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August 2015
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New on FRAMESS495: Geospatial Fire Analysis, Interpretation & Application Self Study online course
FRAMES strives to provide a convenient, systematic exchange of information and technology within the wildland fire research and management community.
FRAMES is located in the Department of Forest Rangeland, and Fire Sciences in the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources in Moscow, Idaho.
The FRAMES Program is funded by the Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program at the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station.
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Nominations are now open for new members of the International Association of Wildland Fires' (IAWF) Board of Directors. Nominations will be accepted through September 30, 2015 and successful candidates will begin their 3-year term on January 1, 2016. Individuals meeting the requirements listed below may self-nominate.
The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) mission is to facilitate communication and provide leadership for the wildland fire community. The IAWF was formed to promote a better understanding of wildland fire, and built on the belief that an understanding of this dynamic natural force is vital for natural resource management, for firefighter safety, and for harmonious interaction between people and their environment. The Association is dedicated to communicating with the entire wildland fire community and providing global linkage for people with shared interest in wildland fire and comprehensive fire management.
Click here for application/nomination instructions.
The Nature Conservancy's Colorado Chapter seeks an accomplished conservation leader and proven manager to serve as our Deputy State Director/ Director of Conservation to help us achieve our goals of conserving threatened landscapes, preserving forests and freshwater resources and other critical conservation priorities, including sustainable grazing, energy, climate change initiatives and other emerging conservation strategies. The Deputy State Director/ Director of Conservation serves as the chapter's chief conservation officer and is responsible for leading, directing, coordinating and overseeing all conservation programs for the chapter. S/he provides the strategic leadership, evaluates program effectiveness and establishes overall conservation priorities to ensure successful and meaningful results are achieved.
The Deputy State Director/ Director of Conservation is focused on the chapter's conservation programs, but has additional responsibility and authority to ensure the overall success and effective management of the chapter. As a result, the position works closely with the State Director to provide broader leadership and management on chapter affairs. A broad summary includes:
Staff Management – Manages and coordinates cross-cutting work priorities between the chapter's employees and across multiple functions. Directly supervises the Chapter's Conservation Management Team, conservation staff and work teams, including programs associated with forest, fire, water, lands, grazing, climate, energy, and asset management (i.e., preserve/easement management). Helps build a positive, collaborative and results-driven culture.
Setting Goals and Ensuring Results -In conjunction with the State Director and Leadership Team, develops, implements, prioritizes and evaluates annual and multi-year conservation strategies.
Deputy State Director role: - Ensures coordination and alignment of resources and priorities among all work teams and functions in the chapter beyond conservation. Manages and directs the Conservation Management Team to resolve all conservation-related matters.
Support State Director –Provides close support to and maintains excellent communication to the State Director and other Leadership Team members on a wide variety operational and strategic issues, opportunities and challenges.
The Deputy State Director/ Director of Conservation is a member of the Colorado Chapter Leadership Team. S/he has primary responsibility for establishing the overall conservation priorities of the Chapter and will oversee the development and implementation of specific strategies and initiatives designed to achieve those priorities. More specifically, s/he will have overall responsibility for developing strategy, implementing work plans, evaluating outcomes and adjusting priorities to ensure successful short-range, intermediate and long-lasting results. Directly supervises conservation staff and work teams, including programs associated with forest, fire, water, lands, grazing, climate, energy, and asset management teams. A key role will be the evaluation and development of innovative strategies, often in cooperation with multiple partners, to address conservation threats at multiple scales ranging from demonstration sites to large landscapes. Works with the Leadership Team to coordinate on cross-cutting work priorities between the chapter's employees and across multiple functions.
S/he will establish partnerships and cooperative working relationships with a wide range of entities and partners to accomplish the Chapter's conservation priorities. S/he must cultivate cooperative working partnerships with staff, chapter Board of Trustees, volunteers, citizens, corporations, educational institutions, government and private agencies and other conservation partners. S/he will be responsible for leading the Chapter's Conservation Management Team, including setting work priorities, resolving issues and concerns, ensuring alignment of staff resources across conservation strategies, identifying new and/or revising conservation strategies and coordinating with the Chapter's Leadership Team.
S/he is focused on the chapter's conservation programs but has additional responsibility and authority to ensure the overall success of the chapter. As a result, the position works closely with the State Director to provide broader leadership and management on chapter affairs and respond to opportunities and challenges.
For additional information about and to apply to this position, click HERE. All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 20, 2015.
The Burn Crew Member participates in wildland fire operations on Nature Conservancy or partner managed lands including ignition, control, mop-up, suppression, monitoring, and other tasks as assigned in the Southern Blue Ridge.
The As-Needed Burn Crew Member will participate on prescribed burns throughout western North Carolina on a strictly As Needed basis from October 16, 2015 through April 15, 2016.
The Conservancy supports partner efforts on multiple controlled burns each year in which additional staff is requested. This position is meant to help fill the gap of personnel for single or multi-day prescribed fire operations. Staffing needs for this position are currently projected to average 1-2 operational periods bi-weekly. Opportunities for operational periods are at the discretion of the Southern Blue Ridge Stewardship Manager or NC Fire Manager. Operational periods will likely be sporadic and clustered by opportune weather conditions, and no guarantee of a minimum number of opportunities is given or implied. As-Needed Burn Crew members will participate on opportunities only as their own schedules will allow, and thus participation on any given opportunity is not required.
The primary responsibility of the As-Needed Burn Crew Member will be to assist in conducting prescribed burns with TNC partners such as state and federal agencies or on TNC preserves. S/he will participate in wildland fire operations which may include fireline construction, suppression, ignition, patrol, mop-up, and monitoring, etc. All TNC staff actively participating on a prescribed burn must have a minimum qualification as a FFT2. Individuals will be representing the Conservancy on partner burns, and must act accordingly.
Individual is expected to provide their own personal protective equipment (nomex pants, nomex shirt, boots, gloves, and hard hat) as outlined by the TNC fire management manual http://www.tncfiremanual.org/require.htm and provide their own transportation to the meet up location near Asheville. TNC will provide fire line pack, fire shelter, radio and harness and will provide transportation to and from the burn unit from the meet up location.
For additional information about, and to apply to this position, click HERE. All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 7, 2015.
The Land Management Tech (Technican) will work in the Agassiz Beach Ridges Landscape in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion (western Minnesota) as part of a crew managing prairie tracts and restorations as well as being responsible for preparation and implementation of prescribed fire at various nature preserves in this landscape . The Technician must use safety equipment and must maintain a safety-conscious attitude at all times. Technician duties will include vegetation management (herbicide applications, brush removal, tree removal, mowing, biological control, etc.), equipment maintenance and organization, hand collecting native prairie seed, firebreak installation, boundary posting, fencing and assist with controlled burns. This position requires irregular hours and long days. Transportation from The Nature Conservancy office to the various sites will be provided by The Nature Conservancy. This is a seasonal position September 8, 2015 through November 1, 2015 ).
For additional information about, and to apply to this position, click HERE. All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 13, 2015.
The Seasonal Preserve Assistant will conduct various stewardship and ecological monitoring activities on the Brown Ranch and Pigeon Point Preserves in North Dakota. She/he will live at the Brown Ranch but may travel to other North Dakota preserves. The Preserve Assistant's primary responsibilities will include but may not be limited to: prescribed burning, fence construction, noxious weed control and monitoring control efforts, assisting with the collection of ecological monitoring data, assisting with firebreak preparation, and maintenance of preserve facilities and equipment. The Seasonal Preserve Assistants supervise no staff and are supervised by the Sheyenne Delta Land Steward.
For additional information about and to apply to this position, click HERE. All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 5, 2015.
USDA Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station
Resource Monitoring & Assessment Program - Portland, Oregon
The Inventory Reporting and Mapping Team of the Resource Monitoring and Assessment Program anticipates advertising a Forester position, GS-0460-09/11. This is a full-time permanent position with the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Work Unit, one of four FIA Units across the country that comprises the national Forest Inventory and Analysis program. The FIA program is charged with conducting a nationally-consistent strategic annual forest inventory of the United States and its territories. Annual inventory results are widely used by public agencies, private companies and organizations to make informed natural resource decisions and policies.
The incumbent:
The purpose of this Outreach Notice is to determine the potential applicant pool for this position and to establish the appropriate recruitment method and area of consideration for the advertisement (e.g. Region-wide, Service-wide, DEMO). Responses received from this outreach notice will be relied upon to make this determination.
Interested applicants must complete the Outreach Interest Response Form and return to Sharon M. Stanton at firstname.lastname@example.com by Aug 15, 2015. Those desiring further information about the position may inquire via the email listed above.
The Department of Forestry at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station (NRS), is seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral researcher for a project investigating soil heating processes and the effects of soil heating on soil carbon, nutrients, seedbanks and hardwood regeneration. The researcher will be co-advised by Dr. Jessica Miesel (MSU) and Dr. Randy Kolka (USDA FS NRS) and will be responsible for coordinating, planning and conducting the field and laboratory components of the project, with assistance from field and laboratory technicians. Primary responsibilities will be focused on soil carbon and nutrient response to heating, however, opportunity will exist to participate in seedbank response, vegetation response, and/or soil heat flux modeling depending on interest. The post-doctoral researcher will be an integral member of an active research team and will be expected to develop independent research related to the overall goals of the project, to actively participate in publishing and proposal writing, and to contribute to mentoring student researchers involved in the project. The position will begin as a one-year appointment, with extension available to 2.5 years depending on satisfactory performance.
SUPERVISOR: Dr. G. Matt Davies
LOCATION: The Ohio State University, Columbus
DURATION: Negotiable; beginning as early as September 1, 2015, and extending as late as September 30, 2018.
Summary of Position:
Dr. Davis is accepting applications for a Master's student to participate in a project evaluating vegetation dynamics within the sagebrush steppe in eastern Washington. The position is fully funded for two years, includes an annual stipend plus tuition and fees and involves collaboration with researchers at the University of Washington. The successful student will also work with managers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management. The research aims to synthesize new and historical data to increase our understanding of how these communities respond to repeated wildfires and post-fire rehabilitation actions. The position will involve several months fieldwork in eastern Washington as well as the opportunity to develop analytical skills relevant to urgent conservation problems. The student will be expected to work closely with research collaborators to produce solid analyses and clear reports with succinct recommendations for land managers. In addition, they will produce compelling scientific articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals. Whilst contributing to the overall success of our Joint Fire Science Program funded study, the student will have freedom to develop their own, relevant research questions.
For a complete description of the opening and information on applying, click HERE.
The 2016 SERNW Regional Conference on ecological restoration will bring together scientists, restoration professionals, and government agencies involved in the practice and science of ecological restoration and management in the Cascadia Bioregion.
For a full listing of application information and requirements visit the conference webpage here.
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
400 North 34th Street, Suite 201; Seattle, WA 98103
Supervisory Forester
Salary Range: $62,486 to $97,370 depending on qualifications
Please respond by August 17, 2015
The Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station is seeking an exceptional employee for a permanent seasonal (18/8) Supervisory Forester position, GS-0460-11/12. The incumbent will manage field and laboratory research operations for the Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA) team. FERA is an inter-disciplinary team of scientists and professionals with expertise in forestry, combustion physics, and ecology devoted to improved understanding of the effects of fire and associated biophysical phenomenon. This position supports the research programs of six scientists and reports directly to the team leader. The position is located at the Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory (PWFSL) in Seattle, Washington.
We are looking for an individual who:
• Has experience managing crews to collect fuels, forestry, and fire measurements
• Has worked on or around prescribed or wildland fires
• Has strong project management, communication, and organizational skills
• Is a team player with a strong work ethic who enjoys working with diverse groups of people
• Is a self-starter, enjoys a challenge, and is excellent at problem-solving and strategic planning
• Copes well with changing direction, multiple priorities, and a fast-paced work environment
Specifically, the incumbent:
• Manages FERA's field and laboratory experiment and data collection operations; includes personnel, administrative, and budget management responsibilities
• Helps FERA scientists plan and execute field and laboratory experiments
• Coordinates with partners and collaborators to implement a diverse array of field and laboratory experiments throughout the United States
• Supervises data collection and reduction and insures proper quality assurance and quality control procedures are followed; insures data integrity and archiving
• Assists with FERA science delivery and technology transfer activities
• Participates in FERA team management and strategic planning
• Manages PWFSL fleet resources
Interested applicants should complete the attached form (found HERE) and return it, along with a copy of your resume, to Clint Wright (firstname.lastname@example.com) by August 17, 2015. Those desiring further information about the position may inquire via the email address listed above.
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory Seattle, WA
Research Biological Scientist
Salary Range: $89,061 to $136,816 depending on qualifications
Please respond by August 17, 2015
The Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station is seeking an exceptional employee for a permanent Research Biological Scientist position, GS-0401 grade 13/14, to lead the Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA) team. FERA is an interdisciplinary team of scientists and professionals with expertise in forestry, combustion physics, and ecology devoted to improved understanding of the effects of fire and associated biophysical phenomenon. The incumbent directs the FERA research program in fire science, and also conducts original research, integrated assessments, and model development to address science and management questions and issues for regional and national stakeholders within the scope of the FERA mission. The major objectives of the scientist's research involve measuring and modeling fuels, and measuring, modeling, and interpreting the effects of wildland fire on a wide range of processes and functions in ecosystems across the United States. In addition, the scientist leads or collaborates on issues related to wildfire, fire effects, and fuels management, thereby developing a foundation for science-based fire management and policy throughout the United States. The position is located at the Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory in Seattle, Washington.
We are looking for an individual who:
• Is familiar with the issues and challenges associated with conducting fire-related research
• Has experience managing a large, diverse research program
• Has strong strategic planning, project management, communication, and organizational skills
• Is a team player who works well with diverse groups of people to accomplish common goals
Specifically, the incumbent:
• Proposes and conducts original research and analysis in fuels, fire, climate change and/or ecological science individually and in collaboration with FERA scientists and other colleagues
• Develops models, tools, and other science products to support effective fire and fuel management
• Provides science leadership for national, station, and team fire research priorities on an annual and multi-year basis
• Directs projects funded by the National Fire Plan, Joint Fire Science Program, and others
• Plans, prioritizes and leads FERA's efforts to conduct high-quality research on a range of topics in fire, fuel, ecological, and climate change science
• Manages FERA personnel, administrative, and budget functions, including grants and agreements
Interested applicants should complete the attached form (found HERE) and return it, along with a copy of their resume, to Maureen Hyzer (email@example.com) by August 17, 2015. Those desiring further information about the position may inquire via the email address listed above.
The interagency Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) intends to request proposals through one or more formal Funding Opportunity Notice (FON) announcements beginning approximately September 15, 2014 and remaining open through November 13, 2015. The intent of this notice is to provide an early alert to investigators interested in the topics listed below so that investigators can begin considering responsive ideas with potential partners and collaborators.
Investigators should recognize that final decisions regarding topic selection will not be made until September, 2015, and that final topic selection is likely to differ from that posted here. One or more topics could be dropped or added, and the specific focus of individual topics may be altered. Investigators should recognize this uncertainty and not invest substantial time or resources working on proposals until the FONs are formally posted.
Investigators should not contact the JFSP Program Office or Governing Board seeking further information on these topics. No further information will be released until the FONs are formally posted.
Note that there will likely be at least four separate FONs. Potential topics directly and indirectly support the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy ('Cohesive Strategy'):
FON 1 - Primary
A. Implications of changing ecosystems – selected regions
Evidence is abundant that ecosystems are shifting due to climate change, invasive species, and changing disturbance regimes and land use. The JFSP Governing Board is interested in proposals that broadly describe potential future fire regimes and their implications for fire and fuels management. This task will focus on interdisciplinary proposals that evaluate alternative future scenarios of ecosystem change and estimate indicators of fuel, fire regime, and fire effects on a regional basis.
This task will consist of two related components. The first component is a science assessment, which could include either research aimed at producing new knowledge, or a synthesis of existing knowledge. The second component is an integration and interpretation of this information in some form of operational scenario analysis depicting possible management options and their implications. Proposals must include both components. Investigators are highly encouraged to include fire, fuels, land, or resource managers on their team.
Note: the regions tentatively identified for proposals are the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Northern Rockies, and Southeast US. There has not yet been a final determination, however.
B. Social, organizational and institutional barriers to implementing prescribed fire
It is widely recognized that the number of acres subject to prescribed fire has not kept pace with the demand of burning needed to meet resource management objectives. JFSP is interested in research that identifies the significant barriers (e.g. social, organizational, and regulatory) that limit successful implementation of planned prescribed fire treatments;, how barriers vary by factors such as region and agency; and successful strategies for overcoming identified barriers.
C. Restoration of sagebrush habitat in the Great Basin - operational applications
JFSP is interested in research about the effectiveness of vegetation treatments intended to protect or restore the diversity and productivity of sagebrush ecosystems in the Great Basin. This work will be in direct support to Department of Interior Secretarial Order # 3336.
Research questions will likely focus on two topics:
D. Fire effects on tree mortality
Empirical models that predict mortality of trees from prescribed fire and wildfire are widely used for many purposes, but existing models were developed using data from a small number of tree species and a narrow range of conditions. JFSP intends to seek research on fire-induced tree mortality that will lead to predictive models that apply to a wider range of tree species, sizes, and fire conditions common in the United States.
E. Implications of managed-perimeter and burn-out wildfire response strategies
Anecdotally, it appears that wildfire response strategies employing some form of managed perimeters with interior burn-outs ("box and burn") are being used with increasing frequency. Multiple contributing factors may be at play, including actions taken to implement the 2009 wildfire policy guidance, air quality concerns over long-duration events, and firefighter safety. JFSP is interested in research investigating the effectiveness and effects of wildfire response strategies using managed perimeters with interior burn-outs. Research of interest includes a better understanding of the conditions favoring or dis-favoring the use of these strategies; the effects of these strategies on fire extent and severity; the effects on smoke concentration and duration; and the factors influencing the success of these strategies.
F. Post-fire landscape management
Observations suggest that some re-burns in recent (G. Regional needs
JFSP intends to solicit proposals to address regional management needs identified by three members of the Fire Science Exchange Network. Studies must be conducted within the defined boundaries of each participating Fire Science Exchange (see http://www.firescience.gov/JFSP_exchanges.cfm). Investigators will be expected to work with the participating Fire Science Exchange to assure research meets manager needs and has robust science exchange activities.
Proposals will be limited to a maximum of $200,000. JFSP expects to fund no more than two proposals per region.
Regional needs – Oak Woodlands & Forest Fire Consortium
Forest management practices that include prescribed burning have been increasingly used in recent decades throughout the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium region to accomplish multiple objectives. Yet, little research has been conducted on the effects of prescribed fire on timber products (e.g., lumber grades, volumes) and subsequent economic value of forest stands. The Joint Fire Science Program intends to solicit proposals for field-based studies on the effects of prescribed fire on timber products in the region of the Oak Woodlands and Forest Fire Consortium.
Regional needs – Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists
Research over the past 15 years has revealed the critical role of fire in most Appalachian ecosystems, yet many challenges remain in implementing prescribed fire. Most fires are conducted in mid- to late winter, yet research has shown that few objectives can be met with a single winter fire. The Joint Fire Science Program intends to solicit proposals for field-based studies that examine the effects of prescribed fires in different seasons on short-term management objectives related to fuels and vegetation in the region of the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists.
Regional needs – Southern Fire Exchange
Despite an extensive research and modeling base for understanding and predicting air quality impacts of prescribed burning in the South, many questions still surround the actual contributions of prescribed fire to smoke emissions. The Joint Fire Science Program intends to solicit proposals to use existing data from a network of air quality monitors throughout the South to determine the effects of prescribed fire and wildfire on particulate matter and ozone levels and how this compares to modeled smoke emissions.
FON 2 - Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE)
The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP), in partnership with the DOD Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), has initiated planning for the Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE). This experiment is being designed as a large-scale field campaign to develop novel measurement techniques and provide critical observational data necessary to evaluate and advance operationally used fire and smoke modelling systems and their underlying scientific models.
Because the intended scope and scale of this effort is beyond the capability of JFSP to effectively implement independently, a collaborative multi-agency approach is planned. Additional partnerships are being formed with NOAA, NASA, Forest Service, and EPA, including formation of an inter-agency FASMEE Coordination Committee
The JFSP fall 2015 FON will include an open solicitation for proposals to participate in FASMEE. The FON will have multiple task statements organized by research disciplines (e.g. meteorology, fuel, fire dynamics, emissions, plume dynamics, transport, and photochemistry). Final determination of these tasks will not occur until the FON are posted.
The proposals will contain two major components:
Requirements for both components will be detailed in a draft measurement and analysis specifications document currently in preparation.
Review, selection, and funding of selected proposals will be on an expedited schedule to ensure the necessary model sensitivity analyses can occur in 2016.
Investigators included in selected pre-proposals will be invited to work with the FASMEE leadership team to develop a detailed study plan to be completed by March 31, 2017. Final funding decisions for implementation of FASMEE will be made based on the final study plan.
The FASMEE field campaign will likely be conducted on four to eight large operational prescribed fires targeting heavier fuel loads and high intensity fire in forested sites in the western United States and lesser fuel loads and lower intensity fires in the southeastern United States. Agencies to host the project and candidate sites in the United States and Canada are currently under review. Treatments are planned for ignition in 2018-2020.
Individuals potentially interested in being investigators are invited to submit their name, research interests, and contact information via a template available at the FASMEE website (http://FASMEE.net). This information will be used by the FASMEE Leadership Team to gauge the scientific community's interest in participation in the FASMEE project, guide the scientific goals of the project, and determine areas of potential collaboration. Completed templates should be sent to email@example.com. Completed templates received prior to August 15, 2015 may help inform the final task statements to be posted in September.
Descriptive materials will be placed on the FASMEE website as they are completed.
FON 3 - New Science Initiative – Ecological and social dimensions of resilient landscapes
The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) is interested in sponsoring projects that explore and better define the concept of resilient landscapes. Proposals can include a wide variety of approaches to stimulate new and creative thinking regarding the concept, definition, management, and measurement of resilient landscapes. Investigators are encouraged to work in collaborative cross-disciplinary teams, including both ecological and social scientists. Proposals should directly involve fire and fuels managers in the proposed research, and demonstrate how the proposed activities will advance innovative thinking that enhances fire, fuels and resource managers' abilities to achieve more resilient landscapes.
FON 4 - Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) award
In partnership with the Association for Fire Ecology, the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) will likely continue the Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) program for current MS and PhD. students in the fields of wildland fire and related disciplines. JFSP recognizes that graduate students of today are the managers, scientists, and leaders of tomorrow. These awards allow graduate students to conduct research that will supplement and enhance the quality, scope, or applicability of their thesis or dissertation, and to build skills needed for independent inquiry.
Proposals must describe new, unfunded work that extends ongoing or planned research that is the subject of a thesis or dissertation that has been approved by the graduate student's advisory committee. Proposals must be directly related to the mission and goals of JFSP to be considered, and must address management questions related to climate change, fire behavior, fire effects, fuel treatments, smoke or emissions, fire weather, or social issues and fire.
Note: the specific topics eligible for GRIN proposals may change.
On June 29, 2015, the Department of Natural Resources announced the availability of another $1 million for wildfire risk reduction projects, through the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program.
The Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program (WRRG), created under Senate Bill 269 and passed in 2013 by the Colorado General Assembly, focuses on projects that reduce the risk for damage to property, infrastructure and water supplies, and those that limit the likelihood of wildfires spreading into populated areas. Funds are directed to non-federal lands within Colorado. The fourth round of competitive grants was just opened, with an application deadline of August 28, 2015.
Two types of projects will be considered through this grant program:
The timeline for this grant cycle is as follows:
For more information and to apply visit the website here.
You are invited to participate in a survey being conducted as part of a proactive effort to identify and solve issues of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the wildland fire community.
The survey results will become part of a position paper that AFE is developing to assess the occurrence of gender discrimination and sexual harassment throughout the field of wildland fire management, education, and research at the global scale. Both women and men are strongly encouraged to complete the survey in order to obtain a balanced gender view. The results will also help shape the conference's opening plenary discussion, which will include invited speakers who will discuss this topic in detail. View the AFE Gender Survey Here.
Clarksville, AR
Hot Springs, AR
Mount Ida, AR
Russellville, AR
Flagstaff, AZ
Provides professional expertise in the development and implementation of multiple resource objectives. Develops fuels treatment alternatives adhering to applicable laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines. Evaluates individual fuels treatments, effectiveness of the overall program and makes recommendations for improvement. Responsible for the smoke management program to ensure compliance; coordinates with air quality officials in the development of operational procedures and reporting requirements.
Coordinates and develops interagency fuels strategies. Maintains awareness of technological developments in wildland fire science, collects information through a variety of methods, including field surveys, remains informed of state of the art computer modeling software and scientific methods that support fuels treatment planning. Participates in the development, review and modification of fire management plans. Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary team planning, developing, and implementing land management plans, compliance documents, and agreements.
Provides information to enhance, restore and protects ecosystem; and integrates vegetation management project designs. Reviews interagency environmental documents, prescribed fire plans and wildland fire use plans to ensure all interface areas are covered. Implements and administers prescribed fire activities, wildland fire use, and fuels management activities. Monitors fire behavior, evaluates fire effects; and identifies potential problems. Designs and implements fuels management surveys to document types of hazardous fuels; and prioritize prescribed fire and fuels management projects. Ensures welfare and safety in all aspects of project implementation and identifies training needs in fire and fuels management.
Performs fiscal analysis, formulates the annual fuels management budget, and tracks program expenditures.
Performs wildfire suppression support as directed within training and physical capabilities and other duties as assigned.
TO APPLY: Visit the USA jobs announcement.
Performing state of the art analyses on the spatial and temporal dynamics of disturbance and effects ecological systems. A major focus of the expected research program will be aimed at understanding the spatial dynamics of fire, fuels and fire effects on ecological processes. The candidate will be expected to develop a research program that exploits spatially explicit models such as cellular automata and other approaches, as well as expanding/improving existing models, such as LANDIS-II (Landscape Disturbance and Succession), in order to study ecological dynamics at multiple scales. The scientist must have a deep knowledge of the ecology of fire in fire dependent ecosystems such as longleaf pine and other coniferous forests. The candidate will be expected to develop, manage and analyze spatial data, especially those derived from thermal imagery, LiDAR and photogrammetry as well as creating and utilizing models in a computer programming environment, e.g., using Python, R, or MATLAB. The scientist will also develop a program that focuses on understanding disturbance mechanisms/processes and their effects on forest ecosystems, the impacts of multiple disturbances and feedback mechanisms, and develop strategies for reducing vulnerability of forests to severe disturbance events and climate change/variability. The scientist will be expected to develop her/his own research topics within the charter of the Center, pursue extramural funding and develop national/international collaborations to support these efforts. The scientist exercises the full range of supervisory responsibilities for permanent, term, and/or temporary employees, including student workers.
For more information and to apply visit the USA jobs posting.
This position is with the Nebraska Forest Service. Application reviews will begin August 3, 2015. For a full position announcement and instructions on how to apply visit this website.
Description of Work
General: Administer and lead the Wildland Fire Protection Program in Nebraska.
Specific Duties:
SALARY RANGE: $25,434.00 to $37,121.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 to Monday, June 1, 2015
LOCATION: 1 vacancy in Alamo, TX
For more information and to apply please visit the usajobs announcement.
Closing Date: April 24, 2015
Location: Bell City, LA
Visit the USAjobs announcement for more information and to apply
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Love and moneyWritten by Heather Miller | | email@example.com
This one is for all of you who whine about Valentine's Day. You know who you are. You claim it is a 'made up' holiday invented to sell cards. However, you are secretly jealous of the chick in the next cubicle who just received a pajama-gram and a dozen roses. There is apparently more to cupid than flowers and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates.
It is a sign of the times. You know you are in a recession when McDonald's is offering a romantic candlelight dinner for Valentine's Day. No, this is not an attempt at some kind of joke. There is no way I could make something like this up. You can stuff your face, and maybe each others.
The marquee under the golden arches of my neighborhood fast food joint is currently advertising a special candlelight dinner from 5:00pm to 9:00pm on February 14. And, as you pull through the drive through there are more signs posted with further details of the evening. One lets you know there will be a special choir performing. Another sign reads there will be "buy on get one free sandwiches – except for the value menu." But, it doesn't end there. Apparently they will even have a maitre d' who will be serving cherry pie a la mode.
I stifled a laugh as I sat in the drive thru waiting for my order. Apparently nothing says love like beef patties and special sauce on a sesame seed bun. Then I began thinking about my own Valentine's Day plans. My husband and I decided a month ago not to do anything. We would not go to dinner; there would be no roses, and certainly no gifts. Instead we opted to use the money for a vacation. I really hadn't thought of going out Saturday, February 14th. I was just trying to get through the week. Suddenly, my urge to harass anyone who would consider spending an evening cuddled up with someone special at Mickey D's vanished. A Valentine's Day Dinner under the arches sounded great, a little kitschy, but great. Plus, it would give you something fun to talk about on February 15.
Who needs reservations for lobster and prime rib when you can have nuggets and fries? The thought gives a whole new meaning to the term 'cheap date.' You could probably even super size your order and make it through the holiday of love for under $10.
So, this Valentine's Day create your own economic stimulus and pad the pockets of the teenagers working at a fast food joint on a Saturday night. Don't break the bank for an expensive dinner for the one you love. Instead cuddle up in the hard plastic booth of your favorite burger joint and feed each other fries.
Money may not be able to buy love, but it can buy a Big Mac.
Heather Miller is a reporter for FOX Toledo.

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The Baltimore JCC's department for people with Special Needs provides appropriate social and recreational programs for children, teens and adults with disabilities. Our programs give participants the opportunity to interact with their peers, enhance self-esteem and improve social skills. Whenever possible, we encourage the integration of participants into JCC classes, camps, after-school programs, groups and events. Inclusion in these programs helps these very special members develop a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish community.
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Ages 18-35. Young adults with developmental disabilities participate in a social skills curriculum facilitated by a social worker. This program is sponsored by Yachad, an organization that serves people with disabilities.
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ONA -- Cabell Midland running back David Gaydosz generated more additions to an ever-expanding 2012 highlight reel. Teammate Lowell Farley produced similar highlights, but in a more conventional fashion.
Spring Valley's one-two tandem of Elijah Wellman and Ryan George barrelled their way to 100-yard plus games as well, a far cry better than what they produced back on Aug. 24 against these same Knights in a loss.
In the end, though, it would be Cabell Midland's defense making the stop when needed most to preserve a 28-26 victory in the quarterfinal round of the West Virginia Class AAA playoffs Friday night at Cabell Midland.
Wellman scored from 17 yards out with 6:48 left to cut the deficit to 28-26. On the try for two, Tyler Hayes for the Knights stopped Wellman in his tracks short of the goal line.
Spring Valley allowed a first down on the first snap on the next possession, but then forced the Knights to punt. The Timberwolves took over at their 32 with just over four minutes left and with momentum.
Defensive lineman Gage Gould then asserted himself, dropping George for a 3-yard loss on first down and held Tyler Brown to no gain on third down. On second down, Wellman got nothing up the middle to force a 4th-and-13 at the 29. After a timeout and motion penalty, Brown tried to hit Cory Hughart deep down the left sideline, but the pass fell incomplete and the Knights (12-0), top-ranked much of the season and No .1 seed for the playoffs, had a semifinal date next weekend against Morgantown at home.
"We were going 100 percent the whole game," Gould said. "It's exciting. I carried out my assignment. When that ball (last pass) was in the air, it seemed like it was up there for two days. When it fell incomplete, we all had a sense of relief."
"Gage is an absolute stud," said Knights senior linebacker Nick Boone, who came up with a big block on a point-after after Spring Valley's third touchdown. "He went out and played his finest. We performed when it mattered most."
Gaydosz piled up 167 yards on 18 carries including a 48-yard TD run in the third period when he darted right after taking a pitch from Coy Pettit, zagged left down the the field to avoid Spring Valley defenders and then stretched the ball over the goal line for the score for a 21-20 lead with 5:05 left. Gaydosz had no yards rushing in the first period after having a 59-yard TD run negated by a penalty.
"I was frustrated especially after I had the first carry to the house," Gaydosz said. "I told the offensive line keep going, I'll break one again. It was nerve wracking at the end, but I've got faith in my teammates. Timberwolves coach Brad Dingess hugged many of his players after time ran out. Players hugged one another as well while some sat on the turf as they know their season was over. Spring Valley (8-4) started the year 0-2, but came back to win eight of nine to make the playoffs and secured its first playoff win in school history last Friday.
"The kids showed a lot of grit," Dingess said. "They handled us up front at the beginning of the year. To do what we did in this ball game showed we improved by leaps and bounds. We blocked them. That's a tough way to lose."
One consolation for Dingess is he and the Timberwolves won't see Gaydosz anymore. He's now up to 1,886 yards rushing and 26 touchdowns.
"He's just a really good football player," Dingess said. "There's a reason he's one of the best in the state. He makes you miss."
Gaydosz broke loose for a 47-yard run early in the fourth period, another highlight reel romp, and it helped the Knights complete a 9-play, 93-yard TD drive. Farley got the score on a 1-yard run. The senior finished with 126 on 17 carries, his highlight a 58-yard TD sprint in the first period.
"One more cut and I would've scored," Gaydosz said. "Keep the legs moving."
Knights coach Luke Salmons liked the poise his team showed after a tough start. Midway through the second period, Spring Valley had run 22 plays to four for the Knights.
"We stayed focused and took care of the ball," he said. "We didn't press this time like we did the first time. Defense bailed us out. We blocked a kick (PAT). Tyler was in the right place (2-point try) and we got the last stop. Gage took over. He was in the backfield. He was electric.
"David had some hughes runs. That's what players do. It was a good high school football game. We made a couple of more plays at the end."
This was Cabell Midland's second closest call of the season. The Knights beat Huntington High, 14-13, on Sept. 21. Morgantown downed the No. 4 Highlanders, 35-14, Friday at Bob Sang Stadium. Times for the semifinal round next week will be decided Sunday.
First Quarter
CM -- Farley 58 run (Molina kick), 3:40.
Second Quarter
SV -- George 34 run (Brody kick), 9:55.
SV -- Wellman 3 run (Brody kick), 5:06.
CM -- Farley 1 run (Molina kick), 0:13.7.
Third Quarter
SV -- Wellman 5 run (kick failed), 7:56.
CM -- Gaydosz 48 run (Molina kick), 5:05.
Fourth Quarter
CM -- Farley 1 run (Molina kick), 9:30.
SV -- Wellman 17 run (run failed), 6:48.
First downs 18 13
Total Net Yards 316 309
Rushes-yards 43-286 44-309
Passing 30 0
Comp-Att-Int 3-5-1 0-2-0
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-0
Penalties-Yards 7-70 7-75
RUSHING -- SV: Brown 6-4, George 18-146, Wellman 27-133, Evans 2-3. CM: Pettit 1-minus 2, Gaydosz 18-167, Thomas 5-16, Farley 17-126.
PASSING -- SV: Brown 3-5-1, 30. CM: Pettit 0-1-0, Gaydosz 0-1-0.
RECEIVING -- SV: Hughart 1-2, Wellman 1-5, Evans 1-23.
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As the nation's oldest aircraft carrier museum, the Yorktown will offer an expanded Open Cockpit Sunday and living history programs that allow visitors to interact with sailors who served on the ship.
At 2 p.m. the Charleston Community Band will perform in hangar bay III, along with several musical groups throughout the day. The programs are free with the purchase of a regular admission.
At 7 p.m. the party will kick off with performances by Charleston jazz icons Lonnie Hamilton III and Ann Caldwell, followed by a special USO-style show hosted by Brad and Jennifer Moranz. Food and beverages will be available for purchase while guests dance under the stars to music from World War II.
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UPDATED: iPod shuffle Signaling Apple Switch to Locked-Down Headphones?
UPDATED: ZDNet retorts, and says to chill.
ORIGINAL: iLounge (via Engadget) is reporting that the new iPod shuffle ships with headsets that not only include advanced (read: complicated) on-wire controls, but with lock-down chips that may prevent third parties from making compatible alternatives without ponying up licensing fees to Apple. Whether this is a
money grab in exchange for technology Apple has patented and feels they deserve compensation for, or just another internet controversy that ultimately goes nowhere isn't fully understood yet (least not by me!). iLounge says:
This is, in short, a nightmare scenario for long-time iPod fans: are we entering a world in which Apple controls and taxes literally every piece of the iPod purchase from headphones to chargers, jacking up their prices, forcing customers to re-purchase things they already own, while making only marginal improvements in their functionality? It's a shame, and one that consumers should feel empowered to fight.
When the iPhone 3G came out, there was some noise that the new component and composite video cables that came along with it contained proprietary chips that would prevent 3rd parties from creating cheaper alternatives to the Apple-proper cables.
Launched along with the 2nd generation iPod touch was Apple's new in-ear headset with mic and remote control, allowing music to be started, stopped, and skipped, along with volume to be controlled right on the headset. They worked not only with the iPod touch, but with the new aluminum unibody MacBook family, and to a lesser degree with the iPhone 3G. Was there a proprietary lock-down chip in those headsets?
Either way, are we sharpening our pitchforks and lighting our torches, or waiting to see how this develops before storming the streets of Cupertino?
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On the first sentence, you said iPhone shuffle.
Anyway, I can almost guarantee you that Apple wouldn't completely get rid of the scrollwheel in exchange for the headphones. They know better. However, if Apple really is THAT STUPID (which they aren't, except for the friggin' copy and paste on the iPhone), then they'd better be prepared for bankruptcy.
@zeagus: really interesting counter-point, thanks for posting!
@tyler: thanks, fixed!
well, i'd hate it if only apple headphones worked on my iPhone/touch, as they, frankly... suck. however the sennheiser headphones bought from the apple store are awesome!
The Sennheiser headphones are amazing, and they have a button on the mic that works the same as the button on the apple headphones. I would have thought that this is the same. I'm pretty sure that the sennhiesoer phones i bought had the "made for iphone logo" so apple mustve made some money from that. I doubt its in their best interest to limit the amount of good stuff for the iphone that folk want to buy.
it's amazing how Apple controls the accessories that go with their products, and yet people still swear by their iPods and iPhones. Don't get me wrong, I'm one of them, and it's amazing. I work in a retail store and we carry iPods and accessories for them, and Apple has a stronghold on their resellers too. The iPod display has to be as per Apple's specifications and Apple reps check it. Regularily. If they don't like it, they threaten to pull all Apple products out of our stores, which would result in a 20 million dolls loss in sales. I am just amazed how Apple always is in control, whether it be headphones for iPods or stores selling iPods. Everything just seems to be in their field.
What's concerning is these type of articles keep appearing. If its not about the app approval process, then its something else. By itself these stories don't mean much. But they're starting to add up.
Apple cannot be this arrogant as the competition catches up. I think Macs will always tend to be "cool" as a minority player in that market. The smartphone arena is different IMO. Apple has the most popular phone. Maintaining that "cool" factor will be harder when everyone down the block has one, but they don't need to keep shooting themselves like this. Apple is a Titanic but even that ship sunk.
As soon as I saw the new shuffle the other day i thought the same thing. the shuffle is not a product that I would purchase but the fact that the headphones are now unique seems to be a bad sign. this is not the first time apple has put a remote on the ipod but the old ones were removable and the ipod would still work without it. Even if it is not a play for more control it seems like it would hurt sales. I don't think anyone would argue that apple makes a quality earphone.
I have to agree with iLounge, this is a nightmare scenario. If this happens to the iPod Nano/Classic/Touch I think then there will be real outrage. The Shuffle is one thing, but I don't think anyone I know uses the Apple ear buds or any Apple branded headphones. I've spent money on nice headphones and if this happens to every iPod then Apple will be shooting themselves in the foot.
Maybe it's time to stock up on the newest model now before everything gets locked down.
I don't think that they are being arrogant, its just a signaling chip, not some kind of DRM lock down conspiracy. Would they like to sell their chip? Sure. Could you very easily reverse engineer a signalling chip that has no (and given the amount of prior art, almost can't possibly) patent attached? Yep. Tempest, meet Teacup. Teacup, this is my good friend Tempest.
Uh, how can you extrapolate 'a media player with no UI that requires a headphone-mounted remote' to 'all ipods and iphones will require special headphones'? Didn't apple specifically remove the inset jack on the iPhone because people complained about it?
Macworld and Boingboing both appear to have confirmed with the manufacturer that there is no DRM in the new headphones:
Apple, vendors confirm iPod headphones-chip rumors
Manufacturer confirms chip: iPod headphones now have the Apple Tax; Update: Apple confirms no DRM, authentication, just licensing
the accessories like headphones and earphones for ipods sometimes are really bad like a lot of the earbuds don't fit in my ears! haha. but i did find a site http://www.earbudzstore.com/ that has a lot of good options u guys should check 'em out they're good.


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Dr. Marc-William Palen's (Ph.D., UT History, 2011) article on the "great lie" of trade and tariffs being the cause of the American Civil War appeared in the New York Times on June 5, 2013:
Currently a Lecturer of Imperial and Global History at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, Dr. Palen has previously taught history at Tufts University and has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the U.S. Studies Centre, University of Sydney, where he was also Research Associate in U.S. Foreign Policy. While a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale's International Security Studies in 2012-13, he was awarded the W. A. Williams Junior Faculty Research Award by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2013-14. A specialist in the history of the British Empire, U.S. foreign policy, and globalization, Dr. Palen is working on a book manuscript that examines how the ideological conflict between free traders and economic nationalists reshaped Anglo-American party politics and imperial expansion in the mid to late nineteenth century. This ideological battle reverberated throughout the globe, his book argues, and laid the foundations for today's global political economy.
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Ale House opens for lunch
Another burger, brew and more lunch option is now available in downtown Huntington.
Huntington Ale House, 1318 4th Ave., started opening its doors to the lunch crowd in June. The decision to start extend hours and services from 11 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday has been a good one, said Mackie Robertson, owner and house chef.
"People had been telling me for a while I should open up for lunch, so I did," Robertson said. "When I first opened this place I envisioned a bar, because that's I'd been doing for years, but now we move more food than alcohol." Robertson said despite the Ale House's proximity to Marshall University, his main crowd sit somewhere in the 35-45 range. He said the restaurant has a "Cheers" atmosphere, a place where people can get together and enjoy the company. Robertson said this is important to him because he wants Ale House to be more than just a place to drink, he wants it to be a true part of the community.
Huntington Ale House has around 90 beers available, with 17 of those on tap. The menu offers a variety of food from more than 15 types of burgers to grilled salmon. Those seeking more information can call 304-522-2573 or visit www.huntingtonale.com.
BBW: Huntington Mall will soon be adding Buffalo Wild Wings to its list of dining options. The popular sports bar is expected to open in August, according to Margi MacDuff, Huntington Mall marketing director. Joe Bell, director of corporate communications for Cafaro Company, said the new location is expect to do well as restaurants at the Huntington Mall "do very well, far above their national averages." Bell added that the restaurant will include an outdoor patio area.
JIMMY JOHNS: Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches is opening a new location across from Ashland Town Center on Winchester Ave. A Jimmy John's spokesperson said a opening date and exact address will be released at a later date.
MORTUARY: Henson and Kitchen Mortuary has been selected for the 2014 Best of Huntington Award in its category.
The annual Huntington Award Program identifies companies believed to have achieved exceptional marketing success. Henson and Kitchen has been a local family owned and operated business since 1972.
JULNET: JulNet Solutions, LLC, an association and event management company in Huntington, has announced it started providing administrative services for the West Virginia Society of Professional Surveyors on Monday. Julie Hewett, president and owner of JulNet, said the company is looking forward to working with the surveying organization.Those seeking more information can visit www.JulNet.com or www. wvsps.org.
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Qualcomm chip helps iPhone 5S to go fast and global?
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to launch its iPhone 5S within a few months. But now news reaches us that the iconic smartphone may include the new, super-fast LTE-Advanced standard.
On the one hand, the extra speed seems pointless, as only South Korea has an LTE-A network (at least, today).
On The Other Hand, the Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) technology responsible for adding LTE-A can also allow Apple to offer a true world-phone, rather than selling different versions of the iPhone in different markets, with their potentially-poor roaming. It could even allow Apple to support China Mobile's network, which has the world's biggest subscriber base.
Breathless with the news, Kim Yoo-chul quotes an anonymous SK Telecom executive:
"SK Telecom is approaching Apple to put our LTE-A technology on the upcoming iPhone 5S. We are in the middle of negotiations." …it plans to have as many as seven LTE-A devices available by the end of the year. LTE-A…download[s] data at a speed of 150Mbps, twice as fast as its predecessor.
Apple intends to use Korea as the litmus test to gauge the marketability of LTE-A technology before making inroads into China. …"With the help of Apple, SK Telecom can take a lead in the race for LTE-A devices and Apple can seek breakthroughs in its stalling phone business," said [the] source.
And Sam Oliver adds details of its innards, as well as explaining that comment about China:
LTE-A is an upgraded version of the long-term evolution wireless standard currently found in the iPhone. … LTE-A functionality on the next iPhone is believed to be possible because of new chipsets from Qualcomm: [a] "global LTE" chip.
The Qualcomm RF360…would enable an iPhone that supports all…networks. Currently, the iPhone 5 is sold in three variants…to offer compatibility with various networks across the world. [The] RF360 would mitigate this problem, and even add support for the obscure TD-SCDMA network used by the world's largest carrier, China Mobile.
But, popping the balloon, Brooke Crothers has heard it all before:
The latest iPhone 5S rumor is…only speculation about discussions between South Korea-based SK Telecom and Apple.
For U.S. customers, the technology probably wouldn't be widely available. SK Telecom is the only…carrier that supports the technology, though U.S. carriers have plans.
Oh. As you were. So when should we expect to see this super-fast-but-only-in-Korea-iPhone? Anthony Wing Kosner knows:
The good news is that we could be about 12 weeks away.
The prediction of a September 20 release date…is being ventured by Dave Smith [who] assumes that iOS 7 will follow the pattern of iOS 6 and be released exactly 100 days after its announcement [and] the new iPhone will follow by just two days, just as the iPhone 5 [did].
Apple does tend to follow these kinds of almost superstitious and numerological habits.
Wait, it's less than a quarter away, yet Apple hasn't nailed down the hardware? Jacob Kleinman agrees this sounds really unlikely:
Besides The Korea Times' spotty record, claims that Apple is in negotiations with SK Telecom don't add up [if] the iPhone 5S has already reached the manufacturing process. Implementing LTE-A would likely mean halting production, though Apple has been known to make last minute changes.
Meanwhile, Tigerlily has more pressing concerns:
What's needed is Voice over LTE – which will greatly improve speeds. … Currently, voice calls run over 2G or 3G…so when you get a voice call, the device has to either turn off LTE and turn on 2G/3G, OR it needs to simultaneously fire up a 2nd radio. This kills battery life and/or data performance.
This is a world-wide situation, and it is exclusively the carriers that are dragging their feet. … So demand VoLTE today.
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As cruising sailors we depend heavily on the Coast Guard. What happens when you take a Coast Guard asset or office and fill it full of women? Give up? No, this is not a joke. The answer always was … the same job would get done as if it were all male (some would say, better). But this was a difficult learning curve for traditionalists in the USA.
Women taking their place in the US Coast Guard
Here Petty Officer third Class Lauren Laughlin, Coast Guard ninth District External Affairs Division, tells the story:
Regardless of gender equality, or physical ability, women in the Coast Guard have shown the willingness to fight for the ability to protect our country and over the years, the Coast Guard realized that the fairer sex works just as hard and can do the same job as men.
Women in the Coast Guard fill many shoes; airmen, seamen, firemen, daughters, mothers, sisters, wives, girlfriends, friends, commanding officers, and everything in between. They work in offices and mechanic shops, aboard cutters, small boats, and aircrafts, and on boat docks. They come in all colors, shapes and sizes. Yet with all these differences they have three things in common; honor, respect and devotion to duty.
Carrying on an old family tradition:
Women have protected American mariners and coasts longer than there has been a Coast Guard. One woman, Hannah Thomas, protected America's waterways before the United States was a country. Thomas took over her husband's job as keeper of the Gurnet Point Light, near Plymouth, Mass., when he joined the Army to fight in the Revolutionary War in 1776. Civilian women continued to serve as lighthouse keepers until 1947.
'Both my parents are in public service and raised me to understand what an honor it is to serve my fellow Americans, so I enlisted in the Coast Guard in 2004 to continue the tradition,' said Petty Officer first Class Tricia Eldredge, a current-day member of the Coast Guard ninth District C4IT Branch. Her father also wears a uniform as a chief at the Pinetop-Lakeside, Ariz., Police Department.
'My father has always been my hero and given me a perfect model of how to live my life and what kind of person I should be. I hope to be half the person he is when I grow up.'
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue:
Early 20th Century American society accepted only three places for women in the work place: the office, the hospital and the school house, but still preferred women at home. As much as women were inspired by family traditions of service they were confronted with traditional beliefs limiting their role in society.
'If I can organize the spice cabinet at home, raise two kids with homework every night and make sure the dog goes to the vet, I don't see why I would have any problems organizing a yeoman's office full of like-minded Coast Guardsmen,' said Crystal Kinnaird, administrative assistant to the Coast Guard ninth District commander and a Coast Guard Reserve petty officer one weekend a month and two weeks a year, who was active duty for more than seven years.
Taking in the slack:
Genevieve and Lucille Baker, nineteen-year-old twin sisters, were the first Coast Guard women in uniform, they transferred from the Naval Coastal Defense Reserve in 1915, during World War I. Women were allow to serve in the Coast Guard Reserve but only as yeoman, spurring the term 'yeomanettes.' At the war's end, the 'yeomanettes' were let go by the Coast Guard, and it would not be until 1942 that America realized the need for women in the service once again.
With 16 million American men fighting overseas during World War II, the government realized women would play a major role in the war effort. In 1942, women were once again called into service. Navy Lt. Dorothy Stratton, former dean of women at Purdue University, agreed to transfer to the Coast Guard, as the director of the Coast Guard Women's Reserve. Instead of re-using the name 'yeomanettes' or government girls, Stratton chose to call the female reservists SPARs, an acronym for the Coast Guard's motto: Semper Paratus, Always Ready.
'When I first joined the Coast Guard, things were different, we used typewriters for all correspondence,' said retired Coast Guard Capt. Sharon Richey, a graduate of the Coast Guard Officer Candidate School in 1981.
'Overall, I felt the Coast Guard was accepting of women, but we were very much the minority. I was the only female in the class when I attended the Marine Safety Basic Indoctrination Course.'
Looking for a few good women:
SPARs (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve) had to be between the ages of 20 – 36, have at least two years of high school, and could not be married to or get married to a male member of the Coast Guard. Also, if a SPAR became pregnant, she had to resign immediately.
Women who joined the SPARs faced many challenges at first, not only from the government but from American society too. In 1943, SPARs were confronted with rumors that the female recruiting effort was a front for the government to hire prostitutes for male soldiers and sailors.
The Coast Guard countered this rumor with photos and posters of wholesome, high-spirited, and impeccably groomed young women hard at work, filling in for the men sent overseas. The ideal SPAR was devoted to serving her country and not joining to search for a husband, a trend unchanged to the present day.
'I joined the Coast Guard to make my country safe, save lives and make a difference in the community, not to find a husband,' said Seaman Sierra Heald, a current-day crewman at Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor, in Cleveland.
During this time, it was policy that all newly enlisted SPARs were given the rating of seaman second class, since male leadership felt that women lack useful skills beyond typing and working a telephone.
But then one woman demonstrated that she could shoot a gun.
One woman showed that she could use a camera.
One woman showed that she could drive a boat.
One woman proved that she could fix engines.
So, eventually...
...after a very long time...
...women established themselves as equals in the Coast Guard.


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What better way to start the day than a joke at the expense of the worst NT theologian of all time! (settle down I am just kidding/stirring :) ). It is taken from page 82 of Michael Bird's Evangelical Theology. Thanks Mike!
"Karl Barth, Emil Brunner and Rudolph Bultmann were out fishing one morning. As it got hotter, Barth left the boat, walked across the water, grabbed some cool drinks, and walked back across the water into the boat. A few hours later, everyone was hot and thirsty again, so Brunner got out the boat, walked across the water, grabbed some drinks, and came back. A few hours later they were sweating pretty heavily, and Bultmann was looking more nervous. Barth said, "Come on. Emmy and I got the drinks once already. Now it's your tuen. "Bultmann nervously got out of the boat and went straight into the water. As he was thrashing about trying to get back into the boat Brunner whispered to Barth, "Do you think we should tell him where the stepping stones were?" Barth replied, "What stepping stones?"


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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on July 26th, 2004
Oz's BTP is the best beginner in card magic only.
But this DVD is the best beginner in general magic.
The tricks in this DVD taked from the BEST part of this DVD :
-Complete Card Magic - Volume Six: Forces Shuffles Flourishes (force)
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on February 18th, 2004
You'll learn great utility moves, as well as nice effects. If you are a beginner, I'd pick this bad boy up NOW
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... he cheats!
First, this is a nice DVD for beginners. He follows the usual style of presenting the trick to a spectactor and then explains the techniques. The patter is pretty bland, so be prepared to add a little of your own pizzaz.
But, he has one trick that involves two books. He does the trick for two ladies from Ontario. He picks up a couple of books (presumably theirs) asking them to confirm that he has not previously seen them. However, when he reveals the secret, it is essential that the magician have access to one of the books prior to starting the trick. The trick is almost pointless if the spectators know you are using your own books.
But, for the price, the rest of the DVD is good value for money.
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 20th, 2004
If you are brand new to magic...like you can only do a few tricks....buy this DVD....it will teach you some really good things to learn beore you move on to new tricks...it teaches you how to force cards which is really important...I am glad I got it...it let me know I wasn't a newbie anymore...cuz I knew how he did every trick just from being around magic for a while!!! But newbies should get this for sure!
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Absolutely perfect for beginner magicians with less technique. I am not a professional - but these tricks will fool people.
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I'm sure this will be really good and exciting material for the new budding magician... but for me it was pretty painful to watch. I didn't care for Rob Stiff's personality, which is a must when doing magic. I can say that I'm glad I got this with the giveaway and didn't buy it... or I'd be gravely dissapointed.
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Most of the tricks on the tape are very weak, even for beginners. The penetrating bands method is the worst I've seen, and the card magic was too simplistic. I would have to say that I can't recommend this. It's not completely worthless, some of the patter and audience participation is not bad, hence the second star. Try Sankey's Amazing Tricks Anyone Can Do - you'll be a lot happier for it
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P.S. Not a DVD for "Professionals".
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The best thing about this DVD is that you can learn 11 forces and they are all explained in great detail from the classic force to a new variation on the Hindu shuffle force. The DVD also teaches some great one-handed cuts and shuffle. The rest of the DVD is mostly stuff for beginners and that's why I give it four stars. It is worth the price just for forces and cuts.
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