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Agnes Mary Clerke
Born: 10 February 1842 in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland
Died: 20 January 1907 in London, England
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Agnes Mary Clerke was the second child of John William Clerke, who was manager of the Provincial Bank (later renamed the Allied Irish bank) in Skibbereen, and Catherine Mary Deasy. John William Clerke (born 1814) was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, where he had studied classics but had also taken courses in mathematics and astronomy. He remained interested in sciences throughout his life. At Trinity College John had been a fellow student and close friend of Rickard Deasy. Through this friendship he met Rickard's sister Catherine; they were married on 9 July 1839. Agnes' mother Catherine, educated at the Ursuline Convent, Cork, was an intellectual lady with considerable musical talents playing piano and harp. The Clerke family were Protestants while the Deasy family were Roman Catholics.
Together with her older sister Ellen (born 1840), Agnes was educated at home by her parents. It was certainly an unusual educational level for girls at this time, perhaps in part due to the emphasis that the Ursuline nuns had placed on educating women, in part due to John's interest in learning. Even at an early stage she showed great interest in the history of astronomy and mathematics and by the age of eleven she had read Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy. When she was fifteen years old she began to write her own history of astronomy. Agnes's father owned a 4-inch telescope and she grew up regularly observing Saturn's rings and Jupiter's moons.
The family moved to Dublin when Clerke was aged 19 for her father changed profession at that stage and became a registrar at the court of his brother-in-law Rickard Deasy who by this time was a High Court Judge. At this time Agnes made university level studies of advanced mathematics, physics and astronomy being tutored by her brother Aubrey who was studying mathematics and physics at Dublin University. At age 25 she went, with her sister Ellen, to Italy where they spent ten years mainly living in Florence where they studied science, acquired literary skills, and became excellent linguists. In 1877 the sisters went to London where the family were reunited. Clerke began publishing in that year when her articles Brigandage in Sicily and Copernicus in Italy (both written during her time in Italy) appeared in the Edinburgh Review. The first discussed the rise of the Mafia while the second discussed pre-Copernican ideas in Italy. These were the first of 55 articles that she published in the Edinburgh Review.
The publishers of the Edinburgh Review were Adam and Charles Black of Edinburgh and at this time they were publishing the ninth edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. The volumes before G had already been completed so when they invited Clerke to contribute it was to write biographies of famous mathematicians and astronomers whose names began with a letter between G and L. She wrote famous biographies of Galileo, Huygens, Kepler, Lagrange, Laplace, and other scientists for the ninth edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. The article on Laplace is particularly interesting since it discusses his mathematics in considerable depth.
Clerke wrote articles for other encyclopaedias such as the article Astronomy for the Catholic Encyclopaedia. However she is perhaps best known for A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century (1885). This text was revised three times for four different editions in Clerke's lifetime (the last in 1902). In the Preface she explains that since the publication of a history of astronomy in 1852 by Robert Grant:-
... a so-called "new astronomy" has grown up by the side of the old. One aspect of its advent has been to render the science of the heavenly bodies more popular ... than formerly ... . It has thus become practicable to describe in simple language the most essential parts of recent astronomical discoveries.It is an extremely careful, accurate work yet, at the same time, it is easy to read. William Fox writes in [7]:-
Her work is remarkable in a literary as well as in a scientific way. She compiled facts with untiring diligence, sifted them carefully, discussed them with judgment, and suggested problems and lines of future research. All this is expressed in polished, eloquent, and beautiful language.Weitzenhoffer writes [13] :-
Her 'Astronomy' was fluently written, had biographies and lively anecdotes, and was as valuable to professional astronomers as to the public.Robert Ball wrote in a review:-
We have read this book with very great interest and no little pleasure. The authoress (for this learned volume is indeed the product of a lady's pen) has modestly described her 'History of Astronomy' as a 'popular' work. We certainly hope that the book will be as popular as it deserves, and that it will be widely and extensively read. We think, however, that few men of science who use this book will think that it ought to be classed as a popular work in the ordinary acceptance. It might be more correctly described as a masterly exposition of the results of modern astronomy in those departments now usually characterised as physical.Although Clerke was not a practical astronomer, nor an author of original research articles, she did spend three months at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope where she was the guest of the director, Sir David Gill, and his wife. Gill wrote in a letter to Ellen Clerke [18]:-
Your sister sits opposite me in the study with a pile of books on either hand, which is gradually growing till she seems to be coming through a gate with rather badly built pillars on either side. At night she is to be found in the dome of the equatoreal - weather permitting, engaged in flirting with the spectra of variable stars.Gill's 'weather permitting' comment is put in perspective by Clerke in a letter she wrote at this time:-
I used an astronomical telescope, but my practice with it was deplorably impeded by cloudy weather, the miseries of which torment I at least learned fully to appreciate.At the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope she certainly gained sufficient experience of current research to be able to write with authority on the latest developments. However, some research scientists criticised her work believing that only someone who was actively engaged in observational astronomy was entitled to explain the topic to others.
A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century was only one of many books that Clerke wrote. Among the others we mention The System of the Stars (1890) which made use of the up-to-date techniques she had learnt about at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good. She wrote in the Preface that the work was:-
... an attempt to combine, in a general survey, some definite particulars of knowledge regarding our sidereal surroundings.In fact while Clerke was writing this book she was informally offered an appointment at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. The position would have given her exclusive use of one of the major telescopes at Greenwich. She expressed great interest but said she would have to complete her writing commitments first. Later she received a formal offer to work at Greenwich but not as an observational astronomer, rather as an assistant to a computer at Greenwich. She was still tempted to accept but realised that there would be (see [4]):-
... almost insurmountable difficulties from the fact that Greenwich Park is said to be unsafe for ladies at night ... Nevertheless I feel somewhat sore and sorry at having refused, and so shut out finally a prospect that was not without its attractions for me.Just after this, without her knowledge, she was put forward for the position of professor of astronomy at Vassar College in the United States. She was never offered the chair but would almost certainly have refused since her father was in extremely poor health and she "could not inflict the sorrow upon my parents of separating finally from them."
Further books followed such as The Herschels and Modern Astronomy (1895), The Concise Knowledge Astronomy (written jointly with J E Gore and A Fowler) (1898), Problems in Astrophysics (1903), and Modern Cosmogonies (1906). Not all Clerke's writings were on science for she wrote, among several literary contributions, essays on Don Sebastian (1882), the letters of Edward Fitzgerald (1894), and Familiar Studies in Homer (1892).
Clerke wrote 159 biographies for the Dictionary of National Biography. We quote from many of them in this archive, for example those of Caroline Herschel, John Herschel, John Landen, John Machin, Roger Cotes, Alexander Wilson, Abraham de Moivre, Wilhelm Bessel, and George Airy.
For her exceptional contributions, Clerke was awarded many honours [7]:-
In 1892 the Royal Institution awarded to her the Actonian Prize of one hundred guineas. As a member of the British Astronomical Association she attended its meetings regularly, as well as those of the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1903, with Lady Huggins, she was elected an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society, a rank previously held only by two other women, Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville.In fact Problems in Astrophysics was largely responsible for her election to the Royal Astronomical Society. The President of the Society, James W L Glaisher, announcing Clerke's election said:-
The work of Miss Agnes Clerke is similar to that of Mrs Somerville, lying in the domain of scientific writing, and, I may say, with reference to her last work, it is not merely an astronomical history, but a work of actual constructive thinking in our science.The famous eleventh edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica was published in 1910 and Clerke had been asked to contribute articles on both astronomy and its history. She wrote the main article on the history of astronomy and many biographies of astronomers which appeared in the eleventh edition. However she died of pneumonia following a short illness before being able to complete this task. She died at her home 68 Redcliffe Square, London and, three days later, was buried in Brompton cemetery. Huggins writes in [12]:-
In all her writings, truth was ever her goal. Astronomy to the last was her chief intellectual interest.
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Psychedelic drug
A psychedelic substance is a psychoactive drug whose primary action is to alter cognition and perception, typically by agonising serotonin receptors.[2] Psychedelics are part of a wider class of psychoactive drugs known as hallucinogens, a class that also includes mechanistically unrelated substances such as dissociatives and deliriants. Unlike other drugs such as stimulants and opioids which induce familiar states of consciousness, psychedelics tend to affect the mind in ways that result in the experience being qualitatively different from those of ordinary consciousness. The psychedelic experience is often compared to non-ordinary forms of consciousness such as trance, meditation, yoga, religious ecstasy, dreaming and even near-death experiences. With a few exceptions, most psychedelic drugs fall into one of the three following families of chemical compounds; tryptamines, phenethylamines, and lysergamides.
Many psychedelic drugs are illegal worldwide under the UN conventions unless used in a medical or religious context, such as medical cannabis or ayahuasca. Despite these regulations, recreational use of psychedelics is common.
- Origin of term 1
- General psychological effects 2
- Traditional use 3
- Examples 4
Pharmacological classes and effects 5
- Serotonergic or classical psychedelics (5-HT2A receptor agonists) 5.1
- Empathogen-entactogens (serotonin releasers) 5.2
- Cannabinoids (CB-1 cannabinoid receptor agonists) 5.3
- Dissociatives (NMDA antagonists) 5.4
- Other 5.5
- See also 6
- Notes 7
- External links 8
Origin of term
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή (psyche, "soul, mind") and δηλείν (delein, "to manifest"), hence "soul-manifesting", the implication being that psychedelics can access the soul and develop unused potentials of the human mind.[4] The word was coined in 1957 by British psychiatrist, Humphrey Osmond, the spelling loathed by American ethnobotanist, Richard Schultes, but championed by the American psychologist, Timothy Leary.[5]
Aldous Huxley had suggested to Humphrey Osmond in 1957 his own coinage phanerothymic (Greek "phanero-" visible + Greek "thymic" spiritual, thus "visible spirituality"). Recently, the term entheogenic has come into use to denote the use of psychedelic drugs in a religious/spiritual/mystical context.
General psychological effects
An attempt to give "a [...] general view of their [psychedelics] effects on perception, thought, and feeling" follows:[6]
- First, sensory perceptions become especially brilliant and intense. Normally unnoticed aspects of the environment capture the attention; ordinary objects are seen as if for the first time and acquire new depths of significance. Esthetic responses are greatly heightened: colors seem more intense, textures richer, contours sharpened, music more emotionally profound, the spatial arrangements of objects more meaningful. People may feel keener awareness of their bodies or sense changes in the appearance and feeling of body parts. Depth perception is often heightened and perspective distorted; inanimate objects take on expressions, and synesthesia (hearing colors, seeing sounds, etc.) is common. Time may seem to slow down enormously as more and more passing events claim the attention, or it may stop entirely, giving place to an eternal present. When the eyes are closed, fantastically vivid images appear: first geometrical forms and then landscapes, buildings, animate beings, and symbolic objects.
- The emotional effects are even more profound than the perceptual ones. The drug taker becomes unusually sensitive to faces, gestures, and small changes in the environment. As everything in the field of consciousness assumes unusual importance, feelings become magnified; love, gratitude, joy, sympathy, lust, anger, pain, terror, despair, or loneliness may become overwhelming, or two seemingly incompatible feelings may be experienced at once. It is possible to feel either unusual openness and closeness to others or exaggerated distance that makes them seem like grotesque puppets or robots. The extraordinary sensations and feelings may bring on fear of losing control, paranoia, and panic, or they may cause euphoria and bliss.
- Short-term memory is usually impaired, but forgotten incidents from the remote past may be released from the unconscious and relived. Introspective reflection with a sense of deep, sometimes painful insight into oneself or the nature of humanity and the universe is common; often the experience seems somehow more real or more essential than everyday life. There are also profound changes in the sense of self: the ego may separate from the body (dissociation), or the boundary between self and environment may dissolve.
- At deeper levels, drug users may regress to childhood as they relive their memories, or they may project themselves into the series of dreamlike images before their closed eyelids and become the protagonists of symbolic dramas enacted for the mind's eye. Actions, persons, and images in this dream-world or even in the external world may become so intensely significant and metaphorically representative that they take on the character of symbols, myths, and allegories. Loss of self may be experienced as an actual death and rebirth, undergone with anguish and joy of overwhelming intensity. In some cases the culmination is a mystical ecstasy in which for an eternal moment all contradictions seem reconciled, all questions answered, all wants irrelevant or satisfied, all existence encompassed by an experience that is felt to define the ultimate reality, boundless, timeless, and ineffable.
- Some of these effects are more common than others, but none is guaranteed to occur. Many recreational users have probably never experienced the more profound and extraordinary effects, which are usually produced by larger doses, closed eyes, and deep introspection. At any dose, a great deal depends on the time, the place, and the persons involved. Each drug experience is a unique journey of exploration into the mind.
Traditional use
Psychedelics have a long history of traditional use in medicine and religion, where they are prized for their perceived ability to promote physical and mental healing. In this context, they are often known as entheogens. Native American practitioners using mescaline-containing cacti (most notably peyote, San Pedro, and Peruvian torch) have reported success against alcoholism, and Mazatec practitioners routinely use psilocybin mushrooms for divination and healing. Ayahuasca, which contains the powerful psychedelic DMT, is used in Peru and other parts of South America for spiritual and physical healing as well as in religious festivals.
Classical or serotonergic psychedelics (agonists for the 5-HT2A serotonin receptors) include LSD (also known as "acid"), psilocin (the active constituent of psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as "magic mushrooms" or "shrooms"), mescaline (the active constituent of peyote), and DMT (the active constituent of ayahuasca and an endogenous compound produced in the human body). Salvia divinorum is an atypical psychedelic that has been gaining popularity over the past decade, due to its legality in many US states. It is often compared to DMT due to its short and very intense trip. A few newer synthetics such as MDMA and 2C-B have also enjoyed some popularity. Cannabis is one of the most widely used psychoactive drugs in the world, and certain modern Cannabis strains like Sharkberry Cream are described to produce more psychedelic effects than quasi-psychdelic effects in comparison to most other Cannabis strains and are often preferred over Jack Herer as they produce a cleaner high.
Pharmacological classes and effects
Serotonergic or classical psychedelics (5-HT2A receptor agonists)
This class of psychedelics includes the classical hallucinogens, including the lysergamides like LSD and LSA, tryptamines like psilocybin and DMT, and phenethylamines like mescaline and 2C-B. Many of these psychedelics cause remarkably similar effects, despite their different chemical structure. However, many users report that the three families have subjectively different qualities in the "feel" of the experience, which are difficult to describe. At lower doses, these include sensory alterations, such as the warping of surfaces, shape suggestibility, and color variations. Users often report intense colors that they have not previously experienced, and repetitive geometric shapes are common. Higher doses often cause intense and fundamental alterations of sensory perception, such as synesthesia or the experience of additional spatial or temporal dimensions.[7] Some compounds, such as 2C-B, have extremely tight "dose curves", meaning the difference between a non-event and an overwhelming disconnection from reality can be very slight. There can be very substantial differences between the drugs, however. For instance, 5-MeO-DMT rarely produces the visual effects typical of other psychedelics and ibogaine (a 'complex tryptamine') is also an NMDA receptor antagonist and κ-opioid receptor agonist in addition to being an agonist for the 5-HT2A receptors, resulting in dissociative effects as well (see dissociatives below).
Empathogen-entactogens (serotonin releasers)
The empathogen-entactogens are phenethylamines of the MDxx class such as MDMA, MDEA, and MDA. Their effects are characterized by feelings of openness, euphoria, empathy, love, heightened self-awareness, and by mild audio and visual distortions (an overall enhancement of sensory experience is often reported). Their adoption by the rave subculture is probably due to the enhancement of the overall social and musical experience. MDA is atypical to this experience, often causing hallucinations and psychedelic effects in equal profundity to the chemicals in the 5-HT2A agonist category, but with substantially less mental involvement, and is possibly both a serotonin releaser and 5-HT2A receptor agonist.
Cannabinoids (CB-1 cannabinoid receptor agonists)
The cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and related compounds are capable of activating the brain's endocannabinoid system. Some effects may include a general change in consciousness, mild euphoria, feelings of general well-being, relaxation or stress reduction, enhanced recollection of episodic memory, hunger, increased sensuality, increased awareness of sensation, creative or philosophical thinking, disruption of linear memory, paranoia, agitation, anxiety, potentiation of other psychedelics, and increased awareness of sound, patterns, and color.
Dissociatives (NMDA antagonists)
Certain dissociative drugs acting via NMDA antagonism are known to produce what some might consider psychedelic effects. The main differences between dissociative psychedelics and serotonergic hallucinogens are that the dissociatives cause more intense derealization and depersonalization.[8] For example, ketamine produces sensations of being disconnected from one's body and that the surrounding environment is unreal, as well as perceptual alterations seen with other psychedelics.[9]
Salvia divinorum is a dissociative that is sometimes classified as an atypical psychedelic. The active molecule in the plant, salvinorin A, is a kappa opioid receptor agonist, working on a part of the brain that deals with pain. Activation of this receptor is also linked to the dysphoria sometimes experienced by users of opiates either therapeutically or recreationally. An unusual feature of S. divinorum is its high potency (dosage is in the microgram range) and extremely disorienting effects, which often include "entity contact", complete loss of reality-perception and user's experiencing their consciousness as being housed in different objects e.g. a pane of glass or a pencil. It is also unusual as it is a terpenoid like THC as opposed to an alkaloid like the comparably intense serotonergic psychedelics and NMDA receptor antagonists mentioned above.
See also
- Ayahuasca
- Bwiti
- Cannabis (drug)
- Dimethyltryptamine
- Dissociative drug
- Concord Prison Experiment
- Entheogen
- Freedom of thought
- God in a Pill?
- Hallucinogen
- Hallucinogenic fish
- Hard and soft drugs
- Ibogaine
- List of psychedelic drugs
- List of psychedelic plants
- Lysergic acid diethylamide
- Marsh Chapel Experiment
- Morning glory
- Mystical psychosis
- Peyote
- Psilocybin mushroom
- Psychedelic
- Psychedelic experience
- Psychedelic music
- Psychedelic therapy
- Psychedelics in problem-solving experiment
- Psychoactive drug
- Serotonergic psychedelic
- Set and setting
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- ^ http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v21/n1s/full/1395318a.html.
- ^ "World Drug Report 2012" (pdf).
- ^ A. Weil, W. Rosen. (1993), From Chocolate To Morphine:Everything You Need To Know About Mind-Altering Drugs.New York, Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 93
- ^ W. Davis (1996), "One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest". New York, Simon and Schuster, Inc. p. 120
- ^ Grinspoon, Lester, & Bakalar, James. B. (Eds.). Psychedelic Reflections. (1983). New York: Human Sciences Press. p. 13-14 ISBN 0-89885-129-7
- ^ D. Luke (2010), Rock art or Rorschach: Is there more to entoptics than meets the eye? Time and Mind, 3, 9-28.
- ^ Vollenweider FX, Geyer MA. (2001) A systems model of altered consciousness: integrating natural and drug-induced psychoses. Brain Res Bull. 56: 495 - 507.
- ^ Pomarol-Clotet E, Honey GD, Murray GK, Corlett PR, Absalom AR, Lee M, McKenna PJ, Bullmore ET, Fletcher PC. (2006) Psychological effects of ketamine in healthy volunteers. Phenomenological study. Br J Psychiatry. 189: 173 - 179.
External links
- Scholarly bibliography on psychedelic drug use in the history of psychology
- WWW Psychedelic Bibliography - A searchable database with full text of many scientific articles on psychedelics
- Magic Mushrooms and Reindeer - Weird Nature. A short video on the use of Amanita muscaria mushrooms by the Sami people and their reindeer produced by the BBC. [1]
- People on Psychedelics. A collection of people who have spoken openly about psychedelics.
- Manual for Ibogaine Therapy Contributing Authors : Marc Emery, Geerte Frenken, Sara Glatt, Brian Mariano, Karl Naeher, Dr. Martin Polanco, Marko Resinovic, Nick Sandberg, Eric Taub, Samuel Waizmann and Hattie Wells
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1. Preheat oven to 425°F 2. Roll pastry into a 12-inch square on a lightly floured counter.3. Place a 9" plate in center of dough and cut around circle. Brush edges lightly with egg. 4. Center Brie onto the pastry and bring up edges to wrap pastry around sides, leaving an opening in center. 5. Brush pastry with egg and place on parchment-lined baking sheet. Freeze 20 minutes.6. Bake 20 - 25 minutes or until golden brown then transfer to wire rack. 7. Mix preserves and berries together and spoon mixture into center of Brie. 8. Cool 15 minutes and serve with sliced bread.Tip: For additional flavor mix in a pinch of fresh minced rosemary and crushed black pepper to the berry topping.


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An updated version of D&D was released as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (often abbreviated to AD&D). This was published as a set of three rulebooks, compiled by Gary Gygax, between 1977 and 1979, with additional supplemental volumes coming out over the next ten years. The AD&D rules were much better organized than the original D&D, and also incorporated so many extensions, additions, and revisions of the original rules as to make a new game. The term "Advanced" does not imply a higher level of skill required to play, nor exactly a higher level of or better gameplay; only the rules themselves are a new and advanced game. In a sense this version name split off to be viewed separately from the basic version below. The three core rulebooks were the Monster Manual (1977), the Players Handbook (1978), and the Dungeon Master's Guide (1979); later supplements included Deities and Demigods, Fiend Folio (another book of monsters produced semi-autonomously in England), Monster Manual II, and Unearthed Arcana (which took most of its additional playing information from The Dragon magazine). This was followed by a fairly constant addition of more specific setting works and optional rule supplements.
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U.S. robotic warfare precedent could be fearsome on a global scale.
A slim aircraft glided through Israeli airspace, maintaining low altitude and taking a winding path to avoid detection. It flew over sensitive military installations and was beginning its approach to the Dimona nuclear reactor when it was blown from the sky by the Israel Defense Forces. The plane was pilotless, directed by agents elsewhere, and had been attempting to relay images back home. Whether they were successfully transmitted, Israelis won't say, perhaps because they don't know. But here's what's certain: It wasn't American. It wasn't Russian or Chinese. It was an Iranian drone, assembled in Lebanon and flown by Hezbollah.
The proliferation of drone technology has moved well beyond the control of the United States government and its closest allies. The aircraft are too easy to obtain, with barriers to entry on the production side crumbling too quickly to place limits on the spread of a technology that promises to transform warfare on a global scale. Already, more than 75 countries have remote piloted aircraft. More than 50 nations are building a total of nearly a thousand types. At its last display at a trade show in Beijing, China showed off 25 different unmanned aerial vehicles. Not toys or models, but real flying machines.
It's a classic and common phase in the life cycle of a military innovation: An advanced country and its weapons developers create a tool, and then others learn how to make their own. But what makes this case rare, and dangerous, is the powerful combination of efficiency and lethality spreading in an environment lacking internationally accepted guidelines on legitimate use. This technology is snowballing through a global arena where the main precedent for its application is the one set by the United States; it's a precedent Washington does not want anyone following.
America, the world's leading democracy and a country built on a legal and moral framework unlike any other, has adopted a war-making process that too often bypasses its traditional, regimented, and rigorously overseen military in favor of a secret program never publicly discussed, based on legal advice never properly vetted. The Obama administration has used its executive power to refuse or outright ignore requests by congressional overseers, and it has resisted monitoring by federal courts.
To implement this covert program, the administration has adopted a tool that lowers the threshold for lethal force by reducing the cost and risk of combat. This still-expanding counterterrorism use of drones to kill people, including its own citizens, outside of traditionally defined battlefields and established protocols for warfare, has given friends and foes a green light to employ these aircraft in extraterritorial operations that could not only affect relations between the nation-states involved but also destabilize entire regions and potentially upset geopolitical order.
Read the rest of this article, which appeared in print as Standard Deviation, at NationalJournal.com.


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UH Manoa law school hosts debate on Watada case
Public invited to event featuring Watada's defense attorney, Eric Seitz, and visiting Northern Ohio University law professorUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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William S. Richardson School of Law
HONOLULU — The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will host a debate entitled "Lt. Watada's Case and the Legality of the War in Iraq" between Eric Seitz, attorney for 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, and Professor Michael Lewis, a visiting law professor from Northern Ohio University. The debate will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the School of Law's Moot Court Room from 12:40 to 1:25 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
Today, the Army moved to bring Watada to trial again on charges of missing movement and on conduct unbecoming an officer.
Lewis is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Law School. Before pursuing a legal career, he was a Navy fighter pilot and attended the Navy's Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun). Seitz is a graduate of the University of California Boalt Hall School of Law.
This event is the first of a series of debates sponsored by the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society. On selecting this debate as its inaugural event, Dan Dean, president of the Hawaiʻi chapter of the Federalist Society and second year law student at the UH Mānoa law school, explained "these issues are surely in the forefront of many minds and provoke lively discourse."
For more information about the event, contact Cynthia Quinn, director of communications and external relations at 956-5516.


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Actor/director Matt McGrath makes his San Diego directing debut with Diversionary Theatre's 'The Furthe Adventures of Hedda Gabler'
What happens when you stir together Hedda Gabler and Mammy in the stew pot of creativity, then season it liberally with dashes of Medea, Ophelia, Tosca, Jar Jar Binks and two gays from "The Boys in the Band"?
You could end up with theatrical goulash, but actor/director
"Further Adventures" is a zany literary comedy from the mind of Jeff Whitty, the Tony-winning bookwriter for the naughty puppet musical "Avenue Q." McGrath — who starred last year in Diversionary's "Next Fall" and as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the Old Globe Theatre's 2011 "The Rocky Horror Show" — is making his San Diego directing debut with the play.
McGrath and Whitty are old friends, and when Diversionary executive director John Alexander asked McGrath if he had a project he'd like to direct here, McGrath offered this script. The 2006 comedy was commissioned by South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa and has since been produced around the country.
"When Jeff first wrote 'Further Adventures,' he sent me the first act to see what I thought," McGrath said. "I was really intrigued by this talk of taking a character and putting it in another landscape. It heightens the audience's relationship with that character and it creates great comic fodder."
"Further Adventures" begins at the end of "Hedda Gabler," Henrik Ibsen's 1890 tragedy about a frustrated Norwegian housewife who takes her own life to regain some measure of control. In Whitty's play, as the curtain comes down, Hedda is resurrected and goes on a surrealistic time-bending journey through other plays, novels and films to convince Ibsen to rewrite her fate.
"She's on a journey to save yourself from being forgotten," McGrath said. "She sets forth to change the ending of Ibsen's play by entering Ibsen's furnace of creativity. She decides that she'd live on in the collective consciousness if she had a Hollywood happy ending."
Joining Hedda in her adventures is her servant Mammy (from the film version of "Gone With the Wind"), who also hopes to break free of her old-fashioned stereotype and become a modern African-American woman. Along the way, the ladies meet doomed and dark heroines and men from the Bible, Greek mythology, "Hamlet," "Star Wars" and "The Boys in the Band."
Although the play is wildly comic, McGrath said it has serious and moving themes.
"It's about the danger of forgetting where we came from," he said. "If you take as extreme a stereotype as Hattie McDaniel's portrayal of Mammy and you try to change her into an African-American woman of today, then you erase her from the collective consciousness. If we don't have Mammy to base our progress on, then history is doomed to repeat itself. If they change, they perish."
McGrath — whose long list of directorial credits include Whitty's 2011 one-act "I Hereby Tender My Resignation" — said that he's seen other productions of "Further Adventures," and they haven't always succeeded, because the directors got the tone wrong. For example, the characters from the 1970 film "The Boys in the Band" must be swishy and self-loathing because they were men of their time, not the confident, out and proud gay males of today, McGrath said.
"It is something that can be missed if you try to send it up," he said. "If everyone is not based in the true essence of their characters and how they were portrayed in their films and books, then it doesn't work. You can't do a soft touch or we won't have a play here. You have to go straight to the stereotype or it doesn't make sense."
Fortunately, McGrath said he's got a strong cast at Diversionary that includes Jacque Wilke, Shana Wride, Yolanda Franklin and Tony Houck.
"It is tricky, but it's in great hands here," said McGrath, who recently relocated to a San Diego beach community. "If it's not handled with care, it can certainly become a sketch, but I continue to be amazed at the high level of acting talent here."
"The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler"
When: Previews: March 28 through April 5; opens April 6. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through April 28.
Where: Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights
Tickets: $25-$51
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Qu Jin is a Postdoctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Her research interest focuses on educational researches that can help improve teaching, learning, and educational policy decision makings in engineering using both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
- Ph.D., Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette (2013)
- Certificate in Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette (2012)
- M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette (2009)
- B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2007)
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- S. Purzer, Q. Jin, P. K. Imbrie. Enthusiasts or Informed: Who Chooses Materials Science and Engineering? Journal of Materials Education. (In Print).
- Q. Jin, S. Purzer, P. K. Imbrie. Measuring First Year Engineering Students' Knowledge and Interest in Materials Science and Engineering. Proceedings of 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. June, 2012. San Antonio, TX.
- T. Reed-Rhoads, P. K. Imbrie, Q. Jin, J. Lin. Modeling Student Success of International Undergraduate Engineers. Proceedings of 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. June, 2012. San Antonio, TX.
- Q. Jin, P. K. Imbrie, J. Lin. A Mutli-Outcome Hybrid Model for Predicting Student Success in Engineering. Proceedings of 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. June, 2011. Vancouver BC, Canada.
- Q. Jin, L. Groll, P. K. Imbrie, and T. Reed-Rhoads. Work In Progress: Calculus Placement Modeling for Engineering Student Potentially Contributes to Appropriate Advising. Proceedings of 2011 IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education (FIE). Rapid City, SD.
- P. K. Imbrie, J. Lin, Q. Jin. Modeling Academic Success of Female and Minority Engineering Students Using Student Attitudinal Success Instrument and Pre-college Factors. Proceedings of 2011 IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education (FIE). Rapid City, SD.
- A. Gaharwar, P.J. Schexnailder, Q. Jin, C-J. Wu, G. Schmidt. Addition of chitosan to silicate cross-linked PEO for tuning osteoblast cell adhesion and mineralization. ACS Applied Materials and Interface. Oct 2010.
- Q. Jin, P. Schexnailder, A. Gaharwar, and G. Schmidt. Silicate Cross-linked Bio-Nanocomposite Hydrogels from PEO and Chitosan. Macromolecular Bioscience. Jul 2009.


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Pictures of the cast members, including, So Ji Sub, Lee Yeon Hee, and Choi Daniel, for SBS's series Ghost, which will air after the current series Rooftop Prince goes off air, were recently released.
On May 3, SBS released pictures of the cast members reading the scripts in comfortable clothes. They look very attractive even in comfortable clothes.
Actresses Lee Yeon Hee and Song Ha Yoon showed off their innocent charms in natural clothes with natural hairstyles. Their milky white skin complemented their beautiful appearance.
Kwak Do Won, Choi Daniel, and MBLAQ's G.O did their best while practicing for the series and satisfied director Kim Hyung Shik.
So Ji Sub appeared in the most fashionable clothes, including a denim jacket and denim shirt, sunglasses, and a hat.
The series is about a cyber criminal investigation warning a far-reaching influence of social networks. The production crew, who became popular after producing the series Sign in 2011, will work together again for the series. The first episode of the series will air in May.
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A big selling point of DVDs and Blu-rays are exclusive commentaries from the directors and actors. They explain the reasoning behind certain scenes, or how some crazy special effects happened. Movie buffs understandably eat this chatter up. Looper director Rian Johnson even made one that you can listen to in the theater. But does anyone else even care?
Do you watch DVDs with the commentary on? Possible exception: Arnold Schwarzenegger's epic Total Recall commentary, which should be mandatory.


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Strategic Planning Committee
A strategic planning committee has been formed to seek community insight and opinions to help shape the future of public education in the Aldine community and issues that will directly impact the districts' school facilities.
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These earrings feature handcrafted polymer clay pendants in mauve and gold glitter.
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These earrings measure to be 25mm wide and 70mm high. They have stainless steel stud posts and hypoallergenic backings to keep those lobes happy and healthy.
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Installing and maintaining subsurface drip irrigation on blackland clay soils comes with a few unique challenges. But with a growing dairy operation committed to producing as much of its feed demand as possible in-house, along with a commitment to conservation and environmental stewardship, getting the most out of every drop of water makes drip irrigation a logical choice.
Precision agriculture technology makes the chore a bit more manageable, says Jeff Fowler, crop manager for Daisy Farms, a Paris, Texas, operation that supplies raw materials to the Daisy Brand dairy product company.
The site is permitted as a 10,000 head dairy, says herd manager Jody Maxwell.
"Feeding a large dairy herd will take a lot of silage and forage production, Fowler says. A combination of subsurface drip irrigation and GPS technology—as a means of installing drip tape accurately as well as assuring precision planting, harvesting, spray application and system monitoring—makes the job a bit easier.
"Drip irrigation is close to 100 percent efficient," Fowler says. "We put water straight to the roots; we get no runoff; we don't need as much water. When we put on a half-inch, we get a half-inch. We don't have to apply three-fourths of an inch to get what we need."
Conserving resources is important to Daisy Farms, Fowler and Maxwell say. The company installed the dairy close to Paris, Texas, to serve as a model of a modern, well-run, environmentally friendly facility. Farm management takes that commitment to heart.
"We try to stretch water as far as we can," Fowler says. "Water is not unlimited."
He also uses the drip system to dispose of waste water from the dairy. "We run treated nutrient water through the system. The end product is clean and we have had no emitter clogging problems yet."
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Cy McGuire, designs/consultant with Eco-Drip says the filtration system for Daisy Farms is the same type he would use for drip irrigation in West Texas.
"We have to use the nutrient water anyway," Fowler adds. "This is the safest way to use it. We certainly don't want it to run off into streams, lakes and ponds." He says spraying the water through a center pivot system also could result in odor, another issue the company wants to avoid.
"We're basing our waste water irrigation on a comprehensive nutrient management plan, which is required by the state. We pay attention to the weather and we don't apply nutrient water before a big rain."
Alfalfa is crop of choice
Alfalfa is the current crop of choice for drip irrigation. Eventually, Fowler will water corn and some bermudagrass with a drip system. "Alfalfa is our biggest expense, so we will grow as much as we can. Round-up ready varieties help. Along with adequate water, weed control is a big concern with alfalfa."
He's been watering 600 acres of alfalfa, most of that through the drip system, with 250 acres under a pivot. "The pivot was a stop-gap measure to get us started," he says. Long-term plans call for additional acreage watered by drip irrigation. "The number keeps growing," he says.
Dairy cow numbers and increasing feed demand will influence how many acres of drip irrigation will be necessary.
He got six cuttings last year, starting in April and cutting into October. "We kept going until a freeze hit. We're in good shape this year going into spring. It greened up early and we had to spray for alfalfa weevil in February. We will be cutting hay in the next few weeks." He hopes as he fine-tunes the system he'll increase tonnage.
He's also fine-tuning irrigation scheduling. "For now, we're just checking the soil. We fill the profile and move onto another area. We will add moisture sensors and get on a more consistent schedule. As we get our control systems set up we will improve scheduling. We may need to add water daily as the summer heat comes on. With drip irrigation, we can put a little out consistently."
"As we were getting the system in we had to work with getting water to the fields," McGuire says. "Now, we're concentrating on managing the system."
Fowler says he used an evapotranspiration (ET) monitoring system for awhile to regulate water use but found he was putting too much water on. "We started eye-balling it and putting out what the crop seemed to need." Moisture sensors and computer technology will make the system more efficient, he says.
"At Eco-Drip we're moving into more in-season crop management," McGuire said. "We want to provide the best tools to manage all aspects of the system—moisture, pressure, flow, and nutrients. If something gets out of the limits the manager sets up, he will know to make adjustments."
Installation challenges
McGuire said installing drip irrigation in the Northeast Texas Blacklands, mostly on acreage that had been in pasture or woods for decades, provided challenges he doesn't see in West Texas.
"It took a lot of field work," he says. "We found a lot of shallow rock, tree stumps, and old fence lines. Barbed wire does not work well with drip tape."
Design was critical to provide the best system to fit challenging locations. "Slope was an issue. We had to work with hills and valleys. That required pressure compensating emitters that maintain the same flow rate up or down a slope."
He says field shapes also created design challenges. "We don't see square fields here. But we make it work. We try to figure out the most cost-effective drip system we can. We establish row patterns to make it easier for Jeff to install and manage. We may have limitations within a field, but we work around them. We keep it as simple as possible to install and provide the best system for the lowest cost."
GPS technology was a crucial part of the process. Fowler and his crew install the tape—for both time and cost considerations—which saves about $50 per acre. "Cy taught us how to install it. We use RTK technology and John Deere's GreenStar. It's accurate to one inch, so we know exactly where the tape is."
Fowler is meticulous about tape location. "I get it set up, put it on a memory card and download it onto my computer. Then I put it into my phone and keep it with me all the time. I make certain I have tape locations."
GPS also aids design, McGuire says. "Elevation is particularly important here because of the slope. For every 2.3 feet of elevation change, pressure changes by 1 psi. If we go up 2.31 feet, we lose 1 psi; if we go down 2.31, we gain 1 psi. We manage pressure within the system."
"We often ask Cy if what we're planning will work," Fowler says. "And we change our minds a lot. Cy deals with it."
Installation offers Fowler's crew a few challenges, too. "We run a pre-ripper and do a dry run first," he says. "That makes it easier to put in the tape and makes installation more uniform. The new fields come with a lot of challenges. We break off a lot of shear bolts."
He's selecting mostly high ground for drip irrigation. "We will not plant alfalfa on bottom land," he says. "It drowns out too often. Alfalfa likes water, but it can't sit in soils that are saturated for extended periods of time. We don't plant our bottom lands because they don't drain as well. I plant the hills because water will drain."
Efficient controls
As they increase acreage in drip systems and pipe water to new fields, they try to concentrate controls in as few locations as possible.
"Controllers here are a little more complex than they are in an average West Texas drip field," McGuire says. "Information is routed to Jeff's computer and he can pull it up at anytime and check the system. He can turn it on or off from the computer."
They are also fine-tuning nutrient management through the system. "We can inject nitrogen straight to the roots," Fowler says. "We can see a response in just a day or two, and we apply over time, as needed."
"We use precision timing and precision placement of nutrients to thecrops through the tape," McGuire says. That makes uniform distribution even more important. "When a producer starts using an irrigation system for fertigation, it becomes even more critical to have a proper system design that maximizes uniformity."
Fowler also will inject trifluralin herbicide through the system to prevent alfalfa roots from clogging the emitters.
Technology doesn't stop with irrigation installation and management. We plant with the RTK system, too," Fowler says. "That's especially important on drip irrigated fields. We also run the chopper with a GPS system." As it cuts, the system, combined with GreenStar, records moisture, protein level, ADF, NDF, starch and other data.
He has Auto-Steer "without a few of the available bells and whistles. We still do some manual operations. But we can 'paint' a field and turn the sprayer on and it turns itself off when it comes to a specified location."
Fowler says the farm's goal is to provide as much feed as possible for the growing dairy operation. As he adds more subsurface drip irrigation he'll concentrate on alfalfa and rotate with corn. "I'd like to get four or five years of alfalfa and then change to corn. I don't know how well the alfalfa stand will do. We will just have to see."
Also of interest:
Expert: Irrigated crops on the High Plains "all over the map"
Technology advances irrigation and drought management
Increasing number of irrigation wells threatens S. Plains aquifer


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Ocala native back home, at work, in Gator Country.
by: Scott LaPeer
The road to success knows no short cuts.
At first glance, Matt McCall's appearance belies this belief.
Yet, in truth, he lives it every day.
In late April, the Ocala native was named the newest -- and by 13 years, youngest -– assistant coach on Billy Donovan's Florida basketball staff. At 29-years old, depending on the movie, McCall might still be asked for ID. Likewise, his youthful look could easily cast a misconception his has been a path, perhaps, less toilsome than others in the coaching community; the emphasis, of course, on misconception.
In any line of work, it's easy to profess to going the extra distance, but McCall literally begins each day doing just that. En route to his second-floor office within Florida's pristine practice facility, McCall takes the longer stairway winding through the front foyer. There, encased in glass, sits the purpose of his passage-- two sparkling crystal basketballs. The relics from back-to-back, 2006 & 2007 national championship seasons are resplendent reminders of the ultimate goal.
"I could come up the back steps," McCall says. "But I go through there every day because I want to see that, and know that's part of the motivation to get back there."
"There" is a place of fortunate familiarity to McCall. Just as he hopes the national title one day will, McCall has made his own return to Gainesville.
In 2002, 2 years after graduating from Belleview High, the former Rattlers guard revived his hoops career as a student at Florida, albeit at a slightly different position. McCall seized the opportunity to assume, undoubtedly, the most thankless role on a college basketball team – the student manager – and ran with it. By 2003, he was head of student managers. The added title bore extra responsibility, but also more of Donovan's trust. Three years and a national championship later, he earned yet another promotion.
"In '06, when we won it, Coach (Donovan) brought me in and said he wanted to keep me on staff," said McCall.
This time, McCall was named Director of Basketball Operations. Hardly an astronomical rise from anonymity, but at least this time he'd receive a paycheck. For 2 more seasons he dutifully held the position until, finally, it was time to make a move.
"After 2008 I went to Coach Donovan and told him, 'I'm extremely appreciative of all the opportunities I've had here, and all you guys have done for me, but I want to do more,'" McCall remembers. "And then he said, 'Alright, well we've got to get you a coaching job.'"
The next fall, the aspiring coach landed his first official title as an assistant at Florida Atlantic University under new head coach, Mike Jarvis. His first year in Boca Raton, the Owls slumped through a 6-26 season. The next year, significant strides were made. Finally, this past season, McCall and Co. guided the program to an historic turnaround, going 21-11, winning the Sun Belt Conference regular season title, and qualifying for post season play with a berth in the NIT. The 3 years working and, ultimately, winning validated all the effort along the way.
"It was such great experience for me because, being that I was younger, in that situation, a lot was put on my plate, and I got to do so much," said McCall. "(Coach Jarvis) trusted me. He trusted me in recruiting, trusted me in scouting, trusted me in individual instruction to, kind of, let me do my own thing, and I just got tremendous experience because of it."
Combine that experience with that of being Donovan's right hand man through 2 trips to the peak of college basketball's profession, and it's no wonder Billy brought him back.
"For me, being here for 15 years, now going on 16, the thing that was really important to me was familiarity," Donovan stated at his April press conference introducing McCall, as well as Associate Head Coach John Pelphrey and Assistant Coach Norm Roberts. "I think for Matt… as a young guy that can make the kind of investment it requires personally, but also understanding what Florida means, what Florida is about, and him being here for that 7-year period also means a lot to me."
Coming back to Gator Country, the place where he was born, raised, educated, and trained means a lot to McCall, too, although he's been so – pardon the pun – swamped it has hardly had time to sink in.
"It's been a little bit of a whirlwind," he admitted. "Getting up here, getting to work, trying to get organized. It's almost been like, hit the ground running. I haven't really had a second to really breathe and say, 'Whew, I'm excited', but obviously I am ecstatic to be here."
"I tell people all the time, that South Florida stuff was not for me," he added. "I'm more of an Ocala/Gainesville guy."
Rare are the opportunities to perform one's craft, on such a visible platform, while still surrounded by home. No surprise, Matt McCall is up for the challenge.
"There's a chip on my shoulder because I'm sure that some people might think I'm too young, or 'This guy's more qualified, or that guy's more qualified', but it's more than that, because this is the career that I chose. I want to be a head coach. I love The University of Florida, I will be at The University of Florida as long as it takes, and as long as Coach wants me here, but eventually I want to be a head coach. This is a huge step for me, being here now, being with him, and being in this role. I'm close to that opportunity, but it would have to be the right opportunity for me to leave such a special place."
And when that right opportunity eventually does come along, McCall will have arrived at that destination the same way he has his current one.
No short cuts.


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May, 31st 2019 А new regime of passing days has been established on the Ozernaya River
A message about the closure of the route on the Hakitsin River in the South Kamchatka Federal Sanctuary caused of great resonance. This decision was made by the leadership of the Kronotsky Reserve due to the insufficient number of sockeye salmon entered the spawning grounds available for bear fishing. The behavior of animals in a stressful situation could be unpredictable.It is worth reminding, that on August 11, the hiking route along the Hakitsyn River was closed. These are preventive measures to ensure the safety of tourists — in the near future, as soon as salmon fill the spawning grounds on the river, the route will begin to work again. In the area of the Kuril Lake, all routes related to one-day excursions, boat excursions, and photo tours continue to operate. Concerned parties quickly responded to the situation and mobilized forces to correct it.On Tuesday, a meeting of representatives of KamchatNIRO, Kronotsky Reserve, Federal Agency for Fishery and the Association of Fishery Enterprises of the Ozernovsky region took place.«At the meeting an important decision was made. It is established two passing days weekly until the end of fishing for sockeye in the Ozernaya River. is important that the sockeye salmon, which is reproduced in the Kuril Lake, provides not only the needs of the region"s economy, but also the interests of fish-eating animals living in the South Kamchatka Nature Sanctuary.Our task is to ensure a delicate balance to preserve this unique ecosystem, and the past meeting showed that we can do this only by joining our efforts,» said Petr Shpilenok, director of the Kronotsky Reserve.In recent years, the Kuril Lake has become the same visiting card of Kamchatka All excursions there are accompanied by security personnel from the Kronotsky Reserve who have undergone special training and are equipped with the necessary protective equipment.
November 1, 2017 Kronotsky Reserve invites to the new virtual tour on its 83rd birthday
Now Internet users all over the worldbeing on a computer can visit one of the main treasures of East Kamchatka — Lake Kronotskoye that has been the start point for the history of the creation of Kronotsky Reserve. The author of the virtual trip is the Kamchatka"s photographer Sergey Krasnoshchokov.The official date of the creation of Kronotsky State Reserve that is one of the oldest ones in Russia is November 1, 1934, but the history of its creation started in 1882. The main sightseeing of the central part of the Biosphere Reserveare the largest and the second deepest freshwater Kamchatka"s reservoir Lake Kronotskoye, one the most fascinating volcanoes of the world volcano Kronotsky and deciduous forests.One can set off on the virtual tour on the website of Kronotsky Reserve: http://www.kronoki.ru/kl/tour.html
October 27, 2017 Kronotsky Reserve sums up the field season
This year a complex scientific expedition was held in Koryaksky Reserve for the first time in a while. In Kronotsky Reserve the tagging of Steller"s sea eagles has continued after a long break, and the program for tagging of Far Eastern curlews has begun. Both types of the birds are listed in the Red Book of Russia. Six years running the monitoring of wetlands was held that are situated in the downstream of riverKronotskaya where more than 40,000 kinds of birds build their nests. These are loons, geese, some kinds of ducks, sandpipers, passerines, gulls, terns, and some predators. Among them there are rare species like Aleutian, common and Arctic terms, Steller"s sea eagle and Far Eastern curlew. Scientists were observing the curlews» settlements using different methods including sounds recording, researching of the nest behavior with the help of camera traps, nests exploring, taking pictures and measuring of laying, weighing of nestlings, etc.A nestling of a Steller"s sea eagle was tagged with a wing tab during the field season. The migration of young birds isn"t researched properly, but there is a hypothesis according to which the sea eagles nesting on the peninsula commonly winter thereon.
October 4, 2017 A bear cub with a «white scarf» was shot on video in South Kamchatka Sanctuary
Observers called the young female with unusual coloration Badger Motya.Most of brown bear cubs are born with a «white tie». It disappears while molting as they grow older. A distinctive feature of the two-year-old young female that is walking in Severnaya bay of Lake Kurilskoye with its mother and sister today is a white scarf or a shirtfront which is framing the animal"s neck, chest and upper back. However, it behaves like an ordinary bear cub that is learning fishing and building relationship with kin.Departure from the ordinal coloration of the definite animal type is scientifically called aberration. It"s a quite rare phenomenon. It is connected with genetic defects, natural selection and deserves separate studies. One of Motya"s ancestors could have been an albino, but not obligatory.
September 15, 2017 People and bears — a formula of good-neighbourly relations in South Kamchatka Sanctuary is being figured out
Scientists are researching the influence of increasing of tourism flow on prosperity of bear subpopulation dwelling in the environs of Lake Kurilskoye.The world largest density of brown bears can be seen in summer and at the beginning of autumn on the biggest spawning grounds of red salmon in Eurasia — Lake Kurilskoye. One can sometimes count up to 50 species at the same time from the observation decks of South Kamchatka Federal Sanctuary. Beasts are having natural lifestyle — fishing, resting, bringingup the offspring. While observing, specialists have made sure that the bears of Lake Kurilskoye possess astonishing tolerance towards people. This unique phenomenon for the wild nature is a desert of the leaders of Kronotsky Reserve.Just ten years ago poachers hung around Lake Kurilskoye, bears were afraid of people. But TikhonIgorevichShpilenok, the director of Kronotsky Reserve, has properly organized the work of security services, and the poaching was managed to be eradicated for a short period of time. Some generations of bears have grown up there that interpret people as a part of their world. It may already take place at the genetic level.The main result of the researches will be a complex of measures allowing further development of ecological tourism so that the influence of people on the bear subpopulation is minimized, and guests are provided with the appropriate conditions for observing animals.
24.08.16 «Kamchatka Odyssey» Sergei Gorshkov is bound to become world-famous
The book of a famous wildlife photographer Sergei Gorshkov has been published in English. Thousands of copies of the Russian version of the book has already been sold among the connoisseurs of Kamchatka wildlife beauty.Photos included in the edition were taken by Sergey Gorshkov in Kronotsky Reserve and the South Kamchatka Wildlife Refuge. Shooting reserve wildlife is a complicated task that requires special skills. «Kamchatka Odyssey» is the result of hard work, talent, patience in addition to vast and extensive experience of the photographer.«Such books are the best business card of our protected areas. Anyone who picks up the photobook of Sergei, will not remain indifferent to the fragile world of Kamchatka Wildlife, even if one has never been there — says Tikhon Shpilenok, head of Kronotsky State Nature Reserve. — Publishing of the «Odyssey» in English is a great opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people from different countries and different continents to immerse into this colorful, exciting, but vulnerable world. "Bears, foxes, Steller's sea eagles, deer, wolverines, each photograph captures the moment in the life of animals, whose behavior is not changed by the presence of man, in the reserve animals live guarded by strict reserve rules. Photos are complemented by short stories of the author, which do not describe what is happening on the picture, but are some «travel notes» of the photographer.Additional Information:Sergey Gorshkov is one of the founders and a member of the Russian Union of wildlife photographers. Sergey has won many prestigious national and international awards for his photographs, including five «Wildlife Photographer of the Year» awards from the BBC and twice «Photographer of the Year» in Russia in 2007 and 2011.
10.04.2015 After the unification of the Koryaksky and Kronotsky nature reserves, personnel from Kronotsky Reserve's Department of Protection care for and protect these territories' rare birds
In addition, violators of the reserves' rules of protection face tougher penalties. Now poachers will have to pay 1.1 million rubles for the capture of one gyrfalcon, whereas previously the maximum fine was set at 250,000 rubles for the bird.«Poaching is dramatically affecting the gyrfalcon population. This large, strong bird with light or completely white plumage is particularly valued on the black market. Among gyrfalcons, as with other birds of prey, the female is much larger than the male, so each year the largest and therefore most successful females are seized,» said Fyodor Kazansky, ornithologist and Kronotsky Reserve researcher.According to ornithologists, one of Russia"s largest groups of gyrfalcons lives in Kamchatka"s Koryaksky highlands. However, poaching activities intended to capture and export the birds for sale in Arab countries have caused irreparable damage to the population. The gyrfalcon is the largest member of the falcon family. It is protected in Russia as well as other countries.
08.04.2015 The territory of the Koryaksky Reserve is now under the control of FSI Kronotsky State Reserve
The order to reorganize the two federally funded institutions was signed by Sergey Donskoy, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment. As a result of the reorganization, FSI state reserve «Koryaksky» ceases to exist as a separate legal entity, and all its rights and obligations are transferred to FSI Kronotsky State Reserve. It thus becomes one of three federally protected areas, Koryaksky and Kronotsky reserves and the South Kamchatka Sanctuary, with a total area of nearly 1.8 million hectares. While Kronotsky Reserve has been steadily developing in the areas of protection, research, and eco-tourism, there was been no progress in Koryaksky Reserve for many years. It has almost no research department or the necessary resources for protecting the territory and creating infrastructure. Koryaksky Reserve"s transfer to the control of FSI Kronotsky State Reserve is eased by the northern territory experience developed over the 80-year history of Kronostky Reserve. Research in various areas will already be conducted in Koryaksky Reserve this summer, and Koryaksky"s territory will be patrolled by Kronotsky Reserve"s state inspectors.Koryaksky Reserve was established in 1995 to protect the sites of migrating and nesting waterfowl; the coastal and marine ecosystems of the southern Bering Sea, which has large seabird colonies; and the whole complex ecosystem of northern Kamchatka. The reserve consists of two separate sections: Goven Peninsula and Parapolsky. Parapolsky is included in the list of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) as a massive waterfowl habitat.
06.04.2015 The spring survey of animal routes has taken place in Kronotsky Reserve
Paths of birds and animals have been traced throughout the reserve territory, included the Uzon-Geyser area, sea coast, Semyachiksky area, Kronotskoye Lake, and Lazovsky cluster area. The surveyors skied 19 trails with a total length of about 350 kilometers. Most surveyors were Kronotsky Reserve state inspectors, but there were also experienced observers as well as beginners. To determine the species of animals by their trackers, surveyors used photo identifiers.Almost all the research groups noted a fairly high number of elk, which have left tracks in nearly all the flood plains of the reserve. Surveyors also recorded many hare tracks. As part of the spring survey, Anna Yachmennikova, a researcher with the Kronotsky Reserve and the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, studied lynx habitats.«We found tracks from a huge lynx. This cat traveled about 16 kilometers along the coast,» said Anna Yachmennikova. «Tracks of three smaller lynx were found in the alpine tundra around Krasheninnikov Volcano.»Survey sheets with information on the number of animal tracks on different routes are currently being processed. The complete data on the number and distribution of birds and animals on the Kronotsky Reserve territory will be released in a new edition of Nature Chronicles.
03.04.2015 Bears are waking up in the Kronotsky Reserve and South Kamchatka Sanctuary
The first bear tracks were spotted by Kronotsky Reserve state inspectors Nikolai Solovyov and Dmitry Fetisov on 13 March. They were on the shore between the mouths of the Tikhaya and Shumnaya rivers. Judging by the size of its paw prints, it was a large male. On 2 April, assistant researcher Alexander Kononov saw bear tracks on the Pacific coast near the Kronoki cordon. In this period, the animals typically feed on sea creatures such as fish and bivalves. They also sometimes eat seal or dead animals. On 31 March, state inspector Constantine Lepsky came face to face with a young bear in the South Kamchatka Sanctuary. He was on a bear patrolling the waters of Kurilskoye Lake and approaching the Samang archipelago, one of the lake"s most picturesque islands, when he saw the bear. It appeared to be about three years old. After watching the man for a while, the young bear hid in a thicket of cedar. Before the sockeye salmon begin to spawn in Kurilskoye Lake, bears have to survive on dead fish, voles, and their reserves. With the start of spring, they can start eating fresh greens.
03.04.2015 Kronotsky Reserve employees held a master class dedicated to International Birds Day
Educators and librarians mastered the technique of decoupage. They turned ordinary sheets of notepaper into magnets decorated with paper birds and flowers. And before the master class began, participants were told some interesting facts about different kinds of birds. The events were opened by Lyudmila Marchenko, deputy head of environmental education at Kronotsky Reserve. She related the history of the environmental holiday International Birds Day, which is celebrated on 1 April. The date wasn"t chosen by chance-it"s the time when migratory birds begin to return to the European part of Russia from warmer countries. In Kamchatka, the mass spring migration begins somewhat later, in mid- to late April. Fyodor Kazansky, researcher at the Kronotsky Reserve, told the teachers and librarians about the evolutionary adaptations of birds in different parts of the world. Fyodor also talked about notable birds such as the Arctic tern, bristle-thighed curlew, bar-tailed godwit, harpy eagle, and other exotic species.
30.03.2015 Alternative energy sources are used in South Kamchatka Sanctuary
The international «Earth Hour» campaign occurred on 28 March. Its purpose is to draw public attention to the need to combat climate change, save water and energy, and reduce emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere. This year, Russia"s reserves and national parks under the purview of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment joined the international event. Participants across the country shut off their outdoor, office and home lights for an hour.«Everyone should economize daily on water, wood, electricity, and natural resources in general. We should think about the rational use of resources regularly, not once a year,» said Sergey Donskoy, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.The Kronotsky Reserve and South Kamchatka Sanctuary use alternative sources of energy year-round: solar panels and wind turbines. In order to ensure efficiency in all areas-protection, scientific research, tourism and environmental education-the Ozerny cordon on the shores of Kurilskoye Lake has a wind turbine with an operating capacity of 1.5 kilowatts as well as solar panels. They charge the batteries needed to run computer equipment and lighting. Solar energy is also used extensively on Kronotsky Lake. In particular, solar cells help power the instruments in the hydrological laboratory in the Istok cordon.
30.03.2015 On 30 March Russia celebrates Volcanologist Day
Of the 300 volcanoes located on the Kamchatka peninsula, 25 are located in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve. Eight of those are active: Kronotsky, Kizimen, Kikhpinych, Gamchen, Vysoky, Taunshits, Krasheninnikov, and Komarov. Four more-Ilyinsky, Kosheleva, Kambelny, and Diky Greben-are located in the South Kamchatka Sanctuary. Given these giants» explosive nature, volcanologists are monitoring them closely. Kronotsky Reserve is visited annually by thousands of tourists who come from all over the world to admire the majestic giants. Photographers give special attention to the volcanoes.«There"s no need to wonder how to "beautify" the picture. By themselves, the volcanoes attract the photographer and the viewer,» said photographer Sergey Krasnoshchekov. «The landscape is perfectly built around them. One of my favorite volcanoes is Kronotsky, with its perfect cone shape. By itself, it is incredibly beautiful, especially when viewed from the other side of the lake. Hardly any other natural object can compete with the force of the impressions left by volcanoes on their viewers.»On any day of the year, but especially today, we must thank volcanologists for their work. They show their courage in their willingness to take risks. At any time of day or night, they are ready to pack up and leave for the next eruption. For the sake of peace among the inhabitants of seismically active regions, they risk their health and even their lives by taking samples of volcanic gases and ash. Dear volcanologists, today we wish you good health, inexhaustible energy, professional success, interesting research and scientific discoveries. May this holiday bring happiness to you and yours!
25.03.2015 Kronotsky Reserve invites you to take part in the campaign «March of Parks 2015»
This year's «March of Parks,» an All-Russia environmental campaign founded by the Center for Wildlife Conservation, has the slogan «Soil-a priceless natural heritage.» The annual event includes a children's literary and art competition, «World of Wilderness.» Entries should focus on animals, plants, and ecosystems somehow connected with topsoil. Kronotsky State Reserve is one of Kamchatka's curators for this campaign. Local participants are asked to select an animal or plant that lives in Kronotsky Reserve or South Kamchatka Sancruary, then draw and write about it for their own fairy tale, story, poem, or essay. Teachers leading participants in this competition should share information with children about specially protected natural areas and the need to preserve their integrity. They should also emphasize the importance of soil conservation to ensure the existence of life on our planet.
23.03.2015 Residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky rescued a male long-tailed duck
Two skiers spotted a pair of oil-covered ducks on the Pacific coast near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It's possible that one of the ships passing through these waters leaked fuel and lubricants. The birds could not fly because their feathers were matted. The women decided to help the birds. Unfortunately, one of the birds was too timid. It evaded the women and most likely died. They managed to catch the second, however, and take it home. There, the bird was washed clean of oil with degreasing dish detergent and fed fish gruel. The bird was then brought back to where it was found. It started to swim in the cold water of the Pacific Ocean, but froze immediately and returned to its saviors. By happy coincidence, Natalia Golub, senior researcher at Kronotsky Reserve, was skiing along the coast at the same time. The women asked her for help. The group of rescuers decided to consult Fyodor Kazansky, researcher at Kronotsky Reserve. They called the ornithologist right away and sent him a picture of the bird. It turned out that it was a male long-tailed duck, which was changing its winter plumage for mating season. The duck could not swim in the cold water because cleaning the oil off its feathers also washed away a natural layer of fat, which keeps its feathers dry and the bird itself warm. On the recommendation of Fyodor Kazansky, the bird was warmed up and brought home for treatment. A bird has a special gland in its coccyx that secretes a lubricant for its skin and feathers. Expressing that gland helps maintain feathers' water-repellent and elastic qualities. After several days of intensive care, the mail long-tailed duck recovered its water-repelling ability. It is now able to swim and dive in cold seawater to get its main food-shrimp and other crustaceans.
A sea otter's fur is the most expensive in the world. Long ago, there were so many sea otters here that Kronotsky Bay was called «Beaver Sea», but in the mid-18th century they were wiped out.


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Skullgirls to be Removed From PSN, XBL at Konami's Request
Konami has asked that Skullgirls be removed from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, just before the new additions and tweaks to the game could be made.
An article on CVG informed us that Mike Zaimont, design director on Skullgirls, announced on a Twitch stream Konami has requested that the game be pulled from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Skullgirls would disappear from the PSN on Dec. 17 and from Xbox Live on Dec. 31.
It would seem that Konami requested the removal of the game since it has ended its relationship with Lab Zero, but did so without the developer's knowledge. It wasn't until the requests were approved did Lab Zero find out that the game would be taken down.
Zaimont said, "[Co-publisher] Autumn Games asked if Konami would extend the deadline to the 31st and Konami said Sony wouldn't let us. Then Sony asked Konami if they would extend the deadline and they said Autumn won't let us. Then they asked [Konami] together and we haven't got a response."
As a result, Lab Zero is working on another build of Skullgirls to be published by Autumn Games. This version will include Squigly and the beta changes that they were going to make. Hopefully we'll see an Autumn Games-published version of Skullgirls before the winter break.


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No. 1 Indiana holds off Nebraska 76-47
Hoosiers regained share of league lead with victory
INDIANAPOLIS — Cody Zeller scored 16 points and Christian Watford finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 Indiana pull away from Nebraska 76-47 on Wednesday night.
The Hoosiers (22-3, 10-2 Big Ten) have won seven of eight and regained a share of the league lead. They are tied with Michigan State.
But it sure wasn't easy against Nebraska (12-13, 3-9), which frustrated Indiana by limiting possessions and repeatedly taking the shot clock inside of 10 seconds in the first half. Dylan Talley scored 10 of his 16 points in the first half to lead the Cornhuskers.
Indiana took charge after Zeller went to the bench with his second foul midway through the first half. It used a 10-0 run to take a 21-14 lead and closed the half on a 6-0 run to make it 27-18, then opened the second half on another 6-0 run.
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