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Cultural models are simplified images and storylines that encapsulated what is regarded as typical for a social group. Cultural models of teachers include body images of dress, adornment, and comportment, and are useful in examining society's standards and values. Two participants, Erin and Gabbie (pseudonyms), shared stories about their tattoos, which in the U.S. have historically been seen as a mode of resistance. These tattoos that reflected the teachers' personal lives were regarded in light of the cultural model of the U.S. teacher, a typically conservatively dressed and coiffed female. According to discourse analysis of the participants' stories, each teacher's students did not interpret these tattoos in the same ways. Erin's students were surprised at the tattoo and interpreted it as a sign she no longer fit the typical teacher mold. Gabbie's students were not surprised at the tattoo but noted it as confirmatory evidence that she fit the needs of the alternative, nonmainstream school context where the cultural model would be ill suited. This analysis makes a case for more complex interpretations of teachers' bodies that do not fit the mainstream cultural models of teachers.
Social assumptions of what is normal help people prepare for actions and existence in the world. Notably, the term
In education, these organizing principles have shaped what societies at large have deemed typical in education. Cultural models [
Teachers are both practical and symbolic sites of what the institutions of schooling aim to convey as valuable [
Two participants, Erin and Gabbie (all names are pseudonyms), shared stories about their tattooed bodily images that reflected their personal lives. In a society where women might feel a level of social control over their bodies, tattoos can be personal expressions that highlight "power relations that surround the body" ([
The way people see the world and operate accordingly is based in part on beliefs and values, which Gee ([
In the most recent edition of
Although both Gee [
Cultural models are "the typical stories […] stored in our heads […] in the form of images, metaphors, and narratives" ([
Cultural models are useful both in practical and theoretical senses. Practically, cultural models function in the local, microdiscursive interactions people have with one another. People within the same social groups often share cultural models (
Theoretically, because cultural models manifest themselves within the larger macro-worlds of social institutions, we are able to use cultural models to analyze the "complex patterns of institutions and cultures across societies and history" ([
Gee ([
Assumptions are linked to the word
When one encounters a person called a teacher, one judges that teacher against the cultural model of the simplified world. The real teacher is always compared to the idealized version of teacher, and is therefore under pressure to rise to that unattainable ideal, always being in a position of falling short, partially because the real teacher is complex and open to contradictions while the cultural model is not.
A social group or groups can share what is an idealized teacher but may identify several situated meanings of teacher that are acceptable (or not) within certain contexts. Atkinson [
The body, as material and real, is one site where teachers are judged against the cultural model. People assume real teachers to have certain traits based on the bodily appearance and actions of their bodies, just as they judge the cultural model of teachers to be conservative and demure because their bodily appearance indicates so. The body is a site for meaning making.
Physical bodies are always present, and it is precisely their constant existence that makes them less visible. The presence of bodies is expected, so they go unnoticed. When they do become a matter of focus, bodies are easily objectified, moving from whole person to body parts (e.g., breasts) or things (e.g., a hairstyle). For example, clothing, as portrayed in drawings and pop culture, is a site that informs limits of acceptable teacher bodily appearance. According to Weber and Mitchell's [
The model of a dowdy schoolteacher is often a conservatively styled in bland dress with glasses.
Women's bodies are regulated to serve an institutional or external purpose [
Waller's [
Other people regulate a teacher's embodied actions until she regulates herself, because she is pressured to function within the institutional expectations or risk being disciplined [
Gendered images and identities have inconsistencies, but contradictions create opportunities for people to resist and for analysis of those resistances [
In this focused portion of a larger study, Riessman's [
In-depth data gathering was used to offset one unchangeable factor; because neither woman was teaching in the K-12 classroom nor was in the same setting as their narratives of interest, observations of teachers in these settings were impossible, as was gathering data from students. Therefore, participants' narratives stand as valuable sources of information. According to a feminist research approach [
Using thematic analysis [
For these pertinent narratives, I marked the transcribed narratives with notational devices [
I then used Gee's [
Erin and Gabbie shared stories about tattoos on their bodies that reflected their personal lives. Erin was a newly divorced teacher. Gabbie was beginning to embrace her homosexuality, and although she was not completely and explicitly "out" to her entire school community, some people did know she was gay. Erin's and Gabbie's bodies were sites to express their personal lives. Pitts ([
During my second interview with Erin, I asked her to complete a timeline of the events surrounding the personal lives that became known in the public realm. While filling out her timeline, she realized that a linear representation was not sufficient for this time in her life; she saw events as circular. This revelation led her to explain one of the two tattoos she had on the inside of her foot. The tattoo that had a circular pattern (see
One of Erin's two tattoos on the inside of her foot.
J1. and actually I think it is really interesting because
J2. it is me making my
J3. it's like read me
K1. um and and students
K2. they
L1. it's
L2. it's usually a couple
M1. but they're like •(gasp)
N1. you're like all of a sudden you get placed in this
N2. you know like
O1. and um so
O2. and obviously kids have always asked like what
A cultural model is at work in this narrative, as the simplified image or storyline that involves assumptions about what is normal [
Erin represented a situated meaning of the word
Erin believed that there was a change in how students thought of her after they realized she has tattoos. By saying, "all of a sudden you get placed in this
Erin believed that some students supported Erin's resisting the iconic model of teacher and some did not. Erin supposed students ranged in their interpretations of her newly revealed situated meaning of teacher. She said, "There's some kids who … they're really interested in the person that you are
Gabbie's first teaching job was at a small private secondary boarding school in New England called Blair Mill School. As part of her job assignment, she lived in a dorm with students and two other faculty members, blurring the professional and personal divide. The boarding school facilitated students and teachers being in each other's lives outside the classroom.
Like Erin, Gabbie had a tattoo, but the contexts in which Erin and Gabbie taught and the expectations for these teachers were not the same. Therefore, the meanings developed about their respective tattoos were not the same. Cultural models are socially, culturally, and historically determined [
A sketch (see
The sketch of Gabbie's tattoo that hung in her dorm apartment at Blair Mill School.
The sketch of Gabbie's tattoo that hung in her dorm apartment at Blair Mill School.
F1. And [Karen]
F2. and
F3. and on each panel it symbolized how she
F4. and we had
F5. so for
F6. so she like had a camera and a running shoe for
F7. and like a soccer ball and skis for
F8. and for
F9. that actually ended up becoming a
F10. actually
F11. it's like this ah it's this
F12. with a
F13. that my friend designed
F14. it was
F1. and at the very END
F2. and I was
F3. I was like this is
G1. and the quilt still
The sketch of Gabbie's tattoo and the symbol the student made for the quilt (see
It is possible, however, to examine Gabbie's perceptions of how the students saw her tattoo in light of the cultural model of teacher. Unlike Erin's story, Gabbie provided no evidence that her students were shocked at Gabbie having a tattoo. There was no evidence that students knowing about their teacher's tattoo placed her in "a different category." If anything, Karen's quilt and Gabbie's reaction celebrated how Gabbie was represented by her tattoo. The language "I was
Symbol that represented Gabbie on a student's quilt project. The symbol was the student's version of Gabbie's tattoo.
The Blair Mill students created meaning from Gabbie's tattoo in relation to a cultural model of teacher. Both Gabbie and the students may have been aware of the cultural model of teacher that lives only for the classroom with no personal life, but that cultural model seemed ill fitting with their somewhat unusual school setting. Due to the alternative school context, a situated meaning of teacher served the context better than the cultural model idealized on a wider cultural scale. Gabbie was in a context that melded personal and professional lives. The boarding school arrangement facilitated students and teachers being in each other's lives outside the classroom. Therefore students saw teachers as people who had personal lives outside the classroom. Further, Gabbie confirmed that the school ethos was welcoming of difference. At the time, Gabbie did not feel secure being an "out" lesbian although Blair Mill offered a "welcoming open environment," where the leadership encouraged "respecting diversity." When I asked Gabbie, "Do you think that you could have been out at Blair Mill?" she responded, "Yes, I could have. I just wasn't comfortable with myself at that time." Gabbie's view that a teacher's homosexual personal life would be accepted exemplified that the expectations for teachers in Gabbie's school were influenced by the context.
One might predict, in the least, tolerance at a teacher having a tattoo, but one cannot assume that a teacher with a tattoo was the expectation at Blair Mill. Although Karen's response to the tattoo was an unfussy "Cool," the attention Karen gave to the tattoo implies that Gabbie having a tattoo was notable. The student, Karen, chose images that "symbolized how she
In both narratives, the issue was not a teacher having tattoos as much as it was how that sign was read in relation to the expectations of the people involved in the context. Erin was resisting the cultural model to carve out the possibility for a different situated meaning of teacher. Gabbie did not need to carve out that space for a different kind of teacher because the context had already created the opportunity for a different teacher image. Regardless of the level of acceptability of a teacher with tattoos, both Erin's and Gabbie's bodies were sites for meaning making. Their teachers' bodies provided visual input about who these teachers were in their personal and professional lives and how their situated images compared to the cultural model of teacher.
Erin's and Gabbie's narratives showed that although the cultural model of a teacher (
Erin believed that her students interpreted her tattoos as evidence that she no longer matched the cultural model they expected. Gabbie's tattoo was also a break from the iconic image of teacher, but because the school was set for a different type of teacher, the cultural model had already been set aside. In both narratives, the issue was not a teacher having tattoos as much as it was how that body was read in relation to how the community regarded the cultural model.
Both Erin's and Gabbie's bodies were sites for meaning making. Their teacher bodies provided visual input about who these teachers were in their personal and professional lives and how their situated images compared to the cultural model of teacher. According to Erin, it was her tattooed body that allowed students to see the possibility of Erin's personal life. And for Gabbie, visualizing her body with a tattoo was simple confirmation of the personal life that her students already knew existed.
This study began with the idea of exploring more complicated stories and images of teachers than the iconic cultural model of teacher could offer. The creation and maintenance of the iconic image of teacher may provide a level of security for students, parents, other teachers, administrators, and community members in setting expectations for teachers. The iconic image may also serve to attract others into the profession who are lulled by the simplistic image.
This present study offers images that do not match the iconic image. Erin's and Gabbie's tattoos indicated they were resisting the iconic image of teacher. It was unclear if some students wanted them to resist that image; therefore it is ambiguous whose needs and wants are being addressed when the cultural model is resisted. The question of whose needs and wants are being served goes beyond the scope of this study and is likely a subject for future research, because the issue is pertinent for the teaching field and society at large.
Because cultural models are not rhetorical devices but factor in teachers' lives, teachers need the opportunity to improve their analytical skills regarding cultural models. Teachers are already making complicated decisions about their publically viewed images every time they step into the public realm of the classroom. Further, the increased use of social networking websites among women who may enter future teacher education classrooms [
Considering this study, teachers need to be asked to attend to how their bodies are texts that are interpreted for meaning about who they are as teachers and people. Advice for teachers needs to go beyond covering up tattoos and piercings [
Erin's and Gabbie's stories show that perhaps neither Waller [x] nor Lortie [x] presented a nuanced enough view of teachers. Both Waller and Lortie acknowledged the extent to which teachers are on display as people seek to understand how teachers' personal lives are in concert with their profession. Waller claimed that teachers would have to project the idealized cultural model both in and out of school, and Lortie doubted integration of personal and professional lives was even possible. However, it was exactly Gabbie's integration of her personal and professional lives outside the cultural model that led to a successful teaching experience. Also, Erin's sloughing off the cultural model image raised her students' curiosity but not necessarily disapproval. Even though both teachers' bodily images may have been judged in comparison to the idealized teacher image, they were not ostracized for it within their teaching contexts.
Supporting teaching in evaluating their school contexts is not just important for early-career teachers being indoctrinated into the profession. Teachers change and schools change, despite the reductive portrayals of teachers and schools that are seemingly constant [
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Salado coach Brent Graham wasn't expecting his Eagles to fly south on UIL Realignment Day.
But the Eagles are ready for Class 4A.
Beginning this fall, Salado will be one of five teams competing in District 11-4A, Division II in football and will be one of six teams competing in District 25-4A in basketball, the UIL announced Monday as part of its biennial realignment.
Salado was a member of Class 2A in the previous realignment but will move up with Class 3A, which is now being referred to as Class 4A in the new alignment.
Joining the Eagles are Caldwell, Giddings, La Grange and Smithville, which all competed at the 3A level the last two years.
In basketball, Salado will rejoin former district mates Burnet, Lampasas, Liberty Hill, Llano and Taylor.
Graham, who is completing his first season as Salado athletic director and head football coach, said he expected changes for the basketball team but admitted the new football district caught him off guard. He was, ultimately, happy with the move, though.
"(It will be) a lot of nondistrict games so we're looking forward to playing some different teams and getting to know some different folks," he said.
As football coaches statewide scrambled to fill schedules for 2014, Graham appeared to take the surprise in stride, having set the Eagles' tentative nondistrict schedule an hour after the announcement.
Salado is set to open with Troy this fall, then will face West, Rockdale, current district mate Academy, Gatesville and Llano before beginning district play.
With five teams competing in the district, only one will miss the playoffs, but Graham wasn't convinced that will make it any easier.
"It does change the approach, but just like any other team out there, every game is going to matter," he said. "There are only five teams competing for four spots, but let me tell you something, all five teams want to get in the playoffs."
Meanwhile, non-football coaches, and even Graham, welcomed the jump in classification, as the program has expected it for a while now.
For head boys basketball coach Kenny Mann, any competition is welcome.
"Even since we've been in 2A, basketball-wise, we've been playing those types of teams anyway because we like that competition," he said.
Although Monday's realignment was only for football and basketball, Salado head baseball coach Chad Krempin pointed out that his team finished a game out of first place the last time it competed at a 3A level.
On a team with players who aspire to play at the college level, Krempin didn't figure a rise in classification was going to be unwelcome.
"Three schools in there are twice our size, but you only need nine guys in baseball," he said with a laugh.
At the end of the day, while chaos reigned in different parts of the state, it appeared to be a fairly quiet day on the athletic front at Salado.
After all, the Eagles have long expected this day to come, and now they are ready to go.
District 17-4A
Gatesville 788
Waco La Vega 740
Robinson 734
China Spring 718
Waco 615
Lorena 522
District 25-4A
Lampasas 1,017
Taylor 974
Liberty Hill 954
Burnet 924
Llano 496
Salado 478

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Your triceps muscle, stationed on the underside of your upper arm, shortened.
She had gotten his likeness tattooed on her upper arm, and she raised her sleeve to show it to a reporter.
She crouched further down, looking up at him and then burying her face against his upper arm, crying.
Lay your left forearm on a table; grasp with the right hand the mass of flesh on the front of the upper arm.
A large muscle of the upper arm, so called because it has two heads or origins.
The valve-rod of the upper valve terminated in a notch or hook, which engaged with the upper arm of its rock-shaft.
Some howled, with their sleeves rolled up, to exhibit the upper arm.
But here the proportions of the wing are reversed, for the upper arm bone is of great length, while the hand is relatively short.
One bolt caught her in the leg, the other transfixed her upper arm.
However, there are three muscles of the upper arm which may here be named: the triceps, the brachialis anticus, and the biceps.


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Individuals use Kickstarter.com to raise funds to make movies, bring their inventions to life-and create potato salad. Zack Danger Brown started a campaign with a goal of $10 to create a potato salad and sparked a potato salad-funding craze that's sweeping the nation.
Since the campaign began July 3, Brown has raised over $50,000 - and more every minute - from nearly four thousand backers and his fundraising campaign still has 24 days remaining. Where it will end is anybody's guess (see the tracking chart below).
Brown's campaign page stated he was making a potato salad, but "wasn't sure what kind."
What do Brown's backers get from their donations? For $1, backers will get a "thank you" posted on Brown's website, a picture of Brown making the potato salad, and Brown will say the backer's name out loud on video while making the potato salad. For $3, Brown will ship "a bite" of potato salad. For more generous donations, he'll let you hang out in his kitchen while he makes the potato salad ($10), write you a potato salad haiku ($20), or send you a potato salad-themed hat ($25).
Many other Kickstarter food-related campaigns are taking notice of Brown's success and want to get in on the cash-by sponsoring him and plugging their own efforts in a comment. Kickstarter's response to the potato salad frenzy? Justin Kazmark, of Kickstarter's communications team says, "Inspiration takes many forms."
"It might not be that good. It's my first potato salad," Brown warns in the "Risks and Challenges" section of his Kickstarter page. Still, backers are undaunted - just watch their pledges grow below:


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May 4-8, 2013 Los Angeles Convention Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
Join us at MAX for three days of fresh inspiration, connection, and hands-on training. Plus, receive a complimentary annual membership to Adobe® Creative Cloud™.
I will be presenting some Labs and sessions with Michael Stoddart.
The first of these is a BYOD Lab – Edge Animate and Digital Publishing Suite – how to enhance your DPS publications by using Edge Animate to create content and also build a table of contents to add navigation within the publication.


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Rise of the robot
September 9, 2004
Future Horizons, a semi-conductor analyst company based in Kent, in England, believes that by 2010 there will be 55.5 million robots, in a world market worth more than $75 billion — up from $6.13 billion last year.
But the real explosion in robotics is coming among the "immobots," or "bots" — bits of software that are incorporated into larger objects. We're getting glimpses of how good these can be:… read more


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X1 and 2 car seats
I know, just go put them in the car... No I am, tomorrow.
But curious to owners, I'll have a booster for a 5 yr old and an infant 2 weeks old in a rear facing seat.
Is it comfortable over time?
Our X3 lease is coming up and might end early for the X1 based on trade in Val, payoff, etc.
So,how comfortable is the fit? I'm not worried about travel trips as ill do a roof box for luggage, seems BMW sells a cross base system for the rails so my box for the mini will fit fine.
What seat is your RF? Some can really reduce the room for the person in the front seat.
The rear facing infant carrier is going to be the issue, there's not a whole lot of space back there. Like you said, take it into the dealer and try it out, but most likely the person in the front is going to be eating their knees. The best place is the middle for for the infant carrier, but if you have another seat back there, it's probably not an option.
Too bad you already have the Graco infant seat. Chicco Keyfit will fit easier or Cybex Aton will fit easiest.
I don't know if this helps but I used the Graco Snugride in an E90 and it fit OK but does require the front seat to be moved forward.
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May 26
Twitter makes you a better journalist
Posted by Nasreen in twitterfountain , Twitter , tweettag , tweets , tweetmeme , tweetfind , tweetbig , social media platform , real-time , osama bin laden , online media , newsroom , news agenda , hudson plane crash , followers , Bandwidth , al qaeda
The social media platform Twitter never really appealed to me until I learned more about it in class the other day. I always thought it accumulated unnecessary updates every second and the limited number of characters was so restricting. But getting to know more about twitter has made me realise that this media platform is a valuable resource for print and online journalists.


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"you know the Monkeys were a big influence on the Beatles"
"You sold my dead bird to a blind kid?!"
"Corbin Dallas Multi-Pass"
"Strangers with this kind of sympathy makes me go a big wet rubbery one"
You SPILLED THE SALT!!"
"No one wants to have sex with me.....I have pornographc videos and amyl nitrate..."


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No Communist Smoking In China
The Communist Party in China is cracking down on smoking.
Party officials have told members to not smoke in public or buy cigarettes with public funds, and should encourage any colleagues who smoke to quit.
China is the world's biggest consumer of tobacco products. In 2008 the country pledged to ban smoking in public and government offices, but the rules weren't enforced. But now, party members who break the rules on cigarettes should be "criticized and educated about their evil influence," according to a government publication.
And party leaders are being told to deal with rule-breakers "severely."
--Rob Archer


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Every year, we admit this: predicting bowl in August is a most ridiculous exercise.
Still, it's fun.
ESPN.com and SI.com today released their bowl predictions. ESPN.com's two predictors, Mark Schlabach and Brad Edwards, each have the Arizona Wildcats in the postseason — the New Mexico Bowl against San Diego State.
Schlabach and Edwards have USC and Oregon in the national title game, respectively. Each has the opposite team in the Rose Bowl.
SI.com's Stewart Mandel has USC playing in the Rose Bowl, and Oregon in the title game.


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Bot River Wine Route
Visitors are welcomed to the Bot River Wine Route as an extension of one big happy wine-loving family. It's not uncommon to be invited on an impromptu cellar tour, or encouraged to partake in grape treading, barrel rolling, or other communal Bot River activities. more
Wine Routes of South Africa
The wine routes of South Africa trace not only the history and development of our country's 350-year-old wine-making tradition, but South Africa's maturation into a full-bodied, flavourful democracy. The Cape winelands, and beyond, offer a multitude of wine routes to explore, along with brandy routes, wine biodiversity routes, and the world's longest wine route. more


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The Occupy Wall Street Movement Inspired Jay-Z TO MAKE MORE MONEY !
Looking for some Occupy Wall Street swag? Jay-Z has got all the Occupy Wall Street swag you need ! He has launched a line of Occupy Wall Street inspired shirts to be sold on the rocawear website. According to the Huffington Post Jay-Z has 99 problems but the 99% isn't one.
A spokesperson from Rocawear told Business Insider in a statement that the company has not "made an official commitment" to support the movement financially. Before you start judging Jay-Z isn't the only person smart enough to make money off of the "Occupy" people. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has received a rash of applications from merchants, lawyers and others to trademark phrases like "Occupy" and "We Are The 99 Percent."
I'm never anyone to knock anyone from making their money so props to Jay-Z, that is probably what separates the 1% from the rest of us they see an opportunity to make money when the rest of us want to protest. I'm inspired, like Jay said "Im A Hustler Baby I Just want You To Know".


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Chaotic Throne 2 - Gracia Part 3 Final Translations - Wind Dragon Lindvior
From EOGamer Lineage 2 Wiki
Lindvior, the Wind Dragon is coming on the Gracia final update as the next epic boss. The dragon already exists on Lineage I around Aden. The following paragraph was extracted from the Lineage 2 Guidance Book released on Japan and translated by Azhri to L2Vault:
Chapter 1.4 – The Rebellion of Shillen and the Demigods
The God of Destruction, Gran Kain, was a free and hedonistic being. He seduced his eldest daughter, Shilen, and impregnated her. When this was discovered, Einhasad became furious and stripped from Shilen her seat as Goddess of Water. Shilen fled helplessly to the east, and, cursing the names of Einhasad and Gran Kain, painfully gave birth to the children of Gran Kain in the dark forests. But these children absorbed the fury and despair of their mother, and became Demigods who fought against the gods.
The strongest of the Demigods were known as Dragons. There were six dragons total, and each was born with power of a curse against Einhasad and the other gods. Once these children were grown, Shilen commanded the Dragons to lead the legions of Demigods and monsters in a war against the gods. Among them, the Dragon of Light, Aulakiria, attempted to persuade her mother against warring with her kin, but Shilen would not be swayed.
Thus began the wars of god against god. The monsters and Demigods led by the Dragons stormed into the palace in Elysium that was home to the gods. The Demigods used all the powers of destruction and their command, and against them stood the unrelenting legions of Angels. Gods and Demigods, monsters and Angels struggled day and night. On the Material Plane below, the mortal races cowered in fear at the war that rolled across the heavens, and could only watch and wait.
The battle was decided several weeks later. Although grievously wounded, Einhasad and Gran Kain defeated the Demigods and monsters one by one to claim victory. Even the mighty Dragons could not withstand them, and, wounded, they fled on torn wings from the battle. The gods, lacking the strength to give chase, could not destroy them, and could only watch their retreat.
The Dragons were the Dragon of Fire Valakas, Dragon of Water Papillion, Dragon of Wind Lindvior, Dragon of Earth Antharas, Dragon of Light Aurakilia, and Dragon of Darkness Skelth. Each inherited the blood of Gran Kain, and had great powers that rivalled the gods themselves.
Antharas, Valakas and now Lindvior can be found on the world of Lineage 2. Papillion, Aurakilia and Skelth will probably be available on the next Thrones. According to NcSoft, Lineage 2 will have 12 updates (Chronicles or Thrones).


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S.D. judge ruling = delay for DM&E
Here's an interesting tidbit from South Dakota:
Former South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Miller is questioning the legality of a 2008 state law aimed at speeding up the eminent domain process.
At a hearing this week, Miller agreed with landowners who want more time to prepare for a hearing on the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's application to condemn land for its proposed $6 billion coal train and rail renovation project.
Miller is the hearing officer in the DM&E application. His ruling delays a Sept. 22 state Transportation Commission hearing on the matter.
The railroad applied to use eminent domain for its project. The 2008 Legislature passed a law saying the process must be completed within 90 days from application.
Miller says he doesn't intend to "fully or blindly comply with or enforce the 90-day limitation" because he considers it unconstitutional.
DM&E President Kevin Schieffer says the decision is disappointing and is another delay.


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It is difficult for me to describe how humiliating it is to know that millions of Americans have voted for this man to enter the nomination. These people that buy into this man's massive scam and incredible fraudulence. I don't think I could ever understand the mentality that goes into a vote for this person….this "Mitt Romney". I can never understand what these people see in a rich member of the "one percent" that can not and will not represent the true interests of the people as president of the Union.
I know that Americans are committed to supporting those people they think will support their interests. However, these interests are likely distorted as they can't possibly be anything related to freedom or security or peace. I think all this is partially determined by the political brainwashing that has led to the politically divided nation we have today. Some most likely vote for their political team and nothing more but that doesn't explain why they vote for Romney and not for Ron Paul.
I think most Americans simply fear the concept of freedom and human rights. If not, then why do Americans seem to act revolted at the concept? Why must the majority seem to embrace totalitarianism? Why do the majority seek to support wars, the military "culture" and the use of force itself? I think it is an important reason why people support Romney and not Paul. Romney must represent their insane desire to promote fascism. Of course it isn't in anyone's best interests that the state acts as an inhibitor to its own Constitution. I can not understand the mentality that leads millions to favor tyranny over the concepts of equality under the law and the ideals of non-aggression. I can't understand the mentality that leads those same smiling people to aid someone that truly hates what the Union originally stood for. The Union once stood for freedom and the rise of human rights many years ago. The most recent presidents in the previous twelve years were and are an antithesis to freedom and were incredible mistakes made by a brainwashed and indoctrinated society. I believe that the people are led by race and religion to support their favored candidates. That is probably where some of the cult-like devotion originates from.
Now we have a man that is incredibly wealthy and is outspoken in his utter allegiance to the corporate powers and the masses have been scammed into thinking he has their interests. The consolidation of wealth as power is part of fascism and Romney is the ultimate personification of this. The "bottom line" is simple. The man isn't one of us. He is one of them. The elite. The "one-percent". The specific name used isn't important. He doesn't have the interests of anyone except himself and the other powerful wealthy elite in the US.
Or maybe I am wrong. Maybe this Romney has been nominated by people that have completely embraced the corruption and tyranny of the previous decade and perhaps they have truly desired this for our Union. I only know that the interests of tyranny are not in the interests of the people of the US. It is only in the interests of authoritarians and their eager supporters.
Of course none would need to search for the words "Mitt Romney supporters" to know that Romney knows who he wants supporting him and will use this to his advantage while continuing to take advantage of the ignorance displayed by Americans. People will forget that he thinks corporations are "people" but despite that fact that he isn't one of us, his ability to act out certain displays to appear relatable to the average right wing voter is part of Romney's act like every other politician. So…his voters are probably close to 99.9% so-called "white" and the vast majority are religious. And of course the majorities of these people are right wing, authoritarian, pro-military, pro-law enforcement, pro-capitalism and focuses their desire towards having a person that acts like one of them. Romney will take advantage of this and those that oppose this agenda are swept aside as they would vote for Ron Paul anyway.
So in conclusion, this opinion piece doesn't really say anything new about why these sadly misinformed people vote for the same faction again and again. But I have noted that nothing will change while the masses blindly support people like Mitt Romney and the lies about him are expressed as true while true patriots like Ron Paul are marginalized. I don't have the hate towards Romney's supporters. They simply are not aware of this man's true allegiances and are unaware of the corruption in government. The man will not be a president for the people. He is a scheming supporter of corporate rule and will be nothing more then America's next big mistake.


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Occupy Santa Cruz Adopts Resolution in Support of the Eleven 75 River Defendants
A resolution in support of all eleven defendants who were charged in relation to the occupation of 75 River Street in Fall of 2011 was adopted by Occupy Santa Cruz at their general assembly held on April 29.
Steve Pleich facilitated the general assembly, held on the steps of the Santa Cruz Post Office, and read the resolution before Occupy Santa Cruz adopted it. The resolution:
Proposal to Demand an End to the Prosecution of the River Street Defendants
The following proposal to demand the end to the prosecution of the River Street defendants has been submitted by the Legal Working Group to be discussed at the Occupy Santa Cruz General Assembly on Sunday 29April2012 at 2PM.
WHEREAS, Occupy Santa Cruz believes that all of the defendants charged in the River Street action are either journalists, members of our local press, and/or activists committed to Social Justice, the Occupy Movement, and particularly Occupy Santa Cruz and,
WHEREAS, Occupy Santa Cruz believes that the constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly may not be abridged by governmental fiat, and
WHEREAS, Occupy Santa Cruz believes that civil liberties are being broadly threatened by the continuing prosecution of these cases, and
WHEREAS, Occupy Santa Cruz believes that the criminal offenses prosecuted by our local District Attorney are overly broad and overreaching in consideration of the facts, and,
WHEREAS Occupy Santa Cruz believes that these defendants are being selectively prosecuted in a manner directly related to the existing adversarial relationship several of these defendants have with local police, past and present civic officials and the District Attorney's office and,
WHEREAS Occupy Santa Cruz believes that the Constitution of the United States of America and simple social justice require that the enormous power of government be exercised fairly and evenhandedly, and not based on the identity or past actions of the defendants and,
WHEREAS Occupy Santa Cruz believes that these defendants posed no threat to public order or private property by their actions either as chroniclers of the events or as supporters of the River Street action,
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT Occupy Santa Cruz calls for the immediate dismissal of all charges presently lodged against the River Street defendants and further calls for an end to all further prosecutions based upon any and all participation by any member of our community in the River Street action.
Alex Darocy
I am one of the eleven defendants charged, and I did not have anything to do with the crafting of this statement, and I do not necessarily endorse it.
Occupy Santa Cruz general assembly unanimously adopts a resolution in support of the Santa Cruz Eleven.
April 29, 2012.
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Monday Apr 30th, 2012 11:04 AM
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Boilerplated from the site of so-called OccupySantaCruz, which it might be noted has been hijacked by the selfsame people who opposed:
A> The Encampment
In other words, every high profile media-ready action ever committed by anyone involved in OCS was opposed by the people who are now commandeering the Brand Name for MoveOn, an organization ABSOLUTELY INCOMPATIBLE with anything called "Occupy", and the Santa Cruz Democratic political machine... Again, Unacceptable.
I PERSONALLY observed at least one committee member not only suggest OCCUPY distance themselves from the bank occupation, but actually suggested that OCS SPEAK OUT AGAINST that action even as the occupiers were consolidating their squat.
Now... The comment:
ROTF! FAIL! Whereas the people who are left behind @OccupySantaCruz believe that the Just-Us system actually gives a f*ck what they think!
And a pass along comment from another poster which seems to follow the same line of thinking:
R.G.P on April 28th, 2012 at 11:52 pm #
Tuesday May 1st, 2012 6:22 PM
I respect your opinion and viewpoint on the Occupy vs. Move On vs. whoever. (Frankly, I it a confusing post and a reflection of a confusing reality between affiliatons.).
But that said? I'd ask a favor: Clarify if this means what I think it does: that your saying Occupy is in fact far more radical than the 99% of us it claims to be.
And if I'm right? Please ask Occupy to stop claiming it represents all of us and admit it's a more radical minority, which I get the sense that you as an individual at least are.
And if I'm wrong? Please ask Occupy to stop cherry picking, and representing itself as a moderate representative of the masses when it's actions are well received by the masses, then turning around and distancing itself from it's actions when said actions aren't well received.
The bank action of December reminds me of the vandalism riot in S.F. last night. A peaceful rally called by one group turning into a violent action, but the originating group then claiming no connection to the proximity of the two actions.
Another case in point: Well, I hope we won't have one like we did a few years back when a purportedly peaceful labor protest degenerated into an anarchist trashing of our downtown. I guess the morrow will reveal the answer to that riddle though....
The group is either one or the other. It can't be both. But at present, it seems to be playing the game of being both and I find it disingenuous.


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At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥97.48-49, down from ¥97.57-58 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.3775-3777, down from $1.3810-3810, and at ¥134.30-33, down from ¥134.75-82.
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Peterson, Chiefs best Indians in extras
Syracuse rallies in 10th for 6-5 win
By Syracuse Chiefs | April 28, 2014 10:29 PM ET
The Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, eked out a 6-5 win over the Indianapolis Indians in 10 innings on Monday night. First baseman Brock Peterson's RBI single gave Syracuse a lead in the 10th, and a game-ending double play started by shortstop Emmanuel Burriss sealed the victory.
Burriss started the 10th-inning rally with a one-out single against right-hander Jared Hughes. One pitch later, Will Rhymes poked a single to right field for his third hit of the game, advancing Burriss to second base. Peterson then fell into a 1-2 count before slamming a sharp ground ball into left field, bringing home Burriss for the eventual game-winning run.
In the bottom of the frame, the Indians rallied against Manny Delcarmen. With one out, Andrew Lambo doubled to right-center field. Matt Hague followed a line-drive single to right field, advancing pinch-runner Blake Davis to third base. Pinch-hitter Chris McGuinness then hit a line drive to shortstop that Burriss snared just above the infield dirt before throwing to third base to double up Davis and end the game.
Indianapolis (16-8) got on the board early with a first-inning run against right-hander Blake Treinen. Chase d'Arnaud and Jaff Decker started the game with back-to-back singles, with d'Arnaud moving to third base on the latter of the two. Right fielder Gregory Polanco then grounded into a fielder's choice to shortstop to plate the game's first run.
Jhonatan Solano picked up a quick response for Syracuse (11-13) in the second. The Chiefs' catcher blasted a 1-1 pitch from right-hander Jay Jackson over the left-field wall for a solo home run, tying the game at one. Solano's now homered three times in 16 games this season - after picking up three home runs in 2012 and 2013 combined.
The Chiefs broke the tie with a four-run fourth inning. Rhymes led off with a single, and after a pair of strikeouts, he stole second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Right fielder Brian Goodwin followed with a sinking line drive past Decker in center field for an eventual RBI triple, scoring Rhymes for a 2-1 lead. Goodwin crossed home five pitches later on a wild pitch that doubled as ball four to Brandon Laird. On the next pitch, left fielder Jose Lozada bashed a fastball over the fence in right-center field for a two-run homer - his first career Triple-A long ball. The blast gave the Chiefs a 5-1 lead.
Indianapolis retaliated against left-hander Aaron Laffey in the sixth. Polanco and Brent Morel led the inning off with back-to-back singles, and Lambo slammed a two-run double to deep left field to cut the lead to two runs. Two batters later, catcher Nevin Ashley singled to left field, scoring Lambo to cut the deficit to 5-4. Laffey, however, would recover after walking the next batter, Michael Martinez. He retired the final eight batters of his outing and left with a 5-4 lead.
But the Indians had some ninth-inning magic in their bats for the second night this series. Martinez started the inning with a triple to the right-centerfield gap off of Delcarmen. After inducing a Chris Dickerson groundout, Delcarmen tossed a wild pitch while throwing to d'Arnaud, bringing home Martinez to tie the game.
Syracuse aims for a split of the four-game series on Tuesday morning at 11:05 am. Chiefs right-hander Taylor Hill and Indians left-hander Adam Wilk are the scheduled starters.
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CMDL Aerosol Monitoring Program
J. Ogren (group leader)
Scientific Background
Aerosol measurements began at the CMDL baseline observatories in the mid-1970's as part of the Geophysical Monitoring for Climate Change (GMCC) program. The original objective of these "baseline" measurements was
· to detect a response, or lack of response, of atmospheric aerosols to changing conditions on a global scale.
Since the inception of the program, scientific understanding of the behavior of atmospheric aerosols has improved considerably. One lesson learned is that human activities primarily influence aerosols on regional/continental scales rather than global scales. In response to this increased understanding, and to more recent findings that anthropogenic aerosols create a significant perturbation in the Earth's radiative balance on regional scales (Charlson et al., 1992; NRC, 1996), CMDL expanded its aerosol research program starting in 1992 to include regional aerosol monitoring stations at Sable Island (Nova Scotia, Canada), Bondville (IL), Cheeka Peak (WA), and K'puszta (Kecskemet, Hungary). In 1997, CMDL took responsibility for the in-situ aerosol sampling system at the U.S. Department of Energy's ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) site in Lamont (OK), effectively adding another site to the regional network. The goals of this regional-scale monitoring program are
· to characterize means, variabilities, and trends of climate-forcing properties of different types of aerosols, and
· to understand the factors that control these properties.
CMDL's measurements also provide ground-truth for satellite measurements and global models, as well as key aerosol parameters for global-scale models. An important aspect of the sampling strategy is that chemical measurements are linked to the physical measurements through simultaneous, size-selective sampling, which allows the observed aerosol properties to be connected to the atmospheric cycles of specific chemical species.
Experimental Methods
Aerosol properties monitored by CMDL include the particle number concentration larger than ~15 nm diameter (Ntot), aerosol optical depth (d), and components of the light extinction coefficient at one or more wavelengths (total scattering ssp, backwards hemispheric scattering sbsp, and absorption sap). At the regional sites, size-resolved impactor and filter samples (submicrometer and supermicrometer size fractions) are obtained for gravimetric and chemical (ion chromatograph) analyses. At the regional stations, all size-selective sampling, as well as the measurements of the components of the aerosol extinction coefficient, is performed at reduced relative humidity (<40%) to eliminate confounding effects due to changes in ambient relative humidity. Data from the continuous sensors are screened to eliminate contamination from local pollution sources. At the regional stations, the screening algorithms use measured wind speed, direction, and total particle number concentration in real-time to prevent contamination of the chemical samples. Algorithms for the baseline stations use measured wind speed and direction to exclude data that are likely to have been locally contaminated. Additional details of the aerosol measurement systems, along with an overview of the observations, are included in the latest CMDL Summary Report (Ogren et al., 1996).
Table 1 lists the aerosol radiative properties that can be derived from the directly-measured quantities. These properties are used in chemical transport models to determine the radiative effects of the aerosol concentrations calculated by the models. Inversely, these properties are used by algorithms for interpreting satellite remote-sensing data to determine aerosol amounts based on measurements of the radiative effects of the aerosol.
Recent Accomplishments
A complete list of recent publications from the aerosol group is included in the Appendix. Highlights of results for the baseline stations, regional stations, and special field projects are given below.
Baseline stations
Bodhaine and Dutton (1993) reported a long-term decrease in Arctic haze at Barrow (AK) from 1982-1992. The observed trend was attributed to decreased anthropogenic pollution emissions in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Measurements since then (Fig. 1) show that Arctic haze levels continue to be lower than the values observed in the early 1980's, but that the reported trend has not persisted during the past five years. Research efforts supported by the NOAA Arctic Research Initiative are currently underway to better understand the observed change in Arctic haze.
Chemical signals embedded in ice cores are believed to contain a record of past climate-altering events (volcanic eruptions, El Niño episodes), as well as anthropogenic influences. Both the atmospheric and ice core records at the South Pole contain a seasonal signal associated with winter sea salt peaks and summer sulfate peaks. Summertime peaks in the ice core sulfate to sodium mass concentration ratio correspond to peaks in the aerosol Ångström exponent (Fig. 2). This suggests that ice cores at the South Pole record aerosol chemical composition information on a seasonal basis. In addition, peaks in the aerosol scattering coefficient are seen for the volcanic eruptions of El Chichón (1982) and Pinatubo (1991). These peaks correspond to elevated sulfate concentrations in the ice. Ice core peaks of methanesulfonic acid are significantly higher during El Niño periods, although there is no obvious change in the aerosol properties. Overall, the results suggest that linking CMDL's aerosol observations to ice core records may eventually allow a quantitative estimate of atmospheric aerosol properties over the past 1000 years on a seasonal basis.
Fig. 2: Seasonal variations in ice core composition at the South Pole (1981-91) are associated with systematic changes in the wavelength dependence of aerosol light scattering.
Regional stations
A primary application of the observations at the regional aerosol monitoring sites is evaluation of uncertainties in radiative forcing assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). IPCC assessments have not been based on observed variabilities of aerosol radiative properties, but rather on model predictions that use estimates of average values of these properties. The aerosol radiative forcing per unit optical depth (adapted from eqn. 3 of Haywood and Shine, 1995) is controlled by aerosol single-scattering albedo and upscatter fraction (in addition to non-aerosol properties such as surface reflectance). The IPCC (1996) detection and attribution studies considered only aerosol light scattering (not absorption) and used a constant value for this parameter of 25 W m-2, i.e., an annual average optical depth of 0.1 would lead to a forcing of -2.5 W m-2. Fig. 3 presents the results of about one year of observations of submicrometer aerosol light scattering and absorption at Bondville in terms of the diurnally-averaged forcing per unit optical depth for a surface reflectance of 0.15. Measurements were made at low relative humidity; the magnitude of the forcing would be higher at ambient relative humidity, but the relative variability would be similar. These results demonstrate that observed variations in aerosol upscatter fraction alone can lead to about ± 15% variations in aerosol forcing, and that aerosol absorption further increases the variability of the forcing and reduces its magnitude by about 30%.
Fig. 3: Frequency distribution of aerosol radiative forcing per unit optical depth (W m-2) observed at Bondville (IL). The dashed curve is based on scattering measurements only, to facilitate comparison with IPCC (1996), while the solid curve is based on measurements of scattering and absorption.
Field projects
CMDL aerosol scientists have been involved in a number of field projects designed to characterize the spatial distributions of aerosol properties and to understand the processes that control aerosol forcing of climate.
Hygroscopic growth
During a 1996 field campaign at Sable Island, measurements of size-resolved aerosol chemical composition and of the humidity dependence of ssp were made to investigate the factors controlling aerosol hygroscopic growth at this site. Air mass back trajectories were used to identify cases of clean marine and polluted continental origin. For the clean marine case, roughly 90% of the light scattering of dry submicrometer particles was from sea salt, and the ratio of the aerosol light scattering coefficient at an RH of 85% to that at 40%, termed the hygroscopic growth factor, was 2.7. For the polluted continental case, the contribution of sea salt to the light scattering coefficient of submicrometer particles was 45%, with contributions of roughly 20% each by non-seasalt sulfate, carbonaceous, and mineral aerosols. In addition, the hygroscopic growth factor for the polluted continental case was 1.6. Fig. 4 shows the measured ratio of the light scattering coefficient at a given RH to that at 40% RH, fRH(ssp), for the clean marine and polluted continental cases. The results suggest that for the polluted case the contribution of carbonaceous aerosol to the light scattering budget is similar to that of non-seasalt sulfate, and that carbonaceous species may be responsible for the observed suppression of hygroscopic growth.
Fig. 4: Hygroscopic growth for clean marine (¢ ) and polluted continental (n ) submicrometer aerosols.
Aircraft measurements
Measurements from aircraft have been perfomed in order to extend the measurements into the vertical dimension and to increase geographical coverage. The airborne aerosol package includes the same instruments for determining ssp, sbsp, sap, and Ntot as at the regional sites, along with a multi-filter sampler. As is done on the ground, the sample air is heated as necessary to maintain a relative humidity below 40%, and multi-jet impactors restrict the size range of particles sampled (on the aircraft, only particles smaller than 1 mm aerodynamic diameter are sampled). Additionally, a wing-mounted probe permits the determination of aerosol size distributions. These instruments constitute a comprehensive airborne aerosol measurement platform capable of determining a wide suite of aerosol chemical, optical and microphysical properties. The example in Fig. 5 shows a vertical profile measured over Colorado of å, o, b, and ssp. The data were obtained over a large area of the state, and some of the variations are due to horizontal inhomogeneity. Nevertheless, the results show fairly constant values of o, b, and å throughout the lower troposphere, in spite of large variations in ssp. The increased variability above 5 km results from the very low (and hence imprecise) values of the primary measured variables, leading to large variations in parameters that are defined as ratios of the primary variables. Although it is difficult to draw general conclusions from a limited data set, the results suggest that ground-based measurements of the light scattering and absorption coefficients of submicrometer, continental particles can be used to derive values of the single-scattering albedo, hemispheric backscattering fraction, and Ångström exponent representative of the dry aerosol throughout the lower troposphere.
Fig. 5: Vertical profile of aerosol properties over Colorado, 14 June 1995
Data flow and access
Considerable effort has been devoted in the past five years to improving the quality of data in CMDL's archives and to reducing the delay between data collection and public release. Information and data from the aerosol group at CMDL are available on the Internet via FTP and World Wide Web servers. Recently processed data, file format specifications, documents summarizing data processing and flow, and clean processed data presented in hourly averaged files for all years of station operation are available via anonymous FTP to ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov, directory "aerosol". In addition to the above, the CMDL WWW server at http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov supplies online plots of recently processed aerosol data (generally from the previous day) and hypertext links to various related documents.
Personnel and Funding
The aerosol group at CMDL presently consists of four full-time Ph.D. scientists (M. Bergin, A. Jefferson, J. Ogren, P. Sheridan), a part-time, undergraduate data aide, and a shared (~0.4 FTE) electronics technician (J. Wendell). The composition of the group has changed considerably since 1991, when it consisted of one full-time Ph.D. scientist (B. Bodhaine), two undergraduate data aides, and a shared electronics technician. Fig. 6 shows the sources of salary support for the past five years, and illustrates the increased dependence on support outside of CMDL to maintain staffing levels. CMDL base funds currently provide salary support for J. Ogren and J. Wendell, laboratory and office space, secretarial and administrative support, field staff and facilities at the four baseline stations, plus an additional $50K/yr for research expenses. Fig. 7 compares the funding contributions from NOAA with contributions from other agencies. CMDL's involvement in the DOE/ARM program is the cause of the reversal of the downward trend in 1997.
Figure 6: Salary support (FTE) by fiscal year.
Figure 7: Research funding ($1,000) by fiscal year. CMDL infrastructure support is included as 80% of the salary costs. Field support at CMDL baseline stations is not included.
Future Plans and Challenges
During the past five years, the scope of CMDL's aerosol research program has expanded substantially, in spite of the loss of one CMDL-funded, Ph.D.-level FTE in FY95. Much effort has gone into establishing new monitoring stations with updated instrumentation and sampling protocols. During the next five years, more effort will be devoted to evaluation of the results from the new sites, as the data records become long enough to evaluate trends and seasonal variability. We have sufficient instruments to establish another regional monitoring site, but lack funding for deployment and operation of the system. Although we plan to pursue outside funding support and partners for using this system to characterize regional aerosols, another option for this system is to deploy it at MLO to improve our ability to characterize Asian and free tropospheric aerosols.
We hope to strengthen our ability to evaluate aerosol radiative forcing with initiatives in three areas: aerosol hygroscopic growth, carbonaceous aerosols, and aerosol vertical profiles. As summarized above, results from preliminary measurements indicate the potential for initiatives in each of these areas to reduce uncertainties in current estimates of aerosol radiative forcing.
A major challenge facing the group is finding a way to continue aerosol observations at the baseline stations in spite of erosion of CMDL base support. The 0.4 FTE for technician support is insufficient to maintain operations at all the baseline and regional sites, and the instruments at the baseline stations are now old and hard to maintain. Support from the DOE ARM program has allowed a major upgrade of the aerosol sampling system at BRW, bringing it up to the level of the new regional stations, and the possibility exists of bringing MLO up to the same level as well. Both of these sites can be used to characterize regional aerosols that may be climatically relevant. While continued measurements at SPO may be useful for interpretation of paleoclimatic observations, the current measurement program at SMO (Ntot only) is not particularly useful for climate studies. Although the decision to terminate a long-term measurement record cannot be taken lightly, the current level of base support may lead to shut down of aerosol samplers at SMO and possibly SPO.
External Collaborations
The aerosol group maintains active collaborations with the University of Washington (Anderson, Charlson, Covert), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Rood), and University of Veszprem, Hungary (Meszaros) and NOAA/PMEL (Quinn, Bates) for operation of the sampling network. Aircraft sampling programs have been conducted in collaboration with NOAA/AL (Fehsenfeld), and NOAA/GFDL (Ramaswamy) is using our results in model studies of the sensitivity of aerosol radiative forcing to observed variations in aerosol properties. Other collaborative efforts involve Brookhaven National Laboratory (Schwartz), University of New Hampshire (Dibb), and Denver University (Wilson). CMDL scientists participate in the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry project and advise the WMO Global Atmospheric Watch.
Bodhaine, B. A., and E. G. Dutton, A long-term decrease in Arctic Haze at Barrow, Alaska, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 947-950, 1993.
Charlson, R.J., S.E. Schwartz, J.M. Hales, R.D. Cess, J.A. Coakley, Jr., J.E. Hansen, and D.J. Hofmann, Climate forcing by anthropogenic aerosols, Science 255, 423-430, 1992.
Haywood, J.M., and K.P. Shine, The effect of anthropogenic sulfate and soot aerosol on the clear sky planetary radiation budget, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 603-606, 1995.
IPCC, Climate Change 1995 - The Science of Climate Change, 572 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
The Way Cocktail Parties Should Really Go
Person #2: Yeah. I've revised five books now.
Person #1: Oh my god!! I can't believe I'm actually talking to a published reviser!! How glamorous is that?
Person #2: Well, it's hard work actually. I put a lot of time into my revisions.
Person #1: But to see your revisions on the shelf? What is that like?
Person #2: I've been revising since I was twelve, so.... it's kind of a dream.
Person #1: Wow. Aren't all revisers super rich?
Person #2: Not really. You'd be surprised at how little revisers make. I still have a day job, though of course the dream is to be a full-time reviser.
Person #1: You know... I've always thought everyone has one revision in them. Someday I'm just going to sit down and revise my memoir.
Person #2: Well... revising isn't that easy. You don't just sit down and revise, you should really study the craft.
Person #1: Oh nonsense, how hard could revising a book be?
Person #2: Would you look at that, my drink is empty. I'd better head to the bar. Nice meeting you. Good luck with that revision.
PS: CONGRATULATIONS to Ashley A. for correctly picking Duke as the NCAA National Champion and for winning the 2nd Annual Blog Bracket Challenge!! Thanks so much to everyone for participating.
75 comments:
- Tahereh said...
hehehe this is hilarious.
thanks for another great post, nathan.
- April 6, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Natalie Whipple said...
That would make me feel a lot better. Thanks for making me smile.
- April 6, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- ryan field said...
Good one. I'm revising right now.
- April 6, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- Kristan said...
LOL best fake conversation between two fake revisers ever!
And like Natalie, it makes me feel better. Thanks. :)
- April 6, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- Annie McMahon said...
Haha!! Refreshing. :)
- April 6, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Shawn said...
Well said, Sir. Well said.
- April 6, 2010 at 11:42 AM
- Mira said...
Lol. I like the line: 'Oh nonsense, how hard could revising be?'
Clever. :)
Although, you mentioned cocktail parties in last week's video, too. I'd like to say I'm noticing a dearth of cocktail parties in my life. I haven't been to a cocktail party.....um, ever. Why haven't I been to a cocktail party? See - this is how things work. I was completely unaware of my cocktail party deprivation, but now I'm aware and this must change. How does one go to a cocktail party?
I'll try asking. I'm free Thursday night. If anyone is holding a cocktail party, please invite me. Thank you.
So, congrats to Ashley! Shows how out of touch I am. I was finally going to enter the contest this weekend. I suppose it's too late now.....right? Because if it's not too late, I'm going with Duke.
Cute post, Nathan.
- April 6, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Hi Nathan,
I didn't get to see your earlier post re Ebooks last week - time zone differences due to living in England. I saw this on the Dystel and Goderich blog, though, and thought you should take a look.
- April 6, 2010 at 11:51 AM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Saw that, anon, thanks! I'll be linking to it on Friday.
- April 6, 2010 at 11:52 AM
I think some of the link got cut off
- April 6, 2010 at 11:53 AM
- Krista V. said...
And congrats to Ashley A. Butler sure gave all you Duke supporters a scare. (And all the people who picked Kansas and Kentucky - and were still hanging out at the top of the list - a thrill.) :)
- April 6, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Kristin said...
Love it!
- April 6, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- JLC said...
Too funny!! I love it!
- April 6, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- Reesha said...
I like that.
"Everyone has at least one good revision in them."
I'm going to remember that.
- April 6, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Katherine said...
Nathan, what a timely post this is! I was just reminding myself this morning to go back and start the editing process on one of my three finished manuscripts. However, those particular characters haven't been calling me, so I've been focused on the manuscript that's gotten twenty rejections in the past two months. That revising process has lead me to another story, a writing class, five books on writing and editing (read them all) and my emergence from the dismal tunnel of rejection better informed on what agents are looking for and what I did wrong the first time out.
It really is a process. I appreciate your post validating this. All my Beta readers are anxious to read my "revisions/rewrites/latest updates" and I have put them off. I am intent on polishing and changing the manuscript, apparently to a detrimental level. As I told my husband the other day, you know how you take a scissors and start trimming until you have destroyed any semblance of a good haircut? That's where I'm at with the rejected manuscript...(heavy sigh here). Putting tension on every page is a monumental task in and of itself, though necessary.
But, this revisionist life is surely a calling because the characters in my head currently rule my life and are pretty much the only ones I can talk to!!! Forget the cocktail party or practice saying, "I don't talk about my works in progress," and say it with a wide smile.
Stand in a corner, observe and steal all the best character flaws being displayed throughout the room.
- April 6, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- Josin L. McQuein said...
Revising Jacob Wonderbar, are you?
- April 6, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Emily White said...
I'm with Mira--I'm feeling very cocktail party deprived. :)
- April 6, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- C(h)ristine said...
love this. got a giggle, a well needed giggle, out of me (i'm mid-novel-revision).
- April 6, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Matthew Rush said...
Hmm, this makes me feel a little dumb for thinking writing a book would be easy a year or two back.
Oh well, you still have to start somewhere, thanks Nathan.
- April 6, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
I love it. Best imaginary convo in a long time.
Like Mira, there is a dearth of cocktail parties in my life. I think we should just host our own.
- April 6, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Chantal Kirkland said...
That was so funny. I TOTALLY agree. It's hard sometimes when people don't really understand that most of writing is revising. And then, they're like: that must be fun. Well, yeah, it's a ton of fun, but it's also the hardest job I've ever done.
- April 6, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- D. G. Hudson said...
After the heavy posting yesterday, this light approach is welcome.
Everyone deserves a little respect - ask Aretha. Authors, and revisers, too.
As for the ethics issue from your post yesterday, corporations wouldn't have to ask their employees to sign a form agreeing to operate ethically if all their employees had better principles. Too many rip-off artists these days, and they exist in all walks of life. Look at all the CEOs, and government officials who have been caught with their hands in the candy jar. Hmmm.
- April 6, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- JohnO said...
Ha! [The rest of this comment has been temporarily redacted, pending revision.]
- April 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- Mayowa said...
Revisions are like visiting the dentist, taxes, politicians, PT cruisers and Jersey Shore...that is they are a necessary evil hehe.
- April 6, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Elliot Grace said...
Nathan...wow. Started reading your post when it was tagged with 16 comments. By the time I finished running through everyone's thoughts, 16 was 22, and no doubt when I finish my comment and hit "Publish,"(the magic word,) my jargon will be placed somewhere around the 50 mark. Impressive...I'm reminded of one of those old school streams of fly paper, often dangling from under the awnings in front of trailers in mid-August. Simply unravel them orange tapes full of nastiness, sit back with a frosty Pabst and watch them helpless flies land...and stick...for good. Of course that would make all of us the flies... Funny post Nathan, revision...not a walk in the park:)
- April 6, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Ink said...
I should have won the brackets! I would have won! If only I hadn't been, um, 620 points behind Ashley.
And I love revision. There are a lot of pleasures in revision. Maybe we should do a better job of expounding on the joys and importance of revision rather than the magic of the first draft. Maybe the working aspect of the writer would be more visible then, rather than the mystical, free-flowing connection with the muse.
It's good to get into those sentences and get your elbows dirty.
- April 6, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Kristi Helvig said...
Duke, really? Wow, I must have come in last place this year - someone please tell me I beat Nathan at least!
I love the cocktail conversation -- I definitely feel like a non-profit reviser at this point. It should be a tax deduction!
- April 6, 2010 at 1:34 PM
- Melissa Gill said...
Doesn't Word do all the revising for you? Ha Ha
- April 6, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Stephen Prosapio said...
A good fantasy, but would it really take a reviser that long to finish a drink??? Methinks not!
- April 6, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Melissa Sarno said...
Wonderful, I love it!
- April 6, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- Kate said...
This is why I just...don't really talk about my writing. My husband gives me a hard time about it. But conversations about writing can get awkward in a hurry.
- April 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Bill Greer said...
How many revisions went into your blog post?
- April 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Loren Eaton said...
I. Love. This.
- April 6, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Bane of Anubis said...
Hitting too much sauce last night after the Duke win, eh?
Duke's victory: I know know what it's like to be a Kings' fan.
- April 6, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- Ashley A. said...
First of all,
Thank you all for your well-wishes.
And thank you, Nathan for the brackets challenge! I wanted to win this so badly. GO DUKE.
I also want to say what a fabulous and timely kick in the pants – I mean post – this is. I hope this means I'm not the only one who waaannts to be a reviser. It does make me feel silly for not quite getting there, though.
Oops! I just got word that the Duke buses have arrived on campus. Gotta get back to work. The town's going to be crazy.
- April 6, 2010 at 2:09 PM
But sob sob for Butler. :(
Nathan, if you've answered something like this before, can you please direct me? Curious about drafting a query for a book with multiple POV characters whose stories intersect in a Zadie Smith's "White Teeth" or Claire Messud's "The Emperor's Children" kind of way.
Thanks, much.
- April 6, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- howdidyougetthere said...
I feel a theme song coming on...
"Then I saw her face... now i'm a Revisor..."
Suggestions, anyone?
- April 6, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- T. Anne said...
I'm at the revisions party myself. My drink of choice is coffee.
- April 6, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- Other Lisa said...
Lemme tell you, the life of a revisor is not all cocktail parties and Oprah appearances. Though you can at least do it in your pajamas.
- April 6, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Jil said...
Funny post, Nathan, and how very possible.
I once dated a big movie editor and asked him if he ever aspired to being something important, like an actor. What fools we mortals can be!
- April 6, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
ROFLOL. That is truly hilarious! I'm actually revising a novel right now. Maybe I should go to a cocktail party and talk about it. HaHaHa! That is excellent. Made my day. :)
- April 6, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
I'm looking forward to the sequel to your post, by the way ... after revisions, of course. You know, the part where the reviser leaves the cocktail party, and has to smile for screaming fans and paparazzi cameras and sign autographs. You know, all in the day of a reviser. :)
- April 6, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- David said...
Ah, this post is a thing of beauty!
No, wait, I should have said, "Ah, what a beautiful thing this post is!"
No, wait, I should have said ...
- April 6, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- terripatrick said...
How fun! I posted the 4 year process I took revising my memoir, which still needs another polish...
- April 6, 2010 at 4:24 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
The Real Life of a Reviser
Person #1: Damn. I need to revise again today, and I have an incredible migraine ... Oh yeah, that would be from revising yesterday.
Person #2: [Oh wait, there is no person #2. Person #1 is the reviser, alone in their office, which is messy, by the way, from months of neglect while revising.]
Person #3: I'm the Muse. Quit your whinin' and get back to work.
Persons #4 through #7: Yeah, what she said. We're your woefully underdeveloped characters. Get back to work.
Person #1: Man, somethin's telling me I should be revising. [Stares at manuscript on computer screen. Computer stares back.] OK, how should I revise? Hmmmm ... Oh, wait, I wonder what's happening over on Nathan's Blog? [Person #1 collapses manuscript into the bottom of computer screen, zips over to Nathan's Blog.] Interesting, interesting ... Ha!Ha! Funny ... Oh, I gotta add something. [Type, type, for half an hour, including actual REVISING and posting.] Oh, man, I should revise my novel. Oh, wait, I forgot to check Twitter. Interesting, interesting. Ha!Ha! [Person #1 tweets and re-tweets.]
Person #3, the Muse: Writers and revisers certainly teach me patience! I need a drink. Is there a cocktail party around here? Maybe I can inspire the bartender to name a drink after me or something.
Three hours later:
Person #1: Man, where'd the time go? I should have been revising. [Person #1 drinks a mocha latte, types furiously for hours ... or watches TV and calls it a day.]
Person #3, the Muse: I hate being the Muse. I spend more time standing around, waiting, trying to get people to listen to me. Seriously. I need a drink.
- April 6, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
The Real Life of a Reviser
Person #1: Damn. I need to revise again today, and I have an incredible migraine ... Oh yeah, that would be from revising yesterday.
Person #2: [Oh wait, there is no person #2. Person #1 is the reviser, alone in their office, which is messy, by the way, from months of neglect while revising.]
Person #3: I'm the Muse. Quit your whinin' and get back to work.
Persons #4 through #7: Yeah, what she said. We're your woefully underdeveloped characters. Get back to work.
Person #1: Man, somethin's telling me I should be revising. [Stares at manuscript on computer screen. Computer stares back.] OK, how should I revise? Hmmmm ... Oh, wait, I wonder what's happening over on Nathan's Blog? [Person #1 collapses manuscript into the bottom of computer screen, zips over to Nathan's Blog.] Interesting, interesting ... Ha!Ha! Funny ... Oh, I gotta add something. [Type, type, for half an hour, including actual REVISING and posting.] Oh, man, I should revise my novel. Oh, wait, I forgot to check Twitter. Interesting, interesting. Ha!Ha! [Person #1 tweets and re-tweets.]
Person #3, the Muse: Writers and revisers certainly teach me patience! I need a drink. Is there a cocktail party around here? Maybe I can inspire the bartender to name a drink after me or something.
Three hours later:
Person #1: Man, where'd the time go? I should have been revising. [Person #1 drinks a mocha latte, types furiously for hours ... or watches TV and calls it a day.]
Person #3, the Muse: I hate being the Muse. I spend more time standing around, waiting, trying to get people to listen to me. Seriously. I need a drink.
- April 6, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Thanks, Nathan. I've been trying to find a way to reduce the pressure of first-drafting, and this does the trick nicely.
Or maybe it was the cocktails.
- April 6, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Pat said...
I raise my glass of wine. (okay, it's really an Amp Sugar Free lemonade--I'm at work after all)
A toast, everyone. To revising!
- April 6, 2010 at 5:05 PM
- traceybaptiste said...
Hold up. There are cocktail parties somewhere?
- April 6, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- D. G. Hudson said...
Marilyn - liked your take on the private side of revising.
I'm not a big fan of cocktail parties - they challenge the deep-thinking writer to become a shallow-thinking conversationalist. On the other hand, a party is a good place to practice being vaguely concise.
- April 6, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Man, I guess the world needs more cocktail parties. Let's make it happen. Could world peace be far behind?
- April 6, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- David said...
Hmm, where does one find these deep-thinking writers?
- April 6, 2010 at 6:33 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
Hear, hear, Nathan! Here's a toast to your idea for a cocktail party:
Toast #1 ... and here's a toast to your idea that world peace could follow:
Toast #2.
- April 6, 2010 at 6:40 PM
Thank you, that was beautiful.
(Where do you get the ideas for your revisions?)
- April 6, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- jessi said...
Oh, wow. This actually made me spit my beer out, it was so funny.
Then it made me sad, because I'm a professional reviser, just not published, and I haven't been to a cocktail party in over ten years.
But then I read it again, laughed again, and decided I'd have my own cocktail party while revising later tonight. Thanks for the laugh. :)
- April 6, 2010 at 6:59 PM
You glossed over the part where they tell you ALL the details of their would-be revision. And then ask you if you would write it and they will share the profits.
Must be that fifth drink....
- April 6, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- Em-Musing said...
Are you sure?
- April 6, 2010 at 7:09 PM
- Kathryn Magendie said...
- April 6, 2010 at 7:15 PM
- Malia Sutton said...
Thank you. I needed a laugh today.
- April 6, 2010 at 7:29 PM
cute. I like.
A reviser died and, arriving at the pearly gates, wondered why all the revisers who died and went to heaven were chained to their computers. The keeper of the gate showed him the other place which was much warmer, but all the revisers there were chained to their computers as well.
"There is no difference between...?" the reviser started to ask.
"Sure there is - those in heaven get published."
I love your posts Nathan. TNX for making our obsession a little lighter.
btw - my latest revision has a file name of (book title)crap.doc. I promised my computer (my person #1 in my virtual cocktail conversations) that this was the LAST one. ever. ever. til next time
- April 6, 2010 at 7:53 PM
- Elaine AM Smith said...
Page 1 of my wip has had 97 separate revisions (large or small), perhaps I could run through them all with you over a cocktail? ;)
- April 6, 2010 at 8:47 PM
- The Red Angel said...
Haha wow, pretty hilarious conversation. :P
Thanks for sharing!
- April 6, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Nancy Coffelt said...
Just finished a huge revision.
I feel like a stuffed toy after my little dogs have finished ripping its insides out.
Guts regenerate, right?
- April 6, 2010 at 9:35 PM
I've been to cocktail parties more likely to cause World War Three than world peace!
- April 6, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Some writer should start a blog called THE REVISIONIST or maybe THE REVISIONARY or THE REVISION QUEST or THE 20/20 REVISION or THE REVISION THING? But what exactly was in that cocktail?
- April 6, 2010 at 10:05 PM
- Joanna van der Gracht de Rosado said...
Even after six revisions, not even I think this comment seems funny, cute, witty or any of the things I'm striving for. But I do have a story about revision and cocktail parties that is definitely non-fiction. (If you don't already know this, I'm 57... holding my own, but no longer a cute young thing)
Anyway, I'm at a cocktail party with my daughter, Maggie (who is a very cute young thing) We're speaking with a friend who asks what we're doing these days... I sigh and tell him I'm still revising my novel.
Suddenly a 2010 version of the 70s lounge lizard pushes his way into our circle, looks at Maggie and says,"You're revising a novel. That is the sexiest thing I've ever heard." Maggie rolls her eyes, points to me, looks at him and says,
"Whatever... but this lady here is your sex kitten." He's turned purple by now but neither of us is letting him off the hook. I put my arm through my daughter's and as we move away, I say, "Never judge a book by its cover!"
- April 6, 2010 at 11:01 PM
- Stephanie O. said...
Amen, brotha.
I want to thank you. I sent you my query Saturday and you responded by Monday. It was a rejection, but I appreciate the speed. As your reward (or punishment?), below is the Worst Query Letter Humanly Possible. If you find it theraputic to print the letter out and burn it, I will not object.
Seriously: enjoy.
Dear Whats Your Face,
Hi! My name is Firstname Lastname, and I'm a brilliant genius. I JUST finished writing the next great American novel. It's about this guy who goes on a journey and then walks into town as a stranger. It is a comic tragedy, and it's kind of long, but not TOO long. My book, which is extreemely well writen, rivals such famous authors as J. K. Rowling, John Grisham, and whomever wrote 1984.
I personally guarantee that you will love my book; everyone else whom has read it so far loves it. I live in New York City, I have a Chihuahua named Skip, and I once bowled a perfect game. For pictures of my dog, please visit my Facebook: www.facebook.com/firstnamelastname
My Grandma says Coming Soon is verrry exciting, and my dog liked it, too, after I read it aloud to him (which just shows you my dedication]. As you can see, I've already included the entire manuscript, because I knew you just weren't serious in your submission guidelines. But I'll be ever-so happy to send you another copy if you need one, which you probably will, because I just know youll want to represent it. It's the best thing written since Lord of the Ring, and I write exactly like Charles Dikens and Steven King. But you'd better respond fast!! I queried twenty-seven hundred other agents at the same time.
Hopefully yours,
Firstname Lastname
- April 6, 2010 at 11:22 PM
- Kate Evangelista said...
I love it! Made me smile on a day when smiles are a little hard to come by. :-)
- April 7, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- Susannah Nichols said...
Constant reader, rare commenter, but this one rang really true with me. As wise writing gurus say "the secret to GOOD writing is RE-writing."
And as far as the brackets go, all I can say is that Coach K appears to be aging exceptionally well.
- April 7, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- Donna Hole said...
Yeah; and professional reviser sounds so much more appealing than aspiring writer. (hehehe)
I could even call myself an editor; I've spent more hours editing and revising and kicking myself than I did actually writing the novels.
Sadly, the IRS disagrees its failed self employment and won't give me any reimbursement.
- April 7, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- Corinne said...
*loved it*
- April 7, 2010 at 10:09 PM
- Lily Cate said...
Ah, when are we ever NOT revising? Did that happen at one time? I can't remember.
I have reached the point where my reward for finishing the current revision is getting to write something new.
Which is kind of like eating half of a chocolate cake as a reward for going to the gym three days in a row... but hey, I'm addicted.
- April 8, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- Kelly Wittmann said...
Hilarious, Nathan. Thanks for the laugh.
- April 8, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- foolery said...
So very funny -- thanks for the laugh. No go back and read it again substituting the verb "to bullsh**" for "to revise," and you'll have my life.
- April 8, 2010 at 4:13 PM
- WordWrangler said...
Hi. My name is Donna...and I'm a compulsive Reviser.
My journey started years ago...
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