show "The Cycle." He has written for the New York Observer, covered Congress for Roll Call, and was the politics editor for Salon. His book, which focuses on the political history of the 1990s, is due out in 2017.
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Exposure to the hydrocarbon oil pristane induces lupus specific autoantibodies in non-autoimmune mice. We investigated whether the capacity to induce lupus-like autoimmunity is a unique property of pristane or is shared by other adjuvant oils. Seven groups of 3-month-old female BALB/cJ mice received a single intraperitoneal injection of pristane, squalene (used in the adjuvant MF59), incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA), three different medicinal mineral oils, or saline, respectively. Serum autoantibodies and peritoneal cytokine production were measured. In addition to pristane, the mineral oil Bayol F (IFA) and the endogenous hydrocarbon squalene both induced anti-nRNP/Sm and -Su autoantibodies (20% and 25% of mice, respectively). All of these hydrocarbons had prolonged effects on cytokine production by peritoneal APCs. However, high levels of IL-6, IL-12, and TNFalpha production 2-3 months after intraperitoneal injection appeared to be associated with the ability to induce lupus autoantibodies. The ability to induce lupus autoantibodies is shared by several hydrocarbons and is not unique to pristane. It correlates with stimulation of the production of IL-12 and other cytokines, suggesting a relationship with a hydrocarbon's adjuvanticity. The potential to induce autoimmunity may complicate the use of oil adjuvants in human and veterinary vaccines.


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Mazda MX-5 Sets a New World Record
Back in May, Mazda announced plans to break another world record with the largest parade of Mazda cars. Well, it's now official, as Mazda entered the Guinness Book of World Records on June 15th with a total of 693 MX-5s joining the parade.
There were a total of 1,450 participants who contributed to the record attempt, shattering the existing record for the "largest parade of Mazda cars," which put together a total of 459 MX-5s back in 2010.
The parade was led by a third-generation racing model driven by Dutch TV presenter, Allard Kalff, and President and CEO of Mazda Motor Europe, Jeff Guyton, beside him. The official certificate was offered by Guinness World Records adjudicator, Pravin Patel.
The entire event took place at the RDW Test Centre at Lelystad and featured demonstrations by the Ribank Mazda MaX5 Cup racers and the three-rotor-engine-powered Mazda3. Participants at the event had the opportunity to test Mazda's new i-ACTIVSENSE and the new Mazda SKYACTIV models.
At the end of the day, participants were offered a reward for the most beautiful and authentic MX-5. This award went to Pieter Staat from Meteren (NL).
Click past the jump to read more about the Mazda MX-5.
Mazda MX-5 Aims for Another Guinness World Record
Mazda plans to enter the Guinness World Record Book one more time, as the company plans to organize the largest parade of Mazda cars on June 15, 2013. The event is called "IMAX-5 2013" and plans to smash the current record, which brought together a total of 459 MX-5 roadsters.
Mazda hopes to bring together a total of 800 MX-5s following a 15 km (9.32-mile) path through the fascinating Dutch polder landscape near Lelystad, Netherlands. Participants will be entertained with a series of other activities, like the opportunity to test drive Mazda's new SKYACTIV models or test their driving skills on different race simulators. The event will end at Europe's largest drive-in cinema.
Customers interested in participating in the event need to register online at www.imax-5.nl. The €30 ($39) admission per car (up to two people) includes a meal and two drinks per person.
Click past the jump to read more about Mazda MX-5.
Rumormill: 2015 Mazda Miata MX-5 to Receive a SkyActiv Diesel Engine
May 3, 2013 11:00 by Simona
At the beginning of 2013, Mazda and Alfa Romeo signed an agreement that will bring a new roadster to each company: a new MX-5 for the Japanese company and a new Spider for the Italian one. Both models will be built at Mazda's Hiroshima plant starting 2015, but each model will offer its own engines.
Until now, it has been rumored that the MX-5 would use a 1.3-liter turbocharged engine that features SkyActiv technology. However, new details suggest that the tiny roadster could also get a diesel engine. you read that right; we said diesel…
However, because a diesel roadster could be a tough sell to traditionalists, Mazda will still offer a gasoline alternative. Rumors suggest that this diesel engine will be a naturally aspirated 1.6-liter SkyActiv engine that produces approximately 130 horsepower. This would give the Miata its lowest horsepower output since it bumped the standard 1.8-liter four-cylinder to 133 horsepower in 1996.
As for the Spider version, it could be offered with a turbocharged 1.4-liter 'TB' engine with power ranging from 120 horsepower in the base model to 296 horsepower for the top versions. Both models will be offered with a six-speed manual gearbox.
Mazda will focus on offering modern materials and design techniques that could help keep the total weight down to about 1,760 pounds.
Click past the jump to read more about the next MX-5.
1990 - 2009 Mazda MX-5 Habu by Flyin' Miata
April 19, 2013 18:00 by David Hurth
The Mazda MX-5 is already a fine piece of machinery. It is balanced, nimble and is capable of making for quick laps on the most twisty of track. While the MX-5 is fun to drive, one thing that nobody will say is that it is powerful.
Flyin' Miata, a top MX-5 Miata tuner, decided to change all of this with their Habu conversion kit. The Habu upgrade works on any 1990-2009 MX-5 with a big difference under the hood. They swap out the small four-cylinder engine for a fire breathing V-8.
If this sounds familiar it is because Carroll Shelby made it popular by putting a large V-8 engine into the small AC Ace. The result of this was the Shelby Cobra, a small roadster capable of scary performance back in the '60s.
With an eight-cylinder engine in the small Japanese roadster, you get a high-powered performance car that can keep up with many of the high-priced supercars built today for a fraction of the cost.
The performance comes dangerously close to the 2014 SRT Viper and it is because of this swipe at the Viper that the kit is called the Habu, which is Japanese for a small venomous snake.
Hit the jump for more information about the Mazda MX-5 Habu by Flyin' Miata
2013 Mazda MX-5 Venture Edition
February 22, 2013 14:00 by Simona
Mazda UK is adding four new special editions to its lineup, one of them being a MX-5 Venture Edition. The new special edition is on sale now with prices starting £18,895 (about $28,800 at the current exchange rates) for the 126-horsepower, 1.8-liter-powered Venture Edition soft-top version and up to £22,295 (about $34,000 at the current exchange rates) for the 160-horsepower, 2.0-liter-powered Venture Edition Roadster Coupe with powered folding roof.
The new MX-5 Venture Edition will be distinguished by a new set of 17-inch Bright Finish alloy wheels on the outside. On the inside, Mazda is offering heated tan leather sports seats and tan leather door inserts.
The new Venture Edition will be offered in four exterior colors: Brilliant Black, Copper Red Mica, Meteor Grey Mica and Stormy Blue Mica. Each color will be combined with a set of "Venture Edition" badges, while the soft-top models will be offered with a tan fabric roof.
Official: Mazda and Alfa Romeo Ink a Deal to Share a Roadster Platform
For nearly six month now, there have been rumors that Mazda and Alfa Romeo were working on a deal that would have the next-gen MX-5 Miata and the upcoming Alfa Romeo roadster share a platform. Well, the ink has now reached the signature line on an official agreement between the two to co-develop a two-seat roadster. Both models will be built at Mazda's Hiroshima plant starting 2015.
Both models will be offered in a rear-wheel-drive configuration, but each one will feature engines developed in-house. The next MX-5 for example is rumored to be powered by a 1.3-liter turbocharged unit featuring SkyActiv technology, while the next Alfa Romeo Spyder is rumored to be powered by a turbocharged 1750 cc engine capable of developing an impressive 296 horsepower. Other rumors suggest a 1.4TB engine with an output of 168 horsepower.
While we know for sure that the next Mazda will keep the usual MX-5 nomenclature, for Alfa Romeo things aren't very sure at this point, but it has been rumored that the company plans to bring back the legendary Spyder name.
2012 Mazda MX-5 Catfish Speedster by Bauer Limited Production
September 18, 2012 16:00 by Simona
The SEMA Auto Show is a time for tuning companies to show what they are made of and this year's event will be anything but boring. We've already seen a few of the vehicles that will be headed to Las Vegas this year, but we've gotten word of another vehicle scheduled to appear: the Catfish Speedster developed by Bauer Limited Production.
The Catfish is based on a Mazda MX-5 Miata, but shares none of its components. All of the Mazda's original parts have been replaced by new ones, including a new hood, trunk, doors, bumpers, and a top and convertible frame. The interior was slightly modified to make it possible for the driver to put in stock Miata seats or racing seats of their choice.
The Catfish Speedster will be offered with a standard 1.6 engine or a 1.8 NB Rotrex with over 260hp, but for customers who want a little more push, Bauer will also be offering an LS2 V8 engine. With the Speedster coming in at only 1,500lbs, we can only imagine its performance figures.
The official debut of the new Catfish Speedster will be at the 2012 SEMA Show, with a racing version set to be unveiled in 2013.
Industry Whispers: Revised MX-5 Miata to Get More Power, Options, and Less Bulk
August 28, 2012 15:00 by Justin Cupler
We already know that Mazda and Alfa Romeo are in bed together on the MX-5 Miata/Alfa Romeo Spider project, but the specifics were still a relative unknown. A little bird, in the form of a senior design source, flew down and chirped a little info to our friends at What Car. We cannot vouch for the validity of this info, but we're going to pass it on to you.
First up, the engine... According to this unnamed source, Mazda has chosen an engine already and it is a 1.3-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder. It pumps out a healthy 200 horsepower, which is 22 horsepower more than the 2004 and 2005 Mazdaspeed MX-5 produced and 33 horsepower more than the current model. We're also certain that we'll see torque cresting the 200 pound-feet mark, though there was no mention of that.
The source also reports that the MX-5 will hit showrooms in 2015 with a lighter body and chassis, and a sportier look than the current model. The estimated weight the source gave was 1,000 kg (2,204 lbs), which is 276 lbs less than the 2012 model. In a car as small as the Miata, that is significant weight loss, to say the least.
There is also talk that Mazda will offer its roadster up with many more options that will help give the car more of a personality. This will help form a stronger bond between the person and the car. Typically, Miata owners already have this bond with their car, but a little extra something can't hurt.
Lastly, there will be a top-end model, similar to the Mazdaspeed version in 2004 and 2005, that will be even lighter yet and more tuned for racing, as it will be stripped of unnecessary add-on features to save every ounce.
There was one bit of info on the project altogether and it is that Mazda will only provide the platform (chassis, uni-body, and drivetrain); Alfa Romeo will add on its own body and interior. So scratch the evil idea that we'll have two almost identical cars.
We'll keep an eye out for more whispers as this project continues.
Video: Driver Reigns In His Out-Of-Control 900-Horsepower Miata
August 6, 2012 04:00 by Justin Cupler
There are some videos that are flat-out awesome and there are others that you can't help but watch and just say "dayum, that was sick!" The above video just so happens to be a card-carrying member of the latter group. As a fellow Miata owner, I am slightly biased here...
This dude not only dropped an RB26 engine from a Skyline into his second-gen Miata, but he also pulled off one of the most bad-ass saves we have ever witnessed. This Miata launches from the starting tree and all is well, as it pulls away from its competitor until suddenly the back end of the Miata starts wagging its 900-horsepower tail all over the track.
The quick-acting driver manages to pull the reigns on this wild ride and get her going straight again. After all of that the Miata still crossed the finish line in just 16 seconds, which is faster than the majority of the cars on the road today.
The video ends with the guy operating the camera catching up to the slick driver and asking him what happened. It turns out that the car overheated and popped a freeze plug, which caused the coolant to spill all over the track. When you mix any liquid, especially coolant, with slick tires and 900 ponies, you are definitely in for just a little bit of tail action...
Hats off to the driver for keeping calm and not smashing his likely expensive Miata into the wall.
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2013 - 2015 Mazda MX-5
July 5, 2012 09:00 by Simona
The Mazda MX-5 Miata is already undergoing a complete overhaul to enter its new generation, but the company has apparently realized the dire need for the Miata to be refreshed before it becomes completely obsolete ahead of the new generation's debut.
Launched in 2005, the third generation MX-5 (NC) received its first major update in 2008. It's barely been touched since then, but 2013 will come with a second round of updates before the car gets canned for the new generation. The new MX-5 (known as the Roadster in Japan) has already made its officially debut and is already on sale at all Mazda dealerships throughout Japan.
The exterior has been redesigned to offer a more aggressive look, while the interior has received a new luxury tan color finish for the genuine leather seats. The model has also received revised characteristics of the throttle and brake booster that help improve control of the accelerator in the manual transmission models and the brakes in all models.
UPDATE 07/05/2012: This review has been updated with the official details and images for the 2013 Mazda MX-5.
Hit the jump to read more on the 2013 Mazda MX5 Miata.
2012 Mazda MX-5 Kuro Special Edition
June 27, 2012 18:00 by Kirby Garlitos
Despite having more special edition versions than any model in recent history, the Mazda MX-5's popularity doesn't appear to be waning any time soon.
Over in the UK, the Japanese sports roadster is still a hot ticket, so much so in fact that Mazda has decided to give the UK market yet another special edition model of the MX-5.
Say hello to the MX-5 Kuro Special Edition.
Available in two variants - one for the soft-top and one for the folding hard top - the MX-5 Kuro Special Edition distinguishes itself from the rest of its MX-5 peers with a host of aesthetic alterations, including a race car-inspired exterior graphics, black detailing around the front grille and front fog lights, 'Kuro Edition' badging all over the exterior, and a new set of 17" alloy wheels. The special edition model also gets a new rear sports bumper, a larger sports exhaust, and a choice of three different color options: Velocity Red Mica, Crystal White Pearlescent, and Brilliant Black.
Inside, the MX-5 Kuro Special Edition gets treated to Stone and Black heated leather seats, Stone leather door inserts, red stitching, a silver interior panel with red accents, alloy pedals, and floor mats with a race-inspired logo.
The soft-top variant of the Kuro Special Edition will come with a 1.8 liter engine that nets 126 horsepower and 123 lb/ft of torque while the hard-top model will be powered by a 2.0-liter four cylinder engine that produces 167 horsepower and 158 lb/ft of torque.
200 units of the soft-top model will be available in the UK at a price of £18,495 ($28,890), while 400 of the hard-top variant will be available at a price of £21,995 ($34,350).
2012 Mazda MX-5 GT Concept
Mazda will be attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed with a very cool Mazda MX-5 GT Concept which may head to production depending on customers' reactions at the festival. The concept was developed by Jota Sport and looks a lot like the MX-5 Super20 unveiled last year at the SEMA Auto Show.
The GT Concept is powered by a normally aspirated 2.0-litre Mazda petrol engine that delivers a total of 205 HP and is mated to a standard manual gearbox. Mazda is also offering an updated suspension, as well as an impressive aerodynamic package that includes a carbon front splitter, a rear diffuser, and a boot spoiler. The final piece of the exterior is a sports exhaust system with a central tailpipe.
For the interior, the concept gets Recaro seats and plenty of carbon fiber to suits any sports car enthusiast. Road slicks and body-colored roll hoops behind the seats were also added for customers who want to run the car on the race track.
"This year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed we have a number of significant cars on the stand and contesting the hillclimb," said Jeremy Thomson, Managing Director, Mazda UK. "The MX-5 has been our best known car for 22 years and with the GT4 and GT Concept on show, we are demonstrating that this car can compete with the more expensive race and performance cars but still remain true to its roots of affordable motoring with a strong focus on the driving experience."
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Oxfam Books & Music Bury St Edmunds
With the advantage of being situated in the heart of this busy market town, Bury St. Edmunds Books & Music shop is "a rare hidden gem" and an adventure for the film, music, arts and literature buff. With the children's corner and it's immaculate quality second life books and the fair trade new products, this shop reflects the heart of its community. We make the best of your donations by raising much needed funds to help others overcome poverty and suffering. Pay us a visit, you won't be disappointed.


Moving up in rank while in the United States Navy is the best -- and only -- way for sailors to advance their careers within the service. Sailors earn these promotions by meeting certain requirements.
Promotions in the Navy serve to recognize the skill and dedication of high-performing personnel. Those who perform well in the Navy are promoted to higher ranks and take on a greater degree of responsibility. Those who do not, meanwhile, are passed up for promotion.
Promotions in the Navy are granted according to merit, although initial promotions such as moving from E-1 to E-2 and E-2 to E-3 are generally automatic. After that, sailors must demonstrate their expertise by performing well on performance evaluations and exams, the results of which are viewed by a promotion board. Those with the best qualifications are then promoted to higher ranks.
The best way to move up in rank in the Navy is simply to perform well. Sailors should concentrate on doing their jobs to the best of their abilities, stay out of trouble and maintain a good relationship with commanders and other sailors.
Moore, Marshall. "How do I Move Up in Rank in the Navy?" Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/how-do-i-move-up-in-rank-in-the-navy-13583334.html. 04 October 2017.