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Coral reefs occur in a variety of fringing, barrier, and atoll settings throughout
the tropical and subtropical world. Coral reefs constitute important and productive
sources of biodiversity; they harbor more than 25% of all known marine fish
(Bryant et al., 1998), as well as a total species diversity containing more
phyla than rainforests (Sale, 1999). Reefs also represent a significant source
of food for many coastal communities (Wilkinson et al., 1999). Coral reefs serve
important functions as atoll island foundations, coastal protection structures,
and sources of beach sand; they have economic value for tourism (which is increasingly
important for many national economies) and support emerging opportunities in
biotechnology. Moberg and Folke (1999) have published a comprehensive list of
goods and ecological services provided by coral reef ecosystems.
The total areal extent of living coral reefs has been estimated at about 255,000
km2 (Spalding and Grenfell, 1997). As much as 58% (rising locally to >80%
in southeast Asia) are considered at risk from human activities, such as industrial
development and pollution, tourism and urbanization, agricultural runoff, sewage
pollution, increased sedimentation, overfishing, coral mining, and land reclamation
(Bryant et al., 1998), as well as predation and disease (e.g., Antonius, 1995;
Richardson et al., 1998). In the past these local factors, together with episodic
natural events such as storms, were regarded as the primary cause of degradation
of coral reefs. Now, Brown (1997), Hoegh-Guldberg (1999), and Wilkinson (1999),
for instance, invoke global factors, including global climate change, as a cause
of coral reef degradation.
Previous IPCC assessments have concluded that the threat of sea-level rise
to coral reefs (as opposed to reef islands) is minor (Bijlsma et al., 1996;
Nurse et al., 1998). This conclusion is based on projected rates of global sea-level
rise from Warrick et al. (1996) on the order of 2-9 mm yr-1 over the next
100 years. Reef accretion at these rates has not been widely documented, largely
because most reefs have been growing horizontally under stable or falling sea
levels in recent years (Wilkinson and Buddemeier, 1994). Schlager (1999) reports
an approximate upper limit of vertical reef growth during the Holocene of 10
mm yr-1, suggesting that healthy reef flats are able to keep pace with projected
sea-level rise. The situation is less clear for the large numbers of degraded
reefs in densely populated regions of south and southeast Asia, eastern Africa,
and the Caribbean (Bryant et al., 1998), as well as those close to population
centers in the Pacific (Zann, 1994).
Positive trends of SST have been recorded in much of the tropical ocean over
the past several decades, and SST is projected to rise by 1-2°C by
2100. Many coral reefs occur at or close to temperature tolerance thresholds
(Goreau, 1992; Hanaki et al., 1998), and Brown (1997) has argued that steadily
rising SST will create progressively more hostile conditions for many reefs.
This effect, along with decreased CaCO3 saturation state (as CO2 levels rise),
represent two of the most serious threats to reefs in the 21st century (Hoegh-Guldberg,
1999; Kleypas et al., 1999).
Several authors regard an increase in coral bleaching as a likely result of
global warming. However, Kushmaro et al. (1998) cite references that indicate
it is not yet possible to determine conclusively that bleaching episodes and
the consequent damage to reefs are caused by global climate change. Corals bleach
(i.e., pale in color) because of physiological shock in response to abrupt changes
in temperature, salinity, and turbidity. This paling represents a loss of symbiotic
algae, which make essential contributions to coral nutrition and clarification.
Bleaching often may be temporary, with corals regaining color once stressful
environmental conditions ameliorate. Brown et al. (2000) indicate that some
corals in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Caribbean Sea are known to bleach
on an annual basis in response to seasonal variations in temperature and irradiance.
Major bleaching events can occur when SSTs exceed seasonal maximums by >1°C
(Brown et al., 1996). Mortality for small excursions of temperature is variable
and, in some cases, apparently depth-related (Phongsuwan, 1998); surviving coral
has reduced growth and reproductive capacity. More extensive mortality accompanies
temperature anomalies of 3°C or more over several months (Brown and Suharsono,
1990). Hoegh-Guldberg (1999) found that major episodes of coral bleaching over
the past 20 years were associated with major El Niño events, when seasonal
maximum temperatures were exceeded by at least 1°C.
Corals weakened by other stresses may be more susceptible to bleaching (Glynn,
1996; Brown, 1997), although Goreau (1992) found in Jamaica that anthropogenically
stressed areas had lower bleaching frequencies. More frequent and extensive
bleaching decreases live coral cover, leading to reduced species diversity (Goreau,
1992; Edinger et al., 1998) and greater susceptibility to other threats (e.g.,
pathogens and emergent diseases as addressed by Kushmaro et al., 1996, 1998;
Aronson et al., 2000). In the short term, this bleaching may set back reef communities
to early successional stages characterized by noncalcifying benthos such as
algae, soft corals, and sponges (Done, 1999). Reefs affected by coral bleaching
may become dominated by physically resilient hemispherical corals because branching
corals are more susceptible to elevated SST, leading to a decrease in coral
and habitat diversity (Brown and Suharsono, 1990). Differential susceptibility
to bleaching among coral taxa has been reported during the large-scale event
in 1998 on the Great Barrier Reef (Marshall and Baird, 2000).
The 1998 bleaching event was unprecedented in severity over large areas of
the world, especially the Indian Ocean. This event is interpreted by Wilkinson
et al. (1999) as ENSO-related and could provide a valuable indicator of the
potential effects of global climate change. However, the 1998 intense warming
in the western Indian Ocean has been associated with shifts in the Indian dipole
rather than ENSO.
Attempts to predict bleaching have met with variable success. Winter et al.
(1998) compared a 30-year record of SST at La Parguera, Puerto Rico, with coral
bleaching events at the same location but could not forecast coral bleaching
frequency from the temperature record. On the other hand, analyses of recent
sea temperature anomalies, based on satellite data, have been used to predict
the mass coral bleaching extent during 1997-1998 (Hoegh-Guldberg, 1999).
Recently it has been suggested that a doubling of CO2 levels could reduce reef
calcification, but this effect is very difficult to predict (Gattuso et al.,
1999). Kleypas et al. (1999) argue that such effects could be noticed by 2100
because of the decreased availability of CaCO3 to corals. In combination with
potentially more frequent bleaching episodes, reduced calcification could impede
a reef's ability to grow vertically in pace with sea-level rise.
The implications for reef-bound coasts in terms of sediment supply, shore protection,
and living resources may be complex, either positive or negative, and are difficult
to predict at a global scale. However, there have been suggestions that fishing
yields will be reduced as reef viability decreases, leading to reduced yields
of protein for dependent human populations, and that the effects of reducing
the productivity of reef ecosystems on birds and marine mammals are expected
to be substantial (Hoegh-Guldberg, 1999).
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While a new animal shelter in Rolla could allow for more room and better conditions for cats and dogs without homes, it would not be a solution to larger animals, such as horses, found in Phelps County outside the city limits.
During Tuesday's county commission meeting, District Two County Commissioner Gary Hicks asked Sheriff Rick Lisenbe about the number of calls his department gets regarding animal cases.
Lisenbe did not know the exact amount at the time but said last year, his department dealt with an "exceptional number of calls" for large animals, like horses, that were loose or needed food or water.
Any new animal shelter would likely not have the room or proper acreage needed to handle horses or other farm animals, the sheriff said.
"I think they need a new facility," Lisenbe said, but noted that while in the City of Rolla, most animals rescued are small like dogs or cats, but in the county, it's a different story.
"We're dealing with larger animals in the county," the sheriff said.
District One Commissioner Larry Stratman agreed, saying a new shelter would likely not be a solution to large animals found in the county.
Stratman said he toured a new animal shelter in Jefferson City that cost an estimated $2.1 million and has a $600,000 annual operating budget.
At a meeting held Jan. 22, Rolla city and animal shelter officials asked county officials and other municipalities, stakeholders and entities about their interest in helping make a new animal shelter a reality.
After that meeting, Rolla City Administrator John Butz said that neither the county nor St. James had indicated they would be more proactive in animal regulations.
Hicks said Tuesday that the county enjoys its current relationship with the city in regards to animal rescues but noted that like Lisenbe, he, too, feels there is a need for a new shelter.
Hicks wanted to know which regulations and state statutes need to be met, if a new shelter is built.
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Lisenbe said Tuesday he could not justify the county spending, for example, $300,000 for the amount of work his deputies do with animal rescues or other animal-related incidents.
In some cases, fences are not properly maintained and farm animals escape, Lisenbe noted. He said sheriff's deputies usually try to contact the owner of the animals to address the problem, but if the issue persists, tickets are written.
He said during last summer's drought, deputies responded to many calls of farm animals not having enough hay to eat or water to drink.
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Rolla has acquired land near the recycling center for a new animal shelter along with public works buildings.
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Rolla Animal Control Manager John Redshaw noted that the current facility was built in the early 1970s and often runs out of space for the animals.
The late Robert Eck, a longtime businessman and local university professor, left $441,000 to Rolla to use for an animal care shelter.
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The controversial – and some would argue oddly out-of-place – statue of the former Azerbaijan strongman leader will be moved to a different part of a Mexico City park following protests from human rights groups.
The statue of former Azeri leader Heydar Aliyev will be moved from its place in a park on the Mexican capital's main avenue that Azerbaijan paid to have renovated. The move has drawn protests from the oil-rich Caucasus nation and a threat to cut off investments to Mexico, the BBC reported.
Azerbaijan has invested around $4 billion in Mexico – including renovating their park – which is more than the 180 diplomatic missions or 45 international organizations based in Mexico City have given for public spaces in the capital, said Marcelo, Mexico City's previous mayor.
Aliyev, a former chief of the Soviet Union's state security agency the KGB and leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, ruled the nation with a iron fist after the fall of the USSR. During his time in power from 1993 to his death in 2003, there were widespread reports of torture, police abuse as well as restrictions on freedom of assembly and the press.
His son, Ilham, now controls the country and was the first case of top-level dynastic succession in the former Soviet Union.
The younger Aliyev faces election in October and, given the well-publicized human rights abuses in the country, he is keen to promote the country's charity work abroad. The plaque in Mexico City that accompanies the statue describes Aliyev as "a great politician and statesman."
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LONDON — A full moon may be to blame for sleepless nights after all.
Scientists at the University of Basel, Switzerland say they have found the first reliable evidence that sleep patterns are influenced by lunar changes. The study, published in Current Biology, shows brain activity related to deep sleep in volunteers dropped by 30 percent around the full moon. The study subjects also took longer to fall asleep and had shorter nights.
"It could be important," said Eric Chudler, executive director of the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. The researchers aren't "saying the moon controls the person's sleep pattern, they're saying the body has an internal clock that's similar to the lunar cycle. It's different to the traditional myth."
The full moon has been blamed for murder and mayhem since ancient times. The term lunacy was coined in the 16th century to refer to an intermittent form of insanity believed to be related to the moon. For generations, people around the world have passed down tales of werewolves and other moon-related curses. Scientists have attempted over the years to discover a link between the satellite's impact and human behavior. These latest findings may provide a boost to the field.
Researchers at the Centre for Chronobiology at the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel originally set out to examine 33 volunteers' circadian rhythms, which are physical, mental and behavioral changes that respond to light and darkness over a 24-hour cycle.
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Updated 10:42 a.m. - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told fellow House Democrats today that she will run to keep her leadership position, likely extending her tenure as Democratic leader for another two years.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2102, with newly elected Democratic House members.
"I have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues to once again serve as the House Democratic leader," Pelosi said Wednesday at a press conference following a meeting with fellow Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
On the 10th anniversary of her election as Democratic leader, Pelosi said her colleagues had made their desire for her to remain as leader "very clear." There had been mounting speculation that the 72-year-old California Democrat might step aside and yield to younger figures in the party.
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Pelosi served two terms as speaker of the House, the first woman to ever hold that role, from 2007-2011, during which time she oversaw House passage of President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law. She has also taken a special interest in advancing legislation intended to address the effects of climate change, prompting a vote on a "cap-and-trade" bill in 2009 which eventually stalled in the Senate.
Republicans seemed almost giddy about the announcement.
"There is no better person to preside over the most liberal House Democratic Caucus in history than the woman who is solely responsible for relegating it to a prolonged minority status," said Paul Lindsay, the communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
As part of her decision to stay aboard, Pelosi said that New York Rep. Steve Israel had agreed to serve a second term as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Israel helped Democrats pick up seats in the most recent election.
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At a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Republicans accused Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler of trying to preserve his reputation rather than take the heat for MF Global's collapse and its missing customer money.
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Gensler, who appeared pained by the repeated questioning, said he stepped aside from the MF global investigation in early November so that he would not become a distraction or risk creating an appearance of a conflict of interest.
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Gensler and Jon Corzine, who resigned as MF Global's chief executive early last month, both worked at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s and held prominent positions.
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He noted the agency has met more than 1,100 times with industry officials and the public in the Dodd-Frank financial oversight law was enacted last year.
Senators then dug into Gensler for not removing himself earlier from MF Global matters if he believed his involvement could be a distraction.
"It never occurred to you prior to Nov. 3 that you shouldn't be participating regarding MF Global?" Senator Johanns asked.
Gensler responded that he stepped aside as soon as it turned into an enforcement matter.
He added that he has sat out other investigations into specific individuals during his time as head of the CFTC. He did not elaborate.
"It feels to me like you panicked, and it's more about a career-enhancing situation to avoid accountability," Senator Bob Corker told Gensler.
"I made a judgment," Gensler responded. "It was certainly not for the reasons you are saying."
Shelby has requested that the CFTC's inspector general look into the agency's oversight of MF Global including Gensler's decision to recuse himself from the investigation. (Reporting by Dave Clarke; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)


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Intel® Z170 Express is a single-chipset design that supports 6th-generation Intel LGA1151 Core™ i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium®/Celeron® processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, Z170 provides a maximum of ten USB 3.0 ports, six SATA 6Gbit/s ports, 32Gbit/s M.2 and PCIe 3.0 lane speed support for faster data retrieval. Intel Z170 Express also supports integrated-graphics (iGPU) functions, so you'll enjoy the very latest Intel integrated graphics performance.
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A collection of nine atmospheric science and geography activities that guide students in developing the skills used to analyze GLOBE environmental data. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on,... (View More) K-12 school-based science education program. (View Less)
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This unit consists of five activities, all of which focus on the response of plant life-cycle events to climate change. Students participate in discussions, field observations, data collection and analyses, plant identification, seed dispersal... (View More) comparisons, and graphing and analyses of plant phenology (timing of life-cycle events). Project BudBurst, a citizen science project which studies the impact of climate change on phenology, is integrated into this unit. The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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This curriculum uses an inquiry-based Earth system science approach, and leverages Project BudBurst, a citizen science phenology project, to engage students in authentic research on plant and ecosystem responses to climate change. Students collect... (View More) local data then analyze that data in the context of NASA regional and global data sets and satellite imagery to understand their data in personal, regional, and global contexts. The curriculum is divided into four units: The Earth as a System; Identifying the key changing conditions of the Earth system; Earth system responses to natural and human induced changes; and Predicting the consequences of changes for human civilization. Each unit consists of several activities with accompanying teacher answer sheets. (View Less)
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Students work in groups to investigate one of the following factors driving climate change: greenhouse gases, sea level rise and melting sea ice. The investigation involves conducting an experiment, connecting to real-world data and presenting a... (View More) poster summary of their findings. The lesson includes experiment procedures (with pictures), a rubric for poster evaluation, a Powerpoint presentation (incorporating NASA videos), extensions, and additional resources. (View Less)
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In this activity, students face an engineering challenge based on real-world applications. They are tasked with developing a tool they can use to measure the amount of rain that falls each day. Students will find out why freshwater is important,... (View More) learn about the water cycle, and the need to have a standard form of calibration for measurement tools. They will learn that keeping track of precipitation is important, and learn a little bit about how NASA's GPM satellite measures precipitation from space. This lesson uses the 5-E instructional model. (View Less)
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Students will design, build and then test a rain gauge to measure precipitation. By sharing their results, they will recognize the need for standardization and precision in scientific tools. All background information, student worksheets and... (View More) images/photographs/data are included in these downloadable sections: Teacher's Guide, Student Capture Sheet and PowerPoint Presentation. This activity uses the 5E instructional model and is part of the Survivor Earth series of one-hour lessons. (View Less)
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This program uses NASA data and resources to promote authentic classroom research experiences. These two complementary guides lead students through the process of conducting their own inquiry-based research on an Earth-focused topic. In their... (View More) guidebook, students read content and answer questions about each step in the research process- from formulating a question to sharing results. The separate guide for teachers provides explicit instructions, lists the standards addressed, and includes additional hints, resources and websites. (View Less)
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In this engineering challenge, student teams are introduced to the engineering design process, and then construct and test an earthquake-resistant structure. The lesson plan includes teacher support, student worksheets, multimedia assets, and links... (View More) for students to conduct Web-based investigations. Authentic assessments, a multiple choice test, and rubrics are included. This is an optional extension activity associated with the resource, Flight Mission Challenge: Improving Earthquake Monitoring, a 3 part, multiple-day Earth science and engineering investigation. (View Less)
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In this lesson, students will use real satellite data to determine the changes in near-surface air temperature over the Caribbean Sea at different times of the year. Step-by-step instructions for use of the MY NASA DATA Live Access Server (LAS)... (View More) guide students through selecting a data set, importing the data into a spreadsheet, creating graphs, and analyzing data plots. The lesson provides detailed procedures, related links and sample graphs, follow-up questions, extensions, and teacher notes. Designed for student use, MY NASA DATA LAS samples micro datasets from large scientific data archives, and provides structured investigations engaging students in exploration of real data to answer real world questions. (View Less)
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By matching maps of snow and ice amounts with maps of net radiation flux for the same time frame, students will use the Live Access Server to explore how the net radiation flux has affected the snow and ice amounts in the Northern Hemisphere, as... (View More) well as how the presence of snow can affect the net radiation flux due to surface reflection. The lesson includes detailed procedures, related links and sample graphs, follow-up questions, extensions, and teacher notes. This lesson is from the MY NASA DATA project, which has created microsets from large scientific data sets, and wrapped them with tools, lesson plans, and supporting documentation so that a teacher, or anyone in the interested public, can use authentic NASA Earth system science data. (View Less)
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Some of you may remember me, Michelle, from Washington with the three dog sisters we purchased about three and a half years ago...well, Nikki our alpha has been leaking lately. Anytime she is in trouble and being scowled at or scolded she leak...
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Thank you debi. My dog's LOVE my cats. We've had our oldest cat Tom for six years and he rules the roost. When we got the girls they learned quickly that cats are family so all three dogs and both cats get along for the most part.
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Proof of a warming world is written on water
The world is heating up and scientists are turning to the Earth's oceans for answers on the magnitude of the temperature increases.
A new ESA-funded office in the UK is co-ordinating international efforts to map global sea surface temperature in unprecedented detail.
The oceans function as vast reservoirs of heat: the top two metres of ocean alone store all the equivalent energy contained in the atmosphere, while the whole of their waters store more than a thousand times this same value.
Because they cover 71% of the Earth's surface the oceans directly absorb the majority of solar heat, storing it for long periods of time by comparison to either the land or atmosphere. In effect, the oceans act as a giant rechargeable battery for the Earth.
It takes a lot of energy and time to shift sea temperature: it is for this reason that oceans can also be termed the 'memory' of the Earth's climate system, and it means that tracking sea surface temperature (SST) over a long period is arguably the most reliable way researchers know of measuring the precise rate at which global temperatures are increasing.
Besides answering this fundamental question, measuring the SST value also improves the accuracy of our climate change models and weather forecasts. Heat energy slowly released from the sea is the dominant driver of atmospheric circulation and weather patterns. SST influences the rate of energy transfer to the atmosphere, as evaporation increases with temperature.
An international endeavour called the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) is intended to develop a range of operational ocean analysis and prediction systems for the world's oceans.
Among the most ambitious is known as the GODAE High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Pilot Project (GHRSST-PP) and aims to deliver to the user community a new generation of highly accurate worldwide SST products with a space resolution of less than 10 km every six hours.
As an important step towards achieving this goal, ESA has funded a GHRSST International Project Office, located at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, part of the UK Met Office located in new purpose-built offices in Exeter.
Formally inaugurated in March 2004, the GHRSST Project Office is headed by Dr. Craig Donlon.
Achieving a reliable operational system requires the integration of near real time SST data gathered from a variety of different satellites as well as in-situ sources. The two types of data complement one another: a single spacecraft provides wide-area sea views, but its resolution may be limited and the time it takes to revisit the same stretch of ocean is too high.
Instruments aboard ships, drifting buoys and fixed moorings provide continuous data but only across limited areas but all importantly, these data provide a reference to long term climate measurements of SST. The GHRSST-PP will also make good use of the one thousand plus floats that make up the global Argo system, which periodically surface to supply temperature and salinity profiles via telecommunication satellite links. ARGO data will be used to obtain a picture of the top 100-metre temperature structure of the ocean and to compare to GHRSST-PP estimates of the sub-surface water temperature.
Satellite derived SST measurements must be reconciled with the in situ sources in order for them to make a valid contribution to the climate data record and to account for diurnal variability – a particular problem when merging satellite observations obtained at different times within a diurnal period. The GHRSST-PP will integrate these data sets together using the in situ data to derive sensor specific error estimates (SSES) comprising a bias and standard deviation error that are assigned to every satellite measurement.
In addition, each satellite measurement will be accompanied with an estimate of the surface wind speed, aerosol optical depth and time-averaged solar flux data that will provide additional knowledge on the state of the air-sea interface and the reliability of SSES estimates. These combined data sets, called L2P data, will be produced operationally and in near real time to serve the needs of the operational ocean/atmosphere modelling communities.
Every 24 hours, all available L2P satellite data will be analysed together to provide a best estimate of the sub-surface water temperature free of diurnal variability accompanied by estimates of the skin-SST at 2-hourly intervals (important for air-sea interactions).
Under the GHRSST-PP framework, satellite and in-situ data streams will be converted into common international format products on a regional basis by Regional Data Assembly Centres (RDACs). A Global Data Analysis Centre (GDAC) will then analyse these data and produce global coverage products.
Available space-based sensors include meteorological satellites measuring solar irradiance as well as instruments that directly record SST such as the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) aboard ESA's Envisat, which provides extremely accurate skin-SST measurements. Numerous RDACs are already in existence including an ESA-sponsored project called Medspiration, providing SST data for European waters and the Atlantic.
The GHRSST-PP International Project Office is based at the Hadley Centre for climate prediction and research - part of the UK Met Office - which provides a unique blend of operational ocean and weather prediction and world class research.
The Hadley Centre's climate research programme is funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), who also funded the development of AATSR in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Australia. In addition Defra funds the AATSR science and validation programmes, in collaboration with ESA.
Over the next three years, the Project Office will coordinate GHRSST-PP activities in the USA, Japan, Australia and Europe including close collaboration with the user operational and scientific user community driving the project forwards.
During the coming months, the GHRSST-PP will start to provide a new vision for a new generation of global coverage high resolution SST data sets designed to capitalise on the enhanced satellite and in situ data available.


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"Imagine a long ride on the tour bus with Tom and the Heartbreakers where everyone was feeling loose enough to tell all their stories. What a historic night that would be. This book is that."
—Eddie Vedder
An exhilarating and intimate account
of the life of music legend Tom Petty
An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty
Born in Gainesville, Florida, with more than a little hillbilly in his blood, Tom Petty was a Southern shit kicker, a kid without a whole lot of promise. Rock and roll made it otherwise. From meeting Elvis, to seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, to producing Del Shannon, backing Bob Dylan, putting together a band with George Harrison, Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne, making records with Johnny Cash, and sending well more than a dozen of his own celebrated recordings high onto the charts, Tom Petty's story has all the drama of a rock and roll epic. Now in his mid-sixties, still making records and still touring, Petty, known for his reclusive style, has shared with Warren Zanes his insights and arguments, his regrets and lasting ambitions, and the details of his life on and off the stage.
This is a book for those who know and love the songs, from "American Girl" and "Refugee" to "Free Fallin'" and "Mary Jane's Last Dance," and for those who want to see the classic rock and roll era embodied in one man's remarkable story. Dark and mysterious, Petty manages to come back, again and again, showing us what the music can do and where it can take us.
"Petty and Zanes have decided to tell the unvarnished truth, and the result is not only the definitive account of Petty's life, but one of the best rock biographies in recent memory."
—Rolling Stone
"Imagine a long ride on the tour bus with Tom and the Heartbreakers where everyone was feeling loose enough to tell all their stories. What a historic night that would be. This book is that."
—Eddie Vedder
"Tom Petty is a human-sized rock star, an ordinary guy from Florida who quietly amassed an indelible body of work, and created one of rock and roll's greatest and most durable bands along the way . In this deeply engaging and highly readable biography, Warren Zanes not only illuminates the enigmatic man behind the songs, but he captures the human drama of being in a rock band as well as anyone who's ever written on the subject."
—Tom Perrotta
"This amazing book is a Tom Petty biography (and it's great on that account) but it's far more than that. It's an X-ray of the most fragile, most volatile, and most sublime social unit ever invented: the rock-and-roll band. The alliances, the distortions, the deep bruises and the absurd elations that can never be explained to an outsider. Sure, Petty is a book about a rock band but it's really a book about being human - how we meet and collaborate, break up and make up, learn to trust (or not) and, once in a lucky while, sing as loud as we can. It's a masterpiece."
—Stephen Dubner
"Warren Zanes' writing is definitive and thrilling, filled with hidden corners and inspiring truths... as soaring and soulful as the great journey of Petty himself."
—Cameron Crowe
"Expertly researched and deeply felt, Petty is also the first peer-to-peer biography: the life of one musician through the eyes of a man who has prowled the same stages and chased the same dream. Warren Zanes tells his tale in a voice that is crisp and passionate, sympathetic, unsparing, and shot through with hard experience."
—Peter Ames Carlin
"With insight and rigor, Warren Zanes digs into the brilliance and ambition that have driven Tom Petty's magnificent career. Zanes gets deep inside Petty's life and songs, but perceptively, he pays special attention to the fierce tenacity required to maintain the complex organism known as a rock & roll band."
—Alan Light, author of The Holy or the Broken
"Marvelous, kinetic, funny, and if you'll pardon me, heartbreaking...Zanes is never less than entertainingly artful and sometimes breathtakingly graceful...The author's most impressive feat may be the way he assiduously avoids the salaciousness and grime that often accompany these kinds of tales, and the candor he was able to elicit from his subject...Electrifying but never flashy and always in service of the song — Zanes tells the story with artful brevity and a keen sense of the necessary."
—Boston Globe
"A biography of a reticent musician that will allow even his biggest fans to see him with fresh eyes and hear him with fresh ears.... Zanes brings a depth and empathy to the narrative that never veers toward sensationalism... Though it attests to the artist's singularity, this incisive, illuminating biography also serves as an elegy to one of the golden eras of the classic rock band-of the days when 'a band was everything, a shield and a shelter.'"
—Kirkus (Starred Review)
"[A] balanced chronicle of Petty's career with the detached delivery of a seasoned journalist combined with the intimacy of a friend bold enough to dig deep beneath the surface of his own personal musical hero...required reading for fans. Zanes's working knowledge of band dynamics, in conjunction with his crisp and concise writing, undeniably qualify him to tell this story of one of rock's most reclusive superstars."
—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Warren Zanes' exceptional rock-bio Petty is loaded with compelling characters. Petty is the star of this book, obviously. But the hustlers and disgruntled band members; hometown haters and kinfolk; wives and ex-wives; famous friends and fiercely loyal employees Zanes introduces us to all play a significant role in the story of the man responsible for some of the most enduring music of our time."
"A thorough, well-written, and expansive...look at the life and career of one of America's most enduring and true post-'60s rock stars. More than any other source, this book digs deep... Petty is likely to stand as the definitive work."
—Houston Press
"Zanes peels back the cool-guy exterior to become the first person to delve into Petty's life story, making for a marvelous read…so rich and thorough that it doesn't leave much room for complaints or nitpicking …It's a great piece of writing by any measure, but as far as rock bios go, this is tops."
—Consequence of Sound
"Petty: The Biography reads less like a traditional rock bio and more like a historically researched novel that chips away at brilliant and flawed characters... Good music bios exist, but the concise tone of Zanes' is unique... "
—Houston Chronicle
"If you're into Petty, or the inner workings of the life of any major talent who managed to get to the top and influence the music of a generation, this book needs to be on your winter reading list."
—American Songwriter
"For Petty fans who've wondered about the artist behind the music, this book functions like a door being thrown open on on the singer's musical and personal lives. Expect eager readers from rock fans."
"An intimate and insightful portrait that can come only from a genuine insider."
—Oakland Press
"Behind that long, dirty-blond hair and twangy rock 'n' roll voice lies some interesting stories. Tom Petty opens up to writer Zanes (his band, the Del Fuegos, opened for Petty a few decades back), and we get details about his heroin addiction after he turned 50, touring and playing with Bob Dylan, his close friendship with George Harrison, Petty's abusive father and a whole lot more."
—New York Post
"[A] candid, compelling portrait...Zanes crafts a strong, studiously detached narrative...It's intimate—interviews with Petty as well as friends and family form a huge portion of the book's substance—but Zanes keeps a careful editorial distance that helps modulate his obvious worship of the man and his music...Beautifully written, full of wisdom and reverence."
—A.V. Club
"A rollicking, reminiscent ride down memory lane."
"Zanes is a terrific writer and a thorough interviewer, and he manages to walk that fine line between a "warts and all" biography and a compassionate telling of the story of a man who dealt quietly with being in charge while handling a series of personal challenges...An entertaining book about a musician, producer and performer as well as a portrait of the person behind the fame."
—New Hampshire Union-Leader
"[Petty] is an often, raw, frank and sometimes painful look at Petty's life from his childhood onward, with many amazing revelations."
—ABC News
"Zanes elevates [Petty] from the usual rocker biography...A powerful, riveting read, even for casual fans."
—Gainesville Sun
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I've managed to buy a Linhof selected Symmar-S for £50. With a couple of problems, 1, there are a number 'dings' to the filter ring of both cells. And 2, the copal-1 shutter cannot be cocked or fired, but the mechanism does allow it to open to focus.
Does anyone know if there is a suitable tool to straighten these dings out?
It's a secondary concern but does anyone know a competent repairer in the UK? - I have an older compur shutter that the cells fit and it seems staightforward enough to transcribe the f-stop settings.


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lackattack wrote:Perhaps partial match + a [search tournaments] link that takes you to the tournament finder (like the [browse maps] link)?
By partial match, I assumed you meant there would be AJAX to return the partially matched tournament names, and a user could select from them.
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Rael Isacowitz is a world-renowned practitioner and teacher of
Pilates. He has over 30 years of Pilates achievement and is a prominent
lecturer and teacher at symposiums, universities, and studios around the
Rael earned his bachelor of education degree from the Wingate Institute,
Israel, and holds a master of arts degree in dance from the University
of Surrey, England. During his career he has worked with numerous
Olympians and many professional athletes and dancers.
Rael's early Pilates teachers included Alan Herdman and thereafter
several of the first-generation Pilates teachers (known as the Elders).
To Kathy Grant, Ron Fletcher, Romana Kryzanowska, Eve Gentry, and Lolita
San Miguel, Rael owes the inspiration and friendship that have guided
his career.
Rael has mastered all levels of the Pilates repertoire and is noted for
his unique athleticism and passion for teaching as well as his synthesis
of body, mind, and spirit. In 1989, he founded Body Arts and Science
International (BASI Pilates), which has developed into one of the
foremost Pilates education organizations in the world. At present, BASI
Pilates is represented in 20 countries.
Rael has authored the definitive book on Pilates (Pilates, Human
Kinetics), published a series of training manuals on all the Pilates
apparatus, produced DVDs, designed the revolutionary Avalon equipment,
and created Pilates Interactive, the groundbreaking Pilates software. He
is a regular contributor to several industry publications. Creativity
and energy suffuse his work. For Rael, teaching Pilates is the ultimate
gift. Isacowitz resides in Hood River, Oregon.
Karen Clippinger is a professor at California State University at
Long Beach, where she teaches functional anatomy for dance, body
placement, Pilates, and other dance science courses. She is also on the
faculty for Body Arts and Science International (BASI Pilates), where
she teaches Pilates certification programs. Furthermore, she teaches
continuing education courses for BASI Pilates and other prominent
Ms. Clippinger holds a master's degree in exercise science. Her lifelong
passion is to make anatomical and biomechanical principles accessible so
that people can better understand their bodies, improve technique, and
prevent injuries. Her textbook, Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology,
exemplifies this mission; reviewers have lauded the book for its
combination of scientific comprehensiveness and practical wisdom.
Before joining academia, Clippinger worked as a clinical kinesiologist
for 22 years at Loma Linda University Medical Center and several sports
medicine clinics in Seattle. She has worked with hundreds of
professional dancers and elite athletes and consulted for the U.S.
Weightlifting Federation, U.S. race walking team, Pacific Northwest
Ballet, and California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports. During that time she was drawn to Pilates because of its
tremendous versatility and profound benefits for people of varying
abilities and aspirations.
Clippinger is a renowned presenter in Pilates, dance, anatomy, and
biomechanics. She has given more than 375 presentations throughout the
United States and in Australia, Canada, England, Japan, New Zealand, and
South Africa. Clippinger was also an exercise columnist for Shape
magazine for four years. She resides in Long Beach, California.
"Karen and Rael are two of the most respected names in the Pilates
field, and Pilates Anatomy brings together their clarity
and passion. This book is at the top of my list." -- Nora
St. John, Education Program Director, Balanced Body University
"There is a wealth of information in Pilates Anatomy.
The Pilates world is fortunate to have this resource." -- Peter
Davis, Cofounder of IDEA Health and Fitness Association and Inner
"Pilates Anatomy by Rael Isacowitz and Karen
Clippinger is an exceptionally well-mapped journey into the muscular
anatomy and kinesiology of Pilates exercises. A must-have anatomy book
for any serious student of Pilates, Pilates Anatomy will surely appeal
to anyone interested in how muscle groups work together in exercise." -- Marguerite
Ogle, About.com/Pilates
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