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Eat rights: Salatin leads the charge
If you've never had a chance to experience renegade farmer Joel Salatin expounding on the values of locally grown food and the government regulations keeping it from you, well, now's your chance. Salatin will be speaking on the "right to local food" on Saturday, September 4 at ShenanArts at nTelos Theatre, Gypsy Hill Place, located at 300 Churchville Avenue in Staunton.
Salatin, 53, is a full-time farmer in Swoope, just outside of Staunton. His family's farm, Polyface Farm has been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, Gourmet, and in two popular documentaries, Food Inc. and Fresh. He was also profiled on the "Lives of the 21st Century" series with Peter Jennings on ABC World News, and his after-broadcast chat room fielded more hits than any other segment to date. Polyface achieved iconic status as the grass farm featured in the New York Times bestseller The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. And more recently, he was the Hook's 2009 Person of the Year.
"Why can't you buy raw milk, ice cream with eggs in it, or home-made sausage? America's food system, enslaved by a global corporate bureaucratic fraternity, offers less choice amid the perception of abundance," says Salatin, calling for a lifting of restrictions on local, organic food that give industrial, mass-produced food an unfair advantage.
Salatin, a self-described "Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic farmer," is perhaps the local food movement's most vocal advocate. Indeed, when he gets started on the topic, its hard not to get inspired by his rebel spirit.
"The only reason the framers of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights did not guarantee citizens freedom of food choice was because they could not have conceived of a day when private treaty neighbor-to-neighbor food commerce would be demonized and criminalized," says Salatin, who plans to explain how citizens can reclaim the right to buy food from local, smaller-scale producers at the September event.
Advance tickets are $19.50 for adults, $15.50 for seniors/students, and $8.50 for children 12 and under and are available at several stores in downtown Staunton and online. Tickets at the door will be one single price of $25. Information and tickets are available at transitionstaunton.org.


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The 20-year-old YouTube star from Adam Levine's team is getting rave reviews for putting her own spin on Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home."
Grimmie's rendition wowed the crowd and the coaches. Blake told Christina she transformed from a singer to an artist before their very eyes, while Usher assured her that she made Drake proud. Shakira called it her best performance by far.
Her coach Adam called it a "goose bump" moment and said he couldn't be prouder.
Last Week's 'Voice' Results Recap
Grimmie, who once opened for Selena Gomez, is one of 10 remaining contestants on Season 6 of "The Voice."
Watch the Tuesday results show at 8 PM on NBC to find out who is safe and who is going home.

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Pepi II around 2250 BC
Pepi II, According to tradition, lived to the age of 100 years and ruled for 96 of them. His elder brother, the pharaoh Merenra, reigned for only a few years and when he suddenly died, Pepi became king while still a child.
There are many surviving inscriptions from this period recording trading expeditions to the south. One of the most interesting concerns the caravan leader, Harkhuf. He had made many journeys into Nubia, (the Sudan) and on one occasion wrote to the nine year old Pepi II, describing a dancing dwarf he was bringing back to Egypt. The excitement of the little king is conspicuous in the letter he wrote to Harkhuf. It is possible to see in his words, a young fellow, unable to contain himself and forgetting his royal dignity.
Pepi II and the Dwarf
"You have said in your letter that you have come down in safety from Yam with the army and brought many beautiful gifts which Hathor, Lady of Yamu, has given to the King of Upper and Lower Egypt.
You also say in this letter that you have brought a dwarf of divine dances from the land of the horizon-dwellers. Like the dwarf whom the Treasurer of the God, Baurded, brought from Punt in the time of King Isesi.
You say to my Majesty, Never before has one like him been brought by any other who has visited Yam.
Each year you do what your lord desires – spending day and night with the caravan. Now come northward at once to the Court. You must bring the dwarf, alive, sound and well to rejoice and gladden the heart of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt.
When he comes down with you into the ship, appoint reliable people who shall be beside him on each side of the vessel and take care lest he should fall into the water.
When he sleeps at night, appoint trustworthy people who shall sleep beside him. Inspect him ten times a night because my Majesty desires to see this dwarf more than the all products of Sinai and Punt.
If you arrive at the Court and the dwarf is with you, alive, and well, my Majesty will make you many excellent honours to be an ornament for the son of your son for ever. All the people will say when they hear what my Majesty does for you: "Is there anything like this which was done for the privy counsellor Harkhuf, when he came down from Yam."
Pepi the longest lived ruler of Egypt by Dominic Perry
The Excited Child
Pepy Lives
Children of Pepy
Ancient Egyptian Anecdotes
The Ancient Egyptians in their own words
Illustrated Papyri translations edited for the modern reader.


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I hope you're enjoying all the magic of the season.
Tonight we went to see the lights at Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
I'm looking forward to posting about some new projects early next week.
If the fates allow.
If not, we're enjoying our break and I hope you are too.
I'll see you soon!


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The story behind the Grisso Cemetery is something that has held my fascination in the Ozarks' History for years. It happened last week that I was in a general region of this spot, but I didn't have a map to guide my path. Looking for a small plot of land nestled in the rugged Ozark hills could be the proverbial "needle in the haystack." So, I started looking for a house that looked like someone lived in the area for a long time or was native to the Ozarks. The first big clue…start looking for a farm that has a mule. Most likely, the people living there are natives. Therefore, they know the area well.
It was within the first county road I went down I found a mule in a farmer's front yard. It so happened that this mule got out of its' corral, was roaming near the road, and waiting for me to arrive. This was just what I needed! When stepping out of my van, the mule brayed the welcomed sound of, "You've found the right person!" After knocking on the farmhouse door and talking to the farmer & his wife for a few minutes, I had the detailed directions I needed…Go to Gepp, Arkansas, and turn north on Hwy 87.
It was within the first county road I went down I found a mule in a farmer's front yard. It so happened that this mule got out of its' corral, was roaming near the road, and waiting for me to arrive. This was just what I needed! When stepping out of my van, the mule brayed the welcomed sound of, "You've found the right person!" After knocking on the farmhouse door and talking to the farmer & his wife for a few minutes, I had the detailed directions I needed…Go to Gepp, Arkansas, and turn north on Hwy 87.
After traveling north about two miles on Highway 87, I came down a typical Ozark winding hill, crossed a bridge over a small bayou, and turned down the first county road. This brought me to the area of Vidette, Arkansas. On my right, I spotted a unmarked dirt road called, Mount Calm Road. Hoping this was the right passage, I traveled over this rocky trail for about two and a half miles. Finally, I passed by a sign entitled, "Grisso Cemetery." The cemetery itself wasn't quickly distinguishable; so, I drove up the next hill and asked a neighbor for a bit of clarification. After their cordial hospitality, I was quickly back on track.
Unfortunately, there are not huge volumes of history published about this particular area and its' inhabitants. But what information is known will leave the reader wanting more. According to the Baxter County cemetery book, Of Grave Importance, this is one of the oldest cemeteries in the area. The land was donated by the Grisso family in1893, although people have been buried here for a much longer time. Many of these stone markers have no inscriptions or have been eroded over time by the acidic rain. The Grisso Cemetery, shaded by the cedar trees along the Mount Calm Branch, is one of the few cemeteries where slaves are buried along side of their owners.
As I stepped out of my van, I was greeted by dragonflies that seemed to swarm rhythmically to the heat and humidity of the day; the temperature had dropped to 103 degrees at 6:15 in the evening. I jumped the cattle gate and walked down the pasture road few hundred yards to find the cemetery. As I walked through the gate of the cemetery, somehow I knew I would discover more than what I was looking for. Yet, in these next few moments of discovery, I left with even more questions.
In the past, I had read Donald Hubbelle, Jr.'s book, Bennett's Bayou, Bennett's River 1830-1900, which has most of the written narrative concerning this area. I was rehearsing its' pages through my mind and connecting my past conjecture with the evidence that surrounded me. Sketches of past times & lives can sometimes be gleaned while walking along olden ground such as this, listening to the lay of the land, and looking at the placement of the stones of those who have traversed our soil. With anticipation, I slowly opened the gate that was fashioned in 1975 by Earl Harber, who took on the task of renovating the Grisso Cemetery entrance gate.
First…The Stones Speak Out.
These are the stories of two soldiers, two brothers, and a husband and wife.
Soldiers in War & Peace
Though his first name, origin, and history are unspoken, his presence and death are still marked on an eroding ledger of stone at his journey's end. The name "Black" has puzzled various people because slaves were buried in this cemetery. In the background of history, there were no black soldiers until the Emancipation Proclamation; black troops were being mustered by March, 1863. So by virtue of the date, we know this is not an African-American soldier but a soldier with the last name "Black." Additionally, I have searched the Fulton County, Arkansas, records and have found a marriage between the Black Family & the Grisso Family. Maybe this could be a possible link to the past.
Still, the questions are many. What was his full identity? Where did he come from? Was his family from this area? Why was he traveling this nearby road? How did he pass away? What was his mission in this remote wilderness in 1860? Did his family have the opportunity to mourn at his grave?
Only a few feet away from this marker, stands another small marker carved to an apex to a small testimony of its' owner. By tradition, confederate tombstones are carved in this fashion. Again, this nameless marker ironically stands by a Union soldier's grave and symbol of someone he would fight against. Yet, more questions arise in unison over another piece of ground that guards its' silent occupant.
These two markers stand in tribute to those who sleep here. Nevertheless, it reminds us all that death is the great equalizer of us all. These two soldiers' monuments speak of the divisions in our nation's past, while their stones lie in unity in the markers of time.
Brothers in Slavery
According to past records, there are at least 10 slaves buried in this cemetery. This is quite unique, due to the fact there was prejudice…even in death. All of the slave's first names, in this cemetery, are erased in the sands of time, except one…Allie. In a past interview with Area Wide News, information was given that Allie was of the Martin Harber Family; she was of the sweetest disposition, and no cook in Arkansas could out do her exploits' in the kitchen.
According to the book, Bennett's Bayou, Bennett's River 1830-1900, Jacob Grisso had owned two slaves who were brothers. They were rock masons, and Mr. Grisso rented them out to build chimneys and to do other masonry projects in the area. One of the brothers died in 1857 of small pox and was subsequently buried at the Grisso Cemetery. The remaining brother, with the permission of Mr. Grisso, took a wagon, a team of steers with a load of native stone and built a monument which today still covers the grave.
These are not randomly selected field stones. When inspecting these stones, they still have minuscule evidence of etchings of chisel and traces of tool marks that wrought large slabs of limestone into a memorial that would speak of the fidelity of brotherhood.
Next to this imposing monument, lies another stone with the solitary caption "SLAVE" eroding from its' once embedded etching. No other name or title is given. According to oral tradition, this grave is said to be of the brother who erected his brother's imposing shrine. Hence, two brothers who toiled under the yoke of slavery and separated by different moments of death are now consigned by each other and resting from life's labor and toil.
Husband & Wife
There are instances where words fail to communicate joy and love, as well as strife and grief. This is another reason why I still go to cemeteries. Of all the grandeur that can be discovered while walking through revered stones, there are stories that can speak volumes by what is missing. Predominantly speaking, it is odd to see the absence of a husband's grave along side of his wife. When I see this, I know there has got to be a rhyme or reason for this circumstance; it's out of the ordinary. I have known of the following narrative for quite some time, and this was another reason I was drawn to this tract of earth. Though the interred are not present where I am standing, it seems I can gleam some context to see a final resting place of those who have gone on before. So therefore, my Dear Reader, take to heart the axioms, morals, and principles that even the stones reverberate.
In perusing over the weathered stones, the progenitors' gravestones of this cemetery are hauntingly absent.
Well, here's more of the story.
Well, here's more of the story.
Only a quarter of a mile away, there is also a small cemetery located adjacent to the Grisso Cemetery; it contains about 20 graves with only four marked headstones. This other cemetery was reportedly started when the Jacob Grisso, born the 3rd of September, 1834, passed away in 1893, was buried here. The reason for his burial at this smaller cemetery, rather than the main Grisso Cemetery, was that Jacob's wife was a most difficult woman to live with because she was "high strung." As the story goes, Jacob had an affinity for drinking. Therefore, she would lock Jacob out of the house and force him to spend the night at the neighbors. When Jacob Grisso died, she refused to allow him to be buried in the established cemetery in spite of her family's protest, even though Jacob's wishes were to buried in the familiar spot. Instead, Jacob Grisso was buried alone on top a hill in a piece of somewhat rocky ground. Afterward, about 20 other neighbors were interred along Jacob's side. Additionally, as the story goes, Mrs. Martha Stinnett Grisso died in 1916 in Seminole, Oklahoma, and is buried in the Maple Wood Cemetery.
While standing in on this grassy bottom along the Mount Calm Branch, I could not help but chuckle and hear the scriptures from Proverbs oddly reverberate in my mind.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. Proverbs 21:19
Again...more questions. Why did Jacob drink? Could it be his drinking caused his wife to be so contentious? Or, was she so contentious, it drove Jacob to drinking?
While walking the banks of the brook near this cemetery, one's eyes cannot help but to be drawn to the nearby forlorn hilltop where Jacob was interned, once again, among his neighbors sleeping in the wilderness. Only this time, he is resting in death's slumber. It is in this place that glimpses of scenes of renewal, joy, and peace play upon my hopes.
It is my hope to those who have gone on before us have placed their hope in the Prince of Peace, may they be restored on that Golden Shore…in the Sweet Bye & Bye.
It is my hope to those who have gone on before us have placed their hope in the Prince of Peace, may they be restored on that Golden Shore…in the Sweet Bye & Bye.
Rest In Peace Jacob Grisso.
May You Rest Forevermore.
May You Rest Forevermore.
Finally…The Stones Cry Out.My Reflection
The lessons of the past were rolling through my mind while I was surveying these fading memorials. These stones cannot only speak; they cry out a myriad of lessons. I remember writing a blog article back in June called, Glorious Flaws, Cherished Faults & Beautiful Offenses; it was during this time current post began to take hold in my mind.
I once took an Old Testament Class years ago; the rabbi taught for a solid week on offending others and being offended. These are the trespasses that will partition us into the wilderness of life. As a class, we were challenged to write down the trespasses & sins we had committed. The point being, if we never see & admit our trespasses, offenses, and sins, we will never know the release of true forgiveness. Honestly, I attempted this task twice, but I never brought it to where I knew it should be. I was too difficult to accomplish, and I took my list outside and burned it. My own sins, offenses, trespasses, and shortcomings were too difficult to admit…and to see. It is easier to say, "That's all in my past, I forgiven." But, wouldn't it be nice to see exactly what I was forgiven of?
In the second week of July, of this year (2011), I reattempted this exercise; again, it seemed to be a crushing blow. Pride & humility are never cohesive, and pride sours the milk of humility. So, I pulled out my notebook and once again took on the role of judge, and I started writing downs my sins & faults. At first, I thought it wasn't going to be that bad this time; it's easy to begin with the petty things. As I listed my infractions, the sense of pain I had caused my Heavenly Father and those whom I have offended was overwhelming. I literally winced as I listed my infractions. It seemed as if something was cutting my soul and hitting the quick of my flesh. There were times I hesitated to continue writing my accusations as my pen bled my own guilt on paper, but they were all true.
After four grueling pages, I laid my pen down in shame; it was almost more than I could endure. Though the exercise was over, more trespasses flashed through my memory. But, I had accomplished a task to the point of my brokenness. I had chronicled my sins, trespasses, and offenses. The verdict was convincingly in, and I was guilty. It seemed as if many of my words and actions were poured out like water on to parched earth and were no longer retrievable. It was a memorial on paper that seemed not to only announce my guilt but my death too. It is in this register of guilt, I also realized there were people I have hurt because I put myself before them. Ugh…another trespass to add to the list. I see the circumstances that mirror Jacob's wife in castigating people into the wilderness of my heart. Yet, while all along, it is I who have traveled in a parched wilderness. Therefore, I cannot throw stones at Mrs. Grisso's action; I am guilty too.
In finding my own guilt, there are two things I could cast my eyes upon and do. First, I could justify my actions and the hurt within myself. Or secondly, I could admit my frail & fallen human state and cast my eyes upon the cross of the One who paid for and covered my sin. If I have truly been forgiven, I can also release those who have offended me. Pain and hurt are not easy to part with when they have assumed to be my friends for years.
I still have my list, and I haven't set a match to it yet. Even though the exercise is over, it is constantly in the back of my mind. Yet, all the while, I still make mistakes and remember more infractions to add to the list. Nevertheless, this list is no longer the harbinger of my guilt. It is a chronicle of my forgiveness I have received. Additionally, it is a list of fences that I have the opportunity to mend with those who will receive it.
These are some of the lessons I am learning while walking through old cemeteries. It is a lesson in my own frailty & mortality. These stone consistently remind me I am only here briefly; I am not promised tomorrow.
Stones can speak volumes; it really depends on their location. A stone in our hands can offer judgment & condemnation of others. On the other hand, stones can announce our work on earth is completed. When I pass away someday, my indentation in the soil may be minor; my memorial erected will fade away. Nevertheless, how I treat others can have an everlasting impact. I hope that you too, Dear Reader, can find peace while walking in this life and not only hope for what it is found beyond the grave.
For years I have seen the epitaph "Rest in Peace." I firmly believe these stones do not speak only for those who are interred below the soil. I believe it is a blessing that is attainable for us in this life through forgiveness.
Stones can speak volumes; it really depends on their location. A stone in our hands can offer judgment & condemnation of others. On the other hand, stones can announce our work on earth is completed. When I pass away someday, my indentation in the soil may be minor; my memorial erected will fade away. Nevertheless, how I treat others can have an everlasting impact. I hope that you too, Dear Reader, can find peace while walking in this life and not only hope for what it is found beyond the grave.
For years I have seen the epitaph "Rest in Peace." I firmly believe these stones do not speak only for those who are interred below the soil. I believe it is a blessing that is attainable for us in this life through forgiveness.
I pray…
to those who have labored…rest.
to those who have been separated…reunited.
to those who have fought for freedom…liberty.
to those who have reaped toil & strife…harmony.
to those who have offended...compassion.
to those who have been rejected...restoration.
to those who have sinned...forgiveness.
to those who are at odds...reunion.
to those who have offended...compassion.
to those who have been rejected...restoration.
to those who have sinned...forgiveness.
to those who are at odds...reunion.
May You Rest In Peace Dear Reader.
Rest Forevermore.
My Email: email@example.com
I would like to thank Richard Hawkins for his guidance concerning Martha Grisso's resting place in Seminole, Oklahoma.
Work Cited:
Work Cited:
- Hubbelle, Donald, Jr., 1981. Bennett's Bayou, Bennett's River 1830-1900. The Enterprise Printing, Bull Shoals, Arkansas.
- McIntosh, Emily. "Grisso Cemetery: Where History Runs Deep." Area Wide News (19 Feb., 2009).
- Messick, Mary Ann, (1973). History of Baxter County: Centennial Edition 1873-1973. Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce. International Graphics, Little Rock, AR.
- Wakefield, Claudette Carter. Fulton County, Arkansas, Marriages 1887-1925.


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|Photo of Joss Whedon by Gage Skidmore
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
What makes groundbreaking film and television writer-producer Joss Whedon, the visionary behind such hits as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "The Avengers," and "Angel," so special?
His ability to mix satirical pop culture humor with life or death situations? Perhaps.
His take-no-prisoners heroines? Maybe.
His plot curve balls that leave viewers reeling?
No, wait. Make that: all of the above?
Like millions of other Whedonites, I've been a devoted fan since Buffy Summers took up residence in the 'one-Starbucks-town' of Sunnydale, California, (AKA Hellmouth).
Stakes were high and rattling around Buffy's purse. With a supernatural apocalypse imminent, Joss gave us an unlikely savior…or slayer…in Buffy. Who knew a petite, teenage girl could be so adept at handling evil incarnate…including the Mean Girls at school?
Such innovative writing has inspired a generation of bestselling authors such as Carrie Jones, Jennifer Armentrout, Jennifer Reese, Nancy Holder, Micol Ostow, and Marlene Perez who shared their thoughts about Joss' influence on their bestselling works.
Above World (Candlewick) and kung fu action-adventure romance Jade Tiger, both her writing and life have been impacted by Joss' works. "It's safe to say that 'Buffy: The Vampire Slayer' has influenced not just my writing, but my life as a whole. From 1997 to 2003, while Buffy and the Scooby Gang were going through their journey, I was going through my own.
"During that time, I began writing, quit my job, got a divorce, moved to California, got a new job, had my car stolen, got laid off, wrote a novel, and started studying martial arts. Through it all, Buffy was my favorite show.
"It was one of the only real constants in a life full of new experiences and an evolving sense of self. If our lives have soundtracks, then Buffy was mine. When I made life-changing decisions or accepted new challenges, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in the background, singing about courage and heroes, about failure and loss and the power of friends.
"In short, Buffy is a foundational part of my writing career. I believe I've gone off in my own direction to tell stories that are truly mine, but I do so with gratitude for a show that inspired me both as a writer and as a person."
A particular episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," 'The Body' was especially important and personal to Jenn. "Back in 2003, my (now ex-)husband's brother shot himself. We got the call early in the morning after we'd spent the entire day before moving into a new apartment. Everything was in mislabeled boxes. We drifted through the unfamiliar space in a daze, trying to find clothes, brush our teeth, get directions to the hospital.
"In the middle of the chaos, there was also a memory. Willow trying to find her purple sweater, Anya blunt and clueless, Xander angry at the world, at the wall, at death itself. 'The Body' (season 5) makes me sob. I cried the first time I watched it, from the very beginning when Buffy shakes her mother's body, calls her name, and can't wake her.
|Jenn Reese
"On that morning, I was so grateful for 'The Body.' I was grateful for the assurance that, no matter how I was reacting to the suicide, it was okay. It was normal. It was well within the acceptable parameters of grief and shock and awkwardness.
"In the midst of everything, I wasted no emotional energy on self recrimination. People are messy. Believing that was an incredible gift Joss Whedon and Buffy gave me on such a terrible day."
Marlene Perez, author of the YA paranormal series Dead Is... (Graphia) and Strange Fates (Orbit, 2013), also connects personally to particular episodes such as "Once More with Feeling" and "Hush".
"Nyx Fortuna, the main character in my Strange Fates trilogy was greatly influenced by Whedon's ability to create broken, but relatable characters… …I love the idea that doing the right thing sometimes sucks almost as much as doing the wrong thing would have."
Whedon did all the right things when he met Marlene several years ago at the San Diego Comic Con. "I spotted Joss Whedon right in front of me on the exhibit floor…I approached him and said, 'I know you hear this all the time, but I love Buffy.' His reply was 'I never get tired of hearing it.'
"If I hadn't been a fan before, that would have cinched it for me. It also taught me two things. Love your characters because you'll be spending a lot of time with them and be nice to your fans."
Buffy: The Making of a Slayer (47 North). "I had been on set for days and I was working off fumes. I wanted to get as much done as I could in the time I had--researching, interviews--so I hardly ever slept. (Not my best strategy!) Whenever he saw me, he would give me a nod to let me know that he knew I was waiting to interview him and we had a number of moments where we'd sit down and get started, and then he would be called away. He was always good-humored and patient despite the dozens of questions and interruptions that bombarded him every day.
"We finally sat on top of Spike's tomb in pitch dark. I was really ragged by then (to my intense frustration), and he had so many things to say that I was enraptured and tried to make myself take notes as my two tape recorders recorded him. But it was difficult to do anything but listen. Then he was called to the set, and we went outside in the bright daylight. I saw that my primary tape recorder had malfunctioned and the first thing out of my mouth was an F-bomb.
"He simply smiled, took the recorder from me, and wound up my tape. I restarted my backup recorder (which wasn't as good as the primary one) and asked him to repeat what he said. He pretty much did. But the kindness he showed when I flipped out in such an unprofessional manner has stayed with me all these years."
Joss' ability to plot an epic story equally impresses Holder. "Two of the structural elements of storytelling that Joss does so amazingly well are the buildup and the reversal. He very deliberately leads you to a hope or expectation (that two characters will get back together, that X is the bad guy) and then he pulls a reversal on you, where the opposite happens...
|Nancy Holder
"When I was working on Buffy: The Making of a Slayer, I re-watched the entire series and really got a sense of the entire narrative sweep of the Buffy story. It's a monumental achievement.
"For me to get this kind of cohesion when I'm working, I have to read and reread my work to make sure I hit all the beats. That takes discipline. But you don't wind up with four (soon to be five!) TV shows, awards, and huge films like 'The Avengers' on your resume without discipline."
Carrie Jones, author of the YA paranormal series Need (Bloomsbury), admires Joss' softer side and his tenacity. "I am a sucker for the Whedon romance. His romances are tragic. That's what makes them great. And it's even more than that! Buffy, the movie version, flopped. But Whedon didn't give up. He believed in his characters. He believed in his writing. And look what happened. Buffy became an icon. His character became someone who insinuated herself into people's psyches. As a writer, I need that. I need the example of Buffy and of her creator, to help me believe in myself."
"Still, it is more than that. His heroes depended on themselves, but they often depended on their friends. On their epic quests, they often showed how community mattered, how relationships and friendships made us stronger, braver, tougher, and gave us females more motivation to be kick (butt)….
"Buffy and her friends often made names into verbs and created an entire language of quirkiness. That quirkiness combined with the heroic flair of Whedon's characters truly creates a safe place for teen girls to embrace their own quirky nature, their own inner (and external) hero selves, allows them to value their own friendships, and gives them a role model to emulate when they need to be brave and face their own demons."
|A young Carrie Jones, thinking she'd rather be watching "Buffy"
"I'd like to think that female heroines would have become more proactive as pop culture evolved, but I don't think it can be argued that Buffy herself got us there much more quickly."
|Micol and pup
"Critics of the show/s often write them off as campy and insubstantial, when the fact is that they're very intelligently, deliberately crafted.
"As a writer who frequently tries to bridge the gap between commercial and literary sensibilities, I appreciate so much an artist who can't be bothered with those distinctions, and who blends both completely seamlessly."
|Jennifer L. Armentrout, exhausted from writing
She says, "When you're dealing with a world were powerful supernatural creatures are gunning for your rosy red behind, things are going to be dark, things are going to be grim and gritty. Life will be tough for our characters. That (Happily-Ever-After) will be earned and not handed over.
"But humor--oh, humor--is the great equalizer. A well placed one liner changes the dynamics of the story and the characters, makes them more real and richer.
"Joss Whedon was a miracle worker with this. None of his characters were truly safe and that made you love his characters even more. It made the story real, because life is unpredictable."
Jennifer subjects her characters to dangerous and deadly situations as well. "None of my characters are safe and all my characters sometimes make the wrong choices and they must face those consequences. But I love the humor and the snark. Even in the most dire and terrible circumstances, someone is always saying something."
Thanks to Joss Whedon, we will always have something to say about his work and the lessons they teach. YA authors continue his legacy, paving the way for the next generation. They will continue to innovate in ways we can't yet imagine. As Joss said, "Writers are completely out of touch with reality." And that's a good thing in the best, Whedon-way.
Check out why Cyn and I love Joss below, and, at the end of the post, please add your own tributes in the comments for a chance to win Buffy: The Making of a Slayer by Nancy Holder (47 North).
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Now a debut YA series author, Karen is thrilled to pen stories that teens can relate to. When she's not busy reading and writing, Karen is downloading live versions of favorite songs, watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" marathons, obsessing over reality TV contestants (Adam Lambert you were robbed!), cooking her family's delizioso Italian recipes, and occasionally rescuing local wildlife from neighborhood cats.
She lives in the Adirondack Mountain region with her husband, her very appreciated beta-reader daughter and two King Charles Cavalier Cocker Spaniels who have yet to understand the concept of "fetch," though they've managed to teach her the trick!
Karen says: "Joss taught me not to worry about writing what's expected... what works...what's safe. He's a rule breaker and that's what I love most about his movies and shows. Joss makes me laugh during the most terrifying moments, root for an unlikely character, and jump out of my seat when I'm ready for the end credits. It's the courage to write fearlessly, to be true to my own vision, that is Joss' legacy to me."
Check out her website, her co-author website, her Facebook page, and follow her on twitter @karenrock5. Then check out Camp Boyfriend.
Cynthia Leitich Smith is the New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling author the the Tantalize series, which includes Tantalize, Eternal, Blessed, Diabolical, all YA Gothic fantasies originally published by Candlewick Press in the U.S., Walker Books in the U.K., and additional publishers around the globe.
Tantalize: Kieren's Story, a graphic novel illustrated by Ming Doyle, is also available and Eternal: Zachary's Story will be released in February 2013. Cynthia also looks forward to the release of Feral Nights, book one in the Feral series (Candlewick, Jan. 2013).
She says: "I so admire all of his work, but for me, Joss Whedon's 'Buffy' was life changing -- a major reason why I write strong girls (and guys) for YAs.
"I remember watching the series finale as the screen flashed from one girl to another, all potential slayers becoming slayers, and, especially as a writing teacher, it left me teary with a greater appreciation of the potential in us all.
"Stephenie Meyer's work is often cited by the mainstream media as fueling the paranormal boom in YA literature, and she has indeed been tremendously influential. Without in any way minimizing that, as a core member of the creative community, and having spent years talking to my colleagues about their artistic touchstones, I must stress that Joss Whedon's role cannot be overstated.
"Many of us are informally his students and among his most enthusiastic fans. Consider the YA books where humor cuts horror, reversals pivot tight, and girls stand tall. Most of the authors who created them are fiercely proud Whedonites."
Cynthia's home base on the Web is www.cynthialeitichsmith.com. She lives in Austin, Texas; with with four writer cats and her very cute husband, author Greg Leitich Smith.
Check out her Facebook page and follow her on Twitter @CynLeitichSmith.
Don't miss Joss Whedon's Top 10 Writing Tips from Once Upon a Sketch, with thanks to Sean Petrie.


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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Fresh Tomato, Fresh Basil, Fresh Mozzarella Pizza - Before and After
8 comments:
- Anna said...
sooooooo good, chef john. your blog is a gem!
- July 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Am I missing something here - a photo - no instructions - no video?
- July 16, 2008 at 9:26 PM
- Chef John said...
Everything you need to know is in the title!
See previous pizza posts for baking temp/times. This was just dinner, and I thought folks would enjoy a photo.
- July 16, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Some sense of humor - dear chef - what we'd enjoy is eating some pizza like this, that you just made for us!
- July 16, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Do you have a recipe for spaghetti sauce, I am getting tired of using the prego jar sauce, please help me?
- February 10, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- Tony said...
BRAVO JOHN: A home-run again. This beats all other recipes for thin crust pizzas. I use fresh herbs and tomatoes as much as possible. Avoid using tomato sauce - it's just not done.
Add rosemary to the flour - yummy.
- February 23, 2009 at 12:30 AM
- Tony said...
Antonio's Sugo di pomedoro
The are as many tomato sauce recipes as there villages in Italy and of course each one has the best sauce. This one is fast, easy & nutritious.
1 can 28 fl oz Italian tomatoes (if whole, cut into smaller pieces; use diced if
½ to 1 can tomato paste (optional - more tomato paste = richer sauce)
1 medium cooking onion, chopped or halved
1 to 2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/4 green pepper (optional)
2 or 3 fresh basil leaves
2 or 3 sprigs Italian (flat) parsley (if not available, just use extra basil)
4 tbsp. olive oil (extra virgin)
1 to 1 1/2 tsp. salt (don't be shy)
1/3 cup of good red wine (optional – makes sauce richer)
fresh ground pepper
dash of red chilli peppers (optional)
your choice of pasta
45 to 50 minutes once you get the hang of it
A variant of this recipe is to add meat which cooks in the sauce. Choose the meat you want – I prefer veal shoulder, lamb chops or pork ribs. You can then serve the meat as the second dish (il secondo).
Save time; don't chop anything except the onion & garlic. Heat (medium to high heat) 2 tbsp. olive oil. Add onion and sauté for a few minutes and then add the garlic. Don't burn the garlic - it will impart a nutty flavour. Alternatively, don't chop the onion but cut it in half and add it to the tomatoes. Nor sauté the onions & garlic.
Add tomatoes, tomato paste, green pepper and herbs. Cook at a medium boil & stir frequently. Be careful not to burn the sauce! The tomatoes should start to break down; help them along with a wooden spoon if necessary.
At about 30 minutes, add rest of olive oil. Reduce heat to a simmer; don't stir as much.
Add the sauce to your cooked pasta in a pasta bowl & serve the plates from the pasta bowl. Never! Never! Never! add the sauce to individual plates. You want the pasta to absorb the sauce. Never! Never! Never! Wash or rinse the pasta with water – the starch on the pasta helps the sauce to adhere. Cook the pasta until it is "al dente" (firm to the tooth).
To test the sauce, dip a piece of bread in the sauce – instant bruschetta.
Don't scrimp on the ingredients. Remember GIGO: Garbage In Garbage Out. Use quality products and produce. Don't use prepared and or dried herbs – they leave an aftertaste.
Do watch "Big Night" - Stan Tucci & Tony Shaloub.
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- February 23, 2009 at 1:08 AM
- Gretchen in NOLA said...
this is delish with Chef J.'s "hide-the-little-fishy" pizza sauce! No anchovy fillets, but did find my tube of anchovy paste...heaven
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Tritium ( or ; symbol T or 3H, also known as hydrogen-3) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium (sometimes called a triton) contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of protium (by far the most abundant hydrogen isotope) contains one proton and no neutrons. Naturally occurring tritium is extremely rare on Earth, where trace amounts are formed by the interaction of the atmosphere with cosmic rays. The name of this isotope is formed from the Greek word τρίτος (trítos) meaning "third".
While tritium has several different experimentally determined values of its half-life, the National Institute of Standards and Technology lists 4,500 ± 8 days (12.32 ± 0.02 years).[1] It decays into helium-3 by beta decay as in this nuclear equation:
and it releases 18.6 keV of energy in the process. The electron's kinetic energy varies, with an average of 5.7 keV, while the remaining energy is carried off by the nearly undetectable electron antineutrino. Beta particles from tritium can penetrate only about 6.0 mm of air, and they are incapable of passing through the dead outermost layer of human skin.[2] The unusually low energy released in the tritium beta decay makes the decay (along with that of rhenium-187) appropriate for absolute neutrino mass measurements in the laboratory (the most recent experiment being KATRIN).
The low energy of tritium's radiation makes it difficult to detect tritium-labeled compounds except by using liquid scintillation counting.
Tritium is produced in nuclear reactors by neutron activation of lithium-6. This is possible with neutrons of any energy, and is an exothermic reaction yielding 4.8 MeV. In comparison, the fusion of deuterium with tritium releases about 17.6 MeV of energy.
High-energy neutrons can also produce tritium from lithium-7 in an endothermic reaction, consuming 2.466 MeV. This was discovered when the 1954 Castle Bravo nuclear test produced an unexpectedly high yield.[3]
High-energy neutrons irradiating boron-10 will also occasionally produce tritium:[4]
A more common result of boron-10 neutron capture is 7Li and a single alpha particle.[5]
The reactions requiring high neutron energies are not attractive production methods.
Tritium is also produced in heavy water-moderated reactors whenever a deuterium nucleus captures a neutron. This reaction has a quite small absorption cross section, making heavy water a good neutron moderator, and relatively little tritium is produced. Even so, cleaning tritium from the moderator may be desirable after several years to reduce the risk of its escaping to the environment. Ontario Power Generation's "Tritium Removal Facility" processes up to 2,500 tonnes (2,500 long tons; 2,800 short tons) of heavy water a year, and it separates out about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) of tritium, making it available for other uses.[6]
Deuterium's absorption cross section for thermal neutrons is about 0.52 millibarns, whereas that of oxygen-16 (16
8O) is about 0.19 millibarns and that of oxygen-17 (17
8O) is about 240 millibarns. 17
8O makes up about 0.038% of all naturally occurring oxygen, hence oxygen has an overall absorption cross section of about 0.28 millibarns. Therefore, in heavy water made with natural oxygen, 21% of neutron captures are by oxygen nuclei, a proportion that may rise further since the percentage of 17
8O increases from neutron captures by 16
8O. This reaction creates carbon-14 (14
6C), a radioactive by-product:
8O also splits when bombarded by the alpha particles emitted by decaying uranium, producing (14
6C) by the equation:
Tritium is an uncommon product of the nuclear fission of uranium-235, plutonium-239, and uranium-233, with a production of about one atom per each 10,000 fissions.[7][8] The release or recovery of tritium needs to be considered in the operation of nuclear reactors, especially in the reprocessing of nuclear fuels and in the storage of spent nuclear fuel. The production of tritium is not a goal, but rather a side-effect.
In January 2014 it was made public that a total of 875 TBq (2.45 g) of tritium are on the site of Fukushima Daiichi,[9] and the amount of tritium contained in the contaminated water is increasing by approximately 230 TBq (0.64 g) per year.[10] According to a report by Tepco "Tritium could be separated theoretically, but there is no practical separation technology on an industrial scale."[11]
Tritium's decay product, helium-3, has a very large cross section for reacting with thermal neutrons, expelling a proton, hence it is rapidly converted back to tritium in nuclear reactors.[12]
2He + n → 1
Tritium occurs naturally due to cosmic rays interacting with atmospheric gases. In the most important reaction for natural production, a fast neutron (which must have energy greater than 4.0 MeV[13]) interacts with atmospheric nitrogen:
Worldwide, the production of tritium from natural sources is 148,000 terabecquerels per year. The global equilibrium inventory of tritium created by natural sources remains approximately constant at 2,590,000 terabecquerels. This is due to a fixed production rate and losses proportional to the inventory.[14]
According to the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research report in 1996 about the U.S. Department of Energy, only 225 kg (496 lb) of tritium has been produced in the United States since 1955. Since it continually decays into helium-3, the total amount remaining was about 75 kg (165 lb) at the time of the report.[3][15]
Tritium for American nuclear weapons was produced in special heavy water reactors at the Savannah River Site until their close-downs in 1988. With the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) after the end of the Cold War, the existing supplies were sufficient for the new, smaller number of nuclear weapons for some time.
The production of tritium was resumed with irradiation of rods containing lithium (replacing the usual control rods containing boron, cadmium, or hafnium), at the reactors of the commercial Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station in 2003–2005 followed by extraction of tritium from the rods at the new Tritium Extraction Facility[16] at the Savannah River Site beginning in November 2006.[17] Tritium leakage from the TPBARs during reactor operations limits the number that can be used in any reactor without exceeding the maximum allowed tritium levels in the coolant.[18]
Tritium has an atomic mass of 3.0160492 u. It is a gas (T2 or 3H2) at standard temperature and pressure. It combines with oxygen to form a liquid called tritiated water, T2O.
Tritium's specific activity is 9,650 curies (3.57×1014 Bq) per gram.[19]
Tritium figures prominently in studies of nuclear fusion because of its favorable reaction cross section and the large amount of energy (17.6 MeV) produced through its reaction with deuterium:
All atomic nuclei, being composed of protons and neutrons, repel one another because of their positive charge. However, if the atoms have a high enough temperature and pressure (for example, in the core of the Sun), then their random motions can overcome such electrical repulsion (called the Coulomb force), and they can come close enough for the strong nuclear force to take effect, fusing them into heavier atoms.
The tritium nucleus, containing one proton and two neutrons,[7] has the same charge as the nucleus of ordinary hydrogen, and it experiences the same electrostatic repulsive force when brought close to another atomic nucleus. However, the neutrons in the tritium nucleus increase the attractive strong nuclear force when brought close enough to another atomic nucleus. As a result, tritium can more easily fuse with other light atoms, compared with the ability of ordinary hydrogen to do so.
The same is true, albeit to a lesser extent, of deuterium. This is why brown dwarfs (so-called failed stars) cannot utilize ordinary hydrogen, but they do fuse the small minority of deuterium nuclei.
Like hydrogen, tritium is difficult to confine. Rubber, plastic, and some kinds of steel are all somewhat permeable. This has raised concerns that if tritium were used in large quantities, in particular for fusion reactors, it may contribute to radioactive contamination, although its short half-life should prevent significant long-term accumulation in the atmosphere.
The high levels of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing that took place prior to the enactment of the Partial Test Ban Treaty proved to be unexpectedly useful to oceanographers. The high levels of tritium oxide introduced into upper layers of the oceans have been used in the years since then to measure the rate of mixing of the upper layers of the oceans with their lower levels.
Tritium is an isotope of hydrogen, which allows it to readily bind to hydroxyl radicals, forming tritiated water (HTO), and to carbon atoms. Since tritium is a low energy beta emitter, it is not dangerous externally (its beta particles are unable to penetrate the skin),[20] but it is a radiation hazard when inhaled, ingested via food or water, or absorbed through the skin.[21][22][23][24] HTO has a short biological half-life in the human body of 7 to 14 days, which both reduces the total effects of single-incident ingestion and precludes long-term bioaccumulation of HTO from the environment.[23][25] Biological half life of tritiated water in human body, which is a measure of body water turn over, varies with season. Studies on biological half life of occupational radiation workers for free water tritium in the coastal region of Karnataka, India show that the biological half life in winter season is twice that of the summer season.[26]
According to the U.S. EPA, "a recently documented source of tritium in the environment is 'self-illuminating' exit signs that have been illegally disposed of in municipal landfills. Water, which seeps through the landfill, is contaminated with tritium from broken signs and can pass into water ways, carrying the tritium with it."[27]
Tritium has leaked from 48 of 65 nuclear sites in the US. In one case, leaking water contained 7.5 microcuries (0.28 MBq) of tritium per litre, which is 375 times the EPA limit for drinking water.[28]
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission states that in normal operation in 2003, 56 pressurized water reactors released 40,600 curies (1.50 PBq) of tritium (maximum: 2,080; minimum: 0.1; average: 725) and 24 boiling water reactors released 665 curies (24.6 TBq) (maximum: 174; minimum: 0; average: 27.7), in liquid effluents.[29]
The legal limits for tritium in drinking water vary from country to country. Some figures are given below:
The American limit is calculated to yield a dose of 4.0 millirems (or 40 microsieverts in SI units) per year.[31] This is about 1.3% of the natural background radiation (roughly 3000 microsieverts).
The emitted electrons from the radioactive decay of small amounts of tritium cause phosphors to glow so as to make self-powered lighting devices called betalights, which are now used in firearm night sights, watches, exit signs, map lights, knives and a variety of other devices. This takes the place of radium, which can cause bone cancer and has been banned in most countries for decades. Commercial demand for tritium is 400 grams per year[3] and the cost is approximately US $30,000 per gram.[32]
Tritium is an important component in nuclear weapons. It is used to enhance the efficiency and yield of fission bombs and the fission stages of hydrogen bombs in a process known as "boosting" as well as in external neutron initiators for such weapons.
Actuated by an ultrafast switch like a krytron, a small particle accelerator drives ions of tritium and deuterium to energies above the 15 kilo-electron-volts or so needed for deuterium-tritium fusion and directs them into a metal target where the tritium and deuterium are adsorbed as hydrides. High-energy fusion neutrons from the resulting fusion radiate in all directions. Some of these strike plutonium or uranium nuclei in the primary's pit, initiating nuclear chain reaction. The quantity of neutrons produced is large in absolute numbers, allowing the pit to quickly achieve neutron levels that would otherwise need many more generations of chain reaction, though still small compared to the total number of nuclei in the pit.
Before detonation, a few grams of tritium-deuterium gas are injected into the hollow "pit" of fissile plutonium or uranium. The early stages of the fission chain reaction supply enough heat and compression to start deuterium-tritium fusion, then both fission and fusion proceed in parallel, the fission assisting the fusion by continuing heating and compression, and the fusion assisting the fission with highly energetic (14.1 MeV) neutrons. As the fission fuel depletes and also explodes outward, it falls below the density needed to stay critical by itself, but the fusion neutrons make the fission process progress faster and continue longer than it would without boosting. Increased yield comes overwhelmingly from the increase in fission. The energy released by the fusion itself is much smaller because the amount of fusion fuel is so much smaller. The effects of boosting include:
The tritium in a warhead is continually undergoing radioactive decay, hence becoming unavailable for fusion. Furthermore its decay product, helium-3, absorbs neutrons if exposed to the ones emitted by nuclear fission. This potentially offsets or reverses the intended effect of the tritium, which was to generate many free neutrons, if too much helium-3 has accumulated from the decay of tritium. Therefore, it is necessary to replenish tritium in boosted bombs periodically. The estimated quantity needed is 4 grams per warhead.[3] To maintain constant levels of tritium, about 0.20 grams per warhead per year must be supplied to the bomb.
One mole of deuterium-tritium gas would contain about 3.0 grams of tritium and 2.0 grams of deuterium. In comparison, the 20 moles of plutonium in a nuclear bomb consists of about 4.5 kilograms of plutonium-239.
Since tritium undergoes radioactive decay, and it is also difficult to confine physically, the much larger secondary charge of heavy hydrogen isotopes needed in a true hydrogen bomb uses solid lithium deuteride as its source of deuterium and tritium, where the lithium is all in the form of the lithium-6 isotope.
During the detonation of the primary fission bomb stage in a thermonuclear weapon (Teller-Ullam staging), the sparkplug, a cylinder of U235/P239 at the center of the fusion stage(s), begins to fission in a chain reaction, from excess neutrons channeled from the primary. The neutrons released from the fission of the sparkplug split lithium-6 into tritium plus helium-4 and Lithium-7 into helium-4 plus tritium plus one neutron. As these reactions occur, the fusion stage is compressed by photons from the primary and fission of the U-238 or U-238/U-235 jacket surrounding the fusion stage. Therefore, the fusion stage breeds its own tritium as the device detonates. In the extreme heat and pressure of the explosion, some of the tritium is then forced into fusion with deuterium, and that reaction releases even more neutrons.
Since this fusion process requires an extremely high temperature for ignition, and it produces fewer and less energetic neutrons (only fission, deuterium-tritium fusion, and 7
3Li splitting are net neutron producers), lithium deuteride is not used in boosted bombs, but rather, for multistage hydrogen bombs.
Tritium is an important fuel for controlled nuclear fusion in both magnetic confinement and inertial confinement fusion reactor designs. The experimental fusion reactor ITER and the National Ignition Facility (NIF) will use deuterium-tritium fuel. The deuterium-tritium reaction is favorable since it has the largest fusion cross-section (about 5.0 barns) and it reaches this maximum cross-section at the lowest energy (about 65 keV center-of-mass) of any potential fusion fuel.
The Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) was a facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory dedicated to the development and demonstration of technologies required for fusion-relevant deuterium-tritium processing.
Tritium is sometimes used as a radiolabel. It has the advantage that hydrogen appears in almost all organic chemicals making it easy to find a place to put tritium on the molecule under investigation. It has the disadvantage of producing a comparatively weak signal.
Aside from chlorofluorocarbons, tritium can act as a transient tracer and has the ability to "outline" the biological, chemical, and physical paths throughout the world oceans because of its evolving distribution.[33] Tritium has thus been used as a tool to examine ocean circulation and ventilation and, for such purposes, is usually measured in Tritium Units where 1 TU is defined as the ratio of 1 tritium atom to 1018 hydrogen atoms.[33] As noted earlier, nuclear weapons testing, primarily in the high-latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere, throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s introduced large amounts of tritium into the atmosphere, especially the stratosphere. Before these nuclear tests, there were only about 3 to 4 kilograms of tritium on the Earth's surface; but these amounts rose by 2 or 3 orders of magnitude during the post-test period.[33]
While in the stratosphere (post-test period), the tritium interacted with and oxidized to water molecules and was present in much of the rapidly produced rainfall, making tritium a prognostic tool for studying the evolution and structure of the hydrologic cycle as well as the ventilation and formation of water masses in the North Atlantic Ocean.[33] Bomb-tritium data were used from the Transient Tracers in the Ocean (TTO) program in order to quantify the replenishment and overturning rates for deep water located in the North Atlantic.[34] Most of the bomb tritiated water (HTO) throughout the atmosphere can enter the ocean through the following processes: a) precipitation, b) vapor exchange, and c) river runoff – these processes make HTO a great tracer for time-scales up to a few decades.[34] Using the data from these processes for 1981, the 1 TU isosurface lies between 500 and 1,000 meters deep in the subtropical regions and then extends to 1,500–2,000 meters south of the Gulf Stream due to recirculation and ventilation in the upper portion of the Atlantic Ocean.[33] To the north, the isosurface deepens and reaches the floor of the abyssal plain which is directly related to the ventilation of the ocean floor over 10 to 20 year time-scales.[33]
Also evident in the Atlantic Ocean is the tritium profile near Bermuda between the late 1960s and late 1980s. There is a downward propagation of the tritium maximum from the surface (1960s) to 400 meters (1980s), which corresponds to a deepening rate of approximately 18 meters per year.[33] There are also tritium increases at 1,500 meters depth in the late 1970s and 2,500 meters in the middle of the 1980s, both of which correspond to cooling events in the deep water and associated deep water ventilation.[33]
From a study in 1991, the tritium profile was used as a tool for studying the mixing and spreading of newly formed North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW), corresponding to tritium increases to 4 TU.[34] This NADW tends to spill over sills that divide the Norwegian Sea from the North Atlantic Ocean and then flows to the west and equatorward in deep boundary currents. This process was explained via the large-scale tritium distribution in the deep North Atlantic between 1981 and 1983.[34] The sub-polar gyre tends to be freshened (ventilated) by the NADW and is directly related to the high tritium values (> 1.5 TU). Also evident was the decrease in tritium in the deep western boundary current by a factor of 10 from the Labrador Sea to the Tropics, which is indicative of loss to ocean interior due to turbulent mixing and recirculation.[34]
In a 1998 study, tritium concentrations in surface seawater and atmospheric water vapor (10 meters above the surface) were sampled at the following locations: the Sulu Sea, the Fremantle Bay, the Bay of Bengal, the Penang Bay, and the Strait of Malacca.[35] Results indicated that the tritium concentration in surface seawater was highest at the Fremantle Bay (approximately 0.40 Bq/liter), which could be accredited to the mixing of runoff of freshwater from nearby lands due to large amounts found in coastal waters.[35] Typically, lower concentrations were found between 35 and 45 degrees south latitude and near the equator. Results also indicated that (in general) tritium has decreased over the years (up to 1997) due to the physical decay of bomb tritium in the Indian Ocean. As for water vapor, the tritium concentration was approximately one order of magnitude greater than surface seawater concentrations (ranging from 0.46 to 1.15 Bq/liter).[35] Therefore, the water vapor tritium is not affected by the surface seawater concentration; thus, the high tritium concentrations in the vapor were concluded to be a direct consequence of the downward movement of natural tritium from the stratosphere to the troposphere (therefore, the ocean air showed a dependence on latitudinal change)[35]
In the North Pacific Ocean, the tritium (introduced as bomb tritium in the Northern Hemisphere) spread in three dimensions. There were subsurface maxima in the middle and low latitude regions, which is indicative of lateral mixing (advection) and diffusion processes along lines of constant potential density (isopycnals) in the upper ocean.[36] Some of these maxima even correlate well with salinity extrema.[36] In order to obtain the structure for ocean circulation, the tritium concentrations were mapped on 3 surfaces of constant potential density (23.90, 26.02, and 26.81).[36] Results indicated that the tritium was well-mixed (at 6 to 7 TU) on the 26.81 isopycnal in the subarctic cyclonic gyre and there appeared to be a slow exchange of tritium (relative to shallower isopycnals) between this gyre and the anticyclonic gyre to the south; also, the tritium on the 23.90 and 26.02 surfaces appeared to be exchanged at a slower rate between the central gyre of the North Pacific and the equatorial regions.[36]
The depth penetration of bomb tritium can be separated into 3 distinct layers. Layer 1 is the shallowest layer and includes the deepest, ventilated layer in winter; it has received tritium via radioactive fallout and lost some due to advection and/or vertical diffusion and contains approximately 28% of the total amount of tritium.[36] Layer 2 is below the first layer but above the 26.81 isopycnal and is no longer part of the mixed layer. Its 2 sources are diffusion downward from the mixed layer and lateral expansions outcropping strata (poleward); it contains about 58% of the total tritium.[36] Layer 3 is representative of waters that are deeper than the outcrop isopycnal and can only receive tritium via vertical diffusion; it contains the remaining 14% of the total tritium.[36]
The impacts of the nuclear fallout were felt in the United States throughout the Mississippi River System. Tritium concentrations can be used to understand the residence times of continental hydrologic systems (as opposed to the usual oceanic hydrologic systems) which include surface waters such as lakes, streams, and rivers.[37] Studying these systems can also provide societies and municipals with information for agricultural purposes and overall river water quality.
In a 2004 study, several rivers were taken into account during the examination of tritium concentrations (starting in the 1960s) throughout the Mississippi River Basin: Ohio River (largest input to the Mississippi River flow), Missouri River, and Arkansas River.[37] The largest tritium concentrations were found in 1963 at all the sampled locations throughout these rivers and correlate well with the peak concentrations in precipitation due to the nuclear bomb tests in 1962. The overall highest concentrations occurred in the Missouri River (1963) and were greater than 1,200 TU while the lowest concentrations were found in the Arkansas River (never greater than 850 TU and less than 10 TU in the mid-1980s).[37]
Several processes can be identified using the tritium data from the rivers: direct runoff and outflow of water from groundwater reservoirs.[37] Using these processes, it becomes possible to model the response of the river basins to the transient tritium tracer. Two of the most common models are the following:
Unfortunately, both models fail to reproduce the tritium in river waters; thus, a two-member mixing model was developed that consists of 2 components: a prompt-flow component (recent precipitation – "piston") and a component where waters reside in the basin for longer than 1 year ("well-mixed reservoir").[37] Therefore, the basin tritium concentration becomes a function of the residence times within the basin, sinks (radioactive decay) or sources of tritium, and the input function.
For the Ohio River, the tritium data indicated that about 40% of the flow was composed of precipitation with residence times of less than 1 year (in the Ohio basin) and older waters consisted of residence times of about 10 years.[37] Thus, the short residence times (less than 1 year) corresponded to the "prompt-flow" component of the two-member mixing model. As for the Missouri River, results indicated that residence times were approximately 4 years with the prompt-flow component being around 10% (these results are due to the series of dams in the area of the Missouri River).[37]
As for the mass flux of tritium through the main stem of the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico, data indicated that approximately 780 grams of tritium has flowed out of the River and into the Gulf between 1961 and 1997.[37] And current fluxes through the Mississippi River are about 1 to 2 grams per year as opposed to the pre-bomb period fluxes of roughly 0.4 grams per year.[37]
Tritium was first produced in 1934 from deuterium, another isotope of hydrogen, by Ernest Rutherford, working with Mark Oliphant and Paul Harteck.[38][39] Rutherford was unable to isolate the tritium, a job that was left to Luis Alvarez and Robert Cornog, who correctly deduced that the substance was radioactive.[40][41] Willard F. Libby discovered that tritium could be used for dating water, and therefore wine.[42]
B.M. Andreev, E. P. Magomedbekov, G.H. Sicking, Interaction of hydrogen isotopes with transition metals and intermetallic compounds, Springer Tracts in Modern physics, Springer, Berlin, (1996)
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Let me first define what "super-polynomial" means.
Definition. We call a function f super-polynomial if for all k, there exists a constant n such that for all x ≥ n, f(x) > xk.
Now please judge whether the following claim is true.
Claim. Suppose P = NP is independent of ZFC. Then for any super-polynomial function f, there exists an algorithm for SAT whose worst case running time is bounded by f.
OK. To help your judgement, I will give you my proof of the claim. Of course it may be wrong or missing something.
Proof. Proof by contradiction. Suppose that there is no such SAT algorithm. Then all algorithms for SAT are not bounded by f. Note that f is not bounded by any polynomial function of the form g(x) = xk for some k. Therefore no SAT algorithm is bounded by a polynomial. This means SAT ∉ P and hence P ≠ NP. We have just shown that P ≠ NP is provable, contradicting with our assumption that P = NP is independent. QED
If my proof is correct, isn't this claim too obvious? OK, but why there are still people publishing weaker claims, for example the main result of this paper? Did I misinterpret their result? Is it actually stronger than my claim?
Also, this claim is an example for the strength of the independence of P = NP. If it's indeed independent, then all statements that imply P = NP are false and all statements that imply P ≠ NP are also false. An example of the former is "There exists a polynomial time SAT solver." Since this is false, then there does not exist any polynomial time SAT solver. And the latter implies whatever super-polynomial time bound you give, there is a SAT solver with this bound. So if independence is true, then the picture is that there is an infinite sequence of (SAT solver, time bound) pairs, with each bound faster than the previous, approaching the limit of P. And yet, it never crosses the boundary. So if independence is true, we can expect to improve the time bound for SAT endlessly in the region of super-polynomial and yet never reach P. Now I hope you have a clearer picture of the possibility that P = NP is independent.
Sorry for the digression, but first of all, is the claim true?


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The housing bubble burst in 2006-2007. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010, way after the financial mess had started.
The writer also thinks that the Democrats were ruining the economy. President George W. Bush started two wars and passed Medicare Part D, all without funding, and after he had cut taxes. The only thing I can be thankful for is that during his presidency, he tried, but was unable, to privatize Social Security.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. watched and waited, but after several close calls late in Friday's qualifying session at Dover International Speedway, the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet had the pole for Sunday's AAA 400, the third race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
And if second-place qualifier, series leader and Earnhardt's "worry-wart" friend Matt Kenseth was disappointed at falling just short of Earnhardt's track-record speed, so were those looking for a weakness in Kenseth's performance.
Earnhardt toured the Monster Mile in 22.243 seconds (161.849 mph) erasing Jeremy Mayfield's 2004 mark of 161.522 mph. Kenseth was .006 seconds slower at 161.805 mph. Fellow Chase drivers Ryan Newman (161.740 mph) and Carl Edwards (161.609 mph) qualified third and fourth, respectively, with Aric Almirola, who matched Edwards at 161.609 mph, claiming the fifth starting spot.
The Coors Light pole award was Earnhardt's first at Dover, his second of the season and the 13th of his career. It's the first time since 2002 that the sport's most popular driver has won more than one pole in a season. For the 17th time this season, a track qualifying record fell.
Yet Earnhardt felt he hadn't quite gotten the most out of his lap and waited anxiously as the 17 drivers who followed him in the qualifying order tried to knock him off the provisional pole.
"I was expecting to put a good lap down," Earnhardt said. "I thought we'd be competitive enough to get inside the top 10 pretty easily… I made a couple of small errors out in the car, but you never drive every lap perfectly. You always kind of wish you could have done things a little differently. I think the car had maybe another half a tenth (of a second) or a tenth in it….
"I watched the lap tracker on a couple of guys. The 99 (Edwards), they were a tenth-and-a-half better than us by the time they got into Turn 3 or the middle of 3 and 4. So, yeah, I thought there was a good amount of time left out there for a lot of guys, myself included."
When Kenseth heard he had fallen .006 off the pole-winning lap, he radioed, "My bad," to his team, but changing conditions had more to do with Kenseth's second-place effort.
"I feel bad we missed the pole by just that little bit," Kenseth said. "(Crew chief) Jason (Ratcliff) and I both had a feeling it was going to go like that when we saw the sun pop out before we left (on the qualifying run). It just got too free and lost too much time…
"I felt like from the seat I got everything it had in it… Gosh, we just missed it by a little bit -- just too loose, just couldn't stay in the gas."
Nevertheless, the driver who has won the first two Chase races will start beside Earnhardt on the front row. Though Kenseth has enjoyed unqualified success in his first season at Joe Gibbs Racing, Earnhardt describes his long-time friend as a glass-half-empty kind of guy.
"Matt never would expect things to go this well," Earnhardt said. "I'm always having to pump him up, tell him how good things are going to be. He's always a worry-wart. I guess that's the best way to describe him…
"He's having a great year, but hopefully we can beat him. We want to get up there and regain our ground and get back into this thing if we can."
Earnhardt enters Sunday's race 11th in the standings, 62 points behind Kenseth.
Behind Earnhardt, Kenseth, Newman and Edwards, other Chase drivers qualified as follows: Jimmie Johnson, eighth; Kurt Busch, ninth; Joey Logano, 11th; Kevin Harvick, 12th; Kyle Busch, 14th; Jeff Gordon, 16th; Greg Biffle, 19th; Kasey Kahne, 20th; and Clint Bowyer, 23rd.
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We recently had a chance to field test a couple of items from the Incase Range Collection. The pieces that we brought into the wild with us were the Range Large Messenger Bag and the Range Backpack. By "into the wild" we mean Alaska. We tested both of the items in a variety of situations over the course of a week on the island of Ketchikan, Alaska.
The messenger bag is one of the more ergonomically fitting ones that we have used. This is likely partially due to the twin pads on the shoulder strap that allow pressure points on the both the front and rear of the shoulder to be cushioned. The shoulder strap was long enough to wear it hip level for walking around, or adjusted to be worn high and tight while cycling. It also features a clasp in the center of the main strap for easy removal when worn tight. Other technical features of note are the fleece lined laptop sleeve (fits a 15" notebook), and the inner-coated nylon material. The texture and look of the inside of the bag is almost reminiscent of a nautical style dry-bag. It rains a lot during the summer in Ketchikan. It was comforting to know that as wet as the outside of the bag was, its contents were safe and dry. From a capacity perspective it definitely wouldn't cut it for a NYC bike messenger, but was just about perfect for a cycling commuter or for a day hike.
The first thing that we liked about the Range Backpack is the shape and style. It has very modern contours, and a certain sleekness that traditional ruck sacks tend to lack. Aside from its looks, there are also several technical features that we found notable. The main compartment is top loading with a dual zipper, backed by a drawstring diaphragm. As with the messenger bag, we found this unit to be very rain friendly. The pack has smaller zippered pockets on the outside and inside, to spare. As with the messenger bag, this pack has a fleece lined laptop sleeve. Since we were testing the smaller iteration of the pack, the laptop sleeve held a 15" notebook (the larger version holds a 17"). From a size perspective, we found this pack to be ideal for day excursions. It was unobtrusive enough to stow easily in a puddle jumper prop plane. But it was large enough to bring along extra clothing for unexpected weather in addition to food, cameras and other gadgets. From a comfort perspective the pack also earned high marks.
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Chicago mayor and former Obama chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has proposed restricting the discussion over firearm ownership in America to law enforcement.
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Emanuel was instrumental during the Clinton administration in getting the 1994 assault-weapons ban passed.
Back in 2007, Emanuel, then a member of the United States House of Representatives, told the annual Stand Up For a Safe America event sponsored by the Brady Center that Americans on the terrorist no fly list would not be allowed to own a gun.
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I've been moderating on Jez and Jez-affiliated sites for several years now, which means I've spent a lot of time reading a lot of responses on the site. There's always some that stick with you. There are some worth screencapping in their complete inanity. But there's a particular flavor of comment that I think about quite often, especially as I navigate around in public spaces.
Inevitably, on any discussion about rape, there's always some guy who says something along the lines of: "It's really sad that you walk around all the time worried about how some guy is gonna rape you." They don't mean "It really sucks that you, as a woman in this world, have to be hyper-aware of your surroundings because of the threat of rape and how people won't believe you if you report it."
They mean, "Ugh, you women, just shut up about rape already."
I honestly think about it a lot. "It's really sad that you walk around all the time worried about how some guy is gonna rape you."
My personal matter required a trip to a rural part of the country and before we left to come back home today, we stopped in the bazaar to get some blankets, since it's gotten surprisingly cold recently. As we tried to navigate back to the guest house, we got lost in the bazaar's side streets.
Most people in this part of the country don't speak English and they certainly don't get a lot of white foreign visitors. So we had already attracted a lot of attention — that's something that can be a bit overwhelming. As we walked past a group of teenaged boys, they stared at us very openly (which is also common). But then they started trailing us. And then one of them started talking to me. He said the same thing over and over, walking a few feet behind me — "I want to fuck you in your ass."
My husband and daughter were a few feet in front of me and talking to each other, so I'm not sure they heard this. And the guys gave up after a while when I didn't turn around. But they just kept repeating this and laughing. In the US, I'd probably have confronted them. In a culture where I am a minority, not from a well respected country, and a woman, I keep walking.
And I thought about that comment again, about how sad and misguided we women are, always afraid we might get assaulted. About how that commenter, or that kind of commenter, just has no fucking idea why we always have to be so alert to our surroundings, why we have to worry about getting assaulted. How common it is to be trailed by guys, to be harassed by guys, to be threatened by them just for walking by them on the street. And that happens in my hometown in the US and it happens on the streets in Pakistan, and it's happened to me in literally every country I've visited or lived in.


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