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Quoting hydrus: I wonder if they're going to start running out of 'I' names. |
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:16 PM GMT on March 16, 2011
If there is going to be a major nuclear disaster with massive release of radioactivity into the atmosphere from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, today would be the best day meteorologically for this to occur. The low pressure system that brought rain and several inches of snow to Japan yesterday has moved northeastwards out to sea, and high pressure is building in. The clockwise flow of air around the high pressure system approaching Japan from the southwest is driving strong northwesterly winds of 10 - 20 mph over the region. These winds will continue through Thursday, and will take radiation particles emitted by the stricken reactors immediately out to sea, without lingering over Japan. Since high pressure systems are regions of sinking air, the radiation will stay close to the ocean surface as the air spirals clockwise over the Pacific. The contaminated air will remain over the ocean for at least five days, which is plenty of time for the radiation to settle out to the surface.
Figure 1. Surface weather map for 8am EDT today, taken from the 6-hour forecast from this morning's 6 UTC run of the GFS model. A high pressure system to the southwest of Japan, in combination with a low pressure system to the northeast are driving strong northwesterly surface winds over the country. Image is from our wundermap with the "Model" layer turned on. The lines are sea-level pressure (blue contours, 4 mb interval) and 1000 to 500 mb thickness (yellow contours, 60 m interval). Thickness is a measure of the temperature of the lower atmosphere, and a thickness of 5400 meters is usually close to where the dividing line between rain and snow occurs.
Thursday night and Friday morning (U.S. time), the high pressure system moves over Japan, allowing winds to weaken and potentially grow calm, increasing the danger of radioactivity building up over regions near and to the north of the nuclear plant. On Friday, the high departs and a moist southwesterly flow of air will affect Japan. These southwesterly winds will blow most of the radiation out to sea, away from Tokyo. Southwesterly winds will continue through Sunday, when the next major low pressure system is expected to bring heavy precipitation to the country. Beginning Thursday night, the sinking airmass over Japan will be replaced a large-scale area of rising air, and any radiation emitted late Thursday through Friday will be carried aloft towards Alaska and eastern Russia by this southwesterly flow of rising air.
Ground-level releases of radioactivity are typically not able to be transported long distances in significant quantities, since most of the material settles to the ground a few kilometers from the source. If there is a major explosion with hot gases that shoots radioactivity several hundred meters high, that would increase the chances for long range transport, since now the ground is farther away, and the particles that start settling out will stay in the air longer before encountering the ground. Additionally, winds are stronger away from ground, due to reduced friction and presence of the jet stream aloft. These stronger winds will transport radioactivity greater distances. I've made trajectory plots for the next three days assuming two possible release altitudes--a surface-based release near 10 meters, which should be the predominant altitude in the current situation, and a higher release altitude of 300 meters, which might occur from an explosion and fire from a Chernobyl-style incident. Given that the radioactivity has to travel 3000 miles to reach Anchorage, Alaska, and 5000 miles to reach California, a very large amount of dilution will occur, along with potential loss due to rain-out. Any radiation at current levels of emission that might reach these places may not even be detectable, much less be a threat to human health. A Chernobyl-level disaster in Japan would certainly be able to produce detectable levels of radiation over North America, but I strongly doubt it would be a significant concern for human health. The Chernobyl disaster only caused dangerous human health impacts within a few hundred miles of the disaster site, and the distance from Japan to North America is ten times farther than that.
Figure 2. Five-day forecast movement of plumes of radioactive air emitted at 10 meters altitude (red line) and 300 meters (blue line) at 18 UTC (2pm EDT) Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The plumes spiral clockwise around the high pressure system to the southwest of Japan and stay near the surface. Images created using NOAA's HYSPLIT trajectory model.
Figure 3. Five-day forecast movement of plumes of radioactive air emitted at 10 meters altitude (red line) and 300 meters (blue line) at 18 UTC (2pm EDT) Thursday, March 17, 2011 from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The plumes initially spiral clockwise around the high pressure system to the southwest of Japan and stay near the surface. By Saturday, though, the plumes get caught in a southwesterly flow of air in advance of an approaching low pressure system. Ascending air lifts the plumes to high altitudes, where winds are stronger and rapid long-range transport occurs. Images created using NOAA's HYSPLIT trajectory model.
Figure 4. Five-day forecast movement of plumes of radioactive air emitted at 10 meters altitude (red line) and 300 meters (blue line) at 18 UTC (2pm EDT) Friday, March 18, 2011 from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The plumes get caught in a southwesterly flow of air in advance of an approaching low pressure system. The plume emitted near the surface (red line) stays trapped near the surface, but the plume emitted at 300 meters is lifted to 3.5 km altitude by the rising air associated with the approaching low pressure system. Images created using NOAA's HYSPLIT trajectory model.
Seven-day weather forecast for Sendai near the Fukushima nuclear plant
The Austrian Weather Service is running trajectory models for Japan.
Current radar loops from the Japan Meteorological Agency
Rare subtropical cyclone forms near Brazil
An unusual low pressure system that came close to becoming a tropical storm is in the South Atlantic, a few hundred miles east of the coast of Brazil. The Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center has officially named the system Subtropical Storm "Arani", but I'm not sure the low would have been named by NHC, since Arani has somewhat of a loose circulation and limited heavy thunderstorm activity. The storm is expected to move slowly eastward out to sea, and does not pose a threat to South America. The latest run of the GFDL model shows little development of Arani, and the storm is now encountering a frontal system, which is bringing 20 - 30 knots of wind shear. It is unlikely that Arani will become a tropical storm. Some runs of the GFDL last weekend were predicting Arani would intensify into a Category 3 hurricane; that's the first time I've even seen such a prediction for a South Atlantic storm. The metsul.com blog has more info on Arani, for those of you who read Portugese.
Figure 5. During the daytime on Tuesday 15 March 2011 at 1820 UTC the TRMM satellite flew over a rare cyclone labeled Arani in the South Atlantic. Arani had the appearance of a tropical cyclone but has been classified as a subtropical cyclone. NOAA's Satellite and Information Service classified Arani as a T1 on the Dvorak intensity scale which would indicate an estimated wind speed of about 29 kt (~33 mph). TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) data were used in the image above to show rainfall near Arani. Image credit: NASA.
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Quoting hydrus: I wonder if they're going to start running out of 'I' names. |
Aparrently, there is a 10km evacuation being conducted at the Fukushima Daini Power Plant which is about 10 mi south of the Daiichi plant. Unknown the reason at this time ( According to CNN ). Attempting to get further confirmation. |
Quoting Xyrus2000: I have been trying to read all i can about the intrusion of Saltwater on Radiation. I can't find much about it, corrosion for sure makes sense. Salt tho can react to do other things as i remember in Chemistry. I do know that salt lowers the boiling point and should and is being used as the last result as they had no choice. |
I wonder how much radiation there is in one spent fuel rod... |
1:13 p.m. ET Wednesday, 2:13 a.m. Thursday in Tokyo] South Korea has offered more than 50 tons of boric acid to help Japan stabilize its troubled nuclear reactors, South Korea's official Yonhap News Agency reports. Boric acid can be mixed with water to slow or halt fission in nuclear reactors. Japan has nearly exhausted its supply while trying to cool down the quake-damaged reactors at its Fukushima power plant. The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. said it has 309 tons of the powder and could transfer 52.6 tons in the next few days. "Seoul has decided to provide whatever reserves it can spare without jeopardizing local nuclear operations," a South Korean official said. "Depleted reserves will be restocked once the emergency situation has passed." |
Quoting twhcracker: Saltwater isn't used in reactors. It is corrosive and can quickly lead to massive deposits of minerals. Hence why injecting these reactors with salt water is a last resort. After doing so, the reactors are essentially destroyed. |
Quoting Skyepony: I wonder where the US stores its spent Rods for cool down if they remain on site in a non contained area. Seems like a very bad error in judgement! Just my opinion. |
i will be back lunch is over see ya all around 3 30 |
Quoting Neapolitan:Took a while. |
Quoting KEEPEROFTHEGATE: My sons name is Joshua as well. Very Biblical name! |
These spent fuel rods... Fukushima Daiichi plant contains over 600,000 spent fuel rods, stored in 7 pools located on the top of six reactor buildings~ well til the explosions. In a report this morning 70% of the spent fuel rods damaged. Aussie~ 1973-74 are about the closest in ENSO pattern. We had a cool neutral ENSO for 'cane season that year & 2 Tropical Storms here in East central FL. Alfabob~ All I see is this on Youtube & plans underway to get more radiation measuring happening in Alaska. The FLEXPART model calls for low levels of extra radiation in Alaska today from the initial blasts. Radiation from the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster has reached Alaska, according to the state commissioner of health and social services in that state. He said the state has detected a "very small increase in radiation levels -- well below levels that would be a health concern." "Right now, we don't expect any radiation to affect Alaska," Chris Laborde, the state's emergency program manager, told KTVA in Alaska. State bureaucrats failed to note that the amount of radiation that has reached Alaska is from the smaller magnitude release from the stricken plant last week. Since then, the plant has released considerably more radiation after explosions and fires ravaged the site in Fukushima. It takes several days for prevailing winds to deliver the radiation across the Pacific Ocean. |
Quoting jwh250: Kudos to them. Unfortunately, people in the "west" have generally lost the sense of Responsibility in the face of Crisis and become soft, and have a hard time understanding the "eastern" mind. (generalizations are odious, but the point is valid, I think) |
Quoting jwh250: if i was there and it was my job then i would do the same they are not doing it for themselves but for those that they care about |
TROPICAL WEATHER NEWS: The results are in: the names Igor and Tomas have been retired, to be replaced by Ian and Tobias for 2016. |
Quoting NRAamy:Have to agree with Amy here.... |
Quoting NRAamy:its a he and he's name is joshua he is my only son |
Emergency crews were forced to retreat from Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant Wednesday after a spike in radiation. The pullback cost precious time in the fight to prevent a nuclear meltdown. (March 16) |
Keeper... that is one smart 11 year old.... she gets an A for effort... :) |
Quoting Xyrus2000: I saw a special on the discovery channel about research at chernoble and all the plants have chromosome damage or something like that for fifty miles around. i revel in wild speculation. in fact wild speculation is my middle name. |
Quoting Chicklit:we are at level 6 NUCLEAR EMERGENCY |
Quoting KEEPEROFTHEGATE: Its too big, and while it would cool it down short-term, it would increase pressure inside the vessel. Also, Nitrogen's ability to absorb heat is less than that of water. |
NEW YORK | Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:25pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell to a fresh 16-year low below 80 yen on Wednesday amid ongoing concerns about the Japanese nuclear reactor damaged by the recent earthquake and tsunami. The U.S. dollar was last down 0.8 percent against the yen on electronic trading platform EBS at 80.10 after going as low as 79.972 yen. The record low on the dollar against the yen is 79.75 yen, an intraday low hit on April 19, 1995. |
Quoting twhcracker: You could read up on radiation and it's effects instead of wildly speculating. That planet is constantly being irradiated from space, as well as natural decay of radioactive elements in the environment. Radiation is not healthy at high levels for some forms of life. For other forms (cockroaches, various bacteria, etc.) they have adaptations which greatly increase their ability to withstand radiation. Radiation affects life forms, and those with higher reproduction/adaptation rates survive quite well. For example, Chernobyl is not a wasteland. There's plenty of life there. Radiation is not some all powerful globe destroying boogeyman. |
Has the IAEA raised the alert from Level 4 yet? |
my 11 year old just said why can they not use liquid nitrogen to super cool down the reactors |
TORONTO — There has been a leak of demineralized water at the Pickering nuclear power plant. At 11:33 p.m. Tuesday night, Ontario Power Generation notified Canada's nuclear regulator that there was a release of 73,000 litres of demineralized water at the Pickering "A" Nuclear Generating Station earlier in the day. The leak is being blamed on a pump seal failure. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says the radiological risk to the environment and people's heath "is negligible." Environment Canada and the CNSC are monitoring the situation |
Quoting aquak9:lol |
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Vontez Morrow preps U-2 pilot U.S. Air Force Capt. Beau Block for a humanitarian mission to Japan from Osan Air Base, South Korea, March 13, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Paul Holcomb |
Quoting Floodman: Thanks Floodman... |
Quoting NRAamy: Now this is the kind of report I can believe,first hand from someone that is there. Unlike the news people, most of whom are just trying to win an award or something. Thanks for posting. Hope he checks in often as he can. |
#56: Apply to forehead! The workers are still there and they're upped allowable rads so more added according to this article from msn. TEPCO Workers Still On The JOB |
Lance Cpl. Brandon McCormick, left, and Sgt. Tony Hinds set up a satellite system here March 14 as part of Operation Tomodachi. Personnel with III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) established a humanitarian assistance center here to assist Government of Japan-led relief efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck mainland Japan March 11. Date Photo Taken: 3/14/2011 5:41:00 PM |
Just a little perspective: US Nuclear Test History (mostly above ground in CONUS.) No doubt Russia, China, Britain and France have all done similar programs. That's a lot of nukes. The Japanese reactors have to be put in this perspective. So far the tsunami has been far more deadly and disease and lack of essentials is a far greater threat. |
3/14/2011 By Gunnery Sgt. Leo A. Salinas Marine Corps Bases Japan Col. Craig Q. Timberlake, left, acting commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) command element, Col. Christopher Coke, middle, chief of staff for III MEF (Fwd) command element, and Lt. Col. Karl Rohr, operations officer for III MEF (Fwd) command element, discuss plans for the humanitarian assistance center March 14 here during Operation Tomodachi. Personnel with III MEF (Fwd) established a humanitarian assistance center here to assist the Government of Japan-led relief efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck mainland Japan March 11. |
Quoting TampaSpin: Actually i might have it just the opposite as Salt reduces Magnetic field i believe.....dang its been a long time since Chemistry.........LOL |
3/16/2011 By Cpl. Justin R. Wheeler III MEF Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, board a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft here March 16 to provide assistance in wake of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, March 11. The proximity of Marine aviation assets at MCAS Futenma has allowed Marines from III MEF to rapidly deploy critically-needed supplies and aid to areas that need it most. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Justin R. Wheeler) |
A weak moisture surge continues to pass through Trinidad/north eastern Venezuela,had some heavy rain a while ago amounting to half inch from around 6 am to now. |


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I love chocolate especially the mint-flavored ones. And I love coffee. Put those two favorites in one drink and I'm a happy person. Add some booze and I'll probably get giggly. Add two kinds of booze then drop a candy cane into the mug to stir the coffee with and it is irresistible. Which was exactly what happened when I came across the minty mocha drink at Serious Eats yesterday. Irresistible. I just had to try making it.
I bought a box of candy canes with the intention of hanging them up on the Christmas tree. They were individually wrapped and well sealed and I thought that the ants would never know they're there. But the ants found them right on the kitchen island even before I could hang them up the tree. The ants ate their way inside the box. Fortunately, I discovered them before they could start eating the individual wrappers of the candies. I threw out the box and into the fridge went the candy canes. We've been making drinks with them since. Speedy made a pink-colored cocktail drink with them the other day but it was too strong and I suggested we tweak it some more before posting the recipe on the blog.
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Am I the only one that thought that doing this in the church was just a little bit wrong? I mean, by all means, do it in the reception hall, but for the ceremony in the church? Eeek.
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To me it's not even remotely disturbing and clearly the minister didn't seem to have a problem with it, as even she clapped at the end. I mean churches do have choirs and gospel music that get people just as animated. |
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i suppose it's all about the church you go to and the way you practice. i can't understand why anyone would get married in a church in the first place, but that's just my set of beliefs, and in the end that's what it comes down to. if the couple and the congregation they belong to are fine with it, what business is it of anyone else? |
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meh seems pretty American and boring to me.
It's a hack job to ther first dance that was so popular a while back. Not a good way to ruin a wedding. Now, center court of a raps game at half time in the playoffs, game 7..... complete awesome. |
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a couple of years before i proposed to my wife we were at a raps game where someone proposed on the big screen. she turned to me and said "if you ever even think of doing something like that, we're done." message received loud and clear. i propsed on a beach in thailand, about as far away as you can get from a sporting event...
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My wife said the same thing to me about a big public display, however...
I dated this clingy, psycho a few years back and we went to Boston and were sitting in Fenway Park and I couldn't figure out why she kept watching the video scoreboard and not the game. Turns out she was hoping I'd propose to her there... |
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I was proposed to during a Broadway musical. Suddenly all the actors on stage stopped the play, looked to the audience and sang my favourite song. Then I was dragged onstage and proposed to. Confetti came down, everyone clapped... My parents were even in the audience without me knowing.
I threw up. Then left him. And this never really happened. |
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HOLY fuck, I was totally buying that hahaha
I saw a pretty insane proposal like that..I'll find it and post it. I'm not a big fan of the big public displays, this one is insane. Oh and I wasn't the least impressed with this entrance. Everyone seems to love it...Meh. |
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I get HUGE secondary embarassment watching this. If I proposed this way, I would hope that the answer would be no haha Last edited by Acie; 07-31-2009 at 11:37 AM. |
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All I know is, if you're gonna go crazy with a huge public proposal, you'd better be DAMN sure that your chick is going to say yes.
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I recently loaded Windows via bootcamp and was very careful due to the warnings of accidentally formatting and writing over the partition with Mac OS on it. I was wondering, if one wanted to, could they just write over the MAc OS and thrun their MB/MBP into a Windows only machine?
I also bring this up because of the post from the guy who won a MBP, but didn't want to use Mac OS. To be safe, one could use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy everything to an ED just in case. Personally, I thought I would be using Windows as much as OSX when I bought mine, but I made myself hold off on loading Windows until I got used to the Mac and now feel I will be using Windows very little if at all. |
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Not sure why you think anyone would flame you... it's a perfectly valid question.
There is no technical reason why you couldn't load any OS exclusively onto the machine, that is compatible with the system. Linux, OS X, Windows XP SP2 etc should all run fine. I do think that BootCamp must be installed to run Windows, so there always needs to be OS X somewhere on the drive (can someone confirm this). However you could give 80GB to Windows and 20GB to OS X if you wished and never boot OS X. The question comes down to would you want to do this? I am one of those who ended up installing Windows XP via parallels and I know to some Mac puritans, this is sacrilege (you know who you are!). However there was one app I simply could not live without, which was MS Money (as Mac Quicken is such a pile of bile). I think your last paragraph is very important. If you wait a few weeks before installing Windows (if this is possible) and give OS X a chance... anything that can be done in either system (browsing, emailing, office stuff, photographs, iTunes etc) you'll want to do in OS X. If you load up Windows immediately, you might end up stuck there, which in my very humble opinion, would be a shame. |
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I advise people to wait at least a month or two before putting Windows on their Macs. Many people claim they are "sick of Windows" and bought the Mac because they wanted a change, something fresh, something different... why then would they ruin that opportunity for something new by immediately mucking it up with the very OS that they were trying to "escape" from? __________________________________________________ Posting and YOU|Forum Community Guidelines|The Apple Product Cycle|Forum Courtesy mac: a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric MAC: a data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the Media Access Control Mac: a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. |
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I don't think there is anything wrong with using WinXP on your Mac. Like many people, I couldn't justify switching without that capability. Thanks to both BootCamp and Parallels, I am addicted to Apple (already added an iPod to our stash, probably a Nano coming soon and I see a Power Mac in my future ... not to mention trying to lure the wife into buying a MacBook). |
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Mac Quicken is a disgrace. Why? Because it has around half the features that Windows Quicken had 6 years ago, let alone the Windows Quicken 2007 edition. Intuit could have done a straight port and it'd be better than what they delivered to the Mac community. I said on another thread that virtually no piece of software available on both Windows and OS X has such a difference. Now, as an aside, I do understand what is required to build applications because I am a Project Manager and have overseen the development of several applications from conception to production. It's not the developers and individuals to blame in this case, it's the company who have made a strategic decision to create a two tier situation. Mac Quicken is more like "Quicken Lite" or something. Not only that, but Mac Quicken actually costs more! Quicken for Mac - what a load of rubbish Check out that thread and read my opener and then the post by Kevin270. Even the Quicken forums are full of people complaining, and not only that, but this has been the situation for years. Quotes from various reviews Quote:
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Appendix I Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report Assessing Readiness in Military Women Submitted March 1998
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Subcommittee Responses to Questions, Conclusions, and Recommendations
As outlined in Chapter 1, military personnel are required to adhere to standards of body composition, fitness, and appearance for the purpose of achieving and maintaining readiness. The purpose of this report is to examine whether the present standards for body composition, fitness, and appearance support readiness by ensuring optimal health and performance of active-duty women. After reviewing the relevant literature and current military policies, the Subcommittee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health provides the following conclusions and recommendations in response to the three questions posed by the military. Recommendations for future research are provided following the responses to the questions.
1. What body composition standards best serve military women's health and fitness, with respect to minimum lean body mass, maximum body fat, and site specificity of fat deposition? Are the appearance goals of the military in conflict with military readiness?
The BCNH subcommittee recommends the revision of the two-tiered body composition and fitness screen.
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As illustrated in Figure 1, the first tier should consist of semiannual assessment of BMI and fitness (including strength and endurance). The acceptable range of BMIs, based on considerations of health, is recommended to be 19 to 25, independent of age. Individuals whose BMI falls within the desirable range and who pass the fitness test need no further screening. Individuals with a BMI greater than 25 should be subjected to a second tier of screening, based on body fat assessment. The subcommittee believes that women with BMIs less than 19 can be fit to perform. However, as BMI decreases below 19, women may be at risk for malnutrition and should be considered for medical evaluation.
Individuals whose body fat is assessed at 36 percent or less and who pass the fitness test will be considered within standard. Individuals whose body fat exceeds 30 percent and who fail the fitness test will be referred to weight management and fitness programs. Individuals whose body fat exceeds 36 percent will be referred to a weight management program, regardless of fitness score.
The BCNH subcommittee also recommends development of a single service-wide equation derived from circumference measurements for assessment of women's body fat, to be validated against a four-compartment model using a population of active-duty women or a population that is identical in ethnic and
Revised flowchart for screening recommendation. BMI, bodymassindex; BF, bodyfat.
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age diversity to that of military women. Development and validation of this equation may result in reconsideration of the recommended BMI cut-offs, in part as a result of establishing the measurement error.
The BCNH subcommittee recommends an increasing emphasis on general fitness for health and readiness by enforcing uniformly across all services and MOSs regular and monitored participation in a fitness program consisting of a minimum of 3 d/wk of endurance exercise at 60 to 80 percent of maximum capacity for 20 to 60 minutes and 2 d/wk of resistance exercise using all major muscle groups at 85 percent of one repetition maximum (ACSM, 1990). Such a program, in addition to promoting fitness, assists in maintenance of weight and FFM and may result in lower body fat. Periodic fitness and body composition testing adjusted appropriately for gender should be conducted to determine both endurance and strength and should be similar across all services. More frequent testing would promote continuous adherence to weight and physical fitness programs and decrease injurious behaviors that result from efforts to pass performance and body composition tests.
The subcommittee further recommends development of task-specific, gender-neutral strength and endurance tests and standards for use in the determination of placement in MOSs that require moderate and heavy lifting. Additional fitness programs should be created and enforced to develop and maintain the strength, endurance, and flexibility required by these MOSs.
The BCNH subcommittee recommends that, in view of the association between FFM (as an indirect indicator of skeletal muscle mass) and strength, the military consider developing an appropriate minimum recommended BMI for accession of women.
The current appearance standard does not appear to be linked to performance, fitness, nutrition, or health. The BCNH subcommittee recommends that if the military deems appearance standards to be necessary, objective criteria (that do not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity) should be developed and utilized.
2. Should any part of the MRDAs be further adjusted for women? Should there be any intervention for active-duty women with respect to food provided, dietary supplementation, or education?
In view of current ongoing efforts by the Food and Nutrition Board to revise the RDAs upon which the MRDAs (AR 40–25, 1985) are based, the BCNH subcommittee advises that revision of the MRDAs be deferred to a later time and has chosen to concentrate on several nutritional issues of importance to active-duty women.
The BCNH subcommittee reinforces the requirement for adequate energy and nutrient intakes to reflect the needs of the body at a moderate activity level
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(2,000–2,800 kcal/d). To ensure adequate nutrient intakes, female personnel must be educated on how to meet both energy and nutrient needs whether they are deployed and subsisting on operational rations or whether they are in garrison. This education is required to enable women to choose foods of higher nutrient density and to maintain a fitness program that will allow greater energy intake. The subcommittee reinforces the recent efforts of the Army to begin providing complete nutritional labeling of all ration components and to include information to enable identification of nutrient-dense components that would help women meet the MRDAs at their usual energy intake. The subcommittee also supports efforts to create ration supplements that would satisfy requirements that may not be readily met through the usual intake of rations. The subcommittee recommends nutritional labeling of all dining hall menu items and provision of food selection guidelines to women in garrison.
The BCNH subcommittee recommends that all military women maintain or achieve healthy weight through a continuous exercise and fitness program. If weight loss is a goal, nutrition education and ongoing counseling should be provided for guidance in achieving a healthy, but reduced energy, diet. Emphasis must be placed on preventing overweight and maintaining long-term weight management through lifestyle changes, rather than on crash dieting to lose weight for a scheduled weigh-in. Adequate energy intake should be encouraged to reduce risks of injury and amenorrhea.
3. What special guidance should be offered with respect to return-to-duty standards and nutrition for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding?
The BCNH subcommittee recommends that all women be encouraged to eat an adequate diet during pregnancy and lactation as recommended by the IOM (1990, 1991). The subcommittee further recommends an intake of 400 μg/d dietary folate during childbearing years, 600 μg/d dietary folate during pregnancy and 500 μg/d during lactation as recommended by the IOM (1998). A daily supplement of 30 mg of ferrous iron (IOM, 1990) is recommended during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. During pregnancy and lactation, women should abstain from smoking. Although alcohol should be avoided during pregnancy, a very moderate intake may be permitted during lactation (IOM, 1990).
The BCNH subcommittee recommends that pregnant women without obstetrical or medical complications engage in moderate levels of physical activity to maintain cardiovascular and muscular fitness throughout the pregnancy and the postpartum period. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG, 1994) has published guidelines that should be used to advise pregnant active-duty women to modify their physical fitness program. Programs should be individualized and made available to healthy women who
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can and wish to exercise. These programs may also incorporate strength training, although the extent of the benefits of such training during pregnancy remains to be determined.
The BCNH subcommittee recommends the endorsement of the IOM guidelines for gestational weight gain as outlined in the text. Women should be encouraged to gain within the IOM recommendations during pregnancy and to lose weight postpartum through appropriate nutritional counseling and exercise programs. The BCNH subcommittee recommends that the proposed time allowance for compliance to weight and body fat standards postpartum be consistent with IOM recommendations for gestational weight gain. When satisfactory progress is being made toward compliance, an allowance of up to 1 year postpartum should be given for attainment of body weight standards.
Resumption of exercise postpartum will depend on the type of delivery and postpartum state of the woman and should be left to the discretion of the woman's obstetrician. Once clearance is given to resume exercise, a time allowance of 180 days should be sufficient for the woman to meet physical fitness standards.
The Healthy People 2000 (DHHS, 1991) goal for breastfeeding specifies that at least 75 percent of women should breastfeed their babies in the early postnatal period and 50 percent of women should continue to breastfeed until their babies are 5 to 6 months old. As the military has provided no indication as to why they should not strive to comply with this goal, the subcommittee recommends that efforts be made to promote and support breastfeeding among all servicewomen, where appropriate. Promotion of breastfeeding can be incorporated into prenatal classes, family support classes, hospital policies, and training of health care providers.
The BCNH subcommittee calls attention to the persistent anemia and musculoskeletal and cardiovascular changes that may continue in some women postpartum. These changes may present potential health problems for the mother and compromise her fitness status. Women with low iron stores before pregnancy or excessive blood losses at delivery may require an extended period (5–10 months) to replete and normalize stores.
An increase in the length of exemption from deployment from 4 to 6 months postpartum is recommended to support maternal postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and enhanced infant health and development.
The BCNH subcommittee acknowledges that childbearing is compatible with a military career when planning and education on effective birth control and counseling on the importance of timing pregnancy in one's military career are provided to all servicemembers. The subcommittee therefore recommends training and education for all supervisory personnel regarding pregnancy policy, as well as a prenatal counseling program for pregnant active-duty women. These policies should be implemented to reduce attrition and enhance military readiness.
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Recommendations for Future Research
Currently, there are no systematically collected data describing what military women do to meet weight and fitness standards (both before and after childbirth), how effective their behaviors are at maintaining weight and fitness standards, and the long-term health consequences of these behaviors. A DoD-wide evaluation system is recommended.
Survey Design and Administration
Relevant Data from Previous Surveys of Military Personnel and in Existing DoD Databases
Several research projects have been conducted by the services on the health-related behaviors of servicemembers. In addition to the wide variety of demographic and personnel data maintained in the Defense Manpower Data Center database, health outcome data are maintained in several medical cost accounting databases.
Effective Use of Existing Data
A combination of the survey instruments that have been used in the past would be suitable for collecting most of the information needed (including longitudinal data). The personnel and medical databases are capable of producing much of the remaining information needed. However, the subcommittee finds that there are two problems with this method of data collection. First, some of the survey data were collected anonymously (with no identification numbers of any type), precluding any attempt to examine the data longitudinally or merge the databases with existing personnel and medical databases that contain the demographic and health outcome data needed for a comprehensive analysis of the data. Second, the personnel and medical databases were not designed to be linked to each other or to survey databases. Thus, although much potentially worthwhile information is collected, little meaningful analysis can be performed.
Recommendations for New Methods
The subcommittee recommends that the military survey a representative sample of active-duty personnel individually and review the individuals' personnel and medical records during the course of the interview. This method would enable the investigator to obtain all the data needed in a single effort, ensure quality control of the data, build a database that would preserve the anonymity of the individual, and obviate the need to merge automated information
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systems with highly sensitive data. However, the need to create a system that will obtain information from several large and representative samples of the entire DoD over the course of several years may make this choice cost-prohibitive.
An alternative recommendation is to expand the triennial Survey of Health-Related Behaviors among Military Personnel to include the demographic, medical, nutrition, fitness, and pregnancy data needed. Changing the questionnaire to include social security number, as was done with the Navy's Perceptions of Wellness and Readiness Assessment survey and the Army's Health Risk Appraisal survey, would permit a longitudinal and potentially integrated database to be developed. The practice of using questions from federal surveys of health and fitness-related behaviors in the general U.S. population should be continued so that comparisons between military and civilian populations can be made.
Additional Data Needed
As recommended by an earlier IOM report (1992), longitudinal studies of people admitted to military weight management or remedial fitness programs should be conducted to determine the outcome of these programs as recommended changes in program procedures are implemented.
Career, active-duty, military women constitute a unique population of individuals who are required to maintain their weight and body fat and fitness at prescribed levels. Longitudinal studies of health risk factors (cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, metabolic) and outcomes are recommended for these women.
The DoD is encouraged to monitor pregnancy outcome (birth weight, preterm delivery, low birth weight and small-for-date infants, and congenital anomalies) as well as pregnancy wastage (miscarriage) according to service, rank, and MOS to identify potential problems associated with certain military jobs, physical training, or hazardous environments. Longitudinal studies are recommended on body weight and fitness of women who have given birth. It is recommended that health surveys be expanded to collect information on the pregnancy history of active-duty women. Suggested questions are those used by Evans and Rosen (1996).
Additional Research Recommendations
Additional research is needed to refine and standardize anthropometric equations for body fat prediction and to validate them against current four-compartment models. This research must include a population that is representative of active-duty military women in ethnic and age profile.
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In view of the relationship between skeletal muscle/FFM and strength, and recent developments in the ability to assess these parameters, research is recommended to develop an expedient method for the prediction of FFM using anthropometric measurements.
The use of standard military equations in postpartum women for estimating body fat at return-to-duty testing has not been validated. Therefore, the BCNH subcommittee recommends that validation studies be conducted in these women, controlling for ethnicity, age, and parity.
Task assessment and redesign are recommended, where appropriate, to ensure gender-neutral accession and retention standards in individual MOSs.
Further research is recommended on the incidence and risk factors for stress fracture and other musculoskeletal injuries in active-duty women.
Additional research is needed on the effects of environmental stressors on the nutritional status and needs of active-duty women. It is recommended that the military coordinate its research efforts in this area with those of the civilian sector.
ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists). 1994. Exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period. ACOG Technical Bulletin 189. February. Washington, D.C.: ACOG.
ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine). 1990. ACSM position stand. The recommended quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness in healthy adults. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 22:265–274.
AR (Army Regulation) 40–25. 1985. See U.S. Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, 1985.
DHHS (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). 1991. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives. DHHS (PHS) Publ. No. 91-50212. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Evans, M.A., and L. Rosen. 1996. Women in the military: Pregnancy, command climate, organizational behavior, and outcomes. Technical Report No. HR 96-001, Part I, Defense Women's Health Research Program. Fort Sam Houston, Tx.: U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School.
IOM (Institute of Medicine). 1990. Nutrition during Pregnancy: Part I, Weight Gain; Part II, Nutrient Supplements. Subcommittee on Nutritional Status and Weight Gain during Pregnancy, Subcommittee on Dietary Intake and Nutrient Supplements during Pregnancy, Committee on Nutritional Status during Pregnancy and Lactation, Food and Nutrition Board. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
IOM. 1991. Nutrition during Lactation. Subcommittee on Lactation, Committee on Nutritional Status during Pregnancy and Lactation, Food and Nutrition Board. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
IOM 1992. Body Composition and Physical Performance, Applications for the Military Services, B.M. Marriott and J. Grumstrup-Scott, eds. Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Food and Nutrition Board. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
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IOM. 1998. Dietary Reference Intakes: Folate, Other B Vitamins, and Choline. Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, Food and Nutrition Board. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
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That was followed by a move to Invercargill, where he continued to do the government valuation work along with some other work, including a mix of commercial, industrial and residential.
Restructuring in 1988 saw the entity become Valuation New Zealand and Mr Paterson was appointed senior valuer in Invercargill, where his responsibility was primarily to look after the urban side in the city, but he also had a team of valuers doing rural work.
A major change came a decade later when, in 1998, Quotable Value Ltd (QV) was formed as a result of the corporatisation of Valuation New Zealand. It was originally established as a crown-owned company and became a state-owned enterprise in 2005.
As part of the restructure, Mr Paterson was appointed to manage the Alexandra office. But within a few months, further restructuring saw the manager positions in small offices like Alexandra, Blenheim and Hokitika disestablished.
He moved back to Dunedin and managed the southern region of QV Valuations, a division of QV that did commercial and residential work for the public.
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There was a lot of rural work involved, particularly high country pastoral lease management and tenure review management work. Tenure review work became a focus for Mr Paterson and he found it very interesting. It was also challenging, as although it was very process oriented, it was very political, he said.
There had been changes of government through the process and policy changes and it tended to create uncertainty. A lot of farmers had got sick of it and decided they did not want to do it.
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Rural Value was set up last year with the aim of diversifying work in the rural sector.
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Another area for potential growth was in the insurance area.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's worst economic slowdown in a decade has bottomed out and growth is expected to pick up to 6.4 percent in the current fiscal year, chairman of the PM's Economic Advisory Council C. Rangarajan said on Tuesday.
Rangarajan was releasing a report on the state of the economy in 2012/13.
"I believe we have reached the bottom, the economy will now continue to grow at a faster rate," Rangarajan told reporters.
"The very high level of investment rate that we have even now gives us the hope that if we take action for speedy implementation of projects we can achieve the higher rate of growth quickly even in the short term," he said.
Capital investment growth in Asia's third-largest economy has slowed down to at least an eight-year low as regulatory hurdles have stalled more than 7 trillion rupees big infrastructure projects, leaving investors wary and frustrated.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up a panel known as the cabinet committee on investment (CCI) to expedite regulatory clearances for major projects. On Monday, the panel cleared several energy and power projects worth billion of dollars.
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The panel said it expects the full-year current account deficit, seen as the main worry for the economy, to narrow to 4.7 percent in the current financial year from 5.1 percent last year, helped by higher exports and lower gold imports.
It forecast headline inflation of 6 percent in the current financial year, allowing room for the RBI to persist with monetary easing. Wholesale price-based inflation, India's main inflation indicator, slowed to 5.96 percent in March, its lowest level since November 2009.
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