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Pope Francis' criticism of Catholic Church as "too focused on small-minded rules" goes over well with flock
NEW YORK >> Catholics around the globe are reacting mostly positively to Pope Francis' recent remarks that the church has become too focused on "small-minded rules" on hot-button issues like homosexuality, abortion and contraceptives.
At Masses over the weekend, the faithful reflected on how they believe Francis' comments would impact the Catholic Church. The pope said Thursday that pastors should focus less on divisive social issues and should emphasize compassion over condemnation.
Marilyn White, 73, of Manhattan, who worshipped Sunday at St. Patrick's Cathedral, welcomed the pope's words.
"I think he sent a good message," said White. "I think he's opening a way for people to communicate, dialogue and maybe come back to the church."
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan told reporters that Francis "speaks like Jesus" and is a "breath of fresh air."
Outside a church in Coral Gables, Fla., Frank Recio said he was grateful that the pope is trying to shift the tone of the church.
"I'm a devout Catholic, always have been. I think the Catholic Church had gotten out of touch with the way the world was evolving," said Recio, 69, who's retired from a career in the technology industry.
Irene Delgado, a practicing Catholic in Havana, Cuba, said the church needs to adapt to modern times.
"The world evolves, and I believe that the Catholic Church is seeing that it is being left behind, and that is not good," said Delgado, 57. "So I think that they chose this Pope Francis because he is progressive, has to change things."
She added: "I am sure the church is going to do it because the church always knows how to adapt to all eras of history."
In Boston, Evelyn Martinez, 26, said she agrees with Francis that compassion should be one of the church's main priorities.
"I don't believe that someone's sexuality should keep them away from any religion," said Martinez, 26, a graduate student at Emerson College who attended Mass on Saturday night.
In the Philippines, Asia's largest predominantly Catholic nation, Manila businesswoman Ching Domasian said Sunday that the church needs to keep up the fight against abortion and homosexuality, but she appreciates the pope's outreach.
A day after Francis' comments signaling a dramatic shift in Vatican tone, he appeared to offer an olive branch to the more conservative wing of the church by denouncing abortions and stressing the need to defend the rights of the unborn.
Recio said he was glad the pope spoke about abortion Friday, though he personally believes in a woman's right to choose.
Jose Baltazar, a 74-year-old vice president of an insurance company and longtime church volunteer in Manila, said he adored Pope Francis' humility and would help him in his outreach. He said the pope has set his priorities mindful of stark realities.
"We have to give priority in working to bring those who have gone astray back to the fold," Baltazar said. "We pray for them. Why did they go astray? What's our shortcoming? What's the shortcoming of the Catholic Church?"


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STUTTGART, Ark. -- The nation's top agricultural negotiator said Tuesday that he expects farm exports to be down between $1 billion and $2 billion this year because of the drought.
The tighter supply of grains, and the resulting higher price of feed, is driving up beef and poultry costs, though not to the point that international buyers are fleeing in droves, U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator Isi Siddiqui said.
The U.S. exported $137 billion in agricultural products last year, and after this year's falloff, sales are projected to hit $143 billion in 2013, Siddiqui said. He added that he doesn't believe a one-year dip would lead to a lasting slowdown in sales to Asia, where China is a major buyer of U.S. dairy and meat, or elsewhere.
"There has been a lot of demand. The last two years our exports were at the highest levels ever," Siddiqui said. He noted that demand for animal protein was on the rise and that the U.S. sold more than $7 billion in pork and more than $5 billion in beef last year.
On a three-day tour through Arkansas _ the country's top rice-producing state _ Siddiqui said rice exports to Iraq remain stalled. The Iraqi government stopped U.S. rice imports in 2010 over alleged quality issues. Siddiqui said talks are continuing and he hopes the market reopens, noting that weather problems resulted in damaged rice grains and precipitated the quality issue.
Siddiqui, a presidential appointee in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, spoke to The Associated Press before touring Riceland Foods Inc., a farmer-owned cooperative and the largest rice shipper in Arkansas, which produces half of the nation's rice. He said he also is looking at how Brazil and other countries outsell the U.S. in regards to rice.
Working to knock down tariffs and agree on quality issues are generally key to steady trade, he added.
Russia, for example, halted U.S. poultry imports in 2010 when Russia began barring chlorine from being used to sanitize chicken. Siddiqui said negotiators worked out new systems for cleaning poultry, such as using lactic acid, and sales resumed after six months though at lower levels. Poultry producers value trade with Russia in part because the country imports primarily dark meat, which is in abundant supply due to Americans' preference for white meat.
Siddiqui said much of his time is spent hammering out such agreements.
"My job is to help resolve those trade droughts and ... ensure (trade) barriers cannot be used for protectionist purposes," he said.
Siddiqui also plans to visit the Little Rock headquarters of Heifer International, a charity that helps people in developing countries become self-sustaining through farming. On Monday, he visited northwest Arkansas, where leading meat producer Tyson Foods Inc. is based. He also held meetings with commodity groups about opening markets to American rice, poultry and other products.

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Out with neck injury, Lilly throws simulated game
WASHINGTON -- Dodgers left-hander Ted Lilly threw a simulated game before his team's series opener against the Nationals on Friday, as he continues to come back from a neck injury.
Lilly said he threw about 20 pitches and used his whole arsenal while facing center fielder Matt Kemp, who also is on the disabled list. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said the plan is for Lilly to do the same on Saturday, take a couple of days off, then throw a "multiple-inning" simulated game next week when the team is in Toronto.
Lilly said he "felt good" during the outing, but isn't sure when he will be ready to return. He hasn't pitched for the Dodgers since June 4 and has made five starts on the season while spending three stints on the DL. The 37-year-old made two rehab starts for Class A Rancho Cucamonga before the All-Star break, but wasn't sure if would need any additional rehab games.
Considering the toll the injuries have taken, Lilly's plan is to return to the Dodgers as a reliever, despite the fact he hasn't appeared in that role since 2003.
"That's what he's wanting to do," Mattingly said. "In Teddy's words -- and I don't want to totally put the words in his mouth -- but he's feeling like his body is not responding to 90 pitches, and he's got a better chance of responding to 20 or 25. He's thinking his body's going to hold up a little bit better in a relief role, and so that's what we're trying to do."


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The festival has gone for another year but some people live there all the time...
Reading is a funny place, it has a young population, 'city' status, it's very own annual festival, huge shopping centres and loads of bars - but is it too close to London to have its own identity?
Next year Reading gets its second radio station, only one of the proposed stations (Juice) has plans to heavily feature local talent and underground music.
I thought I'd speak the one of the people behind this bid Stephen Stark, as I begin on my journey of the Reading music scene.
Why do you think Juice is the right Radio station for Reading?
Reading is a youthful dynamic town - it is undergoing a lot of change and development. It feels like a young place. There is very little listening choice in the area, and young people are actually choosing not to listen rather than have to put up with what there is. Almost as many people are listening to London stations - which we can hardly hear as are tuning into the "local" 210 FM. Juice aims to change that by providing a credible alternative. Juice will play credible chart and dance, breaking new music and will showcase local talent. Evenings and overnights will be handed over to Reading's underground.
Who are your target audience?
The core target are 15 to 35 year olds but really anyone who is in to music and lives in Reading.
How many listeners would you hope to attract?
In three years I would hope to reaching around 20% of the population so say around 80 to 100,000 a week, rising to around 175,000 over a month.
How do you rate your chances of winning the licence?
Well, put it this way, there is no reason we shouldn't get it. Beyond that I can't say. The Juice bid is very strong and it is completely different from all the other applications which are all targeting an older audience. In the end it will depend on whether the Radio Authority thinks a youth station is more appropriate than a cuddly local one. I know what I think and I know what pretty much everyone I have spoken to thinks - and I've spoken to a lot of people. However I am not a mind reader and I can only say we should win it and it'll be a crying shame if we don't. Anyone reading this can help us by writing in support of the bid; visit The Juice Website and register your support there. Every letter counts.
Whether Juice will win the licence remains to be seen, the group of people they are targeting are probably the most keen to listen, but it's all in the hands of the Radio Authority, so anything could happen.
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For a place that has produced a lot of bands - Metro, Saloon, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Sunset Sound and many more there are surprisingly few places to play or indeed watch live music in Reading.
Readings 'band on tour' venue The Alleycat closed some years ago and is now the 'Fez Club'. The only regular live music is Gigmania at Bar Oz every Sunday, this has 3 good local bands and is free but it doesn't offer local talent the chance to play with name acts like the Alleycat did.
Brannigans takes care of covers acts and has bizarre famous people appearances like 'Jason Donovan' 'T'pau' and 'Sam Fox' but you can't really say they're developing new music.
The Rising Sun Arts centre and 21 South Street periodically host live music, but, for a place of it size Reading heavily under represents new music and talent.
The dance music seen is better with Readings main club 'The Matrix' attracting big name DJ's and the 'Purple Turtle' and the 'After Dark' playing host local DJ's and a variety of musical genres.
If Juice successfully win the bid to become Reading's second radio station they have a big job on their hands - to make local people and local talent focus on Reading instead of using their proximity to London as an escape route to entertainment choice.
So is Reading just a once a year place for live music? No it also covers when you can't afford the train fare to London, but it could be so much more.


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DIGMAN, Glenn H., 60, of Washington DC, died December 26 at his home.
Born June 18, 1952, formally of Smithfield, OH, Glenn graduated in 1970 from Smithfield High School. He then attended Ohio University where he initially graduated with degrees in social work and child psychology. He then furthered his education graduating from Pitt University with a masters in psychology and social work and later from NYU with a masters in Occupational therapy. Glenn worked at National Rehab Hospital, Washington DC as an occupational therapist and driver rehabilitation specialist. He was instrumental in developing and implementing educational programs for teaching the handicap to drive.
Glenn is preceded in death by his father, Delford Digman and is survived by his mother, Jean Digman of Smithfield; a brother, Brian (Helen) Digman of Mingo Jct. and a sister, Marie (Mark) Brown also of Smithfield; three nephews, Brian Digman Jr., Hunter and Hayden Brown; two nieces, Alicia and Cassandra Digman.
There will be a private memorial at the convenience of the family.


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Moore throws perfect frame in first All-Star Game
Zobrist warms up but doesn't get chance to play in AL's shutout victory over NL
NEW YORK -- After all the anticipation, all the fanfare and maybe even a few nervous moments, Matt Moore found two occasions to relax Tuesday night at Citi Field.
The first came just after Moore ran out to the mound to pitch the fifth inning for the American League in his first All-Star Game. For all the things that were different and unusual about the buildup to that moment, standing there on the mound felt normal.
"I was nervous leading up to it," Moore admitted. "I think when I got out there, I just was trying to pick up [AL catcher Joe Mauer's] glove."
The Rays' 24-year-old lefty made it look easy, as he needed only nine pitches to toss a perfect frame in the AL's 3-0 victory over the National League.
"I feel like I've taken a deep breath since I got done on the mound," Moore said. "It really is something that, the whole time, is hanging over my head: 'I'm going to pitch in this game. I'm going to pitch in this game. I'm going to have a chance to make a difference.'
"I feel like I was trying to keep it cool and focus on why I was here. I was here to enjoy the experience with a lot of different teammates, and I was also here to help win a ballgame. I had a tremendous time doing both."
Amazing experience! Most memorable part wil definitely be Mariano Rivera pitching a perfect 8th inning. Thank you all for the nice thoughts!- Matt Moore (@MattyMoe55) July 17, 2013
Moore induced a quick groundout from Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez to begin his outing. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, brother of Rays catcher Jose, got ahead 2-0 and fouled off two pitches before grounding out to Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy. Moore's last batter went down on just one pitch, a 91-mph fastball that Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki popped up to Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
Before he flew to New York, Moore received some simple words of wisdom from Rays ace David Price, a three-time All-Star. Price told Moore to soak in each part of the experience, to not get overwhelmed by the unusual surroundings or let all the fanfare cause him to rush through anything. While Moore clearly heeded that advice, he said having previously pitched to Gonzalez and Tulowitzki obviously helped him feel at ease.
"I have faced these guys before, so it's not like when you get called up from Double-A or Triple-A and now you're facing Michael Cuddyer, who you've only seen hitting homers on SportsCenter," Moore said. "It wasn't like that."
Moore admitted before Tuesday's game that it wouldn't be easy to stay focused, saying everything involved with the All-Star experience was "much more than I was anticipating." Between a round of interviews and signing autographs Monday, the parade in Manhattan early Tuesday afternoon and chatting up his fellow AL All-Stars before the game, it was almost easy to forget that he had to pitch Tuesday night.
But he pitched about as well as he could have, leaving his fellow Rays All-Star impressed but certainly not surprised.
"He was phenomenal. It was quick, he threw a lot of strikes, showcased how smooth his delivery is and how deceptive his changeup is," Ben Zobrist said. "Did he even throw a curveball? Did he have to? He threw really well and showcased what he's capable of."
Zobrist, meanwhile, didn't get a chance to take the field at all. He got loose in the fifth inning, taking a few swings in the batting cage, but he could tell he wouldn't necessarily be needed as the AL's pitching staff cruised to a three-hit shutout. That didn't stop Zobrist from enjoying his time in the dugout, particularly the moment in which the entire stadium recognized Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
"I knew there was probably not a great chance of me getting in the game, but it was a blast just to be here, to be a part of it, to be on the bench rooting the guys on and getting a chance to put the All-Star patch on your shoulder and things like that," Zobrist said. "It's something I'll certainly cherish."
And if the Rays accomplish what they've set out to this season, Tuesday night's victory could mean a whole lot more for Tampa Bay's All-Stars.
"Ultimately, that was the main goal coming here: to get that win and secure home-field advantage for the World Series," Zobrist said. "We feel good about our team, and I believe that we can be that team that starts it off at Tropicana Field."


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Steven Tyler was hospitalized in Paraguay's capital Tuesday after taking a spill in his hotel bathroom, the newspaper ABC reported.
The Aerosmith frontman and "American Idol" judge "had a nasty fall" that bloodied his face and took out several teeth, a bellboy from Bourbon Hotel told local radio, Reuters reported.
Tyler had been set to perform with Aerosmith later that night, according to AFP.
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"Mr. Tyler had a small accident that prevents him from staging the concert tonight," a spokesman for the concert organizers told reporters, Fox News said. "He is fine, he's in his hotel, but he's not able to do the concert."
Tyler is slated to perform Wednesday night.
It's not the first time Tyler has made news for taking a nasty tumble, but the falls have until now occurred onstage.
Back in August 2010, Tyler was reportedly knocked offstage in Canada by bandmate Joe Perry while performing "Love in an Elevator."
One year earlier, he broke his shoulder while taking a spin off a catwalk while performing the same song during a South Dakota show and entered rehab for painkillers.


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Lucky 13: Braves extend streak with rally in eighth
Heyward, J-Up deliver clutch hits as Atlanta wins 13th straight game
WASHINGTON -- A road trip that will significantly influence how the final weeks of this season play out concluded in perfect fashion and with some indication that the red-hot Braves could become even more formidable if this was a sign of things to come from Kris Medlen and B.J. Upton.
Recognizing the opportunity to further strengthen his club's comfortable lead atop the National League East standings, Medlen produced his finest start of the season and provided Jason Heyward the opportunity to deliver the decisive two-out eighth-inning single that enabled the Braves to extend their dominance of the Nationals with Wednesday night's sweep-clinching 6-3 win at Nationals Park.
"This was a big series," Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman said. "We pushed the lead to three more games up on them. We came in here and we let them know we're here to stay."
Along with extending this season's Major League-best winning streak to 13 games, the Braves exited this three-game series with a 15 1/2-game lead over the second-place Nationals in the NL East. With 47 games remaining, Atlanta's magic number to clinch its first division title since 2005 is 33.
"They outplayed us," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "Plain and simple. They just outplayed us."
Once Craig Kimbrel escaped a bases-loaded jam to complete a 36-pitch ninth inning, the Braves could fully appreciate what they accomplished during this perfect six-game road trip that began in Philadelphia. Any lingering hopes the Phillies and Nationals had of winning the NL East evaporated over the course of the past week.
"It's been fun," Justin Upton said. "Anytime you can win as many ballgames as we have, team morale is good and things are going well for us. So it's definitely fun to be a part of."
After notching one-run wins in the first two games of this series, the Braves secured the sweep with a decisive eighth-inning rally that was sparked by Andrelton Simmons' two-out double. After Joey Terdoslavich drew a walk against Ryan Mattheus, Heyward greeted left-handed reliever Ian Krol by shooting a go-ahead single through the right side.
Justin Upton then provided some insurance as he capped a three-hit performance with a two-run double to left field. This was just the latest of the many contributions he has made while hitting .440 (22-for-50) with five home runs and a 1.329 OPS during the winning streak.
While his younger brother is now producing like he did during his torrid April, B.J. Upton has finally started to live up to expectations this week. With 10 hits in 21 at-bats since coming off the disabled list on Saturday, he has raised his batting average from .177 to .198, and more important, looked more like the guy the Braves envisioned when they signed him to a five-year, $75.25 million contract in November.
"I'm starting to get there. I'm definitely starting to feel pretty good out there," B.J. Upton said. "I've just got to keep working and maintain to keep it to where it is. Tonight is probably the best I've felt."
Upton essentially echoed the thoughts Medlen had after allowing three runs, despite surrendering just three hits over seven strong innings. While proving perfect in five of the innings he completed, he resembled the pitcher he was when he produced a 0.97 ERA in the 12 starts he made during last season's final two months.
"I felt I needed to step up and kind of close out the series," Medlen said. "I felt great. It's probably the best I've felt all year. I felt like I was throwing my curveball both for strikes and for chase. Anytime I have that third pitch, it's really going to help me."
Medlen retired the first 11 batters he faced and then issued a five-pitch walk to Bryce Harper just ahead of allowing Jayson Werth to tie the game with a two-run opposite-field home run in the fourth inning.
"I tried not to get cute with Harper, but he hits fastballs and he can definitely hit my fastball," Medlen said. "So he's not a guy I can necessarily just go pump heaters against. I tried to get cute a little bit. I fell behind and walked him. Werth did his thing."
The only other two hits Medlen surrendered were consecutive singles by Werth and Adam LaRoche in the seventh before Ian Desmond delivered a game-tying grounder that proved to be too soft for Simmons and Dan Uggla to turn an inning-ending double play.
Desmond's grounder erased the short-lived lead the Braves gained via Justin Upton's seventh-inning solo home run off Fernando Abad, who was one of the five relievers the Nationals used after Jordan Zimmermann needed 88 pitches to complete just four innings.
Heyward began the game with a double and scored on Freeman's single up the middle. The Braves extended their lead to 2-0 when B.J. Upton and Simmons produced consecutive fourth-inning singles to load the bases for Medlen, who helped himself with a sacrifice fly that would have been an extra-base hit had Denard Span not raced into the left-center-field gap to make an impressive catch.
"They're a good ballclub," B.J. Upton said. "We didn't think they were going to be a pushover coming in there. We swept them, and that says a lot."


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STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Florida State might want to send the Cardinal a thank you card. Tyler Gaffney ran for 157 yards and No. 6 Stanford hammered No. 2 Oregon for three quarters before holding off a furious rally by the fast-paced Ducks for a 26-20 victory Thursday night. The Cardinal made it two in a row against the Ducks, who havent lost to any other team in the last two seasons. "If you control the line of scrimmage on either side of the ball you can beat these guys," Stanford coach David Shaw said. "Were a big, physical football team that plays well together." Kevin Hogan ran for a touchdown and played a mistake-free game at quarterback for Stanford (8-1, 6-1 Pac-12) as the Cardinal put on a clinic in how to play keep away from a team that was averaging 55.6 points. Stanford ran 66 times for 274 yards -- sometimes behind as many as nine offensive linemen -- and held the ball for 42 1/2 minutes. Heisman Trophy contender Marcus Mariota, who said he was playing on a left knee that was a "little banged up," was inaccurate and under pressure much of the night. He finished 20 of 34 for 250 yards with a fumble, but threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, sandwiched around a blocked field goal return for a score by Rodney Hardrick, to pull the Ducks (8-1, 5-1) to 26-20 with 2:12 left. Oregon recovered one onside kick, but couldnt do it twice, and Stanford ran out the clock. "We dont hold the cards anymore," first-year Ducks coach Mark Helfrich said. Those belong to No. 3 Florida State now. The Seminoles dont have to worry about the Ducks nudging them out of second place in the BCS standings behind Alabama. FSU was in danger of slipping to third in the BCS if Oregon could have registered a big road victory against a quality opponent. Now, the Seminoles face a manageable remaining schedule with a good chance to win their way to the BCS championship game at the Rose Bowl in January. Unbeaten Baylor and Ohio State have to be happy, too, with one less hurdle to clear. As for Stanford, it gets first place in the Pac-12 North and the inside track to another league title game and Rose Bowl. And maybe if things get really weird, the Cardinal can get back in the national title hunt. Stanford won a three-point game in overtime at Oregon last year to deny the Ducks a chance to play for the national championship, but it didnt look as if there would be much drama in the return bout on the Farm. Stanford led 17-0 at halftime and added three more fieldd goals by Jordan Williamson in the second half.dddddddddddd Oregon looked like dead Ducks, down 26-0 early in the fourth with Stanford hammering away behind Gaffney, who set a school record with 45 carries. "I feel like I just played a football game," Gaffney said with a smile. Even after Oregon finally broke the seal with a 23-yard touchdown pass from Mariota to Daryle Hawkins, the Cardinal went on another time consuming drive and attempted a long field goal that would have sealed it. Instead, the Ducks blocked it, Hardrick scooped and scored from 65 yards out with 5:08 left and suddenly it was interesting. Only 5 seconds later it got even more interesting when the Ducks recovered an onside kick. They quickly moved inside the Stanford 5, but got pushed back to a fourth-and-goal from the 12. Mariota threw a touchdown pass to Pharaoh Brown with 2:12 remaining, but the time it took the Ducks to get in while burning a timeout was key. Stanford grabbed the next onside kick and Oregon was powerless to stop the clock. Stanford put Oregon in a 14-0 hole, the Ducks largest deficit of the season, with a power football clinic that started when the Cardinal came up with a fourth-and-goal stop from the 4 in the first quarter. Stanford followed with a punishing 96-yard drive that included one long strike from Hogan to Michael Rector. Gaffneys 2-yard plunge made it 7-0. With a little help from a pass interference call that wiped out an Oregon interception, Stanford made it 14-0 on Hogans option keeper from 11 yards out with 11:26 left in the second quarter. And just when it looked as though Oregon was about to get back in it, Stanford linebacker Shayne Skov ripped the ball away from DeAnthony Thomas at the Stanford 2. Stanford followed that with another 96-yard drive, this one on 20 plays that ended with Williamson kicking a 19-yard field goal to end the half 17-0. It was the first time Oregon had been shut out in the first half since Oct. 10, 2009, against UCLA, and a lot of people had to be left wondering how Stanford lost to Utah last month. 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(The Root) — Each election cycle usually produces one ad that voters, pundits and political watchers know will be remembered long after the losing candidate has become a trivia question. In 2008 that ad was the "3 a.m." commercial, which invited viewers to wonder who, in a dangerous world, they'd rather have answering the proverbial "red phone" in the White House. Hillary Clinton may have ended up losing the primary, but she won the ad contest hands down with one of the most effective political ads in recent memory.
This election has produced its own share of memorable ads, among them one that is being touted as potentially effective by some, but racially charged by others. The controversial Romney campaign ad attempts to depict President Obama as the welfare president.
Whether or not the ad is appealing to racism in the electorate may be up for debate, but there's no doubt that is a timeworn strategy in American politics. Plenty of campaign ads over the years have been undeniably racist. The Root looks at the worst of the worst, in no particular order.
It's not exactly a surprise that a man infamous for whistling and singing the Confederate pride anthem "Dixie" to black Sen. Carol Moseley Braun as an insult would also be responsible for one of the most racially inflammatory ads in American political history. What is somewhat surprising is that the ad in question, which shows the hands of a white man crumpling up a job-rejection letter, was created by a member of a racial minority. During his surprisingly competitive 1990 race for re-election in North Carolina against African-American Democratic candidate Harvey Gantt, the campaign of Sen. Jesse Helms released the ad "Hands." Created by Cuban-American political consultant-turned-CNN-contributor Alex Castellanos, "Hands" engaged in some of the most racially divisive political rhetoric in recent memory, vilifying Gantt as a racial-quota king and, by extension, the great big black bogeyman of working-class white America.
Somehow former Rep. Pete Hoekstra missed the memo that engaging in gross racial stereotypes can occasionally be perceived as … well, racist to the group of people being stereotyped. This ad — which some genius on his campaign staff thought was such a winner that it needed to be aired on Super Bowl Sunday — engages in some of the most juvenile stereotypes out there about Asians. The ad did end up garnering Hoekstra attention — but not the kind he was seeking. It was virtually universally denounced — except by racists.
Though Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis already had an uphill climb in his race for president against then-Vice President George Bush, this notorious ad certainly didn't help matters. While the concept of the ad itself is not necessarily racist (it uses the story of convicted murderer Willie Horton to contrast the two candidates' differing positions on crime policy), the imagery used in the ad is akin to the kind a Klan recruiter might use. Horton doesn't just come across as a criminal, but the ultimate scary black man, and thus the embodiment of every negative stereotype some white Americans held about all black men and all black people.
Sharron Angle, the colorful Republican candidate who sought to oust Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid from the Senate, may not have won her race but she did win one distinction. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow declared Angle's campaign the most "overtly racist" of the 2010 election cycle. Angle owes this dubious honor in part to her campaign ad titled "The Wave," which left Latino groups outraged for its depiction of Hispanics crossing the border in "waves" to join "violent gangs." Think this ad couldn't be as offensive as it sounds? Just watch.
Considering he was one of the most notorious segregationists in American politics, this ad by Alabama Gov. George Wallace is fairly tame as far as ads by avowed racists go. But then again, Wallace was running for president, so he knew he had to temper his language to appeal to those Americans who did not use the n-word as a catchall phrase for black Americans. Instead, Wallace talks about harmless sounding ideas like "states' rights." You may find yourself asking, States' rights to do what? Surprise, surprise, he's talking about states' rights to enforce policies like segregation. Well, at least he didn't use the n-word, so we guess he deserves credit for that.
"Give Me Your Cash, B****," 2011
This ad is so racist and over the top that if the world's raunchiest comedian and the Ku Klux Klan had been asked to weigh in before it was posted, they both probably would have said, "Crosses the line." This is most likely why this low-budget ad targeting Democratic congressional candidate Janice Hahn was relegated to the Web. It created quite a splash — and quite a backlash with its gangbanging rappers surrounded by strippers delivering profanity-laced, misogyny-laden lyrics all in the name of politics. But the backlash turned out to be one of the best things to happen to the Hahn campaign. She won and is currently serving in Congress.
Considering U.S. Sen. David Vitter managed to survive a prostitution scandal, despite running for office as a social conservative, it shouldn't come as a surprise that he knows how to fight hard — and fight dirty if necessary for his political survival. His campaign demonstrated this with a series of blistering ads against his 2010 opponent, former Rep. Charlie Melancon. While Melancon probably found most of them offensive, the Hispanic community likely took particular offense at this ad, which, in an effort to vilify illegal immigrants, reinforces appalling stereotypes of all Latinos.
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Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 1055662
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Problem Reports
Problem Report
Beam attenuance
The transmissometer appeared to suffer from slight pressure or temperature hysteresis at depth. The pattern showed a minimum attenuance in the range 150-200 db and then a slight increase in value as the profile went deeper. Cast 52 appeared to be obviously affected, and users should take account of quality control flags. For cast 52 where data are binned to 1 decibar, there will be large sections of the cast where the data are null, due to the absence of good quality data for each bin.
The transmissometer has been calibrated with pure water as the reference for 100% transmission and therefore beam attenuation values in clear water should be close to 0 m-1. Chelsea Instruments advise that ALPHAtracka is calibrated at the factory at 20°C in distilled water with an electrical conductivity less than one µS cm-1 and filtered to better than 5 µm and that it is possible that the user will encounter water which is purer than that used during the calibration. Indeed the minimum attenuance values for the profiles from the stainless steel rig mounted tranmissometer were lower then 0 m-1, suggesting that the calibration procedure recommended by Sea-Bird and Chelsea Instruments may need adjusting to use deep clear oceanic water as the reference for 100% transmission. The attenuance data from each transmissometer will need further offset correction to bring them in line with recognised values. Whether this should be done for the dataset as a whole or on a cast by cast basis is for the user to decide based on their requirements. The absolute attenuation values are therefore questionable but the relative profile should be reliable except for profiles where hysteresis was a problem at depth.
RSS Discovery Cruise AMT15 CTD Data Quality Document
Fluorescence (Chelsea Technology Group (CTG) Aquatracka MKIII fluorometer)
The nominal chlorophyll-a values have been calculated from the CTG Aquatracka MKIII fluorometer data (with manufacturer's calibration applied) from the up-cast at bottle firing and the fluorometric chlorophyll-a data from sampled bottles. Where samples were not supplied or too few to generate a calibration and could not be grouped with other casts, the fluorometer profiles have not been calibrated. The sampling strategy for the extracted chlorophyll-a dataset used to calibrate the fluorometer focused on the upper water column, therefore the calibration is biased towards these depths. The calibration may not be as reliable below depths ~150m. Casts CTD001S, CTD002S, CTD003T, CTD004T, CTD005S, CTD006S, CTD007T, CTD010T, CTD060S and CTD061S have not been calibrated. The extracted chlorophyll-a dataset is available for users to derive their own calibrations should they wish.
Due to the transmissometer calibration issues, many of the attenuance values were negative (beyond the range of the parameter). All negative values were flagged 'M'. This does not necessarily mean that the data are scientifically useless, just that the calibration coefficients may be slightly out. Where previous 'T' flags were overwritten, the original flagged data are available on request. The transmissometer was replaced with a spare on Julian day 285.
Downwelling and upwelling sub-surface PAR irradiance
For downwelling PAR, some data points were beyond the maximum range of the parameter and so were flagged as suspect. The downwelling PAR channel in series CTD014S, CTD015S, CTD046S, CTD078T and CTD079S is constant. As all these casts were shallow, below 350 m and taken at night time. The exception to this is series CTD078T which was to over 5000 m depth and taken at ~ 10:00 hours. The upwelling PAR channel in series CTD032T is constant but this cast was taken at night.
Dissolved oxygen concentration and oxygen saturation
Oxygen concentration and saturation were flagged on cycle 1 for several series where obvious outliers were identified.
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Narrative Documents
Sea-Bird Dissolved Oxygen Sensor SBE 43 and SBE 43F
The SBE 43 is a dissolved oxygen sensor designed for marine applications. It incorporates a high-performance Clark polarographic membrane with a pump that continuously plumbs water through it, preventing algal growth and the development of anoxic conditions when the sensor is taking measurements.
Two configurations are available: SBE 43 produces a voltage output and can be incorporated with any Sea-Bird CTD that accepts input from a 0-5 volt auxiliary sensor, while the SBE 43F produces a frequency output and can be integrated with an SBE 52-MP (Moored Profiler CTD) or used for OEM applications. The specifications below are common to both.
|Plastic or titanium
0.5 mil- fast response, typical for profile applications
1 mil- slower response, typical for moored applications
|Depth rating
600 m (plastic) or 7000 m (titanium)
10500 m titanium housing available on request
|Measurement range
|120% of surface saturation
|Initial accuracy
|2% of saturation
|Typical stability
|0.5% per 1000 h
Further details can be found in the manufacturer's specification sheet.
Discovery Cruise AMT15 CTD Instrumentation for the stainless steel frame.
Two different CTD frames were used - a stainless steel frame and a titanium frame used for trace metal sampling. This document describes the instrumentation on the stainless steel frame.
Stainless Steel
The CTD unit was a Sea-Bird Electronics 911plus system, with dissolved oxygen sensor. The CTD was fitted with a transmissometer, 2 fluorometers, a downwelling PAR sensor and a light scatter sensor. All instruments were attached to a Sea-Bird SBE 32 carousel. The table below lists more detailed information about the various sensors.
|Serial Number
|Pressure transducer
|Digiquartz temperature compensated pressure sensor
|Conductivity sensor 1
|Conductivity sensor 2
|Temperature sensor 1
|Temperature sensor 2
|Dissolved oxygen
|Chelsea MkII Alphatracka
|0.25 m path
|Chelsea MkIII Aquatracka
|Turner Designs Cyclops-7
|PAR sensor
|Chelsea PAR sensor
|Light Scatter Sensor
|Sea Tech Light Scatter Sensor
Change of sensors during cruise: PAR sensor removed for 1000m casts. Light Scatter Sensor 339 removed prior to cast CTD022.
Sampling device
Rosette sampling system equipped with 24 x 20 l sampling bottles (manufactured by Ocean Test Equipment Inc.).
Sea-Bird Electronics SBE 911 and SBE 917 series CTD profilers
The SBE 911 and SBE 917 series of conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) units are used to collect hydrographic profiles, including temperature, conductivity and pressure as standard. Each profiler consists of an underwater unit and deck unit or SEARAM. Auxiliary sensors, such as fluorometers, dissolved oxygen sensors and transmissometers, and carousel water samplers are commonly added to the underwater unit.
Underwater unit
The CTD underwater unit (SBE 9 or SBE 9 plus) comprises a protective cage (usually with a carousel water sampler), including a main pressure housing containing power supplies, acquisition electronics, telemetry circuitry, and a suite of modular sensors. The original SBE 9 incorporated Sea-Bird's standard modular SBE 3 temperature sensor and SBE 4 conductivity sensor, and a Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensor. The conductivity cell was connected to a pump-fed plastic tubing circuit that could include auxiliary sensors. Each SBE 9 unit was custom built to individual specification. The SBE 9 was replaced in 1997 by an off-the-shelf version, termed the SBE 9 plus, that incorporated the SBE 3 plus (or SBE 3P) temperature sensor, SBE 4C conductivity sensor and a Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensor. Sensors could be connected to a pump-fed plastic tubing circuit or stand-alone.
Temperature, conductivity and pressure sensors
The conductivity, temperature, and pressure sensors supplied with Sea-Bird CTD systems have outputs in the form of variable frequencies, which are measured using high-speed parallel counters. The resulting count totals are converted to numeric representations of the original frequencies, which bear a direct relationship to temperature, conductivity or pressure. Sampling frequencies for these sensors are typically set at 24 Hz.
The temperature sensing element is a glass-coated thermistor bead, pressure-protected inside a stainless steel tube, while the conductivity sensing element is a cylindrical, flow-through, borosilicate glass cell with three internal platinum electrodes. Thermistor resistance or conductivity cell resistance, respectively, is the controlling element in an optimized Wien Bridge oscillator circuit, which produces a frequency output that can be converted to a temperature or conductivity reading. These sensors are available with depth ratings of 6800 m (aluminium housing) or 10500 m (titanium housing). The Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensor comprises a quartz crystal resonator that responds to pressure-induced stress, and temperature is measured for thermal compensation of the calculated pressure.
Additional sensors
Optional sensors for dissolved oxygen, pH, light transmission, fluorescence and others do not require the very high levels of resolution needed in the primary CTD channels, nor do these sensors generally offer variable frequency outputs. Accordingly, signals from the auxiliary sensors are acquired using a conventional voltage-input multiplexed A/D converter (optional). Some Sea-Bird CTDs use a strain gauge pressure sensor (Senso-Metrics) in which case their pressure output data is in the same form as that from the auxiliary sensors as described above.
Deck unit or SEARAM
Each underwater unit is connected to a power supply and data logging system: the SBE 11 (or SBE 11 plus) deck unit allows real-time interfacing between the deck and the underwater unit via a conductive wire, while the submersible SBE 17 (or SBE 17 plus) SEARAM plugs directly into the underwater unit and data are downloaded on recovery of the CTD. The combination of SBE 9 and SBE 17 or SBE 11 are termed SBE 917 or SBE 911, respectively, while the combinations of SBE 9 plus and SBE 17 plus or SBE 11 plus are termed SBE 917 plus or SBE 911 plus.
Specifications for the SBE 9 plus underwater unit are listed below:
|Initial accuracy
|Resolution at 24 Hz
|Response time
|-5 to 35°C
|0.065 sec
|0 to 7 S m-1
|0.0003 S m-1
|0.00004 S m-1
|0.065 sec (pumped)
|0 to full scale (1400, 2000, 4200, 6800 or 10500 m)
|0.015% of full scale
|0.001% of full scale
|0.015 sec
Further details can be found in the manufacturer's specification sheet.
Chelsea Technologies Group Aquatracka MKIII fluorometer
The Chelsea Technologies Group Aquatracka MKIII is a logarithmic response fluorometer. Filters are available to enable the instrument to measure chlorophyll, rhodamine, fluorescein and turbidity.
It uses a pulsed (5.5 Hz) xenon light source discharging along two signal paths to eliminate variations in the flashlamp intensity. The reference path measures the intensity of the light source whilst the signal path measures the intensity of the light emitted from the specimen under test. The reference signal and the emitted light signals are then applied to a ratiometric circuit. In this circuit, the ratio of returned signal to reference signal is computed and scaled logarithmically to achieve a wide dynamic range. The logarithmic conversion accuracy is maintained at better than one percent of the reading over the full output range of the instrument.
Two variants of the instrument are available, both manufactured in titanium, capable of operating in depths from shallow water down to 2000 m and 6000 m respectively. The optical characteristics of the instrument in its different detection modes are visible below:
|Chlorophyll a
|Wavelength (nm)
|Bandwidth (nm)
|Chlorophyll a
|Wavelength (nm)
|Bandwidth (nm)
* The wavelengths for the turbidity filters are customer selectable but must be in the range 400 to 700 nm. The same wavelength is used in the excitation path and the emission path.
The instrument measures chlorophyll a, rhodamine and fluorescein with a concentration range of 0.01 µg l-1 to 100 µg l-1. The concentration range for turbidity is 0.01 to 100 FTU (other wavelengths are available on request).
The instrument accuracy is ± 0.02 µg l-1 (or ± 3% of the reading, whichever is greater) for chlorophyll a, rhodamine and fluorescein. The accuracy for turbidity, over a 0 - 10 FTU range, is ± 0.02 FTU (or ± 3% of the reading, whichever is greater).
Further details are available from the Aquatracka MKIII specification sheet.
Chelsea Technologies Group ALPHAtracka and ALPHAtracka II transmissometers
The Chelsea Technologies Group ALPHAtracka (the Mark I) and its successor, the ALPHAtracka II (the Mark II), are both accurate (< 0.3 % fullscale) transmissometers that measure the beam attenuation coefficient at 660 nm. Green (565 nm), yellow (590 nm) and blue (470 nm) wavelength variants are available on special order.
The instrument consists of a Transmitter/Reference Assembly and a Detector Assembly aligned and spaced apart by an open support frame. The housing and frame are both manufactured in titanium and are pressure rated to 6000 m depth.
The Transmitter/Reference housing is sealed by an end cap. Inside the housing an LED light source emits a collimated beam through a sealed window. The Detector housing is also sealed by an end cap. A signal photodiode is placed behind a sealed window to receive the collimated beam from the Transmitter.
The primary difference between the ALPHAtracka and ALPHAtracka II is that the Alphatracka II is implemented with surface-mount technology; this has enabled a much smaller diameter pressure housing to be used while retaining exactly the same optical train as in the Mark I. Data from the Mark II version are thus fully compatible with that already obtained with the Mark I. The performance of the Mark II is further enhanced by two electronic developments from Chelsea Technologies Group - firstly, all items are locked in a signal nulling loop of near infinite gain and, secondly, the signal output linearity is inherently defined by digital circuitry only.
Among other advantages noted above, these features ensure that the optical intensity of the Mark II, indicated by the output voltage, is accurately represented by a straight line interpolation between a reading near full-scale under known conditions and a zero reading when blanked off.
For optimum measurements in a wide range of environmental conditions, the Mark I and Mark II are available in 5 cm, 10 cm and 25 cm path length versions. Output is default factory set to 2.5 volts but can be adjusted to 5 volts on request.
Further details about the Mark II instrument are available from the Chelsea Technologies Group ALPHAtrackaII specification sheet.
Paroscientific Absolute Pressure Transducers Series 3000 and 4000
Paroscientific Series 3000 and 4000 pressure transducers use a Digiquartz pressure sensor to provide high accuracy and precision data. The sensor comprises a quartz crystal resonator that responds to pressure-induced stress, and temperature is measured for thermal compensation of the calculated pressure.
The 3000 series of transducers includes one model, the 31K-101, whereas the 4000 series includes several models, listed in the table below. All transducers exhibit repeatability of better than ±0.01% full pressure scale, hysteresis of better than ±0.02% full scale and acceleration sensitivity of ±0.008% full scale /g (three axis average). Pressure resolution is better than 0.0001% and accuracy is typically 0.01% over a broad range of temperatures.
Differences between the models lie in their pressure and operating temperature ranges, as detailed below:
|Max. pressure (psia)
|Max. pressure (MPa)
|Temperature range (°C)
|-54 to 107
|0 to 125
|0 to 125
|0 to 125
|0 to 125
|0 to 50
|0 to 50
|0 to 50
|0 to 50
Further details can be found in the manufacturer's specification sheet.
Discovery Cruise AMT15 CTD Processing
Sampling strategy
A total of 105 successful CTD casts were made during the cruise, 68 casts used the stainless steel rig and 37 used the titanium rig. Rosette bottles were fired throughout the water column on the upcast of most profiles. Data were measured at 24 Hz by a PC running SEASAVE, Sea-Bird's data acquisition software. The raw data files were supplied to BODC after the cruise.
Originator's processing
Only a subset of files had been partially processed on board during the cruise. The raw data were therefore reprocessed at BODC to produce a homogeneous set of CTD data files for this cruise.
BODC post-processing and screening
BODC used the latest version of the SeaBird Processing software available at the time to process the raw binary data files (DAT files) based on information held in the sensor configuration files (CON files), and bottle firing files (BL).
Sea-Bird processing
The CON files were first checked for any changes which may have occurred during the cruise, none were made. The information was also cross checked against information held in the sensors' calibration reports.
The following SeaBird routines were then carried out using SBE Data Processing software version 5.30a: DATCNV, CELLTM, FILTER, LOOPEDIT, DERIVE, BINAVG, STRIP. After CELLTM was run, tests were carried out to check whether an alignment of the conductivity sensor was necessary. In some instances a lag of 0.007 s was found but since this was not consistent on all casts it was decided that no lag need to be applied to conductivity. Details of the routines and settings used were as follows:
DATCNV converts the raw data into engineering units. Both down and upcasts were selected. All channels were selected for transfer.
The manufacturer's calibration for the fluorometer was applied during Sea-Bird processing as follows:
Stainless steel Nominal chl-a conc (µg/l) = (0.00948 * 10voltage) - 0.0174 Titanium Nominal chl-a conc (µg/l) = (0.01080 * 10voltage) - 0.0270
CELLTM was run on the DATCNV output using SeaBird's recommended settings of alpha= 0.03 and Tau=7.
FILTER was run on pressure using a low pass time constant of 0.15 seconds.
LOOPEDIT was run in order to minimise the marked wake effect linked to ship rolling observed on recent cruises.
DERIVE, BINAVG and STRIP were then run to derive the salinity and oxygen concentration, reduce the data to 2Hz and strip redundant channels from the final sets of ASCII files.
Conversion of transmissometer voltages to beam attenuation
There were no air and blocked path readings provided for this cruise. So the transmissometer output was not processed to transmissance or attenuance during SeaBird processing but retained as a voltage. The conversion to attenuance was carried out after transfer, screening and loading to the database.
Conversion of PAR sensor voltages to irradiance
The PAR sensor output was not processed to irradiance units during SeaBird processing but retained as a voltage. The conversion to irradiance was carried out after transfer, screening and loading to the database.
The data were converted from Sea-Bird ASCII format into BODC internal format (PXF) using BODC transfer function 357. The following table shows how the variables within the Sea-Bird files were mapped to appropriate BODC parameter codes:
Sea-Bird Parameter Name Units Description BODC Parameter Code Units Comments Pressure, Digiquartz dbar CTD pressure PRESPR01 dbar - Temperature [ITS-90] °C Temperature of water column by CTD sensor 1 TEMPCU01 °C - Temperature, 2 [ITS-90] °C Temperature of water column by CTD sensor 2 TEMPCU02 °C - Salinity - Practical salinity of the water body by CTD sensor 1 PSALCU01 - - Salinity, 2 - Practical salinity of the water body by CTD sensor 2 PSALCU02 - - Oxygen µmol kg-1 Dissolved oxygen concentration DOXYSU01 µmol l-1 Converted from µmol kg-1 to µmol l-1 using sigma-T during transfer Fluorescence mg m-3 Nominal chl-a concentration CPHLPM01 mg m-3 Manufacturer's calibration applied during processing Voltage 4 V Downwelling PAR sensor voltage LVLTPD01 V - Voltage 5 V Upwelling PAR sensor voltage LVLTPU01 V - Voltage 6 V Light Scatter Sensor voltage NVLTST01 V No calibration details - only available as raw voltage Voltage 7 V Transmissometer voltage TVLTDR01 V - - - Practical salinity of the water body by CTD sensor 1 - sample calibrated PSALCC01 - PSALCU01 calibrated against bench salinometer data - - Dissolved oxygen concentration - sample calibrated DOXYSC01 µmol l-1 DOXYSU01 calibrated against Winkler titration data - - Fluorometer - sample calibrated CPHLPS01 mg m-3 CPHLPM01 calibrated against fluorometric chlorophyll-a data - - Downwelling sub-surface PAR irradiance IRRDPP01 µE m-2 s-1 Generated using manufacturer's calibration - - Upwelling sub-surface PAR irradiance IRRUPP01 µE m-2 s-1 Generated using manufacturer's calibration - - Beam attenuance ATTNDR01 m-1 Generated using manufacturer's calibration - - Oxygen saturation OXYSSC01 % Generated by BODC using the Benson and Krause (1984) algorithm wioth parameters DOXYSC01, PSALCC01 and TEMPCU01 - - Potential temperature POTMCV01 °C Generated by BODC using UNESCO Report 38 (1981) algorithm with parameters PRESPR01, PSALCC01 and TEMPCU01 - - Sigma-theta SIGTPR01 kg m-3 Generated by BODC using the Fofonoff and Millard (1982) algorithm with parameters PSALCC01 and POTMCV01
Benson, B.B. and Krause, D., 1984. The concentration and isotopic fractionation of oxygen dissolved in freshwater and seawater in equilibrium with the atmosphere. Limnol. Oceanogr., 29(3), 620-632
Fofonoff, N.P. and Millard, R.C., 1983. Algorithms for computations of fundamental properties of seawater. UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science No. 44, 53pp.
UNESCO, 1981. Background papers and supporting data on the International Equation of State of Seawater 1980. UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science No. 38, 192pp
The PXF data were compared with the original data files to ensure that no errors had been introduced during the conversion process. Reformatted CTD data were transferred onto a graphics work station for visualisation using the in-house editor EDSERPLO. Downcasts and upcasts were differentiated and the limits manually flagged. No data values were edited or deleted. Flagging was achieved by modification of the associated BODC quality control flag for suspect or null values.
The profiles were generally of good quality with some flagging of the oxygen and fluorometer channels. The PAR channels showed some variation in the surface but these were not flagged as they could be from passing cloud or ship's shadow.
The transmissometer appeared to suffer from slight pressure or temperature hysteresis at depth. The pattern showed a minimum attenuance in the range 150-200 db and then a slight increase in value as the profile went deeper.
Once quality control screening was complete, the CTD downcasts were banked. Finally, the data were binned against pressure at 1 dbar increments.
Voltage conversions
PAR sub-surface irradiance
The PAR sensor raw voltages have been converted to PAR irradiance values in units of µE m-2 s-1 using supplied manufacturer's calibration coefficients.
Rig Casts Sensor s/n Calibration BODC cal ref Stainless steel All 01 IRRDPP01 = 0.0423 * exp (LVLTDP01 * 4.987 - 7.7190) 4279 Titanium All 02 IRRDPP01 = 0.0423 * exp (LVLTDP01 * 5.1010 - 8.3209) 4281 Titanium 1 - 18 03 IRRUPP01 = 0.0423 * exp (LVLTUP01 * 5.0970 - 8.7753) 4282 Titanium 19 - 105 04 IRRUPP01 = 0.0423 * exp (LVLTUP01 * 5.1400 - 8.4029) 4280
The transmissometer raw voltages have been converted to attenuance values in units of m-1 using manufacturer air/dark/pure water voltages converted to calibration coefficients as per Sea-Bird Application Note No.7. No air/dark voltages were provided from the cruise so coefficients have been calculated with the most recent dark/air voltages being those provided by the manufacturer.
M = (Tw / (W0 - Y0) * (A0 - Y0) / (A1 - Y1) B = -M * Y1
Stainless steel Titanium Tw = % transmission for pure water 100% 100% W0 = voltage output in pure water 4.2009 V 4.1980 V A0 = manufacturer's air voltage 4.7810 V 4.4320 V Y0 = manufacturer's blocked path voltage 0.0184 V 0.0214 V A1 = cruise air voltage 4.496 V 4.530 V Y1 = cruise blocked path voltage 0.074 V 0.020 V Rig Sensor s/n Calibration BODC cal ref Stainless steel 161048 ATTNDR01 = -1 / 0.25 * ln (TVLTDR01 * 0.257507 - 0.019055) 4278 Titanium 161047 ATTNDR01 = -1 / 0.25 * ln (TVLTDR01 * 0.234152 - 0.004683) 4277
Field Calibrations
No reversing thermometer data were available for AMT15, so the CTD sensor data have not been calibrated against another dataset. Temperature readings from the two temperature sensors were almost identical and no other independent measurements of better quality were available. No further correction was therefore applied to the data.
Bench salinometer data were provided by UKORS.
Casts Calibration N R2 BODC cal ref Stainless steel PSALCC01 = 0.9978 * PSALCU01 + 0.0722 52 0.4224 4141 Titanium PSALCC01 = 0.9993 * PSALCU01 + 0.0233 30 0.1328 4140
Dissolved oxygen
The oxygen sensor calibrations have been carried out using dissolved oxygen data from Winkler titrations (provided by Nikki Gist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory).
Casts Calibration N R2 BODC cal ref Stainless steel DOXYSC01 = DOXYSU01 + 1.7590 (sd = 1.66) 124 - 6448 Titanium DOXYSC01 = 1.0602 * DOXYSU01 + 2.7248 77 0.9967 6449
The nominal chlorophyll-a values have been calculated from the fluorometer data (with manufacturer's calibration applied) from the up-cast at bottle firing and the fluorometric chlorophyll-a data from sampled bottles. Where samples were not supplied or too few to generate a calibration and could not be grouped with other casts, the fluorometer profiles have not been calibrated. The sampling strategy for the extracted chlorophyll-a dataset used to calibrate the fluorometer focused on the upper water column, therefore the calibration is biased towards these depths. The calibration may not be as reliable below depths ~150m. Casts 1-7, 60 and 61 have not been calibrated. The extracted chlorophyll-a dataset is available for users to derive their own calibrations should they wish.
Stainless steel
Casts Calibration N R2 BODC cal ref 8 - 24 CPHLPS01 = 2.0816 * CPHLPM01 31 0.8910 6641 26 - 42 CPHLPS01 = 3.7636 * CPHLPM01 29 0.9886 6642 43 - 58 CPHLPS01 = 2.2671 * CPHLPM01 33 0.8805 6643 64 - 105 CPHLPS01 = 1.2958 * CPHLPM01 69 0.3626 6645
Casts Calibration N R2 BODC cal ref 13 - 22 CPHLPS01 = 4.7916 * CPHLPM01 24 0.9074 6646 25 - 40 CPHLPS01 = 5.5096 * CPHLPM01 47 0.9965 6647 45 - 59 CPHLPS01 = 2.4576 * CPHLPM01 27 0.8088 6648 62 - 104 CPHLPS01 = 2.4869 * CPHLPM01 87 0.7469 6649
Project Information
The Atlantic Meridional Transect - Phase 2 (2002-2006)
Who was involved in the project?
The Atlantic Meridional Transect Phase 2 was designed by and implemented by a number of UK research centres and universities. The programme was hosted by Plymouth Marine Laboratory in collaboration with the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. The universities involved were:
- University of Liverpool
- University of Newcastle
- University of Plymouth
- University of Southampton
- University of East Anglia
What was the project about?
AMT began in 1995, with scientific aims to assess mesoscale to basin scale phytoplankton processes, the functional interpretation of bio-optical signatures and the seasonal, regional and latitudinal variations in mesozooplankton dynamics. In 2002, when the programme restarted, the scientific aims were broadened to address a suite of cross-disciplinary questions concerning ocean plankton ecology and biogeochemistry and the links to atmospheric processes.
The objectives included the determination of:
- how the structure, functional properties and trophic status of the major planktonic ecosystems vary in space and time
- how physical processes control the rates of nutrient supply to the planktonic ecosystem
- how atmosphere-ocean exchange and photo-degradation influence the formation and fate of organic matter
The data were collected with the aim of being distributed for use in the development of models to describe the interactions between the global climate system and ocean biogeochemistry.
When was the project active?
The second phase of funding allowed the project to continue for the period 2002 to 2006 and consisted of six research cruises. The first phase of the AMT programme ran from 1995 to 2000.
Brief summary of the project fieldwork/data
The fieldwork on the first three cruises was carried out along transects from the UK to the Falkland Islands in September and from the Falkland Islands to the UK in April. The last three cruises followed a cruise track between the UK and South Africa, only deviating from the traditional transect in the southern hemisphere. During this phase the research cruises sampled further into the centre of the North and South Atlantic Ocean and also along the north-west coast of Africa where upwelled nutrient rich water is known to provide a significant source of climatically important gases.
Who funded the project?
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Data Activity or Cruise Information
|Cruise Name
|Departure Date
|Arrival Date
|Principal Scientist(s)
|Andrew Rees (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
|RRS Discovery
Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here
Fixed Station Information
No Fixed Station Information held for the Series
BODC Quality Control Flags
The following single character qualifying flags may be associated with one or more individual parameters with a data cycle:
|Below detection limit
|In excess of quoted value
|Taxonomic flag for affinis (aff.)
|Beginning of CTD Down/Up Cast
|Taxonomic flag for confer (cf.)
|Thermometric depth
|End of CTD Down/Up Cast
|Non-taxonomic biological characteristic uncertainty
|Extrapolated value
|Taxonomic flag for single species (sp.)
|Improbable value - unknown quality control source
|Improbable value - originator's quality control
|Improbable value - BODC quality control
|Null value
|Improbable value - user quality control
|Replacement value
|Estimated value
|Interpolated value
|Control value
|Excessive difference
SeaDataNet Quality Control Flags
The following single character qualifying flags may be associated with one or more individual parameters with a data cycle:
|no quality control
|good value
|probably good value
|probably bad value
|bad value
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After more than a decade since the introduction of the technology, electronic medical records (EMR) systems, sometimes called electronic health records (EHR) systems, have not gained wide acceptance. Neither medical providers nor patients have fully embraced the idea of medical records vaults in cyberspace, though adoption of EMR is slowly gaining ground. In house, or homegrown, systems have given way to integrated hardware/software products at all levels of healthcare practice. In use today at hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and practitioners' offices, these systems have grown substantially in recent years.
Nonetheless, both medical providers and their patients have reservations about EMR. Physicians are reluctant to have their charts, notes, and prognoses in full view of anyone who has privileges to view that data – namely, other medical practitioners and patients. Patients fear any database containing confidential personal medical information may be subject to abuse or corruption. The very real possibility that erroneous information may enter the system, and the virtual certainty that any system can be cracked by hackers, is of no little concern to patients. Physicians are concerned that patients with full access to records may go on exploratory missions to find evidence of malpractice.
Some proponents of EMR envision every public hospital in the U.S. participating in electronic medical record systems by 2015; As their popularity grows, increasingly these information technology systems are being viewed as a necessity. This application of IT certainly has some advantages for both medical providers and patients.
Advantages for Medical Providers
• EMR will reduce medical records costs in the long term: The installation and startup costs for an EMS system are high, but the total cost of the system over time is less than operating any manual system of records keeping.
• Comprehensive medical records can eliminate the need for repetitive and unnecessary testing: EMR systems collect test results from all sources, thus avoiding the need for tests that have already been performed.
• Accurate medical information is instantly available: Information stored in EMS systems is less prone to human error and it can be retrieved quickly and easily. Data search and retrieval time using manual filing systems cannot compare.
• EMS systems make medical records available anywhere, anytime: Physicians and emergency medical personnel can access patient medical records from anywhere using smart handheld devices. This access to patient records enables treatment no matter where the patient or medical provider may be.
• Collective data may be sorted, filtered, and analyzed: EMR data is stored such that it may be accessed by certain search criteria for comparative analysis, trending, and other statistical computation. EMR systems also allow physicians to order diagnostic tests and view the results on-line.
Advantages for Patients
• Interaction with EMS helps to reduce costs: When patients are more knowledgeable participants in their own care, there is a good chance their health costs will go down. When they become involved in their own care they tend to engage in preventive strategies to reduce the complications of chronic disabilities.
• EMR promotes improved diagnosis and treatment: Patients' interaction with EMR systems gets faster decision making responses from medical professionals.
• Remote access to EMR can save a patient's life: When doctors and other medical providers are able to access complete patient records from any location, decisions regarding emergency care are made with better data, there is less guesswork, and chances of misdiagnosis are greatly reduced.
Medical Practice Advantages of EMR Systems
For healthcare providers and practitioners there are numerous other advantages of implementing electronic medical records systems:
• Instant transfer of patient data from department to department or provider to provider
• Digital records require no vast storage space as manual patient records vaults do
• Medical providers can serve a greater numbers of patients per day because of increased productivity
• Operational costs are reduced as the need for transcription services and overtime is eliminated
• Electronic medical records can grow with the practice without increased space requirements
• Systems can be linked with electronic prescription systems (eRx)
• The bottom line of a healthcare provider is enhanced by more accuracy and efficient patient billing
The Federal Government has established incentive programs to encourage the use of EMR which requires adherence to a comprehensive set of criteria for improving patient care and access to personal health records. The criteria are called Meaningful Use. Implementation of the Meaningful Use parameters is costly and time consuming, even though the costs are covered by incentives.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has observed that EMR adoption rates have been "slower than expected in the United States" when compared to adoption in other developed countries. A key reason they cited in 2009 was a lack of efficiency and usability of EMR systems [in use then]. Improvements in the past couple of years has improved the perception of EMR systems.
Physicians are vigorously embracing mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablets, according to a 2012 survey by Physicians Practice. Fully 62 percent of respondents said they use mobile devices in the performance of their jobs. The advantages of instant access to patient records at any time and any place are clear, but there are still concerns about the security of this information.
Physicians and medical practitioners view access to data in the EMS system much differently than patients. In a survey of providers by Accenture in 2012, only a third (31 percent) of doctors thought patients should have full access to their medical records, 65 percent felt patients should only have limited access, and four percent believe patients should not have any access to on-line records at all.
Full participation in any interactive global medical recordkeeping system is still an unfulfilled vision, but it is gradually evolving. Implementation of the CMS Meaningful Use requirements is a forceful nudge in this direction. To date, less than 20 percent of patients access the portals to EMS. Many patients exhibit a prevailing fear of "Big Brother" visibility of highly confidential and personal information, and with good reason. Since 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reports the health records of more than 18 million American citizens have been breached. EMR systems must improve on this track record if there is to be full acceptance of this technology by patients. Medical professionals stand to benefit the most from use of EMR systems and they will certainly endorse the methodology more with time.


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Are College Aid Forms Becoming More Gay Friendly?
College financial aid forms will be more fair and inclusive to LGBT and other nontraditional families starting Jan. 1, 2014.
The catch: It might mean they'll receive less financial aid as a result.
The Department of Education announced the changes at the end of April. They include a switch to gender-neutral terminology, and a new way the government calculates family income in making aid decisions.
"All students should be able to apply for federal student aid within a system that incorporates their unique family dynamics," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a prepared statement. "These changes will allow us to ensure taxpayer dollars are better targeted toward those students who have the most need."
The 2014-2015 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, best known by its acronym FAFSA, will collect income and other information from a dependent student's legal parents regardless of their marital status or gender.
That's new.
On current and past forms, students could only report the income from both parents if they were married and heterosexual.
Critics have said that the forms can be confusing to students with unmarried or same-sex parents. One of them, consumer finance website NerdWallet, recently introduced a tool to help students navigate the aid application. The NerdScholar FAFSA Guide came out about two weeks before the DOE announced the form changes.
"It is possible to get denied aid for filling out a FAFSA incorrectly," said Divya Raghavan, product manager for NerdScholar. "Putting inaccurate information can cause the government to reject your application."
The tool explains how to answer questions that sometimes assume a traditional marriage. For students with same-sex parents, it advises to list marital status as single and include the income of only the "custodial parent" - usually the one who makes more.
This is required even where gay marriage is legal, because a federal law (The Defense of Marriage Act) trumps state law. Raghavan calls the DOE move a "loophole."
"It allows them to continue to not recognize state-sanctioned gay marriage, but they also do not have to face the financial repercussions of that action by giving more aid to students with same-sex parents," she said. The changes will also prevent an upcoming Supreme Court ruling on DOMA from having any impact on the forms.
The DOE says "most students will be unaffected" by the new forms, but students with same-sex or unmarried parents are likely to see less aid, Raghavan said. When they can show two family incomes on the forms, it may seem as though they need less aid.
A financial aid officer at Florida Atlantic University said few students there struggle with the current forms, and the changes would improve fairness.
"According to the [DOE], collecting parental information from both legal parents will result in fair treatment of all families by eliminating longstanding inequities that were based on the legal relationship of the parents," said Tracy Boulukos, FAU's director of student financial aid.
She said the online forms also offer help and hints for every question, "simplifying the process." The worst issue most people encounter with FAFSA is forgetting to electronically sign the document, she said, which is easily corrected online.
Raghavan said the FAFSA still poses problems for some groups.
"Undocumented students are ineligible for federal aid, but many universities require them to fill out the FAFSA anyway," she said. That makes things difficult for students who don't want to disclose their immigrant status, or those without Social Security numbers.
"Students with an absent, negligent or abusive parent have to file dependency overrides with their individual universities, and the FAFSA requires financial information from both parents, which can be difficult for those who do not have a good relationship with a parent," she added.
Both Raghavan and Boulukos encourage all students to apply online anyway.
"Too many students don't fill out the FAFSA or assume they won't get aid. First-year students who are eligible for aid and fill out the FAFSA are 72 percent more likely to complete college than their peers who are eligible for aid but do not apply," Raghavan said.


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Fish Oil May Improve Mood in Depressed Elders
Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may help ease depression in the elderly, according to a study published in the European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience.
People with depression tend to have lower blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids than people who arent depressed. These fatty acids, found primarily in the oil of cold water fish, are potent anti-inflammatory agents which might help quell inflammation that can lead to altered nerve cell function. Omega-3s might also work through a direct effect on nervous system signaling.
Several studies, but not all, have found that fish oil may positively affect depression. Of the two major omega-3s represented in fish oilDHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid)EPA seems to have the greatest effect for this condition. Most studies suggest that the amount needed to see improvement runs on the order of about 10 grams of fish oil per day, or about 1 to 2 grams of EPA.
The new study looked at the effect of a lower dose of fish oil in 66 elderly people (average age 80 years) with mild to moderate depression. The dose was chosen in order to minimize the chance of adverse side effects and to help ensure compliance with the treatment. Half of the participants were given 1 gram of fish oil per day, containing 180 mg of EPA and 120 mg of DHA for six months. The remaining people were given a matching placebo.
At the end of the study, depression scores improved by 25% in the fish oil group compared with the placebo group. Side effects were minimal, mostly gastrointestinal in nature (including burping, reflux, and diarrhea), and were similar between the groups.
The effect of omega-3 fatty acids on depression was demonstrated more clearly when only evaluating the participants who did not take antidepressants, explained the studys lead author, Yaser Tajalizadekhoob, MD, of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Since many elders take antidepressant medications, Dr. Tajalizadekhoob suggested that future studies focus on the effects of combination therapy using omega-3 fatty acids and antidepressants.
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If you or someone you love is dealing with depression, its important to have a knowledgeable healthcare team in place to help manage the condition. Always speak with your doctor before starting a new supplement or changing your treatment regimen.
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Lucy's Take On: Rocco DiSpirito's "No Cream, No Cry Penne alla Vodka"
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
Full disclosure: I made this recipe once before. But I really wanted to share it with you guys. Isn't that a testament to how good it is?
Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito's "No Cream, No Cry Penne alla Vodka" is about a million times better for you than the version you'll order at a restaurant. Normally the dish is made with tomato sauce, heavy cream, vodka and white pasta. Rocco's dish starts with whole wheat pasta, and the creaminess comes from greek yogurt rather than cream.
Which brings me to the topic of greek yogurt. I am a huge fan! Greek yogurt with honey and granola is one of my all-time favorite breakfasts. It's full of calcium and protein and it's so rich and creamy that plain old yogurt pales in comparison. It's also a great substitute for sour cream and heavy cream in recipes. It cuts the fat down significantly and is so tasty.
Now, back to the recipe at hand. Rocco mentions that whole wheat pasta tends to need a bit more cooking time. I totally agree. And he also says you can make your own marinara sauce or use the jarred kind. For a sunday night dinner, homemade sauce might be nice. On the weekdays? I'm always going to go for the jar.
Warm the pasta sauce and red pepper flakes until the sauce thickens:
Take about a half a cup of the sauce and mix it with the yogurt. This prevents the yogurt from curdling:
Then mix the yogurt mixture with the sauce and heat through:
Basil adds a great fresh taste:
Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese makes everything better. It's even better when it's pre-grated:
Rocco's "No Cream, No Cry Penne alla Vodka"*
Serves 4
- 8 oz whole wheat penne
- 2 cups Rocco's How Low Can You Go Low-Fat Marinara Sauce (recipe not shown) or storebought low-fat marinara sauce
- Pinch of crushed red pepper
- 1 (7 oz) container 2% Greek yogurt
- 1 cup chopped fresh basil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 tablespoons grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to the package directions, about 9 minutes; drain.
- While the pasta is cooking, bring the marinara sauce and crushed red pepper to a simmer in a large nonstick sauté pan over medium heat. Cook the sauce, stirring it occasionally with a heat-resistant rubber spatula, until it is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove the sauté pan from the heat.
- Stir about ½ cup of the marinara sauce into the yogurt until smooth (this tempers it and prevents the yogurt from curdling). Then whisk the yogurt mixture back into the marinara sauce.
- In a large serving bowl, toss the sauce with the drained penne and the basil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle the cheese on top, and serve.
Nutrition Facts
Fat: 4.8 g
Calories: 320
Protein: 18 g
Carbohydrates: 55 g
Cholesterol: 11 mg
Fiber: 6 g
Sodium: 416 mg
*From DiSpirito's cookbook, NOW EAT THIS!


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All local government offices, including libraries and courthouses, will be closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day.
Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) will be on a normal bus schedule Monday.
Recreation centers will be closed Monday, with the exception of the following: Payne Park Tennis Center, open 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; and Arlington Park Recreation Center, open noon-5 p.m.
The collection schedule for solid waste, yard waste and recyclables will not be affected by the holiday, and remains on the regular pickup schedule with no interruption of collection. The landfill at 4000 Knights Trail Road in Nokomis will be open Monday, but the administrative office will be closed.
Sarasota County's chemical collection centers at 8750 Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota and 250 S. Jackson Road in Venice will be closed. The Citizens Convenience Center at 4010 Knights Trail Road, Nokomis, will be open.
For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 941-861-5000.
In Sarasota, weekly garbage and recycling collection will not be impacted. The Sarasota City Commission will meet on Tuesday instead of Monday. For more information call the city at 941-954-2613.
In Venice, garbage, recycling and yard waste will be collected as usual.
The Lena Road landfill will be closed.
In unincorporated areas and the city of Palmetto, trash, recycling and yard waste will be collected one day later from Tuesday through Saturday.
Within Bradenton city limits, household garbage that is usually collected Monday will be picked up today. Yard waste will be collected Thursday. Recycling pickup will not change.
Manatee County buses and the trolleys on Anna Maria Island Trolley and Longboat Key will operate as usual. County parks, beaches, golf courses and preserves also will be open.
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Historically a decentralized and business-unit driven organization, in 2009 Cargill decided to create a new global corporate function to manage transportation and logistics. The new leader partnered with Organization Effectiveness to lead a global design team in building the business case, developing the new corporate function's strategy and value proposition, identifying core capabilities, and designing the organization and implementation plan. The team achieved major milestones on schedule, with the new organization launched in June 2011. Significant value has been delivered to the business during a time of global market volatility and turbulence. The presenters will review the process utilized, challenges in designing global, enterprise level organizations and unexpected lessons learned in implementing a global function that manages complex modes of transportation and logistics in 65 countries and over $4 B in spend.
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