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Air conditioning is the process of altering the temperature and humidity of the air to make it more comfortable. They also supply an adequate supply of ventilation; remove dust and microorganisms from the air, and help to regulate the room's heat according to the season. It works by moving the air from the inside to the outside of the home, over a set of cooling pipes.
conductairconditioning.com.au about this, as getting a system that's too large will cost you more, and may actually be less effective. You may also want to consider energy efficient systems, which use up to 15% less energy than the traditional models, according to Techlicious.
· Large internal coils for a more efficient heat transfer.
· A high temperature rating greater than 11.6.
· A variable speed blower to reduce electricity consumption.
· A fan only switch, which will give a lesser, more natural cooling.
· An automatic delay fan switch which keeps the fan on long enough to utilise stored cool air.
· A filter indicator light which lets you know as soon as the filter needs changing.
· Avoid placing your unit near appliances that give off heat – such as televisions or lamps. In fact, it may be wise to use a fan to spread the cooled air further.
· Be aware of your indoor temperature – the closer to the outdoor temperature that it is, the lower your overall cooling bill will be.
You will want to set a budget before you go shopping, but this will also be affected by the type of model that you like. Would you prefer a spilt system – which is affordable, and easy to use – a multi-split system – which can be used in more than one place at a time – or a variable refrigerant flow – which are much bigger systems, generally used for business buildings.
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LEACH'S STORM PETREL
LEACH'S STORM PETREL – (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) – (See images below)
DESCRIPTION: The Leach's Storm Petrel is a mainly black bird with long narrow wings. The bill and feet also are black. It has a white rump and a light brown bar on the upper wing. Sexes are similar. The tail is slightly forked. It is about 20 cm (8 inches) long.
VOICE: https://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Oceanodroma-leucorhoa
NAME: The English name 'Leach's' was given to this storm petrel in memory of William E. Leach, an English marine biologist.. The name 'Petrel' has its origin in St. Peter walking on the water, because petrels seem to 'walk' on the water when feeding. It is named 'storm' because seamen associated it with bad weather. The Latin genus name 'Oceanodroma' means roughly 'running over the ocean', an allusion to the bird's seemingly walking on the water. The Latin species name 'leucorhoa' means 'white rump', for its white coverts (the feathers above the tail).
HABITAT: Open ocean areas where cold and warm currents meet.
DIET: This species of petrel feeds in ocean areas where cold and warm currents meet and bring swarms of small crustaceans near the surface. They usually don't dive. They will follow whales and dolphins for sources of food, but not fishing boats.
NESTING: Leach's storm petrels build their nests in burrows, sometimes including several branches with nests in the end chambers. Those chambers are then lined with plant material. As with other seabirds, they only visit their nests at night, and walk clumsily on land. The largest colonies are located in Newfoundland, but there are also large ones in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the Maritimes. One white egg is laid, which is incubated by both parents, who also both feed the young by regurgitation.
DISTRIBUTION: This petrel breeds on remote islands near the coasts of North America and Asia. It winters in the tropical seas, including Hawaii sometimes.
DISTRIBUTION MAP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leach%27s_storm_petrel#/media/File:Oceanodroma_leucorhoa_map.svg
ON PEI: The Leach's storm petrel does not breed on Prince Edward Island. It is absent from the island in spring and winter, and uncommon in summer and fall. However sightings are more likely following storms.
CONSERVATION: The Leach's storm petrel is listed as 'vulnerable' by the IUCN, due to steady declines in its global population. However trends are difficult to assess due to the nocturnal habits of this species when breeding, remoteness of breeding sites, and pelagic behavior. One major threat comes from introduced mammals such as rats and mice on breeding sites. Another one is from predatory birds such as gulls, which hunt them at night on their breeding sites, while another one is collision and stranding due to their attraction to artificial light. There are measures taken in some places to eliminate rodents from the bird's breeding areas, and also to protect the birds from colliding with sources of artificial light.
NOTES: The Leach's Storm Petrel is a pelagic (lives on the open ocean) seabird that only comes to land when breeding, or when pushed inland following storms (hence the name).
Petrels are part of an order of birds that includes seabirds with a 'tubenose' bill. This highly specialized bill is made of plates and the nostrils are inside one of them in the shape of a 'tube'. These birds drink seawater, and they have glands in their bill to extract the salt from the water. Their nostrils also have a self-defensive feature – when threatened they can spit out a foul-smelling oil from that organ. Petrels also have a high sense of olfaction and their bill is equipped to detect food sources near the water surface.
SIMILAR SPECIES: Wilson's Storm Petrel
REFERENCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leach%27s_storm_petrel
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/leachs-storm-petrel
https://birdtherock.com/tag/leachs-storm-petrel/
Leach's Storm-Petrel (.pdf document, Alaska Fish and Wildlife Service)
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/618/_/Leachs_Storm-Petrel.aspx
Leach's Storm Petrel – Apr. 4, 2006 – C. Schlawe, USFWS
Leach's Storm Petrel – Fippennies Ledge off Cape Cod – Aug. 18, 2010 – Eric Masterson

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America's First Supermarket
I have always said that the landscape of retail is ever-changing. Stores we were used to shopping in when we were younger have given way to different companies, different concepts, newer technology, and of course the changing faces of the employees. Some companies that were once iconic in stature and many that were household names have now been reduced to a fond, but distant, memory.
Although their first stores opened in Queens beginning way back in 1930, when I think of King Kullen, I usually think of Long Island. Considering all 37 of their current stores, when you include the five Wild by Nature's, are on Long Island, it is pretty understandable why I think that. When I first became a Union Representative, King Kullen was a large part of my life. Truthfully, I was in one or two practically every day representing our members that worked there. Over the years I serviced Long Island, I came to know my members (and all of the managers for that matter) very well. I can honestly say that I feel as if I have grown up and grown older with the Kullen folks.
As I am sure most of you reading this know, in January of this year Stop & Shop announced plans to acquire the King Kullen supermarket chain. Although the rumor mill had been churning for the better part of two years regarding a suitor for King Kullen, the news from Stop & Shop was abrupt and still shocking. Typically, when there is a merger or acquisition, so many variables are presented, and many questions arise. This would be one of the largest events to happen in the history of Local 1500. The company with the largest membership that we represent is acquiring the company with our second largest membership.
Some of the questions that immediately came to mind are: So, what does this mean? When will this acquisition take place? What will become of the buildings that Kullen currently operates? What happens with Stop & Shop and Kullen stores that are near each other? Will any of the stores close? Will Stop & Shop be buying all of the stores? Will Stop & Shop keep the King Kullen or Wild by Nature banners up, or flip all of the stores to their own banner? What will become of the employees in the Kullen stores? Is Stop & Shop absorbing everyone if they close any stores?
All of these questions and many more are very real and very valid. Although we have spoken with Stop & Shop & King Kullen executives several times since the announcement, the merger is pending Federal Trade Commission approval and the formal closing procedure. That means that the government has a say in which stores and how many stores Stop & Shop can purchase. In the past, the FTC has forced companies to divest several stores before approving a merger or acquisition. So, most of the questions you or I can think of, cannot be accurately answered until the FTC weighs in and officially rules on the acquisition.
One thing, however, is certain. Whichever direction this merger/acquisition goes, Local 1500 will make sure that all the proper processes are followed. Our commitment is to ensure the members of Local 1500 are protected and are as minimally affected during this process as possible. There is a lot of unknown ahead, especially for the Kullen group, and we intend to make sure that group is comfortable in this transition. We have had much experience over the years with companies acquiring stores and the treatment of the acquired group of people. We have witnessed somewhat easy transitions, and we have fought vehemently in other cases to protect the rights of our members.
Another thing that I know is what our experience has been when Stop & Shop has acquired stores in the past. We have a long history of positive results in those instances. Dating back to the late 1990's, Stop & Shop purchased Edwards, and kept everyone 'whole', eventually integrating that group of people into the Stop & Shop contract. In the early 2000's, Stop and Shop purchased Grand Union stores. Again, a relatively smooth transition. The stores in upstate New York had been non-Union at the time, and some of those employees were paying $60 per week for their medical benefits back then. I remember several of the Grand Union employees approaching us and thanking Local 1500 for their "$60 per week raise"—since they didn't have to pay that weekly medical premium anymore when they joined our Union. It was a good feeling. I wonder how much those employees would have been paying weekly now--almost twenty years later had we not started representing them? Then there was Stop & Shop's acquisition of 25 A&P stores in late 2015 (twelve of which were our Pathmark supermarkets) during the A&P liquidation auction. Local 1500 aggressively bargained an acquisition contract for those former Pathmark members, ultimately maintaining all of their rates of pay, entitlements and other workplace protections.
Now, don't get me wrong, I am not saying life with Stop & Shop is always a smooth experience. We have had a few very difficult contract cycles in the past where we needed all of your help to succeed. There have been very difficult times and you can bet there will be difficult times to come. What I am saying is that when it has come to acquiring employees from another company, we have had an overall positive experience with them, and expect nothing short of the same cooperation with Stop and Shop during the King Kullen acquisition.
For the employee that ends working for one company, and begins working for another, through no fault of their own, it can be a very difficult and exhausting experience. One riddled with uncertainty, doubt, and fear. That is to be expected, especially when there are no guarantees when going into a transition of this magnitude. To my King Kullen brothers and sisters, my message to you is that we have, as we always do, your best interests at heart. We will not allow you to lose everything you have worked so hard and fought for. Rest assured that my team will be working day and night, once this begins to take shape, to see this transition through, and will make sure the right thing is done by each and every one of you.
My message to every member of Local 1500 is: Continue to stay strong and committed to your Union, and we will weather any storm that comes our way. Know that whether you recently became a member of Local 1500 or you've worked for America's first supermarket for forty-nine years, our Union will always stand firm alongside you.


I have been thinking what manicure I should do for my wedding, so I decided it's time to start playing with my nails and see what would be suitable for me. This is a bridal manicure I did, maybe a little clumsy, but you can take some idea of what I had in mind.
First, I put a base coat on the tips of my nails and then I dipped them in the silverdust. With the base coat again and a toothpick I stuck the blue gems. When they dried, I removed the extra silverdust with a little brush.
I chose blue for the gems as it is a colour which I am going to use at the wedding. In the next pictures I have put my hand over my invitations which are in baby blue colour.


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Peloton's 2020 Rally Tops 470% in Wake of Lauded Precor Deal
Ryan Vlastelica
Dec 22 2020, 8:23 PM Dec 23 2020, 5:50 AM December 22 2020, 8:23 PM December 23 2020, 5:50 AM
(Bloomberg) -- Peloton Interactive Inc. shares soared on Tuesday, with the stock extending a move into record territory after it agreed to buy fitness-equipment company Precor, an acquisition that received rave reviews from Wall Street analysts.
A number of firms raised their price targets on the stock, seeing the deal as a way for Peloton to improve its manufacturing capacity and meet the elevated demand its exercise equipment has been seeing.
The stock gained as much as 14% and was on track for its seventh straight advance, its longest streak since February. The shares have gained as much as 40% over the seven-day rally, bringing its year-to-date advance to 475%.
Peloton has been among the most high-profile winners of the Covid era, with consumers looking to at-home fitness options amid closures of gyms and other facilities. That demand has resulted in supply-chain delays and longer lead times, factors that the Precor deal is seen as addressing.
KeyBanc Capital Markets called the deal "highly synergistic and supportive of long-term growth," as the increase in manufacturing capacity "should provide increased supply chain flexibility," addressing a primary impediment to growth. Telsey Advisory Group wrote that the deal "should boost sales and improve the customer experience" by expanding Peloton's manufacturing capabilities.
At least four firms raised their price targets on the stock, bringing the average to $144, up from about $137 over the weekend. The current average is roughly even with the stock's most recent close.
Wall Street is broadly positive on Peloton's long-term prospects. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, 24 firms recommend buying the stock, compared with only one with the equivalent of a sell rating. Three firms have neutral views of the stock.


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Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy after preoperative therapy for stage II and III breast cancer
Glen C. Balch, Suhail K. Mithani, Ken R. Richards, R. Daniel Beauchamp, Mark C. Kelley
Background: We evaluated the accuracy of sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) in patients with stage II and III breast cancer who had received preoperative therapy. Methods: A prospective clinical trial evaluated 122 patients who had SLND followed by axillary lymph node dissection. Thirty-two women had stage II or III breast cancer and received preoperative doxorubicin-based chemotherapy or paclitaxel and radiotherapy. Results: A sentinel lymph node (SLN) was identified in 31 (97%) of 32 patients. The SLN predicted the status of the axillary nodes in 30 (97%) of 31 patients. Eighteen (58%) of 31 had metastases in the SLN. Eighteen of 19 patients with axillary metastases had a tumor-positive SLN (sensitivity, 95%; false-negative rate, 5%). Eight (44%) of 18 women with metastases in the SLN also had metastases in 1 or more nonsentinel nodes. Conclusions: In this relatively small study, the accuracy of SLND in women with stage II or III breast cancer treated with preoperative therapy was similar to that achieved in early-stage breast cancer. If these results are confirmed in a larger cohort, it may be feasible to substitute SLND for routine axillary lymph node dissection in this population. This approach could reduce the morbidity of surgical therapy while preserving the accuracy of axillary staging and maintaining regional control in this high-risk population.
Annals of Surgical Oncology
https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2003.05.012
Lymphatic mapping
Preoperative chemotherapy
Preoperative radiotherapy
Sentinel lymph node dissection
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Balch, G. C., Mithani, S. K., Richards, K. R., Beauchamp, R. D., & Kelley, M. C. (2003). Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy after preoperative therapy for stage II and III breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 10(6), 616-621. https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2003.05.012
Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy after preoperative therapy for stage II and III breast cancer. / Balch, Glen C.; Mithani, Suhail K.; Richards, Ken R. et al.
In: Annals of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 10, No. 6, 2003, p. 616-621.
Balch, GC, Mithani, SK, Richards, KR, Beauchamp, RD & Kelley, MC 2003, 'Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy after preoperative therapy for stage II and III breast cancer', Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 616-621. https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2003.05.012
Balch GC, Mithani SK, Richards KR, Beauchamp RD, Kelley MC. Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy after preoperative therapy for stage II and III breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2003;10(6):616-621. doi: 10.1245/ASO.2003.05.012
Balch, Glen C. ; Mithani, Suhail K. ; Richards, Ken R. et al. / Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy after preoperative therapy for stage II and III breast cancer. In: Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2003 ; Vol. 10, No. 6. pp. 616-621.
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New venue to blend liberal and performing arts
Initiatives will bring orchestra out of Sayles, new faculty members to Brown, Brown to Berlin
Media by Eli White | The Brown Daily Herald
By Catherine Walker-Jacks
March 10, 2015 | 12:23am EDT
The University will likely have a site selected for its new performing arts venue by this summer, said Michael Steinberg, vice provost for the arts. Other key initiatives Steinberg is currently pursuing include better integrating the arts into the greater Brown curriculum and establishing a "global conservatory" in Berlin.
"Brown has decided it's going to do something very exciting with the arts that combines the arts with the liberal arts," Steinberg said. Specifically, the University is looking to blend the arts more fully into the liberal arts curriculum, including both humanities and sciences, he added.
Steinberg said there are "two halves" to completing this goal: the program and the facilities.
"There is a commitment to develop both sides of that. And to think of an academic program that will, in fact, combine arts and the liberal arts education with new possibilities, new resources, new programs, new faculty and new kinds of faculty," he said.
Hiring visiting professors and academics in art-related fields will be important for integrating arts within other departments. Steinberg said that the process is in motion and requires a lot of conversation with departments, faculty members and students.
"We've been brainstorming with groups of students and faculty about what they would like to see happen at Brown. … The kinds of faculty, the kinds of programs, the kinds of space on campus, but also off-campus" are all topics of discussion, Steinberg said.
The University hopes to have a campus site for a new performance venue chosen by this summer, Steinberg said.
"We've been working with some very interesting design and consulting firms in New York to talk to about not only the site but the type of space and also the kind of acoustics for the performance space," he said.
Grace Stokan '16 and Dharsan Chandrakumar '18, members of the orchestra, stressed the need for and expressed excitement about a new performance venue on campus.
"We have quite a good music program, so we really should have the facilities for it," Stokan said.
Currently, the orchestra performs in Sayles Hall, a space that both students said is inadequate due to its poor acoustics and limited seating.
In envisioning a new venue, Stokan said she would love a "classical style to match the old architecture on Brown's campus," but, more than anything else, the venue should be "acoustically good and fit a large audience comfortably."
A new performance space would be an "investment," Chandrakumar said. But it could "attract a lot of interest in the school from prospective students" and "make attending orchestra performances more enticing" he said.
Steinberg said that the new facility would have both performance and studio space, and include "various kinds of incubator spaces for collaborative projects that will involve visiting artists and students." He hopes that the new facility "will become a kind of hub of creative life on campus."
Steinberg also stressed a "global component" of his initiatives that would provide students with expanded opportunities away from Providence. A major project in the works is to establish a "global conservatory" program in Berlin, beginning with partnerships with existing programs.
Steinberg cited the city's unique history of being "not only a major city, but a city of cultural and political encounter" and a "pioneering city with a long history in the arts."
Brown will be aided by its "several key partners in Berlin" Steinberg said, including three major Berlin universities, U.S. colleges with Berlin campuses and other smaller research and arts institutions in the city.
Steinberg hopes that collaboration will start this summer for a few Brown students with a theater program in Berlin run by Bard College. There is an existing program for Brown students in Berlin that is run by the Department of German Studies that "will be very important as an example," Steinberg said.
Steinberg added that he has taken three groups of students to Berlin on pilot programs over spring break in the last four years. "They've all had to write reports about how Berlin could become important to their curriculum, and so I've gotten a lot of feedback from students who are very excited about it," he said.
This initiative "is growing," Steinberg said, adding that he thinks "there will be several stages to it."
There are many opportunities for professional opportunities for students in the arts in Berlin, and Brown has many contacts, "either direct or indirect, with artists who have studios in Berlin" that offer internship programs, Steinberg said.
These include internships with artists in all fields, including visual arts, graphics, music, museum studies and more, he said. This year, Steinberg added, a student has applied for a summer internship in Berlin with one of the most famous installation sculpture artists in the world.
Brown has the chance to combine the arts with the liberal arts "in a really cutting-edge way," Steinberg said. "And frankly, I don't think that's been done."
Steinberg, formerly the director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities and a professor of history, said he is enjoying his role as vice provost for the arts, a new position the administration announced in November. "I get to talk to all sorts of people both off campus and on campus and brainstorm with creative people." Steinberg assumed the position Jan. 1.
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Collections › MESDA Collection › Mary (Blount) Pettigrew
Mary (Blount) Pettigrew
Williams, William Joseph
Edenton North Carolina United States of America
pastel on paper mounted on canvas
__HOA 26″ __ __WOA 20″
SITTER: Mary (Blount) Pettigrew, nee Mary Blount (d.1786), married the Reverend Charles Pettigrew of Edenton, North Carolina in 1778. The couple lived near Edenton until February 1786, when they moved to "Belgrade" on Harvey's Neck in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Shortly after the move, Mrs. Pettigrew gave birth to stillborn twins; she shortly afterwards in March, 1786 from complications.
A Mary Blount was one of the signers of the Edenton "Tea Party" Resolution on October 25, 1774 and there is a good possibility that the subject of this portrait was that signer.
ARTIST: William Joseph Williams was born in New York City in 1759, and was a nephew of the painter John Mare (1739-1802/3) who worked in New York, New England, and North Carolina. Williams was trained in New York—perhaps by Mare—and his earliest known works are dated 1783 from that city. Although it is known that he worked in oil, all of his surviving works are pastel on paper.
Williams pursued a life-long career as an itinerant painter, living and working in Edenton, North Carolina (1785), Virginia (1793), Philadelphia (1796), Georgetown, District of Columbia (1798), Charleston, South Carolina (1801-1804), New Bern, North Carolina (1804-1807), and New York City (1807-1817).
In Edenton in 1785 he lived in the household of his uncle, John Mare, where he drew portraits of, among others, the Reverend Charles Pettigrew and his wife Mary Blount Pettigrew (MESDA acc. 3332, 3333). In Virginia in 1793-94 he spent time in Culpeper County, where he drew portraits of Colonel John Jameson, his wife Elizabeth (Davenport) Jameson, and her father Birkett Davenport (MESDA acc. 2961.1-3)
He concluded his life as an itinerant artist in New Bern, North Carolina, where he worked and taught at the New Bern Academy. In 1821 he converted to Roman Catholicism with his family and added the middle name Joseph. He died in New Bern in 1822.
FRAME: The pastel portrait remains in its original frame.
RELATED WORKS: MESDA owns five pastels by William Joseph Williams: portraits of the Reverend Charles Pettigrew and his wife Mary Blount Pettigrew (MESDA acc. 3332, 3333) done in Edenton, North Carolina, and portraits of Colonel John Jameson, his wife Elizabeth (Davenport) Jameson, and her father Birkett Davenport (MESDA acc. 2961.1-3) done in Culpeper County, Virginia.
DESCRIPTION: Portrait, pastel on canvas, of woman wearing a white hat. She also wears a blue dress with a white bow in the front, and white around the sleeves. She has auburn hair and blue eyes. A string is tied around her neck. There is a sheer piece of lace around her neck and bust. The background is brown, and it is highlighted in blue directly behind her face.
J. M. Robinson Purchase Fund


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Utah sued by LGBT groups over 'discriminatory' laws
Joseph McCormick January 26, 2017
LGBT groups in Utah are asking a judge to stop laws which discriminate by stopping students from talking about gay issues in schools.
The laws prohibit instruction on the "advocacy of homosexuality," as well as banning talking about contraceptives and sex outside of marriage.
A law enacted in the mid 1990s also bans gay-straight alliance clubs in schools, which is being challenged in the lawsuit.
Equality Utah and the National Center for Lesbian Rights released a statement today stating that the anti-LGBT laws create a "chilling culture of silence that stigmatises LGBTQ students."
Lawyers for the groups wrote in a filing: "Its only purpose is to express the state's moral disapproval of 'homosexuality' and codify the views of those within the community who harbour such disapproval."
The state has already asked for the case to be dismissed.
It says that the lawsuit selectively chooses parts of state law and some specific school rules.
The state school board should be immune to the lawsuit, saying it should be dismissed.
The state-wide sex education bill was passed in 2001, and the Utah State Board of Education also adopted similar rules a year later.
Those in support of the law say it bans talking about any kind of sex in schools.
Plaintiffs in the case include three Utah students.
"The prohibition tells gay students that their sexual orientation is less valid than that of heterosexual students, and, thus, that they themselves are less valued," lawyers wrote in the filing.
More: Law, school, sex education, state, US, Utah


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OT: closing in on one little piece of closure.
I am closing in on a piece of closure; my dad will be going to a memory care facility tomorrow. While I love him dearly none of us is able to supply the round the clock attention and care he needs to cope effectively with his level of Dementia. Tomorrow afternoon my wife and I will pull the rest of the financial papers and valuables out of the house for safekeeping and head back up to Austin to resume, as best we can, the life we've created for ourselves there.
I understand that there will be emergencies, calls in the night, unexpected and confused stuff that comes at us out of left field, but my therapy and salvation has always been doing my work. There is a comfort in the consistency of getting up and packing the car, greeting clients, setting up lighting, engaging in repartee with portrait subjects. Puzzle solving on the annual report shoots. Creating the flow of video production. The familiarity and mastery are tied together and create a comfort for me that I can't really explain.
It will also be good to sleep in my own bed instead of on the fold-out couch half asleep, waiting to hear if my father stirs in the middle of the night and needs to be reminded of where the bathroom is.
On Tues. morning Ben and I will pack up the car and head over the theater to get that one last interview I need in order to start editing a project we've been working on since before Christmas. We don't really need footage from a second camera but I think the boy wanted to attend to keep an eye on his own father. To be able to step in if I've overestimated my own emotional resilience and need a gentle reminder that life goes on and work goes on and that's okay.
This is probably the last post I'll write about my parents. There's a ton to learn but it's mostly lessons for me. It's time we got back into the mad throes of photography. Anyone up for a good Canon versus Nikon fight? How about the ongoing exercise in hermeneutics over mirrorless vs DSLRs? No one? I guess well just have to start right in about the insane price of the fully tricked out Pro iMac..... Till then. Kirk Out.
An interesting exercise for a working photographer: spend a week in you parent's house looking at all the family photographs.
Much younger versions of Ben and Studio Dog.
I am as guilty as any other photographer of looking mostly at my best work. It's stored in archival museum boxes, trendy and expensive folios and stacks of yellow Kodak and red Agfa printing paper boxes. I can open a box and look at street scenes that were lovingly printed on black and white paper. I can open a filing cabinet and flip through page after page of transparencies, the subjects of which were meticulously lit with expensive lighting systems and captured with precision medium format camera systems. If this is all I ever look at I come away with a very skewed and very elitist understanding of what photography means; what function it ultimately serves hundreds of millions of families. Billions of people.
Everywhere I look in my parent's modest home I see photographs. None of them are landscapes. None of them are particularly artful or academic. There are no blurry street scenes nor are there "compelling" shots of food or really any of the work you would expect to see on Instagram or Flickr.
Instead the photographs behind all kinds of frames create a visual history of my brother, sister and me as we grew up and then there is a newer layer of the images that track grandchildren from infancy through college.
Few of the images were "professionally" done. There is the portrait I paid for on my parents' 50th anniversary which was done by San Antonio photographer, Charles Parish. It's a beautiful image of my folks at the apex of their health and good fortune standing in a local park with each other. I had prints made for my parents as well as me and my siblings. But there is an equally compelling snapshot of them a number of years later, taken in low light after a family dinner at our favorite restaurant, Cappy's. My parents weren't so much posed as they were frozen in their tracks but the image represents the last "marker" of the time before the slow decay from health issues started to surface more obviously. By the time this photo was taken my dad started walking with a cane and my mother started to seem frail.
In their kitchen hangs two different combination frames that each contain about a dozen smaller images of various sizes. A random compiling of images; each from a certain slice of time. One frame includes a shot of my dad in a tie and white shirt at work. A more recent one is of my brother in law holing a book and mugging for the camera. In the center is a snapshot that I think I had taken of my mother's mother (at 95) with my brother's son at toddler age in her lap, in a rocking chair. She's reading him a book with the light coming from one side through a large window.
To the right of that is an image of Belinda as a very young adult with her legs drawn up and her hands wrapped around her knees. My gosh, she seems so young. Over on the right of the frame is a photograph of me, taken from one side, intently focusing a camera with a silver lens on it. My hair is curly and brown.
The images are strewn through the house as if deposited by a neat hurricane. Every bookshelf is covered with images of their grandchildren. Some of the images were taken at school by services like Olan Mills and the others were supplied in an endless series by proud parents with a range of photographic skills. The value of the image always a reflection of the emotion presented and never calculated by the spit and polish of technique. Each antique dresser is covered with images from a different time strata of our collective existence. The tall dresser in the rear bedroom of the house seems to be home to ancient, professionally done, black and white photographs of my grandparents. Perfect poses and exacting and exquisite lighting delivered to quality papers that have already stood the test of time without degradation. 70 to 80 years, in some cases with no ill effects.
While there is a difference in the posed, professional images and the more candid ones the candid ones benefit from having had the operator in the right place at the right time with the right intention.
The perfect inventory in the house is a blend of the two styles. One showing the moment and the action, the other showing a formal perfection of the person being photographed.
Another layer is represented by the books I found in a box. These were little, plastic albums that my wife made for my mother and my wife's mother for the "Mother's Days" from the time of Ben's childhood. Each book contains 50 or more images that were taken of Ben doing activities or being held, or hanging out with family members. Each book covers one year. There were 15 years of them in the carefully stored boxes. I sat down with a few of the books and looked at the 4x6 inch prints in succession. In one Ben plays King Arthur in a school play and those photographs are followed by ones in which Ben is winning a ribbon at a swim meet. These are followed by images of Ben and his entry to the Science Fair. Most of these were taken by me or Ben's mom, Belinda. The images recreate the moments for me that resonate with a certain intensity I did not expect. But certainly relish.
Tomorrow I'll be checking my dad into Memory Care and, with my brother and sister absent, the task falls to me to curate a collection from a houseful of time capsules into a small selection that will fit on the tops of his dresser, end table and bedside table in his new apartment. I'm casting aside my snobbishness about execution in order to be open to trying to understand which moments and expressions will ultimately serve my father's sense of calm and continuity best.
This has been a valuable learning experience for me. I need to learn to cast aside the pursuit of trying to be aesthetically present all the time in my work and leave much more space for happy accidents and testaments to the "here and now." I need to forget the stuffy artifice of finding just the right lens or just the right aperture and instead shoot with a more joyous abandon. I've come to realize that, with family photographs, it's all about the memories that the images convey. They don't stand alone but are forever locked with meaning by the context of our own histories.
There is very little drama in my family. My parents come from Pennsylvania stock on both sides. My paternal grandfather was a banker. My maternal grandfather worked in the Pennsylvania court system for 50 years. My parents come from staid and conservative stock. But in the photographs of my family the little eccentricities are in evidence in the photographs of each subsequent generation.
A trip to the family home might bring back a feeling of relevance to many photographers who have grown stale in their work. They might excavate and discover just how essential the emotional content of photographs is to their ultimate success. Not a success of gallery adoration, necessarily, but as a record of the continuous process of existence that is the nature of family.
No "Family of Man" here. Just the shiny bright moments of discovery and happiness evinced in the pride filled collection of visual or metaphoric kisses.


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Martha S. "Marty" Potter
Obituary of Martha S. Potter
86, passed away on March 19th, 2022.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Harold H. Potter "Bud," and is survived by four children and their respective spouses: Linda & Michael Davis, Gary & Mandy Potter, Bruce & Nita Potter, and Dawn & Kerry Lundin, as well as 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Marty was born in Arlington, Virginia and later moved to the Washington, DC area. She worked as a Systems Command Accountant for the Navy Department, until early retirement to move to Florida in 1979.
She is a long-time member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 3747 34th St. S., St Petersburg FL 33711, where a memorial service will be held on Tuesday, April 19 at 11am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Suncoast Hospice Pinellas, https://suncoasthospice.org/online-donations/, who cared for her husband, Bud, in his final days.


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\section*{Introduction}

I obtained observations with a new grism\cite{EISNER+07b}
(a dispersive element consisting of a diffraction grating
on the vertex of a prism)
at the Keck Interferometer\cite{CW03,COLAVITA+03}
that show, for the first time, evidence of spatially resolved gaseous
spectral-line emission interior to the edge of the dusty disk around a young
star, MWC 480.  My observations provide a
spectral dispersion of $R=230$ from 2.0 to 2.4 $\mu$m wavelength,
and an angular resolution of approximately 1 milli-arcsecond
(mas; 1 mas $\approx$ 5 nano-radians), which is $\sim 0.1$ astronomical units
(AU) at the 140 parsec distance to the target (the source is located in the
Taurus-Auriga star forming complex).
MWC 480 has a stellar mass of $2.3$ M$_{\odot}$, an age of
$\sim 6$ Myr, and a circumstellar
disk of dust and gas in Keplerian rotation\cite{MKS97}. Previous
observations found that the dusty component of the disk extended to within
$\sim 0.5$ AU of the central star\cite{EISNER+04,MONNIER+06}, and suggested
the presence of hot gaseous emission at even smaller stellocentric
radii\cite{EISNER+07a}.  My observations confirm these suggestions, and
resolve hydrogen gas and water vapor in the inner disk.

My interferometry data provide a measurement of the angular size of the
circumstellar emission from MWC 480 as a function of wavelength (Figure 1).
The spectral dependence of the angular size indicates a radial temperature
gradient.  Since cooler material emits relatively more radiation
at longer wavelengths,  an outwardly decreasing temperature gradient yields
an increasing fraction of emission from larger radii, and hence a larger
angular size, at longer wavelengths.
The temperature gradient probably arises from multiple components at different
stellocentric radii\cite{EISNER+07a}: warm dust at radii where temperatures
approach the dust sublimation temperature, and hotter gas at smaller radii.

Figure 1 also shows more compact emission at 2.165 $\mu$m relative
to the surrounding continuum.  This dip corresponds to the wavelength of the
Br$\gamma$ electronic transition ($n=7 \rightarrow 4$) of hydrogen.
The Br$\gamma$ emission observed from MWC 480 traces very hot
gas ($\sim 10^4$ K) that has recently recombined from
ionized hydrogen\cite{OSTERBROCK89}, presumably in the inner
reaches of an accretion column.

To match the features of Figure 1, I constructed a simple physical model and
fitted it directly to the measured $V^2$ and fluxes.  The model
accounts for emission of the unresolved central star, circumstellar
continuum emission from hot gas, spectral-line emission from hydrogen
(Br$\gamma$), and continuum emission from warm dust.
I take each emission component to be a uniform ring whose
width is 20\% of its radius.  This multiple-ring model approximates a
continuous disk where dust, gas, and individual gaseous atoms or molecules
contribute emission at different size scales. It has been shown previously
that ring models provide reasonable approximations to more complex
models of inner disk regions\cite{EISNER+04,IN05}.
I also assume that the gaseous continuum and Br$\gamma$ emission originate
from stellocentric radii smaller than 0.1 AU; given the $\sim 1$ mas angular
resolution of my observations, I can not accurately distinguish
between smaller radii, although I can rule out larger radii.

As indicated in Figure 2,
the model fits the data well over most of the spectral bandpass.
However, there are substantial deviations between the model predictions
and the data in the region between 2.0 and 2.1 $\mu$m (particularly for the
fluxes).  These deviations suggest the presence of hot water vapor, which has
substantial opacity from 2.0 to 2.1 $\mu$m, in the inner disk
of MWC 480.  I include water vapor in the model by adding a ring of
material with the opacity of water vapor\cite{LUDWIG71}.  The superior quality
of the fit when water is included clearly demonstrates the presence of H$_2$O
in the inner disk of MWC 480 (for further arguments why the model
must include water vapor emission in order to match the data, see the
Supplementary Information section).

The best-fit model includes
compact gaseous continuum emission with a temperature of
$2410 \pm 125$ K and Br$\gamma$ emission
that adds $17\% \pm 7\%$ to this gaseous continuum flux at 2.165 $\mu$m; these
components are situated at stellocentric radii $<0.1$ AU.  Water vapor
emission is located at a radius of $0.16 \pm 0.05$ AU.  The temperature of
this material is $2300 \pm 120$ K and the column density is
$1.2 \pm 0.6 \times 10^{19}$ cm$^{-2}$.  Dust emission
originates from a radius of $0.28 \pm 0.01$ AU and has a temperature of
$1200 \pm 60$ K.  Quoted 1$\sigma$
uncertainties are quadrature sums of statistical
uncertainties in the fits and assumed 5\% systematic errors.

I illustrate the basic geometry of the innermost regions of MWC 480 in
Figure 3.  As inferred from the data, gaseous emission is found at
substantially smaller stellocentric radii than the dust. The inner edge of the
dust disk lies at $\sim 0.3$ AU, where the disk temperature approaches the
sublimation temperature of silicate dust\cite{POLLACK+94}.
Because I also include contributions from gas in my analysis, the inferred
dust size is larger, and the temperature lower, than in previous work where
only dust emission was considered\cite{EISNER+04,MONNIER+06}.
Emission from H$_2$O is
found at $\sim 0.15$ AU, and hot gaseous continuum and Br$\gamma$ emission
at still smaller radii ($<0.1$ AU).
The observed Br$\gamma$ emission probably originates in an accretion column,
near the shock formed when infalling material
impacts high latitude regions of the star\cite{KONIGL91,NCT96,CG98}.

My results substantiate models of inner disk structure
proposed previously for similar star+disk systems\cite{MUZEROLLE+04}.
Comparison with these models suggests that
in order to reproduce the ratio of flux in the gas and dust components
determined here ($\sim 0.5$), a mass accretion rate $\mathrel{\hbox{\rlap{\hbox{\lower4pt\hbox{$\sim$}}}\hbox{$>$}}} 10^{-7}$
M$_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$ must be invoked for MWC 480.  At such high accretion
rates, the inner disk gas becomes optically thick to its own radiation, and
can therefore produce relatively more flux.  Furthermore, models with this
high accretion rate produce strong Br$\gamma$ emission, consistent with my
detection.  My measurement of gas interior to the
edge of the dust disk also confirms previous suggestions of such structure
based on modeling of spatially unresolved (but spectrally resolved)
observations of gaseous emission lines\cite{NCT96,CTN04,NAJITA+06} or very
low dispersion interferometric measurements\cite{EISNER+07a}.

The finding that gaseous emission, and Br$\gamma$ emission in particular,
lies within the edge of the dusty component in protoplanetary disks contrasts
with previous interferometric studies of young stars.
Previous work found the Br$\gamma$ emission to
lie at radii equal to or larger than the dust, implying an origin of the
emission in an outflowing wind\cite{MALBET+07,TATULLI+07}.
The differing results
for MWC 480 and the two previously observed sources may stem from
different luminosities of the objects.  MWC 480 is orders of magnitude
less luminous than MWC 297\cite{EISNER+04}, for which the Br$\gamma$ emission
is more extended than the dust emission\cite{MALBET+07}, and approximately half
as luminous at HD 104237\cite{VDA+98}, for which the Br$\gamma$ and dust
emission have comparable size scales\cite{TATULLI+07}.  Br$\gamma$ emission
probably traces both accreting and outflowing components in all of these
sources to some extent, but the accretion appears to increasingly dominate the
emission for lower-luminosity stars.

The distribution of gas at stellocentric radii $<0.1$ AU in the inner disk of
MWC 480 shows that material is present in this protoplanetary disk at radii
comparable to the semi-major axes of short-period exoplanets\cite{MARCY+05}.
This finding supports the
hypothesis that giant planet migration is halted in resonances with the
inner edge of the gaseous disk\cite{LBR96,NAJITA+06}.  Future observations of
gaseous disk truncation radii in solar-type T Tauri stars will enable
direct comparison with exoplanets, which are predominantly found around
solar-type stars.

The presence of water vapor in the inner regions of the
protoplanetary disk surrounding MWC 480 constrains how water
(and other material) is transported in the disk terrestrial zone.
Because water beyond the ice-line is in solid form, a concentration gradient
tends to push water vapor out of the inner disk; the fact that I observe
this inner disk vapor suggests continual replenishment through the sublimation
of inwardly migrating icy bodies\cite{CC06}.  Water vapor in disk
terrestrial regions may also enable the {\it in situ} formation of
water-rich planets via adsorption of water onto dust grains and subsequent
growth of these water-laden grains into planetesimals\cite{DRAKE05}.
Finally, as one of the dominant gaseous opacity sources in the near-IR,
water vapor can provide an excellent tracer of the temperature and
velocity structure of inner disk gas\cite{CTN04}.

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Hope everyone had a good Easter break. Back to school tomorrow for a normal Blue Tuesday timetable.
Have a great Easter holiday break. See you all again on Tuesday 23 April (Blue Week).
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At least 58 per cent of Uttarakhand's 78.56 lakh voters cast their votes to seal the fate of 52 candidates in the fray for the hill state's five Lok Sabha constituencies where the battle was mainly between archrivals BJP and Congress.
Medium to brisk polling was recorded in most polling booths in all five seats -- Tehri-Garhwal, Garhwal, Nainital, Almora and Haridwar -- with long queues witnessed in many places and people standing for hours to cast their votes.
"The polling was peaceful and fair. The polling percentage was tentatively 58 per cent," said Chief Electoral Officer Saujanya.
Nainital and Haridwar seats recorded 66 per cent voting which was highest in the state. The lowest turnout of 49 per cent was in Almora seat while it was 50 per cent at Garhwal.
Director General of Police Anil Raturi also said that by and large, the polling was peaceful.
Out of the total 11,229 polling booths, nearly 697 polling booths were declared as 'vulnerable' and 656 as 'critical'. Most of the vulnerable and critical booths were in the plains districts such as Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar and Dehradun.
Over 45,000 security personnel - 16,000 state police personnel, 65 companies of paramilitary forces and 16,000 home guards - were deployed, along with 67,000 polling personnel.
The BJP, which holds all five seats, is a straight fight against the Congress in almost all the five seats, though in Haridwar, the contest is nearly triangular with the Bahujan Samaj Party's Antriksh Saini giving anxious moments to both BJP, which has fielded former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', and the Congress' Ambrish Kumar.
The main focus will be on Nainital seat where Congress General Secretary and former Chief Minister Harish Rawat faces a stiff challenge from BJP state chief Ajay Bhatt.
In Tehri seat, BJP's sitting MP Mala Rajyalaxmi Shah, the daughter-in-law of late Maharaja Manvendra Shah of Tehri, is confronting state Congress chief Pritam Singh.
Garhwal seat also witnessed a straight fight between Congress' Manish Khanduri, son of former Union Minister and Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri of the BJP, and BJP's national Secretary Tirath Singh Rawat.
Union Minister and sitting MP Ajay Tamta is again pitted against Pradip Tamta of Congress in Almora.


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