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BRIDGET Wood, 17, of Coffs Harbour was floating on air thanks to brilliant beach conditions at Surfers Paradise yesterday.
It was a stunning day, with a temperature touching 28C and a northeast breeze.
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"It's just so good and the weather's hot," she said.
Brisbane had a top of 28.8C and is expected to hit 30C today and make 33C by Sunday.
Hot and muggy weather will dominate the southeast this week.
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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 16, 2008
The prime minister Ehud Olmert's decision, coupled with orders to the military to stand by for all eventualities, was endorsed by the security cabinet Wednesday, June 11, as Hamas continued to shoot mortars at Israel. Four shells injured three Israelis at the same Kibbutz Nir-Oz factory where Amnon Rosenberg was killed last week. A storehouse of inflammable materials caught fire.
debkafile's Middle East sources confirm that, contrary to various claims, Hamas has not accepted Israel's terms for a truce
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 15, 2008
Israel's embattled prime minister Ehud Olmert made a sudden U-turn Wednesday, June 11. He agreed to his Kadima party holding an early primary to elect a new leader. This was announced by Kadima MK Tzahi Hanegbi shortly after the security cabinet approved Olmert's decision to accept the Egyptian formula for a truce with Hamas, instead of launching a large-scale military campaign in Gaza.
debkafile's political sources reveal that the two decisions were part of an undercover trade between Olmert and defense minister Ehud Barak (Labor leader).
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 15, 2008
Last week, Deputy Prime minister Shaul Mofaz said Israeli strikes on Iran looked "unavoidable" given its progress in uranium enrichment and ineffectiveness of the alternatives. Israelis are in jitters over Iran's rapid progress towards nuclear armament and genuinely thirsty for a sign of clear action amid the shilly-shallying on major national security threats, including Hizballah, Hamas and the Palestinians, displayed so far by the heads of the Olmert government.
debkafile's military sources in the Gulf report that Iran, in contrast, is deep in preparations to sustain an attack and fight back.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 13, 2008
The Tamir interceptor, which are designed to kill artillery shells and short-range rockets, undergoes its first test this week. Its object is to find out if its response time can be shortened against Palestinian Qassam missiles fired from Gaza or Hizballah's short-range rockets launched from Lebanon.
According to Western defense experts, the air speed of a Palestinian missile fired from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza is 200 meters per second; it covers the 1,800 meters from Beit Hanoun to the edge of Sderot in 9 seconds, whereas the Iron Dome's interceptor needs fifteen.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 11, 2008
A poll released Tuesday, June 10, by the Democracy Institute, Jerusalem, registered a steep decline in the average Israeli's faith in his ruling institutions. The military wins the highest marks - 71%; political parties the lowest - 15%.
Nearly 90% consider Israel to be polluted by corrupt government. Less than 50% have faith in the Supreme Court of Justice compared with 61% in 2007. Thirty percent believe the media is the foremost defender of democracy. Confidence in the police has dropped from 41% to 33%.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 10, 2008
Two White House spokesmen stressed Friday, June 6, that Washington was committed to solving the Iran issue by diplomacy. They were fielding a barrage of questions on Israeli transport minister Shaul Mofaz's statement that an attack on Iran's nuclear sites looks "unavoidable" if it continues uranium enrichment - given the failure of sanctions. For Mofaz, who is campaigning to succeed Olmert as Kadima leader and next prime minister, a hawkish position on Iran will garner popular support.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 9, 2008
Two foreign farm workers were injured by the salvo fired Saturday, June 8, after four Qassams exploded Friday causing extensive damage.
On his arrival from a trip to the US, prime minister Ehud Olmert said Israel might have to carry out a major military action in Gaza to counter the cross-border rocket fire.
"At the moment the pendulum is swinging closer to military action..." he said.
debkafile's sources report that Olmert has often made such comments with no results. He has called a security conference for Tuesday, June 9.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 8, 2008
The meeting between the Israeli prime minister and president George W. Bush lasted less than an hour; It was more a farewell between two leaders on their way out than a down-to-earth exchange. debkafile's Washington sources report Olmert was informed ahead of his visit that the White House is expecting fresh intelligence on Iran's nuclear activities and will await evaluations from US experts before making decisions on how to act in the matter.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 7, 2008
What brought the unnamed accuser from America to the door of the Israeli police at this time? According to an Israeli paper, he laid before police investigators strong evidence of a new and grave corruption charge against prime minister Ehud Olmert, the fifth case opened against him thus far - all predating his two-year term as prime minister.
The attorney general Menahem Mazuz found the material substantial enough to order the police to question the prime minister under caution within 48 hours, raising one of the many questions on which a court gag order has condemned the public to ignorance.
Israeli politicians are in a dither but treading on eggs until they too find out what it is all about, why now and whether Olmert can weather the new scandal.
The Olmert government was stripped down to a fragile majority of 64.
In the view of debkafile's political sources, Olmert's anonymous accuser was put up to opening his can of worms by a party seeking to cloud Israel's forthcoming 60th anniversary celebrations to which a glittering gallery of invited foreign guests, led by US president George W. Bush, is invited.
That party, whether domestic or foreign, wants to get rid of Ehud Olmert.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 6, 2008
Amnon Rosenberg, who is survived by a wife and three children, was killed by a shell fired from Gaza while at work in the Nir Oz factory, Nir-Lat, Thursday, June 5. Four more Israeli civilians were injured in the attack, two seriously. Hamas and Jihad Islami attacks on the neighboring Israeli population have escalated again since the beginning of the week and casualties have mounted, including foreign farm workers from Thailand.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 4, 2008
Prime minister Ehud Olmert was forced to back down on his plan to call a security cabinet session Sunday to decide on the Egyptian-brokered truce in Gaza before leaving Monday, June 2, for a week of talks in Washington.
A majority has come around to the position that effective military action against the Palestinian Hamas regime must come first. Most of the mnisters are now ready to defy Olmert and defense minister Ehud Barak who have rather pursued a truce.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 3, 2008
Tzahi Hanegbi, chairman of the foreign affairs and security committee, has charted a three-point plan to extricate the country from the political crisis sparked by the corruption scandal surrounding prime minister Ehud Olmert. MK Hanegbi, hitherto considered a staunch Olmert loyalist, said Saturday, May 31, the government no longer has a moral mandate for major steps or a parliamentary majority.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 31, 2008
debkafile's Jerusalem sources report: Tzahi Hanegbi, chairman of the Knesset foreign affairs and security committee has always been a staunch loyalist of prime minister Ehud Olmert. A shrewd party tactician, Hanegbi picked up on the line promoted by the prime minister's defense team, which challenged his rivals to throw the first stone, implying that every politician was as guilty as he. He realized that this line if adopted could finish Kadima for good.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 31, 2008
Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert schedules a consultation on the lingering Gaza missile crisis with defense minister Ehud Barak and foreign minister Tzipi Livni Sunday, June 1 before taking off Monday for a week of talks in Washington.
The prime minister is traveling in the face of rising pressure for him to step down over the corruption scandal hanging over his head.
debkafile reports: The three leaders have been warned repeatedly by Israel's military and intelligence chiefs that the longer effective action against Hamas and its allied terrorist groups is delayed, the harder and more costly in lives the operation will be.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 31, 2008
Long Island financier Morris Talansky, the chief prosecution witness in the inquiry against prime minister Ehud Olmert described a long history of sums amounting to $150,000 handed to the suspect in cash or personal credit card when the recipient refused to accept checks.
The financier testified to the Jerusalem district court in a pre-trial hearing Tuesday, May 27, which Olmert's attorneys tried hard and failed to prevent.
Talansky stated firmly that, except in one case, the moneys were not requested for campaign funding but to finance Olmert's visits to America.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 28, 2008
At the first session of the Golan lobby in Jerusalem Monday, May 26 National Union Knesset member Aryeh Eldad, citing the Treason clause 97 of the Penal Law, declared: "He who acts to remove state-owned territory from state sovereignty and cedes it to a foreign state is punishable by death or a life sentence."
He later explained to his outraged fellow-lobbyists that he meant sentencing by a court of law. Eldad's comment referred to prime minister Ehud Olmert's reported offer to restore the Golan, which the lawmaker termed part of sovereign Israel, to Syria for a peace accord.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 22, 2008
As this damaging revelation emerged in the High Court Monday, May 19, prime minister Ehud Olmert's office announced he would undergo a routine hospital test that night to monitor his prostrate cancer, which was disclosed last October as not life-threatening. Several lawmakers on both sides of the house want him suspended in view of the gravity of the suspicions against him.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 22, 2008
Outgoing Air Force commander, Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkedy said in a radio interview Saturday, May 17, that the peril comes from thousands of missile stocked by Syria, Hizballah, Hamas and possibly Iran. Israel has developed new defensive capabilities to reduce their impact.
He revealed that during the 2006 Lebanon War, the Air Force intercepted a pilot-less aircraft in time (to prevent it landing). Hamas' arsenal compares with that of Hizballah, said the former air force chief. It consists of missiles, rockets and guns of all types, including anti-air weapons. He said Israeli aircraft have not been "critically affected" until now but they are under constant fire.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 20, 2008
Internal security minister Avi Dichter said in a radio interview Saturday, May 17, that on no account may a terrorist entity be permitted to exist between Israel and Egypt. The Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip did not qualify as a state and should not be treated as one, he stressed. No accommodations for Gaza would work without effective deterrence. Israel's current military operations had fallen down on the task of deterring the rising volume of Palestinian missile and rocket attacks; Israeli towns and villages had become "sitting ducks."
He said he may bid for the Kadima party leadership when the time was right.
Exclusive: Hamas to hear Olmert-Barak's Gaza truce plan in Cairo. Military operation on back burner <br/>
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 20, 2008
debkafile's military and Middle East sources report that Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak informed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak at their meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh Monday, May 19, that the kidnapped Israel soldier Gilead Shalit must be included in the ceasefire deal. However, Egyptian go-betweens headed by intelligence minister Gen. Omar Suleiman did not agree to present this demand as unconditional when they lay out Israel's terms to a Hamas delegation from Damascus Tuesday, May 20.
debkafile's counter-terror sources disclose that Hamas responded by raising the price for releasing the soldier it snatched two years ago.


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Shelley's notes to Queen Mab (1813) contain numerous references to natural historians, ancient and modern: Lucretius, Plutarch, Pliny, Cuvier, d'Holbach. One of Shelley's early fictional characters, in the novel St. Irvyne, possesses characteristics of his undergraduate creator (and also of Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein): "a desire of unveiling the latent mysteries of nature, was the passion by which all the other emotions of my mind were intellectually organized . . . Natural philosophy at last became the peculiar science to which I directed my eager enquiries." A subsequent link between Shelley's moral thinking and the natural philosophy of his time is evident in a passage from his essay "On Love" (1818):
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Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Purington, Ellison
Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Purington, Ellison
Purington, Ellison Interviewee.;Brayton, Linda, Interviewer.;Mateja, Richard, Interviewer.
[Gloucester, Mass] : Sawyer Free Library
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TRACKS: CD 75a 1. Formal education, class standing at Bowdoin College, ethical teachings of pure science, commencement address, beliefs on heredity and DNA -- 2. Nation Bureau of Stndards and Employment, recommendation for and acceptance of employment with Hammond -- 3. Guantanamo Bay work by Hammond -- 4. Arrival in Gloucester -- 5. Hammonds, will, location of material related to Hammond, photo of museum given to David Sarnoff -- 6. Slide, wire tuner in museum, transmitter -- 7. Early work of Hammond Museum, Institute of Radio Engineers, critique of first set of papers for Institute of Radio Engineers -- 8. Bell papers belittling work of Hammond, papers accusing Hammond of stealing patents, Medal of Honor for Hammond and honorary doctorate degree for Purington, recommendation by Alexander Graham Bell -- 9. Working relations with Hammond -- 10. Published papers on Hammond -- 11.Work with navy -- 12. Reasons for working with Hammond -- 13. Hammond as an eligible bachelor, reputation with women, Hammond's courtship, cost of divorce of Irene Reynolds -- 14. Point Radio house, Buswell and Stillington Hall, Elizabeth Steward, Mrs. Gardner of Boston, Birdseye, plays of Buswell at Point Radio -- 15. First project with Hammond had to do with equipment for Navy Dept., ship and plane communication -- 16. FM communication, an explanation, FM in telegraphy -- 17. Television -- 18. Armstrong's suicide explained -- 19. Practice of FM -- 20. Armstrong's contributions. Cd 75b 1. J. H. Hammond's hearing ability ,anecdote -- 2. Inventions by Hammond and Purington, patent rights, Mr. Purington's first publication , the operation of the modular tube in radio telephone sets -- 3. Reasons for choosing to work for Hammond, staff at Hammond's Point Radio laboratory 4. Mr. Hammond's relationship with his parents . anecdotes on beginning his career and on his membership on board of managers for Institute of Radio Engineers, etc. --5. Hammond's role in the Institute of Radio Engineers (contd.). Cd 75c 1. Background work leading to Mr. Pu
The following names and terms were used in this interview: Pierce, Guantanamo Bay, David Sarnoff, Marconi, Slide-wire tuner, Mrs. Witham, President Howell, Mrs. Kline, Fred Reynolds, Irene Reynojlds, Point Radio, Elizabeth Stewart, Mr. Buswell, Stillington hall, Joe Garland, Birdseye, Gardner, Cheryl Maude, Robinson Girl, Cruft laboratories, Tremulo, Telegraphy, Frequency modulation, Armstrong , fortissiomo, piano, Lowenstein, pianissimo, Chaffe, Buswell, Gugenheim, forte,Albert Tenner, Alfred Goldsmith, Virgil Fox, Stokowsky, Ramon Navarro, I.E.E.E. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Mathematics 10, the docket, Iturbi, Alexanderson, Crift Laboratories, Gen Sarnoff, super terodine, Ethel Barrymore, Joseph Hoffman, Fessenden, Lee DeForest, Elsasser,Calloway, Miessner, Clog,Russell Fisher, Codman.
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We will be moving to the area within the year and we're seriously considering moving to the East Side of Providence. We looked at houses this past weekend and found a few that we might be able to swing in our price range. If anyone lives on the East Side we would greatly appreciate any advice you may have!
We are looking at living in the Gregorian school district---have any feelings on this school?
Is living close to Brown while not being affiliated a mistake?
Are there families with children who live right around Brown? Or should we stay away?
What are the best blocks to live on (where mortals live, not the uber-rich) on the East Side? Where do all the families live?
Thanks in advance for any comments you may have!
The Summit neighborhood near Hope Street is a really nice area. I think it's safe to say that it is not the stomping ground of the uber rich. Especially between Hope Street and N. Main. Down near the edge of Pawtucket, right by blackstone blvd. is very nice. Also parts of the Oak Hill section of Pawtucket are very nice and right next to the East Side while being generally cheaper.
That area is not necessarily in Varten's school district. But parts of it are. You would have to check a map. Varten is generally considered a good school with a lot of parent involvement. I have heard that people are pretty satisfied with it.
Good luck i your search.
I don't live in the East Side but I used to and I do really like Providence a lot.
Thanks for the reply Plantmama, I'll look at those neighborhoods. I am also interested in the neighborhoods right around Brown, if anyone has any thoughts.
Here's another question to add to the list:
What are the best playgrounds on the East Side? (always telling about the surrounding neighborhood)
Most of the areas are good but some are definitely not good for families. Stay away from Camp St.
And I'd probably stay away from the Transit St area.
If you can swing the Benefit St area, it would be lovely. Living near Brown with kids would be ok but if you're near dorms/student apartments, it could get loud.
Another good bet is off Hope St (after Rochambeau Ave...Going towards Pawtucket.)
The closer you get to Blackstone Blvd, the nicer it gets.
Oak Hill (which is actually Pawtucket) but the school system isn't good there.
Some people like the Fox Point area but it wouldn't be my first choice with children.
I don't remember where the playgrounds are. They are scattered all around. There used to be one at the corner of Blackstone Blvd and Hope St. There are a bunch of others though.
I would move to the East Side in a heartbeat if I found a place I could afford!
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The east side is a WONDERFUL place to live with kids. There are several parks. Humbolt Park, near Wayland Square, has an AMAZING toddler park. It's a dream for kids under about 4 y.o. I'm usually there every day with my 20 month old daughter. There's also a great tot park in the Summit neighborhood (by Miriam Hospital above Hope Street) on 9th Street -- think it's called the 9th street tot park. Lippit park, where Blackstone Blvd. meets Hope Street, is great but I personally think it's better for older (like 4 and up) kids. That's where the Saturday farmer's market is all summer long -- a lovely place to gather with other folks with children.
I agree the Summit neighborhood would be good. A lot of duplexes, people who rent, people with small kids. We rent half of a duplex and our rent is very affordable. So look around... it really is block by block and you can find down-to-earth people. Personally, I would not want to be right next to Brown if I wasn't working/studying there. I think the Summit neighborhood, the Oak Hill neighborhood, and the Wayland Square area are all more desirable for people with small kids. Also, the area around the JCC is great... Elmgrove/Rochambeau area. Again, it's block by block.
Good luck!
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Thanks for all the feedback. We're going to Providence again this weekend to look at some more houses and more neighborhoods -- and some playgrounds! Thanks for the tips. We'll drive around and look at all of those places. Any more that we should see?
So the area near Brown is too student-y huh?
We are hesitant to live on the West side because of the school situation. We have a friend who lives on Spencer who is trying to convince us to live over there (we want to live in an old house - and there are are certainly a lot over there too that are affordable and need some attention) but the school situation is a big drawback for us as we will be sending our boy to public school.
I live in Fox Point and really love it! In fact, we live on Transit Street and it's *amazingly* family friendly (although I can see how north of Hope and, especially, East Transit, it becomes less so). Yes, there a few houses of students on the street ... but across the street I have a guys who has been here for 18 years, and my other neighbor grew up one street over ... then moved to Transit Street when he got married and had kids. So ... yeah ... it's really a mix. The benefits of living in this neighborhood are that you can walk to everything ... the coffee shop, several great restaurants, school ... even a few antique stores and consignment shops. And ... best of all with the kiddos ... there are 3 playgrounds within walking distance ... the playground at Gregorian (just re-done ... lovely!), the one at Ives and ******* (also lovely), and the one at Arnold and Brook (ummm ... not quite so lovely ... but my 4yo daughter loves it!). The grocery stores are only a 5 minute drive ... but that's probably true for all parts of the East Side!
Anyway ... I really like it here. We moved here a year ago and rented a house, which has been great. It's given us the opportunity to really get to know all parts of the East Side, and now ... like you ... we're looking to buy.
Hope my perspective is useful. Feel free to reach out to me if I can be of any more help.
The school district situation is not exactly clear-cut by street (goes by lottery which changes every year) but generally I think if you are south of Rochambeau, you are in gregorian district.
I cannot recommend highly enough: living east of Hope St, btw Wayland Square and Rochambeau.
My husband is at Brown and we love Brown, but I would not live too close bc students are loud at night, and also bc there is not as much green space in that neighborhood. As you get farther from campus, there are more parks and your house is more likely to have a yard.
Please feel free to PM me to ask abt certain neighborhoods or streets - when I moved here another mama (who I only met online) did that for me and it was super helpful.
I can also HIGHLY recommend the JCC for baby care/ preschool, and Brown/ Fox Point for preschool. We've been very happy living here w kids.
I know nothing about the school situation, so I'll just leave it with seconding the recommendation for the Wayland Square area.
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We've reached a really tough part of travelling, and to be honest, it's been hard to feel motivated. South Vietnam hasn't wowed us, we're tired and not feeling inspired by what we've seen so far in the last few weeks. Hanoi, Halong Bay and Hoi An were beautiful, but Hue and Danang were just okay. We figured we'd spend Christmas on a sunny beach somewhere, and the beach town of Mui Ne was out of our price league for that time of year, so we made our way to Nha Trang. Big mistake.
Within an hour of being in the place, we witnessed a full on fist fight with a couple of burly Russians over a local prostitute. This was while we were having breakfast at 8am, as we were killing time until our hotel room was ready. Headed to the beach and saw large groups of guys necking vodka from the bottle and we just looked at each other after realising that the number of nightclubs seemed to outnumber the hotels, and there were a lot of hotels, and decided to get out. According to the Lonely Planet, Dalat was a lovely mountain town that looks as if it's drawn by Disney. In reality, it's a cold town full of dodgy overpriced hotels and construction sites. The lake's a bit pretty if you have your back to the centre of town. That's where we ended up for Christmas, and it was thoroughly depressing.
So, we figured we've had enough of SE Asia, and we need to be somewhere different, we need more of a change. The plan is to head over to Cambodia, maybe chill out on a beach there for a few days, potter in Phnom Penh and Ankhor Watt, and then get the next flight out of Bangkok to Hong Kong. We're getting excited about travelling again just reading about what we can see in China so hopefully that'll give us our mojo back. For a moment, we were so homesick that we were tempted to just go home to the UK for a week for some home comforts, but the thought of getting out of this part of the world is keeping us going. After that, we're thinking, we count down the days to coming home in Sri Lanka. Just over 3 months to go and we don't want to feel like we're filling up our days in places we don't want to be, so hopefully the plan will work and get us enjoying it again. Fingers crossed.


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IVF doctors have warned the Federal Government to stay out of the consulting room after an inquiry into IVF funding was broadened to consider whether infertility treatment is appropriate.
In a move that has alarmed doctors, the Government review set up to look at the cost effectiveness of taxpayer funding for IVF - particularly when the chances of pregnancy are slim - will also consider the "clinical appropriateness" and "societal impacts" of infertility treatment.
The chairman of the IVF Directors Group, Michael Chapman, said decisions about whether treatment was appropriate were a matter for the doctor and the patient and had nothing to do with government. "We've gone from an issue about restrictions on IVF funding . . . to a discussion about the whole issue of IVF. It's a huge broadening of the debate," Professor Chapman said.
"I think that Mr Abbott (the federal Health Minister), by going down that track, is essentiality going to be interfering with the patient-doctor relationship."
The six-member committee, announced yesterday, will be headed by Ian Fraser, a respected professor of reproductive medicine at the University of Sydney. It will include author Bettina Arndt, Australian Medical Association representative Andrew Pesce, IVF specialist Peter Illingworth, Australia's Chief Medical Officer, John Horvath, and obstetrician Terry McGee.
Dr McGee is a friend of Mr Abbott from his university days. But Mr Abbott said whether or not he knew Dr McGee was beside the point because she was "highly qualified".
A spokeswoman for Mr Abbott said the review was "essentially a cost-effectiveness review". It was announced after a public outcry over Government plans to limit Medicare funding for IVF treatment to three cycles per couple a year or three cycles overall if the woman is over 42.
The inquiry will not consider regulation of IVF, which is the responsibility of state and territory governments.
Monash IVF medical director Gab Kovacs, said it was a dangerous precedent for a Government committee to make recommendations about clinical appropriateness of medical treatment. "As a doctor generally, not just as an IVF clinician, I would have some anxiety about government getting involved in clinical decisions that should be made between the doctor and the patient," he said. "It's treading on fairly dangerous ground" and I don't see why reproductive medicine should be subject to those sorts of guidelines."
Labor health spokeswoman Julia Gillard said Mr Abbott had a "philosophical opposition" to IVF. "It is Labor's view that women, together with their doctor, can make the decision to undergo IVF without Mr Abbott inserting himself into the consultation room," she said.
Also yesterday, the expert panel reviewing Australia's cloning and stem cell laws met for the first time. Chairman John Lockhard, QC, said he was prepared to hear passionate views from both sides of the debate.
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ESPN Will Air Magic Johnson HIV Documentary In March [Video]
More than 20 years after Magic Johnson held a press conference to announce he was HIV-positive, ESPN is revisiting that significant moment in a documentary, "The Announcement", scheduled to air March 11 on the sports channel.
Magic stunned L.A. Lakers fans and the world beyond in Nov. 7, 1991, when he publicly revealed his diagnosis.
The film explores how the basketball legend continues to cope with the disease.
It features narration by Johnson himself and interviews with confidantes including family (wife Cookie, son Andre) and former NBA colleagues Larry Bird, Karl Malone, James Worthy and Kurt Rambis. Hollywood pals Chris Rock and Arsenio Hall also appear.
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Heather Lynn White | pomegranate and bird
It's an 3.5x5 inch print, matte finish. So beautifully pomegranatey.
Lovely feminine illustrations make this calendar a useful and decorative gift for the women in your family. The 4"x10" size makes it easy to fit into any room of the house.
Back in stock. Treat yourself to a really unique and artistic calendar this year...it's never too late to add a bold, fresh accent to your home or office!
Back in stock...A mini size that's a great way to brighten up a small space at home or at work. Hang a few months in a row for a pretty variety!
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Pack of five handprinted greeting cards for Rosh HaShana (5 1/4" x 4 1/4") -- the images are handcut from linoleum by the designer.
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I am not where i want to be in my life but i am happy where i am headed. I would like some female company along the way. Not really interested in waiting til i get there and sharing the benefits with someone that doesn't know my struggle because that person won't know me.
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Exclusive Iron Man 3 Mandarin Poster
Sir Ben Kingsley isn't best pleased...
We've already seen Guy Pearce's Aldrich Killian looking badass in an Iron Man 3 poster. Then there was Don Cheadle's Iron Patriot looking badass in his Iron Man 3 poster. And now, thanks to this exclusive Iron Man 3 poster below, it's Mandarin's turn to look badass - something Sir Ben Kingsley does with ease.
Though his evil-sounding voice in the trailers below isn't oriental in the slightest, here The Mandarin's get-up and, well, sense of feng shui definitely has an Eastern vibe. Note the elaborately trimmed coat and liberal use of joss sticks, as well as the Chinese Dragons both on the walls and and standing proudly on the floor.
As for the camo gear and army boots, that's probably something to do with him being the leader of an international terrorist organisation and as such, believing in a certain amount of discipline. Then there's a Captain America-like combat helmet with holes in it, which is probably just there to look intimidating (and hold incense, naturally).
Get a better look at the poster above thanks to this uncropped original art below. Top tip: there's something under his boot...{Iron Man 3 Exclusive - Mandarin}
Refresh yourself with the kind of thing The Mandarin is wont to do - such as blowing up mansions with rocket-firing helicopters - by checking out both the Iron Man 3 Super Bowl spot...
...as well as the full trailer. He's the guy with the Bane-worthy voice and awesome shades, by the way.
Empire has a lot more Iron Man 3 goodness on the way in the not too distant future, so be sure to check back regularly in advance of the film's UK (April 26) and US (May 3) release dates.


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Madison woman accused of taking donations for cancer she never had
A woman from Madison is accused of getting thousands in donations for a cancer she never had.
Angelia Culberson, 36, was charged this week in Columbia County with felony theft. Attorneys will meet with a judge on Tuesday to decide how the case will proceed. Authorities cited a dozen people and two business owners who gave $6,000 to Culberson at a fund-raiser in Arlington in 2002.
Investigators said others gave as well -- but they didn't want to press charges.
Court records in a Dane County custody case include a statement from Culberson that she lied to a co-worker about missing work -- and she shaved her head to convince people she had Hodgkin's disease.
Some people apparently drove Culberson to University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison for the treatments she never had.
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Australia's richest person became Fairfax Media's largest shareholder yesterday after upping her stake from 4.9 per cent to about 14.8 per cent, raising concerns that the mining magnate will seek to sway editorial content from the newspaper, digital media and radio group's board.
Mrs Rinehart, who also owns 10 per cent of
Senator Conroy said the mining magnate had invested in the company behind The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, and radio stations such as 3AW and 2UE, to affect debate about key national issues.
"Clearly she is seeking to exert her influence but is she breaking the law by exerting an influence? No," Senator Conroy told ABC Radio. "Do we need stronger laws in this area? Yes. We want to see a debate around a public interest test."
A public interest test in media deals was part of the discussion paper released by the Gillard government's media convergence review late last year. Sources close to the Ten board said Mrs Rinehart had played an active role in editorial at Ten and pushed for conservative Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt to be given his own talk show.
However, Ten's largest shareholder, WIN Corporation owner
"If Gina Rinehart wants to talk to any politician in the country, she's got their ear," he told the Financial Review. "She doesn't need to get into television or newspapers for that."
Advertising and media executive
"Why wouldn't you if you'd paid out that much money?" he said.
Mr Singleton dismissed speculation Mrs Rinehart would launch a full bid for Fairfax or interfere with the editorial content of its newspapers, websites and radio stations.
"She's not going to take it over and then go and write the front page of the papers. She knows if she does that no one will read the papers and her investment will be no good," he said.
"She will have as much influence as one can with one board seat. She'll go about it in a quiet manner.
"She doesn't exactly dominate a room and is quite shy. She'll get around and talk to editors, but she is quite shy."
The raid boosted Mrs Rinehart's investment in Fairfax to about $300 million, or 1.5 per cent of her estimated net wealth of $20 billion.
Executives at Mrs Rinehart's primary investment company, Hancock Prospecting, have previously described her media interests as a "business decision".
Mr Corbett would not discuss Mrs Rinehart's share raid. Mr Hywood was not available for comment.
Morgan Stanley offered Fairfax investors 81.8¢ a share, a 10.5 per cent premium to Fairfax's closing share price of 74¢ on Tuesday. Shares in the media company rose 7.5¢ to 81.5¢ yesterday.
Mrs Rinehart bought Fairfax shares from small institutional shareholders and some of the hedge funds that have bought into the media company over the past four years. Some sources close to Fairfax believe she is considering moving to 19.9 per cent and would seek to become chairman.
Before the raid, Commonwealth Bank of Australia was Fairfax's largest shareholder with a 12.4 per cent stake, followed by fund manager Maple-Brown Abbott with 8.9 per cent and National Australia Bank with 8.3 per cent.
Simon Marais, the founder of Orbis Investment Management, which owns 7.3 per cent of Fairfax, said the fund manager had not decided if it would support the appointment of Mrs Rinehart as a director. Orbis did not sell any Fairfax shares this week.
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The German press has hailed BMW's sale of Rover - or "the English Patient" as some in Germany have called it - stressing both BMW's relief and the dubious outlook for Rover itself.
The Stuttgarter Zeitung sounded warning bells over the level of the BMW "dowry" to Rover - a loan of Ł500 million.
It said the sale to the Phoenix consortium was a new start for the British company. "But whether the tottering British carmaker can rise again from the ashes like the mythical phoenix is doubtful."
Die Welt said the sale of Rover - "the grave of billions" - was a welcome development for BMW managers.
With the Phoenix deal in the bag, the head of BMW Joachim Milberg "was at least able to prevent the closure of Rover and bolster his own position".
But the paper also quoted Deutsche Bank expert Christian Breitsprecher: "Because BMW has loaned Phoenix Ł500m, BMW could be facing even more burdens if the consortium - which is financially weak - is unable to honour payments."
In the home of BMW, Munich, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said the good news was that the whole episode was over for BMW.
The Berliner Tageszeitung called the deal the "best news for weeks for the Labour government in Britain".
It draws attention to the "astonishing" recent sales figures for Rover cars, and adds "If things had always been like that, then there would never have been all those problems."
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Strike a Pose— A Style Shoot Portland Bloggers' Meet-Up
Portland Bloggers // Bee, Carly, Jenni, Macey, & Suzannah
Sunday, March 10, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The March 10 Portland Bloggers' Meet-up brings the everyday blogger together Portland Photographers & Stylists for a lesson in self-portraits!
- Learn tips on how to pose for photos
- Get a stylists advice for looking the best in your photos
- Get your photo taken by a PRO!
- Get hair and makeup touchups and tips from pros (if you wish)
- Borrow props/ accessories for your photos (if you wish)
- Enjoy a light lunch
- Receive 3 headshots that you will be able to use on your blog*
When: Sunday, March 10 from 1 PM to 4 PM
Where: Jillian Rabe LLC in The Space—1030 NW 12th Ave. TH1; On the corner of 12th and Marshall
What to bring: YOU! You are welcome to bring a couple of accessories or clothing if you want tips from a Stylist. Please do not go overboard... time and space is limited.
More information will be posted on the Portland Bloggers' website from now until the big day!
When will I receive my headshots?
The headshots will be available through the photographers. Each photographer will have their own deadlines due to their schedules. You will receive information about when the headshots will be available at the event. Assume 2 to 4 weeks.
Will I be able to post my photos?
There will be model release forms at the event. Those who wish to be photographed will have to sign a waiver allowing the photos to be used by the photographer in their portfolios/on their websites. In exchange, the photographer will release the photos to you with the rights to post the image with credit given.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
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Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
If you are unable to attend the event, and there is a waiting list, then your ticket can be sold to someone on the waiting list. Tickets, unfortunately, are non-refunable. The ticket price can be used towards the next meet-up's ticket price if you are unable to attend.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
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What is the refund policy?
Unfortunately, tickets are non-refunable. The ticket price can be used towards the next meet-up's costs. OR, if there is a waiting list for tickets, then you may be able to sell your ticket to the next in line.
Where does the money go?
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
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Child car seat safety inspection
Mount Nittany Medical Center's department of emergency medical services, along with the American Academy of Pediatrics, is hosting a child car seat safety inspection on Thursday, September 12, from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm in the EMS garage at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 East Park Avenue, State College.
Please call 814.231.7054 to schedule an appointment or just stop by.
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Mount Nittany Medical Center EMS Garage, 1800 East Park Avenue, State College, PA 16803
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Derby City Corvette Club
You found us. Yeah! A new corvette club for the Louisville, Kentucky area. We are the new kid
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A Letter from a Teacher
October 19, 2006
Dear Ms. Hill:
The William H. Ohrenberger School is an elementary school located in Boston, Massachusetts. We have a diverse population of students but the majority are Latino. About half of our students live within walking distance and the other half are bused in from across the city.
For many years our staff has struggled with the disorganized state of lunch and recess. Teachers would come to pick up children from recess and find students and lunch monitors alike in complete turmoil. Often we would walk out to fist fights, children yelling, and lunch monitors frustrated and overwhelmed. Teachers often had to spend complete periods after lunch solving problems and lecturing on proper behavior.
Other times, out of frustration and the desire to avoid confrontations, we would give up our own lunch period to sit with children who just couldn't manage themselves outside. Even our well-behaved children begged to skip recess because it was a stressful place to be.
Last year we heard about Sports4Kids, and I was skeptical as to whether one person could change the disastrous recess scene on their own—until Coach Abby arrived from California for our one week trial. Within a day, there was an immediate change at recess. Children from all different classes were playing together—nicely!
The techniques even carried over to the classroom. We noticed two children run to grab the same chair—generally grounds for a shoving match. Instead, they played "rock, paper, scissors" and accepted the result respectfully. Even after Coach Abby left, my students continued to play the games, making recess a much calmer place. Needless to say, we wanted Coach Abby and Sports4Kids back for good.
We are now two months into having coach Abby full time and I never dreamed recess could be this wonderful. Every child wants to go to recess now, and we rarely get any negative feedback about behavior.
Instead of screaming and yelling at recess, I'm hearing children shout, "good job" or "nice try." Students are getting more exercise than ever before and letting aggression out in a positive way. The biggest change, from a teacher's perspective, is that children are calm and ready to learn when we arrive back to class.
The difference is night and day.
Participating with my class during Class Game Time, I've begun to notice a more important change in the character and demeanor of so many students. Coach Abby is not just here to get these kids physically fit, she is teaching them to become better people. Today, I noticed that a few of my students became aware that some of their classmates weren't getting a chance to handle the ball very often. They began passing the ball to those classmates, instead of taking the turn themselves. They did this on their own, without any prompting.
Sports4Kids has truly changed the children of the Ohrenberger School.
Thank you, Coach Abby and Sports4Kids !
Roxanne Saravelas
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We are hoping the recent news that Newcastle seem to have won the race for Sunderland midfielder Jack Raymond Colback are true, and that he will sign for Newcastle when he returns from his summer vacation.
Jack Colback and Juan Mata fight for the ball last season
Jack has just been married and he already has two young sons, so it could be that he and his wide wanted to stay in the North East area, and maybe that's why he signed for his home town club.
If that's true, then Jack is a sensible lad to agree with his wife so early in the marriage. 😀
Jack is a good solid player who always gives 100%, and we were impressed with his form in the run-in to the season where Sunderland took 13 points out of their last 6 games, and got 7 points from their trips to Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United – simply amazing.
It's surprising that Sunderland couldn't keep him at the Black Cats, but their initial contract offer was low, because they didn't know if they's be in the Premier League next season.
And it could be that the measly offer started Jack and his agents looking around, and he found he was in some demand from Premier League clubs.
Jack will never be a star player, but he is like Nobby Stiles was for the England World Cup winning side of 1966, he is hard-working, strong and dependable, and all clubs needs these types of players – who hardly ever get the headlines, but they are worth their weight in gold to a team.
Jack can play at full back or anywhere across the midfield, so he is also versatile, and while at Sunderland he scored 5 goals in 135 appearances, and while that isn't many goals it's more than Cheick Tiote and Vurnon Anita have scored for Newcastle over the last two seasons.
Jack also scored 5 goals in 55 appearances while he was on loan at Ipswich Town from 2009 through 2011.
And of course having been born in Killingworth, he's a Geordie, after all.
Comments welcome.
Note: Matthew Stephenson is a life-long Newcastle fan and an avid reader of this blog – and he is participating in the Great North Run in early September, and running to raise money for Beating Bowel Cancer. Here is Matthew's JustGiving page and please donate for a worthy cause, to help him reach his £300 goal for the Charity – many thanks.


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You can integrate ActiveCampaign with Zendesk in the following ways:
1. Import end-users into ActiveCampaign as new subscribers.
2. Use our Zendesk widget to add/update the end-user in ActiveCampaign from within Zendesk (version prior to Lotus).
3. Use our Zendesk Lotus app to sync end-users to ActiveCampaign subscribers (similar to #2 but made specifically for Lotus).
Your Zendesk end-users are those that submit support tickets. Using ActiveCampaign you can choose to follow-up with those users via email for promotions, offers, or simply contacting them regarding their overall support experience.
Just visit the Import Subscribers section and choose Zendesk as your external source:
Next, put in your Zendesk account information, including account name, username, and password (of a Zendesk Agent or Admin user):
Next, include any import filters that will narrow-down the data returned from Zendesk. These are optional and can be left blank (in which case, all users would be returned).
Next, choose which Zendesk fields you want to map to ActiveCampaign fields, so the data is stored properly:
Click "Import Now" when ready. You can view the report or click "Manage Subscribers" to view the imported users.
"Does Zendesk integration let me update my users in Zendesk and have it sync back to ActiveCampaign?"
At this time, the sync is only one-way and must be performed manually. If you want to ensure that you do not re-sync the same users from Zendesk, make sure their email address has not changed, and then choose to "Update existing subscribers" on step one of the import section:
If you do not check this option, then existing subscribers (email addresses) will simply be ignored when importing, as there is no way to import duplicate subscribers (emails) in ActiveCampaign.
Our official Zendesk widget allows you to add and modify subscriber details right from within Zendesk.
To install the widget, start by going to Settings > Extensions:
Click "add widget":
Choose "Custom":
In the "Custom widget" section, configure the settings as shown below:
For the Content section, here is the code to paste:

Choose "Create widget" then click "Submit."
When visiting a ticket page, choose "Edit widgets on this page."
Choose the ActiveCampaign widget that you just created:
Click "Login" and establish your ActiveCampaign connection (read about how to obtain your API connection information).
If the Zendesk end-user's email address is not a subscriber yet, click "Add" to add them as a new subscriber:
Populate their name and chosen lists, and then click "Add Subscriber."
The widget area will then update to reflect this new subscriber:
If there is activity associated with the subscriber (recent opens, clicks, forwards, etc), it will also show up in the widget area:
You can edit the subscriber details right through the widget, and everything will remain in sync with ActiveCampaign:
If you click the "View" button, that will take you directly to the ActiveCampaign "View Subscriber" page:
At the current time, one Zendesk account can connect to only one ActiveCampaign installation.
Other Zendesk agents under the same account that access ticket pages will see the same ActiveCampaign widget data (from the same ActiveCampaign source installation). The widget compares the Zendesk account (base URL) with connection details already saved by another agent, and uses those same connection details so other agents don't have to log-in.
Zendesk's latest interface is called "Lotus," and we have an official ActiveCampaign app that works much like the widget for the old interface.
Start by creating a new list in ActiveCampaign called "Zendesk."
Create any custom fields that you might want to use for Zendesk, such as "Ticket Subject" and "Ticket Tags."
Next, visit Integration > External Services, and choose "App Settings" underneath the Zendesk logo:
Decide if you want to map your custom fields to Zendesk fields. These values will come over from Zendesk when syncing a subscriber from any ticket page:
In Zendesk – continue by going to Settings, Browse, and locate the ActiveCampaign app:
Hover over the ActiveCampaign app and click Install:
Provide your API URL and Key, and provide a display name for the app (which will show up in the right sidebar above the app). Then click Install:
On each ticket page, the ActiveCampaign app will appear in the right sidebar:


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Now a senior scientist at ACD, John is leading the way toward the most refined realization of his dream to date. The high-resolution dynamics limb sounder (HIRDLS), in the works since the late 1980s, is now gearing up for several years of design and construction. NASA has distributed the work--Phase C/D, in NASA terminology--to a number of contractors in the U.S. and England, with focal points in Boulder and at Oxford University. HIRDLS is scheduled for launch aboard a NASA spacecraft in 2002.
|The optical bench--the heart of the HIRDLS instrument--is portrayed in this cutaway illustration. The six-bladed chopper in the center creates an alternating signal that is more readily detected. The bench will be made of beryllium, which is very lightweight but makes machining complex. (Illustration courtesy Phil Arter.)
Under federal acquisition regulations, the Phase C/D work--substantially more involved than the conceptual design work of Phase B--would have been subject to cost-accounting standards different than those normally used at UCAR. The creation of CLAS lessens that major administrative burden: CU becomes the prime contractor for NASA ($118 million from February 1997 through 2008). NCAR will be a subcontractor ($19.7 million for the same period) for scientific and computing facility use and reimbursement of investigators who remain at NCAR. Accounting standards differ when the primary contractor is a university, so the overall administrative burden on the project will be lessened significantly.
Many other positives could emerge from the creation of CLAS. "It's a mutually beneficial project," says CU professor Susan Avery, the founding director of CLAS and former chair of UCAR's Board of Trustees. According to the CLAS program plan, the center "will complement the existing array of earth remote-sensing research activities at the university and provide a new link to the national and global earth science research communities." Avery adds, "There will be educational opportunities for students and collaborations across many units in the university, as well as with NCAR and Oxford."
Noting CU's close ties to NOAA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology through two CU-based institutes, the plan states that "CLAS offers a new opportunity to establish a similarly close connection to the other large, federally sponsored laboratory in Boulder, NCAR. Over the years, individual faculty have worked with NCAR scientists on a wide variety of projects, but an institutional connection has been lacking and CLAS will provide one."
Although HIRDLS won't be the first limb sounder to be deployed, it will far surpass earlier sounders in its three-dimensional acuity. Instruments such as those on board the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS, launched in 1991) have sampled temperatures and trace gases from the middle stratosphere upward. However, these data were gathered along narrow strips circling the earth, with the strips separated by data-free areas about 25 degrees wide (3000 kilometers at the equator).
In contrast, HIRDLS will provide a true grid of measurements, and a dense one at that. Its data will be collected twice a day over the entire earth from grid points separated by five degrees latitude and longitude. "We'll get within 300 [horizontal] kilometers of every point on the earth twice a day," notes John.
Moreover, unlike any previous limb sounder, HIRDLS will have a programmable scanning feature enabling it to zoom in on areas of particular interest at a resolution of just one by one degree. This on-the-fly capability will make it possible, for instance, to perform regional analyses on the stratosphere immediately after and near a volcanic eruption. Data will be processed within a few hours of its collection and passed on to the scientific world at large several days later.
HIRDLS will focus its attention on the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere, at somewhat lower altitudes than its predecessors. The goal is to get a fuller picture of the interchange between these regions, where chemical, aerosol, and momentum exchange play a role in weather and climate near the surface as well as in phenomena such as ozone depletion in the stratosphere.
John and his colleagues have amassed plenty of scientific questions waiting to be solved with the help of HIRDLS data. For instance, recent satellite observations have detected streamers of ozone-poor air emerging from the seasonally depleted vortex near the South Pole. Normally, says John, temperature and circulation gradients near the polar vortex serve as barriers to the leakage of ozone-depleted air. "There were theoretical models that indicated we should see narrow streamers coming off these barriers. Present observations, with their coarse horizontal resolution, can't resolve the streamers and are showing them wider than they may be. Without something like HIRDLS we can't really tell how narrow or wide they are."
|Joanne Loh and John Gille. (Photo by Carlye Calvin.)
Following LRIR was LIMS, the limb infrared monitor of the stratosphere instrument, deployed in 1978. It provided the first high-resolution look at stratospheric temperature and ozone and the first global measurements of stratospheric water vapor, nitric acid (present only in concentrations of a few parts per billion), and nitrogen dioxide (a naturally occurring gas that catalytically destroys ozone). LIMS also clearly demonstrated the existence of the Brewer-Dobson circulation, in which air ascends from the troposphere to the stratosphere in the tropics, slowly drifts to high latitudes, and descends into the lower atmosphere there. According to John, "Calculations based on the measurements showed that the motions could be understood in terms of theoretical concepts then being developed, which then became the basis for the two-dimensional stratospheric modeling that then blossomed."
Two instruments proposed by John's group in the mid-1980s for UARS failed to make the final cut. However, another limb instrument did, and it was created by the Department of Atmospheric Physics at Oxford. Meanwhile, says John, "I was involved in the planning for EOS [NASA's Earth Observing System]. In the process of thinking about where the science was going, I came up with the original idea for HIRRLS (hi-resolution research limb sounder). At about the same time, Oxford proposed a separate dynamics limb sounder. NASA and the British national space agency said, 'Hey, these proposals are very similar. Let's combine them and develop a single instrument.' "
John met with British investigator John Barnett in 1989 "over several beers in pubs around Reading" to discuss the idea of NCAR and Oxford building an instrument together. Later that year, once the formalities had been ironed out, the HIRRLS plan entered Phase B in its new incarnation as the NCAR/Oxford collaboration on HIRDLS.
|As the satellite bearing HIRDLS orbits the earth, the instrument will scan for radiative emissions in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere along six tracks (black lines). The tracks are separated by five degrees of radial distance at the observation point (vertical white lines), where they are perpendicular to the earth. A new set of observations is taken once the satellite has completed five degrees of orbit, which takes about a minute. (Illustration courtesy HIRDLS, adapted by Liesel Brunson.)
The project leaders keep in touch via weekly international phone calls and meetings that alternate between Boulder and Oxford every few weeks. About every week, says Joanne, each site holds "a coordinating team meeting among the managers and technical leads, going over problems and action items. The report goes out by e-mail to everybody in HIRDLS."
As Phase C/D unfolds, the pace is picking up at the CLAS office in UCAR North. "As we get into the detailed design and start to build things, there are a lot of people coming on board," says John. Researchers from a number of CU departments may become involved as collaborators in instrument development and potential data application. Undergraduate and graduate students also will find opportunities. The center expects to tackle follow-on experiments and other related work in time.
First, though, there's an instrument to build--and John says the hour is later than it seems. "We did have the advantage of a relatively relaxed schedule, but even planning for a launch in 2002, it's going to be tight." BH
More information on HIRDLS can be found at the project's Web site.
John Gille, U.S. co-principal investigator
Joanne Loh, project manager
Mike Dials, technical manager
Phil Arter and Doug Woodward, project engineers
Dave Wilson, contracts manager
Russ Howard, project assurance
Linda Henderson, administrator
Those remaining at NCAR include:
Paul Bailey, co-investigator and data manager
Byron Boville, Guy Brasseur, Mike Coffey, and Bill Mankin, co-investigators
David Edwards, scientist
Chris Halvorson, Brian Johnson, and Jinxue Wang, instrument scientists
B. J. Heller, administrator