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Sri Lanka election commission asks army to remain neutral
ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka's election commission urged the military to "remain neutral" at next month's presidential polls after army chief's photo appeared in campaign advertisements endorsing the main opposition candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The independent Election Commission said army commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva claimed he had not authorised the use of his image or the remarks he had made a decade ago to be used in Rajapaksa's election propaganda.
"The army commander has assured that they will not support any candidate at this election," Chairman of the Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya, said. "Therefore, we hope , as in the past, the army will assist the election commission in conducting this election by remaining neutral."
Newspaper advertisements carrying controversial army chief Silva's photo endorsed Rajapaksa who was the secretary to the ministry of defence when security forces defeated Tamil Tiger separatists in May 2009.
Rajapaksa has vowed he will not abide by UN Human Rights Council resolutions calling for war crimes investigations in Sri Lanka if he was elected at the November 16 election. The current army chief was a key field commander during the final stages of the war in 2009.
Silva's appointment in August as army chief sparked international outrage because of his links to alleged war crimes, and the UN suspended the recruitment of Sri Lankan troops for peacekeeping duties.
The November 16 elections have revived debate about the end of a long-running bloody separatist conflict, with army troops accused of massacring up to 40,000 civilians in 2009 while crushing Tamil Tigers rebels, an allegation Sri Lanka has denied.
Newspaper advertisements last week quoted Silva as saying Rajapakse was "extremely efficient" and "addressed the urgent needs of the security forces… during the final stages of the conflict".
The Election Commission warned earlier this week that it was an election law violation for a serving military officer to endorse a candidate and engage in political activity.
Silva had told the authorities that his permission had not been obtained for the propaganda campaign.
Source: https://economynext.com


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As the first person in her family to earn a PhD (in economics), Sheila had achieved something that had become more and more elusive in the United States: the American Dream. As a member of Prime Heuristic, she believed the American people would reject The New Rule if they understood the implications of Congress creating thirteen regional dynasties.
She was already a prominent member of Prime Heuristic when a testy exchange during a Senate hearing between her and a dynasty style politician went viral. By 2032, eight years after The New Rule passed Congress and had been signed into law, Sheila had achieved folk-hero status, but in the back of her mind she wondered whether she'd spent all that time tilting at windmills.
Under pressure from the university, Sheila appeared on the dynasty style television talk show Holding Court. Her life, it seemed, was in a holding pattern, so she agreed to appear on the show in lieu of a compelling reason not to, however absurd it seemed.
The last thing Sheila expected was to meet Jasira Sayid. Sheila had watched the journalist's coverage of The New Rule's passage on television, and wondered how Jasira knew so many tings about the inner workings of the Council of Nobles.
Their relationship became intimate before Sheila realized what was happening. In episode 2, Dinner Invitation, Sheila reluctantly accepts Jasira's invitation to a dinner hosted by Irene Daco, America's first princess. In spite of her opposition to the Council of Nobles, Sheila is impressed with Irene, and fascinated by the culture she finds within House Daco.
Sheila's romance with Jasira is tested when Irene shows up at her front door, asking for help, in episode 8, Visitors.


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In the 1200s the Lithuanians took over much of the Belarusian people's land and by the 1400s the Lithuanians and Poles united to create one of Europe's more powerful kingdoms. The Belarusians continued to live under this rule as the Lithuanians and Poles continued to alter Belarusian culture and language, sometimes with Belarusian willingness and sometimes not. Much of these alterations subsided in the early 1500s when the Polish king allowed the Belarusian Orthodox Church complete autonomy from the Polish political entity. This change allowed the re-introduction of historic eastern orthodox writings and words and allowed the Belarusian language to essentially become what it is today.
Despite an increasingly large number of freedoms, the predominantly rural Belarusians were unsettled. In the late 1500s, to reflect these positive changes, many of the Belarusian nobles converted to Catholicism as many of the peasants, who remained orthodox, fled the region and united with rural Ukrainians to become what later became known as the "Cossacks." During this same time the entire region was invaded by the Tatars, a remnant of the Mongols westward movement through Russia into what is today Ukraine and Belarus.
After the Tatar raids on the region, the Swedes and Russians fought with the Poles and Lithuanians to control the land the Belarusians lived in. This slow crumbling of the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom began in the mid-1600s and ended in the late 1700s when the country was partitioned by the Russians, Prussians, and Austrians; most of the Belarusian people fell under Russian rule in 1795.
After the Russians took over the region they tried to expel Polish influence by Rusifying the Belarusians. The Russians implemented a number of changes and tried to make the people view themselves as Russian, but instead the Belarusian people, for the first time, found an independent identity that was neither Polish nor Russian.
The 1800s brought the industrial revolution to the region and destroyed all remnants of the feudal system, including the freeing of all serfs. These changes were followed by many Belarusians fleeing the region to find a better life.
During World War I the Germans took over much of the Belarusians, but by war's end the Germans fell and the Belarusians were quickly retaken by the Russians, under their new Soviet government. At first this relationship was cordial, but under Josef Stalin in the 1930s the Belarusians, like many ethnic minorities, were severely condemned as Russia's culture and language was forced upon the people. Their difficulties continued during World War II (WWII) when the Germans ruthlessly destroyed the land and the Soviets came back through, acting in much the same way. During this time most of the Jews and Poles in the region left or were killed.
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Since WWII, the Soviets based Belarus's economy on industry and technology, as ethnic Russians came in to oversee these important factories. In 1986 the nuclear reactor in Chernobyl (in Ukraine) exploded and the winds blew much of the radiation north into what is today Belarus, creating a devastating long-term effect on the Belarusian people.
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Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside snubbed on GM survey: 'I'll just keep killing their team'
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MIAMI – Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside is used to being doubted, being snubbed.
But the latest poll, the annual General Manager's survey, cut a little bit deeper.
Miami Heat's Hassan Whiteside is used to having his game disrespected, even by the leagues General Managers. Now he vows revenge. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
League GM's were asked 47 different questions. One of those: Who is the best center? Limited to one name, eight different players received at least one vote.
None named Hassan Whiteside.
So, what is Whiteside going to do about it?
"I'll just keep killing their team," he said about the GMs.
Whiteside said he doesn't care what GMs think of him (outside of the Heat's Andy Elisburg, of course, but GMs were not allowed to list players from their team on the survey).
"Four years ago, they didn't think I could play in this league," he said. "I care about what Pat Riley and Coach Spo think."
Coach Erik Spoelstra was not pleased with the snub.
"That's ridiculous," he said. "I don't care what anybody else says. Hassan is one of the best centers in this league. Fact. Period.
"I don't think he necessarily cares about that like he did before. If he helps impact winning the way he did in the second half of last season all those awards will come his way. If he's playing for the team, playing winning basketball, learning how to impact winning, being a great teammate, all those things are more important eventually anyway."
The top four were Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns, New Orleans' Anthony Davis, Memphis' Marc Gasol and New Orleans' DeMarcus Cousins. Four others received votes: Utah's Rudy Gobert, the Warriors Draymond Green who shifts to center when Golden State goes small ball, Denver's Nikola Jokic and the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan.
Spoelstra's only explanation is that the Heat fell so far off the radar after starting 11-30 last season – one in which Whiteside led the league with 14.1 rebounds per game – by the time they recovered it was too late.
"We had such a bad record," he said. "We weren't on TV, no one was watching, nobody cared. People started noticing in the second half I'll tell you that."
Whiteside did make one list: The best defensive player in the league. Beyond the top three – San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard, Green and Gobert – he was second (and last) among also receiving votes.
"He should be in immediate consideration for defensive player of the year," Spoelstra said. "We had a top 5 defense last year and it really picked up after the All-Star break and he was a big reason for it."
Whiteside averaged 17.9 points on .557 percent shooting and 2.1 blocks last season. He also was snubbed by Hoops Hype, which listed him as the sixth best center in the league behind Towns, Jokic, Cousins, Gobert and Gasol.
Yet, among all of those centers/power forwards listed, only Whiteside was in the top 3 in rebounding, scoring, field goal percentage and blocked shots.
There is some good news for Whiteside. All eight players listed on the GM survey (which includes the top five in the Hoops Hype rankings) play in the Western Conference. So Whiteside just may be considered the top center in the East, which means he could be ticketed for his first All-Star game.
"You look at their numbers and you look at your own numbers," he said about his competition. "You look at what you do on the court and you look at what they do on the court. And then you look at how good they make their team. Are you on a winning team or are you the only one out there shooting 25, 30 shots a game."
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I'm in college right now majoring in Computing and I wanted to ask a question concerning the degree I'm going to receive. Its basically a major in computer with 4 tracks (Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science and Information Systems) ..I can get like 3 of them in four years..
Is this degree actually worthwhile... should i pursue all three tracks (will it make a difference??) or major in one track with like a business major??
I just wanted to see what any of you thought..
Maybe ask your local careers advice centre, does your college have one of those?
Maybe ask if you can contact recent graduates to see how they feel about their course choices in the work place.
woooh never heared that before. Which University is it?


Just in time for the holidays, more than 18 Maryland families recently were awarded an early Christmas gift. Each family was given the opportunity to purchase a badly needed car through the work of Vehicles For Change (VFC). The program awards vehicles to qualified low-income families with guaranteed low-interest loans, allowing them to build credit while completing the car ownership process.
"Vehicles For Change is about helping low-income families with transportation so they are able to get to work, get to their doctors appointments and get their children to school," said Marty Schwartz, Vehicles For Change president.
Without reliable transportation, it can be very difficult for individuals to find and maintain employment, which makes it tough to provide for their family.
Through VFC, four to five hundred cars are awarded to low-income families each year. To date, more than 6,000 cars have been awarded to low-income families, changing the lives of more than 21,000 people.
It started with a $20,000 grant, a $10,000 loan, two employees, two cubicles and some auto parts. Today, it has flourished into the purchase of a 33,000-square-foot building that is now the headquarters of Vehicles For Change.
Since its beginning in 1999, Vehicles For Change, a nonprofit organization, has been the driving force in impacting the lives of low-income families, as well as men and women who are returning to society from incarceration. The organization empowers families experiencing financial challenges to achieve economic and personal independence by providing car ownership and automotive training.
VFC receives a major portion of its car donations from the public. The cars are repaired to meet all quality standards and awarded for as little as $900 to eligible families that are referred by partnering agencies, such as the Center for Urban Families, Living Classrooms, Our Daily Bread and the Department of Social Services. All vehicles carry six-month, 6,000-mile warranties to ensure they stay in good working condition while recipients get back on their financial feet.
"Providing transportation and automotive job training is an effective way to help our communities and our economy as well," said Séson Taylor-Campbell, PNC relationship manager and Vehicles for Change advisory board member.
Supporting underserved communities and ex-offenders entering the workforce are ways we can help people and our communities thrive.
In 2015, Full Circle Auto Repair and Training Center, a subsidiary of VFC, opened a 10-bay auto repair shop offering a wide range of services at a discounted rate. Full Circle Service Center also serves as a prison re-entry program, training men and women recently released from prison to become auto mechanics. The program prepares them for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification and eventual employment in the automotive industry. Men and women in the program repair donated vehicles to be sold to eligible car award recipients.
After building a sustainable car award and automotive training program in Maryland and Virginia, VFC took its first step toward national expansion by opening a second location in Detroit, Michigan in 2015. Future locations are planned for Prince George's County, Maryland and Flint, Michigan.


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Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter CEO, Parag Agrawal named as successor
It all started with Jack Dorsey "just setting up my twttr."
More than 15 years after that first tweet, the CEO and co-founder of social media giant Twitter is stepping down, the company confirmed on Monday.
"I've decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company is ready to move on from its founders," said Dorsey in a statement.
Twitter's stock, which has consistently underperformed the market, jumped more than 10% at the opening bell Monday.
Parag Agrawal, who has been with Twitter for more than a decade and has served has chief technology officer since 2017, will take over as Twitter CEO effective immediately, the company said.
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"My trust in Parag as Twitter's CEO is deep," said Dorsey. "His work over the past 10 years has been transformational. I'm deeply grateful for his skill, heart, and soul. It's his time to lead."
Dorsey will stay on Twitter's board until his term expires at the company's 2022 stockholders meeting.
On Sunday night, Dorsey sent out a tweet with the message "I love Twitter."
Dorsey also serves as CEO of payments service Square, taking the mantle of both tech companies since 2015.
Dorsey, who helped co-found the company, was Twitter's first CEO from May 2007 to Oct. 2008. He returned on an interim basis in July 2015 before taking over as permanent CEO as of Oct. 2015.
This story is developing.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @brettmolina23.
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Dayton tops Saint Bonaventure 68-50
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NHL pioneer Willie O'Ree 'overwhelmed' as No. 22 raised to rafters during jersey retirement
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McGhee leads Liberty over Jacksonville 88-49
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Adama Sanogo scored 13 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead No. 25 UConn over Butler 76-59 on Tuesday night in first of two games this week between the programs. It was the third straight double-double for Sanago, who also blocked four shots. He was joined ...
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No time to write. Must knit.
Since the Olympics ended, I've been basically wanting to knit everything in sight. Boy, did I start my Rule of Ten at the right time. I think it's a combination of suddenly having the freedom to knit things other than the socks and of the Olympics getting me even more excited about knitting and, oh, finishing things.
So far I've managed to stick with the lovely Salina, but that doesn't mean I haven't been looking. First of all, have you seen the Knitty surprises? I love Starsky. Love love love. I think the yarn for it will be my prize for finishing my first sweater - probably Salina, or maybe the baby Aran, or maybe, um, the other one I'm about to talk about. In any case, as soon as I have a sweater, any sweater, totally done, seamed, blocked, everything, I am allowed to order the yarn for Starsky.
P.S. This just in - my gold medal!
My normal schedule of two jobs and school tends to put me about at the limit of what my body can deal with and still stay healthy. So when I added a trip (and recovering from it) and the Knitting Olympics, my body's response was something like "Um, no. Stop." At least it let me finish the Olympics before I crashed. But last night/this morning I developed some sort of sneezing, coughing, sore throat, swollen glands, general horrid-feeling yuckiness. So I came home from work early and have been watching movies, catching up on blogs, knitting Salina, doing homework, drinking Cold Season herbal tea, and trying to convince myself that my neck hurts because I slept on the floor at my friend's house the other night, not because I have, say, meningitis. Yeah. Fun times.
It was a bit close, but I finished! Here's a rather awful picture - my apartment is the darkest in the world, I think. I promise they're not so ugly in real life.
Yes, they're posed on my pillowcase, but at least it's appropriately winter-themed. I'll get a photo of them on my feet ASAP - I think they'll look less deformed then.
I am now celebrating by watching the Closing Ceremonies, eating ice cream, and casting on for Salina. She's going to be a feisty one, I can tell: her yarn kept jumping onto my lap this evening while I was finishing the sock.
Congratulations to all the Olympians! We did it!
So how about a kitten picture? We haven't had one of those in a while.
Unfortunately, in trying to create a Plan, I've realized that I... can't really think of one. This may be a side effect of the lack of sleep I've had recently, or maybe the "almost end of first work week after vacation" thing. But... hmm. I have done the ribbing (30 rows) and part of the first of six 8-row cable repeats for the leg of the sock. So let's say I have left, um, two hours of the leg, two hours for the heel/gusset, three hours for the foot, two hours for the toe. Nine hours. And let's throw an extra hour in there just in case. Okay. Ten hours of knitting. Where can we fit in ten hours of knitting between now and Sunday?
Thursday: 1/2 hour during my dinner break at work, and... that's about it.
Friday: 1/2 hour during lunch break. 1 hour at the laundromat after work. 3 hours when I get home, while watching Olympics and doing homework.
Sunday: Hopefully three hours in the morning before going out. And there will be a buffer: I'm planning to go to a SnB-NH meeting in the afternoon, and to watch the Closing Ceremonies in the evening. So if I don't knit as quickly as I think I do, it should all be okay. I hope.
Huh. That's actually not that bad, now that I look at it. Whether I'll be able to stick to it is another question. But at least I feel better now that I have a Plan.
I think Danica is going to be my official knitting-while-watching project for the upcoming race (IRL, CART, F1) season. Would doing it in black and white with pink accents be too blatant? Hmm. And yes, I am excited about the racing season already and it doesn't start for 19 days. Oh well.
In other news, a question from a librarian friend has led me to compile (well, work on compiling) a list of "essential" knitting books - I think it will end up being my top ten. What are your top ten (or two or five or twenty)?
I know, I know, poor me. But really, I'm starting to question the wisdom of taking a flight that lands approximately twelve hours before I have to be back at work. Ah well. Let's just hope that the flight is on time and all - apparently they close things for a little bit of ice here! For real! I thought they were kidding at first with the whole "If there's really freezing rain, we're not going out" thing, but they mean it! Who knew?
I am loving the yarn, and the cables, but I'm not so sure about the actual pattern. The heel was kind of weird, and the toe was really strange. I'm reserving judgment until they're both done and I'm wearing them.
It was a good needle, and it served well. I'm sure I won't be able to throw it away (I'm weird like that), so it will go into a happy retirement. And yes, I brought extras.
Remember the Boring Baby Blanket?
The pattern is Sam's Blanket and I think the yarn was Patons Grace, but don't quote me on that. Something soft and cotton. Because I am bad at mailing things, I gave it to Princess Aaralyn when I finally met her in person on her four-month birthday. Isn't she adorable?
And around the first bend!
We successfully got through the weird heel while watching Shaun White win his gold, and finally finished picking up stitches for the gusset yesterday. Thanks to some TV watching last night, the gusset decreases are now done and we're off and running for the foot, which means I don't have to carry the pattern around anymore for a while, thank goodness.
My trip is proceeding as planned - I'm now in Texas, and on the foot of the sock. Pictures soon. There are rumors of yarn shopping tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have a full report for you.
I'm about to leave for Texas. Just wanted to mention that I have some teams that have not been added yet, but they'll be up there soon. (Tomorrow at the latest.) So if you've e-mailed me but not gotten a response, don't worry; I've been busy with family stuff in Florida, and now with panicking about having 43 minutes to get my connection in Houston in a different terminal, but once I get to Texas things will be a bit more relaxed. I hope. Well, really, they'd have to be.
The sock and I are both feeling much more relaxed after a fun party (well, for me; the sock was not invited), a full night's sleep, and a change of climate. Alas, the rest of the family is not so relaxed, as they're all supposed to be flying back north today, and there's some sort of blizzard thing going on. I'm so glad I cleverly opted to fly to Texas instead.
What was with all the '80s music? How... Italian?
The Ferrari seemed to... not go. At least not very well. And that "pit stop"? Totally too long.
The Treemen! And the flaming rollerbladers! I loved it!
The Alpine dresses were pretty nifty too, in that "What on earth were they thinking?" way.
And how's my actual knitting, you ask? Well, last time you saw it there were three complete rounds. Now there are ten. But look! The links and teams page is all organized! With nested indents! I thought you'd all rather I spent my evening that way. Oh, and I packed. For this trip I've sort of vaguely mentioned. I'm flying to Florida in, um, about six hours, actually. (Eek! Maybe I should consider going to bed soon.) Then on Monday I'm flying to Texas. Back home a week from Sunday. My laptop is coming along, so keep sending me team updates. Internet access will be abundant in Texas, at least; Florida might be a bit trickier, but I'll do my best. If the teams page blows up or something, Steph and Erica know how to reach me.
I'll be bringing my sock on the plane, of course. Let's see how many strangers I can scare by babbling about the Knitting Olympics, shall we?
Unfortunately, any more progress will have to wait until after at least most of the things on my 15-item to do list are done. And after I nap, because the Opening Ceremonies are until midnight and then I need to be at the airport at 5:30 am.
Um. Huh? Those are my mother's Cool Little Mittlets (belated Christmas gift). They are indeed knit from the same skein of yarn. Does Noro Kureyon usually do this?
They're actually less similar in person than they are in the picture. The colors never repeat. None of them. Ever. I swear the last thing I knit with Kureyon didn't do this. Are some of the colorways just like this? What's going on?
P.S. To the person who found my site searching for "Evan Lysacek gay," if that's a question, I don't know the answer. But cheer for him either way, will ya?
Let's track where all our Olympians are located. Go here and add yourself!
My current state of excitement/anxiety (a double-edged sword...) is manifesting itself in an inability to think of many nouns, especially proper nouns, other than those along the lines of knitting, yarn, Olympics, blog, harlot, airplane, Texas, socks, ticket, and babies. Luckily, my roommate and I tend to communicate in half-sentences anyway, and he's doing an admirable job of translating for me here at work. We'll see how I do at the bookstore tonight. As long as people are asking for books about knitting, Texas, or babies, we'll be all set.
Yes, this is basically just a filler entry. I'm trying to enter links, set up blogs, pack/plan for my trip, and, oh yeah, do my job. So. Witty blog content will have to wait. But coming tonight or tomorrow: a game of "One of these things is not like the other!" Complete with pictures! Of knitting! Try not to drop dead of shock.
Oh, is it Wednesday again?
The guy on the radio this morning said something like "It's Wednesday, February 8" and my response was "It is?" Yeah. That kind of week. But since it appears to be Wednesday, that means it's time for randoms! Although my randoms might be a little, um, focused this week.
1. I am caught up with all the teams that have been submitted thus far. We have teams from six continents, 22 countries, 23 US states. You guys are amazing. Keep them coming. Can we get to all 50 states?
2. Hey look! It's the Knitting Olympics Drinking Game!
3. Two teams I'm captaining now have (very basic) blogs. Check out Team NH and Team Chattylibrarians.
4. I even talked to someone from a radio wire service about the Knitting Olympics today. I'm telling you, this thing is big.
5. Packing for the trip is going decently. I'm still panicking, but it's manageable.
6. The Grammy Awards are rather underwhelming, but yay for U2 and Green Day.
Between the Knitting Olympics and the semester starting and my upcoming trip (not to mention the regular two-job insanity), I'm running around like, I don't know, a chicken with its head cut off, I guess. (And apparently too brain-dead to come up with original similes.) So I'm going to try taking a few steps toward stress reduction, because what's the point of going on vacation if it's just stressful, right?
1. I bought a black wrap to match my dress. Therefore, I don't have to worry about finishing the Clove Stitch Shawl.
2. Other things that have been deleted from the "Must Do Before Trip" list: wash sheets and towels (because that requires a trip to the laundromat), finish short story draft, finish other socks before Knitting Olympics, finish father's and brother's Christmas gifts. (Mom was more excited about hers, so that's my priority). Oh, and cleaning my bedroom.
3. I got more than a day's worth of work done at the day job today, and am planning to do the same tomorrow, so I can panic uninterrupted on Thursday and Friday.
4. I will hereby stop worrying about the following things, because I have no control over them: what my mother, grandmother, or other relatives might say about my weight and/or appearance; other family drama; whether the friends I'm visiting in Texas will like me in person (we've only met online/phone); plane crashes; the weather.
5. Lists, lists, lists. My coping mechanism of choice.
6. I am going to pack as much as possible tomorrow evening, so that Friday evening will be less stressful. Theoretically.
Oh, and a Knitting Olympics note: athlete sign-ups end at midnight tonight. I will keep adding team links, buttons, media coverage, etc. for the duration, though, so keep them coming.
Since I have a goal of 100 books this year, I'm going to start numbering them in the monthly lists.
Comments: Dowd had some interesting points and anecdotes, as well as some infuriating ones, but overall - well, I couldn't even figure out what point she was trying to make, never mind whether I agreed with it. It might have been Maureed Dowd Hates Everyone and Everything, or it might have been her answer to nosy relatives asking why she's not married, or it might have been all about Hillary Clinton. I just don't know. It would have worked better as a book of essays, I think. There wasn't the cohesion necessary to sustain a narrative.
Comments: The first in Meg Cabot's new mystery series for adults. Fun! Cabot's signature style and tone is great as always, both the main character and potential romantic interest were very likeable, and, to be honest, the mystery itself was pretty good for a primarily non-mystery writer. I did figure it out before the end, but not too much before. And the song lyrics were hilarious. A little suspension of disbelief is necessary, but I am eagerly anticipating more of this series.
Comments: Oh my GOODNESS did I love this book. Arthurian legend, smart main character, wonderful romantic interest, medievalist in-jokes... I mean, what else would you need? My favorite of Meg Cabot's books so far, and that's saying a lot - but then, I'm a sucker for all things Arthurian. (Except that horrid Merlin movie I watched last night. Helena Bonham Carter, what were you thinking?) If you find it at all amusing that a girl named Ellie floats around on a pool raft all summer, go read this book NOW.
Comments: I'd been meaning to read this series for a while, and finally got to the first one. It's British and snarky, basically Bridget Jones for young teens. The British slang was fun, although the main character's writing style (the book is in diary format) was occasionally a bit too cutesy. The plot isn't terribly memorable, but it's hilarious. I really did laugh out loud. A lot. And I'm planning to read the rest of the series soon, in order to continue laughing.
Comments: Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite young adult writers, and I have now read all six of her books published thus far. I didn't like this one quite as much as some of her others, especially This Lullaby and Keeping the Moon - it was more of a "problem novel" and the supporting characters, especially the romantic interest and the parents, were less complex. That said, it was still very good, and I'd recommend it. Can't wait for her new one, Just Listen, coming out this spring.
Comments: Very interesting but a bit hard to get through. This was the second time I'd tried to read this book - I gave up about 150 pages in last time. I'm glad I persevered. The various information that Diamond gives about cultures around the world and their development is fascinating, but the narrative seemed to get a bit redundant - he had me sold on his main point by chapter two or so, so toward the end I was feeling a bit "Yeah, okay, I get it already." I will definitely be looking for more information on some of the issues he deals with, and I'm going to give his more recent book, Collapse, a try as well.
Yarn on sale doesn't count.
That's one of the rules of stash reduction, right? That yarn bought at a discount doesn't really count as buying yarn? Well, it should be, anyway. Today my roommate and I headed to not one but two Superbowl sales. We headed to Ewe'll Love It first, because all the yarn was 40% off and I had a feeling it would be busier. It was. We got there about five minutes before it opened, and there was already a big line. Luckily, it wasn't too crazy, and I managed to find a few things for which I was looking.
First, the Rowan Felted Tweed for "Salina," the cover sweater from Vintage Knits . My roommate and I will be working on sweaters from this book together: he got the yarn for "Beau" today.
I also picked up a few more hits of yarn crack, seen below masquerading under its street names of KidSilk Haze and its close cousin Kid Seta. They're both for projects from Wrap Style : the garnet for "Guinevere" and forest green for "Wrapped in Tradition." Except I can't start either until I finish Birch. Or at least that's the idea.
I also picked up a hank of Cherry Tree Hill Supersock, because my sock yarn stash is woefully small, as well as the Knit Bits calendar that I had been eyeing.
Take special notice of the one on the right. That's our Olympic contender, so you'll be seeing a lot of it in the next few weeks. I also picked up some needles - DPNs for the Olympics, and the needles for Salina, which I'm not starting until I finish a few other things. Nope, I'm not. Right.
What vortex, you ask? The Knitting Olympics vortex, of course. Thanks to everyone who has stopped by and e-mailed or commented with information about teams. I'm updating as fast as I can - I'm determined to catch up before I go to bed tonight. And really, there will be some real posts soon.
And maybe even a rant about the wives of Henry VIII!
Okay, back into the vortex with me.
1. Come out of the woodwork, will ya? There must be more than three of us.
2. Anyone willing to be interviewed for the Hippo? Let me know.
I think that's the basic problem. I've been having a pretty horrid week, but basically, I'm just tired. Two jobs, school, trying to get ready for my trip, various interpersonal drama... yeah. I may end up decreasing my hours at the bookstore, but I hate that, since that's one of the things I actually enjoy. It seems that everything that could be cut out/compressed to make more time - bookstore, knitting, blogging, reading - are the things that actually make me feel better. The main things that are tiring me out - full time job and school - are the things I have to do. Argh. There's no solution, obviously, but if anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them. Preferably solutions that bend the space-time continuum. Thanks.
That said, welcome to everyone who has found me through Steph's mention of my Knitting Olympics Links. I will have a link to that page up on the sidebar ASAP, and I am adding in all the links you all have been sending me as I can.


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Q: Bound on the number of bounded primitive $k$-tuple for all unimodular lattices Let $X_d$ be the set of unimodular lattices in $\mathbb R^d$ (lattices with covolume one). For a lattice $\Lambda$ in $X_d$ and $1\le k \le d$, let $P^k(\Lambda)$ denote the set of all $k$-tuples $(v_1,\cdots,v_k) \in \mathbb R^{dk}$ such that $v_1,\cdots,v_k$ can be extended to a basis of $\Lambda$ (called primitive set or primitive tuple in some literature). Let $B(0,\delta)$ denote the ball centered at $O$ with radius $\delta$. I wonder what upper bound estimate can we give for the quantity
$$U(k,d,\delta):=\sup_{\Lambda \in X_d} |P^k(\Lambda) \cap B(0,\delta)^k|.$$
I found it is even hard to tell whether $U(k,d,\delta) <\infty$. I wish the bound could show how this quantity depends on $\delta$. I have a strong feeling that for $k<d$, the dependence of this quantity on $\delta$ is very subtle since it is always possible to shrink $k$ linearly independent vectors for a unimodular $\Lambda$ so that they become extremely small and thus fall into $B(0,\delta)$. If it is not dependent on $\delta$ then that constant for upperbound should only depend on $d$.

Update: this number seems to be infinite. Consider the lattice $Span \{\frac{1}{n}e_1,\frac{1}{n}e_2,n^2e_3\}$. Let $k=1$ and $n >> 1$. Then $\frac{m}{n}e_1+\frac{1}{n}e_2$ will provide infinitely many combinations in that intersection (they are all extendable to a basis of this lattice).

A: After some research...
An integral lattice, $\Lambda\in X_n$ $\big($in $\mathbb{R}^n\big)$, is like a (discrete) vector space. You take a basis $\mathscr{B}:= \{\beta_1,...,\beta_n\}\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$ and then:
$$\Lambda := Span_{\mathbb{Z}}(\mathscr{B}) = \bigg\{\sum\limits_{i=1}^n\lambda_i\beta_i\text{ }\bigg|\text{ }\text{For }\lambda_i\in \mathbb{Z}\text{ }\text{ and }\text{ }\beta_i\in \mathscr{B}\bigg\}.$$
We say an integral lattice (spanned by $\mathscr{B}$) is unimodular if:
$$det[\mathscr{B}] = det\big[\beta_1 ... \beta_n\big] = 1.$$

Now to bring in the metric ball:
$$B(0,\delta) \equiv B_{\delta}(0):= \{p\in \mathbb{R}^n\text{ }|\text{ }d(0,p)<\delta\}$$

In this problem, we are mainly concerned with counting the $\color{red}{\text{number of grid points inside a metric ball}}$. Then, comparing this number across all lattices in the space $X_n$.

Using a given norm, $||\cdot||$, in $\mathbb{R}^n$, we may quantify this number as:
$$\color{red}{N(\Lambda,\delta)}:= \sum\limits_{i=1}^nN_i,$$
where
$$\color{red}{N_i}:= floor\bigg(\frac{\delta}{||\beta_i||}\bigg).$$
Elaborating, we take the radius, $\delta$, from the metric ball around the origin, and see how many lengths of a basis vector, $||\beta_i||$, fit inside this radius (i.e. divide). Then the floor just makes it the nearest integer (in $\mathbb{N}$).
Assumption: This sum doesn't account for all linear combinations, but gives a skeleton of points to compare for each basis. If $\Lambda_1$ has more skeleton points than $\Lambda_2$ inside the ball, it will also have more linear combinations of points inside the ball. [Pf: Exercise]

Define the $\color{red}{\text{standard lattice}}$:
$$\color{red}{\Lambda_0} := Span_{\mathbb{Z}}\big(\{\partial_1,...,\partial_n\}\big)$$
as the integer span of standard unit vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$ (trivially $det\big[\partial_1 ...\partial_n\big] = 1$, making $\Lambda_0$ unimodular).

Lastly, take arbitrary unimodular $\Lambda\in X_n$. Then:
$$\exists T: \text{ }\mathscr{B} = T\mathscr{B}_0,$$
where $T\in SL_n(\mathbb{R})$ is an invertible, unit determinant, real matrix. [Pf: Exercise]

So, we may compare basis vectors with the standard basis vectors:
$$\forall i, \exists j:\text{ }\beta_i = T(\beta_{0,j}).$$
This implies:
$$N(\Lambda,\delta) = \sum\limits_{i=1}^n floor\bigg(\frac{\delta}{||\beta_i||}\bigg) = \sum\limits_{i=1}^n floor\bigg(\frac{\delta}{||T(\beta_{0,j})||}\bigg).$$
Considering this term-wise, we have by Submultiplicativity of the norm:
$$\frac{\delta}{||T(\beta_{0,j})||}\leq ||T||\cdot\frac{\delta}{||\beta_{0,j}||}$$
This gives us:
$$\color{blue}{N(\Lambda,\delta) \leq ||T||\cdot N(\Lambda_0,\delta)}.$$

Depending on the two bases involved, $T$ will vary. There are two cases:
$$\color{red}{||T||\leq 1} \implies ||T||\cdot N_0 \leq N_0$$
by the Positive Scaling property the inequality relation. Then by Transitivity it follows:
$$N\leq N_0.$$
So we have a set of lattices that are comparable with the standard lattice (they all have less points in the ball). It makes sense here to say:
$$\forall \Lambda:(||T||\leq 1)\implies \text{ }\text{ }|P^k(\Lambda)\cap B(0,\delta)^k|\leq \bigg(\begin{matrix}\widetilde{N_0}\\k\end{matrix}\bigg).$$
where $\widetilde{N_0}\geq N_0$ adds the meat to the skeleton.
In the other case, we have no conclusive inequality because they conflict. So we are unable to compute the supremum for $U(k,n,\delta)$, but we get close!
$$\sup\limits_{\Lambda\in X_n^{\leq 1}}|P^k(\Lambda)\cap B(0,\delta)^k|\leq \bigg(\begin{matrix}\widetilde{N_0}\\k\end{matrix}\bigg)$$
using the definition of least upper bound.

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Just a few years ago I presumed autism was a mental and physical disability. The picture I held in my mind was of the most severe cases of autism (which are relatively rare). I imagined all autistic children needed lifelong support or special care environments. I never thought about autistic children growing into adults. In fact, I found out I had no idea what autism or Aspergers is.
I've worked all my life, been married, have an adult son and live independently in my own home. I didn't realise the lifelong personal challenges I'd been attempting to change, train out of myself or hide – to fit into the currently accepted, mainstream society – could indicate I had an 'autistic' brain. I didn't realise an autistic brain could be so dignified!
This blog is my experience of finding out about my "autistic" brain as an adult and sharing experiences and personal insights to encourage others.
This page provides information/links which direct you to independent information from the UK's National Autistic Society – and at the bottom of the page, some information about me.
People can be puzzled by the diagnosis they or their child have been given. Over the years, different terms have been used for autism. This reflects the different autism profiles presented by individuals, and the diagnostic manuals and tools used. Misdiagnosis adds to the range of terms people hear.
Autism is a spectrum condition. All autistic people share certain difficulties, but being autistic will affect them in different ways.
Because of recent and upcoming changes to the main diagnostic manuals, 'autism spectrum disorder' (ASD) is now likely to become the most commonly given diagnostic term. However, clinicians will still often use additional terms to help to describe the particular autism profile presented by an individual.Some autistic people also have learning disabilities, mental health issues or other conditions.
A clinician might describe someone as having an Asperger syndrome profile if there has been no clinically significant delay in language or cognitive development but they still have social communication difficulties. They may also have specific delays in motor development as well as motor 'clumsiness'. Read more about Asperger syndrome.
One of the most common mistakes made by clinicians lacking autism experience is to make a number of observations that don't take the issues related to autism into account.
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They may miss the fact that autism is underlying the obvious difficulties seen on the surface.
International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition (ICD-10)The ICD-10 is the most commonly-used diagnostic manual in the UK.It presents a number of possible autism profiles, such as childhood autism, atypical autism and Asperger syndrome.
A revised edition (ICD-11) is expected in 2018 and is likely to closely align with the latest edition of the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).
The manual defines autism spectrum disorder as persistent difficulties with social communication and social interaction and restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviours, activities or interests (this includes sensory behaviour), present since early childhood, to the extent that these limit and impair everyday functioning.
In DSM-5, the terms ˜autistic disorder, Asperger disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder and ˜Pervasive Developmental Disorder" Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) have been replaced by the collective term 'autism spectrum disorder'. This means that likely that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will become the most commonly given diagnosis.
DSM-5 has introduced specifiers to help the clinician to describe associated or additional conditions, eg intellectual impairment, language impairment, genetic conditions, behavioural disorder, catatonia. One of the specifiers relates to the severity of social communication impairments and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour.
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Animal Anatomy Takes New Leap In Popoola's 'Synergetic' Metal Sculpture
Dotun Popooola and a young friend with one of his works. Pic: c/o of the artist.
Beyond aesthetics appreciation, art also has the value of being a strong resource in general knowledge. In fact, artists whose works, over the years, focused on specific themes, do possess some scientific knowledge of their subjects.
Such general knowledge value exists in animal subject, which is one of the most fascinating, and perhaps, widely depicted themes in fine art. Across painting, sculpture and general medium, equestrian and other cattle animals have enjoyed robust space in fine art.
However, one's experience interacting with many artists, over the years, suggest that very few of the creators of such art do research deep into the diverse species of these animals. But there is a delight in Dr Dotun Popoola's adventure in the art of animal anatomy. Chatting with sculptor Popoola exposed how his work in equestrian and bull are as profound as his findings on different species of the utility animals.
More interesting, his medium of sculptural expressions is avant-garde: he turns junks of metals into sculptures of breathing texture. Popoola works mostly in metal, sourcing some of the materials from discarded and waste outlets of mostly mechanical objects. From working in general themes, including human figures in Nigeria, Popoola's curiousity thirst in anatomy of animals got hydrated when he traveled to the U.S.
A resident artist at John Lopez studio, Lemmon, South Dakota, the Lagos-based artist, who has his first and second degree in sculpture and general art, here in Nigeria, no doubt posseses great depth in mastery of animal anatomy.
Beyond just creating the forms, he adds other values such as generating theatrics from discarded motor parts. In fact, some of his works appear like models being prepared for special-effect (EFX) set of a George Lucas' sci-fi movie. For examples, legs of a bull appropriated in engine crankshafts looks like those robotic legs in action-packed outer space fiction films. Also, from head to neck of a horse, Popoola loads clutch disc, shock absorbers of car, among other motor parts, creating narrative that exist in comics and fantasy world.
Before creating his sculptures, he had real life experience, studying the different breeds of animals. "After spending great time with cowboys, in U.S, I did a comprehensive study on anatomy of horses and found out that most of our horses here in Africa are slimmer compared to the breeds they use for rodeo over there, which are huge", the sculptor noted. In researching horses, he had to take rides on them to feel the diversity of the species, which he would later depict in sculptures. His activities, he recalled, included branding of cows, using horses for as long as six to seven hours. "Few horse species that I have rode and studied are American Quater horse, thoroughbred stallion and Drafthorse".
Back home, there is something to also research in African breed of horses. "But for the polo horse that i am working on currently, they are mostly thoroughbred, in Africa". The difference in the animals' anatomy, he explained, is only glaring to "those who can actually study them critically".
His research included understanding the senses of the animals. "I have to understand the emotions of horses to avoid abuse by either myself or the horse; the language of the ears of the horse and where to touch to make it listen to me, among others". Basically, he concluded that "the body formation of each horse differs according to the breed".
A son of Agege, Lagos-based automotive technician, Popoola warned that his work is not just about assemblage of the discarded metal objects. Junk art, he argued, should come with other values. He traced his creative use of junks to "a friend in the U.S who trained me in metal sculpture". Described as "a hybrid welder", the friend, he disclosed, contributed so much to his career, perhaps in mentorship way.
In the last ten years, Popoola's works within and outside Nigeria include a statue of Oduduwa, done concrete cast, metal, and natural fired brick, 35ft high, produced in 2013, and mounted inside Oduduwa Groove, ile-ife; OAU logo, metal fabrication of 15ft, at the right entrance of Obafemi Awolowo University, 2012; Grotto and Statue of Mary, assembled petrified wood/rock, with stone, embellishment, 9ft, at St Mary Catholic Church, New England, North Dakota, U.S, in 2016; Crucifix, concrete cast image on a granite stone carve, 8ft, 2016; and Boerboel, hybrid metal sculpture, 5.7ft, located at the private wing of the International Airport, Lagos, 2018.
As much as Popoola has derived joy and satisfaction, so far, mounting public space sculptures across cultures and locations, there was a moment of challenge, at home. One of his works in Nigeria was mutilated, strangely in the academic environment. He described the tragic experience as "a monumental assault on my intellectual property".
The sculpture, mounted at OAU, Ife, was a statue of Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Popoola had return from a residency abroad, and got the shocker: "beheading of Soyinka statue". He explained how the work was an experiment in using marble dust for carving. "The books on which the sculpture rested was removed and the head taken to another structure," he lamented. "When I was making the work, I met Prof Soyinka to do anatomical analysis". The portrait, he said, gave him the award of the Best Student at OAU, Ife. Produced in 2008, the period of production, he recalled, "cost me my youth corp year".
Given the time it takes to produce a piece of sculpture, being prolific is hardly in the art vocabulary of most artists, particularly of metal and wood medium. But in one year, Popoola has produced a numerical strength of what some other artists would do in ten years. "It just occured to me, like a surprise, that I have actually done 30 massive sculptures in 365 days", he noted of works that, "are all hit back to back; sold out".
As an artist and researcher, Popoola has also done research into objects and materials, bringing different metals to create forms. He described the coalescence of different objects as "synergetic metal". The artist's understanding of his materials also has scientific approach. "The combination of both ferrous and non ferrous metal, rust and alloys, industrial and manually fabricated metal", he explained, form his synergetic metal art, which sometimes include "sculpted bronze or aluminum pieces hidden within the junks". In fact, such combination, he said, "transpose the piece to be a form of hybrid art".
In his 2019 plan, Popoola hoped to produce just one huge work as a lone piece. "i will be breaking new grounds with my massive monumental sculptures and at the end of the year, hope to have another solo exhibition of just one work made out of thousands of junks".
The Nigerian art space, specifically, Lagos is not unaware of Popoola's art stride. After showing at the last Art x Lagos, under the representation of Signature Beyond Gallery, Popoola is also the first artist of 2019 at Thought Pyramid's Mentoring Moments series. In the last week of January, Popoola will be sharing his success story with younger artists at the event.
For Popoola, a metal sculptor whose work transcends the Nigerian space, showing at Art X, under Signature Gallery, he said, was an extension of his past relationship with the Lagos-based gallery. The artist's stride in creative combination goes beyond metal. He also has quite a poetic moulding of words for his works. He once shared his thoughts on one of his works with the theme 'Irin Ajo' and 'Irin tI ajo', coined from two Yoruba identical vowels but of different meanings.
Popoola had his family ancestry in Abeokuta, Ogun State, but was born in Agege, Lagos in 1981. He holds a National Diploma in painting and General Arts from Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, where he graduated as the best student in painting and general arts in 2004. He had his first and second degree in Fine and Applied Arts with a specialization in sculpture and painting respectively at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. He has trained at many studios, and currently a certified hybrid metal sculptor as well as a resident artist in Lemmon South Dakota, at John Lopez studio. Popoola won the Director-General's Award of Best Artist of the year at the maiden NYSC arts competition in 2009 and is a recipient of several awards.
"He has participated in over 25 group and three solo exhibitions. Considering his passion to touch lives with his art, he has coordinated many art workshop and seminars for orphanage homes and rehabilitation centres. He has also executed several monumental sculptures and large murals both in Nigeria and United States of America. Worked as a curator II with the National Gallery of Arts, Oshogbo outstation, Osun State Nigeria, between 2012 till 2018, and currently works as a full time studio experimentalist.
-Tajudeen Sowole.
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Profiling Float Observations of the Upper Ocean under Sea Ice off the Wilkes Land Coast of Antarctica
Annie P. S. Wong
Stephen C. Riser
Multiyear under-ice temperature and salinity data collected by profiling floats are used to study the upper ocean near the Wilkes Land coast of Antarctica. The study region is in the seasonal sea ice zone near the southern terminus of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The profiling floats were equipped with an ice-avoidance algorithm and had a survival rate of 74% after 2.5 yr in the ocean. The data show that, in this part of Antarctica, the rate of sea ice decay exceeds the rate of sea ice growth. During the sea ice growth period, the water column is weakly stratified because of brine rejection and is only marginally stable. The average winter mixed layer temperature is about 0.12°C above the surface freezing point, providing evidence of entrainment of warmer water from the permanent pycnocline. The average mixed layer salinity increases by 0.127 from June to October. A one-dimensional model is used to quantify evolution of the winter mixed layer under a sea ice cover. The local winter entrainment rate is estimated to be 49 ± 11 m over 5 months, supplying a heat flux of 34 ± 8 W m−2 to the base of the mixed layer in winter. Model output gives a thermodynamic sea ice growth of 28 ± 15 cm over the same period. The winter ocean–atmosphere heat loss through leads and sea ice is estimated to be 14–25 W m−2 in this area, which is broadly in line with other winter observations from the East Antarctic region.
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Winter Upper-Ocean Stability and Ice–Ocean Feedbacks in the Sea Ice–Covered Southern Ocean
Earle A. Wilson
Ethan C. Campbell
In this study, under-ice ocean data from profiling floats, instrumented seals, and shipboard casts are used to assess wintertime upper-ocean stability and heat availability in the sea ice–covered Southern Ocean. This analysis reveals that the southern Weddell Sea, which features a weak upper-ocean stratification and relatively strong thermocline, is preconditioned for exceptionally high rates of winter ventilation. This preconditioning also facilitates a strong negative feedback to winter ice growth. Idealized experiments with a 1D ice–ocean model show that the entrainment of heat into the mixed layer of this region can maintain a near-constant ice thickness over much of winter. However, this quasi-equilibrium is attained when the pycnocline is thin and supports a large temperature gradient. We find that the surface stress imparted by a powerful storm may upset this balance and lead to substantial ice melt. This response can be greatly amplified when coincident with anomalous thermocline shoaling. In more strongly stratified regions, such as near the sea ice edge of the major gyres, winter ice growth is weakly limited by the entrainment of heat into the mixed layer. Thus, the thermodynamic coupling between winter sea ice growth and ocean ventilation has significant regional variability. This regionality will influence the response of the Southern Ocean ice–ocean system to future changes in ocean stratification and surface forcing.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0184.1
Air Oxygen Calibration of Oxygen Optodes on a Profiling Float Array
Kenneth S. Johnson
Joshua N. Plant
Denis Gilbert
Aanderaa optode sensors for dissolved oxygen show remarkable stability when deployed on profiling floats, but these sensors suffer from poor calibration because of an apparent drift during storage (storage drift). It has been suggested that measurement of oxygen in air, during the period when a profiling float is on the surface, can be used to improve sensor calibration and to determine the magnitude of sensor drift while deployed in the ocean. The effect of air calibration on oxygen measurement quality with 47 profiling floats that were equipped with Aanderaa oxygen optode sensors is assessed. Recalibrated oxygen concentration measurements were compared to Winkler oxygen titrations that were made at the float deployment stations and to the World Ocean Atlas 2009 oxygen climatology. Recalibration of the sensor using air oxygen reduces the sensor error, defined as the difference from Winkler oxygen titrations in the mixed layer near the time of deployment, by about tenfold when compared to errors obtained with the factory calibration. The relative error of recalibrated sensors is <1% in surface waters. A total of 29 floats were deployed for time periods in excess of one year in ice-free waters. Linear changes in the percent of atmospheric oxygen reported by the sensor, relative to the oxygen partial pressure expected from the NCEP air pressure, range from −0.9% to +1.3% yr−1 with a mean of 0.2% ± 0.5% yr−1. Given that storage drift for optode sensors is only negative, it is concluded that there is no evidence for sensor drift after they are deployed and that other processes are responsible for the linear changes.
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Long-Term Nitrate Measurements in the Ocean Using the in situ Ultraviolet Spectrophotometer: Sensor Integration into the APEX Profiling Float
Luke J. Coletti
Hans W. Jannasch
Carole M. Sakamoto
Dana D. Swift
Reagent-free optical nitrate sensors [in situ ultraviolet spectrophotometer (ISUS)] can be used to detect nitrate throughout most of the ocean. Although the sensor is a relatively high-power device when operated continuously (7.5 W typical), the instrument can be operated in a low-power mode, where individual nitrate measurements require only a few seconds of instrument time and the system consumes only 45 J of energy per nitrate measurement. Operation in this mode has enabled the integration of ISUS sensors with Teledyne Webb Research's Autonomous Profiling Explorer (APEX) profiling floats with a capability to operate to 2000 m. The energy consumed with each nitrate measurement is low enough to allow 60 nitrate observations on each vertical profile to 1000 m. Vertical resolution varies from 5 m near the surface to 50 m near 1000 m, and every 100 m below that. Primary lithium batteries allow more than 300 vertical profiles from a depth of 1000 m to be made, which corresponds to an endurance near four years at a 5-day cycle time. This study details the experience in integrating ISUS sensors into Teledyne Webb Research's APEX profiling floats and the results that have been obtained throughout the ocean for periods up to three years.
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