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text: The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Number: 4309 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originyrtmfrom (04305)Transliterated WordTDNT EntryMatriyNonePhonetic SpellingParts of Speechmat-ree' Adjective DefinitionMatri = "rain of Jehovah" a family of the tribe of Benjamin to which king Saul belonged NAS Word Usage - Total: 1Matrite 1 NAS Verse Count 1 Samuel1Total1The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.Bibliography Information Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Matriy". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .


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By the summer of 1940, Nazi Germany had gained a fearsome military reputation. Having effectively torn up the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, its army once again possessed tanks – while the Luftwaffe's Stuka dive bombers had ruled the skies over the beaches of Dunkirk. Combining both had been the vision of such military planners as Heinz Guderian and Erwin Rommel and the resulting Blitzkrieg – or lightning war – had seen first the Maginot line bypassed and then France – which fielded more tanks than Germany – surrender. Against a Nazi invasion of Britain stood the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and most implacably the English Channel: In 1940 the best anti-tank ditch in the World. Tanks were most at home on open flat or rolling ground like the deserts of North Africa or the Steppes of Russia. Projecting them across water would need either specialist transport or modification.
Invasions from the sea are of course not new – they date back even before the Vikings and the Romans. But landing a modern technological army at the end of a long supply chain in the face of prepared opposition was to be the most severe strategic challenge of 20th Century warfare. While Tritton and Wilson had been experimenting with their experimental Little Willie tank in 1915, an Imperial expeditionary force had tried to open a sea supply route to Russia through the Black Sea by invading the Dardanelles. Due to earlier naval actions in the area, the Turks knew that the invasion force – mainly comprising troops from Australia and New Zealand – was coming and prepared the hillsides above the narrow beaches with artillery and machine guns. As a result, men of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Hampshire Regiment landing off the converted collier SS River Clyde were mown down as they disembarked one by one. Of the first 200 to leave the ship only 21 made it to the beaches. Protection in the form of armoured vehicles would become a future necessity.
However, the Gallipoli campaign also saw the introduction of the first modern landing craft. In February 1915 Admiral Lord Fisher commissioned London shipwrights James Pollock and Sons to modify a design of Thames barge with a spoon shaped bow incorporating a drop down ramp. Plans were drawn up in just four days for a fleet of vessels 105' 6" long, 7'6" deep and with a light displacement of just 135 tons. Power was to come from a range of oil engines and construction of 200 units took place in north east England and on the Clyde. Most of these were used to land stores, field guns and horses although some were converted as water and fuel tankers. Painted black and known as Beetles, some of these flat bottomed vessels even survived to help evacuate the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940. However, functional as the black Beetles were, their engines and steering positions at the rear made them difficult to control and the flat bottoms and ramps reduced their sea worthiness in less than calm conditions.
During the 1920s Britain had little money spare for developing new weapons but in 1926 a new series of Motor Landing Craft emerged from the Cowes, Isle of Wight, shipyard of J. Samuel White. Powered by an extremely noisy Hotchkiss petrol engine, MLC1 used steerable water jets for propulsion rather than a propeller which could easily be fouled in shallow water. This in turn led to the development of the Landing Craft Assault (LCA) which the Royal Navy specified had to weigh less than ten tons so that it could be hung from the davits of a passenger liner. The Thorneycroft designed LCA also had to be able to land a platoon of 31 soldiers in only eighteen inches of water and its inner hull was made of mahogany to further silence its already quiet Ford V8 engines.
The United States and Royal Navies would later be supplied with the Landing Craft Personnel (Large) designed by Andrew Jackson Higgins of the Eureka Tug Boat Company of New Orleans. This was in turn developed into the Landing Craft Personnel (Ramped) which, like the British LCA, allowed rapid troop egress through a front ramp. What became best known as the Higgins Boat however was the Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP), which could carry 36 troops or a Jeep and trailer. The LCVP design was in turn influenced by the Daihatsu class of landing craft used by Japan from 1937. All the landing craft so far mentioned were a definite improvement on the rowing boats used at Gallipoli and before – but getting tanks rapidly ashore required a larger class of vessel known as Landing Class Mechanized. Due to the long standing Airfix kit with its load of a 30 ton Sherman tank, the LCM Mark III is probably the best known of a range of specifications built both in Britain and the USA. The LCM Mark III was an American design, distinguished by its tall armoured wheelhouse while the LCM Mark IV had special bilge pumps and ballast tanks. The final Mark 8 could carry an M60 tank or 200 troops.
While the LCM could land one Sherman tank after a relatively short sea crossing, projecting large numbers of armoured vehicles into an opposed amphibious assault over a long distance required categories of vessel known as Landing Craft Tank – seen here – and the even larger Landing Ship Tank. The Landing Craft Tank (LCT) concept was created in 1940 by Winston Churchill himself who demanded a vessel capable of landing three Churchill heavy tanks directly on to a beach but be able to sustain itself at sea for at least a week. It also had to be easy and cheap to build. Naval architect Sir Roland Baker produced the initial drawings for the new LCT design in three days with Fairfields and John Brown ship builders developing the concept. The first LCT Mark 1 was launched by Hawthorn Leslie in November 1940 and featured a steel door behind the ramp to seal off the tank deck. The side bulwarks were also hollow and buoyant while fuel and ballast tanks in the double bottom allowed the Landing Craft Tank to be pitched back for beach landings. Key to operating the petrol engined LCTs was the stern mounted kedge anchor which stopped the vessel from slewing. As well as the existing winches to pull on the kedge anchor and haul the LCT off the beach, the Mark II LCT was longer and wider than the highly unseaworthy Mark I with more powerful petrol or diesel engines. The Mark III was shorter but wider while the Mark IV could carry six Churchill tanks. The American built Mark V could be transported in sections and assembled aboard a Landing Ship Tank and the LCT concept eventually evolved into the Landing Craft Medium, capable of carrying eight large tanks and 50 fully armed troops.
Rather than just a large open floating box though, the Landing Ship Tank was a proper ship, capable of landing or evacuating thirty 25 ton tanks and 217 troops. Indeed, the requirement for such a vessel was prompted by the British Expeditionary Force's evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, where the famous "little ships" plucked thousands of soldiers from the beaches while their vehicles had to be abandoned. The first Landing Ship Tanks were converted oil tankers with shallow draughts but proved unfeasibly slow. This led Winston Churchill to intervene again and suggest vessels which could deliver thirteen Churchill Tanks, 27 other vehicles and 200 fighting men at 18 knots. As such capacity and speed was incompatible with a shallow draught, the first purpose-built LSTs had long ramps stowed behind their bow doors. The American built LST Mark II however had trans Atlantic range at a slower 10 knots and buoyant hollow sidewalls. These could be flooded to give a deeper draught and more stability for ocean travel but pumped out close to the landing beach so that the ship would only draw three feet of water and could still float with a flooded tank deck. Many LSTs were built by yards on inland waterways rather than at the coast and a number were erected by bridge and steelwork manufacturers rather than shipbuilders.
However, none of the many Allied landing craft already described would have been designed, let alone built and used, had a German invasion of Britain in 1940 been successful. As such, it is worth pausing for a moment to consider how and why Operation Sea Lion finally failed. In the broadest strategic and ideological sense, Hitler was much more interested in conquering Russia and hoped that Britain and its Empire would come round to his point of view and make peace with Germany. The Royal Air Force also enjoyed a home advantage and the Royal Navy enjoyed numerical superiority over the Kriegsmarine. On a practical level too, Germany was ill equipped to make any kind of amphibious landing. Engineer Landing Boat Type 39 was a self-propelled shallow-draft vessel which could carry 45 infantrymen, two light vehicles or 20 tons of cargo. It unloaded through a pair of clamshell doors at the bow, but by late September 1940 only two prototypes had been delivered. Recognising the need for an even larger craft capable of landing both tanks and infantry, the Kriegsmarine began development of the 220-ton Marinefahrprahm (MFP), the equivalent of the Allied Landing Craft Tank. However, the first of these not being commissioned until April 1941. Instead, 2 400 Rhine and other European inland waterway barges were requisitioned and modified with bow doors, ramps, internal steel stiffening and concrete floors to take either three or four medium tanks. However, only 800 of these were powered, the rest requiring tugs to move them.
Of these barges, a number were also adapted to launch Tauchpanzers, or diving tanks, at some distance from the beaches. These Tauchpanzers would have been made waterproof with rubber seals which would then have been blown off with explosives once on dry land. An 18 metre hose supported by a float would have provided breathing air for the crew and engine as well as a radio aerial. In tests, Tauchpanzers were found to sink into the seabed if stopped underwater and were confounded by large rocks. For this reason they could only be recovered between and high and low water marks. Based on the smaller, lighter Panzer II rather than the Panzer IIIs and IVs which had defeated Poland, the Schwimmpanzer had the advantage of floating courtesy of the two large hollow sponsons fitted to each side and being able to use its 20mm artillery and machine gun while rolling up a beach. However, the width of the sponsons meant that schwimmpanzers had to be launched from the stern of their own specialist barges, albeit further out than the Tauchpanzers.
It is also worth noting that the German army had its own prototype versions of the later Allied Mulberry Harbour built by Krupp Stahlbau and Dortmunder Union. In 1942, long after Operation Sea Lion was cancelled, these "Heavy Landing Bridges" were erected on the Channel island of Alderney where the so-called German Jetty lasted until 1978. Similarly, the Wehrmacht realised the need for a vehicle to pull unpowered barges up the beaches and also deliver ammunition and supplies from offshore vessels to the fighting front at low tide. This resulted in the Landwasserschlepper amphibious tractor which makes an interesting comparison to the later Allied DUKW amphibious lorry and Buffalo swimming armoured vehicle. However, mass producing enough Landwasserschlepper for Operation Sea Lion was problematic although some did serve in North Africa. Perhaps the most telling of the reasons why Operation Sea Lion failed however was that despite the mechanized images of Josef Goebbel's propaganda films, most of the Wehrmacht's vehicles were horse drawn and thus far less suited to being loaded on to ships and discharged on to beaches. There was also the problem of the six hour gap between high tides at Lyme Regis and Dover, robbing such a broad fronted invasion of the element of surprise.
However, even concentrating an invasion force on one port could be a recipe for failure as the Allies found out to their cost on 19 August 1942. Operation Jubilee – the raid on Dieppe in northern France – was a practical experiment driven by a number of circumstances. One of these was to draw the Luftwaffe's new Focke Wulf 190 fighters into the air much further north than usual, giving RAF Fighter command the chance to engage and destroy them on more equal terms. Pressure was also being exerted by Soviet leader Josef Stalin for the Western Allies to open a second front and relieve his forces in the east. As it was, November 1942 would see Operation Torch – the air and sea invasion of Morocco and Algeria from Britain – which would ultimately remove the Germans from North Africa and pave the way for the Allied invasion of Italy. However, because the success of Operation Torch relied on Vichy French forces in North Africa not offering heavy resistance, it was decided that to avoid civilian casualties, Dieppe would not be softened up by air or sea bombardment.
Similarly, the shock and awe of enemy soldiers and tanks suddenly appearing on the beaches of Dieppe was compromised by the German garrison – numbering many more than Allied planners had predicted – being prepared through French double agents working in Britain and increased Allied radio traffic in the area. In addition, nearly half the Canadian manned Churchill tanks that landed never made it off the soft shingle beach and those that did move beyond Dieppe's sea wall were defeated by anti-tank obstacles. None of the tanks returned to Britain with crews being killed or captured. The lessons learned at Dieppe essentially became the textbook of "what not to do" in future amphibious operations, and laid the framework for the Normandy landings two years later. Most notably, Dieppe highlighted the need for preliminary artillery support, including aerial bombardment; the need for a sustained element of surprise; the need for proper intelligence concerning enemy fortifications; the avoidance of a direct frontal attack on a defended port city; and the need for proper re-embarkation craft.
More specifically, the Dieppe experience led to the creation of a fully integrated Tactical Air Force to support major ground offensives while on the ground much more care was taken in appraising the nature of the beaches on which armour was going to land. Vital to this were covert cross-channel canoe missions by Combined Operations Pilotage Parties. During these Naval officers assessed the gradients of beaches and Royal Engineers took sand samples to check sites were firm enough for tanks. Along with the range of the Spitfire as fighter cover, the findings of the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties helped determine the location of what became known as Utah, Omaha, Sword, Gold and Juno invasion beaches. None of these were near major ports, making them easier to attack but also obliging the Allies to bring their own pre-fabricated Mulberry Harbours to allow sufficient vehicles, fuel, ammunition and food to be supplied to the fighting front. The hinging, bridge-like "Whale" sections linking the concrete elements of the Mulberry Harbours to the shore were built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company.
To counter the soft blue clay underlying the British army's Sword and Gold beaches, the Bobbin was developed to lay down a strong hessian mat over which its Churchill derived hull and other tanks could advance without getting bogged down. Once a path for advancing armour had been established, the hessian could be replaced by more durable steel mesh and planking while the bobbin reel could be jettisoned to allow a petard mortar and machine gun to be deployed. In fact the Bobbin was one of the specialised so-called "Funny" tanks developed during World War II by Major General Sir Percy Hobart, along with the flame throwing Churchill Crocodile and the Sherman Crab – designed with a rotating flail at the front to detonate buried mines. Perhaps most relevant to this article however is the Sherman Duplex Drive tank – seen here with its flotation screen lowered and ready to go into combat.
Using the flotation screen held up by compressed air to displace water and the duplex drive arrangement of twin propellers at the rear made the DD Sherman a more elegant solution to the challenge of getting a tank ashore alone that the either the Tauchpanzer or Schwimmpanzer proposed for Operation Sealion. There were no awkward sponsons to be jettisoned on hitting the beach and the DD Sherman could be launched from a conventional rather than specialised landing craft. The drawback to the DD Sherman however was the shallow freeboard of the canvas screen. This could only cope with foot high waves but opposite Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944 the LCTs launched their swimming tanks too far out, allowing them to be caught in currents and be swamped by a six foot swell. As a result only two of the 27 DD Shermans launched made it to the shore where embedded German defenders caused huge American casualties.
Once General Hobart's "Funnies" and more conventional gun tanks had broken out from the beach heads however, the six wheeled DUKW and tracked LVT 4 Buffalo were vital in keeping the fighting front supplied. This had been the case in America's island hopping war against Japan and the earlier Allied invasions of North Africa and Sicily. The DUKW was based on the American General Motors 2 ½ ton truck while Buffalos eventually used their cleated tracks to cross the Rivers Rhine and Schelt. Perhaps one of the least remembered vehicles of the opposed amphibious invasions though was the Caterpillar D7 bulldozer. As well as clearing obstacles and filling in craters, the D7s were also used to push landing craft back off the beaches and haul other vehicles out of holes. Conversions to armoured specification were carried out by Caterpillar importer Jack Olding & Company Ltd of Hatfield in Hertfordshire: in a sense taking the story of landships and tanks at sea back to the Holt Caterpillar tractors of the Edwardian era. After 1945, DUKWs and Buffalos fought alongside more advanced gun tanks in Korea and during the later Suez Crisis of 1956. By then however, technology was changing the nature of amphibious warfare as helicopters could reliably insert troops directly to inland areas. Compared to earlier parachute drops and glider attacks, helicopters made up for their approaching noise by being able to evacuate personnel just as easily as they arrived. In this picture, Royal Marines are preparing to fly into Egypt aboard piston engined Westland Whirlwind helicopters from HMS Theseus.
From the mid 1950s too, compact powerful geared gas turbines facilitated not only larger helicopters capable of lifting heavy internal and external loads but short take off and landing turboprop transport aeroplanes. Although still requiring enough space to land if not a recognisable runway, aircraft like the Hawker Siddeley Andover and Lockheed Hercules could bring large numbers of troops and light fighting vehicles rapidly to a conflict. By the 1970s meanwhile, turbofan engines allowed giant transports such as the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and Antonov An-124 Condor to be built: capable of intercontinental ranges and carrying loads such as this Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle on its articulated lorry – yet capable of landing and taking off in less than 3 000 metres of runway. Impressive though these aircraft lifting abilities seem however, the C-5 can only carry two combat ready Abrams main battle tanks at a time. For this reason, a large build up of heavy armour will still require either intensive air activity or delivery by ship.
The combination of modern air power and the ability to launch and recover vehicular landing craft is characteristic of the latest assault vessels. Floodable stern docks were a feature of Her Majesty's Ships Fearless and Intrepid although this picture is of the 1989 vintage USS Wasp. Above the stern dock is an aircraft carrier style flight deck capable of launching Harrier jump jets as well as the Osprey tilt rotors seen here. However, what makes the LHD-1 and its classmates special is that it was the first to be built around the concept of the Landing Craft Air Cushion or LCAC. The LCAC was developed from Sir Christopher Cockerill's original hovercraft principle and once again uses geared gas turbines to deliver an Abrams M1 main battle tank – or equivalent load – at over 40 knots. As well as being much faster than a conventional landing craft, the LCAC is less susceptible to floating mines and other obstructions and can land on more beaches and further up them. Most importantly too, the LCAC can be launched from 50 nautical miles from the target beach, thus keeping the assault ship safely over the horizon. However, the LCAC is noisy and difficult to recover if damaged.
However, much as the gas turbine has allowed transport vehicles to lift larger loads, it has also allowed main battle tanks such as the Abrams M1 to become even bigger and heavier. Although they cannot swim or easily wade, these main battle tanks come close to H.G. Well's vision of Land Ironclads, roaming the open spaces of the Middle East. The possible asymmetric urban warfare of the future however might favour such small tanks as the Russian Platform M. Only 5' 2" long, it is fitted with rocket propelled grenade launchers and machine guns and can be air dropped on to a battlefield. Currently it can be radio controlled from up to six miles away using a laptop and games console but could one day be fully automatic: seeking its enemies in extreme temperature or radiation conditions or when human casualties would be politically unacceptable.
As a footnote, this article is connected to my earlier Warships On The Rails article by the name HMS Thruster. This was first applied to an R Class destroyer launched by Hawthorn Leslie on 10 January 1917 and scrapped in March 1937. The second HMS Thruster was one of the earliest purpose built Landing Ship Tanks, being erected by Harland and Wolff of Belfast and launched on 24 September 1942. After winning battle honours at Sicily and Salerno, HMS Thruster was refitted as a fighter direction ship for the 1944 Normandy landings and transferred to the Dutch navy in 1945. The third HMS Thruster began life as LST 3520 when launched by Vickers of Montreal, Canada, on 2 May 1945 but was renamed in 1947. HMS Thruster was then transferred to the Ministry of Transport 1956 and renamed Empire Petrel. It was sold in Singapore 1968. Class 43 diesel hydraulic locomotive D853 Thruster was built by The North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow and entered British Railways service on 30 August 1961. It was withdrawn on 3 September 1971 and scrapped at Swindon on 16 June 1972. It is seen here on a Cardiff to Manchester Express at Crewe on 24 February 1963


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May 24, 2013 ? Two of Alaska's most active volcanoes -- Pavlof and Cleveland -- are currently erupting. At the time of this post, their activity continues at low levels, but energetic explosions could occur without warning.
Located close to the western end of the Alaska Peninsula, Pavlof is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian arc, having erupted more than 40 times since the late 1700's.
Pavlof has been erupting since May 13, 2013, with relatively low-energy lava fountaining and minor emissions of ash, steam, and gas. So far, volcanic ash from this eruption has reached as high as 22,000 feet above sea level. The ash plume has interfered with regional airlines and resulted in trace amounts of ash fall on nearby communities. The ash plume is currently too low to impact commercial airliners that fly between North America and Asia at altitudes generally above 30,000 feet.
Cleveland, located on Chuginadak Island in the Aleutian Islands, is also one of Alaska's most persistently active volcanoes. It has exhibited some sign of unrest almost annually since the early 1980's, with at least 19 confirmed eruptive events since then.
The current episode of eruptive activity at Cleveland has been characterized by single, discrete explosions, minor ash emissions, and small flows of lava and debris on the upper flanks of the volcano. On several occasions, ash-producing explosions have occurred reaching as high as 35,000 feet.
A small lava dome formed in the summit crater of Cleveland volcano in late January, 2013. At that time, the dome was about 300 feet in diameter and remained that size until a brief eruption on May 4 explosively removed a portion of the dome. The presence of a lava dome increases the possibility of an explosive eruption, but it does not necessarily indicate that one will occur.
Start with Science
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is responsible for monitoring and issuing timely warnings of potential volcano activity. The USGS and its partners operate five volcano observatories, and monitoring of these two volcanoes is coordinated through the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO).
AVO is a joint program of the USGS, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.
Scientists at AVO were able to detect unrest at both Pavlof and Cleveland volcanoes that confirmed eruptive activity was occurring. AVO immediately sent notifications out to emergency-management authorities and those potentially affected.
When Will the Eruptions Stop?
Volcanic eruptions can last weeks to months, and sometime years, so the exact timing is unknown for when these two volcanoes will rest. AVO will continue to monitor them and provide updates in the event of future activity.
Detecting Signs of Unrest
Signs that the volcanoes were becoming restless were determined through a combination of monitoring data.
At Pavlof, a strong thermal signal was observed in satellite data at the summit that coincided with elevated seismic levels. Soon after these observations were made, more satellite data and pilot reports indicated that ash emissions were occurring.
At Cleveland volcano, explosions from the summit vent were detected by an infrasound array and seismic instruments on Umnak Island about 80 miles to the east, and later a thermal feature was observed at the summit in satellite imagery, which indicated hot material at or near the surface. The pressure sensors in the infrasound array pick up air waves generated by volcanic explosions. Because of the relatively slow speed of these waves, it took nearly 40 minutes to detect the explosion from that distance and issue an alert.
Ash Cloud Forecasts
AVO's analysis of the eruption, including the amount of ash and the duration of the explosive phases, are key inputs into the forecasts by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service (NWS) of where the ash cloud will form and drift. These forecasts by NWS are used by the aviation industry to avoid flying into the ash.
The USGS developed a new ash cloud dispersal and fallout tool -- a computer model known as Ash3d -- that is being employed by AVO. The tool details where, when, and the amount of ash fall that is expected to occur. This information helps guide decisions on whether planes can safely land or depart, health warnings, potential impacts to infrastructure, and even when ash will stop falling and cleanup can begin.
Monitoring Tools
Pavlof is monitored with on-the-ground seismic stations (although only three of the seven instruments are currently operational), satellite remote sensing, and web cameras operated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). A regional infrasound network operated by the University of Alaska Geophysical Institute has also helped detect explosions from Pavlof and Cleveland volcanoes.
Cleveland does not have a local seismic network and is monitored using only distant seismic and infrasound instruments and satellite data. Without local seismic instrumentation, scientists cannot forecast eruptions and smaller eruptions can be missed, especially because in the Aleutians, clouds commonly obscure the volcanoes in satellite data.
Updated Alerts and Webcams
Visit the AVO website (http://avo.alaska.edu/) for updated alerts and activity reports on Pavlof (http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Pavlof.php) and Cleveland (http://avo.alaska.edu/activity/Cleveland.php) volcanoes. Virtually travel to these locations through an AVO webcam of Cleveland volcano (http://avo.alaska.edu/webcam/Cleveland.php) and a FAA webcam located in Cold Bay about 37 miles west of Pavlof (http://akweathercams.faa.gov/sitelist.php).
Alaska has 31% of all Active Volcanoes in the United States
Alaska's volcanoes make up about 31% of all active volcanoes in the United States. There are 52 that have been active within the last 10,000 years and can be expected to erupt again. At present, 28 are monitored with ground-based instrumentation, and all are monitored daily using satellite remote sensing.
See a full list (http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/) of all volcanoes in Alaska and view an interactive map (http://www.avo.alaska.edu/map/index.php?monvolcs=on&othervolcs=on) of their location.
Although most of the volcanoes in Alaska are remote and not close to populated areas, millions of dollars of air freight and 20,000-30,000 people fly over active Alaskan volcanoes daily traveling between North America and Asia. In fact, the Anchorage International Airport is ranked the fifth busiest air cargo hub in the world based on tonnage. In addition to the threat that volcanic ash poses for aviation safety, the economic impacts due to disruption of air traffic can be substantial. One study estimated costs of five billion dollars from the week-long closure of European airspace caused by the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallaj?kull volcano in 2010.
USGS Science for Volcano Hazards
USGS science is helping keep what are natural events from turning into major disasters.
The United States has approximately 169 active volcanoes, and more than half of them could erupt explosively. When the violent energy of a volcano is unleashed, the results can be catastrophic. Lava flows, debris avalanches, and explosive blasts have devastated communities. Noxious volcanic gas emissions have caused widespread lung problems. Airborne ash clouds from explosive eruptions have caused millions of dollars damage, including causing engines to shut down in flight.
To keep communities safe, it is essential to monitor volcanoes so that the public knows when unrest begins and what hazards can be expected. USGS efforts have improved global understanding of how volcanoes work and how to live safely with volcanic eruptions.
The USGS Volcano Hazards Program (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/) operates a total of five volcano observatories in cooperation with universities and state agencies. They are the Cascades Volcano Observatory, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, California Volcano Observatory, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and Alaska Volcano Observatory. USGS also monitors and reports on volcanoes in the northern Marianas Islands.
In April, 2013, AVO celebrated 25 years of monitoring and studying Alaska volcanoes.
Learn More
Find out about the National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS) (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/publications/2009/nvews.php), which is a proposed national-scale plan to ensure that volcanoes are monitored at appropriate levels given their associated threats.
Watch a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X64IhvYYlw) about USGS science on volcano hazards.
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Kenton C. Anderson, in his Preaching with Conviction takes a story approach to the deeply philosophical problem of how to approach postmodern-era preaching. The approach is useful for bringing out in very identifiable terms, the challenges that today's preachers face in communicating divine truth to an increasingly sceptical, secularist and pluralistic audience.
Anderson's story centres on Jack Newman, an evangelical minister who is losing confidence in the absoluteness and even the truth of the message he has been preaching for twenty years. He is contemplating resignation, but has the wisdom to confide first in his brother, and then in Henry Ellis, a retired, senior minister.
Defining the Problem
In both conversations, Newman clearly defines his challenge. Society has moved on from the days of quiet obedience and reverence for the religious claims of the Bible ad its preachers. Myriad cultures have changed the philosophical landscape from a predominantly protestant Christian one to a hodgepodge of religious and non-religious thought.
Additionally, the growing social consensus is that all views are as sound and each other, and that there is no single objective truth that can be known and communicated, since all knowledge is subjective. Postmodernism has created a congregation which is wealthier and gives more, but which is also more sceptical and believes less. It was making the same kind of pastor out of Jack Newman.
A Theological Solution
It is Henry, who in a stroke of brilliance helps resolve a large part of Newman's trouble. In a cooperative dialogue, the two men establish that all objective truth finds its source in the creative acts of God. They called this initiation. Second they determined that the clearest revelation of this truth was made in the person and life of Christ, the incarnation. Third, they agreed that Christ, the Word, is also expressed in the Bible, through inspiration. Finally, God reveals truth through the direction of His Holy Spirit. They called this illumination.
The beauty of this system of perceiving truth is that it removes the burden of objectivity from the person, and places it on an external source, God. The preacher's role, then, is merely in "helping people hear from God." This way, the preacher needs only open up the channels in his hearers that let the voice of God in, and "let God do the rest." He may even then be able to use the subjectivity of the hearer to his advantage, by appealing to subjective authority, as well as to apprehension; the hearer tainting the message with their subjectivity and therefore making it their own.
The postmodern philosophical problem is indeed complex. Does objective truth exist? Can it be known? Can it be told? I may add a fourth: Can it be heard? My view is that even if we can find, understand and communicate objective reality, the hearer is likely to taint it with his or her own interpretations of our words. Part of the beauty of Newman's and Ellis' approach for me, lies in the fact that rather than ignoring this, they make use of it for the benefit of the preaching of the gospel of truth.


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1 lb dried split peas
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Keith Nicol, Environmental Studies Unit at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, recently collected two silver medals at the provincial cross country ski championships held in Corner Brook, Feb. 16-17, 2002. Mr. Nicol runs the Winter Outdoor Pursuits program within Environmental Studies and his students learn about all aspects of nordic skiing and safe winter travel. The medals were in the 10 km classic and 10 km freestyle (skating) races in the Masters 3 division.
The medical schools annual Monte Carlo Night brought in over $36,500 this year, and cheques were distributed last month to eight charities. The Newfoundland and Labrador Spina Bifida Association and the Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation each received $8,100. Real Time Cancer and the St. Anthony Fire Department were given $4,100 each. Cheques for $3,600 went to the Communities Food Bank (Bonavista), the Grace Sparkes House and the Sacred Heart School Breakfast Program. The Special Olympics (Newfoundland and Labrador division) received $2,250.
Margaret Miller is the new research marketing manager of the Faculty of Medicines Research/Marketing Development Office. She previously was managing director for Bio-East, the Biotechnology Network for Newfoundland and Labrador. In her new role she will build a marketing and development plan for medicine to increase funding for basic and clinical medical research. The operation of this office, which began in 2000, is made possible by an Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Business Development grant.
Dr. Alice Collins will be the acting dean of the Faculty of Education until June 30, 2002. Dr. Barbara Burnaby, dean of the Faculty of Education, has accepted a secondment to the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Academic) during that time and will be conducting research into the means of support for international students.


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The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America's UFO Highway
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This real-life The X-Files and Close Encounters of the Third Kind tells the true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events along a 3,000-mile stretch through the heart of America and is drawn deeper and deeper into a vast conspiracy.
Like "Agent Mulder" of The X-Files, computer programmer and sheriff's deputy Zukowski is obsessed with tracking down UFO reports in Colorado. He would take the family with him on weekend trips to look for evidence of aliens. But this innocent hobby takes on a sinister urgency when Zukowski learns of mutilated livestock, and sees the bodies of dead horses and cattle—whose exsanguination is inexplicable by any known human or animal means.
Along an expanse of land stretching across the southern borders of Utah, Colorado, and Kansas, Zukowski discovers multiple bizarre incidences of mutilations, and suddenly realizes that they cluster around the 37th Parallel or "UFO Highway." So begins an extraordinary and fascinating journey from El Paso and Rush, Colorado, to a mysterious space studies company and MUFON, from Roswell and Area 51 to the Pentagon and beyond; to underground secret military caverns and Indian sacred sites; beneath strange, unexplained lights in the sky and into corporations that obstruct and try to take over investigations. Inspiring and terrifying, this true story will keep you up at night, staring at the sky, and wondering if we really are alone...and what could happen next.
Like "Agent Mulder" of The X-Files, computer programmer and sheriff's deputy Zukowski is obsessed with tracking down UFO reports in Colorado. He would take the family with him on weekend trips to look for evidence of aliens. But this innocent hobby takes on a sinister urgency when Zukowski learns of mutilated livestock, and sees the bodies of dead horses and cattle—whose exsanguination is inexplicable by any known human or animal means.
Along an expanse of land stretching across the southern borders of Utah, Colorado, and Kansas, Zukowski discovers multiple bizarre incidences of mutilations, and suddenly realizes that they cluster around the 37th Parallel or "UFO Highway." So begins an extraordinary and fascinating journey from El Paso and Rush, Colorado, to a mysterious space studies company and MUFON, from Roswell and Area 51 to the Pentagon and beyond; to underground secret military caverns and Indian sacred sites; beneath strange, unexplained lights in the sky and into corporations that obstruct and try to take over investigations. Inspiring and terrifying, this true story will keep you up at night, staring at the sky, and wondering if we really are alone...and what could happen next.
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Ben Mezrich graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. He has published seventeen books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Accidental Billionaires, which was adapted into the Academy Award–winning film The Social Network, and Bringing Down the House, which was the basis for the hit movie 21. He lives in Boston.
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The 37th Parallel
September 12, 2000. A stretch of interstate highway winding along the base of the Ute Mountain Range near the Colorado–New Mexico border, a little after 4:00 p.m.
In a panoramic splash of pine trees and puffs of falling snow, flashes of brilliant sunlight reflected off the cap of Ute Peak, the Sleeping Mountain, high above. And then a beat-up RV lumbered into view. Over the rumble of the camper's engines rose the off-key tenor of an all-American family sing-along.
Chuck Zukowski was at the wheel of the twenty-four-foot Winnebago Warrior Class A, both hands tapping out the rhythm of "Sweet Home Alabama" on the thick vinyl of the steering wheel cover. Early forties, sandy-haired, fit, Chuck was smiling as he navigated the camper down the serpentine asphalt. His three kids were in the back, one girl and two boys, and his wife, Tammy, a pretty brunette, was up front, joining Chuck in keeping the beat with her fingers against the dash. From the lines beneath Chuck's blue eyes, it was obvious that they'd been driving for quite some time, but there was enough vivid scenery flashing by outside to keep even the youngest kid from getting bored. This sort of road trip was something the Zukowski clan enjoyed. In fact, when Chuck finally spotted the small ranch-style motel along the highway, coinciding with the notice from the dulcet tone of the RV's audio GPS, he was almost reluctant to pull in for the night.
After parking the RV in the empty motel lot, Chuck grabbed a pair of room keys from the lobby manager, and the Zukowski family settled into two adjoining rooms overlooking a tarp-covered pool. The kids went straight for the TV in their room, after a quick dinner, microwaved to perfection in the RV, but next door, Tammy headed for the bed and sank into it with a tattered paperback, exhausted from the long day in the camper.
A few hours later, the kids finally let the TV get some rest, and Chuck closed the door between the two rooms. The sun was long gone outside, the view of the shuttered pool replaced by an inky blackness, broken only by the occasional flare of neon from the vacancy sign hanging above the motel lobby. Tammy was still digging into the paperback, but Chuck could tell she was down for the night. He ran his fingers through her hair and then told her he was going out for a short walk. Barely looking up from the book, she asked him to get some ice from the machine on his way back.
He took the ice bucket from the mantel by the door and headed out to the parking lot. Opening the back of the RV, he leaned into a four-by-four storage compartment and reached toward a locked strongbox affixed to one wall. With a jangle of keys, he pried open the box and exchanged the ice bucket—which he would fill when he returned to the Winnebago—for his equipment: a three-pound police flashlight, a video recorder, an EMF counter, and three rectangular batteries. Then he reached for the leather holster hanging from a hook at the back of the box and removed his .40 caliber Glock from it before checking the cartridges and strapping it to his waist.
By the time he exited the RV, snow had started to fall again, but even so he could see the headlights snaking toward him down the desolate highway.
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Two hours later Chuck was breathing hard as he burst through the last line of thick pines into a clearing following his two companions—an athletic man, midthirties, sporting a pony tail and dressed in a thick hunting jacket with a machete slung over one shoulder, and a thin, slightly older woman struggling along in a bulky snowsuit and too many scarves. Tufts of low grass covered in snow punctuated the field of icy gravel. The three of them were now at least eight thousand feet up, high enough to feel the altitude; the other man, Joe Fex, part Native American, a rugged outdoorsman reared on the ranches that pockmarked this corner of the country, was barely sweating as he began setting up their makeshift campsite, raising a canvas tent to protect their equipment. But the woman was trembling from exhaustion and certainly fear. Chuck had no worries about Fex; the big man was an old friend and had accompanied Chuck on many similar excursions over the years. But the woman was a wild card; Chuck had met her over the Internet not two weeks earlier, and the drive over to the base of this hike was the longest time Chuck had spent with her in person. Chuck would have been much happier if they could have left her behind—but it was her information that had brought them to this spot.
According to her website, she was supposed to be some sort of psychic. Chuck wasn't the type to judge anyone—for all he knew she had a cemetery full of dead people on speed dial. More likely, she was batshit crazy, but it didn't really matter. As usual, Chuck had done his research. The psychic might have been the first to turn him on to this particular location, but now he had a case file an inch thick on this place.
Case file or no, the next two hours licked past in near silence, the three of them getting colder as the wind picked up, rustling through the nearby pines and sending ice chips and gravel skittering across the ground. Chuck wondered if they should cut out and chalk it up as another in a long list of wild-goose chases. In a few more hours, the kids would be waking up, and Tammy would want to get back on the road and find someplace for a good, cheap breakfast. Maybe there was a Denny's somewhere up the interstate.
Chuck froze midthought, as he noticed something strange. The wind seemed to have stopped—not gradually, but suddenly—and the air went silent. He opened his mouth to say something to Joe, but before he could get the words out, there was a sudden flash of light in the pitch-black sky above. Incredibly bright, at least three hundred feet up—and it stayed lit. Before Chuck could shout for Joe to grab the camera from the tent, a second light joined the first, and the two flashes sprinted through the air in a wide arc. Then, it seemed as if the entire sky had opened up, lights exploding everywhere, brighter than the Fourth of July.
"Holy shit!" Chuck screamed. "Joe . . ."
Joe was already dashing at full speed around the psychic—who had curled into a ball on the ground, her face a mask of pure terror—and into the tent. He quickly returned with the camera and all three batteries. Chuck grabbed the camera from Joe's shaking hands, turned it toward the sky, hit the button—and . . . nothing.
The camera was dead.
Chuck cursed, yanking the battery out of the device, jamming the second fresh battery into the base. He hit the button again. And again, nothing. He tried the third battery, but it was obvious all three batteries were now, inexplicably, completely drained. Chuck felt his pulse rocketing in his veins. To have one backup battery go out would have been unusual—but all three?
"What the hell are they?" Joe shouted, as the two men stared at the lights arcing back and forth through the sky above them. "Helicopters?"
Chuck shook his head. His mouth was dry, his chest constricted with fear. He'd never seen anything like this before.
"No way. Helicopters can't move like that. Or fly that close together."
"A meteor shower? Some sort of discharge? Or . . ."
And just as suddenly as they had started, the lights vanished. Completely. The sky went back to black. A strange, intense silence spread across the clearing, severe as a leather belt snapping tight. Not a single tree branch twitched.
And then a high-pitched scream pierced the air, from somewhere below the tree line, maybe two hundred feet down the mountain.
Christ. Chuck looked at Joe as the screaming grew louder. There was a crashing of tree branches: Whatever was making that noise was coming toward them. Some sort of animal, maybe an elk or a moose, running at full speed, screaming that unnerving, terrified scream. Bearing down on them, louder and louder, diving headlong through the pines toward the clearing . . .
And then just as suddenly as it had started, the noise cut off dead, midscream. The animal, whatever it was, had been running from something. Something that had taken it down in a single stroke.
The breeze picked back up, and the night switched back to normal, as if none of what Chuck and his companions had just experienced had ever happened.
Chuck stared at Joe, at the way the big man was shivering beneath his hunting jacket, and then at the psychic, who was sobbing on the ground. Then he looked down at his own trembling hands, one of which was resting on the hilt of his .40, still in its holster.
He shook his head, completely unnerved.
"Whatever ran that animal down—this Glock isn't near big enough, is it?"
At that, even in his terrified state, he almost cracked a smile.
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A worthwhile read, in my opinion. 'Parallel' is generally well-written, with an engaging premise and a fluid, functional voice. The text came off, to me, a bit over-editorialized, as to read more like fiction at times; though, this failed to obscure the story and facts to any significant degree. Otherwise, 'Parallel' reads strong, and offers a good, interesting account of one man's spectacular adventures and the resulting discovery of a so-called "UFO highway" (including a fair amount of notable, albeit inconclusive, evidence to this end). Thus, it presents a reasonably sound and satisfying read (if not a world-shaking one). There is, also, an additional dimension to the book, in the side story of Chuck Zukowski and his saga. Namely, we are shown a human story, of Mr. Zukowski's profound, uncommon experiences and the personal growth and expansion that culminated. And, most valuable in my opinion, Mr. Zukowski's story specifically highlights the potential consequences of challenging predominantly accepted reality, in which severe, largely unfair, and often deeply damaging social repercussions are wrought on the offender. Ultimately, the book serves as something of an object lesson in this capacity, and a quite meaningful one, from which much can be learned (perhaps more than from the story's otherworldly elements, ironically). My sincere thanks goes out to this book's author, subjects, and publisher. I am grateful for, and have benefited from, your work. * * * Some notable quotes from 'The 37th Parallel': "Even if 99.9 percent of the tens of thousands of UFO sightings over the years were mistakes, hoaxes, or hysteria, that still meant at least a few UFOs were real." -- p.47 "[The incident was] another case of 'locational suggestion,' Chuck thought to himself. It happened all the time, even to experienced investigators. Go to a place known for a specific type of phenomenon -- be it UFO sightings, Bigfoot, ghosts -- and your mind was primed to play tricks. Bears became Sasquatch. Wind chimes became visions of the dead." -- p.116 "Thing is, the [investigator's] job might be mostly searching. But you only have to actually find something once." -- p.206 "You didn't need a conspiracy to hide the facts that people like Chuck were trying to uncover, because nobody could even investigate those facts without facing ridicule, and worse. Pilots and army officers couldn't report UFO sightings without risking their careers. Scientists couldn't study strange phenomena without risking their academic posts, enduring mockery, laughter, and scorn. Journalists couldn't cover even the most obvious of incidents without their work being compared to science fiction." -- p.221
A solid piece of non-fiction in a good narrative style. It is a tough thing to do, making a non-fiction book as engaging as a novel but this book pulls it off.
The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America's UFO Highway by Ben Mezrich is recommended for UFO believers and fans of The X-Files. Chuck Zukowski has been interested in UFOs for years and has investigated reports and areas of activity in his own time for years. Mezrich follows Zukowski's beginnings as an UFO hobbyist whose interest turns him into an investigator. He began with an abiding interest in UFOs. He had telescopes to scan the night skies and visited tourist spots like Area 51, Taos, N.M (the hum) and Roswell. Then he began to look into animal mutilations. He and his family moved from California to Colorado so Zukowski could be closer to where activities are being reported. While a sheriff's deputy in Colorado, he assembled a kit to assist in investigating any reported animal mutilations that defied normal explanations (predators, hunters). According to Zukowski there are 10,000 unexplained animal mutilations every year. The book looks into several of these cases that Zukowski personally investigated. Mezrich also covers Zukowski's investigations conducted with his sister, who is a member of MUFON. There is one incident that seems like a direct X-Files episode, with men in black and everything. Mezrich follows the evolution of Zukowski's interest in UFOs over the years to his realization that the thing that ties most cases together is that they have occurred in the 37th parallel. Mezrich presents Zukowski's search in a serious, factual manner and includes photographs, a bibliography and an index. The whole book leads up to the revelation about the 37th parallel and then... that's it, which is more than a little disappointing considering it is in the title of the book. I'm not sure if Mezrich coverage of Zukowski's investigations turn up any definite answers, but this is a quick read and interesting enough to hold your attention. Disclosure: My advanced reading copy was courtesy of the publisher for review purposes.


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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Kate Bush slams Americans for choosing Obama.
80s pop-star Kate Bush has publically slammed Americans for electing Barack Obama president in November's historic election. The British-born singer has been a long time supporter of Republican candidate John McCain, and recently made her views public. "Just think about his name!" said Bush "I mean, Obama, Osama!! I wouldn't run for president with a name like that. It is scary." The comments were published on Ms Bush's website this week.
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How do you ladies feel about purchasing a high end bag that was pre-owned ?
Depends on whether we are talking about 'used' or 'vintage'. And how much are you saving. I have bought two non-new bags -- one is a large quilted lambskin Chanel weekend bag and the other is a Lambertson-Truex in a really hard to find color. I will only do that if I can touch and feel them (no eBay) and they are spotless.
I do not mind pre-owned - you ca get some great deals on ebay , but only if the item were in very good condition
i wouldn't mind if it was a bag i couldn't afford otherwise. i saw a dior gambler bag in a luxury second hand shop here and it was like $580. that's a real bargain.
wow I soooooooo want that bag to go with my purse. Did you get it ???
I think it's a great idea! Plus, cetain bags, like Vuitton, always look better with age!!!
I would buy vintage or secondhand if the bag was clean. Some bags are impossible to get, otherwise! Also, some older styles are better than modern styles.
I wouldn't buy anything dirty or damaged, though.
Most of my bags are new, but I have a couple of pre-owned ones. My Balenciaga was pre-owned; the woman I bought it from used it only once. It's in perfect condition, not a sign of wear on it, and I got it at a great price. My LV Speedy 25 was also pre-owned, and I love how the handles already have a nice, dark patina on them. I also got a great deal on that bag. It just depends... if I see a bag that has been owned before, but is in great condition and is selling for a good price, I'll go for it.
Actually I just bought a vintage LV hardside suitcase as a collectors item. So in that case yes. I've got this thing now for LV vintage trunks/luggage.
I would buy a used bag only if it was in great conditon.
i don't have a problem buying a preowned bag. my balenciaga was preowned, used maybe once or twice, and i didn't have a choice because they were sold out everywhere in the color i had my heart set on. i also purchased a vintage speedy on ebay because i wanted one that had already patina-ed and i don't have the patience to do my own.
no. i used to want it really badly when it came out but now my feelings are only luke warm
I have a used LV and it looks great. That's the thing about these high-end handbags, when cared for, they do last for decades. They shouldn't just fall apart like your average cheap bag might. MY LV is ten years old and looks great, and is as sturdy as it ever was. I have no problem with a used bag as long as it is clean and in good condition, and is made by a brand that I know has a reputation for longevity and excellence.
I prefer new bags and I've got some on eBay that are brand new with tags so that's a steal for me. If it's a bag I really want, it has to be in near new or excellent condition for me to buy it or else I'd just rather pay the full price or buy somewhere else that has it in a better condition. If it's a pricier bag like LV, I won't mind that it has been used for a while as long as everything is clean. I tend to avoid those iwth ink stains or water spots or spills inside the bag.


text: SOUTH BEND 1st District youth, citizen honored South Bend Common Council member Derek Dieter has announced the 1st District Youth and Citizen of the Month for May. The citizen award went to Elton Thompson, a longtime northwest resident who has been volunteering in the community for more than 15 years. First a Civil Defense officer and now is the commander of the Civilian Volunteer Officers, Thompson has given thousands of hours of his time to keep the streets of South Bend moving during times of heavy traffic. Darren Atwood, a fourth-grader at Madison Primary Center, is the youth of the month. Darren has become a leader in both his classroom and school by demonstrating his love and compassion for others. He also has been a hard worker at Coveleski Stadium this summer, doing various tasks, such as picking up around the park or assisting vendors. SOUTH BEND Enshrinement parade entries still accepted The College Football Hall of Fame is looking for local clubs, organizations and businesses to register their units in the 2006 Enshrinement Festival Parade, which will take place at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 12. The parade will include Hall of Famers from the 2006 Enshrinement Class, marching bands, floats, Studebaker cars and special guests. To register your parade unit, call Parade Director John Paczesny at (574) 272-0100, ext. 205, or e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline to register is July 20. SOUTH BEND Openings remain for Charles Martin camp Openings remain for children ages 6 to 12 in the YMCA Urban Youth Services Charles Martin Sr. Day Camp. The camp, which has already begun, runs through Aug. 4, meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at Harrison Primary Center. Cost is $25 per week per child. There will be drop-off and pickup points, but parents can bring their kids right to Harrison. Campers will partake in science, reading and math clinics and activities such as organized games, sports clinics, hiking, swimming and field trips. Lunch is included. Some activities will be at Bendix Woods County Park. The camp is a collaboration with the South Bend Community School Corp., Voyages Rites of Passage Program (grades 2-5), Indiana Plan (grades 7 through 10) and CeaseFire (grades 9 through 12). The slots still available are for those age 6 to 12. To enroll your child, call Dawn Jones at YMCA Urban Youth Services at (574) 282-3754, or visit the YMCA at 1201 Northside Blvd.


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It's a necklace that looks like a camera, that's from Ladybird Likes. Enough said. Gimme!
I'd like to think that I could pull these Topshop trousers off but I'd probably just look like I forgot to change out of my pjs...
Completely twee, but I could so see myself twirling around in a field wearing this dress. Picnic anyone?
One day I will own a piece of Tatty Devine Jewellery!
Yes I know I don't need any more stationary but these Paperchase notebooks are pretty hard to resist.
Since it's my birthday in under a month, I'm going to have to show these to a couple of people, ha ha.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
NIC Coil Project Finished
Finished the Twin Solid State Tesla Coils just a few minutes ago. Periodically working on the coils for over 8 months now I finally spent a good few hours to get the primary coils done. Everything is wired up and I have tested both coils both separately as well as together to see how they handle feedback.
H-Bridge went through two hardware revisions mostly due to cooling and space issues. The first design had an entirely different bridge which was level to the floor of the case. It used a linear regulator off a toriodial step down transformer. The second and final design used a Switch Mode Power Supply providing 12.7V which was broken up into other voltages with linear regulators to keep noise low. The control knobs also changed sides to bring them in reach of the power switch for operator safety. The driver circuit went through two hardware revisions. The first being a Duemilanove at 16MHz mounted beside a driver board. The second and final one being two stacked boards with the ATMEGA 328P running on the same PCB as the VCO at 20MHz.
The software went through five revisions in total. Rev 4 used a pulse timer system which worked but proved unreliable for audio input at frequencies above 1KHz and had a number of harmonics which it could not respond to. The final revision Rev 5 used a hybrid Zero Crossing Detector and Pulse Timing system which allowed up to 2.5KHz audio modulation while remaining completely stable and with no harmonic problems. Rev 5 also included reduced power consumption and higher noise immunity. The control system draws 30mA idle (mostly LED power consumption) to 50mA when fully active in Audio Input Mode.
Now all that is left is some tuning to get longer sparks, some cosmetic clean-up perhaps a washup and paint. To get a bit bigger sparks I plan to raise the primary coil up which should be easy as it was originally designed to do this. I reduced the primary winding to 20T from 21T which did almost nothing. The current draw of these things is 0.3A to 3.4A on the interrupter mode and 0.3A to 6.8A on the audio mode (0-2.5KHz).
That is all for now, documentation, schematics, and operators manual are next.
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