From our family to yours, we're wishing you the merriest of Christmases!
December is quickly flying by, did you get a lot of shopping done this past weekend? We made a pretty good dent in our lists but still need to finish up some odds and ends. One thing that always takes a bit of extra effort is finishing up stocking stuffers. We do stockings for everyone on both sides of our extended families, so it's always a challenge but ends up being fun seeing what things we can come up with. I like to buy practical stocking stuffers, items that everyone needs day to day but aren't really fun to spend money on when you're buying them yourself. And, a few of these suggestions are even better because they're practical AND cute!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I've been busy decking the halls and am so thrilled to share my Porch and Living Room for Part 1 of my Christmas Home Tour with you today.
I want to start off by thanking Marty of A Stroll Thru Life for organizing this week's tour. These tours are always a good opportunity to find new bloggers to follow and glean many new seasonal ideas. For those of you visiting from Life Love Larson, welcome! I'm so glad you're here! Andrea's classic, chic style is a joy to take in and I know you enjoyed her Christmas tour.
If you're a new reader, let me take a moment to introduce myself. I'm a wife and mom of two teens- a boy and a girl- living in Edmond, Oklahoma (I'm a proud born and raised Okie!). My husband is a Southern Baptist Minister, and although I have a degree in Education and taught 3rd grade in the early years of our marriage, since having children I have stayed home to care for them. Although I have no training and consider it just a hobby, I've always had a love for decorating and started blogging about our home over 6 years ago. You'll quickly see that I love color, mixing patterns, and making over unusual pieces, many of which are second hand. It's also readily apparent that I show no restraint in my Christmas decorating... after all, we're celebrating the biggest birthday of them all!
So, curl up in a comfy chair with a warm drink and enjoy our virtual home tour today. Let's start at the front porch!
Welcome to My Five...errr... Fifteen Favorites today! Pam from Simple Details, Lisa from Shine Your Light, Kris from Driven by Decor and I are all so excited to share our holiday gift guides with you today. We had so many good things we couldn't stop at just 5! And actually, I couldn't stop at 15! #oops Besides a few stocking stuffer ideas that I'll share next week, this is the only gift guide I'm doing so I packed it full!
Every once in a while I like to throw a post in full of random things that aren't quite enough for their own post, but that some of you might be interested in. So here's some highlights of what's been happening with our family lately and a few other things you might be interested in.
My sister gave me a letter board for my birthday, and shortly after I saw this handy storage idea on Chris's Instastories. She had this genius idea for organizing the letters! I found this box at Michaels but here's a similar one. Scrapbook stickers label each compartment, and the few extra compartments are nice for the numbers and punctuation pieces.
I promise I'm not full out decorating for Christmas until after Thanksgiving is over, but today I'm so excited to share my colorful Christmas mantel with you. For this project, I was challenged to spend $100 at Hobby Lobby to style my mantel for Christmas. Let me tell you, especially during weeks where Christmas is 50% off, that goes a long way!
Actually, a good portion of my holiday decorations are already from Hobby Lobby (I always add in a few new things each year), so I took this opportunity to add a few bigger pieces to my collection, knowing that I had plenty of smaller things to fill in with.
Here are the results of my shopping trip- a huge 24x36 chalkboard art piece, vintage style and peppermint striped shatterproof ornaments, 2 artificial trees, 2 nutcrackers, and some gold metallic paper fans.
Many people are getting a jump on their Christmas decorations already, but even if you're a purist and wait until after Thanksgiving to decorate, we're only a week away! I was happy with my tree last year, but there are a few tweaks I want to make this year. I've been storing away ideas in my head and thought I'd share some trees that have been inspiring me. None of them are short on color!
Hi friends, welcome back to the final part of our Fall Into The Holidays series! With the encouragement of our organizer Lisa from Shine Your Light, each week we're sharing simple ideas to get 4 rooms in your home holiday ready now, before the hustle and bustle of the season sets in. I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week! We've already shared projects to get our kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms in shape for the holiday season, and today we're working on ways to get our dining rooms in shape for the holidays.
Many of my friends are full steam ahead preparing for Christmas, but I'm just now getting around to sharing my Fall Home Tour with you! Since I didn't participate in any joint blogger Fall Tours this year, I wasn't in a rush to get my house decorated for the season. So, here it is, better late than never!
Last month I shared about The Plaid Pineapple, a sweet shop/ministry I'm partnering with that uses 100% of their profits to help meet everyday needs for people all over the world (read background story here if you missed it). Each month I'm featuring one of their popular home products with you. This month's Thankful pillow couldn't come at a better time with Thanksgiving being right around the corner, and the ladies at The Plaid Pineapple are graciously offering a pillow giveaway for one of you!
Welcome to My Five Favorites today! Pam from Simple Details, Lisa from Shine Your Light, Kris from Driven by Decor and I are all so excited to share our best holiday prep tips with you. I know I need all of the help I can get to tame the holiday crazy, and I suspect you might too.
For the next month, I'm so excited to be joining some of my blogger friends as we prepare for the holidays (Thanksgiving is already less than a month away)! The craze and busy-ness of the season can quickly turn stressful, so we thought we'd try to curb some of the crazy and try to get some things knocked off of our prep to-do lists early. Each week we'll focus on a different room of the house, and pick one small project (ideally fairly quick and easy), to tackle in order to be more prepared as the holidays roll around. Many thanks to our smart friend Lisa from Shine Your Light for coming up with this idea and issuing the challenge to get our homes in order! This week we're focusing on the Kitchen...probably the most important room for holiday prep! I decided to overhaul my pantry- cleaning it out, taking stock of what I have, getting it organized, and sprucing it up a bit.
When I posted this photo on Instagram over the weekend, everyone was so sweet and went crazy for it! I've had several people express interest in instructions for how to make it, so I put together this gingham painted pumpkin tutorial for you today. I've been busy for the past few days painting lots of pumpkins, so I'll share some other design ideas with you too.
October is flying by, but I finally got my front porch all decorated for Fall. I reused several pieces from last year's fall porch decorations, but changed up the color scheme, adding in some hot pink and white with the orange for completely different look.
I'm switching up my Fall decor a bit this year (finally getting around to decorating!). Seeing a big trend with embroidery hoop floral wreaths lately, I thought this season was the perfect opportunity to try one out!
"As a whole I join the consensus, but I'm always distilling the parts so I can integrate them into my own spaces. There were pieces like the monopoly game that my engineer/builder son will HAVE to make! I loved the possibilities of the black and white study! Many light fixtures were to die for!"
So, here's (most of-I still edited out some of it) the rest of the house!
This upstairs office was one of my favorite spaces, the graphic wallpaper and velvet chairs were the highlights for me.
This traditional style home has pretty color in every room. Some muted, some bold...there's a lot to study and take in.
Welcome to My Five Favorites today! Pam from Simple Details, Lisa from Shine Your Light, Kris from Driven by Decor and I are all so excited to share our favorite kid's room ideas with you today.
We're so happy to welcome our guest Julie Blanner this month. Julie has a simple, clean, polished style and I always think of one word when I see any of her work... dreamy. Everything she does is just gorgeous!
A few weeks ago a friend and I toured a Designer Showhouse that was open here in Oklahoma City. I took plenty of photos and thought you might like to see the tour as well. I believe that designers from a variety of local decor stores were responsible for decorating each room, and to my understanding this was a pre-existing home that was used for the Showhouse while on the market. The design throughout the home varies greatly, some things I really liked and some things I did not. To each his own, right? I'll show you at least a look from each room, and highlight some of the things I thought were good ideas and things that inspired me for future projects. There were so many rooms that I'll share a portion of the house today and will do a second post with the rest of the home at a later time.
Have you toured the HGTV Urban Oasis Home yet? WOW! I could sit and stare at every photo for days. Love Bryan Patrick Flynn's work! Not only is the interior incredible, the exterior of the home is so, so good as well.
Early last year I shared some Ikea Favorites with you, and after realizing that there were so many things that I didn't include on that list I thought it was time for another round!
Some of these are things that I consider to be Ikea "staples"... what I purchase time and time again, what I'm glad I purchased, and things that I use in my home. If you don't get to Ikea often, the store can be VERY overwhelming, and it's easy to end up wandering around aimlessly caught up in a sea of choices in each department. So, I'm highlighting some things to keep an eye out for when you go. The in-store photos are phone pics and the lighting is bad, but they should give you an idea of what things look like on the shelf. I did try to include the label in the photo so you could see the price, too.
Over the summer I had the opportunity to participate in a few projects with Hobby Lobby. Their corporate offices are located here in Oklahoma City and they invited me to help them create some videos featuring their farmhouse style products, then later in the Summer invited me back to do some Fall and Christmas videos. The videos were all released on various social media channels, but I realize there are probably some of my readers that might have missed them there and thought you might like to see the finished videos.
Today I'm joining a group of super talented decorators and bloggers to share our best Fall decor tips that you can try in your home as you start thinking about decorating this year.
*Affiliate links may be used in this post for your shopping convenience.
I'm grateful to Randi of Randi Garrett Designs and Jen of Decor Gold Designs for putting this tour together. All of these posts today will be such a nice resource for new Fall decorating ideas. If you're visiting from Maison de Pax, welcome! Rachel's fresh, clean style is just flawless and I'm anxious to put some of her tips to good use. If you're new here, my style is fairly traditional with a huge dose of color and pattern added in. We've been in this home for 10 years, working all along the way to update it and make it our own. Welcome, come on in and take a look around for Fall!


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1. This description combines sub-sea permafrost and methane hydrates in the Arctic. The two sources of methane are sufficiently similar to warrant considering them in combination. MSNBC knew about methane release from beneath the Arctic Ocean in 2007. Oddly, they seem to be ignorant about it today. And note that award-winning journalist Dahr Jamail's reporting about methane registered at spot #6 on Project Censored's 2014 compilation.
About 250 plumes of methane hydrates are escaping from the shallow Arctic seabed, likely as a result of a regional 1 C rise in temperature, as reported in the 6 August 2009 issue of Geophysical Research Letters. Methane bubbling out the Arctic Ocean is further elucidated in Science in March 2010. As described in a subsequent paper in the June 2010 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, a minor increase in temperature would cause the release of upwards of 16,000 metric tons of methane each year. Storms accelerate the release, according to research published in the 24 November 2013 issue of Nature Geoscience The latter paper also concludes the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is venting at least 17 teragrams of the methane into the atmosphere each year, up from 0.5 teragrams just 7 years earlier (a teragram is equal to 1 million tons). According to NASA's CARVE project, these plumes were up to 150 kilometers across as of mid-July 2013. Global-average temperature is expected to rise by more than 4 C by 2030 and 10 C by 2040 based solely on methane release from the Arctic Ocean, according to Sam Carana's research (see especially Image 24). Whereas Malcolm Light's 9 February 2012 forecast of extinction of all life on Earth by the middle of this century appeared premature because his conclusion of exponential methane release during summer 2011 was based on data subsequently revised and smoothed by U.S. government agencies, subsequent information — most notably from NASA's CARVE project — indicates the grave potential for catastrophic release of methane. (I doubt industrial civilization manages to kill all life on Earth, although that clearly is the goal.) Catastrophically rapid release of methane in the Arctic is further supported by Nafeez Ahmed's thorough analysis in the 5 August 2013 issue of the Guardian as well as Natalia Shakhova's 29 July 2013 interview with Nick Breeze (note the look of abject despair at the eight-minute mark). The 16 August 2013 issue of Geophysical Research Letters includes a report of the Siberian Kara Sea where "Arctic shelf region where seafloor gas release is widespread suggests that permafrost has degraded more significantly than previously thought." In early November 2013, methane levels well in excess of 2,600 ppb were recorded at multiple altitudes in the Arctic. Later that same month, Shakhova and colleagues published a paper in Nature Geoscience suggesting "significant quantities of methane are escaping the East Siberian Shelf" and indicating that a 50-billion-tonne "burst" of methane could warm Earth by 1.3 C. Such a burst of methane is "highly possible at any time," according to Shakhova in July 2013, which echoes findings from 2008 (paradoxically, on 23 May 2015 Shakhova said, "We never stated that 50 gigatonnes is likely to be released in near or distant future"). In the 7 September 2015 issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Shakhova and colleagues concluded that "progression of subsea permafrost thawing and decrease in ice extent could result in a significant increase in CH4 emissions from the ESAS" (East Siberian Arctic Shelf).In the 7 September 2015 issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Shakhova and colleagues concluded that "progression of subsea permafrost thawing and decrease in ice extent could result in a significant increase in CH4 emissions from the ESAS" (East Siberian Arctic Shelf). Taking an expectedly more conservative approach, Peter Wadhams expects a 0.6 C rise in global-average temperature within five years after an ice-free Arctic, more than sufficient to collapse civilization and enough to make Wadhams ponder human extinction.
By 15 December 2013, methane bubbling up from the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean had sufficient force to prevent sea ice from forming in the area. Nearly two years after his initial, oft-disparaged analysis, Malcolm Light concluded on 22 December 2013, "we have passed the methane hydrate tipping point and are now accelerating into extinction as the methane hydrate 'Clathrate Gun' has begun firing volleys of methane into the Arctic atmosphere." According to Light's analysis in late 2013, the temperature of Earth's atmosphere will resemble that of Venus before 2100. The refereed journal literature tackles the topic of hothouse Earth with a paper in the 9 February 2016 issue of Nature Communications: "Water-rich planets such as Earth are expected to become eventually uninhabitable, because liquid water turns unstable at the surface as temperatures increase with solar luminosity. Whether a large increase of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as CO2 could also destroy the habitability of water-rich planets has remained unclear. Here we show with three-dimensional aqua-planet simulations that CO2-induced forcing as readily destabilizes the climate as does solar forcing. The climate instability is caused by a positive cloud feedback and leads to a new steady state with global-mean sea-surface temperatures above 330 K" (330 Kelvin is about 57 C, compared to today's temperature of about 15 C). Two weeks after Light's 2013 analysis, in an essay stressing near-term human extinction, Light concluded: "The Gulf Stream transport rate started the methane hydrate (clathrate) gun firing in the Arctic in 2007 when its energy/year exceeded 10 million times the amount of energy/year necessary to dissociate subsea Arctic methane hydrates." The refereed journal literature, typically playing catch-up with reality, includes an article in the 3 February 2014 issue of Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface claiming, "Sustained submergence [of these sediments] into the future should increase gas venting rate roughly exponentially as sediments continue to warm." Not surprisingly, the clathrate gun began firing in 2007, the same year the extent of Arctic sea ice reached a tipping point. Abundant evidence supporting the firing of the clathrate gun was collated and presented here on 9 September 2012. Further confirmation the clathrate gun had been fired came from Stockholm University's Örjan Gustafsson, who reported from the Laptev Sea on 23 July 2014: "results of preliminary analyses of seawater samples pointed towards levels of dissolved methane 10-50 times higher than background levels." Jason Box responds to the news in the conservative fashion I've come to expect from academic scientists on 27 July 2014: "What's the take home message, if you ask me? Because elevated atmospheric carbon from fossil fuel burning is the trigger mechanism poking the climate dragon. The trajectory we're on is to awaken a runaway climate heating that will ravage global agricultural systems leading to mass famine, conflict. Sea level rise will be a small problem by comparison." Later, during an interview with Vice published 1 August 2014, Box loosened up a bit, saying, "Even if a small fraction of the Arctic carbon were released to the atmosphere, we're fucked." Trust me, Jason, we're there.
By late February 2015, the Siberian crater saga had become "more widespread — and scarier — than anyone thought," with numerous reports from the mainstream media. Naturally, these reports focused on economic impacts and the need for further research.
Methane release from thawing offshore permafrost was further verified with research reported in the 7 August 2015 issue of Journal of Geophysical Research. This paper, for the first time, describes pingo-like features beneath the seabed offshore from Siberia.
According to researchers quoted in the 22 September 2015 issue of The Siberian Times, the rare media outlet that is willing to address abrupt climate change in a meaningful manner, those massive craters on the Yamal Peninsula are, in fact, created by the release of methane. Furthermore, more craters are expected due to eruptions as permafrost continues to melt.
The importance of methane cannot be overstated. Increasingly, evidence points to a methane burst underlying the Great Dying associated with the end-Permian extinction event, as pointed out in the 31 March 2014 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. As Malcolm Light reported on 14 July 2014: "There are such massive reserves of methane in the subsea Arctic methane hydrates, that if only a few percent of them are released, they will lead to a jump in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere of 10 degrees C and produce a 'Permian' style major extinction event which will kill us all. Apparently a 5 C rise in global-average temperature was responsible for the Great Dying, according to Michael Benton's book on the topic. In that case, the rise is temperature requires tens of thousands of years.
2. Warm Atlantic water is defrosting the Arctic as it shoots through the Fram Strait (Science, January 2011). Extent of Arctic sea ice passed a tipping point in 2007, according to research published in the February 2013 issue of The Cryosphere. On 6 October 2012, Truth-out cites Peter Wadhams, professor of ocean physics at Cambridge University: "The Arctic may be ice-free in summer as soon as 2015. Such a massive loss would have a warming effect roughly equivalent to all human activity to date. In other words, a summer ice-free Arctic could double the rate of warming of the planet as a whole." Subsequent melting of Arctic ice is reducing albedo, hence enhancing absorption of solar energy. According to NASA on 17 December 2014, "the rate of absorbed solar radiation in the Arctic in June, July and August has increased by five percent" since 2000. "Averaged globally, this albedo change is equivalent to 25% of the direct forcing from CO2 during the past 30 years," according to research published in the 17 February 2014 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Destabilization of the deep circulation in the Atlantic Ocean may be "spasmodic and abrupt rather than a more gradual increase" as earlier expected, according to a paper published in the 21 February 2014 issues of Science. Models continue to underestimate results relative to observations, as reported in the 10 March 2014 issue of Geophysical Research Letters. Consider, for example, the thinning "by more than 50 metres since 2012 — about one sixth of its original thickness — and that it is now flowing 25 times faster," as reported in the 23 December 2014 issue of Geophysical Research Letters. Rapid ice melt in the region is explained as a product of warm-air advection, air mass transformation, and fog in the June 2015 issue of Geophysical Research Letters.
5. Invasion of tall shrubs warms the soil, hence destabilizes the permafrost (Environmental Research Letters, March 2012). Further elucidation of this phenomenon included study of 25 species, and ~42,000 annual growth records from 1,821 individuals, as reported in the 6 July 2015 online issue of Nature Climate Change.
Adding to the rapidity of ice melt on Greenland is cloud cover. A paper published in the 12 January 2016 edition of Nature Communications shows that clouds are playing a larger role than previously understood in heating the Greenland Ice Sheet. Clouds trap heat, thus accounting for as much as 30% of the ongoing melt of the ice sheet.
According to a paper in the 3 March 2016 issue of The Cryosphere, the darkening of the Greenland ice sheet started becoming significantly less reflective of solar radiation from around 1996, with the ice absorbing 2% more solar energy per decade from this point. "Future darkening is likely underestimated," according to the paper's abstract.
7. Methane is being released from beneath Antarctic ice, too (Nature, August 2012). This third primary source of methane — in addition to permafrost and the shallow seabed — potentially is enormous. According to a paper in the 24 July 2013 issue of Scientific Reports, melt rate in the Antarctic has caught up to the Arctic and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing over 150 cubic kilometres of ice each year according to CryoSat observations published 11 December 2013, and Antarctica's crumbling Larsen-B Ice Shelf is poised to finish its collapse, according to Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. A paper in the 12 September 2014 issue of Science concluded the major collapse of the Larsen-B Ice Shelf in 2002 resulted from warm local air temperatures, indicating the importance of global and local warming on ice dynamics. Two days later a paper in Nature Climate Change indicates that this sensitivity to temperature illustrates "that future increases in precipitation are unlikely to offset atmospheric-warming-induced melt of peripheral Antarctic Peninsula glaciers." A study published in the 1 June 2015 issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters finds the last remaining section of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf, which partially collapsed in 2002, is quickly weakening and is likely to disintegrate completely before the end of the decade. Meanwhile, the Larsen-C Ice Shelf is poised to collapse, according to an article in the 13 May 2015 issue of The Cryosphere. A paper in the 8 February 2016 online issue of Nature Climate Change reinforces prior findings about the collapse of major ice shelves in Antarctica. Some of these country-sized, so-called "safety bands" are extremely dynamic and therefore susceptible to rapid breakup. The rate of loss during the period 2010-2013 was double that during the period 2005-2010, according to a paper in the 16 June 2014 issue of Geophysical Research Letters. By mid-May 2015 the sudden onset of ice loss in Antarctica was large enough to affect Earth's gravity field, as reported in the 21 May 2015 issue of Science. According to NASA climate scientist Eric Rignot in early 2015, "the fuse is blown." Rignot goes on to explain this "shattering" moment and also points out the utter ineptitude by climate scientists at explaining the situation to the public. According to research reported in the 26 March 2015 issue of Science, "West Antarctic losses increased by 70% in the last decade, and earlier volume gain by East Antarctic ice shelves ceased." Loss of Antarctic ice is accelerating even in areas long considered stable, as documented in the 24 July 2013 edition of Scientific Reports. Based on gravity data published in the 1 April 2015 issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters: "During the past decade, Antarctica's massive ice sheet lost twice the amount of ice in its western portion compared with what it accumulated in the east, according to Princeton University researchers who came to one overall conclusion — the southern continent's ice cap is melting ever faster." The faster-than-expected narrative continued into 10 July 2015, when a paper in Science Advances found that geothermal activity was contributing to rapid melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The 14 March 2016 issue of Nature Geoscience includes a paper about Antarctic ice shelves concluding that "loss of ice shelf mass is accelerating, especially in West Antarctica, where warm seawater is reaching ocean cavities beneath ice shelves. … We conclude that basal channels can form and grow quickly as a result of warm ocean water intrusion, and that they can structurally weaken ice shelves, potentially leading to rapid ice shelf loss in some areas." According to a paper in the 20 June 2016 issue of Nature Communications: "Here we report the discovery of a massive subsurface ice layer, at least 16 km across, several kilometres long and tens of metres deep, located in an area of intense melting and intermittent ponding on Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. We combine borehole optical televiewer logging and radar measurements with remote sensing and firn modelling to investigate the layer, found to be ~10 °C warmer and ~170 kg m−3 denser than anticipated in the absence of ponding and hitherto used in models of ice-shelf fracture and flow." ** The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest warming spots on the planet, and it was thought that the rising air temperature was driving the melt of the glaciers along its fringes. But it is actually warm ocean waters that are eating away at the ice along part of its western side, a group of scientists reported 15 July 2016 in the journal Science. ** Further confirmation of large methane releases is revealed by noctilucent clouds over the southern hemisphere from 21 November 2013 to 6 December 2013.
8. Forest and bog fires are growing (in Russia, initially, according to NASA in August 2012), a phenomenon consequently apparent throughout the northern hemisphere (Nature Communications, July 2013). The New York Times reports hotter, drier conditions leading to huge fires in western North America as the "new normal" in their 1 July 2013 issue. A paper in the 22 July 2013 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates boreal forests are burning at a rate exceeding that of the last 10,000 years. Los Alamos National Laboratory catches on during same month. According to reports from Canada's Interagency Fire Center, total acres burned to date in early summer 2014 are more than six times that of a typical year. This rate of burning is unprecedented not just for this century, but for any period in Canada's basement forest record over the last 10,000 years. A comprehensive assessment of biomass burning, published in the 21 July 2014 issue of Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, explains most of the global-average increase in temperature and explains that biomass burning causes much more global warming per unit weight than other human-associated carbon sources. By early August 2014 tundra fires were burning just 70 miles south of Arctic Ocean waters and the fires were creating their own weather via pyrocumulus clouds. According to a paper published in the 14 July 2015 issue of Nature Communications, the length of the fire season has increased nearly 20% since 1979.
According to a paper in the 16 March 2016 issue of Global Ecology and Biogeography, climate change is adversely altering the ability of Rocky Mountain forests to recover from wildfire. Specifically, warm, dry conditions in the years following fires impede the growth and establishment of vulnerable new post-fire seedlings. Not only does climate change contribute to more and larger fires in the region, thus killing the trees in the forest, but post-fire recruitment is reduced by the same conditions that contribute to the more and larger fires.
11. Exposure to sunlight increases bacterial conversion of exposed soil carbon, thus accelerating thawing of the permafrost (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2013). Subsequent carbon release "could be expected to more than double overall net C losses from tundra to the atmosphere," as reported in the March 2014 issue of Ecology. Arctic permafrost houses about half the carbon stored in Earth's soils, an estimated 1,400 to 1,850 petagrams of it, according to NASA, which is more than twice as much as already exists in the atmosphere. Peat chemistry changes as warming proceeds, which accelerates the process, as reported in the 7 April 2014 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
13. According to a paper in the 12 April 2013 issue of Science, a major methane release is almost inevitable from permafrost in Alaska, which makes me wonder where the authors have been hiding. Almost inevitable, they report, regarding an ongoing event. Trees are tipping over and dying as permafrost thaws, thus illustrating how self-reinforcing feedback loops feed each other. A paper in the 6 April 2015 online issue of Nature concludes: "The heat production is not only expected to accelerate the organic carbon decomposition and potentially the amounts of carbon emitted to the atmosphere but could be the tipping point that will lead to the loss of evidence of early human history in the Arctic, which so far has been extremely well preserved in the top permafrost." The rapidly decaying permafrost is largely recent in origin, according to a paper in the 27 April 2015 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, and is leading to a "runaway effect." The resulting carbon is entering "the atmosphere at breakneck speed," according to an analysis published in the 27 April 2015 issue of Geophysical Research Letters. A paper in the 1 February 2016 issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences finally indicates the scientific literature is catching up to the reality of the dire situation: "our results suggest that this subarctic tundra ecosystem is shifting away from its historical function as a C sink to a C source." Slowly catching up to reality, a paper in the 12 March 2016 issue of Climate Change Responses indicates "the large stocks of carbon stored in graminoid soils should be more susceptible to mineralization in a warming Arctic." In other words, climate warming accelerates carbon release from thawing Arctic soils.
A paper in the 20 June 2016 issue of Environmental Research Letters. According to the paper, permafrost thaw has risen fourfold in some Arctic regions during the last 50 years.
A paper in the 12 October 2015 issue of Nature Geoscience reports that the Antarctic ice is melting so fast that the stability of the whole continent could be at risk by 2100. No surprise about that long-into-the-future date, of course. But the paper uses two emissions scenarios to predict a doubling of surface melting of the ice shelves by 2050 and, with one emissions scenario, Antarctic ice shelves would be in danger of collapse by century's end.
16. Floods in Canada are sending pulses of silty water out through the Mackenzie Delta and into the Beaufort Sea, thus painting brown a wide section of the Arctic Ocean near the Mackenzie Delta brown (NASA, June 2013). Pictures of this phenomenon are shown on this NASA website.
18. Breakdown of the thermohaline conveyor belt is happening in the Antarctic as well as the Arctic, thus leading to melting of Antarctic permafrost (Scientific Reports, July 2013). In the past 60 years, the ocean surface offshore Antarctica became less salty as a result of melting glaciers and more precipitation, as reported in the 2 March 2014 issue of Nature Climate Change.
21. Extreme weather events drive climate change, as reported in the 15 August 2013 issue of Nature (Nature, August 2013). Details are elucidated via modeling in the 6 June 2014 issue of Global Biogeochemical Cycles. Further data and explanation are presented in the 27 April 2015 online issue of Nature Climate Change.
According to a paper in the 13 June 2016 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, atmospheric aerosols strengthen storm clouds, thus leading to extreme weather. An abundance of aerosol particles in the atmosphere — constantly added via industrial activity — can increase the lifespans of large storm clouds by delaying rainfall, making the clouds grow larger and live longer, and producing more extreme storms.
For many years, scientists have cautioned that individual weather events couldn't be attributed to climate change. Now, however, specific extreme weather events can be attributed to climate change. A 200-page, March 2016 report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine examines the current state of science of extreme weather attribution, and identifies ways to move the science forward to improve attribution capabilities.
22. Drought-induced mortality of trees contributes to increased decomposition of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and decreased sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Such mortality has been documented throughout the world since at least November 2000 in Nature, with recent summaries in the February 2013 issue of Nature for the tropics, the August 2013 issue of Frontiers in Plant Science for temperate North America, and the 21 August 2015 issue of Science for boreal forests. The situation is exacerbated by pests and disease, as trees stressed by altered environmental conditions become increasingly susceptible to agents such as bark beetles and mistletoe (additional examples abound).
The boreal forest wraps around the globe at the top of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the planet's single largest biome and makes up 30 percent of the globe's forest cover. Moose are the largest ungulate in the boreal forest and their numbers have plummeted. The reason is unknown.
For the first time scientists have investigated the net balance of the three major greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide — for every region of Earth's land masses. The results were published in the 10 March 2016 issue of Nature. The surprising result: Human-induced emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from ecosystems overwhelmingly surpass the ability of the land to soak up carbon dioxide emissions, which makes the terrestrial biosphere a contributor to climate change.
An abstract of a paper to be published in the April 2016 issue of Biogeochemistry includes these sentences: "Rising temperatures and nitrogen (N) deposition, both aspects of global environmental change, are proposed to alter soil organic matter (SOM) biogeochemistry. … Overall, this study shows that the decomposition and accumulation of molecularly distinct SOM components occurs with soil warming and N amendment and may subsequently alter soil biogeochemical cycling." In other words, as global temperatures rise, the organic matter in forests appears to break down more quickly, thereby accelerating the release of carbon into the atmosphere.
23. Ocean acidification leads to release of less dimethyl sulphide (DMS) by plankton. DMS shields Earth from radiation. (Nature Climate Change, online 25 August 2013). Plankton form the base of the marine food web, some populations have declined 40% since 1950 (e.g., article in the 29 July 2010 issue of Nature), and they are on the verge of disappearing completely, according to a paper in the 18 October 2013 issue of Global Change Biology. As with carbon dioxide, ocean acidification is occurring rapidly, according to a paper in the 26 March 2014 issue of Global Biogeochemical Cycles. Acidification is proceeding at a pace unparalleled during the last 300 million years, according to research published in the 2 March 2012 issue of Science. Over the past 10 years, the Atlantic Ocean has soaked up 50 percent more carbon dioxide than it did the decade before, measurably speeding up the acidification of the ocean, according to a paper published in the 30 January 2016 issue of Global Biogeochemical Cycles. Not surprisingly, the degradation of the base of the marine food web is reducing the ability of fish populations to reproduce and replenish themselves across the globe, as reported in the 14 December 2015 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Diatoms, one of the major groups of plankton, is declining globally at the rate of about one percent per year, according to a paper in the 23 September 2015 issue of Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
The Southern Ocean is acidifying at such a rate because of rising carbon dioxide emissions that large regions may be inhospitable for key organisms in the food chain to survive as soon as 2030, according to a paper in the 2 November 2015 online issue of Nature Climate Change.
24. Jellyfish have assumed a primary role in the oceans of the world (26 September 2013 issue of the New York Times Review of Books, in a review of Lisa-ann Gershwin's book, Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean): "We are creating a world more like the late Precambrian than the late 1800s — a world where jellyfish ruled the seas and organisms with shells didn't exist. We are creating a world where we humans may soon be unable to survive, or want to." Jellyfish contribute to climate change via (1) release of carbon-rich feces and mucus used by bacteria for respiration, thereby converting bacteria into carbon dioxide factories and (2) consumption of vast numbers of copepods and other plankton.
25. Sea-level rise causes slope collapse, tsunamis, and release of methane, as reported in the September 2013 issue of Geology. In eastern Siberia, the speed of coastal erosion has nearly doubled during the last four decades as the permafrost melts. And it appears sea-level rise has gone exponential, judging from Scribbler's 4 May 2015 analysis. Considering only data through 2005, according to a paper published 28 September 2015 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the 500-year return time of floods in New York City has been reduced to 24.4 years.
Another indication of a warming ocean is coral bleaching. The third global coral bleaching event since 1998, and also the third in evidence, ever, is underway on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. According to Australia National News on 28 March 2016, a survey of the Great Barrier Reef reports 95% of the northern reefs were rated as severely bleached, and only 4 of 520 reefs surveyed were found to be unaffected by bleaching.
The mechanism underlying methane release in these systems is poorly understood. If sunlight drives the process, as suggested by a paper in the 22 August 2014 issue of Science, then amplification is expected over time as ponds and lakes are increasingly exposed.
A paper in the 29 October 2015 issue of Limnology and Oceanography also addresses the issue of methane release from lakes. A write-up for the general public titled, "Global Warming Will Progress Much More Quickly Than Expected, Study Predicts" includes this line: "The findings suggest we have a 'vicious circle' ahead of us in which the burning of fossil fuels leads to higher temperatures, which in turn trigger higher levels of methane release and further warming." This is a fine explanation for a self-reinforcing feedback loop.
A study published in the 17 November 2015 edition of Nature Geoscience shows that lakes in the northern hemisphere will probably release much more carbon dioxide due to global climate changes. The investigation, based on data from more than 5,000 Swedish lakes, demonstrates that carbon dioxide emissions from the world's lakes, water courses, and reservoirs are equivalent to almost a quarter of all the carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels.
According to a paper in the 1 February 2016 issue of Nature Geoscience, ponds less than a quarter of an acre in size make up only 8.6% of the surface area of the world's lakes and ponds, yet they account for 15.1% of carbon dioxide emissions and 40.6% of diffusive methane emissions.
29. Mixing of the jet stream is a catalyst, too. High methane releases follow fracturing of the jet stream, accounting for a previous rise in regional temperature up to 16 C in less than 20 years (Paul Beckwith via video on 19 December 2013).
36. Reductions in seasonal ice cover in the Arctic "result in larger waves, which in turn provide a mechanism to break up sea ice and accelerate ice retreat" (Geophysical Research Letters, 5 May 2014). Further corroboration is found in the 27 March 2015 issue of Geophysical Research Letters.
37. A huge hidden network of frozen methane and methane gas, along with dozens of spectacular flares firing up from the seabed, has been detected off the North Island of New Zealand (preliminary results reported in the 12 May 2014 issue of the New Zealand Herald). The first evidence of widespread active methane seepage in the Southern Ocean, off the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, was subsequently reported in the 1 October 2014 issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
41. "During the last glacial termination, the upwelling strength of the southern polar limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation varied, changing the ventilation and stratification of the high-latitude Southern Ocean. During the same period, at least two phases of abrupt global sea-level rise—meltwater pulses—took place." In other words, when the ocean around Antarctica became more stratified, or layered, warm water at depth melted the ice sheet faster than when the ocean was less stratified. (Nature Communications, 29 September 2014) Robert Scribbler refers to AMOC as "the heartbeat of the world ocean system." As reported in the 23 March 2015 online issue of Climatic Change, the slowing of the AMOC is "exceptional" and is tied to melting ice in Greenland. This twentieth-century slowdown apparently is unique, at least within the last thousand years.
43. Dark snow is no longer restricted to Greenland. Rather, it's come to much of the northern hemisphere, as reported in the 25 November 2014 issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research. Eric Holthaus's description of this phenomenon in the 13 January 2015 edition of Slate includes a quote from one of the scientists involved in the research project: "The climate models need to be adding in a process they don't currently have, because that stuff in the atmosphere is having a big climate effect." In other words, as with the other major self-reinforcing feedback loops, dark snow is not included in contemporary models.
50. Arctic warming is amplified by phytoplankton under greenhouse warming (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 12 May 2015). Temperatures in the Arctic are warming considerably faster than the global average, largely because of diminishing sea ice. According to this research, the biogeophysical effect of future phytoplankton changes amplifies Arctic warming by 20%.
51. Cryptogamic covers, which comprise some of the oldest forms of terrestrial life, have recently been found to fix large amounts of nitrogen and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. They are sources of greenhouse gases, notably including nitrous oxide and methane, with higher temperatures and enhanced nitrogen deposition contributing to amplification (Global Change Biology, 7 July 2015).
52. The impact of phytoplankton is not restricted to the Arctic, either. Rather, plankton in the Southern Ocean are responsible for creating nearly half of the water droplets in the clouds during the summer, thus serving as a cooling agent (Science Advances, 17 July 2015).
55. The extinction of megafauna both at land and at sea has led to a shortage of mega manure (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 26 October 2015). As a result, the planet's composting and nutrient-recycling system is broken. Other factors have contributed to extinction of large animals, too, but the role of megafauna poop in ecosystem function has been little studied in the past.
56. A paper in the 26 November 2015 issue of Science reports the rapid increase in coccolithophores in response to increased carbon dioxide. These algae make it more difficult to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the short term.
57. The "apparent sensitivity of respiration to nighttime temperatures, which are projected to increase faster than global average temperatures, suggests that C stored in tropical forests may be vulnerable to future warming," according to a paper published in the 7 December 2015 online issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper suggests that hotter nights may actually wield much greater influence over the planet's atmosphere than hotter days — and could eventually lead to more carbon flooding the atmosphere.
58. According to a paper in the 18 December 2015 issue of Science Advances, "Many large tropical trees with sizeable contributions to carbon stock rely on large vertebrates for seed dispersal and regeneration, however many of these frugivores are threatened by hunting, illegal trade, and habitat loss. … we found that defaunation has the potential to significantly erode carbon storage even when only a small proportion of large-seeded trees are extirpated." In other words, climate change that causes loss of habitat for animals reduces the ability of tropical forests to store carbon, thus creating a self-reinforcing feedback loop.
62. Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide makes rainwater more acidic. The result is a relatively weak form or carbonic acid. The rain falls on limestone and related carbonate rocks, thus releasing carbon dioxide from the rocks into the atmosphere. The stronger the carbonic acid, the more the limestone dissolves, hence releasing more carbon dioxide.
64 and 65. A study published in the 11 July 2016 online issue of Nature thoroughly documents one of the most profound planetary changes yet to be caused by a warming climate: The distribution of clouds all across Earth has shifted. Specifically, the shift has expanded subtropical dry zones, located between around 20 and 30 degrees latitude in both hemispheres, and also by raising cloud tops. Each of these changes worsens overall planetary warming. According to a story in the Washington Post accompanying the paper's release, each of these two changes to clouds is a positive feedback to climate change.
66. A paper in the 25 July 2016 online issue of Nature Geoscience confirms and quantifies the long-held suspicion that the ability of land plants to store carbon declines as Earth warms. The reduced storage of carbon leads to higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, thus increasing Earth's temperature and contributing to a self-reinforcing feedback loop.
67. Arctic drilling was fast-tracked by the Obama administration during the summer of 2012.
69. As jet planes burn fuel and release carbon dioxide, the atmosphere warms and causes head winds to build up (Nature Climate Change, published online 13 July 2015).
As nearly as I can distinguish, only the latter three feedback processes are reversible at a temporal scale relevant to our species. Once you pull the tab on the can of beer, there's no keeping the carbon dioxide from bubbling up and out. These feedbacks are not additive, they are multiplicative: They not only reinforce within a feedback, the feedbacks also reinforce among themselves (as realized even by Business Insider on 3 October 2013). Now that we've entered the era of expensive oil, I can't imagine we'll voluntarily terminate the process of drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic (or anywhere else). Nor will we willingly forgo a few dollars by failing to take advantage of the long-sought Northwest Passage or make any attempt to slow economic growth.


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Since May, as part of our Traveling Burnside Project, several Burnside 35 lenses have been traveling around the world. Spending a few weeks with a photographer, and then visiting the next.
We've been overwhelmed by the variety of great shots our photographers have taken, showing off both the swirly and vignetting effect, and the versatility of this lens. Check out some of our favorite images this week below.
Thank you to all of our wonderful and inspiring Traveling Burnside photographers. We've truly enjoyed seeing the images you've made with this lens – and are even happier that you seem to love it as much as we do.
As part of the project we asked contributors to record their experience in a shared notebook and print off some pictures to send off with the lens to the next photographer. One of our Fuji lenses made its journey around Europe, then all the way down to Australia, before returning home to Portland.
Here are some words from those photographers about the project.


It is our pleasure to announce the launch of our on-line store February 1. We've gathered exceptional teas and unique teaware to delight the senses of those who appreciate the finer aspects of the tea experience. We've been guided by what we love and hope you'll find that our initial offerings resonate with you as well. We will be responsive to your feedback and will work to find items that you want but haven't been able to find elsewhere. It is our intention to increase our selection over time as we learn your preferences and tastes. Let's work together to evolve an on-line tea store that's unique and worthy of the T Ching philosophy.
Please come back this Thursday, February 1, for the launch and check out our store. You will be able to reach it through a store icon on the homepage, or directly @ www.tchingstore.com. As a way of saying Thank You, we will be offering a discount coupon to all registered T Ching subscribers. So, if you haven't yet registered, now's the time. Tell your friends and family… it's Tea and Accessory Time at the T Ching store. Welcome!
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This week Ryan Photo's fourth challenge Photo for the Week is Lighthouse, I have only lighthouse photo, Point Lookout, Maryland, USA. It is on the point at the mouth of the Potomac River where it meets the Chesapeake Bay, the most southerly land on Maryland's western short. Across the Chesapeake Bay Maryland extends about 8 miles further south.
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Surprising Side Effects of Taking Multivitamins After 50, Say Experts
There are both benefits and risks when it comes to taking multivitamins as you age.
By Samantha Boesch
FACT CHECKED BY Olivia Tarantino
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It has been proven that as you age, you often consume fewer necessary vitamins and nutrients. This has to do with a change in how your body absorbs nutrients, as well as a common change in appetite.
The good news is that supplements are a simple way to gain back some of the nutrients you might be deficient in, and multivitamins can help you consume a handful of different nutrients in just one sitting.
And although multivitamins have been shown to help decrease your risk for age-related chronic diseases, it's important to be aware of some of the potential side effects of taking them, especially after the age of 50. Read on to learn more about these side effects, and then don't miss these Side Effects of Taking Anti-Aging Supplements After 50, Say Experts.
It will provide you with the nutrients you may be deficient in
As you age, your body's ability to absorb vitamins and nutrients naturally changes, which is why multivitamins can sometimes help supplement the ones you may need.
"Women are at a greater risk of deficiency for vitamins B6, B12, and D as they age, which are nutrients commonly found in multivitamins," says Amy Goodson, MS, RD, CSSD, LD author of The Sports Nutrition Playbook and member of our expert medical board.
Another issue that people may face as they age is a decrease in appetite. "Losing your appetite long term can contribute to not taking in enough nutrients," says Goodson, "and multivitamins can help ensure individuals are meeting their micronutrient needs when their diet might be lacking."
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They may interact with some medications
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Although multivitamins can provide helpful nutrients for those who may be experiencing some deficiencies, it is also important to make sure that your multivitamin isn't interfering with other medications you're taking.
"Some medications interact with certain vitamins and minerals," says Goodson, "so those over 50 on medication should consult with their doctor before starting to take multivitamins or any supplements to ensure safety and no negative interactions."
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may experience constipation
According to Megan Wong, RD at AlgaeCal, older adults are more prone to constipation because of things like decreased fluid intake and certain medications that cause constipation and other digestive issues as a side effect.
"Two common nutrients found in multivitamins are iron and calcium, which have been known to cause constipation," says Wong, "so check to make sure your multivitamin isn't bringing you above the daily recommended intake (about 8 milligrams of iron per day for adults over 50, and 1,000 milligrams of calcium)."
To help avoid constipation with calcium intake, "you can check to make sure your multivitamin provides adequate amounts of vitamin D3, magnesium, and vitamin K2 to help your body properly absorb and use the calcium," says Wong.
You may have more energy
"Multivitamins can also provide the individual over 50 with a source of B vitamins to enhance energy and mood, as well as curb fatigue throughout the day," says Trista Best, MPH, RD, LD at Balance One Supplements.
According to Harvard Health, people who are experiencing a deficiency in B vitamins will feel a powerful energy boost after they start taking a supplement because of the way these vitamins can help your body create healthier cells in your blood.
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La diócesis de Hwange ( y ) es una circunscripción eclesiástica latina de la Iglesia católica en Zimbabue, sufragánea de la arquidiócesis de Bulawayo. La diócesis tiene al obispo Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube como su ordinario desde el 5 de julio de 2021.

Territorio y organización
La diócesis tiene 43 427 km² y extiende su jurisdicción sobre los fieles católicos de rito latino residentes en los distritos de Hwange, Binga y parte de Lupane (al norte del río Shabula) en la provincia de Matabelelandia Septentrional.

La sede de la diócesis se encuentra en la ciudad de Hwange (antes llamada Wankie), en donde se halla la Catedral de San Ignacio.

En 2019 en la diócesis existían 26 parroquias.

Historia
La prefectura apostólica de Wankie fue erigida el 29 de junio de 1953 con la bula Ad Christi religionem del papa Pío XII, obteniendo el territorio de los vicariatos apostólicos de Bulawayo (hoy arquidiócesis) y Salisbury (hoy arquidiócesis de Harare). Fue encomendada al cuidado de los misioneros del Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para las Misiones Extranjeras.

El 1 de marzo de 1963 la prefectura apostólica fue elevada a diócesis con la bula Mirum Ecclesiae del papa Juan XXIII. Originalmente era sufragánea de la arquidiócesis de Salisbury.

El 8 de abril de 1988 tomó su nombre actual.

El 17 de junio de 1991 cedió una parte de su territorio para la erección de la diócesis de Gokwe mediante la bula Fidelium communitas del papa Juan Pablo II.

El 10 de junio de 1994 pasó a formar parte de la provincia eclesiástica de la arquidiócesis de Bulawayo.

Estadísticas
De acuerdo con el Anuario Pontificio 2020 la diócesis tenía a fines de 2019 un total de 41 050 fieles bautizados.

|- align="right"
| 1970 || 19 400 || 290 000 || 6.7 || 36 ||  || 36 || 538 ||  || 36 || 49 || 16
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| 1980 || 37 588 || 494 000 || 7.6 || 26 || 2 || 24 || 1445 ||  || 30 || 38 || 17
|- align="right"
| 1990 || 60 674 || 878 091 || 6.9 || 36 || 12 || 24 || 1685 ||  || 32 || 64 || 24
|- align="right"
| 1999 || 33 114 || 313 527 || 10.6 || 27 || 11 || 16 || 1226 ||  || 23 || 72 || 21
|- align="right"
| 2000 || 33 784 || 321 365 || 10.5 || 27 || 12 || 15 || 1251 ||  || 21 || 67 || 21
|- align="right"
| 2001 || 35 577 || 329 399 || 10.8 || 29 || 13 || 16 || 1226 ||  || 22 || 60 || 22
|- align="right"
| 2002 || 37 048 || 317 300 || 11.7 || 30 || 11 || 19 || 1234 ||  || 23 || 68 || 24
|- align="right"
| 2003 || 37 770 || 323 780 || 11.7 || 28 || 11 || 17 || 1348 ||  || 22 || 64 || 24
|- align="right"
| 2004 || 38 576 || 329 937 || 11.7 || 29 || 13 || 16 || 1330 ||  || 21 || 60 || 24
|- align="right"
| 2006 || 41 118 || 343 265 || 12.0 || 31 || 17 || 14 || 1326 ||  || 17 || 81 || 24
|- align="right"
| 2007 || 38 175 || 346 697 || 11.0 || 31 || 19 || 12 || 1231 || 3  || 16 || 88 || 24
|- align="right"
| 2013 || 43 000 || 381 900 || 11.3 || 31 || 19 || 12 || 1387 ||  || 18 || 68 || 23
|- align="right"
| 2016 || 38 234 || 406 500 || 9.4 || 34 || 21 || 13 || 1124 ||  || 16 || 64 || 24
|- align="right"
| 2019 || 41 050 || 433 000 || 9.5 || 36 || 24 || 12 || 1140 ||  || 14 || 72 || 26
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|colspan=12 |<small>Fuente: Catholic-Hierarchy, que a su vez toma los datos del Anuario Pontificio.
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Episcopologio
 Francesco Font Garcia, I.E.M.E. † (19 de octubre de 1953-12 de julio de 1956 renunció)
 Dominic Ros Arraiza, I.E.M.E. † (19 de octubre de 1956-1963 renunció)
 Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. † (1 de marzo de 1963-9 de febrero de 1999 retirado)
 Robert Christopher Ndlovu (9 de febrero de 1999-10 de junio de 2004 nombrado arzobispo de Harare)
 Sede vacante (2004-2006)
 Alberto Serrano, I.E.M.E. (5 de diciembre de 2006-5 de julio de 2021 retirado)
 Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube, desde el 5 de julio de 2021

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 (en inglés) Ficha de la diócesis en www.gcatholic.org
 (en inglés) Página de la diócesis en el sitio de la Conferencia Episcopal de Zimbabue

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Friday will be one of the best days of my life: Babar Azam
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
By Sheheryar Amir
Not only the cricket fans but also the Pakistani team players are pretty much excited for the home series against Sri Lanka. They are eagerly waiting to play in front of the home fans, which is indubitably a proud moment. Babar Azam, the newly appointed Vice-Captain of Pakistan, has expressed his excitement for the Friday game.
He said that Friday will be one of the best days of his life. "I cannot thank enough for the love and respect I have received from all my fans in the early days of my career. Friday will be one of my biggest days when I will be Vice-Captain. I will want the entire country as well as the National Stadium Karachi's crowd to make this a day to remember for me", Babar added.
Babar Azam is looking forward to another home series against Sri Lanka
Pakistan will play the 1st ODI match against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium Karachi on Friday 27th September 2019. The crowd is expected to turn out in large numbers and cheer for the home team on this special occasion of the Pakistan cricket.
#SLvPAK#Sri Lanka in Pakistan 2019#Pakistan


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Cloud-based B2B data technologies via real-time APIs
As the business-to-business (B2B) model has evolved, so has the use of integrated marketing data and behavioral analytics. Today, B2B firms use these data sets to evaluate everything from corporate capabilities to the risks of doing business with potential clients and business partnerships.
As the use of data to vet B2B relationships increased in popularity, vendors such as Infogroup, a 47-year-old provider of proprietary database and data-driven marketing services to businesses, were given a chance to stand out in the marketplace.
Infogroup provides cloud-based data technologies delivered through real-time application programming interfaces, through a 200,000-square-foot data center in Papillion, Neb. According to the company, its client base now spans from Fortune 500 enterprises and local businesses to not-for-profit and political organizations. The firm's portfolio of products and services ranges from customer resource management tools to people databases, including a B2B risk assessment platform known as Credit.net.
Credit.net, Infogroup's business unit focused on credit and risk management solutions, started in 1999, noted Eric Kider, Credit.net senior vice president and general manager. "I joined Infogroup in June 2018 with the charter to significantly grow this 'hidden gem' of a business," he said.
Empowering insights
According to Kider, Credit.net offers information that will enable B2B to grow in the most profitable way and avoid risks or pitfalls. "Credit.net offers more than just products and services to support an organization's credit and risk management processes," Kider said. "We offer a complete suite of data services, marketing solutions and analytics on a foundation that starts with one of the most comprehensive business and consumer databases in North America and Canada."
For example, a B2B company may utilize Credit.net's data engines to review a client's business credit standing and determine its financial strength before investing in or deepening a relationship. Credit.net also offers payment trading scores, providing predictive insights on a company's bill-paying history, and the probability of whether and/or when the company will pay.
According to Kider, Credit.net's clientele can use this service à la carte whenever a report is needed. He noted the business model at Credit.net is intentionally straightforward, and some customers buy single reports; others use a full range of services. "Our services are tailored to the specific business lifecycle stage and overall readiness of the given organization," he said.
Kider also indicated Credit.net's services are packaged to allow the company to grow along with the client, and pricing is customized, based on what is needed. "We offer transparent pricing versus other organizations that incent with low upfront pricing, then change the pricing structure in future years," he stated. "We don't play the 'cable company' game, and you won't need to call us up to negotiate a lower price by threatening to leave."
Strategic business innovations
Kider noted Credit.net was an originator of Uniform Commercial Code data in the United States, and it sells lists to help companies target markets or sub-markets. He also said Credit.net has been forging strategic partnerships with like-minded companies to enrich its offerings.
"In November 2018, we launched the integration of Experian's Intelliscore Plus v2.0 and Payment Trend Summary details into the Credit.net Business Credit Report," Kider said. "This was a significant step forward in providing greater value, flexibility and insight to our current and new customer base."
This year, Credit.net also introduced three new key performance indicators, leveraging its ongoing partnership with Bizminer.com. And Credit.net is pursuing other partnerships to enhance core service offerings. "We're launching new portfolio solutions and alert monitoring to help businesses stay informed on changes (positive or negative) to those companies they are currently doing business with and/or want to engage," Kider said.
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The Cameras
About three years ago now, I was experimenting with multiple overlapping images to look at the sea horizon, and discovered that what I really needed was a camera that would take the equivalent of three 35mm frames as one continuous negative.
As there is no such camera on the market, and cropping down a 5x4" negative would have caused its own problems, I built my own camera.
The first two cameras were constructed mainly from birch ply, as this is easy to work, hardwearing and fairly stable. The very first was built around a Schneider 150mm lens for 5x4" format, with a fixed focus on infinity (I was only planning to take pictures of the far sea horizon).
This combination of lens and film gives a view of about 9 x 41 degrees.
The negative size is 24x112mm (about 1x4.5"), or small enough to fit into a 5x4" enlarger.
This is the same basic camera, but with a different front half to fit a 90mm Super Angulon lens, giving a view of approx. 15 x 64 degrees.
As I began to use the camera in a wider variety of ways, particularly for night time photography, I developed a stepped focus system for the camera, allowing me to focus on infinity, 11.4m (37'), 8m (26') or 4.2m (14').
The most recent version of the camera uses rollfilm rather than 35mm, and produces a negative 56 x 240mm.
It is much more cumbersome and slow to use, needing a ground glass screen for composition and focusing, but the larger negative gives so much extra detail and information that I now use it almost exclusively.
The rollfilm camera is usually used with a 210mm lens, giving about the same field of view as a 90mm lens on the smaller camera.
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Balaghat District Administrative head quarter is Balaghat. It is is Located 382 KM west towards State capital Bhopal . Balaghat District population is 1701156. It is 16 th Largest District in the State by population.
Balaghat has some of the popular tourist places and as a result, many people throng the region of Balaghat throughout the year. Some of the well-known tourist places of Balaghat District are Kanha National Park (Kanha Tiger Reserve) the Lanji Temple and the fort, Nahlesara Dam, Dhuti Dam, Rampaily Temple, Hatta Bawali and Gangul Para Tank and Waterfall.
At the beginning of the 18th century, the district was divided among two Gond kingdoms; the portion of the district west of the Wainganga was part of the Gond kingdom of Deogarh, while the eastern portion was part of the Garha-Mandla kingdom.
The Deogarh kingdom was annexed by the Bhonsle Marathas of Nagpur in 1743, and shortly thereafter conquered all but the northern section of the district. This section, together with the rest of the Garha-Mandla kingdom, was annexed in 1781 to the Maratha province of Saugor, then under control of the Maratha Peshwa. In 1798 the Bhonsles also obtained the former Garha-Mandla territories.
In 1818, at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War, The Nagpur kingdom became a princely state of British India. In 1853, the Nagpur kingdom, including Balaghat District, was annexed by the British, and became the new province of Nagpur. Balaghat District was then divided among the British districts of Seoni and Bhandara. Nagpur Province was reorganized into the Central Provinces in 1861.
Balaghat District was constituted during the years 1867 by amalgamation of parts of the Bhandara, Mandla and Seoni districts. The headquarters of the district was originally called "Burha" or "Boora". Later, however, this name fell into disuse and was replaced by "Balaghat", which was originally the name of the district only. Administratively, the district was divided into two tehsils, Baihar tehsil in the north, which included the plateau region, and Balaghat tehsil, which included the more settled lowlands in the south. The new district was part of the Central Provinces' Nagpur Division.
In the middle of the 19th Century the upper part of the district was a lightly settled, but a handsome Buddhist temple of cut stone, belonging to some remote period, is suggestive of a civilization which had disappeared before historic times. The first Deputy-Commissioner of the district, Colonel Bloomfield, encouraged the settlement of Baihar tehsil with Ponwar Marathas from the Wainganga Valley. About that time one Lachhman Naik established the first villages on the Paraswara plateau.Malanjkhand is the most popular copper mine in Asian Region.
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the district had only 15 miles (24 km) of paved roads, together with 208 miles (335 km) of unpaved roads. The Jabalpur-Gondia railway line through the district was completed in 1904, with six stations in the district.
After Indian Independence in 1947, the Central Provinces became the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 1956, Balaghat District became part of the Jabalpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, when the districts to the south of Balaghat, including Gondiya, Bhandara, and Nagpur districts, were transferred to Bombay State.
Balaghat District is currently a part of the Red Corridor. Balaghat district was constituted during the years 1867-1873 by amalgamation of parts of the Bhandara, Mandia, and Seoni Districts. Its name signifies "above the ghats" and is due to the fact that the original purpose of Government in constituting the District was to effect the colonization of the tracts above the ghats.The headquarters of the District was originally called Burha or Boora. Later, however, this name fell into disuse and was replaced by 'Balaghat' which was originally the name of the District only.
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As I finally get into the swing of things in D.C., I find myself seeing the connections. The errands I run for the staff on a daily basis take me to some amazing places. Never in my life have I been to somewhere so secure, so debauched. People are running left and right down the tunnels of the offices of the United States Congress; they know exactly where they are going.
The Capitol building is connected to all the House offices as well. An absorbedly small subway train takes people to and from the offices to the Capitol building itself. There, debate and conference take place.
It is fascinating to see the numerous amount of people walking through the basement of the House offices to get to this tiny little subway system (which by the way only saves them about a 200-meter walk). But the importance of everybody's purpose on that miniscule subway car is what makes captivates me.
Bills to be signed, cosigns to be made, meetings to attend.


Nice very well presented detached stone property with three bedrooms in rural setting near Vengeons in La Manche. In addition to the house is a large outbuildings which is suitable for possible conversion to a gite (subject to planning). Other outbuildings currently used for equestrian purposes. The property comes with 2.6 hectares of land so would suit anyones with horses/animals. Beautiful setting in countryside but only a few kilometres from shops and amenities.


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Life sector needs to 'tell its story'
Alice UribeSeptember 11, 2018 - 10.00am
The group life insurance industry's struggle to effectively "tell its story" and promote the sector's consumer focus prompted controversial Federal Budget proposals that might make insurance opt-in for superannuation fund members under 25 or those with low balances.
That is the view of senior executives in the life insurance and super industry who spoke on the closing panel at the recent Investment Magazine Group Insurance Summit in Sydney.
"If there is something we should learn – we actually have all said this – it's that we haven't done a good enough job of promoting the value of what we do," said Damien Mu, the chief executive of AIA Australia. "So when these issues hit, we were left flat-footed, so this trust deficit has built because this has not been a rational debate."
Much of the industry – including AustralianSuper, consumer group Choice, AIA, TAL and others – has opposed key elements of a set of Federal Budget proposals known as the Protecting Your Superannuation Package.
Of primary concern within the industry was the July 1, 2019, start date for implementation, because of the need for funds to renegotiate contracts with insurers.
Plans to make insurance opt-in for fund members under 25 and for those whose account balances are under $6000, and to cease cover for accounts that have been inactive for 13 months, could lead to higher premiums and also might disadvantage those needing cover, industry stakeholders said.
The sixth round of Royal Commission into Banking, Superannuation and the Financial Services industry is this week focusing on life insurance, with group insurance taking up a proportion.
Matt Englund, head of workplace super at BT Financial Group, told the panel that BT Financial supported a "range of things" with regards to the proposals, and agreed with Mu that it is incumbent upon the industry to do a better job of promoting the good that it does.
"Why have those budget proposals come in the first place?" Englund asked. "[It's] because we haven't done a good enough job of engaging and telling our story. Insurance is story by story, member by member and claim by claim, and we haven't done a good enough job of telling our story."
Statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority show that the life insurance industry pays out about $8 billion in claims each year, with about $1 billion of that emanating from group insurance.
TAL chief executive Brett Clark said the budget proposals, along with the recent draft Productivity Commission report into the $2.7 trillion super sector had prompted the "biggest change that we've had to deal with for quite some time, at a policy level".
"The final shape and size of that are uncertain and the final passage of that is uncertain," Clark said. There are strong views in this room about where it needs to go and that creates some challenges in terms of setting direction for business."
The chief executive of super fund giant Sunsuper, Scott Hartley, said group insurance was a "very good value mechanism for people to get life and TPD cover. But at the same time, be open and embrace the opportunity for change. Clearly if we don't do that, then we'll lose potentially the right for insurance to exist within superannuation."
Alice Uribe has been working as a journalist, editor and digital producer for more than 10 years.
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My main research interests are the movement and trophic ecology of marine predators. Previous and ongoing research that I've been involved with includes acoustic tagging of coastal sharks, identification of shark habitat within estuaries and near shore, and feeding ecology of spiny dogfish sharks. At SERC I will be using telemetry methods to track multiple coastal shark species and some of their prey to identify shark habitat and determine the importance of predator/prey interactions on habitat selection.


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Roubini explains why the stock market's new exuberance may be irrational
Fundamental risks to growth actually getting worse
By Nouriel Roubini
NEW YORK ( Project Syndicate ) — This past May and August, escalations in the trade and technology conflict between the United States and China rattled stock markets and pushed bond yields to historic lows. But that was then: since then, financial markets have once again become giddy.
U..S /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX -0.38% /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.22% /zigman2/quotes/210598365/realtime COMP -0.12% and other equities are trending toward new highs, and there is even talk of a potential "melt-up" in equity values. The financial-market buzz has seized on the possibility of a "reflation trade," in the hope that the recent global slowdown will be followed in 2020 by accelerating growth and firmer inflation (which helps profits and risky assets).
Four positive developments
The sudden shift from risk-off to risk-on reflects four positive developments.
First, the U.S. and China are likely to reach a "phase-one" deal that would at least temporarily halt any further escalation of their trade and technology war.
Owing to a recent easing of both Sino-American tensions and monetary policies, many investors seem to be betting on another era of expansion for the global economy. But they would do well to remember that the fundamental risks to growth remain, and are actually getting worse.
Second, despite the uncertainty surrounding the United Kingdom's election on Dec. 12, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has at least managed to secure a tentative "soft Brexit" deal with the EU, and the chances of the U.K. crashing out of the bloc have been substantially reduced.
Third, the U.S. has demonstrated restraint in the face of Iranian provocations in the Middle East, with President Donald Trump realizing that surgical strikes against that country could result in a full-scale war and severe oil-price spike.
And, lastly, the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and other major central banks have gotten ahead of geopolitical headwinds by easing monetary policies. With central banks once again coming to the rescue, even minor "green shoots" — such as the stabilization of the U.S. manufacturing sector and the resilience of services and consumption growth — have been taken as a harbinger of renewed global expansion.
Not all is well
Yet there is much to suggest that not all is well with the global economy.
For starters, recent data from China, Germany, and Japan suggest that the slowdown is still ongoing, even if its pace has become less severe.
Second, while the U.S. and China may agree to a truce, the ongoing decoupling of the world's two largest economies will almost certainly accelerate again after the U.S. election next November. In the medium to long term, the best one can hope for is that the looming cold war will not turn hot.
Third, while China has shown restraint in confronting the popular uprising in Hong Kong, the situation in the city is worsening, making a forceful crackdown likely in 2020. Among other things, a militarized Chinese response could derail any trade deal with the U.S. and shock financial markets, as well as push Taiwan in the direction of forces supporting independence — a red line for Beijing.
Fourth, although a "hard Brexit" may be off the table, the eurozone is experiencing a deepening malaise that is not related to the U.K.'s impending departure. Germany and other countries with fiscal space continue to resist demands for stimulus.
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I had hung out with the "popular" kids since I was in kindergarten. We all were close friends but within the last two years, all my so called "friends" have spent their time partaking in things they know are wrong. I missed out on things I wish I would have done such as choir and book club and now it no longer matters what the "cool kids" opinion was because I'm no longer really friends with any of them. The point is to be choosy with your friends – mine weren't that bad initially but they weren't supportive of anything in my life which made them bad friends for me.
Be choosy in who you pick for a boyfriend and even who you pick as guy friends to be around. All throughout high school I've seen my friends throw themselves at boys who are, quite frankly, losers. It makes me sad to see girls with such great parents and such big dreams settling for guys who treat them as less than ordinary. I know the feeling of sitting at home and watching a movie with yourself or a girlfriend and wishing you had a boyfriend, even if he isn't all that great. Don't you ever think that you need a guy to complete who you are, let God complete you and when you find someone who is worthy, only then consider him.
Hearing about the devil in church as a child, I pictured a mean monster that would be easily spotted. But that's actually the opposite of the truth. The devil is the teacher who sweetly tells you it's silly to think six days of creation are real, it's the cuss word that tries to force its way out of your mouth when you stub your toe, and it's the lie that wants to oh so smoothly roll off your tongue when you want to say why you don't have your homework. That being said, I have learned that James was oh so right when he wrote, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7).
I don't mean to pat myself on the back and point out what I'm doing right, because I'm not half the godly woman I want to be but I want to make a point. A godly woman is strong in her convictions and she stands her ground, always. A godly woman doesn't stand up for God when she's with other people that do, she doesn't laugh at the dirty jokes her boss tells-just because he's her boss. She stands up for God, regardless of who is around. I love the words of Jesus when He says, "This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me"(Matthew 15:8). There are millions of girls professing to be godly and tweeting Bible verses and putting Facebook statuses where they discuss their prayer life. But remember, people know the difference between the girls who show up for the parties on Friday night and the girls striving to be godly women. I say that to say this: do not get discouraged. It's easy to get discouraged and think, "everyone gives godliness a bad rap because they show up for parties and things so why should I even try?" Remember that: "God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity" (II Timothy 2:19). When you're discouraged, don't forget that God knows who is seeking Him with all their heart. Be that girl.
It's time to personalize our faith. By far the saddest and worst thing that has happened to me in high school has been one of my very best friends walking away from the church and saying God is just a myth for the unintelligent. It's time to make our faith real to prevent this from happening. We must always make time for personal study, no matter how many sports and organizations we're involved with. Develop a deeper and more personal relationship with God and you will find it's easier to handle high school. You'll be better equipped to say no to temptation and when something comes along that challenges your faith, you, unlike my friend will be able to "give an answer for the hope that is within you" (I Peter 3:15).
There are so many things I wish I could have done differently. At times, I wish I could go back and knock some sense into my prideful freshman self but I think we all feel that way at times. I'll probably go back and read this in five or six years and think how much I had to learn. But that's the point isn't it? To always grow in the Lord we must always be making corrections and changes to constantly be better for Him. "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (II Peter 3:18). Some of your friends won't grow up, they'll continue to treat life like it's one big frat party but God calls us to something higher. God is always with us to help us through anything, just reach out and you will find Him. "Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded" (James 4:8).