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WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 268076
WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY His autograph letter, signed as Cousin Will, asking to be sent "some more headache powders" to relieve the headache caused by his financial woes Autograph Letter signed: "Cousin Will", 1 page, 8x10. New Rochelle, N.Y., no date. To "Dear Frank and Nellie". In full [spelling errors in original]: "I've had a lot of hard upset. Twice I've had moneyed men who were ready to put up a $150,000 to back me with a new show. And that man Tammen has scared them out by telling them he had a contract for my services for 1916 which he hasent. But he still thinks if I cant get out with a show I come back and make more money for him, which will never do. However, I haven't given up. But will stay here until know what I can do. The men are still working at the mines. Say, please send me some more headache powders. This nervous strain makes my head ache. I am living here at Rochelle with my nephew and neice. Its only 45 minutes from New York. Love ever." William Frederick CODY (1846-1917) earned the name "BUFFALO BILL" for killing thousands of buffalo as a hired hunter in 1867 and 1868. Cody had begun his wild west career herding cattle at age nine. read more...
WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/30 - HFSID 295784
"BUFFALO BILL" CODY Handwritten letter to former rival - now partner - Pawnee Bill Lillie - outlining plans for a California tour of their wild west show. "And if all goes well we could clean up a wagon load of money." Autograph Letter signed: "Col.", 1 page, 8½x11. Saco, Maine, May 30 (circa 1908). On letterhead of Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East to "Dear Major" [William Lillie]. In full: "The reason I would not sign up with Craft. They went back on the Contract they had Bacon draw and sent two of their own fixing. You see by the route of Sells Floto that they are playing all of the Country west of the Rockies and North West. And I think we should do it. I think the summer of the Great Panama Fair at San Francisco we could show all that Country. In the Spring three shows. San Francisco July, Aug. Sep. Then Southern Cal. Oct. And if all goes well we could clean up a wagon load of money." William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) earned the name "Buffalo Bill" for killing thousands of buffalo as a hired hunter in 1867 and 1868. read more...
WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 4/7 - HFSID 257558
WILLIAM F. CODY Readying his TE Ranch and stating that his Wild West Show is "doing big". ALS: "Col" with "Cody" in text, 1p, 8¼x11¼. New York, no year April 7. With an original "Buffalo Bill's/Wild West" envelope addressed by Cody to: "Mattie & Eli Jer[?]/TE Ranch/Ishawood/Big Horn Co W[yoming]." Postmarked Owensboro, KY, May 10, 1901. In 1895, Cody began moving cattle to Wyoming. He received a large herd from his friend and hunting companion, Mike Russell. The herd wore the TE brand. Thus Cody named his ranch the TE Ranch. The TE was once rated at 4600 acres, but Cody added other ranches to it and the conglomerate was considered his Big Horn Basin Holdings. He was about 50 when he bought the TE and he considered it a haven from the world. To Mattie & Eli. In full: "The wild west show doing big. Now my dear good friends-the next two months you have got lots to do-hire plenty men-to get the crops in-plow lots of new ground-get in every read more...
WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/29/1911 - HFSID 314417
WILLIAM F. CODY The famous Wild West showman pens a hopeful letter to his friend, stating "New England was never big for me. But wait till we start west. I predict a big season." The letter was written during the downfall of Cody's show empire due to outside expenses draining the immense profits from his show Autograph letter signed: "Col.", 1 page, 8½x11 framed to an overall size of 25½x18½. Buffalo Bill's Wild West combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East. May 29, 1911. Portsmouth, [New Hampshire]. In full: "Dear Mayor Glad Light, Your letter which found me is fine health. We had two bad towns last week. Fitchburg & Newburyport. No one ever done business in either. The week hurt us at least $2000 in Lowell-sent your bank 5100 today to take up one of my notes. Been getting good deposits from the mines. Been getting in shape [illegible] or any one. I believe I'll walk a sale of the [illegible]. Note if good are doing. [illegible]. While I telegraph you for now we are all OK here-now. And barring accident we will be OK. New England was never big for me. But wait till we start west. I predict a big season. read more...
W. C. FIELDS - MANUSCRIPT SIGNED - HFSID 285867
W.C. FIELDS Original Prohibition-era W.C. Fields comedy sketch. Manuscript Comedy Sketch titled and signed: "One of the six best Cellars/By/W.C. Fields", 13¼p, 6x8¼, separate sheets. No place, no date. The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect on January 16, 1920. As of that date, "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited." Prohibition is the topic of this comedy sketch, One of the Six Best Cellars, which is written with a bit of satire. The phrase "six best cellars" was an expression first used in 1920 referring to the best hideaways where liquor was stored during Prohibition. The phrase was used in a "Los Angeles Herald" story on December 8, 1920 stating that actress Mabel Normand, known to be a heavy drinker, had one of the "six best cellars" of Prohibition liquor in the Hollywood film colony. Although not dated, this comedy sketch was likely written during the Prohibition era. In the early 1920s Fields wrote many comedy sketches while performing in New York's vaudeville, most notably in the Ziegfeld Follies read more...
EDVARD GRIEG - AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED 1890 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 285959
EDVARD GRIEG and ERNESTINE SCHUMANN HEINK Both sign their names on this album leaf containing several bars of music drawn by Grieg Autograph Musical Quotation signed: "Edvard Grieg" 1p, 6x3½. Leipzig, 1891. Three bars of music labeled: "Andante" at top by EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907). Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist who learned how to play at the age of six and went on the attend Leipzig Conservatory. His works include music for Ibsen's Peer Gynt (1876) as well as many choral, orchestral, and chamber pieces. On verso is an Autograph Note signed: "Schumann Heink" in German, New York, 1902 January. From the late 1880s to the early 1900s, the exceptional contralto voice of ERNESTINE SCHUMANN HEINK (1861-1936) was heard frequently at concerts and festivals throughout Europe. She was primarily known for her interpretations of Wagner and Strauss. In 1905, she took out U.S. naturalization papers. Her German-language recording of "Silent Night" earned sales for Victor Red Seal records unmatched by any other artist. When the U.S. read more...
GEORGE GERSHWIN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 09/30/1936 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 286059
TAX DOCUMENT REVEALS THAT GEORGE GERSHWIN GOT 60% AND IRA GERSHWIN RECEIVED 40% FROM THEIR COLLABORATIONS GEORGE GERSHWIN and IRA GERSHWIN. Carbon Typed Document Signed: "George Gershwin" and "Ira Gershwin", 1p, 8½x13. Los Angeles, California, 1936 September 30. In part: "GEORGE GERSHWIN and IRA GERSHWIN each, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is one of the parties to the written agreement dated July 29, 1936, executed by and between RKO STUDIOS, INC. and GEORGE GERSHWIN and IRA GERSHWIN, under the terms and conditions of which the said George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin are employed by the said RKO Studios, Inc. and under the terms and conditions of which the compensation payable to the said George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin is paid to them jointly, without any allocation between them. That under the terms and conditions of an agreement existing between the said George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin all compensation received by them read more...
ANTONIN DVORAK - AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED 03/26/1892 - HFSID 348009
ANTONIN DVORAK A signed autograph note on a postcard, giving instructions to a music publisher in London, addressed in his hand and mailed from Prague in 1892. Both sides of the postcard can be viewed in the frame! Autograph Note Signed with two musical quotes: "A. Dvorak" in English, 5½x3¾. On verso of stamped postcard addressed by Dvorak to: "Novello & Ewer/ 1 Berners Street/London", postmarked Prague, March 24, 1892. In full: "I have no objection to it, when the two bars notes the Viola [c note] page 291. 207 are to be omitted and given to the Cello [two bars, two notes]". Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) is best known for his symphony in E minor, From the New World, composed in 1893. He is also noted for success in adapting folk music to serious romantic music. Dvorak was the Director of The National Conservatory of Music from 1892-1895. Note side is soiled, worn torn edges (all intact). Corners torn away affecting some writing and 1 musical quote. Address side is soiled and worn, edge flaws are framed over. Light stains. read more...
GEORGE GERSHWIN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 09/30/1929 - HFSID 286058
FOR THE VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY'S RECORDING OF HIS 1929 PERFORMANCE OF AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, GERSHWIN RECEIVES ROYALTIES OF ONE CENT PER RECORD SOLD! GEORGE GERSHWIN. Typed Document Signed: "George Gershwin", 1p, 8x10. No place, 1929 November 1. Headed: "Victor Talking Machine Company/Statement of Royalty Due on Selections by/George Gershwin". The statement is titled: "Sold by the Victor Talking Machine Company for period ending Sept. 30, 1929". Two different records were sold: An American in Paris - Parts 1 and 2 (8331 copies), $83.31 royalty and An American in Paris - Parts 3 and 4 (8327 copies), $83.27 royalty. Total: $166.58 royalty. Gershwin was paid royalties of a penny per copy! He has signed beneath this statement: "I accept the above statement of my royalty account for records of my performance in accordance with my contract dated March 13, 1929 and acknowledge the receipt of the amount for the period shown on said statement in full and final settlement of said account." An American in Paris, inspired by Gershwin's time spent in the read more...
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Sigmund Romberg
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JOE NAMATH - HELMET SIGNED - HFSID 285716
JOE NAMATH He has added his number and nickname "Broadway Joe" to this full-size NY Jets helmet. Helmet signed: "Broadway Joe/Namath/#12". Authentic Riddell full-size football helmet with the green and white colors and logo of the New York Jets, signed at top left. read more...
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/*
function getProjectIdFromName($project_name) {
	echo "getProjectIdFromName";
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   $result = db_query($query);
   $row = db_fetch_assoc($result);
   return $row['project_id'];
}
*/

function getEventDetails($project_name, $study_id, $event_name) {
   $query = <<<SQL
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FROM
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WHERE
   app_title = '$project_name'
   AND record = '$study_id'
   AND descrip = '$event_name'
   LIMIT 1
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   echo "<!-- getEventId: \n $query \n-->";
   $result = db_query($query);
   $row = db_fetch_assoc($result);
   return $row;
}

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 * @param page_name     : string representing the form name `redcap_events_forms.form_name`
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   $event_details = getEventDetails($project_name, $study_id, $event_name);
   $url_data = array(
	'pid'      => $event_details['project_id'],
	'id'       => $study_id,
        'page'     => $page_name,
        'event_id' => $event_details['event_id']
   );

   $url = "http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . "/redcap/redcap_v6.0.5/DataEntry/index.php?"
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What is a moisturizer? Whether moisturizer for oily skin or moisturizer for dry skin, a great moisturizer should reduce water loss from your skin, increase the water content, and bring out the youthfulness of your skin.
The more the water content in the epidermis (the first layer of your skin), the more youthful and wrinkle-free your skin will be.
What actually make up the 5 important groups that you should have in your moisturizer? You'll get to know shortly.
Emollients: Emollients help to preserve the water content of your skin. They also eliminate the tight-feeling, dry skin by lubricating the skin. Emollient fill the cracks between clusters of dead skin cells with alcohols and molecules of fatty acids and alcohols.
Humectants: Every best moisturizer must have humectant as part of its ingredients: whether Oil free moisturizer, moisturizing cream or lotion, and even serums.
Humectants attract moisture from the air by bonding with water molecules and then releasing water gradually. Examples are sorbitol and glycerin.
Emulsifiers (Surfactants): Emulsifiers are usually organic salts with a straight molecular structure where one end is Oil loving (lipophilic) and the other end is water-loving (hydrophilic).
The most commonly available ones are the Emulsifying Wax, which is derived from the chemical manipulation of Palm oil. They are usually available at a concentration of 6% to 15% by weight. Other examples are Cetyl olivate, Cetyl glucoside, Cetyl alcohol, lecithin, Beeswax, etc.
Penetration Enhancers: This group allows your active ingredient in the moisturizer to be absorbed into the skin. They are the Essential Oils and WATER.
Active Ingredients: These are ingredients that are added to your moisturizer to provide a solution to some skin problems or to shield your skin against environmental effects.
Antioxidants: They prevent some amount of the oxidative damage that depletes and destroys the skin's structure and functions while also preventing some of the degenerative effects in the skin caused by sun exposure. Examples are vitamin E, vitamin C, green tea, Grapeseed extracts, Q10, etc.
Skin-Identical Ingredients: They keep skin cells connected and help skin maintain its fundamental external structure. Examples are hyaluronic acid, amino acids, Lecithin, glycerin (from humectants), antioxidants (Yes, antioxidants), etc.
Cell Communicating Ingredients: These moisturizing ingredients instruct the skin cell to look, act, and behave better, more like a normal, healthy skin cell would, or to stop other substances from commanding the skin cells to behave abnormally or badly.
Some examples are Adenosine Triphosphate, Vitamin A (retinol), Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide), etc.
Anti-irritants: They allow the skin to heal while also bringing a soothing effect to the skin. Examples are Grapeseed extract, vitamin C, licorice root, Chamomile extract, willow herb, allantoin, etc.
Sun Protectors: These are added to your moisturizer (lotion, serum, moisturizing cream, Oil free moisturizer, moisturizer for oily skin, moisturizer for dry skin, etc.) to shield your skin from the harsh effect of the sunlight (read more about sunlight). Examples are zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, etc.


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// MissingAggregation is a field data based single bucket aggregation,
// that creates a bucket of all documents in the current document set context
// that are missing a field value (effectively, missing a field or having
// the configured NULL value set). This aggregator will often be used in
// conjunction with other field data bucket aggregators (such as ranges)
// to return information for all the documents that could not be placed
// in any of the other buckets due to missing field data values.
// See: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.2/search-aggregations-bucket-missing-aggregation.html
type MissingAggregation struct {
	field           string
	subAggregations map[string]Aggregation
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}

func NewMissingAggregation() *MissingAggregation {
	return &MissingAggregation{
		subAggregations: make(map[string]Aggregation),
	}
}

func (a *MissingAggregation) Field(field string) *MissingAggregation {
	a.field = field
	return a
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	a.subAggregations[name] = subAggregation
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func (a *MissingAggregation) Meta(metaData map[string]interface{}) *MissingAggregation {
	a.meta = metaData
	return a
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	// Example:
	//	{
	//    "aggs" : {
	//      "products_without_a_price" : {
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	//      }
	//    }
	//	}
	// This method returns only the { "missing" : { ... } } part.

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	}

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	if len(a.subAggregations) > 0 {
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			src, err := aggregate.Source()
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			aggsMap[name] = src
		}
	}

	// Add Meta data if available
	if len(a.meta) > 0 {
		source["meta"] = a.meta
	}

	return source, nil
}


How will changing shipping emissions affect the atmospheric deposition of trace elements to the surface ocean?
Airborne particles are often natural in origin (e.g. sea salt, dust) but there is concern that modern anthropogenic aerosols have significant effects on sensitive marine ecosystems and human health. A major contributor to atmospheric pollutants is shipping traffic, which is continually increasing due to expanding populations and global trade. Atmospheric emissions are set to undergo significant global reform in the coming decades, including a change to international shipping regulations in 2020 banning the emissions of high sulfur fuel. The environmental impact of these changes remains unknown.
In this project you will determine trace elements in ship emissions and aerosol/rainwater samples collected at coastal and open ocean sampling sites in Cornwall (UK) and Bermuda. Laboratory simulations will be used to study the dissolution of aerosol trace elements into seawater, using established trace techniques. Using these data, the project will address the impact that changing maritime shipping emissions can have on ocean ecosystems either by deposition of nutrient-type trace elements (P, N, Fe) or harmful toxic heavy metals, (e.g. Cu and Cd). The final goal is to use the results to inform the shipping industry and governments of best practice and the impact of the changing chemistry of aerosols and gases released from ships.
You will become an expert in cutting-edge techniques to sample and analyse marine aerosols and rainwaters conducting fieldwork on ships, at a coastal atmospheric observatory (Penlee Point, Cornwall) and in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean (Bermuda). Alongside this, you will receive comprehensive, hands-on training in advanced analytical techniques, including mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and X-ray techniques (XRF and SEM-EDX) within the University of Plymouth Marine Institute's Biogeochemistry Research Centre.
You will benefit from a team of experienced supervisors from the University of Plymouth, University of East Anglia, and Plymouth Marine Laboratory, as well as the scientific networks and career opportunities associated with these institutes.
We are looking for a motivated graduate with a BSc or Master's degree in Environmental Science, Marine Science or Chemistry (or similar), with a genuine passion for marine and atmospheric science.
Ussher, S.J, Achterberg, E.P., Powell, C., Baker, A.R. Jickells, T.D., Torres, R., Impact of atmospheric deposition on the contrasting iron biogeochemistry of the North and South Atlantic Ocean, P.J. Worsfold, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 27(1), (2013), 1096–1107, doi:10.1002/gbc.20056.
Fishwick, M. P., P. N. Sedwick, M. C. Lohan, P. J. Worsfold, K. N. Buck, T. M. Church, and S. J. Ussher (2014), The impact of changing surface ocean conditions on the dissolution of aerosol iron, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28, 1235–1250, doi:10.1002/2014GB004921.
Powell, C. F., Baker, A. R., Jickells, T. D., Bange, H. W., Chance, R., and Yodle, C.: Estimation of the atmospheric flux of nutrients and trace metals to the eastern tropical North Atlantic Ocean, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72, 4029-4045, 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0011.1, 2015.
Baker, A. R., Thomas, M., Bange, H. W., and Plasencia Sánchez, E.: Soluble trace metals in aerosols over the tropical south-east Pacific offshore of Peru, Biogeosciences, 13, 817-825, 10.5194/bg-13-817-2016, 2016.
Bell, T.G., Poulton, A. and Malin, G. (2010) Strong links between phytoplankton community physiology and dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) concentrations in the sub-tropical/tropical Atlantic. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24, art. no.-GB3009. doi:10.1029/2009GB003617.


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Seattle and San Francisco-based Mithun and Hodgetts + Fung of Los Angeles Merge to Expand National Integrated Design Firm
Date Posted: 01.14.2019
SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES — Capitalizing on strong institutional and commercial real estate growth in Southern California, Mithun, a national practice including architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and interior design, announced today its merger with the acclaimed design firm Hodgetts + Fung, practicing in Los Angeles for 35 years. Together, the practices immediately increase their expertise and capacity for urban mixed-use, higher education, civic, cultural and corporate project commissions.
Craig Hodgetts, FAIA, and Hsinming "Ming" Fung, FAIA, are now partners at Mithun, bringing their full team of architectural design staff in the merger. The existing Hodgetts + Fung office in a renovated warehouse in Culver City will be called Mithun | Hodgetts + Fung, adding a third major presence complementing Mithun's 170-member staff in Seattle and San Francisco. Joining Mithun | Hodgetts + Fung are a team of Mithun staff who have been operating in Los Angeles in support of significant existing Southern California projects.
"Finding such strong design talent and fit with Craig and Ming is remarkable, and we are very excited about the positive impact we will be able to make together in Southern California and beyond," said Dave Goldberg, president at Mithun. "We found shared values in delivering the highest quality design, combined with a culture of authentic collaboration and listening to our clients and our communities."
Added Hodgetts, "Both our practices take a deeper look into architecture and ask, how does this project benefit the community as a whole? Cities today are in great need of this kind of holistic thinking, and we are excited to bring this approach to groundbreaking projects with our expanded team."
One of the region's most respected design firms, Hodgetts + Fung has been published extensively, winning more than 40 design awards including the AIA California Council Firm Award in 2008. Current work includes the 260,000 square-foot Robertson Lane mixed-use development in West Hollywood, the Sunset and La Cienega retail/commercial complex, and the recent adaptive re-use of the venerated 1200-seat Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City.
Notable projects under Fung's leadership as Design Partner include, the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center in Silicon Valley, a new performing arts center at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia, the Chapel of the North American Martyrs in Sacramento, the award-winning temporary Towell Library at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and the 50-acre master plan for the Los Angeles Arts Park.
Projects under Hodgett's role as Creative Director include design of the reimagined Hollywood Bowl, the UCLA Gateway and Masterplan, the Yamano Gakuen Tower in Tokyo, the recently completed Robert Frost Auditorium, and museum installations for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Library of Congress.
"Some well-established firms look for a merger as an exit strategy, but this is a re-entry strategy for me, Ming and our firm to expand to a much larger stage which, quite frankly, is not readily available to a smaller practice," said Hodgetts. "Our combined capability should open more doors for all of us." With the expansion plans, Hodgetts will be winding down a teaching role at UCLA where he led the Architecture and Urban Design SUPRASTUDIO, including its recent design partnership with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies advancing the Elon Musk Hyperloop concept.
"We have been approached to join other firms before," said Fung, "but from the very first conversation, it was clear we had a lot in common with Mithun in design approach and studio culture." With Hodgetts, Fung has twice held the Eero Saarinen Chair at Yale University among other academic chairs. In recent years she was awarded an AIA Los Angeles Gold Medal Award, served as Presidential Appointee to the National Endowment for the Arts Council and was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize Advance Fellowship.
Founded in 1949, Mithun has been recognized nationally for integrated sustainable design including six AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten awards, the 2017 AIA Pacific Northwest Region Firm award and recent ranking as the #12 architecture firm in the U.S. by Architect Magazine. Among its current projects in Southern California are the 1700-bed UCLA Lot 15 Residence Halls, the 2200-bed UCLA Southwest Campus Apartments and the mixed-use, LEED Platinum-targeted UC Irvine Middle Earth complex in collaboration with Hensel Phelps Construction. Some of Mithun's other significant West Coast clients include Google, Mercy Housing, Security Properties, UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz.
"Going forward, our integrated design approach of 'one office, two doors' becomes 'one office, three doors' shared by more than 170 design professionals," said Goldberg.
About Mithun
Mithun (www.mithun.com), founded in 1949 and merged with Hodgetts + Fung in 2019, is a leading international design practice dedicated to creating positive change in people's lives. With offices in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles and a staff of more than 170, the firm is an internationally recognized leader in sustainability, combining exemplary design with a focus on building and site performance, human health and social equity. Mithun's integrated team—including architects, landscape architects, interior designers, urban designers and planners—works in a wide range of typologies and scales with a focus on urban environments and places where people live, work, and learn.
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January 07, 2020My Birth Story
My Birth Story: Rachel Blumenthal
Rachel Blumenthal is the founder and CEO of Rockets of Awesome, a truly out-of-this world kid's clothing company that your kids will be as obsessed with as you will. She has two kids, always has a good hair accessory on hand (how Hill House of her!) and can be frequently seen holding a banana phone.
My husband Neil and I were talking about having a baby, but I wasn't tracking my cycle or anything. To be honest, I didn't really understand my cycle. I still don't understand my cycle. One day, I had gone to this hot yoga class and I didn't feel so well...
"Is my period late?"
I stopped into Duane Reade and picked up a thing to pee on and I just went straight to the bathroom. I didn't even say anything to my husband. I looked and it said, "You're Pregnant" and I was like, "Holy shit!"
From the time I had left yoga till I looked at that stick I had this severe anxiety. Like, crazy anxiety. And I don't know if it was the not knowing or just the way that my body was responding, because every other pregnancy I've had, I've also had that anxiety. (I was pregnant three times in between Griffin, my first child, and Gemma, my second, because I had miscarriages.)
Anyway, I called Neil into the bathroom and was like, "Uh...Um...I'm pregnant."
And he was like, "Wait, you went and got a stick? What do you mean? How did you even know!" I didn't want to make a big deal of something if I didn't know it was real! We both just sat there on the bathroom floor and were like, "how did that happen?"
The beginning of my pregnancy was kind of crazy and stressful, because I found out after the first visit with my doctor that I carried a gene called Fragile X. After my first appointment, a random nurse called me and said, "Oh, by the way, you're a carrier of Fragile X and you're going to have to come into the office so we can talk to you about it." And then in the same breath, she told me my doctor had left the practice.
So here I am, my first pregnancy, and I've just been told that I have this thing that I've never heard of that is potentially so scary they can't talk about it over the phone and my doctor isn't there anymore. Great.
I had to do something called a CVS, which is similar to an amniocentesis, but you do it at 10 weeks. It determines if there's anything wrong with the baby. The test is really stressful in and of itself because it's risky. It could cause a miscarriage.But we did the test and it turned out that the baby was totally healthy. That was the first moment I realized that this process isn't that easy.
Lost tooth pride
A post shared by Rachel L Blumenthal (@therlb) on Apr 18, 2019 at 5:37pm PDT
With that said, in general, I had a very easy pregnancy. I exercised until basically the day I went into labor. I did SoulCycle and Physique57. I remember being at Physique the day I went into labor--I was on a bike and the instructor was like, "Do you think you should be here?" They were so afraid that I was going to have the baby on the floor. I think I was just overly conscious about maintaining my lifestyle.
I didn't have morning sickness throughout the first 12 weeks, but I was obscenely exhausted, like, so debilitating that was almost making me depressed. I didn't love being pregnant. But I didn't not like it. I was very sort of neutral through the pregnancy.
I didn't read a single book about being pregnant or having a baby. I'm very Type A and have a tendency to over plan things. I really didn't want that anxiety and stress to permeate to my baby. I just told myself, "People do this all the time. I'm just going to follow my body at the baby's lead." I was really chill about that.
I was due on March 20th and my birthday's March 24th. For my birthday, Neil planned for us to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge and go to dinner.
In the middle of dinner my back started to hurt, and I kept complaining throughout the night about it hurting. I woke up in the middle of the night and it was really killing me--a sharp, extreme ache in my lower back. Really aggressive.
Neil calmly was like, "Well, is the pain going in and out?"
He asked, "is it happening with similar periods of time in between?"
"It is!"
And then said, "You're in labor! Call your doctor."
Pathetic attempt at a Thanksgiving family photo but I'll take it 🤷♀❤. Incredibly appreciative and lucky every day for our health, sense of humor and love.
A post shared by Rachel L Blumenthal (@therlb) on Nov 28, 2019 at 4:42pm PST
It was probably midnight when I called my doctor, who confirmed I was in labor, but barely, and suggested I try to go back to sleep. Neil agreed. "So it's going to be really long next couple of days," he said. "I should get some rest."
And then, as I'm writhing in pain he adds, "Are you sure about the name?" He wants to start talking about Griffin's middle name and I was like, "I can't talk to you about this right now!"
He was super calm. I was totally calm, too, but I was in pain. I was trying to fall asleep or distract myself, but by 6:00 or 7:00 a.m., I couldn't take it anymore. I had to go to the hospital.
So we went, but I guess it wasn't dilated enough (I was like three centimeters or something) and they sent me home.
I writhe in pain for like another eight hours until again, "I really can't take this anymore. We have to go back." A friend of mine had told me that if the hospital sends you home but you want to stay, to say you need to be admitted for pain management. Apparently, then, they can't send you home, even if you're not dilated enough. So, I told Neil the plan. I knew that if I opened my mouth, I would lose my shit and scream at these people. I told Neil he was going to do the talking and be really nice but really direct and get this done.
They admitted me. I waited around for the epidural. Once I had the epidural, I was so calm. No pain. I took an eight-hour nap--the best of my life and then they woke me up and said it was time.
I remember my doctor sitting on the edge of my bed, sending text messages and emails and being super chill about the situation and then suddenly looking at the monitor and being like, "OK. You want to push now?
I remember Neil asking if he needed scrubs and going up to the hand sanitizer on the wall and like, sanitizing up to his shoulders like we were going into surgery. I reminded him, "you're not delivering the baby."
I pushed for like an hour. I couldn't really feel anything because of the epidural, but I felt enough to be able to push. It took a while to figure out like how I was supposed to push--it's hard to figure it out.
And then he came out. And it's one of those things where you don't know how you're going to react or how you're going to feel, but they put him on me and immediately just ripped open the hospital gown and immediately, like, put the baby on your boob. He was super slimy and I was just hysterically crying, just overcome by the whole thing.
In total, I think I was probably in labor for 36 hours and I pushed for about an hour.
I breastfed. You're learning everything and trying to figure it out. I remember when we got home from the hospital, probably a day later, my boobs were just exploding, but I wasn't actually producing enough milk. I just felt this pressure. I couldn't get it out.
I was really one of the first of all my friends to have a baby, so I spoke to a friend of a friend that I had met maybe once who had had a baby. She's gave me all these tips, like covering your boobs in cold cabbage. I tried everything. Nothing worked. At the end of the day, my milk just wasn't ready to come in yet. I was convinced that I didn't know how to use my pump or something was wrong with me. And it was probably a 24-hour period, but it felt like forever.
A post shared by Rachel L Blumenthal (@therlb) on Jun 24, 2019 at 7:53pm PDT
With Gemma, my second, I had a different doctor. I had told her about how long I was in labor for with Griffin and so her priority was really just for me to be comfortable.
Every year, we go to the Good+ Foundation Bash. I've been taking Griffin to that fundraiser since he was two years old. It's the thing we do together. Gemma was due about two days after the event. I was determined to get to that carnival. After that, I thought, I can have this baby.
I saw my doctor an hour before the carnival.
"Are you ready to have this baby? I can move this along for you," she told me.
I said okay, but: "I have to go to this carnival, so, don't move it along too much.
She removed the mucus plug, which hurt like hell--like, the worst period pain ever. So technically, I was in very early labor at the carnival. But we went! We did the whole thing. I brought Griffin home. I put him to bed and two hours later I went to the hospital.
I called my doctor and got admitted. They gave me Pitocin. I wasn't really moving along and the doctor told me that I wasn't going to be ready for a while. I think it was about 2:00 a.m. at that point. Neil and I took the longest walk around the Upper East Side. We were close to JG Melon and he was like, "Maybe I should get a burger! It's gonna be a long day." Neil gets his burger and has this amazing meal and I can't even breath.
We walked back to the hospital to get this thing moving and they gave me the epidural. What ended up happening is that they gave me too much of an epidural. I think the doctor was just being really cautious and didn't want me to be in pain. Because of that, I could not feel a thing. I really couldn't push correctly.
I pushed for two hours--in all the wrong ways. The doctor ultimately pulled her out of me because I couldn't even feel how to do it. And I ended up fracturing my tailbone because I just had pushed so hard --I don't really know what I did.
My doctor gave me really good advice about how to introduce Griffin to the new baby, which was to make sure that when he came to the hospital, he didn't walk into the room with me and Neil holding the baby. Here he is, the only thing in your life, and now he walks into his parents with this other kid that he doesn't know. That is really such a horrible feeling for a little kid. She suggested we put the baby in the nursery and have Griffin bring Gemma to us.
She told us to make sure to keep calling the baby "his" baby. So, when he got there, we were like, "You've got to go get your baby from the nursery and bring her to us." He felt really a part of it. She also brought him like a giant Lego as like a toy for which he was like, "But Mom, how did she go to the store to get this?" He was too smart.
BTS 2019 (pre-K and 3rd) ❤
A post shared by Rachel L Blumenthal (@therlb) on Sep 4, 2019 at 8:49pm PDT
Again, with Gemma, I had no birth plan. I was just totally there for the ride.
Between Griffin and Gemma I had three miscarriages. And I didn't really understand or know that my miscarriages were driven by the fact that I'm a Fragile X carrier until after the third one for which I changed doctors and this new doctor who told me: "You can't keep getting pregnant. It's not good for your body. You have to do IVF to be able to control and be able to test the embryos."
So, Gemma is IVF. I get pregnant with my eyes closed, so I went into IVF really cocky. And it was really traumatizing because I didn't respond to the medications. My hormone levels weren't doing what they were supposed to do.
I did two rounds of it. The first round, I think we both got one or two embryos and they weren't healthy. And then I did it again and I got three or four and two of them were healthy. It was a long path. You think you can just have a baby and then suddenly you go through this period where you're wondering: Will I ever have another child again? Do we have to consider getting a surrogate or adoption?
That was a crazy period where you're both really grateful for the baby you already have and realize that was such a miraculous pregnancy, given the gene that I carry.
I also felt like once I did get pregnant with Gemma, there was so much more pressure because it took so long to get there. I tried not to feel anxious. I think I was more aware that it's way harder to get pregnant and carry a pregnancy. It's riskier than you realize it is. With every check in with the doctor, you're like, I hope everything's okay. I hope the baby's healthy. I think by the time I delivered her, it was a real weight off my shoulders. I felt like I had been holding my breath for nine months and could finally just relax.
Always grateful for a family photo. Thanks @jetblack for always doing the hard work for me 💕
A post shared by Rachel L Blumenthal (@therlb) on Jul 7, 2019 at 7:33pm PDT
Now, Griffin is eight and Gemma is four. It's really, really sweet. Griffin was always really sweet with her. He always felt really responsible for taking care of her. They're in school together and they're bullying me to have another baby.
But I'm so satisfied. And I think it's very rare in life that you ever say your satisfied about anything.
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They're definitely up to something, but is it recording album six?
Arctic Monkeys have got their fans speculating after sharing two somewhat cryptic buy still very promising photos online.
Having kept a relatively low profile in recent years, it was recently reported that the Sheffield band had started work on their new album last Christmas.
Now, fans are excited about the record's progress after drummer Matt Helders posted a picture of his drumkit surrounded by microphones.
Last month, photographer Daniele Cavalli posted images of Alex Turner sat at a piano take, as well as other snaps of members of the band out and about in Los Angeles.
But what does this all mean? Rumours that the band were recording a new album emerged last summer, but frontman Alex Turner brushed them off, insisting they were in no rush to put a record out. Still, that was almost a year ago now, which in music years is a lifetime.
It's almost four years since Arctic Monkeys release AM, their fifth consecutive Number 1 album. Since then, the band have been working on individual side-projects; Matt Helders played with Iggy Pop for his Post Pop Depression album and tour, while Alex Turner released an album and EP with The Last Shadow Puppets.
AM was hugely successful for Arctic Monkeys, topping the Official Albums Chart for two weeks and has shifted 995,000 equivalent album units to date. It's also a mainstay on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart - last week the collection re-entered at Number 20.


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2014/15 El Niño – Part 3 – Early Evolution – Comparison with 1982/83 & 1997/98 El Niño Events
El Nino Basics ENSO
Bob Tisdale
Comparisons are still being made of the 1997/98 El Niño with the El Niño forming this year. So I thought we should compare the weekly sea surface temperature anomalies for this year, in two NINO regions, with those during 1997 for the 1997/98 El Niño and 1982 for the 1982/83 El Niño. The 1982/83 and 1997/98 El Niño events were the two strongest single-season events of the late 20th Century. (The 1986/87/88 El Niño wasn't as strong as the 1982/83 El Niño in terms of peak sea surface temperature anomalies, but the 1986/87/88 event remained an El Niño for more than one year, so it was likely comparable to the 1982/83 El Niño if duration is taken into account.)
First, the NINO3.4 region, see Figure 1. The NINO3.4 region is bordered by the coordinates of 5S-5N, 170W-120W. See the illustration here for the location. It captures the sea surface temperature anomalies of the east-central equatorial Pacific. Sea surface temperature anomalies of the NINO3.4 region are a commonly used index for the strength, timing and duration of El Niño and La Niña events. And as you can see, the weekly NINO3.4 sea surface temperature anomalies still have not reached the +0.5 deg C threshold of El Niño conditions. It's still a little early. They are presently at +0.31 Deg C compared to the reference years of 1971-2000.
Sea surface temperature anomalies in the NINO3.4 region are evolving about the same as they did for the 1982/83 and 1997/98 El Niños.
– HOWEVER –
Sea surface temperature anomalies of the NINO3.4 region really don't do justice to the 1997/98 El Niño. That El Niño was freakish in how quickly it evolved in the eastern (not central) equatorial Pacific and how warm the sea surface temperatures eventually grew there. We can use the sea surface temperature anomalies of the NINO1+2 region to illustrate this. See Figure 2. The NINO1+2 region is bordered by the coordinates of 10S-0, 90W-80W. It's just west and south of the Galapagos Islands.
The sea surface temperature anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific are evolving this year more like the 1982/83 El Niño. The NINO1+2 data for 1997 shows east Pacific sea surface temperatures warmed much sooner during the 1997/98 El Niño.
The 1982/83 El Niño was strong, there's no doubt about that, but it was nowhere close to being comparable to the 1997/98 El Niño as an east Pacific event.
A couple of things to keep in mind: First, there are subtle differences between El Niño events. It's still very early in the evolution this year to make predictions of how strong the 2014/15 El Niño will eventually become.
Second, before you look at global surface temperature data and conclude that the 1982/83 El Niño had a very small effect on global surface temperatures, compared to the 1997/98 El Niño, keep in mind that the 1982/83 El Niño was counteracted by the eruption of El Chichon that year and there was no colossal explosive volcano in 1997 to offset the 1997/98 El Nino.
EARLIER POSTS IN THIS SERIES
The 2014/15 El Niño – Part 1 – The Initial Processes of the El Niño.
The 2014/15 El Niño – Part 2 – The Alarmist Misinformation (BS) Begins
My ebook Who Turned on the Heat? goes into much more detail to explain El Niño and La Niña processes and the long-term aftereffects of strong El Niño events. I've lowered the price of Who Turned on the Heat? from U.S.$8.00 to U.S.$5.00…with hope of increasing sales a little bit. A free preview in pdf format is here. The preview includes the Table of Contents, the Introduction, the first half of section 1 (which was provided complete in the post here), a discussion of the cover, and the Closing. Take a run through the Table of Contents. It is a very-detailed and well-illustrated book—using data from the real world, not models of a virtual world. Who Turned on the Heat? is only available in pdf format…and will only be available in that format. Click here to purchase a copy. Thanks.
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Oops, I forgot to include the data source:
The Sea Surface Temperature anomaly data used in this post is available through the NOAA NOMADS website:
http://nomad1.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/pdisp_sst.sh
http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/pdisp_sst.sh?lite=
The other Ren
Perhaps you can also include a graph on number of "the sky is falling" articles on the three El Nino events.
Seriously, thanks for just posting the facts and letting us figure it out. You and the other authors here are the best.
Lord Beaverbrook
Hey Bob, there has been excitement over the past couple of years about an El Nino forming, is this years trend so far any stronger evidence than previous?
Jim Cripwell
Bob, you write " with the El Niño forming this year."
So you are predicting that, without any doubt at all, there will be an El Nino this year. I know virtually nothing about the subject, but I still have doubts that an El Nino will, in fact, form in 2014.
Truth Disciple
Since the Eastern Pacific sits on the "ring of fire" has anyone ever made a study of subsurface volcanoes and El Nino formation. IMHO the only thing that would cause an "early" temperature development would be SSV activity.
13April: The Economist Blog: Babbage: Rebels without a cause?
A study published online today for Nature Climate Change, led by Philip Munday from James Cook University in Australia, suggests that elevated levels of carbon dioxide in seawater affect the behaviour of young damselfish and cardinalfish in a manner that may ultimately, in natural ecosystems, harm larger marine communities. Juveniles living in more acidic environments appeared oblivious to the dangers therein, acting more rashly than fish from less acidic areas as a result…
Dr Munday and his team therefore studied three sites off Papua New Guinea to test the effects of continuous carbon dioxide exposure on reef fish behaviour…
First a tank was prepared containing a two-channel choice flume filled with water streams either conditioned with or without odour from predatory fish. Then the team captured ten individuals from each of the species under consideration and monitored which stream they would prefer to swim in over four minutes…
Results across the species were similar. But they differed when fish from more acidic waters were compared with those from control communities. Fish used to higher levels of carbon dioxide spent 90% of their time in water perfumed with predators; control fish spent all their time in the other stream…
The rash behaviour of fish accustomed to higher acidity did not stop there, however. After being placed individually within another tank that contained a small coral colony for shelter, the scaly participants were left for two hours (so they could get used to their new surroundings). Their activity, and the distance they travelled from the coral, were then observed for five minutes after which the fish were "chased" back home with the help of a pencil. Scary stuff…
The implications of the study are more troubling than even pencils acting aggressively.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2014/04/ocean-acidification
SUPER EL NIÑO
weak to moderate el niño is most likely but not super extra mega el niño
Region 1+2 is small compared to the other regions. How important is it?
Excellent article as always. I do have a question that others have asked as well: why are you convinced that an El Nino is actually forming at this early point?
Bob….Thanks for the info.
Since it looks like there will be an El Nino, as predicted…I'm curious if there have been any predictions about a Nina forming.
James Strom
Bob, since you and other specialists are expecting an El Niño, I accept that one is likely. However, I have been watching global wind patterns here–http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-146.90,-0.83,289–and continue to see the trade winds as predominately easterly. In your essays on El Niño you repeatedly cite a weakening of the trade winds as one of the conditions for an El Niño. Are the current trades much weaker than normal, or are there additional conditions that can lead to an El Niño? I believe you have said that a considerable quantity of warm water has already moved eastward from the Pacific Warm Pool. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.
Dave Day
I took the hint and just bought Bob's book. I see it is 550+ pages, so I know where my spare time it going for the next week or so! But I have often wished I better understood the subject, so I look forward to the education.
The 98 super El Nino followed on the heels of a record "Haze" in SE Asia, largely a result of seasonal land clearing and local wind patterns. Coincidence?
Steve Keohane
Thanks Bob, I appreciate your staying on top of this issue and making it plain for us to see
pokerguy
I'd bet my house we don't get a super el nino. (hey, it's a small house). Actually, I'd prefer a 97-98 variety. Weak el nino in context of cold pdo spells another nasty winter for U.S.. Also, not worried about wrecking the pause if we do get a major el nino. It might break the trend for a year or two, but the alarmists who to a man are salivating to be proven right that we're all going to fry, forget what happens after a spike up…which is a spike down.
njsnowfan
Thanks Bob, for the update
Q, Do you feel Recent Solar TSI spike since Oct had anything to do with the Spike in the PDO. PDO seemed to move closely with TSI over last 15 months.
I charted TSI and PDO over the last 15 months.
https://mobile.twitter.com/NJSnowFan/status/455309493740371968/photo/1
Lord Beaverbrook says:	"Hey Bob, there has been excitement over the past couple of years about an El Nino forming, is this years trend so far any stronger evidence than previous?"
This year is not unusual for a strong El Nino. I'll compare this one to the lesser El Ninos later in the week.
I am sure the warmist alarmists are ringing their hands hoping for a super El Nino to come in 2014-15 to break the 17-year pause, which is really not a pause at all, even though it needs some breaking. Their inner thoughts would praise mother nature for coming through for them, but their lips will will parrot something quite different.
Jim Cripwell says: "So you are predicting that, without any doubt at all, there will be an El Nino this year."
hunter says: "why are you convinced that an El Nino is actually forming at this early point?"
In response to the downwelling Kelvin wave, there is a chunk (<– scientific word) of warmer-than-normal water beneath the surface of the eastern equatorial Pacific:
http://bobtisdale.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/animation-2-godas-equatorial-cross-section.gif
It will either be drawn to the surface, which is what appears to be happening, or it will be recirculated. It's not going to disappear.
njsnowfan, sorry. I don't really study the PDO for 2 reasons. (1) The PDO is not sea surface temperature data (it's derived from sea surface temperature data) and (2) the PDO is an aftereffect of ENSO.
I also put this together ENSO and solar. From the looks of things with past El Ninos and solar this time solar in not strong enough to make a supper El Nino this time.
Truth Disciple says:	"Since the Eastern Pacific sits on the "ring of fire" has anyone ever made a study of subsurface volcanoes and El Nino formation."
I've seen discussions of it, but I've never seen anything worthwhile, because the warm water for the El Nino comes from the western tropical Pacific, not the eastern.
commieBob says: "Region 1+2 is small compared to the other regions. How important is it?"
Like the NINO3.4 region, the NINO1+2 region provides us an indication of the strength of an El Nino, but on a different portion of the equatorial Pacific. The 1997/98 El Nino was especially strong in both the central and eastern portions of the equatorial Pacific.
Dave Day says: "I took the hint and just bought Bob's book."
Thanks. Enjoy.
Bob of I get time tonight I will put TSI and ENSO chart. Just curious if there is a match with Solar TSI spikes.
James Strom says:	"Are the current trades much weaker than normal, or are there additional conditions that can lead to an El Niño?"
As of last month, no.
http://bobtisdale.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/figure-81.png
But it's still a little early.
Note that the westerly wind busts don't show up well in the monthly data. We've had two already and I've heard reports of a possible third one brewing.
http://bobtisdale.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/figure-3.gif
And thanks for linking the earth.nullschool.net animation. I hope to use them as the El Nino progresses…and to go back a few months in those maps to show what the westerly wind burst looked like.
Mike McMillan
Bob Tisdale with only two charts?
Kenny says: "I'm curious if there have been any predictions about a Nina forming."
If there is a strong El Nino this year, we should expect a La Nina for 2015/16.
Gotta go. Be back later this afternoon.
Bob-
How many years does it take for the residual warmth of an El Nino event to be dissipated to the point where it has no more appreciable direct effect on global temperatures?
Any reason why you are not using ONI INDEX . It shows 86/87 El Nino peaking much earlier and lower (AUG/SEPT at 1.6 index) compared 97/98 which peaked NOV with 2.3 index?. Also why only compare the potential current situation with a very strong El Ninos . At this stage of development it is premature to only assume a very strong El Nino. I would compare El Ninos that happened during periods when the oceans were not warming[ flat or cooling like today [ like 51/52, 69/70 and 72/73)
Tom Andersen
Off topic, sorry about that, Reddit AMA from Stephen Lewandowsky.
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/22zwkq/science_ama_series_im_prof_stephan_lewandowsky_i/
Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky,
In regard to Professors like Judith Curry and Richard Lindzen. They both have very impressive paperwork behind them.
Are these people, and others (Like Richard Tol) be ignored? Is there some problem with their publications that I should not read/listen to them?
Thanks for your attention to this question,
Tom Andersen, PhD (Physics).
Great again, Bob. Thanks.
I want to draw attention to the fact that in 1982/83 there was a terrible drought in Southern Africa which may have been caused by a coincidence of the dry peak of the 19 year drought cycle (Metonic, lunar) with a strong El Nino. It happens that at this moment the peak of the wet end of that 19 year cycle has just passed. If there was a strong double-whammy caused by the coincidence in 1983, then perhaps the fact they are almost directly out of synch this time will moderate the effect in the sub-continent.
My question is about the effect of lunar cycles on ENSO events. Is there a visible periodicity that includes the moon's position above the equator or a combination with tides? The effect of the cycle on 'weather' on the sub-continent is pronounced, with the ENSO features riding on top. In some of the region a huge tropical cyclone (Demoina) flooded parts of the drought-stricken area, which means that total rainfall per se is not necessarily the best indicator of drought being in progress.
Just a quick chart, TSI and ENSO..
https://twitter.com/NJSnowFan/status/455746017137131520/photo/1
Joseph Bastardi
There are extensive posts on this matter on weatherbell.com. We have a blend of 57-58,02-03,09-10 and 65-66 starting to get in there.
Please understand the SOI tracking is no where near this. Its getting exhausting trying to point out that this appears to be a typical cold enso reaction, when the enso is cold overall the previous 3-5 years, a nino response occurs with a rapid rise up then collapse. Perhaps this will be different, but please go the mei site and look at the mei before the super ninos and the ones we have and I think you will have your answer.
counting this, every el nino since 1998 has drawn super nino speculation, mostly because we have people hoping for the global spike in temp ( which of course is admission as to what really drives the global temps) no one cares to comment that after this spike, the fall will be greater and that is why the downward trend in temps since the pdo flip
Joe D Aleo's work on this is essential in forming a base to look at this
Sorry.. by "this" I meant 97/82 monster falls. in fact April may actually be a rise off the March value since there is a big easterly burst occurring now!
Good post Bob. Daily SOI seems to paint a similar picture …
http://postimg.org/image/7s11g4qif/full
http://postimg.org/image/5ov7m7g3b/full (304K 2540×1900 pixels)
However, this at 110°W hints at more to come fairly quickly …
http://s23.postimg.org/un3xish17/Timing.png
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david dohbro
Thanks Bob! Much appreciated, level-headed update on ENSO, especially given all the .
Your "HOWEVER – Sea surface temperature anomalies of the NINO3.4 region really don't do justice to the 1997/98 El Niño. That El Niño was freakish in how quickly it evolved in the eastern (not central) equatorial Pacific and how warm the sea surface temperatures eventually grew there." statement is key to this current ENSO event and its future development.
In other words "there is not one shred of evidence to suggest abnormal warming of surface waters off Ecuador is occurring. That is the trademark of El Nino."
Based on RT-cycle analysis, this current ENSO event is linked to the 1965 el nino (600 month cycle: 303+296 months), which had a peak ONI value of 1.9 using the updated version (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensoyears.shtml), but had a peak ONI value of 1.6 based on the previous version (1971-2000 climatology): http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensoyears_1971-2000_climo.shtml
The RT-cycle analysis finds ONI to turn + during either the MAM or AMJ seasons, and the el nino to peak during either the 2014 OND or NDJ season with likely a value of ~1.6 +/- 0.2.
@Tom Andersen says: April 14, 2014 at 9:04 am,
What a creepy blog and group of posts.
Bryan S
It's almost like the Pacific is preparing for a major volcanic eruption. I don't think it's a coincidence that El Ninos form nearly every time there's a major volcanic eruption. Not only that, but these El Ninos begin forming before the eruption even occurs! Look at El Chichon in 1982 and Pinatubo in 1991… or Agung in 1963. Of course it's a pretty incredible claim to make… that the ocean begins responding to a volcanic eruption that hasn't even happened yet… so it's something that needs more research. But it would be interesting if a major eruption occurs and I can say "told ya!"
philjourdan
The good side is we can see how this one develops and then add the information to our knowledge. The bad side of course is how the alarmists will use it for PR value.
Weather Dave
James Strong asks 'Are the current trades much weaker than normal' and mentions the oft quoted theme that this is a required condition for an El Nino. James, good for you for monitoring the wind direction and discovered the predominant easterly flow.and I wish more would do so. My two cents worth here regarding a pre condition for a weaker flow come from simple empirical observations by satellite and met offices throughout the SW Pacific: The El Nino cycle partially defined by Nino 3.4, and SOI seems to be coincident with lighter trade winds. This is not 100% by any means. I forecast this area and that to the west and can assure you that 'light trades' and 'strong trades' occur whether the cycle is La Nina or El Nino or Neutral. The wind speed varies constantly regardless of which ENSO cycle we are in.
In the summer and fall southern hemisphere time frame we see westerly pulses due to the Australian Monsoon , the MJO, strong High pressure cells in the northern hemisphere pushing flow across the equator and turning to a westerly quadrant, and most important the location and strength of the South Pacific travelling High Pressure cells. If the central pressure of these cells is over 1030 hPa we will see 30 knots or more E to SE winds on the perimeter and conversely if the Highs are weak so are the trades. The Nino 3.4 region winds in the southern hemisphere come mainly from the semi permanent High off of South America. If that High is weak, so are the trades and conversely if it's strong. The travelling Highs I mentioned before do play a role here; they don't just disappear when they near South America, they become absorbed into the semi permanent High so with some imagination you can see how the semi permanent High's central pressure fluctuates and thus its output in the form of easterly trades. There are so many intertwined events that blanket statements just can't be done.
If all of us do what James does and monitor the flow it will take the mystery out of the equation and help make ENSO more understandable.
And a final note to Bob T; just bought your book and good on you for a great job.
My post at 9:02
Ignore my comments about the 86/87 and 97/96 El Nino comparison. The rest of the previous post stand
@ Bob Tisdale 8:48 am near the center:
". . . westerly wind busts . . . "
Says the opposite of what you intended, namely "bursts", as used in the last line.
Thanks Bob. Figure 2 is especially enlightening.
[But Tisdale's busts may prove most of the outgoing bumps for enlightened prognostication …. 8<) Mod]
herkimer says:	"Any reason why you are not using ONI INDEX…?
Two reasons: (1) I've presented weekly data and ONI is available in monthly form but smoothed with a 3-month filter. And (2) the ONI data are not anomalies against a fixed set of reference years. The current version of ONI uses sliding base periods or climatologies. See:
http://bobtisdale.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/comments-on-noaas-recent-changes-to-the-oceanic-nino-index-oni/
So ONI data are useless in comparisons. Trenberth even opted to use the older version of the ONI data in a recent paper, though I can't recall which Trenberth paper that was at the moment.
Hmmm says: "How many years does it take for the residual warmth of an El Nino event to be dissipated to the point where it has no more appreciable direct effect on global temperatures?"
Looking at the West Pacific (90S-90N, 120E-180), or the East Indian-West Pacific (90S-90N, 80E-180), or the South Atlantic-Indian-West Pacific (90S-90N, 80W-180) sea surface temperature anomalies, there has not been sufficient time between the strong El Nino events to determine that.
http://bobtisdale.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/figure-6.png
Crispin in Waterloo says:	"My question is about the effect of lunar cycles on ENSO events."
Sorry. I've never studied the subject.
Joseph Bastardi says: "Joe D Aleo's work on this is essential in forming a base to look at this"
Once again, please provide a link to Joe D'Aleo's work on the subject. You keep mentioning it but so far you haven't provided a link.
kim says:	"Bob liveblogs El Nino. And now, a word from our sponsor."
Maybe that's what I need, sponsors.
herkimer says:	"Also why only compare the potential current situation with a very strong El Ninos…"
Because people are comparing this year to the 1997/98 El Nino. The next post will compare the evolution of this El Nino to the other ones. I didn't have the time this morning to graph all the other ones during the satellite era.
Bill Illis
You can get the Pacific equatorial cross-sections on a monthly basis back to 1979 here.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/mnth_gif/xz/
This is what it looked like in May 1997
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/mnth_gif/xz/mnth.anom.xz.temp.0n.1997.05.gif
Compared to right now which is pretty close in my opinion.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/pent_gif/xz/pent.anom.xz.temp.0n.1.gif
The surface temps in May 1997 were actually quite a bit cooler than they are right now although the second biggest Super-El Nino in history was lurking right below the surface, and would peak just 7 months after this surface temp map.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/mnth_gif/xy/mnth.anom.xy.oisst.2007.05.gif
stas peterson
It almost seems to me that an El Nino event, is a way the heat from the ocean is belched into the atmosphere on the way back to Space. The heated ocean water cools, giving up the heat to the atmosphere, the atmosphere can't hold the heat for more than a year or so, as its GHG blanket is woven with the comparable material as women's fishnet stockings, Ceres and Erbe confirm the heat gets out; and then the result is both the Oceans and Atmosphere cool.
All in all, a negative energy feedback.
It seems to me the standard view of El Niño is becoming questionable. It appears the warm water beneath the surface is driven eastward by a Kelvin wave and this is what initiates the process. This warm water then surfaces which changes the pressure difference between the East/Central and West Pacific. The trade winds then slacken due to the change in pressure.
If this is indeed the case, what is it that drives these warm waves? This would be the cause of the El Niño.
Gail Combs
Tom Andersen says: @ April 14, 2014 at 9:04 am
This comment is a real corker!
[–]StephanLewandowskyProfessor of Cognitive Science|U. of WA[S] 144 points 21 hours
I think it is sad that scientific research is not freely available. I share reprints with anyone who asks for them and i also believe that within the next 10 years at most, we will have converted scientific publishing to an open-access model.
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/22zwkq/science_ama_series_im_prof_stephan_lewandowsky_i/cgs1b61
So we should take Lewandowsky at his word and he should be willing to give his raw data to statisticians like Steve M or W. Briggs, right, RIGHT?
( I want to capture that before my computer goes down – bad thunderstorm.)
Bob, I really did not want to hear we are getting an El Niño just in time for mid-term elections. (I rather have a Polar Vortex) Hopefully it is weak and peaks quickly.
gary gulrud
I dunno, but the SOI is just now backing up a tad, I'm not feeling much of an El Nino. Looks more like a brief departure from an extended regime of Neutral conditions.
Estragon:
Nothing to be done.
Damn – cant you help me get this shoe off!
Vladimir:
Never mind your shoe – el Ninot is really coming this time.
Today?
Yes – or if not, then tomorrow certainly.
Just as soon as those trades stop blowing and allow the Kelvin wave to surface.
And those trades will die down any day now, wont they?
Any day now.
Richard M says: "If this is indeed the case, what is it that drives these warm waves? This would be the cause of the El Niño."
Westerly wind bursts:
http://bobtisdale.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/enso-basics-westerly-wind-bursts-initiate-an-el-nino/
Of course, there has to be enough warm water in the western tropical Pacific to support the Kelvin wave and, later, the El Nino.
Bob T … from what I can see the warm water moves below the surface even while the trade winds are easterly. Maybe a temporary lull gets the process going? Still a little unclear to me.
AGW activists have long stated that warming in the last three decades of the century cannot be explained by solar activity, as the peak was earlier in the century. I've thought that the 'pan of water on the stove' analogy perhaps applies, i.e. that the water continues to warm up or stay warm even though the stove has been turned down from maximum a little, but this in itself is hardly evidence.
You've suggested through your analyses of SST that latter 20C warming occurred in a few steps, triggered by Nino events. My questions are: could these significant Nino events be considered to be a lagged response to the strong solar activity seen from 1950 onwards? If so, would you or anyone else have a handle on how big a factor this could be?
How about the odds of an El Nada or La Nina? Still in the 50:50 range? Which means nobody knows nothin'?
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You had a diverse career before you first assumed the superintendent role. What was it about education that drew you to lead in this field?
I really have gone almost everywhere, working in state government, in private sector and non- profit work. I was originally drawn to education because as the Executive Director of the Hawaii Business Roundtable, I sat in lot of education task forces. They usually want a business representative to attend. Through those task forces, I learned more and more about education. However, there have always been points in my life where I was a part of public education. I was one of the original members of the Hawaii P-20 council that advocates for statewide educational planning and policy. I was also the Chairman of the Board of the Good Beginnings Alliance for many years when my children were little so early education is something I am very passionate about. I also know former Superintendent Pat Hamamoto. While I was on the Cabinet for former Governor Ben Cayetano she would come to Cabinet meetings and we often talked. My mom was also a teacher. She started her career at Keaukaha Elementary in 1956. So I've had many formative experiences that made me think education was an important area for our state that I could help out with.
I initially didn't come into the HIDOE to become superintendent. I came in to help SUPT Pat Hamamoto and my job then was to take care of the business side of the department, which was my background. When she retired, I became Superintendent. Many of the experiences I've had have helped me with this job. We have many great educators and education leaders that are taking care of a lot of business and it's holding them back from doing their best job in education. So the way that I think about it is, how can I help improve that so things are better, so teachers have more time to teach and leaders have more time to lead.
While every state has its unique set of opportunities and challenges within its education system, Hawaii is especially unique given its structure as a single statewide district and geographic diversity. How has this directed the Department's efforts to provide the best education possible for all of its students?
For me, part of that is focusing on the Complex and Complex Area leadership. And that is the job that our Deputy Superintendent is doing to strengthen the Complex Area Superintendent (CAS) in being the main leader. It shouldn't be the State Office of Curriculum and Instruction in Honolulu leading the way, but it should be the CAS and his/her leadership team in the community. Community engagement is really important in Hawaii and communities are so different in the resources they can bring to the table for schools. The partnerships you can have are completely different in Hilo, to Kailua, to urban Honolulu. It's really important that the CAS can be able to lead their schools in the community. Another reason why CAS leadership is so important is because we need to all start thinking K-12, so there is consistency in a child's education from Kindergarten to High School.
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How would you describe teacher leadership in Hawaii and how do you see HIDOE's partnership with Hope Street Group benefiting the teachers and students of the state?
I think leadership is a continuum in a person's life and probably through their careers. I think there's going to be a huge leadership challenge approaching. A former Assistant Superintendent of the Office of Human Resources said that he thought the leadership challenge of having good leaders in schools and throughout the department was probably our biggest challenge and greatest risk, that we are not spending enough time consciously developing the leadership talents and nurturing it so we started the Leadership Institute. It is still struggling a little bit because he haven't been able to give it the resources and the time. That's why Hope Street Group was so important because this was a way to give teachers an opportunity to voice their concerns, but when you voice your concerns you're showing leadership. You're having the courage to say, "This is not what I believe or this is what I believe." We are concerned that too many teachers don't voice their concerns. They will do what they are told and be frustrated about it, but they're not going to stand up, identify the problem and actually help solve the issue. It takes leadership to stand up and not just say, "This isn't right, I don't want to do it," but to say, "I don't understand why we have to do this. Can you tell me why?" If they can't accept the response as a good reason, continue to talk about it, and be responsible for helping find a solution and make the change happen with other teachers involved. And that type of approach makes a huge difference on how people receive it too. It takes courage from the teacher and it takes a positive relationship with the other leader in the room.
What I appreciate about Hope Street Group is, it is really tapping into something that I don't think we've focused on a lot, which is the advocacy piece of leadership. I don't think we have ever figured out how to teach it and I don't know if you teach it in a class, but you do teach it through experience. I think that's been very powerful, to find that voice and know how to exercise that voice in a positive way. I don't think teachers realize the power that they have – the power teachers have in their student's life and their family and in their school, but particularly with a student. I think that's something teachers often underestimate, how much influence their words have.
You're coming up on 6 years as Superintendent. What are you most proud of during your time as an education leader so far?
So many classroom things I'm proud of, but as a Superintendent you're really looking at the whole system. What I think is happening, and what I'm hopeful in, is that families have confidence that public school is a good option for their children. We're not there yet, so it's hard to say it's an accomplishment, but I see it in families that are saying, 'I don't have to worry because my child is getting this great education'. The NAEP gains are great, but to me, it's the data supporting a message about public schools in Hawaii. You, as teacher leaders believing and putting it out there, to me that's the kind of commitment that people need to see and then they are going to believe. That's what I'm proud to see in terms of progress. However, it's also one of my greatest fears that somehow we won't have the courage to keep moving forward and reach a point where we are afraid and start thinking about our personal fear instead of continuing to do what's right for kids, what's right for teachers, what's right for schools.
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One more cool thing about this infographic is that it is alive, I mean, every time a person take the test the information changes in the infographic you see after.
This entry was posted on April 11, 2013 by Carol Beatriz in News and tagged brain, infographic, Interaction, multitask, Opensite, test.


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Karl Fricke ist der Name folgender Personen:

* Karl Fricke (Pädagoge) (1852–1915), deutscher Lehrer und Autor
 Karl Fricke (1884–1945), deutscher Kaufmann und Konsul, siehe Heinrich Karl Fricke
 Karl Fricke (Geodät) (1908–1993), deutscher Geodät, Lehrer und Herausgeber
 Karl-Walter Fricke (1912–2006), deutscher Architekt, Schwimmsporttrainer und -funktionär
 Karl Wilhelm Fricke (* 1929), deutscher Publizist und Herausgeber

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


IMPORTANT: Malware files can be camouflaged with the same file names as legitimate files. The Biocof.tst file is associated with malware only if found in the locations listed above.
You can check if Biocof.tst is associated with the malware listed above by running a Exterminate It! Free Scan.
On the Processes tab, select Biocof.tst and click End Process.
Using your file explorer, browse to the file using the paths listed in Location of Biocof.tst and Associated Malware.
Repeat steps 2-4 for each location listed in Location of Biocof.tst and Associated Malware.
The deletion of Biocof.tst will fail if it is locked; that is, it is in use by some application (Windows will display a corresponding message). For instructions on deleting locked files, see Deleting Locked Files.
The deletion of Biocof.tst will fail if your Windows uses the NT File System (NTFS) and you have no write rights for the file. Request your system administrator to grant you write rights for the file.
In the Find dialog box, type Biocof.tst. The name of the first found registry value referencing Biocof.tst is highlighted in the right pane of the Registry Editor window.
To delete all other references to Biocof.tst, repeat steps 4-6.
IMPORTANT: Malware files can masquerade as legitimate files by using the same file names. To avoid deleting a harmless file, ensure that the Value column for the registry value displays exactly one of the paths listed in Location of Biocof.tst and Associated Malware.