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Jojo the Super Corgi: Surfing, Snowboarding Pup Wins at Life
This pup helps other animals in need through social media stardom.By: Jenni Miller
Superman has the power of flight and X-ray vision. Wonder Woman has her Lasso of Truth and powerful bracelets. And Batman has, of course, all of his gadgets and money. None of them are any match for Jojo, a Corgi who uses his powers of surfing and snowboarding to raise attention and money for animals in need.
Like many superheroes, Jojo has an incredible origin story that could have ended in tragedy. Two years ago, Jojo and his human, Josephine Hearn, were viciously attached by two bigger dogs in the apartment complex where they lived at the time. Josephine's husband Ryan was deployed overseas, and the couple had planned to have a small wedding with friends and family when he returned. But Jojo's medical needs came first.
"I needed to use our wedding money for that surgery or else they wouldn't work on him," says Hearn. "We sacrifice for what's important to us, and for me it was Jojo's life. I wouldn't know what to do without him."
Jojo did water therapy as his post-surgery rehab, and since the Hearns were already outdoorsy people who enjoyed surfing and swimming at the beach, it seemed like a perfect fit to bring Jojo along for the ride. It was a happy accident when they found they could rest their pooch on a surfboard without a problem—and not only that, Jojo liked it.
"When we put the board down, he would go to it and be ready to surf or snowboard," says Hearn. "I love it because we get to bond as a family—it's super fun and stress free."
After Jojo's attack, Hearn turned to the Instagram community "to seek support and see if any others went through the same trauma." She wanted to assist others who experienced similarly scary events. Hearn found the community she was looking for, but Instagram also turned into an outlet for showcasing Jojo's unique outdoor activities and adventurous spirit. Photos of the Corgi surfing, snowboarding and dressing up in all kinds of costumes helped rocket the pup to internet stardom.
But how do you capture a Corgi on the move? The Hearns catch Jojo hanging ten or shredding snow on their iPhones and a GoPro3. You can find Jojo riding the waves at Huntington Beach and Del Mar, Calif., and Oahu, Hawaii, with plans to hit international waters in the future.
While Jojo's daredevil lifestyle has brought in a lot of followers (over 58,000), Hearn chalks up her dog's success to "his smile, his drive, his focus, [and] his calm personality." Together, Jojo and Hearn use their online influence to help animal shelters and services by participating in events and fundraising activities. "We are all about helping dogs and furfriends," says Hearn.
You can keep up with Jojo's adorable antics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Saudis get how to dress. I haven't seen one distastefully clothed person since I've been here. This county doesn't have the equivalent of that lady at Walmart in sweatpants, with "Princess"
bedazzled across a stained, baggy shirt. You just don't see things like that here. Even the lower classes wear tasteful button downs and slacks. Because Saudis get how to dress.
Saudis get how to have a good time. Once I got settled in Al Kharj, I haven't had one occasion to feel bored. Trips to the desert, having coffee, playing soccer, going to the mall, going out to eat, seeing farms, going to museums and galleries… You get the point. Once I got settled in and met some local people, I have not had a single occasion to feel bored. Sometimes, on the weekends, I've actually wished I could have a little more time to myself. The best part is that Saudis know how to have a dance party without alcohol. Saudis get how to have a good time.
Saudis get good food. Oh me, oh my… Have I been barefoot since I got here? Because the food is consistently rocking my socks off. Kabobs, shwarmas, kabsa, delicious pastries, with all of it washed down by top notch tea and coffee – I'm havingh to do a lot of exercise to keep the weight off. One month in and I've been successful so far, but the food here is very carb heavy. Every dish comes with a pile of rice or flatbread, often both. But I think the food is still healthier here then in America. The meat is usually lean, chicken or lamb, and the dishes contain a lot of whole foods, especially fresh vegetables. Despite the desert climate, Saudis grow many vegetables with the use of greenhouses. The city I'm in, Al Kharj, is an agricultural center, and we have a produce market with tons of cheap veggies just a few blocks from our apartment. The food is always absent of preservatives and other chemicals, unlike in America. A burger from McDonalds just tastes like, well, a burger – almost a little bland, really, compared to the MSG and sodium laced stuff in America. And the food is here is so cheap. I can get top notch shwarma or a filling dish of curry for 6 or 7 riyals – less then two US dollars.
Saudis get progress. Hear me out here. I don't want to get anyone in trouble – myself included – so I'm going to stay away from specifics. But there are two elements in this country – the system, imposed by a well-meaning but archaic hierarchy. The other element is popular opinion. From the many talks I've had with students, it seems clear that popular a opinion is yearning for change. For obvious reasons, I can't say much more. Maybe this picture can say what I can't. Saudis get change.
Saudis get how to shop. Malls are one of the primary recreational outlets here. And they're more then just a place to buy goods. They're cultural centers and places to socialize. This building is Riyadh is home to one top notch mall – it is also the tallest building in the Kingdom at 99 stories. Saudis definitely know how to shop.
Saudis get generosity. In other posts, I've talked about people giving rides to strangers, and about people never being to busy for another person. I've been literally overwhelmed by Saudi generosity – as I mentioned, by the end of last weekend, I was actually craving some time to myself. But we just had too many friends that wanted to entertain us, show us around, give us a good time. Because Saudis get generosity.
Oh one more thing. Saudis DEFINITELY get WWE. And how about Brock Lesner defeating Triple H?! Go South Dakota!

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I found a pair of jeans at the thrift store for $2. What a steal! Our thrift store has half off certain color tags each week and I found a pair that was half off $3.99. Score! I love that this pair is a dark denim. The lighter colored threads that are woven into the denim make a great contrast in the fringe.
I've got to tell you, I'm not usually all about measuring and marking and being all methodical. I did it for this post in case you're that type of person.
I figured I wanted my fringe about 4 inches long. I measured with a ruler up to 4 inches and made a little mark on each side.
Unfortunately, my fabric marker was not cooperating as well as I would have hoped.
Then I drew a line from each side to make the mark that I would cut up to. Then I put a mark every 1/2" to show where to cut up to that line. Then I cut.
Easy peasy. When the strips were cut, I pulled out the stitches in the hem of each strip. It was pretty easy except for the strips that were part of the original seam.
Next, wash the jeans in the washer and throw them into the dryer to dry. I thought maybe I'd need to wash and dry them more than once to get the fringe that I'd like, but they were good after just one wash and dry.
|About to go in the dryer and get fringy-er!!
So, this is what I do when I'm not buying dry ice or microwaving soccer socks! Ha! Trying to figure out how to get a picture of my newly created fringe jeans. As you can see, the photography didn't work out really well for me. But, I think you can get the idea of the fringe on the jeans.
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spunout necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 208 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
Fresh Purl
I own a yarn store, with up market, unique yarns. Our target market are 20-40 year old knitters, who are computer savvy, with disposable incomes. I was a fresh, contemporary design, maybe even 'modern vintage'.
I also have a spinning store http://www.spunout.com.au, and the logo was 99 designed!
Think young, think classy, think simple, not clichéd.
I don't really want anything sheepy, and the examples of logos I have used that have sheep in are more about the style rather than an actual sheep, ie vintage style or sketched.
I've attached photos of what a skein of yarn looks like, so you could loosely incorporate that into the design, should you feel it fits? I'd rather not have the 'round ball of yarn' image, as a lot of knitting yarn on the market is sold in these twisted hanks.
We don't cater for granny knitters AT ALL.
Our website will have lots of white space, very similar to the hand spinning store mentioned above.
Two colours max, possibly sketched black/grey logo. Try me!
If you have an idea that is outside of the spec, let me know. You're the designers, so if you have input that I might not have thought of, that could help.
Above all, please ask me if you are confused by my spec, as I am happy to provide links to websites that I like the look and feel of.
Many of the images I have uploaded below are hanks of yarn before they are wound into balls to be knit with. A lot of more expensive yarns are produced this way, as they look beautiful hanging in yarn stores!!
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Strength Cure Shampoo
Gentle, concentrated and sulfate free, Strength Cure Shampoo for damaged hair helps fortify micro-scarred color-treated hair and provides a velvety-soft finish, while the soothing blend of lavender, honey inspired accord, peach and vanilla consume the senses.
Bring back your good hair days. Underneath damaged hair remains the healthy hair you had before. Reveal it with the Pureology Strength Cure gentle repair, sulfate-free shampoo. By removing dull residue, hair is stronger, softer and shinier with maximum growth potential.
Strength Cure features exclusive Asta-Repair with Astaxanthin, a powerful nature-derived antioxidant, plus Keravis, Ceramide and Arginine to help heal and repair damaged, micro-scarred hair. Strength Cure replaces the Cysteine bonds to restore strength and add softness, while exclusive AntiFade Complex® protects color vibrancy. The signature aromatherapy blend is lavender, honey inspired accord, peach and vanilla.
- Hair feels 97% stronger after one use*
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- Removes dulling residues with maximum respect for the scarred, sensitized cuticle
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There are tons of ideas out there on how to cover furniture with different materials: fabric, paper, etc. But HOW do you get just the right shape? After a few attempts with this little baby, I have a great solution. Because the top of my magazine stand was an intricate shape, I laid a piece of tissue paper on top of it and traced around the edges with the side of a pencil. By doing this I got the exact shape I needed to cut out of paper.
I taped the tissue paper right side facing the wrong side of my wrapping paper and cut around it. Result: a perfectly fitting piece of paper to grace the top.
Then I mod podged the paper to the top. By laying down the paper on the mod podge slowly, and massaging the bubbles out as I went, it decreased the bumpiness of the finished product.


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At Countryside Animal Hospital, we can perform a number of on-site laboratory tests to ensure that your pet gets the care they deserve. If there is a test your pet requires that we don't offer, we have established relationships with a number of off-site laboratories that can help. We aim for our laboratory testing to be thorough, reliable, and efficient, ensuring that we get the answers we need about your pet as quickly as possible. Here are some of the laboratory tests we most frequently perform at our veterinary clinic:
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
This blood test measures the number of red and white blood cells, as well as the platelets. This test can give your vet the information they need to diagnose infections, anemia, and leukemia. If your furry friend is currently being treated for a condition, a CBC can help your vet assess how well your pet is responding.
A urinalysis allows your vet to identify if there are any abnormal substances in your pet's urine, such as sugar, protein, or blood. The concentration of urine can also be helpful in the diagnosis of illness. This type of test is commonly used to diagnose UTIs, diabetes, kidney problems, and dehydration.
Blood-Chemistry Panel
A blood-chemistry panel informs the vet of the electrolyte levels, enzymes, and chemical elements of your pet's blood. This is an indication of how your dog or cat's organs are functioning. This test is also helpful in diagnosing illness, as well as monitoring how your pet is responding to treatment. This can also inform your vet if further tests need to be conducted.
Heartworm Test
If your vet has reason to believe your pet has heartworms, they may call for a heartworm test. This will inform them of the presence of microfilariae (adult heartworm offspring) in their blood.
Fecal Exam
Fecal matter can help your vet detect clues of different diseases, including digestive issues, internal bleeding, and disorders of the pancreas. They can also confirm the presence of intestinal parasites such as tapeworm, whipworm, hookworm, and giardia.
Skin Scraping
This is a common test of dermatological concerns. Your vet will scrape a sample of your pet's skin to examine under a microscope. This can tell the vet if there are any parasites on the skin, or certain types of fungi.
Thyroid Function Test
A thyroid function test tells your veterinarian if the thyroid gland is not producing hormones the way that it should. By measuring hormone concentrations in the blood, your vet can have insight as to whether or not the thyroid is functioning properly.
Fine-Needle Aspirates
In the event that your pet has a strange lump on their skin, your vet may use a hollow needle to retrieve a sample of cells. This enables them to examine it for cancer or certain infections.
At Countryside Animal Hospital, we aim to provide your pet with the care they need to live a healthy life. Contact us to learn more about our laboratory testing!


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La Manga Club Accommodation
Located in a Spanish "pueblo-style village" in La Manga Club is where holidaymakers will find the Las Lomas apartments.
Overlooking the North Golf Course, the domiciles consist of spacious one, two and three-bedroom apartments.
Studios developments are also available for those on family holidays in La Manga Club.
The apartments are set in a village which boasts its own restaurants and mini-market.
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Built around a central plaza area, La Manga Club's Bellaluz apartments are perfect for those wishing to retain their sense of cutting edge style and sophistication while on a Spanish holiday.
For those who seek luxury holidays in Spain there is a wide range of shops, boutiques, and restaurants to enjoy at the complex in La Manga Resort.
Sporty holidaymakers are also located close to the tennis centre, golf courses and football academy.
Bellaluz apartments are located in their own village at La Manga Club which has a unique character of its own.
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Located at the far end of La Manga Club, El Forestal villas offer holidaymakers seclusion, luxury and tranquillity.
El Forestal villas are situated close to Beach Cove. Beach Cove is La Manga Club's private beach, sometimes referred to as La Cala Beach Cove.
The secluded beach lies on the Mediterranean coast and is in easy reach of those staying at El Forestal villas.
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Hard working Britons can look forward to luxurious and relaxing holidays in La Manga Club if they stay at Montemares apartments.
Located in the southern part of La Manga Club, Montemares offers stylish villas alongside a selection of two, three and four-bedroom apartments.
Situated close to the Mediterranean coast, the villas have a modern feel with features including broadband and wireless internet connection, air conditioning for the summer months and ducted heating for the winter alongside satellite television with UK channels.
Most holidaymakers will prefer looking out to the coast however, with the majority of villas offering views out to the Mar Menor inland sea.
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Food-loving British holidaymakers may soon be taking their flights to Alicante to feed their fantasy of a perfect break.
Travelbite.co.uk has reported that holidaymakers can enjoy their Spanish holidays by taking a "gastronomic voyage" and journeying along the paella trail in Valencia.
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El Pinar Apartments at La Manga Club are among the most luxurious apartments for those enjoying Spanish holidays to reside in.
Built into the surrounding hillside, the apartments offer enviable views out to Mar Menor and to golf courses in La Manga Club resort.
El Pinar Apartments look onto an outdoor pool area that is shared between residents, offering holidaymakers a sociable yet secluded feel to their luxury holiday in La Manga Club.
The residence also has a central position within the resort and is therefore ideal for families looking to take advantage of the sporting facilities available on a holiday in La Manga Club.
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Britons taking flights to Murcia will find themselves in the vicinity of the illustrious La Manga Club, home to the Los Naranjos villas.
This collection of villas is in actuality a small community development, comprising of two, three and four-bedroomed individual villas.
The development is located within close distance of nearby restaurants, shops and activity centres which include golfing facilities, an internationally celebrated tennis centre, top of the range footballing institute and a horseriding centre.
Accommodation is to a high-standard and is perfect for families thanks to the two pools included.
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La Manga Club is located in easy reach of Murcia Airport and close to the popular resort of Alicante.
And guests staying at La Manga Club's luxury Las Palmeras Apartments can enjoy stunning vistas across the resort's famous golf courses to the inland sea Mar Menor and out to the Mediterranean.
The Las Palmeras Apartments are idyllically set behind the Par 47 putting green, one of the most idyllic spots in all of La Manga Club.
Regarded as one of the best value apartments in La Manga Club, the apartments boast stunning interiors complete with marbled floors.
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Holidaymakers heading for the pine covered southern hills of La Manga Club can enjoy staying at the luxurious Las Palmitas Villas.
The development offers fantastic views of the La Manga Club resort and further past this to the Mar Menor.
Perfect for families who desire some privacy on their Spanish holidays, Las Palmitas is one of the newest and most secure of the La Manga Club developments.
Swimmers will no doubt be thrilled by the heated and spacious communal pool.
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For spectacular views and plenty of comfort on a holiday to La Manga Club, why not book into Monte Verde Villas.
Situated at an elevated position the villas offer fantastic views all around down to the south golf course and beyond to the beautiful Mar Menor.
Perfect for those who wish to enjoy tranquillity while on a Spanish holiday, the development benefits from a peaceful setting, idyllic backdrop and quality specifications.
Those taking family holidays in Spain can book into a two, three or four bedroom apartment, complete with open plan living area meaning that travellers have privacy and yet can relax in a sociable atmosphere.
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We are pleased to offer our citizens, businesses, and visitors access to government services online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.We are fulfilling our promise to deliver powerful e-government services and provide valuable information about the community while making your interactions with us more efficient, convenient, and interactive. As an anonymous viewer you can view building permit information (i.e. history) and check status of applications for parcels in the Town's jurisdiction. The public can view pending and issued building permits from November, 1993 forward via the web. Building permit history prior to November, 1993 is available to view via Laserfiche at the Town Building Division Counter Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. As a Registered User, the Town's new Online Permitting System is your link to apply, pay for, and receive select types of Residential Permits only. The following Residential permits are now available via the Online Permits System: Electrical Service Panel (200 AMPs or lower), Copper Repipe, Water Heater replacement (same type and location), Water Line repair, Furnace, Air Conditioner and Condenser repair/replacement (same location) for parcels in the Town's jurisdiction. To schedule an inspection, you must register. Once you login, click "Search Permit" and type in the permit number located on the inspection card in the top right corner. In order to schedule an inspection, the status of the permit must be in "issued" status. The inspector will bring your inspection card once the inspection is scheduled. All inspection requests must be processed from the On-Line Permit System by 12:00 P.M. (noon) the previous business day. If you are in a County pocket, please contact Santa Clara County Building Department at (408) 299-5770. Contractors and Town of Los Gatos' property owners can register to use the system to create any of the above permits on the online Permits System. Contractors - Classes C10, C20 and C36 only can obtain online permits (Register online) and must have a current Business License with the Town in order to obtain permits.We trust this will provide you with a new, higher level of service that makes living and working in our community a more enjoyable experience.
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Did an Israeli Drone-Maker Carry Out an Attack on Armenian Troops?
Israel's ministry of defense investigates recent strike allegedly done at the request of Azerbaijan
WIB air August 16, 2017 Robert Beckhusen
In July 2017, representatives from Aeronautics Defense Systems — an Israeli company specializing in drones — allegedly arrived in Azerbaijan on a sales trip for the firm's Orbiter 1K unmanned aerial vehicle. This particular drone, really a loitering smart bomb, is designed to fly above the battlefield before diving onto a ground target and exploding.
Once in the country, the Azerbaijani military asked the representatives to test the drone on unsuspecting Armenian soldiers, according to a recent report by the Israeli newspaper Maariv. Azerbaijan and Armenia have engaged in a low-boil conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region for more than 30 years.
Two Israeli drone operators reportedly refused, and after being threatened by the company's senior representatives on the trip, those representatives took over and sent two explosive-laden Orbiter 1Ks on an attack mission. Luckily for the Armenians, the attack was unsuccesful, with the drones missing their target by around 330 feet.
We know something happened. The Armenian Defense Ministry previously noted in statement that soldiers from the Artsakh Defense Army — the Armenian military force in Nagorno-Karabakh — came under attack on July 7 from Azerbaijani drones which failed to cause any damage.
If Israeli arms merchants were involved, the incident would be an appalling ethical breach and possibly unlawful, as it would involve Israelis participating in a foreign conflict without approval from the government.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense took the report seriously enough to open an investigation into the company, which denies the report stating it "never carries out demonstrations … on live targets, and that was true in this case as well." [Our emphasis.]
Which means the "demonstration" did indeed occur, except no Israelis were at the controls. Or they were — and deliberately missed.
Azerbaijan does possess Israeli-manufactured "kamikaze" drones, part of $5 billion worth of Israeli military equipment acquired by the country's military.
A graphic example of these terrifying, loitering munitions dates to April 2016, when fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh flared into one of the most intense periods of hostilities in the region in years. A Harop drone supplied to the Azerbaijani military by Israel Aerospace Industries was caught on camera diving onto a bus transporting Armenian soldiers, seven of whom died in the attack.
Azerbaijani Pres. Ilham Aliyev with a locally-made version of the Orbiter 1K, known as 'Zarba.' Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense photos
The catapult-launched Orbiter 1K carries a small, 2.5-kilogram warhead — possibly an experimental DIME weapon given the reported presence of tungsten, which acts as a powdered "micro-shrapnel."
The warhead is capable of air bursts, time-delayed blasts or exploding upon impact. This is a lesser punch than the Harop, which has a 23-kilogram warhead, and the Orbiter 1K has a lower endurance — two to three hours as opposed to the Harop's six — and can reach an altitude of 5,500 meters.
The Orbiter 1K's small size is due to it being an adaptation of a light surveillance drone, which Azerbaijan also acquired and manufactures. Azerbaijani Pres. Ilham Aliyev was photographed next to an Orbiter 1K under construction in Baku in September 2016, and Azerbaijan claimed to have begun producing the self-exploding drones under license this year under the name "Zarba."
That representatives from Aeronautics Defense System were in the country in 2017 for a potential sale is therefore curious, although the Armenian military blog Razm theorized that Azerbaijan may have run into troubles producing or testing the drones.
What is clear is that Azerbaijan does possess — and has used — these loitering munitions, which are likely to become increasingly common above the world's battlefields, and built by companies eager to sell them.


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The Glass Garden & Boutique
969 Golf Course Drive
Suite B
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 293-9917
10:00-6:30 Monday-Thursday. 10:00-6:00 Friday-Saturday. 10:00-5:00 Sunday
We are RP only gift shop & a big supporter of local artist. Come help us support them and enjoy a great store. We also carry Crystals, cards, garden items and so much more. Come enjoy a great venue.
We are in the Mountain Shadows Plaza on the corner of Country Club & Golf Course next to Starbucks.


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There are numerous reasons for dog digging. Your dog may want to dig a hole to keep warm in the winter or cool on a sunny day. He may be genetically predisposed to dig for mice or small animals, which is particularly true of certain breeds like terriers. Your dog could also be digging out of boredom or just for fun.
Regardless of why your dog has this particular behavior problem, the best way to stop dog digging is to manage and redirect the behavior.
Supervise your dog
The easiest way to keep your dog from digging up the yard is to keep an eye on him when he's outside. If you can't watch him, then it's best to bring him indoors.
Provide daily exercise
Many dog behavior problems are caused by lack of exercise, including dog digging. Exercise your dog for at least 20 minutes before leaving him alone. Be sure to include some obedience training exercises. The goal is to wear him out both mentally and physically so he'll be too tired to dig while you're away.
Refocus your dog's desire to dig
Sometimes you can stop dog digging by refocusing the habit on something more constructive. If you give your dog something enjoyable to do, he'll be too busy to dig holes. Two products that could keep your dog occupied and out of the dirt are:
Boomer Ball – A boomer ball is a great way to displace your dog's digging behavior. It's a hollow plastic ball that's resistant to chewing and scratching. They come in 10 and 20 inch diameters and can be filled with pebbles or bells to make a tantalizing noise. Once your dog learns how to push it with his nose, he won't want to stop. Make sure your yard is fenced-in to keep him safe.
Indestructible Chew Toys – Turn your dog's digging into a beneficial chewing habit with quality chew toys. If he has something good to chew on he should forget about digging holes in the backyard. Look for toys you can fill with treats or peanut butter to keep his interest. (See our chew toy guide for ideas.)
Build a digging pit
If you've tried everything and still can't stop your dog from digging, why not give him a place of his own to dig in? Decide on an acceptable place for your dog to dig and make a pit, similar to a child's sandbox. Bury lots of fun stuff in it like your dog's favorite treats and chew toys or whatever else you think he would love to dig up. If you can, build the pit around an old tree stump. Digging at the roots will keep his attention on the pit instead of your yard. Once your dog discovers how exciting his new digging pit can be, he won't want to dig anywhere else.
It can be hard to stop dog digging, especially if your dog has a genetic tendency for the behavior. But, with a little ingenuity, you can redirect his habit and save your lawn.


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One of the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)–the establishment of insurance exchanges–is scheduled to kick in this October 1. Under the law, Americans not covered through work will be able to comparison shop for health insurance plans in an online marketplace. Come January 2014, most consumers will be required to have health insurance or face a penalty.
The original intent was that each state would set up its own exchange. However, many states, mostly with Republican governors, have not been interested in doing so. Thus the federal government will be taking on the running of exchanges in more than half of the states.
The ACA has established four broad coverage plans—Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum—with benefits varying based on out-of-pocket expenses consumers will pay. The Bronze plan is least expensive but requires a co-pay of 40%. In contrast, in the most expensive Gold plan, the insured will have a co-pay of about 10%. Lower income consumers will have their premiums subsidized by the federal government.
Both state- and federally-run exchanges require insurers to offer 10 basic benefits, including hospitalization, emergency care, newborn and maternity care, and prescription drugs. For the first, time insurers will be prohibited from denying coverage to individuals with pre-existing medical conditions. Premiums for elderly insured can be no higher than three-times the premiums charged for younger consumers.
State officials are attempting to streamline offerings to avoid the confusion that occurred in Massachusetts in 2007, when that state implemented universal healthcare with too many plan options.


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Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera is one of the forefathers of modern street art in Mexico. His murals and frescos left indelible impressions and squared us with his insights as a controversial and vocal Mexican nationalist, atheist, and communist. While his artwork was commissioned by various parties, Rivera never, or hardly ever, compromised his message. This was sometimes a problem, as Rivera fearlessly lent his voice to the hard work, blue collar labourers of Mexico.
Many of the murals and frescos Rivera created are still standing in Mexico City, in the historic centre – Centro. Make your way here post-haste and see one of Rivera's incredible creations up close.
Creation (1922), Rivera's first government-commissioned mural, is an allegorical composition that depicts wisdom and science as the creator and originator of life and its relationship with the Holy Trinity, pictured at the top. Adam and Eve are present below along with the nine muses, and Christian virtues: love, hope, faith, prudence, justice, and strength. The painting technique is encaustic, a method that uses an applied pigment suspended in molten wax. Rivera was armed with a pistol while he created his mural. It was so controversial for the time that the right-wing students of the school were a threat to Rivera's safety. Find Creation at Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Colegio de San Ildefonso.
Nelson Rockefeller, former US vice president, and descendant of one of the wealthiest families in the history of the United States, commissioned Rivera to paint a mural in the Rockefeller Center in New York City. The vision for the mural: a man at a crossroads looking toward a better future. The Rockefellers called it, 'New Frontiers.' Rivera unveiled Man at the Crossroads (1932), a mural that would be covered up and then destroyed two years later. Under the pressure of staying true to his beliefs, Rivera was provoked by his peers and community who told him he sold out, so he made some changes. The finished mural depicted Rockefeller on the left as a rich playboy and noted communists on the right, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. Rivera recreated the mural in Mexico City and named it, Man, Controller of the Universe (1934) which you can find at Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park (1946), was originally painted for theHOTEL del Prado in Mexico City. This mural depicts some of Mexico's most influential figures, including the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes who colonialized Mexico, artist Jose Guadalupe Posada standing next to La Catrina, Frida Kahlo, and a student at the Academy of Letran named Ignacio Ramirez who is holding a sign stating his (and Rivera's) view, 'God does not exist.' Rivera was asked to remove the sign to appease Catholic officials, but he refused. The hotel covered the mural with a screen to censor Rivera's message. After nine years, Rivera finally agreed to remove the sign, but not without acknowledging the compromise. "To affirm that Goes does not exist, I do not have to hide behind Don Ignacio Ramirez," Rivera's quoted as saying in a biography of his life written by his American assistant of 10 years, Philip Stein. "I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis." Find Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park at Museo Mural Diego Rivera.


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The Sound of the Bavarian Postillon, by Friedrich Ortlieb, 1890
Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt am Main.
The postillon sits in the stable next to his horse after the day's work. He is excercising the melodies for the postillon's horn and has the music book in front of him. He probably is preparing himself for the annual contest for postillion horn blowers, an important event in that time. The horse turns its head towards the music book leaning against a beer mug, but in fact it will be the smell of the beer that attracts its attention.


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text: Ā Adam's Publications Adam Sobel's Publications (And manuscripts in review, press, etc., with links to collaborators) Peer-reviewed journal articles Either use the list below, or my profile on ResearcherID, ORCID, or Google Scholar. 2020 (incl. in review or press) Lee, Camargo, Vitart, Sobel, Camp, Wang, Tippett, and Yang, 2020: Sub-seasonal predictions of tropical cyclone occurrence and ACE in the S2S dataset. Weather and Forecasting, in press. PDF file Nie, Dai, and Sobel 2020: Dry and moist dynamics shape regional patterns of extreme precipitation sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in press. Camargo and coauthors, 2020: Characteristics of model tropical cyclone climatology and the large-scale environment. Journal of Climate, in press. Martin, Vitart, Wang, and Sobel, 2020: The impact of the stratosphere on the MJO in a forecast model. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2019JD032106. Bieli, Sobel, Camargo, Murakami, and Vecchi, 2020: Application of the cyclone phase space to extratropical transition in a global climate model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, in press. PDF file Shepherd and Sobel, 2020: Localness in climate change. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, in press. PDF file Lee, Camargo, Sobel, and Tippett, 2020: Statistical-dynamical downscaling projections of tropical cyclone activity in a warming climate: Two diverging genesis scenarios. Journal of Climate, in press. PDF file Bieli, Sobel, Camargo, and Tippett, 2020: A statistical model to predict the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones. Weather and Forecasting, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-19-0045.1. PDF file 2019 Camargo, Camp, Elsberry, Gregory, Klotzbach, Schreck, Sobel, Ventrice, Vitart, Wang, Wheeler, Yamaguchi, and Zhan, 2019: Tropical cyclone prediction on subseasonal time-scales. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 8, 150, doi: 10.6057/2019TCRR03.04. abstract & full text (open access). Ma, Sobel, Kuang, Singh, and Nie, 2019: A moist entropy budget view of the South Asian summer monsoon onset. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, doi:10.1029/2019GL082089. PDF file Wang, Tippett, Sobel, Martin, and Vitart, 2019: Impact of the QBO on prediction and predictability of the MJO convection. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2019JD030575. PDF file Moon, Kim, Camargo, Wing, Sobel, Murakami, Reed, Scoccimarro, Vecchi, Wehner, Zarzycki, and Zhao, 2019: Wind and thermodynamic structures of tropical cyclones in global climate models and their sensitivity to horizontal resolution. Journal of Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0172.1. PDF file Sobel, Lee, Camargo, Mandli, Emanuel, Mukhopadhyay, and Mahakur, 2019: Tropical cyclone hazard to Mumbai in the recent historical climate. Monthly Weather Review, 147, 2355-2366. PDF file Maher, Gerber, Medeiros, Merlis, Sherwood, Sheshadri, Sobel, Vallis, Voigt, and Zurita-Gotor, 2019: Model hierarchies for understanding atmospheric circulation. Reviews of Geophysics, 57, 250-280. Wing, Camargo, Sobel, Kim, Moon, Murakami, Reed, Vecchi, Wehner, Zarzycki, and Zhao, 2019: Moist static energy budget analysis of tropical cyclone formation and intensification in high-resolution climate models. Journal of Climate, 32, 6071-6095. PDF file Maloney and many co-authors, 2019: A framework for process-oriented evaluation of climate and weather forecasting models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100, 1665-1686. PDF file Martin, Wang, Nie, and Sobel, The influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation on the Madden-Julian oscillation in idealized cloud-resolving simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 76, 669-688. PDF file Sobel, Camargo, and Previdi, 2019: Aerosol vs. greenhouse gas effects on tropical cyclone potential intensity and the hydrologic cycle. Journal of Climate, 32, 5511-5527, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0357.1. PDF file Bieli, Camargo, Sobel, Evans, and Hall, 2019a: A global climatology of extratropical transition, Part I: Characteristics across basins. Journal of Climate, 32, 3557-3582. PDF file Bieli, Camargo, Sobel, Evans, and Hall, 2019b: A global climatology of extratropical transition, Part II: Statistical performance of the cyclone phase space. Journal of Climate, 32, 3583-3597. PDF file 2018 Nie, Sobel, Shaevitz, and Wang, 2018: Dynamic amplification of extreme precipitation sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1800357115. Open access, link goes to full text. Wang, Ma, Sobel, and Tippett, 2018: Propagation characteristics of BSISO indices. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 9934-9943, doi: 10.1029/2018GL078321. Wang, Sobel, Tippett, and Vitart, 2018: Prediction and predictability of tropical intraseasonal convection: seasonal dependence and the Maritime Continent prediction barrier. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4492-9. PDF file Sobel, Pillai, et al., 2018: Improving Lead Time for Tropical Cyclone Forecasting: Review of Operational Practices and Implications for Bangladesh. World Bank, Washington, DC, 56 pp. PDF file Biasutti and coauthors, 2018: Global energetics and local physics as drivers of past, present and future monsoons. Nature Geoscience, 11, 392-400. Shepherd and coauthors, 2018: Storylines: an alternative approach to representing uncertainty in physical aspects of climate change. Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584-018-2317-9. PDF file Lee, Camargo, Sobel, Vitart, and Tippett, 2018b: Sub-seasonal tropical cyclone genesis prediction and MJO in the S2S dataset. Weather and Forecasting, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-17-0165.1. PDF file Wang, Lee, Waliser, Zhang, Sobel, Maloney, Li, Jiang, and Ha, 2018: Dynamics-oriented diagnostics for the Madden-Julian oscillation. Journal of Climate, 31, 3117-3135. PDF file Tandon, Zhang, and Sobel, 2018: Understanding the dynamics of future changes in extreme precipitation intensity. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1002/2017GL076361. Lee, Tippett, Sobel, and Camargo, 2018a: An environmentally forced tropical cyclone hazard model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, DOI: 10.1002/2017MS001186. PDF file Kim, Moon, Camargo, Wing, Sobel, Murakami, Vecchi, Zhao, and Page, 2018: Process-oriented diagnosis of tropical cyclones in high-resolution GCMs. Journal of Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0269.1. PDF file 2017 Adames, Kim, Sobel, Del Genio, and Wu, 2017: Characterization of moist processes associated with changes in the propagation of the MJO with increasing CO2. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9, doi: 10.1002/2017MS001040. Open access, link goes to full text. Wang, Tippett, Sobel, and Anichowski, 2017: Seasonal noise vs. subseasonal signal: forecasts of California precipitation during the unusual winters of 2015-16 and 2016-17. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL075052. Allen, Tippett, Kaheil, Sobel, Lepore, and Nong, 2017: An extreme value model for United States hail size. Monthly Weather Review, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0119.1 PDF file Nakamura, Camargo, Sobel, Henderson, Emanuel, Kumar, LaRow, Murakami, Roberts, Scoccimarro, Vidale, Wang, Wehner, and Zhao, 2017: Western north Pacific tropical cyclone model tracks in present and future climates. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1002/2017JD027007. Adames, Kim, Sobel, and Del Genio, 2017: Changes in the structure and propagation of the MJO with increasing CO2. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9, doi:10.1002/2017MS000913. Open access, link goes to full text. Wang and Sobel, 2017: Factors controlling rain on small tropical islands: diurnal cycle, large-scale wind speed, and topography. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0344.1. PDF file Anber, Wang, and Sobel 2017: Coupling with ocean mixed layer leads to intraseasonal variability in tropical deep convection - evidence from cloud-resolving simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9, 616-626, doi:10.1002/2016MS000803. Open access, link goes to full text. Duvel, Camargo, and Sobel, 2017: Role of the convection scheme in modeling initiation and intensification of tropical depressions over the North Atlantic. Monthly Weather Review, 145, 1495-1509. PDF file Waugh, Sobel, and Polvani, 2017: What is the polar vortex, and how does it influence weather? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98, 37-44. PDF file 2016 Sobel, Camargo, Hall, Lee, Tippett, and Wing, 2016: Human influence on tropical cyclone intensity. Science, 353, 242-246, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf6574. Free links to paper (available from this page only): Abstract Full text Reprint Hsiang and Sobel, 2016: Potentially extreme population displacement and concentration in the tropics under non-extreme warming. Sci. Rep., 6, 25697. Open access, link goes to full text. Wheeler, Zhu, Sobel, Hudson, and Vitart, 2016: Seamless precipitation prediction skill comparison between two global models Quart. J. Royal Met. Soc.,DOI:10.1002/qj.2928. PDF file Camargo, Sobel, Del Genio, Jonas, Kelley, Lu, Shaevitz, and Henderson, 2016: Tropical cyclones in the GISS ModelE2. Tellus A, 68, 31494, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v68.31494. Open access, link goes to full text. Nie, Shaevitz, and Sobel, 2016: Forcings and feedbacks on convection in the 2010 Pakistan flood: Modeling extreme precipitation with interactive large-scale ascent. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8, 1055-1072, DOI: 10.1002/2016MS000663.Open access, link goes to full text. Lee, Tippett, Sobel, and Camargo, 2016a: Rapid intensification and the bimodal distribution of tropical cyclone intensity Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10625. Open access, link goes to full text. Sobel, Camargo, and Barnston, 2016: Northern hemisphere tropical cyclones during the quasi-El Niño of late 2014. Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2389-7. PDF file Lee, Tippett, Sobel, and Camargo, 2016b: Auto-regressive modeling for tropical cyclone intensity climatology. Journal of Climate, 29, 7815-7830. PDF file. Wing, Camargo, and Sobel, 2016: Role of radiative-convective feedbacks in spontaneous tropical cyclogenesis in idealized numerical simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73, 2633-2642. PDF file. Daleu, Woolnough, Plant, Sessions, Herman, Sobel, Wang, Kim, Cheng, Bellon, Peyrille, Ferry, Siebesma, and van Ulft, 2016: Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation. Part II: Comparison over non-uniform surface conditions. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8, 387-405, DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000570. PDF file. Wang, Sobel, and Nie, 2016: Modeling the MJO in a cloud-resolving model with parameterized large-scale dynamics: vertical structure, radiation, and horizontal advection of dry air. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000529. PDF file. Nie and Sobel, 2016: Modeling the interaction between quasi-geostrophic vertical motion and convection in a single column. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73, 1101-1117. PDF file. Anber, Wang, and Sobel, 2016: Response of atmospheric convection to vertical wind shear: Cloud resolving simulations with parameterized large-scale circulation. Part II: Effect of interactive radiation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73, 199-209. PDF file. Walsh and many coauthors, 2016: Tropical cyclones and climate change. WIREs Climate Change, 7, 65-89, DOI: 10.1002/wcc.371. 2015 Anber, Gentine, Wang, and Sobel, 2015: Fog and rain in the Amazon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1505077112. Daleu, Woolnough, Plant, Sessions, Herman, Sobel, Wang, Kim, Cheng, Bellon, Peyrille, Ferry, Siebesma, and van Ulft, 2015: Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation. Part I: Comparison over uniform surface conditions. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 7, doi:10.1002/2015MS000468. Full text. Bony, Stevens, Frierson, Jakob, Kageyama, Pincus, Shepherd, Sherwood, Siebesma, Sobel, Watanabe, and Webb, 2015: Clouds, circulation and climate sensitivity. Nature Geoscience, 8, 261-268. Full text. Wang, Fridlind, Sobel, Feng, Comstock, Minnis, and Nordeen, 2015: Simulations of cloud-radiation interaction using large-scale forcing derived from the CINDY/DYNAMO northern sounding array. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000461. PDF file. Dwyer, Camargo, Sobel, Biasutti, Emanuel, Vecchi, Zhao, and Tippett, 2015: Projected 21st century changes in the length of the tropical cyclone season. Journal of Climate, 28, 6181-6192. PDF file. Allen, Tippett, and Sobel, 2015: Influence of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation on tornado and hail frequency in the United States. Nature Geoscience, 8, 278-283. Yokoi and Sobel, 2015: Seasonal march and intraseasonal variability of the moist static energy budget over the eastern Maritime Continent during CINDY2011/DYNAMO. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, in press, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-041. PDF file. Nie and Sobel, 2015: Responses of tropical deep convection to the QBO: cloud-resolving simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72, 3625-3638. PDF file. Walsh and many coauthors (incl. Sobel), 2015: Hurricanes and climate: the U.S. CLIVAR working group on hurricanes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96, 997-1017. PDF file. Anber, Wang, and Sobel, 2015a: Effect of surface fluxes versus radiative heating on tropical deep convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72, 3378-3388. PDF file. Lee, Tippett, Camargo, and Sobel, 2015: Probabilistic prediction of tropical cyclone intensity from a multiple-linear regression model. Monthly Weather Review, 143, 933-954. PDF file. Wang, Sobel, Zhang, Sun, Yue, and Zhou, 2015: Regional simulation of the October and November MJO events observed during the CINDY/DYNAMO field campaign at gray zone resolution. Journal of Climate, 28, 2097-2119. PDF file. Allen, Tippett, and Sobel, 2015: An empirical model relating U.S. monthly hail occurrence to large-scale meteorological environment. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 7, doi:10.1002/2014MS000397. full text. 2014 Shaevitz, Camargo, Sobel, and coauthors, 2014: Characteristics of tropical cyclones in high-resolution models in the present climate. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, DOI: 10.1002/2014MS000372. PDF file. Rochetin, Lintner, Findell, Sobel, and Gentine, 2014: Radiative-convective equilibrium over a land surface. Journal of Climate, 23, 8611-8629. PDF file. Sobel, Wang, and Kim, 2014: Moist static energy budget of the MJO during DYNAMO. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71, 4276-4291. PDF file. Wang, Camargo, Sobel and Polvani 2014: Impact of the tropopause temperature on the intensity of tropical cyclones --- an idealized study using a mesoscale model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71, 4333-4348. PDF file. Anber, Wang, and Sobel, 2014: Response of atmospheric convection to vertical wind shear: cloud resolving simulations with parameterized large-scale circulation. Part I: Specified radiative cooling. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71, 2976-2993. PDF file. Benedict, Maloney, Sobel, and Frierson, 2014: Gross moist stability and MJO simulation skill in three full-physics GCMs. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71, 3327-3349. PDF file. Camargo, Tippett, Sobel, Vecchi, and Zhao, 2014: Testing the performance of tropical cyclone genesis indices in future climates using the HIRAM model. Journal of Climate, 27, 9171-9196. PDF file. Tippett, Sobel, Camargo, and Allen, 2014: An empirical relation between U.S. tornado activity and monthly environmental parameters. Journal of Climate, 27, 2983-2999. PDF file. Dwyer, Biasutti, and Sobel 2014: The effect of greenhouse-gas-induced changes in SST on the seasonality of tropical precipitation. Journal of Climate, 27, 4544-4565. PDF file. Zhu, Wheeler, Sobel, and Hudson, 2014: Seamless precipitation prediction skill in the tropics and extratropics from a global model. Monthly Weather Review, 142, 1556-1569. PDF file Kim, Kug, and Sobel, 2014: Propagating vs. non-propagating Madden-Julian oscillation events, Journal of Climate, 27, 111-125. PDF file. 2013 Barnes, Polvani, and Sobel, 2013: Model projections of atmospheric steering of Sandy-like superstorms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1308732110. Emanuel and Sobel 2013: Response of tropical sea surface temperature, precipitation, and tropical cyclone-related variables to changes in global and local forcing. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 5, 1-12. DOI: 10.1002/jame.20032. PDF file. Hall and Sobel, 2013: The impact angle of hurricane Sandy's New Jersey landfall. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1002/grl.50395. PDF file. Auffhammer, Hsiang, Schlenker, and Sobel 2013: Using weather data and climate model output in economic analyses of climate change. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, doi: 10.1093/reep/ret016. PDF file Wang, Sobel, and Kuang 2013: Cloud-resolving simulation of TOGA COARE using parameterized large-scale dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50510. PDF file. Summary article, editor's highlight. Tandon, Gerber, Sobel, and Polvani, 2013: Understanding Hadley cell expansion vs. contraction: Insights from simplified models and implications for recent observations. Journal of Climate, 26, 4304-4321. PDF file. Sobel and Maloney, 2013: Moisture modes and the eastward propagation of the MJO. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 70, 187-192. PDF file. Lintner, Gentine, Findell, D'Andrea, Sobel, and Salvucci, 2013: An idealized prototype for large-scale land-atmosphere coupling. Journal of Climate, 26, 2379-2389. PDF file. Benedict, Maloney, Sobel, Frierson, and Donner, 2013: Tropical intraseasonal variability in version 3 of the GFDL atmosphere model. Journal of Climate, 26, 426-449. PDF file. 2012 Sobel and Kim, 2012: The MJO-Kelvin wave transition. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L20808, doi:10.1029/2012GL053380. PDF file. Lintner, Bellon, Sobel, Kim, and Neelin, 2012: Implementation of the Quasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model 2 (QTCM2): Global simulations and convection sensitivity to free tropospheric moisture. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 4, M12002. doi:10.1029/2012MS000174. PDF file. Field, Risi, Schmidt, Worden, Voulgarakis, LeGrande, Sobel, and Healy, 2012: A Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer HDO/H2O retrieval simulator for climate models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 10485-10504. PDF file. Sobel 2012: Tropical weather (link goes to online article). Nature Education Knowledge, 3(10):2. Dwyer, Biasutti, and Sobel 2012: Projected changes in the seasonal cycle of surface temperature. Journal of Climate, 25, 6359-6374. PDF file. Tippett, Sobel, and Camargo 2012: Association of U.S. tornado occurrence with monthly environmental parameters. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L02801, doi:10.1029/2011GL050368. PDF file. Wang and Sobel 2012: Impact of imposed drying on deep convection in a cloud-resolving model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D2, doi:10.1029/2011JD016847. PDF file. Kim, Sobel, Del Genio, Chen, Camargo , Yao, Kelley, and Nazarenko, 2012: The tropical subseasonal variability simulated in the NASA GISS general circulation model. Journal of Climate, 25, 4641-4659. PDF file. Zhou, Sobel, and Murtugudde, 2012: Kinetic energy budget for the Madden-Julian Oscillation in a multi-scale framework. Journal of Climate, 25, 5386-5403. PDF file. Zhu and Sobel, 2012: Comparison of a single column model in weak temperature gradient mode to its parent AGCM. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 138, 1025-1034. PDF file. Sobel and Maloney, 2012: An idealized semi-empirical framework for modeling the Madden-Julian oscillation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69, 1691-1705. PDF file. Biasutti, Burleyson, Yuter, and Sobel, 2012: Very high resolution rainfall patterns measured by TRMM precipitation radar: Seasonal and diurnal cycles. Climate Dynamics, 39, 239-258. PDF file. Biasutti, Sobel, Camargo, and Creyts, 2012: Projected changes in the physical climate of the Gulf coast and Caribbean. Climatic Change, 112, 819-845. PDF file. 2011 Kim, Sobel, and Kang, 2011: A mechanism denial study on the Madden-Julian oscillation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 3, M12007, DOI:10.1029/2011MS000081. PDF file. Wang and Sobel 2011: Response of convection to relative sea surface temperature: cloud-resolving simulations in two and three dimensions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D11119, doi:10.1029/2010JD015347. PDF file Kim, Sobel, Maloney, Frierson, and Kang, 2011: A systematic relationship between intraseasonal variability and mean state bias in AGCM simulations. Journal of Climate, 24, 5506-5520. PDF file. Sobel, Burleyson, and Yuter 2011: Rain on small tropical islands . Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D08102, doi:10.1029/2010JD014695. PDF file. There is also the PDF file for the Correction published 2013, and the Supplemental figures for the correction. Tippett, Camargo and Sobel 2011: A Poisson regression index for tropical cyclone genesis and the role of large-scale vorticity in genesis. Journal of Climate, 24, 2335-2357. PDF file. Sobel and Camargo 2011: Projected future changes in tropical summer climate. Journal of Climate, 24, 473-487. PDF file. Ramsay and Sobel 2011: The effects of relative and absolute sea surface temperature on tropical cyclone potential intensity using a single column model. Journal of Climate, 24, 183-193. PDF file. 2010 Camargo and Sobel 2010: Revisiting the influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation on tropical cyclone activity Journal of Climate, 23, 5810-5825. PDF file. Bellon and Sobel 2010: Multiple equilibria of the Hadley circulation in an intermediate-complexity axisymmetric model Journal of Climate, 23, 1760-1778. PDF file. Maloney, Sobel, and Hannah 2010: Intraseasonal variability in an aquaplanet general circulation model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2, doi:10.3894/JAMES.2010.2.5. Krouse and Sobel 2010: An observational study of multiple tropical cyclone events in the western north Pacific. Tellus, 62A, 256-265. PDF file Wright, Sobel, and Galewsky, 2010: Diagnosis of zonal mean relative humidity changes in a warmer climate. Journal of Climate, 23, 4556-4570. PDF file. Sobel, Maloney, Bellon and Frierson, 2010: Surface fluxes and tropical intraseasonal variability: a reassessment. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2, doi:10.3894/JAMES.2010.2.2. Sessions, Sugaya, Raymond, and Sobel, 2010: Multiple equilibria in a cloud-resolving model . Journal of Geophysical Research, 115,D12110, doi:10.1029/2009JD013376. PDF file of main text; supplement (also PDF). 2009 Biasutti and Sobel, 2009: Delayed Sahel rainfall and global seasonal cycle in a warmer climate Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2009GL041303. PDF file. Sobel and Schneider 2009: Single-layer axisymmetric model for a Hadley circulation with parameterized eddy momentum forcing. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 1, doi:10.3894/JAMES.2009.1.10. Raymond, Sessions, Sobel, and Fuchs, 2009: The mechanics of gross moist stability Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 1, doi:10.3894/JAMES.2009.1.9. Wright, Sobel, and Schmidt 2009: The influence of condensate evaporation on water vapor and its stable isotopes in a GCM Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12804, doi:10.1029/2009GL038091. PDF file. Camargo, Wheeler, and Sobel 2009: Diagnosis of the MJO modulation of tropical cyclogenesis using an empirical index Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 3061-3074. PDF file. Biasutti, Sobel, and Camargo 2009: The role of the Sahara low in Sahel rainfall variability and change in the CMIP3 models. Journal of Climate, 22, 5755-5771. PDF file. Sobel and Bellon 2009: The effect of imposed drying on parameterized deep convection, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 2085-2096. PDF file. 2008 Sobel, Maloney, Bellon and Frierson, 2008: The role of surface fluxes in tropical intraseasonal oscillations. Nature Geoscience, 1, 653-657. Bellon, Sobel, and Vialard 2008: Ocean-atmosphere coupling in the monsoon intraseasonal oscillation: a simple model study. Journal of Climate, 21, 5254-5270. PDF file Holder, Yuter, Sobel, and Aiyyer 2008: The mesoscale characteristics of tropical oceanic precipitation during Kelvin and mixed Rossby-gravity wave events. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 3446-3464. PDF file Bellon and Sobel 2008b: Instability of the axisymmetric monsoon flow and intraseasonal oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D07109, doi:10.1029/2007JD008968. PDF file Biasutti, Held, Sobel, and Giannini 2008: SST forcings and Sahel rainfall variability in simulations of the 20th and 21st centuries. Journal of Climate, 21, 3471-3486. PDF file Krouse, Sobel, and Polvani 2008: On the wavelength of the Rossby waves radiated by tropical cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 644-654. PDF file. Bellon and Sobel 2008a: Poleward-propagating intraseasonal monsoon disturbances in an intermediate-complexity axisymmetric model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 470-489. PDF file Giannini, Biasutti, Held, and Sobel 2008: A global perspective on African climate. Climatic Change, DOI 10.1007/s10584-008-9396-y. PDF file 2007 Sobel, Bellon and Bacmeister 2007: Multiple equilibria in a single-column model of the tropical atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L22804, doi:10.1029/2007GL031320. PDF file. Wing, Sobel, and Camargo 2007: The relationship between the potential and actual intensities of tropical cyclones on interannual time scales. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L08810, doi:10.1029/2006GL028581. PDF file Camargo, Sobel, Barnston, and Emanuel 2007: Tropical cyclone genesis potential index in climate models. Tellus, 59A, 428-443. PDF file Camargo, Emanuel, and Sobel 2007: Use of a genesis potential index to diagnose ENSO effects on tropical cyclone genesis. Journal of Climate, 20, 4819-4834. PDF file Herceg, Sobel, and Sun 2007: Regional modeling of decadal rainfall variability over the Sahel. Climate Dynamics, 29, 89-99. PDF file Maloney and Sobel 2007: Idealized hot spot experiments with a general circulation model. Journal of Climate, 20, 908-925. PDF file 2006 Swann, Sobel, Yuter, and Kiladis 2006: Observed radar reflectivity in convectively coupled Kelvin and mixed Rossby-gravity waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, doi:10.1029/2006LG025979. PDF file Galewsky, Stark, Dadson, Wu, Sobel, and Horng 2006: Tropical cyclone triggering of sediment discharge in Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface), 111, F03014, doi:10.1029/2005JF000428. PDF file Sobel and Neelin 2006: The boundary layer contribution to intertropical convergence zones in the quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model framework. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 20, 323-350. Pdf file Burns, Sobel, and Polvani 2006: Asymptotic solutions of the moist axisymmetric Hadley circulation in a model with two vertical modes. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 20, 443-467. PDF file Zhou and Sobel 2006: Nonlinear shallow water solutions using the weak temperature gradient approximation. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 20, 469-484. PDF file Biasutti, Sobel, and Kushnir 2006: GCM precipitation biases in the tropical Atlantic. Journal of Climate, 19, 935-958. PDF file Herceg, Sobel, Sun, and Zebiak 2006: The big brother experiment and seasonal predictability in the NCEP Regional Spectral Model. Climate Dynamics, 27, 69-82. PDF file 2005 Sobel and Camargo 2005: Influence of western north Pacific tropical cyclones on their large-scale environment. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 3396-3407. PDF file Camargo and Sobel 2005: Western north Pacific tropical cyclone intensity and ENSO. Journal of Climate, 18, 2996-3006. PDF file Galewsky and Sobel 2005: Moist dynamics and orographic precipitation in Northern California during the New Year's flood of 1997. Monthly Weather Review, 133, 1594-1612. PDF file Galewsky, Sobel, and Held 2005: Diagnosis of subtropical humidity dynamics using tracers of last saturation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 3353-3367. PDF file Gu, Adler, and Sobel 2005: The eastern Pacific ITCZ during the boreal spring. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 1157-1174. PDF file 2004 Maloney and Sobel 2004: Surface fluxes and ocean coupling in the tropical intraseasonal oscillation. Journal of Climate, 17, 4368-4386. PDF file Shaevitz and Sobel 2004: Implementing the weak temperature gradient approximation with full vertical structure. Monthly Weather Review, 132, 662-669. PDF file Camargo and Sobel 2004: Formation of tropical storms in an atmospheric general circulation model. Tellus, 56A, 56-67. PDF file Sobel, Yuter, Bretherton, and Kiladis 2004: Large-scale meteorology and deep convection during TRMM KWAJEX. Monthly Weather Review, 132, 422-444. PDF file 2003 Sobel and Gildor 2003: A simple time-dependent model of SST hot spots. Journal of Climate, 16, 3978-3992. PDF file Gildor, Sobel, Cane , and Sambrotto 2003: A role for ocean biota in tropical intraseasonal atmospheric variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(9), 1460, doi:10.1029/2002GL016759. PDF file corrigendum Sobel 2003: On the coexistence of an evaporation minimum and precipitation maximum in the warm pool. Journal of Climate, 16, 1003-1009. PDF file Bretherton and Sobel 2003: The Gill model and the weak temperature gradient approximation . Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60, 451-460. PDF file Sobel and Bretherton 2003: Large-scale waves interacting with deep convection in idealized mesoscale model simulations. Tellus, 55A, 45-60. PDF file 2002 Sobel 2002: Water vapor as an active scalar in tropical atmospheric dynamics Chaos, 12, 451-459. PDF file Bretherton and Sobel 2002: A simple model of a convectively-coupled Walker circulation using the weak temperature gradient approximation. Journal of Climate, 15, 2907-2920. PDF file Chiang and Sobel 2002: Tropical tropospheric temperature variations caused by ENSO and their influence on the remote tropical climate. Journal of Climate, 15, 2616-2631. PDF file Sobel, Held, and Bretherton 2002: The ENSO signal in tropical tropospheric temperature Journal of Climate, 15, 2702-2706. PDF file Polvani and Sobel 2002: The Hadley circulation and the weak temperature gradient approximation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 59, 1744-1752. PDF file 2001 Sobel, Nilsson and Polvani 2001: The weak temperature gradient approximation and balanced tropical moisture waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 58, 3650-3665. PDF file 2000 Sobel and Bretherton 2000: Modeling tropical precipitation in a single column. Journal of Climate, 13, 4378-4392. PDF file Correction to Sobel and Bretherton 2000 (there's a wrong equation, doesn't affect the results but makes it confusing to read one section). Sobel and Maloney 2000: Effect of ENSO and the MJO on western north Pacific tropical cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 1739-1742. PDF file Sobel and Flierl 2000: Cross-channel advective-diffusive transport by a monochromatic traveling wave. Physics of Fluids, 12, 1377-1381. PDF file Sobel and Horinouchi 2000: On the dynamics of easterly waves, monsoon depressions, and tropical depression type disturbances. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 78, 167-173. PDF file Gettelman and Sobel 2000: Direct diagnoses of stratosphere-troposphere exchange. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 3-16. PDF file Before 2000 Sobel and Bretherton 1999: Development of synoptic-scale disturbances over the summertime tropical northwest Pacific. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 56, 3106-3127. PDF file Sobel 1999: Diffusion vs. nonlocal models of stratospheric mixing, in theory and practice. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 56, 2571-2584. PDF file Sobel and Plumb 1999: Quantitative diagnostics of mixing in a shallow-water model of the stratosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 56, 2811-2829. PDF file Sobel, Plumb and Waugh 1997: Methods of computing transport across the polar vortex edge. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 54, 2241-2260. PDF file Goody and Sobel 1996: A graduate radiation course based upon numerical methods. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77, 2919-2924.PDF file Book Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future, Harper Wave, 2014. (Popular science) Book chapters Adames, Kim, Maloney, and Sobel, 2019: The moisture mode framework of the Madden-Julian oscillation. The Multiscale Global Monsoon System, C. P. Chang, Ed. In review. Sobel and Tippett, 2018: Extreme events: trends and risk assessment methodologies. Resilience: The Science of Adaptation to Climate Change. K. Alverson and Z. Zommers, Eds., Elsevier. 3-12. PDF file. Orff and Sobel 2016: Next-century collaboration between design and climate science. Climates: Architecture and the Planetary Imaginary. J. Graham, Ed., Columbia. 164-170. PDF file. Sobel 2010: R. Alan Plumb: A brief biographical sketch, and personal tribute. The Stratosphere: Dynamics, Transport, and Chemistry, AGU, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., 190, L. M. Polvani, D. W. Waugh, A. H. Sobel, Eds. (Not peer reviewed, though the rest of the book is.) PDF file Sobel 2010: Going to extremes. Climate Change: Picturing the Science, G. Schmidt and J. Wolfe, Eds., Norton. (Popular science, not peer reviewed.) Camargo, Sobel, Barnston, and Klotzbach 2010: The influence of natural climate variability, and seasonal forecasts of tropical cyclone activity. Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones, 2nd edition, J. C. L. Chan and J. D. Kepert, Eds., World Scientific, 325-360. Sobel 2007: Simple models of ensemble-averaged precipitation and surface wind, given the SST. The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere, T. Schneider and A. H. Sobel, Eds., Princeton University Press. PDF file Sobel, Bretherton, Gildor, and Peters 2004: Convection, cloud-radiative feedbacks and thermodynamic ocean coupling in simple models of the Walker circulation. Earth's Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, Eds., American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph 147, 393-405. PDF file (Book available from AGU) Edited Books Polvani, Waugh, and Sobel, Eds., 2010: The Stratosphere: Dynamics, Transport, and Chemistry, AGU, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., 190, 220pp. Schneider and Sobel, Eds., 2007: The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere, Princeton University Press, 400pp. Meeting summaries Robertson, Camargo, Sobel, Vitart, and Wang, 2018: Summary of workshop on sub-seasonal to seasonal predictability of extreme weather and climate. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 1, doi:10.1038/s41612-017-0009-1. Sobel, Camargo, Debucquoy, Deodatis, Gerrard, Hall, Hallman, Keenan, Lall, Levy, Orlove, Rosenzweig, Seager, Shaman, and Tippett, 2016: Extreme Weather and Climate: Workshop Report. Journal of Extreme Events, 3, DOI: 10.1142/S2345737616710019. PDF file. Allen, Tippett, Sobel, and Lepore, 2016: Understanding the drivers of variability in severe convection: Bringing together the scientific and insurance communities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0208.1. PDF file. EOS, 88, (29), 295. PDF file Biasutti, Giannini, Sobel, Held, and Chiang 2007: Sahel climate change. EOS, 88, (29), 295. PDF file Camargo and Sobel 2007: Workshop on tropical cyclones and climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88, 389-391. PDF file Schneider and Sobel 2006: Global circulation of the atmosphere (2004). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87, 807-809. PDF file Op-eds New York Times, "The best scientific explanation: Bad trends plus bad luck." October 29, 2019. By Adam Sobel (entry in Live Updates by Thomas Fuller and Tim Arango, scroll down for my bit). New York Times, "Are wildfires caused by utilities or climate change? Yes" October 23, 2019. By Adam Sobel, in the Times' California Today Newsletter, by Jill Cowan. New York Times, "Are Clues to the Coming Winter Blowing in the Autumn Wind?" October 18, 2019. By Adam Sobel. New York Times, "What will turn Hurricane Dorian? How wide is the eye? Your questions answered." September 3, 2019. By Adam Sobel. New York Times, "A storm expert's view: Dorian's damage remains impossible to predict." September 1, 2019. By Adam Sobel. CNN,"Scientist: Why do so many Americans ask me about nuking a hurricane?" August 26, 2019. By Adam Sobel. CNN, "Climate scientists aren't in it for the money but the truth." November 27, 2018. By Adam Sobel. CNN, "Who really paid to protect us from Florence." September 16, 2018. By Adam Sobel and Sean Solomon. CNN, "Are we ready for Hurricane Irma?" September 7, 2017. By Adam Sobel. Fortune, "Climate change didn't cause Hurricane Harvey, but it made it worse." August 29, 2017. By Suzana Camargo and Adam Sobel. CNN, "Why Harvey's devastation is so severe." August 28, 2017. By Adam Sobel. New York Times, "Where are the hurricanes?" July 15, 2016. By Adam Sobel. Washington Post,"Links between climate change and extreme weather are increasingly clear and present." March 11, 2016. By Adam Sobel. The Conversation, "Why are hurricanes forming in January?" January 21, 2016. By Adam Sobel. CNN, "Why the freakishly warm December?" December 30, 2015. By Adam Sobel. Times of India, "What Mumbai needs to learn from superstorm Sandy." December 2, 2015. By Adam Sobel. CNN, "Patricia shows need for better hurricane forecasting." October 24, 2015. By Adam Sobel. WXshift, "Joaquin? There's no perfect forecast, so stay tuned." September 30, 2015. By Adam Sobel. CNN, "Did climate change cause California drought?" April 8, 2015. By Adam Sobel. CNN, "Wrong but right about winter storm." January 27, 2015. By Adam Sobel. Los Angeles Times, "Flood, drought risks must be managed, with or without climate change." December 18, 2014. By Adam Sobel and Richard Seager. Salon, "Forget the 'polar vortex' backlash: How I learned to love an overused media buzzword." Nov. 22, 2014. by Adam Sobel. CNN, "Is China climate deal the best we can get?" Nov. 18, 2014. by Adam Sobel. CNN, "Record cold doesn't disprove global warming." Jan. 7, 2014. by Adam Sobel. Los Angeles Times, "Monitoring a climate epidemic." Nov. 15, 2013. By Adam Sobel and Naomi Oreskes. CNN, "How deadly storms claim a bigger toll." Nov. 10, 2013. by Adam Sobel. CNN, "What we didn't learn from Superstorm Sandy." Oct. 26, 2013. by Adam Sobel. Etc. Sobel 2010: Raised bar for rain. Nature Geoscience, 3, 821-822. ("News & Views", not peer reviewed.) Adam's main home page


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Professionally, I am most passionate about leadership and doing the right thing - always! And the potential to positively impact the use of taxpayer resources on publicly funded projects.
It's situational. There are times that one should sit back and observe without being noticed and others when you should be noticed, but maybe not heard.
I have several, but if I had to pick one it would be; "If not me, then who?"
My dog OT. I found him on the Ouachita Trail in April 2015.
I really don't watch TV, it's a brain drain.
Grease monkey working at Jack's Conoco in New Sarpy, Louisiana.
A Green Beret, then a truck driver. Neither came to be for one reason or another, but no regrets and I hear CR England is hiring, so there's a chance.
Through hike the Appalachian Trail, all 2100+ miles, but I am considering other options due to increasing crowds and knuckleheads.
Either out to dinner at a new local hot spot, Kemuri, Samantha's or out to a hiking trail, Pinnacle or the Ouachita Trail.
Well I love to cook and believe I am pretty good at it, but the best, probably pan seared sea scallops with chipotle seasoning, served on top of pan toasted sourdough bread squares, with a side of sauteed vegetables, and of course a glass of wine.


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By Shannon
When I hear the alarm go off at 7am, I don't feel ready for the day ahead of me. Because of tightness in my right hip, I tossed and turned all night, finding it impossible to get comfortable no matter what position I was in.
While last night provided some much needed relaxation with a nice Spanish dinner, cooked by our hosts, lots of red wine, and good conversation with some Canadian women we met the day before on our hike up to Orisson, I do not feel rejuvenated and ready for the 21.1 KM (13 mile) hike that is ahead of us. At least the sun is peaking through the clouds and I am hopeful that we won't have any rain today.
After breakfast, Eric and I stick around and chat with our hosts over coffee before reluctantly putting on our packs and heading out the door. I can tell Eric is really sore from his speed hiking yesterday, so I am hoping that we'll be able to match our pace and stick together. I'm pretty sure that if he speeds ahead of me today, I'll sit down on the trail and just wait to be rescued.
But, then just as I feel like I am setting into a nice, steady pace, Eric stops just ahead of me, turns around and says, "You've got to pick it up. If we keep this pace, we'll be hiking for 10 hours today."
A single tear rolls down my face. His comment breaking me. Doesn't he know how hard I'm pushing myself?
I yell back at him, "I am pushing it! You have no idea how to motivate someone." I'm pretty sure he said something back to me about being a drama queen.
As we hike on, following a trail that leads us in and out of forest trails and onto roads, through small villages, the sun disappears, and dark rain clouds set in. I decided the only way I am going to be able to get through this is by downing everything out with "A Fault In Our Stars", so I press play and pick off where I left off yesterday before I met Alex an her friends.
When I downloaded "A Fault In our Stars", I didn't know the story line at all, but listening to it now, I know this is exactly what I need to hear in this moment. Not only is the story inspiring and uplifting, it reminds me how grateful I am to have the freedom to walk, breath, and move through this world without chronic illness. With each step I take, I start to feel more connected to myself and this moment. It reminds me to appreciate the man I love and life a little bit more.
When we get to a small hamlet called Irotz at the 11.8 mark, we decided it's a good place to rest our feet and have lunch. It's cold and sprinkling so we take cover under the entrance if the Iglesia de San Pedro and eat Tuna straight out of the can, which is something I never thought I could do. But hiking makes me not care that I'm just eating straight up tuna out of a can.
My hip pain is getting worse the longer we sit there and the only things motivating me to get moving again is the fact that it's getting colder and getting to Pamplona means that we are have a one week break to relax and explore the city.
As we continue walking, the small trails and towns disappear, and turn into a sidewalk through a park next to a river, before winding an curving high above the river, eventually leading us to a trial right along side a busy road. At this point, my inspiration from listening to "A Fault In Our Stars" is long worn off. I'm just trying not to lose sight of Eric and reminding myself to put one foot in front of the other.
As I reach the top of a steep hill, I see the two frenchmen who drove me to look for Eric that day in Orisson, walking toward me. And I wonder why they are walking away from Pamplona. They wave excitedly at me, pointing toward Pamplona, which I can just barely make out in the distance (at least that's what I think I am looking at).
They stop me and say something in French. I think I made out the word "Jambon" (ham) but I have no clue. It could just be that that's one of the few words I actually remember from French class. I ask, "Did you already go to Pamplona?" but they speak no English so they say something to me again in French, that makes me think they are talking about ham.
Since this conversation is going nowhere, we wave goodbye, and I watch them walk away from Pamplona. When I turn to start walking, Eric is waiting for me at the bottom of the hill, looking very confused, holding his walking sticks up in the air, as if to say, "What was that about?"
When I reach the bottom of the hill, I explain to him the exchange and we laugh about the oddity of the whole situation. What were the chances that the two guys who "rescued" me in Orisson, were walking the opposite direction and we ran into them right there? And why were they walking away from Pamplona anyway?
We take a water break and pull out the guidebook, we only have 5KM left and it looks pretty flat from here on out. So we decided to pick up the pace and push ourselves. But our big push only lasts until the town of Villava at the 17.3 KM mark, which we mistakenly thought was Pamplona.
With our spirit crushed and my headphones (I accidentally dropped them and stepped on them), we unhappily continue on. Although the terrain is flat, we are now walking on sidewalk through small cities. With each step we take, I actually feel like I am getting further away, not closer.
The weather is warming up, so we stop on a bench to rest and take some off some of our layers and it takes everything each of us has to stand up. Eric's muscles are hating him from yesterday and both of my hips are so tight and sore I feel like the tin man in Wizard of Oz.
Finally, after what feels like ages, we reach the the bridge that leads us to the walled city of Pamplona. Once we enter, we pull out the directions Jose (the guy we rented an apartment from) sent us. They are in Spanish so Eric is trying to make sense of them, when all the sudden, a man walking across the park, yells out, "Hola Shannon and Eric."
Turns out that because we are arriving two hours later then what mentioned in our email exchange with Jose, he decided to come and wait for us/look for us at the city's entrance. After we made reservation with him on AirBnB, we looked up our website and had already read Love On El Camino, and knew what we looked like.
As Jose, leads us into the city and to the apartment, he and Eric speak in Spanish, and I feel so grateful that this stranger, came to find us so that we didn't have to exert the energy that would have been necessary to find his apartment. Because right then, in that moment, it was everything I had to keep walking and not let myself just fall to the ground.
Walking up the steep stairs to the apartment, which is on the second floor. I keep reminding myself that as soon as I enter the apartment, we are in one place for a whole week and I don't have to but on my stupid hiking shoes for 7 days. All I have to do is keep putting one foot in front of the other.
As we enter the apartment and my pack slides off my back, I feel an overwhelming sense of relief take over. Relief that I made it further than I thought I could. Relief that Eric and I did not lose each other day. Relief that my muscles and blisters now have a chance to recover.
Distance: 21.1km
Location: Pamplona
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A World of Tricksters
154 stories from 29 countries. Tricks are subversive actions taken for the real (and ideally legitimate, though perhaps illegal) benefit of the trickster or another person against the unjust behaviour of those with the advantage of class, wealth, authority or physical superiority. That benefit can be material – the saving of life, avoiding injury or capture, economic survival – or the preservation of dignity and a positive self-image through mockery or humiliation as a form of psychological revenge.
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Senior Software Engineer - C++
Brief Description
We are looking for experienced C++/Linux software engineer to expand our distributed file system Datapath team.
Nasuni will hire and onboard remotely during Covid-19. After the virus, this position will be based in our Boston Seaport office.
The position
Nasuni is expanding its world class development team and is looking for a software engineer with strong skills and experience in design and performance optimization of data path in storage products or distributed systems. This is an exciting opportunity to participate in advancing Nasuni's solution and contribute to Nasuni's cutting-edge technology. We are looking for a self-motivated and accomplished team player who uses critical thinking and data to drive improvements in Nasuni's core technology.
As the Senior Datapath Engineer, you will...
- Participate in requirements analysis, design, design reviews and other work related to expanding Nasuni's functionality
- Take ownership of one or more existing data path components, design and implement new functionality, and maintain and support existing functionality
- Improve performance, scalability, and stability working closely with QA and Performance teams
- Work with customer support to address escalations
Minimum experience + qualifications we look for are...
- BS in EE, CE or CS
- 7 years of software product development in the storage, database or distributed computing applications
- Expert user-space debugging skills and familiarity with GDB, valgrind, or equivalents
- Deep familiarity with system architecture and Object-Oriented Design and Object Oriented Programming
- Expert skills with one or more of the following programming languages and multi-threaded programming is required: C++, C, Python
- Experience with system level performance analysis methods and tools is desirable
- Knowledge of networking and experience in developing application protocols
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
About Nasuni
Nasuni delivers a single software platform to store, protect, synchronize, and collaborate on unstructured file data at scale. Nasuni Cloud File Services™, powered by the patented UniFS® global file system, leverages cloud storage to modernize primary NAS and file server storage; file archiving; backup; and disaster recovery, while offering transformational new capabilities for multi-site file collaboration. By combining the low cost, unlimited capacity, and durability of private or public cloud object storage with the high performance, security, and broad application compatibility of traditional disk-based file storage, the Nasuni subscription service improves workforce productivity, simplifies IT operations, and reduces IT costs. Nasuni operates globally from its worldwide headquarters in Boston, Mass., USA.
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- Take-What-You-Need paid time off
- Incentive stock options
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
- Life and disability insurance
- Retirement plan
- Generous employee referral bonuses
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Tomorrow morning, when your sleepy, groggy, possibly grumpy kids drag their butts to breakfast and mumble incoherent complaints, try saying this: "Who wants pizza for breakfast?" Their little necks will snap up so fast they may pull something.
Somewhere along the way, certain foods were identified as breakfast foods, and most of us are content to face a plate of eggs, some fruit, or perhaps some oatmeal in the morning. But sometimes it's nice to shake it up (and by the way, you will likely get a similar reaction if you offer up pancakes for dinner every once in a while). The main point of breakfast, the piously anointed "most important meal of the day," is to give you energy to go forth and conquer. Or at least go forth and do well on the spelling quiz. So, pretty much any food that sounds good at 7 a.m. and isn't riddled with sugar is fair game. Charlie in particular is often delighted to encounter things like a bowl of vegetable Buffalo Chicken Chili or leftover meatballs or a roasted chicken thigh first thing in the morning, as am I, which some people find irresistible and others just find weird and confusing.
English Muffin Pizzas come together in the same amount of time it takes to make hot cereal or scramble some eggs. Follow these up with some fruit, or just serve them with a glass of OJ, and all of the consecrated food groups are present. Think of these for an after school snack, too, not to mention lunch.
Whiel you ar thinking about pizza, think about grilling it up in warmer weather!
- 2 English muffins, preferably whole grain (see Note), split
- 1 cup store-bought or homemade tomato sauce
- 4 slices (1⁄4 inch thick) Mozzarella, preferably fresh
- Coarse salt to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano (optional)
Steps to Make It
Preheat a toaster oven or standard oven to 350°F.
Toast the English muffin halves until very lightly brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Spoon 1⁄4 cup of the tomato sauce evenly over each English muffin half.
Top each English muffin with a slice of mozzarella. Lightly salt, and sprinkle on the oregano if desired.
Bake or toast the pizzas until the cheese is melted and a bit bubbly, about 4 minutes. Serve, making sure your kids know that the pizzas are hot!
Note: I love Thomas' English Muffins, and also Bays English Muffins.
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I Looked Into The Void And Saw This Cartoon
Posted in cartoons, tagged new yorker on January 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I was flipping through a New Yorker in a waiting room last week and saw a cartoon that looked very familiar. This one had a disheveled guy about to give a talk to an audience and the caption said 'Our next speaker looked into the abyss and made a few notes'.
More than four years ago we posted the following cartoon. It's not exactly the same, but there's certainly some similarities—disheveled guy, talking to a journalist, saying he had looked into the void.
Both of these play on the Nietzsche quote so I certainly don't think there's any original idea here that was copied. It is another example though of an idea we've had showing up in print somewhere else. Take that, 12 New Yorker rejection letters!


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Recently, I have been reading about a new way of eating that suggests that it isn't just what you eat, but how. Nutritional case studies include clients who work demanding jobs with little break and find themselves wolfing down a sandwich at 3 in the afternoon, and people who eat too fast to register that they are full -a process that takes 10-20 minutes. The problem with these methods is that regardless of the nutritional or calorific value of these foods, is that they disrupt the digestion process. Not properly chewing stops the saliva in your mouth from breaking down food, and can result in the swallowing of air -a sure-fire way to feel bloated. In sister articles this month, Om Yoga magazine looked at how to eat healthily, and mindfully. Here were my favourite takeaways to ensure that your eating habits don't become your dietary downfalls…
Take a small plate
I am sure that you will have heard this one before! Studies have shown that smaller plates trick the mind into thinking that you are eating more, so do go for it. Instead of loading your plate sky high, dish up a small serving and then if you want more, you can go for seconds -just put the pan on the side in the kitchen and not on the table so you don't mindlessly take more.
Slow down your eating habits to really appreciate the textures and flavours and give yourself time to chew. Also consider physically putting your cutlery down for a couple of minutes to give your brain time to catch up with how full your stomach really is. Eating this way not only helps you to connect with your body, but also gets you appreciating and enjoying the food much more.
Eat when you're hungry
If you hold off on eating, you are more likely to make poorer decisions later, and eat less mindfully. To avoid low blood sugar (anyone else get majorly hangry without enough food?!) think about making some food when you first start to notice that you are hungry.
Have a drink
Thirst is often misread as hunger, resulting in needless eating. Hydration also helps with digestion by helping to move food through your intestines. Water and herbal teas are best, and the occasional vegetable-based juice is great as well -just be careful of alcoholic, sugary and caffeinated drinks as they can be dehydrating ironically!
Get in touch with your emotions
A huge 75% of overeating is thought to be linked to emotional stress. Try to find other stress-busters like going for a walk, yoga, exercise, or a relaxing bath to stop bad food choices. If you constantly eat emotionally, then trying to address what is causing the issue is something you of course need to do. Incidentally, pay attention to how eating makes you feel -do different foods trigger different responses?
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