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Forecasting the weather is essential for anyone who is interested in the outdoors, especially sailors. However, out at sea forecasts are hard to come by and are often unreliable. You could always buy the newest equipment, which allows you to access forecasts from miles offshore but this still doesn't give you an accurate forecast for exactly where you are. The best, even in this technologically advanced era, is to use the clouds. They can tell you just how many minutes until it will rain to whether a dangerous squall is approaching. I have therefore listed my five most important clouds for weather forecasting, what weather they indicate and why.
Clouds come not only in all shapes and sizes but also at different heights. Cloud height is important as it indicates how long until different weather arrives. The highest clouds, known as cirrus, indicate that poor weather is about a day away but the lowest pannus clouds indicate that rain is coming in just a few minutes. Each cloud type is distinctly different and even with a small amount of knowledge you can identify these clouds. However, to make it easier to recognise them I have created a cloud identifier and forecaster at the end of this blog post. It not only identifies your cloud but it also tells you exactly what weather will come next.
Cloud Types and Heights
My top clouds for weather forecasting:
My first cloud is not actually a single cloud, but a series of different clouds which indicate the approach of a warm or occluded front in a depression.
The approach of a depression
Depressions are areas of low pressure which bring rain, clouds and strong winds and move around the world in a West to East direction. In their more extreme forms they wreak havoc to sailors as they often bring gale force or stronger winds, so you must think about reducing sail before it gets too bad. However, they never come without warning. There is always a series of clouds which march through the sky, flying the flag of an impending depression.
Lowering Cloud Base Before a Depression – Cirrus clouds at the top, cirrostratus in the middle and altostratus at the bottom
The first set of clouds you will see before the warm front in a depression arrives, are cirrus. They are wispy ice-crystal clouds that are the highest in the troposphere. They often form about 12-24 hours before a warm or occluded front approaches, so if you see these cirrus clouds building up then a warm front is coming. And if you couple this with a falling barometer then you can be sure of rain later and a freshening wind.
Cirrus Clouds
The next clouds that are normally present before a warm front approaches are cirrostratus. They are also made up of ice crystals, are sheet-like and often cover the whole sky. You often see halos formed in cirrostratus, like the photo below and the sun always casts shadows through the cirrostratus. They indicate that a warm or occluded front is about 10-15 hours away. This sheet of cirrostratus clouds slowly lowers and thickens until it becomes altostratus cloud.
A Halo in a Cirrostratus Cloud
Altostratus clouds are relatively featureless, but the sun can usually be seen through them. They are lower than cirrostratus clouds and are now made up of water droplets instead of ice. On their own, they don't always indicate that a front is coming. However, if some of the clouds I mentioned earlier were seen before the altostratus arrived it almost certainly means that a front is approaching. These altostratus clouds gradually thicken and lower into rain-bearing nimbostratus. When the altostratus clouds are first spotted the warm or occluded front is probably about 8 hours away. Next, the nimbostratus clouds arrive and they bring increasing amounts of rain for generally about 4 hours until the warm or occluded front has passed.
Altostratus Cloud
Nimbostratus Cloud
Fair weather cumulus clouds
These clouds are great to see and if they are seen after mid-morning it indicates that there will be fair weather for the rest of the day as the clouds won't develop into cumulonimbus shower clouds. Cumulus humilis, to call them by their scientific name, are cumulus clouds that are less tall than they are high and they often form on sunny days due to rising air currents known as updrafts. As the air rises in these updrafts, it cools and when it is too cold for the air to hold any more water, the vapour condenses into clouds. Cumulus clouds have a flat bottom, as the height where air condenses and is usually very level, but they have bulging cotton wool shaped tops because the updraft is strongest in the middle, causing it to bulge highest.
Fair Weather Cumulus
There is a daily cycle to these fair weather cumulus clouds. In the early morning, the sky is completely clear and there are no clouds in sight. By mid-morning shallow cumulus clouds form that are a couple of hundred meters across. By early afternoon they are at their largest. Then, by mid-afternoon, the clouds start decreasing in size and become smaller and more fragmented. Finally, just after sunset, the sky is clear again.
These clouds don't normally form over water but rather over areas of rising air from the rapidly heating land. There is also often a line of cumulus clouds over the land, called a sea breeze front, where the clouds start over the land. This line of clouds is important as it means that a sea breeze is present (I delve deeper into sea breezes in my book The Message of the Clouds).
A Sea Breeze Front (Its Made Up of Cumulus Clouds)
Pannus clouds
Pannus clouds are probably my favourite cloud, not because they are particularly attractive but because they are extremely accurate weather forecasters. They are grey fragmented or wispy clouds which form below the main cloud base of precipitating clouds (clouds producing rain or snow). The falling rain or snow moistens the air until so damp that these clouds form. They can also be known as virga or fallstreaks when they are in their wispy form.
Pannus Clouds Beneath a Cumulonimbus Cloud
They are often fragmented due to turbulent winds and they appear to rapidly move and change shape. Pannus clouds indicate that the clouds above are already raining and that there will be rain on the ground in the next ten minutes. These clouds increase in numbers as the rain falls until they cover the whole sky. They form below cumulonimbus clouds and nimbostratus clouds, although you will mainly see them fall below the latter.
More Pannus Clouds
Pannus clouds are useful because they almost always indicate rain in the next few minutes, so if you see these clouds remember to wear waterproofs and pack up the picnic! But most importantly for sailors is that if pannus clouds are seen upwind, then the strong downdraft from a cumulonimbus cloud could be coming. These downdrafts can reach up to 40 knots so it is essential you prepare for any cumulonimbus clouds, by reducing sail or at least making sure the crew is ready to reef.
Altocumulus clouds
These clouds are especially important for sailors. Altocumulus clouds are light grey or white clouds which often form in sheets. If there are patches of altocumulus clouds it means that the air is unstable, possibly causing rain or thunderstorms later. This cloud is associated with changeable weather but never imminent rain. Cirrocumulus clouds, along with the altocumulus clouds, can indicate storms later.
Altostratus Clouds
They can also come in bands before a front approaches. Check whether there are other clouds which indicate a front approaching, first like cirrus, cirrostratus and altostratus, before making any predictions.
If you see these clouds you should be extra careful, especially if the air is moist, as thunderstorms may be coming, which could prove devastating for a yacht. When you are sailing, I would advise you to confirm with another forecast to see if there are thunderstorms coming and seek shelter if possible.
More Altostratus Clouds (There were 250,000 lightning strikes in the hours after I saw these ones)
Cumulonimbus clouds
Cumulonimbus clouds are tall cumulus clouds which cover all three cloud levels, they are the classic storm and shower cloud and they often produce thunder. They are bigger than cumulus clouds in width as well as height. They often have a base of around 20km across, which means that their showers last around 30 minutes.
A Cumulonimbus Cloud
Cumulonimbus clouds often have anvil-shaped tops. These anvil shapes occur because the rising water vapour in the cumulonimbus cloud reaches a height where it cannot rise any further and it spreads out forming the anvil. Cumulonimbus clouds will always have fibrous tops as the top section has turned to ice. Pannus clouds spotted below a cumulonimbus cloud also confirm that rain is coming.
An Anvil Topped Cumulonimbus Cloud
Cumulonimbus clouds are particularly dangerous to sailors as the wind will often reach 30-40 knots when they pass overhead as the rain drags the wind down with it. Due to the rain forcing cold air down the temperature will also decrease. But then once the cumulonimbus cloud is overhead the wind often drops to significantly below its original strength.
To see if the cumulonimbus cloud will reach you, you can use a hand bearing compass to check if the bearing of the cloud changes or not. If it stays steady then get ready to batten down the hatches and reef the sail, as some strong winds are coming. You will not find that the sea state is impacted by the cumulonimbus cloud, as their squall never lasts for more than about half an hour.
Armed with the knowledge of these five clouds you should be well equipped to deal with most of the skies that you see. However, if you can see a cloud that I haven't included above, or if you are struggling to work out which one it is, then use the cloud identifier below to not only find out what cloud you are seeing but also to predict the coming weather.
If you would like more information about weather forecasting using the clouds, then please check out my book The Message of the Clouds. It teaches you not only what weather is coming next, but why that weather is coming.


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Posted April 16, 2010
Kevin Pettway will be the first person to tell you it's not easy to get to Cape Hallett. But he'll also tell you the trip is well worth the effort to help protect one of Antarctica's biological gems.
The journey required the support of a nearby Italian research station, Mario Zucchelli Station, and a couple of extra nights stuck in a "bare bones" tent camp thanks to the continent's unpredictable weather.
"Getting out to Hallett is very difficult because it is so far away [from McMurdo Station]," said Pettway, the lead environmental specialist at Raytheon Polar Services Co. (RPSC) .
"Having the Italian support was absolutely key to the success of this project," he added, explaining that the crew at Terra Nova, located about halfway between McMurdo and Cape Hallett, helped move people and cargo by helicopter to the cape, a spit of land surrounded by sea ice eight months of the year.
Site of a former joint U.S. and New Zealand research station, Cape Hallett is home to a huge colony of Adélie penguins, and a diverse range of lichens, moss and tiny invertebrates. It's also become a new model for how the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) would like to approach conservation of Antarctic resources in the future.
Cape Hallett first gained special protection under the Antarctic Treaty system in 1966 at the request of the United States. Following the 1998 implementation of a comprehensive plan called the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, Cape Hallett became an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) . Each ASPA is associated with a plan designed to manage access and to minimize impacts to the environment.
Pettway and his three-person team spent a week at Cape Hallett to redefine the ASPA boundaries and to survey the various animal populations. The USAP plans to submit a revised ASPA plan for Cape Hallett at the next meeting of the member nations to the Antarctic Treaty in Uruguay later this year.
"We probably did the most thorough site assessment of an ASPA that's been done," said Nate Biletnikoff, manager of RPSC's environmental engineering department. RPSC provides much of the logistical support for the USAP, which is managed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) .
RPSC hired a subcontractor, Environmental Research & Assessment (ERA) , which specializes in creating management plans in polar environments, to help develop the ASPA plan. Two ERA members, Colin Harris and Rachel Carr, used high-precision GPS technology from Boulder, Colo.-based UNAVCO to map the boundaries of the penguin colony, which boasts about 64,000 breeding pairs.
"We basically surveyed the entire area," Biletnikoff said. "This is first time we've ever surveyed the spatial extent of a penguin colony to this level of detail."
Tourism is partly the reason behind the detailed survey, according to Biletnikoff. The International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators said 322 tourists visited Cape Hallett during the 2008-09 season.
Photo Credit: Jessie Jenkins
The Italian Antarctic program assisted the USAP environmental team with helicopter support.
"It is of high value to Antarctic tour operators in the Ross Sea region because of its high aesthetic values and accessibility," Biletnikoff said.
While environmental protection has long been a fixture in the management of Antarctica, people have not always treaded so lightly on the continent. The original establishment of Cape Hallett Station on a site dubbed Seabee Hook in 1956 involved the "eviction" of more than 7,500 penguins, including some 3,300 chicks, to clear space for construction.
The colony declined from 62,900 pairs in 1959 to a low of 37,000 pairs in 1968. It has since recovered its former numbers and has started to re-occupy the site of the station, which ceased operations in 1973. The area itself has been cleaned up, and the last structures removed by the Italians in January 2010. Many of the historical artifacts from the station are located at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand.
"The colony just keeps creeping forward. [ERA is] anticipating that the colony will fill into the coastline for the most part," Biletnikoff said.
The new site map for tourist access proposes additional landing sites for boats, he said, to help minimize disturbances to the colony by ensuring operators come ashore at recognizable landmarks.
By the Numbers
Square kilometers of updated Cape Hallett ASPA: 0.53 square kilometers
Adélie penguins: 64,000 breeding pairs
South polar skuas: About 232 birds and 250 numbered nests
Other wildlife in the region: Emperor penguins, chinstrap penguins, Wilson's storm petrels, snow petrels, southern giant petrels, Weddell seals, leopard seals and minke whales.
Number of invertebrates: Eight species of mites and three species of springtails
Vegetation: Five species of moss and 18 lichens
Total ASPA sites: 71
Number of ASPA sites under U.S. management: 13
The ASPA plan also includes a smaller restricted area that has been the site of a comparative study of flora since the 1960s. The site contains five different moss and 18 kinds of lichens. Pettway said the team found the stakes that defined the boundary and then built rock cairns to better delineate the area so visitors would not accidently disturb the sensitive vegetation.
"That was difficult — figuring out where it was and moving the rocks without disturbing the moss and lichens," he said.
The environmental team also played scientist on behalf of several researchers who have interests in the ecosystem. For instance, they counted penguins and eggs for David Ainley , a principal investigator on a long-term study of the tuxedoed seabirds around the Ross Sea.
"It was a lot harder to count penguins than you would think," said Pettway, who, along with Jessie Jenkins, field center supervisor, spent most of the week tallying penguins, skuas and seals.
He also repaired an automatic weather station for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and downloaded data for Antarctica New Zealand from a long-term soil experiment that is part of the Latitudinal Gradient Project .
"It goes beyond the ASPA management plan. We helped Ainley out. We helped Antarctica New Zealand out. … There are a lot of other things that we did out there," Biletnikoff noted.

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I realized two things recently. One, the obvious, is that I haven't been updating much at all recently. The second is that you probably have no idea why. I've been remarkably busy during the last seven months or so, doing the following:
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Another part of why I haven't been writing as much is that I've been posting more things, mostly links to cool news articles, on twitter and facebook. These two short-form social media do seem ideal for sharing quick "this is cool" links. Still, it sees like it should be possible to maintain both a blog and a presence on short-form social media, if I make the time. There are certainly far busier people out there who manage to.
As part of the effort to blog more, I plan on starting a weekly post on French vocabulary that I've encountered through reading, listening to podcasts, and other means. I'll also continue to post book reviews, and I'll try to include updates on the writing projects I'm working on.
I'm actually really excited about my writing projects. There are two: one about werewolves, and one that I'll call the shipping project, although the connection to ships is rather loose. At the moment I have 8,500 words for the first and 15,000 for the second. My primary project is the werewolf one, though, so that's what you'll probably hear more about—although most likely in very vague terms. I tend to be a bit secretive about my writing when I'm working on it.


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Court victory again for Bulga residents over coal mine expansion
Update 19 Nov 2014
The NSW Dept of Planning has recommended the approval of the Warkworth coal mine expansion by Rio Tinto near the village of Bulga, despite two court decisions against the project. The NSW Planning and Assessment Commission (PAC) will now decide on the project in the coming months. A PAC public hearing will be held in Singleton on Dec 18. However a PAC public hearing removes the community's right to a merits legal challenge to the project if it is approved.
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The NSW Court of Appeal today ruled in favour of the residents of the Hunter Valley village of Bulga and the protection of a rare forest containing endangered plants and animals, by upholding the refusal of an open cut coal mine expansion.
The Court of Appeal today unanimously dismissed, with costs, an appeal by Warkworth Mining Ltd (owned by Rio Tinto) and the NSW Government against a NSW Land and Environment Court decision last year that refused the mine expansion.
The Court today rejected all arguments put by Rio and the NSW Government that alleged that the NSW Land and Environment Court made errors of law.
Environmental law experts, EDO NSW, represented the Bulga community. Principal Solicitor, Sue Higginson, said: "this is a terrific win for the community and public interest law.
"The Court of Appeal found no fault with the Land and Environment Court decision that the economic benefits of the coal mine did not outweigh the significant impacts on Bulga residents and the destruction of rare forests containing endangered plant and animal species".
Rio Tinto was seeking to open cut mine a biodiversity offset area, containing an endangered ecological community, the Warkworth Sands Woodland, and threatened animal species including the squirrel glider and the speckled warbler. This woodland is unique to the area and only 13 per cent of the original forest remains.
Rio Tinto had previously promised to permanently protect this area, under an agreement with the NSW government, as part of the existing approval from 2003.The protected area also includes Saddleback Ridge which provides a buffer between the mine and Bulga.
Significantly, the Land and Environment Court previously found Rio Tinto's economic modelling deficient in many ways, including its methodology that over-estimated the benefits of the mine.
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There was a section of the Cariboo Wagon Road which would prove to be the most painful to build.
In March 1862, the government asked for tenders for building a road from Lytton City to Cook's Ferry (later named Spences Bridge) which would connect with the Lillooet-Alexandra road then under construction.
The Lytton to Cook's Ferry road contract was given to Charles Oppenheimer of Yale, Walter Moberly and T.B. Lewis. Moberly, a civil engineer, was in charge of the the construction, while Mr. Lewis was to assist Mr. Openheimer with the financial aspects.
As this was the height of the Cariboo gold rush, there were very few gold seekers who were willing to spend any more than a few days working on the road; until they earned enough to get them where they wanted to go. Moberly sublet part of his contract, from Nicomen to Cook's Ferry, to a group of Chinese workers.
Upon realizing that the colonial government was slow in paying, T.B. Lewis left the group and sold his share to Moberly. Groups of local First Nations were hired and worked from three camps established at various locations between Nicomen and Cook's Ferry, and a fourth one near Ashcroft Creek.
Unfortunately, smallpox broke out in the Nicomen tribe, and all the workers died who Moberly had hired to pack supplies between the camps at Cook's Ferry.
"… I heard the dismal wailing…on the mountainside above the trail as I rode along which was a certain indication of death having visited their community….it was supposed that the smallpox had reached their encampment (on the Thompson River).
The next day I proceeded on my way to Nicomen, and as I rode along the mountainside I saw several Indian horses grazing on the bunch grass that grew in profusion in the valleys of the Thompson River, and in the little bay below me…I saw no signs of human life about the tents. I therefore dismounted and went to the tents where I discovered the bodies of the Indians, some in the tents and others among the rocks that lined the river bank… I now proceeded to Cook's Ferry and went to the Indian village at the mouth of the Nicola River where the same melancholy sight was met – for all the Indians were dead."


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It was already dark when I got home, and as big as this Harvest Moon is, it wasn't very high in the sky. The girls were already in the barn eating and the boys were still far away grazing, so I went out with their dinner calling them. Sterling appeared shining in the moonlight first trotting across the bridge, Harley shortly behind. Sterling greeted me in his usual lovely way and went and stood by his food bowl and waited. I got Harley all managed with his dinner and brought over Sterling's dinner, he met me half way and we walked together back to his bowl, went through his dinner time rituals and I left him to eat.
After the girls were done and the hay ready, I went to let Harley out of the round pen where he eats and noticed Sterling standing in the shed, so I went to see why, because this was unusual. I began scratching his back and he moved forward so I was closer to his tail and he lifted it to pass gas, but it was gurgly sounding. I thought " he does not feel well" so I went to his head and began to rub around his eyes across his cheeks and onto his ears, circling from base to tip over and over. I did this for about five minutes and his head was down by my knees. His eyes were closed but I could hear him masturbating, so I guessed he was enjoying this and wondered if he would be masterbating if he did not feel well.
After a little bit he lifted his head and looked out of the shed, thinking we were done, I went to let Harley out, usually Sterling comes over and investigates Harley's food bowl or just visits, Sterling followed me out of the shed and instead of going in the round pen, he came right to me and put his nose on my hand and began licking and licking and licking, he licked it, for a long time. He's 3.5 years old and has lived with me for 3 of them and he has never licked me. I had the distinct feeling it was a gesture of gratitude. My heart was moved, It was the sweetest thing.


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Should We Run This Ad?
The Firemen Called
Years ago Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston (Schechter) received a request from the local Fireman's Fund to place advertising in their annual ad book. No one likes to turn down local safety services, but was this the right use of their limited marketing funds?
At the time the school had considered ads on a case by case basis. Each marketing opportunity rekindled internal discussions on how to market the school. Further conversation with school officials indicated that some felt their existing tagline failed to resonate with its community and to differentiate the school from others.
Should they run the ad?
Beyond Fighting Fires
With the school's approval, I widened the assignment scope to developing guidelines on which marketing vehicles to use and when. I interviewed school administrators, teachers, and parents to understand what they loved about the school, what had attracted them and what they believed the school was trying to achieve. Using the insights from these interviews, I:
- Developed a marketing strategy for the school which would create positive buzz among its internal school community (the school's best advocates!) as well as reach prospective parents and referral sources;
- Recommended a broader range of more current and less expensive marketing tactics;
- Facilitated brainstorming with Schechter's External Marketing Committee to develop potential new taglines;
- Conducted research on the prospective taglines among target parents to provide insight to the committee that would help them select a winner ("Learning & Values for Life").
Fueling Enrollment
Following the engagement, Schechter had a year of stellar enrollment and several more of solid enrollment. A new marketing team took the recommendations and created award winning marketing campaigns (three awards for outstanding day school marketing from the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) in 2008 alone!) Through consistent use, Schechter has come to own and embody their tagline. And with all due respect to the firemen, they didn't run the ad.
Post Script: An Admissions Emergency Erupts
In 2009, Gan Yeladim, a Jewish preschool that shared the Schechter school facility and that feed many students into the Schechter population, closed suddenly. Schechter's admission office lost one of its prime referral sources. I conducted market research that helped the Schechter administration understand what Jewish parents sought in a preschool environment and how successful Jewish preschool directors built and managed their programs. With these insights, the Schechter Board approved the decision to open a preschool. Using many of my recommendations, Schechter opened its new early childhood program, Gan Shelanu, with full enrollment in September 2011.


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- Title-p. and last textleaf loose; some underlinings w. pencil.
= Collected notes by a Frisian emigrant to the United States, originally published in the Heerenveense Courant, ±1882-1886.
- Dustwr. of 3 vols. sl. affected by silverfish. Fine set.
= Incl. the Atlas (vol. 1), the (sl. taller) Herbarium (vol. 12) and the index vol. (vol. 13).
- Yellowed/ (sl.) browned/ foxed throughout. Bindings sl. rubbed and upper joint vol. 17 starting at top.
- Sl. browned; occas. sl. foxed, 2 maps w. (large) tear. = Sabin 71992.
- Bookplate on first blank; first quire and frontwr. loose(ning). Wrappers browned and sl. foxed/ stained.
= Account of d'Orleans unsuccesful expedition to reach Bering strait from the Kara Sea, aboard the vessel Belgica. Holland p.551.
- Sm. owner's stamp on title-p.; bookplate of J.C.C.C. Compagnie on first blank; waterst. at upper inner margin, also touching the text; new endpapers. Spine-ends rubbed.
= Cat. NHSM p.304f; Chavanne 1436; Holland p.191; Sabin 58860; cf. Arctic Bibliography 13145. The first Dutch translation of the account of Parry's first travel (first ed. London, 1821). Hill 1311: "Entering what has since been called Parry or Viscount Melville Sound in September, he [Parry] reached longitude 110° West, thereby earning a reward of £5,000 that was offered by Parliament to the first ship's company that should attain that meridian". "In northern Hudson Bay, Parry sailed north of Southampton Island instead of south, the route preferred by previous navigators, thus becoming the first to sail to the Frozen Strait. He then confirmed Middleton's discovery of Repulse Bay. In late August, having found no passage through Repulse Bay, he explored the coast of Melville Peninsula north and named, among other features, Haviland Bay, Bushnan and Vansittart islands, Gore Bay, and Lyon and Hoppner inlets." (Holland).
- Foxed. Paper over boards rubbed; upper joint worn.
= Part of a series of 21 vols. on various travels. Tiele 103; Cat. NHSM, p.108.
- Upper joint of second vol. splitting. Contents fine.
AND 1 other: F. SCHRADER, Atlas de géographie moderne (Paris, 1890, 64 col. maps, orig. hcalf, 4to. Crayon scratches on last leaf).
- First and last few lvs. and endpapers (sl.) foxed, otherwise contents fine. Upper joint splitting at spine-ends, foot of spine dam.; corners showing.
= Espenhorst 5.1.3.
AND another copy, the 5th rev. and enl. impression of 4th ed. (1904).
- First lvs. incl. title-p. sl. foxed. Spine-ends trifle rubbed.
- Lacks 1 map; 2 maps heavily dam., a few w. tears in blank margins and 5 loose; occas. sl. frayed; bookblock broken. Frontcover loose; lower joint dam.; title-ticket chafed; worn along extremities.
= Worldmaps fine. Including "Carte Generale des Etats-Unis Mexicains et des Provinces-Unies De L'Amerique Centrale". This was the first map of Mexico published after its independence from Spain. On this map Texas is a province of Mexico, and Northwest Mexico, from California to Oregon, is described as a "pays inconnu". Philips 4321.
- Occas. sl. dustsoiled. Binding worn along extremities; both covers w. a few chafed spots.
= With the accomp. textbook w. fold. plate.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; title-p. and texlvs. foxed. Corners covers and spine-ends dam.
- Sl. foxed. Covers loose(ning); backstrip worn away.
- Sl. foxed. Binding sl. worn along extremities; corners showing; paper over boards sl. soiled and partly lacking; spine(-ends) dam.
= Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
- One map creased on fold; final three maps sl. waterstained along lower fold.
- Without title-p.; a few maps sl. soiled (map of Europe sl. dam. in corners). Corners and spine-ends worn/ chipped.
= The atlas only, that was published with Perrot's Dictionnaire universel de géographie moderne.
- A few maps (i.a. Ukraine and the Baltics) w. (extensive) annots. in col. pencil indicating the movement of troops during World War II; double-p. title partly laid down, browned and wrinkled/ creased; one map loose. Upper joint splitting.
= Espenhorst H 3.7.
- Title-p. w. brown stain in upper margin; occas. waterst. (sl. affecting the image of a few maps at the end); several maps loose(ning) and/ or sl. soiled in margins. Spine-ends sl. worn/ rubbed. Interleaved copy.
= Rare edition. Cf. Petermann I, p.336 (not listing this edition).


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Shirt: Brooks Brothers / Skirt: Anthropologie, old (similar here) / Shoes: Zara (similar here) / Bag: Zara / Necklace: Sorrelli / Rings: BR / Shades: RayBan Wayfarer / Watch: Michael Kors
I'm feeling very festive for St. Patrick's Day this year (as seen here), and it seems I'm not the only one. Check out So Much To Smile About for more green inspiration and ideas on what to wear this Saturday! I'm off to Seattle this weekend and am looking forward to celebrating with a Guinness or two.
What are your St. Patrick's Day plans? More importantly, what will you be wearing?


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She attended to support teacher Lynette van Zeeland and her daughter Claire, who each had 30 centimetres off the length of their hair cut to donate to the Princess Charlotte Foundation. The donated hair will help make wigs for alopecia sufferers.
Alopecia is another name for the condition also known as spot-baldness. Stephanie began to show symptoms of alopecia when she was in Year 6 and by her first year of high school she did not have any hair on her head or her body.
Stephanie demonstrated to the whole school community her strength, resilience, perseverance, integrity, honesty and optimism.
Aurora Magazine first met Stephanie in 2011. Learn more about her journey here.


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In the last month and a half, we have come face to face with major updates to the three most popular mobile operating systems: first iOS 7, then Windows Phone 8 Update 3, and now Android 4.4 KitKat.
The question we're left wondering, however, is: which of these major updates is the most innovative, warranted, and necessary? That's no easy question to answer. Each update brought dozens of new features and capabilities to each platform, both in terms of hardware and software.
We've parsed all the change logs and broken down each update into several different categories.
Hardware support
One of the biggest things Apple announced at its September event was that iOS 7 would be 64-bit. While many have called this a gimmick, there are obvious advantages, especially for the future. The 64-bit computing will allow for more RAM, faster video encoding and decoding, as well as a smoother overall performance. The other big hardware implementation is iOS in the Car, which is effectively Siri and various iOS integration with supported car consoles.
The big upgrade for Windows Phone Update 3 is 1080p support and support for newer processors.
With Android 4.4, the software changes which affect hardware are pretty abundant. Google has drastically improved memory management to help the software run on older or less beefy hardware. This is aimed towards entry-level, budget devices with as little as 512MB RAM. It has also added support for hardware sensor batching, an update which reduces the power consumed by "ongoing sensor activities." It adds support for step detector and step counter composite sensors for action tracking. It brings two new Bluetooth profiles: Bluetooth HID over GATT and Bluetooth MAP. Finally, it has IR support and Wi-Fi TDLS support.
More or less, the Windows Phone update is little more than evidence of Microsoft playing catch-up in the race for bigger, better specifications. Both Android and iOS have added future-proofing hardware support in their respective updates, and it's difficult to say exactly which is the most impressive or innovative.
Visually, iOS changed far more drastically than the other two operating systems.
Windows Phone 8 Update 3 brought screen orientation lock and additional room for tiles on the home screen of devices with WXGA resolution or higher and a way to close applications in the task switching menu.
In KitKat, one of the biggest changes is full-screen mode. From the home screen, the system bar is now transparent – application developers can apply this transparent bar to their specific applications, as well. But the best part is that buttons and the system bar can be fully hidden within applications. That means no more on-screen buttons hogging pixels when you need them most. The other changes are pretty minor. The stock set of icons have slightly changed and the blue accents have been swapped with white in the system bar.
The appearance of iOS dramatically changed. Fundamentally, it's the same iOS it's been all along, only with a much-needed face-lift. The UI is based upon layers and hierarchy. Pull Notification Center down over the home screen, and you can still see your home screen icons beneath. No UI element went untouched. The 3D appearance was traded for a flat design, everything is noticeably more vibrant and colorful, and, top to bottom, everything sports a cleaner appearance.
Best features
But what about the meat of these updates? What major features did they bring?
Again, of the three, Windows Phone 8 Update 3 is arguably the most feature-light. The ability to close apps in the task switcher was added; a driving mode, which disables all notifications with the exception of SMS and calls while driving, is now present; you can now connect to Wi-Fi during the initial setup process instead of having to insert a SIM card; and you can attach new file types to emails within the stock Email app.
The more impressive features is the ability to share a data connection from a Windows 8.1 device via Bluetooth to your smartphone and easier management of temporary file storage. Microsoft threw in some accessibility improvements for the visually impaired and extended the capabilities of ringtones. And that effectively sums up the entire Update 3 for Windows Phone 8.
Apple's iOS 7 update is anything but light on features. In fact, there are countless tiny improvements, so we're just going to hit the high spots.
Notification Center was not only given a face-lift, but also better usability. Status updates for stocks and calendar entries can be found in one page, and two other tabs cover actual notifications. The multitasking menu was also enhanced visually and in usability – you can now flick apps upwards to close them or fling left or right to see all recent apps. Apple also introduced iTunes Radio, a free Pandora competitor. More options were brought to the stock camera interface; the Photos application was given the ability to be sorted by years. collections, and moments, or intelligently grouped sets of related photos, based on time and location; and AirDrop capabilities were added, which allow iOS users to quickly share photos and content with those around them. Finally, Siri was updated with some new parlor tricks, such as searching Twitter and Wikipedia.
However, the biggest feature update for many iOS users was the introduction of Control Center, a pull-up drawer which offers all sorts of quick access toggles – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, torch, Do Not Disturb, music controls, a camera shortcut, brightness slider, and more.
Finally, KitKat. Google added a built-in printing framework to 4.4, as well as a framework for storage access. From a single view, users can access media from several different storage locations, including cloud services. The Messages application is gone. Instead, SMS is now integrated with Hangouts with support for animated GIFs. Google also implemented Chromium WebView, for a better Web browsing experience, as well as system-wide closed captioning in Accessibility options. You can also look up businesses and other contacts directly from the phone dialer. You can speak "Ok, Google" directly from the home screen to trigger a Google Now search. It added emoji support (that was a long time coming).
And arguably the coolest and most unique feature is the added ability to natively screen record. You can record at variable bitrates and resolutions, and share them straight from the device.
Which is the biggest update?
I don't want to say one update is better than any other. All three of these brought much-needed and welcomed changes and improvements. But there's a way to break it down more … effectively.
By sheer size and number of feature adds, iOS 7 takes the cake. The change log is unbelievably long, and the operating system looks quite different from before. It's a more dramatic change than the other two by a very wide margin. But taken at face value, iOS 7 is a UI overhaul with only a few truly new features.
In terms of innovative and envelope-pushing changes, however, Android 4.4 KitKat has an undeniable advantage. Google has added a ton of "first" and also very useful features: new NFC capabilities, printing framework, low-power sensor support, native screen recording, support for RTL (right-to-left, for international users) layouts, new Bluetooth profiles, infrared support, and a handful of other features that not only improve the usability of the platform but also put distance between it and its competitors.
Apple making iOS 7 64-bit can't go understated, however. So we'll conclude that iOS 7 and KitKat are close in terms of innovation. But the most recent Windows Phone update makes it quite clear that Microsoft is holding out on us with the major feature changes for the next major point update.


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Suddenly shifts are shown one hour early or late than you have created them? This is a timezone problem:
In order to solve this problem go to "account" and "settings". Now check what time zone is set and correct it if necessary.
If the time zone is correct, check the settings of your computer and if it is set to "adjust timezone automatically".


text: With a busy and successful year 2006 behind him, Claus Larsen rips right into the new year with his new explosive full length album "The Giant Minutes To The Dawn". 14 new tracks to depict a desolated landscape where darkness has settled in, leaving these scorched days and nights to the desperate creeping animals struggling for survival. The hourglass of humanity has finally reached its last grains of sand. It's through such a post-apocalyptic kaleidoscope that LEAETHER STRIP describes and openly criticizes our dirty little human world. Much darker and harder that its predecessor album, this new opus offers full frontal anger bursts with "Blah Blah Blah", "Kill The Predator", the EBM killer "Commotio" or yet the perverted club hit "Dirty Little Secret". Claus Larsen's new storm of elektro assaults and harsh vocals do not stop there. Dense tracks like the anthemic, "Will The Sun Return?", "Crucify Them", "Caught In The Headlines" or the masterpiece "The Trouble" all fire off a rich palette of bombastic synth layers and carrying orchestrations bringing the album to its crescendo. Armed with his characteristic ripping bass lines, straight EBM beats, strong dark choruses, distorted vocals and upbeat catchy sequences, it looks like with "The Giant Minutes To The Dawn", LEAETHER STRIP is launching a lightning devastation attack on the dancefloors of the universe. One final assault before the hourglass of human existence runs empty. Although it takes a turn for a more moody and personal break with "Annie" and "Seconds Last Forever", this new album can surely be qualified as Claus Larsen's hardest and darkest album ever. It is as if he had been catalyzing, distilling and regurgitating all the pains from our sedated world of neglect and has finally Damned You! The Danish Master has personally created all the videos and paintings featured on the album's artwork! Released on Alfa Matrix and available April 6th, 2007.


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We hope that every time you come to Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium, the weather will be as beautiful as pictured above. However, the weather can change quickly and here's some information to help you understand our weather policy.
If it is raining before the game...
The Cedar Rapids Kernels have every intention of playing each game, even when the weather forecast may be calling for rain. The playing surface at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium features a state-of-the-art drainage system in the outfield and an oversized tarp to cover the infield dirt. This combination allows the Kernels a great chance to play ball regardless of the amount of rain that might fall prior to a game. The Kernels grounds crew will be hard at work to maintain and prepare the field for each and every game. A decision to play, suspend, or cancel often will NOT be made prior to the scheduled start time of any game, and a game's start time will more likely be delayed before an official decision is made. This is done to allow for additional time to evaluate the weather forecast for the Cedar Rapids area.
There is NO SET TIME for the cancellation of a game due to weather. Each weather situation is different and includes unique variables and circumstances. Anytime weather is an issue, we weigh factors that include the amount of rain the field has already absorbed and future forecasts, including likelihood of future rain, possible rain duration, and the severity of additional weather. The decision to cancel a game due to weather is made with these, and many other, factors in mind. The most important factor we consider is the safety of our fans and the players. When weather is an issue we make decisions that are in the best interest of the majority of those with tickets. We understand that each fan with a ticket to a game also has unique circumstances. Weather, good or not, is a factor to consider with an outdoor entertainment option, such as Kernels baseball.
Please keep in mind weather forecasts in our area (TV and radio) are intended to cover an area of well over 100 square miles. We utilize multiple sources, including a professional weather service and radar, to pinpoint the weather at our specific location in Cedar Rapids and give us forecasts specific to our location. It may very well be raining at your house, but be sunny with blue skies at the ballpark.
If the game is called before the scheduled first pitch, the decision will be immediately posted on the website and Kernels social media pages and will promptly be disseminated to local news outlets.
If it begins to rain during the game...
If it begins to rain during the game, the Kernels grounds crew will quickly cover the infield with a large tarp when directed to by the umpires. At that time, game officials will work with local weather outlets to ascertain the immediate weather outlook. If game officials feel that the inclement weather will pass, a rain delay is put into affect. If game officials feel that the inclement weather will not pass in a reasonable amount of time, an official rainout is announced.
Rainout Ticket Policy
In the event 5 innings of a game are not completed, except when the home team is in the lead at the end of 4-1/2 innings, your ticket will be good for any regular season game later in the season and may be exchanged at the Kernels Ticket Office for a ticket of equal or lesser value subject to availability.
Note: If a game is called due to inclement weather or other circumstances after five innings have been played, a game is considered officially completed.
Rain Policy Terminology
Rain Delay
A game that is under a rain delay is in an official delay but will resume play later that day. Tickets cannot be exchanged in the event of a rain delay.
A game that is rained out or postponed will not be played that day due to inclement weather. In the event of a rainout or postponement, your ticket will be good for any regular season game later in the season and may be exchanged at the Kernels Ticket Office for a ticket of equal or lesser value subject to availability.
Suspended Game
A game in which five innings are not completed before being postponed will be suspended and picked up at the point of suspension on the following day or the next day the Kernels play that team again. If the Kernels do not play that team again, the game will not be completed. Fans, however, will be able to use their tickets from that game for any subsequent regular season Kernels' game.
The following games have been rained out/suspended in 2019: April 17, April 30, May 21, May 27, June 15.
If you have tickets from one of these dates, those tickets are now rain checks which may be exchanged for another regular season game, based upon availability.


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Great Statue
|Great Statue
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|Thomas Gould
|Animal Crossing: New Leaf
The Great Statue is a sculpture first introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Sculpted by Thomas Gould in Florence, this 18-foot bronze statue of Kamehameha is one of Oahu's most photographed landmarks. Every June 11th, on Kamehameha Day, this statue is ceremoniously draped with wreaths of flower lei to celebrate Hawaii's greatest king.
A great warrior, diplomat, and leader, King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands into one royal kingdom in 1810 after years of conflict. Kamehameha's unification of Hawaii was significant not only because it was an incredible feat, but also because under separate rule, the islands may have been torn apart by competing western interests. Today, four commissioned statues stand to honor King Kamehameha I, Hawaii's first king.
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, if his fingers are pointing straight out, it is fake. If his fingers are pointing upward, it is genuine.


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An Unexpected Response: I Am Waters 2012 Delivery
The I Am Waters Team and I have had the honor and privilege of meeting, photographing and interviewing hundreds of homeless women, children and men over the past three years.
I Am Waters Foundation (IAW) Summer 2012 delivery was a continuation of our previous summer experiences, with an unexpected twist. Summer 2012 delivery included a planned expansion to New Orleans, bringing IAW to a total of four delivery territories; Houston, Austin & Ft. Worth, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. Our newest shelter partners are Covenant House New Orleans (CHNO) and New Orleans Rescue Mission (NORM).
The Unexpected Twist: Disaster Relief Support
It has been said that one can never know what life will bring and how God will use us once we make ourselves available to be of service. IAW experienced this firsthand on two separate occasions this summer. After making our delivery to New Orleans Rescue Mission in June, IAW received an emergency request from NORM for more water, post Hurricane Isaac.
Isaac left NORM without power (A/C in August) and their surrounding resource providers depleted of bottled water for their homeless clients. We sent a truck load of water (38,016 bottles) to NORM which they shared with Covenant House. Our bottles of water are the first line of defense against heat related injuries and death over the hottest parts of the summer for all our 22 shelter partners.
New Orleans Rescue Mission Thank You Note, September 27, 2012
You guys are incredible! We are so grateful during Hurricane Isaac our water supply dwindled to nothing. We were housing 300 guests a day with no electricity and it was extremely hot. We tried many of our local providers and all of them were out, but I AM WATERS delivered you guys are great!"
I Am Waters' second unexpected delivery was to New York to provide disaster relief support to Hurricane Sandy survivors. IAW delivered two truckloads (76,032 bottles) of water to Guyon Rescue Center, in Staten Island, New York and to Catholic Charities in Far Rockaway, Long Island.
My small team and I spent a week in both areas delivering door-to-door, after unloading the truck that drove up from Texas. A very special thanks goes to Wagner College Football team for unloading the Staten Island truck delivery, and to the tireless Catholic Charities volunteers at Far Rockaway.
The areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy looked like a war zone; tears, pain, PTSD, whole families left homeless/displaced, hungry, cold and thirsty. The need for water was immense; however, the need for the word on the bottle was just as necessary, if not more.
We went from door-to-door in Staten Island delivering cases of water to folks who were either too traumatized to help themselves, afraid of leaving their homes for supplies because of looters, or just stranded due to being without gasoline.
Each and every person either stood motionless in their tracks or simply broke into tears upon seeing the word on the bottle: HOPE, PEACE, LOVE and DREAM
One S.I. Resident said, "Oh my God, Oh my God, this is a sign and blessing from God! I haven't been able to go to church in two weeks so, I just pray and pray by myself. Oh my God, this is a blessing this word of HOPE on the bottle. Thank you! Thank you!" Children admired their bottles against the sunlight and used the logo (a heart with a water drop) as a spyglass to look through.
The overwhelming gratitude with which the folks we served received their bottles of water was a thing of beauty. An outpouring of blessings was showered upon us. How can people who just lost everything (in some cases family members) be so grateful and appreciative? While this response was surely unexpected, I have witnessed it before in the homeless shelters where IAW delivers.
When one has lost everything and life has shaken us to the very bottom, there in lies a sacred space, where the opening to the deepest part of our soul/spirit lives. Our persona's, perceived grievances, and problems are all put into perspective and through this new perspective an invitation to examine how we are connected to God and each other. The strongest part of the human spirit can be seen within the absence of worldly possessions. As if to say–We are not any of the things that we've lost and now, within the clearing, "Seeing" is easier.
The content and conversation from those displaced by disasters is often: my house, my car, my pets, my neighborhood, my sanity, my routine….
The content and conversation from those displaced by homelessness is often: my job, my sanity, my home, my car, my health, my money, my wife, my husband…
3.5 million homeless people and ten's of thousands of disaster survivors currently defined by the outline above and yet stand as living testimonials to the fact that we are more.
Losing "things" is sometimes the way we find our way back to ourselves.
Some of the strongest, smartest, wisest and most loving people I have met have been at shelters for homelessness and rescue camps for disaster relief. I've had the privilege of witnessing the simple Words on IAW bottles create emotional and spiritual changes in the people who drink from them.
A word of inspiration transcends one's immediate circumstances and water keeps our bodies alive and thriving. Two of the most basic needs a human being has, addressed in one moment; Physical and Spiritual hydration.
I Am Waters Foundation wrapped up 2012 having crossed a milestone of delivering its one millionth bottle to those who've needed it most.
I would like to personally thank all of the donors, volunteers and I Am Waters team for making it possible to be of service over the past three years.


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The Case for Chocoholics by Tom Rayhawk
Extending beyond the multitude of delectable forms that this manna of candy exists in, the tickling of your taste buds and heart racing effects are only part of the story of this cocoa-derived treat. Containing antioxidants, phytonutrients and blood-pressure reducing compounds, chocolate does not fit nicely under the category of "empty calories" inherent to most sugar-laden food. One compound, in particular, is associated with the addictive and mood-elevating characteristics that many feel after consuming chocolate. This constituent is phenylethylamine or PEA.
Although relatively simple in its chemical structure, PEA influences a great number of neurotransmitter and hormonal systems. Noradrenergic, Dopaminergic and Acetylcholinergic receptors all show binding affinity to and are impacted by phenylethylamine. The underlying behavioral ramifications of this interaction are divergent and include anorexic, or appetite suppression, anti-depressant and mood enhancement, and elevation in attention and overall cognition. However, abnormally high concentrations of PEA have been associated with schizophrenic-like behavior, anxiety, and insomnia. The complex process of addiction also implicates PEA as a culprit. Humans manufacture beta-phenylethylamine via the removal of a carboxyl group (CO2) from l-phenylalanine by phenylalanine decarboxylase (3). As a biogenic amine, PEA shares some chemical characteristics with amino acids, namely that it contains an amine or –NH2 constituent attached to the phenyl group. Unlike amino acids, however, PEA does not have the carboxylic group (-CO2H) in its backbone. Following synthesis, the amine has a very short half-life as it is not stored in neurons and is subject to rapid degradation by monoamine oxidase b (MAO-b) and – in the liver – by aldehyde dehydrogenase and aldehyde oxidase (10). It is oxidized by these enzymes to phenylacetic acid and 2-phenylethanol via the intermediate, phenylacetaldehyde. The "aldehydes" are at work in the periphery meaning that when using an oral route of administration, your PEA has to make it past these enzymes before it can reach the brain. Present in the mitochondria of the gut, mao-b enzymes are another obstacle to PEA entry into the central nervous system. So as you can see, supplements containing phenylethylamine have to somehow circumvent these pathways for one to garner its effects. As with all trace amines, beta-phenylethylamine, is naturally present in small quantities in humans and is found in highest concentrations in the hypothalamus (2). The hypothalamus is the "thermostat" of many regulatory systems including satiety. Specific receptors here, the (+)-[3H] amphetamine binding sites, binds to amphetamine, PEA and phenylethylamine related compounds. Upon binding, a decrease in self-regulated feeding occurs. Interestingly, glucose also binds to these receptors indicating that glucose flux through the hypothalamus is mimicked by PEA and thus satisfies the "glucostatic" or "fed" signal to this drive-oriented brain region (1). In short, PEA "tricks" the brain into thinking glucose levels are abundant, food seeking behaviors are not warranted, and hunger levels thus decrease. PEA is a psychomotor stimulant meaning that it positively enhances the interplay between motor – or muscular – and mental activities or processes. A slowing in this process is typical of depressive disorders. This psychomotor activation, some research supports, is one of the driving forces behind addictive behaviors. A specific pathway of dopaminergic neurons present in the midbrain, limbic, cortical regions, nucleus accumbens, and amygdala of the brain is altered during self-reinforcing activities (13). These regions, termed the mesocorticolimbic system, are the "drive" centers of the brain that function in incentive motivation and reward. Alcohol, barbiturates, nicotine, opiates, benzodiazepines, marijuana and yes, psychomotor stimulants, (i.e. PEA) all trigger this pathway (11, 12). By prolonging the activity and levels of dopamine and other neurotransmitters, PEA can produce changes in the motivational pathways making an individual more prone to drug-seeking behaviors. These pathways are actually very similar to those that mature during memory formation and the learning process. Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain and alterations occur in its expression and in neurons to which it binds when these rewarding habits or new skills are developing (15). PEA's ability to enhance cognition and concentration are evident by the amine's positive relationship in those treated for attention-deficit disorder (ADD) and attention-deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). One method used to gage the levels of phenylethylamine in the blood is to measure the amount excreted in the urine. PEA levels in urine have been shown to be significantly lower in those with ADHD than in control subjects (4, 5, 6). Japanese researcher Kusaga and colleagues have published many works supporting this. In one of their studies from 2002 they administered methylphenidate – Ritalin – to subjects and deduced that one of the underlying differences was that responders to the drug had elevated beta-phenylethylamine compared to non-responders (4).
Dopamine (DA) is undoubtedly the neurotransmitter most impacted by PEA. Many of PEA's functions are attributed to its capacity to augment dopamine function. The most straightforward evidence of this is that PEA directly increases dopamine release (8,9). Typically, dopamine is released by neurons to exert its biological activity and is taken back by these same cells via the dopamine transporter (DAT) leading to its inactivation. One of the means by which both cocaine and amphetamine work is by displacing this transporter, thus prolonging the activity of dopamine (14).
Initially, it was thought that PEA worked similarly. However this hypothesis has been called into question by recent studies which demonstrated that when exogenous dopamine is applied that PEA does not enhance dopaminergic activity (7,8). This might seem confusing but this simply means that PEA does not enhance the effects of dopamine already active within the human nervous system. It does, however, promote its secretion and it generates many of the same actions as DA. Instead, a new theory has evolved showing that PEA interacts with autoreceptors on certain portions of dopaminergic neurons, increasing the secretion of DA. Essentially, PEA "turns on" certain portions of the cells that release dopamine, leading to a greater than normal DA pool. PEA and other trace amines co-exist with dopamine and are released from dopaminergic neurons of the nigrostriatal system. It thus follows that PEA shares many of the same similar physiological actions as dopamine. Its structure bears great resemblance to amphetamine and as one might deduce, it shares many of the same characteristics including an increase in motor activity and anorexic tendencies.
1.Itzchak Angel, Richard L. Hauger, My Do Luu, Bridget Giblin, Phil Skolnick, Steven M. Paul. Glucostatic Regulation of (+)-[3H]amphetamine binding in the Hypothalamus: Correlation with Na{+},K{+}-ATPase Activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 82, No. 1. 8 (Sep. 15, 1985), pp. 6320-6324 2.A. J. Greenshaw, A. V. Juorio and T. V. Nguyen. Depletion of striatal â-phenylethylamine following dopamine but not 5-HT denervation. Brain Research Bulletin, Volume 17, Issue 4, October 1986, Pages 477-484. . 3. Sidney Udenfriend and Jack R. Cooper. Assay of l-phenylalanine as phenylethylamine after enzymatic decarboxylation; Application to isotopic studies. J Biol Chem. 1953 Aug;203(2):953-60. http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/203/2/953.pdf 4.Kusaga A, Yamashita Y, Koeda T, Hiratani M, Kaneko M, Yamada S, Matsuishi T. Increased urine phenylethylamine after methylphenidate treatment in children with ADHD.Ann Neurol 2002 Sep;52(3):372-4 5. Kasuga A. Decreased beta-phenylethylamine in urine of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic disorder. No To Hattatsu. 2002 May;34(3):243-8 6. Baker GB, Bornstein RA, Rouget AC, Ashton SE, van Muyden JC, Coutts RT.. Phenylethylaminergic mechanisms in attention-deficit disorder. Biol Psychiatry 1991 Jan 1;29(1):15-22 7. Geracitano R, Federici M, Prisco S, Bernardi G, Mercuri NB. Inhibitory effects of trace amines on rat midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Neuropharmacology. 2004 May;46(6):807-14 8. Mauro Federici, Raffaella Geracitano, Alessandro Tozzi, Patrizia Longone, Silvia Di Angelantonio, C. Peter Bengtson, Giorgio Bernardi, and Nicola B. Mercuri. Trace Amines Depress GABAB Response in Dopaminergic Neurons by Inhibiting G–Gated Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels. Mol Pharmacol 67:1283-1290, 2005. http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/67/4/1283?ijkey=770a7… 9. Kota Ishida, Mikio Murata, Nobuyuki Katagiri, Masago Ishikawa, Kenji Abe, Masatoshi Kato, Iku Utsunomiya, and Kyoji Taguchi. Effects of -Phenylethylamine on Dopaminergic Neurons of the Ventral Tegmental Area in the Rat: A Combined Electrophysiological and Microdialysis Study. Journal of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics. 314:916-922, 2005. http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/314/2/916 10. Panoutsopoulos GI, Kouretas D, Gounaris EG, Beedham C. Metabolism of 2-phenylethylamine and phenylacetaldehyde by precision-cut guinea pig fresh liver slices. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet. 2004 Apr-Jun;29(2):111-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15230339?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSys… 11. Terry E Robinson, Kent C Berridge (2000) The psychology and neurobiology of addiction: an incentive-sensitization view Addiction 95 (8s2), 91–117. 12. Pan, Wynn H. T., Hsieh, Min-Chien, Wu, Hsiao-Hua & Lin, Shi-Kwang Difference in magnitude of psychostimulant-induced extracellular norepinephrine in the ventral tegmental area contributes to discrepant prefrontal dopamine outflow. Addiction Biology 12 (1), 51-58. 13. Kalivas PW, Nakamura M (1999) Neural systems for behavioral activation and reward. Curr Opin Neurobiol 9:223–227. 14. Jones SR, Joesph JD, Barak LS, Caron MG, Wightman RM (1999) Dopamine neuronal transport kinetics and effects of amphetamine. J Neurochem 73:2406–2414.


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It's no secret that Jennifer Lopez has an amazing body. The 48-year-old star is in perfect shape and people everywhere are dying to know her secret. While it may be true that she, like most celebrities, achieves her perfect physique thanks to the help of famous trainers, she puts in a lot of work on her end.
Now, her trainer, David Kirsch, has shared the secret of her perfect abs: side-plank oblique crunches. "It's perfect for when you need to focus on shaping and toning not only the obliques but the entire core," he says.
Check out the video below to learn how to properly execute a side-plank oblique crunch and start working on your dream abs!


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Treatments for acne scarring is one of the most highly proclaimed issues of today's beauty conscious people as acne scars are the most annoying beauty hazards one can have.
Such scars can occur due to inflammatory acne or even sun burns or hormonal disturbances. People tend to hide spots by doing heavy make – ups like thick layers of foundation, concealer. Overdoing this sort of make ups roughen the skin gradually and take away the natural smoothness of skin.
Here we are trying to suggest you some natural beauty packs as treatments for acne scarring. You can do it in home with the ingredients in near of hand.
Treatment For Acne Scarring With 'Neem' Leaf Paste
Neem leaf paste can even remove the very tenacious sorts of spots in the face or other part of the body.
- All you have to do is to collect fresh 'Neem' leaf. Make paste with adequate water.
- Apply all over the spots and scars and the surrounding places. Leave it for at least twenty minutes before washing out.
- You should be careful enough to avoid the eye and surrounding eye area.
- Applying neem leaf can cause a little bit of sting in your eyes. In that case, close your eyes for several minutes and it will be gone.
Dry neem leaf also can serve the purpose. You can collect fresh neem leaf and dry it in sun to preserve long term usage. Take some dry leaf and crush it in powder; make paste with water and use.
You can also add some fresh turmeric with this pack in order to improve the beneficial effects.
Cucumber Peel
Paste of fresh cucumber peel is also a great way of treatments for acne scarring. The following is the process of applying cucumber peel to remove acne scars.
- Peel of a fresh cucumber.
- Blend the peels with a little bit of water because cucumber peels contain water in it.
- Apply it over the spots; rinse off after twenty minutes or so. This pack also freshen the skin and removes extra oiliness.
Green Coconut Water As Treatments For Acne Scarring
Green coconut water is also helpful for getting rid of acne scars.
- Just wash your face with water taken from green coconut.
- You can do it every day twice until the spots become lighter.
Green coconut water is not suitable for spots in too much oily skin because it contains some natural oil which can make the oily skin greasier after washing.
Treatments For Acne Scarring With Papaya Face Musk
Ripe papaya pest often helps as treatments for acne scarring.
- Take a ripe papaya and scoop the pulp from it.
- Mash it properly so that it become soft paste.
- Apply it all over the face, especially upon the spots and scars.
- Leave it for not less than twenty minutes. Ripe papaya musk soften the skin along with removing the spots.
You can add some honey with this musk to provide extra moisture and avoid excessive dryness after washing out the musk.


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Well, she goes on a trip and 3 days in gets pissed at me for going almost the whole day with texting her twice. So she says that she feels that everything is one sided because she went out of her way to do shit for me (gifts for when she was gone) and I couldn't even hit her up. So she says she is out if shit is gonna be like this. And then she drops all contact with me.
She snaps some suspect stuff: dancing with other guys and being super wasted and then having dinner with another guy (in a group setting) and then focusing the camera on him. Well she hit me up in the evening when she got back…which was like a week later. she said she didn't know what to tell me but said she would text me so she was. I saw her today and she didn't say anything to me. I had to walk up and say hi, but that was it. Was awkward. Thoughts?
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Representative Publications from the past few years:
Roos, L. E., Beauchamp, K. G., Flannery, J. E., & Fisher, P. A. (in press). Cultural Contributions to Childhood Executive Function, Journal of Cognition and Culture.
Giuliano, R. J., Karns, C. M., Roos, L. E., Bell, T. A., Peterson, S., Skowron, E. A., Neville, H. J., & Pakulak, E. (2018). Effects of early adversity on neural mechanisms of distractor suppression are mediated by sympathetic nervous system activity. Developmental Psychology, 54(9), 1674-1686.
Roos, L. E., Beauchamp, K. G., Giuliano, R. J., Zalewski, M., Kim, H. K., & Fisher, P. A. (2018). Children's biological responsivity to acute stress predicts concurrent cognitive performance. (2018). Stress, 1-8.
Giuliano, R. J., Karns, C. M., Bell, T. A., Peterson, S., Skowron, E. A., Neville, H. J., & Pakulak, E. (2018). Parasympathetic and sympathetic activity are associated with individual differences in neural indices of selective attention. Psychophysiology, e13079.
Giuliano, R. J., Roos, L. E., Farrar, J., & Skowron, E. A. (2018). Cumulative risk exposure moderates the association between parasympathetic reactivity and inhibitory control in preschool-age children. Developmental Psychobiology, 60(3), 324-332.
Roos, L. E., Knight, E. L., Beauchamp, K. G., Giuliano, R. J., Fisher, P. A., & Berkman, E. T. (2017). Conceptual precision is key in acute stress research: A commentary on Shields, Sazma, & Yonelinas, 2016. Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews, 83, 140-144.


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Get back to basics with Square One! With five distinctive colorways there is something for everyone, the playful mix of cool greys, vibrant hues, and cheeky motifs will lead to a build your own adventure in your next colorwork project.
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Oregon Cabin Built With Nearly Zero Electricity and 100% Salvaged Materials
Photo Courtesy of Virginia Krakowiak
Just outside of Portland, Oregon, on a small local certified organic workers´ farm collective (that´s a mouthful), a small cabin is being built. Measuring just 16´x 20´ (small is the new big), it will house farmers during the harvest season. But what´s remarkable about the cabin is not what it´s for, but what it´s made of, and how it´s being made. As opposed to a lot of buildings that talk a big green game and don´t deliver, this little cabin has got it all (which effectively means it doesn´t have too much). The project is the work of Virginia Krakowiak and Jon Clark, two Oregon residents with a taste for the green life. They´ve been building the cabin largely without electricity (the cabin is rather off-grid), using hand tools and what Virginia calls "old, stronger building techniques." As to materials used, here´s a partial list:
- The headers for all windows and doors I salvaged from a post and beam removal done in NE Portland in 2008.
- Wood windows and doors were donated by friends and family from a home in Eagle Creek, OR.
- Gutters were salvaged from a remodel/addition I worked on in NW Portland in 2010.
- Siding and Shake was salvaged from a local architect after his own home remodel.
- Interior walls and shed roof soffit material was completely assembled with hundreds of deconstructed cedar fence boards from around the metro area. We replaned all these boards to unweathered grain, as to bring out their original beauty.
- The refashioned the roof vents out of old iron floor grates from a remodel in NE portland a few years ago.
- The two deck posts are the largest cuts from a birch tree that was being cut down in one of our farmer's yards in the inner city.
It´s an impressive example of what you can do when you´re willing to take the time to look for the right materials and spend the time making something that will last. So if you ever end living the rural green life on that small local certified organic workers´ farm collective, you know you´ve got a place to stay.
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
THE GOOD: Follow MFIKY, He Knows The Way. Rafael Soriano came in a shut down the Angels 1-2-3 in the 9th for his 38th save. But even more impressive was how he did it. 9 pitches. 3 strikeouts. He is the first pitcher to accomplish that feat this season…Bossman. BJ Upton stepped up to the plate against the guy that was his best friend on the Rays, Scott Kazmir. Upton didn't waste any time, hitting the first pitch of the game for a home run…James the Better. Two runs and 8 hits got his pitch count up there (103) and he had to be pulled after 6 innings. But he did have his good stuff at times striking out 10 and walking just 1. His changeup spent a little too much time in the strikezone (20 of 25) but he did get 4 swinging strikes on the change. And that is what he needs to be successful…Chasing 95. The Rays now need only go 18-19 in their final 37 games to reach 95 wins. In the Wild Card era, every AL team that has won at least 95 games, went on to the playoffs.
THE BAD: Letting Kazmir Off The Hook. Once again the bats went cold. After getting 3 runs off of Scott Kazmir in the first, the Rays let the Angels off the hook, allowing Kaz to work into the 6th inning. In the Rays last 25 plate appearances, the Rays went 1-21 with 4 walks.
THE TELLING: The Rays magic number is 32 with 37 left to play…Mike Ekstrom was sent back to the minors to make room for Wade Davis who will start tonight…Evan Longoria was named AL Co-Player of the Week, sharing the award with Robinson Cano….For the first time this season, Joe Maddon used the same lineup for the 3rd consecutive game…Look for Manny Ramirez to be placed on waivers today by the Dodgers.
WHERE THEY STAND: The Rays are 77-48, tied with the Yankees for first place in the AL East. They are 5.5 games ahead of the Red Sox in the Wild Card (6 in the loss column). After 125 games in 2008, the Rays were 77-48.
- Johnny Damon was claimed off waivers by the Red Sox, blocking the Rays from making a claim. But Damon does have a no-trade clause to Boston and is still deciding whether to accept the move. [The Heater]
- The best question to arise from the leaked MLB financial documents is: Why should teams receive revenue sharing and turn a profit? Shouldn't that money go back into the team or returned? [The Biz of Baseball]
- Stacy Long has some of the names that will represent the Rays in the Arizona Fall League. The AFL is usually reserved for players that Rays think have a shot at the big leagues but aren't a "sure thing." Interesting to see Leslie Anderson's name. Does this mean he will not be a September call-up by the Rays? [Biscuit Crumbs]
- NESN weighs in on a potential Manny Ramirez-to-the-Rays trade. [NESN]
- Might the Bucs actually trade Michael Clayton for Albert Haynesworth? [Joe Bucs Fan]
- Stephen Nohlgren argues that moving out of the Tampa Bay area is a longshot for the Rays. [St. Pete Times]
- The BRayser has been seen in the wild before. [Her Rays Baseball]
- Marc Topkin writes about Evan Longoria's recent hot streak. [St. Pete Times]
- The Durham Bulls are 20-7 since losing Jeremy Hellickson to the big leagues. [Watching Durham Bulls Baseball]
- Arash Markazi writes about Joe Maddon and his Angels roots. [ESPN]
- Check out Rays Prospects for boxscores and more detailed recaps. [Rays Prospects]
- DURHAM: Aneury Rodriguez struck out 3 and walked 3, allowing 3 runs in 5.2 innings…Rocco Baldelli (2000-1) went 2-4 with a double and 2 runs batted in…Elliot Johnson was 3-5 to raise his average to .319…Leslie Anderson went 1-5 with 2 RBI.
- MONTGOMERY: Jeremy Hall gave up 5 runs (3 earned) in 3.2 innings. He struck out none and walked 5…Matt Spring (2004-4) hit just his 2nd home run, but this one was a grand slam.
- CHARLOTTE: Shane Dyer (2008-6) came off the DL and made his first start in 2 weeks. He threw 4 shutout innings, giving up 3 hits and a walk. He struck out 4…Tim Beckham (2008-1) went 1-4 with a triple and an RBI.
- BOWLING GREEN: Kyle Lobstein (2008-2) gave up 3 runs in 5 innings. He struck out 4.
- HUDSON VALLEY: Zach Rosscup (2009-28) struck out 10 in just 5.2 innings. He did allow 2 runs in 5.2 innings…Junior Rodriguez hit his first home run, a solo shot. He drove in 2.
- PRINCETON: Eliazer Romero worked 5.2 innings and gave up just 1 run, striking out 3. He lowered his ERA to 2.10…Bryan Fogle (2010-32) hit his 5th home run, a go-ahead solo shot in the 12th.