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I've been hit with a gastric flu-type bug for the latter half of this week, so no baking for me. However, I've raided my 'secret unpublished archive' (a girl should always hold something back!) and have this delight for you!
I thought the pear slices, gently frying in butter, looked beautiful:
The sponge turns deliciously squidgy as the treacle sauce sinks into it:
For the pears:
2-3 pears, peeled, cored and quartered
Knob of butter
For the treacle:
25g unsalted butter
90g Demerara sugar
2 tablespoons golden syrup
For the batter:
125g unsalted butter
120g caster sugar
2 eggs
150g self raising flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons milk (whole or semi skimmed)
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan oven 180°C/400°F/Gas mark 6.
- Generously grease a 1.2l pudding basin with butter. Make sure that the basin is ovenproof. I used an ovenproof glass basin.
- Cut the pear quarters through again in length so each pair is now cut into 8 chunky slices.
- Heat the knob of butter in a frying pan and fry the pears over a gentle heat just until they soften. Put to one side to cool.
- Now make the treacle: Place all the ingredients in a saucepan and cook over a medium heat until the sugar crystals have dissolved.
- Pour the treacle syrup into the prepared basin and then arrange the pear slices on top.
- Now make the batter: Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Gradually beat in the eggs. If the mix looks like it might curdle add a little of the flour.
- Fold in the flour and cinnamon.
- Stir in the milk.
- Spoon the batter carefully over the pears. It won't look like you have that much batter but it will be ample to cover the pears.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes until the cake appears to be cooked.
- Turn out the pudding onto a plate and serve hot with either custard or ice cream
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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Earlier in the season, Giants receiver Victor Cruz said the structure was in place for a new contract, which would compensate the third-year, minimum-salary wideout far more handsomely for his performance.
Since then, the deal hasn't been finalized.
"Right now we are just going back and forth until the numbers are right in our favor and what we like," Cruz said Friday, via ESPNNewYork.com. "There's some give-and-take, no one side is just going to win the entire negotiation.
"Once we get closer to the numbers that we want, then the deal will be signed. There are some things that are in place, like the structure and things like that. So it is just a matter of time."
The problem for Cruz is that, until the time comes to sign the deal, he'll continue to bear the risk of injury. Indeed, if Cruz tears an ACL or suffers some other serious injury on Sunday against the Falcons (or in any game before he applies his signature to the bottom of the deal), the structure will disappear. Along with the rest of the deal.
The Giants possibly are holding back a bit in the hopes that Cruz will decide to put the bird in the hand in his bank account. Whether right or wrong, it's good business to hope that Cruz takes less than he wants in order to get more than he has, before he ends up with nothing.

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Our favorite food finds from 53 restaurants, taverns, and treats.
Written by Ami Albernaz, Kara Baskin, Ellen Bhang, Karen Campbell, James Cronin, Gary Dzen, Geoff Edgers, Michael Farrell, Devra First, Carolyn Johnson, Susan Johnston, Sheryl Julian, Marni Elyse Katz, Deborah Kotz, Michael Morisy, Dan Morrell, Anne v. Nelson, Cristin Nelson, Martine Powers, Shira Springer, Francis Storrs, Tina Sutton, Beth Teitell, Rachel Travers, Eugenia Williamson, Glenn Yoder
A4 Pizza
The 36-seat A4 in Somerville, co-owned by Michael Leviton of Cambridge's Area Four, makes extraordinary pies and everything on them by hand — even the mozzarella. Play old Nintendo games while you wait. Pizzas emerge from a wood-burning oven, crusts blistered black, toppings light but not spare. The sourdough was started 13 years ago and is remarkable.
445 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, 617-764-4190, areafour.com
A former L'Espalier sous-chef takes a gamble opening a tasting-menu-only restaurant on the edge of Back Bay, and the result is some of the most compelling food of the year. Alex Crabb serves three-, five-, and eight-course menus at Asta, each more inventive and adventurous than the last. Dishes might include a seaweed pasta and mussel foam called After the Storm, or scallops unfurled into long slices and seared. A seat at the bar overlooking the open kitchen offers a night of culinary theater, with friendly hospitality from co-owner Shish Parsigian and thoughtful wine pairings from sommelier Paige Farrell.
47 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, 617-585-9575, astaboston.com
Barcelona Wine Bar
One of the hottest additions to Brookline's Washington Square area, this restaurant, which also has locations in Washington D.C., Georgia, and Connecticut, is hopping virtually every night of the week. Barcelona offers an adventurous spin on tapas served by a friendly, informed wait staff. With a big bar and a long list of Spanish wines and sherries, it's great for an after-activity drink, too.
1700 Beacon Street, Brookline, 617-264-8900, barcelonawinebar.com
Beat Hotel
This brasserie and performance venue channels Harvard Square's nocturnal renaissance. The subterranean cavern recalls a more bohemian Cambridge, populated by creative spirits who still need to eat. At Beat Hotel, bands ascendant and established can strut their stuff, while the menu recognizes the tastes of the neighborhood, with the requisite raw bar as well as shareable "earth bowls" of chicken, steak, shrimp, or salmon with rice, vegetables, and pumpkin tahini sauce. It's run by the team behind the South End's Beehive.
13 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 617-499-0001, beathotel.com
If you see Spam on a Korean menu, you know you're getting mom's home cooking. Young Kim and her son, Ed, deliver just that at Allston's Bibim, which is full of Korean students. The signature bibimbap in a stone pot is a treasure of rice, vegetables, and succulent strips of beef. As for the Spam, order it in budae (translation: "army stew"), a sort of GI ramen that comes with Velveeta cheese.
166 Harvard Avenue, Allston, 617-787-5656
Blue Dragon
On a formerly charmless Fort Point corner, celebrity chef Ming Tsai tempts lunchtime crowds with Asian sloppy Joes, Korean beef Reubens, and banh mi. Come dinnertime, crowds flock for dim sum, noodles, and creative dishes like sake foie gras terrine, washed back with strong drinks — revelers should request the rummy Dragon Bowl for two. Day or night, get the fries: They're brined overnight in vinegar, salt, and water, then fried twice. The result is addictive.
324 A Street, Boston, 617-338-8585, ming.com/blue-dragon
Bondir Concord
Upping the ante of the tiny Cambridge original, this 80-seat spot in Concord retains all the qualities that make its predecessor great. Chef Jason Bond's menu changes daily, but the focus is always on sustainable modern American cuisine, such as New England bouillabaisse and roasted duck with walnut and sage stuffing. A fireplace, antiques, and some fabulous old church pews create a lovely ambience. Look for outdoor dining come summer.
24 Walden Street, Concord, 978-610-6554, bondirconcord.com
Bon Me
In the Kendall Square courtyard near The Blue Room, the brick-and-mortar version of the food truck Bon Me can really move the crowds along. Most entrees are packed to go, with salads and rice bowls in cardboard boxes that vaguely resemble little laptops when you open them. The limited menu includes some fine noodle and rice dishes and a healthy banh mi.
1 Kendall Square, Cambridge, 617-945-2615, bonmetruck.com
Boston Chops
This is definitely the best new steakhouse we didn't know we needed. But Chris Coombs, also executive chef at Deuxave and dbar, has the golden touch. Boston Chops had its chops from the start — the South End spot has meat that is tender, fresh popovers, an impressive raw bar, and cocktails and a wine selection designed to please. All sauces (including ketchup) are house made.
1375 Washington Street, Boston, 617-227-5011, bostonchops.com
Chef Tim Wiechmann is known for his refined, creative food at Cambridge's T.W. Food. Now he turns to sausage making, and his skill shows. Bronwyn, named for his wife, features the food and drink of Germany and Central Europe. Union Square hipsters happily consume giant pretzels and German beer in the dark, loud restaurant, decorated with iron chandeliers and ornate wooden chairs upholstered in velvet. Sausages such as currywurst and lemon weisswurst are heavenly; make sure to also leave room for regional specialties such as rosti and jagerschnitzel.
255 Washington Street, Somerville, 617-776-9900, bronwynrestaurant.com
This busy Roman trattoria in the South End is part of the Aquitaine Group — the team responsible for neighborhood hits like Gaslight Brasserie and Union Bar and Grille. Cinquecento fills a niche with chef Justin Winters's satisfying renditions of Italian classics like tagliatelle alla Bolognese and linguine with clams, plus weekly specials such as wild-boar gnocchi with raisins. The new wine list focuses on rare-yet-affordable bottles, all from Italy.
500 Harrison Avenue, Boston, 617-338-9500, cinquecentoboston.com
The Coffee Trike
This mobile coffee shop brings freshly brewed java to the masses shuffling to and from South Station along Boston's Greenway and elsewhere. Founder and Australian native Alessandro "San" Bellino, who moved here to study music at Berklee, uses gourmet beans from Acton's George Howell Coffee Co. and Gracenote Coffee in Berlin. The custom trike will roll again in April.
Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, thecoffeetrike.com
With longtime Arlington restaurant Tryst, chef Paul Turano created a fun, comfortable haunt for area residents. Now he does the same for Newtonville. Cook is stylish yet informal, with gray walls, wood floors, exposed ductwork, metal chandeliers, and dangling bulbs. The menu mixes casual fare such as burgers and tacos with more refined dishes, from an excellent kale salad to mustard-glazed salmon with spinach, apple, and quinoa. With weekend brunch, Cook makes itself indispensable.
825 Washington Street, Newton , 617-964-2665, cooknewton.com
Dirty Water Dough Co.
A pizzeria with a name only Bostonians could love. Cape Ann Brewing Co. makes a special IPA called Dirty Water for this Back Bay joint, which is served on draft and used in their dough, rendering it exceptionally fluffy on the inside and crackly on the outside. Toppings are joyfully singular, too. Try the Fenway Frank, festooned with Kayem hot dogs, mozzarella, sauerkraut, mustard, white onions, and sweet relish. Late-night experimenters might enjoy a Dirty Taco Pizza topped with Doritos.
222 Newbury Street, Boston, 617-262-0090, dirtywaterdough.com
Fairsted Kitchen
All-around excellence in a warm, unassuming package. Co-owners Steve Bowman and Andrew Foster roam the amber-lit room in Brookline, making conversation and menu suggestions. Chef W. Scott Osif has created a menu that emphasizes family-style dining, and the food is both playful and sophisticated — think whole braised oxtail with vegetables and arancini. There's serious wine service, and the beverage program headed by "master of ceremonies" Patrick Gaggiano is one of the most creative in town. But most of all the staff is simply fun to spend a night — or many — with.
1704 Beacon Street, Brookline, 617-396-8752, fairstedkitchen.com
Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe
Gene Wu's restaurant started out in Chelmsford, one of the few places in the region to find strappy, hand-pulled Xi'an noodles made fresh for each order. His pungent noodle soups and savory flatbreads grew so popular that the vivacious Wu — who hails from northwestern China — expanded to Boston's Downtown Crossing, delighting adventurous 9-to-5ers. Order flatbread stuffed with juicy five-spice pork, lamb stew, or a tingly bowl of house soup virtually guaranteed to vanquish any cold.
86 Bedford Street, Boston, 617-482-1888, genescafe.com
At this distinctive Italian restaurant, chef Michael Pagliarini serves beautiful small plates and perfectly prepared second courses such as monkfish piccata, all with clean, clear flavors. But if there is one reason to come, it is the house-made pasta. From spaghetti with clams to pappardelle with wild boar, it is superb. Located halfway between Harvard and Porter squares, the place is intimate and romantically lit. Reservations are hard to come by, but a meal at Giulia is well worth planning for.
1682 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 617-441-2800, giuliarestaurant.com
This Allston newcomer transports you to Japan with a J-pop soundtrack and curtains printed with waving cats and sumo wrestlers. The food follows suit. The succinct menu features donburi and katsu curry, but the main event is the noodle soup ramen, such as shoyu ramen with soy sauce-flavored broth, and yakibuta ramen with extra pork and extra toppings. You'll even have your choice of thick, chewy noodles or delicate, thin ones.
72 Brighton Avenue, Allston, 617-562-1668
The Kirkland Tap & Trotter
In 2013, Tony Maws — the force behind the high-end, high-concept Craigie on Main — opened an exacting chef's version of a neighborhood joint. The food may be simpler and more straightforward, but it lives up to the same standards. Dishes such as house-made spaghetti with chicken liver cream, pumpkin, and brown butter, grilled salmon head, and enormous pork chops showcase the craft of cooking. All brick and beams, mismatched chairs and vintage signs, the Somerville restaurant itself feels relaxed and friendly. Many places claim the label "gastropub," but The Kirkland Tap & Trotter truly is one, a great bar with great food.
425 Washington Street, Somerville, 857-259-6585, kirklandtapandtrotter.com
Mei Mei
Siblings Andy, Margaret (Mei), and Irene Li have won a devoted fan base with their food truck, Mei Mei Street Kitchen. Now they've opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Audubon Circle. Devotees will find some of their favorite truck items here, but the stationary kitchen allows the creative chefs to stretch. The dinner menu encompasses dishes such as beef heart tartare with juniper dressing and smoked chestnut creme, and smoked beef shank mapo dofu with apples and wheatberries in lamb-head broth. Bonus: You always know where to find it.
506 Park Drive, Boston, 857-250-4959, meimeiboston.com
The restaurateurs behind the likes of Mistral and Sorellina bring their signature style to a Theatre District menu of oysters, tender gnocchi with lobster, and salt-crusted branzino. Service at Ostra is courtly, and the room is as elegant as the food, with cognac leather seating and white tablecloths and photos of rocky shores hanging on the walls. There are now plenty of excellent casual places to eat seafood. Come here for something special.
1 Charles Street South, Boston, 617-421-1200, ostraboston.com
Puritan & Company
Co-owner and chef Will Gilson takes classic New England dishes and turns them on their heads at this Cambridge restaurant. You can dine on swordfish pastrami, a thick Berkshire pork chop with cabbage and apples, or finnan haddie with mussels.
1166 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, 617-615-6195, puritancambridge.com
Expectations were high for the first solo venture from Tim Maslow, the young chef who turned his father's Watertown sandwich shop, Strip-T's, into a dining destination. Ribelle in Brookline doesn't disappoint. The cooks turn out rigatoni with octopus, fennel, and smoked tomato, ricotta gnudi with green crab veloute, aged duck breast with cranberry, and more. Inventive and inspired, it doesn't taste like any other restaurant in town.
1665 Beacon Street, Brookline, 617-232-2322, ribellebkline.com
Roksana's Persian Food
Ala Tolouei and his wife, Roksana, prepare elegant Persian cuisine at this Watertown takeout place named for her. Long skewers of halal meat are set on basmati rice flecked with saffron. Order a roll-up and you'll get it in homemade bread, a little like Indian nan. The only thing this ancient cuisine is missing is seats for diners.
133 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, 617-393-2229, roksanas.com
A welcome health-food haven in the midst of boozy Allston, Root offers salads, sandwiches, and fresh juice blends to atone for the previous night's sins (consider a "veg blend" with beet, carrot, kale, and lemon). The weekend brunch menu isn't entirely virtuous, though: you'll also find doughnut bites and pancakes dressed with rich toppings.
487 Cambridge Street, Allston, 617-208-6091, rootboston.com
Row 34
Row 34 is a Fort Point seafood restaurant from the people behind the much-loved Island Creek Oyster Bar. So the surprise isn't that it is good — it's how good. Casual and cheerful, it showcases oysters, ceviche, lobster rolls, crab cakes, and grilled fish. From deviled-crab toast to house-made bucatini with clams, the cooked food is just as good as the raw. And the beer list, with more than 20 offerings on tap alone, is one of the best around.
383 Congress Street, Boston, 617-553-5900, row34.com
Sarma is a collaboration between Oleana's Ana Sortun and Cassie Piuma, the former chef de cuisine there. One would never expect to stumble across a restaurant serving Turkish-inspired small plates in this Winter Hill space, long occupied by the Paddock. It has been thoroughly re-imagined, with walls painted a cool blue, upholstered banquettes, Turkish mosaic lamps, and a three-sided bar. On the menu, meze such as pumpkin fritters and lamb kofte sliders beckon. And platters of specials make every dinner feel like a festive cocktail party.
249 Pearl Street, Somerville, 617-764-4464, sarmarestaurant.com
Seta's Cafe
Several things helped prepare Seta Dakessian — raised in Worcester by parents who ran an Armenian bakery and cafe — for instant success at her Belmont spot, including working her way up at Rialto. Seta's Cafe offers Armenian and Mediterranean specialties made with the best ingredients. Grilled poultry and meats (khorovats) sit on bulgur pilaf and are served with parsley-onion salad and grilled tomatoes and onions. No table service, and you bus yourself, but you'll find you'll do anything to eat this well.
271 Belmont Street, Belmont, 617-484-7823, setascafe.com
Shake Shack
The phenomenon that is Shake Shack has finally arrived. New York restaurateur Danny Meyer made his name with high-end places like Gramercy Tavern, but his burger joint has the farthest reach, with branches from Boca Raton to Beirut. In Chestnut Hill, lines immediately stretched out the door, everyone eager for a taste of the ShackBurgers, hot dogs, and frozen custard. The appeal? Fast-food flavors created with high-quality ingredients. There's beer and wine, too, and even treats for your dog. A Harvard Square Shake Shack opened in early January, and another is slated for Newbury Street.
49 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, 617-651-3406, shakeshack.com
Shanghai Social Club
This Chinese-themed nightspot in Allston used to be dive bar Our House. You'd never recognize the place, redone with dark wood, cushioned nooks, and plenty of Buddha statues. It looks like the cleanest opium den in bygone Shanghai, but it is America's Chinese restaurants to which the menu pays homage. Chef Bob Botchie, formerly of Myers + Chang, serves up pupu platters, lo mein, and General Gao's, along with street food like steamed buns. With a bar program specializing in scorpion bowls and tiki drinks, it is tasty, cheeky fun.
1277 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, 617-208-8909, shanghaisocialclub.com
For authentic Northern Indian and Bangladeshi fare, savvy eaters head to Shanti in Roslindale Village. This friendly 40-seat restaurant, brought to you by the owners of Shanti in Dorchester, offers familiar favorites (samosas, tandoori chicken, tikka masala), but also robustly flavored dishes like bhuna, a style of slow cooking meat and vegetables in their own juices until meltingly tender. Goat bhuna, infused with toasted coriander and green cardamom, leaves you feeling deliciously in the know.
4197 Washington Street, Roslindale, 617-325-3900, shantiboston.com
Former Dave's Fresh Pasta wine buyer Felisha Foster opened neighboring Spoke, and the 40-seat spot in Somerville is lively, with great bar food to share and lots of innovative cocktails and delicious wines by the glass. The menu of small plates, cheeses, and charcuterie changes every few weeks, but the friendly atmosphere is always there.
89 Holland Street, Somerville, 617-718-9463
David Punch (Ten Tables) and Lydia Reichert (Craigie on Main) have already established their culinary reputations. So it is no surprise that their cozy Newton Centre bistro serves delicious, interesting food. There are echoes of France and Spain on the menu: Nibble gougeres and chorizo croquetas, then move on to the likes of foie gras mousse, cassoulet with duck sausage, or roasted scallops with mushroom ragout. The atmosphere is every bit as nice as the food.
755 Beacon Street, Newton, 617-244-4445, sycamorenewton.com
This chain with nearly two dozen locations has finally planted its seed in Boston's Back Bay, with two more area outposts on the horizon. It's based on the concept that food can be delicious and healthy as well as prepared and served in an environmentally responsible manner (they even compost). The dishes include locally sourced organic ingredients that are free of hormones and antibiotics, the star attractions being quinoa and kale. Don't worry, if you like some bite, there's plenty of sriracha sauce, too.
659 Boylston Street, Boston, 617-936-3464, sweetgreen.com
When Boloco closed its Tufts location in May, two of the company's founders, Adam Liebman and Jason Hutchinson, re-imagined the space as an eco-conscious cafe serving breakfast, lunch, and weekend brunch. When you're in an ultra-cool, ultra-comfortable room and the French toast is spot on, what more could you want? Coffee, of course. Tamper's is excellent.
340 Boston Avenue, Medford, tampercafe.com
Tavern Road/TR Street Foods
Chef Louis DiBiccari and his brother, Michael, operate two restaurants in one. At lunch, TR Street Foods doles out portable savories from across the globe, like pita packed with tender lamb meatballs dolloped with yogurt and spicy harissa. At dinner, sit in the dining room and feast on signature porchetta. Starting in late January, TR Street Foods will host gallery nights spotlighting local artists.
343 Congress Street, Boston, 617-790-0808, tavernroad.com
Walnut Grille
Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free fare are on the menu at Walnut Grille in Newton Highlands. One stellar dish is gobi Manchurian (inset), cauliflower in a sweet-spicy tomato sauce (you may recognize it from Red Lentil in Watertown, where chef and co-owner Shiva Kumar used to work). The food here is highly seasoned and full of flavor. Bring your carnivorous best friend — you won't get grief.
1203 Walnut Street, Newton, 617-964-1029, walnutgrille.com
Warehouse Bar & Grille
Every cocktail at this Financial District spot honors a Dave Matthews Band tune. (Owners Cliff and Toni Dever are big fans.) It's also one of the few places in town that serves alligator, prepared as "bites," breaded, fried, and primed for dipping in spicy remoulade. Wash them back with an unusually extensive selection of beers by the can or wine on tap.
40 Broad Street, Boston, 617-936-4383, thewarehouseboston.com
Whether you're outfitting a picnic or stocking a pantry, these one-stop shops have you covered:
1. MA-France
The husband-and-wife team of Francois and Cecile Attard lovingly tends this French gourmet grocery on the Lexington-Arlington line. It's a prime spot for rare cheeses, foie gras and pates, coffee, imported jams, and an assortment of mustards shipped from Dijon. It's also a worthy morning pit stop: Each day, the shop receives deliveries of fresh croissants and baguettes from Pain D'Avignon, the legendary bakery on Cape Cod.
46 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, 781-862-1047, mafrancegourmet.com
Tucked away in an alley in industrial Fort Point, Trillium Brewing Company produces innovative beers in small batches. They've just begun small bottling runs, but the best way to take home brews with names like Wakerobin and Pot & Kettle is to fill up a growler at the brewery. If you're having trouble deciding among the options, the deliciously dry-hopped Fort Point Pale Ale is a standout.
369 Congress Street, Boston, 617-453-8745, trilliumbrewing.com
3. Commonwealth
This Kendall Square spot calls itself a restaurant/market hybrid and offers American-style family food with lots of vegetables and sides — including duck-fat fries. You can create your own dessert with ice cream, sauces, and different bases, among them blondies, brownies, bread puddings, or waffles. This is chef Steve "Nookie" Postal's first solo endeavor, though many know him from Fenway Park and Oleana, among others.
11 Broad Canal Way, Cambridge, 617-945-7030, commonwealthcambridge.com
Not all the best fish is found down at the pier: Brighton Fish Company offers a sparkling daily catch alongside unexpected choices like bronzini and mako shark, and subscribers of the new month-to-month fish share can get a group rate on fresh favorites like salmon and local cod. To-go offerings like clam chowder, ready-to-bake stuffed clams, and lobster rolls filled with perfectly cooked meat will reel you in hook, line, and . . . well, you know.
162 Chestnut Hill Avenue, Brighton, 617-903-3750, brightonfishcompany.com
This 5,500-square-foot industrial space in the Seaport District contains a butcher shop and cheese and charcuterie area as well as lots of other locally sourced goodies. Gourmet chocolate is made on-site, and you can get Batch ice cream scooped. There is lots of food and plenty of eating spots for settling into — and a multitude of grocery options to go. Add in the beer and wine selection, and you've got a great urban high-end market.
12 Farnsworth Street, Boston, 617-292-2337, beeskneessupply.com
This crimson-walled Downtown Crossing steakhouse in the back of jm Curley is a swanky lair for dedicated eaters who crave strong drinks and serious meat. Couples should get the new prix fixe "Casa Blanca" for two: a wedge salad, a 20-ounce bone-in rib eye with a side, and dessert — a steal at $58. Try the bone marrow with jalapeno chimichurri and Texas toast. Logically, cocktail flights are named for Humphrey Bogart films.
25 Temple Place, Boston, 617-338-5333, bogiesplace.com
The name might come from a temperance crusader who went after nightspots with a hatchet, but fortunately things are more subdued at this moody Beacon Hill cocktail space, dotted with leather chairs and an 80-foot 1920s-style bar. Enjoy New England fare such as lobster pot pie in the front dining room, or venture back to the speak-easy, where there are billiards tables, waitresses in flapper attire, and a cocktail list that spotlights pre-Prohibition classics.
11 Beacon Street, Boston, 617-227-3100, carrienationcocktailclub.com
Owner Dimitra Tsourianis Murphy has been a cheery presence on the restaurant scene for years. Now she handles the bar and chef duties at this Greek-inspired date spot in Magoun Square. Try cheeky cocktails like the Greek Dude, a White Russian made with yogurt liqueur, and share nontraditional bar meze like smoked herring.
525 Medford Street, Somerville, 617-690-9095, daddyjonesbar.com
Society on High aims to sate the Financial District's deal-making crowd with simply prepared fish, burgers, and flatbreads. But the restaurant also has a frisky side. Come spring, expect DJs and live musicians to host themed nights like "Disco Inferno" and "The Roaring 20s," plus movie screenings with special menus. Another draw: a patio with full bar.
99 High Street, Boston, 857-350-4555, societyboston.com
On the outskirts of the North End, Ward 8 serves creatively styled American cuisine in a cozy industrial-chic atmosphere. Executive chef Kenny Schweizer, who's partial to gastropub fare, offers up duck wings, braised short ribs, and bacon cashew caramel corn, along with raw-bar favorites and an extensive cocktail list.
90 North Washington Street, Boston, 617-823-4478, ward8.com
In West Roxbury, cookies, cupcakes, pies, bars, cheesecakes, and more are culled from the family recipes of co-owners Fran Kolenik and Beth McNichols (and are better than your grandma made). Breakfast savories and sweets, great teas, and Fair Trade coffee give the Dunk's across the street a run for its money, and soups, salads, and sandwiches are offered for lunch.
168 Spring Street, West Roxbury, 617-325-2253, bakerbaker.co
This artisanal candy shop near Harvard Square sources sweets from all over the country, with a special focus on chocolate and truffle fudge. It also roasts nuts on-site — rosemary sea salt cashews are a top seller. A cafe serves rich hot chocolate, Stumptown coffee, and pastries.
1702 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 617-547-0175, evelynangels.com
Baguettes, croissants, and macarons abound, all baked on-site, along with artisanal cheese, pate, sandwiches, and gelato, available from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at this much-needed Back Bay bakery. Sweets and savories can be consumed at charming bistro tables or boxed for takeout.
257 Newbury Street, Boston, 617-670-6040, patisserieonnewbury.com
Cherry hibiscus glaze on a chewy, not-too-sweet, beautifully yeast-puffed doughnut. Sounds like the obvious choice . . . until you spot the honey almond. And the chocolate chipotle. (And the maple bacon.) Take a deep breath, because unless you've come with a sharp knife and a troop of Girl Scouts who really like to share, there's no way you're going to get to taste every treat at Union Square Donuts — and that's OK. Because tomorrow there will be sea-salted bourbon caramel.
16 Bow Street, Somerville, 617-209-2257, unionsquaredonuts.com
Violette Gluten Free Bakery
This local farmers' market favorite has opened shop in Cambridge, using hand-milled flour, fresh fruit, and seasonal vegetables to create homemade baked goods that are gluten-free and delicious. They provide full ingredient lists for all packaged items and an ingredient book for those that aren't. The favorites include cupcakes with salted caramel butter cream and chocolate chip banana bread, plus curried vegetable empanadas and chicken pot pie.
1001 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 617-945-7660, violettegf.com
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Conversion optimization is essentially the structure and design of a site and how well it caters for and motivates users to convert, sign up or purchase a product. So, how can you improve conversion rates – well A/B testing plays a large part.
What is A/B testing?
A/B testing is a lot simpler than it sounds. Essentially, testing involves showing users two versions of the site – one the original and one a variant with a tweak. These variations are each displayed to a set number of people and the responses in terms of conversions, bounce rates and other on-site actions will be logged and evaluated. These actions or metrics will be set pre-test, with specific ones used and compared to allow a solid conclusion to be made.
If one conclusion is deemed as offering a more positive outcome than the other and seems to perform to a better level, generally a change is made and an implementation takes place.
Customer Needs
A/B testing allows you to quickly get to grips with the preferences of your niche and allow you to offer the best line up possible of products or services in the most attractive way conceivable. Though using specific metrics it's easier for you to discern what you customer wants, limiting the incidence of trial and error.
Bounce Rates
If bounce rates are high your conversions are generally in trouble. If users come to your page and leave just as quickly, it's generally a sign that something is wrong and you are not giving the information leads want. This will of course make for fewer conversions and sales and so a less successful website. Good A/B testing can lower bounce rates and encourage people to spend more time on site and convert to leads more often.
One of the most important things with A/B testing is to give it enough time. Like any sort of experiment you need a large enough test to get an accurate result. Testing overnight and garnering information from only a few results may not provide accurate results. The more time you run the test the lower the chance of a skewed result.
With A/B testing it's also possible to test more than one thing at once. For instance, if you have more than two variations, then you can perform three separate tests at once – so, A v B, B vs C and C vs A testing. This may take a slightly longer period of time and is a little more complex, but can offer better results If you wish to test a number of variables – this is known as multivariate testing as there is more than an A and B factor involved.
A/B testing can really make a significant difference to your bottom line and be of significant benefit to your site and online work.


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Savills Hotels sees rapid growth of Asia Pacific Hospitality sector, merges with Alternaty
29 March 2017
The rapid rate of growth in Asia Pacific tourism continues to drive demand for hotel assets in the region. Savills expect that over the five-year period to 2021, foreign arrivals into the region will grow at an average rate of five percent per annum, reaching a combined foreign inbound count of close to 758 million. Regarding investment and sales of hotels in the region, on the back of one of the strongest years for Asia Pacific in 2016, 2017 should see similar investment levels of between US$9 billion and US$10 billion, with Japan, China and Australia continuing to account for most of the transactions.
Importantly, more investors are discussing alternative investment destinations as core investment opportunities grow limited and cap rates continue to tighten, especially in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. Popular targets are now hotels and resorts in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Savills Hotels, Asia Pacific has therefore recently announced a merger with Alternaty, a leading hotel advisory practice in Indochina, highlighting Savills' commitment to South East Asia, and strengthening their hotels platform across the region.
Mauro Gasparotti and Rudolf Hever, founders of the award winning boutique hotel consultancy, Alternaty, will join Savills to capitalise on growing hotel opportunities in the region. The partners bring more than 20 years of local knowledge, experience, contacts and an extensive track record in commercial property, hotel and resort development. They have also taken key advisory roles in many major hospitality projects throughout Indochina. The team will leverage Savills' global platform to establish a full suite of services for hotel owners and investors completing the lifecycle of hotel development from market research, feasibility, project management, asset management, and valuation to due diligence and successful investment sale.
Savills Hotels, Asia Pacific draws strength from its formidable knowledge, local experience and a dedicated approach. Transactions concluded recently by the team include the sales of the Anantara Ubud Bali, Duxton Hotel Saigon and the Hyatt Regency Osaka. In a short period of time, Savills Hotels, Asia Pacific has risen to become a prominent player in the hotel advisory and investment business in the APAC region.
"The merger between the Savills Vietnam office and Alternaty is of significant strategic importance to Savills Hotels, Asia Pacific" commented Chris Mancini, CEO Asia Pacific (ex-greater China). "Alternaty's strong foothold in Indochina enables the Savills team to engage with the growing number of investors In South East Asia actively seeking hotel and resort assets and will consolidate Savills already well-established investment brokerage platform."
Ray Clement, Managing Director, Savills Hotels, Asia Pacific, says "We have noted a growing interest from investors seeking hotel and resort assets for both development and investment in Indochina. The addition of Mauro and Rudolf to the team is of strategic importance as we aim to provide our clients with the most comprehensive service possible. As opportunities grow limited and cap rates tighten in traditionally popular Asian markets such as Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia, hotel investors and developers have been focusing over the past three years on strategic and high potential destinations in South East Asia. These markets are harder to navigate, and having experienced and talented people on the ground is an absolute necessity."
The official signing ceremony between Alternaty and Savills Hotels, Asia Pacific was held on 28th March at The Saigon Prince Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Savills Hotels, Asia Pacific
Launched in 2012, there are now seven offices regionally with 28 people providing a range of hospitality advisory services across the Asia Pacific Region. The team is capable of putting forward different asset realisation strategies and disposition services, as well as specific management and consultancy services.
In 2016, Savills valued and advised on US$9.1billion worth of hotel assets in Asia Pacific and sold hotels to the value of US$2.1 billion during the past 24 months in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia.
Key Contacts
Raymond Clement
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Susan Franklin
Hi, fellow ELs! I am Assistant Professor of Library Science and Public Services Librarian at Hastings College Perkins Library (Hastings, NE), which is a small, private, liberal arts college. This is my second year as full-time faculty, although it's my thirteenth year at Hastings College (I'm also an English instructor). I hold a B.A. in English (Philosophy Minor) from Hastings College; an M.A. in English from Texas A&M; and an M.A. in Library Science from the University of Missouri. All of my jobs, except for one (you figure it out!), have revolved around books, reading, and literature: adjunct instructor of English, composition grader, administrative assistant at a regional library system, bartender, literacy tutor, interlibrary loan librarian, public services librarian.
My professional interests include: information literacy; instruction/pedagogy; leadership; mentoring; Library 2.0; emerging technologies; and promotion/marketing, among others.
I live 24 miles away from Hastings in a small town called Clay Center, located in Clay County, of which my husband is the sheriff. We (and our two children) live, literally, in the jail, which provides material for many entertaining and sometimes horrifying stories.
My personal interests include: reading (I enjoy borrowing privileges at three libraries!); traveling; speed-walking; cooking; yoga; kickboxing; writing; stinky cheese; and cheesy movies.
I am excited at the opportunity to "emerge" with so many talented peers, to room with Manya, and am looking forward to Denver and Chicago! In the meantime, you can find me on facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Apple Hit With $2 Billion Lawsuit, and More
What's News: A German patent owner hits Apple with a $2 billion infringement lawsuit, the U.S. Service Sector continues its expansion, and a U.N. panel criticizes the Vatican over child abuse scandals. Photo: Getty Images
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The Weekend Playlist: Walking Dead Is Back, and So Is Homeland's Brody
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It's raining zombies, quite literally, by the end of the first hour of The Walking Dead's fourth harrowing season (Sunday, 9/8c, AMC). And when it rains, it pours blood. Just how fans like it. But it's in the pauses between the gruesome action, those… Read more


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U.S. gasoline prices at the pump are likely to vary from $3.55 to $3.70 a gallon on average this summer, AAA said on Monday.
"Expect a feeling of déjà vu with gasoline costing about the same as last summer," said Avery Ash, AAA spokesman. Gas prices averaged $3.60 in June 2013, $3.50 in June 2012 and $3.68 in June 2011.
AAA emphasized that "major refinery disruptions, geopolitical concerns or a damaging [Atlantic] hurricane season could send prices higher than forecast," but it also said that gasoline prices could fall about 10 cents a gallon this month from the current level if refinery production increases as anticipated.
The average per-gallon price for regular gasoline stood at $3.669 on Monday, unchanged from Sunday, but down from $3.683 a month ago, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
Average national gas prices in the summer of 2013 reached a low of $3.47 on July 6 and a high of $3.67 on July 22, AAA said. Gas prices nationally averaged $3.58 per gallon from Memorial Day through Labor Day in 2013.
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We survived Vegas, and there is never a better time than Interbike to make lots of new friends and catch up with old ones.
We won't go into any serious coverage, because there is no shortage of that sort of thing on the interweb already. Favorite so far: Urban Velo's coverage. Just the week before Interbike we got a visit from Brad from Urban Velo when he swung by our office, and he is an all-around solid guy. We ran into him at the show but didn't get a chance to grab a beer; he was off to post web coverage. Brad and Jeff are a couple of the hardest working guys in the bike business, and when you grab (or download) a copy of Urban Velo, it shows.
We had an opportunity to meet some of the awesome folks behind all kinds of different projects. Shorty Fatz was on hand with a bunch of their beautiful and unique hand-built frames. They were sharing a booth with Phil Wood.
Soma saddles and forks on three of their bikes (they dig our straight-blade track fork)
Ortlieb's booth was full on innovative and well-executed products. They had a new medium brown colored version of their Back Roller Plus which will look great with a classy touring build or a more rugged "get lost in the mountains" build (as well as being highly functional). Their removable harness allows panniers to be used as an off the bike backpack is another awesome feature, and watching them demo how the whole assembly snaps together quickly made me wonder what I had been doing commuting without the system. We of course can't neglect to mention the awesome treatment they gave our Buena Vista frame:
Those are actual wooden rims, and Chris over at Ortlieb took the time to fill in the lugs at the seatstay junction and crown with silver paint, as well as some gold on the Nitto S-83 lugged seatpost.
A couple of us were riding bikes around the show, and getting them there was a time-consuming and costly affair. Here is a box marked fragile with directional arrows, and the subsequent care shown by baggage handlers. (This resulted in a couple spokes getting broken on a DA track wheelset):
Couple random videos from Vegas:
Pro men's crit final corner, last lap where the race leader goes down for the lose:
Jason from Superb, barspinning his department store cruiser that he happily returned at the end of the week:
How can you talk about Vegas and not mention racks? Hey-oh!
More seriously, we brought home some of the new Gamoh front cargo rack.
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Yoyotext needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 170 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
We provide a mobile marketing service for small business owners that allow them to offer great deals that can be sent via text message to consumers. Business owners can develop a following of "VIP's" that receive special deals via text message from the businesses that they subscribe to.
We are going to "guarantee" this contest as soon as we reach the 99designs minimum requirement of 10 entries and we'd like to recognize the winning designer on our website with their permission of course.
The business site will target small business owners. The main site targets consumers who would like to receive a text message coupon of the local deal being offered and become a VIP of the businesses they like.
We've uploaded the layout we want and a black and white logo. Now we just need a color and style that is unique and memorable.
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Short review: To have such heat pouring from the pages of this MILF site, it's a shame there's not enough material to justify the means. The hardcore pleasure is passionate and powerful, the women are beautiful, the men, well hung, and all orifices are utilized beautifully. It's a bit like a rollercoaster ride, you hit the extreme highs and then the bitter lows, so buckle yourself in. Action deserves 5 stars.
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A collector of men's hearts, namely Napoleon III's, she was showered with jewelry by those who fell madly in love with her. So as to preserve her beauty from the harsh light of day, she only left her apartments in the evening, adorned in her jewels that sparkled brightly under the lights of the Place Vendôme. Legend has it that, when she returned home and was alone, she would spend hours contemplating them, fascinated by the magical dazzle of the splendid stones.
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Students at Cal State Fullerton have been told to stay inside with doors locked while police search the campus and surrounding neighborhoods for two suspects in an armed robbery at a Riverside County jewelry store where one person was shot.
Three other suspects have been detained, including one who stole a car and led police on a high speed chase along busy freeways and through residential streets before surrendering to more than a dozen officers some 60 miles away in Los Angeles. The two others were arrested in Fullerton.
The search is centered on three buildings along Nutwood Avenue on the southeast edge of the campus, said Chris Bugbee, the school's director of public relations. Students were alerted via text message Wednesday evening and told to shelter in place.
Some occupants of Mihaylo Hall at the university's College of Business were evacuated.
"We saw all these cops coming through with - I think they were like AKs or something. They were pretty big guns. And they eventually told us we had to leave the campus," student Nate Chu told KABC-TV.
At least one suspect fired a handgun while attempting to rob a store on Sunnymead Boulevard in Moreno Valley just after 3 p.m., according to Riverside County Sheriff's Corp. Angel Ramos. One person was shot. The victim's condition was unknown.
Five suspects fled the scene of the robbery in a charcoal gray Lexus. They were stopped by police in Fullerton near the school when the Lexus rear-ended a Hyundai.
One person was detained at the scene of the crash and four others ran off.
"They ran right at me, I decided to get out of their way, I did not know if they were armed or not," said student Shaun Kintaudi, who was on his way to take a test. "I decided I it was best to run away from them, and let the cops do their job."
Some students posted photos to Twitter of their locked-down classrooms and dorm rooms with doors barricaded as they waited inside, watching the news on their laptops.
The campus is in its final week of classes before final exams.
One suspect carjacked a silver sedan and drove onto the westbound 91 Freeway, speeding erratically through rush hour traffic.
News helicopters showed California Highway Patrol officers chasing the car until it exited onto LA County surface streets.
The suspect ran from the car and surrendered to dozens of officers on a baseball diamond at a recreation center in Watts, where LA Police Chief Charlie Beck was giving away toys to hundreds of young children.
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In honor of National Park Week and Earth Day, each year Teaching with Historic Places shares lesson plans that highlight some of our nation's National Parks. Created by National Park Service interpreters, preservation professionals, and educators, these lessons are free and ready for immediate classroom use by students in history and social studies classes.
• Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America (121)
Learn about the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.(Monroe Elementary School [now Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site] is a unit of the National Park Service/Robert Russa Moton High School, Sumner and Monroe Elementary Schools, Howard High School, and John Philip Sousa Middle School are National Historic Landmarks.)
• Bryce Canyon National Park: Hoodoos Cast Their Spell (64)
Explore the natural wonders of this once remote area in Utah and learn how it became a popular tourist destination in the early 20th century and finally a national park. (National Park/Includes Bryce Canyon Lodge, a National Historic Landmark)
• Camp Misty Mount: A Place for Regrowth (47)
Inspect a recreational demonstration area (RDA) in western Maryland, created as part of a Great Depression government relief program. (National Park)
• Embattled Farmers and the Shot Heard Round The World: The Battles of Lexington and Concord (150)
Walk the road where the "shot heard 'round the world" sparked the American Revolution, and investigate how works of art both depicted and shaped our memory of these dramatic battles. (National Park)
• Floyd Bennett Field: Naval Aviation's Home in Brooklyn (120)
Learn about the vital role played by naval aviators delivering aircraft to combat-bound units in the Pacific during WWII, and the women workers on the home front who helped in one of U.S. history's greatest industrial feats.(National Park)
• Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering (95)
Learn about some of the practical problems of constructing roads in difficult terrain and about the added challenge of building in such a way as to enhance, rather than damage, fragile and beautiful places such as Glacier National Park. (National Park/National Historic Landmark/Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• Harry Truman and Independence, Missouri: "This is Where I Belong" (103)
Learn why the life of the 33rd U.S. President serves as an example of civic duty and explore the town that helped form his character. (National Park/Includes Harry S Truman Historic District, a National Historic Landmark)
• Hopewell Furnace: A Pennsylvania Iron-making Plantation (97)
Explore how Hopewell functioned as a productive work unit and how work defined social relationships in this early National period community. (National Park)
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest (108)
Learn how the 1804-1806 expedition effectively opened the Northwest to the influence of the United States, established relations with numerous American Indian nations, and gathered useful scientific documentation about the West. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Forging Greatness during Lincoln's Youth (126)
Meet the people and learn of events that influenced the development of Abraham Lincoln's character and personality as a youth on the Indiana frontier. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site: A Place of Growth and Memory (127)
Learn how Abraham Lincoln's belief in freedom and democracy, his eloquence, and the support of family and community propelled him to the White House and uplifted him through the turbulent Civil War. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Mammoth Cave: Its Explorers, Miners, Archeologists, and Visitors (35)
Tour the world's longest cave, a geological wonder, and assess the ways it has been used and preserved as a historic resource. (National Park/UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: Protecting a Legacy of the Cold War (128)
Examine how the escalation of the Cold War led to the development and deployment of the Minuteman Missile system and investigate the role of missileers as America's "peacekeepers." (National Park)
• The No. 2 Quincy Shaft-Rockhouse: 9,240 Feet into the Earth (152)
Enter a historic company town and descend deep into the copper mines of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, where labor unrest upset an industry and changed a community in the early 20th century. (National Park)
• Tonto National Monument: Saving a National Treasure (125)
Learn about one of the nation's most important conservation laws--the Antiquities Act of 1906--and how its passage preserved important cultural sites such as Tonto National Monument, which preserves remnants of the Salado culture prior to European contact. (National Park)
• Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant at White Haven Farm: The Missouri Compromise in American Life (154)
Discover the personal experiences of Americans in a nation divided politically on the issue of slavery through the early life of Ulysses S. Grant, who lived on a Missouri farm with his wife Julia Dent Grant and her slave-holding family in the 1850s. (National Park)
To learn more about TwHP's other lessons, including the many other lessons featuring our nation's National Parks, please visit the Lesson Plan Descriptions page.


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Reincarnation: In The Name Of Evil - CLICK Here to Play.
I'm glad to announce Reincarnation (mini 3): In The Name Of Evil. Help the demon find the escaped soul and send him back to hell after making sure that soul has converted back to his old ways. Sorry about the third mini coming out before the third full game, but it's still better than nothing. I tried to make this one a tad bit better and added three medals for your medal getting wants. Enjoy. Thanks for all the fans so far. You're keeping this series alive!. Play Reincarnation: In The Name Of Evil free game online @ playfreegames2.com


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GPIO pins
What are GPIO pins?
GPIO means General Purpose I/O. Video decoder chips like the SAA713x or the BT8x8 have a number of I/O pins that are not used by the video decoder itself. They have no special purpose, each manufacturer can do with them whatever he wants. Sometimes, 2 or 3 of them are used to control an audio multiplexer. On most cards, many or all GPIOs are unused. Unused Pins are usually programmed as inputs.
These GPIOs can not be read/written from user space. There is no IOCTL for them. They can only be used from within the kernel driver.
GPIOs of SAA713x
The SAA713x has 27 of these pins. Each of them can be programmed to be an input or an output. On the Terratec Cinergy 400TV mobile, GPIO 18 is used to switch the tuner on (0) or off (1). Unused inputs are usually programmed as inputs. Because of weak internal pull-down resistors in the SAA713x, open inputs are read as zeroes. If a bit is read as "1" after loading the saa7134 module, this means the manufacturer soldered a pull-up resistor to that pin. As they have no resistors to waste, this usually means, they do something with that pin...
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Patty Larkin redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics. Acoustic Guitar hails her "soundscape experiments" while Rolling Stone praises her "evocative and sonic shading." She has been described as "riveting" (Chicago Tribune), "hypnotic" (Entertainment Weekly) and a "drop-dead brilliant" performer (Performing Songwriter ).
Patty Larkin's new release Still Green, her 13th recording, is co-produced with Mike Denneen (Aimee Mann, Howie Day). Still Green plays out in Technicolor sound images, a kaleidoscope of sun and sea traveling from the fluorescent-lit hallways of grief to the warm pull of love, family and nature. Much of it written in a primitive dune shack on the Outer Banks of Cape Cod's National Seashore, Still Green is a fresh approach to sound and life from a legendary songwriter who continues to amaze.
Patty's previous release, 25, celebrated a quarter century of music making with a 25-song, career retrospective reworked with voice and guitar and 25 friends. Among them, Grammy winners (Rosanne Cash, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, Janis Ian), and a veritable who's-who of singer songwriters (Bruce Cockburn, Martin Sexton, Dar Williams, Greg Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter), and others.
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Immigration law and procedure in a nutshell
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tashaleonie needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 54 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Need vibrabt bold and brave people to design something that is eye catching and different!
My company is presently piloting on Ebay and it is called NubiDollz... I would like for the N and the D to be in capitals as I have written. I specialise in the import of Ethnic Dolls and also will be adding a line of Collectors dolls so therefore the logo needs to have a hint of prefessionalism to it but I am a person who likes vibrant bold and bouncy logos... something that makes you stop and say 'Wow that logo is different!'
I like warm and rich colours.. deep reds, mocha browns, oranges, rusts, yellows...anything like that, I would like the logo to be 50% Corporate 50% Fun, with not too much going on.. errm how can I put this.... simple but flash something that stands out and is quite plain but amazing at the same time with strong colours
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Monday, June 19, 2006
A Young Man From the Waxhaws
Georgia had many of her true natives ripped from their family farms and homes so they could be forced to march along the Trail of Tears. This occurred during Jackson's presidency. Many of the Cherokees were rounded up and held in open pens close to my father's property at Fort Buffington. There is no evidence of the fort now, but there is an elementary school near the site. My mom's family used to hold family reunions at the school and, I would sometimes walk out to the road to read the historical marker concerning the fort.
Jackson is one of those presidents that history teachers simply can't ignore. His life story is just too good to leave out of our American story. I like to begin introducing Jackson during my colonization unit as we begin talking about the frontier. I always tell students, "Now remember that name…Andrew Jackson… you're going to hear about him again." Later he can be brought up during the American Revolution when we discuss how children and women helped in the war effort. Jackson was also very influential in the settlement of Tennessee and served as a military leader during the Seminole Wars. By the time we reach the War of 1812 Jackson has become an old friend to my students. They can look at his entire life and begin to predict his actions or understand some of his choices. Students begin to analyze…a real skill they need in the real world.
Jackson's contribution to the American war effort during the War of 1812 cannot be ignored, and as I already mentioned he was prominent during the Trail of Tears. Jackson was also a figure during the election of John Quincy Adams that I wrote about in a past post, and Jackson's presidency was full of interesting events as well.
However, in this post, I want to focus on President Jackson's childhood.
He was born in the Waxhaw area between North and South Carolina in 1767 to a family of Scots-Irish heritage. His father died while Jackson was still quite young and his mother took her three sons and moved onto property with other family members.
As the Revolutionary War began Jackson and two brothers joined the Continental Army. Jackson was assigned to be a courier as he was only thirteen. Some sources states Jackson's brother died in battle while others mention Hugh died from heat exhaustion as was the case with many soldiers. More than likely Hugh expired from heat exhaustion during a battle.
Unfortunately Jackson and his brother, Robert, were captured by the British and held at the Redcoat's pleasure. Jackson found himself alone when Robert passed away in captivity. Jackson exhibited his strong will and stubbornness when a British officer ordered the young man to clean his boots. Jackson refused and was soundly beaten by the officer. At one point the Redcoat raised his sword and slashed towards Jackson who received severe wounds to his hand and face. He was scarred for life. Jackson became an orphan when his mother died from Cholera while nursing soldiers.
Can you image at such a young age loosing your mother and brothers? Many biographers state that Jackson had a burning hatred for the British which is understandable. It is also easy to understand his feelings towards Native Americans, especially the tribes who allied with the British. Students are able to determine what drove Jackson to be so successful in his zeal against the British at the Battle of New Orleans and during the Seminole Wars.
It is true that our past generally shapes our future. Jackson is a clear example of this whether we agree with his actions or not.
2 comments:
- Jennie W said...
Really interesting! Thanks!
- Jeff Mather said...
I must quibble with a couple small parts of your interesting post. Jackson was instrumental in defining and promoting the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the forced removal of the Cherokee and other tribes from the eastern US. But the actual removal of Cherokees didn't happen until 1838, after Jackson's presidency.
Jackson also refused to enforce certain decisions of the US Supreme Court that would have protected Native Americans from unjust state laws in Georgia. One of these rulings (Worcester v. Georgia) also precipitated the Trail of Tears.
The feelings of Jackson toward Native Americans are complex, but they mostly devolve to paternalism. Like many of his predecessors, he said that removal was a way of protecting tribes from rapacious whites. But he also adopted an Indian child. After some reading (mostly Remini and Prucha) it seems most likely that Jackson possessed one of the typcial, early 19th-century attitudes toward Native Americans: namely a desire to be rid of them and the "trouble" they caused the states as non-citizens.
You might be interested in a paper I wrote on this several years ago.


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By Quentin Fottrell
Law firms do go bust. And whether it's a big international practice like New York-based Dewey & LeBoeuf or a small local firm, experts say clients need to act swiftly to protect their interests.
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Manhattan Monday, making it one of the largest law-firm failures in U.S. history. The firm owes some $315 million to over 5,000 creditors, including secured lenders, landlords, vendors and employees, according to court papers. Dewey & LeBoeuf did not respond to requests for comment
The news follows several other recent high-profile collapses, including Heller Ehrman LLP in 2008, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2008, and Coudert Brothers LLP in 2006. And although Dewey's clients are mainly corporate, the procedures to follow after a bankruptcy hold true at smaller firms, says Esther DuVal, managing director at business management and accounting provider CBIZ MHM in New York. "Whether it's a big corporate practice like Dewey & LeBoeuf or a small five-man firm in your local town, the client's response to any bankruptcy should be the same," she says.
In such instances, clients should request their files immediately and sign the releases to have their cases transferred to a new firm if the existing company is no longer in operation, experts say. It's in the client's interests to act as soon as the company files for bankruptcy as the firm will be inundated with requests from clients and creditors, experts say. Whether a client has 12 months to complete depositions or has a court date that's just around the corner, they will all want to have their questions answered first, says Barry Covert, a lawyer based in Buffalo, New York. Dewey & LeBoeuf said in a statement Monday it would ask about 90 employees to remain on staff to assist in the wind-down of the firm, but Covert says smaller firms may not always have the resources to deal with the deluge of requests from clients. (Dewey & LeBoeuf did not respond to requests for comment.) "The bankruptcy of a law firm is similar to a run on a bank," he says. "The firm will be swamped by frightened clients wanting to know what's happening to their case."
Unspent retainers belong to clients not the company, lawyers say, but they may have to get in line behind secured creditors if the company's assets are frozen. "Law firms have an ethical obligation to separate retainers from other money owed to creditors," Covert says. For instance, if the client paid a $50,000 retainer and has been billed for just $10,000 worth of service, the law firm is required to return $40,000 under American Bar Association's rules. But it may not always be worthwhile pursuing a retainer through the courts, says New York-based lawyer Daniel Gershburg. "What's it going to cost to have your legal claim recognized?" he says. "Do you want to get involved in a massive amount of litigation to get your money back?"
That said, clients can take preemptive actions if they suspect their law firm is in trouble, lawyers say. This is imperative for those whose court date is pending, Covert says. "It's tough to predict if your firm is going bust," Gershburg says, "but not impossible."Among the warning signs: a glut of high-profile clients leaving within a small period of time or a series of big-name lawyers being poached by rival firms, he says. By the end of May, around two-thirds of Dewey & LeBoeuf's 320 partners had left.


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My Hometown on Monday
Sesquicentennial Book Story Preparation
Coon Rapids, Iowa, my hometown, will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding, the Sesquicentennial, in July of 2013. Recently, in an insert in the local newspaper, The Coon Rapids Enterprise, there was a call for submissions of stories for a Sesquicentennial Book. It calls for stories up to 300 words with a photo for a variety of categories. See the actual brochure for details and examples.
Here are the categories:
- All households, both old and new families, both previous and present residents.
- Schools
- Churches
- All social, civic and fraternal organizations
- Cemeteries
- Businesses
- Agriculture
- Military
- Celebrations
We have started working on our family stories; I've done a draft on my Mom and Dad's family, and each of their parents families, Smiths and Kinnicks. We've been asked to work on Bolger and Thomas stories, for my wife's side, since we have the information. All entries are due by 1 Feb 2012, in Coon Rapids, at the Library or the City Clerk's office. Seems like a short deadline, but we'll work hard this week to meet it.
I posted a scan of all three pages of the brochure on Facebook. Here is the front page only. Let me know if you need the other pages. [email: billsmith2003 at gmail.com]
Families are Forever! ;-)


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|Keep Your Head Up
|Honey, I'm Good.
|Fine by Me
|Fine By Me
|Don't Give Up On Me [(From "Five Feet Apart")]
Dec 2017 • 13 songs
Nov 2017 • 1 song
Nov 2017 • 1 song
Multi-platinum performer Andy Grammer is a gifted pop artist and songwriter with a bent toward contemporary soul and pop. A native of Los Angeles, Grammer is the son of children's music artist Red Grammer, and grew up in New York State. He later returned to California to earn his B.A. in music industry studies from California State University, Northridge. While attending school, Grammer began performing around Los Angeles and even spent time as a street performer to help publici... Read more


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Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 1070161
Metadata Summary
Problem Reports
Data Access Policy
Narrative Documents
Project Information
Data Activity or Cruise Information
Fixed Station Information
BODC Quality Flags
SeaDataNet Quality Flags
Metadata Summary
Data Description
Data Identifiers
Time Co-ordinates(UT)
Spatial Co-ordinates
Problem Reports
No Problem Report Found in the Database
RAPID Cruise D308 CTD Data Quality Report
Dissolved oxygen
Users should note that these data have not been calibrated against discrete samples.
These data have not been calibrated against discrete samples. The only calibration applied is the manufacturer's coefficients. There are occasional large spikes in this channel, together with frequent negative values in most casts, which have been flagged as suspect/improbable. It is likely that the negative values result where very low concentrations occur, due to error in the calibration applied.
Data Access Policy
Open Data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: "Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council."
Narrative Documents
Sea-Bird Dissolved Oxygen Sensor SBE 43 and SBE 43F
The SBE 43 is a dissolved oxygen sensor designed for marine applications. It incorporates a high-performance Clark polarographic membrane with a pump that continuously plumbs water through it, preventing algal growth and the development of anoxic conditions when the sensor is taking measurements.
Two configurations are available: SBE 43 produces a voltage output and can be incorporated with any Sea-Bird CTD that accepts input from a 0-5 volt auxiliary sensor, while the SBE 43F produces a frequency output and can be integrated with an SBE 52-MP (Moored Profiler CTD) or used for OEM applications. The specifications below are common to both.
|Plastic or titanium
0.5 mil- fast response, typical for profile applications
1 mil- slower response, typical for moored applications
|Depth rating
600 m (plastic) or 7000 m (titanium)
10500 m titanium housing available on request
|Measurement range
|120% of surface saturation
|Initial accuracy
|2% of saturation
|Typical stability
|0.5% per 1000 h
Further details can be found in the manufacturer's specification sheet.
RAPID Cruise D308 CTD Instrumentation
CTD unit and auxiliary sensors
The CTD unit was a stainless steel frame with a Sea-Bird Electronics 911plus system with primary and secondary temperature and conductivity sensors.
|Serial number
|Last calibration date
|Digiquartz temperature compensated pressure sensor
|Sea-Bird 4 conductivity sensor (primary)
|Sea-Bird 4 conductivity sensor (secondary)
|Sea-Bird 3 temperature sensor (primary)
|Sea-Bird 3 temperature sensor (secondary)
|Sea-Bird 43 oxygen sensor
|Chelsea Aquatracka III fluorometer
|Chelsea MKII Alphatracka 25cm path Transmissometer
|WetLabs Back Scatter Sensor BBRTD
The CTD frame also had two self-logging LADCPs attached. Please note, the transmissometer and backscatter channels were discarded from the data set by the data originator and are not available.
Sampling device
The Sea-Bird 24 position carousel was equipped with 10 litre sampling bottles, manufactured by Ocean Test Equipment Inc.
Rig geometry
The pressure sensor was 30 cm below the base of the water bottles, and 119 cm from the top of the bottles.
Sea-Bird Electronics SBE 911 and SBE 917 series CTD profilers
The SBE 911 and SBE 917 series of conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) units are used to collect hydrographic profiles, including temperature, conductivity and pressure as standard. Each profiler consists of an underwater unit and deck unit or SEARAM. Auxiliary sensors, such as fluorometers, dissolved oxygen sensors and transmissometers, and carousel water samplers are commonly added to the underwater unit.
Underwater unit
The CTD underwater unit (SBE 9 or SBE 9 plus) comprises a protective cage (usually with a carousel water sampler), including a main pressure housing containing power supplies, acquisition electronics, telemetry circuitry, and a suite of modular sensors. The original SBE 9 incorporated Sea-Bird's standard modular SBE 3 temperature sensor and SBE 4 conductivity sensor, and a Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensor. The conductivity cell was connected to a pump-fed plastic tubing circuit that could include auxiliary sensors. Each SBE 9 unit was custom built to individual specification. The SBE 9 was replaced in 1997 by an off-the-shelf version, termed the SBE 9 plus, that incorporated the SBE 3 plus (or SBE 3P) temperature sensor, SBE 4C conductivity sensor and a Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensor. Sensors could be connected to a pump-fed plastic tubing circuit or stand-alone.
Temperature, conductivity and pressure sensors
The conductivity, temperature, and pressure sensors supplied with Sea-Bird CTD systems have outputs in the form of variable frequencies, which are measured using high-speed parallel counters. The resulting count totals are converted to numeric representations of the original frequencies, which bear a direct relationship to temperature, conductivity or pressure. Sampling frequencies for these sensors are typically set at 24 Hz.
The temperature sensing element is a glass-coated thermistor bead, pressure-protected inside a stainless steel tube, while the conductivity sensing element is a cylindrical, flow-through, borosilicate glass cell with three internal platinum electrodes. Thermistor resistance or conductivity cell resistance, respectively, is the controlling element in an optimized Wien Bridge oscillator circuit, which produces a frequency output that can be converted to a temperature or conductivity reading. These sensors are available with depth ratings of 6800 m (aluminium housing) or 10500 m (titanium housing). The Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensor comprises a quartz crystal resonator that responds to pressure-induced stress, and temperature is measured for thermal compensation of the calculated pressure.
Additional sensors
Optional sensors for dissolved oxygen, pH, light transmission, fluorescence and others do not require the very high levels of resolution needed in the primary CTD channels, nor do these sensors generally offer variable frequency outputs. Accordingly, signals from the auxiliary sensors are acquired using a conventional voltage-input multiplexed A/D converter (optional). Some Sea-Bird CTDs use a strain gauge pressure sensor (Senso-Metrics) in which case their pressure output data is in the same form as that from the auxiliary sensors as described above.
Deck unit or SEARAM
Each underwater unit is connected to a power supply and data logging system: the SBE 11 (or SBE 11 plus) deck unit allows real-time interfacing between the deck and the underwater unit via a conductive wire, while the submersible SBE 17 (or SBE 17 plus) SEARAM plugs directly into the underwater unit and data are downloaded on recovery of the CTD. The combination of SBE 9 and SBE 17 or SBE 11 are termed SBE 917 or SBE 911, respectively, while the combinations of SBE 9 plus and SBE 17 plus or SBE 11 plus are termed SBE 917 plus or SBE 911 plus.
Specifications for the SBE 9 plus underwater unit are listed below:
|Initial accuracy
|Resolution at 24 Hz
|Response time
|-5 to 35°C
|0.065 sec
|0 to 7 S m-1
|0.0003 S m-1
|0.00004 S m-1
|0.065 sec (pumped)
|0 to full scale (1400, 2000, 4200, 6800 or 10500 m)
|0.015% of full scale
|0.001% of full scale
|0.015 sec
Further details can be found in the manufacturer's specification sheet.
Chelsea Technologies Group Aquatracka MKIII fluorometer
The Chelsea Technologies Group Aquatracka MKIII is a logarithmic response fluorometer. Filters are available to enable the instrument to measure chlorophyll, rhodamine, fluorescein and turbidity.
It uses a pulsed (5.5 Hz) xenon light source discharging along two signal paths to eliminate variations in the flashlamp intensity. The reference path measures the intensity of the light source whilst the signal path measures the intensity of the light emitted from the specimen under test. The reference signal and the emitted light signals are then applied to a ratiometric circuit. In this circuit, the ratio of returned signal to reference signal is computed and scaled logarithmically to achieve a wide dynamic range. The logarithmic conversion accuracy is maintained at better than one percent of the reading over the full output range of the instrument.
Two variants of the instrument are available, both manufactured in titanium, capable of operating in depths from shallow water down to 2000 m and 6000 m respectively. The optical characteristics of the instrument in its different detection modes are visible below:
|Chlorophyll a
|Wavelength (nm)
|Bandwidth (nm)
|Chlorophyll a
|Wavelength (nm)
|Bandwidth (nm)
* The wavelengths for the turbidity filters are customer selectable but must be in the range 400 to 700 nm. The same wavelength is used in the excitation path and the emission path.
The instrument measures chlorophyll a, rhodamine and fluorescein with a concentration range of 0.01 µg l-1 to 100 µg l-1. The concentration range for turbidity is 0.01 to 100 FTU (other wavelengths are available on request).
The instrument accuracy is ± 0.02 µg l-1 (or ± 3% of the reading, whichever is greater) for chlorophyll a, rhodamine and fluorescein. The accuracy for turbidity, over a 0 - 10 FTU range, is ± 0.02 FTU (or ± 3% of the reading, whichever is greater).
Further details are available from the Aquatracka MKIII specification sheet.
RAPID Cruise D308 CTD Processing
Instrumentation and sampling strategy
A total of 20 CTD casts were taken during the cruise. 18 full depth CTD casts and two shallow casts, (C000 and C007) were performed using a stainless steel frame. Rosette bottles were fired at regular intervals throughout most profiles in order to obtain salinity samples for calibration. There were four exceptions to this rule, where no salinity samples were taken. C001 was solely used for the testing of acoustic releases and C007 was aborted at 450 m due to time constraints. C010 was a repeat of C006, but bottles were just used to obtain samples for helium-tritium analysis. Finally, on C013, the CTD frame was used to calibrate Sea-Bird SBE37 MicroCAT instrumentation and no bottle samples were obtained.
Sea-Bird processing
Data processing methodology by the data originator mirrored that carried out on RAPID cruise CD160. The raw CTD files were processed through the Sea-Bird Data Processing software. Binary (.DAT) files were converted to engineering units and ASCII format (.CNV) using the DATCNV program. Subsequently, the following standard Sea-Bird routines were run: filter, align, celltm, loopedit and wildedit (if needed).
Matlab processing
After initial processing using the Sea-Bird software, additional routines were applied in Matlab. Manual despiking of temperature and conductivity was carried out on all of the Sea-Bird processed files. Subsequently, for those casts on which water samples were taken, bottle files were generated containing CTD salinities from the time the bottles were fired. CTD and bottle salinity were plotted with depth, in addition to CTD bottle salinity difference with depth. CTD salinity values were compared with bottle salinity measurements and any outliers were not included in further calculations. Also excluded were bottle salinities where the corresponding CTD temperature or conductivity standard deviations were greater than 0.002 °C or 0.0002 S m-1, respectively. The bottle salinity values were converted to conductivities and offsets calculated. These offsets were then applied to the corresponding CTD conductivities. Finally, calibrated CTD conductivities were converted to CTD salinities.
There were five casts during the cruise for which salinity bottle samples were not requested (C001, C007, C010, C013) or, if requested, they were not analysed (C015). Sea-Bird primary and secondary salinities for these casts were calibrated using the linear regression formulae:
Primary salinity: S_cal = 0.092785 + 0.997423 * S_or
Secondary salinity: S_cal = 0.010458 + 0.999794 * S_or
where S_cal is the calibrated salinity and S_or is the uncalibrated salinity. These expressions were obtained by linearly regressing all cruise CTD bottle samples against the corresponding salinities. The salinity sensors were so stable during the cruise that these calibration are considered reliable by the Originator.
BODC post-processing and screening
The 2 dB version of the downcast data were converted from Matlab into BODC internal format (QXF) to allow use of in-house visualisation tools. The following table shows how the variables within the original file were mapped to appropriate BODC parameter codes;
|Parameter units
|Parameter code
|Number of stations
|Manufacturer's calibration applied
|Temperature (primary)
|Salinity (primary)
|Calibrated by data originator with discrete salinity samples
|mg m-3
|Manufacturer's calibration applied
|Dissolved oxygen
|µmol l-1
|Manufacturer's calibration applied
|Sigma-theta - UNESCO SVAN
|Kg m-3
|Regenerated at BODC using data from primary sensors
|Potential Temperature
|Regenerated at BODC using data from primary sensors
|Oxygen Saturation
|Regenerated at BODC
Reformatted CTD data were visually checked using the in-house editor EDSERPLO. Suspect data values were flagged where necessary.There was no obvious difference in quality between the primary and secondary temperature and salinity channels and the secondary channels were dropped from the series.
Once BODC quality control screening was complete, the CTD downcasts were loaded into BODC's ocean database under the ORACLE Relational Database Management System.
RRS Discovery Cruise D308. Report on the recovery and redeployment of RAPID-WAVE moorings and bottom pressure recorders in the North-West Atlantic 24 July - 15 August 2006.
Project Information
Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) Programme
Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) is a £20 million, six-year (2001-2007) programme of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The programme aims to improve our ability to quantify the probability and magnitude of future rapid change in climate, with a main (but not exclusive) focus on the role of the Atlantic Ocean's Thermohaline Circulation.
Scientific Objectives
- To establish a pre-operational prototype system to continuously observe the strength and structure of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC).
- To support long-term direct observations of water, heat, salt, and ice transports at critical locations in the northern North Atlantic, to quantify the atmospheric and other (e.g. river run-off, ice sheet discharge) forcing of these transports, and to perform process studies of ocean mixing at northern high latitudes.
- To construct well-calibrated and time-resolved palaeo data records of past climate change, including error estimates, with a particular emphasis on the quantification of the timing and magnitude of rapid change at annual to centennial time-scales.
- To develop and use high-resolution physical models to synthesise observational data.
- To apply a hierarchy of modelling approaches to understand the processes that connect changes in ocean convection and its atmospheric forcing to the large-scale transports relevant to the modulation of climate.
- To understand, using model experimentation and data (palaeo and present day), the atmosphere's response to large changes in Atlantic northward heat transport, in particular changes in storm tracks, storm frequency, storm strengths, and energy and moisture transports.
- To use both instrumental and palaeo data for the quantitative testing of models' abilities to reproduce climate variability and rapid changes on annual to centennial time-scales. To explore the extent to which these data can provide direct information about the thermohaline circulation (THC) and other possible rapid changes in the climate system and their impact.
- To quantify the probability and magnitude of potential future rapid climate change, and the uncertainties in these estimates.
Overall 38 projects have been funded by the RAPID programme. These include 4 which focus on Monitoring the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC), and 5 international projects jointly funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the Research Council of Norway and NERC.
The RAPID effort to design a system to continuously monitor the strength and structure of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is being matched by comparative funding from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) for collaborative projects reviewed jointly with the NERC proposals. Three projects were funded by NSF.
A proportion of RAPID funding as been made available for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) as part of NERC's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI). The SBRI aims to stimulate innovation in the economy by encouraging more high-tech small firms to start up or to develop new research capacities. As a result 4 projects have been funded.
RAPID Western Atlantic Variability Experiment (WAVE)
The RAPID WAVE project began in 2004 as an observational component of the U.K Natural Environment Research Council's RAPID Climate Change Programme in the western North Atlantic Ocean. In 2008, funding to continue RAPID WAVE was secured through the continuation programme, RAPID-WATCH, which is due to end in 2014.
The RAPID WAVE team brings together scientists at the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool. Between 2004 and 2010, the RAPID WAVE team also contributed to the Line W mooring array, joining colleagues from the U.S. Line W is a U.S-led initiative used to monitor the North Atlantic Ocean's deep western boundary current whilst being funded through the U.S National Science Foundation and has been active since October 2001. It brings together scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). Users of these data are referred to the Line W Project Website for more information.
In 2007, further collaboration was established with scientists at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO). This arrangement was formalised and continues under RAPID-WATCH. Smaller scale collaboration with scientists at the Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia (IEO) during RAPID-WATCH saw additional RAPID WAVE observational work in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. This work commenced in 2009 as part of the RAPID WAVE RAPIDO campaign.
Scientific Rationale
The primary aim of the RAPID WAVE project is to develop an observing system that will identify the propagation of overturning signals, from high to low latitudes, along the western margin of the North Atlantic. It specifically aims to monitor temporal changes in the Deep Western Boundary Current and reveal how coherent the changes are along the slope. Ultimately it is envisaged that this will enable scientists to develop a better understanding of larger-scale overturning circulation in the Atlantic, and its wider impacts on climate.
The fieldwork aspect of the project was to deploy arrays of Bottom Pressure Recorders (BPRs) and CTD moorings along specified satellite altimeter groundtracks off the eastern continental slope of Canada and the United States. In 2004, fieldwork focused on three array lines. Line A was established heading south west from the Grand Banks, whilst the Line B array ran south east on the continental slope of Nova Scotia. The third line, Line W, was an established hydrographic array on the continental slope of New England, serviced by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), to which RAPID WAVE contributed BPR instrumentation.
The original intention was that each array would be serviced by a cruise every two years. However, following a very poor return rate of instrumentation during the first servicing cruise of Lines A and B in 2006, this plan was modified significantly, and the decision made to abandon work on Line A. In 2007, additional logistical support from Canada's Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) enabled Line B to be serviced again after just one year of deployment, with a much improved recovery record.
The transition from RAPID to RAPID-WATCH funding marked significant changes to the RAPID WAVE observational system. Line B was abandoned and a joint array with BIO, known as the RAPID Scotia Line, to the south west was developed. This line receives annual servicing by BIO, with cruise participation from the RAPID WAVE team.
The servicing of RAPID WAVE BPRs on Line W remained a biennial activity during the RAPID and RAPID-WATCH programmes.
A small number of BPR deployments have also taken place off the coast of Spain as part of the RAPIDO element of RAPID WAVE.
Types of instruments and measurements:
- Moored BPRs
- Moored CTD/CT loggers
- Moored current meters (RAPID-WATCH)
- Moored ADCPs (RAPID-WATCH)
- Shipboard measurements: CTD, underway, salinity, LADCP, ADCP
|Prof. Chris M. Hughes
|National Oceanography Centre, U.K
|Dr. Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda
|National Oceanography Centre, U.K
|Dr. Shane Elipot
|National Oceanography Centre, U.K
|Dr. John M. Toole
|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, U.S
|Line W
|Dr. Igor Yashayaev
|Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada
Data Activity or Cruise Information
|Cruise Name
|Departure Date
|Arrival Date
|Principal Scientist(s)
|Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory)
|RRS Discovery
Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here
Fixed Station Information
No Fixed Station Information held for the Series
BODC Quality Control Flags
The following single character qualifying flags may be associated with one or more individual parameters with a data cycle:
|Below detection limit
|In excess of quoted value
|Taxonomic flag for affinis (aff.)
|Beginning of CTD Down/Up Cast
|Taxonomic flag for confer (cf.)
|Thermometric depth
|End of CTD Down/Up Cast
|Non-taxonomic biological characteristic uncertainty
|Extrapolated value
|Taxonomic flag for single species (sp.)
|Improbable value - unknown quality control source
|Improbable value - originator's quality control
|Improbable value - BODC quality control
|Null value
|Improbable value - user quality control
|Replacement value
|Estimated value
|Interpolated value
|Control value
|Excessive difference
SeaDataNet Quality Control Flags
The following single character qualifying flags may be associated with one or more individual parameters with a data cycle:
|no quality control
|good value
|probably good value
|probably bad value
|bad value
|changed value
|value below detection
|value in excess
|interpolated value
|missing value
|value phenomenon uncertain
|value below limit of quantification


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