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It was with great excitement that HealthQuest of Hunterdon, a New Jersey-based family fitness and wellness facility, marked its first anniversary with a community event and fund-raiser. On Saturday, April 6, Johnny G, the inventor and driving force behind the entire indoor cycling industry and creator of the Spinning program, lead two indoor Spinning classes at the club. The rides helped raise $2,800 for the nine-member HealthQuest Cycling Team, which is participating in the Northeast AIDSRide, a four-day, 350-mile bike ride from Bear Mountain, NY to Boston.
More than 150 members and non-members, some of whom had traveled from New York City and Philadelphia, enjoyed the "Celebration Spin Ride" with Johnny G.
"I could hardly contain myself when I heard Johnny was coming to HealthQuest," said Anita Coleman, a Spinning instructor near Philadelphia. "Lovers of his program will follow him anywhere and to have him so close…. Wow, I knew I had to attend and ride with Johnny. Plus it was for a great cause."
This was no ordinary exercise-based fund-raiser, nor an easy indoor cycling class, but an extravaganza that brought local businesses and area residents together for an intense two-hour indoor cycling workout and fund-raiser.
Many businesses were more than willing to donate money, door prizes and refreshments, which helped defray the costs of both rides. Members volunteered their time to organize and help with registration, loading and unloading of Spinning bikes, serving refreshments or just handing out towels. It really brought everyone together for a common cause.
The nine members of the HealthQuest Cycling Team also took part in the facility's indoor Spinning class as they prepared for the Northeast AIDSRide.
"I have been Spinning for three years and I wanted to learn how to ride outside on a real bike," Caryl Harris, a rider on the HealthQuest team said. "I took all the fundamentals of what I was taught in the Spinning Program, bought an outdoor bike and fell in love with cycling."
Harris, like many outdoor cycling enthusiasts, participates in local fund-raisers and cycling clubs, so making the commitment to a four-day ride was a logical step.
"Bringing an industry leader, especially one of Johnny's caliber to central Jersey, gives our members an opportunity to experience the buzz and excitement that usually is reserved for larger fitness facilities," Vicki Stoddart, group exercise director and coordinator of the event said. "When a world famous and professional cyclist makes a rare appearance, and in doing so helps a small cycling team generate funds, it gets everyone energized."
And energy is a key factor in helping any good cause, such as the AIDSRide.

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Texas poet returns to Lamar roots
Dave Oliphant, a 1963 Lamar graduate, author, and an accomplished poet and scholar, returned to Lamar on Feb 11 to speak to students about his memories of the school where his writing career began.
"I had such wonderful teachers at Lamar," said Oliphant, who was born in Fort Worth but moved to Beaumont in 1953.
The poet told students, professors and others gathered in the lobby of the Mary and John Gray Library – which has created an exhibit displaying Oliphant memorabilia – of his admiration for Lamar.
"I transferred to the University of Texas, and I got up there and discovered that I had had better professors at Lamar. They gave me the grounding. It's a thrill to come back to Lamar and remember all these people that were so important to my life."
One of the educators that helped Oliphant discover his love for literature was Lamar's Francis E. Abernethy. Oliphant wrote a poem in his book, "Memories of Texas Towns & Cities" titled "Professor Francis E. Abernethy" to honor his freshman English professor.
nothing in your office
ever quite matching
a Beowulf drawing beside
rattlesnakes curled in glass
Oliphant said that Abernethy was not your average professor.
"I couldn't have been luckier to have a man like him," he said. "He was very eclectic — he was like a renaissance man; he was interested in everything. He would bring his guitar and sing and play folk songs for us; plus he really knew literature."
The first sonnet Oliphant wrote was actually meant to woo a young lady named Cary who he played in the Lamar band with.
"I wrote the poem, but I didn't put my name on it," he said. "I put it in her horn case. She thought a clarinet player instead of me had written it, and she talked to me about it. I didn't say anything at the time, but she eventually figured out that I was actually the one that had written it."
Oliphant said that he didn't receive the response he had hoped for.
"She didn't find me romantic, but I enjoyed doing it so much that from then on I began writing poetry on all kinds of things," he said.
Besides Cary, Oliphant hadn't shown his poetry to anyone else. That is, until he asked his American Literature teacher, William Whipple, for advice one day.
"I went to Whipple because he was a writer of poetry," he said.
Whipple encouraged Oliphant to keep writing and in 1959, he was published in the first edition of the Lamar Tech student magazine, Pulse.
The first edition of Pulse was stapled together by Lamar Tech basketball players in exchange for a free meal, Jim Sanderson, department chair of English and Modern Languages, told the audience at Oliphant's address.
"Jim Mellard took over the creation of the first issue," Oliphant said. "Jim was a star player on the Lamar basketball team; he got the other members of the unit to help him put together the first Pulse."
In 1965, while attending UT, Oliphant served as editor of another student magazine, Riata. From that experience, Oliphant was selected to represent the school as part of an exchange program between UT and the University of Chile. It was on that trip to Chile that he met and developed a friendship with world-renowned anti-poet Nicanor Parra. His love of the Hispanic culture blossomed and on his next Chilean trip, a year later, he met and married his wife of 46 years, Maria. He published many translations of poetry by Chilean poets, one for which he was awarded the poetry prize at the 2007 New York Book Festival for his translation of "Love Hound" by Oliver Welden. Oliphant went on to publish 28 books, including four books on the history of Texas jazz and three edited anthologies of Texas poetry.
Before Oliphant became a poet, he was first a musician. Oliphant played trumpet in a Lamar student band cleverly named the Technicians. He later would combine his love of jazz and classical music with his passion for poetry.
"In the book that was published in 2012, I wrote a verse biography of a Texas Jazz musician, and it's all in rhyming quatrains," Oliphant said. "I worked on that about six or seven years to get every quatrain to rhyme."
The book is a 190-page poem and a biography about Texas jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham and traces the story of the Texan's career performing with the greatest musicians of the bop and hard bop eras in jazz history — including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, Oliphant said.
Oliphant, who graduated from South Park High School in 1957, said that he and other students like him attended Lamar Tech because it was close to where they lived and the tuition was affordable.
"Lamar was a welcoming school," he said. "It had high standards and people could afford it. I walked to campus from my house. One of the great things about South Park was that there were community leaders who had a vision. They wanted to have a school system that would go through high school and then they would have a junior college. They established a junior college and then a four-year (college). Within walking distance, a person could start in the first grade and go all the way through a master's degree. They were cultivating local talent, believed it was here, and they supported it."
"I think it's wonderful anytime you have someone who is so enthusiastic about their Lamar experience," said Penny Clark, Lamar University archivist. "It's inspirational to students today that here's someone who grew up in the community, who went to Lamar and who has gone on to do so many great things."
Clark said that Lamar hopes to welcome back other accomplished authors, poets and scholars who graduated from the university back to the school in the near future.
The Oliphant exhibit, titled "South Park and Lamar Nurture Writer: The Education, Life, and Writing Career of Dave Oliphant," will be on display in the Mary and Gray Library lobby until Lamar commencement in May, Clark said. The exhibit includes a display of his memorabilia. Some of the items include his diploma from Lamar, a copy of the first Pulse, which Oliphant dedicated to the university, and a manual typewriter he used to type his early manuscripts.
For more information about the exhibit, contact Penny Clark at (409) 880-7787.
Kevin King can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 225, or by e-mail at kevin [at] theexaminer [dot] com.


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No one files for District 1 commission seat
The District 1 county commission seat, which includes Hillsboro, Durham, and Lehigh, will feature a blank line on ballots on Aug. 5.
County Clerk Tina Spencer said no one inquired about the position or filed by the noon deadline Monday.
The election will now become a write in with whoever receiving the most votes in August being placed on the ballot in November.
"For both the general election and primary there will be a chance for residents to write in a candidate," Spencer said.
Spencer said this is the first time she's experienced an open position like this and was double checking on election procedure for these types of instances.
District 1 County Commissioner Roger Fleming said Thursday he did not plan to file for re-election.
"I've learned a lot but because of personal things in my life I feel like someone else might be a better fit for the position," he said. "At this time running is not in my best interest."
Other positions up for election on Aug. 5 all township clerks and precinct committee persons.


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This epsiode is number 22 in an ongoing web serial, updated weekly as a part of #fridayflash. If you are new to The UCF Stories, you can read from the beginning here.
As Botchett and Aveena sat down to dine with Lady Mandrake, elsewhere in the Other World, a small figure could be seen darting between the trees, heading in the direction of the fairy fortress.
Swazzle was making slow progress. Since the recent events at Goddess Rising, the fairies were taking no chances and had flooded the forest with sentries. For hours it had seemed that whenever he'd taken one step forward he'd been forced to take two steps back. Getting into the fairy fortress was going to be particularly difficult, Swazzle thought as he pulled himself deep into a patch thick of brambles to consider his position. He was halfway through one of Mistress Botchett's ham and peasepudding sandwiches when he spotted the hole in the bramble roots. The beginnings of a plan began to germinate.
By the time the sandwiches were finished, Swazzle felt sure the plan would work. Firmly grasping a small stick he'd found lying on the ground, Swazzle gingerly poked it down the hole, stopping now and then to feel for any resistance. After a moment or two something grabbed hold of the end of the stick and there followed a brief tug of war before Swazzle was able to haul the spider from its lair. Popping it deftly into Mistress Botchett's sandwich bag, Swazzle tucked the spider into his satchel and set off in the direction of the fairy kingdom's border again.
Oberon weaved unsteadily across the castle courtyard, a large bottle of Marigold nectar clutched in his fist. The castle had been on high alert for two days and nights and all the stress had shredded his nerves. Carefully climbing the rough stone steps to the castle wall walk on all fours, Oberon shushed theatrically every time the nectar bottle chinked against the stones. As usual these days, Oberon was hammered. At the top of the steps Oberon waved at the two sentries who snapped a neat salute as he staggered towards them, waiting until he had passed and disappeared into the garderobe passage before rolling their eyes and sniggering.
Once inside the garderobe passage, Oberon slumped onto one of the seats and took a long swig from his bottle. The cool darkness of the passage did go some way towards soothing his frazzled nerves, the Marigold nectar did the rest and soon Oberon was snoring, his face pressed against the cold stone wall as drool ran slowly from the corner of his mouth and dripped onto his tunic.
It was past midnight by the time Swazzle reached the midden beneath the fairy fortress walls. Picking his way carefully up the slimy pile, Swazzle soon reached the base of the wall and, as he stared upwards, he could just about make out a hole in the overhang high above him. He pulled the bagged spider from his satchel, musing idly about why fairy ordure had the faint aroma of flowers.
Whispering soothing words to the spider, Swazzle encouraged her out of the bag to sit in his palm. As he stroked her abdomen she began to spin, Swazzle deftly weaving her silk as it appeared until he estimated he had enough spider rope to reach the opening above him. Thanking the spider for her help, Swazzle set her down at his feet and she scuttled quickly into the darkness while he fashioned one end of the rope into a sticky ball of spider silk before swinging it round and round, letting go at the opportune moment so the ball flew silently up the castle wall. With unerring accuracy, the ball sailed straight through the opening and came to rest somewhere within, a few hefty tugs on the rope satisfying Swazzle that it had attached itself firmly to something immoveable. He began to climb.
Oberon was awakened by an urgent need to relieve himself. Lurching to his feet, he fumbled with the front of his leggings before bracing himself with one hand against the back wall of the garderobe to relieve himself. Oberon had a blissful look on his face, which changed slowly to one of confusion when he spotted the silvery thread stuck to the adjacent toilet seat. His aching bladder was thanking him for its relief when a pointed hat, smeared in excrement and looking somewhat wet appeared through the hole next to him, closely followed by a head. Oberon recoiled in horror as the head swivelled towards him.
'Thanks a lot,' muttered Swazzle, fairy pee dripping off his eyebrows. He hauled himself quickly through the hole and dropped lightly onto the stone floor. The fairy was still looking repeatedly from the bottle he clutched to Swazzle and back again when Swazzle whipped out the small club he kept for such occasions and whacked the fairy right between the eyes. The fairy crumpled in a heap at his feet, the bottle glugging the remains of its contents all over the fairy's tunic.
Wiping himself down with a handful of the leaves placed in a small basket next to holes, Swazzle crept silently to the doorway of the passage and squinted out onto the wall walk. Two sentries lounged a few yards away, deep in muttered conversation and passing a small flask back and forth between them.
Damn, thought Swazzle. He'd rather hoped this section of the wall might have been unguarded, or at least sparsely patrolled. He'd have to get past the sentries the old fashioned way, he was sure the fairies would have enchantments in place to detect Pixie teleporting by now. Taking a deep breath, Swazzle eased out of the doorway, dashed along the wall walk and began to descend the steps.
So far, so good, he thought. Now, to find what I came here for.
This week also marks the release of the fifth episode in The Great Chocolate Conspiracy multi-part story. You can find episode 5 over at A Shift in Dimensions. Don't forget to follow the #GtChocCo hashtag on Twitter for more updates on this project. For more information, and to read from the beginning, please go here.


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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
March 2014
Lessons from an All-Ocean World
Long-standing modeling challenges doused in simulations of important precipitation features
Thunderstorms form a "line" of clouds circling the planet in this satellite view of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ. The ITCZ, often called the world's rain belt, is the birthplace of moisture that is pulled from the ocean by intense solar heating near the equator and sent into the atmosphere by competing forces of heating and cooling, and affected by tropical winds. Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory. Enlarge image.
Results: Being all wet was exactly the approach for scientists looking to piece together precipitation puzzles. New research led by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory investigated the reasons behind long-standing biases in climate models that depict a key climate feature known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ. This feature is fueled by thermal energy in the tropics and forces warm, moist air to rise and dump rain over the tropics, and subsequently move toward the Earth's poles, descend and dry the subtropics.
The researchers teased out climate models' inclinations using a simplified, all-ocean planet model to depict climate precipitation features without the complications of real-world factors such as land masses and mountains. In an all-wet world, researchers could focus on larger samples of data to establish the model's statistical muscle in depicting the ITCZ and extreme precipitation.
"We found the feedbacks between convection and the atmospheric circulation amplify small differences in simulating atmospheric moisture," said Dr. L. Ruby Leung, the PNNL atmospheric researcher and project lead of two papers on the topic published in the Journal of Climate. "This results in a single versus double ITCZ, and highlights how changes in model resolution and dynamical representation can produce very different results."
The researchers also found that models' extreme precipitation simulations are very sensitive to how well they depict the motion of rising air.
Why It Matters: Precipitation—the main source of fresh water over land—has both scientific and societal significance. Uneven distribution of precipitation in space and time can lead to floods and droughts that challenge society. Understanding how precipitation is intimately tied to the energy that drives weather and climate is the scientific challenge. Enormous, complex systems such as the climate are studied through simulations that represent our understanding of the climate system as a whole. Scientists in this study are working to understand model biases in simulating different characteristics of precipitation. Climate models have long had difficulties simulating some of the most basic precipitation features, such as the tropical rain belt or ITCZ, and extreme precipitation generated by intense storms. By simulating in an all-water world, the researchers are able to better understand how well the model represents these features, and apply those lessons to whole-system models. Uncovering these simulation issues will ultimately improve scientific climate predictions and inform societies where and when the rain will fall.
Methods: Researchers at three national laboratories, PNNL, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, sought to understand model biases in simulating extreme precipitation and the ITCZ's structure. The team generated a suite of simulations for an all-ocean planet using the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) and evaluated how the simulations are sensitive to the representations of the atmosphere's dynamics and the model's resolution.
For extreme precipitation, they performed a moisture budget analysis to determine what processes are most sensitive to model representations and resolution. For the ITCZ structure, they analyzed processes associated with convection and tropical waves to narrow down why some models produce a double instead of a single ITCZ. They identified the primary source of moisture that feeds extreme precipitation: convergence from vertical transport of moisture. They showed that models running at different spatial resolutions can produce drastically different vertical motion, leading to significant differences in simulating heavy precipitation.
What's Next? To determine if the insights gained from analysis of simulations over an all-ocean planet apply to what happens in the real world, the researchers are extending their analysis to a suite of atmospheric simulations with real-world settings. The team will also investigate the implications of model precipitation biases to climate change projections.
Sponsors: The two studies were supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science as part of the Regional and Global Climate Modeling Program.
Research Team: Qing Yang, Kiranmayi Landu, L. Ruby Leung, Samson Hagos, and V. Vinoj, PNNL; Sara Rauscher and Todd Ringler, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Mark Taylor, Sandia National Laboratories.
Research Area: Climate and Earth Systems Science
Yang Q, LR Leung, SA Rauscher, TD Ringler and MA Taylor. 2014. "Atmospheric Moisture Budget and Spatial Resolution Dependence of Precipitation Extremes in Aqua-Planet Simulations." Journal of Climate, early online. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00468.1.
Landu K, LR Leung, S Hagos, V Vinoj, S Rauscher, T Ringler and M Taylor. 2014. "The Dependence of ITCZ Structure on Model Resolution and Dynamical Core in Aqua-Planet Simulations." Journal of Climate, early online. DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00269.1.
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I'm Jonathan Greene of Jonathan Greene Cycles and my story is a journey. There was not some single point in time that a light went on in my head and I decided I wanted to be a part time framebuilder. The Journey has taken my whole life. I have a day job, or actually a career. I manage investment portfolios for high net worth retail investment clients for a firm everyone has heard of. I use words in my day gig like standard deviation, duration, correlation, convexity, alpha, etc. In the evenings I build bicycle frames; frames that hopefully will be raced or used hard. I don't have to use many words when I'm in the shop. I can just work in my own solitude with only the sounds of the file cutting steel or the bellow of the torch filling the air.
I like what I do in the day, but the rewards are mostly financial. It's been good to my family of 3 sons and the love of my life, Keri. What I do after hours, though, is for me. Seven years ago a colleague/pal handed me a book review in the Journal about a handful of professional cats who left Wall St. gigs, surgical tables, courtrooms and corporate board rooms to follow a dream. They became catfish farmers, wine makers, artists, etc. usually replacing mental labor with the physical kind. At the time I knew I'd also one day make that journey too. I'm not going to go through life wishing I had done more. I had always been comfortable on mountain biking trips or doing race weekends with pals. Staying in cheap motels and looking forward to the after-ride beer is preferable to staying at a Ritz with free golf or hanging around a pool with umbrella drinks in places like Naples or Scottsdale. Give me Pisgah, Moab, Tsali, Gloucester and Athens instead of the corporate weekends my industry prefers. They are not my thing. Id rather hang out with bike racers or drink whiskey with Don Ferris. My clients would say Im very good in the finance world, but Im not a natural and I dont play corporate politics. So why not frame building?
In 2002 I started painting frames to satisfy my own needs with respect to collecting vintage bicycles. My father in law had made his living restoring corvettes so with his knowledge and help I was able to shorten that learning curve and turn it into a small restoration business. In 2003-2004 I approached multiple framebuilders to help learn how to build my first frame. They all seemed interested, but timing and having a second person in a one-man shop was an issue; or they seemed unstable. The following year at the first NAHBS I met Doug Fattic (who was starting up frame classes again) and signed on for his Spring 2006 class. The journey had begun. I had no goals about it all; no idea I'd ever build for others; I just did it.
My life with bikes is not unlike what you'll find on many enthusiasts forums like this one. Nothing crazy to report other than the failed sidehack we tried to weld to a BMX frame in the 7th grade with no adult help. My Dad is an original founder of the Florida Freewheelers, the largest bike club in the state, so there were always racers around. We had some brothers named Stetina who slept in our garage as we were often host housing in the 70's when I was a kid. Ive always had bikes; lots of them actually. I raced BMX for more than a few years when checkered Vans weren't old school and I remember and used Oakley's first products long before they made eyewear. I did some road racing in high school and college. I wrenched in a few shops. I ran the Student government bike shop up campus at the University of Florida until they replaced me with a filipino kid named Johan who was eligible for financial aid and a federal subsidy for his wage. It was all legal except for maybe the fake ID I made to buy beer with Andy Hampsten's name on it. I mention these things not to drop names or be cool, it's that bicycles have always been there for me; I've never been able to shake them (not that I'd even try).
Fast forward to today. I build racing frames for road, track and cyclocross. 2009 was my first "live" year. I delivered a handful of frames after building for several years as a hobby. I was testing the water to decide if I wanted the added professional responsibility of more clients. I also sponsored several riders with frames in the FL cyclocross series. We took 2nd place in the elite category. 2010 will see delivery of up to 10-12 frames which is about my full capacity. I have two riders racing my frames again. I'm thrilled and grateful for their confidence. I'll be back racing again too, this time on my own bike. In a few years, I plan to field a small team rather than sponsor individual riders.
I'd be remiss in not mentioning some of my influences and informal mentors. Richard Sachs has been a friend since before I started building and has guided me along, sometimes unknowingly. I own some of his best work and he's the standard in my eyes. Mike Zanconato is a guy that wore a suit and followed his dream. His business background is not unlike mine and I find myself very much aligned with his thinking on so many aspects of framebuilding. Mike has helped me quite a bit along the way. He's a real bro. Last, I should thank my wife for her support and guidance. Keri has the hands and soul of a real artist and through her, life is viewed through a different lens than mine.
Thanks for the opportunity to share something about me. It's been a pleasure to remember where I've come from. I'd love to answer questions or comments.


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The wholesale price index, India's main inflation indicator, rose an annual 7.18 percent in December, the slowest since December 2009 and lower than 7.4 percent rise estimated by analysts. Wholesale prices rose 7.24 percent in November.
The slowdown in the headline number was led by a moderation in the prices of fuel and manufactured goods. The annual reading for October was revised down to 7.32 percent from 7.45 percent, the government said in a release on Monday.
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"Based on this data, we expect the RBI (Reserve bank of India) to cut rates by 25 basis points," said A. Prasanna, economist at ICICI Securities, Primary Dealership, in Mumbai.
The RBI's next policy review is on January 29, when it is widely expected to cut the policy repo rate, which has remained unchanged at 8.0 percent since April 2011, by at least 25 basis points.
In an anticipation of an interest rate cut, financial markets rallied after the data. India's 10-year bond yield fell to its lowest in 29 months, while the rupee strengthened against the dollar.
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The rupee strengthened to as much as 54.61 per dollar from around 54.70 and was trading at 54.63/64.
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Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm (1866-1939)
Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm was born on the 17th of May 1866 in Hammerfest. His father, lumberjack Johan Hansen Lindstrøm (born 1810) and his mother, Marie Mathilde Johannesdatter Ruonata (born 1824), both came from Kemi in northern Finland. Adolf was the eldest of three children and they apparently had a happy childhood despite the family being poor and all having to work hard, including the children.
From he was 15 Lindstrøm sailed on Hammerfest's many different sealing and hunting ships, soon taking over the galley. At twenty years of age he was employed as an engineer at Brettnes factory in Lofoten, but he was soon to leave for the sea again, this time on board of one of the factory's own freight vessels. Now he got to see a lot of the world. His next employers were Hålogaland Dampskipsselskap and Varanger Dampskipsselskap.
Lindstrøm was then hired as cook on board the Fram on her triumphant voyage from Tromsø to Oslo after her return from the Polar Sea in 1896. It was Nansen that wanted a good cook after three hard years in the ice. Now Lindstrøm got acquainted with the two great polar explorers of the époque, namely Nansen and the captain on board the Fram, Otto Sverdrup.
Otto Sverdrup promptly hired Lindstrøm as cook on his expedition on the Fram to northwest Greenland and the north Canadian islands. The expedition lasted from 1898 to 1902 and mapped c. 150 000 km² uncharted land, also doing geological surveys and studies of the fauna and flora. Lindstrøm did his bit collecting rock samples and plants and preparing both bird and animal skins and furs during the expedition.
Lindstrøm was a great entertainer and always kept up the good spirits. Most importantly, he conjured up the most delicious dishes. Among other things Lindstrøm made a Christmas tree in 1898 out of a piece of wood, and he held several surprise parties for the crew.
After his return, Roald Amundsen wanted him as crew member in 1903 on the expedition to try to navigate the Northwest Passage with the little sloop Gjøa.
In an article in Nordkapp dated 17 October 1908 it is said that when Amundsen was putting the crew together for his Gjøa expedition, he addressed Lindstrøm on Otto Sverdrup's advice. However, Lindstrøm was busy with the highlife in Oslo, and had little interest for more polar exploration. When the fun was over, however, Amundsen returned to him, Lindstrøm was in a good mood and now he accepted. Already the day after, he had changed his mind and signed a contract with another ship heading for the West Indies. Amundsen heard what he was about to do, and had to remind him that he had promised him to join the Gjøa Expedition. Well, he said, I will have to do what I have promised if that is what I have done. This is supposed to be the true story about how Lindstrøm was recruited to the Gjøa Expedition.
Several journalists have stated that Lindstrøm almost always was laughing, and that his face shone with happiness and joie de vivre. Roald Amundsen himself expressed that he inherited two vital things from Sverdrup: the dog sledges and Lindstrøm. Lindstrøm became an essential man on board the Gjøa. He was not only cook but a great handyman and jack-of-all-trades. The whole crew liked him. Peder Ristvedt said this about Lindstrøm in 1904: He is a strange bloke, tubby and fat as a pig, but always happy and in a good mood.
Lindstrøm's experience as cook on ships in the Arctic Ocean had made him capable of utilizing and making the most of the local fish, birds and animals such as seals, musk oxen and reindeer. His use of fresh meat in combination with frozen arctic cloudberries kept the crew in good shape. They were very seldom sick, and the scurvy (lack of vitamin C) did not occur on this expedition, nor on any of the others that Lindstrøm participated on. Moreover, it was Lindstrøm who cared for Gustav Juel Wiik when he was dying in February 1905, helping him to breathe at night. Wiik died in the end with terrible pain in his stomach (right side). Maybe it was appendicitis.
During the Gjøa expedition, Lindstrøm also had an official task. He had been asked by the University of Oslo if he would be their field-worker. He took his job very seriously and collected plants, animals and birds. What he did was true pioneer work, and Lindstrøm later cooperated with the leading university researchers in registering and cataloguing all the findings.
In 1906 the Gjøa successfully reached the Bering Strait and the Pacific. The Northwest Passage had been conquered and the magnetic pole had been localized. When Gjøa reached San Francisco in the autumn of 1906, Adolf went to New York and then back to Norway, where honours were heaped upon him and all the others. Amundsen received The Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav, Lindstrøm and the other crew members were appointed knights second class of the same order. Lindstrøm was also given the King's golden medal of merit.
Lindstrøm's mother had passed away while he was in America, and after this he told a journalist that he had nothing that linked him to his fatherland. According to this journalist he therefore now sailed from harbour to harbour, from ocean to ocean. He went back to America after some time and around Cape Horn with an American war ship. Having already crossed the Northwest Passage, he became the first Norwergian to have sailed around the whole of the American continent.
Between the Gjøa expedition and the South Pole expedition, he spent six months in the American Navy as able-bodied seaman, and he also worked two years as stoker along the Pacific coast on board different cargo ships. He continued as fisherman and cook on board different hunting ships along the west coast of America, before he in 1910 was called upon by Roald Amundsen, who was trying to find a suitable crew for his South Pole expedition.
Lindstrøm now had seven years of polar practice and was obviously a very wanted person. He accepted. The crew on the Fram thought that they were heading north, but on Madeira Amundsen was going to tell them that they were actually on their way south.
Lindstrøm became the one that maintained order at the base, Framheim, in Antarctica. He was responsible for provisions and food, for repair work etc. in the house. He hunted seals and penguins that he prepared in the best way. During long periods of time he was alone at Framheim while the others were off on their various sledging journeys.
On 14 December 1911 Roald Amundsen and his four men planted the Norwegian flag on the Pole itself. On 26 January they were back in Framheim with Lindstrøm. Lindstrøm stayed on board the Fram until they were back in Norway in 1914. He received the South Pole Medal for his efforts.
After 72 hours at home he signed on Otto Sverdrup's ship the Eclipse and was away in 1914 and 1915. It was the Russian Admiralty that had hired Sverdrup for this rescue operation to look for a missing Russian expedition along the Siberian coast. After a 275 kilometer long sledge journey during the winter of 1915, they found 60 Russians. They were all worn out, starving and had signs of scurvy. Lindstrøm's diet saved them, and the expedition came back to Murmansk the year after.
In 1915-16 Lindstrøm was back at the Siberian coast, now as cook for the Norwegian business man Jonas Lied on his expedition to the Jenissej River. Their mission was to lay out depots and procure some Siberian huskies for Roald Amundsen. In his memoirs Lied writes about the dish Biff à la Lindstrøm, that it was made of bear meat and served in all Grand hotels in Europe.
Lindstrøm married hair dresser and perfumery owner Olga Johanne Olsen (10.9.1877-27.9.1930) on 21 March 1917. She was the daughter of labourer Johan Olsen and Anne Dorthea. Olga was eleven years younger than Adolf. The ceremony took place at the public registrar and notary public in Oslo. They settled in Munkedamsveien 11 in Oslo.
After his return from the Northeast Passage, Lindstrøm was again asked by Roald Amundsen if he would join an expedition. This was to be with the Maud through the Northeast Passage and into the Arctic Ocean. However, Lindstrøm could not participate. When he was about to embark on the Maud, he had a stroke and his left leg was paralyzed. His polar career now ended, and he received a pension from the government of 2000 kroner per year. This was aimed at levelling the de facto discrimination that he had suffered from after having been paid less than his comrades on the South Pole Expedition.
Lindstrøm continued to hold lectures about his expeditions and the people of Oslo showed him a lot of respect. On Norwegian National Day, 17 May, which was also Lindstrøm's birthday, a children's procession would pass by his flat in Uelands street to sing and wave their flags for him. In 1903 Olga Johanne died, only 54 years old. Adolf now moved to a retirement home. During his last years, he stayed at Thedor Henrichsen's Sailors' Home i Karslborgveien 5 i Oslo.
In 1936 he was invited to a large celebration for the 25th anniversary of the South Pole conquest, but was too weak to participate. His health had gradually weakened. Diabetes took all his energy, and his leg was still paralyzed. Towards the end he never went out of his flat. He died of heart failure on 21 September 1939 at Ullevål Hospital.
His large collection of plants, stones and bird skins from his polar expeditions was bequeathed to the University of Oslo. He had no children, and some other memorabilia were given to the Norwegian Maritime Museum.
Roald Amundsen wrote about Adolf Lindstrøm: He has rendered greater and more valuable service to the Norwegian polar expeditions than any other man.
Lindstrøm was awarded the Knight 2nd class of St Olav, the Fram-II Medal, the South Pole Medal and the King's Gold Medal of Merit. In addition he received the medal for the South Pole expedition from the Norwegian La Plata Society in Buenos Aires.
A journalist from Minnesota wrote in an article about him (quoted in the newspaper Nordkap in 1908): When I first met him in San Francisco, in his white sailor suit with his cap drawn backwards and his face truly shining of happiness and joy of life, he just seemed like an ordinary sailor ready to have some fun onshore. But, after a few minutes conversation with him, I soon found that behind those blinking eyes was hidden a vigilant head and a strong will.


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This new analytical platform developed at PNNL integrates ion mobility separations with fast liquid chromatographic separations and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for more sensitive and faster analysis of biological samples. Enlarge Image
Results: Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new analytical platform that integrates ion mobility separations with fast liquid chromatographic separations and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LC-IMS-TOF MS). The platform can detect species at much lower concentrations than currently available instruments, and its increased throughput enables fast analysis of individual specimens to rule out any protein changes caused by genetic variability.
Why it Matters: Mass spectrometry (MS) is a critical technique for analysis of complex biological systems such as the human body. The technique is also essential for research into biofuel production and plays an important role in studying such diverse areas as low-dose radiation biology, environmental contamination, and microbial capture of carbon dioxide.
With their ability to quantify peptides and proteins in organisms, tissues, cells, and biological fluids, MS-based technologies play a growing role in the discovery of candidate biomarkers—signature proteins for diseases—that are useful in diagnosis, progression, or response to treatment. But despite significant advances in these technologies, scientists remain challenged by biofluids such as blood plasma, where protein concentrations span a dynamic range greater than 12 orders of magnitude.
Typically, MS approaches to increase the dynamic range and uncover low-level proteins involve steps that separate each sample into multiple fractions, thus reducing measurement throughput. The high sensitivity of the new analytical platform enables detection of low concentration species without sample fractionation, while high throughput allows analyses of greater numbers samples, compared to conventional approaches, to account for biological variability. It is described in the February 5 issue of the Journal of Proteome Research.
How it Works: The platform consists of a fully automated four-column fast LC system instead of the standard single-column system. This enables samples to be quickly separated and allows nearly 100% effectiveness of the measurement end of the platform. Next is a highly efficient ion source that makes ions from the sample with higher efficiency and then moves them effectively to the next ion mobility spectrometer (IMS) stage for fast gas-phase separations before the MS analysis. Spreading ions through a range of IMS drift times prevents them from arriving at the time-of-flight (TOF) MS detector simultaneously. This reduces peak interferences and allows detection of much lower concentration species such as protein biomarkers.
The LC-IMS-TOF MS was evaluated using human blood plasma spiked with non-plasma peptides (protein fragments), and the results were compared to those obtained with one of PNNL's conventional LC-Fourier transform MS platforms. In addition to shorter analysis times stemming from the ability to use shorter LC gradients, the new platform with IMS separation increased the number of confident peptide identifications and provided a higher signal-to-noise ratio for low-abundance peptides and lower coefficients of variance for peak intensity values, which improves quantitative analysis.
In total, the platform provides more comprehensive proteome coverage from the use of smaller samples sizes and does this in conjunction with higher measurement throughput.
What's Next: In a collaboration with Oregon Health Sciences University, the new platform is being applied in the first clinically relevant population-level study of sarcopenia, or age-related muscle loss. Starting in June 2010, blood serum samples from a population of ~3000 patients are being analyzed to look for protein biomarkers indicative of the onset of sarcopenia.
Acknowledgments: Portions of this work have been supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources, the National Cancer Institute, the Washington State Life Sciences Discovery Fund, and the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at PNNL. The research was performed at the Proteomics Research Resource for Integrative Biology at EMSL, a national scientific user facility sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at PNNL.
Baker ES, EA Livesay, DJ Orton, RJ Moore, WF Danielson III, DC Prior, YM Ibrahim, BL LaMarche, AM Mayampurath, AA Schepmoes, DF Hopkins, K Tang, RD Smith, and ME Belov. 2010. "An LC-IMS-MS Platform Providing Increased Dynamic Range for High-Throughput Proteomic Studies." Journal of Proteome Research 9(2):997-1006. DOI: 10.1021/pr900888b


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For many of us, the most depressing day of the year is Valentine's Day. The first time we spend it singles, we are usually very young. We take our buddies and happily organize a good anti-Valentine's Day party or at the restaurant. We are even relieved that we do not have to type the traditional candlelit dinner with the gift with hearts, this stuff really being too tacky.
Valentine's Day at 30
From the age of 30, the prospect of spending alone on Valentine's Day makes us laugh less. Buddies start cramming when they have not pushed the plug until getting married and the pro-celib party already looks like a rout.
The little girls' restaurant in the middle of the couples who are kissing over the table and exchanging enamored glances becomes downright scary. And if the couples in question look in faience dogs despite the pink in his plastic, riddled by the street vendor, it's not better. We always pay their heads, just to give the change, but in the end the heart is no longer there.
Valentine's Day at 40
From the age of 40, almost all our girlfriends are in a relationship – for better or for worse – so exit the anti-Valentine's Day party. As for going astray in a special "Soirée des amoureux" evening! Organized by who knows who, we are not so desperate at this point.
It only remains to arm us with courage to endure for a few days the usual invasions of hearts in shop windows, promotional spam for perfumes and pubs of jewelers on bus shelters. Because it is obvious that any modern woman dreams of receiving a diamond for Valentine's Day .
And what do you do when Valentine's Day falls on us?
For my part, it's been a long time since I stopped taking the lead with Valentine's Day. My brain does not even notice the hearts stuck on the windows. I do not do anything special that day. If I talk about it this year, it is to support the morale of my single, separated, divorced comrades.
It's not just Cupid that matters on February 14, as there is not only Valentine in life. There are also – and first – you, your dreams and aspirations. At least if you're single right now, it's that you're not bogged down in a bad story. If you are, you may still be alone this evening.
The worst Valentine's Day
The worst is not being single for Valentine's Day. A good romantic comedy may be enough to have the banana all evening and to tackle February 15 and spring with a potato hell. The worst thing is to know that your "lover" has forgotten you, spend the evening with someone else or with his friends. To prevent you from finding yourself in this pathetic and intolerable situation – which I have known – I dared to list the main principles which it seems prudent to apply in his sentimental life. I baptized soberly this list: "Love: The 10 commandments!
This little book is not an umpteenth practical guide of psychology. I am not a psychologist. It is based solely on what I learned from love and, most importantly, bad stories for my life. As I am (fortunately) no longer a chick of the day, I had the time to live some experiences, but also to think about it.


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Heart Song Whispers
Thoughts On Friendship and Love
Thoughts On Friendship And Love
Some days are cold and dark.
Some make us feel so alone.
Some days are hard to understand.
On those days God knew we'd need
an extra hug or two.
So he gave us friends.
So that we would always have
an angel close when we needed one.
"If you can not find a
measure of happiness in
being loved it is not the
fault of the one who
loves you."
This page is dedicated
to my friends.
Who've helped me get through
a very rough spring.
Much of the material here
is original,
some of it is not.
But it all speaks to me
of someone special in my life.
I hope it does to you too.
I hope you find
something here that will
bring light to your day,
touch your lips with a smile
and allow you to leave
with a little more joy in your heart
than you had when you came.
This is dedicated to friends.
With many thanks to mine.
Thoughts On Love
The pages here reflect
the many changes my
life has brought to me
in the past eight years. The pain
is gone, thanks to the love
and care of the people
around me. If your heart
finds itself reaching out to
the echoes of sorrow, just
remember that love and happiness
are close by. Let it embrace
you and you'll soon find that
your heart will sing again.
Thoughts On Love Shared
Fields Of Gold
The love that was.
I Forgot To Say I Love You
Memories of lost love.
You Can Never Know
Love from a distance.
I Miss You
Through the years
Hand In Hand
A wish on your special day.
For A Time
Touching souls
I Wish I Could Tell You
Musings of my heart.
Heart In The Night
Reaching for you.
Wandering Heart
Longing for a memory.
A Promise For You
My very special love.
The Music Of My Heart
a Valentine for a special love.
Waiting For Love
A slow path.
A Field Of Heather
An image of love.
When Eagles Soar
Love gives our spirits flight.
My Soulmate
Especially for Retha and Steve
Another Place or Time
What might have been?
I Remember You
In another place and time we still touch.
Wishing You Happiness
Thinking of you each day.
When we're apart
You still have my love.
Do I Love You?
Second Trust
Touch My Heart
Together we are strong.
More than just a soulmate.
Would You Ask Me To Dance?
Dance with me each night?.
Take My Hand
Walk with me on this journey.
If I Could Teach Your Heart
Let me teach your spirit to fly.
Your Journey
Finding your way.
Time To Return
Our lives touch again
Magical Night
When spirits touch.
Touching us both when we're apart.
Sharing The Magic
Magic found in every shared moment.
The Call
Unexpected but oh so sweet.
Spirit's Flight
Love's touch sets the heart free.
I Am Here For You
Holding love close to the heart.
Thank You
A message from the heart.
We have touched each other's lives.
What Makes Me Smile?
Wanna guess??? :c)
Just To Let You Know
Psssst! I have something to tell you. :c)
His smile, his touch.
The Touch Of Your Hand
A language of our own.
Why Do I Love You?
Questions and answers. :c)
Warm Thoughts
I Love You
The many facets of love.
A touch of romance
Touched By Moonlight
Shining down on us.
The Moon's Glow
It's for you and me.
A Spirit's Soul
Being touched by you.
Look To The Sky
And you'll see my love.
The Kiss
ummm..nothing more need said. :c)
Memories and Pathways
Past and future connect to you.
The Small Things
Melt a woman's heart.
Your Love
What it means to me.
And sharing it with you. :c)
My Journey
And where it leads.
In the world around me.
Beside you with love.
Come Dance
Come dance with my heart.
Saying I Love You
Three wonderful words.
Destiny's Dance
When lives touch.
Tentative Steps
Beginnings of perhaps love.
I Will Be There
A promise of love.
Come Let Me Love You
A call from the heart.
My Love
This love will not fade.
Forever Love
Loving You is forever.
Opposite Paths
Our lives, moving apart.


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Annual, perennial herb, shrubs, trees, generally stellate-hairy; juice sticky; inner bark tough, fibrous
Leaves alternate, simple, petioled; blade generally palmately veined or lobed, stipules present
Inflorescence often leafy; whorl or involucre of bractlets often subtending calyx
Flower generally bisexual, radial; calyx lobes 5, margins abutting in bud; petals 5, free (fused at base to filament tube, so falling together); stamens many, filaments fused into a tube surrounding style, tube fused in turn to petal bases; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 5 or more, style branches, stigmas generally 1 or 2 X as many as chambers
Fruit of 5many disk- or wedge-shaped segments, loculicidal capsule, or berry
Genera in family: 100 genera, 2000 species: worldwide, especially warm regions; some cultivated (e.g., Abelmoschus , okra; Alcea ; Gossypium , cotton; Hibiscus , Malvaviscus )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Sterculiaceae [Angiosperm phylogeny Group 1998 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 85:531553; Alverson et al. 1999 Amer J Bot 86:14741486; Bayer et al. 1999 Bot J Linn Soc 129:267303]
Mature fruit important for identification.
Annual, perennial herb, sometimes from long, creeping rhizomes
Stem generally erect or base ± decumbent
Leaves generally mostly from near stem base; lowest blades generally crenate to shallowly lobed, upper blades generally deeply lobed (generally ± compound)
Inflorescence generally spike- or panicle-like, generally more open in fruit; bracts at pedicel base 2, generally stipule-like; bractlets subtending calyx generally 0(3)
Flower: calyx lobes = or > tube; petals purple or rose-pink to white; stamen-tube with generally 2 series of ± fused filaments near tip; stigmas linear, on inner side of style branches
Fruit: segments generally 510, indehiscent, generally ± beaked, walls thin
Seed 1 per fruit segment
Species in genus: ± 25 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek: combination of 2 names for mallow)
Reference: [Hitchcock 1957 Univ Wash Publ Biol 18:196]
Highly variable and difficult, with many local forms; some plants will not key with certainty. Additional work warranted.
Perennial from woody taproot
Stem 315 dm, rarely rooting at base; lower stem coarsely stellate to long-bristly
Leaves ± basal; lower blades crenate to deeply lobed; upper blades ± compound, segments entire to deeply lobed
Inflorescence ± spike-like, dense to open; pedicels generally 13 mm
Flower: calyx generally ± 5 mm in flower, lobes lanceolate, glabrous to densely and uniformly stellate or bristly; petals 518 mm, rose-pink
Fruit: segment 23 mm, smooth to lightly net-veined and pitted
Ecology: Meadows, marshes, other wet places
Elevation: < 3000 m.
Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, Cascade Range, n&c High Sierra Nevada, Great Basin Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: to Washington, Wyoming, Utah
None of the vars. (within subspp.) of C.L. Hitchc. are recognized.


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Bomb Plot Shows New Level of Sophistication, Lawmaker Says
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Investigators were studying an explosive device Tuesday that they say terrorists in Yemen crafted to slip past airport metal detectors and onto an airplane bound for the United States.
The device is more sophisticated than previous efforts and represents a disconcerting advance in al Qaeda bomb-making techniques, officials said Tuesday. However they said it never posed an immediate danger to air travel.
But lawmakers said the device may not be the only one made, and House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers said what he called the premature release of information surrounding the device could complicate an ongoing effort to seal the long-term threat.
"If something bad happens because it was leaked too early, that's a catastrophe and it's also a crime," Rogers told CNN.
On Monday, officials said U.S. and other intelligence agencies had seized the explosive device, which they said was similar to ones previously used by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Western officials describe that group as al Qaeda's most dangerous affiliate, the FBI said.
Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security committee, and a senior administration official both said the intended user of the bomb is no longer a threat.
CNN national security contributor Frances Townsend said that doesn't necessarily mean the would-be bomber is dead.
"He's in custody wherever that device was seized," she said.
U.S. intelligence agents recently thwarted the plot after receiving a tip from Saudi Arabia, a source familiar with the operation said.
King said activities surrounding the bomb plot are linked to Sunday's death of Fahd al Quso, a senior operative of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen.
"I was told by the White House they are connected; they're part of the same operation," he said.
He did not provide further details.
Citing the ongoing operation, officials have declined to provide many specifics about the makeup of the device, which is undergoing analysis by FBI experts, according to U.S. officials.
A senior U.S. official said it had similarities to the underwear bomb that failed to explode aboard a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas 2009. But the official also said the device showed differences highlighting al Qaeda's efforts to overcome measures designed to thwart its terrorist ambitions.
Rogers said the bomb's construction was more advanced than previous models.
"This is a device that was more sophisticated, had some failsafes built into it, and it was something that concerns us because it tells us that they brought some very capable people together to build something," he said.
U.S. officials were confident they were in control of the situation leading up to the seizure of the improvised explosive device, or IED, John Brennan, the chief White House counterterrorism adviser, said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
That's language that suggests the U.S. or its allies had someone working inside the organization, Townsend said.
Brennan said that officials believe redundant security systems surrounding air transportation would have prevented any successful attack, but that analysts are poring over the device to see if adjustments should be made.
"Now we're trying to make sure that we take the measures that we need to prevent any other type of IED, similarly constructed, from getting through security procedures," Brennan said.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesman said authorities have "no specific, credible information regarding an active terrorist plot against the U.S. at this time," although they continue to monitor efforts to carry out such attacks.
The threat was foiled around the same time as the anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, although a second U.S. counterterrorism official said the attempted attack was not timed to coincide with the death of the al Qaeda leader.
President Barack Obama was told about the plot in April, and the attempt "underscores the necessity of remaining vigilant against terrorism here and abroad," the White House said.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the organization believed to be behind the plot, has been responsible for two of the most audacious attempts to target the United States in recent years: the attempted Christmas 2009 bombing and a 2010 attempt to load bombs made from printer cartridges onto cargo planes headed for Chicago. In both cases, U.S. authorities believe the bombs were built by Ibrahim al-Asiri. Both devices contained a main charge of PETN, a white powdery explosive that conventional "single beam" X-ray machines are rarely able to detect.
In 2009, al-Asiri fitted out his brother, Abdullah al-Asiri, with a PETN-based underwear bomb to kill Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a top Saudi security official. The device killed his brother instantly but failed to kill its target.
The government of Yemen has been fighting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for years with mixed results.
On Sunday, an airstrike in Yemen killed a senior operative of the al Qaeda affiliate wanted for his role in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, officials said.
Al Quso, 37, was killed while riding in a vehicle in the Rafdh district in Shabwa province. He was hit by a CIA drone, U.S. officials said.
In February, three months before he was killed, al Quso was asked whether the group had stopped exporting terror operations to the outside.
"The war didn't end between us and our enemies," he replied. "Wait for what is coming."
Yemini authorities appeared miffed by the revelations of the foiled plot, saying that Washington had not shared any information.
"Yemen has been a key ally to the United States when it comes to fighting terror and cooperates in every way possible," said a senior intelligence official in Yemen who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation. "It's very sad to know that the United States did not share such critical intelligence information with Yemen.
"The United States cannot win the war on terror alone, and inctelligence sharing must be bilateral if it expects complete cooperation from Yemen," the official said.
The weekend attack plus the foiled airline plot delivered a "one-two punch" against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a senior administration official said.
"This was a key victory for us. It also reminds us, though, that this war is not going to end in Afghanistan," King said "Al Qaeda has metastasized and morphed. And they are constantly attempting to find new ways to get at us."
CNN's Pam Benson, Elise Labott, Jessica Yellin, Nic Robertson, journalist Hakim Al-Masmari and national security contributor Fran Townsend contributed to this report.
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1. Tag (Wild Thing, 2, loves it when I say "I'm gonna get you" and chase him around the house. Now that we have the baby, I often carry the baby with me and we both chase Wild Thing).
2. Hide and Seek -- Wild Thing's favorite way to do this is for him to hide behind the curtain and for me to say "Where's Wild Thing?" and act completely shocked when he jumps out from behind the curtain.
3. Tickle Contest -- self-explanatory. I tickle him. He tickles me. We both laugh our heads off.
4. Make the Bed -- My mom did this to me when I was a kid, and I loved it!! She would make the bed on top of me and then push, gently, on me and complain about not being able to get the "lumps" out of the bed. (This also works with a blanket on the couch).
5. I Spy -- we all know this one. Now that Wild Thing is over 2 and his language is developing, this game has become more and more interesting and fun for him. (We do a simplified version where I say what I see and he points to it, so I actually say the name of the object instead of describing it).
6. Airplane -- There are several variations, but lift up your child and let them fly (bench press style works. Tummy on the feet is also popular. This activity is also a great workout for mom.)
7. Choo-Choo or Horsey -- Wild Thing sits on my lap or legs and I bounce him up and down as he makes horse sounds or I move him side to side as he makes choo choo sounds. (Often the baby is also on my lap. Fun for everyone).
8. Choo-Choo #2 -- Lately Wild Thing likes to sit in an empty box and be pushed around like a choo-choo. I'm trying to get him to push his stuffed animals around when I get tired, but haven't succeeded yet.
9. Dance Party -- put on some tunes and dance with your child. Don't think about it just move, move, move.
10. Sing -- Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is a favorite. The Winnie-the-Pooh song is also a favorite, as is a body part song I made up when Wild Thing was 3 months old. He still loves it. Lately, he also loves making up his own songs and having me ask him to sing to the baby.
I think it's important to remember that it doesn't taken money or toys to engage our children (and to help them grow, develop and learn). It's also important for adults to remember that we don't need all of our gadgets all the time either. What I like best about these 10 activities is not that they cost nothing, but that they require me to log off and get engaged with my little guy.


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We pitched ALP after meeting Stewart at an event.
Our first meeting was with 4/5 of the partnership at their office; second meeting at Stewart's house in SF shortly before their off-site.
The firm has no junior associates or any other gatekeepers; it's very efficient. They had deep domain expertise in our domain (security, government, enterprise) and provided great feedback during the pitch.
Since we didn't close them, I can't comment on terms or operating assistance, but they certainly seemed reasonable, from talking to other portfolio companies.
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