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9 February 2015
,Mae dros fis wedi mynd heibio ers i @DyddiadurKate bostio cofnod cyntaf dyddiadur Kate Rowlands. Mi fyddwch chi wedi dysgu rhagor amdani, erbyn hyn, trwy flogiau a chyfweliadau, a thrydar yn ôl ac ymlaen ar gyfrifon fel @StFagansTextile, @archifSFarchive, @RhB1Addysg ac @sf_ystafelloedd.
Rydym ni wedi cael gor-olwg frithliw a diddorol o bob math o agweddau o hanes cyfnod y dyddiadur, sef 1915. Mae cofnodion cryno y dyddiadur wedi bod yn symbyliad i staff i archwilio eu cyd-destun, a rhannu rhagor o gasgliadau a ffynonellau, o Amgueddfa Cymru a thu hwnt. Mae ein cronfa ddata Casgliadau'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yn llawn pob math o wrthrychau sy'n rhoi cip ar stori fwy personol, sy'n mynd â ni i fyd y pethau bychain, fel y gall Dyddiadur Kate.
Un peth sydd wedi dod yn amlwg o gychwyn cynta'r prosiect yw pa mor werthfawr yw casgliad Papurau Newydd Cymru y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol wrth i ni geisio darganfod mwy am gofnodion cryno'r dyddiadur - yn enwedig wrth i Kate sôn am ddigwyddiadau cymdeithasol neu bynciau llosg y cyfnod, fel ei chofnod am yr 'influenza' dros y penwythnos:
Hysbyseb difyr o ran argaeledd orennau #RhB1 @DyddiadurKate Cambrian Daily Leader http://t.co/EQWagw0duL
— Mared Wyn McAleavey (@SF_Ystafelloedd) February 8, 2015
Mae cronfa'r papurau newydd yn eisampl wych o sut i gyflwyno dogfennau mawrion, manwl - mae'r chwiliad yn hawdd iawn i'w lywio, sy'n golygu ei bod hi'n hawdd iawn dod o hyd i erthygl benodol, neu i ddilyn dy drwyn gan ddarllen am dy hoff bynciau (fues i'n darllen lot am gystadleuthau gweu dros y penwythnos, mwy cyffrous yn amlwg na phencampwriaeth y chwe gwlad).
Y tu cefn i'r hanes cymdeithasol a'r trafod a'r rhannu, erbyn hyn, 'mae'r dechnoleg sy'n ei gyflwyno. O safbwynt digidol, mae DyddiadurKate wedi bod yn ffordd wych imi weithio gyda thîm i roi tro ar dargedu cynnwys uniaith-gymraeg ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol. Mae hefyd wedi rhoi cyfle imi arbrofi a gwerthuso rhag-bostio (yn defnyddio tweetdeck), a phlatfform analytics mewnol twitter. Dwi'n gobeithio y bydd y teclynnau hyn yn dod yn ran o waith mwy o'n trydarwyr, fesul tipyn - ac felly o ran 'pethau bychain' fy mywyd bob dydd innau, gan mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, cofnodi data fydda i, tra'n gwylio dyddiau Kate yn pasio heibio.
The Website is Changing
11 December 2014
,If you've been browsing our Visiting or Learning pages recently, you may have noticed a new look to those areas. From 9th December 2014, we are trialling parts of a new, updated Amgueddfa Cymru website with you.
We need your feedback to help make these new pages as good as they can be. If there's anything that didn't work for you; anything that you found confusing or difficult to use; any information that you couldn't find easily; or anything that you'd like to see improved, please let us know. Equally, if there are things that you really liked about the pages, we'd still love to hear from you!
Why update the website?
During an extensive study of the existing website, we identified many areas where we think we can improve.
One of our core aims is to bring you the information you need more quickly and with less fuss. We are doing this by improving our content, simplifying our navigation and reducing the clutter on our pages.
With these new pages we want to bring you a fresh, modern web experience and one that works equally well on any device you may be using - be it a mobile, tablet, screen-reader or desktop computer. Visiting each of our seven museums is a unique experience and we also hope to bring a little more of that flavour of that to the web.
These are just a few of the ways we want to make the website better. We will be doing more work on all this in the coming weeks and months.
Coming in 2015
During the first half of 2015 you will see more and more areas of the website updated and improved. New Collections, Curatorial, Venue Hire and Blog pages will follow soon, as well as a new, updated Online Shop.
We will use any lessons learnt during this period to make sure that every area of the website is as good as we can possibly make it.
Your feedback and input to the new site will help us make that happen. And, of course, this is just the beginning.
Update 1 - 16 January 2015
Huge thanks to everyone who sent their feedback to us over the past few weeks. There are too many bug fixes and updates to list here, but here are a few of the changes we've made so far:
What's On:
- The calendar feature has been restored - you can now view events on a chosen date.
- Added the option to view events at all our museums.
- Show 'List View' by default.
- Added images, suitability and cost information to the List View.
- View and date choices are now 'sticky', so they won't reset as you switch pages.
Blogs - this is the new, redesigned blog area. We hope you like it.
Website Search - A number of broken links were fixed. We also improved the display of search results on mobile phones.
Update Collections databases - Paleontology, Mineralogy of Wales, Mollusca, Vertebrate and Marine Invertebrates database all redesigned and updated.
Is Content still King?
20 September 2014
,Graham Davies, Digital Programmes Manager, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
"Content is King". The phrase is strong, infallible, sitting proud on his pedestal, a little like the Queen Mother, or the National Health Service. Sacrosanct. But has the time come to question some of our long held adages in the world of digital content and web design? Is content actually 'King' anymore?
Fresh back from an energising few days with the fab team at Culture24 at the Let's Get Real workshops and conference, I am determined not to let the enthusiasm and momentum get buried by the squillions of things in my inbox that greet me now that I am not 'Out of Office' anymore.
The discussions of the last few days have left me pondering over our constantly evolving digital landscape.
Which direction, and how high do we have to throw our digital content ball to get it successfully into the constantly moving net of engagement?
Jessica Riches, in her talk on 'Learning from Brands' seemed very surprised that she was the first of the day to mention the phrase 'Content is King'
This made me think. And think again. About the shift in focus to be more about platforms, the importance of audiences and what channels those audiences use and reside in.
So has the time come to update or even rewrite the rulebook?
1. Content is King?
Surely it's not just raw content that is king anymore. Who your content is intended for significantly alters how it should be written and where it should be published. What is the intent of those people reading it? (as apposed to the intentions of those writing it). So I give you rule rewrite number 1:
Content, Intent and Purpose are the new King, Queen and Jack
By thinking of it this way, you are reminded that content on its own doesn't stand any more. It's equally important to also think of why you are writing it and where the people are who want to read it?
2. Build it and They Will Come?
This fell off its pedestal a long time ago, but if we were to prop it back in place the stonemasons would need to re-carve the plinth to read:
Write it and take it to where they are. Or perhaps better still: Go pay them a visit and have a chat
This helps reinforce the idea that we can't be institutional broadcasters anymore, we should be working with our audience to help them answer what they want to know, rather than what we want to tell them.
To demonstrate this, Shelley Bernstein provided us with a superb keynote speech at the Let's Get Real conference on how the Brooklyn Museum are trusting the audience and developing a wholly user-centric approach to their new responsive museum.
3. Design Responsive Websites
Great, Yes, very good. Although a revision of this phrase can encompass web design by default whilst primarily focussing on content:
Optimise your content to be platform independent
4. Think Mobile First
Yes, we must, and we should make this behaviour ingrained. By turning this rule upside-down, our new banner proclaims (and by its very nature automatically assumes mobile first):
Remember to check the desktop
Think back to those good old days where everything had to be retrofitted to work in IE 6. Who now retrospectively checks that everything reads and works well on a desktop? Not many I'm guessing.
But beware. Herein lies the paradox: Remember, people looking to visit one of our venues are more likely to be looking us up through a mobile device. However, people looking at in-depth long-form curatorial and academic material are predominantly still using desktops.
This is where headline metrics can be misleading, if your website as a whole shows a rise in mobile, that doesn't mean that all the content on the site is being accessed through mobiles. This is why metric analysis is so crucial before we apply blanket statements based on overall trends.
This brings me onto to something bigger I have been mulling over recently...
"Can we put it on the website please"?
Quite frankly, I dislike the term "Website". I often ask what section or area people are actually referring to, for websites these days have come to contain many distinct areas and functions, serving completely separate and different audiences and requirements. Maybe this is the crux of the problem? At the moment we are all busy working on a 'one solution fits all approach'. Shouldn't we be thinking of applying separate templates and content strategies based on different audience requirements within our own websites?
Going back to our rewritten rule number one, and this should be applied within (and throughout) our own organisational websites too.
All this can help us ensure that we consistently put the users needs at the centre of our goals and ambitions. Just by thinking a little differently about our assumptions, we have the ability to take a quicker, more direct route to successful engagement.
Shells, Scorpions and Shopping Centres
20 August 2014
,I started out writing a long meandering post about galleries, but what I came to say is this: I've really enjoyed the I Spy Nature exhibition at National Museum Cardiff, which runs until April 2015. Each time I've gone down to see it, the place has been full of families, conversations, and children dressed up as bugs and scientists, hopping from display to display.
I Spy... Nature gives you a chance to see the world as seen through the eyes of a bat, a scientist, or a fly. Provided you're under 10, you can even to dress up like one as you explore the creepy-crawly specimens, 3D printed corals, interactive quizzes and activities. The giant, interactive microscope screen mentioned in David's post can be found in a beautiful cabinet of slides. For those of you who prefer 'the real thing', there's also a working laboratory microscope, with a spinning table of fascinating slides to choose from.
The I Spy... team have also been taking the show outside to different places, bringing their amazing collection with them. For example, here's @CardiffCurator with a curious object at the Eisteddfod:
Mae @CardiffCurator wedi denu lot o sylw gyda'i chragen enfawr ar stondyn @AmgueddfaCymru yn yr @eisteddfod heddi! pic.twitter.com/cxsOTVhg7r
— Gareth Bonello (@ghbonello) August 7, 2014
The I Spy... pop-up museum will be, er, popping up, for one last time this summer. Catch them at the Capitol Centre in Cardiff between the 28th and 30th of August. In amongst the handbags, sandwiches and end-of-season sales, you'll find scorpions, creepy-crawlies and a seashell that's bigger then your head. Pop down to see them between 11am and 3pm to see what you can spy!
We are here @Capitol_Cardiff with our pop up #IspyNature exhibition Come and meet our scientists @Museum_Cardiff pic.twitter.com/3YikdnBPfp
— Cardiff Curator (@CardiffCurator) July 24, 2014
I-Spy Micrarium Touch Screen (VADU part II)
12 August 2014
,There is an exhibition showing at National Museum Cardiff called: I-Spy…Nature (until April 2015). One of the touch screens (picture 1) focuses on a selection of diverse, interesting and beautiful biological and geological slides from the Museum's Natural History Collections. This blog is about the small aspects of the touch screen that I was involved with; plain and simple.
Resources & Outlines
- One general overview image of 36 slides
- 12 very high resolution images of some of those slides
- 27 inch touch screen
- Complement an actual Micrarium, which would be displayed neatly above the touch screen
- Incorporate a Victoriana style
- Target audience: young folk
The high resolution slide images were always the prize, therefore it seemed obvious to sort out the zoom features first. Using the Javascript version of Zoomify (other javascript frameworks are available) gave us a good foundation to work on. We just needed to tap into their Zoomify Javascript code a little, then add our own layer of Javascript and graphical flourishes to make the design fit in with the exhibition outlines.
All the controls were laid out in plain sight, hopefully to reduce any learning curve when approaching the interactive; and since the touch screen is quite large (27 inches) we had the space.
Five additional features were added to the zoom screen (picture 4):
- Zoom controls
- Navigation controls
- Home button
- Information button
- Change language (English/Welsh)
n.b. where possible I tried to avoid using words to describe button functions, hence why the home button is only an image, but this idea fell down a little when it became clear you couldn't avoid a word or two to help the visitor work out what specimen they were observing.
Into the Arms of a Microscope
Once or twice someone may have caught me saying things like: "Plagioclase Feldspar" or "Olivine". Anyhow, part of the fun with looking at slides is the process of selecting a new slide, I thought so anyway - you were never sure what would be on the other side of the glass.
I wanted to avoid the conventional method of changing between images, which is usually to include a 'next' and 'previous' button; so tried to incorporate some of my vague science memories with a quick reconnaissance mission (picture 5) to see the microscope that was being prepped for the exhibition.
Since there were 36 lower resolution images on the home screen, but twelve high resolution images on the slide selection screen, it gave some space to move a simple microscope stand into view, which provided the excuse to animate the microscope arms and float the slides back and forth. The iris transition between the microscope slide view and the zoom view is loosely based on the idea of looking down a microscope eyepiece.
Intermittent Contact
The interactive was built on HTML and Javascript with animations mainly driven by CSS. Due to the amount of images used in this interactive (up to 120MB), the project was exported from Amgueddfacms CMS into a standalone ZIP file then installed onto the exhibition PC - this improves the interactive response times, since it doesn't have to wait for any image files to download over a network connection.
We've been using Firefox for a while as its platform independent and has neat little add-ons (R-Kiosk and Block Site). In this case, the operating system is Windows 7, with a locked down user account which only has access to Firefox and the touch screen drivers.
Usually we use Google Analytics to record button events, to give us an indication of how much the interactives are being used, but Google Analytics is designed to work with regular domain websites, which is not the case when running locally from simple hard drive files. Therefore the button events are recorded by the web server through AJAX calls.
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5 Fifa 09 (Demo) Review...MrDon1 | 12/09/2008 | See all MrDon1's reviews (7)I downloaded the demo last night - and I was impressed, very impressed...Gone is the sluggishness of FIFA 08, and you're players actually move towards the ball to pick up passes rather than stand aimlessly waiting for the ball.It's similar to EA Sports Euro 2008 - which is a good thing. However, there are noticeable differences. It doesn't play quite as arcade like as Euro 2008, the passing is more refined, and the fluidity of the game is fantastic...I was into Pro-Evo, however; FIFA has upped it's game every year for a while now where (in my opinion) Pre Evo has stagnated... Fifa 09 (based on the demo) is BY FAR the best Fifa so far and will probably be the start of Fifa's dominance of the football gaming market.If EA sports keep improving these games by FIFA 10 the gap will be huge.This game plays like a dream, and couple that with all the added features that will be in the full game - well, I think we have a winner... Well done EA for listening to the comments and criticism over the last few years and taking note!
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3 It Could Have The Been The Greatest.UltraZone777 | 06/10/2008 | See all UltraZone777's reviews (13)Well, I waited with great anticipation for Fifa 09 and I must say I am slightly dissapointed even though there is a big improvement with gameplay.Firstly, the Bugs! Well I Started a Be A Pro : Seasons and when I played my first game as Drogba I scored, but after that I was immediately given the red card for nothing! Then it happened again in the second game. Next Bug was Dissapearing players and then the daft crowd with dissapearing and reappearing flags, it's like their in slow motion. I also noticed that like Fifa 08 players like Tevez(Man Utd), Frings(Bremen), Anderson(Man Utd),Martins(Newcastle) have a defect with their heads, their faces morph into a different shape when they start playing. The graphics compared to Fifa 08 aren't exactly the greatest either, players look really poor at times, they even look too small when on the football pitch. The ball physics are a bit strange too, sometimes there is far too much swerve and floating for my liking.In the seasons mode of Be A Pro, I started with Drogba and found that Chelsea wasn't involved in the Domestic cups like the F.A. Cup or the League Cup or even a European Cup. I must mention that Drogba and Essien amongst others cannot play in National Games when in the Be A Pro Mode.I must say though when Joe Cole floated a ball over the defence for me(Drogba) and I volleyed over Almunia into the back of the net I was highly impressed although without a PC there was no option to save the replay, another flaw there, shame it was a stunner aswell, the way Drogba or any striker with high Volley attribute strikes a volley in Fifa 09 is amazing. The gameplay is alot more fluid overall compared to Fifa 08, passing is more accurate, You actually feel like your fully in control when shooting which has been a problem for ages in the Fifa Series, scoring goals is alot better to do but slightly harder to master 30 yard stunners! The same old Big defender catching Shaun Wright-Phillips when sprinting down the wing was there, no matter how first a winger is an average defender will still catch him. Through balls are miles better though, playing through that final ball and finishing with a nice chip over the Keeper(much improved) is very satisfying. The Goalkeepers do react better to shots but they seem dodgy if you shoot straight at them from outside the box, it's like their not sure what to do at times.The Adidas Live season is a great little feature, this is a weekly peformance update that reflects how a player is playing in the real world to ingame gameplay. This is available for 6 Leagues and you do have to pay for this with Microsoft Points.The commentary from Tyler and Gray is really rubbish though, I would of loved to hear more classic banter from them two. "He bought a ticket and nearly won the raffle" great stuff.Overall the Fifa series has took a massive step forward as regards to the gameplay and I mean a MASSIVE step, but there is a few really bad flaws in the game which is why I have gave it 3 stars. If EA had came out saying, we want to spend more time developing the game, so you will have to wait a few more months, it could of been the best Fifa and more importantly best Football game out ever. Unfortunately that wasn't the case and I still feel that EA rushed this years Fifa out in time for Christmas instead of putting maximum effort into it, Still worth the buy though, I still really can enjoy the game at times. EA could benefit by realeasing a patch to sort out the bugs though. Maybe I am just too hard to please?With Regards to Fifa Vs. PES battle I am Looking forward to seeing PES 2009 with their Official Champions League Feature but I don't think it will be as good as Fifa 09.
3 Whats new?hhmmm1 | 22/09/2008 | See all hhmmm1's reviews (3)Downloaded the demo but no striking differences to 08. Graphics certainly look the same and the gameplay seems more or less the same to. These 2 factors should be the stand out differences upon a new release but 09 fails to do so, characters still look like they are made of wax and the ball still floats about rather than actually obeying the rules of gravity. The full game may well, hopefully, offer more extras but what does this count for if the game is just a tarted up version of its predecessor?Lets stop hearing the fan boys saying, "this is great" "can't wait for the release" "so much better than pes", people should encourage EA to redevelop the game and produce a new Fifa that stands out from the previous versions, you can't rate this as a 5 star as it is no different to 07 or 08, look at the new PES, its has a complete new champions league element to it, what is Fifa 09 offering, 10 v 10 online, great, anyone got 20 mates who will all own Fifa and be online at the same time, think not!
5 I hate Football ....AndyStreet | 02/03/2009 | See all AndyStreet's reviews (24)Summary:Gameplay - 8/10 - football, but less tiringStory - 7/10 - be a pro is funGraphics - 9/10 - very goodSoundtrack - 8/10 - they got some good songsMultiplayer - 8/10 - one and one to see who is better!Fifa 09:Before i say anything - i hate football. I never played it as a kid because i was crap at it, and watching it on tv is just boring. My dad bought fifa04 for my ps2 when i was younger and it was an ok game, but not my favourite (at the time i favoured sonic heroes lol). But then i saw two people playing fifa 09 at a party recently and decided, why not? £25, It's not that much really, right? Right! Fifa is amazing! I completely addicted! I really can't tell you how surprisingly good it is, and coming from a footy hater like me, that means a lot! A very good buy at £25!

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- When attacking a base their targeting preference is defensive turrets and bunkers. Most units with a direct targeting preference will go for a preferred target unless one isn't within their standard range, in which case they'll just go after what is close, but Falcons will not start attacking a non-defensive structure until every single defensive structure in the entire base other than walls is destroyed.
- When all Defenses are destroyed, they will start attacking Resources, and when all Resources are destroyed, they will start attacking Military Buildings.
- Great on defence, easily the best unit to load into a bunker alongside the Colossus.
- Falcons in bunkers is in most peoples opinion: the best ways to counter S-Trike attacks.
- They attack using strafing runs on a target, which means they will fly a certain distance past the target while they slow down, turn around and then go for another pass, gradually "overshooting" less and less.
- Falcons use two rapid-fire machine guns to attack. The damage table below shows (number) x 10. What this means is that while the weapon is firing it will put out 10 shots per cycle, each individual shot doing the indicated number of damage. It's lots of small attacks instead of slow, big ones. A 0.66/sec firing cycle equates to them pumping out 6.6 shots per second on an attack run, each shot doing the 100/110/120/130 damage depending on the level of the falcon.
- Even though the Falcon's weapon is a single-target weapon its rapid-fire nature allows groups of them to mow through infantry and other light units very rapidly, since there is no delay between shots to switch targets when they are attacking a group of enemies.
- With massed numbers they'll tear-up even the toughest defenses, when they starts to gather to destroy a turret, the turret will easily turn to ashes.
- They have the longest range of any unit, if it was compared to a turret the sniper tower might just be the turret most like it.
- Like the Wasps, they do not sit still when attacking.
- Falcons can easily trigger bunkers even when attacking buildings on the very outskirts of a base due to their hit-and-run tactics, but given their speed and health a large squad of these can still do serious damage before being destroyed.
- The absolute defense against a large squad of Falcons is a bunker filled a larger number of Falcons or a unit that fires missiles. This could be a collosus, bazoka or even the missile launcher turret.
- The Falcon's weaknesses Bazookas, Missle Launchers and Colossi.
- Your Star Base must be at least 5 to activate Falcons.
- The maneuverability mechanics are a bit similar to the S-Trike's, except Falcons overshoot structures instead of travel to another target.
- Falcon and S-Trike are the fastest unit in the game. Falcons can only can be hit by Sniper Towers, Laser Towers, Missile Launchers.
- After they destroy the first turret, they will attack different turrets randomly until all defences are taken away. They can then and only then, begin destroying the resource or control buildings.
- It is a flying version of S-trike.
- By far one of the most useful units in the game, so many people will use falcons in their bunkers and for attacking, make sure you have units that destroy air units!
- Except Colossus or Zeppelin ,Falcon are one of the best units to destroy S-Trike!
- It will not destroy anything inside the Defense Bunker.
- S-Trike's and Falcons can be a good combination as they both have great speed, while the S-Trike's distract the turrets Falcons can destroy the turrets, but also vice versa.
- Using Falcons and Starlinators is a good tactic before you unlock the Colossus.
To see detailed info of how to unlock each level, visit Troop Level Unlocks
on Laboratory's Page.
- Damage from Falcons doubled!
- One of the most used unit in the game.
- Best used in events such as Halloween event and Doomsday event.
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The serape or sarape is a long blanket-like shawl, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn in Mexico, especially by men. "Serape" also can be used to refer to a very soft rectangular blanket with an opening in the middle for one's head, similar to a poncho called gabán in Mexico. Some serapes are made with matching hoods for head covering. The length varies but front and back normally reach knee height on an average person.
Available in various colors and design patterns, the typical colors of serapes from the highland regions are two-tone combinations of black, grey, brown, or tan depending on the natural color of the sheep flocks grown in the area, with large design patterns utilizing traditional Mayan motifs. On the other hand, the traditional serape as made in the Mexican state of Coahuila in north-eastern Mexico near the city of Saltillo often consists of a dark base color with bands of yellow, orange, red, blue, green, purple or other bright colors. The ends are usually fringed.
The serape is not a typical garment for the Mayan highland people, who wear different clothing in cold regions.[citation needed] The serape is more of an imitation of the Mexican poncho with a Mayan twist, and their production is specifically for sales to foreigners or city dwellers who feel attracted to the garment. The sale of sarapes goes through a broker process, where the Mayan families, who depend mostly upon agricultural work, manufacture small quantities for additional income. The brokers display the sarapes at a higher price on local markets or the sides of highland roads in improvised huts. The brokers are typically Mayan. The appeal of the sarape may consist in the fact that these are woven by Mayan families, normally women, in their traditional house looms, giving the sarape a "handmade" look.


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Val Dillon - 09/04/2001
Just tried this to the newly released Uk version (dance mix) - fits perfectly - love the kicking
Glenda Harney - 29/11/2000
I think Patrick Fleming is one of the most talented dancers and choreographers around. I watched him from the beginning and I am very proud to say I had a little hand in helping him get started on his long journey. He has come a long way and he isn't finished yet. Booty Shakin' is just one of many great dances choreographed by Patrick. All of my dancers, young and old, love the dance and most of all love Patrick. I always have to tell the ladies to watch his feet not his sexy moves. Oh well, what do I know.
Kerry Haig - 26/11/2000
Kicks to the side are a bit different at the start but fits very well to the music. Nice to see there are no tags
Pete Morgan - 09/11/2000
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You know the feeling…. you walk into a gallery and are drawn to a work of art. It's as if a string is attached, pulling you toward the wall in it's direction. You can't help yourself, you are drawn in, compelled to study it.
I love abstract art in all mediums. I connect with it. I appreciate it. But sometimes I really get excited about a piece. I fell in love with Jill Caldwell's work at Art Space gallery, being drawn in as described to one of her abstract landscapes. I immediately went online to view her body of work and contacted her for an interview. When I walked into her home and saw several paintings in their intended environment, that's where the excitement came into play!
It's so amazing how art work comes alive when hung on a wall. The image on a computer never quite makes it, no matter how good the photography is. Jill's home is furnished with both contemporary and traditional elements. A view of the sea is just beyond large picture windows. It demonstrated that one does not need a city loft to display abstract art. It is completely at home among antiques and portraiture.
As we walked down the stairs to her basement studio, I imagined late night painting sessions, paint brushes flinging, music blaring. We stood and talked about her process. I was trying to find words to describe my emotional response. Movement, interactivity, dance, were thoughts that came to mind. I experienced interplay of color and line, a strong feeling of movement through time. But her words describe it much better than I can.
"My paintings are non-representational explosions of color. The challenge is to find the balance between the boldness of colorful shapes and the subtlety of multiple layers. My subject matter springs from the emotional rather than the physical. It's a feeling, a thought, a spark of energy. The world of melancholy: love, loss, desire…..the usual characters in the fabric of life."~Jill Caldwell
We sat and took in a large image on the wall, almost complete. I was intrigued by her use of dark against light, cool against warm and yet each element cooperated. Diversity yet harmony, what a delightful concept!
"The layering of paint and materials is also about the passage of time. The layers of things that build up over time, like life experiences, like relationships built between people. All these moments of time and experience add up to who we are. Generally, every day experiences are ordinary, but still each one adds to the next and together they create a lifetime. Similarly, I capture moments of color to create a painting."~Jill Caldwell
Jill creates small works of art 12″ square to larger more substantial pieces. She works with water based paint; acrylic, interior house paint which is often infused with graphite, cray-pas and ink. For a portfolio of her work see her website here.
Jill Caldwell is one of the featured artists at Art Space Gallery this month. Reception coincides with first Friday Artwalk in Rockland on August 1st, 5-8pm.


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Low carb diets such as the South Beach, Zone, Low GI, and Atkins have become increasingly popular as a method for healthy weight loss. They offer many benefits, including diversified and balanced menu, steady weight loss, and others.
How Does Low Carbing Work
Dieters avoid foods that are high in simple carbohydrates and
consume foods
that contain protein, dietary fiber, and healthy fats, including omega-3 fatty acids. Protein-rich foods include poultry, lean meat, fish, cheese, and dairies. Dieters avoid foods such as dried fruits, white rice and flour, corn, and potatoes. Bad or simple carbohydrates come in the form of sucrose, maltose, lactose, galactose, and fructose. Low carb diet focuses on foods such as nuts and seeds, sprouted grains, dark leafy greens and other vegetables. The goal is to experience metabolic changes, avoid spikes in blood sugar levels, speed up fat burning, and lose weight. Dieters drink plenty of water to stay hydrated and flush ketones from the body. With ketogenic diets, the body burns fat instead of simple carbohydrates and uses it for energy.
Health Benefits
There are many benefits to low carb diet, including lower blood pressure, improved HDL, and improved concentration. Other benefits include lower blood insulin, improved size of the LDL particles, reduced insulin resistance, and others. Ketogenic diets have a good effect on triglycerides, fasting blood sugar levels, and abdominal
Low Carb Foods to Eat and Products to Stay Away From
There are many products to include in your daily menu, and foods that contain protein top the list. These include lean veal and beef, turkey breast, eggs, tofu, soybeans, almonds, peanuts, peanut butter, and other high-protein foods. Dieters are encouraged to consume vegetables such as cabbage, celery, broccoli, asparagus, cucumber, green beans, and others. As a rule, most diets include non-starchy vegetables such as okra, cauliflower, and other salad vegetables. Dieters are free to consume low carb fruits such as blueberry, raspberry, and rhubarb. Seeds such as watermelon, chia, squash, and pumpkin seeds are also on the recommended list. The types of foods to eat depend on the diet, but most diets recommend foods such as fowl and fish, including goose, duck, chicken, cod, salmon, herring, and others. Most diets emphasize the importance of lean
in different forms, for example, lamb, ham, bacon, and others. Dieters can have cheese and eggs as well, including cream, cheddar, feta, and other cheeses. They can use herbs such as cilantro, parsley, and basil. Oils and fats are also an important component in a reduced-carbohydrate diet. Dieters consume nut and sesame oil, sunflower and olive oil, and other foods that are high in healthy fats. The list of high-fat foods includes cream, avocado, peanut butter, and coconut oil. When it comes to substitutes, low carb bread and tortillas are good choices.
Dieters should stay away from certain foods, including deli salads, beets, processed foods, baking supplies, candies, crackers, and pasta.
Types of Low Carb Diets
There are different diets depending on your food preferences, lifestyle, and other factors. They all are low carb plans that emphasize healthy and balanced eating.
- The Low GI
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The Low GI diet
The Low GI diet focuses on foods with a low glycemic index value such as celery, cucumber, green beans, rice noodles, and others. Unlike high GI foods, they cause a steady rise in blood sugar levels. The goal is to maintain balanced blood sugar levels, lose weight, and prevent health problems such as cardiovascular problems and diabetes.
The Atkins Diet
Atkins diet
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The Zone Diet
Zone Diet
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The South Beach Diet
The South Beach Diet is yet another popular plan that was developed by Arthur Agatston and is a healthy alternative to fad diets that drastically cut calories and portion size. This plan recommends eating nutrient-rich and filling foods, including healthy fat and protein and dietary fiber. The diet goes through 3 phases, with many nutritious foods to consume, including tofu and other soy products, beef, poultry, fish, nuts and seeds, and others. During the second phase, dieters can have vegetables and fruits, whole grain pastas and breads, and other foods that are banned during the first phase. There are other popular diets that are suitable for meat eaters, vegetarians, and vegans.
Other diets are Sugar Busters, no-carbohydrate, the Stillman diet, ITG Diet, Dukan, and others. Some diets are known as fad or crush diets because they involve drastic reduction in food portions and calories. Examples are the Sadness dietary pattern and the Subway and Junk Food diets. They are considered unhealthy because such diets involve extreme changes in eating patterns. Stay away from plans such as the Israeli Army, Cabbage Soup, Watermelon, and Beverly Hills Diet. There are very low calorie diets as well, for example, the KE and Breatharian diet. Unlike them, popular low carb plans emphasize the importance of gradual
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Reduced-carbohydrate diets work well in helping dieters to lose and maintain healthy weight. One reason is that dieters can choose from a selection of tasty and healthy foods and thus
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Tony Fernandes - like Force Indias Vijay Mallya - is one of a new breed of multifaceted paddock personalities. Not only is Fernandes CEO of AirAsia, he sits on the board of directors for Malaysia Airlines, is chairman of English Premier League football club Queens Park Rangers, has bought sports car manufacturer Caterham and - last but not least - is the team owner/team principal of Lotus. A busy man indeed, but he has the best solution to his full schedule - delegation, and a bit more delegation. We caught up with the Malaysian entrepreneur to discuss the teams progress, the chances of Indian reserve driver Karun Chandhok racing in Delhi, and why the brand confusion with Renault could soon be at an end
Q: Tony, you are a very shrewd businessman and you know that success never happens overnight. But your second season in Formula One is almost over, did you hope it would be easier?
Tony Fernandes: Its definitely easier for us this year because we have a little more stability, quite a lot more experience, and we are where I thought we would be. Perhaps we are a little bit slower than I would like, but I expected us to be tenth and for us to finish the season solidifying our position is pretty satisfying. So, while this year has been easier, it has still had its challenges, and I expect that to be the case next year - and forever! (laughs)
Q: Where have your expectations collided with reality?
TF: The reality is that there is nothing I would have done differently at this stage of our teams development. Obviously we dont have KERS and that has definitely starved us of up to three-tenths, maybe even more at some tracks, and we have to always be conscious that it takes time to build for real success. Our budget limits us to around 50 percent of the allowable wind tunnel time, but with us now using the Williams wind tunnel, in addition to the one in Italy, we will be up to 100 percent by next year. The truth is it all takes time. Only halfway through this season were we able to finally have our full CFD cluster running at maximum capacity, and we are still hiring people for key positions across design to ensure we can maximize the use of all the technology at our disposal on future cars. We have had a few issues with attracting people to Norfolk, because it is out of the UKs motorsport catchment area, and that was not something we had planned for. But we are making amendments to the strategy to help deal with that, so I am confident we are in a good position to take the next step forward in the future.
Q: Lotus are once again the best of the three 2010 newcomers, but werent hopes a bit higher than that?
TF: Not at all. I have always been realistic about what we can achieve, and over what timescale. So as I said previously, we are where we thought we would be. We obviously had a proper design and build programme for this years car, compared to the six months we had in 2009/2010 to get the car out and put together the whole team. But the 2011 car was still put together by a team working with about half the people we have in place now. To have found the pace they did, moving so far away from the other two new teams, and close to cars with a combined budget and years in the sport far in excess of ours, is nothing short of brilliant. But next year we have to move on again and we have the people in place to do so. There is also a wider answer to that question, and thats about the value of experience. In all the interviews I do I talk about the importance of having the right people in the right places. Its not just about dollars and cents, its about attracting experience, blending it with youth and letting them do what they are good at. We now have that in place, and the value of that will be seen next year, and even more in 2013.
Q: You have stayed on as team principal. But you have so many other interests - AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, Caterham and your latest acquisition Queens Park Rangers (QPR). How do you find the time?
TF: It looks complicated but it actually works very simply. Firstly it helps to own an airline, and now be involved in two. It also helps to have a BlackBerry that takes a huge amount of punishment from me, and a mobile that is never given a day off. But behind that are the people and the key word is delegation. If I was like some leaders, who want to micro-manage everything, then I would be spreading myself too thinly, but my role is to provide the overall strategic view and then let the guys get on with their jobs. If you take F1 as an example, my vision was that it always made sense for us to be not just a race team but a car manufacturer as well. The original idea was to do that with Group Lotus, but that obviously went spectacularly wrong, so we found a very elegant solution in Caterham and now were sorting out the issues with Group Lotus so we can all move on in a positive way. But the overall view was always to use the very obvious synergies between the road car company and the racing division to increase the capabilities of both, provide economies of scale, create opportunities for talent transfer and achieve success for both. Taking the wider view, we now have a range of businesses that create opportunities on a very wide scale. We are having some very interesting discussions with sponsors now about F1 and football. For some brands QPR provides an interesting platform and for others its F1. With our airlines we have AirAsia which is a perfect platform for many partners, who want to talk to billions of Asian people and increasing numbers of Europeans, and now we have Malaysia Airlines, which attracts premium partners who want the prestige of being associated with an airline of that calibre - and then there are the obvious synergies across all those businesses. If you think how we can provide access to people, routes, entertainment, high-tech things and manufacturing, then we are an extremely attractive proposition.
Q: It came as a surprise to many that you decided to stick with the same driver line-up for 2012. Why didnt you plump for some new blood?
TF: New blood is right at the heart of our plans on the driver side. If you look at what we are doing with drivers like Alexander Rossi who we are building a very exciting plan around, and Daim Hishamuddin in Singapore, who has huge potential to be a truly world class Asian superstar, we are investing heavily in youth. We have a driver development programme in a partnership with AirAsia and are supporting a range of talents across all ages, right up to Alexander, and giving them the access to GP2 and F1 that helps them see what they need to achieve to reach the top. But for me stability is the key. In football we have Neil Warnock at QPR and its important to give him the time and space he needs to work, not make snap changes based on day-to-day results. In F1 we need to keep the same stable platform - with the drivers and right across the team - but clearly if we dont take another step forward next year then we all need to ask ourselves some difficult questions. Am I the right team principal, is Mike (Gascoyne) the right chief technical officer? There is nothing to hide there, its just common sense. For now it is working well, but the results will speak for themselves and I am not afraid to make changes where they are needed to make sure we stay on target.
Q: We see at the moment that everyone who can is adding headcounts to their teams - how about at Lotus?
F: As I just said before, we have good people in place now, but there are still gaps that we are working on filling. We dont have an unlimited budget, so its important we prioritise, but there are a few parts of the business where strength in depth will give us a quicker car and thats what we are here to do. So yes, we will be adding people where it counts.
Q: You have an Indian reserve driver, Karun Chandhok, and there are mutterings that he could be in the car at the forthcoming Indian race. How likely is that scenario?
TF: Karun is a hugely talented, passionate guy who has been a shining star for us ever since he joined our team. His enthusiasm for the sport is infectious and his dedication to the cause is second to none. Hes also held in very high regard, not just in India where he is obviously a huge star, but also around the world, where people recognize him as not just another F1 driver, but one who knows how fans feel. He loves it all and hes been a brilliant ambassador for us since day one. With that in mind, emotionally, Id like to see him in the car, but practically theres no point in putting him in just for the sake of it. We have two extremely experienced race drivers and Ive got to do whats right for them and for the team, not for Karun or for the Indian fans. But ultimately its not my decision. Ive told the team its up to them. None of us wants to put him under even more pressure than hes already going to be under at his home race, and the truth is we have to focus on securing tenth place. When we ran him in Germany he did what we asked him to do. He did the best job he could in a car he had hardly run in, and despite what people think, it is impossible to just jump into the cockpit and be as quick as your team mate. You need time to dial the car in as you would like, time to get up to speed and time to have the confidence to attack. He showed in FP1 in Suzuka that when we ask him to do a job on a track he doesnt know he just gets on with it. He does exactly whats required, but thats without the pressure of a full race weekend. So in short, I dont know. My heart would love to see him race there. Emotionally it makes sense, but we have to come tenth and we have the right people to do that for us.
Q: There has been a tussle over who is the real Lotus, which has been settled recently. Will there be a Caterham team on the grid next season?
TF: Unfortunately I cant go into detail on that right now, but I do want to say that I am very proud of what we have achieved with Team Lotus since we brought it back into F1. I have always been very mindful of our role as custodian of the brand, and we always kept the door open to a solution to the issues we have had off track over the past few months and whatever happens we can be very proud that we brought Team Lotus back into the place it belongs. I honestly dont know what happens from here, but I do know that if somebody else owns the name in the future it will be the right people, using it for the right reasons, and if we have played a part in helping it find its natural home then I am happy. We have to be realistic about this situation. Is where we are now tenable? I dont think so. It doesnt help F1 and it doesnt help the fans. When Karuns in Moscow people ask him what its like driving with Vitaly Petrov, and I get congratulated for a GP2 win that unfortunately was not one of ours. Equally I am sure people go into the Lotus Renault GP motorhome looking for me and leave feeling more than a bit confused about what is going on, so that doesnt help anyone. Ultimately at the core of my businesses is a belief in simplifying the difficulties and this is an area that is not simple at the moment. I am proud that we took the risk, spent the money and had the guts to bring Team Lotus back. And I am hugely thankful to the 254 staff for the work they did in bringing the name back from the dead in the right style, but for the fans, the people involved in the teams, the manufacturers and the businesses, if we can find a compromise then we all win. F1 wins, Group Lotus wins, Renault wins, and we win, then why not? This will be decided by the higher authorities, and we put our faith in their decision to do the right thing for Formula One. Now we just want to do the right thing and stop the confusion. I think thats what everyone wants so lets see what happens.
Q: Having spoken about Lotus being the best of the newcomers, with one or two good results, there is still the possibility of beating former champions Williams to ninth place. Would that make your year?
TF: Frank Williams is a legend, and the fact I am even asked that question is hugely flattering as they have been world champions many times and set standards in F1 that teams still struggle to match. But beating Williams is not something I think about. We have not set ourselves a specific target of who we want to beat, or who we want to be better than. We have to be better than everyone one day and if that means beating Frank and Patrick (Head) then so be it. Im not sentimental about that and I know that Frank is the ultimate professional so there would be no hard feelings on that. On the flip side, if one day a Virgin beats us then I know it wont affect my relationship with Richard (Branson), but it will motivate us to do better.
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Patrick-Murray Administration Appoints a Global Warming Solutions Advisory Committee
Information about Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions
BOSTON – Tuesday, July 10, 2012 – Energy and Environment Secretary Rick Sullivan has appointed a Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) Implementation Advisory Committee to ensure Massachusetts meets its goal of attaining the boldest greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets in the nation.
"Massachusetts has the most ambitious greenhouse gas emission limits in the nation. This is a unique, historic opportunity to prevent climate change, save businesses and municipalities money, and create 21st Century clean energy economy jobs," said Governor Deval Patrick.
Energy Undersecretary Barbara Kates-Garnick and Environment undersecretary Phil Griffiths co-chair the GWSA Implementation Advisory Committee (IAC) and the group held its first kickoff meeting in June 2012. The group plans to meet again this fall.
The committee is charged with advising the environmental and energy agencies on plan development and strategy implementation to meet the Commonwealth's targets of 80 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by 2050 and a 2020 reduction target of 25 percent below 1990 levels.
The co-chairs have also convened subcommittees on energy efficiency, energy generation, transportation, adaptation, and non-energy emissions that have been developing a tracking system to monitor and report on progress towards the 2020 target while evaluating and developing new policies. Policy experts from Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (HED) and other state agencies will lead and staff these subcommittees while working closely with stakeholders from the environmental, energy, and business communities.
"We have made great progress the past few years in developing a plan for 2020, and we have since shifted our focus to implementing that plan. I am pleased that such a dynamic, bright, and committed group of leaders will serve on this committee and provide invaluable guidance to the Patrick-Murray Administration," said Secretary Sullivan. "Communicating our progress on a regular basis to the public at large is critical to this implementation process to ensure the public is informed and engaged."
"I look forward to collaborating with the Commonwealth to achieve the goals of the Global Warming Solutions Act. In serving on the IAC, A Better City and its members will continue to advance transportation and environmental policies to increase energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions that will strengthen the economic competitiveness and quality of life of Massachusetts, solidifying our position as the country's greenest state in which to do business." said President and CEO of A Better City Richard Dimino, an IAC member.
"The Commonwealth is to be commended for taking a leadership position in dealing with greenhouse gases emissions, the effects of which are increasingly evident. The Nature Conservancy welcomes this opportunity to assist the Patrick Administration in taking specific action to address both the cause and the effects of this global threat." said The Nature Conservancy Vice President Wayne Klockner, an IAC member.
The members of the IAC are listed below:
Susan K. Avery, PhD., President & Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
George Bachrach, President, Environmental League of Massachusetts
Cynthia Barnhart, Associate Dean, Ford Professor of Engineering, MIT
Nolan Browne, Managing Director of the Fraunhofer CSE
Geoff Chapin, CEO, Next Step Living
Richard A. Dimino, President & CEO, A Better City
Marc Draisen, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Brian Fairbank, President & CEO, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort LLC
Berl Hartman, New England Chapter Director, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
Russell E. Hill, President, R.E. Hill & Company
Jim Hunt, Chief, Environmental & Energy Services, City of Boston
Laura A. Johnson, President, MassAudubon
Wayne A. Klockner, Vice President/State Director, The Nature Conservancy
Penn Loh, Professor of the Practice, Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning, Tufts University
Jeremy C. McDiarmid, Massachusetts Director, Environment Northeast
Marcy Reed, President, National Grid
Sue Reid, Vice President and Director, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) – Massachusetts
Peter Rothstein, President, New England Clean Energy Council
"MassDOT, HED, and EEA have and will continue to work very closely together to implement the GWSA, and usher in a GHG emission free future for the Commonwealth," said MassDOT Secretary and CEO Richard A. Davey. "As part of our GreenDOT initiative, MassDOT encourages smart growth and alternative modes of transportation which will put us at the forefront of reducing the carbon intensity of our transportation system."
Governor Deval Patrick signed the GWSA into law in August of 2008, ensuring that Massachusetts has one of the most ambitious regulatory programs to address climate change in the country (80 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by 2050). It also called upon EEA, in consultation with other state agencies and the public, to set a 2020 target between 10 and 25 percent below 1990 levels and to develop a plan to reach that target. EEA subsequently set the most aggressive GHG target possible for 2020 at 25 percent below 1990 levels, and released The Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020 in December 2010.
The 136-page Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020 contains a "portfolio" of established and new measures that reduce energy waste, save money, and stimulate the adoption of clean energy technologies, thereby creating jobs while simultaneously reducing GHG emissions. It is estimated that 42,000 to 48,000 jobs would result from full implementation of the plan by 2020, from clean energy jobs like installers and scientists to other jobs throughout the economy as lower fossil-fuel energy expenses lead to more spending on in-state goods and services.
Existing policies in the 2020 Plan such as the Green Communities Act, The Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have already reduced GHG emissions while creating economic development. These policies have bolstered the Massachusetts clean energy revolution. An October 2011 Massachusetts Clean Energy Center report identified over 64,000 jobs in the Massachusetts clean energy sector, and over 5,000 companies. The sector also grew by almost 7 percent last year, a faster growth rate than the economy as a whole. Across state government agencies like MassDOT are developing other pioneering strategies like GreenDOT or the Clean Energy Performance Standard. These new, nation-leading policies are born out of the GWSA targets.
The IAC and subcommittees will also begin to investigate policies and measures best suited to reaching the 2050 target.
"With this new, ambitious commitment, Massachusetts establishes itself as a national leader in reducing climate change pollution. That means cleaner air, healthier residents and a boost for the clean energy economy in the state," said Frances Beinecke, President of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
"Any effort that ensures the complete and efficient implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act is a step in the right direction," said Senator Marc Pacheco, Chair of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change. "This act contains a number of provisions and benchmarks that need to be adhered to if our efforts to combat climate change are going to be successful. I applaud the Patrick-Murray Administration and Secretary Sullivan for continuing to make climate change a priority."
"Governor Patrick, his executive branch and legislative leaders continue to strive to reach the targets set by the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Green Communities Act. By working together they have assured Massachusetts residents that their state remains a leader in addressing climate change issues. With more and more storms, extreme temperature changes, and forest fires caused by dryness and heat as well as other unusual weather events around the country we must continue to show that a serious reduction in carbon, methane and other dangerous emissions can be achieved. These actions are necessary to protect the public health, our beaches and coastlines, our farmland and the future of the planet," said Rep. Frank Smizik, Chair of the House Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.
The GWSA also mandates EEA convene a Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Advisory Committee tasked with identifying adaptation solutions for climate change. EEA convened this committee in 2009 and it worked with EEA to develop the Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report .
EEA released the report last year and it is the first broad overview of climate change as it affects Massachusetts, the impacts of this change, vulnerabilities of multiple sectors ranging from natural resources, infrastructure, public health, and the economy. The report also provides an analysis of potential strategies that could better prepare us for this changing world. EEA and the IAC will use this report as a guide in implementing strategies that will assure the Commonwealth is capable of adapting to climate change.


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During the morning of June 10, an area of wind and thunderstorms moved from South Dakota and Nebraska into Minnesota and Iowa. These thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall to portions of the area. In addition, as the rain came to an end, several locations received 30 to 60 minutes of very strong winds. The strongest recorded wind gust was 63 mph in Hendricks, Minnesota at 10:40 am. Both Madison, South Dakota and Brookings, South Dakota had wind gusts up to 58 mph with some tree limbs down in the city of Brookings.
Location Time Peak wind Gust Chamberlain, SD 7:53 am 38 mph Gregory, SD 7:55 am 29 mph Geddes SD 8:00 am 34 mph Wessington, SD 8:00 am 41 mph Huron, SD 8:12 am 40 mph White Lake, SD 8:35 am 45 mph Mitchell, SD 9:10 am 54 mph Parkston, SD 9:35 am 43 mph Menno, SD 10:02 am 36 mph Madison, SD 10:05 am 58 mph Brookings, SD 10:15 am 58 mph Sioux Falls, SD 10:31 am 40 mph Hendricks, MN 10:40 am 63 mph Beresford, SD 10:40 am 43 mph Le Mars, IA 10:55 am 28 mph Luverne, MN 10:58 am 45 mph Pipestone, MN 11:13 am 45 mph Marshall, MN 11:35 am 44 mph Worthington, MN 11:35 am 45 mph Sheldon, IA 11:35 am 44 mph Sioux City, IA 11:47 am 32 mph Tracy, MN 11:54 am 50 mph Spencer, IA 11:54 am 36 mph Slayton, MN 11:58 am 45 mph Jackson, MN 12:12 pm 39 mph Storm Lake, IA 12:15 pm 43 mph
What is a wake low?
A wake low is an area of low pressure that develops behind a line of thunderstorms or squall line. Not all squall lines have a wake low associated with them. In order for a wake low to develop, one typically needs a large area of rain behind the line of thunderstorms. Because this area of rain can take a few hours to develop, wake lows are generally seen with squall lines that last for several hours.
The diagram shows the development of the wake low in the pressure field behind a squall line. The closer the lines of pressure, the stronger the winds will be. This schematic is from Fujita (1963).
As the squall line forms, an area of high pressure, known as a mesohigh (H in the diagram), will form due to the rain-cooled air (W1). To the east of the high pressure, an outflow boundary will form. As the squall line continues to mature, the mesohigh will increase in strength with a tightening gradient just behind the outflow boundary. This will be one area of strong winds (W2). In the mature stage, a large area of rain will form behind the thunderstorms which extend behind the mesohigh. With the right conditions, an area of low pressure will form behind the mesohigh. This is the beginning of the wake low (W3). Note that as the wake low matures, the pressure gradient increases which will result in an increase in the southeast winds between the mesohigh and wake low. As the squall line continues to move east, the wake low can continue to develop which can result in an extremely tight pressure gradient and very strong winds. During the dissipation stage of a squall line, the winds between the wake low and mesohigh may be stronger than that seen with the outflow boundary.
The wake low of June 10, 2010
The squall line that went through the area today was an asymetric squall line. Below is a diagram of a asymetric squall line and a radar image from the NWS Sioux Falls radar at 8:00 am CDT, June 10.
The radar picture (right) does not show the entire squall line which extended farther southwest into Nebraska. However, the similarity to the diagram of an asymmetric squall line (left) can be seen as the large area of stratiform rain across most of southeastern South Dakota, northwestern Iowa, and southwestern Minnesota. To the south of this area of heavy rain, a line of strong thunderstorms can be seen extending from northeast Nebraska toward Interstate 80. With this type of squall line, the wake low is going to be located on the western side of the stratiform area which is located between the James River and Missouri River.
To get a sense of how quickly the pressure changes with a wake low, five minute observations were collected from three locations in South Dakota - Winner, Mitchell, and Sioux Falls. Twenty minute observations were also collected from Madison, South Dakota, Brookings South Dakota and Worthington, Minnesota.
In Winner, the pressure began to slowly fall after 5 am CDT as the thunderstorm complex moved over the area. Winds also gradually increased out of the southeast peaking at around 30 mph between 6 and 7 am CDT. The wake low approached the area after 7:15 am and moved over Winner between 7:30 and 7:50 am CDT. Between 7:15 and 7:30 am CDT, the pressure fell at the rate of 0.03 inches per 5 minutes (~1 mb/5 min) reaching a minimum of 29.56 inches at 7:45 am CDT. The strongest winds occurred with the lowest pressure - reaching 39 mph around 7:40 am. Winds over 30 mph were observed for approximately 40 minutes in Winner.
As the wake low moved east, it continued to strengthen. Similar to Winner, as the thunderstorms and rain moved in after 5 am CDT, the pressure in Mitchell was steady before starting a slow fall after 7 am CDT. The pressure fall accelerated after 8 am CDT at the rate of 0.03 inches (~1 mb) per five minutes from 8:45 am to 9:10 am CDT. Between 8 am and 9:10 am CDT , the pressure fell 0.24 inches (~8 mb). The impact of the wake low was also more dramatic with winds gusting over 35 mph for almost 2 hours and over 45 mph for 45 minutes. As in Winner, the maximum wind speed of 54 mph was seen with the minimum pressure at 9:10 am CDT. However, unlike Winner, the pressure quickly rose behind the wake low which may account for the stronger winds observed in Mitchell.
The pressure trace in Sioux Falls was similar to Winner and Mitchell. The pressure fell rapidly between 10:10 am and 10:45 am CDT. Over that time, the pressure fell 0.15 inches (~ 5 mb) reaching a minimum of 29.67 inches. Over half of this pressure fall occurred between 10:15 am and 10:20 am CDT where the pressure fell 0.08 inches (~2.7 mb). Similar to Winner, the pressure remained low for almost 30 minutes. The observed wind gust was also lower than Mitchell - around 40 mph.
Two of the stronger wind gusts were observed in Madison and Brookings, South Dakota. Although observations were only every 20 minutes, the pressure trace was very similar to Mitchell, South Dakota. In Madision, the pressure 0.27 inches (~9 mb) between 8:45 am and 10:05 am CDT. In one 20 minute period, the pressure fell 0.16 inches (~5.3 mb). During the time of the rapid pressure fall, the winds gusted over 35 mph reaching a peak gust of 58 mph at 10:05 am - when the pressure reached a minimum of 29.59 inches. Also note that wind continued to gust over 35 mph through noon.
In Brookings, the pressure fall was not quite as extreme (0.24 inches or ~8 mb in 1 h and 20 minutes). However, a similar rapid fall of 0.12 inches (~4.0 mb) occurred in 20 minutes. The maximum wind of 58 mph was observed at the same time as the minimum pressure (29.63) at 10:15 am CDT.
Finally, the pressure and wind observations from Worthington, Minnesota show a similar observation to Sioux Falls. The pressure fell rapidly, 0.20 inches (~6.7 mb) in 40 minutes, and then remained at the minimum value for at least 20 minutes. Afterward, the pressure rose rapidly, 0.1 inches (~3.3 mb) in 20 minutes - only Winner had a similar rapid rise in pressure. Winds remained strong for only a short period of time with gusts over 40 mph observed for only 20 to 30 minutes.
To better illustrate the relationship between where the wind gusts were with respect to the area of rain, there are a series radar images taken every 30 minutes below. Each image depicts the maximum wind gust observed with the wake low within 15 minutes of the image. As can be seen, the maximum wind gusts (and minimum pressure) occurred at the western edge of the rain shield.


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Students at Denver's South High School got a living history lesson on Wednesday when three World War II veterans visited and told stories to a Social Studies class.
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Blonde's Eye View: Being Scrooge over the bill
Angela Clarke knows you had the garlic bread - so pay up
I can't bear people who are tight.
Before anyone gets all Karl Marx on me, I'm not talking about those who are genuinely poverty stricken.
I'm talking about those with a reasonable amount of moula who hold onto their pennies so rigidly they make Ebenezer Scrooge look like the definition of generosity.
When I'm out to dinner with friends I tend to favour splitting the bill equally. It's swings and roundabouts. Sometimes you're up a cocktail, sometimes you're down a side salad. Such is life.
I can understand that those who are more financially careful than me (and this is no reflection of my wealth, just my complete inability to grasp the value of money) may wish to split the bill determined by what they had.
Fair enough. Annoying, fiddly, a little bit anal, but fair enough. You work it out and tell me what I owe, and then we can all catch the last Tube home.
What annoys me are the people who lie about their contribution to the bill.
Not those who get mistaken, or miscalculate exactly how many glasses of wine they had. But point-blank deny they touched the garlic bread when we all saw them scoff it.
You end up rounding up your contribution, taking into account a tip, and it still comes up short. Way short. Someone's not paid.
You know when it's deliberate, because it will have happened before. Whenever the same tightwad is around. It's the same people who won't tip because it's not their "responsibility to pay the waitress."
If you can't afford the extra 12.5%, then you can't afford the meal out. It's just mean. Miserly. Stingy. It isn't about the garlic bread, it's about what's in your soul. Being tight with money betrays an ungenerous spirit.
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In 1986 Williams were on top of their game. Over the course of the 16-race season, the Honda-engined FW11 claimed nine victories for the British team and their drivers Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet. At round two, however, it was Lotus - and star driver Ayrton Senna - who won, albeit by one of the closest margins of all time.
It was the first Spanish Grand Prix in five years and the first event to be held at the new, purpose-built Jerez track. Of the 25 competitors, Senna looked the most dominant in practice and on Saturday he comfortably took the second pole position of his career, beating the Williams of Piquet and Mansell and the McLarens of Alain Prost and Keke Rosberg.
At the start of Sundays race, the Brazilian retained the lead with ease from Piquet. Third-placed Mansell got off the line comparatively slowly and quickly fell back to fifth behind Prost and Rosberg. The Williams driver, however, soon knuckled down, gradually moving his superior machine through the field until, on lap 39, he managed to overtake Senna.
From then on, with Piquet already out with engine trouble, Senna and Mansell were pretty much left to fight it out at the front. There was little to choose between them in terms of speed - every time the feisty Briton managed to extend his lead a little, his Brazilian rival would up his pace and haul himself back into contention.
With ten laps to go, Senna was close enough to attempt an albeit daring pass, but Mansell had it covered. A second attempt quickly followed and proved successful. Forced wide, Mansell was powerless to stop Prost sneaking through too and found himself demoted from first to third in the space of one corner.
With the prospect of his first victory of the season fading, Mansell opted to chance an unlikely gamble. Pitting for fresh rubber with just nine laps to go, he emerged over 20 seconds adrift of the still charging Senna. But with new tyres, the irrepressible Mansell was able to charge faster still, steadily making up over four seconds a lap.
Of course, before he could reach Senna, Mansell had another obstacle to deal with - Prost. The Frenchmans McLaren was significantly slower than the Williams but it wasnt until the penultimate lap that Mansell eventually got past. Back up to second, the Williams driver found himself just 1.5s behind Senna but, with one lap to go before the chequered flag, to those watching a win for the British driver still seemed unrealistic.
Mansell, determined as ever, refused to give in. Quickly closing that gap too, he and Senna found themselves racing within inches for much of the lap before Mansell got a far superior exit out of the final corner. He waited until the very last second to duck out from the Lotuss slipstream and to the naked eye the two cars seemed to cross the line simultaneously. It was a photo finish - and to Mansells dismay the photo proved Senna had actually got there first - the Brazilian took victory by the slimmest of margins - just 0.014 seconds.
In retrospect, you could say that that hundredth of a second cost Mansell the 86 title - he eventually lost to Prost by two points. Had he clinched nine points at Jerez, instead of six, he would have held a one-point advantage over the Frenchman and won the crown. Instead, he had to wait until 1992 for that honour.