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Just when it was needed, the Fayetteville-Manlius ice hockey team put together the good performances required to get to the Section III Division I playoffs for the first time in the program's history.
With Liverpool (chasing F-M for the fourth and final playoff spot) winning at the same time over Oswego 6-2, the Hornets went to Lysander Arena last Tuesday and used a solid effort on all fronts to beat Baldwinsville 4-2 and officially end the Bees' playoff hopes.
Nick Zappia pushed F-M to a 2-0 first-period edge, then stayed patient as the Hornets waited until the third period, and a possible Bees comeback, to add to its total.
By the end, Zappia had two goals and one assist, with Billy Kent and Matt Esposito gaining the other goals. Ronnie Caputo had two assists as Kent added a single assist.
This was an evenly played game, with Mike Poppleton and his B'ville counterpart, Mark Miller, each finishing with 33 points.
Good as this was, the actual clinching of a playoff spot did not come until Thursday night, when F-M went back to the Cicero Twin Rinks and tore up Auburn in the course of a 5-0 shutout of the Maroons.
Fittingly, Zappia made it another personal showcase, scoring four goals to bring his total to 49 on the season (tops among Division I players) and assisting on the other, by Kent.
Esposito, as vital a piece to the attack as Zappia, had three assists, raising his league-leading total to 43. Kent earned two assists as Caputo and Buddy Leathley gained single assists.
Best of all, F-M's defense gave Poppleton wonderful protection, as the Hornets netminder had to make just 14 saves for the shutout -- as compared to the 46 shots F-M put up.
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Tina fey doesn't look like herself
Unleash the wine!
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I found Amy and Tina's opening monologue disappointing. There was so much hype leading up to it.
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Winners seem to be sitting half mile away...
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Response to your question, Beatrice - not one of her best dresses, although she still looks good with her hair and make-up. I, personally don't like the dress.
Rather disjointed...and how many ,more acceptance speeches start with a stumbling " i didn't prepare anything" and then they get cut out by the music? Obviously quite a number of people are pretty sloshed at this point...and we are only halfway through
Like the informal setting of the Golden Globes compared to the Oscars.
More pictures! I'm flying - I want to see what everyone is wearing since I can't watch!
I love Diane Keaton's outfit! And she is rockin her gray hair! Yaaaay!
Are there ANY values left in the world? Woody Allen....OMG....why are we turning our heads and honoring people like this who should be ostracized completely? When is it OK to marry your daughter? We are honoring a man who slept with his daughter before she is 18 years old and then gets married to her and this is OK in our society? Yes, it was his adopted daughter but that is no different. He raised this girl. Hollywood....have some values.
So many actors sre never nominated and never get awards. As a suggestion, there should be an award for those who are completely unrecognised. Let's name one for 'smirkin Joe Biden, and make the top award for the actor who says the stupidest line in any more of the year. So, even the least among them can boast a Biden.
Actually she was Mia's adopted daughter, not Woody's and he didn't raise her, they had separate apartments. While I think the whole situation is a bit icky, I think it is a personal situation and as far as the records go, Woody did not break the law and the award tonight is honouring his work as an artist.
Well deserved for Matthew! Really happy
Bruce Dern deserved to win the Golden Globe.
Absolutely class less hosting by TIna and Amy. I'm sorry did they introduce Leo DiCaprio as the "Super Models' vagina magnet?" No class ! Iguess that's why they get to host the Golden Globes. Get some manners and class! Pitifull example for our young people and how you should behave at a formal event. I'm pretty sure you won't be invited to other awards shows. You certainly don't have the class to be at the oscars or any other event for that matter. GO HOME!
Wonder how many of them give money to the poor while preaching liberal claptrap and living the high life.
Bring back Ricky Gervais.,
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Article: Experimental test of the ρ(1-α) evolution for rotational discontinuities: Cluster magnetopause observations[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Rotational discontinuities (RDs) are governed by two relations: the Walen relation predicting that the plasma velocity observed in the deHoffmann-Teller frame equals the local Alfven velocity and another relation that connects the variation in plasma mass density, rho, to variations in the pressure anisotropy factor, alpha, defined as alpha equivalent to (p(parallel to) - p(perpendicular to))mu(0)/B-2, so that rho(1-alpha) is constant. While the Walen relation has become a standard tool for classifying magnetopause crossings as RDs, the rho(1-alpha) = const. condition has never been directly verified at the same time, largely due to problems with determining rho when no ion composition measurements were available. In fact, to overcome the lack of composition information, the validity of the relation has often been assumed and the Walen relation reformulated so that variations in rho are replaced by variations in alpha. In this paper we exploit the availability of high-time-resolution composition measurements on the Cluster spacecraft to directly test the rho(1-alpha)=const. condition for three magnetopause crossings, identified as RDs from the application of the Walen relation to measurements of plasma ions and magnetic field by the CIS (Cluster Ion Spectrometry) and FGM (flux-gate magnetometer) instruments, respectively. We find that the relation is not fulfilled in either case. In one event, with a fairly large content of oxygen ions, the Walen test improved when the contribution from these ions was taken into account. Through comparisons of the measured ion densities with simultaneously measured total electron densities by the Waves of HIgh frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron density by Relaxation (WHISPER) instrument, we were able to exclude the possibility that ion populations hidden to the CIS instrument because of their very low energies could have changed rho to match the rho(1-alpha) = const. condition. We also excluded the possibility that energetic ions above the CIS energy range could have sufficiently changed the true alpha. It thus appears that the rho(1-alpha) = const. condition, for reasons not presently understood, is not valid for the kind of RD-like structures we observe.
Article: Electron bulk heating in magnetic reconnection at Earth's magnetopause: Dependence on inflow Alfvén speed and magnetic shear[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: [1] We surveyed 79 magnetopause reconnection exhausts detected by the THEMIS spacecraft to investigate how the amount and anisotropy of electron bulk heating produced by reconnection depend on the inflow boundary conditions. We find that the amount of heating, ΔTe, is correlated with the asymmetric Alfvén speed, VAL,asym, based on the reconnecting magnetic field and the plasma density measured in both the high-density magnetosheath and low-density magnetospheric inflow regions. Best fit to the data produces the empirical relation ΔTe = 0.017 miVAL,asym2, indicating that the amount of heating is proportional to the inflowing magnetic energy per proton-electron pair, with ~1.7% of the energy being converted into electron heating. This finding, generalized to symmetric reconnection, could account for the lack of electron heating in typical solar wind exhausts at 1 AU, as well as strong heating to keV energies common in magnetotail exhausts. We also find that the guide field suppresses perpendicular heating.
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ABSTRACT: We examine the Alfvénicity of a set of 188 solar wind directional discontinuities (DDs) identified in the Cluster data from 2003 by Knetter (2005), with the objective of separating rotational discontinuities (RDs) from tangential ones (TDs). The DDs occurred over the full range of solar wind velocities and magnetic shear angles. By performing the Walén test in the de Hoffmann-Teller (HT) frame, we show that 77 of the 127 crossings for which a good HT frame was found had plasma flow speeds exceeding 80% of the Alfvén speed at an average angular deviation of 7.7°; 33 cases had speeds exceeding 90% of the Alfvén speed at an average angle of 6.4°. We show that the angular deviation between flow velocity (in the HT frame) and the Alfvén velocity can be obtained from a reduced form of the Walén correlation coefficient. The corresponding results from the Walén test expressed in terms of jumps in flow speed and corresponding jumps in Alfvén speed are similar: 66 of the same 127 cases had velocity jumps exceeding 80% with average angular deviation of 5.8°, and 22 exceeding 90% of the jump in Alfvén speed, with average angular deviation 6.2°. We conclude that a substantial fraction of the 127 events can be identified as RDs. We present further evidence for coupling across the DDs by showing that, for most of the 127 crossings, the HT frame velocities, evaluated separately on the two sides of the DD, are nearly the same - a result required for RDs but not for TDs. We also show that the degree of Alfvénicity is nearly the same for the DDs and fluctuations in which the DDs are embedded. Whatever process causes deviations from ideal Alfvénicity appears to operate equally for the DDs as for the surrounding fluctuations. Finally, our study has established a unique relation between the strahl electron pitch angle and the sign of the Walén slope, implying antisunward propagation in the plasma frame for all 127 cases.
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ABSTRACT: This paper gives an overview of the insights into the magnetic reconnection process obtained by in-situ measurements across current sheets found in planetary magnetospheres and the solar wind. Emphasis is placed on results that might be of interest to the study of reconnection in regions where no in-situ observations are available. These results include the role of symmetric versus asymmetric boundary conditions, the identification of the onset conditions, the reconnection rates, and the spatial and temporal scales. Special attention is paid to observations in the so-called diffusion region surrounding the reconnection sites, where ions and eventually also electrons become demagnetized and reconnection is initiated.
Article: The dependence of magnetic reconnection on plasma β and magnetic shear: evidence from magnetopause observations. Geophys. Res. Lett[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We have performed a statistical study of THEMIS spacecraft crossings of the asymmetric dayside magnetopause to test the prediction that the diamagnetic drift of the X-line due to a plasma pressure gradient across the magnetopause can suppress magnetic reconnection. The study includes crossings both when reconnection exhausts were present and when they were absent in the current sheet. When we restrict the survey to the subsolar region (10 < MLT < 14), we find that for low Δβ (the difference of plasma β on the two sides of the current sheet) the majority of reconnection events occurred over a large range of magnetic shears, whereas when Δβ was high reconnection events occurred only for high shears. Furthermore, nonreconnection events occurred primarily in the Δβ-shear regime in which reconnection is predicted to be suppressed, in good agreement with theory. The Δβ-shear condition should have general consequences for the occurrence of reconnection in space and laboratory plasmas.
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ABSTRACT: Recent multi-spacecraft studies of solar wind dis-continuity crossings using the timing (boundary plane tri-angulation) method gave boundary parameter estimates that are significantly different from those of the well-established single-spacecraft minimum variance analysis (MVA) tech-nique. A large survey of directional discontinuities in Cluster data turned out to be particularly inconsistent in the sense that multi-point timing analyses did not identify any rota-tional discontinuities (RDs) whereas the MVA results of the individual spacecraft suggested that RDs form the majority of events. To make multi-spacecraft studies of discontinu-ity crossings more conclusive, the present report addresses the accuracy of the timing approach to boundary parameter estimation. Our error analysis is based on the reciprocal vec-tor formalism and takes into account uncertainties both in crossing times and in the spacecraft positions. A rigorous error estimation scheme is presented for the general case of correlated crossing time errors and arbitrary spacecraft con-figurations. Crossing time error covariances are determined through cross correlation analyses of the residuals. The prin-cipal influence of the spacecraft array geometry on the accu-racy of the timing method is illustrated using error formulas for the simplified case of mutually uncorrelated and identical errors at different spacecraft. The full error analysis proce-dure is demonstrated for a solar wind discontinuity as ob-served by the Cluster FGM instrument.
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ABSTRACT: We report in-situ measurements by three THEMIS spacecraft showing the evolution of reconnection in a solar wind current sheet as the current sheet transited from the solar wind across the bow shock and close to the magnetopause on July 11, 2008. The observations suggest that the solar wind reconnection exhaust within the current sheet was disrupted by its interaction with the bow shock, while the subsequent compression of the current sheet against the magnetopause significantly reduced both the current sheet thickness and the plasma and initiated reconnection at a new X-line located within the magnetosheath. Furthermore, electrons were heated at the center of the magnetosheath exhaust, in contrast to the previously reported absence of electron heating in solar wind exhausts, but consistent with electron heating occasionally observed in association with magnetopause reconnection. This suggests that the level of electron heating in reconnection exhausts depends strongly on the boundary conditions.
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ABSTRACT: We examine local structures of three directional discontinuities (DDs) observed by Cluster in the solar wind, using reconstruction based on the ideal 2-D MHD equations in a steady state. In this novel application of the technique, our goals are the following: (1) to explain why the minimum variance analysis of the magnetic field (MVAB) often fails to meaningfully predict the vector normal to a DD and (2) to use the reconstructed field maps as an aid in interpreting the differences in the magnetic field profiles recorded by the four Cluster spacecraft. From the maps, we learn that the failure of MVAB as a predictor of the normal direction is due to internal structure such as magnetic islands (flux ropes) within the DDs and also that we can partly understand the differences in the fields observed by the four spacecraft. We find fairly good agreement between the normal directions determined from the four-point timing approach and from MVAB, provided the constraint < B(n)> = 0 is imposed on MVAB. Because of the island structures, the DDs cannot be readily identified as either tangential or rotational discontinuities, although the approximately Alfvenic flows on both sides favor the latter interpretation.
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ABSTRACT: We address the conditions for the onset of magnetic reconnection based on a survey of 197 reconnection events in solar wind current sheets observed by the Wind spacecraft. We report the first observational evidence for the dependence of the occurrence of reconnection on a combination of the magnetic field shear angle, {theta}, across the current sheet and the difference in the plasma {beta} values on the two sides of the current sheet, {Delta}{beta}. For low {Delta}{beta}, reconnection occurred for both low and high magnetic shears, whereas only large magnetic shear events were observed for large {Delta}{beta}: Events with shears as low as 11{sup 0} were observed for {Delta}{beta} < 0.1, but for {Delta}{beta} > 1.5 only events with {theta} > 100{sup 0} were detected. Our observations are in quantitative agreement with a theoretical prediction that reconnection is suppressed in high {beta} plasmas at low magnetic shears due to super-Alfvenic drift of the X-line caused by plasma pressure gradients across the current sheet. The magnetic shear-{Delta}{beta} dependence could account for the high occurrence rate of reconnection observed in current sheets embedded within interplanetary coronal mass ejections, compared to those in the ambient solar wind. It would also suggest that reconnection could occur at a substantially higher rate in solar wind current sheets closer to the Sun than at 1 AU and thus may play an important role in the generation and heating of the solar wind.
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ABSTRACT: A theoretical model is proposed to account for some of the behavior of arc-polarized magnetic structures seen in the solar wind. To this end, an exact analytical solution is developed that describes infinite plane wave trains of arbitrary amplitude in a plasma governed by ideal Hall MHD. The main focus is on intermediate-mode wave trains, which display double-branched magnetic hodogram signatures similar to those seen in the solar wind. The theoretically derived hodograms have field rotation in the ion-polarized sense at a slightly depressed field magnitude on one branch and an electron-polarized rotation at a slightly enhanced field magnitude on the other branch. The two branches are joined at the two "turning points", at which the normal flow is exactly Alfvénic. The behavior is accounted for in terms of the opposite dispersive properties of ion and electron whistlers. The hodograms derived from the theory are shown to compare favorably with those of one event, observed by the Cluster spacecraft near the ecliptic plane, and one event at high heliographic latitude observed by the Ulysses spacecraft. However, these two observed structures comprise only a single full wave period, approximately from one turning point to the other and then back again. The theory can be used to predict propagation direction (away from, or towards, the sun) from magnetic data alone, provided the sign of the magnetic field component along the wave normal can be reliably determined. Under the same condition, it also predicts whether the ion-polarized branch should precede or follow the electron-polarized branch. Both behaviors are seen in the solar wind. The major shortcoming of the theory is that it fails to reproduce the observed saw-tooth like time series for the magnetic field, in which the field rotation is rapid in the ion sense and slow in the electron sense. Instead, the theory gives about the same rotation rates. Possible explanations for this discrepancy are discussed. Also discussed is the fact that the magnetic field measurements by Cluster, while giving high quality determinations of normal direction and normal field component for each of the four spacecraft, indicate a reversal of the normal field component and the predicted propagation sense during the event, as well as a wide spread in the four normal vector orientations.
Article: Plasma Beta and Magnetic Shear Dependence of the Occurrence of Magnetic Reconnection at the Magnetopause: THEMIS Observations[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We have performed a survey of the occurrence of reconnection at the dayside magnetopause observed by the THEMIS spacecraft. Reconnection signatures were absent in more than 50% of the high magnetic shear magnetopause crossings where reconnection might be expected. The controlling factors of whether reconnection occurs or not appear to be a combination of the magnetic shear across the magnetopause and the plasma beta in the adjacent magnetosheath. This beta and shear dependence of reconnection was also found in solar wind reconnection events observed by WIND and ACE, suggesting that this is a universal onset condition for reconnection.
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ABSTRACT: For a four-point mission like Cluster, the differences in position and time when the satellites detect the magnetopause or any other discontinuity, can be used to infer the discontinuity local orientation, thickness and motion. This timing technique, commonly assuming a planar geometry, offers an independent check for various single-spacecraft techniques. In the present paper we propose an extension of the timing method, capable of determining in a self-consistent way the macroscopic parameters of a two-dimensional, non-planar discontinuity. Such a configuration can be produced by a local bulge or indentation in the magnetopause, or by a large amplitude wave traveling on this surface, and is recognized in Cluster data when the single spacecraft techniques provide different individual normals contained roughly in the same plane. The model we adopted for the magnetopause assumes a layer of constant thickness of either cylindrical or parabolic shape, which has one or two degrees of freedom for the motion in the plane of the individual normals. The method was further improved by incorporating in a self-consistent way the requirement of minimum magnetic field variance along the magnetopause normal. An additional assumption, required in a previously proposed non-planar technique, i.e. that the non-planarity has negligible effects on the minimum variance analysis, is thus avoided. We applied the method to a magnetopause transition for which the various planar techniques provided inconsistent results. By contrast, the solutions obtained from the different implementations of the new 2-D method were consistent and stable, indicating a convex shape for the magnetopause. These solutions perform better than the planar solutions from the normal magnetic field variance perspective. The magnetopause dynamics and the presence of a non-zero normal magnetic field component in the analyzed event are discussed.
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ABSTRACT: The Electron Drift Instrument (EDI) contribution to the Cluster Active Archive (CAA) is described. Presented are descriptions of the EDI instrument, the various CAA/EDI data products, the CAA ingestion schedule and the current EDI status. An example of a science application is given for one of the main EDI data products available in the CAA.
Article: Discontinuity Analysis Inconsistency: Potential and Limitations of the Multi-Spacecraft Timing Approach to Boundary Parameter Estimation[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The analysis of boundaries in space plasmas has received a lot of attention since the beginning of space age. A most popular approach to boundary parameter estimation from single-spacecraft measurements is minimum variance analysis (MVA). The physical model underlying the MVA technique suggests that it should work well for locally planar discontinuities in magnetic field data. The MVA technique, however, was recently challenged by a comprehensive study of solar wind discontinuities based on data from ESA's Cluster mission [Knetter et al., JGR 2004]. Such multi-spacecraft missions offer an independent avenue to boundary parameter estimation through the so-called timing or triangulation method. In many cases, discontinuity normal vectors obtained with the timing approach turn out to be inconsistent with the MVA normals. At the International Space Science Institute in Bern a team has formed to look at the problem in detail. This presentation will give a brief account of the team effort and show selected results. We are going to focus on the problem of lag time estimation, and on the accuracy of timing normals in terms of configurational parameters of the spacecraft array.
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ABSTRACT: Recent observations have shown that the ionospheric response to processes in the magnetosphere can be very dissimilar in the northern and southern hemispheres. In this paper we present a statistical study of ionospheric convection patterns obtained from 7 years of electric field observations from the Cluster mission. The results show some prominent asymmetries between the two hemispheres, but most of the differences can probably be attributed to ionospheric conductivities. The results also demonstrate that magnetospheric convection is not simply the result of processes in the magnetospheric boundaries and the magnetotail, but that it is modified and partly controlled by ionospheric effects.
Article: THEMIS Observations of the Occurrence of Magnetic Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause during Solar Minimum 23: Implications for low rate of Solar Wind Entry into the Magnetosphere[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We have performed a survey of the occurrence of reconnection at the dayside magnetopause in 2008. Reconnection signatures were absent in more than 50% of the high magnetic shear magnetopause crossings where reconnection might be expected. The key controlling factor of whether reconnection occurs or not appears to be the plasma beta in the magnetosheath adjacent to the magnetopause, with the beta being substantially larger for non-reconnection events. The average magnetosheath beta was significantly larger in 2008 than in non-solar minimum years. We attribute some of the unusually high magnetosheath beta in 2008 to the low magnetic field strength in the solar wind during this solar minimum. Our finding suggests a lower rate of solar wind mass and energy transfer into the magnetosphere via reconnection during this particular solar minimum.
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ABSTRACT: The recent discovery of reconnection in solar wind current sheets has provided an unprecedented opportunity to study the structure and dynamics of reconnection without the complex boundary conditions often found in the Earth's magnetosphere. Studies of solar wind reconnection exhausts have revealed clear evidence for component reconnection with magnetic shear as low as 15 degrees, for reconnection X-lines extending tens of thousands of ion skin depths and remaining quasi-steady over thousands of ion gyroperiods. In this presentation we discuss the results of a survey of Wind, ACE, and THEMIS data which indicate that the occurrence of reconnection in solar wind current sheets depends on both the plasma beta and the magnetic shear. At low beta reconnection occurs for a large range of magnetic shear whereas at high beta, reconnection exhausts are detected only for large magnetic shear. The dependence on plasma beta is also evident from the finding that reconnection, present in the convecting solar wind current sheets, often ceases downstream of the bow shock where the plasma beta is enhanced.
Article: Recent in-situ observations of magnetic reconnection in near-Earth space. Geophys Res Lett 35:L19109[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: 1] The paper presents a brief review of recent in-situ observations of reconnection in space, with emphasis on results pertaining to the question of anti-parallel versus component reconnection, the implied spatial and temporal scales, the location of the reconnection sites, particle acceleration, reconnection rates, the dependence on plasma b, and the properties of the diffusion region.
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ABSTRACT: In this study, we investigate statistical, systematic variations of the high-latitude convection cell structure during northward IMF. Using 1-min-averages of Cluster/EDI electron drift observations above the Northern and Southern polar cap areas for six and a half years (February 2001 till July 2007), and mapping the spatially distributed measurements to a common reference plane at ionospheric level in a magnetic latitude/MLT grid, we obtained regular drift patterns according to the various IMF conditions. We focus on the particular conditions during northward IMF, where lobe cells at magnetic latitudes >80° with opposite (sunward) convection over the central polar cap are a permanent feature in addition to the main convection cells at lower latitudes. They are due to reconnection processes at the magnetopause boundary poleward of the cusp regions. Mapped EDI data have a particular good coverage within the central part of the polar cap, so that these patterns and their dependence on various solar wind conditions are well verified in a statistical sense. On average, 4-cell convection pattern are shown as regular structures during periods of nearly northward IMF with the tendency of a small shift toward negative clock angles. The positions of these high-latitude convection foci are within 79° to 85° magnetic latitude and 09:00 15:00 MLT. The MLT positions are approximately symmetric ±2 h about 11:30 MLT, i.e. slightly offset from midday toward prenoon hours, while the maximum (minimum) potential of the high-latitude cells is at higher magnetic latitudes near their maximum potential difference at ≍-10° to -15° clock angle for the North (South) Hemisphere. With increasing clock angle distances from ≍IMFBz+, a gradual transition occurs from the 4-cell pattern via a 3-cell to the common 2-cell convection pattern, in the course of which one of the medium-scale high-latitude dayside cells diminishes and disappears while the other intensifies and merges with the opposite main cell of the same polarity to form the large "round-shaped" convection cell when approaching a well-known IMFBy-dominated configuration. Opposite scenarios with interchanged roles of the respective cells occur for the opposite turning of the clock angle and at the Southern Hemisphere. The high-latitude dayside cells become more pronounced with increasing magnitude of the IMF vector.
Article: Oscillation of electron counts at 500 eV downstream of the quasi-perpendicular bow shock, J Geophys Res 113:A08223[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We investigate an event with oscillations of electron counts at 500 eV, with a period of ∼3 s measured by the electron drift instrument (EDI) on Cluster. These oscillations are detected at the overshoot of a quasi-perpendicular bow shock and in its downstream region. During this event, the Alfvén Mach number is supercritical, and the proton β is >1. The correlation of the electron counts between three pitch angle ranges (∼10°, ∼90°, and ∼170°) is in-phase. However, the correlation between the electron counts and the magnitude of the magnetic fields is antiphase. As EDI has a higher time resolution than that of conventional particle instruments, the correlation at a period of ∼3 s is examined for the first time. The oscillations are inferred as mirror mode waves with oblique propagation angles to the magnetic field. The oscillation of electron counts in the parallel direction might indicate the oscillation of the parallel electric potential. We have estimated this electric potential by Liouville's mapping, taking into account the shape of the electron distribution function as well as using the linear hot plasma dispersion relation. We have found that this kind of parallel electric potential is related to heating of particles with a comparable magnitude as the cross-shock potential. The elliptical polarization of these waves indicates a possible interaction with gyrating particles so that the waves would be related to the particle dynamics. Finally, in-phase correlation between parallel and perpendicular counts is explained in terms of Liouville's mapping.
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Oligarch: US charges 'politically motivated'
CHICAGO (AP) -- A Ukrainian oligarch says U.S. charges against him are "politically motived" and that he's a victim of U.S.-Russian power plays.
Dmytro Firtash posted the video statement on his website Thursday, a day after prosecutors in Chicago unsealed the charges.
The 48-year-old says Ukraine is a U.S.-Russian "battlefield" and he has "ended up in the center." He also calls U.S. allegations that he masterminded a scheme to bribe officials in India to secure mining licenses "completely absurd."
Washington imposed sanction on Russia after it seized Ukraine's Crimea peninsula last month. Firtash has close business ties to Russia.
He was arrested last month in Austria, then released on $172 million bail as the U.S. seeks his extradition.
The silver-haired Firtash spoke Russian in the video. The site provided an English translation.
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Safety First Series - Diver Below
Location: Lake Logan State Park Prairie Garden
Difficulty: Can't get any easier
One pace = two steps
Bring: pen or pencil, compass and stamp pad
Stamp: Handmade
Take the Rt. 664 exit off Rt. 33 and turn south. Between .4 and .5 miles is the State Park with a park sign on the left side of the road. The road side rest area is on the right which has the water spill way and some restroom facilites.
*Grill in the "island".
*43 paces @ 220* to something manmade.
*10 paces @ 135* to a 5-trunked tree.
*Diver Below is in the middle of the trunk juncture under pine needles.
Please be descrete and rehide well.
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Ritchey first showed the P-29er at the Handmade Bike Show earlier this year, but it's so cool we had to stop and take another look. This one was fillet brazed by Mr. Ritchey himself, but production fames will be TIG welded and available this fall for $1,100. It's built with WCS Logic 2 tubes and features a headtube that's forged and machined to accept standard drop-in bearings. Ritchey says it's 80 grams lighter than a standard 1-1/8" headtube and makes for a stronger joint with the similarly sized top and down tubes. Slider dropouts allow for singlespeed or geared setups.
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I was up early this morning in the garden. It's the best time, when the sun is just rising and the day is relatively cool. I can get a lot done between 6 and 8am.
This morning I cleared down some dirt and planted some potatoes slips. I have the excess dirt piled to one side so as the plants grow I can add more and more dirt. I hope we don't get heavy rain, it wiped out my potato growing attempts last time.
I sowed some red and some white onion seeds into the old shelving I salvaged from the garage. Here we go again!
I sowed some leek seeds in one of the polystyrene containers I'd found. I'm still deciding what to put in the second one. Radish or carrots would be ideal but though I love the foliage of carrots I find them to be annoying little veggies to grow. Also, when I've grown radish in the past no one has particularly eaten them, even though I told my husband and youngest son that they would be good for their sinus problems. Actually.... I'm thinking to sow some more lettuce seeds... rocket and salad bowl would be nice, I may wait for a couple weeks, I already have romaine and salad bowl seedlings planted.
I'm eagerly waiting for my tomato seedlings to grow enough for me to be able to plant them out. I've prepared: Golden Sunrise, Red Pear, Gardener's Delight, Beefsteak and Tigerella. I only sowed the Gardener's Delight and Tigerella a couple days ago so it's going to take a while!
I needed to bite the bullet and tackle my growing strawberries fears. I saw pictures of AngelsGardens strawberries growing and decided now is the time to try. So I followed the instructions on the back of the seed pack for the Sarian F1 variety. I have sowed just six seeds in cells and placed them in a plastic bag.
I've sowed some dill and coriander in cells this time, for some reason (probably because the herb bed doesn't get regularly watered!) my attempts to sow these directly into the herb bed are failing, over and over again. I really have been without coriander in my cooking for way too long.
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Salsa Chicken Fajita Pizza Recipe
Add a fiesta of flavor to homemade pizza with this Italian twist on fajitas. Salsa lovers will be wild about it. Toss together a salad to serve on the side.—Iola Egle, Bella Vista, Arkansas
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, finely chopped
- 1 prebaked 12-inch pizza crust
- 1 jar (16 ounces) chunky salsa, drained
- 1 small sweet red pepper, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend
- Sour cream, optional
- 1. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the lime juice, 2 tablespoons oil and garlic. Add the chicken; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- 2. Drain and discard marinade. In a large skillet, saute chicken in remaining oil until no longer pink.
- 3. Place crust on an ungreased 14-in. pizza pan; spread with salsa to within 1/2 in. of edges. Layer with chicken, peppers, onion and cheese.
- 4. Bake at 450° for 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve with sour cream if desired. Yield: 6 slices.
Nutritional Facts
1 slice (calculated without sour cream) equals 446 calories, 20 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 67 mg cholesterol, 890 mg sodium, 37 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 29 g protein.
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Relationships drive the social media site Facebook: The friends you let into your network, the groups you seek to join. Relationships are also the crux of Facebook, the movie (aka "The Social Network"). In fact, it's the only part of the movie we're sure is true.
Few people, if any, know what really happened between Harvard nerd, Mark Zuckerberg, and his rivals, the Winklevoss twins, who were clean cut crew champions. But we know that TheFacebook.com, as the website was once called, catapulted Zuckerberg from being the CEO of a small startup to a billionaire in a few short years. There were some frayed partnerships along the way, the kind of relationships that can end in multi-million-dollar settlements.
Which is why this film resonates so much with a tech crowd as much as the mainstream movie-goers its Hollywood backers are trying to lure.
"Relationships are one of the biggest elements," says Ben Fischer, one of about 300 entrepreneurs and tech workers at an opening night screening of the movie in Manhattan.
The screening was organized by the New York Tech Meetup, a 15,000 member group that has been forging relationships within the city's tech startup world for the past six years. The group was so excited about "The Social Network," they rented a movie theater in midtown for the screening.
Based on these entrepreneurs' reactions, the actual facts aren't the most importatant aspect of the film.
"I'm fairly familiar with the back story — at least what's been published. So I try to identify what's inaccurate," says Fischer, who runs a company called Urban Pre-Game, among other projects. "But what I do know is that being an entrepreneur, my spine tingled."
It's possible that this kind of appeal to the tech crowd would come at the cost of losing the average social media using audience. At least it did for Liz Tran, who was dragged along by her entrepreneur boyfriend. During the movie, "I got really bored and I went on Facebook," she says. Her boyfriend, however, loved it.
But the lines snaking out the door for a regular public screening right after this one would indicate it does have mainstream appeal, not to mention the rave reviews it's getting.
As for the drama of startups, not every entrepreneur wants to have the same experience that Mark Zuckerberg endured (or created?) with his partners.
"I'm sure it resonates with a lot of people who are involved in startups," says Anna Lindow, who works for one herself. "But I would prefer to be involved in startups without so much drama."
Members of New York Tech Meetup watching "The Social Network" on opening night. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
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Since its founding in 1927, the Highlands Biological Station has had a wider scope than research alone. A quote from Ralph Sargent's book "Biology in the Blue Ridge" (1977) summarizes this idea nicely – "[The Highlands Biological Station] has sought to interest local residents, visitors, and the general public in the full natural and cultural history of the region and to bring to them awareness of and care for the whole environment, physical, biological, and human of the southern mountains." One of the Station's most enduring avenues for spreading this interest has been the tradition of weekly summer lectures. Every summer the Highlands Nature Center hosts evening lectures on Thursdays focused on the theme of natural history and conservation, a tradition that began in the 1930s. Today, these lectures are known as the Zahner Conservation Lecture Series. Named for the significant contributions of Dr. Robert Zahner and his wife Glenda, of Highlands, to land conservation efforts on the Highlands Plateau, the Zahner Conservation Lecture Series serves to educate and inspire the public through a series of talks from well-known regional scientists, conservationists, artists, and writers. The series is made possible by the Highlands Biological Foundation, and from donations from numerous individuals and local organizations. The public is invited to participate in these free lectures, which will be held each Thursday evening at 6:30pm at the Highlands Nature Center at 930 Horse Cove Road in Highlands.
All lectures are held at 6:30pm at the Highlands Nature Center. These lectures are free and open to the public.
Photo (c) Clay Bolt.
July 2
Turning the Poet Out of Doors: A Naturalist's Guide to the Poetry of Robert Frost
Dr. Peter White, Professor, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
It is not a surprise that Robert Frost wrote about the natural landscape of New England—but what is a surprise, and will be presented in this talk, is that he was an accurate and detailed observer from a scientific point of view and actively sought to understand the names of species and the ecological and evolutionary themes around him. What other poet would observe and write a poem about a white spider that doesn't spin a web lurking, hidden, on white petals of a normally blue wildflower, to intercept a white moth? Attend this lecture to hear about the science behind Frost's eloquent poems. Some readers will know that this popular talk, now given many times to many audiences, was first developed for the Zahner Lecture series over 10 years ago.
Peter White received a BA from Bennington College and a PhD from Dartmouth College. His professional career has included positions as a postdoctoral fellowship at the Missouri Botanical Garden, as a Research Biologist with the National Park Service in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and as the director of the Cooperative Park Studies Unit at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986 to the position of professor in Biology and director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, an ecology, evolution, and conservation-focused garden. He guided the Garden for 28 years, a period of expansion and development, before becoming a full time faculty member in 2015. Peter is the author of papers on diverse ecological and conservation topics. Among his awards are a First Prize for Natural History Book from the National Park Service (for Wildflowers of the Smokies), the Award of Excellence from the National Garden Clubs, an Outstanding Southerner from Southern Living Magazine, the Center for Plant Conservation's STAR Award, the Order of the Long Leaf from the North Carolina's Governor's Office, the Pretzlaff Conservation Award, and the Graham Award for faculty service for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
July 9
Coyotes: From the Wilderness to the Mean Streets
Dr. Chris Mowry, Associate Professor, Berry College
What do coyotes eat? How large are their territories? What are their movement patterns? How can humans coexist with them? These are just a few of the questions that Dr. Chris Mowry of Berry College, and Dr. Larry Wilson of Emory University, hope to address through their efforts with the Atlanta Coyote Project. The project was founded in response to the rising number of coyote sightings and incidents in the southeast, and a growing interest on Mowry and Wilson's part in how coyotes survive in urban environments.
Chris Mowry is an Associate Professor of Biology at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. He earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and his Ph.D. from Emory University. His research focuses on animal ecology, and he has been studying coyotes for the past 10 years. This talk will focus on changes in the feeding ecology of coyotes in Yellowstone National Park following wolf reintroduction, melanism (black coat coloration) in coyotes, as well as the newly launched Atlanta Coyote Project, which is looking at coyote biology and human-coyote interactions in urban areas.
Mowry is well acquainted with Highlands: he studied under Dr. Don Shure, a long-time resident of Highlands and board member of the Highlands Biological Foundation and Highlands Plateau Audubon Society. Chris himself has also served on the Biological Station's Board of Scientific Advisors for the past 18 years. His wife, Lisa Kline Mowry, is descended from the Pikelsimer's of Whiteside Cove. Opal was her grandmother and Tom her uncle, both of whom were characters known to many long-time Highlands residents. Lisa is an editor for Better Homes & Gardens magazine and has produced a number of articles on residences in Highlands.
July 16
4,000 Reasons to Love (and Protect) Native Bees
Mr. Clay Bolt, Natural History & Conservation Photographer
Over the past 10 years, we've heard a lot about the shocking disappearance of honeybees. We rely heavily on this non-native insect for the protection of many of our favorite foods. However, North America is home to approximately 4,000 species of native bees that are also incredibly effective pollinators with incredible behavior and extraordinary beauty all of their own. Unfortunately, several native species such as the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee are truly threatened while some studies seem to indicate that honeybee numbers are actually increasing. In 2014, natural history photographer Clay Bolt set out on an adventure to meet, photograph and tell the stories of these beautiful, beneficial insects. During this engaging presentation, Clay will share some of his favorite images, stories and solutions for native bee conservation. One thing is for certain: you'll never look at bees the same way ever again!
Clay Bolt is a Natural History and Conservation Photographer specializing in macro and close-up photography of Southern Appalachian biodiversity, with an emphasis on invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians. He regularly works with organizations and publications such as National Geographic, The Nature Conservancy, The National Wildlife Federation and many others. He is an Associate Fellow in the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) and co-founder (2009) of the international nature and biodiversity photography project "Meet Your Neighbours" (www.meetyourneighbours.net). Clay's current major focus is on North America's native bees and the important roles that they play in our lives. He is passionate about spreading the message that a connection to nature begins at home and is always seeking out new ways to promote this concept through his photography, writing, presentations and community involvement. Visit www.claybolt.com to learn more.
July 23
White-Nose Syndrome and Bats: The Current Status of this Wildlife Health Crisis
Ms. Susan Cameron, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
White-nose syndrome, an emergent disease caused by a newly discovered and introduced fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans), has decimated populations of cave dwelling bats in eastern North America. The disease is currently impacting bats in 25 states and five Canadian provinces, and is firmly established in the Southern Appalachians. Agencies, universities, organizations and private individuals are working together in a highly coordinated effort to combat the disease. As part of this effort, conservation partners are investigating the source, spread and cause of bat deaths associated with white-nose syndrome and working to develop management strategies to minimize disease impacts. This talk will provide an overview on the status of our knowledge on white-nose syndrome, its impacts on bat populations and the outlook for the future. It will also provide information on bats and their ecological roles, why we should all be concerned about this devastating disease, and what we can do to help.
Sue Cameron is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Asheville Ecological Services Office where she works on terrestrial species of the southern Appalachian Mountains including small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. Her primary duties entail working with partners to recover federally listed species and assisting with state and national efforts to address white-nose syndrome. Sue received a Bachelor's degree from Florida Institute of Technology in Marine Biology (1994) and Master's degree in Environmental Management from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University (1999). Prior to starting with the Service, Sue worked for NC Wildlife Resources Commission as a coastal waterbird biologist and Virginia Tech as a red-cockaded woodpecker biologist.
July 30
Stories from the Forested Landscape: How to see the forest with the trees
Dr. Stephanie Jeffries, Teaching Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
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Well...there is more after this.
There is a 37th volume. It came out recently.
Anyways, not sure why you felt the characters needed to have sex to prove that they were in love. Well, the anime had them get married but I feel the manga seems more realistic in the end.
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|wow, it's Ranma all over again.
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|It always seems like the longer a shojo series is, the worse the ending. Bummer.
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Seemingly inavoidable. Going on that long means authors can't really have a ending in mind from the get-go...they've got to keep it going and sell magazines! This means when it finally comes time to wrap it up, they may be at a loss to do it worth a damn.
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While I was horribly disappointed with the anime ending, I highly approved of the manga ending, although I've known about it for quite some time (I think I "spoiled" it for myself several years ago when I first got into the series and frantically searched to find out what happened "after" the anime). Of course, it's all a matter of taste. I personally hate "super happy endings" when there's romantic love involved; it's way too cheesy for my tastes. I really appreciate more "open-ended" conclusions, just because they're more realistic. I would have been really pissed if they had gotten married right then and there. I know a lot of people were originally a bit disappointed by turnout, but like therealssjlink mentioned, there is indeed an epilogue (and it IS good).
And as far as the "disappointment" some may feel at the couple not fully consummating their relationship/love, well, so what? I think the turn of events, no matter how unfortunate for Tsukasa, was more faithful to Tsukushi's character. But again, that's just me.
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The ending of the anime and the manga are still too horrible for me to think about. Sob. Seriously, I couldn't find a more unattractive (both in looks and personality) man than Doumyoji. Rui would have been so much better but now I'm rambling.
Uh-oh... er, red card time? ^^
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"Bodice ripper". I do detest that term. Poor Bodicia, her name is so much maligned, it's even pronounced incorrectly.
I thought the ending was a bit of a cop out at first, but it still worked for me on second thought. Now I'm waiting for this volume 37 too, though further investigation shows it's going to be a thin one. I haven't seen the anime as yet. spoiler[I'm glad they didn't consummate their relationship, which BTW is suppose to be after the wedding, not before. (Kids these days. no wonder there is so much teen pregnancy about. ) I believe it would have tainted the bond between them. Tsukasa is the kind of person who lives for the challange, and once he had reached his summit, so to speak, he moves on to the next. So on that bases, he wouldn't have the same feelings for her afterwards. 4 years is a long time to make love on the phone. Tsukushi would have lost the one thing she had that made her character such a delight to follow.] I'm just an old romantic.
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|While I don't think that every story has to have a happy ending or wrap up every loose end, I do believe a long-running series should give some sort of closure to its fans. It's a slap in the face to invest your time, love, and money into a story that basically goes nowhere.
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|For me, it was a dissapointment within the start. Forgive me for being black hearted, but half of volume one within, I already stopped giving one about the main characters, especially the female lead.
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Yup, huge let down of an ending. I got the feeling she simply ran out of ideas for obstacles to keep them from being together and just ended it hanging.
I'd really like to read thsi volume 37, though. I guess fans in Japan were as disappointed as we are. Is it getting an American release?
Oh, and Mohawk52, your complaints sort of nailed on the head the real problem of having teenage romances portrayed in life-or-death seriousness the way they are in so many shoujo manga. Give me a nice adult romance with an out-of-high-school cast like in Nodame Cantabile or Honey and Clover at this point, it feels more real.
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|This is why I never recommend this series. There's just no closure. Some romances succeed, some fail. Neither type ending is more realistic than others, except within the confines of its own particular story. But I do expect an *ending*.
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I love this series, but the ending was indeed somewhat of a dissapointment. I think the whole thing started going downhill about 2/3 of the way through (and i think i remember reading a note in one of the volumes from the author saying she wasn't sure she would even finish it because she didn't know how to (?)). It was much better than the silly and hurried ending of the anime, but less cute than the live action tv series (although that was pretty silly too). but to be honest i'm not sure how else it could have ended. There was just so much interference from Tsukasa's family that i didn't think it was going to end all that well. which is a shame. I think perhaps the meddling was a bit over done to the point where it was too hard to go back and just let them be happy.
The not having sex part was a bummer though. If they don't get to be together at the end, they could at least have had that night!
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|After reading this review, I'm quite happy the live-action series didn't follow suit. I got to see a wedding and an ending that indeed, felt like a closure.
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This review actually upset me. While the manga had a few unnecessary filler arcs, the ending fit the story just fine. I personally consider this the best ending. The anime ending was a bit too random after the odd breakup right before it, the Taiwanese liveaction ending,... man season 2 was so bad I can't even remember, the JP liveaction ending... I honestly didn't want to see them getting married so soon. It felt really tacked on since they weren't "together" long enough and the characterization just got... very odd and didn't feel genuine anymore.
The ending was cute and funny, gave all the characters a chance to make their final farewell through their dance with Tsukushi, and ended with our pair together and happy. Why must all shoujo end with a damn wedding? GOOD JOB KAMIO for not ending on a wedding.
Also, personally, I think her art was at its best around volume 20. All the guys became way too feminine and young looking in the later volumes. Fortunately she somewhat fixed this in Cat Street.
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