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The 5 Best Cryptocurrencies to Invest in for 2022
By Matthew Makowski
Jan 5, 2022 at 6:08PM
The best cryptocurrencies… the mere thought of such a list is enough to make some of the most renouned investors snicker and then dismiss the topic altogether.
Case in point: Investing rock star Warren Buffett has called Bitcoin rat poison, a mirage and worthless. He also noted that cryptos are basically worthless because "they don't produce anything." We'd like to offer a rebuttal of that here and here. But we don't have any illusions that minds will be changed.
Carl Icahn has gone on record describing cryptocurrencies as "ridiculous." But at least he also noted that he just might be too old to understand them.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has said that he'd rather have bananas than Bitcoin… After all, at least you can eat bananas. But you could also trade a single Bitcoin for more than 150,000 bananas. So that might not be the sagest advice Mr. Shark Tank has imparted.
Then there's JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. He's referred to digital currency as a "fraud." He also said that people stupid enough to buy it will pay the price for it in the future. He was close… It turns out Bitcoin investors have been paid a price – and a substantial one at that.
Even "the fools" who jumped in on Bitcoin during its 2017 highs have now seen a return on their investment. That is if they were wise enough to hold. And that being said, it did take a few years. And those who waited for the 2017 crypto frenzy to die down have been even luckier.
If the past year has proven anything, it's that cryptocurrencies have a lot more lasting power than the naysayers thought. So a list of the best cryptocurrencies is most certainly a worthwhile endeavor.
So without further ado, here are…
There are roughly 8,000 different cryptocurrencies out there. And a whole lot of them aren't worth the space they take up on your hard drive. Take internet darling Dogecoin for instance. Sure it had a stellar year in 2021. But it's one of those tokens that really doesn't do anything. And with a virtually unlimited supply, demand is unlikely to keep up with supply for very long.
But this also helps explain part of the draw of cryptocurrencies. There are plenty of folks out there who threw a couple hundred bucks at it a while back when it was worth a fraction of a cent. A couple of years ago, a single Dogecoin was worth $0.001774.
Fast forward a couple years and a buy-and-hold strategy (or hodl, if you will) would have brought in gains upward of 8,9000%. That's a solid return no matter what kind of investment it is. But that type of return isn't likely to strike again. That brings us to the best cryptocurrencies to pick up and "hodl" for the foreseeable future.
Sure, it's the most obvious one. But that's for good reason. Afterall, there's something to be said for the cryptocurrency that started it all. With a market cap of roughly $2.2 trillion, it's without a doubt the strongest cryptocurrency out there.
Its steep price keeps many potential investors on the sideline. But that needn't be the case. For instance, here we are (below) picking up $17 worth of Bitcoin in a Robinhood account. While Robinhood isn't the preferred way to invest in crypto, this example does highlight the simplicity.
Sure, that scored a quantity of only 0.00046577 Bitcoin. But that small holding stills grants exposure to the most prominent cryptocurrency out there.
For every Batman, there's a Robin. And while Bitcoin rules the crypto roost, Ethereum is a potent second fiddle with lots of upside potential. Like Bitcoin, Ethereum is seen by enthusiasts as an alternative to fiat currency. But its blockchain technology is more focused on decentralized applications than digital currency. But that hasn't slowed this alt coin's rapid rise in value.
While operating as a software platform, it enables decentralized applications to be built and run without fraud or third-party interference (take that Apple and Google). The applications that run on its platform operate via its own cryptographic token. That makes this crypto sought after by developers looking to improve and run apps within this network. And on top of that, is the the kingdom of NFTs. At least for the time being.
Ethereum also happens to be one of the most popular cryptos that can be used on exchanges to buy other cryptocurrencies. While its market cap pales in comparison with Bitcoin's, it has slowly been making headway. And with momentum on its side, Ethereum is an easy pick for one of the best cryptocurrencies available.
Founded by former Google employee Charlie Lee, this crypto shares a lot of similarities with its big brother, Bitcoin. It was developed with the intention of improved transaction times (roughly 2 1/2 minutes) and lower transaction fees. It has a substantially faster block generation rate than Bitcoin. And unlike most cryptos, the list of merchants that accept Litecoin is growing rapidly.
As Litecoin usage becomes more commonplace, it stands to reason that its value will only grow. And that makes this one of the best cryptocurrencies out there… whether you want to hold it and watch it grow or use it as a form of payment.
Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world based on volume. And it's not even close. Binance Coin, naturally, is the official token of the Binance exchange. It allows users to trade in other cryptos with seamless efficiency. Binance Coin can also simplify transaction fees and even pay for goods and services. There is even a Binance Card available now. This allows folks to pay for things just like they would with their regular credit card. The only difference is that they load up the card with Bitcoin or Binance Coin to pay for groceries or a new crypto hard wallet.
Based on usability alone, Binance Coin is easily one of the best cryptocurrencies available. It's also the preferred token for trading on popular decentralized exchanges like PancakeSwap and Kyber Network.
When we first checked out Solana, this project looked like it could hit it out of the park. And while it's currently trading about 53% its all-time-high, our thesis hasn't changed. That's in part due to the fact that it's up more than 7,800% compared to this time last year.
But on top of that, we really like its use case. The blockchain behind Solana set out to revolutionize the crypto market. And by some accounts, it's succeeded. Its scalability, low transaction fees and breakneck confirmation speeds leave us in awe. And on top of that, we think it's currently trading at a discount.
The Not-So-Great Cryptocurrencies to Date
Two of the biggest cryptos out there that didn't make this list missed it for two big reasons. One is under investigation. The other doesn't exist yet.
Ripple (XRP) has been one of the most widely known cryptos for years. It's had ups and downs in value just like the others. But while many cryptos are surging upward, Ripple is floundering in a big way. At the end of 2020, Ripple took a big hit, and it's uncertain how long the damage will last. But in all likelihood, it'll be for a while.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit against Ripple Labs and two of its executives at the end of 2020. The suit alleges that $1.3 billion were raised through an unregistered digital asset security offering. That's a big no-no. And the price of Ripple has dropped dramatically. Will it return to its former heights? That remains to be seen. But for now, investors should steer clear. Or at the very least, they should be extremely wary.
Then there's Diem (formerly known as Libra). It may be the most hyped-up crypto ever. Heck, it's responsible for Congress trying to wrap its collective brain around what exactly cryptocurrency is. While it's no shocker that our politicians are still largely in the dark, the opportunity afforded Facebook's future cryptocurrency lots of time in the spotlight. And when it's released sometime this year, it wouldn't be too shocking if name recognition rewards early adopters.
The Bottom Line on the Best Cryptocurrencies to Invest in This Year
There's a lot of competition out there in the world of cryptos. And volatility is a characteristic of many of them. That's why this list of the best cryptocurrencies is mostly intended for the buy-and-hold crowd. With maybe the exception of Binance Coin – simply due to its convenience – ignoring daily and weekly price swings might be in your best interest.
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About Matthew Makowski
Matthew Makowski is a senior research analyst and writer at Investment U. He has been studying and writing about the markets for 20 years. Equally comfortable identifying value stocks as he is discounts in the crypto markets, Matthew began mining Bitcoin in 2011 and has since honed his focus on the cryptocurrency markets as a whole. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and lives in Colorado with his dog, Dorito.
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The Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent spill occurred in 2010. The Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible drilling unit was owned by Transocean. The company was drilling for BP off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Deepwater Horizon's explosion and subsequent sinking led to the deaths of 11 workers and injured 17 others. Many consider the spill as the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history. It's also one of the largest accidental marine oil spills in the world. The event even inspired a recent disaster biopic film of the same name.
Kevin Boyle works as a professor of agriculture and applied economics at Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Science. He served as one of the paper's authors.
"The results were eye-opening in that we could tell how much people really value marine resources and ecosystems," said Boyle. "And even more meaningful because we did additional analysis that proved the legitimacy of oft-criticized values for environmental resources."
To reach the $17.2 billion figure, the team gathered information about dollar values on natural resources by surveying household willingness to pay to protect those resources. In short, they team asked people how much they would pay to save damaged beaches, fish, and coral bodies.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tasked 18 researchers with putting a dollar value on some of the world's most important resources. The scientists asked families if they could pay for a prevention program to weaken the impact of future disasters, how much would they pay? The researchers gave the participants a comparison of the area pre-spill and post-spill. They then offered a 100 percent effective hypothetical prevention program with the parameter that a spill would definitely occur of the same magnitude within the next 15 years.
The average household surveyed said they would pay $153 for a prevention program. Then researchers multiplied that rate by the sample households.
"Our estimate can guide policy makers and the oil industry in determining not only how much should be spent on restoration efforts for the Deepwater spill, but also how much should be invested to protect against damages that could result from future oil spills," said Boyle. "People value our natural resources, so it's worth taking major actions to prevent future catastrophes and correct past mistakes."
Officials previously investigated 16 fires on the Deepwater platform before the Horizon explosion. Prior to the 2010 disaster, Deepwater Horizon began to sink and started to tilt in 2008 due to ballast issues. BP engineers voiced concerns about the casing materials used as early as 2009. However, rig workers frequently noted that they risked being fired for voicing their concerns.
"It's like they used it against us -- the safety policies -- you know, to their advantage," said Daniel Barron III, a survivor of the explosion, in a 2010 interview. "I don't think there was ever a plan set in place because no one ever thought this was gonna ever happen."
The Virginia Tech-led study and $17.2 billion figure does not include any sort of value placed on the 11 lives lost on the rig nor the medical expenses of the 17 employees injured.


Electric vehicles get free parking at airports. Officials wonder: Is that fair?
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state is losing out on millions of dollars each year in annual parking revenues because electric vehicles get to park at the airport for free.
And many travelers are complaining that the EVs are taking up much needed parking spaces at the airports, adding even more congestion in the parking structures.
"We've been here 30 minutes, more than 30 minutes. And the bad thing is all we see is electric cars," said Kaimuki resident Avi Maschkowski.
Electric cars represent less than 1 percent of all car on Hawaii's roads. But at the Honolulu International Airport's parking structures, they're among the most popular vehicles because owners can leave their cars there free of charge for up to three months.
A Hawaii News Now examination today found that of the airport's 4,500 parking stalls, 550 -- or about 12 percent -- were taken by EVs.
During our tour of the parking lot today, we saw a number of clusters of electric cars sometimes three to five in a row.
"The free parking at the airport does present a difficult situation because we only have a limited amount of parking available for the public," said Department of Transportation spokesman Tim Sakahara.
Many of the EVs are likely owned by airport workers who wouldn't otherwise be able to park there.
A bill introduced this session would only allow four hours of free parking at airports but that bill, which was opposed by electric vehicle advocates, died this session.


The parties to this Agreement are the United States of America and the City of Philadelphia (City) and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) (collectively, the Parties).
The United States Department of Justice (Department) is responsible for administering and enforcing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, and its implementing regulation, 28 C.F.R. Part 35, which require that no qualified individual with a disability, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by a public entity. 42 U.S.C. § 12132; 28 C.F.R. § 35.130(a).
The City and PPD are public entities within the meaning of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12131(1)(A) & (B), and are therefore subject to Title II of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-34, as amended, and its implementing regulation, 28 C.F.R. Part 35.
Failing to notify courts that detainees are deaf prior to video arraignments held at PPD facilities.
The United States set forth its findings of fact and conclusions of law in a Letter of Findings issued on December 7, 2016.
The United States, the City, and PPD agree that it is in the Parties' best interests, and the United States believes that it is in the public interest, to resolve this matter on mutually agreeable terms without litigation.
Nondiscrimination. PPD agrees not to engage in any act or practice, directly or through contracting, licensing, or other arrangements, that has the purpose or effect of unlawfully discriminating against any person with a disability in violation of the ADA.
ADA Coordinator. Effective immediately, PPD will designate at least one employee to coordinate its efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under the ADA and this Agreement (ADA Coordinator for Law Enforcement).1 The duties of the ADA Coordinator for Law Enforcement will include investigation of any complaint communicated to PPD alleging its noncompliance with, or alleging any actions that would be prohibited by, the ADA or this Agreement. PPD will post the name, office address, email address and telephone number of the employee or employees designated pursuant to this Paragraph on its website as well as in places open to the public, as specified in Paragraph 8. See 28 C.F.R. § 35.107(a). PPD will maintain an ADA Coordinator for Law Enforcement for the term of this Agreement. If PPD changes its ADA Coordinator for Law Enforcement, it will notify the United States in writing, and update the name and contact information anywhere it appears, within five (5) days of making such a change.
Auxiliary Aids or Services. PPD will ensure that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, including qualified interpreters, are made available to all deaf and hard of hearing individuals, where such aids and services are necessary to ensure effective communication, so that they may participate in or benefit from PPD's law enforcement and related services, programs, or activities on an equal basis as others.
The type of aid or service provided will depend on the individual's usual method of communication, and the nature, importance, and duration of the communication at issue. In some circumstances, oral communication supplemented by gestures and visual aids, an exchange of written notes, use of a computer, or use of an assistive listening device may be effective. In other circumstances, qualified sign language or oral interpreters are needed to communicate effectively with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. The more lengthy, complex, and important the communication, the more likely it is that a qualified interpreter will be required for effective communication with a person whose primary means of communication is sign language.
"Qualified Interpreter" means an interpreter who is on site or available via a video remote interpreting (VRI) service (as provided in 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(d)) and is able to interpret effectively, accurately and impartially, both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary, given the deaf or hard of hearing individual's language skills and education. Qualified interpreters include, for example, sign language interpreters, oral transliterators, and cued-language transliterators. See 28 C.F.R. § 35.104.
Primary Consideration. In determining what type of auxiliary aid or service is necessary to comply with the ADA, PPD will give primary consideration to the expressed preference for a particular auxiliary aid or service by an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing. See 28 C.F.R. § 35.160. PPD must honor the choice of the individual with a disability unless it can demonstrate that another effective means of communication exists.
Routine Interactions. Effective immediately, PPD will submit to the United States for its approval a proposed Communication Card for use by law enforcement personnel to communicate with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing during routine interactions. The Communication Card will include the same types of information and methods of conveying information as the sample Communication Card provided in Attachment A. Within ten (10) days of the United States' approval, PPD will produce and provide at least one card to each law enforcement personnel who interacts with members of the community. For purposes of this Agreement, "routine interactions" means all interactions for which no imminent threat exists. See Paragraph 12 for information about imminent threats.
Communication Assessment Form. In routine interactions, law enforcement personnel, in consultation with an individual who is or appears to be deaf or hard of hearing, will assess what auxiliary aids or services are necessary for effective communication, and the timing, duration, and frequency with which they will be provided using a Communication Assessment Form. The assessment will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including the individual's communication skills and knowledge and the nature and complexity of the communication at issue. A Model Communication Assessment Form is attached to this Agreement as Attachment B. Effective immediately, PPD will either use Attachment B or develop and use a form similar to Attachment B. The information provided in the Communication Assessment Form will be input into a Premise History Report in PPD's Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) system to inform officers of the needs of individuals with disabilities.
Ongoing Need for Communication Assessments and Consultation. Law enforcement personnel will reassess communication effectiveness regularly throughout any communication with an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing and will consult that individual on a continuing basis to assess what measures are required to ensure effective communication. See 28 C.F.R. Part 35, App. A.
Use of Interpreting Service Agency or Agencies. Effective immediately, PPD will maintain contracts with qualified oral/sign language interpreter agencies to ensure that interpreting services will be available on a priority basis, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week or, in the alternative, make appropriate arrangements such as hiring qualified interpreters with availability twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Time for Interpreter Response. Whenever a qualified interpreter is provided by PPD, the qualified interpreter will be provided at the earliest reasonable time. In most cases during normal business hours, an interpreter should be provided within one hour of the first identification of a need. Evening, nighttime, weekend, or holiday requests may take longer, but still must be honored within a reasonable time.
Use of Other Members of the Public to Facilitate Communication.
PPD will not require an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing to bring another member of the public to interpret for him or her. See 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(c)(1).
Where the individual who is deaf or hard of hearing specifically requests that the accompanying adult interpret or facilitate communication, the accompanying adult agrees to provide such assistance, and reliance on that adult for such assistance is appropriate under the circumstances. See 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(c)(2).
PPD will not rely on a minor child to interpret or facilitate communication, except in an emergency involving an imminent threat to the safety or welfare of an individual or the public where there is no interpreter available. See 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(c)(3).
Phones. PPD will provide working TTYs3, captioned telephones4 and videophones5 to enable people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments to make telephone calls as often and with the same availability as individuals who do not use TTYs or videophones. PPD will also train all law enforcement personnel who interact with members of the public by telephone in the Pennsylvania Relay System (PRS) in the event that its TTY or videophone is nonfunctional. See Paragraph 14(b). If any person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or who has a speech impairment prefers a different method of communication, PPD will make reasonable efforts to provide the communication device requested. Signage will be displayed at all public telephone areas indicating the availability of both a TTY and a videophone and the procedure for obtaining them. PPD will ensure that the privacy of telephone calls by arrestees or detainees using a TTY or videophone is equal to that of other arrestees' or detainees' telephone calls. Where telephone calls are time-limited, PPD will adopt policies permitting a longer period of time for individuals using a TTY, videophone, or relay service due to the slower nature of these communications as compared to voice communications. If a TTY or videophone is not available in the same location as other telephones used by arrestees or detainees, arrestees or detainees who need to use a TTY or videophone will be allocated reasonable additional time to get to and from the location of the equipment.
Policies and Procedures. Effective immediately, PPD will implement policies and procedures, approved by the United States, to carry out this Agreement.
Electronic Detainee Tracking System. PPD will update its electronic detainee tracking system (and any comparable tracking systems used by law enforcement personnel, including CAD) to notify law enforcement personnel of a detainee's disability and preferred auxiliary aids and services or necessary reasonable modifications, if known.
Reasonable Modification of Handcuffing Policies. When law enforcement personnel deem it necessary to handcuff a person who is deaf or hard of hearing, they will, safety permitting, reasonably modify standard operating procedure and handcuff deaf members of the public in front to better enable the person to communicate using sign language or writing.
Imminent Threat. When there is an emergency involving an imminent threat to the safety or welfare of an individual (including law enforcement personnel or members of the public), and there is insufficient time to make available appropriate auxiliary aids and services, law enforcement personnel will use whatever auxiliary aids and services are most effective under the circumstances to communicate with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, consistent with an appropriate law enforcement response to the imminent threat. When there is no longer an imminent threat, law enforcement personnel will follow its procedures to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services, as set forth in Paragraph 9.
Grievance Procedure. Effective immediately, PPD will re-distribute the City's published grievance procedures to all agency heads; clarify that ADA complaints can be filed through its grievance procedures; and post the procedures on www.phila.gov, www.phillypolice.com, and in conspicuous locations in each of its public buildings.
An overview of the range of communication disabilities affecting members of the public.
An overview of the range of PPD interactions with members of the public that implicates its ADA obligations, such as responding to requests from individuals with disabilities; communication during the booking, intake, detention and arraignment processes, including telephone or videophone communication; transporting individuals with communication disabilities; and detaining individuals with communication disabilities.
Information that equips law enforcement personnel to assess the need for and to secure reasonable modifications to policies, practices and procedures for individuals with disabilities.
Information about PPD's obligation to notify City agencies, such as the municipal courts, when PPD inmates or detainees arraigned at PPD facilities have disabilities that may require either auxiliary aids or services, or reasonable modifications to City policies.
Instruction on how to use Attachments A and B.
Within ninety (90) days of the United States' approval of PPD's proposed training, PPD will provide the training to all law enforcement personnel who interact with members of the public. PPD must train all newly hired law enforcement personnel who interact with members of the public within fifteen (15) days of the date of hire. All law enforcement personnel must be trained at least once during the term of this Agreement.
To compensate persons aggrieved by PPD's failure to provide effective communication, PPD will pay a total of $97,500 (ninety-seven thousand five hundred dollars) to be distributed among individuals identified by and in amounts determined by the United States. Within forty-five (45) days of the United States notifying PPD of its determination and PPD receiving both a signed release (Attachment C) and a completed and signed W-9 from an aggrieved person, PPD will distribute funds as determined by the United States. PPD will provide written notification to the United States of each payment, including a copy of the check. The total amount paid by PPD will be no more than $97,500.
All records and other correspondence sent to the United States pursuant to this Agreement will be sent via email to charlotte.lanvers@usdoj.gov and to the following address by common carrier, delivery prepaid: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, Attn: Charlotte Lanvers, Trial Attorney, 1425 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005. The subject line of emails and cover letters will reference Philadelphia Police Department and DJ# 204-62-226.
PPD will maintain written records of all auxiliary aids or services or reasonable modifications requested by or provided to individuals with disabilities for the duration of this Agreement. Such records will include the individual's name and contact information; a description of what was provided; if a request was made, the date of the request, the nature of the request, the determination regarding the request, the date of the determination, the names of who participated in the determination; and all other documents relating to such requests, determinations and provisions. PPD will provide records of all denied requests and the basis for the denials every six (6) months to counsel for the United States for the duration of this Agreement, beginning six (6) months from the date of this Agreement, and at any other time upon request.
PPD will provide to the United States copies of any complaints alleging disability discrimination, including any written complaints, written summaries of any oral complaints, or any complaints related to PPD filed pursuant to the City's grievance procedures every six (6) months for the duration of this Agreement, beginning six (6) months from the date of this Agreement, and at any other time upon request.
PPD will provide the United States with copies of the contracts establishing the availability of interpreter services every six (6) months to counsel for the United States for the duration of this Agreement, beginning thirty (30) days from the date of this Agreement, and at any other time upon request.
At least once every year, PPD will request community input from the public about disability-related issues, including whether individuals with disabilities receive auxiliary aids or services necessary for effective communication. PPD will request community input by posting the request on the City's website: www.phila.gov and PPD's website: www.phillypolice.com and by asking local disability organizations, including Pennsylvania's Protection and Advocacy organization, Disability Rights Pennsylvania. PPD will consider this information when assessing its provision of effective communication and will provide summaries of problems identified by members of the public, including the names and contact information of individuals alleging problems with PPD's disability-related interactions with members of the public every year to the United States for the duration of this Agreement, beginning one (1) year from the entry of this Agreement, and at any other time upon request.
If the United States believes that PPD has violated this Agreement or the ADA, it will notify PPD and include reasonably specific information regarding the violation. PPD must correct its violations and respond to the United States within thirty (30) days of receipt of the United States' notice. The United States and PPD will negotiate in good faith to resolve any dispute. If the United States and PPD are unable to agree on a resolution within sixty (60) days of PPD's response, the United States may seek appropriate relief including court enforcement of this Agreement or filing a complaint in federal court under the ADA.
It is a violation of this Agreement for PPD to fail to comply in a timely manner with any of the requirements in this Agreement. The Parties may agree in writing to extend any applicable deadlines specified in this Agreement. The United States will not unreasonably deny requested extensions, if made in advance of any deadline, and following PPD's due diligence to meet such a requirement.
This Agreement will remain in effect for three (3) years.
Other than the violations alleged above in Paragraph 4, this Agreement does not purport to remedy any violations or potential violations of the ADA or any other federal or state law and does not relieve PPD of its continuing obligation to comply with all aspects of the ADA.
This Agreement (including Attachments A-C) contains the entire Agreement between the Parties concerning the subject matter described in Paragraph 4, and no other statement, promise, or agreement, either written or oral, made by any party or agent of any party, that is not contained in this Agreement, and concerns the subject matter described in Paragraph 4, will be enforceable.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, unenforceable, or otherwise contrary to applicable law, such a provision will be restated to reflect as nearly as possible and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law its original intent and will not, in any event, affect any other provisions, all of which will remain valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
This Agreement will be binding on both the City and PPD, their subsidiaries, agents, employees, officers, contractors, and any successors in interest.
Failure by the United States to seek enforcement of any provision or deadline of this Agreement will not be construed as a waiver of the United States' right to enforce any deadlines or provisions of this Agreement.
The Parties agree that, as of the date of this Agreement, litigation is not "reasonably foreseeable" concerning the matters described in Paragraph 4. To the extent that any of these parties previously implemented a litigation hold to preserve documents, electronically stored information, or things related to the matters described in Paragraph 4, the party is no longer required to maintain such a litigation hold. Nothing in this Paragraph relieves any party of any other obligations imposed by this Agreement.
The signatories represent that they have the authority to bind the respective parties identified below to the terms of this Agreement.
By their signatures below, the parties respectfully consent to the execution of this Agreement.
1 This designation does not require the creation of a new full-time position.
2 "Law enforcement personnel" means all PPD staff and related law enforcement employees and volunteers.
3 "TTY" means a device that is used with a telephone to communicate with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing by typing and reading communications.
4"Captioned telephone" means a device with a voice recognition program that creates and sends captions to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.
5 "Videophone" means a device with a video camera that can perform bi-directional video and audio transmissions between people in real-time.
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Does the person with a disability want a qualified interpreter or an oral interpreter?
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Edit, edit. Inside TeZukA there's a charming, elliptical, hugely stylish piece begging to be sliced and trimmed into focus - just as the manga master Osamu Tezuka must have daily occupied himself with as he prepared his graphic cartoons. The visuals in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's piece are spectacular video animations of Tezuka's fastidiously drawn scenes, the kerpows and the Zen landscapes, Black Jack, the transfigured rabbit. If it does nothing else, this show should whet your appetite for manga.
Whether it whets the appetite for what dance can do is a more moot point. At two and a quarter hours long, this is a baggy experience, but it has many elegant things in it fashioned by Cherkaoui, who has often proved one of the best metteurs en scène in the dance world. Everything is arranged nicely: the trio of oriental musicians silhouetted upstage left on their little dais, the painting table downstage left, where a wizened little man in black is joined by a beautiful model on whose bare back he gravely paints Japanese characters.
Surrounding the stage, scrolls of ivory paper rise and fall, sometimes to be flooded with projections of manga drawings, or columns of Japanese writing. A scroll of paper, too, feeds a bumpy little tune through a music box, wound by hand by the negligibly kimonoed Hannah Peel, who has a back like an alabaster wall.
Nitin Sawhney provides gentle, musing melodies, weaving time and cultures together, Japanesey, Indianish, a pleasing atmospheric blend. And in the middle of the stage is what Cherkaoui - a Tezuka devotee - has made of his communion with his idol.
Delightfully dressed characters echoing Astro Boy (red wellies), or Ayako the imprisoned girl, or Black Jack, the mercenary surgeon, or Tezuka himself, in beret and glasses. A pair of amorously tangling boys who may or may not indicate Tezuka's struggles with his forbidden sexuality. Two Shaolin monks, lean, wiry elves whizzing across the stage in somersaults and frenzied kung-fu bouts, exactly like cartoons are drawn.
This intriguing array of characters, though, tend to be milling about more than one would like, considering the exact planning and purposefulness of the cartoons from which they're derived, which scroll behind them on the huge video wall, showing us manga newcomers what a high design skill and imaginative discipline is demanded by these dark, portentous volumes. You can't call them comics, even if they look like comics. Not when one of the stories is about a girl locked in the basement by her own family.
But Cherkaoui lacks an equal gift for crispness. There's a tiresome amount of lecturing, about Japan's susceptibility to apocalyptic events, in 1945 and 2011, about Tezuka's life, about bacteria, used as a link to Tezuka's medical training and interests (and which I think, though I can't be sure thanks to the heavy accents and Sadler's Wells's skewed sound system, Cherkaoui is attempting to apply as a metaphor to the spreading of suspicion and prejudice that resist healing).
Still, you can just ignore the words, watching the rest of the stage, the musicians plucking and tapping on their zithers, violins and bells, the mysterious screeds of calligraphy, the coming and going of unearthly miracles of light and space machinated by Willy Cessa (lights), Taiki Ueda (video) and Sasa Kovacevic (costumes), each in their area contributing one of the best parts of the production.
For while Cherkaoui has a rare ability, evident in many of his works, for creating fresh, unselfconsciously limber movement, he doesn't exploit the characters' dance potential - is it deliberate? Astro Boy wobbles around in his red boots as if his wiring was awry; Black Jack and Ayako both talk at us, parading costumes rather than embodying characters. Much of it seems hesitant whimsy, bathetic where it deals with Tezuka's death, leaving the characters wobbling uncertainly around without a master.
But then amid the whimsy there have been gripping fragments of theatre. A forest of hanging scrolls become illuminated with letters, which, as a kodo drum rumbles in crescendo, shiver, seem to fall off the towers, then bleed and crumble into dust, before a black video tidal wave washes over the people standing fatalistically below. At the other end, witty and delicious, is a bit of Cherkaouian foolery where a girl unfolds and folds and crumples a sheet of cartoons - and a man lying next to her exactly replicates the changing states of the abused paper, his body folding and lurching into impossible scrunches.
Between such scenes there are enough longueurs and outbreaks of body painting to stifle enjoyment. Earlier this year I was held in a spell by Cherkaoui's Apocrifu, on the serious topic of religious texts, but if he's trying to argue that Tezuka's manga is equally deep and meaningful, he would do better to follow the master to the pictures, not the words. Innocence and freshness are Cherkaoui's strengths; a bit more of them, a lot less of the earnestness, would do me.
Well said. I was excited to see this, but felt it shambling, unclear, too talky, not enough dance but worst of all, lacking the incredible energy and vitality of manga. Really, the prospect of a manga dance crossover is tantalising and should be fantastic, but this came nowhere near those possibilities. Pretty, yes, but that can't sustain a rambling muddle of Brian Cox lecture and half-dance, half theatre.
I have heard that this production is quite epic. Tezuka is one of the pioneers of manga in Japan and he really deserve this recognition.


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When (my ex) and I met a little over three years ago we knew instantly our lives were about to change. Through trial and error we had independently found ourselves in comfortable places but were both restless for change and we quickly discovered within each other a mutual craving to experience life from a new vantage point. It was clear that we had found partners to take on the journey. The crazy chemistry thing didn't hurt either. In less than six months we were married.After weighing our current situation we have decided the time is right; we are going to pack up and become modern-day nomads for a while. We realize that we are exceedingly lucky to have the means and for that we are extremely grateful. At relatively young ages (Jon-50, X-43) we have decided to leave our current careers and seek what else life has to offer. We are consciously moving out of our comfort zones, away from the mundane and running toward "Life Part II".We are selling our house in Texas and moving to a small unspoiled fishing village in Mexico. We are trading our front yard for the white sand beaches, coral reefs and crystal clear waters of the Caribbean.
"Our House" is off the grid but we do have electricity. Solar panel technology and conservation allow us lights, computers, and a satellite dish. Internet access allows us VoIP telephone, email, and news (not that we really want too much of that). Good 'Ol propane allows us an oven, stove, and refrigeration. Entrepreneurs in delivery trucks come by three times a week offering fresh produce and meat. There are also a variety of tiny restaurants that people in the little village set up in their homes offering us a variety of dining options. Well, OK there is no McDonald's. But, hey, THERE – IS – NO – McDONALDS'S!
We plan to reach out to the community, learn to speak Spanish, learn to cook Mexican meals and soak in the culture and history of Mexico. We will not be sequestered behind the walls of some gated community but plan to enjoy and learn whatever our new neighbors will teach us. If we are lucky they will integrate us in some small way into their lives. We will travel a lot and get to actually know the area, not just see it from a car window. We know there will be compromises but tropical breezes, SCUBA diving less than a hundred yards from the front door, sand between our toes and palm trees for us make up for the convenience of being able to buy a ten pack of Chinese made tube socks from Wal-Mart at 5 AM. In the meantime I am going to dive more completely into my photography in the hope that I will be able to help charities and NGO's by providing them with extraordinary advocacy and fundraising images for at-risk people and endangered eco-systems directly from location. My EX is going spend more time as an artist and continue to teach through volunteer efforts and maybe a few classes. Then, after a year, no matter how much we love it, we are going to move someplace else for another year. At this point our goal is to do this for ten years before we consider a place to permanently settle. It is a big world out there and we want to discover it for ourselves not have it fed to us through the lens of a xenophobic corporate news media bent on convincing us to consume more things that we don't need. We are also doing this as a challenge to ourselves. We want to push our mental and physical boundaries. We want to discover our limits. We want to get to know ourselves and each other more closely than ever. Over the last few years we have made some difficult but good decisions. We have lived well below our means, paid off all debt and even managed to save a bit. We have had long discussions about what it is we are seeking, the steps needed to get there and put them into action. We weren't sure exactly what the plan was at first but we knew what was restricting us. We began downsizing, donating, discarding and selling. Frankly, it is a bit scary. Have we planned enough? How hard is it for an adult to learn a new language? What about the conveniences we have become used to? What about red tape? What about casting off all the anchors and intentionally allowing ourselves to drift? Won't we get bored? How hard is it to live without a long-term "permanent" base? We are about to have these questions answered by doing. We know there are unknown, unknowns but we don't worry too much about those. They will find us. One thing that we are rapidly learning is how many people we know live in fear of those unknowns. They are willing to sit at home with their fears not daring to challenge themselves beyond what they have been conditioned to find comfortable. They search for news that reinforces the worldview they have been sold by mass media and quietly allow their common sense and curiosity to lapse into coma.
Living in fear is simple. Living that way is common. Living that way is sad. We choose not to live that way. We are fully aware that we have been afforded very lucky circumstances and it would be a huge disservice to the "fates" if we didn't take advantage. I will be getting a pension and in America we know that is quickly becoming a thing of the past; kind of like knowing your neighbors and only taking what you need at the buffet. Staying and going for more and more it would almost be as though we didn't appreciate it. We also know that once it became possible to go we knew if we didn't we would no longer be working to take care of our needs; we would be working to support our possessions. To paraphrase Henry David Thoreau, "we would have become the tools or our tools." Some things may be difficult to replace but the one thing that is undeniably irreplaceable and precious is time. Working longer could bring us more money and possessions and even arguably more comfort and security but is that really what life is about? Wouldn't it be tragic losing your most valuable days just so you can hang on to your stuff? We live in an era of more, more, more but is admiring a beautiful painting on the wall of a museum really inferior to proudly admiring an equivalent painting on the wall of your own home? Speaking of walls, how many rooms can a person live in at a time? Is being surrounded by waiters in a five star restaurant more romantic than sharing time alone on a secluded beach and savoring a picnic of locally selected exotic produce? We know these are judgment calls and we aren't about to tell you what is right for you. We do however know what is right for us. To us it feels like the global society and we along with it have lost our way. In a competitive world where we are just beginning to see that in fact resources are finite, many try to find ways to dehumanize those that they get their labor and resources from. We don't want to participate in that. At the very least we need to be more mindful. One thing we are continually asked is won't we miss our family and friends? We don't plan on it. We may not be as "wired" in as we are now but we will be available through various combinations of the Internet, Skype and Email. Sure we will be further away but we will be in different places with time to spend growing our relationships with family and friends. The world has become a much smaller place and almost everywhere is accessible in less than a day. Dropping in for a few hours is less doable but dropping in for several days is eminently more so. Life will be less rushed. Relationships will be savored. We will also be more psychologically available, more focused and centered. We have a new measure of success – "a simple life well lived".We are fully aware there will be challenges and down times. There will be struggles and hardships; highs and lows. There will be red tape and bureaucracy. Not everyone we meet will be likeable or honest. There will be periods of discomfort and more challenges than we can begin to perceive at this point. But, we are not running away from life. That is way too easily done at home. We are running toward life and seeking to find an awareness of our place on this tiny little planet. We want to live life more deliberately; more authentically. We are integrating our lives and our lifestyle and setting aside the duality that is life today. Come along with us as we live "Life Part II".


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Imperial Oil's (TSE:IMO) Dividend Will Be Increased To CA$0.44
Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year's comparable payment on the 1st of January to CA$0.44. Even though the dividend went up, the yield is still quite low at only 1.8%.
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The company has a sustained record of paying dividends with very little fluctuation. The dividend has gone from an annual total of CA$0.48 in 2012 to the most recent total annual payment of CA$1.36. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 11% over that duration. So, dividends have been growing pretty quickly, and even more impressively, they haven't experienced any notable falls during this period.
Investors who have held shares in the company for the past few years will be happy with the dividend income they have received. We are encouraged to see that Imperial Oil has grown earnings per share at 34% per year over the past five years. Rapid earnings growth and a low payout ratio suggest this company has been effectively reinvesting in its business. Should that continue, this company could have a bright future.
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Analysis-Renault cedes power at Nissan for uncertain benefits
Renault and Nissan hailed a new deal announced on Monday as a major step in reviving their two decade alliance. The deal, months in the making and still subject to board approvals, will see Renault reduce its stake in Nissan to 15% from around 43%. For Nissan, the advantages are clear: the Japanese carmaker gets much freer rein to do what it wants, and it is no longer in an alliance of unequal partners as capital ownership is rebalanced.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH STAMP HONOURS CHLOE COOLEY
Today, Canada Post unveiled a new Black History Month stamp honouring Chloe Cooley, who had a profound impact on the history of enslavement in Canada. Her act of resistance on the evening of March 14, 1793, ushered in legislation that would lead to the gradual abolition of enslavement in Upper Canada and provide a refuge for freedom-seekers from abroad.
SQI Diagnostics Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2022 Results
SQI Diagnostics Inc. (TSXV: SQD) (OTCQB: SQIDF), a leader in the science of lung health that develops and manufactures respiratory health and precision medicine tests today reported its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.

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Rapid determination of manganese in sea water by flow-injection analysis with chemiluminescence detection,
Flow-injection analysis (FIA) with chemiluminescence detection was used to determine manganese in sea water. The oxidation of 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane in an alkaline solution produces light. Manganese(II) catalyzes this reaction and its concentration can be determined by measuring the rate of photon emission. A column containing 8-hydroxyquinoline immobilized on a solid support was used in-line in the FIA system to concentrate manganese. The analysis time was 6 min per sea-water sample with a corresponding detection limit of 0.1 nM (3σ). Lower detection limits can be obtained by increasing the amount of manganese loaded onto the column. The relative standard deviation of analyses of sea water containing 1-10 mM manganese was typically 3%. Analyses of North Atlantic Surface Sea Water (NASS-1) and Coastal Atlantic Surface Sea Water (CASS-1) standards gave manganese concentrations within the accepted ranges, confirming the accuracy of the technique. Shipboard determinations of manganese produced excellent agreement with previous reliable data. This technique is widely applicable to a variety of natural water and process-oriented studies., Cited By (since 1996):22, CODEN: ACACA, ,
Chapin, Johnson, Coale
Age and growth of the roughtail skate Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert 1892) from the eastern North Pacific,
This study provides the first published age estimates for the roughtail skate, Bathyraja trachura. Age and growth characteristics of B. trachura, a poorly-known deepwater species, were determined from samples collected along the continental slope of the contiguous western United States. A new maximum size was established at 91.0 cm TL. Age was determined using a traditional structure (vertebral thin sections) with widespread application on multiple skate species and a non-lethal structure (caudal thorns) recently used for age analysis on skate species. Caudal thorns were determined not to be a useful ageing structure for this species based on poor precision and significantly lower age estimates when compared to age estimates from vertebral thin sections. The best model for describing growth of B. trachura was the two parameter VBGF, assuming annual vertebral band deposition and using length-at-age data. Although females grew slower and reached a larger maximum size than males, their growth was not statistically different (ARSS; P = 0.90); therefore, data were pooled (L ∞ = 99.38, k = 0.09). Annual band deposition was found to be a reasonable assumption for this species, but has yet to be validated. The maximum age estimated for B. trachura was 20 years for males and 17 years for females using vertebral thin sections. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., Cited By (since 1996):9, Fish and Fisheries, CODEN: EBFID, ,
Davis, Cailliet, Ebert
Preface: Biology of skates,
Skates have become a concern in recent years due to the preponderance of these elasmobranchs that are caught as bycatch or as a directed fishery. This has raised concern because skates have life history characteristics that may make them vulnerable to over-exploitation. It was due to this increasing awareness and concern about these batoids that prompted us to organize an international symposium on the "Biology of Skates". The aims and goals of the symposium were to bring together an international group of researchers to meet, discuss, perhaps develop collaborations, and present their most recent findings. The symposium was held over two days, on 13-14 July, 2006, in conjunction with the 22nd annual meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society in New Orleans, LA. A total of 31 authors from four countries contributed 16 papers that appear in this special issue. The papers are broadly arranged into four separate categories: systematics and biogeography, diet and feeding ecology, reproductive biology, and age and growth. To the best of our knowledge this is the first dedicated book on the biology of skates. We hope that readers will find this issue of interest and that it helps encourage and stimulate future research into these fascinating fishes. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., Cited By (since 1996):1, CODEN: EBFID, ,
Ebert, Sulikowski
The ecology of kelp communities,
Foster, Carter, Schiel, Bascom
Primitive synteny of vertebrate major histocompatibility complex class I and class II genes,
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II molecules bind to and display peptidic antigens acquired from pathogens that are recognized by lymphocytes coordinating and executing adaptive immune responses. The two classes of MHC proteins have nearly identical tertiary structures and were derived from a common ancestor that probably existed not long before the emergence of the cartilaginous fish. Class I and class II genes are genetically linked in tetrapods but are not syntenic in teleost fish, a phylogenetic taxon derived from the oldest vertebrate ancestor examined to date. Cartilaginous fish (Sharks, skates, and rays) are in the oldest taxon of extant jawed vertebrates; we have carried out segregation analyses in two families of nurse sharks and one family of the banded houndshark that revealed a close linkage of class IIα and β genes both with each other and with the classical class I (class Ia) gene. These results strongly suggest that the primordial duplication giving rise to classical class I and class II occurred in cis, and the close linkage between these two classes of genes has been maintained for at least 460 million years in representatives of most vertebrate taxa., Cited By (since 1996):82, CODEN: PNASA, ,
Ohta, Okamura, McKinney, Bartl, Hashimoto, Flajnik
Distribution density and relative abundance of benthic invertebrate megafauna from three sites at the base of the continental slope off central California as determined by camera sled and beam trawl,
Distribution, density and relative abundance of benthic invertebrate megafauna at three sites at the base of the continental slope off central California were investigated by trawls and camera sleds over a two-year period. A total of 29 successful trawls returned a total of 133 species of invertebrates. The dominant taxa by number in the trawls were holothurians, ophiurans, pennatulids, and one species of sea star and one species of corallomorpharian. There was considerable variation in rank order of abundance of the dominant invertebrates among the three sites and within one of the sites between years. Thus the percent similarity among the three sites was also low. Three of the five most abundant species were burrowers and were not detected in the camera sleds. Comparisons of rank order of abundances between the camera sleds and the trawls was done for 18 taxa. Results indicated no significant differences between the two methods and a total percent similarity of 78.8%. Comparison of densities per 100 m2 between the two methods revealed that the densities estimated from the camera sleds were about 4 times those of the trawls. Reasons for this discrepancy are discussed., Cited By (since 1996):12, Invertebrates, CODEN: DSROE, ,
Nybakken, Craig, Smith-Beasley, Moreno, Summers, Weetman
Temporal changes in deep-sea sponge populations are correlated to changes in surface climate and food supply
Density and average size of two species of abyssal sponges were analyzed at Station M (~4100. m depth) over an 18-year time-series (1989-2006) using camera sled transects. Both sponge taxa share a similar plate-like morphology despite being within different families, and both showed similar variations in density and average body size over time, suggesting that the same factors may control the demographics of both species. Peaks in significant cross correlations between increases in particulate organic carbon flux and corresponding increases in sponge density occurred with a time lag of 13 months. Sponge density also fluctuated with changes in two climate indices: the NOI with a time lag of 18 months and NPGO with a time lag of 15 months. The results support previous suggestions that increased particulate organic carbon flux may induce recruitment or regeneration in deep-sea sponges. It is unknown whether the appearance of young individuals results from recruitment, regeneration, or both, but the population responses to seasonal and inter-annual changes in food supply demonstrate that sponge populations are dynamic and are capable of responding to inter-annual changes despite being sessile and presumably slow-growing. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd., Cited By (since 1996):4, Export Date: 24 September 2013, Source: Scopus, CODEN: DRORE
Kahn, Ruhl, Smith
Effects of epiphyte load on optical properties and photosynthetic potential of the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König and Zostera marina L.,
The biomass and optical properties of seagrass leaf epiphytes were measured to evaluate their potential impact on the photosynthetic performance of the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König (turtlegrass) and Zostera marina L. (eelgrass). Turtlegrass was obtained from oligotrophic waters near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas; eelgrass was collected from a eutrophic environment in Monterey Bay, California. Leaf-epiphyte loads were characterized visually and quantified using measurements of their phospholipid biomass. Light absorption and reflectance of the intact epiphyte layer were determined spectrophotometrically. Turtlegrass epiphytes from the oligotrophic site absorbed a maximum of 36% of incident light in peak chlorophyll absorption bands, whereas higher epiphyte loads on eelgrass from the more eutrophic Monterey Bay absorbed 60% of incident light in peak chlorophyll absorption bands. The combination of intact epiphyte-leaf complexes and spectral measurements enabled us to construct a quantitative relationship between epiphyte biomass and light attenuation, and, by extension, between epiphyte biomass and seagrass photosynthesis. The model yielded a robust, positive relationship between epiphyte biomass and the absorption of photons in photosynthetically important wavelengths, and it generated a strong negative relationship between epiphyte biomass and spectral photosynthesis of their seagrass hosts. Furthermore, the calculations of photosynthesis highlighted the significant differences between PAR and spectral models of photosynthesis, illustrating that the spectral quality of the incident flux must be considered when evaluating the effects of epiphyte load on seagrass leaf photosynthesis. Verification of the model - using direct measurements of photosynthesis and a variety of epiphyte and macrophyte combinations from different locations - is warranted., Cited By (since 1996):34, Seaweeds, CODEN: LIOCA, ,
Drake, Dobbs, Zimmerman
Influence of bottom currents on sediment texture and sea-floor morphology in the Argentine Basin,
The relative bottom-current speed below 4000 m in the Argentine Basin was inferred from the regional pattern of mean particle size of the non-biogenic silt fraction of about 300 sea-floor samples. The pattern reveals a strong deep western boundary current (DWBC) entering the Argentine Basin from the Georgia Basin through a gap in the Falkland Fracture Zone. The DWBC turns W and flows as a contour current along the Falkland Escarpment and Argentine continental margin. At the southern end of the Rio Grande Rise, the DWBC is deflected to the E and SE where it flows along the lower flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as a weak basin-wide return flow. Several smaller return-flow gyres in the southern and western basin are delineated in the regional pattern. The DWBC is strongest along the western margin of the Argentine Basin where 3.5 kHz echograms reveal very prolonged echoes with no sub-bottom reflectors. That reflector pattern is indicative of coarse turbidites, some of which have been winnowed to produce coarse-grained lag deposits under the axis of flow. In the interior of the basin, where bottom-current flow is weakest, sediment consists of clay and silt which is deposited in large migrating mud waves with wavelengths of 3-10 km and heights of up to 137 m (average 26 m). The mud waves consist of material swept into the basin by the DWBC and delivered to the basin margin by down-slope processes. Thus material is winnowed by the DWBC and deposited as a fine-grained chaff in abyssal antidunes which migrate to the centre of the basin and form thick drift deposits., , ,
Ledbetter, Klaus
Lesions and behavior associated with forced copulation of juvenile Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) by southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis),
Nineteen occurrences of interspecific sexual behavior between male southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) and juvenile Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) were reported in Monterey Bay, California, between 2000 and 2002. At least three different male sea otters were observed harassing, dragging, guarding, and copulating with harbor seals for up to 7 d postmortem. Carcasses of 15 juvenile harbor seals were recovered, and seven were necropsied in detail by a veterinary pathologist. Necropsy findings from two female sea otters that were recovered dead from male sea otters exhibiting similar behavior are also presented to facilitate a comparison of lesions. The most frequent lesions included superficial skin lacerations; hemorrhage around the nose, eyes, flippers, and perineum; and traumatic corneal erosions or ulcers. The harbor seals sustained severe genital trauma, ranging from vaginal perforation to vagino-cervical transection, and colorectal perforations as a result of penile penetration. One harbor seal developed severe pneumoperitoneum subsequent to vaginal perforation, which was also observed in both female sea otters and has been reported as a postcoital lesion in humans. This study represents the first description of lesions resulting from forced copulation of harbor seals by sea otters and is also the first report of pneumoperitoneum secondary to forced copulation in a nonhuman animal. Possible explanations for this behavior are discussed in the context of sea otter biology and population demographics., Marine Mammals, Birds & Turtles, ,
Harris, Oates, Staedler, Tinker, Jessup, Harvey, Miller
Utilizing fishermen knowledge and expertise: Keys to success for collaborative fisheries research
Collaborative fisheries research provides a mechanism for integrating the unique knowledge, experience, and skills of fishermen and scientists. It is a joint intellectual endeavor that begins with the inception of a project and continues until its final stages, with each group having mutual investment in-and ownership of- the project. Collaborative fisheries research promotes communication and trust among fishermen, scientists, and managers and can provide much-needed scientifically valid data for fisheries management. It can enhance federal and state management data collection programs, which span broad sections of coastline, by increasing the ability to detect changes in local metapopulations that may be overfished or underutilized. We describe a methodology for conducting collaborative fisheries surveys and apply it to marine protected areas along the central California coast. During a series of workshops in 2006, attended by members of the fishing, academic, environmental, and management communities, protocols were established for conducting hook-and-line surveys collaboratively with commercial passenger fishing vessel captains and volunteer recreational anglers. The protocols have been implemented annually since 2007. This case study highlights the effectiveness of-and the essential steps in-developing our collaborative fisheries research and monitoring projects., Cited By (since 1996):1, Fish and Fisheries
Yochum, Starr, Wendt
Benthic changes at McMurdo Station, Antarctica following local sewage treatment and regional iceberg-mediated productivity decline,
McMurdo Station, the largest research station in Antarctica, ceased on-site garbage dumping in 1988 and initiated sewage treatment in 2003. In 2003-2004 its sea-ice regime was altered by the massive B-15A and C-19 iceberg groundings in the Ross Sea, approximately 100 km distant. Here we follow macrofaunal response to these changes relative to a baseline sampled since 1988. In the submarine garbage dump, surface contaminants levels have declined but associated macrofaunal recolonization is not yet evident. Although sewage-associated macrofauna were still abundant around the outfall nearly 2 yr after initiation of treatment, small changes downcurrent as far as 434 m from the outfall suggest some community recovery. Widespread community changes in 2003-2004, not seen in the decade previously, suggests that the benthos collectively responded to major changes in sea-ice regime and phytoplankton production caused by the iceberg groundings. Crown Copyright © 2009., Cited By (since 1996):9, Invertebrates, Antarctica, CODEN: MPNBA, ,
Conlan, Kim, Thurber, Hendrycks
Radiometric age confirmation and growth of a deep-water marine fish species: The bank rockfish, Sebastes rufus,
Watters, Kline, Coale, Cailliet
Preface: Feeding ecology of elasmobranchs
Elasmobranchs are apical predators in most marine communities where they occur, often playing a substantial role in the food web dynamics of those communities. However, despite their high trophic status they are often poorly studied compared to most commercially important teleosts. Furthermore, despite efforts towards ecosystem-based management, elasmobranchs are still often lumped into generic categories referred to as "shark" or "skate" unclassified, with limited effort to identify individual species. The role of elasmobranchs in ecosystems has never been more important to our understanding of marine ecology due to high levels of exploitation of many species. Similar to other high trophic level predators, many elasmobranchs have life-history characteristics that make them vulnerable to over-exploitation. Elasmobranch populations are now heavily targeted in many fisheries throughout the world. Increasing exploitation of this group is especially alarming because their feeding ecology is poorly studied and by extension their influence in shaping ecosystems. Given recent increased attention on elasmobranchs in the scientific literature, management and conservation circles, and the general news media, researchers over the past decade have begun to more closely examine the ecological role of this important taxon of fishes. Due to this increasing awareness, and the development of new and innovative methods and analytical techniques, it prompted us to organize an international symposium on the "Feeding Ecology of Elasmobranchs". The symposium was held on 10 July 2010, in conjunction with the 27 th annual meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society meetings in Providence, Rhode Island. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Ebert, McElroy, White
Walrus feeding disturbance: Scavenging habits and recolonization of the Bering Sea benthos,
Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus Illiger) influenced the structure of macrobenthic assemblages in a variety of ways as they excavated their major bivalve prey from soft sediments. Benthic animals were attracted to discarded bivalve shells and they colonized pits and furrows made during prey excavation. Discarded shells contained soft tissues that were eaten by several invertebrate scavengers. The most abundant and widespread scavenger was the sea star, Asterias amurensis Lutken. Sea stars out-competed brittle stars (Amphiodia craterodmeta Clark) for fresh scavenging events. They also attacked brittle stars under shells in the laboratory, and thus may have obtained two meals from discarded shells by eating remnant tissue and by consuming animals that used the shell as a habitat. In nature, brittle stars were abundant under discarded shells. In experiments, brittle stars invaded shells with soft tissue in the absence of sea stars, but not in their presence. In other experiments, brittle stars were most abundant under shells with soft tissue, but were also attracted to shells without organic matter. Large brittle stars were more abundant under shells than in the surrounding bottom, and the reverse was true of small individuals. Bottom communities recovered gradually inside experimental feeding excavations, which were not invaded by large numbers of opportunistic infaunal or epifaunal invertebrates. This is in contrast to gray whale feeding excavations, which are colonized by a large number of opportunistic peracarid crustaceans. © 1985., Cited By (since 1996):32, CODEN: JEMBA, ,
Oliver, Kvitek, Slattery
Living rhodolith beds in the Gulf of California and their significance for paleoenvironmental interpretation
Foster, Riosmena-Rodriguez, Steller, Woelkerling, Johnson, Ledesma-Vazquez
Comparative age‑determination techniques for white sturgeon in California
We compared growth patterns of clavicles, cleithra, opercles, medial nuchals, dorsal scutes, and pectoral fin ray sections from white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus in California. The legibility and interpretability of growth patterns, ease of collection and processing, and relative precision of age estimates were evaluated for each structure with data collected on skeletal structures and morphometric measurements of 147 individuals ranging in size from 31 to 224 cm total length. Various methods were used to elucidate growth zones (thin-sectioning, oil and water clearing, staining, and X-ray radiography) to determine the most useful ageing technique for each structure. All calcified structures contained concentric growth zones that increased in number with the size of the fish and were interpreted as annual events. There was a direct linear relationship between size of the structures and size of the fish. Pectoral fin sections were the most practical ageing structure in terms of ease of collection, processing, legibility, and precision of interpretation. Age estimates from other structures resulted in poor precision between readers but relatively good intrareader precision. This suggests possible corroborative use with the development of better interpretive criteria and elucidation techniques. The von Bertalanffy, growth curve calculated from age estimates based on pectoral fin sections for all samples produced a growth model for white sturgeon that compared favorably with those from previous studies.
Brennan, Cailliet
Premaxillary movements in cyprinodontiform fishes: An unusual protrusion mechanism facilitates "picking" prey capture,
Premaxillary protrusion is hypothesized to confer a number of feeding advantages to teleost fishes; however, most proposed advantages relate to enhanced stealth or suction production during prey capture. Cyprinodontiformes exhibit an unusual form of premaxillary protrusion where the descending process of the premaxilla does not rotate anteriorly to occlude the sides of the open mouth during prey capture. Instead, the premaxilla is protruded such that it gives the impression of a beak during prey capture. We quantified premaxillary kinematics during feeding in four cyprinodontiform taxa and compared them with three percomorph taxa to identify any performance consequences of this protrusion mechanism. Individual prey capture events were recorded using digital high-speed video at 250-500 frames per second (n≥4 individuals, ≥4 strikes per individual). Species differed in the timing of movement and the maximum displacement of the premaxilla during the gape cycle and in the contribution of the premaxilla to jaw closing. Cyprinodontiform taxa produced less premaxillary protrusion than the percomorph taxa, and were consistently slower in the time to maximum gape. Further, it appears cyprinodontiforms can alter the contribution of the premaxilla to mouth closure on an event-specific basis. We were able to demonstrate that, within at least one species, this variability is associated with the location of the prey (bottom vs. water column). Cyprinodontiform upper jaw movements likely reflect increased dexterity associated with a foraging ecology where prey items are "picked" from a variety of locations: the bottom, water column, or surface. We postulate that dexterity requires slow, precisely controlled jaw movements; thus, may be traded off for some aspects of suction-feeding performance, such as protrusion distance and speed. © 2008 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved., Cited By (since 1996):8, ,
Ferry-Graham, Gibb, Hernandez
Morphometric convergence and molecular divergence: The taxonomic status and evolutionary history of Gymnura crebripunctata and Gymnura marmorata in the eastern Pacific Ocean,
To clarify the taxonomic status of Gymnura crebripunctata and Gymnura marmorata, the extent of morphological and nucleotide variation between these nominal species was examined using multivariate morphological and mitochondrial DNA comparisons of the same characters with congeneric species. Discriminant analysis of 21 morphometric variables from four species (G. crebripunctata, G. marmorata, Gymnura micrura and Gymnura poecilura) successfully distinguished species groupings. Classification success of eastern Pacific species improved further when specimens were grouped by species and sex. Discriminant analysis of size-corrected data generated species assignments that were consistently accurate in separating the two species (100% jackknifed assignment success). Nasal curtain length was identified as the character which contributed the most to discrimination of the two species. Sexual dimorphism was evident in several characters that have previously been relied upon to distinguish G. crebripunctata from G. marmorata. A previously unreported feature, the absence of a tail spine in G. crebripunctata, provides an improved method of field identification between these species. Phylogenetic and genetic distance analyses based on 698 base pairs of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene indicate that G. crebripunctata and G. marmorata form highly divergent lineages, supporting their validity as distinct species. The closely related batoid Aetoplatea zonura clustered within the Gymnura clade, indicating that it may not represent a valid genus. Strong population structuring (overall Φ ST = 0.81,P < 0.01) was evident between G. marmorata from the Pacific coast of the Baja California peninsula and the Gulf of California, supporting the designation of distinct management units in these regions. © 2009 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles., Cited By (since 1996):6, CODEN: JFIBA, ,
Smith, Bizzarro, Richards, Nielsen, Márquez-Flarías, Shivji
On quartet interactions in the California Current system
Sea surface height (SSH) altimetry observations for 1992 to 2009 off California are used to show that observed quasi-zonal jets were likely driven by near-resonance interactions between different scales of the flow. Quartet (modulational) instability dominated and caused non-local transfer of energy from waves and eddies to biannual oscillations and quasi-zonal jets. Two types of quartets were identified: those composed of scales corresponding to (a) quasi-zonal jets, annual and semiannual Rossby waves and mesoscale eddies, and (b) biannual oscillations, semiannual Rossby waves and mesoscale eddies. The spectral centroid regularly shifted into the domain of low-order modes. However, the spectrum of SSHs does not demonstrate a power behavior. This says that the classical inverse cascade is absent. For a case with bottom friction, quartet instability required the existence of a certain level of dissipativity in the flow.
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Four music subscription services compared
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All of the sites have prominent search fields that allow you to search for tracks, albums, and artists. In this regard, if you know what you're looking for, you're set. Napster and Rhapsody additionally allow you to easily browse genres thanks to genre lists and menus found prominently on the home page. Mog and Rdio don't have any obvious genre listings, and instead focus more on playlists and recommendations.
Each site also lets you create and save playlists. Playlists are important not only for sharing recommendations with others as well as allowing you to revisit the music you like, but also because these playlists are also accessible from your iOS device running a service's app.
The mobile experience
Speaking of which, all four services have released free iOS apps that let you listen to all the music available on the service and listen to tracks you've downloaded to the device (downloads are included as part of the price of the subscription).
Searching for Elvis on Mog.
The Mog app presents you with a home screen that includes Search, New Releases, Mog Charts, Today's Picks, My Favorites, My Downloads, and Play Queue icons along the bottom of the screen. Tap Search and you can search by artist, album, song, or playlist. The search results screen includes Albums, Songs, Playlists, and Mog Radio entries. The radio feature is also accessible from the Now Playing screen and, like the Web interface, features a artists only/similar artists slider. New Releases displays a screen of 30 recently released albums. Mog Charts displays 50 tops songs, albums, or artists. Today's Picks shows you 30 albums Mog thinks are worth your attention—both new and older. My Favorites are those artists, albums, and songs you've designated as such.
My Downloads displays all the music you've downloaded, sorted by artist, album, song, or playlist. And Play Queue displays all the tracks in the queue. It's very easy to download albums and tracks. Next to each is a Download button. Just tap it and the item downloads. Within the My Downloads screen, tap Download Settings and you see that you can choose to download music as 320-kbps MP3 rather than in the lower-quality (but space saving) 64-kbps AAC+ format. In this same screen you see how many tracks you've download and the amount of space they consume. You can delete them all by tapping a Delete All button.
The Napster app's Now Playing screen.
The Napster app offers four broad sections—Explore, Collection, Search, and Player. In the Explore area you see New Releases, Napster Playlists, Billboard Charts, Napster Top 100s, Explore by Genre, and Automix entries. Tap Collections and you find the music you've chosen or has been recommended specifically to you—My Artists, My Playlists, My Albums, Recommended, My Top Songs, and My Play History. Search produces a Search field. And Player is where you control playback of your music. You can additionally edit tracks in the queue.
When you find something you like, you're welcome to save it to your iOS device by tapping Save Offline. The music will download to your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and you can then play it without a Wi-Fi or 3G connection.
Albums in heavy rotation on Rdio.
Rdio's app has five buttons along the bottom—Dashboard, Collection, Playlists, Search, and More. Dashboard can be configured to show recent activity (what the people you follow are doing), heavy rotation, your Web queue, and your listening history. Select an item in one of these lists and it plays. Collection is a list of your online library, organized by artist. Again, this list is initially derived from the list of tracks in your iTunes library that you've synced with Rdio. Playlists are all those playlists you've created on Rdio's site. Search produces the expected Search field. And tap More to access the app's settings.
When you view tracks or albums you have the option to save them to your collection or to download them to your iOS device by tapping a Plus button and choosing the appropriate option. (If music is already in your collection, it has a check mark next to it. Tap the check mark to download the associated music.) You can download other people's playlists, but not add them to your collection by tapping this same Plus button when viewing a playlist. Music you've downloaded appears in your collection with an orange check mark next to it, making it easy to identify when you're offline.
Al Green's screen seen on the Rhapsody app.
The Rhapsody app has five buttons arrayed across the bottom of an iOS device's display—Queue, My Library, Browse, Search, and Settings. Queue lists all the tracks you've added to the Queue, both online and within the app. You can edit this queue as well as save it as a playlist. Tap My Library and you see entries for Artists, Albums, Radio, and Playlists. Artists and Albums reflects the music you've listened to on the service. Radio lists those Rhapsody radio channels you've added. And Playlists lists any playlists you've created. When you tap browse you find Genres, New This Week, Charts, Rhapsody Radio, Playlists, and Listening History entries. These are largely self-explanatory except for Playlists. In this case the playlists include not only those that you've created, but also playlists generated by Rhapsody and celebrities. Search does what you'd expect. And Settings offers app settings.
Downloading tracks from Rhapsody to the app isn't straightforward. To do it you first have to add music to a playlist. Once you've done that, tap the My Library button at the bottom of the display, tap the Playlists entry on the screen, locate the playlist that contains the music you want to download, and tap the Download button next to the playlist. The means for purchasing tracks isn't much more evident. Although Rhapsody sells music on its Website, you can't purchase music from Rhapsody via the app. Instead, tap and hold on an item in the app and a sheet appears that lists Buy From iTunes at the bottom. Tap that option and the iTunes app opens and takes you to a search page that displays the item you want to purchase.
Who they're for
In the days when subscription services were tied to Web browsers, they were a tough sell unless you used them primarily to preview full-length tracks rather than live with the 30-second previews offered by the iTunes Store and Amazon MP3. Although many people listen to music while working or playing at their computers, those computers generally don't serve as a primary music player. Move to another part of your home or outside and that music isn't available to you.
Thanks to devices such as those from Sonos, Squeezebox, Roku, and TiVo, some of these services are making their way into other rooms and to higher-quality audio systems, where their convenience becomes more apparent. And now that they can stream (and download) to iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads, they become enticing mobile music options.
Yet two groups of people will object. The first are those who demand that they own their music. For them, the idea that their music libraries will disappear when they stop paying their subscription fees is unacceptable. (Subscribing doesn't preclude also purchasing the music you most enjoy, but some notions are hard to shake.) The other is the most persnickety audiophile. Those with keen hearing, a perfectionist bent, and the kind of quality equipment that exposes audio anomalies in the streams will resist such services. I, however, routinely listen to subscription music with a Sonos system connected to high-quality B&W speakers and find the sound quite acceptable.
Is it time to try?
Recent rumors suggest that even Apple is exploring music subscription. And if any company can sell the idea, it's Apple. Fortunately, you don't need to wait for Apple to add subscriptions to iTunes to reap the benefits. Of the four services, I favor Rhapsody. Mog and Rdio may offer higher bit rates—both on the Web and in their iOS apps—and Napster's annual subscription plan is less expensive, but I like the completeness of Rhapsody's catalog, its integration with my Sonos system, and its wealth of radio stations. But that's just me. Each of these services offers a free trial—one where you can take both the Web interface and app for a spin. If you're a music enthusiast, interested in exploring music not in your iTunes library or CD collection, you owe it to yourself to give one or all of these services a try.
Updated 3:00 PM 10/12/10 to describe Rdio's Rdio Stations feature.
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BitTorrent has teamed up with digital distributor Cinedigm to support the upcoming release of feature film Arthur Newman, the first time Hollywood film content has premiered within the torrent ecosystem.
Before the movie's limited theatrical release on Friday, users can download and watch the first 10 minutes of the Colin Firth/Emily Blunt movie via the BitTorrent bundle.
"This is a visionary move by Cinedigm and represents a significant shift in how the media industry perceives BitTorrent," Shahi Ghanem, chief strategy officer of BitTorrent, said in a statement. "Cinedigm is one of our most forward-thinking partners and the first with a theatrical release of such magnitude. We're able to connect Cinedigm with real movie fans that actively support content creators and by doing so BitTorrent can demonstrate how we add value through continued innovation."
Included in BitTorrent's Arthur Newman bundle is the exclusive 10-minute video, more than 50 behind-the-scenes stills, a high-resolution movie poster, and the film's trailer.
"Cinedigm's entrepreneurial marketing style is reflected in this partnership between Silicon Valley and Hollywood," Cinedigm chief marketing officer Jill Newhouse Calcaterra said in a statement. "By offering consumers legitimate content via the BitTorrent suite of office products, we continue to find creative ways to locate avid audiences for our films."
As the LA Times noted recently, Cinedigm is known for helping convert theaters from film to digital, and is now focusing on the digital distribution of films.
Arthur Newman debuted at this year's Toronto Film Festival and is the story of a man (Firth) who fakes his death to find a new life, and encounters another damaged soul (Blunt), who helps him heal. The film was written by the Oscar-nominated Becky Johnston and directed by first-timer Dante Ariola. It hits select theaters on April 26.
Last week, BitTorrent opened the doors to the beta version of its new Web client, Surf, which launched in January in alpha mode. The updated version is now available for Chrome and Firefox, and allows users to download content directly from and into their browser. Additionally, the file-sharing service in March introduced peer-to-peer live streaming, as well as Sync, which lets users synchronize personal files across multiple devices.