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High School Sports: Week 5 prep football preview, picks
It's tough to feel bad about a 14-2 week when picking winners.
But when one of your winners from last week ends up losing 49-7, it leaves you with a hollow feeling.
Time to make myself feel better.
We picked Skyview to beat Enumclaw 38-7, and the Storm won 44-7. Hey Storm, how about taking a knee in the third quarter?
We picked Battle Ground to beat Auburn Mountainview 31-14; the Tigers won 33-14.
We picked River Ridge to pick Hockinson 31-17; the Hawks beat the Hawks 28-14. Got the point spread right.
We picked Mountain View to lose to Peninsula 28-14. The Thunder lost 28-6. But the Thunder were on a 98-yard drive as time ran out on the clock. Give them 5 more seconds and they would have scored ... and gone for two ... and got it.
Even though we're 47-9 this season, we're still looking for that perfect score.
Maybe it will come in Week 5.
Here are the Week 5 previews:
FRIDAY'S 4A GSHL GAMES
Skyview (3-1) vs. Camas (4-0)
When, where: 7 p.m., Doc Harris Stadium, Camas.
Last week: Skyview beat Enumclaw 44-7; Camas beat Lakes 53-14.
Game notes: The 4A Greater St. Helens League couldn't open with a better game. Camas' first game in the 4A GSHL ... Skyview is No. 4 in the AP Class 4A rankings; Camas is No. 5 ... Skyview played in the 4A state title game last year; Camas reached the 3A semifinals ... Dare we call this the "Game of the Year" in Southwest Washington? ... The teams have one common opponent so far this year: Lakes. Skyview beat the Lancers 35-14 at home; Camas went on the road for a 53-14 win in what coach Jon Eagle called "as good a performance that I've seen in 30 years of coaching." ... Camas QB Reilly Hennessey has passed for 1,188 yards, including 300-yard games in three of four games this year. ... Skyview QB Jordan Berni has passed for 850 yards.
Columbian's take: Camas has everything going for it right now, a strong offense, a strong defense, and in this game, home-field advantage. Prediction: Camas 31-24
Battle Ground (4-0) vs. Evergreen (2-2)
When, where: 5 p.m., McKenzie Stadium
Radio: KKOV 1550 AM or www.1550talk.com.
Last week: Battle Ground beat Auburn Mountainview 33-14; Evergreen lost to Kelso 35-21.
Game notes: Battle Ground is 4-0 with four wins of 14 points or better. The Tigers have running back averaging 223 yards a game (Kevin Haynes). And they are still looking for a little respect? Well that will happen when you open the season 4-1 and finish 4-5 and out of the playoffs (as what happened to BG last year). A solid win over the Plainsmen would be another big step for the Tigers. ... Wins over Fort (0-4) and Prairie (1-3) and losses to Mountain View (2-2) and Kelso (4-0) show that the Plainsmen are improved, but possibly not quite ready to compete for a playoff spot in the 4A GSHL.
Columbian's take: The Plainsmen had trouble stopping Kelso's ground attack last week. That doesn't bode well for stopping Haynes. Prediction: Battle Ground 34-14
Heritage (1-3) vs. Union (3-1)
When, where: 8 p.m., McKenzie Stadium
Radio: KKOV 1550 AM or www.1550talk.com.
Last week: Heritage beat Decatur 34-33; Union beat Bonney Lake 52-14.
Game notes: After several close calls, Heritage finally broke threw with its first win last week, rallying for a 27-14 deficit to win a Tim Hergert's 14-yard TD reception from Loren Standiford with 1:01 left. ... Standiford leads the region with 1,378 yards and 16 TDs. .. WR Tim Hergert (566 yards, 8 TDs) and E'Lon Mack (445, 6 TDs) rank 1-2 in region in receiving. ... Union QB Nolan Henry completed 12 of 15 passes for 186 yards and rushed for two TDs last week -- all in the first half. ... Union is 4-0 against Heritage all-time, winning by average margin of 51-16.
Columbian's take: Union has struggled with slow starts this year. You don't want to do anything slow against Heritage. But we don't think that will be an issue for the Titans. Prediction: Union 48-28
FRIDAY'S 3A GSHL GAMES
Fort Vancouver (0-4) vs. Columbia River (1-3)
When, where: 7 p.m., Chieftain Stadium, Columbia River HS.
Last week: Fort Vancouver lost to R.A. Long 49-22; Columbia River lost to W.F. West 18-16.
Game notes: Fort QB Jordan Suell passed for 280 yards and two TDs in a loss to R.A. Long. ... Suell has passed for 798 yards this season. ... WR William Doty has 21 catches for 312 yards for the Trappers. ... River has dropped three straight since a Week 1 win over Heritage ... Last week, River rallied for an 18-3 deficit only to lose when a last-second two-point conversion run by QB Clayton Frank was stopped inches short of the goal line.
Columbian's take: Fort is improving, but the Trappers' undersized line will have a hard time stopping Remick Kawawaki. Prediction: Columbia River 48-6
Kelso (4-0) vs. Hudson's Bay (0-4)
When, where: 7 p.m., Kiggins Bowl.
Last week: Kelso beat Evergreen 35-21; Hudson's Bay lost to Ridgefield 56-6.
Game notes: Kelso is 4-0 for the first time since 2004. ... Kelso RB Taylor Radcliffe rushed for 74 yards and had 55-yard punt return for a TD. ... All four of Bay's losses were to 2A GSHL teams, and none of them we close (three were running clock games). ... The Eagles could not manage positive rushing yards as a team against Ridgefield.
Columbian's take: Not much we can say about this one. Prediction: Kelso 48-6
Mountain View (2-2) vs. Prairie (1-3)
When, where: 7 p.m., District Stadium, Battle Ground HS.
Last week: Mountain View lost to Peninsula 28-6; Prairie lost to Mark Morris 28-7.
Game notes: Prairie QB Jacob Austin had his best passing game of the season last week, completing 14 of 21 passes for 125 yards with one TD and no interceptions. ... But the Falcons' running game struggled to gain momentum against the Monarchs. ... For a second consecutive week, Mountain View had two players gain over 100 yards rushings. Last week it was Austin Mace (14 carries, 134 yards) and Carl Falls (14-121). ... The Thunder had two drives that went 99 and 98 yards, but only managed six points.
Columbian's take: Passing has been a struggle for both of these teams this season, so expect this game to move along quickly. Prediction: Mountain View 27-13
FRIDAY'S 2A GSHL GAMES
Hockinson (3-1) vs. Ridgefield (3-1)
When, where: 7 p.m., Ridgefield Stadium, Ridgefield HS.
Last week: Hockinson lost to River Ridge 28-14; Ridgefield beat Hudson's Bay 56-6.
Game notes: This is Ridgefield's first game in the 2A GSHL. ... The Hawks and Spudders have two common opponents -- River Ridge and Hudson's Bay. Both teams went 2-2 against those teams. Hockinson beat Bay 43-8 and lost to River Ridge 28-14; Ridgefield beat Bay 56-6 and lost to River Ridge 61-40. ... Ridgefield fell behind 40-0 in the second quarter to River Ridge. ... Hockinson QB Jess Krahn has passed for 764 yards and 8 TDs. ... Ridgefield QB Gunnar Long has passed for 579 yards and 3 TDs.
Columbian's take: Defense could be the deciding factor in this one. And we'll give the edge to the Hawks' defense. Prediction: Hockinson 26-20
R.A. Long (2-2) vs. Washougal (3-1)
When, where: 7 p.m., Fishback Stadium, Washougal HS.
Last week: R.A. Long beat Fort Vancouver 49-22; Washougal beat Clatskanie (Ore.) 42-26.
Game notes: Washougal's Bobby Jacobs rushed for 226 yards on 14 carries and three touchdowns last week against Clatskanie ... Lumberjacks and Panthers have one common opponent: Fort Vancouver. R.A. Long beat Fort 49-22; Washougal beat Fort 74-7. ... R.A. Long's Jacob Yordy had 105 yards rushing and an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown against Fort. ... Washougal won last year's meeting 42-14. ... R.A. Long's non-league schedule has included 3A Fort and Kelso and 4A Battle Ground.
Columbian's take: Both teams have shown ability to put points on the board this season. This could be a wild one. Prediction: Washougal 37-31
FRIDAY'S 1A TRICO GAMES
White Salmon (2-2, 2-1 Trico) vs. La Center (4-0, 4-0)
When, where: 7 p.m., La Center Middle School.
Last week: La Center beat Castle Rock 28-3; White Salmon beat Kalama 26-15.
Game notes: La Center passed its first test of the 2012 season with a win over Castle Rock. ... The Wildcats broke open a close game with a 21-point fourth quarter. ... Dylan King completed 7 of 21 passes for 184 yards and two TDs last week. ... White Salmon scored two fourth-quarter TDs to beat Kalama. ... La Center routed Kalama 41-16 in Week 3.
Columbian's take: La Center's next league test should come in final two weeks of regular season. Prediction: La Center 40-13
Stevenson (1-3, 1-3) vs. Kalama (0-4, 0-3)
When, where: 7 p.m., Chinook Stadium, Kalama HS
Last week: Stevenson beat Seton Catholic 50-0; Kalama lost to White Salmon 26-15.
Game notes: Stevenson's Zack Irwin rushed for 86 yards and two TDs and added a 21-yard TD reception in the Bulldogs' win over Seton last week. ... Jacob Schneider added 152 yards rushing. ... Kalama finished last week's game with backup QB Mike Clizbe after starter Austin Foresman left with a minor neck injury in the third quarter.
Columbian's take: This is a matchup of two young teams looking to get better as the season progresses. Prediction: Kalama 19-13
Seton Catholic (0-4, 0-4) vs. Toledo (3-1, 3-0)
When, where: 7 p.m., Toledo HS
Last week: Seton Catholic lost to Stevenson 50-0; Toledo beat Ilwaco 62-6.
Game notes: Erik Powell caught three passes for 24 yards for Seton last week. ... Toledo rushed for 298 yards last week vs. Ilwaco ... The Indians built a 49-0 lead by halftime last week.
Columbian's take: The Cougars unlikely to find much success against one of the Trico's stronger teams. Prediction: Toledo 48-6
Ilwaco (1-3, 1-3) vs. Woodland (3-1, 3-0)
When, where: 7 p.m., Woodland HS.
Last week: Ilwaco lost to Toledo 62-6; Woodland lost to Montesano 49-7.
Game notes: Woodland is trying to shake out the cobwebs after a good thumping at the hands of an inspirted Montesano team. ... Hunter Huddleston passed for 156 yards and one TD and rushed for 59 yards against Monte. ... Ilwaco's Keishi Thompson rushed for 86 of Ilwaco's 112 yards of total offense against Toledo.
Columbian's take: Woodland figures to get things back on track this week. Prediction: Woodland 48-6
Source: http://www.columbian.com/weblogs/highschoolsports/2012/sep/27/week-5-prep-football-preview-picks/
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Simulations uncover 'flashy' secrets of merging black holes
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According to Einstein, whenever massive objects interact, they produce gravitational waves -- distortions in the very fabric of space and time -- that ripple outward across the universe at the speed of light. While astronomers have found indirect evidence of these disturbances, the waves have so far eluded direct detection. Ground-based observatories designed to find them are on the verge of achieving greater sensitivities, and many scientists think that this discovery is just a few years away.
Catching gravitational waves from some of the strongest sources -- colliding black holes with millions of times the sun's mass -- will take a little longer. These waves undulate so slowly that they won't be detectable by ground-based facilities. Instead, scientists will need much larger space-based instruments, such as the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, which was endorsed as a high-priority future project by the astronomical community.
A team that includes astrophysicists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is looking forward to that day by using computational models to explore the mergers of supersized black holes. Their most recent work investigates what kind of "flash" might be seen by telescopes when astronomers ultimately find gravitational signals from such an event.
Studying gravitational waves will give astrophysicists an unprecedented opportunity to witness the universe's most extreme phenomena, leading to new insights into the fundamental laws of physics, the death of stars, the birth of black holes and, perhaps, the earliest moments of the universe.
A black hole is an object so massive that nothing, not even light, can escape its gravitational grip. Most big galaxies, including our own Milky Way, contain a central black hole weighing millions of times the sun's mass, and when two galaxies collide, their monster black holes settle into a close binary system.
"The black holes orbit each other and lose orbital energy by emitting strong gravitational waves, and this causes their orbits to shrink. The black holes spiral toward each other and eventually merge," said Goddard astrophysicist John Baker.
Close to these titanic, rapidly moving masses, space and time become repeatedly flexed and warped. Just as a disturbance forms ripples on the surface of a pond, drives seismic waves through Earth, or puts the jiggle in a bowl of Jell-O, the cyclic flexing of space-time near binary black holes produces waves of distortion that race across the universe.
While gravitational waves promise to tell astronomers many things about the bodies that created them, they cannot provide one crucial piece of information -- the precise position of the source. So to really understand a merger event, researchers need an accompanying electromagnetic signal -- a flash of light, ranging from radio waves to X-rays -- that will allow telescopes to pinpoint the merger's host galaxy.
Understanding the electromagnetic counterparts that may accompany a merger involves the daunting task of tracking the complex interactions between the black holes, which can be moving at more than half the speed of light in the last few orbits, and the disks of hot, magnetized gas that surround them. Since 2010, numerous studies using simplifying assumptions have found that mergers could produce a burst of light, but no one knew how commonly this occurred or whether the emission would be strong enough to be detectable from Earth.
To explore the problem in greater detail, a team led by Bruno Giacomazzo at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and including Baker developed computer simulations that for the first time show what happens in the magnetized gas (also called a plasma) in the last stages of a black hole merger. Their study was published in the June 10 edition of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The simulations follow the complex electrical and magnetic interactions in the ionized gas -- known as magnetohydrodynamics -- within the extreme gravitational environment determined by the equations of Einstein's general relativity, a task requiring the use of advanced numerical codes and fast supercomputers.
Both of the simulations reported in the study were run on the Pleiades supercomputer at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. They follow the black holes over their last three orbits and subsequent merger using models both with and without a magnetic field in the gas disk.
Additional simulations were run on the Ranger and Discover supercomputers, respectively located at the University of Texas, Austin, and the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard, in order to investigate the effects of different initial conditions, fewer orbits and other variations.
"What's striking in the magnetic simulation is that the disk's initial magnetic field is rapidly intensified by about 100 times, and the merged black hole is surrounded by a hotter, denser, thinner accretion disk than in the unmagnetized case," Giacomazzo explained.
In the turbulent environment near the merging black holes, the magnetic field intensifies as it becomes twisted and compressed. The team suggests that running the simulation for additional orbits would result in even greater amplification.
The most interesting outcome of the magnetic simulation is the development of a funnel-like structure -- a cleared-out zone that extends up out of the accretion disk near the merged black hole. "This is exactly the type of structure needed to drive the particle jets we see from the centers of black-hole-powered active galaxies," Giacomazzo said.
The most important aspect of the study is the brightness of the merger's flash. The team finds that the magnetic model produces beamed emission that is some 10,000 times brighter than those seen in previous studies, which took the simplifying step of ignoring plasma effects in the merging disks.
"We need gravitational waves to confirm that a black hole merger has occurred, but if we can understand the electromagnetic signatures from mergers well enough, perhaps we can search for candidate events even before we have a space-based gravitational wave observatory," Baker said.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
According to Einstein, whenever massive objects interact, they produce gravitational waves -- distortions in the very fabric of space and time -- that ripple outward across the universe at the speed of light. While astronomers have found indirect evidence of these disturbances, the waves have so far eluded direct detection. Ground-based observatories designed to find them are on the verge of achieving greater sensitivities, and many scientists think that this discovery is just a few years away.
Catching gravitational waves from some of the strongest sources -- colliding black holes with millions of times the sun's mass -- will take a little longer. These waves undulate so slowly that they won't be detectable by ground-based facilities. Instead, scientists will need much larger space-based instruments, such as the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, which was endorsed as a high-priority future project by the astronomical community.
A team that includes astrophysicists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is looking forward to that day by using computational models to explore the mergers of supersized black holes. Their most recent work investigates what kind of "flash" might be seen by telescopes when astronomers ultimately find gravitational signals from such an event.
Studying gravitational waves will give astrophysicists an unprecedented opportunity to witness the universe's most extreme phenomena, leading to new insights into the fundamental laws of physics, the death of stars, the birth of black holes and, perhaps, the earliest moments of the universe.
A black hole is an object so massive that nothing, not even light, can escape its gravitational grip. Most big galaxies, including our own Milky Way, contain a central black hole weighing millions of times the sun's mass, and when two galaxies collide, their monster black holes settle into a close binary system.
"The black holes orbit each other and lose orbital energy by emitting strong gravitational waves, and this causes their orbits to shrink. The black holes spiral toward each other and eventually merge," said Goddard astrophysicist John Baker.
Close to these titanic, rapidly moving masses, space and time become repeatedly flexed and warped. Just as a disturbance forms ripples on the surface of a pond, drives seismic waves through Earth, or puts the jiggle in a bowl of Jell-O, the cyclic flexing of space-time near binary black holes produces waves of distortion that race across the universe.
While gravitational waves promise to tell astronomers many things about the bodies that created them, they cannot provide one crucial piece of information -- the precise position of the source. So to really understand a merger event, researchers need an accompanying electromagnetic signal -- a flash of light, ranging from radio waves to X-rays -- that will allow telescopes to pinpoint the merger's host galaxy.
Understanding the electromagnetic counterparts that may accompany a merger involves the daunting task of tracking the complex interactions between the black holes, which can be moving at more than half the speed of light in the last few orbits, and the disks of hot, magnetized gas that surround them. Since 2010, numerous studies using simplifying assumptions have found that mergers could produce a burst of light, but no one knew how commonly this occurred or whether the emission would be strong enough to be detectable from Earth.
To explore the problem in greater detail, a team led by Bruno Giacomazzo at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and including Baker developed computer simulations that for the first time show what happens in the magnetized gas (also called a plasma) in the last stages of a black hole merger. Their study was published in the June 10 edition of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The simulations follow the complex electrical and magnetic interactions in the ionized gas -- known as magnetohydrodynamics -- within the extreme gravitational environment determined by the equations of Einstein's general relativity, a task requiring the use of advanced numerical codes and fast supercomputers.
Both of the simulations reported in the study were run on the Pleiades supercomputer at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. They follow the black holes over their last three orbits and subsequent merger using models both with and without a magnetic field in the gas disk.
Additional simulations were run on the Ranger and Discover supercomputers, respectively located at the University of Texas, Austin, and the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard, in order to investigate the effects of different initial conditions, fewer orbits and other variations.
"What's striking in the magnetic simulation is that the disk's initial magnetic field is rapidly intensified by about 100 times, and the merged black hole is surrounded by a hotter, denser, thinner accretion disk than in the unmagnetized case," Giacomazzo explained.
In the turbulent environment near the merging black holes, the magnetic field intensifies as it becomes twisted and compressed. The team suggests that running the simulation for additional orbits would result in even greater amplification.
The most interesting outcome of the magnetic simulation is the development of a funnel-like structure -- a cleared-out zone that extends up out of the accretion disk near the merged black hole. "This is exactly the type of structure needed to drive the particle jets we see from the centers of black-hole-powered active galaxies," Giacomazzo said.
The most important aspect of the study is the brightness of the merger's flash. The team finds that the magnetic model produces beamed emission that is some 10,000 times brighter than those seen in previous studies, which took the simplifying step of ignoring plasma effects in the merging disks.
"We need gravitational waves to confirm that a black hole merger has occurred, but if we can understand the electromagnetic signatures from mergers well enough, perhaps we can search for candidate events even before we have a space-based gravitational wave observatory," Baker said.
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Job Title: Associate Vice President, Marketing and
Communication
Job ID: 22453
Full/Part time: Full-time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Department: Marketing and Communications, University Advancement
Compensation:
This position is classified at the Administrator IV level of the Management Personnel Plan.
The hiring salary will commensurate with experience.
About the Position:
This is a position in the CSU - Management Personnel Plan (MPP), and serves at the
pleasure of the President.
Under the general direction of the Vice President for University Advancement, the Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications develops and manages the university marketing, branding and communications plan utilizing innovative, cutting-edge strategies. The position oversees the university website and social media presence; plans and executes internal and external communications; oversees fundraising communications; publishes the university's flagship magazine, Washington Square; and provides design, editorial and other communications services for a wide variety of stakeholders throughout the campus and broader community.
The AVP is responsible for implementing a university-wide integrated marketing and communications plan that will positively impact the University's mission, goals, strategic objectives, and constituency relations in alignment with the campus' Vision 2017. In addition, the AVP advises campus executives on innovative communications and builds working partnerships with campus leaders and stakeholders including college deans, faculty members, and the broader community.
Key responsibilities for the position are to:
- Develop, implement and measure results from an innovative, cutting-edge marketing and branding strategy that effectively positions and provides visibility for San Jose State in the region.
- Manage a talented team of marketing and communications staff.
- Leveraging emerging trends and principles in the industry, create and promote the use of key university messages and ensure campus-wide commitment to the university's brand identity.
- Manage the university's print, digital, web and social media presence for marketing, branding, and communications.
- Provide leadership, strategic direction and execution of campaign and other development communications.
- Work collaboratively with the public affairs team on advocacy and emergency communications.
- Serve as speechwriter for the president and for the other top administrators as needed.
- A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university is required.
- Ten years of progressive marketing, communication and branding experience is required; five of which is at the senior level with demonstrated background in management and leadership.
- Experience in innovative marketing strategies that utilize social media and web services.
- Experience in managing complicated assignments with multiple contributors, editors, and stakeholders in a highly organized fashion.
- Specialized skills to direct a marketing program, including the development of strategic marketing plans for promoting the image of the university, producing publications, managing and supervising the operation of a fast-paced unit, and managing cooperative working relationships with students, staff, faculty and alumni.
- Strong writing skills in a variety of formats, including strategic communications plans that include timelines and deliverables, messaging documents, website or digital media-friendly content.
- Expertise in and experience working with new and emerging media outlets, including blogs and social media.
- Thorough knowledge of feature writing, magazine production, procedures and practices, and communication and dissemination techniques and methods.
- Knowledge of design as a communication tool; understanding of how design supports key messages and effective communication overall.
- Knowledge of web trends as well as an understanding of the role these technologies play in overall communications.
- Knowledge of software applications such as: Microsoft Word, database management and design tools.
- Knowledge of development and campaign communications, publications and marketing techniques.
- Demonstrated interest in and familiarity with public higher education.
- Ability to apply principles and practices, especially as applied in a college or university.
- Ability to effectively present ideas and concepts in written and presentation formats as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time.
- Ability to work with representatives from public and private entities and handle potentially sensitive situations.
- Ability to observe, receive, and obtain information from all relevant sources; analyze information and evaluate results to choose and present the best solution and solve problems.
- Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time.
- Ability to keep management informed and aware of public attitudes and the concerns of the many organizations, groups and stakeholders.
- Ability to perform accurately in a detail-oriented environment, handles multiple work priorities, organize and plan work and projects, and meet deadlines.
- Ability to quickly learn and apply a variety of state, federal, CSU and SJSU policies and procedures.
- Must demonstrate initiative, flexibility and a willingness to work as a team player in an organizational environment.
September 25, 2012
First Screening Date:
October 9, 2012
This position is open until filled; however, applications
received after the first screening date will be considered at the discretion of the university.
**All applications are to be submitted to R. H. Perry and Associates. Prior to submitting an application, please read the Executive Search Profile, located at www.rhperry.com . Review of applications begins immediately. All communications may be directed in strict confidence to Mr. Paul G. Doeg or Mr. Matthew J. Kilcoyne, Senior Consultants, at sjsumktg@rhperry.com. **
Required Application Materials:
Resume
Letter of Interest
References
Examples from your
portfolio of an integrated marketing and branding campaign.
Note to the Applicant:
Evidence of degree(s) or certification(s) may be required at time of hire. Every
applicant who reaches the final level of interviews will be required to submit their fingerprints to the Live Scan Prints Service through
the University's Police Department. SJSU will pay all costs associated with this procedure.
Selected candidate may be required to sign a conflict of interest disclosure and may be required to complete the conflict of interest training within six months of assuming the position.
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Equal Employment Statement:
SJSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to
nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender status, marital status, pregnancy,
age, disability, or covered veteran's status consistent with applicable federal and state laws.
It is the policy of SJSU to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities.
University Shared Values:
Learning: Valuing education and promoting life-long learning.
Student and
Employee Success: Placing our highest priority on academic success and personal growth.
Excellence: Setting the highest standards in all
we do.
Integrity: Being honest, fair and accountable for our actions.
Diversity: Respecting diversity and recognizing the strength
this factor brings to our community.
Community: Valuing collaborative relationships.
Contact Information:
Mr. Paul G. Doeg or Mr. Matthew J. Kilcoyne, Senior Consultants, R. H. Perry and
Associates. Email: sjsumktg@rhperry.com or the Website: www.rhperry.com.
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Lawyer-Proof Your Life in the Cook Islands and Panama | Sovereign ...
If you?re waiting for a problem to start knocking ? whether it?s an individual litigant or the U.S. government itself ? it?s already too late. The best time for asset protection is long before a problem arrives.
Right now, like it or not, problems are heading straight up your driveway and your front door is within easy reach.
Through taxation and regulation, the U.S. government has stepped up attacks on our wealth. Eager to avoid dealing with our fundamental fiscal issues, our politicians will continue to dig deeper into our pockets to grab every penny they can, no matter who wins the upcoming election.
At the same time, a bad economy is making more people lawsuit-happy. Does your neighbor have a petty grievance against you and your barking dog? You?d better take that complaint seriously ? anyone with money (even people of moderate wealth) can become a target.
As sovereign individuals, we understand these trends and guard against them. Wisely, we choose where we place our assets and identify places where we can find safety and privacy guaranteed by law.
For true security, we require a system that also guarantees maximum possible legal tax avoidance, the highest possible financial privacy, the strongest asset protection and access to the most profitable investments available worldwide.
Fortunately, there is one legal device that does all of this: the offshore Asset Protection Trust (APT).
The idea of setting up an offshore APT may seem daunting, but it doesn?t have to be a complicated process. In some of my favorite offshore havens, you can lay the groundwork for a solid asset-protection strategy in just three days.
Making Yourself a Hard Target
One of the biggest threats to your financial well-being is litigation. The American judicial system is too often an enemy of prosperity. Courts in the United States are clogged with civil suits demanding enormous sums for imagined or statutorily-concocted injuries that create supposed victims of harassment, disability or discrimination.
No matter how safe you think you are, it doesn?t take much to have a lawsuit filed against you these days. Recent headlines have warned that people are now being sued for ?defamation? for writing negative product reviews on places like Amazon.
A U.S. group, Legal Reform Now, claims that more than 15 million lawsuits will be filed in state courts alone by the end of 2012, one new lawsuit every two seconds, one for every 12 adults in America. According to consulting firm Towers Watson, the direct cost of U.S. tort lawsuits in 2009 was $250 billion ? that?s a little over 1.5% of the entire U.S. gross domestic product.
For lawsuit protection, the best tactic is to shrink yourself and your assets as targets ? and an offshore asset protection trust can help you do exactly that. By transferring legal title and reducing control over assets through donating them to your offshore APT, you make yourself a smaller target. Once an APT is set up, this is something that can be done quickly and easily.
And any time hard assets are transferred to another nation (as when cash, stock shares or precious metals are moved to an offshore trust account, or an offshore trustee?s safe deposit box), a home country creditor will have difficulty reaching them, even if the existence of your offshore trust is known.
There is also the benefit of a harassing party knowing your assets are beyond immediate reach. The cost and difficulty of pursuit may discourage legal action or encourage an advantageous compromise.
A Foundation for a Secure Financial Future
Beyond being just a tool against legal threats, an offshore APT can serve as a powerful wealth-preservation structure in building a secure financial future for you and your family. The offshore APT has long been a favorite of those seeking a legal and safe way to distribute wealth to their heirs. While a U.S. domestic trust provides limited protection, that strength multiplies with distance when the APT is located outside U.S. jurisdiction.
As part of a sound estate plan, it can protect your assets while assuring that your heirs and chosen beneficiaries receive exactly what you wish after you?re gone. This can help you minimize estate taxes through planned giving, and also provide maintenance and tax-free income for a surviving spouse. Offshore APTs can also be set up to make sure you meet your family?s needs in the years ahead ? paying for medical care or arranging funds to pay for your grandchildren?s college education, for example.
Even as our privacy in the U.S. continues to dwindle and disappear, the security of offshore trusts are rooted in the financial privacy laws of the country in which they are created. And these are often always more strict than those at home.
While the U.S. economy continues to sputter, and the dollar continues its decades-long decline, an offshore APT can serve as an excellent investment vehicle with access to offshore profits and exposure to stronger currencies. These will provide you with the income you need to help build a secure retirement.
Where to Set Up Your Trust
While it is possible to set up a trust in as little as three days in places like Liechtenstein, or in five days in Panama, the more time you allow yourself to draft a solid plan, the more it will be able to meet all of your needs in the years ahead. That?s why the time to start planning is now ? when trouble is knocking at the door, it will be too late.
Many offshore financial centers specialize in the creation and administration of offshore asset protection trusts.
What the corporation-friendly State of Delaware is to U.S. companies, these jurisdictions are to asset protection trusts. Many are well developed, globally recognized financial centers. They boast modern, efficient banking, legal and other professional providers who understand servicing offshore APTs and offshore finance in general. Before you choose a place for your trust, always make certain of the latest developments in the jurisdiction you?re considering.
My top havens, based on my own personal experiences, are Panama and the Cook Islands.
Panama has had strong investor and asset protection-friendly laws in place governing trusts since the 1920s. The country has a growing, vibrant economy with a solid banking system that boasts maximum privacy.
A former British protectorate, the Cook Islands began adopting wealth protection laws in the 1980s that now have financial services second only to tourism as the biggest part of this island nation?s economy. The Cook Islands trust law embodies all the best legal concepts concerning modern trusts. As such, it has served as the example for many other offshore centers, from Nevis to Belize.
Both Panama and the Cook Islands can provide you with modern financial services and rock-solid financial privacy, making either an excellent home for your offshore trust. As places of both beauty and protection for your assets and your business interests, I would recommend either.
Faithfully yours,
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Bob Bauman
P.S. Setting up an offshore asset protection trust is an important step towards securing your financial future, but it?s far from the only one. In my Offshore Confidential service, I?m tracking the latest threats to your wealth and liberty and what you can do to protect both. To learn more about how you can take advantage of my research and the steps you can start taking today, click here to read my special report.
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Source: http://sovereign-investor.com/2012/09/26/lawyer-proof-your-life-in-cook-islands/
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Health care reform ? what do physicians think? ? Health ? Bangor ...
Physicians agree on ? maybe ? two things. First, they agree they don?t agree on anything. Actually, some probably disagree about that. Second, they usually agree that everyone who disagrees with them is wrong. It should therefore come as no surprise that physician opinions about health care reform cover more territory than a bad rash.
That is reflected in physician opinions about President Obama?s Affordable Care Act, or ACA, in particular. Talk to five physicians and you get five opinions that sometimes overlap, sometimes don?t, and are almost always strongly held. And as we know, opinions are like bacteria ? everyone has them and some of them are nasty. That?s why a Florida urologist who probably had a big prostate clouding his thinking put a sign on his office door telling Obama supporters to seek care elsewhere.
The difficulty understanding what physicians think about all of this is compounded by the fact there are few really good surveys of them on these issues, and results of them seem contradictory. One of those ? a survey of 2,694 physicians commissioned by the Jackson Healthcare System ? found 55 percent felt the ACA should be scrapped, but one-third of respondents felt the act did not go far enough and a single-payer health system was needed. That means some of those who felt the law should be scrapped did so because they thought it went too far, and others thought so because it did not go far enough.
On the other hand, a 2009 survey of 2,130 physicians found 62.9 percent supported universal insurance through public (government-sponsored) and commercial options. They differed on how to achieve that universal insurance, with 25 percent supporting commercial insurance as the only option, and less than 20 percent supported government-sponsored insurance as the only option.
Despite this diversity of opinion, general patterns of physician perspective have emerged. Perhaps two-thirds support some kind of insurance for all Americans, because most recognize that lack of insurance puts their patients in jeopardy. Just as there seems to be an emerging consensus among physicians, there is also one among their professional associations (such as the American Medical Association and the American Osteopathic Association) that all Americans need access to comprehensive, affordable health care, and that some kind of insurance is required to ensure that access. That evolution is part of what brought the AMA from its position in the 1960s opposing the formation of Medicare to its position in 2011 in support of the ACA.
In fact, the AMA?s website suggests continued advocacy on the issue; it has a banner running across its website policy page detailing some of the impact of the ACA since its implementation: 3.1 million Americans under age 26 insured under their parents? insurance plans, 54 million Americans who have had expanded coverage of preventive health care, 5.1 million Americans on Medicare who have paid less for prescriptions, etc.
This growing consensus among physicians that all Americans must have access to ongoing, affordable health care has probably been driven, I believe, by the tremendous suffering that lack of insurance causes our patients. We cannot escape seeing it every day. Our experience is reflected in a painful avalanche of studies that has now proved beyond a doubt that lack of insurance kills thousands of Americans each year ? friends, colleagues, family members, and other fellow Americans. You cannot watch this parade of preventable misery walk through your ER or office each day and not be moved to conclude that something must be done.
Despite the range of opinions among physicians, here?s my prediction: If most Americans are not insured in another five years, a large majority of physicians will support any means necessary to make that happen, even a single government insurance plan such as Medicare for all. We don?t agree on much, but most of us agree we cannot sit by and watch millions of our patients suffer, and thousands of them die each year, for lack of comprehensive, affordable care.
Erik Steele, a physician in Bangor, is chief medical officer of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems.
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Source: http://bangordailynews.com/2012/09/27/health/health-care-reform-what-do-physicians-think/
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Yes. I am reading 50 Shades of Grey. Part 1. | AMNAR
Yesterday, I finally caved in. I decided to read 50 Shades of Grey.
?WHY?? I hear all the sane readers with taste demanding.
Well? because I?m really curious about it. This isn?t just an ?everybody?s reading it? thing, either. It?s become The Feminist Issue In Literature, and I?ve seen a lot of opinions on it. I?ve seen a lot of toing and froing about the book, and I?ve even heard about it being burned because it?s apparently responsible for brainwashing women somehow.
I?d like to have an opinion on the book. This is partly because I?m a woman, partly because I?m a feminist, and partly because I?m a human being. I have to admit, I am massively curious about what could outsell Harry Potter on such an epic scale. If you?d asked me what could do that so easily, I?d have answered ?porn?. But nobody asked.
Now, I don?t usually read porn. Or watch porn. Or take much of interest in porn. I?m sure I?d have more readers if I did. I have put sex scenes in my own books, but for the last while I?ve had anhedonia, which is gives you the sex drive of the average rock. Stonehenge has more interest in it right now.
I don?t know if that gives me more or less insight, but I suppose I could consider it a challenge. Mostly, I think if something is being discussed that much, especially explicitly saying it has an impact on women and their lives (which is often what you read in reference to 50 Shades), then I should probably pay attention.
I?ve also decided I?ll give it a bit of a review when I?m done. It means that when somebody launches into an opinion starting with the line ?I haven?t read it, but?? I?ll be able to reply with slightly more insight than a rock. Because really, you can?t start out with a detailed opinion on something if your opening line is ?I haven?t read it, but??
You?d think that was in the Basic Book of Rules, but uninformed opinion is often the bedrock of humanity?s discussion of everything these days. I think I?d rather sit on the side of the fence with the people who investigated and thought about something a bit before leaping to a conclusion.
Now, before I talk about the book at all, I have to say this. One of the major criticisms from feminists, and women generally, is that 50 Shades paints a portrait of a dysfunctional, abusive relationship without clearly qualifying that such relationships are A Bad Thing for women. Unfortunately, they also add that this is a woman?s fantasy. Now, I?ve read Robin Ince?s Bad Book Club and as a result I know there is a book of women talking about their fantasies that included a woman who fantasised about being raped by a donkey. No, I?m not kidding you. Yes, I will wait while you go and find out more about that.
So let?s start by saying at least this massively popular book is not about a woman who wants to be raped by a donkey. Not that this is necessarily wrong. Fantasies, sexual or otherwise, are exactly that: they?re fantasies. I get the impression that both 50 Shades and Twilight, the book that inspired the series, are essentially fantasies created by the authors who wrote them. Would that I had such popular fantasies. Mine are all sadly non-sexual and largely dragon-based.
This is where I wade into difficult territory because a lot of angry women will shout at me saying I?m approving of rape, abusive relationships and domestic violence. I?ve not got that far along in the book, but apparently the relationship described is a violent one and goes beyond the bounds of what real life BDSM relationships are like. I?ve seen it claimed that this will somehow make domestic violence more acceptable, or that all women who?ve read 50 Shades will conclude that in real life, they want a Christian Grey who treats them the way he treats Anastasia.
I?m afraid I?d need evidence to prove that. I grew up on an odd combination of epic fantasy (Lord of the Rings etc) and horsey books. Based on my reading of fantasy, you?d think I?d have grown up thinking that there are only four women in the whole entire world, that one of them is a hobbit, and two of them are elves. I have no idea what I might have concluded from the horsey books, but it probably might end up worryingly close to the whole donkey thing.
I dislike this idea that women are such a blank canvas that we can?t make conclusions of our own about what we read. Amazingly enough, I can read books that don?t clearly state in capitals that what?s contained within might be Bad For Me, and not think that I must live my life in that way. I have a brain. As I understand it, we base most of our conclusions on what relationships are about from our parents and the people around us when we?re children.
In search of something that might give me an idea of what readers think, I had a look at the Amazon page for 50 Shades. At the moment of writing, there 4588 reviews on the site. 1477 are 1-star reviews, and 1954 are 5-star reviews. A glance at the 5-star reviews produced a lot of joke reviews, including a drinking game based on the repetitive nature of the language. I wouldn?t recommend it, because even at my current place in the book you?d need a new liver.
There are people who genuinely liked it. They were totally hooked, apparently. I?m not sure I can conclude from that they intend to go out and allow themselves to be abused by men. Many of the genuine reviews appear to be quite clear that they understand that this is a fantasy, and not an instruction manual. The word ?escapism? appears a lot.
I?m going to get a fuck-ton of stick (if anybody reads this) for not clearly being angry about domestic violence in all its forms. I am against domestic violence. I honestly think what we?re facing here is not a tide of idiot women fooled by a book into thinking rape is great but society maybe having to face the fact that we 1. have sexual fantasies; 2. those fantasies are weird and seem unhealthy in the cold light of day and 3. are able to distinguish between those fantasies and reality. I suspect a lot of the hoopla is down to the fact that women and what women think about often don?t chime with what critics and opinion-makers wish they were and thought about.
So now I?ve written over 1000 words trying to come up with a position on the book when I?ve only reached chapter four. I?ll have to start reviewing in the next post. Damn.
Source: http://joelyblack.com/2012/09/27/yes-i-am-reading-50-shades-of-grey-part-1/
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Excel's best-kept secret: What-If Analysis tools ? Business ...
What-If Analysis tools are a well-kept secret in Excel, located on the Data tab, Data tools group.
Scenario manager
You've probably seen payment calculators that let you adjust terms and rate.Chances are you?ve ?plugged and played? various scenarios ending up with, ?That second scenario looked good! What was that?? Scenario Manager allows you to save ?plugs and plays? and compare them. Begin with a worksheet where you can see the formula and the values it uses.
- Choose Scenario Manager from the What-If Analysis dropdown button.
- Click the Add button, and create your first scenario named Original Values.
- Put your cursor in the Changing cells: field, and select all the fields that could vary in your scenarios.
- Click OK twice.
- Click Add? to create another scenario and start changing the values to create the variations.
Click the Show button to see any one of them or the Summary button to see them side by side.
Goal Seek
When your formula works, but it doesn?t give you a result that you like, try Goal Seek. The Payment formula is =PMT(B2/12,B3,-B1). Let?s say you can only afford a payment of $200.
- Choose Goal Seek from the What-If Analysis dropdown button.
- Verify that your result cell is indicated in Set cell:
- Type 200 in To value: field.
- With your cursor blinking in the By changing cell: field, click the Loan Amount (or any other field you wish to vary). Click OK.
Goal Seek will show you an answer if it found one. Confirm the change by clicking OK.
Data Table
If you know that your ?what if? choices are a combination of two values, such as interest rate and term, a Data Table will work. Using your formula as the cornerstone, type a column of one variable, and a row of another to form the table border.
- Choose Data Table from the What-If Analysis dropdown button.
- Select the cell with Interest rate in the original formula (B2) for Row input cell field and Term in Months (B3) for Column input cell.
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Adobe rolls out Photoshop Elements 11, Premiere Elements 11 ...
Adobe has announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and Adobe Premiere Elements 11, newly designed versions of its consumer photo- and video-editing software.
Photoshop Elements 11 offers a solution for editing, organizing and sharing photo creations, while Premiere Elements 11 lets you create home movies. Available as stand-alone products, they can also be purchased together. Both solutions are available for Mac OS X and Windows.
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According to Lea Hickman, vice president products, Creative Consumer Business, Adobe: Photoshop Elements 11 offers:
??A completely refreshed, user-friendly interface featuring the same engine as Adobe Photoshop, with Quick, Guided and Expert editing modes; one-click options; a helpful Action bar; and big, bold icons;
??The ability to organize photos based on people, places (via Google maps geo-tagging) or events easily and intuitively;
??New Guided Edits make pro-level effects like tilt-shift, vignettes and high and low-key easy to create;
??New filters, including Comic, Graphic Novel and Pen & Ink;
? The ability to extract objects from different photos;
? The ability to share photos via email, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and more.
Hickman says that Premiere Elements 11 boasts:
??An improved user interface, including many of the same updates found in Photoshop Elements 11;
??The ability to add polish with a range of effects, transitions, themes, titles, disc menus, and professional-level effects and sound;
??The ability to give videos Hollywood movie styles with FilmLooks; you can apply slow and fast motion effects; dial-in colors with slider controls; effortlessly integrate blends for seamless transitions; and make adjustments with Quick Presets;
??The ability to show off finished creations with integrated video sharing on Vimeo.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and Adobe Premiere Elements 11 software is available now at www.adobe.com, and will soon be available at retail outlets such as Amazon.com, B and H Photo and Video, Best Buy, Costco, New Egg, Office Depot and Staples. The Photoshop Elements 11 & Premiere Elements 11 bundle is available now for a suggested retail price of US$149.99, with upgrade pricing of 119.99.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and Adobe Premiere Elements 11 are available individually for a suggested retail price of $99.99, with upgrade pricing of US$79.99. (Prices listed are the Adobe direct store prices in the U.S.; reseller prices may vary. Prices don't include tax or shipping and handling.)
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Education pricing for students, faculty and staff in K-12 and higher education is available from Adobe Authorized Education Resellers and the Adobe Education Store. Visit www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/volumelicensing/education for more information about education volume licensing for higher education and K-12 institutions.
Source: http://www.mactech.com/2012/09/25/adobe-rolls-out-photoshop-elements-11-premiere-elements-11
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Auto Repair Littleton Colorado: Auto Maintenance and Repair Littleton
Auto Maintenance and Repair Littleton
At Dakota Ridge Complete Automotive, we take auto maintenance and repair in Littleton seriously. We do all that we can to educate our customers so you know what needs to happen for your vehicle to keep it running well for? years to come. When it comes to maintaining a vehicle, we know it best at Dakota Ridge Complete Automotive. Whether you have just one or two vehicles or an entire fleet, we have a tracking system that allows us to keep track of every repair and maintenance service we do, allowing us to have the big picture if or when problems do occur down the road. We keep track of it so you do not have to. It makes our customer?s lives easier and we always know what repairs will keep you auto in the road longer using this information. Leave the repairs and maintenance schedule up to us and we will let you know when your vehicle is due for service. Our clients love that they do not have to think about it! We do all the work and send reminders so you always know too.?
Source: http://www.autorepairlittletonblog.com/2012/09/auto-maintenance-and-repair-littleton.html
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Stratosphere targets deep sea to shape climate
Monday, September 24, 2012
A University of Utah study suggests something amazing: Periodic changes in winds 15 to 30 miles high in the stratosphere influence the seas by striking a vulnerable "Achilles heel" in the North Atlantic and changing mile-deep ocean circulation patterns, which in turn affect Earth's climate.
"We found evidence that what happens in the stratosphere matters for the ocean circulation and therefore for climate," says Thomas Reichler, senior author of the study published online Sunday, Sept. 23 in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Scientists already knew that events in the stratosphere, 6 miles to 30 miles above Earth, affect what happens below in the troposphere, the part of the atmosphere from Earth's surface up to 6 miles or about 32,800 feet. Weather occurs in the troposphere.
Researchers also knew that global circulation patterns in the oceans ? patterns caused mostly by variations in water temperature and saltiness ? affect global climate.
"It is not new that the stratosphere impacts the troposphere," says Reichler, an associate professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Utah. "It also is not new that the troposphere impacts the ocean. But now we actually demonstrated an entire link between the stratosphere, the troposphere and the ocean."
Funded by the University of Utah, Reichler conducted the study with University of Utah atmospheric sciences doctoral student Junsu Kim, and with atmospheric scientist Elisa Manzini and oceanographer J?rgen Kr?ger, both with the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany.
Stratospheric Winds and Sea Circulation Show Similar Rhythms
Reichler and colleagues used weather observations and 4,000 years worth of supercomputer simulations of weather to show a surprising association between decade-scale, periodic changes in stratospheric wind patterns known as the polar vortex, and similar rhythmic changes in deep-sea circulation patterns. The changes are:
-- "Stratospheric sudden warming" events occur when temperatures rise and 80-mph "polar vortex" winds encircling the Artic suddenly weaken or even change direction. These winds extend from 15 miles elevation in the stratosphere up beyond the top of the stratosphere at 30 miles. The changes last for up to 60 days, allowing time for their effects to propagate down through the atmosphere to the ocean.
-- Changes in the speed of the Atlantic circulation pattern ? known as Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ? that influences the world's oceans because it acts like a conveyor belt moving water around the planet.
Sometimes, both events happen several years in a row in one decade, and then none occur in the next decade. So incorporating this decade-scale effect of the stratosphere on the sea into supercomputer climate simulations or "models" is important in forecasting decade-to-decade climate changes that are distinct from global warming, Reichler says.
"If we as humans modify the stratosphere, it may ? through the chain of events we demonstrate in this study ? also impact the ocean circulation," he says. "Good examples of how we modify the stratosphere are the ozone hole and also fossil-fuel burning that adds carbon dioxide to the stratosphere. These changes to the stratosphere can alter the ocean, and any change to the ocean is extremely important to global climate."
A Vulnerable Soft Spot in the North Atlantic
"The North Atlantic is particularly important for global ocean circulation, and therefore for climate worldwide," Reichler says. "In a region south of Greenland, which is called the downwelling region, water can get cold and salty enough ? and thus dense enough ? so the water starts sinking."
It is Earth's most important region of seawater downwelling, he adds. That sinking of cold, salty water "drives the three-dimensional oceanic conveyor belt circulation. What happens in the Atlantic also affects the other oceans."
Reichler continues: "This area where downwelling occurs is quite susceptible to cooling or warming from the troposphere. If the water is close to becoming heavy enough to sink, then even small additional amounts of heating or cooling from the atmosphere may be imported to the ocean and either trigger downwelling events or delay them."
Because of that sensitivity, Reichler calls the sea south of Greenland "the Achilles heel of the North Atlantic."
From Stratosphere to the Sea
In winter, the stratospheric Arctic polar vortex whirls counterclockwise around the North Pole, with the strongest, 80-mph winds at about 60 degrees north latitude. They are stronger than jet stream winds, which are less than 70 mph in the troposphere below. But every two years on average, the stratospheric air suddenly is disrupted and the vortex gets warmer and weaker, and sometimes even shifts direction to clockwise.
"These are catastrophic rearrangements of circulation in the stratosphere," and the weaker or reversed polar vortex persists up to two months, Reichler says. "Breakdown of the polar vortex can affect circulation in the troposphere all the way down to the surface."
Reichler's study ventured into new territory by asking if changes in stratospheric polar vortex winds impart heat or cold to the sea, and how that affects the sea.
It already was known that that these stratospheric wind changes affect the North Atlantic Oscillation ? a pattern of low atmospheric pressure centered over Greenland and high pressure over the Azores to the south. The pattern can reverse or oscillate.
Because the oscillating pressure patterns are located above the ocean downwelling area near Greenland, the question is whether that pattern affects the downwelling and, in turn, the global oceanic circulation conveyor belt.
The study's computer simulations show a decadal on-off pattern of correlated changes in the polar vortex, atmospheric pressure oscillations over the North Atlantic and changes in sea circulation more than one mile beneath the waves. Observations are consistent with the pattern revealed in computer simulations.
Observations and Simulations of the Stratosphere-to-Sea Link
In the 1980s and 2000s, a series of stratospheric sudden warming events weakened polar vortex winds. During the 1990s, the polar vortex remained strong.
Reichler and colleagues used published worldwide ocean observations from a dozen research groups to reconstruct behavior of the conveyor belt ocean circulation during the same 30-year period.
"The weakening and strengthening of the stratospheric circulation seems to correspond with changes in ocean circulation in the North Atlantic," Reichler says.
To reduce uncertainties about the observations, the researchers used computers to simulate 4,000 years worth of atmosphere and ocean circulation.
"The computer model showed that when we have a series of these polar vortex changes, the ocean circulation is susceptible to those stratospheric events," Reichler says.
To further verify the findings, the researchers combined 18 atmosphere and ocean models into one big simulation, and "we see very similar outcomes."
The study suggests there is "a significant stratospheric impact on the ocean," the researchers write. "Recurring stratospheric vortex events create long-lived perturbations at the ocean surface, which penetrate into the deeper ocean and trigger multidecadal variability in its circulation. This leads to the remarkable fact that signals that emanate from the stratosphere cross the entire atmosphere-ocean system."
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising Agencies 09/24 ...
Jacques Torres, dubbed "Mr. Chocolate," and premier chocolatier talks about everyone's favorite guilty pleasure. Mindy Kobrin talks healthy autumn recipes, and Wine Curmudgeon, Jeff Siegel talks about good wine buys.
Sharon Clarke is an intuitive Tarot Reader, Medium and Reiki Master. Sharon?s Journey has taken her from the South Wales Valleys, to South Western Ontario Canada. Sharon provides readings, meditations and development classes out of her home studio.
Join Mark Moseley aka Mose and Tyrone Powell aka TP Tymeless as they preview Sundays match-ups and recap all the sports from the past weekend.
Visit beautiful Newport Beach, California. We?ll have interviews about renting a beach house, learning to surf and shopping at Fashion Island. From the beach side to the bay side, from the Fun Zone to the pier, we'll take you up and down the Balboa Peninsula.
AreYouScreening.com host and BFCA film critic, Marc Eastman, and co-host extraordinaire, Shane Leonard, review Dredd 3D.
The Godfathers Of Black Metal Venom Guest On This Sunday's Show. Frontman Cronos Calls In Live To Talk About The Bands 35 Year's In Heavy Metal
Who is your favorite classic poet, Poe, Wilde, Byron, Browning, Yeats, Keats, Kerouac, Dylan Thomas, perhaps even newer, Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, Kay Ryan? Read your favorite classic poet, read poems that inspire you, touch you, have special meaning.
This is the third week of the NFL Season and what is not to love? On the newest episode of the Visitors Section we are joined by Jason Shechter to talk foootball, football, football. Sit back, grab a beer and prepare to laugh.
A self-proclaimed "people watcher, dreamer and lover of philosophy", Deb?rah Bond credits Anita Baker, Chaka Khan, and Sade as the roots which shaped her sound.
Having worked with superstars Snoop Dogg and Bonez Thugs & Harmony, AMX is looking for success of his own. "Somewhere in Vegas" talks to AMX about his debut album.
Author Wendy Welch is newsworthy with recent coverage in Huffington Post, NPR, and the LA Times. Her debut memoir, The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap, is an unexpected runaway bestseller.
Mabon Special! Join Dawn and Jen as we talk about gardening, sowing seeds, growing community and enjoying the harvest!
Computer America is the longest running (over 21 years!), Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Show about Computers and Technology! Special guest Industry Experts and Company representatives appear on every show!
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